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Click here for digital edition  Happy Apple Days will take place in DeTour Village Saturday, September 20, featuring antique appraisals, a Homemakers Apple Dessert Contest, children's games and scarecrow building, craft fair, antique fair, and community auction. More ... Mackinac Island's Festival of the Falling Leaves Moon, known as Binaakwe-giizis in Ojibwa, celebrates fall. The festival first took place in 2006, to introduce a new event to fill the weekend occupied in alternating years by the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference. More ... Aaron Slack of Holly caught his own birthday present, a small mouth bass, June 21, while fishing with his father, Carey Slack, on Brevort Lake. While trying to net the 6 pound, 2 ounce bass, Mr. Slack fell off the boat. As his son threw him a life jacket, Mr. Slack said, "Never mind me, just get the fish. More ... LaSalle's Class of 1998 reunion took place Saturday, August 23, at Northern Pine Lounge at Kewadin Shores Casino in St. Ignace. Class members attending were Mark Spencer (sitting); (first row, from left) Biz Holle, Lani (Johnson) Fettig, Nickie (Smith) Stenson, Sherry (Ferguson) Cece, Richelle (Robinson) Cook, Mamie Winkelman, Maria Custer, Raeann Fenwick; (second row) Lisa Litzner, Brad Therrian, Andy Litzner, Jason McCall, Chris Bradford, Angie (Powers) Hatrick, Ryan Green, Chanelle (Hughey) Embrey, John Soeltner, Nathan Alkire; (third row) Giles Litzner, and Joe Bellant. Classmates traveled from Washington, Wisconsin, Illinois, California, Germany, and throughout Michigan to attend. (Photogragh courtesy of Lani Fettig) More ... Faith Taylor Clare Taylor of West Hartford, Connecticut, adopted a daughter, Faith Bau Chau Taylor, from Vietnam June 9, 2008. Faith was born December 29, 2007. Grandparents are Frank and Barbara Taylor of DeTour. More ... The Straits Area Ostomy Association will meet Sunday, September 21, at 2 p.m. in the medical library at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie. For more information, call (906) 635-5142. More ... Timothy Switzer Jr. of Sault Ste. Marie and Tyler Bosley of Goetzville recently enlisted in the United States Navy under the Delayed Entry Program at Navy Recruiting District in Detroit. The program allows recruits to enter the Navy and take up to one year to complete prior commitments, such as high school. More ... Bonni Mackintosh will speak about mushrooms in the U.P. Wednesday, September 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the DeTour Library. Her husband, Graham, will assist in her presentation. Mrs. Mackintosh is an amateur mycologist and a member of the San Diego Mycological Society. The family has a summer home in DeTour Village. More ... Meghan Shahan, formerly of Gaylord, and Robert Klave of Trout Lake and St. Ignace were wed July 11, 2008, in Trout Lake. The bride is the daughter of Dana and Tammy Whitley of Gaylord. The groom is the son of Judy and Harold Klave of Trout Lake. More ... The Clark Township Neighborhood Watch will be organizing members to start a weekend patrol of Cedarville and Hessel at a meeting Monday, September 22, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Township Hall. Booklets on preventing identity theft and telemarketing fraud will be distributed at the meeting at no cost. More ... Former Michigan Department of Community Health Director Jim Haveman (second from right) was recognized for his help in obtaining funding and support for the new Mackinac Straits Hospital at a Grand Hotel luncheon on Mackinac Island Friday, August 15. Construction of the new facility will begin this fall, with opening scheduled for 2010. Mr. Haveman was able to obtain federal loan guarantees and direct federal loans, in part, because the hospital will combine its resources with those of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The hospital also operates the Mackinac Island Medical Center. Among those at the luncheon were (from left) hospital CEO Rod Nelson, board members Don McArthur, Chair Ron Mitchell, and former State Senator Walter North, former Michigan Governor John Engler, Mark Miller of the Haveman Group, hospital supporter Dr. Michael Bacon, Mr. Haveman, and Scott Walker of the Haveman Group. More ... The Moran Play Group will meet Wednesday, September 24, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Moran playground. Children and their parents are asked to bring a bicycle, wagon, stroller, or rollerblades. Healthy snack ideas and refreshments will be provided. More ... Raquel McClendon of Kincheloe will compete for the title of Miss Michigan USA September 18 through September 20. The competition is being held at the McMorran Place Theater in Port Huron. More ... "Team Bloodsport" came in first in the third through fifth grade boys division at the St. Ignace dodgeball tournament Saturday, September 6. Members are (from left) Wyatt Litzner, Andrew Goldthorpe, Mitchell Snyder, Jimmy Spencer, Gage Kreski, and Dylan Marshall. More ... Grandparents raising their grandchildren will meet to form a support group/play group for Mackinac County Monday, September 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at American Legion Park in St. Ignace. Child care and refreshments will be provided. More ... A small group of local geocaching enthusiasts, Straits Area Geocachers, along with the Cheboygan Chamber of Commerce, are hosting a geocaching event Saturday, September 27, at 9 a.m. in front of the Cheboygan Chamber of Commerce building in Washington Park on Main Street in Cheboygan. More ... Kassandra Rader, 18, of Pickford, was crowned Miss Chippewa County Fair Queen Sunday, August 24. Miss Rader was second runnerup last year. Erika Swirsky, 18, of Trout Lake was crowned First Runner-up. Miss Swirsky will step into the role of Miss Chippewa County Fair Queen if Miss Rader is unable to perform the duties over the next year. More ... |
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