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By Amy Polk Commander Dewey Lopes will lead the Les Cheneaux Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla for another year and was inducted with other new officers at the organization’s Change of Watch Thursday, December 14. The Les Cheneaux Flotilla’s 35 members come from Cedarville, DeTour, Hessel, and Pickford. More ... ‘Yoostabe Yoopers’ Seek To Donate A group of Colorado residents who were formerly residents of the Upper Peninsula would like to donate funds to U.P. causes. The Yoostabe Yooper Club of the Denver area gathers several times a year, including a summer picnic and a winter gathering, and most recently attended an “Escanaba in Da Moonl... More ... Bird Watching Is Topic at Library Talk “Bird Watching in Mackinaw City and on Mackinac Island” will be the topic presented Wednesday, January 3, at 7 p.m. at the Mackinaw Area Public Library in Mackinaw City. Jeff Dykehouse of Cheboygan will present the free program about the habitats and types of birds, waterfowl, owls, and hawks foun... More ... Several CCSS Events To Be Held in Rudyard for Dec., Jan. Consolidated Community School Services of Rudyard will hold the following events in December and January. There will be open swim sessions at the Rudyard Pool Wednesday, December 27, and Wednesday, December 29, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Rudyard Pool was closed Sunday, December 24, Monday, Decembe... More ... Coast Guard Withdraws Live Fire Plan Owing to Protest The U.S. Coast Guard, December 18, withdrew a proposal to conduct live-fire training on the Great Lakes, following public protest. It had sought 34 safety zones for live-fire training in the Great Lakes, none of them around the Eastern Upper Peninsula, for machine guns the agency has mounted on som... More ... Park Commission To Meet Jan. 10 The Mackinac Island State Park Commission will meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 10, in the fifth floor boardroom of the Michigan Historical Center and Library at 702 West Kalamazoo Street, Lansing. The seven commissioners are appointed by the governor and serve six-year terms. More ...
By Ryan Schlehuber It took a free steak for Ron Mitchell and a free afternoon off from work for Cara Mason to entice them to donate blood for the first time decades ago, however, as they each reached the 100-pint mark Tuesday, December 19, it was their generous devotion to those who need blood that continued their co... More ... 3 Considered for Emergency Services Post Three candidates remain in the running for the Mackinac County Emergency Services coordinator position. The Mackinac County Board of Commissioners narrowed the field from 13 during interviews Tuesday, December 19. Ron Wolford of Pellston, Sally Willis of Cedarville, and Matt Bowlby of St. More ...
Contributions made to the county were recognized by commissioners during their Thursday, December 14, meeting with resolutions given to those leaving their positions. Recognized were county commissioners Joe Durm and Jim Farero, Judge Tom North, Prosecutor Clayton Graham, and the late Clyde “Bo” Bra... More ... Tower May Bring Wireless Internet to Clark Township By Amy Polk Cedarville will be the site of a new cellular telephone tower, if Florida-based SBA Communications clears all hurdles to building it in Clark Township. The tower will improve wireless telephone service for CellularOne customers and could also host CS Connect, a new wireless Internet service provide... More ... Mackinac Trail Reconstruction Moving Forward Again Road Work To Begin at North End of Project By Karen Gould Plans to reconstruct Mackinac Trail from the county line south are moving forward, four years after they were proposed and following one diversion that sent the work to the southern end of the road. The St. Ignace Township Board, at its Thursday, December 14, meeting, directed Township Clerk Donn... More ... Body Identified as Pickford Man A body found by a prison work crew in a wooded area of Bruce Township near Sault Ste. Marie December 20 has been identified as that of Matthew Scott Wendt, 20, of Pickford, who was reported missing 10 years ago. Mr. Wendt was reported missing in February 1996 and was last seen walking northbound t... More ... Unemployment Claims Hours Set Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency will make its tollfree phone lines available for three days during the week of Christmas and three days during the week of New Year’s Day to take unemployment claims. The phone line will be open Wednesday, December 27, through Friday, December 29, and Wedne... More ...
