Part nurse, part detective: A day in the life of a Michigan contact tracer
by Kelly House (Bridge) Christina Zilke’s first interaction with her patients is often unpleasant. As a contact tracer with the Washtenaw County Health Department, she must ask them to relive the onset of an illness that has made them a statistic in a global pandemic. Zilke knows how important it is to interview COVID-19 patients […]
Michigan launches coronavirus contact tracing. Here’s what you need to know.
by Kelly House, Riley Beggin (Bridge) Successfully reopening Michigan’s economy requires government officials to know who has COVID-19 — and to whom they could have spread it. Without that, health experts say, reopening the state may be a major gamble marked by waves of new infections spread by people who don’t yet know they’re sick. As […]
Gun ban at Michigan Capitol unlikely, despite urging from Dana Nessel
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge) Scenes of armed demonstrators towering over lawmakers during a protest at the Michigan Capitol two weeks ago have prompted calls to ban firearms inside the historic building and thrust a little-known commission into the middle of the debate. But Michigan Capitol Commission members, a majority of whom serve at the pleasure of leadership […]
Treatment and trials go on, but Michigan doctors split on coronavirus drug
by Kate Wells, Michigan Radio; Robin Erb, Kelly House (Bridge) Thousands of people are being recruited to participate in southeast Michigan clinical trials — touted as among the largest in the country — to test the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in the battle against COVID-19. But since a 3,000-person Detroit trial was announced April 2, an increasing […]
Acorn Farmers Market opening Thursday. New ordering system!
submitted by Ruth VanBogelen, Acorn Farmers Market Board May 7th Acorn Farmers Market will reopen to sell a good variety of food items to prepare healthy meals at home. For safety reasons, the market will operate curbside only. No customers will come into the store. While curbside is a different way of shopping for food […]
Seed Library may be closed but you can still get free seeds!
Since 2014, the Manchester District Library has been home to a seed library which serves two functions–to provide a platform for the exchange of saved seeds and excess commercial seeds (like a permanent seed swap), and as a way for the Manchester Community Garden Committee to distribute free seeds to community members to help enable […]
Time to register for kindergarten and Young 5’s
submitted by Julie Charney, Luther C. Klager Elementary principal Manchester Community Schools has created two options for Young 5s and Kindergarten Registration for the 2020-21 school year. The first option is for families who have already completed registration packets. The completed packets and copies of the required documents can be dropped off at Riverside Intermediate […]
SRSLY? Check In With Us
submitted by SRSLY Manchester Check your stats: 83.2% of Manchester High School students have not had a drink of alcohol in the past 30 days and 99% of Manchester Middle School students have not drunk alcohol in the past 30 days. (MiPHY 2018) Did you know? In 2018, 8% of eight grade students, 19% of […]
May 2020 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens Well, the weather lately has been living up to its reputation in Michigan – unpredictable! We had fabulous, warm, sunny weather for a little bit, sandwiched in between some chilly (ok – cold) wet stuff. It may not seem like it now, but […]
April 2020 Student of the Month, Braeden Caszatt
The Manchester Community Schools Foundation’s April 2020 Student of the Month for Manchester High School is Braeden Caszatt. Braeden is the son of Jennifer and Brad Caszatt. He is a member of the High School National Honor Society and a mentor in the Link Crew program and member of the Spanish Club. Braeden was also chosen as […]
