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By Paul Gingras Twelve-year-old Jordan Brennan of Caro enlisted the company of her family for a fundraising bicycle ride of more than 300 miles. They traveled from Caro to Sault Ste. Marie to benefit the international Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment (HIKE). In good spirits and good health, the jovial riders arriv... More ...
By Karen Gould Using her grandmother's lemon cake recipe topped with a special butter cream frosting recipe she created, Glory McLennan, owner of Tas TCreations in St. Ignace, won the cake contest held during Mackinac Bridge celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the bridge Saturday, July 28. More ...
Recalls Early Years in Boat Building Plant for Show This Week By Amy Polk "I can honestly say I've never received a paycheck from anyone but Chris Craft," mused Chris Smith while in Cedarville July 5, celebrating his 80th birthday. More ... Ironworkers Will Show Skills in Mackinaw City This Week The public is welcome at the International Ironworker Festival, where ironworkers will celebrate their skills and provide entertainment Friday, August 10, through Sunday, August 12, at the Mackinaw City Recreation Center behind the high school in Mackinaw City. Many of the ironworkers worked on bu... More ...
Send Help, Boogie 2 Shooz Will Give Concerts at St. Ignace Marina Send Help will be featured in a Locals on the Bay concert Wednesday, August 8, at 7 p.m. at the St. Ignace Marina. Local musicians Randy Binger, Mike Pierron, and Mike Welch formed the band about a year ago. They play a mixture of hard rock and classic rock. More ...
By Amy Polk Sparkling galaxies, flying ships, luminous moons, and skies full of stars are some of the images featured on a collection of quilts at the Les Cheneaux Historical Museum in Cedarville. This year's Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational theme shows 60 different views of how people interpret the phrase ... More ... Clark Township Hosts Public Land Use Forum Citizens, Cottagers, and Neighbors Gather To Record Ideas on Growth By Amy Polk As Clark Township takes another look at how it wants to grow, 103 citizens, cottagers, and a couple of neighbors from Pickford came out Monday, July 30, to record some of those ideas. They will help shape the new master plan and zoning ordinances that will be crafted over the next year. More ... Program To Focus on Water Levels, Lake Health August 10 in Cedarville Lake Huron To Be Topic for Georgian Bay Assoc. Low water levels, invasive species, fish diseases, and other factors impacting the health of Lake Huron are on the agenda for the Friday, August 10, seminar, "Our Middle Lakes Crisis: An Update on Issues, Programs, and Progress" at the Community Center in Cedarville. More ...
By Amy Polk "There is actually quite a lot of skill to driving, especially on a track like this," said Andy Thompson, a member of the Eastern Upper Peninsula Antique Equipment Association that ran garden tractor pulls at Pickford Hay Days. "As you can see, the kids have several different strategies they use w... More ...
Aaron Sherlund, 18, a 2007 Cedarville High School graduate, made and donated five handicapaccessible picnic tables to Cedar Cove Assisted Living center in Cedarville. He started making the tables while a senior student during the winter, and finished the last ones in July. More ...
Volunteer fireman gathered for the second annual St. Ignace Volunteer Fireman's Association fishing tournament, hosted by Gary Sorenson Friday, July 13, through Sunday, July 15. The event started with a meal cooked on the grill. Just after dinner, the St. Ignace Fire Department was called out to ... More ... Cardboard Race Competition Gets Watercraft Viewers Involved By Ryan Schlehuber Cardboard Classic Boat Races Saturday, August 18 American Legion Park, St. Ignace 11:30 a.m. Registration Noon to 1 p.m. Boat building 1 p.m. Races begin If you like competition, and you're creative with duct tape, the Cardboard Classic Boat Race in St. Ignace may be just for you. More ... Concert To Benefit Hope Chest Charity Gave $15,600 To Needy People Last Year The Chicago duo Switchback will perform a benefit concert for the St. Ignace Hope Chest Saturday, August 11, at 7 p.m. at the St. Ignace Marina. The band plays blues, folk, Irish, jazz, and Americana music. Tickets are $10, and can be purchased at the concert or in advance. For ticket information... More ... Senior Driving Class To Be Offered AARP Safety Program Planned in St. Ignace An eight-hour Safe Driving Class will be offered Monday, September 10, and Tuesday, September 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in St. Ignace. This class is designed to help drivers 50 years and older to improve their driving skills and prevent crashes. More ... For the Record... In the newspaper supplement published with The St. Ignace News July 26, the name of Mary Cope was omitted from a list of Mackinac Bridge employees not pictured. On page 18 in the July 26 issue of The St. More ... LIFT To Host Teen Dance at Cedarville Sat. A teen dance will be held Saturday, August 11, in Cedarville to raise money for LIFT (Lucas Izzard Foundation for Teens). The dance is for ages 13 to 19 from 9 p.m. to midnight at the Community Center. The cost is $5. A disc jockey will provide entertainment. More than 55 door prizes will be give... More ... Donations Collected for Literacy Program Donations toward books for children can be dropped off at all First National Bank offices in St. Ignace, Cedarville, Mackinac Island, Naubinway, and Newberry. More ... LMAS Advises Swimmer's Itch Prevention Conditions are favorable for contracting swimmer's itch, announced the Luce Mackinac Alger Schoolcraft (LMAS) Health Department Friday, August 3. More ... American Legion Meets Monthly American Legion Post 62 is to meet the first Monday of each month at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building on State Street in St. Ignace, at 7 p.m. More ... Trojans Sports Booster Dinner, Auction Planned for August 10 The Cedarville Trojans Athletic Boosters will host a whitefish dinner and silent auction Friday afternoon, August 10, at Mertaugh's Storage Shed in Hessel. The dinner is open to the public and will raise funds for fourth through eighth grade athletics programs. More ... Slide Show of Cruising French Canals To Be Shown at Library Pixie Haughwoat and Ralph Folsum will present a slide show of their experience cruising canals in southern France Wednesday, August 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the DeTour Public Library. Their latest book, "Canal Cruising in the South of France," recounts their adventures in 2006 and is a guide to the can... More ...
