Out of yeast? Make your own sourdough starter
Some home bakers have recently found it difficult to purchase yeast. Unlike most baking ingredients, store-bought yeast is one you can get by without by growing your own sourdough starter. All you need is flour, water, a week or two and patience. Notes: It is best to start with stone-ground whole wheat or rye flour […]
Michigan nursing homes, where information on coronavirus goes to die
by Ted Roelofs (Bridge) As deaths from the coronavirus mount in Detroit nursing homes, the city crafted a plan this week to have medical students visit each facility to test for the virus. By its count — almost certainly an undercount —at least 14 of Detroit’s 27 nursing homes had confirmed COVID-19 infections, with 12 reported deaths. […]
On Easter weekend, Detroit churches mourn the COVID-19 dead from afar
by Martina Guzmán (Bridge) DETROIT — The Rev. Charles C. Adams is almost at a loss. The leader of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church begins each day making phone calls, trying to tend to a congregation ravaged by death. In the past month, nine church members have died from the coronavirus. And while doctors and nurses […]
Trump’s coronavirus ‘miracle drug’ has believers. Here’s what you should know.
by Brie Zeltner (Bridge) On the day that Michigan state Rep. Karen Whitsett, D-Detroit, was tested for the novel coronavirus, she was so sick she thought she might die. Whitsett had been ill for weeks, but up until that day, March 31, she’d been coping at home with a headache, cold-like symptoms and frequent sweats. […]
When Michigan unemployment, stimulus checks, and $600 CARES money will arrive
by Paula Gardner (Bridge) As Michigan logs its third straight week of record jobless claims, the surge coincides with new state and federal safety nets, offering hope for some replacement of evaporating paychecks. More than 800,000 Michigan residents had filed initial unemployment claims since March 21, just days before Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered non-essential businesses to close. […]
Cloth face masks, CDC recommended sew & no-sew options
Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made the recommendation that everyone wear cloth face masks or coverings in public, especially in areas where COVID-19 is being transmitted by community spread, like Washtenaw. They ask that the public wear cloth coverings and that surgical masks and N-95 respirators continue to be reserved […]
April 2020 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens I’ve been seeing lots of articles in the news and on social media lately about gardening and its benefits – some of the headlines I’ve seen include: “For Stay-at-Home Stress Relief, San Antonians Turn to Gardening” “Gardening self-care: Vegetables you can plant right now (indoors […]
Obituary: Mary Ann Hyde
Mary Ann Hyde, age 87 of Adrian, passed away April 7, 2020 at Lenawee Medical Care Facility. She was born August 17, 1932 in Litchfield, Michigan to John and Alice (Lambright) Walz, and graduated from Manchester High School in 1950. On June 8, 1951, she married Robert Hyde in Manchester. He preceded her in death […]
Obituary: Lois Lucille Kothe
Lois Lucille Kothe, 84, of Spring Arbor, MI went home to be with her Lord the evening of April 1, 2020. She was born June 12, 1935 to Willard Russell and Erma Lucille (Speakman) Rose. A graduate of Pittsford High School, she celebrated 51 years of marriage with her husband Robert Ray Kothe. They were united […]
