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Saline "Spring Craft Show" billboard of westbound I-94
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For the next few minutes, consider putting the “business” of the Spring Craft Show aside, to appreciate its further gifts

March 8, 2019 Dell Deaton

It’s often tempting to think we know all there is to know about this tradition or that in our community. For some it’s credential. For others it’s requisite for being an effective ambassador on behalf ….

Boy Scouts of America skill permission cards
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Last weekend, our local BSA Scouts Troop 439 headed out for its first weekend campout; today we debriefed participants

February 18, 2019 Dell Deaton

Today marked the start of week 3 for the newly Chartered BSA Scouts Troop 439, recently introduced here to Saline Journal readers. Recall that they were to head out last Friday night for historic Camp ….

Dr Who: Logopolis Tom Baker Fathom Events
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“The Doctor” will intersect at latitude 42° 10′ 42.42″ North by longitude 83° 45′ 34.56″ West this coming March 13

January 29, 2019 Dell Deaton

BBC Doctor Who adventure “Logopolis” will come to the big screen at Emagine Theatre in Saline Michigan, thanks to Fathom Events. [1-4] March 13 (Wednesday), with showing starting at 7:00pm Spawned on television in the ….

Pastor Frank Radcliff, Oakwood Church
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After decades of giving freely throughout Saline community, Oakwood Church now needs help to buy a building

January 22, 2019 Janet Deaton

Have you ever stopped think about what constitutes a “church”? Ten years ago, Focus on the Family devoted 1,200 words to an attempt at adding clarity to the question if not outright answering it. From ….

Mike Bixby and Erik Grossman review Bixby Marionettes Trust records at Saline City Hall
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Study Of Puppeteering Is About To Get A Lot More Organized, Thanks To Saline Arts And Culture Committee

December 24, 2018 Dell Deaton

Last September, Saline Journal re-introduced its readers to the ties of traditional string-puppet performances to this city. [1] Can you still see such shows today? Sure. There’s a modest theater in Ypsilanti solely dedicated to ….

Vincent Peters / Metropolitan Opera photograph "Adriana Lecouvreur" production. © 2018 Fathom Events, All Rights Reserved. USA (used with prior written permission to Saline Journal)
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“Adriana Lecouvreur” Will Lead 2019 Emagine Theatre Live Simulcasts From The Metropolitan Opera In January

November 27, 2018 Dell Deaton

Sung in its original Italian with English subtitles, The Metropolitan Theater Adriana Lecouvreur production is distinguished by both its first time hosting of Anna Netrebko in the title role and partial staging “in a working ….

Failed capacitor, replaced by electronic parts from local Radio
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There Are Still Capable People Who Fix Their Own Electronics, Supported By A Local Resource To Keep Them Supplied

September 28, 2018 Dell Deaton

Most people wouldn’t be able to identify the failed part shown in the photograph above. Fewer still could have singled it out as culprit that brought all functioning of the computer in which it was ….

Aida / Marty Shol / The Metropolitan Opera
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“Aida,” Highlight Of The Metropolitan Opera Season, Will Be Shown Live At Emagine Theatre Saline On October 6

September 25, 2018 Dell Deaton

Over the course of almost 150 years now, Aida, by composer Giuseppe Verdi, has come to be regarded as one of “opera’s best-loved and most enduring works.” Appropriately, its performances are regarded as a highlight ….

Female terrier-mix dog "Shushana," Humane Society of Huron Valley
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Open Your Heart To Support Rescues And Shelter Dog Adoptions As Better Alternative To Slick Puppy Mill Pitches

September 15, 2018 Janet Deaton

Things were hopping at the Humane Society of Huron Valley this weekend. If this was an article about the expanded communities of which Saline is part, we’d point out the HSHV is only 15 miles ….

Saline Scarecrow Contest contribution by Michigan Orthodontics
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Entries for 2018 Saline Scarecrow Contest Will Begin Registering On September 21, And The Sky’s The Limit On Creativity

September 13, 2018 Dell Deaton

Two months ago, Saline Journal broke news with Borer Family Chiropractic announcement of its theme for the yearly Saline Scarecrow Contest this year. If the DIA experience with interest in Star Wars affiliation is any ….

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  • 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 Samaritan's Purse— "Samaritan's Purse is operating multiple medical facilities in various parts of Ukraine and providing food and non-food relief items through church partners in both Ukraine and Moldova": Samaritan's Purse continues to provide medical relief to displaced Ukrainians, serving them at our Emergency Field Hospital on the outskirts…

    – March 13, 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)— "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

  • 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 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

  • Independence Day— via Billy Graham (1970): "I find that there is a certain fear and expected cosmic judgment that hangs over our country at this hour, as the Devine timepiece ticks away. Thomas Jefferson felt this deeply when he said, 'I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God…

    – July 4, 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 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

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Arthur T Bowley Saline-Brecon Friendship Guild bench in Mill Pond Park

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March 30, 2020

Bygone Features

Saline Area Social Service

“Giving Tuesday” 2019 is your chance to help less fortunate in Saline get their family coffers into the black, too – twice over

November 29, 2019
There once was but a single day in the wake of Thanksgiving feasts, arguably providing rationale to pour pent-up fuel on masses eager to begin their shopping for Christmas gifts. [1] Before days succumbed to weeks, then all of November to a period that threatens to reduce Halloween to little more than sweet afterthought in consumers’ minds (pun intended), “Black Friday” was fabeled as that day on the calendar when booked sales reached a tipping ....
1931 Cadillac V16 Phaeton on display at GM Heritage Center

Yes, Virginia: There Really Is A Company-Owned General Motors Car Museum, But It’s Only Open To A Select Few

August 24, 2018
First things first: There really is a museum of the first, best examples of what General Motors calls its most important vehicles produced since inception of the company. Saline Journal can confirm that. We were there earlier today — inside, shooting photographs for more than two hours. [1] By the numbers, GM Heritage Center is an 81,000 square foot facility where an average of 165 vehicles are displayed in a single indoor space. Structural pillars ....

Where “Should” The Boundaries Of Saline End When It Comes To Serving Those In Need? (No Cartography Needed)

August 15, 2018
Last weekend must have been a difficult one for those dedicated to a hyperlocal focus. [1] Even as so much activity was centered on the four corners of Saline, desperately needed attention was focused on West Michigan Avenue to the corner of Mills Road. Recall fundraising efforts on behalf of Saline Area Social Service throughout the car show. From there to all points on the compass, an appeal was made for financial support on behalf ....

Immerse in still-mysterious disappearance of NWA Flight 2501 through traveling exhibit at Yankee Air Museum

November 30, 2020
Earlier this year, it was called “the most mysterious airline disaster in American history.” [1] The story centers around the question of “why Northwest Orient Flight 2501 vanished, taking the lives of all 58 people on board.” It was “the worst air disaster in US history at the time …, and it remains the only large, commercial plane in US history to go missing.” [2] Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 was a DC-4 prop-liner that ....

Baptist State Convention of Michigan hosted ethnic-linguistic event to support new church startups, Part 2: Testimonials

May 28, 2022
Dr Tony L Lynn formally opened the North American Mission Board “Multi-Lingual Conversation” program on behalf of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan. He addressed a group primarily consisting of area ministry leaders gathered in the sanctuary of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Belleville on May 21, 2022. [1-3] The context for this event was based on the conviction that “interacting with believers from other backgrounds, languages, and origins enlarges our understanding of those around us ....
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