The biggest winner of the third annual “Hooping For A Cure” benefit game wasn’t St. Ignace or Cheboygan basketball teams, but the oncology departments at Mackinac Straits Health System and Cheboygan Memorial Hospital. A portion of the proceeds will be distributed to two Cheboygan families who are facing cancer, the Kuznickis and the Louisignaus. The host Saints defeated the Chiefs […]
Area Schools Name Honor Roll Students
Cedarville High School 6th Grade: Gina Augugliaro, Emma Bohn*, Derek Burger, Silas Dunn, Avry Freel, Elissa Griffin, Kylie Hill, Alicia Kasper*, Kamen Labinski, Chase Massey, Heather McIntire, Jonah Miller*, Mindy Nordquist, Evan Rye*, Mason Sayles, Lelia Schlosser*, Mikayla Scott, Jayden Smith. 7th Grade: Cody Barowski, Colton Bucht, Anne Eberts*, Jacob Goodell*, Michael Haske, Patrick McMaken, Allyson Mrozek, Daeshawna Nye, Travis […]
St. Ignace Should Be Proud of Pond Hockey Tournaments
To the Editor: All those who organized and worked on the Pond Hockey Tournaments made it truly an extraordinary success and a real bonus for the business community of St. Ignace. It is an event that the area should be proud of. Congratulations for a job well done. Joe Durm St. Ignace
Mackinac County’s Children Need More Education Support
To the Editor: An isolated K-12 education system won’t work for Michigan if we want to compete globally. The health, safety, and economic security of our families must be strong to help children succeed in school. Sadly, the new Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2010 finds our children are suffering in ways that will hamper their educational success. In […]
Michigan Politics
Term-limited, But Long-Term InfluenceMichigan governors are term-limited, but, because of their still-in-office appointees and other factors, their impacts linger well after their terms end. Consider the lingering ripples from 1991-2002 Republican Governor John Engler, whose most influential impact on state government today is that a majority of the sevenmember Michigan Supreme Court were initially appointees of his either to that court or to […]