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Thursday, October 10th,
• Rotary Club, Regular Meeting at CJ’s, Noon.
Friday, October 11th,
• Camp Fish Tales Haunted Forest, From 7-10 pm...
5 Years Ago
(October 2019)
Derek LaBean, founder of Smoky Ridge Outfitters, held a ribbon cutting ceremony on October 5, 2019, for the grand opening of their first retail location, inside Able Safe of Pinconning’s new “More of Michigan” retail operation. When people wear Smoky Ridge clothing I want...
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 love going to the orchard, but I always buy too many apples. Please see if people will...
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...
Sarah Trumble is a Michigan Native, originally from the Upper Peninsula. Previously in education, she enjoyed teaching international higher education, overseas and in the U.S., but moved back to Michigan during COVID. Sarah and her family have happily settled back in the region, bringing her two...
The nights are getting colder and leaves are falling. The season is changing. We are now less than thirty days from the Presidential Election. I challenge you to let nothing stop you from voting and that you encourage everyone you know to get out and vote this year. Our future is in the balance and...
Michiganders are fortunate to have the chance to see many migrating warblers as they pass through our state in both spring and fall. In spring, male warblers are particularly vibrant, their plumage coming in a variety of colors—red, yellow, blue, green, orange, black, gray—but in the fall, after...
On September 26th, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Eric Sprague, General Manager of Bay Metro Transit, on county-wide transportation services operated by Bay Metro over the 50 years since it was incorporated in July 1974. It is one of the older public...
5 Years Ago (August 2019)
The 2019 Pinconning High School Homecoming Court: Queen Jenna Szafranski, First Rummer-Up Hannah Floyd, and Second Runner-Up Lauren Laures.
The Spartan Spotlight Shines on Ms. Coleen Eigner. In his nomination Principal Kyle Woodruff states, “... Ms. Eigner works behind the...
Thursday, October 3rd,
• Rotary Club, Social Gathering at CJ’s, 6 pm.
Saturday, October 5th,
• City of Pinconning, 3rd Annual Trunk or Treat & Spooky Trail, in EastEdge Graphics Parking Lot from 6pm - 9pm.
Standing events
Second Monday
• Pinconning Area School Board of Education Meeting, 6:00...