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Paul M. Dake, M.D. Q: I’ve been reading about how our unusually warm is causing ticks to spread into geographic areas where they weren’t previously… Login to continue reading Login…

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Munising School Public Library will be closed on Monday, June 19th in observance of Juneteenth. Interested in knowing more about the history of Juneteenth? Come down to the library and we can help direct you to some books that will aid in celebrating and better understanding this important freedom day.

Today, I would like to share some “fun facts” about our great Upper Peninsula of Michigan. For example, here are three facts about the U.P. and they all contain the number three. The Upper Peninsula has about 30 percent of the total land mass of the State of Michigan, and the population of the U.P. is about 300,000 people, which is about 3 percent of the Michigan’s population.

Three bills currently in the Michigan House of Representatives are pushing for the degradation of local government and making it practically impossible for citizens to be involved in mining issues in their neighborhoods.

To the Editor, At its last meeting, the Alger County Commission, chaired by Mr. Rondeau, failed to fulfill its responsibility to appoint a new commissioner. I’m uncertain as to their reasoning, but they chose to “table” the issue until a further date. I am speculating that perhaps they did not want their votes on the public record.

Q: With all the hot weather I’ve been reading about and experiencing, I am wondering if there are any simple ways to help stay cool. I’m particularly concerned about my elderly relatives with various medical problems, and my 16-year-old son, who will be starting football practice in the next month or so, almost assuredly in hot, and often humid, conditions.

I’m always looking for the honorable qualities in people who exhibit the traits of my grandparents’ generation. I admire the characteristics of those raised during that era of our country’s history. The Americans born between 1900 and 1925 that former NBC news anchor, Tom Brokaw named the “Greatest Generation”, those who endured the Great Depression and World War II. Their enormous fortitude to handle the vast sacrifices during the depression and the ravages of war is truly a model for handling life crises to the best of our abilities.

Q: I read your article from about two months ago about prediabetes and discussed my risk factors with my doctor (obese, relatively inactive, two siblings with diabetes, and I had gestational diabetes with my last pregnancy six years ago). She advised that I undertake the exercise regimen you mentioned (brisk walking for 30 minutes 5 days a week) and cut down my calorie intake.