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Sometimes the overall effect created by a photograph is more important than the specifics of the scene. The featured picture may be an example of that idea. Two of the most common sights in our area each fall are the beautiful fall colors created by the trees and the hordes of noisy blackbirds—...
On October 21, 2021, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Linda Anderson of Bay Area Real Estate on the state of the local real estate market. Linda is licensed to sell real estate throughout Michigan. She has worked for Bay Area Real Estate since 2018 and...
5 Years Ago (October 2016)
PHS Homecoming Queen this year is Tegan Ferguson; 1st Runner-Up Stacey LaRouche and 2nd Runner-Up Olivia Berger.
The PHS Class of 1966 joined the 50+ Year Class Reunion this year. Those attending were: Mic and Linda Dubay TudeThout, Chuck and Nancy Howe, Kay Michalak,...
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 can’t believe that Thanksgiving is only a month away. I’m in desperate need of some...
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...
This is the time of year when the Rusty Blackbird moves south through the Saginaw Bay region, a time when this bird’s black plumage has changed to the color of rusted iron. Its rusty color, white eye ring, and melodic call distinguish it from other black birds, like the Red-winged Blackbird, Common...
On October 14, 2021, Josh Klee, local Farm Bureau Insurance Agent, gave members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish an update on the Michigan No-Fault Auto Insurance law and possible pitfalls associated with options available under the law. Josh said the Michigan No-Fault Insurance law...
5 Years Ago (October 2016)
When a friend told Carissa Meyers about the chiropractic program at Sherman College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Meyers thought it over and applied. A few years later, the 2008 graduate of Pinconning Area High School, had completed the program and Carissa Meyers,...
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...