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WAYNE - WESTLAND
WAYNE - WESTLAND

Rotary speaker addresses vast effects of virus

Julie Brown She noted the emotional connec- ” access that vaccine,” said Pinals,
Special Writer tions K-12 students have in noting it's “a supply issue. Just
school. We may be in hard times the logistics and coordination
Opening K-12 schools in Another factor in the return to was a learning curve.”
Michigan - proposed by Gov. face-to-face learning is vaccina- but we can be hopeful. She noted a June 2020
Gretchen Whitmer for March 1 - tions for teachers, which is a fac- The crisis will end. Centers for Disease Control sur-
is complex, says Dr. Debra tor in the safety of both students vey found 40 percent of U.S.
Pinals, M.D. as are many effects and staff members. Vaccinations adults had issues with mental
of the current pandemic facing are voluntary, she noted, and health and/or substance use. She
the entire country. many unknown factors remain resources on coping with the Volunteering is also good for agreed surveys have their limits
Pinals is a psychiatrist and about the rapidly mutating virus. novel coronavirus. the volunteer,” said Pinals, who and should be taken with a grain
serves as the medical director The pandemic is a world- “We may be in hard times but did literacy work at a point in of salt.
for the Michigan Department of wide disaster, she said, and we can be hopeful,” the physi- her life. “Even on a micro level ... “There's a lot of cultural
Health and Human Services while federal funding usually fol- cian said. “The crisis will end.” people on the receiving end issues,” Pinals agreed with a par-
Behavioral Health and Forensic lows disasters, weather-based She said it is key to get the might be able to take it in,” she ticipant's assessment of another
Programs. ones often have a pre-disaster vaccine and to acknowledge loss- added of greetings like “How are state where many believe
“It's really obviously compli- warning. As people pull together es. Prior bad circumstances in you?” to strangers and “Thank COVID-19 doesn't exist.
cated. There are no simple after such an occurrence, there life can be called on to remind you”. Pinals thanked Wayne
answers. Sometimes it's hard to is common cohesion which is people that the situation will get Examples of coping strategies Rotarians Laura and Milton
know what is the right balance,” then often followed by disillu- better. given on her Zoom call include Mack for the invitation to speak.
she said, of returning students to sionment with “frayed nerves”. “That is one of the amazing listening to comedies and exer- “I think they're an amazing cou-
classrooms. COVID has dragged on, with a things about humanity,” said cising. Pinals noted the chil- ple,” she said of Laura Mack, a
Pinals, speaking Feb. 9 via continuing fear of infection, frus- Pinals, who's also impressed dren's recommendations on the retired 29th District Court judge,
Zoom to members of the Wayne tration and boredom exacerbat- with another recent Wayne website, such as coloring with and her husband, who also
Rotary Club, suggested parents ed by loss of social contact. She Rotary speaker, a Tuskegee crayons or listening to music, served as a judge at the Wayne
talk to the principal at their urged listeners to visit michi- Airman who spoke about being a work for grownups, too. court, and recently retired from
child's school about the situation. gan.gov/staywell for a variety of prisoner of war. “We know people are trying to the Probate Court bench.
Former resident sues Westland and police over arrest

A former Westland resident has filed a civil suit seeking of the police, claims that he has suffered irreparable harm. he said he was during the rob-
unspecified damages from the City of Westland, Westland Court documents state that the situation began July 5 bery.
Police Department, Police Chief Jeff Jedrusik and Police when Jeffrey Brown filed a police report stating that he had Brown later told police his
Det. Kameron Sleep, alleging that they violated his constitu- been robbed at gunpoint earlier that week as he was leaving money had been returned by one
tional rights and caused him physical, mental and emotion- a supermarket. He said the robbers took a money order for of the robbers and he did not
al harm. $156 he had just purchased and his wallet containing $600 want to prosecute the case fur-
James Herrera, 36, is also seeking compensation for his in cash. ther. Herrera, however, was
claim of police misconduct and deficient training and He told police that one of the gunmen called the other charged by the office of the
supervision, which he claims, led to his arrest last July. “Tex.” In his suit, Herrera claims that Sleep, in his capacity Wayne County prosecutor with
Herrera claims in his lawsuit that he was arrested without as a police detective, was familiar with an individual called armed robbery and faced life in
probable cause and that police singled him out because he Tex and during the investigation of the robbery, showed prison if convicted.
refused to cooperate with another investigation. He claims Brown an array of photos which included a picture of Brown testified in court pro- James Herrera
there was a conspiracy by police for his refusal to cooperate. Herrera. Brown allegedly identified a photo of James ceedings that Herrera was not
In his court filings, Herrera claims the police engaged in Anthony 'Tex' Herrera, with whom police had a history. one of the men who robbed him and the charges against
“reckless, wanton, intentional and outrageous conduct, Herrera turned himself into police on July 23 in Herrera in the armed robbery were dismissed in
which was done with an evil motive and a callous indiffer- response to an arrest warrant. He told police he considered September.
ence to the fundamental rights of (the) plaintiff.” Brown, whom he had known for years, “an uncle” and a Herrera filed his civil suit in Wayne County Circuit Court
Jedusik, however, said he and the department are “confi- close friend. He agreed to a polygraph test and had an alibi seeking damages for himself and his three children last
dent that the case was handled in an appropriate manner.” for the time of the robbery which his attorney, Gregory Rohl, month. The attorney representing the city has filed to have
Herrera, who has moved from the city, he says, because said could be corroborated by witnesses at the hotel where the case transferred to U.S. District Court.

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