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April 16, 2009 / Columns

Michigan Politics

Green Thumb Politics

By George Weeks

When he was flamboyant mayor of Detroit before becoming a forceful and highly unorthodox governor of Michigan in 1897, Hazen S. More...

Most of the winter's ice has floated away from Lake Michigan. It's good to see the water once again. Marilyn and Roy DuMond of Traverse City attended the memorial service for Marcia Cheeseman Monday, April 6, in St. Ignace. More...

Engadine-Gould City

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

Get well cards and prayers would be greatly appreciated for Raymond Rushford, who has been a patient for several weeks at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. Cards can be mailed to Julie Freeman, P.O. Box 45, Engadine, Michigan 49827. More...

Great Lakes States Team Up in Forest Fire Compact, Beneficial for 25 Years

Teamwork paid off in fighting 18,000-acre EUP fire in 2007

Michigan's spring wildfire season has returned, and firefighters from the Department of Natural Resources and other local fire departments already have been busy over the past few weeks responding to several flare-ups in the state's annual battle w More...

Mackinac Island

By Jeannette Doud 847-6298

Many bright, cheerful thoughts are being sent your way. Have a colorful springtime. Our deepest sympathy to the Ogle and Fisher families on the recent tragic death of Clyde Ogle Friday night, April 3. More...

St.Ignace

By Deb Perry 643-7815 • debperry@juno.com

Jenny Hart celebrated her 88th birthday with many friends and family members. Marsha Coveyou, Pat McQuery, and Leon Hart threw a birthday celebration for her Sunday, April 5. Her birthday was Wednesday, April 1. More...

DeTour

By Judy Jones • Writing for Barbara Buschbacher 297-3231 • jj127@centurytel.net

I hope everyone enjoyed a great Easter weekend. While I would like to say that last week's missing column was owing to an exotic spring break vacation, the truth is, my computer just gave up and died after 10 years of hard use. More...

DEAL ME IN

Alert Player Sounds the Alarm

Mark Pilarski

Dear Mark: I just finished reading your most recent column. You mentioned that it's best for a player to play at a casino with liberal rules, but the number one thing you failed to mention to your readers is to play at More...

Looking Back

Compiled by Ryan Schlehuber

90 YEARS AGO The St. Ignace News Thursday, April 17, 1919 If a "county unit" bill which has been introduced in the legislature is passed, the county school systems may be organized on materially different lines than those now being followed. More...