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Donna Lasinski and Brian Marl in Saline City Hall
Governance

Arrival of COVID-19 in Michigan made for a different sort of “Coffee Hour” with Brian Marl and Donna Lasinski

March 13, 2020 Dell Deaton

Initial impressions of scheduled “Coffee Hour” held this morning in City Council Chambers would have found this hardly different from any other here. [1,2] Hosted by our Saline Mayor Brian Marl, accompanied by District 52 ….

President Donald J Trump before the US Constitution
Governance

Articles of Impeachment now transmitted to United States Senate, Congressman Tim Walberg provided context

January 22, 2020 Dell Deaton

On December 19, 2019, the United States House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald J Trump. In addition to making headlines among national and international media, it’s served local connections as well. [1-4] President ….

Senator Gary Peters with US Customs and Border Protection, Detroit Metro Airport
Governance

US border protection procedures, successes highlighted for Senator Gary Peters at DTW this morning

November 12, 2019 Dell Deaton

For those who may not be looking deeper holidays and blackout dates for travel planning these days, the second full week in November is important for reasons at once critically important any hopefully unremarkable among ….

Former Congresswoman Lynn Rivers
Governance

Former local Congresswoman offered practical overview of Presidential impeachment during “Free College Day”

September 30, 2019 Dell Deaton

Congressional efforts to launch impeachment procedings against Donald Trump started well before he entered office as the 45th President of the United States. The 116th Congress convened earlier this year with key Democrats, including Michigan ….

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 ….

Dr Bill Pink, Grand Rapids Community College President
Governance

Mackinac Policy Conference 2019, Part 2: Michigan is getting serious about its education crisis – with solid plans to correct it

May 30, 2019 Janet Deaton

The topic of “education” did not come up generally or gently on the first full day of programming at the Mackinac Policy Conference. In fact, it started with a 9:00am session, held before a capacity-plus ….

Rebekah Warren
Governance

As 2020 Michigan budget process draws to close, Representative Rebekah Warren explained her priorities to constituents

May 22, 2019 Dell Deaton

During a meeting with Congressional Republicans early in his first term, President Barack Obama famously asserted that “elections have consequences.” What does that portend for the first Michigan budget less than a year out from ….

Sandy Baruah and Patti Poppe at 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference
Governance

Education and work force development anticipated to top agenda for 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference later this month

May 17, 2019 Dell Deaton

Weather outside the downtown Detroit Regional Chamber may have felt to some appropriately symbolic for the final press briefing prior to opening day of the upcoming Mackinac Policy Conference on May 28, 2019. [1,2] Cold, ….

Saline Journal Heathkit H89 computer
Governance

Rising tide of abortion legislation in state legislatures leads me to believe this will be a key issue in 2020 elections

May 6, 2019 Dell Deaton

From the Editor— It’s become increasingly common to hear presidential candidates’ positions on Roe v Wade dismissed as a non-issue, arguing that it is “settled law.” [1-4] I’ve often questioned the fundamental premise of this ….

Hoover Universal, Saline Die Casting Division, circa 1982
Governance

Public comment at April 1, 2019 Saline City Council Meeting renewed focus on 232 Monroe Street remediation

April 3, 2019 Dell Deaton

Per routine, the final agenda item for the seventy-eight minute Saline City Council meeting this past Monday was an invitation to hear citizen comments. One resident, after stepping to the microphone, introducing himself and stating ….

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  • via Lifeway Research (December 28, 2021)— "New Year's Resolutions Focus on Health, God and Money," by Aaron Earls: After a season in which avoiding sickness was on most everyone’s mind, many Americans say their New Year’s resolutions address their health .... As people contemplate their 2022 resolutions, more than 2 in…

    – January 23, 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

  • 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 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 (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 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 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 America: The Jesuit Review (May 20, 2022)— "On May 20, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said in a public statement that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a life-long Catholic, will be barred from Communion in her home diocese of San Francisco. Gloria Purvis, the host of America Media’s 'The Gloria…

    – May 22, 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

Past Spotlights

"Apollo: When We Went to the Moon"

“Apollo: When We Went to the Moon” limited-engagement exhibition open through May 8, 2022, at The Henry Ford Museum

March 14, 2022

Bygone Features

Ron Pattinson, beer historian and author

Research into 18th Century English Brewing Means Better Craft Beers for Aficionados

April 30, 2018
Saline knows how to celebrate important beers. Take note: This year will mark the fourteenth annual Main Street Oktoberfest. There are breweries. And new in 2018, Celtic Festival will feature a new craft beer pavilion. [1,2,3] But how well do you really know craft beers? Historian and author Ron Pattinson was in Michigan last week to correct some myths, talk blends, and share a pint or two with some 150+ people who came together for ....
Erik Grossman with Bixby Marionettes

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

December 11, 2019
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 terms of its “Bixby Marionettes Trust” here. [1,2] Meticulously handcrafted by the late Meredith Bixby, these figures seemed more than contextual backdrop or props at the ready when called upon to illustrate function. Rather, they seemed here to cast scrutinizing ....

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 ....

Announced return of “Motor City Comic Con” in 2021 heralds great sign for growing number of in-person events to come

May 18, 2021
When news broke late yesterday that Motor City Comic Con would be returning to Suburban Collection Showplace this coming October 16 and 17, 2021, it seemed as if the excitement that followed could be felt more universally. [1-6] A powerful engine of economic impact, education, and real-world entertainment in their own right, expositions are once again in ascendency. As evidenced for southeast Michigan earlier this month in Novi, the great masses are ready to get out and ....

Week 4 of the Saline Singularity competitive robot build wrapped up with a working model, and ninety minutes to spare

February 2, 2019
When the FIRST Robotics Team 5066 meeting got started yesterday per schedule at 6:00pm, everyone was keenly aware of their self imposed interim deadline of February 1, end of workday. [1] That was the target for turning a fully functioning robot over to the programming team. As the completed chassis and elevator framework awaited handling in another area, the CAD sub-team lead ran the numbers on maximum dimensions compliance, projecting visuals onto a screen before ....
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