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MARCH 8, 2023 Vol. 35, No. 5 candgnews.com 0058-2310
Clinton Township board adopts county animal control rules BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
Tina Madeleine leads a Pound Class to teach kids to alleviate stress through music and physical activity. Photo by Brendan Losinski
First ‘Winter Wellness Night’ hosted at Fraser High School blosinski@candgnews.com
FRASER — Mental health among young people is an ever-growing concern. The students of the Fraser Be Nice Club took steps to try and address it with their first-ever Winter Wellness Night. Taking place at Fraser High School on Feb. 24, the Be Nice Club invited the community in to speak about the various resources available and to learn different techniques that could help address issues such as stress and depression.
“We are having an event for our community to be able to provide different coping strategies for our mental health,” said Heidi Impellizzeri, the Fraser High School social worker who advises the club. “We are covering all areas of mental health and wellness. This includes spiritual and physical needs. We have a pound class where you bang sticks to music, coloring stations, food, hot chocolate, therapy dogs and eight massage therapists are giving massages.” The club began earlier this year after its four founding members attended a Michigan Youth Lead-
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The Clinton Township Board of Trustees meets on the evening of Feb. 27. Photo by Erin Sanchez
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BY BRENDAN LOSINSKI
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The Clinton Township Board of Trustees joined many Macomb County communities on Feb. 27 by adopting a new animal control ordinance in line with the county’s standards, practices and recommendations. “It’s very important to residents and businesses and our communities in general that we have a sort of standardized, across-the-county animal policy, and this allows us to do that,” Trustee Julie Matuzak said. “Chief (Jeff ) Randazzo at the Macomb County Animal Control does an amazing job with limited resources, and the county provides animal control to most of the communities in Macomb County. So having a standardized best practice that we can all work with I think is beneficial to everybody — including all the animals.” Clinton Township is one of the communities serviced by Macomb County Animal Control, and adopting the ordinance allows animal control to enforce penalties as township ordinance violations. Trustee Mike Keys expressed concern about whether the ordinance allowed Macomb County Animal Control to raise more funds through townships, because townships would rely on county agencies for such