Happy New Year! Wow, it's the year 2008.

Please keep the family of Jim Price, of Engadine, in your prayers, as Jim is in the hospital. His wife, Joan, said her son, Sergeant Lawrence Joy, who is stationed in Iraq, came home to see the family, which made Jim very happy.

The annual Tahquamenon Country Sled Dog Race will be happening Saturday, January 5, at the Rainbow Lodge on County Road 423 at the mouth of the Two Hearted River in Northern Luce County. Races begin at 9:30 a.m.

More than 100 dog teams are expected. Saturday, January 26, and Sunday, January 27, there will be Great Lakes Sled Dog Association races at the Rainbow Lodge.

Contact Jan Kiesling at (906) 248-5704 for more information about the races.

Top of the Lake Antique and Vintage Snowmobile Show and Ride will take place in Naubinway, Friday, February 15, and Saturday, February 16.

Saturday, February 16, will be the 14th annual Winter Carnival, sponsored by the Curtis Area Chamber of Commerce. Many events are planned on the ice of South Manistique Lake.

There are projects continuing into the New Year at the Engadine Library, like recycling and saving Campbells soup labels.

The Friends of the Library accomplished many things in 2007, and the group's programs are ongoing.

Happy birthday to Leighton Miller January 4, Rodney Bigelow and Todd Feneley January 5, Brent Vallier, Mallory Anderson and Rebekah Foote DeMenter January 6, Taylor Bryant and my niece, Dawn Matchinske, January 7, Chad Germain and Kelsey Butkovich January 8, Edalor Hins, John Buckholz, Keven Pershinske, Rick Frisch and Gracie France January 10, Ruth McCarney January 11, and to Elmer Albright, Lance Pinter and Matthew Oberle January 12.

Happy anniversary to Pete and Renee Formolo January 9, Terry and Phylis Gouza January 11, and to John and Sandy Ketcher January 12.

Until next time, take care.