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Students get visit from furry friendTherapy dog arrives atMill Creek in time forupcoming school yearBy Sean DaltonHeritage Newspapers

Parents bringing their chil-dren to Mill Creek MiddleSchool last week for stu-

dent pictures, registration andorientation got a chance to meet

Dexter,the blacklabradorretriever

assigned as a therapy dog forthe district.

Hes really cool. I think hellhelp keep people busy, said stu-dent Katie Stilber.

Stilbers friend Jenny Squirewas one of many visitors whogot up close and personal withDexter.

I think hes going to be reallyhelpful and hes really cute andpeople will like him a lot, shesaid.

Ronald Wiedbusch, principalof the Safe Schools Programfor Ypsilanti Public Schools,and Lori Grig of Paradise DogTraining were on hand to talk

Photo by Sean Dalton

Fred Schmid, Larry Cobler, Jami Bronson, Stephanie Klawender and Steve Gergely pose withwith Dexter the dog at a welcome ceremony in the Dexter School District.

with visitors.One of the most exciting

things that you see here rightnow is just the response andsmiles that Dexter is bringing

to the community, Wiedbuschsaid.

Dexter and other dogs areintegrated into school settingsfor many reasons, including

stress reduction and anxietymitigation, both factors that areassociated with transitioning tomiddle school.

Dexter will greet students

exiting buses and in classroomsand the library. Dexter is alsounique in how the district ishandling his care.

Dexters been trained to

respond to seven trained staffwho will have consistency inlanguage use, and consistencywith the commands and handlanguage, so they will be ableto go out and cover a largegroup of the student populous,Wiedbusch said.

A host family will keepDexter when hes not working.Wiedbusch anticipates greatsuccess with Dexter workingwith children in the district.

Dogs arent judgmental.They wont ask you what is thedifference between a ph or tsound and if you say two plustwo is 22 they still smile and lickyou, he said. They are able tobreak down a lot of the barriersand help kids take a lot of other

opportunities and chances.A big challenge of Dexterstraining involves teaching himto get used to all of the smellsthat he will be experiencing ina building with hundreds of dif-ferent people.

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Veggie Tales

Photos by Daniel Lai

(Above) A pumpkin patch grows in the garden at Creekside.(Below) Jane Montero checks on the cherry tomato plants.

Creekside launchesnew student gardenproject in DexterBy Daniel LaiHeritage Newspapers

Three teachers from

Creekside Intermediate Schoolare banding together to offer anew hands-on gardening expe-rience for students in Dexter.

The Creekside Garden,which was launched in thespring, features fresh produceplanted and maintained entire-ly by students at Creeksidewho will learn how to cookhealthy meals using the pro-duce that they grow.

Jane Montero, one of theteachers working with the gar-den, said the idea first cameabout after searching for aprogram that could utilize the

schools life skills kitchen.I read about Alice Watersand her Edible Schoolyardproject in Berkeley, Calif. andI thought it would be neat todo something like that here inDexter, she said.

The Edible Schoolyard is aone-acre garden and kitchenclassroom at Martin LutherKing, Jr. Middle School inCalifornia that features vegeta-bles, fruits, flowers and herbsgrown entirely by students.

I applied for and receiveda donor-advised grantthrough the Dexter EducationFoundation to pay for mytuition to attend the EdibleSchoolyard Academy in July.My experience during the twodays of the academy was trulya life changing event, shesaid.

Her experience inspired herto replicate the Edible Gardenprogram in Dexter with the

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Fundraiser tohelp stock newDAC inventoryActivities includemosaic, face paintingfor local childrenBy Sean DaltonHeritage Newspapers

After several meetings andan ongoing pursuit of funds tofinance a projectto convert theold gristmill intoa arts center inDexter, volun-teers are hold-ing their firstfundraiser thismonth.

The Dexter

Arts Centerboard will hostthe Book Endfundraiser from 3 to 6 p.m. Sept.18, which will involve fun andcasual activities to kick-off thebroader fundraising effort, saidDAC volunteer Anne Kornow.

The fundraiser is plannedto be a formal gala just priorto opening the Dexter ArtsCenter, she said.

The center will be temporar-ily located in the same buildingas Artistica, owned by fellowDAC volunteer and organizerLisa Wandres.

Kornow and Wandres saidthat there would also be aStock the Arts Center drive inthe near future.

Wandres said many residents

in the community have shownincreasing support as the boardhas continued to pitch the valueof Dexter having its own artscenter on par with communitieslike Ann Arbor and Saline.

The event will be held at

Artistica, located at 3203 BroadSt.

We are excited about thisopportunity to showcase classprojects, provide handoutsdetailing class offerings, ourwish list, information sheets,and offering some fun activi-ties, Kornow said.

She said attend-ees will be able toplay with clay andenjoy face paint-ing and a mosaicdemo.

We will alsodistribute a wishlist so anyone candonate new items,slightly used items,

or money to pur-chase items forthe Stock the Arts

Center drive, Kornow said.Kornow said that the Encore

Musical Theatre staff havealso offered their space for thesecond fundraiser, which willhost an adult night out that willbe just as fun as the childrensprogramming.

That event is scheduledfrom 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 26 andwill include wine and horsdoeuvres, as well as raffle tick-ets for a DAC membership andvarious pieces of art. Ticketsare $25 per person or $40 percouple.

The tentative grand openingof the Dexter Arts Center aboveArtistica is scheduled for Oct.1 with classes for mosaic, clay,

jewelry, drawing, painting andmore.

Sean Dalton is a reporter withHeritage Newspapers. He canbe reached at sdalton@heritage.com or 429-7380.

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