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Right to Life Banquet Planned for October 10 St. Ignace Right to Life will host its 8th Annual Banquet for Life Monday, October 10, at 6 p.m. at Little Bear East Community Center. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The speaker will be Mark Blocher, a nationally known bioethics speaker and writer. More ...
Focus This Year Placed on Area History, But Old Photographs Prove Hard To Come By, as Few in This Farming Community Could Buy a Camera Years Ago By Amy Polk Stalwart’s Centennial Fair lived up to its name this weekend, September 8 through September 11, serving as the last tangible reminder of a town given a name that means “strong, sturdy, resolute, and firm.” The town store and post office closed years ago, but homes and farms still pepper the countrys More ... Griffin Beverage’s Addition Request Denied by ZBA By Ryan Schlehuber Griffin Beverage Company in St. Ignace has been denied a variance to expand its warehouse on Reagon Street. The company’s plan did not receive the required two-thirds vote from the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) for a variance at a ZBA meeting Wednesday, September 7. The company, in an industrial zon More ... St. Ignace Autumn Apple Days Planned for Sept. 30, Oct. 1 To Include Pumpkin Roll, Hay Rides, Open House The St. Ignace Autumn Apple Days and The Great Pumpkin Roll are scheduled for Friday, September 30, and Saturday, October 1. Carnival games and the LaSalle High School Saints homecoming parade will begin the events Friday. More ... Nothing Taken in Bank Break In Michigan State Police are investigating a breaking and entering at the First National Bank of St. Ignace, Les Cheneaux Branch in Cedarville. The incident happened sometime between 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 6, and 8 a.m. Wednesday, September 7. No suspects have been identified yet. More ... Roseway Completes Sailing Season at St. Ignace Harbor The schooner Roseway completed its last day of sailing from the St. Ignace harbor for the season Monday, September 5. More ... Reward Offered in Destruction of Bridge Painting Equipment Damage was done to high pressure hoses belonging to American Painting Company, which is working on projects on the Mackinac Bridge, on or about Thursday, September 8, leading to thousands of dollars of damage and job time lost. A $10,000 reward is offered by the company for the arrest and conviction More ... Walkers To Raise Funds for Hunger Relief in 14th Crop Walk Money will be raised for hungry people in Mackinac County and across the world at the 14th Annual Crop Walk at St. Ignace Sunday, September 18. Walkers will gather at St. Ignace United Methodist Church at 1 p.m. and return to the church for refreshments following the walk. More ... Court Report The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace, September 6 and 7, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More ... U.P. Task Force To Meet at St. Ignace Thurs. The next hearing of the new U.P. and Northern Michigan Task force will focus on education Thursday, September 15, at 7 p.m. at St. Ignace Middle School Library, hosted by State Representative Gary McDowell (D-Rudyard). Residents, local officials, labor leaders, and community members may attend to sh More ... Hessel Golf Course Reports Break In, Vandalism Unknown people stole nearly $550 in U.S. and Canadian currency in two Soo Co-op Credit Union bags after breaking and entering the Hessel Ridge Golf Course office between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, August 28. A sliding glass door was damaged, estimated at $3,000. More ... USDA Seeks Assistance for Hurricane Survivors Rural Development has 1,700 vacant apartment units and 15 houses available throughout the state that are available rent free for up to six months to victims of Hurricane Katrina who have relocated to Michigan. More ... Historical Society Plans Membership Party Thurs. Michilimackinac Historical Society will host a membership renewal party Thursday, September 15, at 6 p.m. at the Marina Pub in St. Ignace. Hors d’oeuvres, wine, cheese, and music are planned. The cost of the event is included in the society’s $25 annual membership renewal. More ... Oktoberfest Planned Sept. 24 at Sault The third annual Downtown Soo Oktoberfest will be Saturday, September 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Portage Avenue between Ashmun Street and Osborn Boulevard in Sault Ste. Marie. More ...
Two new teachers are at Gros Cap School in Moran Township this fall. Mary Cullen teaches 14 students in kindergarten and first grade and Amy Lester teaches 20 students in fourth and fifth grades. More ...
