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By Jeannette Doud Chance Rushing, a fourth grader at Harrington Elementary School in Plano, Texas, and grandson of Gracie Francis of Mackinac, has received the President’s Educational Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence from First Lady Laura Bush. In addition, Chance received the Principal’s Award for Outstandi More ...
Compiled by Ryan Schlehuber 115 Years Ago Saturday, July 12, 1890 Prof. Lyons, manager of the Island job printing office, located in the county building, reports business good, and steadily increasing. More ...
Nature Notes By Patricia Martin People sometimes say to me that they never see any or many birds on the Island. I don’t know where they were looking, but I can almost never go to the woods without at least hearing a great variety of bird songs and calls, and I usually see a number of them as well. Today, in fact, while on a ride, More ...
A Look at History Mackinac Conference By Frank Straus Next to the east end of Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel, near Cadotte Avenue, is a state historical marker that must puzzle many of the people who see it. Titled “Mackinac Conference,” the tablet bears an inscription that reads: More ...
Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac By Yvan Silva, M.D. The concept of the “family tree” is quite appealing. To chart one’s ancestral origins, the chronology of members of the tree, and their life histories, can be collectively a source of curiosity, pride, and a theme of belonging. The quest to acquire this information has become very popular, more so w More ...
“Horses do the dumbest things.” Anonymous It seems that warm weather brings out the greatest of accidents for children, and horses. Living on Mackinac with both of the aforementioned, certainly heightens one’s emergency readiness at home. Fortunately, we have a wonderful medical More ... |
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