Volunteers Create Christmas ToylandPlans Change for Cedarville

Brevort Lake: Water Is High,
But Dam Is Draining Lake, pg. 5
St. Ignace: Families Turn Out for
Christmas Parties, pgs. 11, 12, 28
Straits of Mackinac: Ferries Still EUP: 2 Old School Buildings
to Find New Use, pg. 13
Running; Ice Forming Quickly, pg. 3
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Volunteers Create Christmas Toyland Plans Change for
More Than 100 Local Families Flock to CAA Fenlon Center for Toy Drive This Year
Cedarville Harbor
State Wanted Full-scale Development,
But Will Likely Allow Smaller Projects
By Paul Gingras
Plans are evolving for upgrades at Cedarville harbor, where Clark
Township wants to make smaller, critical improvements such as extending
the pier and adding more vehicle parking, instead of undertaking the fullscale marina development that was originally required by the state Waterways Commission. Two years ago, the state approved a 50% matching
grant of up to $1 million for development at the harbor, but following recent negotiations between the township and the state, the township has
learned it can make smaller changes and still receive the grant.
The township has until 2015 to submit a plan for the work, reported
township Supervisor Gary Reid Wednesday, December 11.
The change from requiring a full-scale marina to a development project
proceeding in stages “is not standard operating procedure for Waterways,”
Mr. Reid told The St. Ignace News. “They’re working with us because
they want to see something happen in Cedarville. The government wants
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City Sets Budget
Priorities for 2014
Mackinac County Children’s Toy Drive volunteers prepare for the annual Christmas toy distribution by organizing items Friday,
December 13, at the Community Action Agency in St. Ignace. The following day Saturday, December 14, more than 100 families from
the area were expected to pick up the gifts. The Toy Drive provides gifts for local families in need. Assisting with the program are (from
left) Grace Timmerman, Roger Timmerman, Meghann Colegrove, coordinator Wendy Colegrove, Kim Canning, and Eric Masters.
This year marks Mrs. Colegrove’s last year as the Toy Drive coordinator, as she expects the Victim Services unit of the Mackinac County
Sheriff’s Office to take on a more active role in its leadership next year.
By Martha Stuit
A bigger snowplowing budget, raises for all full-time permanent city employees, and improvements to city buildings are the 2014 plans for the City
of St. Ignace. Residents will see repairs to roads resulting from the street millage approved in November. As the city works through its budgeting process,
City Manager Les Therrian points to the maintenance, raises, and snow removal as the city’s priorities in 2014. New expenses will include fixing the
used fire truck that broke down shortly after it was purchased this fall, and a
potential increase in electricity costs for streetlights. Other services offered
for residents will stay the same.
St. Ignace experienced a few mild winters in recent years, but last year, the
winter was harsher. So, in 2013, snowplowing cost the city $76,850 more
than the $98,190 expected, or $175,040.
As a result, for 2014, the city is planning to spend more than past years for
the service, but not quite as much as last year. The expense is estimated to be
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St. Ignace
On Island, Winter Work Day Draws to a Close
Scouts Bring New
Program to Town
By Erich T. Doerr
With the establishment of Cub Scout Pack 3125, scouting has returned
to St. Ignace. The pack is the first scouting program offered since 2008
and it is being sponsored by the St. Ignace Lions Club.
“I’m pretty excited we’re kicking this off,” said Den Leader Michael
Denning.
The youth program is offered by the Boy Scouts of America for boys
from first grade through fifth grade. It is divided into levels by age and
experience, with the first grade Tiger Cubs, second grade Wolf Cubs, third
grade Bear Cubs, and fourth and fifth grade Webelos Scouts.
Enrollment in the program is still open. Pack 3125 has 10 scouts at the
Tiger and Wolf levels, nine at the Bear and Webelo levels, and at least
four more boys considering joining. The whole pack gets together for a
combined meeting at St. Ignace Middle and Elementary School on the
second Tuesday of each month with the den levels meeting at other times.
Those interested in getting involved may contact Cubmaster Sean Pincombe at (906) 298-0968 or inquire in person at the meetings.
“The more there are, the better it is,” Mr. Denning said.
At its third meeting Tuesday, December 10, the scouts shared a special
handshake before challenging each other in a quick game of basketball
while Mr. Denning talked with their parents about upcoming activities.
The boys enjoyed a snack of crackers, cheese, and juice.
Many parents are pleased with the program so far, including Derek
Packer. His 7-year-old son, Ryder, is a Wolf Cub scout. He said Ryder is
“really interested” in the program and he’s had great communication with
its leadership.
Mr. Packer said the program has focused on physical activities, so far.
The children were introduced to first aid with a lesson in adhesive bandage placement and later created a chore chart for use at home. He said
Ryder’s mother, Theresa, is supportive of that effort, as Ryder’s responsibilities include shoveling and vacuuming and they are tracked using the
Turn to page 7: Boy Scouts
The winter construction season is in full swing on Mackinac Island, and scenes like this one are common. After a long day of work,
construction workers walk with bicycles and coolers in tow along the Arnold Dock. They climb aboard the Huron, the vessel that takes
people, animals, and cargo to and from the mainland throughout winter until ice prevents passage. Snowmobiles parked along the dock
edge await riders to zip across Mackinac Island’s snow-covered streets.
Death Notices
Index
Calendar - page 4
Crossword - page 4
Lead News Stories - pages 3, 13
Obituaries - pages 9, 10
Sports - pages 14 - 16
Looking Back - page 22
Classifieds - pages 24 - 26
Correspondents - Section Two
Donald Salter - 86
Margaret LaJoice - 94
Jerome Nowacki - 90
Norma “Lorraine” Dulecki - 87
Peter Goudreau - 84
Robert Cox - 96
Stella Laundry - 83
Frances Bazinaw - 73
Helen Bos - 90
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
One Goal for Cedarville Harbor Upgrade Is To Offer Access to Aldo Leopold Preserve on Island
Harbor: from page 1
to see projects that are sustainable.”
Mr. Reid recently met with Paul
Peterson and Bill Boik of the Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) to discuss the grant and
work out differences between the
state’s original requirements and
the needs of the Les Cheneaux Islands area. A subcommittee of the
Les Cheneaux Watershed Council
is revising harbor plans and looking for local funding.
The Les Cheneaux Lions Club
has offered $10,000 toward the effort, pending township acceptance
of the Waterways grant.
When Clark Township submitted its original proposal to the
state, the project included “all the
bells and whistles,” Mr. Reid said.
It projected a fully developed marina, including a building at the
harbor complete with showers,
restrooms, fish cleaning stations,
and a transition wall to serve rescue boats and vehicles.
One goal presented to the Waterways Commission, Mr. Reid
said, is to offer access to the Aldo
Leopold Preserve on Marquette Island, which involves township
collaboration with the DNR, the
federal government, and the Little
Traverse Nature Conservancy. Traffic between Cedarville and the pre-
To upgrade Cedarville harbor, the Les Cheneaux Islands Waterways Restoration Committee is updating a proposal for Clark Township to submit to the Michigan Waterways
Commission regarding how to best improve the public launch area to better accommodate recreational and commercial use of the site. Two years ago, the state authorized a
matching grant of up to $1 million for a full-scale marina. Prevailing thinking is now focusing on an approach that provides less expensive upgrades, such as piece-by-piece improvements over time including an extended pier, more parking for commercial and recreational boaters, and access for emergency services to quickly and easily transfer people
from boats to land vehicles. The township has until 2015 to submit a new plan.
serve would lead to more docking
at the harbor, he said.
Mr. Reid places a high priority
on emergency services. He also
wants to develop separate launch
sites for recreational boats and
commercial vessels, such as boats
that haul construction equipment
between the islands and the mainland that block recreational boating access to Cedarville harbor for
long periods of time, he said.
St. Ignace Downtown Plan Approved, Set to Begin in 2014
The St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority’s 30-year plan for
improving the downtown was approved by the City of St. Ignace
Monday, December 16, and the city
council also updated the DDA district description to correct boundaries.
The DDA’s new plan includes
projects, such as a bike path and
more signs, to direct and bring
more people downtown [The St.
Ignace News, “DDA Plan Highlights Bike Path,” November 28].
Councilman Paul Fullerton pointed
out that the bike path will be outside the DDA district if it goes
north on North State Street. He said
he doesn’t want the bike path to reduce North State Street from four
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Remember Our Military Families
This Christmas Season
To the Editor:
As I watch families prepare for the Christmas season, I am reminded
of those families who won’t have all of their loved ones with them this
year. Many of them will have sons or daughters at locations all over the
world preserving the freedoms we enjoy by serving us as soldiers in the
United States Armed Forces. Others will have only memories because
their soldiers have paid the ultimate sacrifice protecting our freedoms.
There is an old saying that goes like this: “For those who fought for
it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.” I feel it is important for us, the protected, to let our servicemen and servicewomen
know that we truly do appreciate the sacrifices they make for us. It is
our duty to show them the respect they deserve by thanking them for
their service in protecting the freedoms we often take for granted. It is
incumbent upon us to allow them to relish the flavor they have as soldiers, fighting for freedom, by letting them know that we truly are grateful for their willingness to serve.
Remember and pray for our military families. The kids whose mom
or dad is not here this Christmas because they’re over there, stepping up
to the plate, because they know there is evil in this world and if good
men and women don’t do something to stop it, evil will triumph. Remember who these men and women are: your friends. In John 15:13,
Jesus says, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down
his life for his friends.” Our soldiers don’t fight because they hate their
enemies; they fight because they love the ones they’ve left behind. Bet
you never thought of America’s greatest lovers as wearing camouflage
and combat boots and carrying guns.
Henry Kissinger once referred to military men as “dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.” When it comes to the American soldier, nothing could be further from the truth. Our soldiers are
intelligent, well trained, obedient professionals unequaled in this world.
They are courageous, courteous, and have more integrity than many of
the foreign policy makers they serve. Isn’t it ironic that even those who
don’t support, or even dislike, our military soldiers still reap the benefits
of their service, our freedoms?
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If you would like to show your appreciation to our finest this season,
let them know by sending a card, saying a prayer, or thanking their parents for their encouragement and support of their sons and daughters
serving us. There are organizations that will send your cards to service
personnel who may not otherwise receive the thanks they deserve. One
such organization is Holiday Mail for Heroes. You can go online to learn
more about these organizations. Freedom isn’t free. It’s paid for by the
blood, sweat, and tears of the true American heroes, our fighting men
and women. I pray God bless us all this Christmas and protect our soldiers.
Highest regards from “one protected.”
Dan Litzner
St. Ignace
Offer Empathy Instead of Bigotry
To the Editor:
At the turn of the 20th century, the noted civil rights leader W.E.B. Du
Bois deemed the “N” word the most offensive word in the English language. It meant much.
Fifty years later, black people were still being treated unfairly. There
was much violence, such as Dr. King at Selma, and the church bombings.
Violence was a way of life in the Jim Crow south.
It took Lincoln a century to free black men, but in 1963 they still were
not free. It took other civil rights people to make them free.
Through the years, I have heard the “N” word, and so have you. It is
still offensive. If your grandpa was a bigot, and your father was a bigot,
then you are likely to be one, too.
Look, we’re all immigrants here: Italians, Hispanics, Jews fleeing Germany, and different religions.
We all have been persecuted. I have a solution to end racism and persecution once and for all: Offer a little empathy. Put your feet in someone
else’s shoes and see his point of view. Maybe then, you will come away
with a better attitude.
Don Howe,
St. Ignace
Tassier Boat Works of Cedarville Is Sold
Local business Tassier Boat
Works has been sold to Cedar
Ridge Boat Works, and owners Jim
and Marti Hart plan to retire, said
Tassier’s office manager Kate
Smith. Both businesses are based in
Cedarville. Cedar Ridge owners
Mike Freel and Vaughn Rye seek to
attract more business from local
and distant customers. The longstanding operation restores vessels
as varied as 11-foot whalers to 30foot Hacker Crafts.
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lanes to a boulevard with bike trail.
DDA director Deb Evashevski said
the DDA and city would have public discussions before starting such
a project, as well as seek support
from the Michigan Department of
Transportation because State Street
is a state road.
Citizen Louis Leveille said the
DDA should plow the Huron
Boardwalk in the winter so that
people can walk on it. The DDA
bought a snow blower for the St.
Ignace Marina to plow its docks
and the boardwalk, he said, noting
he is a former member of the disbanded Harbor Authority and was
on the authority when the purchase
was made.
City Manager Les Therrian said
the city can try to clean the boardwalk in the winter, but the city is
short-staffed for plowing.
Citizen Betsy Turf suggested that
volunteers could plow the boardwalk. Mr. Therrian said he is uncertain of the liability but will research
the possibility.
St. Ignace Dredging Pushed to Spring
Dredging at the St. Ignace Public
Marina is postponed until the spring
owing to cold and ice. The City of St.
Ignace is asking the state for permission to use its emergency dredging
funding next year, City Manager Les
Therrian told The St. Ignace News.
While equipment could break
through the four to six inches of ice
in the marina, dredging would move
the ice chunks around and likely
damage the docks.
The St. Clair company hired to
dredge, Malcolm Marine, will keep
its barge and equipment at the marina
through the winter.
Michigan
Politics
By
George Weeks
Snyder Rebukes GOP
National Committeeman
Governor Rick Snyder has wisely denounced Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema’s “wrong, extreme, and discriminatory” comments about gays.
Traditionally, Michigan governors, regardless of party, have essentially
been on the same page with their state’s national committeemen and
women—those who represent the state in the Republican or Democratic
National Committees.
But good for Snyder for rebuking Agema, a former state representative
from Grandville who has strong support from tea party elements.
As noted by columnist and radio commentator Jack Lessenberry, Agema
“seems morbidly obsessed with gay people. He loathes them, and seems
creepily fascinated by his mythical version of their lives.”
MLive columnist Ken Braun wrote:
“Mr. Agema is an embarrassment to the state of Michigan, the Michigan
Republican Party, and the tea party supporters who elevated him to the position. Last spring, he publicly promoted clearly false and highly derogatory ‘statistics on homosexuals,’ and then refused to retract or apologize,
even after a lot of his loopy information was sourced to a confirmed neoNazi Holocaust denier.
“Last week, he was at it again, telling a GOP audience in Berrien
County the airline industry is filled with male flight attendants seeking domestic partner benefits so as to offload the medical expenses of AIDS-afflicted lovers.”
In reaction, Snyder spokeswoman Sara Wurfel said:
“What I’d say, plainly and simply, is that the governor believes Mr.
Agema’s remarks are wrong, extreme, and discriminatory. We shouldn’t
tolerate discrimination of any kind. There shouldn’t be room for that in
any political party, period.”
Former Governor William G. Milliken praised Snyder’s position, saying
“there’s absolutely no place in the Republican Party for the outrageous
views” voiced by Agema.
There is considerable stirring on the issue at the local level. Paul Welday,
GOP 14th District chairman, questions: “Is this is the approach we are looking for from our party’s leadership?”
Dan Pero, top strategist for ex-Governor John Engler, said Republicans
should “reject Agema’s silly, bigoted comments.”
An effective advocate on the issue is Dennis Lennox, a former Cheboygan local official who’s now a Grand Traverse County GOP precinct delegate and Mount Pleasant Morning Sun columnist who beats the drums
against Agema’s views.
Snyder took the right position on this issue, but will he do it on a big
one on campaign finance that is about to hit his desk?
Double campaign gift limit?
As Executive Director Rich Robinson of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network put it, “We’ll see whether (Snyder) will govern in accordance with the platform of ethics in government on which he ran as a
candidate.”