Les Cheneaux Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Association Coordinator Bud Lowers (left) presented Les Cheneaux Elementary School student Kelly Plank with an award when her drawing was chosen as the 2007 Snowsfest button design. Her depiction of dog sledding, one of the events offered in past years to... More ... 92nd District Court The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace, December 13, 19, and 20, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. • Joseph Becker, 21, of St. Ignace, pleaded guilty to controlled substance, use of narcotic. He was assessed a fine of $1,000, 12 mon... More ... Police Seek Tips on Stolen Jewelry Police are seeking information in the theft of jewelry and coins that took place Monday, November 6, on 12 Mile Road near Mackinac Trail in Dafter Township. A diamond engagement ring, diamond wedding ring, emerald ring, blue topaz earrings, and a bracelet were among items stolen from a private hom... More ... Television Taken in Home Invasion Police are seeking information in a home invasion that occurred Thursday, November 2, on Mackinac Trail in Kinross Township. Someone forced entry to a residence and stole a 13-inch television, 18 videotapes, and an electronic alarm clock. Those who may have information about this crime are asked t... More ...
By Ryan Schlehuber Engadine Consolidated Schools and Rudyard Area Schools are promoting healthier eating for their students with refrigerated vending machines that dispense healthy items like apples, pears, milk, water, yogurt, smoothies, and granola bars. The Engadine and Rudyard districts were awarded funding from... More ...
The Alternative Community Education program in Cedarville hosted its first holiday open house for friends and family Wednesday, December 20. During the program, the students and teacher Dave Rhinard, and his wife, Susie, presented a reading of “The Gift of the Magi.” Guests also snacked on food made... More ...
Kindergarten students from Turner-Howson Elementary School in Rudyard visited with residents at the Freighter View Assisted Living Facility in Sault Ste. Marie and learned that it is much better to give than to receive. The students made presents for the residents and entertained them with holiday s... More ... Cedarville Bands Perform Well at Pickford Festival Students from Cedarville High School and Cedarville Middle School performed well at the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) District Solo and Ensemble Festival in Pickford in November. Of the 22 students who participated, 15 received first division ratings, three received second ... More ... Moran Twp. Man Wins Computers in School Contest James Gamble of Moran Township won two computers in the Coca-Cola/Family Dollar Computer Sweepstates. One was donated by the sponsors to Gros Cap School at Mr. Gamble’s request. There were 100 grand prize winners nationwide, and those winners were awarded a new Dell Dimension 1100 computer system ... More ... Realtor Schlehuber Attends Conference Cheryl Schlehuber of St. Ignace attended the National Association of Realtors Conference and Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 10 through November 13. Mrs. Schlehuber is broker and owner of Mackinac Properties Real Estate Company in St. Ignace. She attended the conference to represent the W... More ... Abbott Shares Pasty Recipe in Online Contest Pat Abbott of Holland, Michigan, is offering the world a taste of an Upper Peninsula tradition by entering a St. Ignace beef pasty recipe in an online contest. Mrs. Abbott, whose husband, Bill “Beans” Abbott, sold pasties made from a similar recipe in St. More ...
First and fourth grade students from St. Ignace Area Schools discuss letters they had sent to Santa Claus shortly before Thanksgiving. The older students helped the younger ones write their letters, and Santa wrote back to each student in personalized detail, said Patrice Mackin, fourth grade teache... More ... Jan. 5 Is Due Date for Barn Award The deadline is January 5 to nominate a barn for one of two Barn of the Year awards to be given by the Michigan Barn Preservation Network. Awards will be presented in two categories, adaptive commercial or nonprofit use, and continuing agricultural or adaptive family use. More ... Head Start Tots Visit News Office Children from Community Action Head Start classes in St. Ignace enjoyed visiting The St. Ignace News office Tuesday, December 5, learning about how the weekly newspaper and other printed materials are produced. The youngsters and their teachers took a tour of the newsroom, advertising departmen... More ... Broom Ball To Be Held January 10 in St. Ignace St. Ignace will host a broom ball tournament Saturday, January 20, at the Driftwood Restaurant. The tournament will be a fundraiser for city recreation equipment. Players must be 18 years and older, and can register at the city’s recreation department at Little Bear East Ice Arena. Registration is... More ...
The Theut hunting camp has reclaimed its euchre tournament title by beating its rival, the Therrian hunting camp, for the fourth consecutive year during deer hunting season. The two camps compete and alternate locations each hunting season. This year the tournament was played at the Therrian camp in... More ...
