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Marquette photographer B.F. Childs recalled
MARQUETTE -- Brainard Childs was born Oct. 17, 1842, in Windham County, Vermont. Supposedly his name was a misspelling of Bernard, and his middle name was alternately listed as Freeman and Freemont. He ended up going by his initials, "B.F." His early years were spent in Windham County and according to the 1860 Windham County census he was listed as an artist. Shortly after June 1861, B.F. enlisted in the U.S. Army. He served in the 2nd Vermont Infantry in the regimental band.
Whetstone Smith: A Marquette namesake
MARQUETTE -- Silas C. “Whetstone” Smith was born in 1811 in Vermont. He married Ursula Rouse in October 1842, and the couple went on to welcome two sons, William John and Charles Silas. In 1847 Silas left his home in Ohio to come to the Great Lakes region for his health. He later recounted "In the month of July 1848, I landed on the present site of the now prosperous city of Marquette. At that time the only building here was a little log house.
Mekong - Leben am großen Fluss
Am Südchinesischen Meer startet die Reise in Vietnam: Delfine, Meeresschildkröten und Seekühe leben hier paradiesisch im Archipel Con Dao. Doch die Teufelsinsel hat auch eine dunkle Seite. Weiter geht es ins Mekong-Delta, wo Vietnam fruchtbar wird. Inmitten der Reisfelder leben Wildtiere, die einst verloren geglaubt wurden.
Letter: Encouraging local stewardship through best management practices
DeKalb County has always taken pride in its rich agricultural heritage and the stewardship ethic shared by the farmers and landowners who care for our landscape. But the high-intensity rain events we’ve experienced in recent years have made one thing unmistakably clear: The way we manage our soil and water today will determine the health of our rivers, streams and communities for decades to come. These storms are no longer rare.
EcoWater Reviews | BestCompany.com
EcoWater Systems has been in business since 1925, and is now one of the world’s largest manufacturers of residential water treatment systems. There are over 500 EcoWater dealers worldwide. The company’s goal is to enhance quality of life. thumb_up The Good EcoWater Pro Finder Diagnose Water Feature Easy Installation EcoWater makes it really easy to find a professional in your area that carries EcoWater products.
Dean E. Johnson's letter: I endorse Justin Ask for mayor
As we prepare and approach the 2026 Fall Elections to include federal, state, and local offices, I believe it is important that we do our homework and vet the different candidates for the respective offices. For 40 years I recruited and interviewed candidates for the Minnesota Legislature, U of Minnesota Board of Regents and Military Officers. Vision, character, and one's past history are very important and tell of one's future performance.
NJDOC, Give Back Partner To Provide Support For Children Of Incarcerated Persons
By: Dean Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor-in-Chief BRIDGETON, N.J. – The New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) and Give Something Back (Give Back) have announced a partnership to support youth affected by incarceration through long-term coaching and mentoring to create pathways to stability, education, and success.
Bridgeton Mural Brings Messages Of Peace, Hope, And Community
By: Dean Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor-In-Chief BRIDGETON, N.J. – On the retaining wall that borders St. Mary’s Cemetery in Bridgeton and Penn Street, instead of symbols of peace and hope, the wall was littered with symbols of gangs, violence, and death. But that was before. In collaboration with the City of Bridgeton, the wall received a makeover fitting for the consecrated site and the community.
Saddle Creek signs Dean Johnson; new music from Kyle Harvey, Thalia Zedek, Tune-Yards, Car Seat Headrest, Shunkan… - Lazy-i
by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.com Well, I was beginning to think Saddle Creek Records was becoming a purely nostalgia-based label. For the past couple months our hometown record label has solely announced reissues. First were The Faint reissues of classic albums Blank-Wave Arcade (originally released in 1999) and Wet From Birth (2004), both out March 14.
COMMENTARY: September 11: Telling Stories To Never Forget
By: Dean Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor-in-Chief There are stories families tell again and again. It’s an oral tradition that keeps the past alive so that it may be a cherished memory or serve as a cautionary tale. One story I’ve been telling my children for the past 23 years is what happened on September 11, 2001. At that time, only three of my five children were born. Two were in elementary and one was not quite a year old, so have scant memories of the tragic events. And so I tell them.
