April 23, 2026

Another sad reminder that railroad tracks can be deadly, should always be treated as active.

Morning headline by John Agar read: “Pedestrian struck, killed by train in Kalamazoo.” This regarded an incident that “happened around 11:00 pm” last night. “A 19-year-old died late Tuesday, May 11, after being struck by a train, police said.”

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
Good Friday— "By no means is Good Friday an isolated event, said Winn Collier, the pastor of All Souls Charlottesville, a partner church with the Baptist General Association of Virginia. "Following the church calendar is a congregation’s way of following the footsteps of Christ throughout the year. And for both…

– April 15, 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
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 Samaritan's Purse (March 28, 2022)— "Franklin Graham Meets with Samaritan's Purse Team in Ukraine": Work continues as fighting rages in eastern Europe. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, traveled to Ukraine this past weekend to meet with our teams who have been at work there since the early stages…

– April 3, 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 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
via What Christians Want to Know (May 27, 2019)— "Should Christians Protest Or Demonstrate?" by Jack Wellman, Christian author, prison minister, and pastor of Heritage Evangelical Free Church, in Udall, Kansas: ... especially when they see injustice? ... The Bible admonishes us to 'Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights…

– June 12, 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

Puppeteer Vít Hořejš on stage at Detroit Institute of Arts

Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre demonstrated just how hard it can be to appear effortless

December 30, 2019

This afternoon, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) hosted the second of two stagings for A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa in its Marvin & Betty Danto auditorium. An estimated 275 people were in attendance, mostly families with elementary-school-aged children and younger. [1,2] As contrasted with approaches by the Meredith Marionettes Touring Company and works of Dreamland Theater as covered previously in Saline Journal, members of the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre troupe appeared along side their string-puppets ....

Reasons Why Customers Continue to Shop at Convenience Stores

September 11, 2017

When fire shuttered our local Dollar General last October, Saline lost an important option for convenience store shopping on its East Michigan Avenue corridor. [1,2] The value of this thankfully temporary loss to the City of Saline may be put into perspective by looking at nationwide numbers. According to the most recent National Association of Convenience Stores and Nielsen study: “US convenience store count increased to a record 154,535 stores” in 2016. [3] The well-established ....

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 ....

Briarwood Ford “Drive One 4UR School” Event This Saturday Could Bring $6000 + $2000 = $8000 to Saline Music Boosters

May 17, 2018

As any good teacher or parent would say, “Check your math.” By now you’ve already hopefully marked your calendar to visit Harvest Elementary School some time between 9:00am and 5:00pm on May 19 to briefly test drive a current model Ford vehicle. No obligation, no sales pitch. But when you fill out a survey after that drive, Ford Motor Company will donate $20.00 to Saline Music Boosters. [1,2,3,4] Don’t worry: You don’t have to do ....

Washtenaw Economic Club hosted Paul Glantz to discuss “Growth & Resilience” – and debrief, ad hoc, on government relations

May 13, 2022

For the past two years now, COVID-19 has tested the pliancy of almost every competitive enterprise. [1-4] With movie theaters easily cited as poster-child for impact of fears that motivated patrons to persue online alternatives and emergency powers leveraged by government to lock their doors, Washtenaw Economic Club invited Paul Glantz to speak before its May 2022 Luncheon. [5-8] As co-founder and chairman of Michigan-based Emagine Entertainment, Mr Glantz spoke yesterday on “Key Success Factors ....