May 4, 2020 Your News source for All Livonia. All the time. All ways positive.
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COVID-19 continues to impact Livonia.
One family loses 11 members. The Felician Sisters. Livonia.
The Franklin High School family loses two of their favorites. |
Twenty-two cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the Felician Sisters convent and at least 11 sisters have died since April 10. Five of the deaths have been tied to the virus; the causes of the other six are not yet confirmed.
Sister Mary Luiza Wawrzyniak, 99, Sister Celine Marie Lesinski, 92, Sister Mary Estelle Printz, 95, Sister Thomas Marie Wadowski, 73, Sister Mary Patricia Pyszynski, 93, Sister Mary Clarence (Adeline) Borkoski, 83, Sister Rose Mary Wolak, 86, Sister Mary Janice (Margaret) Zolkowski, 86, Sister Mary Ann (Fernanda) Alice Gradowski, 73, Sister Victoria Marie Indyk, 69, Sister Mary Martinez (Virginia) Rozek, 87.
For a description of the life each of these 11 sisters lived link here to a complete story in Bridge Magazine, Michigan's nonpartisan, nonprofit news source.
It is heartbreaking when we lose a family member, a neighbor, a teacher. The loses mount, in Livonia, in Michigan, and nearly 70,000 nationwide. We have another extended family in Livonia that has made a significant impact on the community, values, and even personality.
The typewriter wishes that there was a public display that would give us the pictures of all of our Livonia family members who have passed. Here we have 11 family members of our larger Livonia community. 11 family members who taught at schools, built a University, opened a child-care center, and were out and about at luncheons, fundraisers, community activites.
80 years making an impact. 11 members passing away in one family. A tremendous loss.
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Covid-19 takes Armand and Ruth Vigna within hours of each other.
Franklin High School honored former head coach Armand Vigna and his wife, Ruth, who both died from the  coronavirus within 12 hours of each other.
Franklin's football stadium had its lights on Friday night to honor Vigna, with the scoreboard reading the final score of the 1975 championship game.
Vigna led Franklin's program from that championship '75 season until 1992.
Vigna died at age 84 Monday night due to COVID-19 and his wife, Ruthie, passed away due to the virus 12 hours later.
(Photo Credit to Fox 2)
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| Livonia Service Clubs partner with restaurants and businesses to support St. Mary Hospital |
Aleko's (Jeffery Naeger)
Alpha USA
Arby's - 7 Mile Rd.
Archie's
Beirut Bakery
Biggby Coffee - Ann Arbor Rd.
Cantoro's
Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church
Costco
Daly Restaurant
Domino's Pizza
Elite Catering
Feed the Front Lines
Georges Senate
Granite City
Heritage Bakery
Independent Bank
Jersey Mikes - Middlebelt Rd.
Jersey Mikes - 6 Mile Rd.
Jets Pizza - 7 Mile Rd.
Jimmy Johns
Jimmy Johns (Joanne Roe & Friends)
Joes Produce
Joe Randazzo's
Karl's Cabin
Larry's Foodland
Lees Chicken
Leftys (Local 98 and Guardian Plumbers)
Little Caesars Pizza
Mamarita Catering
Marip's Pizza
Mods Pizza
Moes on Ten
Pridestaff
Schoolcraft College Culinary Arts Program
Subway on Five
Supernatural Brewery
Thomas's Restaurant
Westborn Market
Zukins Rib Shack
Collins goes on to say that "We truly appreciate the generous support that these and other area businesses are providing for our courageous nurses and doctors who are engaged and at risk in this challenging battle with COVID 19. We invite readers of Musings to include these businesses in their patronage of our local businesses.
"Special Thanks to those members of the Livonia Community who are helping to make a difference by making a cash donation in support of this Program. Funds raised are used to purchase food items and are shared with our food providers to help offset some of the cost of these donations.
"Special Thanks also to the volunteers who Pick Up and Delivery many of these donations.".
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Research and Technology Subcommittee Chairwoman Stevens Holds Bipartisan Teleconference on NIST Manufacturing Programs and COVID-19 Response and Recovery
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 Last week, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Subcommittee on Research & Technology, held a bipartisan teleconference with Mr. Mike Molnar, Director of the Office of Advanced Manufacturing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Ms. Carroll Thomas, Director of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership at NIST, to understand how these programs are helping to support and mobilize manufacturers during the during the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, including through the production of PPE, vaccines, and other essential medical supplies.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep vulnerabilities in our nation's critical manufacturing sector," said Haley Stevens (D-MI) of the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. "In this time of great need, NIST's Manufacturing USA program and Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers are stepping up to the challenge of assisting small and medium manufacturers who are at the front lines of producing the medical equipment we so badly need to respond to the monumental challenge before us. After leading the reauthorization of the Manufacturing USA program last year, I will continue to champion this essential program moving forward as we look to the manufacturing sector to rebuild our economy and protect us from future vulnerabilities in our supply chain."
