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If you love the sound of a Harley Davidson idling, or the sound of a Massey-Ferguson tractor starting, you’ll want to make plans to attend the upcoming St. Joe Valley Old Engine Association Annual Tractor Show. It all happens Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 2 – 4 at Boot Hill Ranch, 10542 Bair lake Street, just east of Jones, Michigan. …

OKAY! ! Enough rain already!  I am “Echo”, a Catahoula leopard, female.  I am housetrained, I get along with other dogs.  I’m a little skittish at first with kids.  I love playing outside and going for long walks with the volunteers.  I am affectionate and I want your undivided attention, especially when you play with me and give me treats.  …

The subject of Immigration is one of the issues featured on the evening news these days, and is also a prime issue in the current race for President of the United States. I’m thinking the American Indians didn’t do a very good job when it came to dealing with the first immigrants coming to America. Later on, the American Indian …

The Worline and Bonfoey Milk Station at #203 S. Andrews was started in 1920 by Mel Worline and Carl Bonfoey. In 1928 Worline sold out to Earl Tice. Steve entered the business with his father in 1936. Steve and wife Hester were owners until 1967 when they sold to Ray Miller, distributor for Dean Dairy Products. Miller purchased City Dairy …

Every year, in early May, Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky is the place to be if you’re a fan of horse racing. The Kentucky Derby is definitely a race like no other. Horses are beautiful animals and a thoroughbred racehorse is truly a thing of beauty. The horse is all muscle and loves to run. I’ve always been impressed in …

According to Consumer Reports, there’s no nutritional difference between cage-free eggs and others. Cage-free means that hens weren’t raised in a cage, but there’s no guarantee that they weren’t packed into a building with thousands of other birds. If you’ve never bought eggs from a local farmer, you’d be surprised at how tasty they are and you might even save …

Well, you can tell it is summer –  it’s road construction time.  I hope someone will come adopt me.  They call me “Georgia.”  I am playful and love to give hugs.  I know “sit” and “shake” and I sniff everything (like rodents).  I am a female about two years old and housetrained.  My Docket number is 190-24 at the St. …

The Annual Three Rivers Water Festival seems to get better every year. We didn’t get as involved as we normally do with the many activities this year, so next year we want to try and make more time for this annual event. I did help this year with the Soap Box Derby on Friday afternoon. The volunteers did a great …

The Big Mac opened for traffic in 1957. This meant you could drive directly from the lower peninsula of Michigan to the upper peninsula. You no longer had to wait hours to get on the ferry that transported everyone between the two parts of Michigan. If you ever had the experience of taking that ferry and miss that experience, you …

Fathers Day is coming.  I have this bag of balls for my dad.  My name is “Addie” and I am a Lab mix about one and a half years old.  I am a female, house trained, get along with most other dogs.  I love to play frisbee and I have a soft gentle mouth to take treats.  I am still …