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October 16, 2008 / Social

Trudeau Wins Top Raffle Prize

Ed Trudeau of Mackinaw City won a new 2008 Toyota Yaris and $25,000 in cash in a raffle September 27 to benefit Bishop Baraga Catholic School in Cheboygan. Mr. More...

Sidewalks Will Improve Safe Routes to School at St. Ignace

District Gets $62,235 Federal Grant

By Karen Gould

By next fall, St. Ignace students will have new sidewalks leading to the school campus and drivers will be alerted to slow down on Portage Street by two flashing school zone signs. More...

Pickford Chili Tailgate Is Friday

The Pickford Sports Booster Club will host its annual Chili Tailgate fundraiser Friday, October 17, at 6 p.m. at the Pickford Football Field. The cost is $5 per person and includes chili, hot dog, dessert, and beverage. More...

Flu Vaccination Clinic To Be October 28 in Sault Ste. Marie

The annual Community Flu Vaccination Clinic will be Tuesday, October 28, at Big Bear Arena and the Sault Ste. Marie Airport, sponsored by the Chippewa County Health Department and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. More...

Straits Snowmobile Club Needs Volunteers for Trail Maintenance

The Straits Area Snowmobile Club will be brushing trails and putting up signs Saturday, October 18, and Saturday, October 25, meeting at 8 a.m. at the Super 8 Motel in St. Ignace. More...

Engaged

Scherer, Zareba

Dr. John J. and Mary Scherer of Cedarville and Drs. Wojeich and Grayzne Zareba of Rochester, New York, announce the engagement of their children, Dr. John Ross Scherer and Dr. Karolina Maria Zareba, both of Chicago, Illinois. More...

Historical Society Hosts Antique Appraisal Fair October 18

An antique appraisal fair will take place Saturday, October 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rudyard Community Center. Doug and Jean LaFoille from the Auction Block in Manistique will provide appraisers. More...

'Parenting Again' Meets Oct. 23

Grandparents who are raising their grandchildren are invited to attend a group called Parenting Again Thursday, October 23, at 6 p.m. at McDonald's Restaurant in St. Ignace. More...

Indoor Halftime Show Will Be Oct. 27

The LaSalle High School Marching Band will perform at an indoor show Monday, October 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium in St. Ignace, when the band will perform for the last time its football game half-time show, "Classic Rock. More...

Jessee Fergin-Kuehnl Bags 10-Point Buck

Jessee Fergin-Kuehnl, 12, of Engadine, shot a 10-point, 186- pound buck September 27 during the youth hunt. He is the son of Earl Fergin of Engadine and the great-grandson of Esther Fergin of Newberry. (Photograph courtesy of Earl Fergin) More...

Historical Society Plans French Frog Feast

The second annual French Frog Feast, featuring dinner, a museum open house, and two author book signings, will be Friday, October 17, at 6 p.m. at The Galley Restaurant in St. Ignace. More...

Jane Young Captures Fur Trade in Book

From girlhood, Jane Young of Mackinaw City has been fascinated Native Americans and how their interaction with Europeans changed them. More...

Fountain Is Graduated From Air Force Basic Training

Air Force Airman Jason Fountain was graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. More...

Allenville Lutheran Church Hosts Harvest Dinner October 19

The annual Harvest Dinner will take place Sunday, October 19, from noon to 4 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church of Allenville, on Brevort Lake Road in Moran. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children. More...

Birth

Beckham Cox

Amanda and Michael Cox of Kettering, Ohio, announce the birth of their son, Beckham Michael Cox, born Monday, July 28, 2008. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth. He joins a two-year-old brother, Cameron, at home. More...

Sportsmen's Club Meets Monday

Straits Area Sportsmen's Club will meet Monday, October 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge in St. Ignace. Those attending the meeting are asked to use the lodge's back entrance. More...

Huff, Suszynski

Allan Huff of Hessel and Pam Seaman of Cedarville announce the engagement of their daughter, Ariel Huff, to Frank Suszynski Jr. of Macomb. More...

Straits Area Ostomy Meets October 19

The Straits Area Ostomy Association will meet Sunday, October 19, at 2 p.m. in the cafeteria at Cheboygan Memorial Hospital. For more information, call (906) 635-8536. More...

Mackinaw City Lions Club Will Host Soup Supper October 20

The Mackinaw City Lions Club will host a supper of soup in a bread bowl Monday, October 20, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Pancake Chef Restaurant in Mackinaw City. Ten varieties of soup will be offered, along with dessert and beverages. More...

Hohenstein Takes Big Bass at Hessel

Mike Hohenstein of Veedersburg, Indiana, opted to take a fishing trip to Hessel instead of Canada, and caught two large, small mouth bass in Les Cheneaux waters Sunday, September 21. More...