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(NAPSI)—When you breathe a sigh of relief after giving your home its annual thorough cleaning, you may be breathing in more dust, dirt, and pollution than you realize—unless you’ve also gotten the HVAC system cleaned.
A Hidden Problem
Through normal living, people generate a great deal of...
Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs, there’s no denying that these harbingers of summer are a welcome sight in our night skies. Actually, fireflies are neither flies nor bugs. They belong to the insect order Coleoptera, which means they are officially considered beetles. If you take a...
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,
I’m trying to be more creative in my cooking now that we’re all eating at home more. Would...
Sharp-shinned Hawks are small, long-tailed hawks with short, rounded wings. They have small heads that in flight do not always project beyond the “wrists” of the wings. The tail tends to be square-tipped and may show a notch at the tip. Females are considerably larger than males.
Adults are slaty...
On July 16, 2020, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by representatives of the Northern Bay County Fund on the construction of a new dog park in the City of Pinconning. Ellen Charlebois began by providing information on the Northern Bay County Fund and the...
5 Years Ago (July 2015)
• Two Spartan baseball players received post-season recognition. Shortstop Zach Booth and catcher Michael Wilson were chosen to play in the Flint vs Bay City All Star game at Dow Diamond in Midland. Booth also earned Second Team All State.
• Work began on the City of...
I know the heat has been terrible lately, it is Michigan’s time of sun. Also there is a lot going on to grab your attention, and keep your thoughts scattered. But please keep in mind that we have an election coming up in less than two weeks. It is the primary and has local elected positions 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,
I’d like to find some good old-fashioned biscuit recipes, the kind our grandmas used to...
The smallest of Michigan’s sparrows enjoys living around humans and shows a preference for building its eye-level nest in trees and tall, dense shrubs, sometimes very near a house. In our area, Chipping Sparrows start producing offspring in May and may produce a second set later in the summer. The...
5 Years Ago (July 2015)
• Four Spartan softball players won All State recognition: Seniors second baseman Gabby Yanoski, outfielder Josie Lavrack, and shortstop Malinda Talaga won Division 3 First Team honors, while junior pitcher Danielle Amlotte received Honorable Mention.
10 Years Ago (July 2010...