Author: normalmarlon
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St. Joseph County Ballot Study Guide
Click for early voting info! Find your sample ballot on Ballotpedia. Federal U.S. House Indiana District 2 Purpose: Represents the congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Responsible for voting on federal legislation, setting federal budgets, introducing bills, and assisting constituents with federal agency matters. Rudy Yakym (Incumbent) – Republican Party Jamee Decio –…
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1st Round Voting Ends the 15th
Top Host Round 1 Voting Voting for Round 1 ends Thursday, 10/15 at 7pm PDT (10pm EDT). You can vote once per day for free, but if you’d like to place additional votes, you are able to do so with an accompanying donation. Vote here or click on the photo below! Lip Sync With Our…
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October 2026 Update
Exciting things are happening, so I wanted to share an update of a couple events that could use your support as well as organizations that you may have not heard about! Lip Sync With Our Stars For this year’s Lip Sync With Our Stars, hosted by the Center for the Homeless, Jaime Murphy, Director of…
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ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence at SBCT
As a recipient on the South Bend Civic Theatre‘s email list, I found out about this event a week or two before and took advantage of the free ticket on a night I was kid-free. Free theatre? Plays written by teens? As a movement to end gun violence? Having the availability, I couldn’t pass it…
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Protected: Special Offer for Michiana Saver Clients
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Learning about the world
I had some questions about things, so I’ve been doing more reading about Palestine/Israel/Hamas/Gaza Strip/West Bank/Anti-Semitism/Anti-Zionism. Here are a few pieces I read for understanding: https://www.un.org/unispal/history/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgr71z0jp4o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgp5z1vvj5o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyv7w3gdy2o https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/what-is-zionism https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47828 https://www.cjpme.org/mapss#:~:text=Israel%20(shown%20in%20yellow%2C%20at,Syrian%20Golan%20Heights%20(green). And here are my thoughts about it. I didn’t understand that conflict and factions enough, but after…wait for it…some research, I’ve come to…
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Coffee Shop Congressman
This morning while eating my biscuits and gravy I noticed an individual walk in that looked familiar but couldn’t remember from where. Finally, it came to me: I found him in my mailbox on a campaign mailer. I was in the same room as Congressman Rudy Yakym from Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District. Oh, he doesn’t…
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Andrews University: Museum of Natural History
Berrien Springs is a small town with a population of about 2,000 people (as of 2020) about 15 miles from St. Joseph, Michigan. On Old 31 in Berrien Springs is Andrews University, a small private college with just under 3,000 students (as of 2022). Whether or not you subscribe to the beliefs of their Seventh…
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Feature Blog: Heartland Art Center
In the heart of downtown Plymouth, with a prime location on the main strip, is the Heartland Art Center. According the Society of Architectural Historians, the three-story building at 214 N Michigan St was originally opened in 1926 as the first-ever retail outlet store for Montgomery Ward. Nearly a century later, I had the chance…
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Casual Chats: Heartland Art Center
Website: www.HeartlandArtGallery.com Email: HeartlandArtistsGallery@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heartlandartgallery Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartlandartcenter/
