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Columns September 13, 2007
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Michigan Politics
Dems Won't Want To Remember Days of September
By George Weeks
      September 2007 is not a month to be savored by Michigan Democrats. Consider: • After prodding by Senator Carl Levin over three presidential election cycles,
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Autos Across Mackinac: Spring '47 Sees Increase of Traffic, Bridge Talk
Part 36: Mr. Ziegler and Mr. Sigler
By Les Bagley
      This year the St. Ignace News is serializing Les Bagley's unpublished manuscript on the history of Michigan State Ferries, which operated across the Straits of Mackinac before the bridge opened half a century ago.
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Engadine
By Julie Freeman 477-6959 engadinenews@sbcglobal.net
      Condolences to the family of Donald Lewis, 43, who passed away Thursday, September 6. Don attended school in Engadine and was graduated with the Class of 1982. Please keep his wife, Susie, and family in your prayers during this difficult time.
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DeTour Area
By Barbara Buschbacher 297-8075 bbann@sault.com
      Most everyone in the village is busy this week planning the events scheduled for this weekend in DeTour. Rehearsals for the production of "Tales of Twain" are being held every evening until opening night Friday, September 14. Dinner theater will be served Friday evening.
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Les Cheneaux
By Helen Shoberg 484-2626 mink1@cedarville.net
      A high tea was given last week by the Les Cheneaux Historical Association to thank its women volunteers of the summer. Those honored included quilters, ticket sales people, both summer and local volunteers, who had given of their time during the past year.
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Gould City
By Marilyn McNeil 477-6925 donmar@lighthouse.net
      Fall is beginning to set in. School is back in session. The trees all have some tips of color on them, and the mornings and evenings are a little bit cooler. Hunter Buckingham delighted the crowd with his performance last week at "Art on the Lake" in Curtis. He is anxiously awaiting the second ro...
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Rexton-Garnet
By Linda Livermore 595-7283
      With summer behind us, we are fast moving into the last few months of 2007. How fast time really does move, and even more so as one gets older. I seem to recall my mother-in-law reminding me not to wish my life away, as it goes fast enough.
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Mackinac Island
By Jeannette Doud 847-3301
      What a gorgeous day to celebrate a very special event. The heavenly blue sky and warm temperatures welcomed guests who enjoyed the Labor Day weekend concerts in the Tea Garden at Grand Hotel, where the luscious green velvet grass and the blooming flowers offered a magnificent setting.
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St. Ignace
By Miriam Blair 643-7994
      School is off to a busy start for students, teachers, and staff. Church services at Faith Baptist Church on Bertrand Street in St. Ignace were held for the first time in the beautiful new addition. Many members and guests attended.
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DEAL ME IN
Opulence Has Its Place … and Price
Mark Pilarski
      Dear Mark: I am interested in how, or if, the casino's carpets guide visitors through the space, whether it aims to work sort of like Muzak, keeping their attention focused on the gambling options rather than on the floor; and, of course,
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