July 24, 2008 RSS feed / Columns

Engadine Consolidated Schools

Engadine Consolidated Schools recently received its No Child Left Behind report card, scoring a B for both the junior and senior high schools. In receiving this grade, the school has met Annual Yearly Progress. More...

Pickford

The Hamburger Bash last week in the lower level of the Pickford Township Hall was a great success. Pictured is a group of the Linger Longers, who enjoyed the food and stayed longer to enjoy good company and listen to the Pickin' and Grinnin' Band. More...

Engadine-Gould City

Hello, everyone. It's hard to believe the month of July is almost to an end already. There will be an all-you-caneat fish fry Friday, July 25, from 4:30 p.m to 8 p.m. at the Newberry Eagles Club on M-28 in Newberry. More...

DeTour

What a joy, to have a calendar filled with dates of activities we won't want to miss in DeTour. The DeTour Homemakers will hold their annual bingo Wednesday, July 23, at the Village Hall. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., with bingo starting at 5:30 p.m. More...

Looking Back

90 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Thursday, July 25, 1918 J.S. Kennedy of Ironwood, field agent for the Upper Peninsula food administration, last week completed his inspection of Mackinac county and in a talk with The More...

Rexton-Garnet

The signs of summer are all around and as sure as the sun comes up in the morning, summer will hurry by faster than we can turn the calendar. More...

Mackinac Island

What a glorious morning, Wednesday, July 16, for our visitors to enjoy. The sky is a heavenly blue, shining down on our beautiful Mackinac, where the flower gardens are at their peak in an array of vivid colors and the lawns of velvet green. More...

Les Cheneaux

We have had some very nice weather in the Les Cheneaux area during the past week. More...

St.Ignace

In my travels, I'm learning more about Michigan, day by day. What a beautiful place to enjoy all seasons. While visiting the town of Munising, I enjoyed a boat ride. More...

Brevort

The weekend was lovely. Trinity Lutheran Church had a capacity crowd owing to summer visitors and folks coming home. Sharon and Ken Smith arrived home from Argentina last week. Welcome back. More...

DEAL ME IN

Bills Only, Thank You!

Dear Mark: I liked your column last week where you told Ruth to slow down her play by inserting coins instead of using credits. Unfortunately, where I play, they only use bill acceptors. Still, it's good advice, just not here. More...

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