South Jersey Singer-Songwriter Series: Jason Ager Does Stupid Things
By: Dean Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor-in-Chief South Jersey Singer-Songwriter Series features profiles on active singer-songwriters living, working, and performing in the South Jersey area. While we all do stupid things from time to time that we don’t like to admit, but for local perennial singer-songwriter Jason Ager, it’s just another reason to write a song.
Connecting NJ Hosts ‘Partners In Parenting,’ Sharing Resources For Community Health
By: Dean Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor-in-Chief SALEM, N.J. – Community members in Salem were able to learn more about local resources available to help with keeping their families healthy. Partners in Parenting, hosted by ACENDA, took place at Fenwick Plaza on West Broadway Wednesday, August 21.
Back-To-School Bash Helps Students Get Ready For A Strong School Start
By: Dean Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor-in-Chief SALEM, N.J. – Community Promise Academy with the support from Give Something Back and Stand Up For Salem, hosted a Back-to-School Bash on Monday, August 19 to help local families and kids get ready for a strong start to the new school year.
Bikepacking the Hume & Hovell (Video)
Last month, Chris Russell and Nathan Ferguson mapped a bikepacking route loosely following the Hume and Hovell Track. Their 400-kilometer ride passed through some of the most stunning landscapes of New South Wales, Australia, and they recently released an impressive 34-minute video documenting their travels.
Road construction not so different from conversion
Over the past nearly quarter of a century, I have experienced the fast, furious, and, at times, snail-paced tempest that is the 295/76/42 corridor on my daily commute to and from work. Over the past 11 years (yes, this road project began in 2013), I have watched the ongoing construction, deconstruction and reconstruction of that vehicular vortex referred to officially as the Direct Connection project in Bellmawr.
Stand Up For Salem Preserves Historic Site To Teach Preservation Trades
By: Dean P. Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor-in-Chief SALEM, N.J. – The Salem community was invited recently to revisit a local landmark that had been sitting in disrepair for years. The JC Penny building on the corner of East Broadway and Walnut Street is being rehabbed into a community space where unique trades used in old house preservation will be taught. The work is led by Stand Up For Salem (SUFS), a nonprofit organization first launched in 1988.
Nothing Says Summer Like The Jersey Tomato
Commentary By: Dean P. Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor New Jersey is known for many things: miles of sandy beaches, Washington crossing the Delaware, the Jersey Devil, traffic circles, and bad jokes. But there’s one thing that, although most other states have it, is just not the same if it is not a Jersey: the tomato. Legend has it that the first tomato eaten in America was right here in New Jersey.
NJ First Lady Tammy Murphy Hosts Salem Family Festival, Highlights Family Services
By: Dean P. Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor-in-Chief SALEM, N.J. – Under overcast skies and dodging passing showers, hundreds of Salem county residents walked along Market Street in Salem visiting the dozens of booths centered around health and family services at the Salem Family Festival on Saturday, June 24. Hosted by New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy and Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers, the event featured free food, music, face painting, raffle prizes, and more.
My Speech To The Graduating Class Of 2023
Commentary By: Dean P. Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor-In-Chief Since it is now obvious to me that my invitations to speak at any graduation ceremony had been lost in the mail, I shall address the speech I had written in anticipation of said invitations to all graduates of the Class of 2023. Graduates: Today you find yourself at the end of one seemingly long journey and at the beginning of an assuredly longer one. Yet, these two journeys are far more alike than they appear.
Alternate Route Leads To Regaining Time
Commentary By: Dean P. Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor-In-Chief Living in a state where your alternate route needs an alternate route, one must not let a little highway congestion develop into a serious road condition which is easier said than done when recent studies by and the CoPilot research show that we New Jerseyans sat in traffic for what would be equal to three work weeks annually in 2021 and 2022.
