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Celebrating 100 years

Daily Mining Gazette/Layla Aslani Sarah Sargent Paine Historical Research Center member Donald Heikkila and Jeffers High School Principal Tim Keteri (hat) look at old photographs in the school’s gymnasium Friday morning. Jeffers High School alumni celebrated the school’s 100th anniversary this week.
July 4, 2009

PAINESDALE — This week commemorates the birth of America, but it also celebrates the 100th anniversary of Jeffers High School. People from across the nation descended on Painesdale for the annual all-school reunion, which started Thursday and ended Friday night with a dinner. Class alumni activities continue throughout the weekend. Friday morning, Jeffers High School Principal and Alumni Association President Tim Keteri said over 300 people had signed up for the dinner. The school hosts an all-school reunion each year, but dinner attendance is up by about 100 people this year due to the commemoration, he said. Keteri said he expects next year’s event to have even more people in attendance because it will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first graduating class. Keteri said perhaps the oldest attendee this year is Jean (Aro) LaMachio, a graduate of the class of 1932. LaMachio traveled from the Carolinas to attend the event, he said.

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A tweak here, an adjustment there

July 4, 2009

HOUGHTON — Since the federally required switch to digital television broadcast signals on June 12, some television viewers are having trouble receiving those signals, but one local station official said some of those problems are being fixed by som...

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Bingo Mania hits Copper Country

July 4, 2009

HOUGHTON — Readers of The Daily Mining Gazette have the opportunity to win a cash prize simply by playing a game everyone knows and loves — bingo.

Bingo Mania has come to the Copper Country.

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McLain holds Agate Hunt

July 4, 2009

MCLAIN STATE PARK — Formed from lava more than a billion years ago, Lake Superior agates are prized for their appearance and relative scarcity.

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H1N1 reported in Houghton County

July 3, 2009

HANCOCK — The first case of H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu, was confirmed in Houghton County, according to to a written statement released Thursday by the Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department in Hancock.

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Cruise ship Clelia II arrives

July 3, 2009

HOUGHTON — The Clelia II completed a successful visit to Houghton Thursday.

The luxury cruise ship, carrying about 75 passengers, arrived around 11 a.m.

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