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Hancock Christmas Walk Successful Editor: The Hancock Business Association would like to thank the following for making the 54th annual Christmas Walk a success on Friday, Nov 28. "Whoville in Hancock" was led by Santa on the firetruck to the tree lighting at Memorial Park. A huge Thank you goes to the Hancock Department of Public Works, City of Hancock, Hancock Firefighters and Hancock City Police. Also to Tom Bauer with dog sled rides, Dave Lucchesi and Jody Meneguzzo with downtown music, Annie Miller doing face painting and Karen Palosaari driving the tractor pulling the Houghton ...

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Hats off! Editor: Hats off to the FedEx driver Tony for going above and beyond the call of duty for delivering packages with medical supplies during the recent snow storm. He has enriched our community with his kindness and sense of caring ... Thank You Tony! Paul Ray Jensen Pelkie Power Outage Thank You Editor: The Bootjack Fire & Rescue Department wants to thank the following businesses and organizations that stepped up to help the community during the recent Thanksgiving season extended weather related power outage that affected Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. Bootjack Fire ...

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Glorifying a divine entity? Editor: Marilyn Sager has written another screed that needs a little comment (MG, 12/19). There’s a lack of dignity with the brutal treatment of people with brown skin by ICE thugs, and the confinement of undocumented immigrants in concentration-like camps. Acting as judge, jury, and executioner, Trump has ordered the murdering of supposed drug runners in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans. Trump has used a toilet term to denigrate certain countries that he dislikes. And historically, the United States has interfered and invaded various Central and South ...

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What Good is America? TO THE EDITOR: Following are five specific ways in which America encourages good in today's dark and dying world. 1. Defending human dignity and fighting oppression America's foreign policies are often shaped by a desire to defend the vulnerable against tyranny. Whether fighting against Nazi Germany during World War II, combating modern-day human trafficking, attempting to dismantle the global slave trade, or defending our country's borders, the U.S. has played, and continues to play, a central to advance freedom. 2. Promotion of religious freedom ...

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Editor: Our family would like to thank everyone that walked through the doors of LeBlanc Sales and Service and continued their trust in our family as we became employees of Northland, Lawn & Sport. For 25 years we were able to help put the right equipment into your hands and helped to keep it running right. There is no possible way to explain just how much we have appreciated your support throughout these 25 years. Trusting us with your lawn and snow removal needs means more to our family than you know. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with all of you. May you all. have ...

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Who are we? When I was 20 years old, I fell in love for a while with a man from Ethiopia. Despite, perhaps because of, our outward differences, we were amazed to find that our dreams for the world were identical. We were contemplating marriage until he told me of some of his traditions that were just too different for me to embrace. Social media enabled us to re-connect last year. He recently retired from his job as a sociology professor in Addis Ababa, and, like me, he has been happily married for more than fifty years. Three of his children live in the United States. It seems to ...