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The Social Security Administration and its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) continued to raise public awareness about Social Security imposter scams during the fourth annual “Slam the Scam” Day held in March. Social Security scams — where fraudsters pressure victims into making cash or gift...
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...
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 family is celebrating our German heritage at our next reunion and we’re looking for some...
Last week I discussed the need for people to step up and help make a difference in our community and State. I had been asked to make a two-year commitment to a non-profit organization, and I had many excuses why I couldn’t do it. I am already involved in many community service groups and my church...
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Social Security works with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to protect you from scams that use Social Security as bait. Section 1140 of the Social Security Act allows OIG to impose severe penalties against anyone who engages in misleading Social Security-related advertising or imposter...
Two of the most common swallows in Michigan will soon be with us again—the Barn Swallow and the Tree Swallow. In fact, many Tree Swallows have already arrived. Barn Swallows like to live around humans, often building their mud nests under the rafters in barns or the eaves of other buildings in the...
On April 20, 2023, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Rob Clark, Director of Communications and Community Relations at Michigan Sugar Company. He stressed the economic importance of the sugar beet industry in our region. The 4 factories operated by...
5 Years Ago (April 2018)
The accolades continue to pour in for Standish-Sterling graduate and current Pinconning resident, Donald Benjamin (Stakowiak), who took home four trophies at this years’ 32nd Annual Review Magazine Music Awards. Donald, a perennial nominee and one of the nation’s rising...
The lily leaf beetle, also called scarlet lily beetle (Liliocerus lilii), is an invasive pest of growing concern in North America. Adults and larvae cause significant feeding damage on the leaves, stems and flowers of native and exotic lily species and hybrids. The primary hosts for lily leaf...