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Once the most common duck in Michigan, the number of American Black Ducks has declined dramatically since the 1800s. In the last 20 years this species has declined by 50%. In the Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas published in 2013, Black Ducks were reported in less than 7% of townships statewide....
Lynn Eckerle is the author of the weekly food column The Recipe Exchange along with a blog, Lynn’s Musings From a Deep Well. She loves country cooking, small town living and taking the back roads.
Dear Lynn,
Would everyone please share their recipes for Chicken Salad? I have had some really good...
Dr. Paul Dake is semi-retired; moved to the Pinconning area to be near family and is submitting articles for the Journal. Dr. Dake has an Undergraduate degree in Physiology and M.D. degree, both from Michigan State University, the latter awarded in 1978; immediately thereafter, Family Medicine...
We just had the passing and funeral of a family member and then a medical emergency of another. One of these events is enough to pull a person back to reality on what life is really about. Two in the same month pulls the carpet out from under your feet and sends you to the floor. We all must keep...
With colorful plumage similar to that of a male Mallard it might be possible to confuse the two birds, until you see the large, dark, spatula-like bill of the Northern Shoveler. It is unique looking among our ducks. The male is especially beautiful in flight, with blue, white, and green markings on...
On July 27, 2023, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Deb (Whyte) Socier on Whyte’s Fishery & Smokehouse which has recently opened a retail store on M-13 between Pinconning and Linwood. Deb said her father started the commercial fishing business on...
Thursday, August 3rd,
• Rotary Club, Social Gathering at CJ’s, 6 pm.
August 3rd - 5th
• 48th Annual Used Book Sale, Bay County Civic Arena.
Tuesday, August 8th,
• Tuesdays in the Park, 23 North Band, Pinconning Bandshell in Doc Letchfield Park, from 7 - 8 pm, bring a lawn chair.
Standing events...
5 Years Ago (August 2018)
The International Space Money Alliance, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with public charity status, launched the ISMA Diaper Bank project on November 1, 2013, with the intention of distributing diapers to low-income families. On June 24th ISMA donated a shipment of...
Lynn Eckerle is the author of the weekly food column The Recipe Exchange along with a blog, Lynn’s Musings From a Deep Well. She loves country cooking, small town living and taking the back roads.
Dear Lynn,
Does anyone have some good recipes for baked or grilled salmon? - Jeff from Manton
Mary...
Dr. Paul Dake is semi-retired; moved to the Pinconning area to be near family and is submitting articles for the Journal. Dr. Dake has an Undergraduate degree in Physiology and M.D. degree, both from Michigan State University, the latter awarded in 1978; immediately thereafter, Family Medicine...