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By Karen Gould More than 50 people attended the dedication of the Marley Brown Musser Resource Center on Ferry Lane Saturday, May 3. The building houses the Hope Chest Resale Shop and the faith-based St. Ignace Area Hope, founded by area churches to provide emergency assistance to families in need. More ... Township Rejects Fire Contract With Mackinaw City By Paul Gingras Mackinaw Township, at the tip of the Lower Peninsula, has rejected a fire service contract proposed by the village of Mackinaw City, and offered an alternative contract that reduces the amount of its payment by about $10,000. The move continues a dispute between the village and the township regard... More ...
In celebration of Arbor Day, third grade students from Mackinaw City Elementary School pose with Village Manager Jeff Lawson while planting trees at Mackinaw Historic Village Friday, May 2. Pictured (from left) are Whitney Taylor, Savannah Grimmer, Mr. Lawson, and Alaina Martin. Arbor Day is April 2... More ...
During the Women's Expo Saturday, May 3, Sandy Snyder (right) of St. Ignace registered for the 75-mile, three-day fundraising walk sponsored by Gracie's Heart. The exhibit was one of 27 booths at the expo at the St. Ignace Middle School. Gracie's Heart co-founders Cate Hough (left) and Wendy Frush o... More ... Roney Charged With Violating Rules in Animal Neglect Case A 92nd District Court hearing was scheduled at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, for Larry Roney of Rexton, who allegedly violated his probation after pleading no contest to animal neglect charges in February. He was arraigned on the probation charges April 18. More ... Hamel To Chair City Zoning Board Soblaskey Granted Garage Variance on Medora Jamin Soblaskey has been granted a variance for a garage on his corner lot on Medora and Hamlin streets by the St. Ignace Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). The board granted the variance based on the large 100-foot rightof way. The city's standard rightof way is 66 feet. More ... Gibson, North To Run for Judgeship Beth Ann Gibson and Thomas North have filed to run for the position of judge of 92nd District Court, serving Mackinac and Luce counties, in the November 4 election. One candidate will be elected to the nonpartisan six-year term. The deadline for candidates to file for the race was April 29. More ... Postal Food Drive Set for Saturday U.S. Post Office letter carriers will gather food donations for the needy Saturday, May 10, in "Stamp Out Hunger," a program of the National Association of Letter Carriers. More ... City Gives $5,000 To Museum Start-up Michilimackinac Historical Society will receive $5,000 for start-up operations at Fort de Buade Museum from last year's $118,000 grant from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The museum is scheduled to open Memorial Day weekend. More ... City Marina Reports High July Booking The St. Ignace Marina already is booked almost every night in July, Marina Director Gene Elmer told the city council Monday, April 21. "This will be the busiest July we've had since we've opened the new marina," he said. More ... Court Reports The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace April 22, 23, 29, and 30, 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 ...
"I wanted the simplest, easiest way to get power," Mark Howland says. By Paul Gingras The wind is almost always blowing in Rudyard, and there is no excuse not to make use of it, says science buff and businessman Mark Howland, who began filling the rooftop of his business with windmills in February. Five units now spin atop Rudyard Auto Sales, helping cut the electricity costs at th... More ... Local Schools Join ACES Exercise Class Classes of Eastern U.P. students will help Michigan retain its record as the state with the most participation in the world's largest exercise class when students from all 50 states and 50 countries participate in All Children Exercise Simultaneously (ACES) Day Wednesday, May 7, at 10 a.m. More ... Sara Schaedel Earns Hope College Degree Sara Schaedel, daughter of Mark and Roberta Schaedel of St. Ignace, was graduated from Hope College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in German Sunday, May 4. More ... Pickford Alumni Plan Annual Banquet Pickford High School's Class of 1958 and Class of 2008 will be the featured classes at the Pickford Alumni Banquet Saturday, May 17. The evening will begin with a social gathering at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. in the Pickford Public Schools' multipurpose room. More ...
Cara VanDusen and Isiah Otten are the valedictorian and salutatorian of Rudyard High School for the 2008 graduating class. Miss VanDusen, valedictorian, has earned a 4.07 overall grade point average and plans to attend Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids to study nursing. More ... Education Foundation Organizes Silent Auction Artists will decorate pine benches to raise funds in the Les Cheneaux Education Foundation's third annual silent auction in July. More ... Julie Reed and Shelby Thomas Receive Fine Arts Scholarships Julie Reed and Shelby Thomas, DeTour Area Schools students, have been awarded scholarships to fine arts camps for this summer, announced Jean Bloom of the scholarship committee for the Eastern Upper Peninsula Fine Arts Council, and director of the DeTour Area Community Choir. More ...
Amy Anderson has been appointed financial director of Community Action Agency (CAA), announced Ron Calery, executive director of the agency in Sault Ste. Marie. Ms. Anderson replaces Jeanne Thompson, a charter member of the CAA staff, who recently took an early retirement after more than 40 years... More ... Golf Scramble in Pickford May 9 To Benefit Community Wellspring AFour-man Golf Scramble will take place Friday, May 9, at 5:30 p.m. at Munoscong Golf Club in Pickford. Teams will golf nine holes to raise money for the Pickford Community Wellspring. Entry fees are $40 for individuals and $150 for a team of four, and include cart, fees, and dinner. More ... Bayliss Library Announces May Events Bayliss Public Library in Sault Ste. Marie has announced several free events in May, including a program by Dr. Eric Gadzinski, who will speak about his book, "Soldiers Home: The War Aesthetic in the Story Indian Camp," Thursday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. More ... Mackinaw City Yard Sale To Be May 17 The Mackinaw City Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the third annual City Wide Yard sale Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Alocator map of sale locations is available at the Chamber and Arnold Line building on Central Avenue, and at the Depot office in the Mackinaw Crossings Mall. More ... Spring Bazaar To Be Held at Rudyard Church May 10 St. James Lutheran Church in Rudyard will host a Spring Fling Bazaar Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to noon, featuring a plant sale, craft sale, baked goods, and handmade rugs. Proceeds benefit church programs. More ... Al-Anon Meetings To Be Thursdays A support group for family members and friends of alcoholics, Al-Anon, will meet every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the St. Ignatius Parish Center on Spring Street in St. Ignace. More ...
