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4 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Contents VOLUME 39 - NUMBER 05

ARTICLES:

Winning The War, One Battle at a Time ...... Gale Fischer ...... 8

Stroke Prevention & Treatment ...... 24

Alzheimer’s Disease 2014 ...... Sherii Sherban ...... 38

SCENE COLUMNS: SCENE FEATURES: As Scene By ...... Rick DeRuiter ...... 6 Health Scene ...... 12, 15, 20, 21, 23, 26-29, 33, 34, 37, 41 Real Estate Scene ...... Kathy Perrett ...... 7 Entertainment Calendar ...... 16 Fun With Food ...... Joanna Stelloh Phelps ...... 17 Local Interest ...... 36 Business Perspectives ...... Kara Beer ...... 18 Medical Listings ...... 42 Change A Life ...... Nate Cox ...... 19 Business Listings ...... 44 Ask A Trooper ...... Kristi Angelo ...... 30 Advertiser’s Index ...... 44 Oaklawn Health ...... John C. Sherwood ...... 35 Scene In Time ...... Elizabeth Neumeyer ...... 45 STAFF: Community First Philosophy ...... Shirley DeRuiter COVER: This month’s cover was Publisher ...... Frederick (Rick) DeRuiter Business Manager ...... Christyn Sherban created by Rick DeRuiter and inspired by our Executive Editor ...... Sherii Sherban area’s impressive health care providers! General Manager / Systems Manager ...... Keith Sherban Artists ...... Frederick (Rick) DeRuiter David Sherban, Matt Travis Staff Photographer ...... Keith Sherban Advertising Sales ...... Sheri Harris, Sherii Sherban Pat Fosdick, Sally Goss Printing ...... Walsworth Print Group Scene was established in June, 1977, and is published twelve times per year by W.W. Thayne Advertising, Incorporated. Scene is distributed free through our advertisers, area professional offices, and key points of interest in the Battle Creek/Marshall area. Scene is also available by mail subscription, $22 for twelve issues, $38 for twenty-four issues. Due to bulk rate restrictions, copies of Scene are not forwarded automatically by the U.S. Post Office to recipients when they move or are temporarily away. Please contact our office with your new address before you move so we can update our mail list and provide you with uninterrupted service. Opinions expressed by writers in Scene are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of Scene or W.W. Thayne Advertising, Incorporated. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. For advertising and publicity for your event or organization: Scene Magazine 4642 Capital Avenue Southwest Battle Creek MI 49015-9350 Our telephone is (269) 979-1410, telefax (269) 979-3474 Or you can e-mail us at: [email protected] / [email protected] For editorial: [email protected] For ads, photos or graphics: [email protected] REMEMBER TO VISIT SCENE’S WEBSITE AT... www.scenepub.com

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 5 As Scene By BY RICK DERUITER

Feeling ﬁ ne, with a smile.

Until about the Rule number two? Never vomit. These days in the hospital, we’re gonna get you age of 13, I was skills had become a necessity. If you’re all fi xed up,” he said. And I cried. plagued with num- too sick for school, well, then you’re I was alone in my room. I’m guessing erous ailments. It too sick to play outside. Oh, the horrors! to keep me away from others who were seemed like I was In those days, our playroom, our video sick. Or, vice versa. During that time my always sick. In fact, games, our social media – OUTDOORS memories are hazy, and come to me in bits I’m pretty sure I had with friends. and sound bites. “We’re not sure.” “We’ll my sinuses drained As mentioned, I’m about nine, a run some tests.” “Probably a few days is with the same frequency as haircuts. fourth grader, and a few years away yet all.” It is because of those days, that I from the doctors fi guring out what was The day is gone and my hospital room, appreciate the people who deliver care wrong with me. In those days, my family in my memory, seems mostly yellow. My with passion and compassion, and the went camping, darn near every weekend. Father gathers up some paper and pencils reason why – just ask my wife – it is so We had just moved up from a tent to a and begins to draw. I’m nine, so it takes terribly diffi cult for me to watch children fancy tent-camper. Sleeping above the forever. “What ya drawing?” “Wait,” he suffer. ground was a treasure! On this particular says. “What is it?” “WAIT!” Our family doctor, Dr. McCuaig, was weekend, I couldn’t play, I couldn’t fi sh, I The “Battle Ship” game he’s drawn tall, well, at least to a little kid, with white couldn’t swim, I couldn’t uncoil my body on paper with pencil is enormous. His hair, a darn good tan, and a stern look on from the cramps in my stomach. We went intentions, I’m sure, are to make me fall his face. Looking back, I’m not sure if he home. asleep before I realize I’m about to spend might not be a bit intimidating to most Despite insisting to my Mom that our my fi rst night alone in the hospital. kids. But I could easily make him smile. grape juice must have gone bad – we went We fi nished the game. It lasted into That smile was wide and bright, with to see Dr. McCuaig. Mom was awfully the morning hours. I have no idea who raised cheeks that nearly closed his eyes. worried. I slept in her lap in the waiting won. After pushing my hair back from my We would see each other a lot. room. “Well Rick, how we feeling today?” forehead. “You’re gonna be okay,” he said. By the time I reached fourth grade, I I answered Dr. McCuaig, with a smile… “How ya feeling?” had fi gured out how to hide being sick – “Fine. Bad grape juice.” “Well, you’re not My lips tremble (A lot, c’mon, I’m mostly. Rule number one? Always smile. looking too good. I think after a couple nine!), then, I answer with a smile, “Fine.”

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6 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Real Estate Scene BY KATHY PERRETT

A Realtor® Can Find Your Dream Vacation Home

Across the country spring is fi nally home to others – he or she can advise you long-term investment. Vacation homes often making an appearance and for many on potential restrictions, advantages and become retirement homes, so your purchase Americans this means one thing: disadvantages, and tips for making your really is an investment in your future. vacation time. And accordingto National vacation home a top-notch investment as To learn more about the Battle Creek Association of Realtors®, more and more well as a fun retreat for your family. Area Association of Realtors® go to http:// people could be taking that vacation in The wonderful thing about a vacation bcaar.com to fi nd a local Realtor® who can their second home. home is that it’s a great getaway and a good help you with your housing needs. The National Association of Realtors’® 2014 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey shows vacation home sales accounted for 13 percent of all sales in 2013, up nearly 30 percent from the previous year. That represents their highest market share since 2006. Even as activity picks up, the market remains good for buyers. This means that if you’ve been dreaming of buying a vacation home, now may be the time. Before you start the process of looking for a vacation home, you should think about what kind of home you want. Are you looking for a condo or a house? Do you want a cabin in the woods or a bungalow on the beach? Knowing what you want to get from your home can help establish a price range and location you can use to begin your search. Once you have a general idea of the area and type of vacation home you want, your next step is to contact a Realtor®. Whether you’re going to buy a vacation home across the country or across the street, working with a Realtor® can save you time, money and a lot of stress. A Realtor® who lives and works where you want to buy can provide valuable insight into the local market. He or she can help you determine what you can afford and what neighborhoods fi t your wish list. A Realtor® will also have insights into the area’s current real estate values, utility costs, municipal services, taxes and facilities, and zoning laws that may affect your property. You may want to interview a number of Realtors® before deciding on the one best suited to your needs. Ask how many vacation home listings they have, how many years they’ve worked in the industry Calhoun County’s ONLY and about any particular specialties. Look Authorized Armstrong THE YELLOW for a Realtor® who has earned the Resort Dealer TRUCK PEOPLE and Second-Home Property Specialist (RSPS) certifi cation. This means that they 269-963-7910 • 466 Main St. Battle Creek, MI have specialized training in buying and [email protected] • www.simselectricinc.com selling second homes. License # Electrical – 6112007 • License # Mechanical – 7103902 Are you considering renting your vacation home when you are not using it? If so, ask your Realtor® about renting your vacation

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 7 RUNNING AGAINST C A N C E R

This past week I participated in my twelfth year of Strides for Life. Tim Flaherty the original master mind Winning behind Strides for Life kicked of this annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society in 1978. He and Jerry Pols ran it the inaugural year with the assistance of two the War, support staff and an RV. They began in Grand Rapids, One Battle Michigan ending eight days later in Mackinaw City, at a Time Photo: Cancer survivor, Michele Wilson (far right with sun hat) comes to the end of a four-day run.

8 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE “But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.” ~ Rocky Balboa

BY GALE FISCHER

Michigan. The next year it continued as an eight day 200 health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as mile run from Detroit to Muskegan, Michigan bringing a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving in approximately twenty runners. It followed this format lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through for two more years with the number of runners staying research, education, advocacy, and service. Although in the lower twenties. At this time the decision was made the motivatioins for Tim Flarhety and his original band to change the event to its current format of 100 miles in of runners as well as current Strides participants to bring four days in an attempt to attract more participants. fundraising and awareness of the ACS to the forefront Tim and Jerry initially started this event as a way may vary, the outcome of joining in on an event such as to train for a marathon, but decided to also use it as a this goes back to this missión statement. fund-raising event. With cancer touching the families All of us have our own personal stories about why we of both men, it was decided that the money would go participate in such a unique event. Some run in memory of the American Cancer Society (ACS). The ACS mission a loved one whose life was taken early becaus of cancer. statement reads as follows; The American Cancer Others run in honor of a cancer survivor either undergoing

Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary continued

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 9 treatement or in remission. Still others years seems to be the milestone year of of the ACS does make a difference. Her participate as survisors themselves. We remission. When asked to put into her relentless ritual of running with long all know how quickly cancer can take own words what Strides for Life means sleeves, a sun hat and a fresh layer of the life of a loved one, but it is important to her, she responded by saying, “I love sunscreen every fi ve miles to protect her to always remember that despite all of participating in Strides because it is a skin from the sun’s rays should make all the lives that cancer cuts short, we can celebration run but also a stark reminder of us aware of a few of the many changes all make a difference in the fi ght against of the work that needs to be done and the we can make as individuals to prevent cancer. I have found that through my people that need to be supported. My PR cancer from entering our own lives. years as a runner of Strides for Life is not measured in time but in having Eliminating cancer from our existence having a survior with us during the another year to run Strides.” can at times seem like an unreachable four day event amplifi es the rewards of Michele’s son Ian joined her to run goal. Like many goals in life focusing on running 100 miles for such a cause while this year’s event. Ian only started running the end is important to keep us steadfast at the same time nullifying the physical, a year and a half ago. Perhaps watching in the journey, but sometimes it can also mental and emotional diffi culties of his mother come full circle as a Strides be helpful to set our sights on what we running a century of miles in a few days. for Life Runner many years ago, to have accomplished up to this point and For the past three years we have had having her life put on hold as she battled the short and the small strides we can the privelage of having cancer survivor, cancer to once again being able to run make to continue our journey as we look Michele Wilson as a four day runner. Strides for Life spurred on his desire to away from what we want to accomplish Michele was fi rst diagnosed with stage run. Maybe he just felt the need to begin in the end for a breif period of time. The three melonoma in 2007. At that time the training process so that he could be search for a cure is often referred to as her odds of surviving were less than there with his mom side by side as the our fi ght against cancer. Cancer has 50%. She celebrated with us in 2010 her two of them celebrated life one stride at claimed the lives of many of our loved fi rst year of remission by running 100 a time. Whatever Ian’s motivations for ones and it is important to never forget miles with us. Although I am sure the taking up running, I can only imagine these individuals and the strength and diffi cult memories of those three years the bond between mother and son as they courage that they demonstrated when all from 2007 to 2010 will never completely completed mile after mile side by side, hope seemed lost. We must be diligent fade for Michele, she has expressed that just a few years after their appreciation and not let these lost lives create a sense with each passing year she has reason to for life took on a much deeper meaning. of hoplessness. Michele is just one of celebrate. Like many forms of cancer the Over the last three years, Michele has many stories of survival that can provide longer the period of remission the less become the poster child for Strides for us with hope every single day. Every day likely that the cancer will resurface. For Life. Her mere presence reminds us that with the help of our funding, scientists Michele like many cancer survivors, fi ve our coming together each June in support are making breakthroughs and creating drugs to not only cure but also prevent certain types of cancers. Statistics for cancer survival rates can vary by race, gender and type of cancer. According to statistics from ACS, these survival rates continue to increase through the years as there are advances made in medical and pharmecutical research. These upward swings are apparent across all races and across most types of cancers. If you look simply at all types of cancer and all races the trends are as follows. Survival rates from 1975-1977 were 49%. This jumped to 56% from 1987-1989. From 2001-2007 the survival rates jumped again to 67%. These trends are based on looking at individuals who have been in remission for fi ve or more years. If we take the emotional aspect of the fi ght against cancer out of the equation and simply look at the statistics it is easy to see that we are winning the war against cancer. The statistics tell the story but the emotional aspect and individual story lines paint the picture. Will we see the end of cancer in our lifetimes? No one can predict this for sure, but if each of BY APPOINTMENT 269-781-2564 us continues to support the cause in even a small way, we will continue to inch closer to this goal. Michele Wilson’s ability to complete

