Improv: It’s Not Just For Comedy Anymore

Improv: It’s Not Just For Comedy Anymore

Tara and Dann Sytsma with Improv Effects and Crawlspace Eviction Improv Comedy. Courtesy Improv Effects Ever been to an improv comedy show? it is amazing how an improv comedy group can work so cohesively that they can carry out a performance without a script. Even...

How To Avoid Chimney Fires Like Rachael Ray’s

How To Avoid Chimney Fires Like Rachael Ray’s

It is heartbreaking to watch TV chef Rachael Ray guide viewers of her program through the remains of her home after a chimney fire decimated it in the summer of 2020. She and her husband escaped with just minutes to spare after the fire began, which started in the...

Youth Firesetting: What Every Child’s Role Model Should Know

Youth Firesetting: What Every Child’s Role Model Should Know

Michael McLeeier with ESCAPE Firefighters and fire prevention experts usually see an incidence of youth firesetting in their daily routines. However, during COVID-19, concerns have been raised about an uptick in those cases. Michael McLeeier of ESCAPE - a...

Fighting COVID-19 in Mid-America: A Health Officer’s Perspective

Fighting COVID-19 in Mid-America: A Health Officer’s Perspective

Linda Vail, Health Officer, Ingham County, Michigan What is it like at a municipal health department in Anytown, USA when a pandemic breaks out? How do they handle that – along with all the other everyday health concerns? We asked Linda Vail, Health Officer...