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Women Make Inroads on Judicial Benches
Michigan Politics
      Women The seal of the Michigan Supreme Court and other judicial bodies features a robed woman with a blindfold holding the scales of justice. But getting women elected to actually judge from on the bench has been a slow process.
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Mackinac Island Has Long History With Battling Flies
Nature Notes
      Recently, at a party, someone came up to me and said, "You've got to write about flies." Now this might be considered unusual party small talk, but for me it seems to be par for the course. I responded by asking, "What is it about flies that you would like me to explain?
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NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
      Following the heavy rainfall of last week, never have I seen the Island so clean and very beautiful. Crossing from St. Ignace, we could see that Mackinac stood proud and green. The tall trees took on a fresh look of green. The brilliant sun shone down on our beautiful Island.
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Island's Stained Glass Reflects One of the Oldest Crafts
A Look at History
      Ste. Anne's Church has begun a fundraising campaign to restore the stained glass windows that illuminate the sanctuary. The windows were installed in 1912, and we hope that these windows can be restored in celebration of their own centennial.
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Mackinac Island Summers Provide Abundant Fun with Horses
      Living on Mackinac Island is unique, and living where we do, at Easterly Cottage with four horses, is certainly unconventional. Nevertheless, it has been a most abundant summer. Some people say that our 3.5- mile location from town is an inconvenient distance. That depends on how you look at it. It can be, if you have a sick animal, or if you need to get a horse shod.
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Lead Exposure Can Result in Serious Health, Learning Problems
Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
      The human body requires several elements in the diet, such as iron, chromium, copper, cobalt, and zinc to provide for physiological interactions conducive to the normal state. Lead is atomic number 82 in more than 110 elements defined in the periodic table of elements.
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