10 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE 100 miles three years in a row for Strides for Life after her battle with cancer paints a picture of another battle won in the war against cancer. Her physical Specializing in ability combined with her mental resolve the Diagnosis and to tackle such an endurance event after Treatment of Painful cancer beat her body to a pulp can give us Conditions such as low hope even if it is a tiny victory as we chip back pain, neck pain, away at cancer. Although this example headache pain, pain from of Michele winning her battle may seem herniated discs, pain from like a tiny step forward in our long term shingles, pain from Reflex goal of eliminating cancer, if we look Sympathetic Dystrophy at the personal and emotional side of it (RSD), and a variety of from her and her families perspective the other painful conditions. victory is as huge as they come. Running has been a blessing in my life the last fourteen years helping me to look at things with a different perspective PainDoc Anesthesiology and teaching me lessons about life in JOHN E. SHAIRD MD, Medical Director general. Of all of the opportunities that running has bestowed upon me over A Pain Doctor Who Cares. the years, being a part of Strides for Dr. Shaird is a board-certified, fellowship trained anesthesiologist Life and hearing and witnessing stories who provides pain management services with a personal and such as Michele’s has been the most caring touch. He can help to substantially reduce or eliminate the rewarding. I have witnessed the fortitude pain associated with many conditions and enable you to return to of individuals enduring 100 miles for normal levels of functioning and experience a better quality of life. a great cause. More importantly I have been witness to the strength of some amazing people as they keep moving 4672 BECKLEY ROAD • BATTLE CREEK, MI 49015 forward despite being hit hard over and 269-979-9515 over again by cancer. Although this journey in our fi ght against cancer is far from over and at times may seem hopeless we must continue to move forward. A task such as this cannot be accomplished overnight, in a few weeks or even a few years. We must continue to win this war one battle at a time. In a small way our event symbolizes the fi ght against cancer. Just as running 100 miles is more suited for the endurance athlete rather than the sprinter as they forge on one stride at a time so is the fi ght against cancer. It is not a sprint to the fi nish, but rather a journey of endurance for the long run accomplished one battle at a time. Thanks to all of you who continue to Left to right: Patrick Peruchietti, OMNI CU Commercial support the ACS year after year. Services Manager; J.A. Students; Debi Southworth, OMNI Chief Lending Offi cer; Jen Staley, OMNI Branch Sales and Service Manager. Local events to raise funds in the fi ght against cancer include: • Relay for Life: OMNI Gives Back July 12, 10am – July 13, 10am Grant Program Lakeview High School 15060 Helmer Rd S, Battle Creek • July 18, 3pm – July 19, 3pm Junior Achievement of Southwest Michigan will put a $2,000 OMNI Gives Back Grant to Calhoun County Fairgrounds good use with a personal fi nance program for youth.The classroom-based program will 720 Fair Street, Marshall be taught in six Battle Creek area high schools, benefi ting approximately 460 students. • Making Strides of Calhoun OMNI has set aside $50,000 to reinvest in the community in 2014. Groups may request County MI funding by visiting the website at omnigivesback.org. Grants are awarded quarterly. October 25, 10am 866-OMNI-WOW | www.omnicommunitycu.org Mill Race Park Federally insured by NCUA Michigan Ave E, Battle Creek

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 11 Health Scene BY KAREN RIAL & MARK HENRY, MD

When should I go to the Emergency Room at the Hospital?

I noticed some- such situations during the day. Some outcome if you choose to go to the ER thing new at my even have limited weekend hours. instead of waiting to see a physician physician offi ce the When patients go to the Emergency in the offi ce. You will most likely wait other day while Room for “sick” offi ce visits, they at least two hours to be seen for a I was waiting will inevitably have to wait to be seen non-emergent issue at the Emergency for my annual much longer than if they waited to Room and wait additional time for physical. A poster see their own physician at the offi ce. test results. The Emergency Room on the door clearly There is the issue of payment as well. is designed to treat life- threatening said, “Call me, call your Primary Most insurance plans will not pay situations and offer those in greatest Care Physician before you go to for services in the emergency room need to be seen fi rst. The staff is trained the Emergency Room! Yes, call the unless they are a life-threatening event to “sort” the patients based on their doctor’s offi ce even after normal offi ce or accidental injury that could not be presenting symptoms to determine hours to get confi rmation unless it is handled in the offi ce. who is seen fi rst according to their truly life threatening.* A physician on- I asked our Medical Director, Mark severity of need.” call will help you make that decision Henry, MD, “What advice would “What if there is no primary care and may determine after a discussion you give about going to the ER?” He physician relationship established?” with you about your symptoms replied, “Don’t go to the ER. Make I asked Dr. Henry, “What advice do whether an appointment scheduled for a phone call to the offi ce fi rst! If you you have for those who are new to the the next day is right for your situation.” reach a recording, follow the prompts community or for those who do not Most offi ces now have extended to contact the on-call physician to help have a primary care physician?” “The offi ce hours beyond 5pm at least one you make the appropriate choice!” affordable care act plans, available day or more a week and leave part of Dr. Henry shared, “You can end through healthcare.gov, list physicians their schedule open to accommodate up paying much more for the same available with those plans who are taking new patients. The Healthy Michigan plan became available beginning April 1, 2014, for those who are below the income eligibility level of the healthcare.gov subsidized plans. We can help lower the cost of care if we choose to use the offi ce versus the Emergency Room for those non- emergent situations.” For those without insurance, some physician offi ces do ur Doctors Help You accept payment arrangements and Manage Your Chronic Disease the nursing-clinic provides limited services for reduced cost. OurOur physicians are several chronic diseases seriousserriio about helping their and assist physicians in Here are some reasons to go to the patientspatie in Calhoun County assuring the patient receives Emergency Room:* getget helph with chronic disease all of the appropriate care. • Loss of consciousness management.man Over the past Our physicians are improving • Signs of a heart attack that last two minutes or more: pressure, fullness, 269-425-7110269-425 -7110 several years, IHP physicians the health of their patients Fax: 269-425-7160 squeezing or pain in the center of the have increased the number throughout Calhoun County, chest, tightness, burning, or aching Commerce Pointe: of diabetic patients who one person at a time. 77 E. Michigan Ave., under the breastbone, chest pain received retinal exams, lab Suite 200 with lightheadedness tests, foot exams, and Battle Creek, MI 49017 • Signs of a stroke – including sudden microalbumin testing. weakness or numbness of the face, Our disease managementnt arm or leg on one side of the body, registry will help identifyy sudden dimness or loss of vision anyone with one of (one or both eyes); loss of speech or trouble talking or understanding speech, or severe headaches with no known cause, unexplained dizziness,

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Seasonal Allergies Are Something to Sneeze About

Sneezing, postnasal drip, congestion, good choices. Other OTC treatments • Vacuum with a cleaner that has a itchy nose – these are just some of the may have unwanted side effects that HEPA fi lter. common signs of seasonal allergies. can worsen certain health conditions, Seasonal allergies are an allergic such as high blood pressure. Before • Eat yogurt. A study in the Journal of reaction to a trigger usually only present trying any OTC medication, consult Nutrition revealed that people who during part of the year, like spring or fall. with your doctor. ate seven ounces of yogurt every day For example, people are often allergic to for one year reported fewer allergy pollen found in trees, weeds and grasses. • Rinse your sinuses with a distilled, symptoms than those who didn’t. Perennial allergies, on the contrary, are sterile saline solution to relieve nasal Researchers think that exposing your typically present year-round, and include congestion. Buy a squeeze bottle or a body to “good” kinds of bacteria allergies to things like pet dander and neti pot (small container with a spout may increase your immune system’s dust mites. designed for nasal rinsing) at your tolerance for allergens. If you’re miserable with seasonal pharmacy or health food store. allergies, here are some tips for stifl ing • When home remedies aren’t enough, your symptoms: • Clean your indoor air with a good air talk to your health care provider. purifi er. High-effi ciency particulate air There are other treatments that might • Stay inside on dry, windy days. The (HEPA) fi lters are ideal, and remove give you the relief you deserve. He/ best time to tackle the great outdoors over 99 percent of pollen, dust and she might recommend having a skin or may be after a good rain, which aids in mold. blood test to determine which allergens clearing pollen from the air. are triggering your symptoms. • Machine-dry your bedding and • Delegate mowing, weed pulling and clothing, as pollen can collect in your For more on allergies, call Dr. David other gardening chores that stir up laundry if hung outside. Wang, family medicine specialist with allergens. If you do outside chores, Borgess Family & Internal Medicine, at wear a mask. • Keep your windows closed. Use air (269) 565-9100. conditioning in your house and car • Check the Internet, TV or radio for instead. If you have forced-air heating pollen forecasts. If pollen counts are or air conditioning in your home, use predicted to be high, start taking allergy high-effi ciency fi lters and follow the medications before your symptoms appropriate maintenance schedules. start. If you’re considering over-the- counter (OTC) meds, antihistamines like Claritin, Zyrtec or Allegra are

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16 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Fun With Food BY JOANNA STELLOH PHELPS

Ravioli With A Twist

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HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 17 Business Perspectives BY KARA BEER, President

2014 Annual Business Excellence Awards

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18 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Change A Life BY NATE COX, BA Professional Educator, Montcalm Life Academy

“Light It Up Blue”

From running small products, like soy candles and blue Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Autism Society businesses to bud- candles – to raise awareness of autism Walk About Talk About Autism walk geting and planning, – that will go toward helping provide in Portage, Mich., the Autism Alliance students in Mont- important business opportunities for of Michigan Gala held in Detroit, and calm School’s Life students. presented at the Metro Parent Autism Academy program Jake, a Life Academy student, shared Workshops in Troy, Mich. are learning many about his experiences at the shopping Handmade products are available for different skills. centers. “We met a lot of interesting purchase through the Life Academy by The students people and had fun talking to them about calling (517) 630-2519. Soy candles are with whom I have the pleasure to work our products and Autism Awareness $10 and include vanilla bean, love spell, each day have responded well to the new Month.” clean cotton and lavender scents. T-shirts program, which gives them a hands-on Another student, Terry, said: “I are $10, and paracord bracelets and key learning experience. learned how to better deal with my fobs range from $3 to $5. Adopted from the Monarch Institute anxiety about talking to people I don’t Starr Commonwealth is a nonprofi t human for Neurological Differences in Houston, know. Some people weren’t interested services organization founded in Albion, Texas, the Life Academy is designed in what we were saying but it was good Mich., in 1913. Using a treatment model for students with autism and other practice learning how to get past that. focused on resilience, Starr is dedicated to neurological differences, specifi cally Some people were nice and showed a lot the mission of creating positive environments working in groups and problem-solving of support for autism awareness and Life where children and families fl ourish. Starr situations. Academy.” specializes in residential, community-based, educational and professional training Celebrating April as Autism In addition to the student’s efforts programs that build on the strengths of Awareness Month and participating in to bring awareness and celebrate the children, adults and families in communities the “Light It Up Blue,” world autism month, Montcalm administrators around the world. For more information, visit awareness initiative through Autism attended numerous events, including the www.starr.org. Speaks, Montcalm School’s Life Academy students engaged with their peers and the community while learning valuable skills. The Life Academy is an aspect of the therapeutic boarding and day school for students with autism spectrum disorders. In the Life Academy program, students put their education into practice by running businesses, practicing research, budgeting, planning and selling products produced by the students. “Since September of last year, Life Academy has done a lot of different products like paracord bracelets, candles and others that are in progress,” said Kayta, a student in the Life Academy. Students in Life Academy encouraged fellow Montcalm students to wear blue every Tuesday in support of Autism Awareness Month. The students also visited local shopping centers, setting up a display table where they provided materials to explain the “Light It Up Blue” initiative and sell their products, which included a student-designed anti- bullying T-shirt with the saying, “You can’t CHANGE me like I’m some kind of shirt.” Life Academy grossed $311.70 in April through selling student-made

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 19 Health Scene BY BRIGETTE R. REICHENBAUGH, BA

Bare is Best!

