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February 13, 2012

Community Newsmakers: 02/13/2012

FROM STAFF REPORTS ----

Former Bear Lake resident Jason Wilder Evans is among eight people receiving "The Best of Washington" award from The D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development.

Evans' 17-minute documentary, "Released to Life," is about people re-entering society after incarceration. Evans was film editor, videographer and scored the film.

"Released to Life" was produced in 2010 as a production of The Documentary Center at George Washington University while Evans was earning a master's certificate in documentary filmmaking.

For more information, go to www.jasonwilderevans.com. You can watch the film online at www.snagfilms.com.

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Tamera Valenzuela is the Elk Rapids Women's Woman of the Year.

She is the vice president of the group and has helped it transition into a local organization over the last year. She's also a member of the Elk Rapids Lion Club.

Valenzuela works at Eastport Assisted Living.

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Family practice physician Lorah L. Wright, D.O., has relocated her practice and joined Partners in Health.

Dr. Wright attended medical school at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board certified.

Dr. Wright is accepting new patients. Partners in Health is located at 3074 N. U.S. 31 South. For appointments, call 935-0695.

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John C. Lorentson, M.D., has joined the staff of Munson Medical Center as a specialist in hospital medicine.

Dr. Lorentson graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor and completed a residency at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. He practices at Hospitalists of Northern Michigan, 1105 Sixth St.

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Third Level Crisis Intervention Center has been awarded five-year accreditation from the American Association of Suicidology (AAS).

AAS defines basic standards to guide those who serve persons in crisis. Third Level has been accredited since 1988.

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The following local students graduated from Central Michigan University in August 2011: Tyler Pons, Elk Rapids; Kara Ciesielczyk, Charlevoix; Spencer Derenzy, Jason Potter and Richard Ryan, all of Grayling; Elyse Begnoche, Harbor Springs; Tiffani Ford and Aaron Wineman, both of Interlochen; Michelle Hunt, Rose Kranick, Nicholas Rademacher, Eilzabeth Rousseau, Franciska Visser, and Eric Wallace, all of Traverse City; Gary Brown, Maple City; Matthew Riley, Suttons Bay; Katherine Rusnell, Elmira; Rachelle Urban, Johannesburg.

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Colette L. Nichols, of Lake Ann, and Scott Hart, of South Boardman, were named to the Central Michigan University summer honors list for earning a 3.5 GPA or greater during the term that ended in August 2011.

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Jaime Richards, of Cadillac, was awarded $2,500 from the Ardis-Lueder Northern Lower Michigan Endowed Scholarship Fund. She is a second-year dental student at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

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Fourteen members of the Manistee Middle School Bands participated in the District One MSBOA Honor Band recently at Shelby High School. Students chosen for this honor received a first division rating on solo performance at the November 2011 Solo and Ensemble Festival: Megan Gutowski, Kendra Schalow, Ashley Elo, Alexis Adway, Olivia Selbee, Dakotah O'Hagan, David Ely, Ian Kiefer, Briana Larsen, Kyle Schaubroeck, Noah Cameron, Noah Antal, Jared Wrzesinski and Chase Reid.

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Julius Campeau, of Suttons Bay, has been accepted to the University of Northwestern Ohio to begin classes in the August 2012 session, where he will be majoring in the agriculture program.

A senior at Suttons Bay High School, he is the son of John and Danielle Campeau.

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