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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,
I want to surprise my Dad on his birthday with a cake I made myself. Mom says to ask your...
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...
You know the old saying a person can’t see the forest for the trees. Well as I get older, I realize that is true about life in general. When we are young, we can’t wait to grow up and get our driver’s license, graduate school, start a family, then raise the family so we can be a couple again and be...
The Brown Thrasher is reputed to have the greatest repertoire of any North American bird. In spite of its large size and unmistakable song, it is often overlooked since it spends much of its time on the ground scratching through leaf litter in search of seeds and insects. When it isn’t doing that,...
The Eastern Wood Pewee is one of the most commonly seen members of the flycatcher family in our area, although you will probably hear its distinctive voice before you see the bird. If high up in the trees you hear a bird whistling “pee-ooh-WEE, pee-ooh-WEE, pee-OOH,” you know a pewee is nearby....
On June 15, 2023, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Standish attorney, Duane L. Hadley, on the important issue of family law in Arenac and Northern Bay counties. Mr. Hadley has been practicing law in Arenac County since 1999, mostly as a criminal...
5 Years Ago (June 2018)
The former Annie’s Restaurant came down Friday, June 15th, to make way for a new Dollar General. Workers had to use care not to disturb electrical service that was still attached to the building.
Members of the cast of Wonderland High were recently inducted into the...
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,
I’m looking for a recipe for Meatballs in some kind of a sauce. One that I could keep warm...
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...
I hope you took some time to spend with family over the Father’s Day weekend. I know mothers get a lot of attention as they should on Mother’s Day. But Fathers need to know they are loved also. I have many friends that have lost their father and would give anything to have just one more day with...