Did you know partnership with the Infant Safe have loose bedding, sleep positioning that many babies Sleep Coalition (ISSC) of Calhoun devices, blankets, toys, or bumper pads. die before their County is committed to educating It is recommended that babies should fi rst birthday due all parents, caregivers, and residents sleep in the same room as the parents/ to suffocation or about safe sleep practices. The ISSC caregivers, but not in the same bed. asphyxiation? Did has developed an outreach plan to Babies can be offered a pacifi er at nap you know that educate OB/GYN, family practice, and and bed time. these deaths are pediatric physicians/providers, as well It is also recommended that a baby’s preventable? Do you know what you can as parents, grandparents, caregivers, head should not be covered and the baby do to help prevent these types of deaths? and child care providers to teach and should not be dressed too warmly when What is the community doing to prevent model safe sleep practices When placing in bed. Babies should be dressed such deaths? Have you or anyone you parents and other caregivers implement in clothing layers similar to what you as know let your baby sleep in bed with safe sleep practices, more babies can the parent/caregiver are wearing. you? Do you know how dangerous this grow up to be healthy citizens. Many thought if a baby slept on his/ can be? It was once thought that babies her back they would choke. Research In Calhoun County alone, 18.4% of should sleep on their stomachs with shows that healthy babies automatically infant deaths over the past fi ve years items such as bumper pads and blankets swallow or cough up fl uids. There has (2009-2013) were due to suffocation in their beds. However, research shows not been an increase in babies choking or asphyxiation. These numbers are bare is best. The safest sleep is always who sleep on their back. In fact, they are staggering when you consider such by placing a baby on their back when less likely to choke since the trachea is deaths are preventable. sleeping and the crib/Pack-n-Play should above the esophagus. The Calhoun County Public have a fi rm surface with a tight-fi tting Tummy time is important for Health Department (CCPHD), in sheet. The crib/Pack-n-Play should NOT growth and development of babies. Babies need tummy time when they are awake; however, tummy time must be supervised. If the baby does fall asleep on his/her tummy, place him/her alone on their back in their crib/Pack-n-Play. You can help spread the message. Be “A baby is sure to tell all new parents, caregivers, grandparents, babysitters, and everyone born with a need else you know to always lay their baby on their back in a crib/Pack-n-Play to sleep. to be loved – On occasion, we hear about a baby who is not sleeping in a safe place and never because of limited fi nancial resources. To meet this need for Calhoun County families, we have a Pack-N-Play outgrows it.” distribution program. If you or someone Frank A. Clark you know cannot afford to purchase a crib or Pack-N-Play, please refer them to 211, who will connect them with a representative from the program. If you or someone you know is interested in donating to the Pack-n-Play distribution Calhoun County Public fund, contact Kristin Roux, CCPHD Health Department Health Education Manager at (269) 190 E. Michigan Avenue, Battle Creek 969-6393. (269) 969-6370 For more information on safe sleep, visit www.borntobehealthy.org/bornto www.calhouncountymi.gov/publichealth sleepsafe.htm, www.tomorrowschild.org, or call the Calhoun County Public Health Department at (269) 969-6482.

20 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Health Scene BY P. JEFFREY COLQUHOUN, MD

Cataracts – A Closer Look

Whether you are used as well as aspheric lenses to help new technology beyond which is covered young or old, reduce halos and glare. Most insurance by most insurance. cataracts can affect programs cover the cost of conventional Cataract surgery is a very successful your vision and technology that is mono-focal. operation and is typically performed in cause blurred vision, Most patients qualify for the new the convenience of Brookside Ambulatory loss of color vision technology multi-focal IOL’s that have Surgery Center as a 10 to 15 minute or increased glare both the distance and the near correction. outpatient surgery. There is a less than or light sensitivity. The AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL and AMO 1% risk of serious complications such as The younger patient Tecnis are breakthrough lenses that give infl ammation, infection, macular edema or with cataracts usually has a history of patients a full range of vision, near through a retinal detachment. a congenital cataract, trauma or drug distance, and greatly reduces the reliance If you or a loved one is suffering from use such as steroids. The most common on reading glasses or bifocals. With the cataracts, your physician at Southwest cataract however is the age-related new ReSTOR® lens up to 80% of cataract Michigan Eye Center will discuss the best cataract that occurs typically after age patients can see well without glasses at any surgical technique and lens technology 65. Approximately 21 million Americans distance. The Toric lens corrects cataracts for you. For further information, please have cataracts. Board certifi ed physicians and treats preexisting astigmatism in one call (269) 979-6383 or visit www. at Southwest Michigan Eye Center can step. There is a cost to the patient for this swmeyecenter.com. educate you on how cataracts can alter your vision and what type of surgical options prevails. Southwest Michigan Eye Center offers Cataract Surgery lens options A cataract is defi ned as a clouding of the lens of the eye, which results in blurred vision. The cataract forms when protein in the lens begins to clump together and blocks the light entry to the eye. Over time, this worsens to cause a signifi cant impairment. Eventually the cataract will need to be removed from the eye with surgery. There are three main types of cataracts Put the color back into your world… each defi ned by their location on the lens: First, a nuclear cataract is the type located with Refractive Cataract Surgery from Southwest Michigan Eye Center. in the center of the lens and is usually the If you are experiencing blurred vision, night- For patients with cataracts and result of advancing age. More than 50% of all presbyopia there is the ACRYSOF® Americans over the age 65 have some nuclear time glare and/or poor color vision, then IQ RESTOR® lens, which corrects sclerotic cataracts. Second, cortical cataracts No-Shot No-Stitch Cataract Surgery may resemble the spokes of wheel that extend be an option for you, now with a choice for both conditions at the same time, eliminating the need for spectacles after surgery in most from the outside of the lens to the center and of several Intraocular Lens Implants. With patients. are often associated with patients who suffer more than 50 million implants world- from diabetes. A third type, the subscapular For patients with cataracts and wide, ACRYSOF® family of lenses are the cataract, develops at the back of the lens pre-existing cornea astigmatism, most frequently implanted in the world, under the capsule and is often associated with there is the ACRYSOF® IQ Toric steroid use or diabetes. An eye doctor makes as physicians appreciate the long-term aspheric IOL, which corrects for both conditions diagnosis of the cataract with a full optical clinical results and unmatched stability of the simultaneously by delivering precise astigmatic examination including visual acuity testing, lens. Recent advances to this line of lenses correction, predictable outcomes and quali- contrast sensitivity test, brightness acuity also address other visual disturbances while ty distance vision without glasses for cataract testing and most importantly pupil dilation correcting for cataracts. patients with astigmatism. to look at the full extent of the cataract and evaluate for any retinal pathology. State of the art treatment for cataract Surgery performed on site at Brookside Surgery Center, Battle Creek surgery involves No Shot No Stitch surgical technology, performed by physicians at Southwest Michigan Eye Center. Physicians, Drs. Colquhoun, Sray, Stout, and Vander Plas offer refractive cataract surgery including techniques to help reduce 3600 Capital Ave. SW, Battle Creek, MI 49015 post-operative astigmatism. A variety of 269-979-6383 or 1-800-274-6699 intraocular lens implants are now available www.swmeyecenter.com Front (L-R): Randall C. Stout, M.D., Larry M. 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HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 21 22 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Health Scene BY SUSAN DERUITER, RN, BS, CBPN-IC, OCN, Nurse Navigator

Skin Cancer

Skin cancer is Bronson Battle Creek Cancer Care Center or two bad sunburns experienced during by far the most childhood. common form Avoiding the sun is important and of cancer. Over there are several ways to help prevent three million cases skin cancer. Use a broad spectrum of skin cancer sunscreen of at least SPF 30 to protect are diagnosed against both UVA and UVB rays and each year in the reapply it every two hours. Use sun United States and screen even on cloudy days. Cover up the number is rising. The majority of with clothing, wear a hat and sunglasses. skin cancers can be directly linked to • One of only 25 hospitals in the United Stay in the shade between the hours of excessive exposure to the sun. Risk States to receive the American College 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Do not use tanning factors are present every day but are of Surgeons Commission on Cancer beds or lamps. higher in the summer when more people outstanding achievement award three There are three major types of skin enjoy outside activities. times in a row. cancers. Basal cell carcinoma and The American Cancer Society • Accredited by The Joint Commission, squamous cell carcinoma are the most recommends a thorough self- earning its Gold Seal of Approval. common and almost always cured when examination once a month. Since 70 • Consumers in Calhoun County prefer found early and treated. Melanoma is not percent of skin cancers are located from Bronson Battle Creek for cancer as common but is the most serious and the neck up, start with the scalp and face. care (Consumer Perception Survey, possibly deadly form of skin cancer. In The entire body should be examined Professional Research Consultants, Inc., the United States alone, 76,000 cases of using a mirror to look in areas such as 2013, 2012, 2011). melanoma are expected to be diagnosed the back of the head, neck and legs, the • Ranked among the best in the U.S for in 2014. soles of feet and between toes. patient satisfaction in a recent survey Many skin growths are harmless. Look for changes in the skin, new by Press Ganey, the leader in healthcare Always have a doctor look at any growths or growths that have changed. performance management. suspicious changes in skin, growths Small scaly patches can be an early • Active in clinical trials with the Grand or moles. People who have had skin warning sign of skin cancer. Some Rapids Clinical Oncology Program cancer are at risk for getting it again and change over time and become cancerous. (GRCOP). therefore should be checked by a doctor Moles with an irregular shape, more than • Member of the Association of at least once a year. one color or that are larger than a pencil Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) and Visiting a doctor at least once a year the Mercy Cancer Network. eraser can develop into skin cancer over for a checkup is important. Bronson • Member of the Michigan Cancer time. It is unusual to develop a mole has a free doctor referral service for Consortium – a combined effort of as an adult so any new moles should those looking for a doctor or wishing health care organizations in Michigan be brought to the attention of a doctor. to change doctors. Contact Bronson providing patients access to national The majority of skin cancers are not cancer studies while remaining in their HealthAnswers at (800) 451-6310 life threatening but early detection and own communities. or email [email protected], treatment is important. Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm For the average American, 80 percent For more information on Bronson for help ﬁ nding a doctor. A list of of lifetime sun exposure comes before Battle Creek Cancer Care Center, visit doctors, their specialties and locations age 18. Some of the most deadly cancers bronsonhealth.com/cancer-bbc. can also be found at bronsonhealth. are believed to be associated with one com/ﬁ ndadoctor.

KNOW THE ABCDEs OF SKIN CANCER

A is for Asymmetry. Asymmetry irregular the mole should be examined suspicious if the size is larger than a means one half of a mole does not match by a doctor. pencil eraser and it should be examined the other half. Check moles and freckles C is for Color. A mole that does not by a doctor. by drawing an imaginary line through have the same color throughout or that E is for Evolving. A mole that is the middle and compare the two halves. has shades of tan, brown, black, blue, evolving – shrinking, growing larger, If they do not look the same on both white or red is suspicious and should be changing color, starts to itch or bleed sides, a doctor should examine it. examined by a doctor. Normal moles are – should be checked. If a portion of the B is for Border. If the border or usually one shade of color. mole appears newly raised from the skin, edges of the mole are ragged, blurred, or D is for Diameter. A mole is have it looked at by a doctor.

