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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,
The vegetables in my garden are coming on strong. Does anyone have vegetable casserole...
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...
I know times are hectic, but are you paying attention to what is happening? Have you noticed that there are wars and rumors of wars, there are more active volcanoes today than in the past 40 years. The natural disaster deaths are in the hundreds this year already, millions of acres are on fire in...
5 Years Ago (August 2018)
The Pinconning Area Schools Board held their second August meeting of 2018. It was reported there have been a number of recent changes in staffing. The Administration has scheduled an Anti-Bullying assembly with former professional wrestler Marc Mero on September 18th at 1...
In many bird species, the adult and immature birds look similar, perhaps with only slight differences in coloration or size. But the young birds are usually still recognizable. In other species, the differences are quite dramatic. Among small herons and bitterns, for instance, it is sometimes...
On August 17, 2023, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Dr. John Kowalczyk, President of the Humane Society of Bay County, and Donna Billow, Executive Director, on programs offered by the society. John Kowalczyk is a chiropractor, an upper cervical...
5 Years Ago (August 2018)
At the August 9th meeting, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish were treated to a program by Bay City Central High School student Dylan Steele and his History teacher Craig Windt on a local hero who died during the Allied D-Day Invasion of France 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,
My grandparents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary soon. Does anyone have a...
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...
Retirement is not one-size-fits-all. It can mean different things to different people. Perhaps you have not applied for Social Security retirement benefits because you’re still working or are delaying applying so you can get the higher benefit. If you’re age 70 or older, you should apply now for...