Opinion

How to get responses from your legislator

Daniel Bergan
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
EAST LANSING Suppose you have an issue you are passionate about – taxes, gun control or some other important policy. You want to do more than vent on social media, so you decide to write an email, place a phone call, or even draft a letter to your state legislator expressing your views.
Pictured in bottom row: Harriet Martin, Flossie Cady, Mary Stockton, Helen Woodby, Minnie Schrader, Sadie Bergman, Margaret Newell, Margaret Lankin. Second row: Marie Crosby, Blanche Strouse, Vera Wagar, Mary Keough, Jean Singer, Virginia Ross, Paula Schumacher, Jean Wilson, Donna Grisdale, Cecille Farling. Third row: Fred Woodby, Rex Stockton, Edward Wodek, Paul Madison, Clarence Metzger, Harold Broka, Guerdon Schumacher, Leon Methner.

Pictured in bottom row: Harriet Martin, Flossie Cady, Mary Stockton, Helen Woodby, Minnie Schrader, Sadie Bergman, Margaret Newell, Margaret Lankin. Second row: Marie Crosby, Blanche Strouse, Vera Wagar, Mary Keough, Jean Singer, Virginia Ross, Paula Schumacher, Jean Wilson, Donna Grisdale, Cecille Farling. Third row: Fred Woodby, Rex Stockton, Edward Wodek, Paul Madison, Clarence Metzger, Harold Broka, Guerdon Schumacher, Leon Methner.

A LOOK BACK IN TIME | BHS FACULTY 1950

News Staff
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
A LOOK BACK IN TIME | BHS FACULTY 1950
May I Walk With You

May I Walk With You

May I Walk With You

Daniel Fachting
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
As I sit here on a Monday morning, I can only describe my week as a natural high like I haven’t had in a long time. First of all, my twin sister came in from Houston to spend a little bit of time with us. That means that my younger brother, and twin sister, added to the joy Mary Jo and I have.
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Lessons from the brink

Eric Freedman
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
LANSING There’s nothing like almost dying to wake you up to the multiple realities of America’s health care system.
Heart attacks occur after treatment of infections

Heart attacks occur after treatment of infections

Heart attacks occur after treatment of infections

News Staff
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
DEAR DR. ROACH: My mom had a throat and palate infection that was treated in 2017, and about two weeks later, she had a heart attack. In 2023, she had pneumonia, and was briefly hospitalized and treated, but again about two weeks later, she had another heart attack.
May I Walk With You

May I Walk With You

May I Walk With You

Daniel Fachting
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
You are going to live forever! How do we know? Jesus said so. In the Gospel of John, Chapter 6, Jesus says, “I am the bread of life…I assure you. Unless you eat of the flesh of the son of man and drink of his blood you do not have life in you.

Law Enforcement Public Safety Millage

News Staff
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
To the Editor: Make a note to remind yourself to participate in your democracy at the polls on August 8, 2023. This is our opportunity to be heard through our actions in the process of self-governing.
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