Robinson, writing a commentary in the Detroit Free Press about the bill
that would double campaign contribution limits for elected state officials
and let donors of “issue ads” to be anonymous, said the bill “would enable
dark money to dominate Michigan’s political campaigns for the foreseeable future.”
The bill thwarts Secretary of State Ruth Johnson’s proposed rule to require public disclosure of most third-party spending.
George Weeks, a member of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, for
22 years was the political columnist for The Detroit News and previously
with UPI as Lansing bureau chief and foreign editor in Washington. His
weekly Michigan Politics column is syndicated by Superior Features.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
Boat Service Continues as Ice Forms
Shepler’s freighter Sacre Blue (left) and Arnold Transit’s passenger ferry Huron make their way
through an icy Moran Bay Monday, December 16. “Smoke” rises off the water’s surface as the lake
transfers some of its heat to the cold air, and the St. Ignace mooring dolphins are visible in the distance to the left. The Huron was on its morning trip from Mackinac Island, which took about 50
minutes, according to the company. While ice is forming quickly in the Straits because of the frigid
temperatures, the company will provide passenger service to Mackinac Island until ice prevents
passage, said operations manager Veronica Dobrowolski. Arnold Transit also offers freight service
to the Island. The Sacre Blue was testing the waters in the bay for a freight trip to the Island later
Monday afternoon. This is Sacre Blue’s first winter season after extensive remodeling this summer,
and the boat is performing well, according to Captain Chris Shepler. The Straits area’s third boat
company, Star Line, is closed for the winter.
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Jerry Fetty Takes Helm as Star Line CEO
By Paul Gingras
Plunging into a lifelong love of
the Straits of Mackinac, a penchant for customer service, and a
special interest in Mackinac Island, Jerry Fetty of Armada has
taken the helm at Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry, the transportation service known for its
signature “hydro-jet” vessels that
send a rooster tail plume of water
into the air behind them.
For the next two years or so, Mr.
Fetty will split his time between
the Straits area and Armada, where
he and his wife, Kathy, maintain
their family home and have three
children immersed in school activities. When the time is right for the
family, the Fettys plan to relocate
to Mackinaw City, where they
have purchased a home in anticipation of his position with the
company.
Mr. Fetty’s leadership comes on
the heels of the retirement of Tom
and Linda Pfeiffelmann. Mr. Pfeiffelmannn, one of the original Star
Line founding partners, began
with company in 1977, became
CEO in 1987, and led the company through 2010. Linda Pfeiffelmann worked at Star for about 18
years. She took the reins in January 2011 and held them until this
December.
In an interview with The St.
Ignace News Monday, December
9, Mr. Fetty said his interest in Star
Line reaches back to his youth.
Originally from a farm in Romeo,
he lived and worked for years during the summer months in Mackinaw City, where he spent the vast
majority of his time at Mill Creek
Campground. Once a season, he
took the opportunity to visit Mackinac Island. Year after year the
rooster tail caught his attention
and kept it. For that reason, “I took
Star Line every time,” he said.
Traveling between the mainland
and the Island, he had no idea that
he’d one day have the chance to
take the helm of the company that
ran his favorite ferries. He returned to Mill Creek to work each
summer, building a collection of
Straits memorabilia that grew to
include about 500 Mackinac Island post cards.
Members of Mr. Fetty’s family
were early investors in Star Line,
creating connections that eventu-
Jerry Fetty has taken the helm
at Star Line Mackinac Island
Ferry. Owing to his lifelong love
of the Straits of Mackinac and a
special interest in the Island, he
calls the position “one of the
greatest jobs on Earth.”
ally led him to become an investor
in the company, and to his invitation to take over operations.
“It was a dream opportunity,” he
explained, “so I took it.”
An experienced businessman
and a technology enthusiast, Mr.
Fetty runs SMART I.T. Services in
Sterling Heights, a computer company that enabled him to delve
into customer service, the business
aspect he likes most. He engaged
himself in business early in college, following what he calls “The
Bill Gates Plan,” a metaphor that
describes businesspeople drawn
fully into commerce at a young
age.
During his perusal of the Star
Line offer, Mr. Fetty discovered a
company already well known for
friendliness, a feature he plans to
enhance. His top priority, he said,
is connecting with area residents
to augment the company’s status
as “a vital part of the community
and local commerce.”
Mr. Fetty is thrilled to be in
charge of what he considers one of
the keys to area prosperity.
“I think it’s one of the greatest
jobs on Earth to be on the Straits
of Mackinac,” he said.
To prepare for his new position,
he worked nearly every job at the
ferry company over the past year,
from selling tickets to serving as a
dockhand. The best way to learn
how the company operates, he
thought his leadership at Star Line
would begin in about three years,
but unanticipated changes bumped
the plan forward.
Ultimately, the staff he met inspired him to take the job.
“Employees at Star are quality
people who really, really love
doing what they do,” he explained.
Not all businesses lend themselves to smooth relations with the
public, he added. Star Line’s patrons are generally glad to see the
staff.
“They’re traveling. They’re on
vacation. They’re happy customers,” he said.
Mr. Fetty said his new job entails plenty of challenges, but he
feels ready to meet them.
The Straits area has plenty to
keep him occupied during his off
time. A deer hunter and an avid
bird hunter, he has two Brittany
spaniels he uses on wilderness forays. He is also a fan of snow,
snowmobiling, and skiing. Mr.
Fetty also has heared the Boy
Scout leader Wood Badge, the
highest level of scoutmaster training. Many members of his troop
became Eagle Scouts.
His background on a vegetable
farm helped generate his interest
in agriculture, another feature of
the Eastern Upper Peninsula. At
one time, Mr. Fetty owned a farm
in Armada, where he grew giant
pumpkins that he entered in contests. One of them reached 625
pounds.
On the other end of the spectrum, Mr. Fetty loves technology.
“I’m like the Gizmo Gadget
Guy,” he said.
A technology blog writer, Mr.
Fetty keeps up to date on the latest
technology and speaks on technological issues throughout Michigan and the United States. New
gadgets are fun, he said, but he
emphasizes his focus on practical
applications.
Bringing his technological interests to Star Line is part of his vision for the company, but it’s too
early to say how that will be applied, he said.
The Straits also holds the interest of Mr. Fetty’s children. Like
their father, 16-year-old Zeke, 14year-old Faith, and 12-year-old
Jerry live and work in the area
each summer.
Dock 3 Lease to Be Opened to Public Bids
A Shepler’s ferry cuts through the ice of Moran Bay on a frigid morning Monday, December 16.
After a snowy weekend, the skies cleared and sun came out over the Straits area. Visible are the
mooring dolphins (left) and Mackinac Island (back, right). Moisture rises from the lake as the water
loses its heat and begins to freeze. This scene is captured from North Marley Street, just south of the
hill by Little Bear East Arena and above the railroad grade and State Street, in St. Ignace.
Grays Reef Passage Closed by Coast Guard
Grays Reef Passage, east of
Beaver Island, and west of Waugoshance Point, will be closed to
marine traffic Wednesday, Decem-
ber 18, at 6 p.m., the Coast Guard
announced Sunday, December 15.
The Coast Guard reminds all
recreational ice users to plan their
activities carefully, use caution on
the ice, and stay away from shipping channels.
Print
or
By Martha Stuit
The City of St. Ignace will seek
bids to lease Dock 3, with a oneyear lease to Arnold Transit expiring at the end of the year. The
minimum bid will be $30,000 a
year for five years with no annual
increase. Arnold Transit has been
the only renter since the city
started leasing Dock 3 in 1988 and
possesses first right of refusal for
the dock. The property is the old
State Ferry Dock No. 3, and it is
at the end of Ferry Lane near the
Coast Guard station.
This spring, the city considered
seeking bids from the public, but
instead decided to renew the lease
with Arnold Transit for one year
owing to the start of ferry season
in March. The two other Mackinac
Island ferry lines, Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry and Star Line,
have expressed interest in Dock 3,
so bids will be sought.
Arnold Transit leased Dock 3
for $23,000 in 2013. The company
uses the dock for shipping freight
between St. Ignace and Mackinac
Island.
The Dock 3 Committee discussed
the lease Thursday, December 12,
and members are Councilmen Jim
Clapperton, Paul Fullerton, and
Merv Wyse. City attorney Charles
Brown was not at the meeting owing
to a conflict of interest, as he also
does some work for Arnold Transit.
Mr. Clapperton said he is worried that competing ferry lines will
bid up the price. He believes a
similar situation happened in
Mackinaw City. With the first
right of refusal, Arnold Transit
would have to match the highest
bid to keep the Dock 3 lease.
Mr. Wyse pointed out the $30,000
minimum bid is a $7,000 increase
from the 2013 lease and said ferry
companies might not bid on it.
City Manager Les Therrian told
The St. Ignace News that the city
will seek bids from the public, not
just the ferry companies.
He said rent is used to maintain
the Dock 3 park. The pavilion and
bathroom roofs are deteriorating
and need replacement, he noted.
Also, freight trucks use Ferry
Lane and Paro Street, and the city
needs to consider road repairs in
the coming years.
Arnold Transit built the building
at Dock 3. Because it is on city
property, it belongs to the city.
Passenger traffic is not allowed
at Dock 3, except during an emergency, owing to the lack of parking.
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Calendar
Open Public Meetings Your Government at Work.
Following is a schedule of open
public meetings. This listing is for
governmental and similar entities.
Meetings of social and civic groups
that are open to the public are listed
in the Community Calendar, published at www.stignacenews.com.
Wednesday, December 18
• Mackinac Island Ordinance
Committee, 3 p.m., Community
Hall.
• Mackinac Island City Council,
4 p.m., Community Hall.
• Clark Township Board of
Trustees, 7 p.m., Township Hall.
Thursday, December 19
• Mackinac Island School
Board, 6 p.m., school.
• Mackinaw City Village Council, 7 p.m., Village Hall.
Monday, December 30
• Mackinac County Board of
Commissioners, 4:30 p.m. County
Courthouse Annex.
• Hendricks Township Board of
Trustees, 7:30 p.m., Township Fire
Hall.
Tuesday, December 31
• Mackinac County Road Commission, 1:30 p.m., Mackinac
County Road Commission office
in St. Ignace.
Thursday, January 2
• Hudson Township Board of
Trustees, 7 p.m., Township Hall.
• Mackinaw City Village Council, 7 p.m., Village Hall.
Monday, January 6
• Mackinac Island Recreation
Department, 4:30 p.m., Mackinac
Island Public Library.
• St. Ignace City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall.
Tuesday, January 7
• Mackinac Island Historic District Commission, 1 p.m., Community Hall.
• Mackinac Island Planning
Commission, 3 p.m., Community
Hall.
Wednesday, January 8
• Mackinac County Planning
Commission, 2 p.m., Airport
Meeting Room.
• Mackinac Island City Council,
4 p.m. Community Hall.
• Moran Township Board of
Trustees, 6 p.m., Township Hall.
• St. Ignace Recreation Advisory
Committee, 7 p.m., Little Bear
East Arena.
Thursday, January 9
• St. Ignace Public Safety, 3:30
p.m., City Hall.
• St. Ignace Solid Waste, 3:30
p.m., City Hall.
• Mackinac County Board of
Commissioners, 4:30 p.m., County
Court House Annex.
• St. Ignace Township Board of
Trustees, 6:30 p.m., Township
Hall.
Friday, January 10
• St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority, 8 a.m., City
Hall.
Monday, January 13
• Brevort Township Board of
Trustees, 6 p.m., Township Hall.
• Newton Township Board, 7
p.m., Township Hall.
• St. Ignace School Board, 7
p.m., middle school library.
Tuesday, January 14
• Mackinac County Road Commission, 1:30 p.m., Mackinac
County Road office in St. Ignace.
• St. Ignace Public Library
Board, 5 p.m., St. Ignace Public
Library.
• Clark Township Planning
Commission, 7 p.m., Township
Hall.
• Portage Township Board of
Trustees, 7 p.m., Curtis Community Building.
Wednesday, January 15
• Clark Township Board of
Trustees, 7 p.m., Township Hall.
Thursday, January 16
• Mackinac Island School
Board, 6 p.m., school.
• Mackinaw City Village Council, 7 p.m., Village Hall.
Holiday Events
St. Ignace
• Thursday, December 19: Elementary Christmas Program, 6:30 p.m.,
at St. Ignace Middle School in the gymnasium. The event is free and open
to the public.
Mackinac Island
• Wednesday, December 18: Mackinac Island Schools Winter Concert,
7 p.m., in the small gymnasium.
Les Cheneaux
• Wednesday, December 18: Middle School and High School Winter
Concert, 7 p.m., at Les Cheneaux Schools in the Duncan gymnasium. The
event is free and all are welcome.
• Tuesday, December 24: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 5 p.m.,
First Presbyterian Church of Hessel.
Pickford
• Friday, December 20, through Monday, December 23: Sleigh and
Wagon Rides, 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at Northwoods Christian Camp. $9
adults, $5 children ages three through eight, $3 non-riders. Refreshments
will be served.
Engadine
• Wednesday, December 18: Journey to Bethlehem, a live nativity, 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m., at Garfield Township Hall leaving every 20 minutes. Reservations are recommended. Call Susan (906) 477-6766 to reserve a time.
• Thursday, December 19: Engadine Kindergarten through sixth grade
Elementary Music Concert, 6:30 p.m., in the gymnasium. No charge. All
are welcome.
Rudyard
• Saturday, December 21: Lions Christmas Home Decorating Contest,
6 p.m., Rudyard area. Nominations for homes to be judged can be submitted to Barry Davis at (906) 478-3491. Four cash prizes will be awarded.
Christmas Bird Count Underway
The Mackinac Straits annual Christmas bird count will take place
Wednesday, December 18.
The area in which the birds will be counted is a 7.5 mile radius with the
center in the middle of the Mackinac Bridge.
To conduct the count, observers follow designated routes in a specified
circle, adding up the number of species and the number of birds in that
species. Birds are counted through visual identification or call. Other factors, such as temperature, wind, and precipitation, are also noted.
Red Letter Days
Major Community Events in the Coming Year
January 2014
•Winterfest, January 16 – 18,
Mackinaw City
February 2014
•Snowfest, February 13 – 16,
Cedarville
•UP Pond Hockey, 13 – 16, St.
Ignace
April 2014
•St. Ignace Home Show and
Spring Expo, April 11 – 12
May 2014
•Mackinac Bridge Race, May
24
•Memorial Weekend Pageant,
May 24 – 26, Mackinaw City
June 2014
•Lilac Festival, June 6 – 15,
Mackinac Island
•Kids Fishing Day, June 7, St.
Ignace
•Antiques on the Bay, June 20
– 21, St. Ignace
• Car Show, June 26 – 28, St.
Ignace
July 2014
• Frog Fest, July 10 – 12, Les
Cheneaux
• Fish Feast, July 19, St.
Ignace
•Port Huron To Mackinac Island Yacht Race, July 12 – 15,
Mackinac Island
•Chicago To Mackinac Island
Yacht Race, July 19 – 22, Mackinac Island
•Music And Art Dockside,
July 20, Les Cheneaux
•Rudyard Summerfest, July 25
– 27
•DeTour Fine Arts Festival,
July 26
August 2014
•Antique Wooden Boat Show
and Festival of the Arts, August
9, Hessel
•International Ironworkers
Festival, August 8 - 9 Mackinaw
City
•Gold Wing Road Riders, August 15 - 16, St. Ignace
•Corvette Crossroads Auto
Show, August 22 – 23, Mackinaw City
•Rendezvous at the Straits
Powwow, August 23 – 24, St.
Ignace
•Summers End Concert, August 31, DeTour
DNR Taking Applications for Citizens Advisory Council
The Department of Natural Resources is taking applications for
open positions on the Eastern
Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory
Council. The deadline to apply is
Friday, January 10, 2014.