Lending a helping hand
The City of Adelaide and Adelaide Hills Council recently worked with Berri Barmera Council to support the State Emergency Service in building a 350 metre levee at Berri.“Our people sacrificing family time to join in and help the State Emergency Service and Berri Barmera Council, demonstrates what community spirit is all about.“Over 25 councils and regional LGAs have assisted affected councils and the State Emergency Service during this emergency through offering skills-based support, loan of...
Trying To Fit In Ends In A Hand-Me-Downer
Commentary By: Dean P. Johnson, Follow South Jersey Managing Editor I’ll never forget my sixth grade teacher, Mrs. What’s-Her-Name, because her prominent overbite was always tinted red from the lipstick she abused. Sixth grade. When half of the kids are still playing with toys and the other half are starting to play with each other. Sixth grade. It was in the sixth grade when I first learned that hand-me-downs are the barometers to real friendship. Art and I were best friends.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Author Q&A: Dean Allan Johnson (Miracle Boat)
Dean Allan Johnson lives with his family of five in Huntsville, Alabama. As a graduate of Mississippi State and Beeson Divinity School at Samford University, he has served in various roles of ministry and business. As a writer, speaker, and photographer, he enjoys sharing his life experiences walking with God to help others make the most of their time on Earth. In this interview, Dean talks with us about his new book, Miracle Boat.
Christian Fiction Authors, Writers Who Create Parables, Allegories and other Inspirational Narrative
Dean Allan Johnson lives with his family of five in Huntsville, Alabama. As a graduate of Mississippi State and Beeson Divinity School at Samford University, he has served in various roles of ministry and business. As a writer, speaker, and photographer, he enjoys sharing his life experiences walking with God to help others make the most of their time on Earth. He enjoys fishing the lakes of North Alabama and studying aerospace history.
Miracle Boat | Family Fiction
Miracle Boat Dean Allan Johnson Emerald House Genres: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Release Date: July 26, 2022 ISBN-10: 1649602146 ISBN-13: 978-1649602145 Book Summary: Dalton Russell is a man broken-hearted by loss due to suicide. He grapples with his own inner demons and feelings of abandonment. After his best friend also commits suicide, he inherits a boat, but not just any boat. Dalton soon discovers the boat left by his friend has an incredible secret.
Susan Datko letter: Please control your dog
Like many Willmar residents, I am a dog owner. I walk my dog in the Garfield and Jefferson area. Twice in the last week, a large German Shepherd has gotten away from the young boy holding the leash and chased down my dog and me while we were on Kandiyohi Avenue near 11th and 13th Street. The young boy and young girl companion (also with a large dog) were able to catch up and pull the German Shepherd off my dog and me the first time this happened before there were any injuries.
Dean E. Johnson letter: Kudos to the Willmar Senior High School Band
Congratulations to Bryan Mara and the Willmar Senior High School Band on May 30’s Memorial Day performance! You were indeed impressive to the entire community and all in attendance. Furthermore, the conduct and behavior of each student was stellar. This kind of attitude and respect gives us great confidence for the future. To Mr. Mara as their instructor, we as a community are most appreciative and grateful for your mentoring our young people.
VIDEO: Watch two trains derail near Frazee on Feb. 17 in newly released garage camera video Original
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (Feb. 19, 2022) — Newly released video from nearby garage camera captured the moment two Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight trains derailed west of Frazee, Minn., on Feb. 17. The video shows a eastbound freight train traveling at a high rate of speed as it passes another locomotive. Train cars begin to derail and topple into each other causing a pile up of more than 20 train cars; blocking rail traffic in both directions.
Letter: Quick action by Detroit Lakes police, ambulance crew saved our son's life
Last Saturday morning, our son's breathing stopped along with a stopped heart at his home in Detroit Lakes. Emergency 911 was called, and within a couple of minutes a Detroit Lakes police officer arrived, just before St. Mary's EMS. They immediately applied CPR and an automated external defibrillator (AED) was used to restart the heart, along with a nebulizer to assist his breathing. He was brought to Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital, then flown by medical helicopter to Essentia Health in Fargo.
