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The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: The Music of Marcellus
by John Mooy Perhaps a few years ago I mentioned in an article the role that music had played in the lives of the people in Marcellus and the impact of music on their lives. While we may not think that music is a big part of our lives growing up, IT ACTUALLY IS, HAS […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: That Time of Year
by John Mooy Saturday morning was no different than every Saturday morning for me. I made my weekly trip to the dump. This week the pickup truck was filled extra full as it was loaded with brush. That brush was courtesy of my neighbors who were clearing and picking up their property which is heavily […]
Bit & Pieces: Words
by Paula Johnson Vocabulary words are a favorite with me. During high school years, I used the family’s Roget’s Thesaurus almost to the point of a third appendage. The 1946 edition that we had, not only was “the complete book of synonyms and antonyms in American and British usage,” but many word choices also […]
Farm and Food File: Medicaid cuts would hit rural America hard
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com Medicaid looks to be one of the big corks Congress hopes will help plug an estimated $4.7 trillion flood of red ink that accompanies tax cuts Republicans plan to pass this spring. They’re going to need a big one. According to published news accounts, “GOP leaders have directed the House Energy […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: Do we have to let bright lights blind us to starry nights?
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com Let us embrace the darkness. Not the political dark ages being pushed on us by today’s regressive right-wing forces, but nature’s own pure darkness of night. Unfortunately, we Homo Sapiens have largely blacked out nature’s billions of beacons in the night sky, which have both dazzled and guided Earth’s creatures […]
Cal Thomas: A heretic in the White House
by Cal ThomasCalThomas.com For the Evangelical Christians who have given – and still give – overwhelming support to President Trump while refusing to criticize him for language and behavior they would presumably denounce in a fellow church member, here’s an easy one for you. There’s a heretic inside the White House. For those not […]
EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Despite the SDWA’s provisions, many communities in the U.S. face challenges maintaining safe drinking water. Credit: Pexels.com. Dear EarthTalk: If we’ve had the Safe Drinking Water Act in effect for 50 years already, why are so many municipalities having problems providing safe drinking water? – Mary Ford, […]
Contemplation Corner: “Compassion asks us to go where it hurts . . .”
“Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, […]
Memories from The Marcellus News
This Day in Music HistoryApril 3, 1959: Because of its references to bad behavior in school (writing on the wall, throwing spitballs), The British Broadcasting Corporation bans The Coasters song “Charlie Brown.” The ban is lifted two weeks later. ###
Michigan Honey Production
Michigan honey production for 2024 totaled 5.00 million pounds, up 30 percent from 2023, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. This estimate included honey from producers with 5 or more colonies. Yieldsfrom Michigan’s 82,000 honey producing colonies averaged 61 pounds in 2024, up 6 pounds from the previous year. Michiganhoney price averaged $3.04 per pound, down $0.06 from last year. Value of production totaled $15.2 million, up 27 percent from 2023. Honey stocks totaled 850 thousand pounds, down 8 percent from 2023. Nationally, honey production in 2024 totaled 134 million pounds, down 4 percent from 2023. There were 2.60 million colonies producing honey in 2024, up 3 percent from 2023. Yield per colony averaged 51.7 pounds, down 6 […]
