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Kinexus Group issues statement
We recognize that stories about our organization continue to unfold daily, and that public visibility around this issue is growing. Kinexus Group has submitted some corrections to address information we believe is inaccurate or incomplete to one main news organization. These corrections have yet to be posted in their entirety as promised. This statement reflects perspectives from Kinexus Group leadership. For more than 25 years, Kinexus Group has operated as a nonprofit organization within the workforce development system. We have worked within the governance structure that was established many years ago and, based on our understanding through further investigation, that structure was not set up in a way that was fully aligned. Throughout that time, in the spirit of collaboration, the Chief Elected Officials Board (CEOB) and board members have been part of […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: Can You Buy America for $5 Million? Ask, JBS, Inc.
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com News flash: One of the president’s media handlers has inadvertently issued a political statement that’s actually true! She didn’t mean to. She was responding to the damning revelation that Trump has just given a huge government benefit to a global corporate criminal from Brazil – after – that corporation donated a whopping […]
Farm and Food File: Halfway through a thin slice of baloney
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com With 2025 half gone, the cautious American ag economy, like the slowing U.S. economy, now tiptoes into its second half. Key U.S. ag markets quietly survived the raucous first half. For example, November soybean futures opened January near $10.28 per bu. and closed June at roughly $10.27. When was the […]
Bits & Pieces: July Trivia
by Paula Johnson Oh my, July is here and school supplies will be available everywhere. Time to sharpen our minds as well as our pencils. Questions:1. What was Memorial Day first named? 2. Which two foods can you mail without a box? 3. Dame Judith Dench was “M” in James Bond movies; who is the […]
Marcellus Memories #24
Where memories were made – the cottage on Fish Lake by Willard Robinson, MHS Class of 1949 With 36 six lakes in the Marcellus area there was plenty of good fishing, boating, and swimming. One year when I was about 6 years old, my parents along with my mother’s sister’s family rented a cottage […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: The Best of Times . . . the Simplest of Times
by John Mooy I often hear conversations in which one generation talks to another about their growing up and how the young folks of today have it so much better than we did during our years of childhood. In short, I think every generation has both its good points and not so good points. Hopefully […]
News from Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library – July 7, 2025
Whether you prefer realistic fiction or something a bit more magical, check out the new fiction shelves to find your next book. End of August by Paige Dinneny. 1979. Fifteen-year-old Aurora Taylor’s single mother prefers to leave when things get hard. She’s spent years abandoning bad boyfriends and dead-end jobs, without so much as a […]
EarthTalk®
The ubiquity of processed foods in the U.S. and elsewhere is not just a problem for human health but also for the environment. Credit: Pexels.com. From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Is the prevalence of processed foods an environmental threat? – Lori P., via email Warm supermarket bread. Mouth-watering hot dogs. […]
Contemplation Corner: We are closer to God when we are asking questions . . .
“We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel by Pastor Donnie BrooksMarcellus United Methodist Churchpastordonnieb@outlook.com Abraham Heschel was a famous Jewish scholar and rabbi. He was a Jewish mystic: not quite comfortable in any particular school of Jewish thought. He […]
This Week in Marcellus’ Culinary History: July 7, 2025
We continue to feature recipes in the Meats and Casseroles section of the Home Arts of Cooking Marcellus Centennial Cookbook, 1879-1979. Hope you’ve tried a few of the recipes published 46 years ago. Bon Appétit! Kate Shannon’s Turkey Salad Bake2 cups diced cooked turkey2 cups diced celery½ tsp salt1 Tbs minced onion½ cup chopped nuts […]
