Family Dollar Stores At Family Dollar, it all starts with people. Every associate in every department, from our stores to our distribution centers to our corporate office, plays an important role. Providing for our customers starts with providing for our team, and we are more committed than eve...
When she was seven, Hannah, the seventh of eight children, rode with her family in a covered wagon from Ohio to Michigan. Her younger brother, Freddy, age two, didn’t survive the trip. They say he was flat on his back in the wagon with fever, but the evening he died, he sat up...
[5]friend gave me (was it really over a dozen years ago?) for writing a blog was that the blog would serve as a journal of sorts for my life. As in, I would have a record, or at least a random sampling, of what was on my mind during a certain period of time. And now, tha...
near Lake Michigan. What turns out to be a celebratory day, quickly changes. Bored with the party, Helicity mounts her horse, Raven, and goes for a ride into the hillside. She reaches her favorite high spot to view the town, when she begins to notice the changes in the billowing clouds...
In May, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that public employers in the state can't offer health insurance to same-sex domestic partners, because of state law limiting marriage to one man and one woman. In New York last year, a state court ruled that a man couldn't recover workers' ...
A great Steven Spielberg film that features Holly Hunter, Richard Dreyfuss, and John Goodman. Adventure, romance, and ghosts all wrapped up in one.Trailer Link Fireplace and Melodies for the Holidays (Mood, 2h) 2011 Watch a fireplace crackle for two hours. Put it on as a joke or to make...
For many years, my family made the long drive to northern Michigan for Thanksgiving. My stepmom’s next door neighbor, who spent Thanksgivings in Ohio, would let us stay at her house. My stepmom and I used both kitchens to cook up enough dishes to cover a large table while my boys...
“It is a dollar a week. But tell you what. You drop a load of corncobs behind my outhouse and I’ll give you that subscription.” “If I had corncobs I wouldn’t need your newspaper.” This is an old joke, and we wonder about those cobs. Surely that would tear you up so bad...
SILVER: The Clubhouse Thief, by James Janko (Western Michigan University) BRONZE: Still Waters, by Barbara E. Bull (Cherry Point Publishing)Great Lakes – Best Regional Non-Fiction GOLD: Wonderous West Shore, by Todd and Brad Reed, (Todd & Brad Reed Photography) ...