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RickWorld’s Reading Recommendations – October 1, 2026
Rickworld Recommendsby Katy Essex Calling all Book Lovers! We are back with our recommended reads for the month of September. The heatwave seems to be over; now it’s time for cooler temps and a chance to cozy up with a good book. As always, if you have a book to recommend, send the title, […]
Wildcats de-claw, de-fang and send the Tigers packing
MHS Varsity Softball and Baseball action – Monday, April 13, 2026 The MHS Varsity Softball team made quick work of the Lawrence Tigers, Monday, April 13, defeating the visitors 18-0 in three innings. Sophomore sluggers Hannah Sharp and Kerrianne O’Donnell led the way with a Sharp homer to center scoring three runs and O’Donnell’s double […]
Turbo Talks Sports: The NFL Draft
The NFL Draft Is Upon Us. What Will the Lions Do? Ok, first off, let me rephrase that. What SHOULD the Lions do . . . not what will they do. I say that but recently you can’t really be upset with the way the Lions have drafted lately. A […]
Cal Thomas: What do Artemis II and socialism have in common?
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – APRIL 01: NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The 10-day mission took four NASA astronauts around the moon and back. The astronauts flew the farthest any human has […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: AI Profiteers
Rising Progressive Populist Revolt Stuns AI Profiteers by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com There’s a clique of plutocratic, high-tech billionaires who think they’re entitled to turn America’s farmlands and rural communities into their personal domain of predatory AI “data centers.” But a little bookstore in Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently hit those puffed-up elites where they’re most vulnerable: The […]
Farm and Food File for the week of April 13, 2026
The ages-old dilemma: Guns or butter by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com In its program-slashing, 2027 Department of Agriculture budget plan, the White House hoped to head off sure-to-come complaints by tying spending cuts to that handy whipping boy, big bad government. “The President’s Budget focuses on the needs of American farmers and ranchers, which is […]
Memories from The Marcellus News – April 16
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The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: The Picture
by John Mooy A number of years ago I gave a talk at the Marcellus library and, as I recall, I showed a tray of slides projected on a screen. They were pictures mainly of people in and around Marcellus. The pictures had been taken by my father and many of the people who had […]
Bits & Pieces: Cruising the Caribbean Part II
St. Maarten by Paula Johnson This cruise turned out to be a great trip. What made it great were so many events that I could take back as wonderful memories. Fifth on the ports of call was Roseau, Dominica. We had never been, and the Ag group had a shore excursion that was on […]
News from Marcellus TWP Wood Memorial Library the week of April 13, 2026
Now that your taxes are all filed for the year, do you have personal papers that need shredding? The Marcellus Township Library has a free shred box, securely managed by West Michigan Document Shredding where you can drop off papers for destruction. The documents are picked up once a month and transported by a certified […]
Contemplation Corner: Authority and Power
“Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the right to direct and command, to be listened to or obeyed by others. Authority requests power. Power without authority is tyranny.” – Jacques Maritain by Pastor Donnie BrooksMarcellus United Methodist […]
