Four St. Ignace girls, (from left) Bethany Davis, Morgan Postma, Ivy Thurston, and Carrie Lane, enjoy a day of tubing together at Doc Holle's Silver Mountain Saturday, January 3. Jake Tamlyn, manager at Silver Mountain, said more than 100 adults and youths used the hill each day during the last seven days. When old man winter rears his head, he doesn't fool around. My family and I were driving back from Marquette Monday, Dec - ember 29, through blowing snow and severe whiteouts. It took about six hours to get to St. Ignace. Even though it's easy to complain about the amount of snow we have here, consider that Marquette already has 100 inches, and it's still just January.

While I was in Marquette, I visited the home of my in-laws, Vern and Karen (nee Wester) Perry. We had the opportunity to visit with Karen's brother, Jack Wester, also a former St. Ignace resident. Vern and Karen both attended LaSalle High School, back when it was first built in the early 1960s, and Jack attended LaSalle when the building was on Spring Street, later becoming the Knights of Co - lumbus Hall. Jack lives in West Branch and enjoyed visiting his sister and family.

Paul and Judi Sved also were in Marquette, visiting their daughter, Denise (nee Sved) Brown, and her husband, Richard. They traveled to Marquette over Christmas Eve and spent Christmas weekend with Denise, Richard, and their three children, Stephen, Katelyn, and Nathan. Judi reports that Denise and her family are doing well. She says she enjoys visiting Marquette and had a good time with her family.

On their way to warmer climates, Dawn (nee Blair) and Dustin Wilcox of Cedarville visited Dustin's parents, Kim and Roger Wilcox in Grand Rapids. From there they headed on to Bonita Springs, Florida, to visit Dawn's grandparents, Lyle and Gerri Rose, and her mother, Miriam Blair of St. Ignace. Miriam sends belated holiday wishes to her readers. Dustin and Dawn enjoyed their vacation, and the warm weather.

Paula McCrory recently re - ceived a visit from Joan Mc - Clelland of Sault Saint Marie, Canada. Paula is recovering from surgery and doing well. Thoughts and prayers go to Paula for a speedy recovery.

The St. Ignace and Moran Town ship Schools will be back in session Monday, January 5, after a two-week Christmas vacation.

High school students will be taking exams Wednesday, January 14, through Friday, January 16.

The St. Ignace PTO will meet Thursday, January 15, at 3 p.m.

Friday, January 16, marks the end of the semester, and report cards will come out Friday, January 23.

The St. Ignace Public Library will host preschool story time Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. Snacks will be provided. Librarian Cindy Pat - ten reports that the fifth through eighth grade book club will be starting a new book, "River Thunder," by Will Hobbs. Re - freshments are provided after the meeting. The book club meets Thursday, January 8, at 6:30 p.m. Contact Cindy at 643-8318 for more information.

The Firehawks will be playing hockey at Little Bear East Arena Thursday, January 8. There also will be a Youth Martial Arts Cage Fighting Tournament Saturday, January 10. For more information, call the Recreation Department at 643-8676.

Happy birthday to Hollee Mas - sey January 9, Jeffrey Misner Jan - uary 10, Corey Moses January 12, and Kayla Fulgenzi January 13.