Lawmaker wants to replace “seal-on-a-bedsheet” state flag

LANSING Step out onto your front porch and count how many state flags you see flying in the wind. For many Michigan residents, the answer is likely zero, even at homes that proudly display the U.S. flag or a flag affiliated with their favorite college sports team.

Reader responds

To the Editor: I am responding to a letter written by Harry Thurkow published in the March 22 edition of this newspaper. He wrote that state-level discussions about instituting red-flag laws, more background checks and safety locks on guns would trample gun owners’ constitutional rights.

Finding the right food bowl for an older cat takes trial and error

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I hope this advice helps other cat owners. My cat, Ferris, is 13 years old, and while he’s generally healthy, he does have arthritis and is not as energetic as he once was.

In defense of Reagan

Presumably, Donald Trump will never produce the dark secrets promised about Ron DeSantis’ past. But his team thinks it already has one – the Florida governor once was a Reagan Republican. “There’s a pre-Trump Ron and there’s a post-Trump Ron,” someone in the Trump camp told Axios.

Be informed

To the Editor: Over the next few months there will be numerous debates and articles on the necessity for gun control. When making your decisions on current and proposed “common sense” gun laws, ask will they be effective, (e.g. gunfree school zones) how well has that been working?

A LOOK BACK IN TIME | LOGGING IN GLADWIN COUNTY

Logging in the early days was a labor-intensive business – especially the part that happened in the woods. Each tree was a project that involved the work of several woodsmen.

Stand Downs for 2023 are gearing up across the country

Stand Downs for 2023 are gearing up across the country, with more to take place as the weather warms up. Stand Downs are one-, two- or three-day events for homeless veterans with varying services offered, depending on the length of the event.

LETTERS POLICY

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A LOOK BACK IN TIME | CEDAR AVENUE

A LOOK BACK IN TIME | CEDAR AVENUE

Our Dickensian border policy

“ I became, at ten years old, a little labouring hind in the service of Murdstone and Grinby.” Thus relates David Copperfield in the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Of course, Dickens was a crusader against the exploitation of children.