June 2017

Douglas A-4C Skyhawk subsonic carrier-capable attack aircraft

Extend Your Memorial Day Commemorations with Visit to Yankee Air Museum

June 2, 2017 Dell Deaton

The Memorial Day Parade in Saline returned to Oakwood Cemetery this year. Appropriately so. [1] Better still, hopefully your interest in the underlying substance of service and sacrifice has been piqued by that event. Where ….

via Lifeway Research (September 1, 2021)— "Most Americans Know and Trust Their Neighbors," by Aaron Earls: Despite quarantines and social distancing keeping people in their homes during the pandemic, Americans still say they know their neighbors. Almost 7 in 10 U.S. adults (68%) say they trust the people who live in…

– January 17, 2022
Maundy Thursday— "On this Thursday before Good Friday, Christians of all colors and stripes celebrate three events on the last night our Lord spent with his apostles before the Crucifixion: the washing of the disciples’ feet, the suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane and the betrayal of Judas Iscariot. "The…

– April 14, 2022
via Center for Faith and Culture (January 10, 2022)— "How Christians Can Prepare for the US Supreme Court's Monumental Abortion Ruling," by Jessica Prol Smith, fifteen-year public policy write-in Cumberland, Maryland: "Know your audience and seek to win hearts, not just minds .... Christians believe that every image-bearer — born…

– June 26, 2022
via Baptist Beacon (June 1, 2022)— "A small church serves as a large witness in the wake of Taylor tornado," by Mike Durbin, State Evangelism Director for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan: An EF3 tornado ripped through Gaylord tragically taking the lives of two people and injuring more than…

– June 5, 2022
via America: The Jesuit Review (May 20, 2022)— "On May 20, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said in a public statement that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a life-long Catholic, will be barred from Communion in her home diocese of San Francisco. Gloria Purvis, the host of America Media’s 'The Gloria…

– May 22, 2022
National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers— via National Police Association (June 23, 2021), by Stephen Owsinski, retired law enforcement officer with experience in Field Training Officer (FTO) unit and the Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST): "Like anyone else, our nation’s cops harbor every desire to return home each day…

– June 17, 2022
Resurrection Sunday— In anticipation of this day, Reverend Brett Younger of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn New York recently wrote, "... people in the United States will wish Easter felt like it did three years ago. They will put on new shoes and wonder if .... On Easter Sunday, people in…

– April 17, 2022
via Southern Baptist Convention (February 26, 2019)— "Who's Your One?" Day 13: Genesis 12:1-3, "Now the Lord said to Abram, 'Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will…

– July 31, 2022
via Lifeway Research (February 15, 2022)— "Most Pastors See Racial Diversity in the Church as a Goal but Not Reality," by Marissa Postell: Most Protestant pastors say every church should strive to achieve racial diversity, but few are achieving it .... There are also differences between what African American pastors are…

– February 20, 2022

Cadillac-LaSalle Club Museum and Research Center, nearing completion of construction

Newly Constructed Cadillac and LaSalle Motor Car Museum to Open Here in Michigan

September 22, 2014

Almost a year after groundbreaking on the campus of the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners Michigan, the ribbon will be cut this coming Sunday on a brand new building dedicated to Cadillac and LaSalle automobiles. [1,2] This facility is owned an operated by the Cadillac-LaSalle Club Museum and Research Center (CLCMRC), itself founded in 1995 under the Cadillac & LaSalle Club, established in 1958. Currently, it houses about a dozen vehicles in rented space ....

Risdon Heights condominiums in downtown Saline Michigan

Is New Construction Your Answer to Making a Home Purchase in This Tight Market?

April 17, 2018

Anyone in the market to buy a house or condominium in the last five years has likely felt frustration at the dearth of options. The Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors just reported “a significant drop in the number of new listings and total residential sales” for the first quarter of 2018, which just ended. [1] But the news is better for those who’d like to purchase a something recently constructed. Bill Smith told Saline ....

“Smart” Automobile Interiors That You’ll Experience On Future Roadways Are Being Developed Today in Saline, Michigan

August 30, 2018

According to automotive industry expert Dr David Cole, “more and more, the interior systems are viewed as product differentiators.” [1] He went on to tell Saline Journal this week that “manufacturers and suppliers are treating the interior as an integrated system.” This coupled with the emergence of sophisticated system suppliers that didn’t just make a seat, but began to focus on the total interior of a vehicle …. [Forty] years ago the suppliers were responsible ....

Yes, Virginia: There Really Is A Company-Owned General Motors Car Museum, But It’s Only Open To A Select Few

August 24, 2018

First things first: There really is a museum of the first, best examples of what General Motors calls its most important vehicles produced since inception of the company. Saline Journal can confirm that. We were there earlier today — inside, shooting photographs for more than two hours. [1] By the numbers, GM Heritage Center is an 81,000 square foot facility where an average of 165 vehicles are displayed in a single indoor space. Structural pillars ....

“Juneteenth” Is An Invaluable Celebration That Adds Depth To The Past, Evolving History of America

June 19, 2018

True understanding of history requires living, passionate advocates to give its varied, interwoven threads a chorus of compelling voices. Two weeks ago, Saline Journal revisted the US Civil War through the story of a dedicated young soldier who died at The Battle of Antietam. There is more to the honored sacrifices remembered on Memorial Day than could ever be summarized in a presentation before the Soldiers & Sailors monument in Oak Wood Cemetery. There is ....

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Month: June 2017

Extend Your Memorial Day Commemorations with Visit to Yankee Air Museum