USCG’s Cole To Be Deployed
     Corey Cole, 26, a 2nd Class petty officer for the United States Coast Guard in St. Ignace, is preparing to spend a one-year tour of duty in the Persian Gulf.
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Ontario Pianist To Accomplish Dream of Performing at Grand Hotel May 14
     Johnny Mayorov of London, Ontario, will be receiving a unique gift for his 17th birthday May
14. The young pianist will perform at Grand Hotel, a dream come true for him.
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Islanders Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Ice
     Ron Dufina hosted a St. Patrick’s Day party on the ice off Mackinac Island Thursday, March 17, serving green beer, hot dogs, and brats and college basketball on television, which was powered by a portable generator.
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Mackinac Island Group Visits Coliseum
     A small group of people from Mackinac Island traveled to Italy over Easter break. Pictured here in front of the Coliseum in Rome, Italy, are (from left) Danielle Wightman, Arial Leeper, Kathi Wightman, Joy Tagg of Coopersville, Cindy Komblevitz’s niece, Tim Leeper, Margaret Horn, Thomas Rilenge, Tri...
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NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
BY JEANNETTE DOUD
     Make every day special. Spring is just around the corner. Beauty is everywhere you look. Enjoy the budding of the colors that we find in our trees and landscape.
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BORN
David Chingwa II
January 29, 2005
     David Wayne Chingwa II was born to David Chingwa and Wendy Nicewander of Mackinac Island at Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey at 5:44 p.m. January 29, 2005.
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BORN
Amanda Allen
April 8, 2005
     State Senator Jason Allen (R-Traverse City) and his wife, Suzanne Miller Allen, are the parents of a new daughter, Amanda Dorothy Allen, born at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City Friday morning, April 8, 2005.
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