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The American Red Cross will hold blood drives in Mackinaw City and Sault Ste. Marie Wednesday, September 21. A drive will be at the Church of the Straits, at 307 North Huron Boulevard, in Mackinaw City from noon to 5:45 p.m., while the Faith Lutheran Church, at 1600 Park Street, will host the Red Cr More ... Though not as many people attended as first expected, the 48th annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk was successful on many levels. More ... Mackinac County Office of Emergency Services and the St. Ignace Red Cross Disaster Team will host three town meetings in Mackinac County during September to interact with community members on the issue of emergency preparedness and homeland security issues. More ... As far as music is concerned, Hot Carl and the Cleveland Steamers is not your Average Joe band; it is much worse. Though the five members dub themselves as More ... Win-Some Women Christian Retreats celebrates its 34th year with three back-to-back retreats for women at Grand Hotel this fall. This fall More ... Artists Joshua and Cynthia Ivey Abitz will host a public exhibition of their art entitled, "One Night Only Show," at Grand Hotel Saturday, September 10. The show will feature more than 30 recent silver gelatin prints selected from work created in the United Kingdom, Italy, and North America. Public More ... There are a thousand unanswered questions about the little, uninhabited Island that lies just across the channel from Mackinac. Round Island has had a long and complex history, although there is not much sign of it now. More ... Though the Round Island Lighthouse has been stabilized since 1972, when heavy storms and waves washed away the southwest corner of its foundation, there are still several restoration projects left to be done. More ... The meeting of the first annual East Bluff Poetry Gaggle was a success, according to founders and East Bluff cottagers Susan Allen and Jim Lenfestey. Having planned the event only the day before, they were thrilled that a few friends and neighbors managed to show up August 26 at Anne%27s Tablet for More ... Culturama will include two unique features during the three-day culture and arts event, to be held Thursday, September 8, to Saturday, September 10. More ... Grand Hotel Music Director Alex Graham summed up a weekend of jazz. The weather was great, he said, and the music was really good. More ... Before rushing back to Lansing to teach at Michigan State University, a group of MSU faculty from the university More ... The Mystery Spot, the tourist site of fun, oddities, and, of course, mystery, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer. More ... The last fire that the Mackinac Island Fire Depart-ment put out was one they had started themselves. The firemen have fought some bad fires, and made heroic rescues, but the trend is in prevention. More ... Beware of temptation, and especially beware of raspberries. Such was the lesson learned by one unfortunate French soldier during the War of 1812, according to More ... Tickets are still available for a $10,000 raffle drawing to be held at 6 p.m. Friday, September 30, at Mackinac Island Yacht Club on Mackinac Island to raise funds for restoration of the More ... |
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