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Month: April 2019

Batman 30th anniversary movies, presented by Fathom Events.
Quite Focused

Batman first appeared eighty years ago in the comics and Emagine Theatre is celebrating his movie 1989 reboot

April 5, 2019 Dell Deaton

To the more than casually engaged moviegoer, Ben Affleck is Batman — at least until someone else officially takes that cape to big screen at some point in the future. [1-3] Even setting aside animated ….

Hoover Universal, Saline Die Casting Division, circa 1982
Governance

Public comment at April 1, 2019 Saline City Council Meeting renewed focus on 232 Monroe Street remediation

April 3, 2019 Dell Deaton

Per routine, the final agenda item for the seventy-eight minute Saline City Council meeting this past Monday was an invitation to hear citizen comments. One resident, after stepping to the microphone, introducing himself and stating ….

Saline Journal Heathkit H89 computer
Financial

Stop and think about how you make important decisions when you don’t have time to stop and think about them

April 1, 2019 Dell Deaton

From the Editor— The 2019 Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism took place almost a month ago in Acme Michigan. As I’ve written previously, all but a must for anyone interested in getting ahead of ….

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  • Holy Saturday— "Why is Holy Saturday so sacred? What happened on the day between the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ? ... Holy Saturday is the name assigned to the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Many Christians acknowledge Holy Saturday, the seventh and final day of Holy Week,…

    – April 16, 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 Baptist Beacon (April 1, 2022)— "Called: Living the life God created you to live," by Karen Blanchard, women's life group leader with Lakepointe Church in Shelby Township, Michigan: The words “called” and “purpose” are buzzwords in our culture today. People are constantly searching to find their calling and purpose…

    – May 1, 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 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

  • 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

Past Spotlights

Arthur T Bowley Saline-Brecon Friendship Guild bench in Mill Pond Park

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March 30, 2020

Bygone Features

"Saline Cars & Coffee" at Brewed Awakenings

Saline Michigan Is a Place That Gets “Car People” (Year Round, as It Turns Out)

April 23, 2018
There are people who drive cars, and there are car people. Two weeks ago today during a very well attended SAE WCX World Congress Experience presentation at Cobo Center in Detroit, Alex Roy attempted to explain the difference to his audience. [1,2,3,4,5] What we drive says who we are, what people think of us …. In the past, we were ‘one with the machine.’ The future would have us be ‘none with the machine.’ Attendees ....
Stephen Junga, at Junga's ACE Hardware store in Saline Michigan

It Wasn’t the Internet That Drove Plans for a New Hardware Store in Saline

May 9, 2018
Stephen Junga will someday be the “Junga” of Junga’s ACE Hardware here. If you’re a local merchant struggling to imagine long-term future success in an increasingly web-based world, this insight may be the key to assuring your own path forward. In Part 1 of this two-part series, it became clear that even those who write for the Internet on the future of the Internet aren’t so sure of its once argued inevitable take over of ....

How to Decide When a Digital Photograph Should be Presented in Black and White

September 18, 2017
With the growing sophistication of Instagram and iPhone filters, photographers of all skill levels are chosing to post more of their images in black and white (B&W) on social media. Add to that the upcoming sixth annual Saline Scarecrow Contest scheduled to run next month and you have a past entry that nicely supports this discussion. Here, it’s The Tin Woodman from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum and WW Denslow, 1899. ....

Mackinac Policy Conference 2019, Part 1: The need for “civility” in political discourse – and how to make it work

May 29, 2019
During his appearance this past January as part of a five-person panel providing a “Sneak Peak” of the 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference, WDET Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson spoke disparagingly of Nolan Finley, editorial page editor of The Detroit News. Repeatedly. [1-4] Every so often he’d look out into the crowd consipiratorially, as if to suggest it obvious that nothing written by Mr Finley was worth reading. Awkward, like any of the felt-too-close-to-the-truth-to-come-across-as-engagingly-funny verbal jabs ....

Spectators Saw Dogs Fly at Humane Society of Huron Valley Annual Walk & Wag Fundraiser This Year

May 20, 2018
“Ultimate Air Dogs” was new this year at Walk & Wag. Known by various names, this is a canine competition that involves a dog jumping from a stationary dock for distance before landing in water. It’s recognized by the American Kennel Club (AKC), considered both safe and humane. [1,2,3,4,5] Considered a low stress, high enrichment activity, it also proves ideal for enhancing the relationship between dog and handler. [6] Thrilling as this signature attraction has ....
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