Nicole “Nicki” Johnston, 12, of St. Ignace, bagged her first deer on a hunting trip with her father, Tom Johnston of Boise, Idaho, in the Black Hills of South Dakota on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 23. Miss Johnston completed a hunters safety course this summer and she and her father d... More ... AAA Offers Guide for Non-drinkers AAA of Michigan again is offering its booklet of nonalcoholic drink recipes to help prevent drunk driving during the holidays. The free guide has been published for 28 years, and this year drink recipes were gathered from restaurants throughout the Midwest. More ... Road Being Built on Central Ave. to Mackinaw’s Historic Village A road is being built from The road is not yet accessible to Central Avenue in Mackinaw City to the Mackinaw Historic Village site. Gravel was laid in early November and 60 sugar maple trees are being planted along each side of the roadway, which will connect the village and the museum. traffic. More ... Snow-related Activies Planned for Women at U.P. State Park A weekend of snow-related activities for women is planned for January 27 and 28 at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the western Upper Peninsula. Sponsored by the Department of Natural Resources Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) Program, the event is designed to acquaint women 18 and old... More ... K-3 Youngsters Invited To Join Writing Contest Children in kindergarten through third grade will be invited to write and illustrate original story books for the upcoming annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. Stories will be accepted by the contest’s sponsor, CMU Public Broadcasting, from January 15 to March 15. More ... Engle Replaces Massaway as Historical Society President Judy Engle has been appointed president of the Michilimackinac Historical Society, replacing Keith Massaway, who resigned because of other commitments, and Tom Pfeiffelmann has been appointed the society’s new treasurer. Ms. Engle, a St. Ignace resident and two-year member of the historical society... More ...
Louis Radecki Takes Buck Louis Radecki, 12, of St. Ignace, bagged a three-point buck in the Pine River area near Cedarville during the opening weekend of firearm deer season in November. It was his first time hunting. He is the son of Laurie and Ed Radecki of St. Ignace. (Photograph courtesy of Laurie Radecki) More ...
Kierra Kangas (above) is the Engadine Consolidated Schools winner of the Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Miss Kangas is a sixth grade student at the school. She is pictured with Barb Hobbs, contest chairperson. (Photograph courtesy of Engadine Consolidated Schools) More ...
The Cedarville High School Quiz Team (back row, from left) Joel Feldhake, Clayton Meyers, Erin Smith, Ali Eberts, Leighann Hamel, Nicholas Kostecki, Nathaniel Kostecki; (front row) Katie Eberts, Luke Murray, and Captain Emily Feldhake will compete against Norway’s team February 2 for the chance to m... More ... Island School Reports Lowest Enrollment: 63 Student enrollment at Mackinac Island Public School, as of Monday, December 18, is at its lowest number in recent history, with only 63 students in the K-12 building. Mackinac Island started the school year with 76 students, but some families move off the Island for the winter after the tourist se... More ... U.P. CHAC Offers Access to Health Care for Uninsured Access to health care for uninsured people is offered by the Community Health Access Coalition (CHAC). Aprivate, nonprofit agency, CHAC coordinates donated and reduced cost primary care, specialty care, pharmaceuticals, and hospital services. The services offered are limited and not a substitution... More ... Superintendent: Closed Meeting Not Intended To Exclude the Public From School Board Discussions Violation of Open Meetings Act Took Place in Discussion With School Board, Police Chief By Ryan Schlehuber A closed meeting held by the Mackinac Island Board of Education and challenged by The St. Ignace News were not intended to exclude the public from board discussions, Superintendent Roger Schrock said, More ...
Monday, December 11, Gros Cap students pose shortly before graduation from a nine-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. Pictured here (front, from left) are Zach Phillips, Rachel Hetherington, Clayton Knutsen, and Gage Thomas; (middle) Savannah Seccia, Tabitha Blair, Bekka Litzner, an... More ... 92nd District Court Renews Credit Card Service The 92nd District Court in St. Ignace has announced that it has renewed its agreement with credit card service providers so court-related costs can be paid by credit card. The agreement between the court and Government Payment Service was renewed December 11. More ... Plans Underway for New Airport Terminal Building on Bois Blanc Island By Ryan Schlehuber R.W. Armstrong, a Lansing design firm, was hired by Bois Blanc Township December 13 to design a new airport terminal building, which is expected to be finished in 2007. The township board authorized Supervisor Loren Gibbons to sign an engineering and architectural service agreement with the firm. More ...
