SWMEHA Blog

Good Afternoon,

We would like to invite you to save the date for Southwest MEHA's Fall Conference.  The conference will be held on Friday, November 1, 2019 at the State Building in Grand Rapids (350 Ottawa Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503).

Agenda and registration information to follow. 

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Thanks

Southwest MEHA Committee

The Southwest MEHA board would like you to Save the Date for our Spring Seminar. It will take place on Friday, May 17 from 9am-3pm at the Calhoun County Health Department Toeller Building (190 E Michigan Ave, Battle Creek, MI  49014).

Please feel free to contact any current board member with questions.

• Beka Folkert - Ottawa
  
• Drew Salisbury - Kent
  
• Brooke Ponstein - Kent
  
• Jake Reece - Calhoun
  
• Jason Peterson - Ionia
  
• Brian Esparsa - DEQ

The conference will be held on December 13, 2018 from 8 AM – 12 PM at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center (at 2900 Lake Street in Kalamazoo). This conference is free for Local Public Health attendees! We would just appreciate if you could RSVP to know how many are attending. 

October 12, 2018 at Allegan County Health Department fall SWMEHA conference. 

Hello!

We would like to invite you to attend Southwest MEHA's Spring Conference.  The conference will be held on May 18, 2018 at the Kent County Health Department (700 Fuller Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503).  Please RSVP.

Agenda

Please share this information with your staff.  We invite MEHA members and non-members alike to attend. 

Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Thanks, Southwest MEHA Committee

Hello!

We would like to invite you to attend Southwest MEHA's Fall Conference.  The conference will be held on October 13, 2017 at the Ottawa County Fillmore Complex (12220 Fillmore St., West Olive).  The afternoon session will be held at Brewery 424 (321 Douglas Ave, Holland).

The agenda is available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vEJtlwVMkyZ8GsEAKHzlLWmsz7QqDdsRc9tRiyZJ9EY/edit?usp=sharing

Please share this information with your staff.  We invite MEHA members and non-members alike to attend.  Please RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/nSscE8BFhFyFgtp42

Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Thanks,

Southwest MEHA Committee

2016 Fall Executive Board

President – Carol Balkon, REHS

Environmental Health Specialist

Barry-Eaton District Health Department

330 W. Woodlawn

Hastings, MI 49058

Phone: (269)-798-4106

Email: cbalkon@bedhd.org

Vice President – Jodi Trantham, REHS

Environmental Health Specialist

Barry-Eaton District Health Department

330 W. Woodlawn

Hastings, MI 49058

Phone: (269)-798-4104

Email: jtrantham@bedhd.org

Treasurer – Ann Schrader

Public Health Sanitarian- Plan Review

Public Health Muskegon County

209 East Apple Ave.

Muskegon, MI 49442

Phone: (231)724-4582 Office

Email: SchraderAN@co.muskegon.mi.us

Secretary – Robb MacGregor

Ottawa County -- Department of Public Health

Environmental Health Services

Environmental Health Technician

Phone: (616) 393-5793

Fax: (616) 393-5643

Email: rmacgregor@miottawa.org

Spring Seminar, Friday, May 20, 2016

GVSU Robert B. Annis Water Resource Institute

740 West Shoreline Drive, Muskegon, MI 49441

8:00 - 8:45	Registration
8:45 – 9:00	Opening Remarks & Bingo Description
9:00 - 10:30	Dean Schenk, D.E.A. Special Agent – Clandestine Labs for First Responders
10:30 – 10:40	BREAK
10:40 – 11:40	Mark Hill, EHS-Emily Hollingsworth, MSc, REHS – Food Safety at Large Festivals
11:40 - 12:40	Lunch, MEHA updates, Elections
12:45 - 1:45	Sharon Ellis, J.D., State ADA Compliance Director – Service Animals
1:45 – 1:55	BREAK
1:55 – 2:55	Dave Cotton, P.E. – Dosing of Low Pressure Mounds

Registration fee is $15.00 per person. Fill out the following form and mail a check (payable to SWMEHA) to Jodi Trantham 330 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 Fax 269-818-0237. Payment day of is accepted, but please try and submit RSVP by May 18, 2016.

Questions regarding registration can be directed to jtrantham@bedhd.org.

Please register by May 18, 2016.

2017 Executive Board

 

President – Blake Walters, MS, REHS

Environmental Health Specialist

Allegan County Health Department
3255 - 122nd Ave. Ste. 200
Allegan, MI 49010

Phone: (269) 686-4558

Email: bwalters@allegancounty.org

Vice President – Carol Balkon, REHS

Environmental Health Specialist

Barry-Eaton District Health Department

330 W. Woodlawn

Hastings, MI 49058

Phone: (269)-798-4106

Email: cbalkon@bedhd.org

Treasurer – Robb MacGregor

Ottawa County -- Department of Public Health

Environmental Health Services

Environmental Health Technician

Phone: (616) 393-5793

Fax: (616) 393-5643

Email: rmacgregor@miottawa.org

Secretary – Carrie Southern, RS

 Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joesph Community Health Agency                             

 20 Care Dr.  Hillsdale, MI 49242

 Phone: (517) 437-7395 ext 0322
 email: southernc@bhsj.org

Robb MacGregor, of Ottawa County Public Health, was nominated and elected to the board during the 2015 Fall Seminar! Congratulations Robb.