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Well-Being

Research Has Quantified the Value of Having Family Mealtime

October 27, 2017 Janet Deaton

Now that we’re well into the new school year, with homework, sports, and changing weather attacking schedules from all sides, the pressure on parents who want to be actively engaged in parenting has significantly increased. ….

Duke Cannon products sold at Little Green Apple Hallmark, Saline
Well-Being

Sweetest Day Is Right around the Corner (but You Shouldn’t Panic)

October 20, 2017 Janet Deaton

There are conflicting stories about the origin of Sweetest Day — when it started, how, who it was thought to benefit, and why. Today many people feel that its definition has become more pointed, akin ….

Steadfast Chiropractic, Saline MI
Well-Being

Prevention Can Be Your Key to Achieving, Maintaining a Healthy Back

October 13, 2017 Janet Deaton

According to the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), “Back pain remains one of the most prevalent and disabling conditions worldwide. It is one of the most common reasons that patients visit their doctors, and one of ….

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

You Can Still Make Donations to K9 Crusaders for Hurricane Relief

October 7, 2017 Janet Deaton

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 ….

Physical Therapy in Motion, Saline Michigan
Well-Being

October Is National Physical Therapy Month and You Should Care

October 1, 2017 Janet Deaton

Despite the presence of leading facilities that provide physical therapy services right here in the City of Saline, too many members of our community aren’t fully aware of just how much this really benefits them. ….

National Cheese Pizza Day on East Michigan Avenue, City of Salin
Quite Focused

September 5 Is Always National Cheese Pizza Day (with Local Video)

September 5, 2017 Janet Deaton

Not just any kind of pizza day, today is “National Cheese Pizza Day.” Mark your calendar: It’s always on September 5. To commemorate this occasion, the Saline Eastgate merchants network has put together a video ….

Goodwill Store, Saline Michigan
Giving

National Thrift Shop Day Highlights Expanded Giving, Shopping Options

August 17, 2017 Janet Deaton

If you’re an alert user of social media, you’ve no doubt seen those hashtags on Twitter ending with “Day” somewhere in the trending topics box. A lot feel like unabashed marketing. Some provide nice excuses ….

Michigan Avenue reconstruction project through downtown Saline
History

Second Image, Same Event: “Old Maude” Was Part of US 12 Reconstruction Story

November 21, 2016 Janet Deaton

Last week, Saline Journal editor Dell Deaton shared a photograph from the Michigan Avenue reconstruction project here. He went on to explain how that one single image could fully capture the whole of that event, ….

Mangiamo Italian Grill, on West Michigan Avenue in downtown Saline MI
Americana

Support Downtown Saline Restaurants Now: Mangiamo Italian Grill

June 22, 2016 Janet Deaton

Last night we had dinner at Mangiamo Italian Grill on West Michigan Avenue. [1] It was well after 6:00pm when we arrived, but construction crews were only then starting to pack up for the day. ….

Rentschler Farm parlor, 1930s Christmastime
Spotlight

How Did Christmas Feel in a Rural Saline Home During the 1930s?

December 7, 2015 Janet Deaton

Visit the Rentschler farmhouse on East Michigan Avenue and find out. [1] Operated by Saline Historical Society, this 12-room house evolved from an original 1906 construction. When the home, 11 out-buildings, and acreage was purchased ….

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  • 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 (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

  • re United States Supreme Court decision in Carson v Makin— Lifeway Christian Resources referenced Article 12 of the Southern Baptist Faith and Message, which "deals specifically and uniquely with the topic of education. ... our confessional statement affirms, Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. As we shall see, one…

    – June 21, 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 Lifeway Research (April 5, 2021)— "Americans Most Want to Avoid Fear and Anxiety, Gain Freedom and Safety," by Aaron Earls: After what was a scary year for many, more Americans say they want to avoid fear. According to a study from Lifeway Research, when asked which feeling they seek to…

    – January 2, 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 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 (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 Kennedy v Bremerton School District— On April 4, 2022, Compelling Truth revisited the question, "What is the separation of church and state?" Noting that this "is not foundation and is not found in the US Constitution," this assessment went on to assert that…

    – June 27, 2022

Past Spotlights

Saline Street Machines Car Show 2019

Registration has opened for those who’d like to enter their cars for display in 2021 “Saline Street Machines Car Show”

June 22, 2021

Bygone Features

Saline Journal Heathkit H89 computer

Have you ever stopped to think about how “tomorrow” is going to get here, what it will look like, who’s driving it?

January 7, 2019
From the Editor— This past Saturday, I was up at the high school with our Singularity Team, waiting for the latest FIRST Robotics Competition big reveal. A couple dozen students with a handful of adult mentors in one room: Do they hold the keys to our collective future? [1,2,3,4] In the late 1990s when my partner and I were working with a business collective in Pittsburgh, along with Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University, on the ....
Early construction of Cypress Ridge subdivision, Saline Michigan (2015)

New Michigan House Bills to Hold Drone Operators More Accountable

April 5, 2018
On April 4, 2017 legislation went into effect at the state level aimed at clarifying the regulation of ownership and operation of unmanned aircraft. As part of the same Act, an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force was created to develop statewide policy recommendations. [1,2] Last November, that Task Force issued its Final Report. [3] The Michigan House of Representative then took up this Report as part of its current legislative session. It passed a package ....

In a week marked by a good bit of attention on Saline Area Schools, Representative Donna Lasinski talks Michigan priorities

February 1, 2019
Yesterday, Saline Journal started a new series on collaboration between our local Michigan District Court and middle school in teaching civics. Last week, we caught glimpses of the high school Drama Club rehearsing “Shrek the Musical” while ourselves tracking Saline Singularity progress toward competition. [1-4] The annual Foundation for Saline Area Schools SnowBlast fundraiser tomorrow night at Travis Pointe Country Club has been sold out for quite some time now. [5,6] Education is a top ....

Saline Area Job Fair Yesterday Continues To Serve Three Vital Constituencies: Believe It Or Not, You’re One Of Them

October 17, 2018
One could be forgiven a blasé response to news of another job fair. Pedestrian events, rote, just add water happenings. In fact, the very thought that such a thing would be covered as news at all would strike many cynical media types as superfluous. There’s also the temptation to stop reading an article such as this right now (assuming you’ve made it here in the first place), if one of two things is not true. ....

New DIA exhibition surveys seventy years of automobile design in terms of cultural influences and aesthetics

November 12, 2020
Up to the 1970s, America had a growing passion for automobiles. A leading authority characterized origins in the late 1800s as follows. “With these new types of personal transportation, ordinary people could choose where and when they traveled and who came along for the ride.” [1] Between those periods, image took precedence, reaching an apogee in the 1950s. A scant decade and so later, a young lawyer named Ralph Nader put helped put safety in the ....
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