TODAY! (October 22) CARE of Southeastern Michigan will host an Open House from 4 pm to 6 pm.  Stop by and learn what is new at the agency.  CARE is located at 31900 Utica Road in Fraser.    

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Legendary musicals, world-renowned voices, classical firsts, sidesplitting comedy, and simply the best music and family fun are what you will find at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts this season. Planning a group outing at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts is a great way to save on tickets!  Group discounts can apply to corporate outings, civic, professional or social organizations, religious organizations, senior citizen groups, scout troops or even a big family. To get the best seats for YOUR group, book your reservations as soon as possible. For more information or to make a reservation, call the Macomb Center Box Office at 586.286.2021.

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Peggy J. Akrigg, MSW, LMSW, of Families In Transition Counseling Services completed the training/certification process and is now a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®; and is facilitating individual sessions utilizing The Grief Recovery Method®. Akrigg is working to provide this approach in a group setting in early 2015. The Grief Recovery Method® is an action program for moving beyond loss.  There are 43 losses which can produce the range of emotions that we call grief.  The long list includes: death, divorce (or the end of a relationship), loss of health, major financial change, moving, and many others.  Recovery from loss is achieved by a series of small and correct action choices made by the griever. It's a comprehensive approach to deal with losses of all kinds and all levels of emotional impact. If you have experienced one of more losses and you wish to move beyond the pain, the program offers you the probability of a richer and more rewarding life. For more information about The Grief Recovery Method®, please contact Akrigg at 586-770-2465

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DID YOU KNOW? Thomas Selfridge, the namesake of Selfridge Air National Guard Base, is most generally known as the early Army pilot who became the first person to die in an airplane crash, while flying with Orville Wright in 1908. Lesser known is that Thomas Selfridge was also the first member of the U.S. military to pilot an "aeroplane" and the first to design an airplane, both of which he accomplished while working with famed inventor Alexander Graham Bell earlier in 1908.