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How to give your pet a healthy, happy New Year

How to give your pet a healthy, happy New Year

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How to give your pet a healthy, happy New Year

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
DEAR PAW’S CORNER: This week, many Americans are celebrating their newest gift to the family: a cute puppy or kitten, duck or chicken, or pocket pets like hamsters and guinea pigs. It’s also a time to form new resolutions in anticipation of the New Year.
Travel opportunities for retirees

Travel opportunities for retirees

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Travel opportunities for retirees

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
GLADWIN COUNTY Retirement provides individuals with ample time to engage in activities they enjoy. Many seniors spend that newfound free time relaxing and seeing the sights. Seniors are a travel-friendly demographic.
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News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
1. Who wrote and released “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”? 2. Which group originally released “Don’t Bring Me Down” in 1966? 3. Who wrote and released the 1962 parody “The Monster Mash”? 4. Elvin Bishop is consider a one-hit wonder for which song? 5.
STREAMING SOURCE

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STREAMING SOURCE

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
ON NOW: “Daughters of the Cult” (Docuseries) -- Hulu 8-Jan: “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” -- Max 9-Jan: “Echo” (Season 1) -- Hulu 10-Jan: “Break Point” (Season 2) -- Netflix 10-Jan: “Criminal Record” (Season 1) -- Netflix 10-Jan: “The Trust: A Game of Greed” (Season 1) --...
Experiential gifts for seniors

Experiential gifts for seniors

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Experiential gifts for seniors

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
GLADWIN COUNTY Holiday shoppers know that, seemingly every year, there’s one person on their shopping list who’s hard to shop for. Seniors may fit that bill, as many have already accumulated a lifetime’s worth of goods and gadgets. That’s why experiential gifts can be such a good fit for seniors.
Blood bank turns away donor with high iron levels

Blood bank turns away donor with high iron levels

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Blood bank turns away donor with high iron levels

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
DEAR DR. ROACH: Recently, I was rejected from donating plasma (not blood) because my iron that day was 57 mcmol/L, and the maximum allowable was 54 mcmol/L. I was rescheduled to get retested in a few days. The technician said to eat beans and similar foods to lower my iron levels.

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Applications for Bailey Fund Scholarships now being accepted

News Staff
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
MIDLAND Applications to the Bernard F. and Melissa Anne Bailey Family Fund Health Care Scholarship program at MyMichigan Health are now available for the 2024-2025 school year. Students may access the application online at www.mymichigan. org/bailey.
May I Walk With You

May I Walk With You

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May I Walk With You

Daniel Fachting
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Ever wonder why it is that the person who gets the last word in, wins the argument? How many times as parents we argued with our children and ended the argument by saying, “I don’t want to hear another word from you. I have spoken and that’s the end of it!”? On and on it sometimes goes.
Gladwin’s (left to right) Jade Sheltraw, Tricia Pyrzewski and Charlotte Mawhorter show off their awards after competing at a girls’ only invitational at Traverse City West last week.

Gladwin’s (left to right) Jade Sheltraw, Tricia Pyrzewski and Charlotte Mawhorter show off their awards after competing at a girls’ only invitational at Traverse City West last week.

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Gladwin girls pin down medals at Traverse City West tourney

Scott Salowich
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
TRAVERSE CITY Traverse City West hosted a girls’ only wrestling tournament last Wednesday and Gladwin’s competitors brought back some new ornaments to hang from the Christmas tree in the form of medals.
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