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5 Years Ago (August 2019)
The Pinconning City Council holds their regular monthly meeting on Monday, August 19th, at 5:00 pm. On the agenda for the meeting is a presentation by City Attorney Richard Sheppard on “Open Meeting Act (OMA) Violations and Prohibited Acts by Officers and Employees,” two...
Social Security helps you secure today and tomorrow with financial benefits, information, and tools that support you through life’s journey. If you don’t have enough Social Security credits to get benefits on your own record, you may be able to receive benefits as a spouse. Your spouse must be...
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 remember when I was a kid, my grandma made the prettiest, most delicious, molded salads...
Research was done on how positive and negative comments effect the productivity of plants during development. © June 2021| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN TECHNOLOGY | Volume 8 Issue 1 | ISSN: 2349-6002. It proved that positive and negative comments to plants effect growth...
Sarah Trumble is a Michigan Native, originally from the Upper Peninsula. Previously in education, she enjoyed teaching international higher education, overseas and in the U.S., but moved back to Michigan during COVID. Sarah and her family have happily settled back in the region, bringing her two...
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...
With colorful plumage similar to that of a male Mallard it might be possible to confuse the two birds, until you see the large, dark, spatula-like bill of the Northern Shoveler. It is unique looking among our ducks. The male is especially beautiful in flight, with blue, white, and green markings on...
There is still time to hear some great music at Tuesdays in the Park this summer. String Thing will be playing on August 13th featuring a wide range of musical genres on a variety of instruments including guitar, hammered dulcimer, bass, percussion, mandolin, and ukulele. Always having a fun time,...
50 Years Ago
(August 1974)
[1974] English choir members visited Bay County recently and locally two of the youths were hosted by the Hornacek family. Standing in front of Hornacek’s are: Joe Molloy and Ian Harris; in back are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hornacek and their son Tom. The boys belong to...
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 daughter’s birthday is coming up and I’d like to make her an Upside-down Cake. Please...