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Emergency Panel: Instant and Long Term Changes Needed in Fiscal Crisis By George Weeks There are few rabbits left in the hat. - Governor's Emergency Financial Advisory Panel Six-term Democratic Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams (1949-60) once said of Michigan's chief executives: "Each and every one of us stands on the shoulders of our predecessors. More ...
Keep the Pressure on Legislators To See Change in School Funding By Mike Springsteen, Superintendent Michigan is in a financial bind. Gary Olsen, director of the Senate Fiscal Agency, just released information that the state's deficit stands at $819 million - $442 million from the general fund and $337 million from the school aid fund. By law, the state cannot run a deficit budget. More ...
Colonel Card, Colonel Pond Added to Service at the Straits PART 5 THE FERRY TAKES OFF By Les Bagley The 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Mackinac Bridge and the end of auto ferry service across the Straits of Mackinac is this year. In his book, "Autos Across Mackinac," author Les Bagley traces the 34-year history of Michigan State Ferries. More ... Les Cheneaux By Helen Shoberg 484-2626 mink@cedarville.net Bitter cold weather has finally arrived with this month of February. No matter what the groundhog said, it is winter and I'm sure it will stay that way for more than six weeks. On Sunday morning, I awoke to find my thermometer reading 12 degrees below zero! I hated to let my little dog out, but at ... More ... Rexton-Garnet By Linda Livermore 595-7283 Welcome to the frozen, white, below-zero Upper Peninsula. We should know better than to expect anything else this time of the year. Traveling was a little dicey though, as we went along with our son, Dave, who is finally home from his tour of duty in Iraq; we returned our grandson to Indian River f... More ... DeTour Area By Barbara Buschbacher 297-8075 bbann@sault.com How are you handling the minus zero and zero temperatures we're experiencing? There aren't too many of us out and about, as we're huddled inside near the heat. It's nice to see the sunshine. Take care, and bundle up with warm apparel if you have to venture out. More ... Engadine By Julie Freeman 477-6959 engadinenews@sbcglobal.net Brrrr... It's cold outside. As I'm sitting here, next to a warm wood fire, it's five below zero outside. Some places are seeing lower temperatures than that. Saturday, February 17, will be the 13th Annual Curtis Winter Carnival, sponsored by the Curtis Area Chamber of Commerce, on the South Manist... More ...
Free Trip to the Chow Line for System Player Mark Pilarski Dear Mark, I have been working on a system for roulette for the past six months. I have run it in practice mode for 5,000 individual spins on my computer, and 500 times on a live game. At present, I am showing a two percent edge against the house. More ...
Compiled by Ryan Schlehuber 115 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Saturday, February 6, 1892 J.H. Browne's theatre company will probably reach here in April. Ice harvesting has commenced, the M.L. Company and D.S.S.&A. Railroad Company have filled their houses. None of our businessmen complain of hard times at present - s... More ... |
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