Local & State

By Rick Garcia

 

Since the early dawn of mankind the origins of communication began with cave paintings.  As civilization and progress had begun, so did the evolution of these pictographs which converted to Cuneiform, Runes, Hieroglyphic and ultimately Alphabetic writing.

Sandhill Crane Vineyards

 

Tasting room and café hours: 

 

Mon.-Sat. 11-6

Thirsty Thursday open-9 p.m. with live music and an extended café menu. 

 

Winery tours: 

 

Saturday 12:00 p.m. 

Sunday 1:00 p.m.

 

Sandhill Crane is located at 4724 Walz Rd. Jackson, MI 49201. 

For more information contact heather@sandhillcranevineyards.com.

Left:  Sandhill Crane Vineyards held a  ”Warm the Children, Chill the Wine” fundraiser in 2011. Wonderful knitters and crocheters created hats and scarves for wine bottles.    In the fall, sandhill cranes gather in staging areas like the Haehnle Sanctuary to begin the migration process, which is located close to Sandhill Crane Vineyards. During the height of the staging period thousands of cranes can be seen at the sanctuary. Courtesy photo

 

By Deborah M. Walker

 

Think of Michigan and the first thing that comes to most people’s minds is the deflated economy. Michigan has lost more than 1 million jobs since 2000 and over a half-of- million homes since the economic crisis in 2005. But Michigan is more than a slumping manufacturing industry, crippled economy and high unemployment. Michigan is  home to an industry that is growing faster than its fruitful harvest.

By Howard Spence, 
Eaton County Commissioner 

 

 

There is a present unmet need for fixed route public transportation in Delta Township along regularly scheduled routes. At the present time, most Delta Township residents do not have reasonable access to public transportation on a bus system which will reliably get them to their jobs, educational institutions, and friends in the Greater Lansing Metropolitan areas of Lansing and East Lansing.

By Jimmy L. Wilson, Jr.

 

When used correctly, social networks can be a very effective tool. They can help you meet people in your field, and advance your career. They can help you with promotion of things you want to get out to a broad audience. They can help you reconnect with people you lost contact with. There are many positives that can come from proper use of social networks. 

By Robert Pagliarini, 

Tribune Media Services

 

It’s your fault. It’s all your fault. Everything wrong in your life is entirely your fault. Thank goodness for that! If it wasn’t your fault, then what control could you possibly have over making it better? But it’s not politically correct to write these things. If you are unemployed, it’s because of a lousy boss, the bad economy or terrible political leadership. If you have diabetes, it’s because of genes you inherited or the lack of money or time to eat properly. We are conditioned to believe that it is decidedly NOT our fault. We’re told it’s never our fault. 

By Rick Garcia

 

It doesn’t matter if you’re White, Black, Brown, Yellow, Red or any combination of our “Hue” man race.  It does matter if we don’t have a conversation about race.  Racism is another ball of wax, but for purposes of examining our current state of the current socio-economic challenges, we have to look at race for what it is:  fear of what is not known.