Members of LaSalle High School’s student council raised more than $451 for the American Red Cross’ Hurricane Katrina relief fund, collecting $300 during the Cheboygan-St. Ignace football game Friday, September 9. The group also collected money from students and faculty at school. Pictured are (from More ... New After School Program Offered Tutoring, organized games, sports, crafts, board games, daily snacks, and occasional field trips will be offered after school for students in kindergarten through eighth grade at St. Ignace Area Schools. The program is available on school days from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. More ... LSSU College Fair Set for Monday Lake Superior State University (LSSU) will host the annual Eastern U.P. College Fair, Monday, September 19. Representatives from more than 30 colleges and universities will be on hand to talk to local students about the opportunities available at their institutions. More ... Hunter Safety, CPR Instructor Classes Planned Consolidated Community School Services is offering hunter safety and CPR instructor classes at Rudyard. More ... Art Grants Offered Arts and cultural projects planned for 2006 may be eligible for grants of up to $4,000 through the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs Minigrant Program, with an application deadline of Saturday, October 1. More ... Bike Around Island Raises Funds Twenty-seven bikers and 10 walkers took part in this year’s Bike Around Mackinac Island, which raised more than $3,000 for Michigan’s Special Olympians. The even was led by Mark Lloyd of Mackinac Straits Hospital. More ... Appraisal Fair Planned at Rudyard The Rudyard Historical Society will hold an antique appraisal fair at the Rudyard Community Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, September 17. People may bring in as many as three items to be appraised by Jean LaFoille and other experts from the antique auction at Manistique. Appraisal cost is $3 More ... Girl Scouts To Register Tuesday The St. Ignace Area Girl Scouts will host an ice cream social and open registration for adult volunteers and girls in kindergarten through 12th grade Tuesday, September 20, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Quality Inn in St. Ignace. More ... Year-Long Raffle To Benefit Lake Improvements The Portage Anglers Club and the Curtis Chamber of Commerce are offering year-long raffle tickets. Tickets are valid all year and winners are chosen by matching ticket numbers to the Daily 3 Midday number every Friday. Prizes include more than 20 guns, vacations, outboard motor, bow packages, cash, More ... A Look at St. Ignace History Reveals 4 Homes Moved From Raco Base Prompted by an August 11 historical article in The St. Ignace News about three homes on South State Street that had once been moved from Fibron Quarry More ... Crime Stoppers Golf Set for Sept. 23 Crime Stoppers will host its 12th annual golf scramble to raise money for the program Friday, September 23. The event will be at Wild Bluff Golf Course in Brimley. More ...
By Amy Polk The Eastern Upper Peninsula Fine Arts Council was surprised and grateful for unexpected donations of nearly $1,000 from the audience at a Summer's End concert in DeTour Sunday, September 4. The Council had planned to give half of the donations to the Salvation Army for its Hurricane Katrina relie More ...
Final Phase of Project Dedicated on Tuesday By Amy Polk The Les Cheneaux Community Schools playground was reopened Tuesday, September 6, on the first day of school, as 20 students cut the ceremonial ribbon. Eight freestanding play units, installed over the past two weeks by volunteers, include a merry-go-round, seesaw, climbing structures and bars, and s More ... Moran Twp. Adopts Ordinance Expanding ORV Road Access An ordinance expanding road access for off-road vehicles (ORVs) was passed by the Moran Township Board at its regular meeting Wednesday, September 7. It is modeled after a county ordinance, which was requested in August by a local group of ORV enthusiasts and adopted by the Mackinac County Board of More ... Chippewa County Democrats To Host Picnic Sat. A Fall Fest picnic and fundraiser has been scheduled for the Chippewa County Democratic Party Saturday, September 17, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sherman Park pavilion, near the intersection of West Twenty-fourth Street and West Fourth Avenue in Sault Ste. Marie. More ... U.P. Legion Posts To Meet October 1 The 11th and 12th Districts of the American Legion, which comprise the Upper Peninsula Association of American Legion Posts, will meet at the Greenwood American Legion Post #114 Saturday, October 1, at 10 a.m. More ... Federal Transportation Bill To Fund Local Work Area road projects in Mackinac and Chippewa County will benefit from the new federal transportation bill, including another $6 million for I-75 construction to the US-2 intersection in St. Ignace. More ... Marina Theft Investigated Fishing equipment valued at $3,000 was stolen from a charter boat docked at the Cedarville marina during the early morning hours of Monday, August 1. Equipment stolen included Big Jon downriggers, Penn fishing reels, flares, Dipsy divers, Magnum spoons, assorted lures, and a Daiwa line counter reel. More ...
Marge Borland earned a College of Regents Degree in Women of the Moose Chapter 1484 and was honored by Moose Lodge 999 Thursday, September 1. She was presented with the honor at the national convention in Las Vegas in June. More ...
At right, Bill Brown of St. Ignace checks for holes that may need to be taped up inside the 110-foot long, 18-foot in diameter geometric cylindar art project during Culturama Saturday, September 10. The inflatable art project (left) was displayed outside the Little Bear Arena until wind forced its r... More ... Churches Taking Up Relief Funds Catholics at 97 parishes and missions around the Upper Peninsula are raising funds for survivors of Hurricane Katrina and the Diocese of Marquette will send the money to Catholic Charities USA. The funds will be used by local Catholic Charities emergency and long-term disaster recovery efforts. More ... |
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