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Click here for digital edition  Orders will be taken in St. Ignace this month for families who need discounted food through Angel Food Ministries. Food orders can be placed at the First National Bank downtown branch or orders can be made online at www.angel foodministries.com. An average box of food contains about 21 pounds of groceries and may be purchased for $30. More ... The St. Ignace Fire Department responded to a fire at the US-2 roadside park atop Bryce's hill, just east of Cheeseman Road, early Tuesday morning, November 24. Upon arrival around 6 a.m., firefighters found one of the restroom buildings, the men's double outdoor restroom, fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire, but the building was destroyed. More ... Representative Gary McDowell of Rudyard was honored for his work to relieve hunger in Michigan. Mr. McDowell was one of this year’s Hunger for Justice Award recipients when the Food Bank Council of Michigan awarded the Hunger-Free Michigan Awards during its Michigan Harvest Gathering Celebration Luncheon Thursday, November 12, in Lansing. More ... American Red Cross blood drives will be held at the following locations in December: St. Ignace: Tuesday, December 22, from noon to 5:45 p.m. at Kewadin Shores Casino. More ... Contracts are up for renewal January 1 for the jobs of Mackinac County animal shelter manager and animal control officer, and the Mackinac County Board of Commissioners has decided to make the two positions fullfledged county employees, rather than contracted services positions. The board is accepting applications for the two positions until Friday, December 4, at 4 p.m. More ... Setting parameters for postemployment, two-year health insurance plans will enable longtime employees to know what they will receive from the village, the Mackinaw City Village Council decided at a work session Monday, November 23. The framework discussed may result in coverage that is lower than what retiring employees received in the past, which was roughly 95% to 100% of premiums. More ... Several opportunities are available for donating to local needy families in the community during the holiday season, including the following: More ... Mike and Rose Miller with Santa Claus in the Great Lakes Boat Building School following the tree lighting in Cedarville Friday, November 27. Mrs. More ... The Northern Michigan historical consortium is official, said the consortium's recorder Joann P. Leal of Mackinaw City, and already is making plans to create greater public awareness of their groups, enhance their operations, and improve communication among themselves. More ... The Sault Tribe Lambert Center in St. Ignace is offering a H1N1 flu immunization clinic Thursday, December 3, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lambert Center. More ... A Christmas Fun Fair will be Saturday, December 5, from noon to 3 p.m. at Little Bear East Arena in St. Ignace. Santa Claus will visit and games and food will be provided. The event is open to all children. It is sponsored by tribal board representatives Keith Massaway and Pat Rickley, St. Ignace Tribal Elders, United Way, and a recent soup and fry bread benefit. More ... The Erickson Center in Curtis is hosting a Christmas Open House Sunday, December 6, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Holiday music will be provided by the Engadine Area Community Adult and Children’s Choir and Allison Rall beginning at 3:30 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. More ... The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace November 24 and 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 “deer camp chili dinner” announced in the November 26 issue of The St. Ignace News incorrectly stated the dinner is to be at Les Cheneaux Community Schools in Cedarville. The dinner is Friday, December 4, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Rudyard High School cafeteria. More ... Representatives from the St. Ignace Board of Education and the Strategic Alliance for Health group pose in front of one of the new tobacco-free signs at the St. Ignace Area Schools campus. More ... Friends of the Library are hosting a Holiday Season book sale Saturday, December 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Bayliss Public Library in Sault Ste. Marie. Bernie Arbic and Deidre Stevens, authors of “Then and Now: The Changing Face of Sault Ste. Marie,” will be there. More ... Commodities food will be distributed in the Eastern Upper Peninsula Wednesday, December 9, through Friday, December 11. Food to be distributed includes apple juice, beans, blueberries, whole chicken, cranapple juice, flour mix, grits, macaroni, shelf stable milk, orange juice, peaches, peanut butter, pears, and peas. Persons receiving commodities must present a yellow food card. More ... The Friends of the Rudyard Public Library will hold a Christmas tree silent action Monday, November 30, through Friday, December 