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National Thrift Shop Day Highlights Expanded Giving, Shopping Options

August 17, 2017 Janet Deaton

If you’re an alert user of social media, you’ve no doubt seen those hashtags on Twitter ending with “Day” somewhere in the trending topics box. A lot feel like unabashed marketing. Some provide nice excuses ….

Saline Street Machines car show 2017
Automotive Heritage

Saline Street Machines Car Show Marks 35th Year (with Local Videos)

August 15, 2017 Dell Deaton

It’s not the same as being there, of course. Still, we thought those who missed it might enjoy seeing a two-minute video highlighting the 35th annual Saline Street Machines car show held last Saturday downtown. ….

1961 Cadillac Coupe de Ville at 2017 Saline Street Machines car show
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Get Down and Dirty to Find the Right Balance of Elements for Your Photograph

August 14, 2017 Dell Deaton

The image above was originally captured from ground level, camera and photographer positioned near the center line of North Ann Arbor Street in downtown Saline, on a Saturday. This was last weekend and not just ….

1968 coupe at 26th Annual Camaro Superfest 2017
Automotive Heritage

The Annual Camaro Superfest Is How a Great Car Show Should Look and Feel

July 7, 2017 Dell Deaton

Last weekend, Camaro Superfest marked its eleventh year at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti — the third venue and now comfortably established as home since the first in 1992. By the numbers, 650 Camaros were shown this ….

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

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 ….

Lockheed SR-71B Blackbird aircraft
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Air Zoo Museum Is an Ideal Place to Hone Aircraft Photography Skills

April 28, 2017 Dell Deaton

Aviation history makes for both important subject matter and photographic challenges. It’s easy to find postcards featuring military aircraft. But it’s often quite difficult to find good ones. Thankfully the challenge was made easier yesterday ….

Saline Railroad Depot out-buildings and windmill in fresh snow
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Conspicuously Elevated Camera Positioning Can “Make” Certain Photographs

February 24, 2017 Dell Deaton

That familiar yellow storage barn behind the Saline Railroad Depot is another often photographed local icon. Easily visible across East Bennett Street from Henne Field, it’s often used to serve as a symbol of Saline. ….

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  • 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

  • via Southern Baptist Convention (February 26, 2019)— "Who's Your One?" Day 10: Romans 10:1-3, "Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of…

    – July 24, 2022

  • Memorial Day— via Billy Graham (1953): "'When American people and the people of the world begin seeking the righteousness of God first and the kingdom of God first, then we are going to see an end to strife and war and problems and suffering.' In this 1953 Hour of Decision…

    – May 30, 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 Samaritan's Purse— "Samaritan's Purse is operating multiple medical facilities in various parts of Ukraine and providing food and non-food relief items through church partners in both Ukraine and Moldova": Samaritan's Purse continues to provide medical relief to displaced Ukrainians, serving them at our Emergency Field Hospital on the outskirts…

    – March 13, 2022

  • via Baptist Beacon (May 2, 2022)— "Be the Church in the marketplace" by Coye L Bouyer, founding pastor of Kingdom Life Church, in Lansing, Michigan: This is a classic story of what God can and will do when lay people begin to take seriously the Lord’s call on their life to…

    – May 15, 2022

  • via TED Conferences (February 1998) "Billy Graham: Technology, faith and human shortcomings": In Monterey California, The Reverend Billy Graham delivered a talk of just over twenty-six minutes to a Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) conference before a screen that projected a title of no more than, matter-of-factly, his first and…

    – July 10, 2022

  • Independence Day— via Billy Graham (1970): "I find that there is a certain fear and expected cosmic judgment that hangs over our country at this hour, as the Devine timepiece ticks away. Thomas Jefferson felt this deeply when he said, 'I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God…

    – July 4, 2022

  • President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 this morning — via The White House, Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. As always and particularly in the face of this affliction, we pray for The President of the United States, his loved ones, and those in whose care he has been…

    – July 21, 2022

Past Spotlights

Motor Muster in Greenfield Village

“Motor Muster” in Greenfield Village will return this weekend for “gearheads, die-hard car lovers, and auto aficionados”

June 16, 2021

Bygone Features

Sandy Baruah, Detroit Regional Chamber

Michigan governor has given green light for August 2020 Mackinac Policy Conference following COVID-19 outbreak

March 25, 2020
In many ways, the convention industry may serve as a microsm for assessing the economic health of our nation and the State of Michigan with the advent of COVID-19 here. [1-6] In the greater Detroit area, one significant casualty has been WCX 2020 World Congress Experience scheduled for the latter half of next month. Organizers of the annual mid-May Motor City Comic Con are “hoping that things will normalize before then,” allowing them “to proceed ....
Alisyn Malek, COO and Co-Founder of May Mobility

Mackinac Policy Conference 2019, Part 3: A renewed, competitive passion for multimodal transportation

May 31, 2019
In its famed Mackinac Policy Conference “To-Do List” unveiled as this event closed, the Detroit Regional Chamber placed a broad emphasis on work that would ensure “continued leadership in automotive and next-generation mobility” here in Michigan. [1,2] Though 2019 did not have the sort of headline visibility seen here on the island last year — with visions of “Transforming the Motor City Into the Mobility City” and anticipation that “Ford’s Mobility Revolution Will Reshape the World” ....

A Brief Look Back On The Meredith Bixby Marionette Story, Part I: History Can’t Be Packed Away In A Single Box

September 20, 2018
Last week, Saline Journal provided an expanded overview of marionette history and detailed its ongoing relevance to modern day entertainment in the United States. [1] That article merely touched on the fantastic role once held by the City of Saline within it. To say that Meredith Bixby played a key role does little more than start the discussion. To think that having seen examples of his craft displayed at City Hall or showcased in the ....

“12 Angry Jurors” convene to decide one man’s fate in SHS Drama Club stage production November 22, 23, and 24, 2019

November 18, 2019
Sixty-five years ago, Ronald Rose wrote a teleplay focused on so much of what might happen after lawyers have made their closing arguments in a murder trial, and before final verdict was read. [1] The story played out in a single room, where exactly one dozen jurors debated their assignment to decide the fate of a defendant charged with murder — the penalty for which would be death. This weekend, our Saline High School (SHS) Drama Club ....

“31 Day October 2020 Photo Challenge!” offers a number of great opportunities to present the case for Saline

October 1, 2020
During a March 7 session at the 2019 Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism, Courtney Sheffer of West Michigan Tourist Association (WMTA) shared details from the experience of her organization in its effort to attract attention for her constituent destinations. [1,2] In her position as marketing director for WMTA, she faced the same challenges that destinations such as Saline, as well as their venue advocates including the A2Y Regional Chamber are facing in the wake ....
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