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Click here for digital edition  Parents with special needs children are sought to serve on a committee that acts as a communication link among parents, teachers, and school administrators. The group, called the Eastern Upper Peninsula Parent Advisory Committee (PAC), will host two events this month to benefit special needs children. More ... Families in the Moran play group will decorate a community Christmas tree at Bradford's Grocery in Moran Thursday, December 4, at 4 p.m. For more information, contact Heather Bird at 643-0096. More ... Mackinac County commissioners have prepared a $6.3 million budget for 2009, and it can be reviewed at the clerk's office. A public hearing will be Thursday, December 11, after which commissioners are expected to adopt the budget. More ... The St. Ignace city budget is available for review at City Hall, and a public hearing on it will be Monday, December 15. The city council is expected to adopt it following the hearing. St. Ignace is projecting a $7,358,769 budget for 2009, down 7. More ... Representative Gary McDowell will have office hours Monday, December 8, in St. Ignace, Sault Ste. Marie, and Petoskey. The schedule follows: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Chippewa County Courthouse Annex Meeting Room, third floor, 300 Court Street, Sault Ste. Marie; noon to 1 p.m. More ... A list of more than 70 items, photographs of structures and landmarks that were targeted as contributing to the history of Hubbard's Annex near the West Bluff, was officially accepted by the Mackinac Island City Council at its meeting Wednesday, November 19. It was the first step in securing status for the Annex as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). More ... Leading Great Lakes advocates are calling for federal leadership and funding for "ecological separation" of the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River basin to protect both great watersheds from the perils of invasive species. More ... The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace November 25, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. The court does not distinguish between jail time to be served immediately and jail sentences that are suspended. More ... The November 27 article concerning the Les Cheneaux Old Fashioned Christmas, "Les Cheneaux Chamber Plans Three Weekends of Events," mistakenly listed the Les Cheneaux Chamber of Commerce as a sponsor of the events. The chamber is helping to distribute information for the Old Fashioned Christmas Committee, which organized the events. More ... Commodities food will be distributed in the Eastern Upper Peninsula Wednesday, December 10, through Friday, December 12. Food to be distributed includes applesauce, pinto beans, ground beef, kernel corn, flour mix, 1% milk, vegetable oil, peanut butter, pork patties, canned pumpkin, canned salmon, and trail mix. More ... In November, payment to members of the St. Ignace City Council for attending meeting and events totaled $2,320. Meeting salaries are set, while no rules constitute what events are eligible for payment. Council members are paid $70 for regular meetings, which are held on the first and third Monday of each month. More ... Police are seeking owners of stolen property recovered following an arrest in Kinross, and they are also seeking information from people who may have bought merchandise from the man who was arrested. More ... The 63,000 unemployed Michigan workers who have exhausted their federally-funded unemployment benefits from this summer should receive letters with instructions for obtaining the newly approved federal benefit extension within the next two to three weeks, the state Department of Labor reported November 25. More ... Six highway rest areas will be closed for winter, inculding the one on southbound I-75 at St. Ignace, which closed Monday, December 1. Six of the 81 rest areas in the state highway system will be closed, including those that are challenging to clear of snow and ice in winter, Michigan Department of Transportation announced Wednesday, November 26. More ... The streets have been opened to snowmobiles in Sault Ste. Marie this year. The move was put in place by City Commission Monday, December 1, to welcome snowmobile enthusiasts to visit city lodging, restaurants, and entertainment. Groomed trails are connected to the city by a tunnel beneath I-75. More ... Motorists may check road conditions online or by phone at the Michigan State Police Winter Travel Advisory before heading out on the road. The Winter Travel Advisory is available at www.michigan.gov/ roadconditions or by calling (800) 381-8477. More ... The EUP Employment and Training Consortium is seeking applicants interested in becoming a member of the local Workforce Development Board. More ... Slash is logging debris left in the forest after a harvest. Sometimes it's called logging residue. Slash can serve a range of purposes. The term "waste" would not be a good descriptive choice. Nutrients in slash become available to plants as they decompose or to animals that feed on the leaves, buds, and twigs. More ... A pediatric flu clinic will take place Wednesday, December 10, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Bay Mills Health Center in Brimley. The clinic is for children needing booster shots and is only for ages six months to 18 years. The cost is $7; participants are asked to bring Medicaid or Blue Cross cards. More ... Local volunteers are needed to help low to moderate income families file 2008 taxes and claim the Earned Income Tax Credit. Volunteers must complete Internal Revenue Service (IRS) training. More ... Scott Roguska, in his quest to become an established film producer, is helping to complete a documentary on Donald R. Burgett, a World War II veteran and author. His career as a film producer began in 2006 while a junior at Mackinac Island Public School. More ... What the American economy needs is spenders. It needs big spenders, such as states and municipalities, to build bridges, pave roads, and keep garbage trucks running and police on the beat. It needs tens of millions of smaller spenders to buy blankets and cars and television sets to help businesses prosper so they can keep their employees. More ... Michigan residents are encouraged by the Insurance Institute of Michigan to take precautions to reduce the chances of home fires this winter. Home heating sources are the third leading cause of all residential fires. More ... A breaking and entering took place at Ryan's Towing on Culley Drive in Kincheloe between Saturday, November 15, and Sunday, November 16. More ... Good things happen when the interests of scientists and sportsmen overlap. At least that's what the Hiawatha Sportsman's Club (HSC) and Lake Superior State University's fisheries and wildlife management program have discovered with a collaboration that's going into a sixth year. More ... Brimley Middle and High School First Quarter 7th Grade: Thomas Aikens, Shane Beaune*, Brandy Dykes, Nicholas Ellis, Karlly Jerman, Marianne Keim, Emily Lounds, Dre' McLeod, Jonah Mills, Anthony Mongene, Michael Pomery, Jocelyn Preville, Johnathon Preville, Tyler Thompson-Kassel. More ... |
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