Medical assistants grow in demand in Michigan training path
West Michigan Works highlights an 18 percent industry growth from 2020 to 2030 for medical assistants. The article notes this role as an accessible entry point into healthcare requiring on the job training and no mandatory certification in Michigan. It describes duties from patient intake to assisting physicians and basic lab work. The West Michigan Works Medical Assistant Registered Apprenticeship Program aims for a spring 2022 cohort with MARAP details available online.
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U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics
Michigan
Edge West Michigan Works
MARAP
Westmiworks.org
West Michigan Works
Planning for aging parents and your finances now
A guide urging conversations about aging parents care and personal finances. It stresses starting the discussion, listing open questions, and preparing an estate plan with legal help. It notes millennials as a sandwich generation and suggests exploring care options, life insurance, Social Security, pensions, and long term care coverage.
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Lauryn Williams
Worth Winning
Frank Paré
CFP
PF Wealth Management Group
Oakland
California
Williams
Holland’s Pfanstiehl family built a business empire across mills ships and hotels
Pieter Pfanstiehl born 1808 in the Netherlands, immigrated with Helena Meulenbroek and helped found Holland Michigan’s first tannery. He later ran a general store and invested in a schooner stagecoach and a mill. His ventures included the City Hotel and a major butter and leather trade before losses from the 1871 Great Holland Fire and a shipwreck. Helena died 1885 and Pieter in 1892, with sources crediting Robert Swierenga and findagrave.com.
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Pieter Pfanstiehl
Netherlands
Helena Meulenbroek
Pieter
Helena
New York
Pfanstiehl
Albertus van Raalte
Holland
Michigan
van Raalte
Isaac Cappon
River Avenue
Eighth Street
Grand Haven
Kalamazoo
South Pier
Henry Post
City
E.J. Harrington
Black
Macatawa) Lake
William Bates
Pfanstiel
Macatawa Park
Austin Harrington
Robert Swierenga
Findagrave.com
Steve VanderVeen
Hope College
Vanderveen
Hope.edu
Meat sector vaccines and safety measures cited in report
A synthesis of documents from JBS Tyson Foods Smithfield Cargill and National Beef shows frontline meat and poultry workers benefited from infection prevention and vaccination efforts since spring 2020. The firms say they met health standards, conducted widespread testing, and promoted vaccination, while balancing plant operations and worker protection.
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Julie Anna Potts
JBS
Tyson Foods
Smithfield Foods
Cargill
National Beef
U.S
Cargill, Tyson
Daniel Sullivan
Tyson
Gary Mickelson
Hyrum
Utah
Amarillo
Texas
Tama
Iowa
Toy retailers scramble as orders delayed and costs soar
Vendors spread orders across Samsonite and Ricardo Beverly Hills as August shipments slip to December amid soaring freight rates. Ocean shipments from China now cost 17377 for a 40-foot container, up from 3847 last year, with Los Angeles and Long Beach ports handling 40 of inbound containers. Delays push holiday orders earlier, inventories shrink, and smaller makers halt new orders while retailers push private labels and air freight to protect shelves.
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Silverman
Samsonite
Ricardo Beverly Hills
China
U.S. West Coast
Freightos
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Based Online Freight Marketplace Most Vendors Silverman
Thailand
Los Angeles
Long Beach
California
United States
Kevin Ketels
Wayne State University
Rob Pickering
Snapdoodle Toys & Games
Seattle
Pickering
Bruder
Germany
Christine Noh
Nobble
New York
New Jersey
Nike
Adidas
Vietnam
Aoh
Bangladesh
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Mens
Vander Veen
Plugger
Maggie
George Hummer
Peter Pfanstiehl
Plugger's Mill
Holland Museum
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