The council is designed to advise
the DNR on regional programs and
policies, identify areas in which the
department can be more effective
and responsive, and offer insight
and guidance from members’ own
experiences.
The council members represent
a wide variety of natural resource
and recreation interest groups.
Agenda items are addressed at
meetings and set by the council
members, and council recommendations are forwarded to the DNR for
consideration in making policies.
Each council includes approximately 20 advisors. The Eastern
Upper Peninsula and Western
Upper Peninsula regions divide
along the north-south Forest Highway H-13 line in Alger and Delta
counties. The councils meet every
other month, or six times per year.
Eastern Upper Peninsula meetings
are typically held in Newberry,
while the Western Upper Peninsula
meetings rotate among the western
region’s counties.
Application forms and more information about the CACs are available
online at www.michigan.gov/upcac.
Completed applications can be faxed
to (906) 228-9441, or mailed to DNR
(Attn: CAC), 1990 U.S. 41 South,
Marquette, MI 49855.
For more information, contact
DNR Upper Peninsula Regional Coordinator Stacy Welling Haughey at
(906) 228-6561.
Court Reports
The following dispositions are
from 92nd District Court in St.
Ignace Tuesday, November 26,
Wednesday, November 27, Monday, December 2, Tuesday, December 3, Wednesday, December 4, and
Tuesday, December 10, 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.
Stacy Lawrence, 32, of Carp
Lake, pleaded guilty to recreational
trespassing on farmland and was
assessed a fine of $750 or 30 days
in jail. (Department of Natural Resources)
Charles Lorenz, 24, of Moran,
pleaded guilty to driving with license suspended, second offense,
and no insurance, and was assessed
a fine of $1,000 or 30 days in jail.
(Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office)
Robert VanHeuvelen, 20, of St.
Ignace, pleaded guilty to disorderly
person and was assessed a $350, 90
days in jail, and three months probation. (St. Ignace Police Department)
Jeffrey Pollman, 33, of Sault Ste.
Marie, pleaded guilty to recreational trespassing on farmland and
was assessed a fine of $750 or 90
days in jail. (Department of Natural
Resources)
Richard Socie Jr., 32, of Drummond Island, pleaded guilty to operating while visibly impaired and
was assessed a fine of $1,450, 93
days in jail, and six months probation. (St. Ignace Police Department)
Shelby Hoffman, 19, of St.
Ignace, must perform 24 hours of
community service as a result of
probation violation.
Donald Thon, 53, of Hessel,
must perform 24 hours of community service as a result of probation
violation.
William Lamb Jr., 30, of Naubinway, must perform 24 hours of
community service as a result of
probation violation.
Frederick Wiser, 47, of Cedarville, must serve two days in jail as
a result of probation violation.
Lori Martindale, 41, of Engadine, pleaded guilty to illegal blind
and allowing minor to hunt unsupervised and was fined $550. (Department of Natural Resources)
Glen Steiner, 54, of St. Ignace,
pleaded guilty to operating while
visibly impaired and was assessed
a fine of $1,350, 93 days in jail, and
six months probation. (Department
of Natural Resources)
Nicholas Robinson, 27, of St.
Ignace, must serve 15 days for probation violation.
Whitney Matson, 17, of St.
Ignace, waived preliminary hearing
and was bound over to circuit court
on one count assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and obstruction of justice, and one count minor
in possession. (St. Ignace Police
Department)
Christopher Causley, 31, of Kinross must serve three days in jail for
contempt of court.
Dillion DeLoof, 19, of Mackinac
Island, pleaded guilty to aggravated
assault and was assessed a fine of
$75, 365 days in jail, 12 months
probation, and pay $4,107 in restitution. (Mackinac Island Police Department)
Gary Kossel, 52, of Levering,
pleaded guilty to operating while
visibly impaired and was assessed
a fine of $1,350, 93 days in jail, and
six months probation. (Mackinac
County Sheriff Department)
Sean Pincombe, 26, of St.
Ignace, pleaded guilty to operating
while visibly impaired and was assessed a fine of $1,350, 93 days in
jail, and six months probation.
(Michigan State Police)
Kevin Tucker, 24, of Germfask,
pleaded guilty to failure to report
accident and was assessed a $350
fine or 10 days in jail. (Michigan
State Police)
Keith Thompson, 29, of Harrisville, pleaded guilty to operating
while impaired, second offense,
and was assessed a fine of $1,350,
365 days in jail, 12 months probation, 60 days electronic monitoring,
and 90 days vehicle immobilized.
(Michigan State Police)
Elaine Horn, 65, of St. Ignace,
pleaded guilty to retail fraud, third
degree, and was assessed a fine of
$350 or 10 days in jail. (St. Ignace
Police Department)
Brad McAlpine, 21, of McMillan, pleaded guilty to failure to report an accident and was assessed a
fine of $350 or 10 days in jail.
(Michigan State Police)
Robert Kolcon, 69, of Sterling
Heights, pleaded guilty to driving
while license suspended, second offense, and was assessed a fine of
$750, 93 days in jail, and 12 months
probation. (Michigan State Police)
Leon Martineau, 48, of St. Ignace,
pleaded guilty to illegal entry and
must serve 90 days in jail. (Michigan
State Police)
Bernard Adams, 51, of St.
Ignace, waived preliminary hearing
and was bound over to circuit court
on one count controlled substancepossession (cocaine/heroin/or another narcotic) less than 25 grams.
(St. Ignace Police Department)
September 2014
• Mackinac Bridge Walk,
Labor Day
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Fall Rains Lead to Elevated Brevort Lake Levels, as Dam Is Draining Lake at Its Own Pace
By Erich T. Doerr
Levels at Brevort Lake are 2.4
inches higher than normal owing to
excess fall precipitation, creating a
risk of ice damage during the winter. Hiawatha National Forest staff
monitors and adjusts the lake using
Brevort Dam, but while it is wide
open, draining the lake is not an immediate process.
The level of the lake, also known
as Brevoort Lake, is controlled to
keep it at an even 625 feet above
sea level with a maximum depth of
25 feet. Hiawatha National Forest
Civil Engineering Technician Joe
Lenoir and St. Ignace District
Ranger Steve Christiansen said the
lake is the only one monitored for
lake level.
Levels are up because of the rain
that fell in the area during late fall
and the precipitation caused other
problems in the area, including
washing out driveways and culverts.
“We’re going through a wet period right now with lots of precipitation,” Mr. Christiansen said.
The high water levels have led
concerned local residents to contact
the township, and Brevort. Township Supervisor Ed Serwach, who
lives on the lake, said at the township board’s Monday, December 9,
meeting that they are aware of the
problem.
“I have had a lot of calls,” Mr.
Serwach said. “I’ve had a house
since 1987 and I have never seen it
that high.”
The risk with the water level
mainly comes from ice pushing up.
While Brevort Lake is large, it is
not very deep and the lake is now
freezing over. Most of the lake is
covered with ice, except near the
dam. Mr. Lenoir noted that as long
as the water is flowing there, it will
not freeze, so it can continue to
drain out under the ice. When water
freezes, it expands and pushes up,
in places onto the shore, where it
can cause damage to lawns and
buildings.
Nothing has been damaged by ice
at the lake yet. The risk of ice damage will be contingent on several
factors, including both its thickness
and the wind.
While the river is swelling onto
its floodplain, Mr. Lenoir said that
is not a problem. The river itself is
relatively flat and the floodplain is
devoid of structures. Erosion is also
not expected to be a concern.
Brevort Dam is constructed with
six chutes allowing water to flow
through it. Each chute can house
three to four planks for controlling
the flow of water out of the lake.
The planks are added or removed
depending on lake level needs. Mr.
Lenoir said they normally add
boards in the spring to bring the
lake level up for the summer, then
remove them in the fall to drain it
down for winter. All of the boards
have already been removed; there is
no way to make the lake drain
faster.
“It’s a very labor intensive
process,” Mr. Lenoir said. “It has to
be done by two people.”
This year the removal of the
planks was delayed slightly by the
federal government shutdown. Mr.
Lenoir noted that had no impact on
the high water levels. All of the
boards were removed by the end of
October, but several downpours
that followed in November are the
driving force in the water levels.
The draining process is a lengthy
one that Mr. Lenoir said would take
up to 30 days for a “big drop” without the additional precipitation that
brought in more.
“It’s not like draining a bathtub,”
Mr. Lenoir said. “Changes do not
come overnight. It’s a huge lake to
all drain out of that small dam.”
The Civilian Conservation Corps
originally built Brevort Dam as an
earthen mound in 1936. It was rebuilt into the present structure in the
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The water level in Brevort
Lake is above normal right now
owing to a high amount of precipitation in October and November.
Hiawatha National Forest staff
control the level using the
Brevort Dam, shown here Thursday, December 12. The dam can
be opened or closed to control the
flow of water out of the lake, but
even with the dam fully open as it
is now, the process normally
takes more than a month to have
any impact. (Courtesy of Hiawatha
National Forest)
mid-20th century and later underwent a major rehabilitation project
in 2005. The lake level was set by a
judge in the early to mid-1990s
after a push by local citizens for one
to be put in place. Brevort Lake is
feed by two tributaries, as well as
water seeping in through the
ground, the latter probably contributing to reports of flooded basements in the area. The lake is
almost always near its 625 feet target level.
With Grant Support Ending, St. Ignace Schools Ponder Laptop Use
By Martha Stuit
The warranty for student laptops
and maintenance at St. Ignace Area
Schools expires this spring. The
school owns the computers, which
were purchased by a grant, but will
no longer have warranty and support for repairs. Now, the school is
considering how to best use the
equipment. Next year, the laptops
will still be available for student
use, but likely will not be allowed
to go home in the summer, said Superintendent Don Gustafson.
In other school business, new
cameras on the buses are motivating students to behave better, and
the school’s budget has a $205,715
deficit for the 2013-2014 school
year. The school also received a
grant to purchase a used bus in the
coming year, the board learned
Monday, December 11.
Laptops
In 2011, the district received 240
netbooks, or small laptops, and distributed them to seventh to 12th
grade students. The program providing the computers is called
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), and it consists of a three-year, $3.165 million
grant to the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District
(ISD). The purpose of the grant was
to expand broadband technology in
the area, noted Mr. Gustafson.
The BTOP grant expired August
31, and support staff at the ISD is
no longer funded. All schools in the
ISD received computers, but they
received them at different times,
meaning the warranty of their computers from the company expires at
different times.
St. Ignace was the one of the last
schools to receive the laptops, and
its warranty does not expire until
spring. The manufacturer, Dell, will
still fix broken computers.
Jason Kronemeyer, director of
the ISD technology department,
told The St. Ignace News that support for repairing computers in all
ISD schools will come from the
Eastern Upper Peninsula Telecommunications Consortium, a group
based in the ISD, through June. Between now and the end of June, the
ISD is eying ways to keep the computers going, which could be funding or requiring schools to pay for
support organized by the ISD, he
added.
St. Ignace students took their laptops home after school and in the
summer. When seniors were graduated, they turned in the computers
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Next year, “We plan on using
them,” Mr. Gustafson told The St.
Ignace News, but “we are leaning
against letting them go home this
summer.”
When the support concludes, the
school will be responsible for fixing
the laptops, so the school wants to
supervise computer use to preserve
their lifespan. In the last three years,
most of the repairs have come from
the heavy use of students working
on them in school and also taking
them home, said Mr. Gustafson. In
the future, some ideas for keeping
the equipment in good shape include not allowing them to go home
with students or requiring the laptops to be signed out to go home,
Mr. Gustafson said. Students might
be held responsible if a computer
breaks at home.
Other ideas are to create a laptop
lab where they could be used in
LaSalle High School, or classes
could share carts of laptops.
The cost to continue using and
maintaining the laptops should be
low, according to Mr. Gustafson.
Expenses will come from repairs
and possibly configuring a laptop
lab. Repairs include software updates and physical damage, such as
cracked screens. If the computers
become costly to maintain as they
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age, the district will need to consider selling them or getting new
technology, he noted.
“We know that as the equipment
ages, you are going to spend more
on maintenance to keep it going,”
said Mr. Gustafson.
The laptops are a useful resource
and enable students to do research,
among other tasks, he added.
The high school improvement
team is discussing the policy for
laptops in next year. The committee
meets at the school the third Monday of the month at 3 p.m., and
meetings are open to the public.
Other Business
Cameras were installed on school
buses to monitor student behavior
last month, and their presence has
improved student behavior on rides,
reported Kari Visnaw, the elementary and middle school principal.
The cameras have become a disciplinary and educational tool. Mrs.
Visnaw said she reviews footage
from the cameras with students to
discuss their actions on the bus. The
school bought five cameras at
around $100 each.
Installing bus cameras was an
idea introduced in August 2012 to
help curb bullying among students
[The St. Ignace News, “How Can
Schools Thwart Bullying?” August
9, 2012, and “200 Sign Bullying
Petition for School,” August 16,
2012]. The school has used cameras
on buses in past years, but not in recent years.
The school’s budget is on track
for the 2013-2014 year, said Mr.
Gustafson.
An $8,827.90 grant from the
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians 2% fund will help purchase
a used bus next year. The school
will add about $15,000 and will
seek more grants in the spring, and
shop for a vehicle in the summer.
This bus will be added to the
school’s fleet of six buses. None of
the buses are scheduled to be retired, and the additional bus will
minimize wear and tear on the other
buses by sharing the mileage.
Garth Law is the girls junior varsity basketball coach, replacing
Mandi Johnson. She resigned, citing personal reasons.
The school applied for a state
grant to fund a robotics team at
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Snowplowing and Employee Raises Are Named Among City’s Top Priorities for Year
City: from page 1
$134,880 in 2014, or $36,690 more
than 2013’s budget.
Mr. Therrian said winters are unpredictable, and so is planning for the
cost of snow and ice control.
“I budgeted a little more. You just
don’t know,” he said.
Said Councilman Steve Paquin:
“Snowplowing is a big priority here
– huge. It is right up there with public
safety, [but] you can’t even budget
for it,” he said. “It is what it is. We
have to maintain a service, and we
have to keep the streets plowed. …
That is why I am adamant that we
have to have a fund balance. If we
don’t have a fund balance to cover
plowing the streets, at the end of the
year, the money has to come from
somewhere.”
Salt use went up this year, too. The
city started with 600 tons of salt and
ordered 200 more tons. In 2014, the
city plans to order 800 tons. The city
receives salt for the roads from the
state, said Mr. Therrian. The city bid
out sand for the roads and will re-
ceive 300 tons from Sand Products
of Epoufette.
This coming year will be a time to
catch up on much needed maintenance and keep the city’s finances
within budget, according to city
council members.
“The number one priority is for us
to live within our budget,” Mayor
Paul Grondin told The St. Ignace
News.
Councilman Jay Tremble said his
goal is for the city “to live within
the budget.”
2014 general fund revenues are
projected to be $1,759,510, and expenses to be $1,745,445. The city expects to add $14,065 to the general
fund balance in 2014. It doesn’t
know what the balance will be at the
end of this year, but it was $277,042
at the end of 2012.
Councilman Paul Fullerton pointed
out that the city must keep building
up its reserves to prevent the financial
crisis of recent years. In his view, an
important city service is the police,
and he hopes the city can afford an-
other full-time officer and new police
cars in the future.
In general, Mr. Therrian said his
budget philosophy is “to be conservative on the revenues and high on
the expenses.”
Progress to build up the city’s reserves is slow, Mr. Paquin added, but
the city is improving.
