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SECTION B REAL ESTATE OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS Let us help you customize a memorial for your loved one. Visit our monument garden on Local Living Silver Lake Road next to the funeral home. 810-629-9321 1000 Silver Lake Road Sunday, April 29, 2018 Horses and humans create bonds for healing We’ve done this before for police officers‘‘ and children. Veterans are a new focus. Tim Scarberry Horses Heal Hearts of Michigan founder’’ nLocal equine trainer brings Today, the organization is run by its presi- dent, David Zarek. “He’s really connected hope to people facing and is excited for new opportunities to use hardships through Horses Heal the horses for healing,” Scarberry said. Last Hearts of Michigan year, they helped about 40 kids who came out to WindWalker Farms, hoping to find By Sally Rummel healing and comfort after the loss of a parent. [email protected]; 810-629-8282 Most recently, two of Scarberry’s horses, “There’s something about the outside Top Secret, and his younger brother, Scrap- of a horse that’s good for the inside of py, were on hand for two veterans’ events a man.” — one on Tuesday, April 17 for veterans Those words, believed to be spoken living in a homeless shelter in Detroit and by former British Prime Minister Sir another on April 19, visiting the University Winston Churchill, might just have well of Michigan-Dearborn campus. been spoken by local horse owner/trainer It was the firsttime in campus history Tim Scarberry of WindWalker Farms in that horses had ever been allowed on any Tyrone Township. U of M campus. The veterans, part of the Scarberry, an avid horseman known as Love a Michigan Vet Project, the Student the “horse whisperer” in equine training Veteran Association and the Associa- circles, also uses horses for another purpose tion of Women Veterans, mostly visited beyond riding. In 2012, he founded “Horses and petted the horses. “They were a big Heal Hearts of Michigan” to bring together hit,” said Nadine Jones, organizer of the TRI-COUNTY TIMES | SALLY RUMMEL horses and people who are facing their own campus event. Horses from WindWalker Farms in Tyrone Township are a big hit at separate veterans’ personal hardships. See HEALING on 2B events in Detroit and Dearborn on April 17 and 19, respectively. EARLY SEASON SALE! VECTRA 23XT PONTOON Includes: Full cover, Vinyl floor Bluetooth stereo, Accessory package & 115hp 4-stroke Mercury Outboard FULL SERVICE PARTS & ACCESSORIES ONLY www.freeway-sports.com $26,995 OR 810-629-2291 3241 Thompson Road • Fenton $203/mo for 180 months* Exit 84 on US-23 *10% down, 4.99%APR, with approved credit. Mon.-Fri. 9am-6pm • Sat. 9am-5pm 2B Sunday, April 29, 2018 LOCAL LIVING tctimes.com NOTICE Just sayin’... [email protected] ROSE TOWNSHIP 2018 ANNUAL SPRING ROADSIDE CLEAN-UP DAY this way, the current $621 billion Rose Township will hold its annual Roadside Clean-Up for residents and property Younger folks are women’s fashion industry, and $445 owners on the following date: billion beauty (cosmetics and other making new rules beauty supplies), could be in serious Saturday May 19, 2018 jeopardy. Their futures are surely A few days ago, I watched Good doomed! 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Morning America as I do every morn- What’s the point of buying beauti- ing and was flabbergasted by a segment ful clothes and making yourself look Residents and township organizations are encouraged to participate in the clean- they titled “What are the new rules in a and feel as attractive as possible if no up of the roadsides. post #MeToo workplace?” one notices or says anything? Two generations of men and women, Everyone likes to be noticed and Dumpsters will be located in the Rose Township Civic Park located on the northwest complimented. If that became a corner of Milford Road and West Rose Center Road. Refuse to be disposed of one in their 20s and another in their 50s, were interviewed on what they be- negative thing because of the MeToo must be transported to the dumpsters. THERE IS NO ROADSIDE PICK UP. movement, count me out. No commercial dumping will be allowed. lieve is and is not appropriate in the So what happens outside the work- Township staff will be on duty to verify residence and/or property ownership. workplace. place? If commenting on someone’s Fire department personnel will be there to assist with loading materials into the One of the appearance is wrong in the workplace, dumpsters. Propane tanks will not be accepted. No barrels, gas or fuel oil tanks, men, a