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Thursday, May 2nd,
• Rotary Club, Social Gathering at CJ’s, 6 pm.
Wednesday, May 8th,
• PHS Presents Mean Girls the Musical, Dinner Theater, Doors open at 5:30 pm with Curtain at 7:00 pm.
Standing events
Second Monday
• Pinconning Area School Board of Education Meeting, 6:00 pm
HS/MS Library.
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5 Years Ago (January 2019)
2019 Mayor’s Scholarship Banquet, Scholarship Recipients - Meagan Coutcher, Holly Dybas, Samantha Kowalczyk, Lauren Hine, Hunter McGillen, Jacob Reder, Miranda Santos, Brenton Morand, Trisha Wendling, Jaden Wojda, Kendra Jeske, Nolan Briggs, Michelle Sequin, Melissa Selle...
A summary of the Rotary Meeting
From Thursday, April 25th:
• Nature Festival banquet tickets are available. Contact Dennis Curtis. Raffle tickets are also available. Contact Mike Stoner. Raffle tickets are also available at CJ’s.
• Ryan Meissner reported on the Take-a-Kid Fishing event that was...
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 need a recipe for meatloaf. I’ve tried and tried but mine never turn out right.
- Tina...
Armageddon is not some war in the future to be fought by angels and demons. It is happening right now. The war is happening in your mind and heart today. We cannot rely on our parents, significant other, or pastor to win the war for us. They each have their own battle as we have ours. The good news...
Largest of all the “songbirds,” the Common Raven is an ancient bird. It is a worldwide species, found mostly in dense forests, deserts and tundra regions. Ravens are considered the world’s most intelligent birds. They mate for life and are known to be very good parents. Before the early settlers...
On April 19, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Sean Robinson, Senior Project Manager with AKT Peerless Environmental Services in Saginaw, on the issue of PFAS. PFAS stands for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. The chemical compound was developed in...
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 loved my grandmother’s old fashioned Jell-O salads. Does anyone have some of those old-...
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...
A life coach gave these suggestions that made a lot of sense to me. Do not let your first action of the day be looking at your phone, to check messages, and social media. But even before that, do not use the snooze button; it only gives you a sense of more sleep. Wake up, make your bed, and when...