Mr. Therrian reorganized the
budget and put fringe benefits in
each department’s expenses. Before, benefits, including Social Security, retirement, unemployment,
and workers compensation, were
pooled in the general fund. The
change improves finances because
each department is responsible for
employee costs. So now, “The general fund isn’t paying for more than
it should be,” Mr. Therrian said.
A city expense that has been put
off in recent years is raises for employees owing to the city’s weak finances. They have not received
raises for at least a year, so “We had
to do something for our employees.
They have all done extra work,” he
said.
Mr. Paquin called the raises
“overdue.”
Employee raises paid from the
general fund will cost $13,000, he
said, including city attorney Charles
Brown, Mr. Therrian, Clerk Renee
Vonderwerth, billing and police clerk
Kelly Simmons, deputy clerk Andrea
Insley, secretary Helen Thibault, Police Chief Mark Wilk, and four police officers.
Most people will receive 3%
raises, but union negotiations have
not concluded for the police and employees at City Hall.
Mr. Therrian noted he does not expect to give wage increases again in
2015 because the city will likely not
be able to afford raises two years in
a row. The widespread raises this
year are intended to catch up on the
last few years.
By giving raises in 2014, Mr.
Paquin hopes the city then can address its equipment in 2015. City vehicles have high mileage and are
aging, but the city has said in recent
City Approves Budget; Hires Company for Work at City Hall
By Martha Stuit
Meeting Monday, December 16,
the St. Ignace City Council approved
city expenses of $6.086 million for
2014, hired H & B Plumbing and
Heating of Cheboygan for City Hall
heating work, and released Middletown Township, the seller of the
used fire truck with engine failure,
from any future liability.
Property tax revenue in 2014 is
projected to be $1,682,880 from
19.6082 mills, including the library,
recreation, and new street millages.
H & B Plumbing and Heating
will replace the City Hall boiler
with seven stand-alone gas furnaces
for $247,428. The cost will be financed with a Rural Development
loan. The other two bidders were
Whiskey River, Inc. of Rudyard at
$380,034 and Miller-Boldt, Inc. of
Sterling Heights for $561,500. H &
B’s bid is significantly less than the
other two bidders, so city engineer
Brian Olsen reviewed the bid packages and found that H & B’s specs
fit the city’s requirements. The H &
B bid is still about $15,000 more
than planned, but the Rural Development loan has extra money budgeted for such expenses, noted City
Manager Les Therrian.
Work on the furnaces will start
before the end of the year. The
boiler failed several times during
the weekend, and the city does not
expect it to work much longer. City
employees noted they have had to
wear coats at work.
When the project is done, each
high-efficiency furnace will heat a
zone in City Hall. Three furnaces
will serve the second floor. Two
furnaces will be on the first floor,
and two furnaces will heat the basement. After the single-pane windows are also replaced next year,
the city could see $5,000 in savings
from furnace efficiency and doublepane windows, according to Mr.
Therrian.
The broken fire truck discussion
between the city and Middletown
Township has concluded. The city
approved a release agreement with
Middletown Township, Pennsylvania to free the township from future
claims from the city. It also states
the city will accept $10,000 from
Middletown Township for truck re-
pairs. City attorney Charles Brown
reviewed the settlement and said it
is as it should be.
Program on Bullying Set for Thursday
Anthony Ianni, former Michigan
State University basketball player,
will speak about bullying at St.
Ignace Area Schools Thursday,
December 19, in the LaSalle High
School gymnasium. Sixth through
eighth grade students will hear his
talk at 9 a.m., and high school students will listen to Mr. Ianni at 10
a.m. The presentations are open to
the public.
Mr. Ianni was diagnosed with
autism spectrum disorder at age four.
Despite advice from doctors that he
would never play sports or finish
high school, he did not let the condition impede him, was graduated
from high school, played basketball,
and was graduated from college. He
was a member of the Spartans basketball team from 2010 to 2012.
After he was graduated from MSU
in 2012, he was appointed to the
state’s Autism Council.
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Tuesday, December 24, at 5 p.m. The church is at 3122 West Cedar Street
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years that it does not have the funding to replace them.
Furthermore, renovating the heating system at City Hall, remodeling
City Hall windows, replacing the Department of Public Works garage
roof, and repairing city roads are
large projects that have been put off
for years and will be completed in
2014 with a Rural Development
loan. The St. Ignace News reported
these developments October 3.
The 2014 budget includes the
costs of these projects, particularly
the first interest payment on City
Hall improvements of $14,240. Principal payments will begin in 2015.
With $109,500 from the street
millage, the city will repair streets in
decent shape to prevent them from
getting worse. Councilman Willie
LaLonde said the biggest focus
should be the roads.
“Now that the citizens voted for it,
that is something we need to concentrate on doing,” he said.
Services for citizens will not
change in 2014, according to Mr.
Therrian. The city still cannot afford
brush pick-up, for example, which
the city stopped doing in 2012.
Prison crews, which used to provide
the labor, are no longer available, and
the city does not have enough staff to
complete the job, he said.
Councilman Jim Clapperton
pointed out the city needs to fix its
used fire truck and make it roadworthy.
In the coming years, the city must
plan for increased debt costs, according to Mr. Therrian. Annual bond
payments for the St. Ignace Public
Marina will go up from $47,047.50
in 2014 to $76,562.50 in 2015. The
debt of $1,119,117.81 total, including interest and principal, will be
paid off in 2026, but annual payments will stay between $79,000 and
$84,000 after 2015. The hope is that
marina revenue from slip rental and
fuel sales will cover the payments,
said Mr. Therrian.
Also, Cloverland Electric Cooperative electricity rates might go up
next summer, which will affect city
streetlights, said Mr. Therrian. The
city is budgeting for a 50% increase,
or an extra $10,000, for half the year
next year. The cost has been steady
at $41,000 a year.
The way the city will be charged
for electricity to streetlights will
change, as well. Instead of a lump
sum rate, the city could be charged
for each streetlight bulb, Mr. Therrian noted. Mercury vapor lights are
cheaper than sodium vapor bulbs,
he added, so the city will change
out the bulbs.
St. Ignace District Mulls Laptop Plans
School: from page 5
LaSalle High School in November
and has not yet heard if it received
the funding, Mr. Gustafson told The
St. Ignace News.
The St. Ignace Elementary and
Middle School Christmas Program
will be Thursday, December 19, at
6:30 p.m. in the middle school
gymnasium.
St. Ignace Schools will be closed
during Christmas break from Saturday, December 21, to Wednesday,
January 1. School offices will be
closed during the vacation. School
starts again Thursday, January 2.
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Boys Still Welcome to Join Newly Formed Cub Scouts Pack in St. Ignace
Boy Scouts: from page 1
chart.
Most of the scouts in the program
are eager to learn. Second grader
Jax Lipnitz told The St. Ignace
News he is enjoying the program,
especially the group games.
“I think I’m going to like it,” Jax
said. “I’m really looking forward to
shooting a BB gun at camp.”
First grader Ethan Shepard, 7,
said he really likes the games. He
joined the scouts with three of his
friends so they could all take part in
the activities together. Second
grader Johan Denning is a Wolf
Cub scout and said he likes reciting
the motto at the start of the meetings.
Webelo scout Trey Blair, 10, is
one of the older youth in the program. He’s been in scouts for the
last four years, mainly in Hermansville, and said scouting is a good,
fun learning experience. He moved
to St. Ignace last year and said he’s
enjoying the new pack.
“There’s more things to do,” Trey
said. “We’re always running and
playing stuff like tag.”
The pack has plans for the future,
including several larger activities
such as a newspaper recycling drive
that is starting now. Mr. Pincombe
said the collections will take place
At right: Members of the new
St. Ignace Cub Scout Pack 3125
are joined by leaders Mike Denning (left) and Charles Huffman
in saying the Pledge of Allegiance
at the start of their Tuesday, December 10, meeting. The pack includes
19
scouts,s
with
enrollment still open for those
who’d like to join by calling Sean
Pincombe at (906) 298-0968.
every other Sunday.
In January, Mr. Denning said
they plan to take part in a Klondike
derby activity day followed by a
Merit Badge College program at
Lake Superior State University in
Sault Ste. Marie in February. For
the Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby
wooden car race, Pack 3125 is considering joining with other local
packs for a March race in Kinross.
A sledding party is another idea in
development.
The boys are working on “the
Bobcat Trail,” a program designed
as an introduction to scouting. The
Bobcat badge is the first Cub scouts
earn after joining the program.
“We focus on these,” Mr. Denning said of the badges. “This is the
core part of scouting.”
Lost Civil War Steamer Keystone State Discovered
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The Civil War era side-wheel
steamer Keystone State has been
discovered in Lake Huron by shipwreck hunter David Trotter of
Canton. The boat was rumored to
be carrying gold and war materials
meant for the Civil War. The loss
of Keystone State was one of the
longstanding mysteries on the
Great Lakes.
The 288-foot Keystone State
was the second largest ship on the
Great Lakes when she was
launched in 1849. The disappearance of the vessel and her crew of
33 was a significant tragedy, but
the story of her loss was overshadowed by news of the Civil War,
which had started just months earlier.
Keystone State was one of the
most luxurious and opulent vessels of her day. She was built for
the passenger and package cargo
trade, running regular routes from
Buffalo to Chicago and Milwaukee. During her heyday, she was
called a “Palace Steamer” and vessels of her type were instrumental
in early America’s expansion
westward.
At the end of the 1861 shipping
season, Keystone State was loaded
in Detroit with a cargo described
as “iron implements (farm implements)” destined for Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. Some experts believe
the cargo was actually military
supplies intended for Civil War
battlefields and these items were
deliberately mislabeled to hide the
true nature of the cargo manifest
from Confederate spies.
Departing November 8, 1861,
under the command of Captain
Travers, Keystone State sailed up
the St. Claire River into Lake
Huron, where she met a furious
gale. The ship was last seen off
Port Austin near the tip of Michigan’s thumb area, “experiencing
rough water and rolling heavily in
the trough of a tremendous sea,
apparently in a disabled condition.” She left Detroit for Milwaukee without lifeboats.
An article in the Detroit Free
Press dated November 27, 1861,
described the tragedy: “Bad as is
the conviction, it is forced upon us
that the Keystone State has been
swamped in a gale on Lake Huron,
and all onboard have found watery
graves. But how it happened, or
what were the incidents of that terrible disaster, we shall probably
never know. This is one of the saddest in all the annals of lake disasters.
There
is
something
particularly mournful in the fact
that not one escaped to tell the
story. All sank into a watery grave,
and the only record of their fate is
the floating fragments of the
wreck.”
Mr. Trotter explained: “We now
know that within the next 36
hours, November 9th or 10th, the
Keystone State and her crew of 33
sailed into oblivion. It was more
than a week later before the first
evidence of the Keystone State
loss was located; this only added
to the mystery of her disappearance. The stories of the ‘mislabeled’ cargo (possibly military
supplies or gold bouillon coins)
began circulating immediately.”
The location of the Keystone
State has been a mystery for more
than 150 years, but is now confirmed. Divers have extensively
explored the wreck, shooting underwater video and documenting
the site.
Mr. Trotter has spent decades on
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St. Ignace
Mackinaw City
Water Main Breaks on Reagon Street
‘Tinsel Town’ Parade Winners Announced
A water main burst next to the
Reagon Street sewer lift station in
St. Ignace Sunday, December 15,
owing to the ground freezing and
shifting. Crews from the City of
St. Ignace worked to fix it Monday, December 16.
The cast iron main is around 60
At the Christmas in Mackinaw
parade Friday, December 6, every
entrant in the parade took home a
“Tacky Tinsel Town” award, with
the Grand Tacky Award going to
the Pinecrest Village senior community. The group decorated their
bus with a series of presents down
the side and dubbed their entry
“Past and Presents.”
The Tinsel Town award went to
a crew from the Village of Mackinaw City for its float “Singing All
the Way.” The team towed its decorated trailer with a group of
years old and does not have any
bedding to support it, said City
Manager and Department of Public Works Director Les Therrian.
As the ground freezes, it shifts,
which snapped the old pipe.
The city let the water run for a
while to thaw the ground for dig-
ging up the main. To fix it, the
city puts a repair sleeve around
the broken section, said Mr. Therrian. Residents living on Reagon
Street saw water outages for a
couple of hours when the crews
shut off water to access the pipe.
Mackinaw City Public School students and their families down the
parade route using a Department
of Public Works pickup truck.
The Northern Lights award
went to Mackinaw City resident
Bill Gross and his lighted pickup
truck, dubbed the “North Pole.”
He came to the parade with his
daughter, Kaitlyn Gross, and their
nieces and nephews Hanna, Bryce,
Isabella, and Myah Hingston.
The Ha Ha Ho HO award was
given to the Paradise Lake Association for its entry “Snow
Globe.” The team carried a single
Christmas tree inside its pickup.
An entry from Tee Pee Campground was awarded a special Better
Late than Never award. A mistake in
the event’s timing meant the campground’s decorated pickup missed
the parade but it arrived in time for
all of the festivities afterward.
The parade traveled from the
Mackinaw City Municipal Marina
down South Huron Avenue and
Central Avenue to Indian Pathways Park for a tree lighting ceremony and awards presentation.
Boat Found in Lake Huron Solves Mystery
Steamer: from page 7
the Great Lakes searching for and
discovering shipwrecks.
“The Great Lakes contain some
of the best preserved shipwrecks
on the planet,” he said. “The
wreck sites are really underwater
time capsules, ice water museums,
if you will… a swim back into
A water main broke near the Reagon Street lift station in St. Ignace Sunday, December 15. The
following day crews used a backhoe to dig up a portion of the asphalt on the road before letting the
water flow away toward drains across the street.
At left: A water
main broke near
Reagon Street lift
station in St.
Ignace Sunday,
December 15.
Monday, December 16, water flows
past the bucket of
the backhoe toward the drains.
time.”
“Because of the depth of the
wreck site and the remoteness of
the area where the ship foundered,
exploring and documenting the
wreck site takes some time and effort,” he said. “Of course, one always wonders if the story of the
gold bullion coins is true, and perhaps we eventually will make that
‘one of a kind’ discovery. What
would have been a few thousand
dollars’ worth of gold coins during
the Civil War would have much
greater value today.”
Whether the wreck contains
gold is still uncertain, and Mr.
Trotter said, “We still have some
exploring to do in the large debris
field.”
Les Cheneaux
Snowmobile Safety Course Offered Dec. 27
Les Cheneaux Snowmobile Club
will offer a free Snowmobile Safety
Class Friday, December 27, from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the clubhouse on
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Schools in the Les Cheneaux,
Pickford, and DeTour districts will
have applications available for students age 12 to adult.
Lunch and snacks will be provided.
Pre-registration is required and
course books will be issued. The
class is approved by Department of
Natural Resources.
For more information, contact
Stu Volkers at (906) 297-3060.
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OBITUARIES
Norma ‘Lorraine’ Dulecki
Norma “Lorraine” (nee Adams)
Dulecki, 87, of Madison Heights,
passed away Saturday, December
14, 2013.
She was born July 15, 1926, to
Earl and Olive (nee Latondress)
Adams in St. Ignace.
She married twice.
She is survived by her husband,
Raymond Dulecki; her children and
their families, Lorre Frank, Julie
and Mitchell Winiarski, and James
and Ginger O’Connell; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren;
her siblings, Robert and Gary
Adams, Marian King, and Earlene
Carlisle, and many nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her
first husband, James O’Connell; her
son, Daniel O’Connell, and three
siblings, Tom, Gordon, and Donald
Peter Alvin Goudreau
Adams.
Visitation for Mrs. Dulecki will
be Tuesday, December 17, from 3
p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hopcroft Funeral
Home in Madison Heights.
Mass of Christian burial will be
Wednesday, December 18, at 10
a.m. at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in
Madison Heights.
