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Make Sure Your Dress Is Right Before Stepping Onto The Saline’s Summerfest Trolley For Tour Guide Duty This Year

August 2, 2018 Janet Deaton

What comes to mind when you think of Saline’s Summerfest? Or its car show? Or, in this case, its trolley? [1] Sometimes it’s nice to pull back the curtain and show a bit of the ….

Weber-Blaess one-room schoolhouse, Saline Michigan
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Treat Yourself To An Opportunity Where You’ll Unplug From The Grid And Connect With Your Community

July 30, 2018 Janet Deaton

It often seems like summer arrives at a full gallup each year when school lets out. If there’s not an activity scheduled here or nearby for a weekend, there’s a get together to finalize organization ….

Dan Corrigan installing belfry on Rentschler farmhouse
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Fifteen Months Ago, The Rentschler Farmhouse Bell Went Silent With A Deafening Bang; Today It Properly Rings Again

June 29, 2018 Dell Deaton

One can only imagine how many storms the 1906 Rentschler farmhouse has steadfastly endured. But even the most dependable creations of man will eventually yield to the forces of nature. March of 2017 is one ….

United States flag flying over First United Methodist Church of Saline Michigan
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Today Is “Flag Day” In The United States, And It Is An Anniversary As Well As A Vital Touchstone for All Americans

June 14, 2018 Dell Deaton

To those who wonder if “Flag Day” is an official recognition, the answer is an unambiguous yes. [1] June 14 is the date in 1777 when the Continental Congress passed its resolution that established the official ….

Howard J Reeves Woodstock typewriter
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The Boundaries and Substance of What it Means to be “Saline” Continue to Expand, and We’re There with You

June 4, 2018 Janet Deaton

From the Publisher— For many years I was one of those moms who brought water for the boys who’d marched in the Memorial Day Parade to Oak Wood Cemetery when our son was a Boy ….

Saline High School graduation cake by Baker's Nook, Class of 2018
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It’s High School Graduation Weekend in Saline and Time to Get Back to Basics: Celebrate with Cake!

June 1, 2018 Dell Deaton

Somewhere between earning that last credit needed to complete twelve years or so of education in the public school system and the next leap toward “getting on with life,” there’s a brief but important opportunity ….

US Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mates-Handler Justin Hanrahan at 2018 LPGA Volvik Championship on Travis Pointe Country Club golf course
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2018 LPGA Volvik Championship Continues Tradition of Honoring Military on Ninth Green

May 26, 2018 Dell Deaton

Across the road from the clubhouse shuttle bus stop, the ninth hole on the Travis Pointe golf course is distinguished in important ways worth highlighting this weekend. [1] Grand stands designated for the military have ….

Tippins Specialty Wine & Foods
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Character of Tippins Family Market in Lodi Township Is Likely What You Need It to Be, Whoever You Are

May 22, 2018 Dell Deaton

For more than a decade, you’ve driven past this place on Ann Arbor-Saline Road when headed out to Briarwood Mall or The Big House; maybe to parts further west down Wagner. A skosh past the ….

Former Ann Arbor Railroad System boxcar number 6047
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There Are No Plans to Change Railroad Branch Just Off Maple Road

January 26, 2018 Dell Deaton

Some would argue that the orange railroad boxcar across from the Saline Library has settled into its place as a local fixture. Don Maddock, editor of The Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter, ….

City of Saline (Michigan Avenue), fourth-quarter 1983
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Flashback 34 Years Downtown to Saline’s Christmas Parade in 1983

November 23, 2017 Dell Deaton

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has nothing on us! [1] With Saline’s Christmas Parade just over a week away, today we are remembering that event from the eighth time it was held — in 1983. ….

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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 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 (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 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

  • National Day of Prayer— "How to Pray for America," via National Day of Prayer: Why pray for America? God is sovereign and nothing comes as a surprise to Him. Whether we face fluctuating economics, threats from abroad, unrest at home, or other troubling circumstances, our Heavenly Father is not caught…

    – May 5, 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

Past Spotlights

Rentschler Farm parlor, 1930s Christmastime

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

December 7, 2015

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Running drinkable water in the City of Saline Michigan

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 ....
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If “the camera never lies,” how do so many publications manage to put out objectively deceptive photographs?

November 4, 2019
From the Editor— I’ve been bothered by insistance that “the camera never lies” almost as long as I’ve been using cameras. [1] My first camera was a gently-used Argus Autronic I 35mm rangefinder film model fitted with a fixed-focal-length Cintar Compur 50mm f/2.8 lens, produced in the early- to mid-1960s. My dad got me started with it later that same decade. [2,3] It had (and still has) what was commonly referred to at the time ....

Ohio Pen Show 2021, Part 1: The show before that show that most people never get to experience – catering to collectors

November 15, 2021
When the doors first opened to the public for special interest shows in the 1980s, the fish stories were already being told behind the vendor tables. [1] Least impressive among these were incredible deals made on price, although there were certainly those as well). Rather, these were fantastic tales of grail findings, illusive pristine examples that had been made available for the briefest of intervals, as well as technical and mechanical unicorns. [2-5] For camera shows during ....

Part 2 of 3 re Future of Roe v Wade, abortion, and Michigan legislature: Interview with Dr Robert Borer, Republican

May 17, 2022
Part 1 of this series looked at questions likely to come before the Michigan legislature following leak of a forthcoming United States Supreme Court finding that would revisit the validity of Roe v Wade. [1] This November, voters in the newly-drawn 33rd District for the Michigan legislature will elect one of two candidates to represent them in Lansing. With that as current backdrop, Saline Journal put the following questions to each via eMail on May 4, ....

Annual Saline Scarecrow Contest will mark ten years this October, celebrating anniversary with “Red, White, and Blue” theme

August 16, 2021
With an eye toward exploring both the symbols of America and the many fascets the rich variety of facets that go into making the whole, Scarecrow Contest event organizer Dr Robert Borer has revealed the 2021 theme. [1] “The tag line,” he said during a one-on-one with Saline Journal, “is ‘Red, White, and Blue: Let your patriotism shine through. I think the most expected result might be a representation by an individual of what they are ....
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