Grateful Admiration
Around 18 months ago we hosted a going away party for our oldest son before he embarked on service to our country in Iraq and Kuwait. He returned home early last September and began a long battle with the State of Michigan much harder than getting shot at in the Middle East. While overseas, he'd managed to buy a jeep from a dealership in Wayland, and last fall paid to take two classes at Lake Michigan College not on the GI Bill, but with his own money. As a combat engineer in the Army National Guard , he had regular Guard trainings til now, but being honest with potential employers that he was shipping to Afghanistan with his younger brother this spring, employment opportunities were not forthcoming. So when eligible he applied to Unemployment Insurance Agency for unemployment. He went to Michigan Works and filled out the appropriate paperwork. Almost immediately he received a ...