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Columnists July 15, 2006
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U.S. Senate Candidates Say 'Hands Off' Great Lakes Oil
By George Weeks
     In their bids for the GOP nomination to oppose Senator Debbie Stabenow, Republicans Mike Bouchard and Keith Butler tout energy policies that include drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and more drilling off Gulf and other mainland coasts.
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NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
BY JEANNETTE DOUD
     Everywhere one looks, they find nature's beauty. On the evening of Monday, July 10, a full moon danced in the heavenly sky, casting its beam on the Straits of Mackinac, creating a picturesque sight for everyone to see, especially the visitors who walk the boardwalk. The flower gardens are at their
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Drought Is Cause for Beech Tree Leaves Falling Early, Not Disease
By Patricia Martin
     Last week a friend asked me if I had seen any sign of Beech Bark Disease. Beech Bark Disease is caused by a fungus that is carried by an insect. One of the characteristics of the disease, after it has progressed quite a way, is the dropping of the leaves of the American beech, and this disease has t
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Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw Served Great Lakes For 62 Years
BY FRANK STRAUS
     When on June 21, 2006, the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw
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Residents Turn Out for Special Evening With 'Fancy Carriage Ride'
by Candice C. Dunnigan
     It was a lovely summer evening. Golden sunlight, dappled green leaves, blue sky still holding. Perfect time for a carriage drive. Six highly polished carriages, harnessed to groomed handsome horses, met on the parade grounds behind old Fort Mackinac as in days of yore. They were driven by owners and
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New Medical Evidence Is Here on Secondhand Smoke
By Yvan Silva, M.D. Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
     In the first historic report of 1964, Surgeon General Luther Terry concluded that "cigarette smoking is a health hazard of sufficient importance in the United States to warrant appropriate remedial action." And since 1964, the manufacturers and purveyors of tobacco products have resorted to masterfu
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