Six local artists, including Ida Bergsma, Jo Kurlonko, Judy Mock, Margaret Pavey, Rosetta Schemenauer, and Helen Shoberg participated in a painting class in Cedarville led by Betsy Bohmer of Kohler, Wisconsin, through the Arts Council of Les Cheneaux. It has been hot and humid on many days, but in between there have been wind and fairly cool nights, with much needed rain in between. It was so very dry that lawns were turning brown and flowers needed water every evening it seemed. A nice, all-day rain would still be a welcome happening.

The high school students, along with some recent graduates and a summer resident guest actor, Andrew Horsburgh, were involved in a musical production last Saturday and Sunday evenings at the Les Cheneaux Schools. The play was a musical review entitled "Seasons of Love" and contained familiar songs from various musicals. It was produced and directed by Adam Rutkoswski and Sarah Murray. These young people all did a great job and deserved all the applause they received.

From many reports, the fishing in the Les Cheneaux Islands is coming back, and what good news that is. A note from James Newbauer, a longtime customer of Patrick's Landing, wrote to tell that they had the best fishing for both pike and perch this summer that they have had for several years. The good news is that they and many others are planning to

come back again next year. What a boon the return of good old-fashioned hook and line fishing will be for the Les Cheneaux Islands if this good fishing lasts.

The annual Les Cheneaux Antique Wooden Boat Show, along with the Festival of Arts, is only a little more than a week away! How time does fly. Big plans are made again this year to entertain the crowds of people who will attend the 29th anniversary of this show. This August weekend has always been a wonderful time of the year for this festival, and with the exception of one or two times, the weather has been perfect.

A very enjoyable three days of art classes was held by the Arts Council in the fellowship hall of Bethel Lutheran Church. Seven artists took part in this class, including the instructor, Betsy Bohmer, who is a summer visitor from Kohler, Wisconsin. Many interesting paintings were either completed, or well on the way to completion, and it was all great fun for everyone. Taking the class were Joe Kurlonko, Ida Bergsma, Judy Mock, Helen Shoberg, Ruth Schemenauer, and Margaret Pavey.

Another short, but amusing, Bruce Patrick recollection follows:

"Dr. Rodgers lived on the southwest shore of Hessel Bay. My father, Bruce K. Patrick, took care of his boat.

The doctor had three huge apple trees, with no use for the apples, so when he left in the late summer, he let us take the apples. We had no way of keeping them for very long, so we, my two sisters, Mae and Jean, and I, would peel apples by the hundreds. My mother would boil them, mash them, and cold pack them, so we had applesauce all winter. I used to hate this apple peeling job. We would knock down a lot of them for the deer to eat."

It seems that the Cedarville and Hessel area still has many apple trees growing from old orchards and there are always bushels of apples going to waste every fall. The deer do eat them, so perhaps that is a good source of winter food for the wildlife, and, with the price of groceries and gas going up, also for those of us who are willing and able to pick, peel, boil, mash, and cold pack them.