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What is Faith? Faith is complete confidence in someone or something that permeates and influences your actions in life. Everyone has true faith in gravity, from a child you learn to trust it fully. This is why you do not jump out of an airplane without a parachute or the mackinaw bridge without a...
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...
5 Years Ago (March 2018)
Tegan Ferguson, a Pinconning High School graduate currently attending Central Michigan University, was crowned the 2nd Runner Up at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Scholarship Pageant on Sunday, February 18th. The title includes a monetary scholarship, many volunteer...
Pine Siskins and American Goldfinches are close relatives. They are similar enough in size, shape and color that some people mistake the two when they appear together at bird feeders. Goldfinches are here year-round. Siskins are with us only during the winter. Bright yellow male Goldfinches lose...
Thursday, March 2nd,
• Rotary Club, Social Gathering at CJ’s, 6 pm.
Saturday, March 4th,
• Band Booster Trivia Fundraiser, Pinconning Middle School Gym, doors open at 6:30 pm with Trivia beginning at 7 pm.
Standing events
Second Monday
• Fraser Township Board Meeting, 7 pm, 1474 N. Mackinaw,...
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,
My mom’s birthday is in April. After all the heavy and rich food over the winter, I’d like...
Part of staying positive is being positive. Just like Christianity there is no fence to sit on, or even a fine line to stand next to and jump across at the last minute. It takes effort, it takes a decision to make a change and do it. There is a war going on of Good against Evil just like the war...
I just concluded a trip to Virginia to attend the ATC (Appalachian Trail Conservancy) Mid-Atlantic Ruck. It was a gathering of experienced hikers providing seminars and workshops for newbies preparing to do long distance hiking, specifically thru hiking the Appalachian Trail. What I gained the most...
Some birds are so tiny and so darned cute that it’s hard not to get excited when they show up at our bird feeders. One such bird is the Common Redpoll, a bird seen occasionally in our area during the winter months. Redpolls are members of the family of tiny finches that includes the American...