Left: Kathy Flagstadt of the Michigan Rehabilitaion Service.The meeting was attended by 15 members and 5 guests. Guests were Linda and Dave Grahek and their granddaughter, "Pete" Pietri of Houghton Rotary, and Kathy Flagstadt of Dept. Of Labor and Economic Growth, State of Michigan, who was our speaker.
After a round of Happy Dollars, Kevin said that the membership roster was being updated soon. You will have the option to remove your birth date from the roster if you wish. He also reported that the Tammies fund-raiser was successful again this year and the housing was excellent.
After lunch, Ms. Flagstadt was introduced. She explained that she works for the Michigan Rehabilitation Service as a Rehabilitation Counselor. Her primary duty is to determine what rehabilitation a disabled person needs to become part of the workforce or to school. That is her primary goal, to get disabled people back to work or to school. Disabilities serviced in 2006 included Physical, mental, learning, hearing loss, cognitive, drugs and alcohol, and visual disabilities. Her area is Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw counties, a wide geographic landscape that keeps her on the move. Presently she councels over 50 clients of which about 30% are in college. If anyone knows of someone needing this type of employment service, please call 800-605-6722 or e-mail MRS-CustomerAssistance@Mighigan.gov. There is also a website at www.michigan.gov/MRS.
Her presentation was followed by numerous questions and answers.
Before closing, Dan gave us a humorous account of his adventure with his new Suburu that broke down finally in Iowa. At this point, Dan is still driving a loaner and waiting for his car to be fixed. Update next week.
Jim Lowell reporting on preliminary results of the Tammies income.
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