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March 30, 2020 Staff

Other Voices: “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (2020-0330)– notice issued by District 52 Representative in Michigan House,” just published on Saline Journal.

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

Suicide prevention and depression resources are available, essential services; any reason is reason enough to call

March 30, 2020 Dell Deaton

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a free and confidential resource available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. [1] 800-273-8255 800-273-TALK This national network of local crisis centers has been set up to ….

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March 28, 2020 Staff

Other Voices: “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (2020-0328)– notice issued by City of Saline Chief of Police,” just published on Saline Journal.

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March 25, 2020 Staff

Other Voices: “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (2020-0325)– notice issued by Director of Saline Parks and Recreation Department,” just published on Saline Journal.

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

March 25, 2020 Dell Deaton

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 ….

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March 23, 2020 Staff

Executive Order 2020-21 signed by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to further deal with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Title: “Temporary requirement to suspend activities that are not necessary to sustain or protect life.” Takes effect ….

Analysis of financial impact on restaurants as Michigan Executive Orders 2020-09, 2020-21 remain in effect

March 23, 2020 Dell Deaton

Citing her own March 10, 2020 State of Emergency Declaration intended to begin dealing with effects of the “novel coronavirus (COVID-19) … a respiratory disease that can result in serious illness or death,” Michigan Governor ….

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March 21, 2020 Staff

Other Voices: “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (2020-0321)– notice issued by City Manager for Saline Michigan,” just published on Saline Journal.

CDC / Michigan Medicine COVID-19 "Flattening the Curve" diagram

Larger community logistics planning is needed to help local businesses survive protracted COVID-19 infection curve

March 19, 2020 Dell Deaton

On Monday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an Executive Order that closed numerous “places of public accommodation” in support of “precautions to mitigate potential transmission of COVID-19, including social distancing.” [1-8] Although its restrictions are ….

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March 17, 2020 Staff

Other Voices: “Anne Cummings (2020.03.17)– on the importance of supporting our local businesses in light of COVID-19 outbreak,” just published on Saline Journal.

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
National Day of Prayer— "How to Pray for America," via National Day of Prayer: Why pray for America? God is sovereign and nothing comes as a surprise to Him. Whether we face fluctuating economics, threats from abroad, unrest at home, or other troubling circumstances, our Heavenly Father is not caught…

– May 5, 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 Got Questions (January 4, 2022)— "What is the god of self?" "A god is what we run to when we need validation, help, or encouragement because we believe it has the power to give us what we need. Self is a compelling god because it arises from our deepest…

– August 7, 2022
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
Ascension Day— via Christianity: "Ascension Day celebrates Christ's exaltation. While on earth, He was a servant. Now in heaven, He is the ruler and Lord of all. By entering heaven as the representative of mankind, He completed the work of our salvation and guarantees the eventual glorification of all who…

– May 26, 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 Samaritan's Purse (March 23, 2022)— "Ukraine Updates: Ukraine Updates: Fifth Airlift Departs with Ukraine Relief; Medical Care at Four Locations; Food and Other Distributions Underway": A fifth Samaritan’s Purse airlift departed today carrying more than 19 tons of relief, including medical supplies for area hospitals as we work to…

– March 27, 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

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 ....

Ohio Pen Show 2021, Part 1: The show before that show that most people never get to experience – catering to collectors

November 15, 2021

When the doors first opened to the public for special interest shows in the 1980s, the fish stories were already being told behind the vendor tables. [1] Least impressive among these were incredible deals made on price, although there were certainly those as well). Rather, these were fantastic tales of grail findings, illusive pristine examples that had been made available for the briefest of intervals, as well as technical and mechanical unicorns. [2-5] For camera shows during ....

How far back should America look for examples that deal with an accellerating worldwide energy crisis? The 1970s? 1908?

April 27, 2022

Two weeks ago, President Joe Biden announced that “his administration will lift the summertime ban on E15 gasoline to help ease high gas prices.” [1] As the name implies E15 gasoline contains a 10.5% to 15% blend of anhyudrous ethanol. “The sale of E15 gasoline is usually prohibited from June to mid-September because of air quality concerns.” [2-4] Although such flexible options have only been a part of mainstream vernacular for the last dozen-plus years, ....

This June, Get as Close to “Mystery Science Theater 3000” on the Big Screen as 2018 Will Allow

May 29, 2018

Imagine you were in high school, or perhaps college in the 1990s. You and your regular group of friends end up at one of the parents’ houses after a late evening out, turn on the TV to, what? likely one of the UHF stations out of Detroit. The only available programming consists of low-budget, truly awful, never-should-have-been-made movies produced decades earlier. With that, everyone settles in on the couch and begins attentively watching — talking ....

Hours after the last bell rang for classes in 2019, SHS Drama Club musical cast was still hard at work on Act I

December 21, 2019

Nearly a month has passed since prospective cast members got their first feel for the upcoming Saline High School Drama Club production of Newsies: The Musical. [1,2] In a number of respects, the process of shepherding script to stage unfolds along an expositional path much like any neatly packaged story. With some fifty people assembled in a large choir room — actors, director functions, support for recorded music accompaniment — last night was dedicated to ....

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Year: 2020

Suicide prevention and depression resources are available, essential services; any reason is reason enough to call

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

Analysis of financial impact on restaurants as Michigan Executive Orders 2020-09, 2020-21 remain in effect

Larger community logistics planning is needed to help local businesses survive protracted COVID-19 infection curve