November 5, 2024

Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has just announced that it will close to visitors effective immediately, “until Friday, April 2.

With rising COVID cases and the spread of variants throughout the state, the Detroit Institute of Arts will temporarily close to visitors from Saturday, March 27 until Friday, April 2, 2021.

Visitors with existing reservations will be contacted by the museum to reschedule their visit.

According to its most recent financial disclosure for the year 2020, over fifty-six percent of monetary support for the DIA is derived from the “Art Institute Authorities” established by the counties of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Michigan, through a millage rate of twenty cents per $1000 of taxable value on real and personal property within these jurisdictions.

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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
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 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 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
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
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
Mother's Day— via Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (September 16, 1953): "Sermons – Billy Graham on the Need for Godly Mothers," 13:27-minute audio recording, free online. 'If we had more Christian mothers, we would have less delinquency, less immorality, less ungodliness and fewer broken homes.' Listen to Billy Graham’s Mother’s Day…

– May 9, 2022
via Baptist Beacon (April 1, 2022)— "Fusion Camp for 2nd-6th graders," by Rachel LaBelle, Resurrection Church, Lincoln Park Michigan: ... At camp, we get a short window to replace the busyness of their daily lives and invite them to a safe place where they can focus on Christ. Some would…

– April 24, 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

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 ....

"Smoky," dog rescued from Humane Society of Huron Valley

You Can Still Make Donations to K9 Crusaders for Hurricane Relief

October 7, 2017

During this first week of October, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials reported that 62,161 evacuees remain housed in hotels due to the destruction of their homes or apartments by Hurricane Harvey. You read that correctly: Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas in late August. [1] Saline K9 Crusaders hasn’t forgotten, and they are confident the caring people of Saline haven’t forgotten either. As reported previously on The Saline Post, drop-off locations have been coordinated to ....

Clean, Reliable Water Supply In The City of Saline Is Not Really the Stuff Of Which Dramatic Headlines Are Made

June 12, 2018

When a Saline water main broke last month it attracted major media coverage out of Detroit. Alternatively characterizing it as a “large” and “massive,” television station WXYZ Channel 7 deployed no less than a helicopter to provide live coverage. Who knew there was so much excitement to be had at the corner of North Maple and East Michigan Avenue? [1,2] Grossly missing in so much of this was a substantive explanation of what had actually ....

Exclusive Interview with Dr John Charpie on UofM CS Mott Congenital Heart Center LPGA Volvik Pro-Am

May 14, 2018

One week from today, the inaugural CS Mott Children’s Hospital Pro-Am will debut as part of the 2018 LPGA Volvik Championship week on the Travis Pointe Country Club golf course in Ann Arbor and Saline Michigan. [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] More specifically, this partnership has been fostered to benefit the incredible work being done every day at the Congenital Heart Center — part of CS Mott and the University of Michigan Health System. The National Institutes of Health describes ....

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

October 15, 2018

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. [1,2] Earlier this month, Saline Journal invited each individual to share their thoughts with our readers on a specific series of questions. Responses from Democrat Driskell appear below. Responses from Republican Walberg will run in Saline Journal tomorrow. [3] Saline ....