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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 serve healthier meals but need some good salad recipes. The kind my husband...
Gas prices in Michigan are up 13 cents compared to last week, a sharp increase to closeout the final week of 2020. Michigan drivers are now paying an average price of $2.27 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 31 cents more than this time last month but still 23 cents less than this time...
Schemanski Repeats as Champ at the 49th Annual John Gibson Memorial Shoot
Large groups of armed people in Michigan have made national headlines this year, - no, we’re not talking about the protesters in Lansing demanding to get their back hair and mullets shaved, but instead, the elite group of...
In lieu of a regular program with an outside speaker, on December 17, 2020, the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a delightful presentation by club member Mary LaPan titled “Fun Christmas Facts.” Many of the facts were previously unknown to most of those present. A summary of the...
5 Years Ago (December 2015)
• Pinconning Alumni Football Association presented PHS Athletics with a check for $5,450, which was the assocation’s share of proceeds from the alumni game after expenses.
10 Years Ago (December 2010)
• The Christmas season, with peace as its message, was disrupted on...
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 always have ham left over after the holidays so I’m looking for some tasty ham casserole...
This being the week of Christmas, I want to give you something to think about. We see in the Bible that many people were full of pride at their accomplishments or position or what they felt they obtained by perseverance and this pride usually led to their failure later. But Jesus said early on...
I know I have covered Bad Eagles in this article in the past, but I thought you might like this photo. I took it this week in Pinconning Township. Two eagles flew by and landed together in a field nearby. I was able to approach them to within a few hundred feet. Both are adults (white head and tail...
On December 10, 2020, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation via Zoom by Nicole Luczak of United Way of Bay County on programs provided to the community. She stated that the mission of United Way is to “bring our community together to meet needs” by addressing...
It may take a little extra time and creativity, but a holiday cookie exchange can be held virtually and it’s worth the effort according to experts.
“There’s a famous quote, ‘If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.’ It’s so true for me as I find great joy in developing easy,...