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To your good health

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DEAR DR. ROACH: My family doctor said to stay away from multivitamins because they contain metal contaminants. Is this true, and is it good advice? — J.K. ANSWER: Your doctor is correct that many multivitamins have been shown to be contaminated with heavy metals. For example, in a recent ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: My father has always been a deeply anxious man. If there is nothing to worry about, he invents something. Growing up, this often meant high-stress evenings when my siblings or I were out with friends or running late. I still remember one night when my dad woke my mother in a panic, ...

Schedule of Events

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Thursday 2 p.m. Poultry/Rabbit Show (Small Animal Barn) 3 p.m. Sea Lion Splash (Midway) 3 p.m. Exhibit Buildings Open 3 p.m. Skerbeck Carnival and Midway Opens 3 p.m. Whispering Pines Mobile Zoo Opens (Ball Field) 4:30 - 6 p.m. Registration for ...

All’s Fair

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HANCOCK – The Houghton County Fair, taking place tomorrow thru Sunday, is expecting more than 25,000 guests to come through the gates. The Fair Board, according to Vice President Rick Freeman, has been hard at work lining up a variety of entertainment for all ages. The “Sea Lion Splash” ...

Children’s time

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Hancock — It seems pretty obvious that kids love fairs. More to the point, kids love the Houghton County Fair, and why shouldn't they? All the rides, the games with incredible prizes and of course — fair food! But the relationship of young people and the Houghton fair goes far beyond the ...

Blast to the past

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NORWAY — Visitors to the Jake Menghini Historical Museum traveled back in time Sunday, as Dickinson County youth demonstrated what it was like to live and work during the Colonial era. Dressed in period clothing, young students opened a market that showcased their handmade crafts at the ...