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October 16, 2008 / Columns

Michigan Politics

Obama Takes Advantage of McCain's Michigan Pullout

By George Weeks

Atop the Michigan ballot, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in good shape, based on polling and the demoralizing impact on fellow Republicans of John McCain's puzzling pullout from a state where he had much going for him. More...

Mackinac Island

By Jeannette Doud 847-6298

Once again, visitors caught a glimpse of Mackinac in all its fall splendor when the Michigan Municipal League Convention took place at Grand Hotel Wednesday, October 1, through Saturday, October 4. More...

Brevort

By Lois Movalson 292-5581

We celebrated Columbus Day Monday, October 13. It's also a time to remember on Columbus Day 1977, when Alvin Gustafson and his son, Gary Gustafson, tragically lost their lives while commercial fishing in Lake Michigan, east of Brevort. More...

DeTour

By Barbara Buschbacher 297-8075 • bbann@sault.com

With the sun shining brightly on the changing colors of the leaves, the view driving on any local highway is spectacular. More...

Looking Back

Compiled by Ryan Schlehuber

90 YEARS AGO The St. Ignace News Thursday, October 17, 1918 The state and county elections this year fall on Tuesday, November 5, two weeks from next Tuesday. More...

St.Ignace

By Miriam Blair 643-7994

Lila Massey, a lifelong resident of St. Ignace, is doing great. She keeps busy and looks forward to hearing from family and friends. Doug St. Andrew was a patient in Traverse City last week, where he underwent hip surgery. More...

Rexton-Garnet

By Linda Livermore 595-7283

If this is fall weather, bring it on. What an absolutely beautiful weekend we had for mid-October. It seemed as though every four-wheeler in the county was out and about on the back roads. More...

Les Cheneaux

By Helen Shoberg 484-2626 • helenshoberg@centurytel.net

As I walked into the Les Cheneaux Community Library the other day, I noticed several women busy with something in the community room. This was a group of quilters who meet on the first Tuesday of each month to quilt. More...

Engadine-Gould City

By Julie Freeman 477-6959 • engadinenews@sbcglobal.net

The Engadine volleyball team will be taking on the Cedarville volleyball team, while raising money for breast cancer research. The fundraiser will be Thursday, October 23, at 6 p.m. at Engadine High School. More...

DEAL ME IN

"Any Craps" Would Be A Great Hangman Word

Mark Pilarski

Dear Mark: Is there any chance that you could spend a portion of your column explaining the "any craps" bet on a crap game. In all the years you've been writing your column, I don't believe you have ever covered it. More...