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Does your college graduate need health insurance? Perhaps this is the last thing you are asking yourself but may be among the most significant. About one in five people in their 20s do not have health insurance, according to recent studies. However, one unexpected illness or accident could have...
Large beetles with massive mandibles living in the ground? While this may sound frightening, ground beetles in the genus Scarites are a regular occurrence below and at the soil surface. At 0.5-1 inch in length, these are among the longest species of ground beetle in Michigan. With a narrow waist...
If you’ve ever walked the beaches or sand dunes of Michigan, you have probably had this experience: A dazzling metallic green insect comes into view and just before you are able to focus your eyes on it, it flies another 5 or 6 feet away and looks back at you tauntingly. These insects are tiger...
Question:
Can I delay my retirement benefits and receive benefits as a spouse only? How does that work?
Answer:
It depends on your date of birth. If you were born on or before 01/01/1954 and your spouse is receiving Social Security benefits, you can apply for retirement benefits on your spouse’s...
The Pied-billed Grebe is a small bird with a big voice, a voice described as a whoop, a chortle, a chuckle, or a whinny. Rather than trying to translate the call into English, readers are encouraged to go online and enter “pied-billed grebe call” to hear first-hand what this little bird has to say...
Dear Editor,
Isn’t it time for the railroad traffic sign at the corner of 2nd Street and VanEtten to come down? The tracks are not used.
Sincerely,
Jacklyn A. Krzyzaniak
Pinconning, Michigan
5 Years Ago (July 2016)
Linwood native, Benjamin LaPrairie, who serves as organist and associate director of music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., will play an organ recital at St. Stanislaus Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa. LaPrairie...
Let’s Stop Church Attendance Decline
This article was written by Mr. Jeff McNiell, and submitted for publication with his permission by Marcene St. Clair and The Pinconning Wesleyan Church
As church attendance numbers fade across the nation and online services become very convenient (Who doesn’t...
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 the taste of lemon and am looking for some really good lemon cookie recipes.
Donna...
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...