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She Said Yes. Twice.
Damon Holick asked Erica Willard, his high school sweetheart, to marry him two times. One of the proposals was captured in a photo that went viral.
Credit.Christy Laurent
July 23, 2021
Damon Holick could hardly believe it when his mother called in April of 2021 to say she thought she saw a photo of him on television proposing to Erica Willard. She was right. The photo of Mr. Holick on one knee in front of Ms. Willard at the pier in the Woodlands, Texas, at Hughes Landing was sent to a TV station in Houston by a woman who just happened to see the proposal in action. The sweet capture quickly went viral.
The boost in spending – made possible primarily through federal COVID relief funds – is an acknowledgement of a growing child care crisis in Michigan that threatens to hobble the state’s economic recovery.
The crisis has grown during the pandemic, with many child care centers still closed, or reopening at reduced capacity because of staff shortages and to allow for greater social distancing.
Whitmer called the funding increase a “game changing investment” in early learning that could help low- and moderate-income families. The funding will “Immediately, and directly helps parents continue working while giving them the peace of mind to know that their kids are continuing to grow and learn, Whitmer said Thursday
The big winner among businesses in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's 2022 state budget proposal may be daycares and service sector companies with lower-paid workers who need daytime child care in order to show up to work each day.The Democratic governor's daycare plan calls for a three-year expansion of…