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Attorney General warns of
scheme against some patients
seeking services from Pine Rest
Michigan Attorney
General Dana Nessel
warned those seeking treat-
ment for substance abuse
disorder that the contact
phone number for Pine Rest
Christian Mental Health
Services they find online
may not actually connect
them to that facility.
An attorney for Pine Rest
has notified the Department
of Attorney General that
patients have been improp-
erly diverted to out-of-state
facilities by contacts
reached at phone numbers
purported online to be for
Pine Rest.
Pine Rest has issued its
own press release alerting
the public to the ruse, as
well.
Pine Rest Christian Mental
Health Services is a mental
health care service provider
located in West Michigan.
The facility provides an array
of mental health services,
including outpatient counsel-
ing, inpatient mental health
care and inpatient detoxifica-
tion services.
Administrators at Pine
Rest believe third-party
patient brokers and/or other
mental health care service
providers, either separately
or in conspiracy with each
other, have created fraudu-
lent internet web advertise-
ments that falsely identify
themselves as Pine Rest
with a non-Pine Rest tele-
phone number. When
patients or prospective
patients search the internet
for Pine Rest, usually on
their cell phones, the fake
advertisement appears in the
search results. The prospec-
tive patients call the associ-
ated number and instead
make contact with a patient
broker.
The brokers on the other
end of the line falsely identi-
fy themselves as being affili-
ated with Pine Rest, declare
that Pine Rest has no beds or
appointments available, and
then attempt to divert the
patients to another mental
health service provider, often
out-of-state and sometimesas far as California, to receive
services.
The Department of
Attorney General is investi-
gating the situation.
“This appears to be a
cruel scheme targeting
those suffering from sub-
stance abuse disorder, strik-
ing treatment-seeking vic-
tims in a moment of cour-
age, when they’ve finally
sought professional help,”
said Nessel in a statement.
“This scam heaps fake hur-
dles to mental health assis-
tance upon already vulnera-
ble individuals and could
further burden them with
significant and unnecessary
costs if they can afford to
get the recommended out-of-state help. For those who
could afford treatment close
to home but not expensive
out-of-state options, they
maybe deterred from treat-
ment permanently. That is
especially egregious and
cruel when the treatment
they seek is potentially life-
saving substance abuse ser-
vices. My office will inves-
tigate these allegations
thoroughly and bring all
appropriate charges if laws
have been broken.”
The real Pine Rest
Christian Mental Health
Services contact phone
number is 800-678-5500.
More information about
Pine Rest’s services can be
found on its website.CHS veterans
memorial a go,
organizers say
Greg Chandler
Staff Writer
A proposed veterans
memorial inside Caledonia
High School has received the
green light from district
administrators.
Organizers of the project,
led by CHS senior Brody
Woodwyk, recently con-
firmed that the memorial will
be installed outside the Peter
V. DeLille Fine Arts Center
in the high school’s north
campus, possibly as soon as
this spring.
“The project is coming
along and after meeting with
the district administration I
am very excited to start to
see things roll,” said
Woodwyk, who has spear-
headed the campaign to
honor CHS graduates who
have served their country in
the military.
“We have met with district
administration on next steps- which are to meet with an
interior designer to work out
the layout and design in the
place that has been chosen to
put the memorial and quotes
for materials and labor are in
the works and/or are com-
pleted,” CHS history and
government teacher Heather
Tornes wrote in a recent
email to the Sun and News.
The campaign to build the
memorial has raised $5,
through T-shirt fundraisers
and donations from the com-
munity. Caledonia
Community Schools admin-
istrators have taken over the
construction of the project,
and have estimated the cost
of the memorial at about
$20,000-$25,000, Tornes
wrote in her email.
The high school’s Parent
Student Teacher Organization
(PSTO) will host a fundraiser
on March 23 at Butcher Block
Social, 9900 Cherry Valley
Ave. SE, to raise additional
funds for the memorial. The
event, which will run from 5
to 11 p.m., will feature live
music from the Michigan
Mafia String Band and a
silent auction, event organizer
Crystal Saidoo said.
“The PSTO is still the pri-
mary partner (for the proj-
ect),” Tornes wrote in her
email. “The goal is to start
construction and hopefully
get as far as we can before
Brody graduates this spring
so that he can see his vision
come to life.”
Any funds raised at the
March 23 event above the
cost for materials and instal-
lation of the permanent vet-
erans memorial project will
be donated to the Wounded
Warrior Project.
Woodwyk plans to attend
Michigan State University
after graduation, going
through the university’s Air
Force Reserve Officers’
Training Corps (ROTC) pro-
gram, and then joining the
Air Force as a commissioned
officer after earning his
degree from MSU.Middleville council to pursue parking
restrictions in Misty Ridge, Rolling Oaks
Greg Chandler
Staff Writer
Parking restrictions will
soon likely be put in place in
a couple of subdivisions in
the village of Middleville.
The Village Council unan-
imously Tuesday voted to
authorize its legal team to
draft an ordinance or resolu-
tion prohibiting on-street
parking on the south side of
the street in the Misty Ridge
subdivision, and within the
public right-of-way in front
of houses with odd-num-
bered addresses in the
Rolling Oaks subdivision.
Thornapple Township Fire
Chief Bill Richardson had
late last year called for park-
ing limitations allowing
on-street parking on only one
side of subdivision streets,
with no parking allowed on
the side of the street that has
a fire hydrant.
“In November, emergency
management services
responded to a call in Misty
Ridge where first responders
were not able to their vehi-cles to the address needing
service,” Planning and
Zoning Administrator Doug
Powers said.
Any new ordinance would
have to go through a public
hearing process with the
Planning Commission before
it is adopted. Powers told the
council that it’s possible the
Department of Public Works
may have to come back to
council at a later date after an
ordinance is drafted for
approval of signage connect-
ed to the new restrictions.Village President Mike
Cramer made the motion to
authorize legal counsel to
draft an ordinance or resolu-
tion in the targeted subdivi-
sions, as well as address “any
concerns brought forth by
the Barry County Sheriff’s
Department Middleville
unit” regarding enforcement.
“Every second counts
when you need to get there,”
Cramer said.
No timeline has been
determined for when an ordi-
nance might take effect.Local students earn
dean’s list honors
ALBION COLLEGE
Several area students
were named to the dean’s
list at Albion College. To
qualify, students earned a
grade point average of 3.
or better while taking four
graded courses.
Local students include:
Caledonia – Paige
Williamson, William Smith
Anderson University
Dillyn Bowers of
Middleville was named to
the fall 2023 dean’s list at
Anderson University in
South Carolina. To be
named to the dean’s list,
students must maintain a
3.5 GPA or higher for the
semester.
TRINITY CHRISTIAN
COLLEGE
Several area students
were named to the dean’s
list at Trinity Christian
College for the fall 2023
semester. Students who
achieve a semester GPA of
3.5 or better in 12 or more
credits are named to the list.Local students on the
list, by hometown, includ-
ed:
Caledonia – Aubrie
Vredevoogd
Shelbyville – Brendan
Covell
Saginaw Valley State
University
Several area students
were named to the dean’s
list at Saginaw Valley State
University. To qualify, stu-
dents earned a grade point
average of 3.4 or above for
the fall semester.
Local students on the
list, by hometown, includ-
ed:
Caledonia – Mason
McKenzie
Middleville – Conroy
Stolsonburg
In addition, the presi-
dent’s list includes students
who earned a 4.0 GPA
while taking at least 12
credits. Local students on
the president’s list are:
Middleville – Emelia
MacDonaldPine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is a mental health care service
provider headquartered in Gaines Township. (Courtesy photo)