Tilting at Windmills, and Water Withdrawals
Michigan Politics
By George Weeks
      Don Quixote, Cervantes' Man of la Mancha, tilted with windmills in a classic of the 16th century literary world about vision and fantasy. Terry Swier, conservation's Woman of Mecosta, now faces harsh reality as she tilts with windmills in the 21st century legal world.
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Nature Notes
Goldenrods Are Indication That Summer Is Winding Down
By Patricia Martin
      You know that it's late in the summer, not only because we're all trying to pack too much into a short period of time, and going a bit nuts doing it, but because the asters and goldenrods are blooming, and right now they're blooming in abundance.
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NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
BY JEANNETTE DOUD
      Sunday, August 19, was a perfect Mackinac day with heavenly blue skies and warm sunshine as friends gathered at the Little Stone Church to say farewell to Aileen Koehler, a beloved member of our community. Dr. Vincent Carroll read the beautiful eulogy that Aileen had written, depicting her life. S...
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A Look at History
Mackinac Straits Hospital Built by Grassroots Effort
BY FRANK STRAUS
      The Mackinac Straits Hospital is a health care facility that is now more than 50 years old. It was built as part of a nationwide surge of hospital construction after World War II. Many press exposés of the late 1940s pointed out loopholes in the health care available to Americans in thinly se...
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Horse Tales
Island Horse Museum, Surrey Hills, Is Open to the Public
by Candice C. Dunnigan
      You may be on Mackinac Island and wonder, what can I do with my family, free of charge? Or, if you're living here, you may have those endof summer visitors, the "friends from downstate" who arrive and expect you to take them around for a day. Either way, free activities may seem scarce on the "Roc...
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Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
Many Factors Can Result in Chronic Lower Back Pain
By Yvan Silva, M.D.
      Chronic lower back pain ranks at the top of the complaint index for most people who suffer with pain. In fact, 47,000 individuals, responding to a health-oriented survey on pain, ranked back pain as their most common physical complaint. After all, being that we are bipeds facing gravity, we regula...
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