Six To Race for City Council Seats Nov. 3
Also on County Ballot: Hospital Millage, City Charter, Two Candidates for Mayor – Voter Information Inside This Issue
By Mark Tower
      Voters in St. Ignace will elect three of six candidates to the City Council Tuesday, November 3. Polls open at 7 a.m. and remain open until 8 p.m. Voters in the City of St. Ignace can cast their votes at Little Bear East Arena.
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St. Ignace Ready for Festival Saturday
     St. Ignace city employees gather in the "haunted garden" outside City Hall. The ghosts, gouls, and scarecrow are part of the 2009 St. Ignace scarecrow contest.
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Legislators Recall Davis’ Lifetime of Public Service
Congressman Called St. Ignace Home
      Former Michigan U.S. Congressman Bob Davis, a St. Ignace native who represented the Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan in Congress from 1979 through 1992, worked to lower tolls on the Mackinac Bridge, supported Great Lakes issues in congressional committee, and fought to keep the icebreaker Mackinaw working on the Great Lakes. Mr.
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New Fire Hall Nearly Finished at Moran
By Michael Ayala
      The new fire hall Brevort Township commissioners have been saving toward for more than 20 years is nearing completion, and Fire Chief Mark Peterson is eager to see it finished. "I'm happy. I'm excited. I'm ready to move in," he said.
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Swine Flu Found in Chippewa County
Awaiting Shipments of Both Seasonal and Swine Flu Vaccines
      Two cases of Swine Flu, also known as H1N1 flu, were confirmed in Chippewa County last week, and, as a result, all local illnesses of flu-like symptoms will be presumed to be Swine Flu, said David Martin, health officer of the Chippewa County Health Department, Friday, October 16. No cases of seasonal flu have been confirmed there.
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School Mulls Choices To Find Superintendent
By Karen Gould
      At most, finding a new superintendent would cost the Mackinac Island Public School $5,000, if the school board agrees to hire the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB) to conduct the search.
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LaSalle Inducts 1st Team, Six Individuals Into Hall of Fame
By David Latva
      The St. Ignace Saints 1965 undefeated (8-0) football team and six individual athletes were inducted into the second annual LaSalle High School (LHS) Sports Hall of Fame during a banquet at Kewadin Shores Casino Saturday, October 17.
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Historic District Question Moves to Council
Mackinac Island
By Karen Gould
      At a second public hearing on creating local historic districts on Mackinac Island, residents and business owners presented strong arguments for and against the move. The debate continued after the hearing at Community Hall, as when more than 30 people filed out into the hallway and into the street Wednesday evening, October 14.
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