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Recently, five men who are current Democratic officeholders in Bay County used their party affiliation to lend credibility to their support of a Republican candidate for the 98th State House, instead of supporting Democrat Sarah Schulz. This is disappointing but not surprising. Bay County’s...
The Canada Goose is one of the most recognizable migratory birds in the Saginaw Bay region. Every spring and fall many thousands can be seen traveling daily between the bay and nearby fields during the weeks of their lay-over in the area, between their winter home in the southern U.S. and their...
On September 24, 2020, Joel Kwiatkowski, Environmental Health Manager for the Bay County Health Department, addressed the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish on a possible solution for failing septic systems. Joel said he has seen a major change in the way the problem of failing septic systems...
5 Years Ago (September 2015)
• The Pinconning Alumni Football Association honored Buck Schumann for his continued support and commitment to Pinconning football at the Alumni game with Standish-Sterling. Schumann had served for 56 years on the chain gang.
• Terry Spencer, an officer with the...
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,
With the weather turning colder it’s time for some good old fashioned comfort food. Please...
The Bible tells us that there are many gifts given to people and all are different and important. The arms and legs can not operate without the heart, our eyes and mind can not function without our lungs, our internal organs can not work with out a brain. Therefore all different parts must work...
A common bird of summer is one that is not often noticed because it spends most of its time in fields and ditches rather than in our yards. The Savannah Sparrow resembles the even more common Song Sparrow, but a unique feature of the Savannah—its yellow eyebrows— make the bird stand out in a yellow...
On September 17, 2020, the new Rotary District Governor (DG) for central and northeastern Michigan addressed members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish. DG Randy Ettema of Frankenmuth previously served as chair of the committee that deals with water and sanitation projects in the Third...
5 Years Ago (September 2015)
• PHS graduate Benjamin LaPrairie, an organist and associate director of music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., played his own composition for Pope Francis during his visit to the Basilica.
10 Years Ago (September...
