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Locals on the Bay, Bayside Live
Evashevski, Ramblers To Play This Week
     Emily Evashevski of St. Ignace will be featured in a Locals on the Bay concert Wednesday, August 9, at 7 p.m. at St. Ignace Marina.
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Magician To Perform at LibraryWed.
     Gordon the Magician will perform for children Wednesday, August 9, at 7 p.m. at St. Ignace Public Library. The magic show is free of charge.
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This Year's Pickford Hay Days Is a Celebration of 'Home'
By Amy Polk
     The scene in Watson's Shoe Store window shows children playing with old fashioned toys at home, activities for rainy days. A nearby sign reads, "There's No Place Like Home."
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Project Backpack Now Taking Donations
     About 70 students in St. Ignace Area Schools and Gros Cap School are on a list to receive school supply donations from Project Backpack, which is currently matching sponsors and families, said Ronda Engle, community outreach worker with the Department of Human Services in Mackinac County.
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Robert, Mildred Fountain Mark 50th Anniversary
     Robert and Mildred Fountain of Cedarville will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary August 12, with a small family gathering on Hill Island in Cedarville.
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Smiths Celebrate 50th Anniversary
     Terry and Sharon (nee Erskine) Smith of Evergreen Shores were married on August 25, 1956, at the Erskine residence in Allenville, and are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
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Don, Zoe Olmstead Celebrate 50th Anniversary With Family
     At left: Four generations from the Don and Zoe Olmstead family
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Youth Represent Pickford on Hay Days Court
     The 2006 Hay Days Court includes (front row, from left) Chelsea Belonga, 2006 Queen Kaylynn
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180 Children Enjoy Free Day at Zoo
     More than 180 children enjoyed free admission to GarLyn Zoo at Naubinway for its first Kids' Day Celebration Saturday, August 5.
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Beach Chickens, Sault Swing Band To Perform at This Year's Boat Show
     Performances by local musicians will provide the entertainment for this year's Les Cheneaux Antique Wooden Boat Show. The Beach Chickens will play Friday night, while Hessel native Callie Hausler and the Sault Swing Band will perform Saturday.
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Bible School Offered at Kincheloe
     Kincheloe's Northern Light Assembly of God will hold a vacation bible school for children called the "Arctic Edge: Where Adventure Meets Courage," from Monday, August 14, through Friday, August 18.
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Jazz Band To Play in Mackinaw City
     Music in Mackinaw will feature Northwest Academy Pine River Jazz Saturday, August 12, at 8 p.m. at Conkling Heritage Park in Mackinaw City. The concert is free of charge.
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Moose Lodge To Host Fish Dinner Sunday
     The Moose Lodge 999 in St. Ignace will host a lake perch and whitefish dinner from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, August 13. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Lodge's Kid's Fund, which provides money for the various children's activities the lodge hosts througout the year.
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Kevin LeBlanc's 'Gift of Life' Gives Others Second Chance
Michigan Residents Await Transplants
     and decision to donate has given others a second chance at life. Kevin LeBlanc, 43, of Sault Ste. Marie, passed away at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie August 1, 2006, following a sudden respiratory and cardiac arrest July 28. He had made his wishes known to his wife and family that he des
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'La Traviata' To Be Performed
     The three-act opera "La Traviata," composed by Giuseppe Verdi, will be performed at the Cheboygan Opera House Saturday, August 12, and Sunday, August 13.
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'Dinner with the John Johnstons' Playing at LSSU
     "Dinner with the John Johnstons," a play about an 1823 dinner party featuring many Sault Ste. Marie residents of 1823, will be performed Friday, August 18, and Saturday, August 19, at 6 p.m. at the Lake Superior State University Cisler Center Crow's Nest in Sault Ste. Marie.
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LaSalle High School Class of 1956 Reunited at St. Ignace
     Members of the LaSalle High School Class of 1956 gathered for a reunion Friday, August 4, and Saturday, August 5. Forty-three of the 71 classmates attended reunion events at Little Bear East Conference Center and St. Ignace Golf Course.
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Dr. Armour To Sign Books Wednesday
     David Armour will sign books he has written about the Mackinac area from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Colonial Michilimackinac Visitors Center in Mackinaw City Wednesday, August 9.
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Rep. Stupak Visits St. Ignace Seniors
     Congressman Bart Stupak enjoyed a quick lesson in the card
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Coach Steve Balyo To Speak Monday
     will be the featured speaker at the Mackinaw Area Historical Society's monthly meeting Monday, August 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Mackinaw City Library.
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Elijah Stage-Harvey
     Elijah Kirtis Stage Harvey was born to Pastor Tari and Kirt StageHarvey of St. Ignace August 4, 2006, at 10:05 a.m. at Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. He weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 20.75 inches in length at birth. He is welcomed by sisters Hannah, 5, and Sophia, 3.
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Asa Kee
     Kaydee Fisher and Eric Kee of Denver, Colorado, announce the birth of Asa Mathew Kee. He was born July 25, 2006, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. Asa weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 20 inches in length.
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Joel Bird
     Justin and Amber (nee Grondin) Bird of St. Ignace announce the birth of a son, Joel Steven Bird, born July 11, 2006. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 19.5 inches in length at birth.
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Sonnet Carpenter, Phil Quinn
     Phil Quinn of Cedarville and Sonnet Carpenter of Whitehall were married Saturday, July 8, at Mount Pleasant Community Church in Mount Pleasant, by Dr. Scott McKee.
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Julie McDonald, Eric Rye
     Julie Marie McDonald, daughter of Forbes J. McDonald and the late Lydia P. McDonald of Donaldson, and Eric Michael Rye, son of Dennis Rye and Dylynn Pierce of Pickford, were married at Pickford Presbyterian Church in Pickford July 15, 2006.
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Engagement
Amy Polk, Richard Bruning
     Amy Polk and Richard Bruning, both of Cedarville, are engaged to be married.
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Rogers' Rangers To Visit Colonial Michilimackinac
     An encampment of Jaeger's Battalion of Rogers' Rangers will take place at Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City Saturday, August 12, and Sunday, August 13. The reenactors, who come from throughout Michigan, will join the 18th-century British troops already stationed at the reconstructed fort. Du
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