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On October 27, 2022, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard presentations from seven individuals involved in childcare service in the region. Rich Van Tol of the Bay Arenac ISD began by introducing the Rural Childcare Innovation Program, an 18-month assessment to review unmet...
5 Years Ago (November 2017)
Spartan Spotlight: The Spartan Spotlight shines on Brian Herner. Pinconning Area Schools is very fortunate to have a dedicated and talented mechanic like Brian Herner to assist head mechanic Jeremy O’Hare in maintaining the 23 buses which cover 215,155 miles yearly....
Thursday, November 3rd,
• Rotary Club, Social Gather at CJ’s, 6 pm.
Saturday, November 5th,
• Sesquicentennial Big Band Birthday Bash, Pinconning Community Center doors open at 6 pm.
• 7th Annual Cookie Walk & Christmas Bazaar, Pinconning Cheese House, 9am-3pm.
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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 can’t believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Does anyone have some good,...
I hope you are ready for winter, because here in Michigan it is on its way. Hopefully you have taken time during this warm weather to get things cleaned up and closed up. The holidays are just around the corner, and everyone knows that is a busy time.
But before we get there, have you researched...
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...
Along the Saginaw Bay, Bald Eagles are a common sight any time of the year. These majestic birds remain in the area in winter as long as there is open water where they can catch fish or fields where they can find dead deer or other animal carcasses to scavenge. Eagles mate for life and their...
On October 20, 2022, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Jim Reha of Saginaw, Director of Education and Historian for the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum on the decommissioned destroyer, the USS Edson, which has been docked in the Saginaw River in Bay...
5 Years Ago (October 2017)
The Pinconning Varsity Girls Volleyball Team swept the competition at the Essexville Garber Quad. They opened against Saginaw Nouvel, winning 25-22, 25-15, then took down Standish 25-10, 13-25, 15-4, and took a big win over Garber 26-24, 25-21. Team leaders were Noelle...
Thursday, October 28th,
• Rotary Club, Regular Meeting at CJ’s, Noon.
Monday, October 31st,
• Pinconning High School, Halloween in the Halls sponsored by Student Council, park and enter on the far east side of the school (student parking lot), 6 pm - 7 pm.
Wednesday, November 2nd,
• Pinconning...