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Columnists December 9, 2006
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Michigan Politics
'Recycle City' - 37 of 38 Senators in Lansing Are Ex-Reps
By George Weeks
      Coming to the state Capitol in January is yet another game of musical chairs, played to the tune of term limits. Lansing is Recycle City, where lawmakers move between chambers and, on occasion, some of their aides and family members get elected to their vacated seats.
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NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
BY JEANNETTE DOUD
      There's a miracle in Christmas There's stillness in the air And excitement in the shining eyes Of children everywhere. There's a miracle in Christmas As each silent night unfolds And we see again the promise That this Holy season holds.
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Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
Health Benefits of Eating Fish Outweigh Potential Risks
By Yvan Silva, M.D.
      The 1980 publication of studies of Greenland Eskimos and their low rates of coronary heart disease owing to their predominant consumption of fish led to the consideration of fish as healthy food. Since then, there has been mounting evidence on several fronts, experimental and clinical, to further p...
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A Look at History
Birchbark Canoe Paquin Teaches Art of Traditional Chippewa Canoe Building
BY FRANK STRAUS
      A recent story in The St. Ignace News reports that Ron Paquin, an elder of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and a native of St. Ignace, has again been honored for his skill as a master canoe builder. He was scheduled to be presented with a First Peoples Community Spirit Award Satu...
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Nature Notes
White Spruce, Balsam Fir Christmas Trees Are Native to Island
By Patricia Martin
      The Christmas season is here again. So much of Christmas these days seems to be blinking lights, glittery gold and silver ornaments, artificial trees and garland, moving Santas and reindeer, and huge plastic snow globes.
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HORSE TALES
Andalusian Horses Take Riders Over Spain's Pyrenean Mountains
by Candice C. Dunnigan
      "And the mountains in reply Echo in their joyous strain." Traditional Fr. carol My husband, Brian, and I crossed a small section of the Pyrenean mountain range in northeastern Spain on horseback this October. There were 12 of us, plus our fearless leader who we would follow to the end of the e...
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