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This time on Creating Dementia Solutions, we focus on a program which can potentially help folks displaying early signs of dementia. But, it really can help any senior who is, perhaps, shut-in and/or lacking social interaction. Pat Fosdick sits down and discusses the Telephone Reassurance program in Calhoun County (also implemented in other areas). We find out the interaction can be a lot more tha...

Folks with dementia who have enjoyed traveling - or even somewhat local excursions - can continue to participate in those adventures for some time. However, caregivers should give some thought to adjusting the routines in doing so. That's the word from Miles for Memories volunteer Stacy Wines, CEO with Carewell Services in Battle Creek. In this episode, Stacy walks us through some of the tips...

Artificial Intelligence. It's at the center of a lot of discussions about how it can help - or not help - your business. In this Little Blinking Light episode, AE Tech Design President Roger Ferworn talks about how AI can be a huge help guarding against e-threats - but can also have some drawbacks. Episode Resources AE Tech Design website Book an Appointment with AE Tech Design AE Tech Design...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Democrat and longtime Marshall resident Doug Murch tells Community Matters he has spent the campaign season knocking on doors and meeting voters in the 45th Michigan House District. Some of them, he says, were surprised to find a candidate on their doorsteps. Murch shares wh...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. A vocal opponent of the Ford BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, Marshall resident Barry Wayne Adams calls the development a “bad business decision” which “can be unbuilt,” saying the site should be “returned to its former state”. In a Community Matters candidate interview, Adam...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Marshall City Councilman Scott Wolfersberger continues with his assertion that any kind of significant development in town will have to be "managed". That includes the BlueOval Battery Park Michigan going up at the Marshall Megasite. Wolfersberger also tells Commun...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Congressman Bill Huizenga, the Republican incumbent representing Michigan's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, has been campaigning for reelection. That's not new, but the district lines are somewhat new - having been redrawn in 2022. ...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Paige Katsarsky-Smith, who grew up in Battle Creek, is the mother of young children and seeks an at-large seat on the Battle Creek City Commission. Katsarsky-Smith tells Community Matters she sees a chance to entice more families to live in Battle Creek.  Episode Resources M...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Attorney and Kalamazoo Democrat Jessica Swartz sees an opportunity for gains for her party after redistricting that has resulted in what's now known as Michigan's 4th Congressional District. That, along with issues like women's health, have motivated her to ta...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Battle Creek City Commission Ward 2 candidate John Kenefick has run unsuccessfully for the same post several times. That has not deterred him from another try in November 2024. Kenefick tells Community Matters his candidacy centers around fiscal matters and that Battle Creek...

In this special double-episode of Creating Dementia Solutions, founder and lead volunteer Sherii Sherban joins Richard to discuss the idea of dementia prevention. Imagine that a significant portion of dementia cases could be delayed - or even prevented - by targeting a specific set of risk factors. The Lancet Commission says it can be done. A Lancet report issued in 2017 elaborated on this notion....

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Appointed to the District 3 Calhoun County Commission seat after the resignation of Kathy-Sue Vette in 2024, Republican and real estate professional Al Morehart has had a chance to do something most commissioners can't: Take the position for a test drive. Now, Morehart...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Republican Rep. Sarah Lightner, Michigan's 45th District representative, joins Community Matters during the campaign to reflect since first being elected in 2018 (then the 65th District).  Lightner also looks ahead, discussing tax rollbacks, tax incentives and contempla...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Democrat Trevor Bidelman, a father of 4, Kellogg's employee and business agent with the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union Local 3-G, spoke to Community Matters about what he sees as the most pressing issues in Calhoun County. Bidelman is a c...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Christian Brown, a Calhoun County Democrat and native of New York state, moved his family to Calhoun County before the COVID-19 pandemic to accommodate his wife's career.  Settled in for some time, Brown, an engineer, talks to Community Matters about a long-rooted inter...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. First elected in 2018 back when it was the 62nd Michigan House District, Democrat Jim Haadsma was reelected in 2020 and 2022. Now the 44th Michigan House District representing northern Calhoun County, Haadsma, an attorney, points to successes and priorities for another term....

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Longtime Calhoun County Commissioner Steve Frisbie eyes the 44th District Michigan House seat currently held by Democrat Jim Haadsma. Frisbie, a Republican, is a paramedic by training and holds a management position with Battle Creek's LifeCare Ambulance. He discusses w...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. First elected in 2018, Rochelle Hatcher has been the Calhoun County commissioner representing District 1 - mostly the cities of Battle Creek and Springfield. Hatcher joins Community Matters to talk about the issues she sees as most pressing for Calhoun County and District 1....

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Seeking a second term as the Battle Creek City Commissioner in Ward 3, Patrick O'Donnell talks about a passion he has to be helpful to residents. In this visit with Community Matters, O'Donnell cites some practical examples. Episode Resources Michigan Voter Informa...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Former Calhoun County Sheriff Matt Saxton, now the executive director of the Michigan Sheriff's Association, wants to add "county commissioner" to his resume. Saxton, a Republican, joins Community Matters to talk about his motivation to represent Calhoun Count...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Tony Iovieno, a Democrat, shares his motivation for seeking the District 3 seat on the Calhoun County Board of Commissioners. He also emphasizes what he calls the "families first" focus of his campaign. Episode Resources Michigan Voter Information Center Your Voter...

Remember when the term "audio visual" - A-V for short - meant things like overhead and filmstrip projectors?! Today's A-V is a whole lot different, as we discuss in this episode of the Little Blinking Light podcast with Roger Ferworn of AE Tech Design. Episode Resources AE Tech Design website Book an Appointment with AE Tech Design AE Tech Design, experts in effectively designing te...

Miles for Memories volunteers Sherii Sherban and Cassandra Lucas-Moore discuss two events coming in October 2024. One of them is a familiar favorite meant to help inspire movement – a bit part of the Miles for Memories mission. The other mixes food and fun, gala-style, to raise funds for the dementia education organization in Calhoun County. Episode Resources Miles for Memories website Miles for M...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Republican Dan Strowbridge, who served previously as a county commissioner, talks to Community Matters about why he wishes to return in District 4.  A retired police officer and current member of the Pennfield Charter Township Fire Department, Strowbridge brings a public saf...

Community Matters expands its usual local conversations to include some with candidates running for various offices in 2024. Regis Klingler, a self-described non-politician, joins Community Matters to talk about his candidacy for Marshall City Council.  Never having run for office before, Klingler discusses his motivation after his active role in the Committee for Marshall-Not the Megasite's...