When I was but a wee lad growing up on the mean, graveled streets of Clarkston, in the ghettos known as Independence Township, my last name was something other kids could easily make fun of. Because we illiterates outside the city proper (which was a village back then) would rather scratch our butts, play in […]
Notice of Public Review and Public Hearing Village of Goodrich Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2014-2019 Notice is hereby given that the Village Council for Goodrich will hold a public hearing during their regular meeting, Monday, October 13, 2014 at 7:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the Village […]
Village of Ortonville Brandon Township Offices 395 Mill Street Ortonville Village Council Meeting September 22, 2014 Synopsis Trustees Present: Skornicka, Baker, Wills, McClerren, Eschmann Absent: Waters, Peters (each with notice) 1) Approved the agenda as presented 2) Approved the Minutes of Village Council Meeting of August 25, 2014 3) Acceptance Items: A. Treasurer’s Report ? […]
You know, you put your heart and soul out there to share with the public and well, I reckon sooner or later somebody is gonna? notice it. Same with writing a column. The way I cipher-it, I’ve pen and typed something close to 1,500 columns — most of them under the column name Don’t Rush […]
Because Mr. Don (I’d Rather Be Up North Kayaking Than Sitting Behind My Desk) Rush took off most of last week, here’s a ‘gem? of a column he penned in 2012 (published September 5) about a fast fading social norm . . . respect. From the great wilderness Rush wrote us this note to pass […]
Fillin? in. That’s what I did this past weekend and unexpected, that’s what it was. Why would a fashion maven, world-wide-web communicator type, ask a truly undiscriminating eye to pinch-hit on a fashion blog? I chalk it up to desperate times call for desperate measures. ‘Have fun,? the fashion maven said. ‘Be yourself. Use our […]
Let me put this out, up front before we get too far into what will probably turn out to be a classic Don Rush Diatribe (DRD for those who like communicating in text lingo). I don’t really ‘hate? anything. I even hate saying the word ‘hate.? I do, however, find it quite easy to type, […]
Last month was Community Paper Month here in Michigan and across the vast fruited plains o? America. We had a contest for folks to write an essay on community papers and got some good ones, too. One that was late (more on that one later) didn’t make the cut for the 50 greenbacks I dangled […]
Well, I reckon we Americans will get a few moments respite from the most shallow of all advertising. No, it’s not the end of sweeps week on television, so the self-promoting TV spots about all the ‘awesome? shows have not ended. I’m going on about political advertising. This past Tuesday was the 2014 Primary Election. […]
At then end of June I asked folks to submit wee-little essays on the role of community newspapers here in our community. This was to showcase Community Paper Month. I sweetened the pot and said I would throw in $50 for my favorite essay. And, wouldn’t you know it — hotdamn — a number of […]