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Click here for digital edition  <!-- Page Number: 3--> From his vantage point of 50 years as the city's attorney, Prentiss M. "Moie" Brown Jr. looks upon the past half century as one of great progress for St. Ignace. More ... <!-- Page Number: 3--> Les Cheneaux Community Schools will take at least two bus loads of students and community members to the steps of the state capitol Wednesday, May 16, where they will read essays about public education. The trip will be an exercise in the democratic process, said Elementary School Principal Eric Cardwell, and a chance to lobby lawmakers for school funding reform. More ... <!-- Page Number: 3--> Milling the old road surface on I-75 Business Loop in St. Ignace began Tuesday, May 1. The 7.1 miles of resurfacing work, a Michigan Department of Transportation project, More ... <!-- Page Number: 3--> To most, a misty, drizzly evening is a sign to stay home, but for frog and toad enthusiasts, it's prime time to seek area wetlands, where the trills, peeps, and ribbits of amphibians reflect the health of ecosystems in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. More ... <!-- Page Number: 3--> Twenty new career employees will be hired at the Gaylord post office, an indication that the U.S. Postal Service no longer intends to close the facility. The Gaylord post office processes all mail from the 497 zip codes, between Grayling and Sault Ste. Marie, Alpena, and Charlevoix. More ... <!-- Page Number: 3--> Postal carriers will collect nonperishable food Saturday, May 12, to help families in need. Donations can be left at mailboxes on that day, where they will be collected and delivered to area food pantries. Canned and boxed foods will be accepted, but not glass containers. The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers and the U. More ... <!-- Page Number: 3--> Mackinac County Board of Commissioners will hold a second public hearing regarding possible expansion of the Road Commission Thursday, June 7, at 3:30 p.m. in the third floor court room at the county courthouse in St. Ignace. Commissioners called the second hearing to allow those who could not attend the April 19 hearing a second opportunity to voice their opinions. More ... <!-- Page Number: 4--> Reports from the St. Ignace City Police Department Monday, April 23, to Monday, April 30: A 30-year-old St. Ignace man was arrested for disorderly person and looking into a window of another person's home on Truckey Street Monday afternoon, April 23. More ... <!-- Page Number: 5--> Amber, a three-year-old German shepherd, is not only Peggy Sutton's new best friend, she is another set of eyes for her. Mrs. Sutton, 66, of Moran Township, who calls herself "more than legally blind," acquired Amber through the Leader Dogs for the Blind training program in Rochester. Through Amber's eyes, Mrs. More ... <!-- Page Number: 5--> Frogfest will make its third visit to the Les Cheneaux Islands area Friday, May 18, and Saturday, May 19, in Cedarville. The event will be based at Les Cheneaux Community Schools. The third Frogfest Community Art Project will be offered, in which individuals and businesses can buy a frog shape and decorate it to post in their yard or in front of businesses. More ... <!-- Page Number: 5--> A St. Jude's Bike-A-Thon will be Sunday, May 20, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Forest Lane on Island Eight in Cedarville. Cathy Nordquist is this year's volunteer coordinator, and she can be contacted for more information or to make pledges. More ... <!-- Page Number: 6--> Four drama productions are scheduled for stages in DeTour Village and Sault Ste. Marie this summer and fall. Pickford's Karen Hughes will co-direct Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" on the Soo Theater stage in Sault Ste. Marie June 28 through June 30. Ms. Hughes is an opera singer and instructor at the Sault Theater Arts Resource Studios (STARS). More ... <!-- Page Number: 6--> Two flea markets will be offered in Mackinaw City Saturday, May 19. Mackinaw City Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) will host a flea market fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Mackinaw City High School multiple purpose room. More ... <!-- Page Number: 6--> A meeting about livestock health, with a particular emphasis on parasitic worms, will be hosted by the Noah's Ark 4-H Club Monday, May 14, at 6 p.m. at the Pickford United Methodist Church in Pickford. The meeting is free to the public. More ... <!-- Page Number: 6--> Pickford The Pickford High School and Middle School bands annual Spring Concert will be Wednesday, May 9, at 7 p.m. in the Pickford schools gymnasium. Students must be in the music room at 6 p.m. The Fifth Grade Band, Sixth Grade Band, and Junior/Senior Concert Band will perform. There is an admission charge of $2. More ... <!-- Page Number: 6--> To celebrate 100 years of Scouting worldwide, the Girl Scouts of Peninsula Waters will honor everyone who has earned the highest award in Girl Scouting at a reception at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in Escanaba. More ... <!-- Page Number: 7--> Cedarville High School students were recognized for good grades at the annual Spring Honors Banquet Monday night, April 23. The banquet was at Cedar Campus, just east of Cedarville, where students and their families were treated to a meal in a rustic dining room on the lake. More ... <!-- Page Number: 7--> Musicians at St. Ignace Area Schools presented a spring concert Monday, April 30, in the LaSalle High School gymnasium. The concert was combined with the annual student awards ceremony. More ... <!-- Page Number: 7--> Glen Hanket, an author and adventurer, will speak about the country, environment, and pursuing personal dreams at 7 p.m. at the St. Ignace Public Library Thursday, May 10. Mr. Hanket's presentation focuses on the four "I's" of learning, which are imagination, inspiration, and implement, and impact. More ... <!-- Page Number: 7--> Children are invited to create gifts for Mother's Day from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 12, in the library of Engadine Consolidated Schools. Each craft project costs $1. Assistance will be available to children during the program. More ... <!