Births
Lilyana Belonga
      Russ and Samantha Belonga of Moran announced the birth of a daughter, Lilyana "Lily" Mae Belonga, born April 18, 2007, at Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces at birth and measured 21 inches in length. She joins a brother, Kurtis, 8, at home.
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Ezekiel Dunn
      A son, Ezekiel Jacob Hessel Dunn, was born Friday, May 18, 2007, to David and Angeline (nee Hessel) Dunn of Mason and Hessel. He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 22.4 inches in length. He joins his brother, Garrett Luke Hessel Dunn, 8.
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Kayley Laskey Earns Bachelor's Degree
      Kayley Joy Lasley, a 2003 graduate of LaSalle High School, was graduated from Ferris State University with a bachelor's degree Saturday, May 5. She majored in criminal justice and earned a sociology minor. She is a three-year member of Alpha Xi Delta.
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Megan Hunter Earns Spot on Dean's List
      Megan Hunter, daughter of Bob and Pat Hunter of St. Ignace, was named to Hope College's dean's list for the second semester of the 2006-07 school year. To be named to the dean's list, a student must have a minimum 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
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Kangas, Flatt Earn Award at Engadine
      Kierra Kangas, a sixth grade student at Engadine Consolidated Schools, scored in the top 10 of 600 students tested in English Language Arts in the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District (EUPISD) in October. Tanner Flatt, a fifth grade student, scored in the top 10 of 530 EUPISD stude...
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Local Students Named to Dean's List
      The following local students were named to the dean's list at Lake Superior State University for the fall 2006 semester: Christopher Bloswick of St. Ignace, Mark Boshaw of Moran, Melissa Dockry of St. Ignace, Angela Fischer of Naubinway, and Meaghan Hoffman of Mackinaw City. To make the list, stu...
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