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ABJ found alive in dramatic summer for world’s oldest loon

A recent spotting of the world’s oldest loon has calmed concerns over the health and safety of the bird after he split from his longtime mate and lost his preferred nesting location. According to Damon McCormick of Common Coast Research & Conservation: ABJ, who turns 36 this month, was last seen over a month ago, idling alone on H Pool after breaking the tip of his upper mandible. But on Sunday a visitor to the Refuge, Louis Good of Northern Michigan University, spotted him along the Marshland Wildlife Drive, superficially looking none the worse for wear, and suggesting that in his foraging strategies he has adapted to life with a damaged bill. Surprisingly, he was observed with a second loon, and in a location - the western end of E Pool that this spring was the established territory of another color-marked Seney male, a 16-year-old known as Blue Nevada. It is possible that, against expectation, ABJ has designs on more than just solitary feeding this season; we hope to know more soon.
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Briefs

The Alger Community Recycling Committee is organizing a free e-waste and freon appliance collection today and tomorrow, Friday and Saturday 16-17 at Munising Middle/High School. The event will allow Alger County residents a chance to dispose of various electronics ranging from radios to copy machines, video games to VCRs. Refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers and air conditioners will also be accepted for UPPCO bill credits. A $5 fee will be required for televisions, CRT monitors and a $2 fee for flat screen monitors. Collection times are 4 p.m.-8 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday.
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Quarfoot found not guilty

William J. Quarfoot was found not guilty of felonious assault in a one-day jury trial on Monday, June 12 in 11th Circuit Court at the Alger County Courthouse. The trial ends a nearly two-year case that started over an alleged threat of using gasoline and an ignition source as a weapon.
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Correction

In last week’s edition on June 9, The Munising Beacon incorrectly stated the new Burt Township Schools Superintendent as Gordon Tasker. However, his last name is Tester.
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Michigan beef leaders looking to change federal guidelines

Michigan Beef Industry Commission (MBIC) Executive Director George Quackenbush has seen a lot of change in the landscape during his 18 years representing Michigan cattle producers. From farming techniques to technological changes in how the public gets information to rising pressure from anti-beef groups around the state and nation, very little of the landscape looks familiar since the day he went to work for Michigan’s beef producers back in 2005.
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State Champs

The Munising Mustangs boys track and field team is the 2023 MHSAA U.P. Division 3 Champions after defeating roughly 30 schools in Kingsford on Saturday, June 3.
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