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 23 Why Choose Stroke Bronson? • Board-certifi ed neurologists Prevention& treat complex neurological conditions • Neurosurgeons offer expertise in the latest minimally invasive spine procedures Treatment • We can initiate the clot-busting Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United drug tPA (tissue plasminogen States, and is the leading cause of serious long-term disability. activator) to patients at Two million brain cells die every minute during a stroke. the Bronson Battle Creek emergency department, then What Is a Stroke? Reduce Your transfer them to Bronson A stroke happens when blood fl ow to the Stroke Risk Methodist Hospital for more brain stops. There are two types of stroke: “Many people don’t complex emergency stroke ischemic and hemorrhagic. know their risk treatment • Ischemic stroke is caused when plaque factors for stroke,” • We offer a skilled or clots block a blood vessel in your brain explains Dr. Ryan neurointerventional surgeon or neck. It is the most common type of Yoder, neurologist that uses a state-of-the- stroke. with Bronson art bi-plane for complex Ryan Yoder, MD • Hemorrhagic stroke is caused when Neurologist with Bronson Neuroscience Center neurointerventionals surgery a vessel in your brain breaks causing Neuroscience Center – – Battle Creek. “Risk procedures bleeding in the brain. Battle Creek factors can often be • We have the only controlled or eliminated, which is one of the Risk Factors neurointensivist and vascular best ways to prevent stroke. In fact, up to Some stroke risk factors can be controlled, neurologist in southwest and eighty percent of strokes can be prevented and some cannot. Risk factors you cannot south central Michigan by doing this.” control include: • As the region’s only children’s • Advanced age: most strokes occur in Dr. Yoder says to take these steps to help hospital, Bronson Children’s people age 65 years or older, but they lower your stroke risk: Hospital offers pediatric can occur at any age • Know your blood pressure. If high, work neurologists and a fellowship- • Family history of stroke with your doctor to lower it. trained pediatric neurosurgeon • Ethnicity: African-Americans have a • Ask your doctor if you have atrial • Bronson Methodist Hospital higher stroke risk fi brillation (irregular heartbeat). and Bronson Battle Creek • Gender: women have more strokes than • If you smoke, stop. Hospital have all private rooms men, and stroke kills more women than • If you drink alcohol, no more than two that help reduce infections and men drinks per day. support patient privacy • Prior stroke or heart attack • Find out if you have high cholesterol. If Some conditions that increase your so, work with your doctor to control it. Bronson Neuroscience stroke risk can be managed with the • If you are diabetic, work with your doctor Center – Battle Creek help of your doctor: to control your diabetes. 300 North Avenue • Blood pressure levels • Include exercise and physical activities Outpatient Center, 2nd Floor • Atrial fi brillation you enjoy in your daily routine. Battle Creek, MI 49017 Neurology: (269) 245-5862 • Cholesterol levels • Enjoy a lower salt, lower fat diet. Neurosurgery: (888) 258-0875 • Diabetes • Ask your doctor how you can lower your Learn more about Battle Creek stroke risk. neuroscience services at Lifestyle choices that increase bronsonhealth.com/neuro-bbc. stroke risk include: “Risk factors can often be • Tobacco use or smoking controlled or eliminated, • Alcohol use which is one of the best ways • Being overweight to prevent stroke” —Dr. Ryan Yoder

24 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Act FAST to Recognize Stroke disorders – including Symptoms. To assess whether you or all types of strokes someone you love is having a stroke, Dr. – with a lower risk Yoder says to use the acronym FAST. of complications, shorter hospital F – Face: Ask the person to smile. Does stay and faster one side of the face droop? Quality of recovery than more A – Arms: Ask the person to hold up both invasive treatments,” Care arms. Does one arm drift downward? Jeffrey Miller, MD says Jeffrey Miller, S – Speech: Ask the person to complete a Neurointerventional Surgeon with Bronson neurointerventional While the Bronson neuroscience simple sentence, like “John and Jane went Neuroscience Center – surgeon with team is newly serving Bronson on a picnic.” Are the words slurred? Does Kalamazoo Bronson Battle Creek with neurology the person repeat the sentence correctly? Neuroscience Center – Kalamazoo. and neurosurgery services, T – Time: If the person shows any of these Bronson Methodist Hospital symptoms, time is very important. Call 911 “For patients who are not candidates for has an established history of immediately and get to a hospital fast. Brain neurointerventional surgery, Bronson offers cells are dying. neurosurgery and medical management,” receiving national recognition for explains Dr. Miller “Members of our top performance. Achievements Other Stroke Symptoms Beyond FAST: neurointerventional surgery team work include: • Sudden numbness or weakness of the leg closely together to determine the best • One of Healthgrades America’s • Sudden confusion or trouble treatment for each patient.” understanding 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke • Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes Rehabilitation is vital to the recovery of (2012-2014) • Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of stroke survivors. Patients can increase their • Ranked by Healthgrades balance or coordination strength, ﬂ exibility and endurance during • Sudden severe headache with no known rehabilitation. If needed, patients can re- among the top 5% in the nation cause learn basic skills during rehabilitation such for neurosciences for three as talking, eating, dressing and walking. years in a row (2012-2014) Advanced Stroke Treatment. The Bronson Treatment includes speech-language Healthcare system treats full spectrum of pathology, occupational therapy and • Ranked by Healthgrades neurological conditions, including stroke. At physical therapy. It is tailored to meet each among the top 5% in the nation Bronson Battle Creek, doctors initiate the patient’s needs. for neurosurgery for two years clot-busting drug tPA (tissue plasminogen in a row (2013-2014) Learn Your Risk. Take ten minutes to activator) to patients in the emergency learn your risk for stroke. Our conﬁ dential department, then send them to Bronson • One of Healthgrades America’s stroke risk assessment provides a report Methodist Hospital for more complex 100 Best Hospitals for Spine about your personal risk factors. Visit emergency stroke treatment. Surgery™ (2014) learnyourrisk.com today. Learn more about “Minimally invasive neurointerventional stroke care at Bronson, at bronsonhealth. • Recipient of Healthgrades surgery techniques can treat many complex com/stroke-bmh. Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ (2009-2014)

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HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 25 Health Scene BY KEVIN LAVERY, M.D.

Preventive Eye Care and Early Diagnosis

There are many exciting new glaucoma, make sure your doctor knows Cataract surgery has been one of developments in the area of eye care. and you have yearly exams. Glaucoma the most common and safest surgeries However, prevention still remains the best is also more common in the elderly performed in the United States. It has defense against loss of vision. People often and African Americans. The treatments continued to evolve and improve, but fall into the trap of believing that “my continue to improve with many drops in September of 2011, a major new vision is okay, therefore my eyes must be now being available in either a branded development occurred when TLC healthy.” There are many disease processes or generic form. Also, many of the major Eyecare became the fi rst in Michigan to that slowly affect one’s eyes, and the manufacturers now have discount cards to offer laser-assisted cataract surgery to earlier they are detected, the better chance make the medicines much more affordable. our patients. With this technology, the there is to save your vision. The words In addition, there are new combination laser can reshape the cornea reducing that no doctor wants to say to a patient are drops that have multiple medicines in one astigmatism, make the incisions into the “Gee, if only you had come in sooner.” If bottle for increased convenience. At the eye in a precise confi guration, un-roof the you are having a change in your vision or time of cataract surgery, we now routinely cataract making a perfect circular opening a symptom you are not sure of, especially perform a special laser treatment, or insert that improves results, and pre-soften the new fl oaters, please see your eye care a microscopic iStent that often signifi cantly cataract making it easier to remove. The professional. lowers the pressure in the eye and many laser is not for every patient, as the level of Glaucoma continues to be a leading patients can decrease or stop their drops astigmatism dictates who is a candidate, cause of blindness in the United States. afterwards. Glaucoma surgery can be and it does come at an extra cost that is not It used to be thought of as a condition fraught with many potential pitfalls. For usually covered by insurance companies. where the pressure in the eye went high patients needing surgery, we now perform The results have been very satisfying. and damaged the optic nerve (the cable Canaloplasty surgery, which eliminates Macular degeneration and diabetic that carries information from the eye to one of the major issues with glaucoma retinopathy continue to be major public the brain). We now know that glaucoma surgery, and allows for faster resumption health issues. Fortunately, there are a host occurs at any pressure. It is highly of activities and allows people to resume of newer medicines available to help stop genetic, so if there is any family history of contact lens wear if needed. bleeding from occurring in the back of the eye, and to absorb swelling in the retina. In the case of diabetes, the better people control their diabetes and slow down the disease progression, the better off they will be. We can see diabetes in the eye, but it affects all of the major organ systems, as well as the feet and kidneys. Unfortunately, people often wait for a crisis to motivate them to take control of their health, and by that time, so much damage has already occurred that is diffi cult to prevent further progress. With macular degeneration, it is fascinating that so much of what we know for cardiovascular risk factors hold exactly true for the prevention of macular degeneration. Family history remains a big risk factor, but we cannot choose our parents. However, staying away from cigarette smoke, keeping one’s lipids and cholesterol in check, getting daily exercise, eating those green vegetables, and taking an eye health vitamin have all been shown to reduce the risk for the development and progression of macular degeneration. There are many exciting and seemingly miraculous things we can do in eye care, but we are also humbled daily by our limitations. The earlier we diagnose problems, and the better patients take care of themselves, the better we as health care providers will be in keeping you seeing for a lifetime of beauty and wonder.

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Back on the Job

On Sunday, August 13, 2013, Jim Because Southwest Rehabilitation is have additional education in specialized Lowry cooked a hamburger and sat down licensed as a hospital, a physician is on areas. to watch television. When he stood up to site every day. The specialized nursing If you or loved ones need inpatient or get a napkin, it felt like a wave washed staff includes certifi ed brain injury outpatient rehabilitation, call the experts over him. Jim didn’t faint, fall, or feel specialists and rehabilitation nurses. at Southwest Rehabilitation at (269) pain but knew something was wrong. The therapists and social workers are 441-4199. They’ll be with every step of Dizzy, Jim made his way to bed until an licensed or certifi ed in their fi elds and your rehabilitation journey. ambulance transported him to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo where a stroke was diagnosed and a stent placed. Jim arrived at Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center in Battle Creek two days later. The Texan was working on a lengthy project in Michigan when the stroke occurred. Southwest Rehabilitation became his home as he regained strength and mobility. Jim was back on the job by the end of December.

Jim Lowry was a long way from his Texas home when he had a stroke. He chose Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center in Battle Creek for his recovery. Studies show the sooner vigorous rehabilitation is started, the better patients do. Jim was back on the job in four months. Jim says his therapists were serious about their work and the therapy was rigorous. Maybe that’s why Southwest Rehabilitation is better than national averages in six stroke recovery benchmarks including the amount of function gained and the number of patients who return to their communities. It’s a similar story for other diagnoses treated at Southwest Rehabilitation including amputations, brain injuries, cardiac conditions, fractures, major trauma and pulmonary conditions. As with stroke, Southwest Rehabilitation has a great record helping patients return home. Last year, 85% of all patients were able to live at home or back in the community compared to 77% for other inpatient rehabilitation programs in the six-state region.

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 27 Health Scene BY CLAUDIA EDWARDS-HOUSER

Bloom where you are planted.

More grows in the garden than the and sunlight are the fi ve simple key gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb ingredients to a successful garden. Run your hands through your earth. The desire for humans to garden is Soil is alive. It should be easy to work, eternal and ageless. The youngest child should smell rich and loamy, and drain is caught up in the magic of planting a well. You want the oxygen to reach the seed and watching it grow. The elderly, root systems, and the living organisms experienced home-grown horticulturist to thrive. Heirloom seeds saved and fi nds peace, renewal and hope as they passed on from generation to generation carefully watch the weather, work the provide a strong connection to the past soil, and plant the heirloom seedlings and future, and perform well. These sprouted from saved seeds handed down open-pollenating plants also sustain the from generation to generation. They say necessary honeybee populations that gardening is like therapy, but cheaper – are dying off at alarming rates from and you get tomatoes. pesticide use. Many garden centers As we age, the desire to ‘plant and also now sell heirloom and organic grow’ never fades, but many of us fi nd seeds. Rainwater is free - and free of the traditional ‘in-ground’ large-scale chemicals and pollutants sometimes plot too challenging to maintain. Newer tainer gardens, and elevated beds provide found in municipal and well water. In methods of growing are proving to creative ways to continue gardening, Michigan it can be easily collected in be better for the environment, and the and achieve maximum harvest and large buckets covered in cheesecloth back. Raised surface beds, wide mound enjoyment with minimal effort. to prevent mosquito infestations. Thick gardening, square-foot gardening, con- Good soil, seed, water, mulch mulch around emerged plants provides protection, helps retain moisture and reduces water use, and nearly eliminates weeds. Use all-natural mulch that will compost easily and it can simply be worked into the soil for enrichment the following spring. And lastly, everything needs sunlight to thrive - even people. After a winter like we had, our bodies and our souls seek needed sunlight. It boosts our mood, strengthens our bones, and recent studies have found a strong correlation between reasonable sun exposure and cancer prevention. At Ganton Senior Communities our campus gardens are a very important component to the physical and spiritual health of our residents. They are encouraged to participate in our many garden areas on whatever level they can. From painting creative plant markers, to planting and caring for tomatoes, to helping to water and weed – growing season is a favorite for our seniors. Even those who choose to simply sit and rock and admire a pot of petunias in bloom are important to a garden, as everyone needs a cheerleader. To watch how our gardens grow, ‘like’ us on Facebook - Refl ections Memory Care, Heritage Assisted Living and Lakeview Senior Living. Now, get growing!

