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Employee Andrew Hoegsted pours a soft drink behind the bar at
Old Settlers Bowling Center in Union Grove, one of the businesses
that have been required to get a license from the village to sell
soda pop.
UNION GROVE â Union Grove is joining other Wisconsin cities in getting out of the business of regulating who can sell soda pop.
A state law dating back to the Prohibition era allowed local government to license businesses that sell soft drinks, whether by the bottle or by the gallon. It had functioned similarly to a liquor license, where itâs illegal for businesses to sell booze (or, in this case, Coke or Pepsi or Sprite) without government approval.
Maggie's Wigs 4 Kids was started by Maggie Varney in 2003 based in St. Clair Shores. It's mission is to provide wigs and support to kids ranging in age from 3 years old to 18 who experience hair loss.
Photo by Deb Jacques
Students, local volunteers come together to create therapy garden
Sophomore Bella Elzerman holds a potted plant.
Photo by Deb Jacques
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ST. CLAIR SHORES Inspired by a grotto at the Solanus Casey Center in Detroit, a therapy garden is growing outside of the new home of Maggie’s Wigs 4 Kids of Michigan with help from local students and members of the Lions Club.
Maggie Varney, founder and CEO of Maggie’s Wigs 4 Kids of Michigan, said she had wanted to find a way to honor children who had participated in Wigs 4 Kids programs who had passed away she calls them her angels while giving current participants a space they could use, as well. She thought of incorporating the remembrance into a therapy garden when she visited the grotto at the Solanus Casey Center in Detroit. She wanted to create a similarly beautiful space outside the Wigs 4 Kids’ new home at 30130 Harper Ave.
COVID-19 pandemic triggers rise in hair donations
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Hair donations are growing across the country as people are cutting off their new locks grown during the COVID-19 pandemic. People were forced to grow their hair out because the salons were closed down. That was the beginning of it, said Maggie Varney, Founder and CEO of Wigs For Kids of Michigan.
Varney said they received more than 17,000 donations this year. That was enough to make 5,000 wigs.
There are some requirements you must meet if you want to donate to Wigs for Kids. Your hair must be at least 12 inches long, clean, dry and can t be color-treated or permed.