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5 Years Ago (April 2016) This year’s Mayor’s Scholarship Winners were: Hannah Boettcher, Nicole Anderson, Meredith Grusnick, Areanna Bishop, Danielle Amlotte, Tiffani Iwanski, Alexandra Marter, Danielle Gillette, Kaitlyn Gromaski, Matthew Bersano, Nicole Gerhauser, Adam Bersano, Molly Rodda, Jacob...
Scammers are using the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to file fraudulent unemployment claims, often using someone else’s identity. Scammers may even use the identity of someone who is receiving or applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. SSI applicants and recipients who...
The past year has been difficult for everyone, including educators and their students. Our nation’s teachers have adapted, pivoted, and provided for their students in ways they had never imagined possible. This year, we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week from May 2 through May 8, and honor all...
I would like to talk about depression, I have some experience with this after living with someone that struggled with it for over a decade. The best way to describe depression is like rust on a new car. Once a new car gets a few years old, if you have not washed it weekly and cleaned the sludge and...
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, Please ask if everyone will share their very best homemade Salad Dressing recipes. Tanya...
Rep. Annette Glenn today announced her support for a comprehensive plan that would provide more help to Michigan families and communities struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. The $13 billion plan also strengthens Michigan’s foundation as it emerges from the pandemic by investing in schools,...
Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup Day volunteers collected many types of trash along the Saginaw Bay shore line at Bay County Pinconning Park, as well as along hiking trails near by.  Twenty-two volunteers participated in the cleanup effort.                     						    --Courtesy Photo
The Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish has held a Water & Shore Cleanup Day as part of the Saginaw Bay Nature Festival in the past. But this year the event was part of a much larger effort involving Rotary Clubs from 6 states and 2 Canadian provinces. Everyone joined together on April...
Egrets usually return to Michigan in April for the breeding season. The Great Egret in the accompanying photo was seen in a field near Pinconning in mid-April. This white member of the heron family was once nearly extinct—hunted for its white plumes to adorn ladies’ hats—but is now fairly common in...
A  wilson’s Snipe seen from the boardwalk at Pinconning Bay County Park recently.       --Courtesy Photo
Snipes are chunky birds with short legs. They use their long beaks to probe soft ground in search of larvae, worms, and insects, often around ponds, lakes, and marshes. They spend much of their time on the ground but are able to hide in tall grass because of their cryptic coloration. When flushed,...
On April 15, 2021, Tim Stein addressed the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish on conservation services provided to local farmers. Tim is a graduate of Standish-Sterling High School and Michigan State University and is County Executive Director of the USDA Farm Services Agency for Arenac,...

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