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2018 FIRST Robotics Championship in Detroit Michigan

What’s Missing from This Image of the 2018 FIRST Robotics Championship in Detroit?

May 3, 2018 Dell Deaton

The photograph above was taken last week during Tech Challenge brackets at Cobo Center in Detroit for the latest FIRST Robotics Championship. Teams at each of four age-based skill levels had advanced to this arena ….

Stephanie Schick, LPGA Volvik Golf Championship Volunteer Chairperson

SHS Senior has Connected LPGA Volvik Championship to Saline on National Stage for Years

May 2, 2018 Janet Deaton

The LPGA Volvik Golf Championship has shown incredible growth since Saline Journal covered its innaugural event at the Travis Pointe Country Club in 2016. This was evidenced in every detail of its Media Day presentation ….

Does Saline Need Another Journalistic Source for News and Analysis?

April 2, 2018 Dell Deaton

From the Editor— With sixty articles already available here on Saline Journal as of our “formal” launch today, I doubt anyone will feel compelled to read this editorial unsure of my answer. Still, it’s a ….

Year-One LPGA Volvik Championship May Already Call Travis Pointe Long-Term Home

May 30, 2016 Dell Deaton

Yesterday marked closing rounds for the innaugural Volvik Championship at our own Travis Point Country Club golf course. [1,2] But whether covering it from the course as credentialed press for Saline Journal, or following competition ….

via Baptist Beacon (February 2, 2022)— "Treasures in the darkness," by Karen Blanchard, women's life group leader with Lakepointe Church in Shelby Township, Michigan: Having been in this pandemic for two years now, we face days that seem uncertain and difficult to navigate. Yet through all the darkness and confusion,…

– March 6, 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 (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
Juneteenth— via Center for Faith & Culture (June 14, 2021) by Sherelle Ducksworth, sociology instructor at Louisburg College in Louisburg North Carolina: "We celebrate Juneteenth because of what this holiday reveals to us about the inherent dignity and humanity of Black people. Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is essential to…

– June 19, 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
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
via Baptist Beacon (April 1, 2022)— "Inwardly strong, outwardly focused," by Mike Durbin, State Evangelism Director for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan: Legendary football coach, Vince Lombardi, started the first day of the Green Bay Packers training camp in 1961 with a football in his right hand and these words:…

– April 10, 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
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

Washtenaw County Has Lost Its Last Camera Store with Closing of Huron Camera

January 12, 2014

The iPhone 6 Plus is being heralded as having “the best smartphone camera” ever. But it was the iPhone 4 that made headlines over three years ago as the “most popular camera on Flickr.” [1,2,3] Against that, “serious” photographers fear that this portends the demise of an art form. [4] ‘It’s really weird,’ says Antonio Olmos. ‘Photography has never been so popular, but it’s getting destroyed. There have never been so many photographs taken, but ....

Governor Gretchen Whitmer, during her inauguration speach on New Years Day 2019 in Lansing Michigan

Gretchen Whitmer sworn-in today as governor, ostensibly signalling close to 2018 election cycle and move to governance

January 1, 2019

Happy New Year from Lansing Michigan. Arguably conspicuous by absence in our look back at 2018 was any given connection to government or politics — let alone a dedicated section for the subject. [1] Mitigating against that is the position that there is little of substance that Saline Journal could cover without influence from one or both. Calling that out yesterday would have seemed redundant. The real questions are fall on a spectrum of involvement, ....

Saline District Library in process of conducting expert-facilitated focus groups en route to five-year strategic plan

February 7, 2020

In 1895, HG Wells wrote of an inventory who traveled some eight hundred thousand years hence in The Time Machine. When The Time Traveler found himself standed in what he found to be a quite frightening future, he sought refuge in a spectacular structure that at first reminded him of a museum. [1,2] Upon further exploration, he exclaimed it more likely “a library!” While Saline District Library does not have its eye on anything near ....

Five months past formation, BSA Scouts Troop 439 held its first Court of Honor: Another step toward defining their futures

June 10, 2019

As Scouts BSA Troop 439 achieved another milestone this evening, parallels to a route that some may take to annual leadership summit on Mackinac Island are inevitable. [1,2] Three years ago, Scouting magazine ran a feature observing that “An impressively high number of US senators are Eagle Scouts.” The number is ten, including our own Senator Gary Peters from Michigan. [3,4] Among business leaders, their ranks include Charles Dolan, JW Marriott Jr, and the late ....

A Brief Look Back On The Meredith Bixby Marionette Story, Part II: Saline Once Hosted Museum, Held Puppet Festivals

September 21, 2018

Bits and pieces of the once grand “Meredith Marionettes Touring Company” can still be found here and there about Saline. Overtly and covertly, tucked away in areas of the Saline Library and just outside City Council Chambers. [1,2] Locating these important artifacts can sometimes feel like a treasure hunt. Ask someone who’s committed the latest sites to memory, somehow in on the secret. Our version of Ann Arbor fairy doors. [3] Yesterday, Saline Journal reviewed ....