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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...
Many people are stressed right now with fear, pressure from work and at home, kids mostly adult children that still cant take care of themselves and a long list of other things. We need to understand that we are chosen by God and adopted into his family, if we accept Jesus as our personal savior....
Scott Schemanski used to wander the fields surrounding White’s Beach in his saggy diaper pretending to be Mowgli from his favorite Disney movie The Jungle Book. “I’d sing The Bare Necessities and dance with the local feral cats I’d caught and pretend they were Baloo and Bagheera. Unfortunately,...
5 Years Ago (November 2016)
Thomas N. “Tom” Johnson, who served for the past 39 1/2 years as owner, editor and publisher of The Pinconning Journal, passed away November 13, 2016, at St. Mary’s of Michigan Hospital in Saginaw. Johnson and his wife of 58 years, Marcia, who survives him, purchased 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 excited about the holidays this year and need some yummy recipes for cookies.
Marjorie...
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,
Help, my husband is heading into the woods again this month and I’m in desperate need of...
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...
It seems like many people are really struggling right now, some with sickness, some with loss and some with over whelming frustration. If you are a Christian hopefully you have learned to lean on God and let him help you with your burdens. If you are not there yet, then find a good church and start...
On a recent morning on the Saginaw River south of the city of Saginaw, with fog rising over the placid water just after sunrise, two herons—a Great Blue Heron on the right and a white Great Egret on the left—were taking advantage of the calm water to search for prey. So intent were they on their...
On October 28, 2021, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Rotarian Mike Duranczyk on the amazing honeybee, a species brought to this country from “across the pond” centuries ago. Mike stated that there are many types of native bees, including beneficial...