A Texas Hold'em poker tournament is being scheduled for Saturday, April 8, at Little Bear East Conference Center and Ice Arena by the Michilimackinac Historical Society. The group is seeking at least 25 volunteers to deal cards and to help operate the event.

Volunteers who do not know the game of Texas Hold'em will be trained by Keith Massaway, Michilimackinac Historical Society president, and others who know the game. Training, Mr. Massaway said, may only take half an hour.

The no-limit poker game is played with up to 10 people per table and has been made popular by tournaments that are televised over cable television. The winner in St. Ignace will be awarded $500 and a trophy, and all proceeds will be used by the Michilimackinac Historical Society for its projects, said Mr. Massaway.

Participants must be 21 or older and pay an entry fee of $55 per person, which includes snacks and one beverage. No alcohol will be served.

The historical society is also forming an oral history committee to record interviews with residents of the Eastern Upper Peninsula about their memories. The interviews will begin this fall.

Vice President Jennifer McGraw is collecting names of interested people and is making a list of potential interviewees for the committee. Dennis Rippett of Brevort Lake is the committee chairman.

Mrs. McGraw is also seeking to add a number of Michigan history books to the St. Ignace Public Library that are recognized by the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries as "essential to Michigan history." The list was selected by a team of noted historians and includes a authors from Mackinac Island, including former Mackinac State Historic Parks Deputy Director David Armour and Island summer resident Brian Dunnigan. Dr. Armour's "At the Crossroads: Michilimackinac During the American Revolution," co-written with Keith Widder and published in 1986, is on the list, as well as Mr. Dunnigan's book, "Frontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838," published in 2001.

Also on the list is George Weeks' book, "Stewards of the State: The Governors of Michigan," published in 1991. Mr. Weeks' syndicated Michigan Politics column is published weekly in The St. Ignace News.