DeTour Area
By Barbara Buschbacher 297-8075 bbann@sault.com

The temperatures are allowing us to be outdoors to enjoy the warm sunshine. Now is the time to enjoy the first warm days of fall, sit back, and relax.

Darci Wilson, Marilyn Grevel, Cheryl Woods, Krista Lockhart, Joe Burda, Sherry Lowe, Kathy Woodward, Jim and Hattie Pitko, Rosemary Lyons, and Morgan Harsin were prize winners at Timberdoodle Mercantile at Happy Apple Day.

The fishermen in town have been excited with their favorite sport and are happy to report perch fishing has been great. Also, there are still plenty of salmon in the river. This has been a great time to be out on the water. Soon it will be time to think about ice fishing.

The Friends of the Library will host their annual fall Book Fair from Thursday, October 11, to Thursday, October 18. Family Day at the book fair will be Saturday, October 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Family Night will be Wednesday, October 17, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Grandparents, friends, and everyone may come to the book fair. If you are interested in helping at the Fair, call Julie Rucker at (906) 297-2596.

Friends of the Library meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m. in the library. Officers include president Angie Leonard, recording secretary Barb Boerger, and treasurer Donna Stoetzer. The officers were happy to report that a total of $578 was raised from their last three book sales.

Donations for the Kaye Birkmier memorial are being collected. Checks, designated for Ms. Birkmier's memorial, may be left at the library. A shelf of books in her memory is being planned.

Our sports teams are doing quite well. Several of our young men are playing with the Cedarville football team, and they need our support. So sports fans, attend the games and cheer the team to victory. The next home football game, in Cedarville, with Pickford, is scheduled for Friday, October 12, at 7 p.m.

The next girls volleyball game, at home, with Engadine is scheduled for Thursday, September 27. A Junior Varsity volleyball game starts at 6 p.m. Our players are having a great season and deserve our support, as they put a lot of time and energy in their practice. See you at the games.

Our thoughts are with Daryl Kraai, who is in intensive care at Marquette Hospital. We miss Mr. Kraai and wish him a speedy recovery.

A thought: The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist sees the hole.