Republican Justice Betty Weaver Continues Uphill Term Limits Battle
Michigan Politics
By George Weeks
     There will be no quiet fade for maverick Republican Justice Betty Weaver, who postponed indefinitely her announced 2005 resignation from the Michigan Supreme Court in order to press her uphill fight for term limits and other major changes affecting the court.
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NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
BY JEANNETTE DOUD
     Picturesque, beautiful, and breathtaking are the words best used to describe Mackinac following the biggest storm of the winter season, which was Saturday, February 4, and Sunday, February 5. Strong northwest winds brought a terrific snowstorm, blanketing the Island and making it into a winter wonde
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2006 May Be ‘Year of the Draft Horse’ on Island
by Candice C. Dunnigan
     2006 may well be known as the “Year of the Draft Horse” on Mackinac Island. Our working harness horses are to be the feature of an art exhibit in June at the Mackinac Island Public Library. The artist, Elizabeth Pollie, has depicted them on canvas. Many people who love Mackinac love it because of al
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Gallstones: A Common Cause of Upper Abdominal Pain
Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
By Yvan Silva, M.D.
     The gallbladder is a small, globular sac on the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen. It is part of the biliary tract, a system of ducts that transports bile manufactured by the liver into the duodenum, the upper portion of the small intestine. Bile,
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Reflecting on Events of Jamaican Pride in 2005
Island to Island
by Ralston Blair
     With the old year now behind us and the new year looming ahead, I thought it would be good to reflect on some of the events Jamaicans could look back on with pride for 2005.
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Mackinac Island Plants, Animals Adapt to Winter
By Patricia Martin
     After a very mild January, winter has finally descended upon us. Temperatures have dropped to within the “normal” range with a couple of feet of snow on the ground. This doesn’t mean that the wildlife of our Island has totally disappeared. There are a variety of strategies that organisms use to surv
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The Sweet Surrender of Mackinac Island Fudge
A Look at History
BY FRANK STRAUS
     For many visitors, Mackinac Island is fudge. At least two kitchens operating on Mackinac Island trace their ancestry back more than 100 years. And yet when the federal Works Progress Administration published its exhaustive “State Guide to Michigan” in 1941, there was not a single mention of the conf
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