The Y and Rennes Health & Rehab Center Sponsor a Free Movie “Age of …
On Thursday, October 3 at 1:00PM there will be a special free showing of the “Age of Champions” at the Rouman Theater. The “Age of Champions” is an award-winning documentary following five competitors who sprint, leap, and swim for gold at the National …
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Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
When Bethany Ehrhart, 23, wanted to kick her addiction to painkillers, her mother, Darlene, found the money for top-of-the-line treatment at the world-renowned Betty Ford Center. A week after her arrival at the celebrity rehab in Rancho Mirage, Calif …
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VNA Lorie's Lakeside Century Sets Record
More than 600 cyclists from all over the Midwest took to the streets throughout Porter County, LaPorte County and into Michigan to participate in Lorie's Lakeside Century on Saturday, September 14th to benefit the Visiting Nurse Association of Porter …
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Thomas M. Doran: Despite budget woes, Detroit's infrastructure must be a top …
Genesee County and other northern DWSD water customers are in the process of exiting the Detroit system and building their own new water treatment plant and transmission main from Lake Huron, in part, because of DWSD service interruptions and … The …
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Narconon Freedom Center Drug Rehab Students Celebrate Labor Day
Often events like this are the first time in years students in the program have interacted with others in a social setting while sober,” said Brian Kuehne, Executive Director Narconon Freedom Center Michigan. The Narconon Program is a long-term (3-5 …
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Local treatment facilities see increased demand with alcohol, prescription …
The stereotypes about addiction — that somehow only lazy or weak-minded people grapple with substance abuse — can drive a man crazy. “I drank the way I do everything — to the extreme. That's how I do work, sports, everything,” said a 50-year-old …
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Metro + state: Saginaw Spirit captain Vince Trocheck traded to Plymouth Whalers
ROGERS UPDATE: Former Lions and Michigan State receiver Charles Rogers is in a drug and alcohol treatment facility in Houston through the support of the NFL Players Association, according to mlive.com. Rogers had been in the Saginaw County Jail for …
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Resignations accepted, appointments made
Robert Smith, rehabilitation services, Michigan Rehabilitation Services.Cindy Underwood, public assistance, Dept. of Human Services.Patty Vanaman, WDA State Agency, Workforce Development Agency, Michigan.Jill Murphy, (alternate for Robert Smith), …
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Michigan's Elliott Mealer moving on after car crash as college career ends
They were determined to get him back on his feet and used their free time to work his rehab. By the Connecticut season opener in 2010, Brock used canes and walked with Elliott and their brother Blake from the Michigan tunnel to the M Club banner …
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Encore Rehabilitation Gets Investment From Michigan Opportunities Fund
(December 18, 2012) – Glencoe Capital's Michigan Opportunities Fund has closed on an equity investment in Farmington Hills-based Encore Rehabilitation Services, LLC. Encore is a leading Midwestern provider of rehabilitative therapy services to skilled …
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