I had the privilege of talking with a political science class at St. Clair County Community College last evening. It was truly a neat experience. If anyone doubts the maturity, intelligence and focus of today’s college students regarding the issues that face our society, such fears can be put to rest. Their questions and comments [...]
Archive for March, 2009
SC4 students demonstrate genuine interest in state government.
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Brett’s basketball fun at Hillside Wesleyan
Posted in Community groups, tagged clyde township mi, hillside wesleyan church, port huron on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Staff and volunteers at Hillside Wesleyan Church in the Port Huron, Michigan area went above and beyond in providing a great recreational experience for more than one hundred kids. My eight-year-old grandson, Brett, was one of the fortunate participants. Upward Basketball is a nation-wide program which offers organized sport programs including basketball, soccer, cheerleading, and [...]
I’ll be speaking at a political science class at SC4 this evening.
Posted in Schools, tagged port huron, sc4, st clair county community college on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m looking forward to interacting with students at St. Clair County Community College. Instructor Carrie Fadell invited me to share my experiences while serving in the legislature. I will encourage the students to share their views regarding what is going on our great state. I expect I will hear comments about the economy, roads, the [...]
Teenager Calista’s life parallels that of Ariana Swinson
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to several articles in the Kalamazoo Gazette, Calista Springer lived a horrible life of severe abuse. Her life ended February 27, 2008 when she died of smoke inhalation when she was unable to escape her parents’ home in the village of Centreville, Michigan when it caught fire. Authorities discovered her body CHAINED TO HER [...]
We spent a March week-end down on the ranch
Posted in Personal on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although I spent my first seventeen years of life on our Burnside Township farm milking cows, cultivating corn and baling hay, I never considered it as a ranch. I always thought of a ranch as being a place of raising longhorn cattle, riding horses and just being a cowboy. I hadn’t experienced that. The ranch [...]
LINKS: Local schools and school districts
Posted in Helpful information, Lapeer County, St. Clair County, tagged Lapeer County, St. Clair County on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PLEASE NOTE: With these links our local schools and school districts are brought right to your computer. I will continue to add to these links. These links can also be accessed by clicking on the Local Links tab underneath the name of my blog. Do you have any that you would like to see added? [...]
Links: Local government in St. Clair and Lapeer Counties
Posted in Helpful information, tagged Lapeer County, St. Clair County on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PLEASE NOTE: With these links local government is brought right to your computer. I will continue to add to these links. These links can also be accessed by clicking on the Local Links tab underneath the name of my blog. Do you have any that you would like to see added? LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Brockway Township [...]
Home values down, Taxes up! Is this fair?
Posted in Issues, tagged Michigan, michigan legislature, property taxes on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is it fair that in some cases where property values are going down that taxes on that property are rising? Many homeowners are saying NO. To address this problem Michigan State Sen. John Pappageorge of Troy recently introduced Senate Joint Resolution to address this problem. The resolution, commonly known as SJR H, would amend the [...]
A great day at the Yale, Michigan, High School career day
Posted in Schools, St. Clair County, tagged st clair county resa, St. Clair County, yale high school, yale mi on March 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
First impressions really stick in my mind. When I walked into Yale High School yesterday to participate in its annual career day, I immediately felt at home. Although not ornate, the building has an open feeling, one where one can move about freely, a place where students can socialize, study and grow. I was met [...]
Fourteen days changed my view of our world.
Posted in Personal, tagged bamako, mali, mission trips on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mali is a landlocked country in sub-Sahara West Africa. Although the country’s official language is French, most people speak one of the numerous tribal tongues. By American standards it is a very poor country. It would not be stretching the truth to say the poorest people of the U.S. are richer than the majority of [...]
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