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August guests — family reunion time

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ESCANABA — It’s almost August and that means company is coming! Pack up the picnic basket, bake up a raspberry pie, it’s family reunion time. Fair week is fast approaching, crickets chirp louder at night now, and the short Upper Peninsula summertime is starting to wane. So go for a ride! It’s time to visit the relatives back home. Great Aunt Erma and Uncle Fred are on their way to your house. The old homestead, family farm, camp or cottage are good gathering places. Part of the day will be spent at the cemetery viewing gravestones of kinfolk long passed. An afternoon will ...

Masons celebrate 50th anniversary

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David and Linda (Johnson) Mason, of Escanaba, recently celebrated 50 years of marriage. They were blessed to celebrate their anniversarry on July 30th, 2026. The couple was united in holy matromony on July 30, 1976 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Escanaba. Attending at the wedding were ...

Get up and get active!

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Dear Heloise: After I retired last year, I went into a sort of slump with a mild depression. It wasn't anything serious, but I started to gain weight, sleep too much, and watch too much TV. When I went to see my doctor for an annual checkup, I mentioned to her that I was tired all the time ...

Entertainment schedule for July 31 - Aug. 6

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Friday 7-31-26: — Blueberry Festival in Marquette, featuring local musicians. Main Stage 11 am - 12:30 p.m. – Steve Sandner Music with Glenn Bengry 12:30–2:15 p.m. – 906 Jazz 3-4:30 p.m. - Flat Broke Blues Band 5-6:30 p.m. – Soul Responsibility Pocket Park 12:00 noon – Make Believe Spurs 2:00 p.m. – Anna P.S. 4:00 p.m. – Yarvi Spring Street 11:30 a.m. – Finding Feathers 2:30 p.m. – Pink Violin Band 4:30 p.m. – Jenn Copeman — Hereford & Hops, 5-8 p.m. – Reflections Band — Saunders Point Brewing in Gladstone, 6-9 p.m. - Mordi Young — Leigh’s ...

Using baking soda to clean toys

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Dear Heloise: I use baking soda to absorb odors in my refrigerator. I replace the box about every four months, but instead of tossing out a perfectly good box, I use the remaining contents to scrub plastic toys that my young son chews on. He's cutting teeth right now. It doesn't kill bacteria, ...

Faux pas costs me a friendship

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Dear Annie: Recently, I had a major social misstep that has essentially pushed one of my best friends out of my life. During the week of my birthday, I had a mid-30s crisis; a string of bad memories from dating and bad luck with women hit me and put me in a very emotionally weakened state of ...