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Competitive

FIRST Robotics Competition 2020 officially kicked off this weekend with “Infinite Recharge” powered by “Star Wars”

January 5, 2020 Dell Deaton

Last April at Cobo Center, FIRST Inspires announced collaboration with Disney and LucasFilm for its next season of robot competitions. Original Star Wars lead Mark Hammil made the pitch. [1-5] Yesterday, things got real. On ….

Southeast Michigan Auto Show 2020
Experiences

Inaugural Southeast Michigan Auto Show organizers responded to need for area event in January without missing a beat

January 4, 2020 Dell Deaton

For one hundred, twenty years excepting war-time, our region has held its own car-focused exhibition during winter months around the time when calendars reliably change from an old December 31 to a reset for the ….

Puppeteer Vít Hořejš on stage at Detroit Institute of Arts
Experiences

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

December 30, 2019 Dell Deaton

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, ….

SHS Drama Club cast for 2020 production of "Newsies"
Washtenaw County

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 Dell Deaton

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 ….

Paul Glantz before the largest movie screen in Michigan
Experiences

Emagine Entertainment unveiled largest movie theater screen in Michigan, and upstaged it with something even bigger

December 20, 2019 Dell Deaton

Measuring ninety-four feet wide and forty feet tall, the new 4K Super EMAX screen at Emagine Theatre in Canton credibly holds title as largest in Michigan, as of its official ribbon-cutting last night. [1-5] Fittingly, ….

Marshall S Johnson. Emergency Management Coordinator with Novi Police Department
Well-Being

“Community Emergency Response Teams” provide an added level of local preparation, safety when disasters strike

December 18, 2019 Dell Deaton

The need for “citizen responders” formally trained to serve in situations of sudden calamity was first addressed by the Los Angeles City Fire Department in 1985, and proven two years later through wide-area deployment during ….

Shannon Breeman, Brian Marl during "Coffee Hour" in Saline Michigan
Washtenaw County

Saline Mayor Marl, Washtenaw County Commissioner Beeman talked priorities, concerns during “Coffee Hour”

December 14, 2019 Dell Deaton

As the last Coffee Hour of 2019, the discussions that came over the course of ninety minutes inside City Council Chambers this morning had more of a “highlights real” feel than seems common in other ….

Saline Area Social Service "Pantry Planners" lists
Giving

Now that everyone is steeped in the giving spirit, how about making plans to give next month? summer of 2020?

December 13, 2019 Dell Deaton

In marketing, a clear brand image or mark has to rank among the most powerful of assets. [1] With a properly reinforced symbol or mainstreamed arrangement of a few words, an enterprise can convey a great ….

Erik Grossman with Bixby Marionettes
Washtenaw County

Year-end report on Bixby Marionette Trust disposition outlined steady, important forward progress

December 11, 2019 Dell Deaton

A small selection of string puppets stood along one wall of a Saline Library meeting room where John Anderson provided an accounting for Arts and Culture Committee responsibilities in fulfilling City of Saline obligations under ….

Shop with a Hero event on December 5, 2019
Giving

Pittsfield Township “Shop with a Hero” event proved perfectly named for what it gave to those that it was designed to serve

December 6, 2019 Dell Deaton

How do you ask first responders to give anything more — especially during this time of year? [1-6] What’s the justification for labeling an event served by “heroes”? Tall order, indeed, that word is. A ….

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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

  • 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 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 Jesus Calling (2004), by Sarah Young— "I am with you, watching over you constantly ...." Matthew 1:23 "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" [King James Version] Psalm 34:5…

    – May 29, 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)— "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)— "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

  • 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

Past Spotlights

Douglas C-47 Skytrain from World War II

“Air Adventures” set to resume for 2021 flight season, with options to book on Yankee Air Museum planes this Saturday

April 28, 2021

Bygone Features

Detroit Pen Show 2021 Opening Day

“Detroit Pen Show” opened today, offering specialty items, real-world support for collectors and impactful writers

October 29, 2021
As the world and State of Michigan advance through increasingly less tenative steps back into a direction of personal engagement, trade events are returning to reassert their singular value. [1] With its return to the real world after having made its own necessary virtual adaptation for 2020, the current Detroit Pen Show serves as confident reminder on a great many fronts that there is no substitute for personal touch. [2] Thirteen months ago, Temple University published an ....
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel headlined May A2Y Chamber Lunch in the shadow of an intense national spotlight

May 23, 2022
Earlier this month, our Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber hosted Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for its May 2022 Headline Lunch. [1-3] After meal service, Chamber Executive Vice President & Director of Government Relations Andy LaBarre introduced her with a blend of professional credential recitation and rundown of the office that our AG currently heads. He also emphasized that, while many politicians try to come across as personable and able to engage constituents with humor, AG ....

“Giving Tuesday” 2019 is your chance to help less fortunate in Saline get their family coffers into the black, too – twice over

November 29, 2019
There once was but a single day in the wake of Thanksgiving feasts, arguably providing rationale to pour pent-up fuel on masses eager to begin their shopping for Christmas gifts. [1] Before days succumbed to weeks, then all of November to a period that threatens to reduce Halloween to little more than sweet afterthought in consumers’ minds (pun intended), “Black Friday” was fabeled as that day on the calendar when booked sales reached a tipping ....

Almost thirty years ago, Shrek was sent forth from the swamp, on a journey that will now bring him to our high school stage

February 7, 2019
Few if any of the current Saline High School graduating class would have been around when Mike Myers first gave Shrek his voice. More than a decade earlier still, as AP English students inevitably seem compelled to point out as often as applicable, “The story originally came from a book.” [1-6] For those in need of introduction or refreshers, there’s this from Publishers Weekly, which concludes by calling it an “engrossing and satisfying tale. [7] ....

As some organizers cancelled their events due to COVID-19 fears, Dr Daliah Wachs MD attended another – responsibly

March 7, 2020
The convention industry is emerging as a headline casualty of coronavirus, better labeled “COVID-19.” [1-15] This comes as no surprise to those familiar with the business, and likely common sense to anyone following official advice to avoid public gathering places as a means of both self-protection and a general support of helping reduce potential contamination spread. [16] In 2018, the top twenty-five trade shows alone here in the United States attracted over 1.3 million attendees. More ....
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