11, during regular library hours. More ... Upper Peninsula Chapter 16 of the State Employee Retirees Association will host its Christmas luncheon Monday, December 7, at noon at the Terrace Bay Inn in Escanaba. All members and their guests may attend. Reservations may be made by calling Arlene Paulson at (906) 786-7199 by Friday, December 4. More ... Four popular winter events will be promoted as one festival this year. The U.P. Winter Fest will be held over four weekends in a row, from February 13 through March 6, and include the U.P. Snow Softball Tournament and Tailgate February 13 and 14, U.P. Pond Hockey February 19 through 21, U.P. Youth Pond Hockey February 27 and 28, and the U.P. Ice Chip Golf Scramble March 6. More ... Families of volunteers met across the Eastern Upper Peninsula Saturday, November 21, for United Way's Family Volunteer Day. The groups in St. Ignace, Newberry, and Sault Ste. Marie together packed 129 food baskets for needy families in the region. More ... The Cedarville High School Band will have a spaghetti dinner Friday, December 11, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the school in Cedarville to raise funds for the band’s trip to New York in the summer of 2010. The cost is $6 for adults, and $3 for children ages 10 and younger. More ... Jennifer Powell of St. Ignace has combined her passions for art, children, teaching, and nature to create a book for toddlers set on Mackinac Island. The former elementary school teacher got feedback on the writing process from her two sons, ages 3 and 7, and said she learned that writing a good book involves a lot of research and forethought. More ... A blue 2009 Nissan was stolen Sunday, November 8, at 8 a.m. from a residence on Windamere Drive in Kincheloe. The vehicle was found stuck and abandoned near the bunkers north of Kinross Correctional Facility. The vehicle was damaged during this incident. More ... The Sault Naturalists meeting Tuesday, December 8, will feature a program by nature photographer Kirk Zufelt and voting for three winners of the club’s Nature Photography Contest. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church in Sault Ste. Marie. The meeting is open to the public. More ... The Northern Michigan Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America will meet Wednesday, December 9, at 11 a.m. in the Episcopal Transfiguration Church in Indian River, on M-68. This is the guild’s annual Christmas luncheon with potluck and silent auction. More ... The Parenting Again Kinship Group will meet Tuesday, December 8, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Huntington Bank Community Room in Sault Ste. Marie. The meeting will have a Christmas theme and will include treats, crafts, and surprises. This event is free to anyone caring for another relative’s child or children. More ... Mackinac Island holiday events begin Friday evening, December 4, at 4:30 p.m. with a hayride, and a tree lighting ceremony and carol singing on Main Street at 5 p.m., followed by an early bird Christmas Bazaar sale at the fire hall. The Christmas Bazaar gets underway Saturday morning, December 5, at 11 a.m. at Community Hall, with Santa arriving about 1:30 p.m. More ... Twelve teams of seventh and eighth grade students from schools throughout the Eastern Upper Peninsula gathered at the Cedarville Middle School Wednesday, November 4, for a district playoff of the Junior High Quiz Bowl, sponsored locally by Consolidated Community School Services. The teams were divided into two pools with round robin competition in each pool. More ... DeTour Area Schools First Quarter 6th Grade: Jake Dudeck, Zachary Kelly, Millie Reed, Tyler Soule. More ... Look for more carpool lots in the Upper Peninsula on the 2010 state road map. The state added four carpool lots in the Upper Peninsula this summer and fall, according to Niles Annelin, car pool lot coordinator for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). And U.P. residents are becoming more interested in the option. More ... Throughout the history of the Great Lakes, there have been many types of dedicated onlookers keeping a watchful eye for lake-going vessels to ensure their crews' safety in all types of weather. Lighthouse keepers, harbormasters, and passage keepers are just some of the many nautical caretakers who have helped vessels avoid maritime accidents. More ... Two caregiver support groups will meet in December. The Les Cheneaux Caregivers Support Group will meet at the Les Cheneaux Community Library in Cedarville Thursday, December 10, at 4:30 p.m. In Sault Ste. Marie, the Caregiver Support Group will meet in the second floor conference room at the Avery Square Center Wednesday, December 30, at 2 p.m. More ... The Hiawatha Shore-to-Shore chapter of the North Country Trail Association is hosting a hike Saturday, December 12, at 9 a.m. at the North Country Trail crossing on East Lake Road. Parti - cipants are asked to bring a potluck dish. 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