28 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Health Scene BY TERI MCCRUMB, RN

You don’t have to live with depression!

Contrary to pop- It’s important to remember that • Volunteer, take advantage of social ular belief, depression depression is not a sign of weakness events and exercise. It is a proven fact is NOT a normal or a character fl aw. No matter the age, that giving back to a worthy cause and part of aging. And, depression can affect anyone. And most exercising brightens your mood and it is important to importantly: you do NOT have to live makes you healthier overall. distinguish between with depression. Depression in the elderly • If it is diffi cult to leave your home, seek being sad (or de- can be easily treated and with the right community-based services that can help pressed) for a short treatment and support, an older adult can you get the medical and social help you period of time and regain a happy, vibrant life. need to thrive again. There are many being clinically depressed. When you fi nd Follow these steps if you feel you or excellent organizations and resources yourself or a loved one who seems unable someone you love may be dealing with whose mission is to support older to go about their daily activities of living depression: adults as they age, including reversing for a longer period of time, you may want • Talk to your medical provider complications that stem from depression. to talk to your doctor about depression. immediately, especially if thoughts of There are many different circumstances suicide have ever crossed your mind. Teri McCrumb is the Supervisor of Case Management for CentraCare’s Program that can lead to a clinical diagnosis of There are many safe medications that can of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly depression as we age. Signifi cant life be taken to rather quickly reverse the side (PACE) program. CentraCare provides changes such as retirement, death of loved effects of depression. comprehensive, long-term health care and ones, medical problems and social isolation • Talk to a counselor, a pastor or a friend. services to frail older adults. To qualify for can lead to changes in your overall mood Often, just talking about what is bothering enrollment, a participant must be a Calhoun, and ability to cope. Depression not only you and how to make the most out of your Kalamazoo or Eastern Van Buren County resident 55 or older who struggles to live prevents you from enjoying life, but can ‘new’ circumstances can make a signifi cant independently, but wishes to remain in their also affect you physically as well with impact on your mood, especially if that home and community as long as possible decreased energy, disrupted sleep, loss of person has had a similar experience. with CentraCare’s assistance. appetite and a change in your underlying medical problems. There are many early warning signs of depression in the elderly, such as sadness, fatigue, abandoning or losing interest in hobbies, withdrawal and isolation from friends or activities, weight loss, loss of appetite, sleep disturbances, loss of self-worth, increased use of alcohol or other drugs, and/or a fi xation on death or loss. While these are common signs and symptoms of depression, most older adults actually deny or ignore internal feelings of sadness and may actually exhibit more outward physical symptoms instead. The most common symptoms of depression in the elderly are low motivation, lack of energy and/or increased complaints of hen asked, most older the health care needs of frail CentraCare, located in physical discomfort such as arthritis pain Wadults say that they want adults 55 or older living in Burnham Brook Community or worsening headaches. to live in their own community Calhoun County. Services Center in Battle Creek, is Although many different things can be as long as possible. For those are coordinated by the committed to supporting with chronic conditions and CentraCare team to: older adults to remain in the the cause of depression, the most common limited resources, this can be community and to enhance • Ensure safety in the home cause is loneliness. Loss of a spouse, a challenge. their quality of life. decrease in the size of a family or social • Promote wellness CentraCare is part of the • Focus on quality medical care group, moving to an unknown environment, Call us to fi nd out if National PACE (Program of • Provide an opportunity for CentraCare is right for you or becoming housebound due to medical All-Inclusive Care for the socialization or someone you love. problems could all be the cause of increased Elderly) and serves to meet • Support caregivers isolation and increased loneliness. Dwindling interactions with familiar people 200 W. Michigan Ave., Ste. 103, Battle Creek and the opportunity to socialize is a serious (269) 441-9300 | toll-free (877) 284-4071 problem for many older adults and most www.mycentracare.com certainly can lead to depression.

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 29 Ask A Trooper BY TROOPER KRISTI ANGELO

What is substance abuse?

Substance abuse In 2011, there were 12.7 billion as Codeine, OxyContin, Percocet, or defi ned is the con- prescriptions written for Vicodin – Tylenol III without a prescription. The tinued usage of enough to supply each adult in the dosage of medications is determined by drugs or alcohol United States with a 30 day supply individual characteristics like the overall to the point that around the clock. Vicodin is one out of health, gender, age, and weight. Taking it signifi cantly im- 759 opiates on the market. Even though medications prescribed for another person pairs or interferes the U.S. is only 4.6 percent of the is extremely dangerous, and illegal. with someone’s world’s population our citizens consume Controlled Prescription Drug (CPD) work, home, rela- 80 percent of its opiates and 99 percent abuse is the nation’s fastest growing tionships, or health over the previous of the Vicodin. drug problem. The rates of CPD abuse 12 months. The use of prescription Every day in the United States, over remain high, with individuals abusing type-drugs for nonmedical use without 2,000 teens try a prescription medication CPDs at a higher incidence rate than any a prescription with the intent of only for the fi rst time not, for medical reasons illicit drug except for marihuana. Pain experiencing the drug’s effect has such as pain, but to get high. They do not relievers are the most common type of grown drastically across the nation. The understand the addictive nature of these CPDs taken illicitly and are the most effects of substance abuse infl uencing medications. common involved in overdose incidents. beyond individuals to families and Abuse continues to be one of the The amount of heroin available has society. Which brings and urgency in nation’s fastest growing drug problems. continued to increase in 2012, which monitoring the hardships of substance This trend can be attributed to the large is probably due to the high levels for and prescription drug abuse in Michigan. increases in prescribed medications and production in Mexico and Mexican The abuse of illegal, prescription the ease of the access to obtain them, traffi ckers broadening the white powder and over-the-counter drugs and other primarily from family and friends. Many heroin markets in Midwest and eastern substances are monitored by The Bureau young people, and adults, unfortunately U.S. Some metropolitan areas have of Disease Control, Prevention, and believe prescription and over-the-counter seen an increase in heroin overdose Epidemiology. They support the agencies medication use is “safer” than the illicit deaths. Throughout the country Law and communities in their actions to reduce street drug use because the medication is Enforcement and treatment offi cials are the hardship associated with drugs and prescribed by a doctor or for sale in local reporting that many prescription opioid other substances in Michigan to improve stores and pharmacies. users have turned to heroin because it the overall quality of life of Michigan’s Increases can be seen in the percent is cheaper and/or more easily obtained residents. There is a large overlap of middle and high school students that alternative to prescription drugs. between substance abuse and mental admit that they have taken a prescription In the United States we lose a person health, as a result, the Bureau of Disease drug such as Ritalin, Adderall or Xanax every 19 minutes to prescription drug Control, Prevention and Epidemiology without a prescription from a doctor and overdoses. This epidemic effected my is also interested in monitoring the co- the percentage of the young students family personally when on June 6, occurrence of these public health issues. reporting the use of pain killers such 2013 my son Nick was one of those

30 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE people who lost his life to an accidental overdose. Nick went to sleep and never woke up. It was determined that Nick died from a combination of prescription Here’s to your health drugs opiates and benzodiazepines. This is a poem my son Angelo wrote and read at his brother Nicks ♦ brand name faucets, sinks, eulogy. Nick and Angelo had a great showers, bathtubs relationship. Like every brother or sister, ♦ water line repairs & remodels they may have not always seen eye to eye on things but they were very close ♦ new pipe installation and loved each other very much. ♦ city water meter service ♦ water softener hook-up Did you hear about your Brother? By Angelo Joseph Grumeretz ♦ hot water heaters & more Did you hear about your brother? Oh boy, what did he do now? I bet he ate all your food, or played his music much too loud. Did you hear about your brother? Ahh Geez, was he supposed to cut 269-962-1070 your grass? He’s probably still at home sleeping or sitting on his ass. Did you hear about your brother? I’m sorry; did he take a joke a little too far? But if I had to guess, he probably ruined another car. Did you hear about your brother? NorthPointe Woods Yes, people tell me he’s turning things around. AN ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY I am going to meet his new ﬁ ancée and see his son next time I’m in town. Did you hear about your brother? No, but whatever it is, I’m sure it can wait. I don’t know how to tell you this, but this morning he wouldn’t wake. I’m sorry about your brother. He had a heart of gold and was a wonderful dad. When I look at his son and think of all the memories, I can’t help but be glad. Have you heard about my brother? If you close your eyes, you can see Feels Like Home him now. He has that smirk on his face and • Independent Apartments is raising his eyebrow. • Assisted Living Apartments Have you heard about my brother? His name is Nick… I say his name aloud. • Transportation To call you my big brother, I couldn’t be • Convenient to the Medical more proud. Community I love you Nick. • Daily Activities We as a community need to • Fully Equipped Fitness Center recognize this growing epidemic and work on getting the public awareness 700 North Avenue, Battle Creek • Beautiful Views Overlooking and education and resources out there. www.northpointewoods.org Battle Creek We need to change the face and stigma Call (269) 964-7625 for more information or to schedule a tour. associated with opiate addiction. We miss and love our son, brother, nephew, cousin and friend Nicholas Grumeretz every second of every day.

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 31 “On a daily basis I get to see people who have tried everything ﬁ nally get the relief they have been looking for. I get to witness one of the greatest miracles of all, and that is the body heal itself when I remove the interference within the spine. I want to help as many people as I possibly can. To help them lead the lives they were meant Dr. Mark E. McCullough, D.C. to live, and get their lives back.” Time for it to

GET YOUR LIFE BACK “I had been living with migraines for most of my life. Anyone who gets migraines understands that they control you, you are at their mercy. There were so many events that I missed in my children’s lives, and had to have my husband take care of not only me… but my kids as well. One day I ran into someone who told me about Dr. Mark, it was a conversation that would change my life. I no longer suffer from “migraines, and when I feel one coming on, I get in to see Dr. Mark immediately. Thank you for giving me back my life Dr. Mark.”

“I’ve always been active as long as I can remember. But a couple years ago I started getting shooting pains down my lower back and then it started going down my leg. I tried to muscle through it, but it didn’t get any better. I did therapies, and took pain pills, but nothing worked. I was no longer able to be active, I couldn’t golf or play with my grandkids. It got very depressing. Then a friend of mine told me about Dr. Mark, I was a complete skeptic but I was desperate. Thank GOD I listened to my friend. Today I am pain free, and have never felt better! Thank you Dr. Mark, you gave me my life back!””

269-964-3300 | www.ivaluelife.com Health Scene BY DR. MARK E. MCCULLOUGH, D.C.

Take your health care back.

