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December 28, 2006
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Donation Keeps Les Cheneaux School on Schedule
School Avoids 10-Day Closure in Feb. With $15,000 Gift To Keep Doors Open
By Amy Polk
      Just in time for Christmas, Les Cheneaux Community Schools received a $15,000 donation, which it will use to maintain its current operations schedule, instead of lengthening the school day and closing the school for 10 days to save money.
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County EDC Is Reinstated
After Slicing Budget, County Now Favors Reorganization Plan
By Karen Gould
      A year ago the future of the county’s Economic Development Corporation looked bleak. The county commission had sliced the agency’s budget, leaving only enough to fund a few meetings. Now, commissioners are rethinking their decision, increasing the agency’s 2007 budget in support of a reorganization...
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Seminar Set for Jan. 9 at St. Ignace
Researcher To Share Ideas for Small Town Success
By Amy Polk
      Small towns can be great places to live and do business, and a January 9 program in St. Ignace will provide some ideas for how towns around here can attract people and commerce. Dave Ivan, the speaker, has researched the success of 300 small communities and will share their ideas in his program, “...
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Christmas Party Packs Fenlon Center
By Paul Gingras
      “We all came together because of volunteerism,” said Donn Riley, senior services director for Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac counties, at the St. Ignace Community Action Agency Christmas Party, which packed the Reagon Street Fenlon Center facility Thursday, December 21.
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Tourist Association Merges With Les Cheneaux Chamber
By Amy Polk
      The Les Cheneaux Islands Tourist Association elected Wednesday night, December 20, to become a committee of the Les Cheneaux Chamber of Commerce and abandon its status as an independent organization. Both organizations believe the move will give the Tourist Association the time and support it needs...
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St. Ignace Soldier David Durm Comes Home for Christmas
Stationed Near Baqubah, Iraq Since Last December
By Paul Gingras
      David Durm, U.S. Army specialist and 2004 graduate of LaSalle High School, has returned to the St. Ignace area to spend the holidays with his family. He is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Special Troop Battalion. From December 2005 to November 2006, he was stationed at Forwa...
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Bypass Solves Odor Problem at St. Ignace Twp.
By Karen Gould
      Since the sewer bypass valves were turned on Tuesday, December 19, odor complaints have ended, say St. Ignace Township board members, and a year-long battle to eliminate the foul odors is over. The St. Ignace Department of Public Works put in the bypass line, said Township trustee Don Schairer, an...
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