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September 16, 2010 / Columns

Michigan Politics

A Look Below Top of Ticket

By George Weeks

“I will take an oath of bipartisanship.” --vow of Democratic Secretary of State nominee Jocelyn Benson Atop the tickets, GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Snyder and Democrat Virg Bernero are subjects of escalating waves of TV ads and a More...

Mackinac Island

By Jeannette Doud
847-6298

Labor Day weekend certainly had changeable weather. Friday, September 3, it was very windy, rainy, and cool. Several of the large ore carriers were anchored between Mackinac Island and St. Ignace. Saturday, September 4, was cloudy, windy, and cool. More...

Brevort

By Lois Movalson
292-5581

The summer season is gone, and we look forward to autumn’s glorious color display. By all accounts, it was a good season for business. The Sand Dunes beaches were full of vacationers and swimmers. More...

Engadine & Gould City

By Julie Freeman
477-6959
engadinenews@sbcglobal.net

Hello, everyone. More...

St. Ignace

By Miriam Blair
643-7994
miriamblair@att.net

Rick and Clarlyn Ledy will host a barn dance Saturday, September 18, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., at their house in Moran. The event will include a soup and apple pie baking contest, music, hay rides, and a chainsaw carver. More...

DEAL ME IN

The Price of Your Free Lunch

Mark Pilarski

Dear Mark: In general, how much money has to be gambled to earn enough points for complimentary meals and hotel rooms. I've always gotten vague responses from the casinos and gamblers. Morris R. More...

DeTour

By Judy Jones
297-3231
jj127@centurytel.net

The scarecrows started to appear around DeTour last week and most of the talk here revolves around the Happy Apple Scarecrow Festival Saturday, September 18. More...

Rudyard

By Kerry Fountain
495-5533
kerrymariet@yahoo.com

Andy Thompson of Rudyard was the $100 winner of the Lions Club drawing, and Terry Davis from Kimball was the $25 winner. More...