Inurnment will take place Sacred
Heart Cemetery in Gladwin.
Robert Cox
Robert Tye Cox, a notably reasonable man of lively intellect,
died on December 13, 2013, aged
96. Born in Port Arthur, Ontario to
Ernest and Daisy (Wicks) Cox, he
moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan as a boy. He grew up with
radio; first as a hobby for one with
a lifelong curiosity on how things
work, then as an electrical engineering student at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute. As his part
of the war effort he left his doctoral studies to join a small electronics firm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
in 1941. When Collins Radio expanded, his duties grew and he
served as general manager of the
Cedar Rapids Division, vice-president for space projects in Dallas,
and member of the board of directors. In 1969 he went to King
Radio, an avionics firm in Olathe,
Kansas, from which he retired as
Robert Cox
president and CEO in 1986. He
served on the board of what is now
the Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
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were married for over 71 years. A
family constant was summer in
their native Upper Peninsula of
Michigan, first at Bay Mills and
from 1973 in the Les Cheneaux Islands. He built his first boat in his
Iowa basement and taught himself
to sail. A later boat, the “7C’s”,
won the local Ensign regatta in
1983. R.T. (“Bob” to colleagues
and friends) served on Les Cheneaux Yacht Club committees and
as president of the Les Cheneaux
Islands Association. He was sailing last summer and tracking Lake
Huron water levels from his hospice bed.
Survivors: wife Marian; children
Barbara (Peter Harvey); Elizabeth
(Joseph Luzar); Donald (Beverly);
Robert
(Maggie);
Richard
(Marthe); grandchildren Annie
(Sean Fors) Cameron, Katherine,
Kelsey, Thomas and Will, and one
new great grandson Tye Fors to
carry that name into a third century.
Memorial service: Monday, December 23, 11:00 A.M., Rolling
Hills Presbyterian Church, 9300
Nall Ave., Overland Park, KS
In lieu of flowers we suggest
contributions to Friends of Les Cheneaux
Community
Library
(FLCCL), Box 332, Hessel, MI
49745.
— As submitted by the family of
Robert Cox.
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Peter Alvin Goudreau, age 84, of
University Park passed away December 7, peacefully at home among
his family. He is survived by his sons
Peter John Goudreau and wife Linda,
Dr. Jeffrey Bennitt Goudreau and
wife Sally, and grandchildren
Christina, Melanie, Alexander, and
Savannah. He is preceded in death by
his wife, Barbara and sister Rita. He
also leaves his sister Mary Salter and
husband Jack, brother Wilbur
Goudreau, Jr., nieces Jacqueline
Salter, Robin Higgins, Angela, Carol,
and Roxanne Goudreau and nephews
Dennis and Gary Salter and William
Anderson. After the passing of his
wife in 2009, he moved to Dallas to
be close to his sons and their families. Living next door to his four
grandchildren was a blessing, providing them all the opportunity to
know and love each other. Despite
the extensive time that he devoted to
various ministries in his community,
he repeatedly verbalized that his
family was his greatest joy and that
he was blessed to spend his final
years so nearby.
Pete was born on September 14,
1929 in Muskegon, Michigan. He
grew up in the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan with one of his first and
most memorable jobs being a bell
hop at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac
Island during the heydays of the
1940’s. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological
University followed by graduate
studies in Business Management at
the University of Tennessee, Oak
Ridge, and the University of Houston, Clear Lake. Pete had a long and
successful career in engineering
management including early work in
his career for the U.S. Rubber Company, Dow Chemical Company and
Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He
Peter Alvin Goudreau
retired to Florence, Alabama from
the Du Pont Company in 1991 after
many years working in maintenance,
production, and technical management. Pete was active in various professional organizations including
AIChE, AIPE, and ISA. Peter
proudly served his country in the
United States Army during the Korean War.
During retirement Pete found passion and joy as a long time servant of
the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Before joining the local conference
after his move to Dallas, he and two
friends had started and managed the
first St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store
in Florence. He continued his diligent service to the Society by volunteering at the Dallas St. Vincent de
Paul Thrift Store weekly. Pete was a
permanent fixture at every Bundle
Sunday, regularly attended weekly
meetings, and participated in home
visits to those in need. A close friend
describes him as a “great servant of
Christ and someone I want to emulate for the rest of my life.”
Pete was also a devoted member
of the world’s largest Catholic fraternal service organization, the Knights
of Columbus, having joined the order
in 1953. He was a 3rd and 4th degree
Knight active in Councils in Florence, Alabama (#3989) and Dallas,
Texas (#799). He was also a member
of the Father Abram J. Ryan Assembly. Pete is described by his friends
as a “quiet, hardworking member of
the Council, always quick to volunteer for the Lenten Fish Fry dinners.”
Pete was a faithful parishioner of
Christ the King Catholic Church
where he was found “every morning
in the fourth pew on the right.” He
regularly attended the Wednesday
evening bible study at the church. He
was well known at the church and
consistently described as a “great
guy, a sweet man.”
Pete served as a volunteer at Texas
Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas for several years at the professional desk, welcoming guests and
navigating them through the hospital.
He was described by the other hospital volunteers as “fabulous, always
the first to show up at events and a
joy to be around.”
Pete was also an active officer in
the Berea, Ohio Elks Club (BPOE)
and an Elder in the Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
A Vigil Service will be held at 7:00
p.m. on Thursday, December 12, followed by a Memorial Mass at 10:00
a.m. on Friday, December 13, both at
Christ the King Catholic Church,
8017 Preston Road, Dallas, Texas
75225. The family requests that any
donations in his honor be made to the
Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 8017
Preston Road, Dallas, Texas 75225.
— As submitted by the family of
Peter Goudreau.
Donald Salter
Donald D. Salter, 86, of Newberry,
passed away Monday, December 9,
2013, at Helen Newberry Joy Hospital in Newberry.
He was born December 29, 1926,
to Arthur and Margaret Salter in Red
Granite, Wisconsin.
He was a member of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, and he served
in the United States Army in World
War II.
He married Gertrude Thompson of
Newberry, August 17, 1946.
Mr. Salter was a licensed practical
nurse and worked at the former Newberry Regional Mental Health Center
25 years before he retired. He also
worked at Ernie’s Family Service gas
station, and Beaulieu Furniture and
Funeral Home.
He was a member of the Newberry
United Methodist Church, and the
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He is survived by his wife,
Gertrude; a son and his family, Mark
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Michelle Salter, and Tammy Salter;
16 great-grandchildren, and 10 greatgreat-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his son, Robert, and sisters
Emily and Ruby.
Visitation was from 4 p.m. to 7
p.m., Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14, from 10 a.m. to
11 a.m. at the Newberry United
Methodist Church.
A service followed at 11a.m. at the
church, with Reverend Tim Callow
officiating. American Legion Post 74
concluded the gathering with military honors.
Interment will take place in the
spring at Forest Home Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to the
American Legion Post 74 or the
Newberry United Methodist Church.
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OBITUARIES
Margaret LaJoice
Frances Bazinaw
Frances E. Bazinaw, 73, of St.
Ignace, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013, at Hospice House
in Sault Ste. Marie.
She was born October 29, 1940,
to Frank and Cecelia (nee Perault)
Cadotte on Mackinac Island.
She attended school on Mackinac
Island and Holy Childhood in Harbor Springs.
She married Carl Bazinaw April
21, 1964, in Columbus, Georgia.
Together, they lived in Colorado,
and Germany.
Mrs. Bazinaw was an elder of the
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians. She loved to cook, and
worked in the food industry for Kewadin Casinos.
She is survived by a stepson and
his family, Tony and Annette
in Manistee; a step-grandson, Tray;
her sister, Lucille Visnaw of St.
Ignace, and several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her
brother, Nicholas Cadotte, and five
sisters, Theresa Howell, Leona
Keyser, Mary Andress, Veronica
Stella Laundry
Frances Bazinaw
Massaway, and an infant, Cecelia.
No services are planned at this
time.
Inurnment will take place on
Mackinac Island in the spring.
Dodson Funeral Home assisted
the family with arrangements.
Margaret C. LaJoice, 94, of Linden, formerly of St. Ignace, passed
away Thursday, December 12, 2013,
at Argentine Care Center in Linden.
She was born June 2, 1919, to
James and Helen (nee Martin)
Gallagher in Chicago, Illinois.
She married George LaJoice
September 1, 1936, in St. Ignace.
Mrs. LaJoice was a homemaker
who spent her life caring for her
family. She enjoyed shopping,
crocheting, history, learning about
current events, and spending time
with her family.
She is survived by her children,
Robert, Patrick, Anthony, and
Linda Niemi; many grandchildren;
great-grandchildren, and greatgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, George; her daughter, Myrna King, and a son-in-law,
Edward Niemi.
Visitation was Sunday, December 15, from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
with a rosary service at 5:30 p.m.
A service followed at 6 p.m. at
Nelson-House Funeral Home with
Father Jerome Nowacki
Jerome Arthur Nowacki, 90, of
Cedarville, passed away Saturday,
December 14, 2013, at Cedar Cove
in Cedarville.
He was born December 15, 1922,
to Bernard and Alice (nee Smith)
Nowacki in Detroit.
He grew up in Detroit, where he
attended St. Cecilia School and Sacred Heart Academy. He was graduated from St. Cecilia in 1941. He
entered the Holy Cross Brothers in
1943. He earned a bachelor’s degree
in business with a teaching certificate
from Notre Dame in 1947 and a master’s degree in business from the
University of Detroit in 1966.
He married Adeline Teschker September 8, 1951.
He served on the city council in
Madison Heights, volunteered as a
probation officer for Oakland
County, and was active at St. Dennis
Parish in Royal Oak.
He worked an accountant for
Chrysler and Ford motor companies,
sold real estate, and was a religious
education instructor.
He retired in 1986 and moved to
Cedarville.
After his wife’s death, Mr.
Nowacki attended Sacred Heart
Seminary in Hales Corner, Wisconsin, to study for the priesthood. He
was ordained June 11, 1993, in Marquette, and was assigned to St. Barbara’s Parish in Vulcan, and St.
Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Sault Ste.
Marie, before serving for many years
in the dual parish assignment of Our
Lady of the Snows Catholic Church
in Hessel, and St. Stanislaus Kostka
Catholic Church in Goetzville. Father Nowacki also served as chaplain
at Newberry Correctional Facility.
He is survived by one son and his
family, Joseph and Martha Nowacki
of Onalaska, Wisconsin; two daughters and their families, Christina and
David Dzubinski of Brookfield, Wisconsin, and Gerrianne “Gerri” and
James Kountzman of Sicklerville,
New Jersey; grandchildren and their
families, Andrea, Joshua, and
Amanda Nowacki, Brice, Alexandra,
Dane, and Lance Dzubinski, and
James Patrick and Katrina and Kathleen Kountzman, and one greatgrandson, James Kountzman. He is
further survived by one sister, Elizabeth Dreaschlin of Royal Oak.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a brother, Raphael
“Ray” Nowacki.
Visitation will be Wednesday, De-
cember 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Our Lady of the Snows Catholic
Church in Hessel. Earlier visitation
was Tuesday, December 17, from 4
p.m. to 7 p.m., with a prayer service
that followed at the church.
Mass of Christian burial will be
Wednesday, December 18, at 1 p.m.
at Our Lady of the Snows.
A committal service will follow
interment Thursday, December 19, at
Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery
in Southfield.
Memorials may be directed to Our
Lady of the Snows Catholic Church
or St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic
Church, c/o Four Faith Community
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Memorials may be directed to
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Stella Dolores Laundry, 83, of
Drummond Island, passed away
Friday, December 6, 2013, at Tendercare in Sault Ste. Marie.
She was born May 7, 1930, to
Frank and Cecelia (nee Carey)
Dingwitz in Detroit.
She lived on Drummond Island
most of her life.
Mrs. Laundry enjoyed flower
gardening and sewing.
She is survived by four sons and
their families, David and Sharon
Laundry, Ken Laundry, Arthur
Laundry, and Joel Smith, all of
Michigan; four daughters and their
families, Alice Sparks, Josephine
Laundry, and Mary and Gary Lutz,
all of Michigan, and Evelen Littles
of Florida. She is further survived
by many grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Arthur Laundry; a sister,
Stella Laundry
Alice Berger, and her brother, John
Dingwitz.
Interment will take place at Drummond Island Cemetery in the spring.
Reamer Galer Funeral Home in
Pickford is assisting the family with
arrangements.
Helen Bos
Helen Bos, 90, of Manton, formerly of St. Ignace, passed away
Saturday morning, December 14,
2013, at Curry House near Cadillac.
She was born October 20, 1923,
to Martin and Hazel (nee Madison)
Tarnutzer in Sparta, Wisconsin. She
grew up under the care of her aunt
and uncle, Charles and Olive Madison of St. Ignace, after her mother
passed away.
She was graduated from LaSalle
High School.
Mrs. Bos worked for First National Bank in St. Ignace for more
than 24 years.
She married Robert Bos October
11, 1969, and they made their home
in Manton.
She was a member of the United
Methodist Church in Manton and
St. Ignace.
She is survived by her stepson,
John Bos II; her nieces and
nephews; Tom and Diane Tarnutzer
of St. Ignace, Charles and Charlene
Tarnutzer of Thornton, Colorado,
Joan McClelland of Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario, Janice and Michael
Moore of Negaunee, Helen Tarnutzer of Phoenix, Arizona, Hazel
and Robert Shilts of Wasaukee,
Wisconsin, and her cousin, Richard
Madison of Calumet.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, who died December 12,
2011; a brother, Martin “Jim” Tarnutzer; two cousins, Martha Ware
and Laura Madison, and a stepson,
John Bos III.
Friends and family will gather
Wednesday, December 18, from 10
a.m. to 11 a.m. at the United
Methodist Church in St. Ignace, followed by a service at 11 a.m. with
Pastor Susie Hierholzer officiating.
Interment will be in Gros Cap
Cemetery in the spring.
Serving as pallbearers will be
Tom and Charles Tarnutzer, Mindy
Rivers, Janice Moore, Michael
Moore, Charlene Tarnutzer, Carle
Tarnutzer, and Robert Shilts.
Memorials may be directed to
Hospice of Michigan.
Dodson Funeral Home of St.
Ignace assisted the family with
arrangements.
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Festivities at Community Christmas Fun Fair Bring Joy to 150 Children
With Christmas drawing closer, at
least 150 children and their families
filled the conference center at Little
Bear East Arena to enjoy the annual
Community Christmas Fun Fair Saturday, December 14, in St. Ignace.
Festivities included games, raffles, a
cakewalk, lunch, crafts, face painting, and a visit from Santa. All were
free. The annual celebration gives
people a chance to visit and partake
in holiday activities.
Organizers are Keith Massaway
and Bridgett Sorenson.
Mr. Massaway said he helps plan
the fair with the Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He
pointed out how excited the children
are to relish the holiday fun and see
Santa.
“I love the children’s faces,” he
said. “It is so much fun to see pure
joy.”
His wife, Jean, checked children
into the fair and said the turnout was
good despite the snowy weather.
Ms. Sorenson agreed and described the fair as “a day for the kids
to be kids, win prizes, and see
Santa.”
Santa Claus entertained the children and took note of their Christmas
requests. As each youngster came
through the line, they received a
small sled. Santa told The St. Ignace
News he estimated 160 children visited him. He said he was pleased to
see so many people at the community event.
“The place was packed,” Santa
said of Little Bear, and people ranging in age from two months to a
grandmother sat on his lap during the
afternoon.
Among the wishes were cowgirl
boots, roller skates, ice skates, and
other toys.
Santa noted he has heard some
girls ask for doll clothes. Quite a few
children requested devices like digital music players and tablet computers.
