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Martin Church, Republican candidate for Michigan Senate
Washtenaw County

Exclusive Interview With Martin Church, Republican Party Candidate For 18th State Senate District In Michigan

October 22, 2018 Dell Deaton

Martin Church is the Republican Party candidate running to serve in the Michigan Legislature on behalf of the 18th Senate District, of which Saline is a part. His Democrat opponent is Jeff Irwin. [1] Earlier ….

Mickie Jo Bennett, City of Saline Business Ambassador, and Christophe Sapet, NAVYA CEO, in a casual moment during assembly plant tour
Experiences

NAVYA Autonomous Vehicle Assembly Operation In Saline Michigan Opened To VIPs And Selected Press For The First Time

October 20, 2018 Dell Deaton

Without boast or parade, NAVYA has been rolling out some of the most advanced passenger shuttles in the world at a reliable clip of one per month now in Saline. [1] These are vehicles that ….

State Representative Donna Lasinski, representing 52nd House District in Michigan
Washtenaw County

Exclusive Interview With Donna Lasinski, Democrat Party Candidate For 52nd State House District In Michigan

October 19, 2018 Dell Deaton

Donna Lasinski is the Democratic Party candidate running to serve in the Michigan Legislature on behalf of the 52nd House District, of which Saline is a part. Her Republican opponent is Teri Aiuto. [1,2] Earlier ….

Teri Aiuto, Republican candidate for Michigan 52nd State House
Washtenaw County

Exclusive Interview With Teri Aiuto, Republican Party Candidate For 52nd State House District In Michigan

October 18, 2018 Dell Deaton

Teri Aiuto is the Republican Party candidate running to serve in the Michigan Legislature on behalf of the 52nd House District, of which Saline is a part. Her Democrat opponent is Donna Lasinski. [1,2] Earlier ….

Janet Dillon (right) assisting visitor at 2018 Saline Job Fair
Financial

Saline Area Job Fair Yesterday Continues To Serve Three Vital Constituencies: Believe It Or Not, You’re One Of Them

October 17, 2018 Dell Deaton

One could be forgiven a blasé response to news of another job fair. Pedestrian events, rote, just add water happenings. In fact, the very thought that such a thing would be covered as news at ….

Tim Walberg, speaking at 2018 Saline Celtic Festival
Governance

Exclusive Interview With Tim Walberg, Republican Party Candidate For The United States Congress From Michigan

October 16, 2018 Dell Deaton

Tim Walberg is the Republican Party candidate running to serve in the US House of Representatives on behalf of the seventh Congressional District, of which Saline is a part. His Democrat opponent is Gretchen Driskell. ….

Gretchen Driskell, speaking at 2016 Saline Celtic Festival
Governance

Exclusive Interview With Gretchen Driskell, Democrat Party Candidate For The United States Congress From Michigan

October 15, 2018 Dell Deaton

Gretchen Driskell is the Democratic Party candidate running to serve in the US House of Representatives on behalf of the seventh Congressional District, of which Saline is a part. Her Republican opponent is Tim Walberg. ….

Ron Schebil 1984 campaign car, candidate for Washtenaw County Sheriff
Governance

Major Political Party Candidates Have Answered Questions In Races Of Local Interest To Saline Michigan

October 12, 2018 Dell Deaton

In less than a month, voters will cast ballots for elective offices that have a great deal of influence over the way that business is conducted and lives are lived in this community. [1,2] Platform ….

"Operation Christmas" shoebox gift collection at FUMC Saline
Giving

First United Methodist Church Started Its Preparations For Christmas Yesterday, With “Operation Christmas Child”

October 8, 2018 Janet Deaton

“Operation Christmas Child” is a way to provide gifts for the upcoming holiday season to young people in need around the world. [1,2] Coordinated through local organizations such as First United Methodist Church (FUMC) here ….

401 North Ann Arbor Street building in the City of Saline Michigan
Four Ps

Keys To Placing Viable Tenants In Commercial Spaces Include Knowing The Market, Yes – But Also Knowing Its Need To Fit

October 4, 2018 Dell Deaton

Almost everyone in the community has a vested interest in filling the highest practical inventory of its commercial space. Buildings not otherwise occupied in whole or in part by viable businesses represent not just missed ….

