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August 4, 2005 / Columns

Poker Beantown Style

DEAL ME IN

Mark Pilarski

Dear Mark, Do you know anything about a game called Boston Five Card? More...

Les Cheneaux By Helen Shoberg

484-2626 mink@cedarville.net The annual Antique Wooden Boat Show is just around the corner. Antique boat buffs are busy preparing their lovely old boats for that occasion. More...

Mackinac Island By Jeannette Doud

847-3301 It More...

Looking Back

Compiled by Ryan Schlehuber

115 Years Ago Saturday, August 2, 1890 The diamond drill is working night and day in the vicinity of Point Aux Chein, and some very rich deposits of gypsum have been located. More...

Engadine By Julie Freeman

477-6959 jf@portup.com August is here and it came in with a boom. We could go without the thunder and lightning, but the well-needed rain was definitely welcome. More...

Brevort

By Lois Movalson 292-5581 The summer weather continues on and on. More...

DeTour Area By Barbara Buschbacher

297-8075 bbann@sault.com Welcome to the month of August. One realizes summer is drawing to a close when school supplies are being advertised. But it is still summer and we have a whole lot of summer time living to do, so enjoy. More...

Gould City By Marilyn McNeil

477-6925 donmar@lighthouse.net We certainly can%27t complain about not having a summer this year. It really has been summer weather, but with a small quantity of rain. Some days have been so hot that it was not comfortable to be outdoors. More...

Outdoors with Gordie

Are you an angler who does a lot of fishing for trout by wading off into a rapid-filled stream? Here is something to remember: Fishing can be a more hazardous pastime than hunting will ever be. More...

Looking Back at Businessman’s Advice on Upper Michigan Tourism in the Late 1930s

This 1938 article was submitted to The St. Ignace News by Arlene Eby of St. Ignace, who received it from Marion Nelson of St. Ignace. Mrs. Nelson found the piece of newspaper when she was cleaning out boxes of old papers. More...