“The wide majority was electronics,” Santa said.
Two requests matched the lyrics to
a famous Christmas tune.
“I had two children ask for their
two front teeth,” said Santa. “I couldn’t believe it.”
Another charming wish came
from a 10-year-old boy. He asked for
his own Ford Escape, said Santa.
Dogs were among the requests,
too. Santa said one little girl asked
for a chocolate lab to go with the
golden lab she already owns.
At right: Lilly Massaway, 8
(left), patiently sits while Olivia
Wyers paints a reindeer on her
cheek at the Community Christmas Fun Fair Saturday, December 14. Lilly went to the fair with
family, including her father,
Brian Massaway. Mr. Massaway
and his family drive north for
the fair from St. Louis, Michigan, each year, and they noted
they made it through a snowstorm while driving to St. Ignace
this year.
Turn to page 12: Fair
Terra LaPonsie of Sault Ste. Marie (from left) makes candy cane reindeer with her children, Jackson
LaPonsie, 1, Jarrin LaPonsie, 4, and Riley Beaudoin, 9. They came to the fair with friend Sandy Feleppa.
Sue St. Onge (not pictured) organized the craft, and Francie and Thomas Wyers (back) made ornaments
with youngsters at the fun fair Saturday, December 14.
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and her parents are Brad Grondin
and Kellie Green (not pictured).
At right: Doris LaDuke (from
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Santa Claus, including Matthew
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Maddex Perkins, 1, his mother,
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Youngsters Tell Wishes to Santa
Fair: from page 11
Each child who went to the fair received a bookstore gift card and
could participate in the cake walk to
receive a holiday dessert, as well as
win prizes in the carnival games.
Raffles included bicycles, gift
cards, and toys. Alexandria West
won a 20-inch bicycle, and she is
the daughter of Dan West. Jonathan
Gugin won the 26-inch bicycle.
Skylar Musick won a $50 gift card
and a Siberian tiger stuffed animal.
Blake Holland won a stocking with
$100 of games.
At right: Pictures with Santa:
Talking with Santa on his lap are
Kora Whittaker, 3 (left), and Kailyn Rose, 7. Their mother, Casey
Whittaker, of Cheboygan takes
photographs, along with Tharon
Chaskey and Sara Crist (kneeling) of St. Ignace.
Isaac TerVree, 7, selects a cake with Christmas sprinkles as his prize
from the cake walk. He is pictured with sister Natalie TerVree, 1, and
father Chris TerVree of Gaylord. The children’s grandparents are Dan
and Mary Pope of St. Ignace.
Alexandria West wins a 20-inch bicycle at the Community Christmas Fun Fair Saturday, December 14. She is pictured with organizers
Keith Massaway and Bridgett Sorenson of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians. (Photograph courtesy of Jean Massaway)
Community members fill Little Bear East Arena conference center
for the annual Community Christmas Fun Fair Saturday, December
14. Children participate in games and a cake walk (left), and Keith
Massaway (wearing a blue shirt in the ring) has them draw numbers
to determine dessert winners. Santa Claus (sitting by the Christmas
tree on the back wall) is hidden by the crowd of people surrounding
him. Families enjoy lunch at the tables (right).
Blake Holland receives the raffle prize of a stocking full of
games at the Community Christmas Fun Fair. (Photograph courtesy of Jean Massaway)
Skylar Musick is the winner of
a gift card and stuffed tiger . Also
at the fair was face painting, and
Skylar participated. (Photograph
courtesy of Jean Massaway)
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would like to THANK the
following individuals, organizations,
and businesses for their support in
sponsoring the Les Cheneaux
Community Christmas Party held on
Sunday, December 8th. All the generous
donations of money, hams, turkeys,
fruit baskets, toys, and of course the delicious
cookies made this event fun for many, many
families and children. We want to recognize the following:
Cedarville Lodge, Classic & Antique Boats, Islands Insurance,
Flotation Docking, Woolderness, L.C. Lions Club, Bonnie
Mikkelson, Tim DeWick, First National Bank, Taylor Lumber,
Autore Oil, Central Savings Bank, Johngriffinrealestate.com,
U.P. State Credit Union, Arfstrom Pharmacy, Soo Co-op Credit
Union, Maples Sawmill, Pickle Point, Mark & Liz Merchberger,
Great Lakes Surveying, Ace Hardware, Margie Denoyer,
Karen Schaedig, Amy Polk, Susie Rutledge, Rob & Selah
Preston, Carol Hamel, Kurt & Tonya Patrick, Kate
Smith, Liz Soderlund, Amy Sprague, Janet
Hagen, the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts, Jim
Landreville, and we can’t forget Santa!!
Tis the Season to be Thankful!
The Community Health Access Coalition
(CHAC) would like to take this opportunity
to thank Mackinac Straits Health System,
Mackinac Island Medical Center, Naubinway
Family Health Clinic, Pickford Medical Center,
and the volunteer health care providers, staff and
partners for all of their kindness and support.
It is through their generosity we are one step
closer to a healthier community.
Rebecca Becker, CFNP • Matthew Bowes, MD
Leslie Freel, FNP-C • Laura Frisch, FNP-C
Deb Griffin, DNP/AOCNP
Carl Hawkins, MD • Susan Hepker, MD
Ruth Holthuis, NP • Caryn Kovar, PA-C
Alice Lindsey, MD • Cathy Nowka, FNP
Jennifer Shockley, MD • Edward Smith, MD
Charlene Sweeney, DO
Catherine Worden, FNP-C • Donza Worden, MD
We would also like to send a special thank you
to Mackinac Straits Health System Board
of Directors and all the others who have
been instrumental in maintaining the program
in Mackinac County.
Together we can get our community covered!
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
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Rudyard, Kincheloe
Old School Buildings Volunteers Pack Christmas Baskets
Will Find New Uses
By Paul Gingras
Selling the old Turner-Howson Elementary School at Rudyard and R.J.
Wallis Elementary School at Kincheloe has put the properties on the tax
rolls. The Rudyard site is now owned by Washington-based Winlock Veneer Company, while the Kincheloe site will be cleaned up and perhaps
used by a business in the future. The $110,000 derived from the sale of
the buildings and equipment was used to renovate the roof at Rudyard Elementary School.
As schools, the buildings were tax exempt. As privately owned facilities,
they provide revenue for local governments. Turner-Howson was open as
recently as last year, but it did not open in fall 2013. R.J. Wallis has been
vacant since 2007.
The former Turner-Howson school building dates to the 1960s. The
34,000 square-foot facility on West Turner Howson Road in Rudyard is
now a site for commercial office space. It’s a good site for offices because
it includes high-tech fiber optic infrastructure, said Rudyard Township Supervisor Kathy Gaylor.
“We don’t like losing students. It’s disappointing,” she said of declining
enrollment at the district that led to the building’s closure. “But more businesses is fantastic for our community.”
The building sold for about $54,000, a low price for what she described
as “a million dollar building,” but she is glad Winlock has taken up residence and she’s hopeful more businesses will relocate to Rudyard.
“We’re really encouraged by it,” added Kathy Noel, president of the
Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation.
Art Reid of Reid Contractors in Dafter bought the former R.J. Wallis facility as an investment. Other than cleaning it up, Mr. Reid has no immediate plans for the 40,000-square-foot building at the end of Country Club
Drive in Kincheloe. The building dates to the 1980s.
“I hope to turn it over to another business so that something comes of
it, rather than it sitting idle,” he said.
The building has a lot of potential, in part, because it has three-phase
electrical hookups, he added.
Barbara Hampton of Smith and Company Real Estate in Sault Ste. Marie
was involved in the sale of both facilities. She said school consolidations
throughout Michigan are leaving buildings empty. In the Eastern Upper
Peninsula, she said, empty buildings haven’t been difficult to sell, except
for facilities with asbestos or other materials that are costly to clean up.
The sale had a positive impact at Rudyard and Kincheloe, she said, and
filling empty buildings can prevent problems caused by lack of use.
“The quicker someone moves into a building, the better,” she said.
The empty R.J. Wallis had become a liability for Rudyard Area Schools,
and a political problem, said Superintendent Anthony Habra said. It was
the site of repeated vandalism, and the district struggled to find a way to
secure it, while area residents wanted to know what the district planned to
do with the site.
Located in a high-population area, R.J. Wallis was a constant reminder
that area students had to spend more time on busses traveling to Rudyard,
and residents were upset that the school closed. The district’s consolidation
channeled 60% to 70% of its students from the Kincheloe area to Rudyard.
But with tight finances and more facilities to serve them at Rudyard, the
move had to be made, he said.
There are 723 students at Rudyard this semester. During the 2004/2005
school year, there were 1,027.
“I’m very pleased. It’s a huge win for the district,” Mr. Habra said of
the sales.
According to Mr. Habra, there are more than 300 old, empty school
buildings in Michigan that districts “can’t give away.”
Public school administrators with empty buildings on their hands hoped
old facilities would be snapped up by charter schools, however, new tenants are required to bring the structures up to safety codes. Since many
public schools for sale are old, charters have focused on building new facilities or renovating storefronts that are cheaper to upgrade, he said.
The move had a significant impact on all of the students at Rudyard,
Mr. Habra said. Having all of the district’s students in one building led to
office and storage constraints, but there have been notable improvements
for school operations.
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Volunteers from the St. Ignace Kiwanis Club, the Youth Activities Committee of the Community Foundation, and Shepler’s Ferry
gathered early Saturday morning, December 14, to pack and deliver 120 food boxes. Assembled at Glen’s Markets in St. Ignace, each
box contained ingredients that a family will enjoy in a Christmas meal, including turkey, potatoes, canned vegetables, fruit juice,
eggs, margarine, and cookies. Pictured are volunteers (front, from left) Andrew Sjogren, Molly Paquin, Sam Easter, Simon Easter,
Lindsey Blair, Kristin Lenoir, Jean Huskey, Margo Brown, Julie Hill; (middle) Cindy Gezon, Sarah Smith, Jacob Sjogren, Kathy
Schacht, Cheryl Schlehuber, Mike Lane; (back) Greg Bawol, Christine Bawol, Janet Peterson, Dave Schmidt, Phil Ruegg, Dan Litzner,
Jim North, and Fred Feleppa. Not pictured are Greg S. Cheeseman, Debbie Brandstrom, Ellen Paquin, and Pete Everson. Jim Rountree of the market assisted the effort. Many of the baskets were distributed through Community Action Agency and the Mackinac
County Children’s Toy Drive that day. Last year, 130 Christmas food baskets were distributed.
Father Marquette Memorial Project in Moran Township
DNR Outlines Park Management Process
By Erich T. Doerr
Discussions are starting to pick
up pace for the redevelopment of
the Father Marquette National Memorial site in Moran Township.
Creating a purpose for this site will
be part of a larger management plan
for the future of Straits State Park,
which includes the memorial.
The DNR outlined its planning
process at a meeting Wednesday,
December 11, in Moran Township.
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residents listening.
The master plan system is outdated, Mrs. Jensen said, and too focused on developments at the
expense of natural, cultural, educational, and park operation factors.
The new approach for planning focuses more on the purpose and significance of each park before
developing a 20-year plan for public use, education, development,
and park operations. The new system is modeled after one used by
the National Park Service.
In addition to the 20-year longterm plan, a series of 10-year action
goals will be used, to include planning partnerships and targeting
project completion dates. The planning process does not guarantee
funding. Before any plan is finalized, the DNR will look to the public for input, using both open house
meetings and online resources. The
DNR has found online surveys a
better way to get statewide input on
projects than just meetings alone.
The DNR’s park plan is still in an
information gathering and analysis
phase. Mrs. Jensen said the DNR
hopes to move into internal meetings on the topic in February, then
public meetings in the summer.
Their goal is completing a draft of
the plan by December 2014 and a
final approval in March 2015.
Mackinac County Commissioner
Mary Swiderski noted she hopes
the development will help make St.
Ignace more of a vacation destination.
“We want to see the end result,
even if it takes 10 years,” Mrs.
Swiderski said. St. Ignace “could be
a triangle destination with Mackinac Island and Mackinaw City. A
lot of people don’t come over that
bridge.”
At the previous meeting in October, several local organizations created a nonprofit organization and
governing board for the project.
Moran Township Supervisor Jim
Durm said the nonprofit has not
been formed yet but it will be next
month.
He said Wednesday’s meeting
was informative and gave him a
better idea of how the new planning
process works. No ideas have been
ruled out for the new development.
“We need to come up with a list
of priorities that would most benefit
this portion of the park and the
community,” Mr. Dum said. “We’re
tourism based. We want it to expand the experience and bring more
people in.”
The lineup for the nonprofit’s
governing board is coming together. It will include Mr. Drum,
Mrs. Swiderski, St. Ignace City
Councilman Willie LaLonde, and
Brimley resident Carol Eavou representing the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians. Either Mr.
Paquin or Straits State Park supervisor Wayne Burnett will represent
the DNR.
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More healthy local foods will appear on student plates in the Eastern
Upper Peninsula in years to come,
owing to a $45,000 planning grant
by the United States Department of
Agriculture for its Farm to School
Program, reported the EUP Intermediate School District Wednesday, December 4. The only grant of
its kind received in Michigan, the
funds will connect food producers
in the EUP to about 1,700 students
across seven school districts, reported Lisa Jo Gagliardi of the ISD.
Participating in the program are
Rudyard Area Schools, Rudyard
Special Education Center, Pickford
Public Schools, Whitefish Township School, Three Lakes Academy,
Ojibwe Charter School, and Les
Cheneaux Community Schools.
At some schools, the grant will
bring local produce augment to
school salad bars. At others, it will
lead to more cooked-from-scratch
meals with ingredients from EUP
farms. It depends on the cooking
equipment available at each school,
said Michelle Walk of Michigan
State University Extension, a partner in the program.
The grant sets the stage to figure
out how the districts will use local
farm products. The first step is to
assess what each school can absorb,
a process that will involve a work
group to be composed of school administrators, food service staff, par-
ents, farmers, and other partners
such as the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians and Lake Superior State University.
The next step will be implementing the program itself, Ms. Walk
said.
USDA Farm to School grants
help schools respond to the growing
demand for local foods and increase
market opportunities for producers
and food businesses. The program
can also support agriculture and nutrition education efforts such as
school gardens, field trips to local
farms, and cooking classes.
There were 71 grants offered
across 41 states.
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
G IRLS B ASKETBALL
Morgan St. Andrew (middle, with ball) leads the St. Ignace fast break with Sarah Smith (left) and Kylie
Belleville against Brimley Friday, December, 13.
At left:
Nicole
Hierholzer
made this
sign to
support
the
St. Ignace
girls
varsity
and junior
varsity
basketball
teams. She
is with
Suzanne
Hierholzer
Morgan LaVake (14) drains
this field goal during the first half
of the Saints win over Brimley.
By David Latva
Saints Down Bulldogs
In SAC Contest; Defeat Bays
Kelley Wright and Abbey Ostman combined for 39 points to lift
the St. Ignace Saints to a 75-29
Straits Area Conference road win
over the Rudyard Bulldogs Tuesday, December 10.
“Everyone played hard and their
effort was the key,” said Saints Coach
Dorene Ingalls.
Wright scored 20 points and Ostman added 19 points to lead the
Saints offense.
St. Ignace raced out to a 29-5 advantage after the first eight minutes
and held a 27-14 margin in the second quarter for a 56-17 halftime lead.
The Saints then outscored the Bulldogs 19-12 in the running-clock second half.
Saints statistics: Kelley Wright,
20 points, five assists; Abbey Ostman, 19 points; Emily Hinsman, 10
points; Margo Brown, eight points,
five assists; Morgan LaVake, four
points, five steals; Kelsey Will, four
points; Kylie Belleville, Sarah
Smith, Allison Gustafson, and Morgan St. Andrew, two points.
