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Columnists July 30, 2005
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Weather May Factor in Pelican Spotting on Island
Nature Notes
By Patricia Martin
     I was stopped by a person with a question a couple of weeks ago. A woman visiting here pointed to a bird and said it looked like a pelican. Her response was that it couldn’t be, but it really appeared to be one. My friend asked me if this was possible. At the time, I told her that I thought
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NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
     BY JEANNETTE DOUD The hot, humid days continue on Mackinac, as well as many other cities throughout the country.
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Foghorns Warn Sailors in Straits More Than 100 Years
A Look at History
BY FRANK STRAUS Foghorns
     The first lighthouses were built in the Mediterranean Sea before the time of Christ, and the first “modern” lighthouses, with Fresnel lenses to concentrate a light into a powerful beam, rose in Europe during the first decades of the 19th century. Soon afterwards, seamen began asking for a w
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Slow, Steady Island Delivery Horse Trusty Dusty
Horse Tales
     One can see more than a hundred horses in a day on Mackinac Island without really trying. It’s an interesting facet of human nature, how we look and choose and remember. For some reason, there always seems to be a horse that stands out from the others. In my case, one of those horses is Dus
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Autopsies Provide Important Clues for Family Health
Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
By Yvan Silva, M.D.
     The post-mortem examination of a body by a pathologist, an autopsy, provides the most accurate information on the state of health or ill-health of the deceased. And, indeed, the information obtained can be very valuable, in most cases, for the health of relatives and usable practically, f
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