Early Fur Traders Brought Card Playing to Island
A Look at History Card Playing
By Frank Straus
     Playing cards have a long history in European and North American culture. Even the most casual cardplayer can see that our familiar 52-card deck has been around in more or less its present form for many generations. There are many obvious signs of this age. For example, 13 of the cards in a standard
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Efforts Pay Off To Attract Bluebirds to Nesting Boxes on Island Nature Notes By
Patricia Martin
     Recently, I had an interesting conversation with Frank Bloswick Jr. about the Bluebirds nesting in his yard. Yes, I said Eastern Bluebirds. Frank has been trying to attract them to his yard in Harrisonville and has succeeded. He put out bird food especially designed to attract Bluebirds, but the bir
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When People Think Horses, They Think Mackinac
     This summer the new study "The Economic Impact of the Horse Industry in the United States” was released. It was conducted in 2004 by Deloitte Consulting LLP. Anyone in the horse business, or who owned an equine in the U.S., could contribute by simply filling out a questionnaire from the American Hor
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News About People On Mackinac Island
By Jeannette Doud
     It’s Monday, August 15, and already we can enjoy another two weeks of the cooler, bright, pretty days until Labor Day in September. Everyone, including the horses and smaller animals, are happy that the extreme hot temperatures have passed. Soon our Island will become an autumn wonderland. Many larg
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Jamaican Festival Songs Enjoy Lively Spirit of Freedom Island to Island
Goodbye, Helsinki
by Ralston Blair
     The world’s biggest track and field event, the IAAF World Athletics Championship in Helsinki, Finland, came to a close last weekend. Most Jamaicans, at home and abroad, were satisfied by the achievements of their athletes once again. With eight medals (one gold, five silver, and two bronze) won by t
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Maintaining a Balance of Calories In, Calories Out
Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
By Yvan Silva, M.D.
     The wars against weight loss continue. Diets are invented. Diets are started. Diets are discarded. Losing sufficient weight safely, in a reasonable period of time and then maintaining weight under control, is the obvious goal. And most of us can’t seem to reach it. Why? We cannot seem to maintain a
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