In my 45 years, to the situation or condition it has been position and condition of your spine I have been in a put in. When that happens, do you think and taking action steps to preserve it, few different profes- that masking these symptoms by drugs your effi ciency and health will suffer. sions and not one with no understanding of how to get out By the time you feel the effects of of them compares of the situation is right? The answer is pinched nerves, because of the lack of to where I am now. no! When I say this, I am not saying understanding about your spinal health, Healthcare is a lot that if you have high blood pressure it’s been going on for a lot longer than of things but what that you should immediately stop taking you think. it is not is disease prescription medications, at this time So, the fi rst step to staying two management or the watered down in your health and life, those meds are steps in front of sickness and disease version of wellness sold online or in critical. What I am saying is how do is to know the position and condition drugstores. Healing comes from within you make yourself more functionally of your spine. You need to have your your body and health is the action steps effi cient so your body can bring down posture analyzed as well as specifi c taken by you once you understand how your blood pressure by functioning at a range of motion and orthopedic tests to to walk out those action steps… and I am higher level like it is designed. determine whether you are in need of going to show you how. some structural attention. Based on those When I fi rst entered the professional fi ndings, an x-ray may be needed. With world, I was interested in how I was these tools, the story can begin to unfold going to make a living. I was in the for us. I then bring you into a Doctor’s fi eld of biochemistry and on my way Report of Findings where you will to a research position, this opened up have an opportunity to see your x-ray my eyes to a whole new perspective. I and fi ndings, I also explain the correct started doing ground level research on position and condition of a healthy spine blood samples taken from patients that in comparison to yours so you can see had been administered pharmaceuticals and understand the difference and your for clinical trials for colon cancer. This condition. Having an understanding of was a very touchy area because the what action steps will be needed based drug was a carcinogenic. I was working on this is the most important move with solvents as well as blood and the toward your healthcare. results from these samples needed to be Most of us have been in the world completed in very short order. Despite of symptoms and manifestations the position in research, I became very that get grouped to form a diagnosis aware of reading the fi ne print or the side which translates to a disease which effects of these drugs I was researching. then gets prescribed a certain set of I started reading more and more labels pharmaceuticals. That system needs to be which lead me start asking more and there, BUT it doesn’t need to be the fi rst more questions about drug interactions step. You need to take action and have an as well as adverse effects. The adverse understanding of your structural health, effects became very real because they which in many cases has alleviated were effecting... PEOPLE. migraines, fi bromyalgia, low back pain, Spring forward to the beginning of and there many more, but you also need my career as a Chiropractor, my mindset to understand the choices that you have went from making a living, to choosing a outside of the offi ce that may created career that will have a positive impact on your problems in the fi rst place. Health peoples lives. Choosing a Chiropractic Being a Chiropractor starts by is not given; it is a process. Without an career was a perfect fi t, now I can teach performing specifi c, scientifi c, understanding of your healthcare, you people how to be the best that they can chiropractic adjustments to take the will not enjoy quality and longevity into be by participating in their health not pressure off of the spinal cord and your 80’s and beyond. being a victim because of the lack of it. nerves to allow your system to heal, As a true, unwatered down, principled As a Chiropractor, it is my feel, and function at your optimum healthcare professional, it is my responsibility and privilege to show you potential. Equally as important it is my responsibility and privilege to empower the way, how can you stay two steps in responsibility to provide patients with you and assist you to take action steps to front of sickness and disease. Sicknesses a proactive direction so they can lead a reach your healthiest potential. Whether in the form of migraines, low back pain lifestyle that gives you an understanding you have migraines, low back pain, or (sciatica), diabetes, or cancer, these are how to preserve your most precious gift; other medical conditions, I am here to all manifestations of the body reacting your health. Without understanding the help make your life worth living.

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 33 Health Scene BY TERESA SCHELL, RN, BSN, Longevity Coach

How do you want to live your life?

Many plan for retirement by going to a Wouldn’t you want to know how to change I need a Longevity Coach, I know what I fi nancial planner, an investment planner, your habits so you could enjoy the gift of need to change?” This is true. Most people or an estate planner. Many buy insurance life to its fullest extent? It is possible. do know what they need to change, but for long term care. Many save money for Through Longevity testing and are helpless to their environment and life the time when they may need someone Longevity Planning you can create new habits. Your Longevity Coach can help you else to care them. Many people’s goals are habits with long lasting impact for your pin point the areas of concern and help you to not burden others, and they approach life expectancy and life enjoyment. It can develop a plan to overcome these barriers. that goal through money and investment. be accomplished through coaching and This is not an easy thing, but it is a desirable How much health is in your Health Bank mental exercises which strengthen your thing to do, because the rewards are so high. Account? Not your insurance account, thought process toward obtaining your goal Our lives depend upon our own success! but your overall health and well-being to live a long and healthy life by utilizing The current theory on life expectancy is account? How much exercise and good the tools from your Longevity Coach. that we are underestimating our potential. eating habits have you deposited into your Longevity Coaches assess your risk The average life expectancy is somewhere health account? Are you in debit or credit factors and develop a coaching plan to around 79 years old in America. That balance? 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34 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Oaklawn Health BY JOHN C. SHERWOOD

Oaklawn patients enthusiastic about gaining access to personal medical data online.

Natalie Spivak was at the center of a Services on the fi rst fl oor of the hospital at up instructions. In certain cases, parents remarkable shift this spring when news 200 N. Madison St. also can use their accounts to obtain leaked that Oaklawn Hospital would make “More people are realizing that it’s information related to their minor children. patients’ medical information available to important to take charge of their personal Andrews said the online portals aren’t them online. medical information,” Andrews said. “With intended to address health-related concerns The news spread quickly – at fi rst on the new online portal, you can look at your or to provide medical advice. Facebook and then by telephone as patients own information – whether it’s about lab “Your physician’s offi ce should always called Oaklawn staff members to register. work, allergies, your immunization history be the primary contact and source of Spivak, director of Information Systems at or your inpatient clinical summary. information,” Andrews said. Oaklawn, said the public interest sparked Registered patients discharged from Patients experiencing severe medical enough momentum for the service to go Oaklawn also will be able to review the symptoms always are advised to call “live” a bit earlier than planned. instructions they received upon discharge, 911 for immediate assistance or visit an As a result, registered patients can to refresh their memories about follow- emergency room. access their personal medical information securely, at any time of day or night. The new “Oaklawn Patient Portal” is separate from – and augments – the existing online portal for patients of Oaklawn Medical Group physicians. Advancing Medicine. “The new service permits direct contact between Oaklawn’s departments and services Compassionate Care. and the people who use them, including inpatients,” Spivak said. Registered users can view and download their hospital information, send medical histories to a care provider, send messages to various hospital departments, and even pay bills online. “This is different from the medical group’s portal,” said Sara Andrews, Oaklawn’s services coordinator. “The medical group continues to offer contact between physicians and patients through its portal. The hospital’s new portal provides a direct link for patients receiving treatment or diagnostic testing at Oaklawn. “People will be able to schedule their own screening mammograms, and they won’t have to call the hospital to do that. They’ll also be able to request appointments for diagnostic tests, screenings and procedures at Oaklawn,” Spivak said. To access the service at oaklawnhospital. iqhealth.com, a patient must register for the service during a hospital visit. Registered patients then are able to access their At Oaklawn, our goal is to bring you and your family convenient access password-protected information securely. to excellent healthcare. Together, with the physicians of Oaklawn Medical Drop-in registrations are being accepted at the Health Information Management Group, we proudly offer you access to more than 30 medical specialties. offi ce in the Ricketson Medical Building, From internal medicine to the latest in diagnostic capabilities, Oaklawn 103 E. Mansion St., and at Patient Financial Hospital and Oaklawn Medical Group are continuously working together to bring you excellent, compassionate care, close to home.

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PHOTO: Natalie Spivak and Sara Andrews inspect the new online Oaklawn Patient Portal, which allows registered users to view their hospital information, send medical histories to a care provider, send messages to hospital departments, and pay bills.

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 35 Local Interest BY CHRISTY WONDERLY WHERE’S Battle Creekek LLocations:atio BikBrickyard dC Creekk Offi ce, Culver's, Lakeview Square Mall, Omni Tea and Health Family Credit Union, Allegra Printing, Battle Creek Tile & Mosaic, Family Fare, Burnham Brook Center, Family Y Center, Willard Library, Art Center of Hello from The Tea Leaf and here’s to tea leaves for a short time to keep them your health! “There doesn’t seem to be a fl exible, prevent them from fermenting Battle Creek, Bronson Battle Creek- Outpatient downside to tea”, says American Dietetic and help them retain their color. After Registration & Emergency Entrance. Association spokeswoman Katherine steaming, leaves are rolled and dried by air, Marshall Locations: Family Fare, Goodwill, Tallmadge, MA, RD, LD. “I think it’s or pan fi red in a wok. Oaklawn Hospital, Marshall District Library, a great alternative to coffee drinking. Oolong is processed like black tea, but Chamber of Commerce First, tea has less caffeine. It’s pretty well it is only partially oxidized. Leaves are established that the components in tea, spread out in a cool area to absorb oxygen, their fl avonoids, are good for the heart and pan-fried or air dried, and rolled or shaken my reduce cancer.” to bruise the edges. I would like to focus on what I consider The antioxidants found in the plants are the fi ve tried and true benefi ts of tea. The called fl avonoids and the most benefi cial of fi rst two apply to all teas including herbals. these is ECGC. ECGC is associated with They are the benefi ts of hydration and combatting free radicals that can cause calorie-free. Tea in fact is healthier than cancer, heart disease, and clogged arteries. just plain water for you because of the Antioxidants can also slow down the aging antioxidants that it contains. Of course as process. Caffeine and theanine tend to far as calorie-free, this does not include heighten mental alertness. adding sweeteners or milk. Black tea has the highest forms of The next three are characteristics of caffeine, while white tea has the most the Camellia Sinensis plant and they potent anticancer properties. Green tea lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, has a high concentration of EGCG. And and help with intestinal problems. Black, oolong tea was found to lower cholesterol. white, green, and oolong tea all come from We have not even begun to scratch the the Camellia Sinensis. These teas contain surface with regards to the benefi ts of the catechins, which are a type of antioxidant, ingredients that can be added to make tea theanine, and the stimulant caffeine. The blends. I would recommend looking up distinction between the teas is when they what you are trying to accomplish and fi nd are picked and how they are processed. out what added ingredient is best for you. Black tea is made when leaves are It should be noted that adding milk and harvested, rolled to break them down and sugar could erase some of the benefi ts of left to oxidize for as long as a month. tea. Adding milk can inhibit vivo activity, The more time leaves are left to dry on decrease the total antioxidant capacity, and their own, the darker they become. The counteract the effects on vascular function. WE KNOW THE oxidation process stops when the tea leaves Adding sugar is a whole other article and INS AND OUTS OF are heated or steamed, then dried. if you have a quality tea you might like it White tea made from hand-picked, better without! INTERNATIONAL new, young buds and the youngest leaves As in everything these claims are based SHIPPING. of the plant that still have tiny white hairs on studies and there is always a study out From customs regulations covering them. The leaves are steamed or there that contradicts, but I think it is safe fried as soon as they are harvested to keep to say that tea is good for your health! and forms, to compliance with them from oxidizing, then dried briefl y and After all it has been around for thousands certifi ed regulations, we know heated. of years and has been the favorite drink of international shipping. We pack Green tea is processed by steaming the many ancient and modern countries. and ship using materials that meet export standards. We prepare export documentation, and we offer full-value shipping coverage. Which means when you’re • Over 300 Booths on Two Floors shipping internationally, all you • Stairs and Elevator to Second Floor need to know is Pak Mail. • Limited Dealer Space Available

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36 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Health Scene BY REBECCA BARLOW

Fall Prevention Guidelines For Seniors

Each year, one in every three adults age Risk factors that contribute to falls. contrast where needed to defi ne balance 65 and older falls. Falls can cause moderate aiding objects in the home like grab bars. to severe injuries, such as hip fractures, Osteoporosis is a condition wherein Add contrasting colors to different levels/ head traumas and can increase the risk of bones become more porous, less resistant steps in the home. early death. to stress and more prone to fractures. Medication can also affect our risk • The risk of falling increases with age and Caused by hormonal changes, calcium for falls. Many meds can cause dizziness, is greater for women than men. and vitamin D defi ciency and a decrease drowsiness, changes in blood pressure • Two-thirds of those who experience a fall in physical activity, osteoporosis is a chief and/or affect our mental alertness. Know will fall again within six months. cause of fractures in older adults, especially the common side effects of all meds • A decrease in bone density contributes to among women. It is recommended to eat taken. Consider the use of walking aids falls and resultant injuries. or drink suffi cient calcium and vitamin D. to decrease your fall risk. Limit intake of • Failure to exercise regularly results in Vitamin D is formed naturally in the body alcohol as it may interact with medications poor muscle tone, decreased strength, after exposure to sunlight. Some people and causes symptoms which increase the and loss of bone mass and fl exibility. may require supplements. It is also very likelihood of falls. • At least one-third of all falls in the elderly important to do regular weight bearing At least one-third of all falls in the involve environmental hazards in the exercises like walking. elderly involve environmental hazards home. Failure to exercise regularly results in the home. The most common hazard for • The fear of falling actually increases your in poor muscle tone, decreased strength falls is tripping over objects on the fl oor. risk of falls. and loss of bone mass and fl exibility. All Other factors include poor lighting, loose contribute to falls and the severity of injury rugs, lack of grab bars, or poorly located/ Fortunately, falls are a public health due to falls. Participate in group exercise mounted grab bars and unsturdy furniture. problem that is largely preventable! There classes like ‘A Matter of Balance’ to Request help from others if needed are many ways we can reduce our fall risk. decrease your risk of falls. to complete cleaning or home safety Several myths exist that prevent older Impaired vision is another risk factor modifi cations. individuals from getting the help they for falls. It is recommended to have regular Remember that while falls can be life need. check ups of one’s vision. Use color and changing, they can be preventable. Myth: Using an assistive device will make me more dependent. Reality: Increases your independence allowing you to be more active and still do the things you enjoy. supporting healthy families Myth: I don’t need to use my assistive device when I am in my own home. Reality: If you need an assistive device- you typically need it in any environment. Remember that most accidents happen in the home.