By Amy Polk Les Cheneaux Community Foundation awarded $31,945 Tuesday night, December 19, at the Les Cheneaux Elementary School winter music program in Cedarville. “We will have given out over $50,000 in grants this year,” Foundation President Rick Shapero said Tuesday night. More ...
By Karen Gould Six years ago, the journey of Boatswain’s Mate Second Class (BM2) Tyler Benson’s Coast Guard career began with his first assignment as a seaman on the Biscayne Bay in St. Ignace. He then left active duty and served as a reservist while he attended college and worked in a hospital. In the reserves... More ... $4,000 Approved for Scholarship Michigan college students will be eligible for a new Michigan Promise scholarship of $4,000 under legislation signed by Governor Jennifer Granholm Thursday, December 21. Beginning with this year’s high school seniors, students will now be eligible for the scholarships that replace the current Merit... More ... Addtional Elk Hunt Set for 40 Hunters January 16-20 An additional 40 elk hunters have been selected by lottery to hunt elk in Michigan from January 16 through January 20, to cull the herd to a manageable number. It will be only the second time since elk hunting began that there has been a January hunt. More ... New Year’s Eve Skate Scheduled at Little Bear A New Year’s Eve Skate will be offered at Little Bear East Ice Arena in St. Ignace Sunday, December 31, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The charge of $3 includes skate rental and a free glow necklace. More ... Humanities Council To Offer Grants The Michigan Humanities Council offers four grants available in the upcoming year, with deadlines for the grants starting January 15. The council offers quick grants and planning grants throughout the year, and there are no application deadlines for those grants. More ... Winter BOWWeekend Offered Women can learn new outdoor skills or refine old ones at one of two Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) Winter Weekends in February. The weekend events are coordinated by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The first weekend is Friday, February 16, through Sunday, February 18, at the DNR's Mac... More ... State Grants To Be Available for Arts and Cultural Projects Grants of up to $4,000 will be available for arts and cultural projects that will start between April 1 and September 30. The application deadline is February 1 for Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs Mini-grant Program in Mackinac, Luce, and Chippewa counties. More ... For the record ... Taylor Rader In an obituary for Taylor Rader published in the December 21 issue of The St. Ignace News, it should have been noted that Miss Rader is survived by her mother, Sue Ellen Graham of Rossville, Indiana, and her father, Jeffrey A. Rader of Tennessee. More ... Six Projects Unite for Fundraising Drive With Les Cheneaux Community Foundation By Amy Polk Les Cheneaux Community Foundation is leading a fundraising drive for six community improvement projects in Clark Township by distributing a brochure to promote Clark Township’s recreation project and prospective Bon Air project, Les Cheneaux Bike Path, Les Cheneaux Watershed Council’s Cedarville Ba... More ... In Second Year of Rationing System... Mackinac Island Must Plan for Sewage Treatment, Director Says The City of Mackinac Island must begin soon to plan for future sewage treatment, warns Department of Public Works Director Bruce Zimmerman. Even with a program that rations new sewer connections, the city could run out of treatment capacity by 2011, he said, and, if the city wants to expand that ca... More ...
Maddie Kohlmann, 9, stands beside the tree purchased by her mother, Amy Kohlmann of Cedarville, at the end of the Les Cheneaux Historical Association’s holiday tree auction and open house Sunday, December 3. Mrs. More ... Busy in the Off Season: Winter Construction Projects Underway on Mackinac Island By Ryan Schlehuber This year’s winter construction season on Mackinac Island is in high gear, said building inspector Dennis Dombroski. Construction season begins in November, when most businesses are closed for the winter. Construction normally ends May 1, when the city restricts motor vehicle permits in preparatio... More ... Island Council Aims To Stop City Bike Ordinance Violations By Karen Gould Mackinac Island City Council wants the practice of renting bicycles without a commercial license stopped. Council members have learned that Stonecliffe Real Estate and Management Company is violating the rental bicycle ordinance and has initiated revocation of its business license. More ...
By Amy Polk Les Cheneaux Snowmobile Club raised more than $500 for Easter Seals at its annual meeting and Christmas party Saturday, December 2, at the Albany Bar near DeTour. The group of women who participate in the annual For Women Only Ride in Grayling held an annual raffle at the meeting to supplement a nu... More ... |
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