The Members and Directors Molnar and Thomas discussed how the Manufacturing USA program and MEP centers are spending funding they received under the CARES Act; the immediate needs of manufacturers looking to contribute to COVID-19 response, and how these NIST programs are meeting these needs; the immediate and long-term impacts on the U.S. supply chain due to the pandemic and what is needed to mitigate these impacts; how the manufacturing workforce is being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and how Manufacturing USA workforce development programs and MEP centers are helping manufacturers manage workforce challenges; and how Manufacturing USA institutes and MEP centers are mobilizing small and medium manufacturers across the nation to respond to the COVID-19 health crisis by disseminating resources about federal programs and providing technical assistance.
"Americans' basic needs have been dramatically altered during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic," said Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX). "Our
 first responders, essential workers, and constituents are in dire need of personal protective equipment, medications, testing kits, and, eventually, a vaccine. With the assistance of NIST's Manufacturing USA Program and Manufacturing Extension Partnership, small and medium sized manufactures are filling a critical role to address the needs of the American people during this pandemic. I applaud NIST's manufacturing programs for stepping up to the challenge of providing essential support and services in these trying times."
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Musings follows the 2020 elections
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None have been certified by Board of Canvassers
Donald J. Trump (I) (R)
Joe Biden (D)
United States Senate
Gary Peters (D-I)
Bob Carr (R)
John James (R)
United States House of Representatives
Haley Stevens (D-I)
Endorsed by:
Michigan Education Association
Frank Acosta (R)
Kerry Bentivolio (R)
Whitney Williams (R)
Endorsed by:
Eric Esshaki (R)
Michigan House of Representatives
Laurie Pohutsky (D-I)
Endorsed by:
Sierra Club
SEIU
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan
Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters & Millwrights
Congresswoman Haley Stevens
Endorsed by:
Former State Representative Jerry Vorva
Former State Representative Kurt Heise
Martha Ptashnik (R)
Endorsed by:
City Council President Kathleen McIntyre
Former State Representative John Walsh
Former Livonia City Councilman Brian Meakin
Wayne County Commissioner
Terry Marecki (R-I)
Nancy Darga (D)
Schoolcraft College Trustee
Brian Broderick (I)
Joan Gebhardt (I)
Terry Gilligan (I)
Livonia Board of Education
FridayMusings endorses the following 4:
Dan Centers (I)
Karen Bradford (I)
Tammy Bonifield (I)
Crystal Frank (I)
Clarenceville Board of Education
Matt Boettcher (I)
Brenda Uren (I)
Shari Krazel (I)
Jeffrey Bunker (I)
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Musings follows Our
Livonia City Council
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Livonia City Council Regular Meeting - April 27, 2020
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| Livonia City Council Study Meeting - April 27, 2020 |
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| Musings follows Livonia Happenings |
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May in Livonia
May is cancelled. Go directly to June
Every night M-F @ 7:00 check him out
Every Tuesday @ 12:00 - 12:00
May 5, @ 7 pm
State Senator Dayna Polehanki
Facebook virtual town hall with
Keynote panelist: Michigan Teacher of the Year, Cara Lougheed., MEA President, Paula Herbart; Michele Pizzo, Region 10 Teacher of the Year; Kristyn Gierak Livonia Public Schools
June in Livonia
July in Livonia
July 25 @ 9:00 -- 2:00
Touch-a-Truck sponsored by Rotary AM Club
August in Livonia
August 16 @ 3:00
September in Livonia
Bob Bennett Memorial Golf Outing
Date to be determined
September 13 @ 12:00
September 16 @ 10:30 -- 1:30
Livonia Town Hall Series
St. Mary Cultural Center
Gioia Diliberto
a journalist/biographer/novelist
October in Livonia
October 1 @ 7:00
Presenting Sponsor:
Dan MacIver
Financial & Portfolio Advisors
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Our Livonia Schools lost a pioneer this weekend with
the passing of Connie Hierta |
Our Livonia/Westland community lost another giant who helped build the school system we have all come to be proud of. Former Livonia School Trustee Connie Hierta, shown here with her son Kurt Hans Hierta, passed away this weekend.
