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Q: I’m in my late 30’s and quite certain that I had COVID-19 this past spring, given the symptoms that I had at the time. However, I was never tested for the virus, at that time, or since.

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, talk about it, get a mammogram, do self-exams, and if you are a guy, encourage the women in your life to do them, and remember it can happen to you. So many suffer alone waiting through exams and treatments, hoping to wake up from the cancer nightmare.

The US Army War College’s autumn, quarterly issue “Parameters” featured a report entitled “Lessons from Ukraine for the Armed Forces of the Future”. It is the first in a series commissioned one year ago by the US Army Training and Doctrine Command. A small group of scholars were assigned to study the Ukraine-Russia conflict and to report on various areas. The UK has done something similar also. This first report calls for a policy of “partial conscription,” to make up for the losses projected to be incurred if and when the USA engages in full-scale industrial warfare, presumably with Russia. Projected losses in such conflict stand at 3,600 Americans per day, with 800 needed conscripts per day. Anyone interested in averting or avoiding war would do well to be aware of what scant solutions exist to such problems.

In a significant step towards sustainability, Munising’s VanLandschoot & Sons Fish Market has joined an international movement, the “100 percent Great Lakes Fish Pledge,” aiming to revolutionize the seafood industry. This commitment, facilitated by the Conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers (GSGP), mandates the complete use of every Great Lakes fish caught commercially by 2025.

Marketplace meeting today The Alger County Commission meets at 4 p.m. today, Friday, Oct.

Halloween is only a week away and soon our streets will be filled with little ghosts, goblins and witches trick-or-treating. To help ensure this Halloween is safe for your children, Sheriff Brock offers the following safety tips: • Costumes should be short enough to prevent tripping.