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Churches, businesses come together to help single moms, widows, and wives of deployed soldiers. 6:00 am, May 17, 2021 ×
Noah McGuffey, left, and Herb Dowse, look on as Joshua McGuffey inspects under a car at the Single Moms Car Clinic Saturday, May 15, 2021, at Veterans Pavilion Park in Austin. The annual clinic helps keep cars running for single mothers, widows and wives of deployed military members. (Brian Todd/btodd@postbulletin.com)
AUSTIN A broken fuel gauge put a crimp in Sara Abella s day recently. I was driving to work, and I ran out of gas, she said. My sister had to bring me a container of gas.
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Robert Paul Merkel, 81, of Harrisville passed away in his home from congestive heart failure on Sunday, May 9, 2021. Robert was born on March 11, 1940 in Cadillac, Michigan to David and Marian (Johnson) Merkel. He grew up in Oscoda and Bad Axe, Michigan. He was educated at Central Michigan University and earned a PhD at the University of Michigan. In 1963 he married Carolyn Kay Osborn in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Their sons are Robert Bruce and David Paul Merkel.
Robert began teaching at Suttons Bay Public Schools in 1962. He also taught at Swan Valley in Saginaw. He started vocal music and track programs in both schools. In 1967 he developed and implemented the music program at Monroe County Community College where he taught both music and English classes. He conducted the Monroe Chamber Singers and the Monroe Symphony Orchestra. He was the founding member and president of the Monroe City-County Fine Arts Council. He won the Outstanding Faculty Award in 1986 and was Grand
Former Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton receives an honorary doctorate from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Dayton recognized for his many years of ethical public service
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ST. PAUL, Minn., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ On Sunday, May 2, 2021, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities conferred former Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the Fifty-Ninth Annual Commencement Exercises.
The seminary honored Dayton, a former trustee, for his many years of ethical public service, advancing causes like affordable health care, equal educational opportunity, marriage equality, social justice, and peace.
Dr. Khalid Qazi, chair of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
Credit File Photo / WBFO News We started Tent of Abraham, where we invite people of all faiths, our neighbors to join us in breaking the fast, said Dr. Khalid Qazi from the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
The 15th annual Tent of Abraham will be hosted at the Muslim Community Center (Islamic Center) at 7 p.m. and is co-sponsored by Congregation Havurah, Islamic Society of Niagara Frontier, Network of Religious Communities, North Presbyterian Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Qazi said this year MPAC has created a COVID-cautious version, which typically involves a walk, donations to local food banks and a meal. This year, the walk will be socially distant, the meals boxed and masks worn except when eating.