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Out and About: Sheriff’s forum, Water Festival, and important things

Out and About: Sheriff’s forum, Water Festival, and important things

Editorial StaffJun 14, 20243 min read

Next Monday, June 17, the Riviera Theatre, in historic downtown Three Rivers, will host a forum featuring the five candidates for St. Joseph County Sheriff. This FREE event begins at 6:30 p.m., and is sponsored by the St. Joseph County…

May I Walk with You? Catholic

May I Walk with You? Catholic

Editorial StaffJun 14, 20242 min read

What does it mean when we say that the Church is “catholic”? Automatically, we think of the Roman Catholic Church as one of several denominations of Christians, but what is meant by that descriptor. The United States Catholic Catechism for…

Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Don’t Bring those babies home!

Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Don’t Bring those babies home!

Editorial StaffJun 14, 20244 min read

Watching the wildlife has always been one of my favorite things about living in Michigan, and it is a hobby that can be pursued just about anywhere, even in town, where, one spring, a deer trotted past the windows of…

Postcard from the Pines: Huckleberry Days

Postcard from the Pines: Huckleberry Days

Editorial StaffJun 14, 20245 min read

There will be a bumper wild huckleberry crop this year, weather and Mom Nature permitting. This is an unexpected treat and long overdue. For several seasons, Mom Nature has not been overly generous with these little back woods sweet treats.…

Blue Star

Blue Star

Editorial StaffJun 12, 202410 min read

By Scott SullivanEditorIncomingWith the longest, hottest summer ever on hand, you don’t need a weatherman to tell which way the Saugatuck City Council race is going.Three declared challengers for four open two-year seats in November cut loose on incumbents at…

Mike’s Musings: My Father, MY Hero

Mike’s Musings: My Father, MY Hero

Editorial StaffJun 12, 20243 min read

(I wrote this a year ago but wanted share it again. Heck I might share this column over and over for years to come. The man meant so much to me) This week I give pause to reflect on my…

Life as performance Art

Life as performance Art

Editorial StaffJun 12, 20246 min read

    About a week ago, on a hot and humid afternoon, I was doing some work on the lawn and gardens. I was close to the sidewalk when a couple of visitors to town paused and commented on the amount of…

Looking Out: The Mick

Editorial StaffJun 7, 20243 min read

Two days ago I met a guy from Chicago.  He was trying to sell me a car and must have thought it was important to tell me that he used to be a major league baseball pitcher. I needed new…

Out and About: Remembrance, Water Festival, and gold

Out and About: Remembrance, Water Festival, and gold

Editorial StaffJun 7, 20243 min read

“America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race.” -Ralph Waldo EmersonThis month is filled with days of remembrance. Eighty years ago, June 6, 1944, allied…

Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Dad’s Special Day is almost here

Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Dad’s Special Day is almost here

Editorial StaffJun 7, 20243 min read

Father’s Day is only a week away – Sunday, the 16th.You still have time to do something special for the man in your life.Father’s Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of Dad. It is a day to not…

Postcard from the Pines: Don’t throw us away

Postcard from the Pines: Don’t throw us away

Editorial StaffJun 7, 20243 min read

Newspapers serve a multitude of purposes. First and foremost, they deliver the news be it local, the nation or the world, and send it our way daily or weekly. It’s their primary job. We read them, or at least the…

May I Walk with You? The Future

May I Walk with You? The Future

Editorial StaffJun 7, 20243 min read

Recently I have been pondering what I will do with the rest of my life and part of that is asking Jesus what he would like me to do. While on a recent trip to the Upper Peninsula I went…

Blue Star

Blue Star

Editorial StaffJun 5, 20244 min read

By Scott SullivanEditorWaxedEmancipation by manipulation? Lincoln was accused of it. In America we depend on our independence, which can serve and boomerang.Witness Waxology, a new shop that fills a double suite in a strip mall next to Fruition, where I…

Life as Performance Art

Life as Performance Art

Editorial StaffJun 5, 20247 min read

     Five, ten, or more centuries ago, the whole purpose of etiquette was to demonstrate partiality, respect, and submission to one’s “betters.”  That is something of an offensive way of saying being respectful to someone simply because he or she was of…

Mike’s Musings: No fun being trapped in an elevator

Mike’s Musings: No fun being trapped in an elevator

Editorial StaffJun 5, 20243 min read

Have you ever been trapped in an elevator?Until last week, I could unequivocally say “no.” Now having been around for a while, I have ridden up and down on my share of elevators and never gave it a second thought…

Out and About: Memphis, Flag Day, and a fundraiser

Out and About: Memphis, Flag Day, and a fundraiser

Editorial StaffMay 31, 20243 min read

When I think of Memphis, Tennessee, the first thing that comes to mind is Elvis Presley and Graceland. I also think back to the early sixties when several families moved to Three Rivers from Memphis, because they were needed at…

Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Cleaning and completing projects and maybe camping

Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Cleaning and completing projects and maybe camping

Editorial StaffMay 31, 20243 min read

Well, it is here now – summer has begun again and that headline doesn’t apply to me!Remember when I said it will be September 1 before we know it? Well, it is Tuesday, May 28th already. I am sitting here…

May I Walk with You? What’s Not Sad

May I Walk with You? What’s Not Sad

Editorial StaffMay 31, 20243 min read

I listened intently as Pope Francis’s interview with Nora O’Donnell aired on CBS on May 20, 2024. I was glad to hear that the Pope and Ms. O’Donnell discussed many questions about how we ought to live our lives on…

Postcard from the Pines: What happened to the Noon Whistle?

Postcard from the Pines: What happened to the Noon Whistle?

Editorial StaffMay 31, 20245 min read

From 1951 until 1982, Marion’s fire siren blew to let us know that the noon hour had arrived. It was a welcome noise to many, from Main Street to the school yard. When it sounded at any other time, it…

Blue Star

Editorial StaffMay 29, 20244 min read

By Scott SullivanEditorRisk ReductionI haven’t written this story yet but may soon. It’s about the Saugatuck Township gun range.The gun range is in the township, not owned by it. But it may need one in self-defense. With prime land —…