One of our governments (state or US) has us springing our clocks forward in March and falling back in November. This year that was November 3. Why did our leaders get us into this system, and when? I was sure it had something to do with farmers. You know, when to milk a cow, slop […]
I see where some survey shows Congress has a 14 percent approval rating. That shows a need for Congress to appoint a committee to study the thinking of that 14 percent. Another report states that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a professed advocate of a full-time legislature, has scheduled 20 weeks off for members, and the […]
. . . And with that we have the problem. Now we need to turn our emphasis to a solution. There are on-going campaigns for more money for school facilities, teachers, sports palaces, etc. And while taxpayers have been pretty generous for such things, graduation rates have not soared, and in inner cities the rates […]
I’ve often quoted my friend Dick Milliman’s Almanac column. Besides writing the Almanac for his own newspapers, he allows me to quote him. We’ve been friends for several decades. He’s lived much of his life in the Lansing area, was on Gov. George Romney’s staff, ran for Congress once, and is politically conscious. He does […]
Grandkids? summers, a whole lot different Our grandkids, twins Haley and Trevor, 7, Savannah, 11, were uncertain (as expected) on how they are going to spend this summer’s days. I didn’t expect them to come up with a list of day-filling activities. After all, they have few responsibilities, fewer chores and have hardly a clue […]
Editor’s Note: Still full from Thanksgiving dinner and disappointed by Michigan’s loss to Ohio State, Mr. Sherman decided to run a ‘best of? column from Nov. 29, 2006. Enjoy! No dog we’ve ever owned heard us say ‘kennel? when we referred to a dropping off point when we were leaving town for a while. Such […]
Next week our country celebrates the declaration of our independence, July 4, 1776. It was that day our founding fathers told the world, we would no longer be second-class citizens, ruled by a monarchy. Our natianal anthem, the Star Spangled Banner was composed by Francis Scott Key in September, 1814. Here are the words. * […]
Journey back with me to my 1-room country school days, carrying my sandwich lunches in a pail, up hill both ways in deep snow, etc. The sandwich part came to me this week when I was overcome with a need for a peanut butter and bread and butter pickle sandwich. I was so overcome with […]
Ah, ’tis the season for giving and forgiving. ‘Tis the giving season, and the gimme season. Never in my extended lifetime have I been exposed to so many so-called charitable organizations. I heard the number of new organizations that were started on the East coast since Sandy blew in. It’s huge, but Scrooge that I […]
BRANDON TOWNSHIP REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL PROJECT: Maintenance of the Charter Township of Brandon Community Park for 2013 AGENCY: Charter Township of Brandon Brandon Township Parks & Recreation 395 Mill Street, P.O. Box 929 Ortonville, MI 48462-0929 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Web Site: www.brandontownship.us CONTACT: Fred Waybrant, Director of Parks & Recreation. Ph: […]