Letters: Bystanders turned a bad experience into a good one
Recently I stopped into a crowded LaBarista for lunch. I ordered my favorite cold sandwich and looked at interesting Detroit Lakes magazines as I ate. Two ladies sat at the table next to me. After finishing half the sandwich and taking a couple bites of the other half, I donned my coat, picked up the plastic sandwich container, tucked the magazines beneath the container and, with my purse, headed out. The magazines and food container had different ideas.
South Jersey Singer-Songwriter Series: Jason Ager Looks At 40
By: Dean P. Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor Jason Ager carrying his tools of his trade. Photo credit: Justin Trawick. South Jersey Singer-Songwriter Series will feature profiles on active singer-songwriters living, working, and performing in the South Jersey area. PITMAN, N.J. – Turning the page of the calendar to another trip around the sun often compels people to reflect where they’ve been, where they are, and where they’re going.
GivingTuesday Offers Opportunity For Our Society To Become A Fezziwig
Commentary By: Dean P. Johnson, Editor, Follow South Jersey In Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, the narrator describes Ebenezer Scrooge as “a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone…a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had struck out generous fire.” Scrooge’s sole purpose was to accumulate and hoard wealth.
Honeysuckle memories and a reflection on the Eucharist
“I began to think about that time I first encountered honeysuckle, and then another thought came to me: the Eucharist. I thought about how during the quarantine and stay-at-home orders, many Catholics have been unable to partake of the Eucharist beyond a Spiritual Communion.” As I passed by a fenced-in wooded area on a run the other morning, I caught a sweet scent so powerful that it brought me to a complete standstill. Honeysuckle. That scent brought me immediately back to elementary school.
Improving Your Cybersecurity Strategy with Automated SecOps
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It Has Been A Year
Commentary By: Dean P. Johnson, Follow South Jersey Writer/Editor It has been a year. I mean that literally and quite figuratively. It has been a year. I remember last January and February, watching the news and reading news updates online about this thing called coronavirus. I remember watching maps of the world showing the rapid spread as color coded hot spots crept closer and closer to the US. Then, once it hit the West Coast, watching it manifest its destiny east.
Black History Must Outreach A Single Month
Commentary By: Dean P. Johnson Now that we are midway through Black History Month, many classroom teachers across the country are finishing up their lessons on Martin Luther King, Jr., Frederick Douglas, and Rosa Parks. Teachers will soon put aside their slideshows, word searches, and crossword puzzles about Eli Whitney and Harriet Tubman and Jackie Robinson for another year.
Bygone Valentine’s Day Disasters Provoke Lingering Trepidation
Commentary By: Dean P. Johnson Like many rationally thinking individuals, the advent of Valentine’s Day always gives me a feeling of uneasiness or perhaps even terror. My reasons for my trepidation about Valentine’s Dar are many, and while I could go as far back as to third grade and the Donald Duck Valentine card incident of 1973, for brevity I’ll start a little later. On Valentine’s Day, 1979, I decided to write a poem to Candy for Valentine’s Day.
During Unexpected Times, Hold Onto Kindness And Compassion
Commentary By: Dean P. Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor As the end of the college semester approaches, a semester that held challenges and frustrations well beyond academia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students can be found frantically cramming for exams and furiously writing papers, many doing so in isolation. Regardless of whether it’s in person or online, though, there’s nothing quite like the feeling of finishing those last fall semester finals.
Skipping Holiday Traditions This Year Is Something We Can Be Thankful About
Commentary By: Dean P. Johnson, Follow South Jersey Editor If Murphy’s Law holds any gravy, we shouldn’t be too surprised when things do not go exactly the way we had hoped or planned or are used to, especially during this holiday season. Here in New Jersey, Murphy’s Law has taken on a whole new meaning. With people encouraged not to travel and families being told to not gather outside those who live in the household, it is difficult for some to see anything to be thankful for or joyous about.
