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Columns August 21, 2008
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Michigan Politics
Prez Candidates Finally Looking to Michigan
By George Weeks
      Early in the presidential primary season, Michigan got a cold shoulder, mostly from national Democrats who were more adamant than GOP leaders in opposing the state's challenge of the stranglehold that New Hampshire and Iowa have on the early nominating process.
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Mackinac Island
By Jeannette Doud 847-6298
      Linda Sue Moskwa, 47, passed away Sunday, August 3, at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, with her family at her side. She fought bravely for eight months, after a lung cancer diagnosis. Her brother, Steve, attended her funeral Thursday, August 7, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Ontonagon.
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Rexton-Garnet
By Linda Livermore 595-7283
      We've had a few picture-perfect U.P. days with warm breezes, bright sunshine, and delightful temperatures. The folks in our tiny towns have been filling up their berry buckets with what has turned out to be a bumper blueberry crop. These are the things great pies and cobblers are made of, classic ...
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St.Ignace
By Miriam Blair 643-7994
      Missy and Pat Milligan, along with their children, Andrew and Ali, traveled from Grand Rapids while Kay McKenzie, their mother and grandmother, had surgery. Ms. McKenzie is in stable condition at this time as a patient at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey.
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Pickford
By Audrey Hutchison 484-7825
      Have you wondered what Bernie Huyck has been doing since his retirement? After talking to him this past week, I discovered that he went through two major surgeries, the first taking five hours at War Memorial Hospital. He was very ill for some time and scheduled another intestinal surgery four to ...
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DeTour
By Barbara Buschbacher 297-8075 • bbann@sault.com
      The lazy, hazy days of summer are just that. Visitors, vacationers, and residents are thoroughly enjoying the weather in August. What a great time to be here in the beautiful Eastern Upper Peninsula. The weather was great during the Salmon Derby, which ended Saturday, August 16. The proud winner ...
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Engadine-Gould City
By Julie Freeman 477-6959 • engadinenews@sbcglobal.net
      Condolences to the family of Christopher Zita, 44, of Newberry, who passed away Saturday, August 9, while cutting wood in Portage Township. Please keep his mother and stepfather, Lois and Forrest Rank; his daughter, Elizabeth; his brothers, Dan Zita and Chip Rank; his sister, Cindy Roehr, and many...
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Les Cheneaux
By Helen Shoberg 484-2626 • helenshoberg@centurytel.net
      The Antique Wooden Boat Show is over for another year, and after that great event, it always seems that summer is winding down. This year, however, the weather has stayed warm, with more of the same predicted. Many families are leaving because of school starting, along with football practice, but ...
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Brevort
By Lois Movalson 292-5581
      We've met some new people over the summer, some from the Brevort Lake Association meeting a couple of weeks ago. The Caroffino family, Bill and Marty and Dave and Jami, shared a picnic table with us, and were great dinner companions. Bill is an Evangelical Free minister and Marty is a retired regi...
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Elk Hunting Season Starts August 26, Marks Wildlife Management Success Story
Outdoor Matters
A column from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
      When hunters take to the northern Lower Peninsula fields and forests Tuesday, August 26, for the opening day of the 2008 elk season, they'll be participating in a wildlife management milestone: the 25th consecutive year of elk hunting in Michigan.
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DEAL ME IN
The Games They Play To Change Your Winning Ways
Mark Pilarski
      Dear Mark: I play roulette when I feel lucky, which is hardly ever, however I noticed that at one local casino where I play that if you watch real close, they change balls every time they spin the wheel.
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DNR Adopts New Plan to Manage Wolf Population
Outdoor Matters
A column from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
      Twenty years ago, it was a rare occasion when a wolf wandered the woods of the Upper Peninsula. The large canines were thought to have been extirpated from the state by the 1960s. But wolves can be grand travelers and occasionally, animals from Canada or from an established population in Minnesota...
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