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I See a Bad Moon A-Risin'

By Ray Sharp  Posted 01/26/2004

ATLANTIC MINE -- Guest author Ray Sharp says his boyhood dream was to travel to outer space; but he questions whether anyone would want to travel to Mars, where temperatures range from minus 80 in the summer to minus 200 in the winter. Sharp says President Bush wants to send a manned mission to Mars by 2030 but hasn't mentioned a return trip or long-range budgeting of the project, while the U.S. sends $100 billion a year of Social Security and Medicare savings to Afghanistan and Iraq. more

To Residents of the City of Hancock

Posted 01/15/2004

HANCOCK -- Hancock City Councilwoman Mary Tuisku tells Hancock residents she has decided to stay on the council and "continue to fight the good fight" to make Hancock a better place to live. After stating her intended resignation at the Dec. 17, 2003, City Council meeting, Tuisku announced on Jan. 7, 2004, that she received calls and emails of support from residents and community leaders asking her to stay. more