In Our Opinion
Bud Bash bashed
      Over the past month there has been ample space provided by this newspaper for opinions regarding the annual Bud Bash. Now the issue has reached its saturation point; therefore, we won't publish any more until next summer. Letters both pro and con have voiced many opinions; some are repeated under different names.
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One-word change
      It's been over 30 years since Michigan adopted its bottle bill requiring return deposits on carbonated beverages, which were mainly soft drinks and beer in that era.
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The Resorter's reader poll
      Last week's results If you have driven your child to school in the past, will gas prices effect whether or not your child will ride the bus to school?
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'Houghton Lake, a great place to live and raise a family'
By Don Mainprize
      It was a long, dusty, muddy, and bumpy ride in 1935 from Coleman to Houghton Lake on the two-track (almost) that's now Old 27. Mud holes and ruts kept us jiggling up and down, picking up some bruises on the way. Looking back, I can envision Dorr Calkins'- my grandfather's- cobblestone house situated several rods south of the current McCoy residence.
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IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK
REPRINTED FROM RESORTER BACK ISSUES 10 YEARS AGO-SEPT. 3, 1998
      State representative votes to be recounted "Roscommon County Commissioner John Rosczyk, who lost his Aug. 4 primary bid for the Republican nomination for 102nd Dist. state representative by a margin of 138 votes, has filed for a recount of votes cast in a number of precincts. Rosczyk finished second in the four-way race.
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MAKE IT PLAIN
By Glenn Schicker
      Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed a regulation designed to make people more aware of existing laws that prohibit discrimination against medical personnel who, as a matter of conscience, refuse to perform procedures such as abortions or stem cell research.
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