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You’re never too old to treasure stories about your childhood. One of my favorites is how I was supposed to be called Marquita, a name my father heard and liked, but that morphed in his memory to Marta by the time I was born. Now, that may be a common name in certain Latin American and Scandinavian countries, but it’s all too rare here.
A new Web site — www.M22ColorTour.com — is dedicated to one of Michigan’s premier color tours that winds its way through Manistee, Benzie and Leelanau counties.
TRAVERSE CITY - Robin Usborne spent many enjoyable summers at her family’s vacation home near Crystal Lake in Benzie County.
Eric Brefka pays attention to politics. He found out from a survey in government class that he tends to take a moderate stance on issues. Brefka anticipates the day he can vote for a leader who will tackle what he believes will be key this November — the war in Iraq and the cost of a college education.
The upcoming presidential election surely will be memorable, no matter who wins the White House. Either way, the country will have either its first black president in Barack Obama, or its first female vice president in Sarah Palin. But they need your votes. And you only have about a week left to register.
Benzie County planners believe one of their own should be ousted from the planning commission after she allegedly withheld crucial budget information.
Six-year-old cub scout Spencer Crawford wants people to stop leaving trash on the beach. Crawford and his father Ken Crawford, of Acme Township, picked up an abandoned flip-flop, drinking straws, fire crackers and lots of cigarette butts along Lake Michigan at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Saturday.
A three-month old baby was ejected from a car during a roll-over crash in Clam Lake Township.
The vineyards of France may get the limelight, but new wineries are booming in northern Michigan.