Placerville prepares for path of totality
Hotel rooms and campsites are in high demand, many already sold out for this once in a lifetime event. If you’re still looking, you may find a little luck in Boise County. Not since Y2K has there been a build-up that compares to the total solar eclipse. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flock to Idaho next month because the state sits right in the path of totality. Hotel rooms and campsites are in high demand, many are already sold out for this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Post Notes: Spring Grove American Legion Post 249
Submitted by Dean Johnson My Brother has transferred to Post Everlasting. Larry William Johnson passed away at his home at Indian Springs Nevada on January 29. He went away quietly in his sleep while taking a nap. He was 71 years old. He did not have an easy life. He served as a forward air controller/artillery observer with the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines during 1969 In Vietnam. He would not have had to go.
Widener University reflects on the Harlem Renaissance and W.E.B. Du Bois | Opinion
In the early 1880’s, less than two decades from the time of enslavement, a 14-year-old African American teenager growing up in Great Barrington, Mass., begins to write articles for his local paper. The articles, historian Randall Westbrook recounts, “begin feeding the world of the African American Black person.” As these articles are published, the power of the teen’s words “explode across the American landscape, providing passing glances into what freedom might be,” Westbrook says.
Ruins of South Jersey: The Cedar Tree
By: Dean P. Johnson The woods we once traipsed for that Christmas prize. GRAVELLY RUN, N.J. — There are moments in our lives that at the time are so insignificant, they seem hardly worth mentioning let alone fodder for the development of our whole being. Yet these funny little episodes that occur in places that barely resemble their former selves can have an unmistakable imprint on who we are and what we’ve become.
Ruins of South Jersey: The Art of Cleaving
By: Dean P. Johnson Ruins of South Jersey is an occasional column featuring places that are now remnants of their former selves along with their stories, both historical and personal. If you know of a place that you would like to see featured here, and you have a good yarn to tell about it, email your idea to Dean P. Johnson at dean.p.johnson@comcast.net. The other morning while I was out taking a run, I caught a strong scent of smoke – oaky sweet with hints of hickory.
The need to forgive others, even other drivers
Recently, as my wife and I were driving through center city Camden during rush hour, I spotted in the rearview mirror a white sedan that had clearly seen better days, driving quite erratically. It was zig-zagging through slow moving traffic, at times riding on the shoulder, nearly on the sidewalk. At one point a pickup truck nearly collided with a third car avoiding the wild driver.
Pastor's column: Is it possible to not seek revenge
Dean Johnson, Cultural Relevancy Published 10:45 a.m. ET July 10, 2019 The Rev. Dean Johnson (Photo: Submitted) One of the chief tenets of Christian ethics is to not strike back against someone who hurts you. The Apostle Paul says in Romans chapter 12, “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.
Ruins of South Jersey: Yesterday’s Stops
Portions of the Shore Mall before its closing and partial demolition. Ruins of South Jersey is a regular column featuring places that are now remnants of their former selves along with their stories, both historical and personal. If you know of a place that you would like to see featured here, and you have a good yarn to tell about it, email your idea to Dean P. Johnson at dean.p.johnson@comcast.net. By: Dean P. Johnson I had done it yet again.
Ruins of South Jersey: The Trestle
Photo by Joseph P. Klapatch Ruins of South Jersey is a regular column featuring places that are now remnants of their former selves along with their stories, both historical and personal. If you know of a place that you would like to see featured here, and you have a good yarn to tell about it, email your idea to Dean P. Johnson at dean.p.johnson@comcast.net. By: Dean P.
Do dignity and equality matter as Americans go gray? | Opinion
Retirement is risky business for anyone. While most retired households appear to have enough income at least to cover the cost of housing, food, and health care, fifty-five percent of these homes are actually at risk each month of not being able to cover “essential living expenses.” And if even homes in the middle are at risk, what happens in homes in the not so middle?
Verify: Turning off or leaving on your AC in the summer?
VERIFY Do you save money by turning off your AC or do you spend more trying to cool your home quickly after a day in the heat? With triple digit temperatures forecasted, we know air conditioners are working overtime. However, should you keep the AC on even when you’re not at home? When it comes to cost, even KTVB was split on the idea. Do you save money by turning it off or do you spend more trying to cool your home quickly after a day in the heat? It’s a question KTVB verified.
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