Bucks prepare for season
Pine River baseball looks to build off last year’s success LEROY — Pine River’s baseball team appears to be talented enough to have another banner season. The Bucks […]
JOHN NORTON: Pioneer Group says goodbye to Doughnut Thursday
It is with great sadness that we report on the demise of Doughnut Thursday. For the past couple of years, managers and supervisors at the Daily Miracle have […]
JOHN NORTON: Less can be so much more
As we all know, we live in a culture that makes us want more. And more. And more. Keeping up with the Joneses and trying to live up […]
JOHN NORTON: The rain gauge and turning 50
I t just happened. I can’t explain it. I stumbled upon a rain gauge, and felt an urge to put it in the ground to start measuring rainfall […]
JOHN NORTON: Here’s to more good years ahead
He raised a family the old fashioned way — he worked his tail off. A general laborer and jack-of-all-trades, he worked construction, and at General Motors and Chrysler […]
JOHN NORTON: So Happy Together….
We’re travelling to South Bend this weekend for a wedding, to perform master and mistress of ceremony duties for close family friends as their daughter Elizabeth (Libby) Karpus […]
JOHN NORTON: What’s in a name?
A female colleague told me last week that she didn’t like being called “Hon” by another female employee — or by anyone for that matter. Me? I love it […]
JOHN NORTON: Showing compassion, maturity and guts
Despite weather more fitting of fall homecoming, prom season is upon us. Have you seen the young people out in their tuxes and fancy dresses? I saw three […]
JOHN NORTON: Something stimulating about learning something new
“You ain’t nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time.” With apologies in advance to Elvis, I’ve been trying to learn the guitar and have been strumming […]
Trading photos for actual memories
Daughter Jess was one of many area junior high students who was confirmed at St. Andrews Cathedral in Grand Rapids a week ago. For the non-Catholics, it’s basically […]
JOHN NORTON: Isn’t there an app for this?
Ever get an idea stuck in your craw? Every time I go grocery shopping with my bride, it hits me. I can’t shake it. It’s this: We put […]
JOHN NORTON: Let’s look out for each other
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” ― Mother Teresa I like older people. I just do. Always have. Men and women. […]