She served on the Livonia school advisory committee in the late 60's going on to be elected as the first Westland resident to serve on the Board of Education.
Kurt says that "The most important thing in her life was her family and she loved my brother and sisters and I more than life itself. She also lived for and doted on her four grandchildren,
Jonathan
, Marion, Dahlia and Sienna.
"I bet that your mom and my mom are already up there planning a Board meeting."
Society tends to salute and thank those who are in leadership positions today, contemporary leaders. It is the loss of those who came before us, who helped create institutions that we all respect. Today is a day to thank Connie Hierta for helping build a school district of which we can all be proud.
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YOU GOTTA LOVE LIVONIA.
Communication and update from Mayor Maureen Miller Brosnan |
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Just a reminder that the City continues to seek contributions of
personal protective equipment and other supplies for first responders
and medical personnel. Donations can be dropped off weekdays at the
Kirksey Recreation Center from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
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| Let's meet up with our State Representative Laurie Pohutsky |
May 18 @ 6:30
In light of the ongoing COVID19 crisis, our in-person coffee hours for the month of May are going digital. Please join me on via Facebook live to discuss the issues affecting our community, updates to the state's coronavirus response, and other questions you have about your state government.
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Dan MacIver offers up a slice of Livonia History. Cheese.
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| Time to recognize our graduating seniors |
 This group has been inspired by other Adopt a Senior 2020 groups around the nation. Adopt a Livonia Senior- class of 2020 group has been created to give focus on all Livonia Seniors.This is a fun and safe way for our community to honor our seniors.
Here is how it works:
1. Create a post recognizing your Senior and all their accomplishments. At the top of your post put��NOT ADOPTED��, once they have been adopted please edit the top of your post to say��ADOPTED�� You can add photos and a description showcasing all they have accomplished in their last 4 years. Feel free to brag, they deserve to be recognized for all they have worked for.
2. Please make sure it is only Legal guardians of the Senior creating the post. We want to make sure only information they want shared is posted.
3. To adopt a member of the Senior Class of 2020, you simply comment on their post "I would like to adopt your Senior", or something along those lines.
4. If you have adopted a Senior, please reach out to the individual who made the post via personal messenger to get their address and find out any information you are looking for. If anyone is uncomfortable sharing their address there is the option of an amazon wishlist. If you are unwilling to share address please add this to your post so that the adopter will know they are limited to the amazon wishlist before they commit to adopting your senior!
5. SUGGESTED ITEMS: letters, cards, gift cards, mementos, snacks, yard sign, gift baskets, freshman/college dorm needs, college swag, alumni Swag, etc. The opportunities are endless.
6. You may adopt as many Seniors as you would like.
7. Your Senior can be adopted by multiple individuals with parents permission.
8. We will keep this group private for the safety of all our students. Please Invite FRIENDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, ETC.
9. If you would just like to make a monetary donation these will be accepted as well. They will be used to sponsor unadopted seniors and I will do the shopping. Donations can be made via Venmo. I will also work on getting a go fund me organized but this platform does take a percentage of the proceeds.
This group is completely voluntary, and as with any facebook group, please use your best judgement when sharing personal information. Please keep all posts POSITIVE. Anything not pertaining to the SENIOR CLASS OF 2020 will be deleted from the forum.
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Proud sponsor of the Detroit Red Wings v Livonia All-stars coming to town Aug 16, 3:00.
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Endorsements continue to come in for State Representative
Ptashnik--John Walsh, Crider--Kurt Heise
Laurie Pohutsky--Planned Parenthood Advovates |
 
Endorsements continue to come in for the candidates running for State Representative. Martha Ptashnik shares her endorsement by former State Representative John Walsh. Penny Crider has been endorsed by former State Representative Kurt Heise, current Supervisor of Plymouth Township.
 Regina Gargus has not to date posted or shared any endorsements for her campaign.
Ptashnik, Crider and Gargus are seeking the Republican nomination in the August 4th primary. The winner will face off with current State Representative Laurie Pohutsky who has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood.
The primary election is August 4th
with absentee ballots available
at the end of June.
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More than 2 weeks ago our Livonia service clubs,
Jaycees, Rotary AM, Lions and Kiwanis Early Risers, collected food donations to support the administration and staff of our St. Mary Mercy Hospital. Matt Collins, President of the Livonia Lions asks that our hometown "once again recognize and thank all of our participating small businesses and organizations who have provided their support to this program since its inception."
