October 5, 2005 RSS feed / Columns

Rexton-Garnet By Linda Livermore

595-7283 If you are not absolutely delighted in the weather we have been having, then you need to take off the blinders. What an awesome display of fall in all of the various shades of greens, orange, red, and yellow. Pure U.P. More...

Les Cheneaux By Helen Shoberg

484-2626 mink@cedarville.net Last week as I was walking along the sidewalk in Hessel, I noted a beautiful, flowering vine. It was loaded with clumps of pretty, white flowers. I tried to find out what it was, but no one seemed to know. More...

Brevort By Lois Movalson

292-5581 John and Pega Kennedy celebrated their anniversary September 28 by spending the evening in Mackinaw City and then the next day on Mackinac Island, doing all the tourist things such as a carriage ride and other activities one does on More...

Demystifying Slots Myths

DEAL ME IN

Dear Mark, Does it make any difference on a slot machine if I pull the handle or push the spin button? If a machine recently hit for a decent sized jackpot, should I avoid that machine? More...

Engadine Consolidated Schools

The first six-week marking period for the elementary will end October 7. Report cards for the elementary, grades kindergarten through sixth, will be sent home October 14. More...

Gould City By Marilyn McNeil

477-6925 donmar@lighthouse.net The weather has been wonderful, with warm days and cool nights, and the leaves are starting to turn some beautiful colors. The back side of this is what comes "after" the leaves fall. More...

DeTour Area By Barbara Buschbacher

297-8075 bbann@sault.com The beautiful fall weather we More...

Engadine By Julie Freeman

477-6959 jf@portup.com Spending a day at the beach, in shorts and swimming suits, was something many of us did a lot this summer. Who would have thought it would continue into October? More...

DNR Tracks EAB, Other Pests in U.P. Forests

Using airplanes, satellites, ground surveys, networks of permanent plots, and calls from concerned citizens, Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) forest health specialists, working in cooperation with universities, the U.S. More...

Looking Back

115 Years Ago Saturday, October 8, 1890 The steamers More...