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Douglas Lee Beard, age 80, passed away on Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 at the Evangelical Home in Saline, Michigan.
Doug was born on June 17th, 1943 in Lansing, Michigan to the late Walter and Nadine (Griffith) Beard. Doug served 8 years in the Air Force deployed to Turkey and the Azores.
In 1964 he married and is survived by Judy Meyers Beard. In 2005 he married the late Wanda Macomber. Doug is survived by his children; Margaret Beard, William (Laura) Beard, and Douglas W. (Kyla) Beard, and multiple grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Also surviving are his sisters, Sally (Timothy) Sujek and Alice (Martin) Jannereth, special cousin Deb Eiseler, several nieces and nephews, and his fun friends at City Limits Diner.
Music was a very important part of Doug’s life starting at a young age, in church and school choirs, and as a main character role in Sexton High School’s production of Oklahoma. Doug enjoyed piano lessons which led to learning to play the organ with the help of Dr. Richard Klausli of Plymouth Congregational Church. With fellow musician and friend, Doug Cogger, the two Dougs entertained seniors at the Evangelical home in Saline and at community Christmas festivities. He also served as organist at Sharon United Methodist Church in Manchester.
Doug was involved in youth scouting which led to decades of volunteering with the Boy Scout Program where he received the highest volunteer award given: The Silver Beaver Award.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. at the Robison-Bahnmiller Funeral Home in Saline. Funeral Services will take place at 12:00 P.M. with Deacon Doug Cummings officiating. Military Honors will be held under the auspices of the Washtenaw County Veteran’s Honor Guard. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of Michigan and envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Inurnment will take place at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, MI, at a later date. To sign Doug’s guestbook, to leave a memory, or for more information please visit www.rbfhsaline.com.
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No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,