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Columnists July 8, 2006
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GOP Chair Calls Granholm Most Vulnerable Governor in USA
By George Weeks
     Republican National Chairman Ken Mehlman, who made a three-day, seven-city Michigan visit last week, says, "There is no governor of either party in America who is more vulnerable" than Governor Jennifer Granholm.
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Yellow-Flowered Cinquefoil Is a Popular Garden Plant on Island
By Patricia Martin
     This past week I've had several local people ask me about plants with yellow flowers. Midsummer is the time for questions about yellow flowered plants because this is when they are abundant. At least two of the yellow-flowered plants asked about are in the genus
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NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
BY JEANNETTE DOUD
     "Oh beautiful for spacious skies" describes July 4, the birthday of our nation. Old Glory, with its white and crimson bars and the blue dome of sparkling stars, flew proudly from the ramparts of old Fort Mackinac and everywhere on our beautiful Island, depicting the strength and freedom of America.
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The Ins, Outs of Driving a Rental Surrey on Mackinac
     by Candice C. Dunnigan The only horse and buggy rental still in operation on Mackinac Island is Jack's Livery. The actual term of buggy refers to a lightweight carriage. It is a slang expression given to several styles of onehorse hitch vehicles, including gigs. These abounded on Mackinac throughou
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Nurse Stella King Was Instrumental in Island Health Service
BY FRANK STRAUS
     Most visitors to Mackinac Island realize that day-to-day life on an island has many challenges. These challenges only multiply as each night falls, and with the coming of each autumn. After the day-trippers return to the mainland, the Island returns to the hands of those who live here.
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Skin Cancer Can Be Called Unrecognized Epidemic
By Yvan Silva, M.D.
     The prevalence and the diagnosis of skin cancer is being made with such increasing frequency that skin cancer has been labeled an unrecognized epidemic by leaders in the field of dermatology. The common types of skin cancers that were usually found in people in their 50s are now being seen with incr
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