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Ranger Rick: Some observations about the roads debacle

Well, Proposal 15-1 will soon be upon us in another week. We can vote ourselves more taxes (some estimates indicate an average Michigan household will experience $800 per year increase…

Editor April 28, 2015

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Monday Moan: Three life lessons and learning from mistakes

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net There’s an old proverbial phrase that goes something like this… "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" Lemons, of course, are sour and bring to mind…

Editor April 26, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: ‘Take our country back’ from whom?

by Barry Hastings GOP Presidential candidate wannabee (but soon to withdraw) Lindsey Graham stuck his foot in the water recently, trying to tie Hillary Clinton to the President's reactive foreign…

Editor April 26, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: How long can United Bank be a holdout?

When you drive on 142nd Avenue west to Dorr from the expressway, you can see a billboard with a picture of President Arthur C. Johnson declaring that United Bank has…

Editor April 24, 2015

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Army Bob: We must fix local roads. The state and feds won’t

The differences between the Dorr Township road millage and the state tax increases for “roads” are too many to list here. But the largest is that the Dorr millage is…

Editor April 23, 2015

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Soapbox from the past: ‘Oh, dusty roads, take me home’

EDITOR'S NOTE: Area township officials' continued hand-wringing and debate over dust control on rural gravel roads isn't really anything new, as proven by this editorial, written 25 years ago by…

Editor April 22, 2015

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Democracy Tree: State lawmakers allow toy guns to look real

by Amy Kerr Hardin Michigan’s legislature is poised to enact a bill that should be of grave concern for parents who, unlike GOP lawmakers, will immediately understand the true danger…

Editor April 22, 2015

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Ranger Rick: So who are you gonna trust? The ‘progressives’?

If you’ve been reading any of my articles, you’ll notice I don’t try to bamboozle you with difficult language, extravagant sentence structure, or liberal mumbo jumbo (oops, make that “progressive”…

Editor April 21, 2015

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Monday Moan: Penmanship, poor roads and just plain poor

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net Biological and Psychology Benefits of Learning Cursive Don't let your schools stop teaching cursive Published by William R. Klemm Ph.D., Senior Professor of Neuroscience at Texas…

Editor April 19, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Steppenwolf nailed free speech in 1968

I had mixed emotions about the 1960s rock group Steppenwolf, which made good money on two mediocre songs, “Born to Be Wild” and “Magic Carpet Ride.” But the boys put…

Editor April 17, 2015