By Patti SamarEditor/Publisher Last week, our community lost an icon, and Blue Water Woman magazine lost a cherished award recipient. Marguerite Stanley of Port Huron died August 15 at the age of 98. This past May, Marguerite received, along with her granddaughter, Haran Stanley, the Blue Water Woman Historian of the Year Award. And Marguerite … More Lessons Learned from Mother Stanley
Marcia Haynes has completed the “dash” of her life, and the Port Huron Area has lost one of its greatest champions. … More MARCIA HAYNES: Thank You for Being a Friend
A group of friends powers a sailboat trip with girl-power while celebrating Pam Wall’s exceptional sailing career on the Great Lakes. … More Sailing on Girl Power
42.9709° N, 82.4249° W Port Huron, Michigan On the opening day of Tiger Baseball, this seems an appropriate post: Last week, I spoke to a leadership class at a local high school. Our discussion led to whether or not men and women should be allowed to play on the same professional sports teams. The high … More Batter up!
44.6205° N, 88.7623° W Clintonville, Wisconsin Election night: A hard working woman – who once before had been defeated in a bid for a seat at the table – won election as the highest leader in the land in a landslide victory. Along with her win, smart, thoughtful, forward-thinking people swept the rest of the … More Hope in a Town Called Clintonville
43.0386° N, 82.4769° W Fort Gratiot, Michigan Catherine Duffy Houghton, 98, of Fort Gratiot, began her self-proclaimed “love affair” with trains when she took her first ride on one at the age of just two years old. Fate shined a bright light down on her when she grew up and married a man whose family … More Living a Meaningful Life
42.9709° N, 82.4249° W Port Huron, Michigan Diane Bauer has come full circle. When, as a young college graduate with a psychology degree in her back pocket, she accepted her first post-college job, she didn’t dream that over the next couple of decades she would be hired three times by the same organization. Bauer, a … More Coming Full Circle