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Wonder Woman figure
Americana

Registration for 2019 Saline Scarecrow Contest will begin on last weekend of September, with “superheroes” as theme

August 30, 2019 Dell Deaton

Now that you’ve had time to warm up to the concept — and, perhaps more importantly, so has “the competition” — it’s time to put the peddal down on making your 2019 scarecrow. Entries for ….

Saline High School theater lighting control board
Tech

Hornet Light and Sound is set to debut 2019-2020 theater season at SHS on September 12 (no reason you should notice)

August 19, 2019 Dell Deaton

Three or four years before we began covering local high school theater for The Saline Reporter, “the technical stuff” the went into supporting any given production was consistenly handled by the Saline Area Players. [1-3] ….

"Unfreedom of the Press," by Mark Levin
Serendipity

Book review: “Unfreedom of the Press” sets stage for necessary discussion of integrity in journalism, “objective” media

August 14, 2019 Dell Deaton

This scholarly examination of journalism in history and function is currently in its twelfth week on the 2019 New York Times Best Seller List. [1-4] Its title is a play on Amendment I to the ….

Michigan Comic Convention cosplay
Quite Focused

Next Michigan Comic Convention in Detroit, this August 16-18, offers research opportunity for Saline planners

August 12, 2019 Dell Deaton

With the exciting announcement of “superheroes” as theme for our local Eighth Annual Saline Scarecrow contest, already compelling reasons to attend the 2019 Michigan Comic Convention are that much greater. [1,2] Not that anyone really needs ….

Fathom Events movie poster for Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Quite Focused

Return of “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” to movie theaters means more than marking forty-year anniversary

August 9, 2019 Dell Deaton

There’s a large graphic dominating one of the walls in “Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds” currently at The Henry Ford, along the bottom setting out chronology of related television incarnations. [1] It starts with the ….

Saline's Summerfest 2019
Americana

Are you interested in the Whitman’s Sampler of “Saline social” for 2019? Then August 10 is the day you need to be here

August 7, 2019 Dell Deaton

Like so many other communities, Saline Michigan has a character cast by many different facets. This coming Saturday is another established annual opportunity for visitors and locals alike to see a wide variety of them ….

Apollo 11 backup space suit for Neil Armstrong
Tech

On July 20, 1969 The United States of America safely put men on the moon – and hoped to return them safely home after

July 20, 2019 Dell Deaton

On July 16, 2019, Colonel Edwin E “Buzz” Aldrin Jr Tweeted acknowledgment to the team behind those first astronauts who set foot onto the lunar, then nearly fifty years ago. [1-3] God bless the 400,000 ….

Apollo 11 liftoff
Americana

Lesson 1: Fifty years ago today, Apollo 11 took off for the moon and routed its path through your local high school

July 16, 2019 Dell Deaton

For some Saline Middle School students who’ve walked to school from home during time there, the added 1.8 miles that come with advancement to classes at our high school on Campus Parkway may feel prohibitively ….

Former die cast parts and plating site on Monroe Street in Saline Michigan
Governance

“We do not have an update on the remediation of former Universal Die Cast, Hoover Ball Bearing site on Monroe Street.”

July 15, 2019 Dell Deaton

During the opening Citizen Comments on Agenda Items portion of our City Council Meeting tonight, former City Council Member Mary Hess expressed her belief that it has been “over a year” since those responsible for ….

Superman figure at CS Mott Children's Hospital
Americana

Upcoming Saline Scarecrow Contest plans to aim higher with 2019 theme: What characters do you associate with heroic deeds?

June 21, 2019 Dell Deaton

“We try to look for Scarecrow Contest themes that will click with a lot of people,” event organizer Dr Robert Borer told Saline Journal during a pre-announcement meeting at our East Michigan Avenue offices last month. ….

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  • 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

  • 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 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

  • 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 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 Southern Baptist Convention (February 26, 2019)— "Who's Your One?" Day 1: John 14:6, "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. 'No one comes to the Father except through me.' [English Standard Version] "An Online Bible Commentary You Can Understand" titled "Bible Ref"…

    – July 17, 2022

  • President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 this morning — via The White House, Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. As always and particularly in the face of this affliction, we pray for The President of the United States, his loved ones, and those in whose care he has been…

    – July 21, 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 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

Past Spotlights

Motor Muster in Greenfield Village

“Motor Muster” in Greenfield Village will return this weekend for “gearheads, die-hard car lovers, and auto aficionados”

June 16, 2021

Bygone Features

Charleton Heston in "Ben-Hur," FathomEvents (2019)

To this day, “Ben-Hur” remains epic story, visual spectacle on par with any modern movie coming to Emagine Theatre

February 15, 2019
On almost any scale imaginable, the original motion picture Ben-Hur may appropriately described as epic. A backdrop that includes no less than the advent and crucifiction of Jesus Christ. An intimate friendship turned layering acrimony between two formidable men, Jew and Roman — better understood when viewed as brothers rather than than simply friends. [1] And of course: The chariot race. This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of Ben-Hur, first released in 1959 starring Charleton ....
2018 LPGA Volvik Championship "Long Putt Challenge"

Family-Owned Jeweler Helped Keep “CS Mott Children’s Hospital” Name Top-of-Mind at LPGA Volvik Championship

May 30, 2018
For most Saline Journal readers one of the rudimentary associations with “LPGA Volvik Championship” is that “Ann Arbor equals golf.” As messaging goes, that’s appreciably good for any business connected to the game, those providing the various engines necessary to put it together and run it smoothly, and all sorts of lodging and hospitality offerings that make it an enjoyable event for people. It’s also a package to which any number of other brands may ....

“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 governor has declared September 5, 2019 “Blood Donation Day,” helping underscore worldwide need

September 4, 2019
On an otherwise ordinary day this summer, globally syndicated talk show host Dr Daliah Wachs MD took to Twitter in praise of our The Great Lakes State for its formal proclamation of Thursday, September 5, 2019 as “Blood Donation Day in Michigan.” [1,2] In official documentation, Governor Gretchen Whitmer stated that this “effectively serves to remind us that we need to constantly replenish our blood supply through donation and raise public awareness around the urgent ....

“Games Divorced People Play” Can Help Marriages as Well as Divorces

November 19, 2009
It seems that some people can go through entire marriages without much genuine interaction. Then they hire lawyers, have their proverbial day in court, and divorce — ostensibly to move on with their separate lives in new directions. Yet it only takes a few months before they truly come to appreciate the need for a fresh look at the way they are then currently dealing with their former spouses. Yes, they’re divorced. But the dialogues and ....
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