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This week was very challenging for me, I wonder how it was for you? In addition to average everyday life stress and bill paying, a few additional things happened. I consider myself a fairly respectable person and a patriot to the USA, the country that I was born in and love. But in conversation, I...
Those of us who live near the Saginaw Bay are accustomed to having frequent encounters with several types of heron, especially the large Great Blue Heron and the all-white Great Egret. Those who explore places like Nayanquing Point and Pinconning Park have probably also seen the Black-crowned Night...
On May 20, 2021, fifteen members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish worked to spruce up the landscaping around the Pinconning Bandshell in preparation for the upcoming summer concert series in Doc Letchfield Park. Work included weeding the planting beds, trimming dead branches, adding...
Psalms 16 is this prayer (common English translation) and it is good to pray in this day and age.
“Protect me, God, because I take refuge in you. 2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord. Apart from you, I have nothing good.” 3 Now as for the “holy ones” in the land, the “magnificent ones” that I was...
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 (May 2016)
Prince of Peace Parish’s St. Anne rectory was demolished this week. The rectory, built in 1925, had been condemned by the Saginaw Diocese for about seven years before being taken down.
Eevie’s feed and hardware store in Crump closed. Eevie’s, and before that, Rocket J’s, sold...
This giant bird migrates annually to the western U.S. and Canada to breed, but in recent years the American White Pelican has extended its range eastward and is now regularly seen along Lake Erie and the Saginaw Bay, although breeding here has not been confirmed. So far this spring there have been...
On May 13, 2021, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard an update from Shannon Forshee, Executive Director of Camp Fish Tales, on upcoming activities at the camp. She began by providing information on the history of the camp. Because of the popularity of day camps for...
Social Security offices are currently open only for in-person appointments for limited, critical situations, depending upon local office conditions. However, you can continue to apply for a replacement Social Security card online and by mail. Before requesting a replacement card, please remember...
5 Years Ago (May 2016)
Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) has announced the winner of the Congressional Art Competition for Michigan’s Fifth District. The winning piece is a pencil drawing entitled “My Best Friend’s Eye,” by Pinconning Area High School’s Dedrianna Goretcki, a senior at Pinconning High...