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WELCOME TO CEDAR CREEK VOICE.
Email address: http://www.cedarcreekvoice.wordpress.com
Cedar Creek Voice is a news and opinion blog dedicated to the citizens of Cedar Creek Township, as well as greater Wexford County, Michigan.
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WEXFORD COUNTY, MICHIGAN:
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STATE IN DESPERATE NEED FOR BLOOD DONATIONS
The closest permanent site for donating blood: Michigan Communities Blood Centers Northwest, 2575 Aero Park Drive, Traverse City, telephone: (231) 935-3030. (toll free: 1-866-MIBLOOD)
Call the Cadillac Chamber of Commerce for information about upcoming blood drives at (231) 775-9776. See the Page titled “DONATING BLOOD: Giving the Gift of Life” for donor requirements.
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BREAST & CERVICAL CANCER DIAGNOSED, AND TREATMENT PAID FOR, BY A DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAM.
(See Page titled “Can’t Afford Your Medications or Health Care?”)
CONTACT THE DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
- Wexford County: (231) 775-9942
- Missaukee County: (231) 839-7167
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COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES
DENTAL CARE:
Call: DENTAL CLINICS NORTH / CADILLAC……..1-231-775-7662 or …………………………………………………………..1-877-321-7070
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Call, Visit, or Write your local MICHIGAN WORKS! at:
Michigan Works! Service Center, 401 Lake St., Ste. 700, Cadillac, 49601, telephone: (231) 775-3408.
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FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR A FIRST JOB, A NEW JOB, OR ANY JOB: Be sure to check the job listings and career information in the (NOW 20) LINKS under the heading: JOB SEARCH! To go directly to these websites to check “help wanted”, ”employment” or “careers” - just click on the name of the Link itself (all start with “JOB SEARCH:…”). The link will take you directly there.
VETERANS: Try checking the Link: JOB SEARCH: DESTINY GROUP – “Employers Seeking Those Who Served in the Military. Search over 100,000 jobs.”
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UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
(Click on website: http://www.unemploymentoffice.net/State_resources/Michigan.htm)
MICHIGAN:
How Do I File for Unemployment Insurance?
Claims by Mail:
Jobless workers may take cuts in line by using our convenient Claims By Mail service. Mail-in applications are available in Bureau branch offices, most Michigan Works! service centers and in the FORMS section of our Web site…
Internet Claims:
To use the on-line servcice, applicants must be filing a new or additional claim. An additional claim is one filed to reactivate benefits when a person already has a claim in existence, interrupts the payment of benefits on the claim by returning to work and then becomes unemployed again.
Applicants filing new claims must meet these criteria:
- Are not employed full time.
- Have been employed during the past 18 months.
- Live in Michigan.
- Were employed by only one Michigan employer during the past 18 months.
- Filed a claim for unamployment benefits during the past 10 years.
- Did not work in family employment.
- Were not in Military Service during the past 18 months.
- Were not employed by the federal government during the past 18 months.
- Did not work in another state during the past 18 months.
- Did not file a claim against another state during the past 12 months.
- Did not work under more than one social security number diring the past 18 monhts.
- Are not trying to claim past weeks of benefits.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AGENCY:
To File a Benefit Claim, Call (toll free): ………………….1-866-500-0017.
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VETERANS: Please see the 10/11/08 Post, “U.S.Troops & Veterans’ News” regarding President Bush signing the Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act, especially the part about V.A. home loans:
“…One change in the benefits law that would be vital to many veterans at a time of turmoil in the home mortgage is an overhaul of the veterans’ home loan program that makes it easier for people with non-VA loans to refinance their mortgages through VA. This is done by raising the amount VA will guarantee and reducing the amount of equity a homeowner must have in order to refinance…”
[Editor's note: For information regarding many Veteran's needs, see the Post "VETERANS' HQ"]
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TO DONATE FOOD TO LOCAL AREA FAMILIES IN NEED, CALL THE SALVATION ARMY, Cadillac….. (231) 775-7131.
FAMILY CARE NETWORK, Manton….. (231) 824-9130.
NORTHWEST GLEANERS FOOD BANK, Haring Twnsp…..779-0056.
Or call the Chamber of Commerce of town nearest you and ask where you may donate (or obtain) needed food items.
FOOD STAMP HOTLINE…..1-800-481-4989.
Call DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES, WEXFORD & MISSAUKEE COUNTIES re: food, housing, and other basic needs…..(231) 779-4500.
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