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  • via Baptist Beacon (February 2, 2022)— "The difference in knowing and loving," by Mike Durbin, State Evangelism Director for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan, re Famed jeweler Harry Winston: A customer entered Winston’s store in New York City to buy a special diamond. One of his salesmen, his most knowledgeable…

    – February 13, 2022

  • re United States Supreme Court decision in Carson v Makin— Lifeway Christian Resources referenced Article 12 of the Southern Baptist Faith and Message, which "deals specifically and uniquely with the topic of education. ... our confessional statement affirms, Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. As we shall see, one…

    – June 21, 2022

  • via Baptist Beacon (February 2, 2022)— "Words without wisdom," by Coye L Bouyer, founding pastor of Kingdom Life Church, in Lansing, Michigan: A life-giving tongue creates a positive environment, and even brings joy to a community. However, too often many of us choose conversation that is callous and criticizes as opposed…

    – February 27, 2022

  • re United States Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization— On May 3, 2022, Heather Riggleman addressed the question "What Does the Bible Say about Abortion?" on Christianity website. "Every year, over three million women ... in the US will face an unplanned pregnancy and of those pregnancies,…

    – June 24, 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

  • via Baptist Beacon (February 2, 2022)— "Peace during a pandemic," by Dr Dan Russell, Executive Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Southgate, Michigan: To help strengthen the pastors and church families of our Convention as we face this coronavirus crisis, here are some encouraging reminders on how to keep your…

    – February 6, 2022

  • via Baptist Beacon (April 1, 2022)— "Inwardly strong, outwardly focused," by Mike Durbin, State Evangelism Director for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan: Legendary football coach, Vince Lombardi, started the first day of the Green Bay Packers training camp in 1961 with a football in his right hand and these words:…

    – April 10, 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

  • 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

Past Spotlights

Rentschler Farm parlor, 1930s Christmastime

How Did Christmas Feel in a Rural Saline Home During the 1930s?

December 7, 2015

Bygone Features

"James Bond Wore the Quartz Revolution" Gallery, National Watch & Clock Museum

There Are Local Connections to James Bond and Historic Watches

November 13, 2017
International collectors know that Dell Deaton currently curates a permanent gallery at the National Watch & Clock Museum in Columbia PA and that he has been organizing exhibits for that center as a subject matter expert since 2008. Later this month he’ll return there to deliver a presentation on the role of the Internet on wristwatch collecting. He’ll also be premiering a brand new display there, titled “James Bond Originals.” [1,2,3] Exotic and distant as ....

For the first time in over two decades, Kermit the Frog has returned to public spotlight at Detroit Institute of Arts

January 17, 2020
Well before doors opened for visitors to the Detroit Institute of Arts this morning at Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), a television crew from Fox 2 Detroit was on site and inside to broadcast happenings live. Saline Journal was there second. [1,2] In 1971, legendary puppeteer Jim Henson donated a Kermit the Frog puppet that he’d created in 1969 to the DIA. Although an earlier iteration of the character made its television debut in 1955, it ....

Former local Congresswoman offered practical overview of Presidential impeachment during “Free College Day”

September 30, 2019
Congressional efforts to launch impeachment procedings against Donald Trump started well before he entered office as the 45th President of the United States. The 116th Congress convened earlier this year with key Democrats, including Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib, promising to make this Constitutional step a priority. [1-7] Last Tuesday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced “that the House would initiate a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump ….” [8,9] As if having accessed a crystal ball for ....

Internet Predicts Death of Brick-and-Mortar; Junga’s ACE Hardware Building New Store

May 8, 2018
Last August, Saline Journal ran a feature examining mainstream assertions that “American retail had reached a historic ‘tipping point.'” It cited challenges faced by shopping malls as evidence that the future of retail will be online. Almost exactly one year ago, Forbes ran a headline that began with this unequivocal sentance: “Retail is Dead.” [1,2] Fast forward to March 2018 and the same publication proclaimed that “physical retail is clearly not dead — adding, as if ....

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 ....
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