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Administration.
For additional information, please visit www.mt- ... from Environmental Education Day
pleasant.org/construction or call the Division of Public Works at (989)
779-5401.
Date set for Timber Town 2.0 Grand Opening On May 19, local students gathered at Chipp-A-Waters
Park to learn about the environment. Kids were able to
explore and discover the natural world Michigan has to
offer. The event was sponsored by Chippewa Watershed
Conservancy and Isabella Conservation District.
... from the Historic Preservation Improvement
Awards presentation
At the May 22 City Commission meeting, Mayor Kathy
Join us on Friday, June 9 for the unveiling of the Timber Town 2.0
Ling presented the 2016 Historic Preservation
playground! The event at Island Park will begin at 4:30 p.m. with hot
Improvement Awards to Art Reach of Mid Michigan and
dogs and refreshments. An official ribbon cutting ceremony is set for
Rubble's Bar. The annual awards honor improvements in
5:30 p.m. Thank you to our volunteers for making this possible!
the areas of Preservation, Rehabilitation, New
Construction or Downtown Historic District Choice. Both
Thursday Farmers' Market now open locations received the award for rehabilitation of front
The 2017 Farmers' Market schedule is as follows: facades.
Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Zach was drawn to Mt. Pleasant for Thrilling Thursday - Let's Ride
graduate school. After receiving degrees in journalism and June 22; 6 p.m.
telecommunications from Ball State University, Zach decided to pursue Town Center
a masters degree in media management at Central Michigan University.
He currently works for CMU as a graduate teaching assistant for the Saturday Farmers Market Begins
Department of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts. In that role, he teaches a June 24; 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
class within the undergraduate news curriculum and oversees the City Hall
student run television station, MHTV.
City Commission
Through his journalism degree, Zach has had opportunities to cover June 26; 7 p.m.
international news stories. He traveled to Russia to cover the Winter City Hall
Olympics, worked with the U.S. Olympic team at their training camp in
Utah, covered Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. in Philadelphia and reported Parks and Recreation
from President Obama's election night headquarters in 2012. June 27; 7 p.m.
City Hall
Welcome, Zach!
Zoning Board of Appeals
Preventing ransomware on City devices June 28; 7 p.m.
What is Ransomware? City Hall
'Ransomware' is a type of malware infection that attempts to extort
money from a computer user or organization by infecting and taking Farmers' Market
control of the victim's machine, files or documents stored on it. June 29; 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Island Park
The ransomware will either 'lock' the computer to prevent normal usage
or encrypt the documents and files to prevent access to the saved data. Thrilling Thursday - Scavenger Hunt
June 29; 6 p.m.
Locky and Cryptolocker are two of the latest versions of ransomware. Town Center
Farmers' Market
July 1; 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
City Hall
Farmers' Market
July 6; 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Island Park
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Wellness Corner
Kristy Pollatz, Health Coach
Contact Kristy at x5315 or
healthcoach@mt-pleasant.org.
Brown-Bag-It (July):
Studies show that the more you eat out, you tend to gain
weight and/or make "bad" choices! All this challenge
involves is packing your own lunch and bringing it to
work (and, of course, EATING it at work for lunch!). This
will be a two-week challenge starting the week of July
How to Prevent Ransomware:
24. Those who have successfully brought their lunch for a
The City's IT department works diligently to prevent malware infections.
full two weeks will be entered into a drawing for a $25
The City's anti-spam appliance and web filter meets industry standards
gift certificate! I will send out more details soon, but
and is updated constantly to protect against new threats, including
until then, please let me know if you're interested in
ransomware emails and websites. The AVG Anti-Virus software also
participating!
automatically downloads updates.
Outdoor Boot Camp/Zumba/PoundFit (June, July, and
Taking the following measures will further protect your devices from
ransomware: August):
Since it's summer, why not spend a little more time
Keep Windows up-to-date. Every domain machine automatically outdoors?? Each month this summer, we will offer a FREE
downloads new Windows updates as they become available. Boot Camp, Zumba, and/or PoundFit class...outdoors! :-)
Simply click 'reboot' when prompted. These classes will be either 45 minutes or 60 minutes,
Keep software up-to-date. Software such as Java, Adobe Reader, and will start at 4:45 p.m. at City Hall on Tuesdays or
etc. Wednesdays. We will either stay on the property, or we
Do not open an attachment from an email address you do not will go to Island Park right behind City Hall. As always,
recognize. If there are any questions about the legitimacy of an any HealthSteps spouse and/or child (18 or older) can
email, please notify IT. participate! Again, I will send out more details soon, but
Beware of suspicious links on websites. (Game websites, until then, please let me know if you're interested in
advertisements, unusual hyperlinks, etc.) participating, which day(s) work best for you, and which
Identify suspicious emails as spam using the "Mark as Spam" and type of fitness class you're interested in (Boot Camp,
"Mark as Not Spam" feature in Microsoft Outlook (found under Zumba, and/or PoundFit).
the 'Home' tab).
Do not let non-City employees use your work machine. If the CMU Homecoming 5K Training (August, September, and
machine gets infected outside of the City network, it will infect October):
everything as soon as you connect to the City's network when I know, I know...this is a little TOO much to be talking
returning to work. about Fall, but I'm sure I don't have to remind you of how
Do not plug-in unknown USB flash drives into your machine. fast time flies! :-/ The CMU Homecoming 5K to benefit
Special Olympics Michigan is set for Oct. 14, 2017! Our 5K
Questions?
training will begin eight weeks prior to race day...which
Please direct all questions or concerns regarding ransomware to the
means training will begin the week of August 21. Even if
City's IT Department at ext. 5555.
you're not interested in training as a group, please
consider participating in the 5K! You can either walk or
Code Enforcement Officer Jeff Pickler retires run, and it's for a GREAT cause!
Code Enforcement Officer Jeff Pickler is
retiring after more than 19 years of service.
Although he is retiring from the City Commission Updates
organization, his contributions will live on The following is a summary of actions taken at the City
through the programs he has initiated and Commission meeting held May 8 and 22 and the
friendships he has made. special meeting May 15.
Work Session
Public Hearing
Work Sessions