The Good Hope Sodbuster Days Festival Committee would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their generous donations to this year’s 34th annual Good Hope Sodbuster Days Festival.

Now in its sixth year, it appears more people are beginning to recognize Juneteenth in Macomb.  The crowd was visibly larger Saturday in Chandler Park than it was in previous years.

Having choices is always good for a community. This community is made up of a variety of populations with diverse tastes and needs when it comes to what kind of news they want served up on a daily basis.
We at the Macomb Journal look forward to our new partnership with our friends at the Macomb Eagle. We pledge to continue serving the diversity of our community through both publications and to be flexible enough to adapt to the changing needs of  our  community over time.

In response to Galen Weitkamp’s letter of June 11, which questions limiting marriage to the God ordained institution which is to be between only a man and a woman.

What’s in a name?  It’s nice when we honor significant people by naming a building or center after them.  But the tendency of owners to insist on using the full names borders on the annoying at times.

Much has been written over the past several months about food price increases.  Reporters, and even some food retailers, seem to be quick to blame ethanol production for the current situation.

I was watching the dogs play after work Monday night. Suddenly, I heard a horrible gut wrenching scream. There, convulsing on the floor, with his head stretched clear back to his tail was Maddox, my nine month old Pomeranian.

WMEC and local television needs your help! Faced with timetable demands for digitization that are enormously expensive, WMEC, our regional public television source must raise funds within weeks.

This letter is to dispel rumors being spread about our business and to apprise the public of what our business is about.
Contrary to the rumor of our business closing,

About a week ago, the Fox Network reran an episode of "The Simpsons" which offered an homage to a Sunday night television series that had existed 17 years before the creation of the prime time animated series.

On May 24, 2008, the Macomb Police Department held the 29th Annual Scott Jennings Memorial Children’s Fishing Contest at Spring Lake Park. Nearly 90 children participated in the event and enjoying a morning of fishing with family and friends.

I should think it would be prudent for someone to have a file labeled "Parks." That file should contain copies or summaries of all city ordinances, agreements, policies, whatever has to do with city parks.  An up to date file saves a lot of under-the-gun searching.

Kudos to Tim Howe, Macomb City Arborist, and his crew for the quick response to the trees in the streets of northwest Macomb after the Tuesday, June 3, storm.

Ms. Elaine Vanni suggests in her letter of June 3, that marriage should be legally restricted to what she takes to be God’s conception of that institution.

Those who don’t follow local government closely might not understand the recent controversy between the Macomb Park District and the City of Macomb. The Park District is charged with maintaining parks within Macomb, and it levies property taxes for that purpose to the maximum allowed by law, funding nine full-time, year-around employees in addition to seasonal workers.