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Ojibwe School PTO needs help with book drive • Please don't obstruct roadways • Please use 911 for emergencies
Ojibwe School PTO needs help with book drive
The Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) of the of the Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter School is working to bring more books to the school. The school does not have a library and books for the classrooms are very limited, so the PTO has decided to hold a book drive to increase the number of books available to the students.
The book drive will be held March 8-12. The PTO is planning a Book Fair and Book Event at the school on March 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. in honor of National Reading Month.
The PTO would like to extend an invitation to the community to be involved in the Book Drive and Book Event. Some of the things community members could do are help raise funds; donate books, book marks, books or writing supplies; volunteer for the book event; donate snacks, drinks or books for the book event; hold pop can drives; or participate in the Reading Challenge.
Collection sites will be set up to drop off any donated books during the week of the Book Drive. Book and cash donations will also be collected during the Book Event on March 9 and can also be dropped off at the School Office. Contact Ann Belleau (632-6896, 248-5360, ann@itcmi.org) or Aneen Waite (248-2530) with any questions.
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Please don't obstruct roadways
Dear community members,
Along with the freezing temperatures and falling snow we have been experiencing lately, we have also noticed an increase in people plowing out their driveways. Due to the increase of complaints that we have been receiving lately, I find it incumbent upon me to remind the community that while plowing the snow you must not leave any snow piles or obstructions to any roadway.
Under Section 624 of the Bay Mills Law and Order Code, it states that “any person who by his/her act of failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the following: interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous for passage, any highway or street or waters used by the community, is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance.” Any person convicted under this section may be punished by imprisonment of not more than 90 days, payment of a fine not to exceed $500, or both.
This is just a friendly community reminder for all you snow-plowers out there to help keep our roadways safe for all of our members. There have been reports of people hitting these snow piles on the road and losing control of their vehicle. Also, on several occasions, the workers at Bay Mills Public Works have reported damage to their expensive machinery due to hitting these frozen piles of snow and ice while plowing early in the morning. Let's try to keep our roadways free and clear of any type of obstructions so as to ensure safe passage for all our users.
Respectfully,
Captain Kurt Perron, BMPD
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Please use 911 for emergencies
Dear Community Residents,
A few people have been calling directly to the BMEC station when they are having an emergency and are in need of an ambulance. I would like to not only remind community residents that 248-2021 is a NON-EMERGENCY number, but also explain why it is better to call 911 in the first place.
When you call directly to the station and request that an ambulance be sent to your home or to the scene of an accident, one of the providers is on the phone with you the whole time and is not getting ready to go out on the call, which wastes time. If the call is not dispatched through 911, the volunteer driver, who is not required to be at the station, does not know that he or she is needed to respond; and there may be a chance that we are not at the station because we are gone to the store, on another run, etc.
It is better to call 911 because as you are talking to one dispatcher, the other dispatcher is sending out an instant tone across our pagers, and while you are still on the phone, we are already headed to the location of your emergency.
When you go through 911, the volunteer driver on call also hears the tones and goes to the scene of the accident; and our pagers go off wherever we are, not just at the station. If we should be on a run already when your emergeny occurs, the 911 operator will be aware of this and dispatch another ambulance.
Once again, please do not use the NON-EMERGENCY number (248-2021) to call an ambulance.
SAVE PRECIOUS TIME AND CALL 911 INSTEAD.
Thanks,
Ruth Summerville, Paramedic
Bay Mills Emergency Connection
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