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5 Years Ago (November 2016)
Pinconning Area School’s taxpayers will garner four years of savings after the school refinanced the bonds that were originally approved in 2007 for the much needed High School additions and renovations.
The Rotary Club, in cooperation with Pinconning Area Schools, will...
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 having house guests during the holidays and I’m looking for some delicious recipes for...
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...
My family had a Thanksgiving dinner early, and after praying we all took a turn explaining what we were thankful for, it was very enlightening. Some people were thankful for things, I thought they did not even notice. Communication is so important in relationships. A person never really knows what...
On November 11, 2021, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning and Standish heard a presentation by Justin Pomerville, Business Manager of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada, Local 85, and President of Tri-County...
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...
Many people are stressed right now with fear, pressure from work and at home, kids mostly adult children that still cant take care of themselves and a long list of other things. We need to understand that we are chosen by God and adopted into his family, if we accept Jesus as our personal savior....
Scott Schemanski used to wander the fields surrounding White’s Beach in his saggy diaper pretending to be Mowgli from his favorite Disney movie The Jungle Book. “I’d sing The Bare Necessities and dance with the local feral cats I’d caught and pretend they were Baloo and Bagheera. Unfortunately,...
5 Years Ago (November 2016)
Thomas N. “Tom” Johnson, who served for the past 39 1/2 years as owner, editor and publisher of The Pinconning Journal, passed away November 13, 2016, at St. Mary’s of Michigan Hospital in Saginaw. Johnson and his wife of 58 years, Marcia, who survives him, purchased the...
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 excited about the holidays this year and need some yummy recipes for cookies.
Marjorie...