Bulldogs statistics: Savannah
Dugan, eight points; Becky Schwesinger, six points; Marissa Harrison,
and Caitlyn MacDowell, five points;
Ashlyn Ichenhower, three points;
Kylie Coffey, two points.
Hana Vesla (15) led the Bays
with 15 points.
Strong Offense, Defense
Lift Saints Over Bays
The St. Ignace Saints used a combination of strong offensive and defensive effort to down the Brimley
Bays 68-34 during a road non-conference win Friday, December 13.
Four players scored in double
figures as the Saints took an early
7-0 margin during the first two minutes, and the defense did not let the
Bays settle into an offensive flow.
St. Ignace took a 21-4 lead after the
first eight minutes and held a 13-10
scoring edge in the second quarter
for a 34-14 halftime advantage as
Kelley Wright scored 10 points.
Margo Brown scored nine points
in the third quarter to lead the
Saints to a 20-10 margin and a 5424 lead going into the fourth quarter. The Saints completed the game
with a 14-10 advantage.
Morgan LaVake fell during the
first half and suffered a bump to her
head. She was taken to the hospital
by her mother and on Saturday was
feeling much better. LaVake is expected to be able to play during the
Saints games against Pickford and
Sault Ste. Marie.
Saints statistics: Kelley Wright,
17 points, 11 rebounds, 11 steals;
Margo Brown, 15 points; Emily
Hinsman, 12 points; Abbey Ost-
man, 11 points; Sarah Smith, seven
points; Morgan LaVake, four
points; Kelsey Will, two points.
Bays statistics: Hana Vesla, 15
points; Alyssa Graham, eight
points; Tabitha Graham, five points;
Anne Archambeau, three points;
Emily Chartrand, Kerri Chartrand,
and Clarissa Kelly, two points.
Saints JV Posts
Two Victories
The St. Ignace Saints junior varsity team improved to 4-1 with victories over Rudyard 62-18 and
Brimley 53-48.
Saints statistics vs Rudyard:
Natalee Lee, 15 points; Jade Edelman, nine points; Sydni Sexton,
eight points; Shakir Smith, seven
points; Kate Bentgen, six points;
Jordan Belleville and Hayley
Dumas, five points; Eileen Law,
Jenny Campbell, and Lydia Brown,
two points.
Saints statistics vs Brimley: Natalee Lee, 17 points; Jordan Belleville, 15 points; Jade Edelman, seven
points; Sydni Sexton, six points; Hayley Dumas, four points; Kate Bentgen
and Lydia Brown, two points.
Bays statistics: Cassie Leapley,
11 points, Jeanne Bell, 10 points;
Alyssa Hyvarinen and Madison
Deuman, five points; Kaylee Hill,
three points; Delaney Walden, Hannah Lyons, Mallorie Kronmeyer,
and Kristina Noble, two points.
Cedarville 2-1 After Defeating
Engadine, Boyne City
The Cedarville Trojans improved
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after a 56-34 home league win over
Engadine Friday, December 13, and
a 57-40 decision over Boyne City in
a road non-conference contest
Wednesday, December 11.
The first and fourth quarters
made the difference as the Trojans
outscored the Eagles 36-14 and in
the second and third periods both
teams scored 20 points.
Trojans statistics: Alexis Barr,
16 points, six rebounds, five steals,
four assists; Monica Krackowski,
10 points, 11 rebounds, seven
steals, six assists; Shannon Sayles,
nine points, eight rebounds, three
steals; Elissa Griffin, nine points,
eight rebounds; Madi Kruger, five
points, three steals; Bree Massey,
two points, five rebounds; Ashley
Sherlund, two points.
Eagles statistics: Samantha Bennett, 17 points, four three point field
goals; Kassie Metcalf, eight points;
Tina Sherbrook, four points; Hannah French and Brooke Moore, two
points; Kaelee Rice, one point.
At Boyne City, the Trojans led
20-6 after the first quarter and 3323 at halftime, outscoring the Ramblers 24-17 in the second half.
Trojans statistics: Monica Krackowski, 14 points, seven steals, five
rebounds; Alexis Barr, 13 points,
four steals; Shannon Sayles, 12
points, 10 rebounds, five steals, five
assists; Madi Kruger, nine points;
Anne Eberts, eight points, five rebounds; Molly Fagan, one point;
Elissa Griffin, four rebounds.
Pickford Downs Harbor Springs
For Coach Galarowic’s First Win
Rookie coach Josh Galarowic
recorded his first win as the Pickford Panthers defeated the Harbor
Springs Rams 45-36 during a road
non-conference game Wednesday,
December 11.
The Rams held a 14-12 scoring
edge after the first eight minutes before the Panthers took a 29-23 halftime lead with a 12-9 margin in the
second quarter.
Pickford outscored Harbor Springs
21-13 in the second half that included 12-10 in the third quarter and
9-3 in the final period.
Panthers statistics: Alyssa McCord, 12 points; Kelsey Rambo,
nine points; Krysta Wondergem,
eight points; Sierra Johnson, seven
points; Ali Miller four points; Jordan Stebleton, two points; Kim
Cruickshank, one point.
Panthers Down Raiders
In EUPC Match-up
The Pickford Panthers defeated
the DeTour Raiders 49-23 during a
road Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference contest Friday, December 13.
DeTour led 9-7 after the first eight
minutes before Pickford outscored
the Raiders 16-2 in the second quarter for a 22-7 halftime margin and
closed out the league game with a
27-16 margin in the second half.
The Panthers had balanced scoring with eight girls reaching the
scoring column.
Panthers statistics: Ali Miller,
11 points; Britney Cornwell, nine
points, three triples; Kelsey Rambo,
Alicia Portice, and Krysta Wondergem, eight points; Jordan Stebleton, three points; Alyssa McCord
and Sierra Johnson, two points.
Raiders statistics: Madison
Wilkie, 10 points; Lindsay Grzesiek, seven points; Kaitlyn LaPoint,
Hannah Reed, and Holly Burton,
two points.
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Panthers Post Two JV Wins
Pickford won the JV game, defeating the Rams 58-32. Kayla Rambo
scored 22 points and Jade Ledy
chipped in 11 for the Panthers. The
Panthers downed the Raiders 59-25
with Kayla Rambo scoring 20 and
Taylor Thurmes adding 13.
Mackinaw City Remains Perfect
With Wins Over Ellsworth, HLC
The Mackinaw City Comets remain undefeated, 5-0 overall and 40 in the Northern Lakes Conference,
with wins over the Ellworth Lancers
56-16 at home Friday, December 13,
and the Harbor Light Christian
Swordsman 52-45 on the road Monday, December 9.
Comets statistics: Chelsey Closs,
26 points, eight rebounds, eight
steals; Blaine Yoder, eight points;
Katherine Watchorn, eight points,
five steals; Brooke Yoder, six points,
five assists; Laura Bell, five points;
Lily Alexander, three points.
At Harbor Light Christian, the
Comets trailed 15-13 after the first
eight minutes before outscoring the
Swordsman 16-4 in the second
quarter for a 29-19 halftime lead.
Harbor Light Christian cut the final
score to seven points with a 26-23
margin in the second half.
Comets statistics: Chelsey Closs,
24 points, 10 rebounds, six steals;
Lauren Bell, 12 points, 10 rebounds;
Katherine Watchorn, seven points,
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Maplewood Baptist Remains
Perfect With Win Over Ojibwe
The Maplewood Baptist Black
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a home Northern Lights League home
contest Thursday, December 12.
Black Bears statistics: Harmony
Bailey, 24 points, four rebounds;
Hannah May, 22 points, three rebounds; Ashton Bonnee, 12 points,
four rebounds; Emma Bell, five
points, 12 rebounds; Grace May,
three points, three rebounds; Abigail
Lockhart, one point, five rebounds;
Sarah Lockhart, four rebounds;
Bethany Burton, one rebound.
Engadine Downs Rapid River
In Non-conference Contest
Balanced scoring was key as seven
players scored for the Engadine Eagles during a 38-22 non-conference
road win over the Rapid River Rockets Tuesday, December 10.
Eagles statistics: Kassie Metcalf,
eight points, six steals, four assists;
Hannah French, seven points, 10 rebounds, four blocked shots; Samantha Bennett, six points, four steals;
Tina Sherbrook, six points, five rebounds, four steals; Abigail Miller,
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Luckas Steikar, and Owen Mills
combined for 50 points to lift the
Rudyard Bulldogs to a 71-45 road
Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference (EUPC) win over the DeTour
Raiders Tuesday, December 10, and
on Wednesday, December 11, the
Bulldogs upended the Newberry Indians 73-34 in a Straits Area Conference (SAC) match-up.
Rudyard is participating in both
the EUPC and SAC in basketball
for the first time.
The Bulldogs led 32-20 at halftime and outscored the Raiders 3925 in the second half to post the
league win.
Bulldogs statistics: Brady VanSloten and Lukas Steikar, 17 points;
Owen Mills, 16 points; Austin Trotter, nine points; Alex Warner, seven
points; Mike Musielak and Connor
Myers, two points.
Raiders statistics: Bruce Bailey,
15 points; Matt Gratowski and
Jessie Fravala, 12 points; Blake
Melvin, five points; Michael Bailey, one point.
Against Newberry, the Bulldogs
led 40-13 at halftime and outscored
the Indians 33-21 in the second half
as 12 players scored for Rudyard.
Bulldogs statistics: Zack Steikar,
13 points, Owen Mills, nine points;
Lukas Steikar and Austin Trotter,
eight points; Alex Warner, seven
points; Brady VanSloten and Brandon Hughes, six points; Mike
Musielak, five points; Rodney Hesselink, four points; Travis Meyers,
three points; Andrew Meehan and
Connor Meyers, two points.
Mackinaw City Explodes
With Win Over Pellston
The Mackinaw City Comets exploded to an 81-41 non-conference
road win over the Pellston Hornets
Tuesday, December 10.
The Comets took a 26-9 lead
after the first eight minutes and held
a 16-15 scoring edge in the second
quarter for a 42-24 halftime lead.
The Comets outscored the Hornets
39-17 in the second half.
“I was pleased with our overall
defensive pressure and that was key
to the win,” said Comets Coach
Austin Krieg.
Comets statistics: Noah Morse,
24 points, 11 steals; Jonah Robbins,
18 points, three assists; Zach Smith,
13 points; Matt Rivera and Dakota
Eby, seven points; Anthony Elliott,
five points; Tim Somers, four
points, six rebounds; Carson Hartman, three points.
Black Bears Down Paradise
In NLL Matchup
The Maplewood Baptist Academy defeated the Paradise Rockets
as 10 players scored for the Black
Bears Monday, December 9.
The Black Bears held a 39-12
halftime lead and outscored the
Rockets 21-20 in the second half.
Black Bears statistics: Chris
BOYS B ASKETBALL
Shane Beaune led the Bays
with 21 against the Saints. (Photograph by Drew Grogan)
Gage Kreski (34) scored a game high 31 points in the Saints’ win
over Brimley. (Photograph by Drew Grogan)
By David Latva
St. Ignace Boys Open
Season With Two Wins
The St. Ignace Saints boys team
opened the season with a 67-60
road non-conference win over the
Charlevoix Rayders Monday, December 9, and downed the Brimley
Bays 66-53 during a home nonconference matchup Thursday, December 12.
“After early in the first and third
quarters, we played well at both
ends of the court in the win over
Charlevoix,” said Saints Coach
Doug Ingalls. “Caleb Leveille and
Jeremiah Anderson made big plays
and Brandon Oja played hard on
the boards at both ends.”
The second-half scoring advantage made the difference as both
teams scored 22 points in the first
two quarters before the Saints
outscored the Rayders 45-38 in the
combined third and fourth quarters.
Charlevoix opened the game with
a 9-1 lead, but St. Ignace scored six
unanswered point to cut the Rayders
lead to 9-7 after the first eight minutes.
St. Ignace held a 15-13 scoring
edge in the second quarter to send
the game into halftime tied at 22.
The Rayders took a 31-24 lead
early in the third quarter with a 9-2
margin before the Saints outscored
Charlevoix 20-12 during the final
minutes of the third quarter for a 4639 advantage. Both teams scored 21
points in the final quarter.
Saints statistics: Gage Kreski, 28
points, 15 for 20 free throws, six rebounds, three steals; Tyler Snyder, 11
points, four assists, took two charges;
Caleb Leveille and Jeremiah Anderson, eight points; Gavin St. Onge, six
points; Joe Fullerton, three points, six
rebounds; Andrew Sjogren, two
points; Bradley Gustafson, one point;
Brandon Oja, six rebounds.
In the home win over Brimley,
the Saints used an 11-0 run to turn
a two-point deficit into an eightpoint lead after three quarters.
St. Ignace, 2-0 on the season, led
33-26 at halftime before the Bays
opened the second half with a 12-2
run for a 38-35 margin at the 4:37
mark of the third quarter as Shane
Beaune and Tommy Aikens scored
five points each.
Gage Kreski, who led the Saints
with game high 31 points, tied the
score at 38 with a three-point field
goal. Beaune made one of two free
throws and Michael Pomeroy scored
a two-point basket for a 41-38 lead
with 2:38 left in the third quarter.
Kreski scored seven points and
Gavin St. Onge added four during
the Saints 11-0 run for a 49-41 advantage going into the fourth quarter. St. Ignace closed out the game
with a 17-12 scoring edge in final
eight minutes.
Saints statistics: Gage Kreski, 31
points, three triples, 10 of 15 free
throws; Gavin St. Onge, nine points;
Tyler Snyder, eight points; Joe
Fullerton, seven points; Brandon
Oja, four points; Jeremiah Anderson,
three points; Andrew Sjogren and
Caleb Leveille, two points.
Bays statistics: Shane Beaune, 21
points; Tommy Aikens, 12 points;
Hunter Elenbaas, nine points; Michael
Pomeroy, six points; R.J. Carrick,
five points.
Saints JV 1-1 on Season
The St. Ignace Saints junior varsity split their first two games,
falling to the Charlevoix Rayders
60-56 and defeating the Brimley
Bays 59-9.
Saints statistics vs Rayders: Andrew Goldthorpe, 17 points; David
LaVake, 13 points; Dylan Marshall,
12 points; Mitchell Peterson, nine
points; Tristan Calcaterra, four points;
Mitchell Snyder, one point.
Saints statistics vs Bays: Dylan
Marshall, 13 points; Mitchell Snyder, 10 points; David LaVake,
seven points; Kurtis Belonga and
Preston Mayle, six points; Tristan
Calcaterra, Andrew Goldthorpe,
and Cole Garen, four points; Steve
Seccia, three points; Mitchell Peterson, two points.
Cedarville Opens Defense of
League Title With Win
Over Engadine
The Cedarville Trojans started
their season defending the Eastern
Upper Peninsula Conference title
with a 70-32 road win over the Engadine Eagles Thursday, December
12.
The Trojans outscored the Eagles
23-9 in the first eight minutes and
23-8 in the second quarter for a 4617 halftime lead.
Cedarville increased its lead to
59-24 with a 13-7 margin in the
third quarter and held an 11-8 scoring edge in the fourth period.
Trojans statistics: Joey Duncan,
21 points; Dan Stenback, 17 points;
Brad Causley, 11 points; Caleb
Williams, seven points; Nathan
Smith, five points; Mike Haske, three
points; Nick Ellis, Brett Masuga, and
Jacob Massara, two points.
Eagles statistics: Ben Wyse, eight
points; Tanner Flatt, seven points;
Jeff Dishaw, six points; Forrest
McArthur, four points; Kaleb Metcalf, three points; Zach Frazier and
Fred Gribbell, two points.