Myth: If I stay seated most of the time, I reduce my risk of falling. Reality: Inactivity leads to muscle and joint weakness which may lead to a fall. Regular exercise can increase your Services Include: Services Include: strength, balance and coordination and Well Child Care, Adult Pre- Skilled Nursing, Physical decrease your risk of falls. ventative, Diagnosis and and Occupational Therapy as Myth: Falling is just something normal Treatment of Physical and ordered by your physician. that happens as I get older. Mental Conditions, Minor Reality: Falling is no more normal Home Health Support Laceration Repair (stitches), than memory loss and may be prevented is a Medicare Certiﬁ ed through things like strengthening Minor Skin Biopsies, Agency exercises for the body or changes in your Blood and Urine Samples. environment to eliminate fall risks – a fall can be prevented! Call 269-731-5762 Call 269-731-5775 ext. 137

Myth: Taking just one medication cannot 600 South Lincoln (3 blocks south of W. Michigan Ave.), Augusta, MI 49012 increase my risk of falling. Augusta Family Health Clinic and Home Health Support are Reality: Taking any medication may Divisions of the Foundation for Behavioral Resources increase your risk of falling.

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 37 FACTS AND FIGURES Alzheime As realr a concern as breast cancer is toto wwomen’s health, women in their 60s areare about twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’sAlzh over the rest of their lives as theythey are to develop breast cancer.

According to the Alzheimer’s end to Alzheimer’s for everyone, but • 18% of women vs. 11% of men took a Association 2014 Alzheimer’s Disease especially with our sisters, mothers, aunts, leave of absence Facts and Figures report recently and grandmothers in mind.” • 11% of women vs. 5% of men gave up released, a woman’s estimated lifetime Adding to women’s Alzheimer’s work entirely risk of developing Alzheimer’s at age 65 burden, there are 2.5 times as many • 10% of women vs. 5% of men lost job is 1 in 6, compared with nearly 1 in 11 women than men providing intensive benefi ts for a man. “on-duty” care 24 hours for someone “While Alzheimer’s disease affects the living with Alzheimer’s disease. Among Human and Financial Toll entire family, this year’s report confi rms caregivers who feel isolated, women of Alzheimer’s what we have always suspected - women are much more likely than men to link There are more than fi ve million are far in the majority of both people isolation with feeling depressed (17% of Americans living with Alzheimer’s affl icted with the disease and people women vs. 2% of men). disease, including 170,000 here in caring for those with the disease,” says The strain of caring for someone Michigan, but Alzheimer’s has far reaching Jennifer Howard, Executive Director of with Alzheimer’s is also felt in the effects that can plague entire families. the Alzheimer’s Association, Michigan workplace. Among caregivers who have There are 505,000 Alzheimer’s caregivers Great Lakes Chapter. “Alzheimer’s affects been employed while they were also in Michigan providing 575 million hours far too many people, but women will pay caregiving: of unpaid care valued at $7 billion. a greater cost in physical health, mental • 20% of women vs. 3% of men went The total national cost of caring well-being, and fi nancial cost than anyone from working full-time to working for people with Alzheimer’s and other else. We must work together to put an part-time while acting as a caregiver. dementias is projected to reach $214

38 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE BY SHERII SHERBAN er’s Disease 2014 Locally Miles for Memories is working hard to raise funds for, and awareness about, the projected toll of Alzheimer’s disease. In 2013, our inaugural year, we raised nearly $40,000 for local programming and research. Thank you to the area businesses, community volunteers and program participants that helped to make it so successful!

billion this year. In 2014, the cost Address Alzheimer’s Disease has a goal of our community now is the time to get to Medicare and Medicaid of caring of preventing and effectively treating moving. The 2014 main event will be held for those with Alzheimer’s and other Alzheimer’s disease by 2025. Ensuring September 6 in downtown Battle Creek. dementias will reach a combined $150 strong implementation of the National The coalition has been successful in billion with Medicare spending nearly $1 Alzheimer’s Plan, including adequately bringing the sponsors to the table but new in every $5 on people with Alzheimer’s funding Alzheimer’s research, is the best sponsors are always welcome. Now we or another dementia. way to avoid these staggering human need the community members at large to These numbers are set to soar as the and fi nancial tolls. step up and take action. We invite you baby boomers continue to enter the age The good news is that researchers to bring yourself, or a team of folks, to of greatest risk for Alzheimer’s disease. continue to look into how and why the this year’s event. Join us for the 5K run, Unless something is done to change the changes in the brain take place as well 5K walk, 10K run, 20K bike, or take a course of the disease, there could be as as how to alter the progression. Because more leisurely stroll down Michigan many as 16 million Americans living with movement has been demonstrated to Avenue in the quarter-mile community Alzheimer’s in 2050, at a cost of $1.2 have such a positive effect the Miles for stroll. To sign up, visit the website at trillion (in current dollars) to the nation. Memories Coalition was born. www.scenepub.com/milesformemories. This dramatic rise includes a Most specifi cally, Miles for Memories Checks should be made payable to 500% increase in combined Medicare is a grassroots effort to identify ways to BCCF/Miles for Memories and mailed and Medicaid spending and a 400% help get the community moving in order to Miles for Memories, 4642 Capital increase in out-of-pocket spending. The to change the direction of Alzheimer’s. Avenue SW, Battle Creek, MI, 49015. country’s fi rst-ever National Plan to With the disease on target to affect 50% continued If a 5K is a bit too far then walkers are invited to join the community stroll. The MICHAEL E. DOWNING REALTOR quarter-mile stroll downtown will start and end from Wave Square. The Red • ASSOCIATE BROKER • HALL OF FAME AWARD WINNER • 39 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE • OVER 2,600 CLOSED TRANSACTIONS Wagon will lead the community stroll so • RECIPIENT OF THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD it will be hard to miss. • MEMBER OF THE RE/MAX 100% CLUB FROM 1983 thru 2008, 2010-2013 If movement is not your thing just yet then join us for dinner on August Main Office: 269-968-6101 8 TIME PLATINUM 1 at Southern Exposure. Your $75 269-441-5564 • Fax 269-441-5235 AWARD H 269-963-2433 • C 269-967-6315 WINNER contribution will cover your meal, fi rst drink, lots of fun, updates from our www.mikedowning.biz e-mail: [email protected] research project, and plenty of auction RE/MAX Perrett Assoc.Inc., items to bid on. The cash bar will be 317 E. Columbia Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49015 on hand for additional merriment. Your dollars will help to support area respite programs in the county to give caregivers a much-needed break.

Together we can make a difference and change the face of Alzheimer’s Disease in Calhoun County through movement, programming and research.

Recently, we held our ﬁ rst Art Project for Alzheimer’s. Participants from seven area facilities in Battle Creek and Marshall came together for the most amazing experience. Alzheimer’s patients worked diligently on their projects, stayed engaged for nearly two hours and had priceless time with their caregivers. The joy and energy that emitted from the room made the need for the local Miles for Memory event even more real. Won’t you join us? 2014 events include: • June 13: Ganton Senior Community Golf Outing beneﬁ ting Miles for Memories, Cedar Creek Golf Course in Battle Creek • July 10: Car Show at the Oaks • July 12-13: Battle Alzheimer’s with the Battle Creek Bombers, in Battle Creek. • August 1: Dining for Dementia at Southern Exposure in Marshall. • September 6: Miles for Memories main event including a quarter-mile community stroll, 5K walk, 5K run, 10K run, and 20K bike will be held in downtown Battle Creek. Register online at www.signmeup.com or at our website and hit the link. Donations can be sent directly to the Battle Creek Community Foundation, One Riverwalk Centre, 34 W Jackson Street, Battle Creek, MI, 49017-3505. Please make checks payable to BCCF / Miles for Memories. More information is available at www.scenepub.com/milesformemories, call Sherii Sherban at (269) 979-1412 ext 102, or email [email protected].

40 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE Health Scene BY ANGELA MYERS

“A Focus on Our Community’s Health”

For the 135,000 residents of Calhoun working towards a healthier future for way for people to connect to resources County, improving our health is one of Calhoun County. These partnerships in the community. A resource toolkit the most challenging issues we face in our and collaborations have been a catalyst and healthy initiatives throughout the community. For years we have struggled for progress as we search for better year are offered at little or no cost. with access to care, teen pregnancy, solutions for our issues. Children spend a large percentage addiction, and obesity just to name a Choose Health Calhoun (CHC) of their time at school so CHC is also few. In 2014 the Robert Wood Johnson is an issue action group focused on focusing efforts on improving the health Foundation ranked Calhoun County overweight and obesity by promoting a within schools as a priority area. One 78th out of 83 counties in Michigan lifelong commitment to healthy eating way of doing so has been to work with for poor health outcomes. According and regular physical activity in Calhoun individual schools on building wellness to this report Calhoun County has County. Their mission is to connect teams to promote student wellness more incidents of sexually transmitted community members with resources and a healthy environment. Choose diseases, more adults smoking, and less available in the area. The focus of this Health Calhoun has also been involved opportunity for physical activity than group is on educating and engaging in the management of Bronson Battle the average county in Michigan. These individuals in their own wellness. Creek’s Feelin’ Good Mileage Club, a statistics have been and continue to be Choose Health Calhoun believes that walking program for area elementary challenges for all of our residents. living in a healthy environment will schools, and continues their partnership Today the Regional Health Alliance promote individuals to live healthier with Bronson Battle Creek on future (RHA) is managed and operated lives. As a result, CHC has focused on childhood obesity projects for area by the Battle Creek Community areas of the community where we spend schools. Foundation. RHA exists to organize most of our time. RHA realizes that not one collaborative partners to address the Many adults spend the majority of organization or program can solve all health concerns of Calhoun County. their time at work with their co-workers. of our health challenges therefore it There are issue action groups such as This is why CHC has partnered with the is in part one of RHA’s functions to Maternal and Infant Health, Dental Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce to keep the community informed and Access, and School Wellness that introduce the Choose Health Calhoun foster opportunities for engagement. focus on speciﬁ c health issues in our Worksite Wellness Program. This More over, it is imperative for all of us community. These groups are made program will be used as a tool to inspire within our community to be aware of up of Calhoun County representatives and educate employers on providing these challenges and take action. This from health organizations, schools, a healthy work environment that can action can range from adding value to government agencies, nonproﬁ ts, positively impact their employees’ an organization that addresses these and health professionals. These health leading to an improved quality issues to changing our own individual community members convene to of life for individuals in our community. lifestyles for the purposes of bringing establish benchmarks and continue This user friendly program is a great forth a healthier environment.

HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 41 Assisted/Independent Living Colon & Rectal Surgery Bronson Family Medicine – Oak Ridge 485 E. Columbia Ave., Suite 11-A Bickford Assisted Living & Bronson Center for Colon & Battle Creek, MI 49015 Memory Care Rectal Diseases (269) 245-5430 3432 Capital Avenue SW 3770 Capital Ave. SW, Suite A www.bronsonhealth.com/primarycare Battle Creek, MI 49015 Battle Creek, MI 49015 or (269) 979-9600 111 S. Hamilton St. General Surgery www.enrichinghappiness.com/battlecreek Marshall, MI 49068 (269) 441-1771 Bronson General Surgery Ganton Senior Communities www.bronsonhealth.com 363 Fremont St., Suite 208 14420 Helmer Road South Battle Creek, MI 49017 Battle Creek, MI 49015 Community Collaborative (269) 245-8310 (269) 969-4000 www.bronsonhealth.com www.gantonseniorcommunities.com Regional Health Alliance 34 West Jackson Street, Health / Life Insurance The Heritage Assisted Living One Riverwalk Centre 14420 Helmer Road South Battle Creek, MI 49017 Partners Insurance Agency (269) 969-4000 (269) 962-2181 165 North Washington Avenue The Reflections Memory Battle Creek, MI 49037 Care Assisted Living Counseling Service (269) 245-3867 / Fax (269) 245-3862 14316 Helmer Road South (269) 969-2500 Lisa Ottenhoff, LMSW, ACSW Health and Wellness Lakeview Senior Living 330 E. Columbia Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49015 14661 Helmer Road South Integrated Health Partners (269) 964-0153 (269) 969-8900 77 East Michigan Avenue, Suite 200 [email protected] Battle Creek, MI 4917 NorthPointe Woods (269) 425-7110 / Fax (269) 425-7160 Sexual Assault Services of www.integratedhealthpartners.net 700 North Avenue Calhoun County Battle Creek, MI 49017 36 W. Manchester St. Home Care (269) 964-7625 Battle Creek, MI 49037 www.northpointewoods.org (269) 245-3925 Home Health Support 888-383-2192 (24 hour crisis line) Birth Center 600 South Lincoln Street www.sascc.net Augusta, MI 49012 (269) 731-5775 Bronson BirthPlace Diabetes 300 North Ave. Hospitals Battle Creek, MI 49017 Bronson Battle Creek Diabetes (269) 245-4800 Education Center Borgess Health Park www.bronsonhealth.com 363 Fremont St. 3035 Capital Avenue SW Battle Creek, MI 49017 Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 245-8190 Cardiology (269) 565-9100 www.bronsonhealth.com/diabetes HealthPark.Borgess.com Bronson Advanced Cardiac Healthcare Eye Care 363 Fremont St., Suite 108 Bronson Battle Creek Battle Creek, MI 49017 Southwest Michigan Eye Center 300 North Ave. (269) 373-1222 Battle Creek, MI 49017 www.bronsonhealth.com/heart 3600 Capital Ave. SW Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 245-8000 www.bronsonhealth.com Bronson Battle Creek Cardiac (269) 979-6383 www.swmeyecenter.com Rehabilitation Oaklawn Hospital 300 North Ave. TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers 200 North Madison Battle Creek, MI 49017 363 Fremont Street, Suite 301 Marshall, MI 49068 (269) 245-8199 Battle Creek, MI 49017 (269) 781-4271 www.bronsonhealth.com 877-852-8463 www.oaklawnhospital.org/list-of-services www.tlceyecare.com Chiropractic Internal Medicine Family Practice McCullough Family Chiropractic Bronson Internal Medicine – Fremont St. 1346 West Columbia Avenue Augusta Family Health Clinic 363 Fremont St., Suite 308 A-B Battle Creek, MI 49015 600 South Lincoln Street Battle Creek, MI 49017 (269) 964-3300 Augusta, MI 49012 (269) 245-8393 www.ivaluelife.com (269) 731-5762 www.bronsonhealth.com/primarycare

42 SCENE 3905 I HEALTH ISSUE An alphabetical listing of participating Scene advertisers in the health industry.

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ALLEGRA PRINT & IMAGING FAMILY Y CENTER PAKMAIL 1514 W. Columbia Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49015 182 Capital Ave., NE, Battle Creek, MI 49017 30 E. Columbia Ave., Ste. F-1, Battle Creek, MI 49015 269-968-2403 www.allegrabattlecreek.com 269-963-9622 www.ymcabattlecreek.org 269-660-1985 www.pakmailbc.com

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ALLEN ANTIQUE MALL FOUNDATION FOR BEHAVIORAL RESOURCES RICHARD A. HENRY FUNERAL HOME 9011 W. Chicago, Allen, MI 49227 600 South Lincoln, Augusta, MI 49012 703 Capital Ave., SW, Battle Creek, MI 49015 517-869-2788 269-731-5775 fx: 269-731-5346 269-962-5191 www.henryfuneralhome.com

ART CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK GINNY SUE’S FRAME & DESIGN SCHWEITZER 265 E. Emmett, Battle Creek, MI 49017 By Appointment P.O. Box 1340, Battle Creek, MI 49016 269-962-9511 www.artcenterofbattlecreek.org 269-781-2564 269-963-1579 www.schweitzerinc.com

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CALHOUN COUNTY MEDICAL CARE FACILITY NORTHPOINTE WOODS WAREHOUSE PERFORMANCE VENUE 1150 E. Michigan, Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49015 700 North Avenue, Battle Creek, MI 49017 1299 East Columbia Avenue, Battle Creek, MI 49015 269-962-5458 www.ccmcf.com 269-964-7625 www.northpointewoods.org 269-979-WARE www.979WARE.com

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Allegra Design • Print • Mail...... 2 Family Surgical Vein Treatment ...... 2, 4 Oaklawn Hospital...... 35 Allen Antique Barn ...... 36 Farley Estes & Dowdle Funeral OMNI Community Credit Union ...... 11 Allen Antique Mall ...... 3 Directors ...... 2, 17 PainDoc Anesthesiology ...... 11 Art Center of Battle Creek...... 3 Foundation for Behavioral PAKMAIL ...... 36 Battle Creek Bombers ...... 47 Resources ...... 37 Regional Health Alliance...... 41 Battle Creek Downtown Partnership . . . . .30 Ganton Senior Communities ...... 28 RE/MAX Perrett Assoc. Inc., – Battle Creek Family YMCA ...... 3 Ginny Sue’s Frame & Design ...... 10 Michael E. Downing Realtor ...... 40 Battle Creek Tile & Mosaic...... 13 Henry Funeral Home ...... 2 Roto-Rooter ...... 31 Binder Park Zoo...... 2 Hog Creek Antique Mall ...... 3 Schweitzer Contracting ...... 45 Borgess...... 14 Integrated Health Partners ...... 12 Senior Times ...... 3 Bronson Battle Creek...... 1, 22, 24 Lakeview Ford ...... 16 Sims Electric ...... 7 Calhoun County Medical Lakeview School District...... 2 Southwest Michigan Eye Center ...... 21 Care Facility ...... 2 Legacy at the Oaks...... 16 Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Calhoun County Public McCullough Family Chiropractic ...... 32 Center ...... 27 Health Department ...... 20 Michigan Tile & Carpet...... 18 STARR...... 19 CentraCare ...... 3, 29 Miles For Memories...... 40 TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers ...... 26 CIRCA VI Salon/Spa Mobility Health ...... 34 Warehouse Performance Venue ...... 3 Alyssa DeRuiter, Stylist ...... 3 NorthPointe Woods ...... 31 WBCK / WBXX ...... 46 edwardrose.com ...... 2 NutriMost...... 13 Woods Pools...... 17

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What’s In a Name: Manchester Street Continued

The last location room. A professional librarian came every of interest is 202 day to supervise it. The 2nd and 3rd fl oors Manchester but towns- had many bedrooms and playrooms as well people simply called as huge outdoor porches. The attic fl oor it “The Residence,” had a gymnasium. The woodwork was home of Dr. John Sycamore, a lighter colored wood not often Harvey and wife Ella used. It was also one of the fi rst houses in Eaton Kellogg. Dr. Battle Creek to have a private sewer. Dr. Kellogg purchased and Mrs. Kellogg were always up on the land on the old fairgrounds/racetrack site (see newest methods of sanitation. last issue) from Judge Benjamin Graves. The Dr. and Mrs. Kellogg raised 42 children. house was begun in 1892 and they moved In a July 7, 1911 interview in Battle Creek in 1894. Before that, they lived in a San Evening News, Dr. Kellogg said they raised apartment. Dr. Kellogg wanted a place where “3 crops” of children with the 3rd crop he and Ella were away from the constant nearing maturity in 1911. The fi rst crop activity of the San. Indeed it was a haven This is also when they began to adopt started in the 1880s, another in the mid- of 9.76 acres extending three blocks north and/or foster children and they needed 1980s and the third in the late 1890s. The from Manchester to Greenwood and between more than a nursery in the Sanitarium. A age of the children varied with small ones Wood and Hubbard. Groves of trees, bushes larger space it was, a 20 room house with a six months old to 14 and 15 year olds. Dr. and fl ower gardens eventually surrounded the carriage entrance. The basement area held and Mrs. Kellogg took in older students home. In her diary, Ella said, “I love summer the schoolrooms and children’s library. and in exchange for their help with the time and the beauties of the grove around our The fi rst fl oor had a large kitchen, a dining younger children, they were able to take home. I think it is the most wonderful setting room with two generous sized tables, as Sanitarium courses for free. for a home I have ever seen.” well as Dr. Kellogg’s Library and living continued

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HEALTH ISSUE I SCENE 3905 45 With all these children, Mrs. Kellogg A barn on the property that housed many fi nancing. The house stood empty. felt it necessary to discuss and draw up of the children’s pets was remodeled into Enquirer reporter, Ross Coller, observed “Regulations adopted by members of our the Sunshine Center in 1928. Classrooms in Nov. of 1958 that “marauders already family in 1906.” The underlining is that of were put in and free classes were offered had a fi eld day particularly in breaking … Mrs. Kellogg. Some examples of the rules in home economics, home nurseries, child windows, including collectors’ items of are “all members of the family should care, prenatal care, cooking, gardening and fancy windows of leaded glass.” Finally respect the rights of every other member healthful recreation. On Saturdays, the Three the Ypsilanti purchasers had the structure of the family.” Children were cautioned Quarter Century Club met there, those who razed. The Sunshine Center burned down not to gossip, to be punctual, no listening lived to 75 years with the motto “Lets Live earlier in 1950, as several boys playing at transoms or keyholes of rooms, no a Little Longer.” The Kelloggs also opened with matches set it on fi re. apple cores to be tossed out the windows the pool and playground to the children of The land where the Kellogg Residence or chocolate wrappers hidden in the potted the city as early as 1911. Physical education stood as well as the fairground/racetrack plants and quiet hours after 9:30pm. major at Battle Creek College, Arch Flannery became the property of Washington Heights Respect for workers, manners and proper was the supervisor in the summers. Community Ministries in 1965. The church speech were all emphasized. After Mrs. Kellogg died in 1920, Dr. and community building were built in 1977. The children were allowed to have all Kellogg continued on. His sister Clara The city leases part of the property from sorts of pets. Dr. Kellogg even had a small moved in to help him. The U.S. Army them as a playground and park. herd of white tail deer and while hard to brought the house and the grounds from For many of the details in this article, believe now, they were then a rarity in the Kellogg estate in 1948 with the plan to I am indebted to Battle Creek historian, southern Michigan. Leta Browning, Dr. build housing for the Percy Jones Hospital Frances Thornton and her article, “The Man Kellogg’s personal secretary, reminisced personnel. However, the hospital closed Who Brought Sunshine,” Heritage Battle about the house personifying the Residence during the Korean War. In 1955 the Army Creek: A Journal of Local History, Volume in her memories. “Your [the house] declared it surplus property and sold it at 6, Spring 1944, pp. 12 – 19. As a child, grounds were spacious occupying two city auction. The winning bid was to a fi rm Frances enjoyed the Kellogg playground. As blocks, and deer roamed in freedom, as in Ypsilanti and they planned apartments always I thank Mary Butler, our community did many pets of the little ones who called and a shopping center. The Battle Creek and research archivist. If you enjoyed you home – ponies, puppies, kittens, birds Civic Improvement Corp entered a bid but this article, please support us by going to and rabbits, and always haughty on her unfortunately came in second. A “Dr. John www.heritagebattle creek.org and joining. perch… the large white Cockatoo, given to Harvey Kellogg Memorial Committee” Heritage is an umbrella organization that Mrs. Kellogg by her husband, a bird that pressed the city to buy it. The city was also supports the Historical Society, Community spread its beautiful plumage in a quaint interested in the area as a park. and Research Archives, Sojourner Truth dance to the tune of Yankee Doodle…” The Ypsilanti group failed to get Institute and Heritage Tourism.

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