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Remembrances of Old Pinconning in the 1950’s, 1960’s and Early 1970’s “Little Boy’s Song In the 1920’s”
The following is a song my father, Ted, sang to me when I was little and periodically kept singing the rest of his life:
“Five o’clock one morning I looked upon the wall, the bed bugs and...
On October 17, 2019, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish met at the Arenac Community Center in Standish to hear a presentation by Melissa LeFever, AmeriCorps Member & 4-H STEAM Coordinator for MSU Extension in Arenac County. She discussed her goal of identifying adult...
A false witness who pours out lies
Prov 6:16-19 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a...
Have you read Luke 17: 11-19? It tells us a parable about ten Lepers. Let’s understand what being a leper was, it was like a life sentence in prison. One day you wake up and go to the doctor and he diagnoses you with a disease that is contagious. You then must leave your home, family, friends and...
The Ring-necked Pheasant is not native to North America. In 1918, the Michigan Department of Conservation began introducing them into the state, and by the Second World War well over a million pheasants were taken annually by hunters. Harsh winters took their toll on the birds, but changes in...
On October 10, 2019, the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Brian Krause, Director of Bay County Habitat for Humanity for the last 6 months, on a program that will take place in Pinconning on Friday, October 18, and Saturday, October 19, called “A Brush with Kindness...
A heart that devises wicked schemes
Prov 6:16-19 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a...
The speaker this week, quoted recent statements from missionaries in Iraq. Although Christianity is still outlawed and everything must be done in secret, the mosques are less and less attended. The citizens are waking up that a religion that tells you to kill anyone that does not believe like you...
As with so many species, this bird’s name is not representative of where you are likely to see it. As with the Cape May Warbler, Connecticut Warbler, and Tennessee Warbler, the Nashville Warbler is more likely to breed in Michigan than in the geographic areas whose names they bear. The Nashville is...
A Lying tongue
Prov. 6:16-19 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up...