By Kerry Fountain 495-5533 kerrymariet@yahoo.com The lights flickered, the rain came down, but at the end of the game, the varsity football players still beat the Rogers City Hurons by a score of 32-6 Friday night, and at the end, all of Rudyard’s lights went out. The rain and the wind knocked the whole town out of power, but the lights on the field stayed on as players, family, and friends rejoiced in a victory.

There was an adult Halloween party Saturday, October 31, at the Rudyard Community Center. Mark Besteman, who is in charge of the fire department, organized the event with fellow fire department workers. Entertainment was provided by a local Rudyard band, “Kick Start.” Door prizes from local businesses were given out, as approximately 95 people came together to have a fun night.

The Great Start Parent Coalition will host a work bee Saturday, November 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Pure Country restaurant in Rudyard. All parents involved in the Parent Coalition are invited. The purpose of the work bee is to update next year's goals plan sheets for the coalition and also its brochure. These two items should be made up of our parents’ suggestions and opinions.

Students in Bernadine Bazinau’s and Sami Luttmann’s classrooms at the EUPISD Rudyard Center choose pumpkins at Just-A-Plain-Farm in Carp Lake Tuesday, October 20. Tammy Nimmo poses with her son, William, for a photograph while hunting for the perfect pumpkin. (Photograph courtesy of Lucy Dorie) The school play will begin Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. “The Boy Friend” should be a huge event as the students have been working very hard on the play.

Until next week, please e-mail me with any community news you would like to get out to the public.
Turner-Howson Elementary School Students of the Month for September, pictured with their principal, are (front, from left) Ahylonna Thompson, Kallen Micolo, Genevieve McKerchie, Mya Hickman, Brooke Miller, Tristin Smith, Clayton Forsman; (back) Principal Bill Goetz, Daniel Henderson, Jacob Dysinger, Morgan Bickel, and Savannah Huntley. Missing from picture are Madison Mills, Hayley Malaska, and Kaitlyn Folkersma. (Photograph by Kathy Fountain)