SVSU to host fall open house

SAGINAW Saginaw Valley State University will host a fall open house on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The open house provides prospective students an opportunity to visit the topranked campus in Michigan as well as tour the award-winning dorms.

Gladwin varsity bowling team vendor event

GLADWIN On Sunday, November 5, there will be a Gladwin varsity team vendor event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 751 M-18, Gladwin. All of the proceeds from the event will go to supporting the Gladwin Varsity Bowling team.

Trunk or Treat at Billings Township Community Park

BILLINGS TOWNSHIP Billings Township Community Park, 4404 Wieman Rd., will be having a Trunk or Treat event on Saturday, October 28, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Trunkers will line up at 4:30 p.m. with treating beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Sacred Heart Bazaar slated

GLADWIN The Sacred Heart Bazaar will take place on November 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and November 18, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Activity Center located at 402 N. Silverleaf Street in Gladwin. A stew luncheon will be on Friday, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with take-outs available.

CTE hosts students for the Farm Bureau Project RED event

CLARE The Clare-Gladwin Career and Technical Education (CTE) recently hosted Clare County Farm Bureau’s Project RED (Rural Education Day) at the Magnus Center Campus, where 270 fifthgrade students from Clare, Farwell and Harrison were introduced to the importance of agriculture and its impact on...

Consider wildlife and wildfire during fall yard cleanup

LANSING Yard looking a little disheveled with sticks, fallen leaves and dead plants hanging around? Don’t worry too much; nature likes it a bit on the wild side. When it comes to annual fall cleanup, follow these tips to help wildlife and prevent wildfire.

Imbruvica shouldn’t be withheld long before or after procedures

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 75 and have had Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia for three years, which has been treated with ibrutinib (Imbruvica) and is now in remission. A side effect of Imbruvica is bleeding, and it requires the drug to be withheld before procedures.

Curbing feral cat populations in Michigan

LANSING Feral cats have colonies across the state, and their inbreeding, overpopulation and constant pregnancies have caused these strays to multiply. Richelle Brown of the Cheboygan County Humane Society says wild cats usually flock to areas where there’s something to eat.

May I Walk With You

Why is it that we seem to focus more on how things are different than how they are the same? In teaching a new concept, one of the things teachers do is to relate it to something pupils already know. How is it the same and how is it different? In this way students expand their knowledge.