Marylan Benson (right) and her daughter, Laura Quinn, visited the Fort de Buade Museum Monday, July 30, and met with St. Ignace City Manager Eric Dodson (center), and Councilmen Merv Wyse and Tom Della-Moretta (not pictured). More ... Mackinaw City Concert Series Continues Sat. Music in Mackinaw will feature Banjo Picker and Friends Saturday, August 11, at 8 p.m. at Conkling Heritage Park on South Huron Avenue in Mackinaw City. Banjo Picker and Friends is a trio that features folk, country, and bluegrass songs of Michigan. More ... Walk for Warmth Golf Event Aug. 23 A Walk for Warmth Golf Scramble will take place Thursday, August 23, at 5:30 p.m. at the Sault Ste. Marie Country Club. The four-person, nine-hole format is open to all, with an entry fee of $40 per person. More ... McPhee Is New Hotel Manager Steven McPhee, a St. Ignace native, has been selected as hotel manager for the St. Ignace Kewadin Casinos Hotel. Mr. McPhee moved out of the area in 1981 to pursue a college degree at Ferris State University, and most recently worked as the director of events and snow sports marketing at Boyne US... More ... Pickford's Bishop Makes Dean's List Ashley Bishop of Pickford, and Andrea Fulton and Jacob Swider, both of Engadine, were named to the dean's list at Saginaw Valley State University for the winter 2007 semester. Students must maintain a 3.4 or better grade point average to be named to the list. More ... Great Lakes Boat Bldg. School Open House August 11 The Great Lakes Boat Building School on Meridian Street in Cedarville will offer the public a chance to tour the facility and meet staff Saturday, August 11, from noon to 6 p.m. Everyone is invited. The open house and touring opportunity will be the first public showing of the school. More ... Writer Planisek To Address Mackinaw Historical Society Writer Sandy Planisek will address the Mackinaw Area Historical Society on the topic, "From Sea to Shining Sea, 200 years of Mapping America," at 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 13, at the Mackinaw Area Library in Mackinaw City. Ms. More ... Pickford Church To Offer Vacation Bible School August 13 to 17 Pickford United Methodist Church will offer vacation Bible school Monday, August 13, through Friday, August 17, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This year's theme is Mega Sports Camp. More information about the program schedule is available from Pickford United Methodist Church. More ... Power Boats Sought To Support Labor Day Swim September 3 Fifty swimmers will attempt to swim across the Straits of Mackinac from St. Ignace to Mackinaw City on Labor Day, Monday, September 3, during the Mackinac Bridge walk, in celebration of the bridge's 50th anniversary year. The event is coordinated by record-setting marathon swimmer Jim Dreyer. More ... Sense of Life To Host Meetings A Sense of Life suicide prevention committee will host two meetings this month. The meeting of the Mackinac County Human Services Collaborative Body will be Friday, August 10, at 10 a.m. at the Mackinac County Airport Conference Room in St. Ignace. It will spotlight the Natural Helpers, a peer sup... More ... Traffic Across Bridge Is Down 3.6% for June Traffic crossing the Mackinac Bridge dipped 3.6% for the month of June, with 413,485 vehicles crossing, while 429,061 crossed during June 2006, reported Robert Sweeney, executive secretary of the Mackinac Bridge Authority. Traffic for 2007 is 4.6% behind last year's pace, with 1,605,473 vehicles ... More ... |
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