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The room can be used by people of all ages that have special needs. "Opening this was a dream come true," said Megan Wilson. "My heart is bursting with joy because I know how much of a this will make in the hospital experience for families." Megan Wilson said the Levi's Link program has helped educate people in how to ask for accommodations they might need for special needs patients. She said opening of the New Levi's Link Preop Sensory Bay will help make health A new preoperative room at McLaren Port Huron that was designed to reduce anxiety for patients with special needs has been opened. Through the generosity of Levi's Link and the Wilson Family, McLaren Port Hu- ron has opened its Levi's Link Preop Sensory Bay.
The room was designed to provide a soothing and calming environ- ment, free of visual and auditory stimula- care more accessible for people with special needs. The room was funded through dona- tions totaling $125,000. Levi's Link is a program established in 2018 to improve the hospital experi- ence of patients with special needs. The program is named after Megan Wilson's 11-year-old son, Levi Wilson. He was diagnosed with Autism, aprax- ia of speech and a sensory processing disorder at 2 years old.
See BAY, Page 4A Construction of a large industrial warehouse could soon be underway on a vacant Dove Street site owned by the city of Port Huron and recently for sale to a Canadian aerosol manu- facturer. The planning commission signed on site plans last Tuesday for a new facility with 38 parking spaces and truck docks at 2831 Dove St. for the company Empack Spraytech Inc. Although plans included building the whole facility upfront, representa- tive told Port Huron it could be a while before any major production picks up. Architect Leroy Stevens said done the layout for the site, leaving room for future growth.
But he said they gotten into the engi- neering or building designs of the fa- cility. He called it a good for the in- dustrial park overall. important to know that this a speculative building. building it for their own use, and they have a company in Ontario been in business for 25 years. So, family Stevens said.
look- ing to expand into Michigan. I think a great opportunity for our community to have a business moving City Manager James Freed an- nounced to City Council members earlier this year that they were clawing back the eight-acre parcel on Dove from a previous buyer after plans for a foot spec building fell short. That was a $164,600 purchase in December 2022. The property is cur- rently still listed under the own- ership, though a $177,100 buy from Em- pack was approved by council in March this year. At the time, Freed had indicated the impact would prove a with a building investment in the millions and new jobs to the area.
Some of those details, however, re- main unannounced. Ara Nalbandian, a vice president for Empack, was the signatory on that deal and also appeared before plan- ning commissioners on Tuesday. City approves site plans for warehouse Jackie Smith Port Huron Times Herald USA TODAY NETWORK MICHIGAN See WAREHOUSE, Page 3A Looking for Tigers in Toledo? Ahoy, Malloy! SPORTS, 1B MOUNT HOREB, Wis. It was short- ly after 11 a.m. on May 1 when roughly 200 eighth-grade students and into the cafeteria at Mount Horeb Middle School.
Within 15 minutes, sandwiches were left half-eaten and trays of food re- mained untouched. The panic hit the cafeteria quickly. Eighth grader Henry Loger, 14, stopped eating when he heard a friend saying, is Damian doing? He has a When Loger looked up, he saw his class- mate, Damian Haglund, approaching the front window. Loger said when Haglund reached the window, he started the butt of a against the The glass break. Loger said he make eye contact with his classmate.
He just remembers Haglund heart Loger told the Mil- waukee Journal Sentinel. was in- sane. At it register in my mind that it was a gun. It was so The Wisconsin Department of Jus- tice said in a statement last weekend that Haglund had brought a Ruger .177 caliber pellet to the school. It is un- clear how much time passed between Haglund hitting the against the window and the arrival of with the Mount Horeb Police Department.
Investigation ongoing over averted mass shooting in Wis. school Jessica Van Egeren and Mary Spicuzza Milwaukee Journal Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK WISCONSIN Parents and children are reunited in Mount Horeb, after a student brought a rifle to Mount Horeb Middle School last week. CLAIRE JOURNAL SENTINEL FILE See SHOOTING, Page 3A The Wilson Family and McLaren Port Huron staff cutting the ribbon for the new Levi's Link Preop Sensory Bay on Tuesday. The new preoperative room was designed to have a calming atmosphere for patients with special needs. MCKENNA HERALD New Link Preop Sensory Bay open McKenna Golat Port Huron Times Herald USA TODAY NETWORK MICHIGAN.
