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Milan mayor pro-tem helps start wellness foundation for dispatchers

Group hopes to raise money to fund research
By Ben Baird
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Emergency dispatchers can be at risk to posttraumatic stress disorder, which is one concern the recently formed 911 Wellness Foundation seeks to address. Michael Armitage, the mayor pro-tem of Milan and a dispatcher for the University of Michigan Department of Public Safety, is one of 12 founding board members of the 911 Wellness Foundation. It is a national initiative, although the majority of the leadership is currently based in Michigan with a presence also in Florida. Currently the foundation

At work in the township emergency dispatcher center are Van Buren dispatchers David McInally (left), Kathleen Springer and Dana Schaefer. is waiting to be approved as a nonprofit, which on Thursday was still pending but could be approved as soon as sometime within 48 hours. Armitage became involved after meeting Jim Marshall, foundation chairman and Petoskey resident. Those initially involved began throwing ideas

around for the foundation in 2011, but Armitage said within the past several months it has really taken off the ground. In late March, a research study was released that helped open discussion and presented evidence that dispatchers can face serious distress and PTSD, according to the 911 Wellness Foundation. The study was co-authored by Dr. Michelle Lilly and Heather Pierce, a member of the National Emergency Number Association working group on 911 stress. The foundations goals are many fold, Armitage said. They hope to raise money to fund research for how work can affect the mental health of dispatchers. With the possible use of additional media elements such as callers able to communicate with dispatchers through video,
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Mayor says she changed her mind
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A movie-theater-style rope barrier was missing from the Milan City Council chambers April 23. Two weeks after proclaiming the barrier would

remain as long as she was mayor, Kym Muckler told the City Council she had reconsidered. The barriers installation came as the mayor cited increased attacks against city councils across the country and an incident Aug. 8, 2011, in which she said someone charged the council platform. She credited the idea to former police chief Jeff

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Helber nalist for Saline principal job

Assistant superintendent of Milan schools among top three
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Three people have been named as finalists for the principal position at Saline High School, including a

Milan school administrator. The three were the focus of a community forum held Wednesday at the school. The finalists emerged from a field of eight candidates who were interviewed by a

search committee. The finalists are Julie Helber of Milan Area Schools, Alice Lashbrook of Hartland Consolidated Schools and Tyrone Weeks of Plymouth-Canton Community

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Schools. The search committee spent 10 hours interviewing the eight candidates. The committee was made up of parents, teachers, administrators and a student.

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