Cedarville High School senior Karissa Schlosser earned a $1,000 college scholarship from the American Red Cross Great Lakes Regional office by exceeding a collection goal for the year. At the final school-year drive hosted by students, 72 people came to donate and 56 pints of blood were collected... More ... Great Waters Meeting Will Be Thursday The Eastern Upper Peninsula Nature Tourism Alliance and Northern Initiatives will reflect on the regional accomplishments of the Great Waters initiative and revisit goals and objectives Thursday, May 8, at 11 a.m. at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point. More ... 4-H Camp Registration Ends May 16 Mackinac and Luce county youths, seven to 12 years old, have until Friday, May 16, to register for a 4-H camp at Cedar Campus in Cedarville. The camp includes swimming, water games, canoeing, archery, campfires, nature activities, crafts, camp activities, and beach parties. More ... McDowell To Host Office Hours Representative Gary McDowell will hold office hours Monday, May 12, in Sault Ste. Marie, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Chippewa County Annex Meeting Room; in St. Ignace, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Mackinac County Courthouse Annex, and in Petoskey, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Petoskey City ... More ...
High school seniors from local school districts were presented with Principals Awards for academic achievement April 15 at Lake Superior State University by the Eastern Upper Peninsula Secondary School Principals Association. To qualify, students earned grade point averages of 3.3 or higher and an... More ... April 23 Car Accident Claims Life of Drummond Island Man A motor vehicle accident on Drummond Island claimed the life of Donovan Hillard Rhead, a 79- year-old Island resident, Wednesday, April 23, shortly before 11 a.m. Apostal delivery vehicle driven by David Church of DeTour Village was stopped on the shoulder of Channel Road in front of Wazz's Party... More ... Les Cheneaux School Board Hears Updates on MEAP Testing Les Cheneaux Community Schools staff will examine student Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) scores to determine how they should adjust the curriculum to improve student success. Teachers were expected to review the scores Friday, April 25. More ... STARS Recitals To Begin May 9 Soo Theatre Arts Resource Studios will present a series of student solo recitals Friday, May 9, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 10, at 2 p.m., at Central United Methodist Church in Sault Ste. Marie. Featured performers will be voice, violin, viola, cello, clarinet, piano, and harp students of Dottie C... More ... Number of State Traffic Deaths Are Declining The number of fatal traffic crashes in Michigan declined from 1,002 to 987 from 2006 to 2007. Alcohol and/or dug-related fatalities fell 13%, from 440 in 2006 to 382 in 2007, the lowest number in more than a decade, according to information released in April by the Michigan State Police Criminal J... More ... State Offers Training for New Zoning Enabling Laws in Area Training programs to update local officials on two new state planning and zoning laws are planned in St. Ignace Wednesday, June 11, and Newberry Thursday, June 12. The programs are being organized across the state by the Planning and Zoning Center at Michigan State University (MSU), in cooperatio... More ... Lutheran Group Raises Funds for Alaska Trip Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church's senior high school youth group in St. Ignace, called NOIZ, is raising money to fund a mission trip to Seattle, Washington, and Alaska June 2 through June 13. About 20 people from the group are expected to make the trip. More ... Music Program at MIPS May 9 Musician Sean Forbes and storyteller Betty Manion will present this year's program during the Music in the Schools Program Friday, May 9, at Mackinac Island Public School. They are sponsored by Mackinac Island Arts Council. Mr. Forbes, who lost his hearing at age one, performs rap because the bea... More ... Star Line Offers Free Rides To Island May 10 Star Line is offering free ferry rides to Mackinac Island from St. Ignace to all Mackinac County residents Saturday, May 10. Cost to transport bicycles on the ferry that day is $7.50 each. More ... CCSS To Offer First Aid Courses A Red Cross First Aid and Infant, Child, and Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course will be offered Wednesday, May 14, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Rudyard High School Home Economics Food Lab. Cost for this class is $45. To register, call the Consolidated Community School Services Offic... More ... Les Cheneaux Students To Visit Capitol Hill Cedarville High School teacher Gretchen Storey will take a group of students to the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., in January 2009. Students have started fundraising for the trip, which will be four days and three nights. More ... Deadlines for August 5 Primary Election Nearing This year's national, state, and local primary election will be August 5, with the general election to be November 4. Some 9,400 Mackinac County registered voters will cast ballots for president, vice president, U.S. representative, and state representative. More ... Island's Sweet Presents Academic Work at Albion College Symposium Lake Sweet of Mackinac Island demonstrated academic work at Albion College's recent Elkin R. Isaac Research Symposium. Miss Sweet presented original research titled "Behavioral Manifestations of Social Competence in Juvenile Homo Sapiens. More ... Powell Takes Third Place in Reading Rainbow Writers, Illustrators Contest Owen Powell of St. Ignace, a kindergarten student, is one of the third place winners of the Reading Rainbow "Young Writers and Illustrators Contest." The top contestants were chosen from a pool of 208 entries from central and Northern Michigan. More ...
Area students are filming a television series on preparing healthy foods. St. Ignace Girl Scout Troop 125 and Brownie Troop 72 made party snacks Tuesday, April 29, at LaSalle High School's home economics room. More ... |
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