The Wayne Focus

Lead Contaminated Water Lines Update concerning Michigan Lead Contaminated Water Service Line Replacement : The Legislature and Governor plant to allow "...replacement in 20 years..." of these lines. Note   - "Exposure to high levels of lead may cause anemia, weakness, and kidney and brain damage. Very high lead exposure can cause death. Lead can cross the placental barrier, which means pregnant women who are exposed to lead also expose their unborn child. Lead can damage a developing baby's nervous system." 331,000 service lines across the state are known or likely to contain lead (that's roughly 12% of the total service lines in Michigan community water supplies). An additional approximately 314,000 service lines are of unknown material. 331,000 + 314,000 = 645,000 or potentially 24% of the total service lines in Michigan community water supplies. Michigan ranks 3rd in percentage of children with detectable lead levels.   That’s more than 75 pe...

  Low Income Assistance Programs for the Home Wayne County Michigan

Book Also Available on Kindle or Printed Through Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MR8S2KH/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i11 This Story Can Be Shared Personal Accounts direct from the Opioid Epidemic in America   Account 1 This Story Can Be Shared Spotlight Sunday Story By : Kari Kanvas "A Mighty Heart" 317 lives in Alberta have been lost as of March in 2017 to drug related deaths,sadly those numbers are still rising. In 2016, 568 men and women lost their battles and died of overdoses. One of those deaths is why I am speaking out today. On October 22, 2016, the love of my life took his last breath.My soulmate became a statistic that you have all read about in the papers. Riley was only 31 years old when he died alone in his childhood bedroom. Prior to Riley's death, he had been sober from all substances for 10 months.Riley was put into a medical relapse after needing a major surgery. Our worlds quickly spun out of control and within 3 w...

What is a Wetland? Definition of a Wetland "Wetlands are areas where water covers the soil, or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time during the year, including during the growing season. Water saturation (hydrology) largely determines how the soil develops and the types of plant and animal communities living in and on the soil. Wetlands may support both aquatic and terrestrial species. The prolonged presence of water creates conditions that favor the growth of specially adapted plants (hydrophytes) and promote the development of characteristic wetland (hydric) soils." Wetland Destruction in Michigan : "In total over 5,600,000 acres of wetlands have been damaged or destroyed in Michigan. Our realization of wetland values is relatively new. Wetlands were formerly thought of as areas of pestilence that needed be dredged, drained, or otherwise converted to higher use." 5,600,000 acres is equivalent to : The State of...

Thank you so much to the Wayne Public Library, Ms. Judy Wolack, Director, for providing us this opportunity to present this information here. The Wayne Public Library was also kind enough to provide us display space for the month leading up to this evening and I am happy to say that much of the materials that were on display have already been distributed to the local community. The Wayne Public Library – ‘What do you want to do today?’ I would also like to thank FAN, Families Against Narcotics.  “An integral part of FAN's mission is to remove the stigma associated with addiction through education and to inform the community of the growing problem of substance dependency or addiction among all ages, and the increasing use of heroin by our young people. Over the past few years, we have presented our Real People Sharing Real Stories to thousands of students in over three dozen school districts, spoke at over 50 conferences, and traveled to more than 30 communities, fro...