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People June 17, 2006
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Parker Ellinger May 18. 2006
     Paul and Amy Ellinger of Canton announce the birth of their son, Parker Graham Lee Ellinger, born May 18, 2006, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor.
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Declan Thornton April 14, 2006
     Matthew and Kendra Thornton of Chicago, Illinois, announce the birth of their son, Declan Berke Thornton, born April 14, 2006, at Northwestern University Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
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Volunteers Maintain Historic Parks' Vital Interpreters Program
By Ryan Schlehuber
     When tourists visit Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, they may see a British soldier who looks oddly like the French voyageur or the French wedding narrator they just saw a couple of buildings away. That would be interpreter Jim Evans, doing what today's interpreters at Mackinac State Histo
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Colorful Gardens Keep Grand Hotel Blooming Throughout The Seasons
By Bernie Nguyen
     Visitors to Grand Hotel may easily take notice what may be Grand Hotel's most spectacular feature, its gardens. Designed by groundskeeper Steve Bernard and maintained by a seven-man crew, the grounds of Grand Hotel are a bower of annuals, shrubs, and native Mackinac trees that shade the hotel lawns.
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Vintage Cars Featured at St. Ignace Marina
     More than 100 cars from the 1930s and 1940s will be featured at Antiques on the Bay in St. Ignace Friday, June 16, and Saturday, June 17. The show, for 1981-and-older original vehicles only, will display cars at the St. Ignace Marina. Admission is free.
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Dancing in the Street
     The Western Michigan Bootscooters from Muskegon demonstrate country line dancing for a crowd on Market
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Stores Compete With Creativity, Imagination for Lilac Recognition
     The 57th Annual Lilac Festival marks more than 20 years of hard work by many Island stores to create the most lilac inspired window to go along with the festival theme.
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Mackinac Island Library Summer Reading Program To Begin June 21
     The Mackinac Island Public Library will host a summer reading program, "Paws, Claws, Scales, and Tales," for children in kindergarten and first grade, ages three through six.
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Book Sale Raises $750 for Library
     Mame Croze, who works at the Mackinac Island Tourism
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Mackinaw To Salute Island on Final Trip, June 21
Tickets Available For Trip, Donations Sought To Support New Mackinaw Maritime Museum in Mackinaw City
By Karen Gould
     Wednesday, June 21, the old Coast Guard icebreaker
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Fundraiser Set For King Scholarship June 23 and 24
     Raffle tickets for a DVD player and other prizes will be sold from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 24, and from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 25, outside the Mackinac Island Post Office to raise funds for the Mackinac Island Public School Stella King Scholarship.
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