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First Aired October 8, 2022 In the debut episode of Battle Creek’s “Community Matters” program, Lakeview Ford’s Vince Pavone discusses why he is opening his own wallet to support community-related radio and podcast interviews. ABOUT COMMUNITY MATTERS Former WBCK Morning Show host Richard Piet (2014-2017) returns to host Community Matters, an interview program focused on …
Episode 23 in the Summit Pointe series provides an update on First Step. Opened in March 2021, First Step became Calhoun County’s example of a 24/7 psychiatric urgent care model being established across the country. As First Step’s Dr. Kimberly Peck tells us, the response has been better than expected. The facility has seen 5000 visitors come through …
Locals consider The Barn Theatre outside Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, Michigan as a community gem. They enjoy an intense schedule of summer and fall shows, along with an end-of-season holiday show tradition. Along with The Barn’s out-in-the-country, local flavor are much farther-reaching influences that have help shape the careers of actors whose names you know – some …
Actor Robert Newman is no stranger to daytime drama, after spending 28 years on Guiding Light and short stints on General Hospital and Santa Barbara. You have also seen him in guest starring roles on television and in movies. Theatre-goers also know Robert well from his frequent appearances all around the country. In Robert’s new visit to TRPS, he speaks candidly …
As many know, the COVID-19 pandemic caused immense stress on the world’s healthcare workers. Many of those workers found it difficult to stay healthy amidst the tremendous demands of working to help patients get well. In Calhoun County, Michigan, Summit Pointe developed a program to help address this issue in its backyard: Keeping Healthcare Professionals Healthy. In this …
A national model is the basis for a program at Summit Pointe, the behavioral health authority in Calhoun County, Michigan. The Therapeutic Home Program pairs local volunteers with youth who have strayed from productive paths – and who need help resetting their lives as a result of behavioral or other issues. Eric Worley, Therapeutic Home …
In the ninth in a series of episodes with Summit Pointe, Veteran Navigator Michele Pascoe discusses how she connects veterans to the services they need. As the behavioral health authority in Calhoun County, Michigan, Summit Pointe reaches out into the local community to go where vets are – and help see to it they get the support needed. Click …
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of Autism Spectrum Disorder has nearly tripled since 2000. That is according to a collaborative report from the CDC and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health released in 2020. Summit Pointe, the behavioral health authority in Calhoun County, Michigan, assists residents with new …