-- Page Number: 8--> Police are seeking information about a burglary and attempted arson Tuesday, May 1, at Vital Signs on Peck Street near Meridian in Sault Ste. Marie. Entry was forced into the building and $1,300 worth of damage was done. More ... <!-- Page Number: 8--> Forest owners interested in active sustainable forest management and reducing their property tax burden may attend workshops designed to explain Michigan's new Qualified Forest Property Program, to be held in Houghton Tuesday, May 15, in Escanaba Wednesday, May 16, and in Sault Ste. Marie Thursday, May 17. More ... <!-- Page Number: 8--> The next Clark Township Community Roundtable Luncheon will be Thursday, May 10, 12:30 p.m. at Ang-Gio's Restaurant in Cedarville. Roundtable luncheons are for individuals and organizations to discuss ideas and projects that may be of interest to the community or other groups. More ... <!-- Page Number: 9--> A presentation entitled "The Promise of Drug Courts" will be given for all interested persons Tuesday, May 29, at 2 p.m. at the Mackinac County Courthouse in St. Ignace. Carolyn Hardin of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals will share information about effective use of the court. More ... <!-- Page Number: 10--> Two major frog and toad surveys overlap in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. One is the Marsh Monitoring Program, a division of Bird Studies Canada. The second is the Michigan Frog and Toad Survey by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The surveys are considered critical to determine long term trends in amphibian population. More ... <!-- Page Number: 10--> Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry, Mackinac State Historic Parks, and the Butterfly House on Mackinac Island are offering area resident appreciation days Saturday, May 12, and Sunday, May 13. Star Line is offering free ferry travel to and from the Island Saturday, May 12, to Mackinac County residents and free travel Sunday, May 13, to Emmet and Cheboygan county residents. More ... <!-- Page Number: 13--> "This is the MEAP test for all Michigan music students," said Carl Gippert, one of the judges at the State Michigan School Band and Orchestra Festival in Cedarville Friday, April 27. More ... <!-- Page Number: 15--> St. Ignace City Council, hired Wilcox Professional Services of Escanaba Monday, May 7, to find $4.3 million to upgrade its wastewater treatment system. The engineer consulting firm will seek federal and state grants. Council also received its 2006 audit report and was told funding for construction of the city's new bus station has been frozen by the state. More ... <!-- Page Number: 15--> More than 500 people attended this year's Super Saturday Children's Celebration Fair Saturday, May 5, at Little Bear East Arena in St. Ignace. The event featured 30 booths with "handson" activities for youth, along with parenting information. More ... <!-- Page Number: 15--> The Moran Township Board of Trustees voted to hire Tom Evashevski of St. Ignace as its attorney, and the board plans to immediately set him to the task of resolving a repayment demand by Wisconsinbased American Transmission Company, which alleges that the township overtaxed the company on its power lines and substations between 2002 and 2006. The decision to hire Mr. More ... <!-- Page Number: 15--> After he was reported missing May 1, Jennings Francis "Buggs" Couture of Hessel was found and air-lifted to Sault Ste. Marie for medical treatment May 2. Mr. Couture, 67, went for a drive Tuesday afternoon, May 1. Family members began to worry when he didn't return by 7:30 p.m. and started searching for him. They called 9-1-1 around 10:30 p.m. More ... <!-- Page Number: 15--> Fishing and hunting license fees will be raised gradually over the next four years under the latest plan to create more revenue for the Department of Natural Resources. If fee increases are adopted, the new revenue would curb an $8 million deficit projected for the 2008 Game and Fish Protection Fund. More ... <!-- Page Number: 20--> A tribute to the music of Frank Sinatra will be offered Saturday, May 12, at the Opera House in Cheboygan. The Musical Memories and Tribute to Sinatra event will be at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased Wednesday, May 9, through Friday, May 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday from 2 p.m. until the time the curtain opens. More ... <!-- Page Number: 21--> Marketing materials for the new Great Waters tourist plan will be explained to business owners at two workshops to be held in Sault Ste. Marie May 30 and Newberry May 31. Promotion strategy, marketing tools, and printed materials will be presented, and participants will also receive training in hospitality and service. More ... <!-- Page Number: 21--> The public is invited to participate in a hike and trail maintenance outing Saturday, May 12, at 10 a.m., starting at the Tahquamenon River Mouth boat access parking area, across from the River Mouth Campground Entrance. The hike will continue for nine miles to Tahquamenon Lower Falls. More ... <!-- Page Number: 21--> Pickford Township Planning Commission will host a public meeting to discuss township planning and the results of the recent citizen input survey Tuesday, May 15, at 7 p.m. at Pickford Township Hall basement. Surveys were randomly mailed to community residents. More ... <!-- Page Number: 21--> Breakfast with the Birds will be offered Saturday, May 12, at the Nature Conservancy's Gerstacker Preserve east of Cedarville. The tour will begin at 7 a.m. The event will be led by Dr. Mic Hamas of Central Michigan University and Nadine Cain of Cedarville, and will include a tour of the preserve while participants spot migrating warblers and other species. More ... <!-- Page Number: 25--> Michigan has some of the lowest fishing and hunting license fees around the Great Lakes. A comparison among fees in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio follows. Fishing and hunting license and permit fees in Minnesota and Indiana are higher than Michigan's, and all can be viewed at each state's DNR Web sites. More ... <!-- Page Number: 26--> The Straits Area Ostomy Association will meet Saturday, May 19, at 2 p.m. in the private dining room of Mercy Hospital in Grayling. Information can be obtained by calling 643-8536. More ... |
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