Keeping Kids Safe
Community workers and schools team up with parents to teach little ones about safety
by Laura Wells
Young children do not instinctively walk around a pool. They follow smiling strangers. And in the horrible case of a home fire, a firefighter’s hulking frame and noisy mask can be terrifying rather than relieving. Children need to be taught about safety.
Paws to Read
Pooches help kids read better
by Andrea Deering
For dog lovers, there is nothing better than coming home from a long, tough day at work and being greeted by enthusiastic barks and a wagging tail. Research has shown that dogs and other pets can play a significant role in reducing stress and anxiety, slowing down the heart rate, and, in general, improving a person’s quality of life. Some dogs take this role to a new level by becoming therapy or service dogs. These soothers of the body, mind, and spirit work in a variety of capacities. Therapy dogs work to improve humans’ emotional well-being while service dogs help humans in a physical way.
Read more...So You Wanna Be an Author?
Five local writers share their path to getting published
by Dianne Engelhardt
The economic downturn has caused job losses, health concerns, financial dilemmas, marital and family problems, and even anger issues—difficulties that have left many of us feeling anxious or depressed.
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Huron Shore
Magazine
Bird's Eye View
Bring your binoculars for spectacular bird watching along the Saginaw Bay shoreline
by Bill Diller
Sunken Treasure
Lost with potentially 30 barrels of silver aboard, the R.G. Coburn is Lake Huron’s treasure ship
by Janis Stein
Built in 1870 in Marine City for E.B. Ward’s Lake Superior Line, advertisements of the day touted the steamer R.G. Coburn as possessing “all the late improvements for the better safety and security of passengers.” Before her launch the Toledo Blade reported, the Coburn “has water-tight compartments, and when completed will be one of the most perfect steamers afloat on our inland seas.”
Read more...A Renaissance Craftsman Makes Sweet Music
by Mollie Schweppe
When Elwin Knepp walks through his woods just north of AuGres, he sees much more than the colorful foliage of a Michigan autumn. In an ash tree he envisions the hourglass-shaped body of a mountain dulcimer. In the cherry tree nearby he spies an exquisite finishing trim. And the maple tree with the crooked trunk? That just might produce the perfect grain for his next Spanish guitar.
At Home in the
Great Lakes Bay
Fabulous Floors
New products join classics to help you create durable, versatile style underfoot
by Marianne C. Bird
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It's Show Time!
With options to fit every budget, audio-visual integration enhances your home-entertainment experience
by JD Polzin
So here you are, ready to upgrade your home with some new technology. The trouble is that you think Blu-ray is something from Star Wars, and the representative at the TV shop is drowning you in liquid crystal and plasma display information. With so many audio-visual choices out there for your home theater, what do you do?
Remodel Financing
How to finance your home-remodeling project
by Laurie A. Hileman
For those of us without the spare cash to plunk down for our next home-remodeling project, financing through a local lending institution can bring us one step closer to realizing our own slice of HGTV heaven.
