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About 100 people visited the Rentschler Farm Museum on a warm Sunday afternoon in Saline.
"It's been a good, steady turnout," said Bob Lane, who dutifully clicked every time a person, family or friends entered the property to tour the museum.

One of the most popular attractions for kids was the table where they painted pumpkins.

Meanwhile, members of the Saline Fiddlers plucked, strummed and sawed their hearts out for the appreciative audience.

Volunteers provided donuts and cider from Coleman's Farm.

Wilma Armbruster Trachet and Elaine Masters showed off their quits in front of the historic photos in one of the barns.

Sheep provided by the Drake farm are always a big attraction.

Shepherd Jim Peters.

The sheep stayed out of the sun.

Doug Elfring watches over the sheep.

The scarecrow watches over the Rentscher Farm garden.

Scott Ackling provided a tractor and took the guests on wagon rides.

After an afternoon of fiddling, a wagon ride seemed like a good idea.


The dining room table was set in the farmhouse.

The old phone on the farmhouse.

Flourine and Al Rentschler are pictured. Al lived in the farmhouse as a child.


Marcia and Scott Ackling are pictured with the tractor they donated for the event.

Kids shell corn under the supervision of Jim Roth.


Angie Austin reads while working in the Rentschler Farm gift shop.
Light snow, with a high of 36 and low of 18 degrees. Patchy rain nearby during the morning, light snow during the afternoon, cloudy in the evening, moderate snow overnight.
Whitmer is simply wrong on this one. The data centers are neither a benefit nor desired by local residents. That should be all that needs to be said. Two people/entities will benefit - the landowner receiving the windfall payment and DTE. The rest of us will pay a very heavy and undesired price for their gains.
Not all residents are against it. Private land sold by the owners will of course benefit them, it is supposed to. An entire community trying to dictate who they can sell their property to, for aesthetic reasons of a “farming community,” is ridiculous.
Here's the thing, Libby. Most of these land grabs require rezoning that conflicts with the Master Plan developed by elected officials and reflective of the wishes of others who have invested in and live in the community.