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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago, law enforcement agencies across the nation have reported an alarming rise in speeding and fatal crashes.
To combat this disturbing and dangerous trend, the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) and the National Highway Traffic...
Question:
I will rely on Medicare when I retire. Can you explain the different parts of Medicare?
Answer:
The different parts of Medicare cover your specific needs. There are four parts, all of which work in tandem to deliver healthcare services:
• Part A (hospital insurance): Helps pay for...
Understanding how your future retirement might affect your spouse is important. Here are a few things to remember when you’re planning for your retirement. Your spouse’s benefit amount could be up to 50 percent of your full retirement age benefit amount. If you qualify for a benefit from your...
(NAPSI)—Here’s a hot tip: Most baking enthusiasts may not realize it, but turning out great baked goods can be easier with a quality kitchen appliance that’s NOT the stove. It’s the sink.
With, for example, the BLANCO IKON Low-Divide white farmhouse sink, prepping your ingredients and getting...
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 looking for some recipes for Summer Soups that are made with vegetables fresh from the...
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 started a new class this week, it focuses on reading and understanding sections of the bible based on what they actually say. It forces you really think about the words that you are reading and not interject other ideas in to the scripture you are reading. Sorta like the stop talking when others...
Nayanquing Point State Wildlife Area, with large cattail marshes that stand in shallow water, provides the necessary habitat for the rare Yellow-headed Blackbird, generally found only in western North America. Birders come to the Saginaw Bay from around the state for the opportunity to see this...
On June 10, 2021, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish met at the gazebo in Pinconning County Park to hear a presentation by Jack Hofweber, Manager of the MDOT Bay City Transportation Service Center, on upcoming highway projects in the region. Jack reminded everyone that the...
The Michigan House of Representatives on Thursday approved a pair of bills sponsored by Sen. Kevin Daley that would allow pharmacists to dispense insulin under certain emergency circumstances.
“This is great news. I am happy to see such broad support for this legislation,” said Daley, R-Lum. “This...