teacher according to millennials, how can it be stumps, brush or concrete will be accepted. Shingles must be bagged, loose in his 50s, said right anywhere else? shingles will not be accepted. Paint cans must be empty or filledwith sand or cat he sometimes If you’re a single guy looking for a litter. Each household will be permitted four (4) car tires; additional tires will be worries about love match and you meet someone at accepted at a price of $4.00 per tire and $25.00 per tire for tractor or large truck how compli- a party, or a friend’s house, at school, tires. ments he gives at a restaurant, or even church, don’t at work can be VERA HOGAN you approach a gal because you like Burning permits to allow the burning of leaves and brush are available by obtaining misconstrued. the way she looks? I’m pretty sure a burning permit through www.nocfa.org. He said he re- she’s approaching you because she cently saw a fellow teacher coming. likes the way you look. You don’t go Bags for cleaning roadsides will be available at the Rose Township Offices, 9080 “I just passed by and said, ‘Oh, you up to her and say, “Hi there, do you Mason Street, Holly, Michigan beginning April 23, 2018 until May 17, 2018 and know how to cook? Do you keep a also at the clean-up day location on clean-up day. look beautiful,’ because she looked beautiful, and then I said, ‘Oh, what tidy house? How about your financial Rose Township’s regular daily recycling is located in the rear of the Township did I say?’” He said you never know skills, do you think you can manage a Office’s parking lot at 9080 Mason Street, Holly, MI. anymore whether compliments can be household budget? If the answer to all misconstrued as offensive. of those is yes would you mind remov- Residents may call 248-634-8701 with any questions. The younger people in the group ing that makeup and wearing something were for the most part adamant that a little frumpier?” comments on one’s appearance No, you would remark on how nice Debbie Miller, MMC, CMMC should not be a part of workplace she looks, or comment on her beautiful Rose Township Clerk banter. One young lady in her 20s hair or smile, a pretty blouse or some- said, “Really any comment you want thing. Or does that make him sexist? to give me, I want to be related to What is going to happen to the art of my work. We don’t have to, like, talk flirting? about our physical appearances or With all of this going on, where how we think someone looks.” those of us in the older generations are It was a pretty long segment, but you afraid to speak, I am very happy about get the picture. The 20-somethings and three things — I’m older, I’m happily 50-somethings stuck to their opposite married, and I am not a boy! opinions. Opinions offered in Just Sayin’ are the author’s alone and do not neces- sarily reflect the opinion of the Tri-County Times or its staff. Email Vera at Wow! If the millennial ladies feel [email protected]. HEALING What makes horses good Continued from Page 1B therapy animals? Scarberry feels strongly about the Horses seem to have an affinity unique bond between horses and hu- for healing effects on people of mans and how horses can really help all ages. Fun and enjoyment can people overcome hardships, addic- come from working with horses. tions, even mental disorders, such as Because of their size, participants anxiety and depression. gain trust with the animals. The “Getting quiet becomes an activity by horse provides immediate feedback itself, and helps keep my mind engaged,” about your own actions and body said Scarberry, who admits to being high- language through mirroring. You strung. “I felt strongly for years that the learn to act and react appropriately. Lord was going to use these horses to help Accomplishing a task involving more than just me, all kinds of people. a horse creates confidence and Sometimes, a little bit of hope and love provides experience for dealing with are all a person needs to give them the other situations. strength to go on. That’s what Horses SOURCE: Equine-psychotherapy.com Heal Hearts of Michigan offers.” Scarberry said he tries to hold a monthly event, either onsite at Wind- Horses Heal Hearts of Michigan Walker Farms or trailering the horses to “Healing Hearts One Giddyup at a Time” an off-site event. Volunteers help out, Here’s how you can help: but there’s always a WindWalker Farms • Volunteer person to handle the horses. • Make a donation — go to “I really feel strongly about helping horseshealheartsmi.org veterans,” Scarberry said. “We need to • Support the Denim & Diamonds give back.