Rudyard Posts League Wins
Over DeTour, Newberry
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Elijah May, 11 points; Hunter Plesscher, eight points; Chad Kauffman,
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The Black Bears 5-0 on the season held a 32-10 halftime lead and
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Black Bears statistics: Elijah
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Shane Beaune scored 30 points
and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the
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Vikings Tuesday, December 10.
The second half was key as the
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Bays remaining statistics: Tommy
Aikens, 17 points, 10 rebounds, six
assists; Hunter Elenbass, 14 points;
RJ Carrick and Michael Pomeroy,
six points; Braden Cameron, five
points; Ryan Gravelle, two points;
Riley Sansone, one point.
Pickford Edges Inland Lakes
In Road Non-League Game
Senior Jacob Andrzejak stole the
ball and scored for his only field
goal with 14 seconds left in the
game to lift the Pickford Panthers
to a 54-53 road non-league win
over the Inland Lakes Bulldogs
Tuesday, December 10.
Panthers statistics: Jared Hatfield, 19 points; Camden Ledy, 17
points; Jonathan McBain, nine
points; Jonathan Kamper, five
points; Jacob Hatfield and Jacob
Andrzejak, two points.
Saints Wrestlers Open Season
By David Latva
The St. Ignace Saints wrestlers
finished sixth among 13 teams during the 35th annual St. Ignace Lions
Invitational Saturday, December 7.
The Saints were led by James
Cryderman in the 160-pound class
and Cameron Collier in the 130pound division with 3-1 records and
second -place finishes.
Jason Brown (152) and Austin
Marshall (103) placed fourth with 22 records, Robin Chargo (145) was
2-2, and Garrett Kellan (135) and
Dylan Danielson (189) were 0-2.
The DeTour Raiders had two
wrestlers competing for the first
time. Freshmen Grant Plowman
(171) went 2-2 and Caleb Bouma
(145) was 0-2.
The Gladstone Braves won the
team championship with 226 points
followed by the Rogers City
Hurons at 148, Sault Ste. Marie
Blue Devils 146, Mio Thunderbolts
108, Ishpeming Hematites 70, St.
Ignace Saints 56, Munising Mustangs 54, Grand Rapids Christian
Chargers 40, Manistique Emeralds
35, Mancelona Ironman 34, Bark
River-Harris Broncos 23, Newberry
Indians 21, and DeTour Raiders 6.
Saints Compete in Tri-match
Against Alpena, Gaylord
The St. Ignace Saints wrestlers
competed against the Alpena Wildcats and Gaylord Blue Devils during
a tri-match at Alpena Wednesday,
December 11.
Saints statistics: James Cryderman (171) 2-0; Austin Marshall
(103) 1-1; Cameron Collier (119125) 1-1; Jason Brown (152) 1-1;
Robin Chargo (145), Dylan Danielson (189), and Garrett Kellan (135),
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By Helen Shoberg
Les Cheneaux
Cedarville and Hessel, along with
the rest of the Eastern Upper Peninsula, have experienced bitter cold
weather, with more snow blanketing the ground over the past weekend. Although the snow is beautiful
as it clings to the trees and covers
the ground, walking and driving are
hazardous.
Christmas time brings many children and relatives back to Cedarville
and Hessel for the holidays. It’s always wonderful to have families get
together, and in our family, it’s nice to
have Dustin and Lauren Tassier here
for a few days before the holidays.
Dustin and Lauren drove from
Alexandria, Virginia, where Dustin,
son of Mike and Kathy Tassier, is finishing his education as a physical
therapist, and Lauren, daughter of
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Bar in Clark Township, during the second “Inside the Artists’ Studio: A Christmas Open House” Saturday, December 14. Mr. Amberg was one of seven artists to present their work to the public that
day. Organizer Roger Kilponen said the event went well again this
year. There was a cheerful response, good attendance, and sales generated by the effort. Bitter cold temperatures in the Cedarville/Hessel areas and a blizzard at St. Ignace may have reduced the turnout
somewhat, but the tour received plenty of patronage. Many gathered around his wood stove to talk shop again this season. Many
local residents returned, and visitors from as far away as Flint visited his studio. (Photograph courtesy of Roxanne Eberts)
nursing degree, works in the emergency room at George Washington
University Hospital. It has been a time
for them to see and hold their little
nieces, four-year-old Peyton and twomonth-old Layla Izzard, daughters of
Josh and Leah Izzard of Cedarville.
Reverend Jeff and Becky Meyers
are enjoying a nice long visit with
their daughter, Janaan, who is a student at Michigan State University,
and they’re looking forward to the
arrival of their son, Clayton, from
New York City before Christmas.
The Christmas musical program at
First Union Church Sunday evening,
December 15, was beautiful. There
were several numbers played by the
handbell choir, followed by the chancel choir, plus a violin solo by Benjamin Gulder. All of this made for a
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Monday morning, December 16,
was bright and sunny, with predictions of warmer weather for the
coming week. There are snowmobile tracks on the ice in front of my
home, and I’m sure they belong to
ice fishermen who are always anxious to put up their shanties and try
their luck. It’s always wise to be
careful when on the ice and avoid
the points of land where the ice is
often unsafe. My husband always
used an ice spud to test the ice before going out the first time.
There are so many activities happening this time of the year that it’s
difficult to attend them all. While
speaking with Norine Rudd, a local
artist, I learned that the “Inside the
Artist’s Studio” event Saturday, December 14, was successful. This is a
comparatively new event. Norine, by
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Christmas Day.
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Twenty-five years ago, I wrote:
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Amy Berryhill, and Laura McDermott for being selected to sing with
the Upper Peninsula Honors Choir.
To qualify for this group, each girl
passed an audition in Marquette.
The honors choir will perform in
early January at Northern Michigan
University in Marquette.”
Also, 25 years ago: “The latest
monthly report from the Corps of
Engineers for Great Lakes levels indicates that there will be a gradual
lower level for Lake Huron until
sometime in late February. Then the
level of Lake Huron and Lake
Michigan will start to increase to a
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levels of 1988.”
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Mike Kerridge December 20, Bob
and Margie Bosman December 22,
Ron and Cindy Pongracz December
23, Tom and Jo Prater December 26,
and to my husband, Dave Livermore,
as we mark 50 years December 28.
As we move into another year,
Christmas blessings and New Year
best wishes to all the readers of The
St. Ignace News.
Merry Christmas
&
a prosperous New Year
Jean, Wade & Kit
P.S. Please take time to pray for our Troops.
The fifth step is “Deliver and Satisfy.” Deliver what you promised.
You’ll have to go above and beyond
what you promised if you really
want to wow your customers.
The sixth step is “Up-sell Customers.” If you don’t have an up-sell
strategy, you’re missing extra sales.
An up-sell can be as simple as asking
everyone if they would like to order
dessert after a meal or as complex as
a monthly maintenance program.
The seventh step is “Get Referrals.” You’ll often hear professionals, and insurance and real estate
representatives, say they work off
of referrals, however, if you cornered them and said, “Show me
your referral system or process,”
some would be hard pressed to
show you a system. I often think
that’s their way of saying, “I don’t
have a marketing or advertising
plan. I am using the hope and
chance method.”
If you’ll follow these seven steps
developed by Infusionsoft, you
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and chance marketing and advertising system in my business.”
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Bowling League Results
Bluewater League
Fred’s Pub 63, The Wooden Door
59, Truck Stop 49, Apollo Home
Mortgage 47, Mackinaw Trolley
41, Bessie’s Pasties 35.
HTG/s: Fred’s Pub 465/1288;
HIG/s: Lois Hamel 189/531.
450-500 Series: Lois Hamel 531.
Splits: Melissa Borboa 2-10, Lois
Hamel 3-10, Andrea Leyko 3-5-10,
Wanda Paquin 3-5-7.
National League
Fred’s Pub 56, Katti’s K9’s 48,
Super 8’s 36, Truck Stop 33, MP
Gamble Construction 29, Ice Cold 29.
HTG: Ice Cold 821; HTS: Super
8’s 2366; HIG/s: Ryan Green
210/571.
500s: Ryan Green 561, Darrin
Meyer 516, Jimmy DeKeyser 510,
Jeff Gamble Sr. 510, Jennifer
Meyer 510.
Splits: Misti Gamble 5-6, 5-7, 310, Craig Skutt 3-6-7-10, Darrin
Meyer, Mikaela Kelly, Ron Jasper,
Jeff Gamble Sr., Terry Fuller,
Dustin Smith 3-10, Lisa Gamble 35-10, 3-10.
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and Happy New Year!
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ing home for the holidays.
Nathan and Tristina (nee Browning) Smith, along with their young
daughter, Laila, from Biloxi, Mississippi, where Nathan is stationed, enjoyed a week visiting with Tristina’s
folks, Daryl and Penny Browning,
and grandparents, John and Louella
Snow. They were joined by Tristina’s
sister, Shannon. The family enjoyed
an early Christmas celebration before
returning to Mississippi.
The Amiche chorale, which took
place Sunday evening, December 15,
at Bethlehem Lutheran Church was
very well attended, considering the
elements, which made travel times a
little slower.
Birthday wishes to Cheryl Franklin
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easy to overlook a key ingredient.
It’s like that apple pie your mother
knows how to make by memory.
Her apple pie comes out perfect
every time, yet you can’t make it
without following a recipe.
Your business can’t grow or be
successful without a supply of loyal
customers. I know this, too, is common sense, but when was the last
time you set up a system to control
the number of customers you attract
to your business? The popular saying from the movie “Field of
Dreams,” “build it, and they will
come,” is a big lie. The saying
should be “build a customer attraction system and process, and they
(the customers) won’t be able to do
anything else but come.”
The same thing applies to professionals like doctors, dentists,
lawyers, and accountants. There
isn’t any guarantee that patients or
clients will beat a path to your door
unless you have a system or process
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
By Judy Jones
DeTour
297-3231 • jj127@centurytel.net
Janelle Dudeck of the Eastern Upper Peninsula Fine Arts Council presents Chuck Lanning with the Volunteer of the Year award at the Community Choir Concert Sunday, December 15. (Photograph by Carol Martin)
Rayne Miller visits with Santa Claus at Fisher’s Restaurant Saturday, December 7. (Photograph by Traci Miller)
It is definitely looking like
Christmas around the village now.
In fact, the temperatures and snow
on the ground look and feel more
like January or February.
The turnout for the DeTour Area
Community Choir concert Sunday,
December 15, was a little smaller
than usual, probably because of the
poor road conditions and cold, but
those who did attend received a real
Christmas treat. Director Gordon
Usher and coordinator Jean Bloom,
with accompaniment by Anna Aben
and page turning by Marilyn Grevel,
put together an eclectic program that
had the audience listening closely
and, at times, laughing loudly. There
were beautiful vocal solos, group
performances, and great renditions
by the local students who’ve attended camps on scholarships provided by the free-will donations
from the concerts, but the highlight
of the afternoon was the decoration
of the Nick Meier tree by his wife,
Julia, as she sang “I Need a Little
Christmas.” It was a sight that no
words can describe.
Following the concert was the
presentation of the EUP Fine Arts
Council’s “Volunteer of the Year”
award, traditionally presented to residents who have given their time to
both the Council and other area programs. This year’s recipient, Chuck
Lanning, is certainly worthy. Chuck
is a volunteer firefighter and cur-
Engadine & Gould City
rently the fire chief, a member of the
DeTour Volunteer Ambulance Corps,
and a regular volunteer at Sacred
Heart Church. In addition to these
duties, Chuck always seems to have
time, whenever he is asked, to help
local organizations and the school.
The best part of the award was the
fact that it was a complete surprise.
Congratulations on your award,
Chuck. It was presented by vice
president Janelle Dudeck, who filled
in for president Sandy Wytiaz.
School will be out for the holidays
beginning Friday, December 20, and
Sue Lehman has activities planned
to keep both students and adults who
wish to participate occupied until
Christmas. Saturday, December 21,
there will be a special showing of the
movies, “Elf” and “The Muppet
Christmas Carol” at the DeTour
School and Public Library beginning
at 6:30 p.m. The suggested donation
for the movies will be two canned
goods for the local food pantry and
$1 for the movies, soda pop, and
popcorn. Then Monday, December
23, there will be a hay wagon leav-
Condolences to the family of Alvina Elsner, 94, of Newberry, who
passed away Saturday, December 7.
Please keep her family and friends in
your thoughts and prayers. An obituary was published in the December
12 issue of The St. Ignace News.
Happy birthday to Morgan MacArthur and Kevin Frazier December
19, Gen Wachter, LaVonne Schnurer,
Chuck Butkovich, and Karoline
Haapala December 20, Mitchell Vallier, Ethel Toms, and Ty Elenbaas
December 22, Jane Oven, Matthew
Freed, Charlie Fosdick III, and
Corinne Vallier December 24, and
Ashley Lowery December 25.
Happy anniversary to Leon and
Andrea Everhart December 19.
Wednesday, December 25, is
Christmas Day. Please remember
those less fortunate. Please think of
others. Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays!
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Frigid temperatures hit the area
hard this week. Dave had 16 degrees below zero Monday, December 16, with a windchill of 21
degrees below zero. Today the sun
is shining and there is little wind.
Murray Chalmers, of Grass Lake,
spent this past weekend with Joe
and Sharon Chalmers. Owing to
weather, it took Murray six hours to
drive a normal 4.5-hour trip home
Sunday, December 15.
Dot Glashaw joined other Red
Hat Society ladies for a lunch meeting in St. Ignace Thursday, December 12. The group wrapped gifts
and packed a Christmas box of food
for a needy family in the area.
Dot Glashaw joined the neighbors
Friday evening, December 13, for a
dinner at Trinity Lutheran Church,
By Julie Freeman
important part
of the season,
and many of
our area churches will be having services. The local Lutheran Church will
be joining the folks at Drummond Island Lutheran Church for a service at
7:15 p.m., since the congregation is
only meeting the third Sunday of the
month locally during the winter. Regular services will resume in the spring.
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Festival Eucharist will take place at 4:30
p.m., Sacred Heart services begin at
5:30 p.m., DeTour Christian Church
will have services at 6 p.m., followed
by refreshments and fellowship, and
the DeTour Union Church candlelight
Christmas Eve service will be at 8
p.m.
This will be the last DeTour column for the year 2013. I hope all of
you have a joyous and safe holiday
season and that the New Year
brings all that you desire. Special
thanks and our thoughts to our
troops and those who cannot be
with family and friends this year.
By Lois Movalson
Brevort
which was a gift to any and all people
in Brevort to enjoy. Thirty-nine people enjoyed a home-cooked meal and
had a nice visit during the evening.
We’ve received news of the passing of Helen (nee Tarnutzer) Bos of
Cadillac. An obituary appears in
this issue of The St. Ignace News.
Pega Kennedy and Dot Glashaw
returned from a cruise through the
western Caribbean. They swam
with stingrays and enjoyed a stop at
Belize. They had a wonderful time.
Jack and Thora Shepard spent two
weeks in Batavia, New York, visiting with Bob and Linda Shepard.
Melissa Foster and Patti Truman
spent a short 24 hours with Jack and
Thora, then went on to Alpena to
spend the next 24 hours with Patti’s
parents, before heading back to Cha-
grin Falls, Ohio.
Michael and Helena Shepard and
family, Paul and Tammy Shepard
and family, and Nancy Marshall
visited with Jack, Thora, Melissa,
and Patti Friday evening, December 13.
Condolences to Warren Cunningham and Mary Carney on the passing of their son-in-law this past
week in Petoskey.
Happy birthday to Jamie Rogers
December 24, Betty Giordani December 25, Mary Ann First December 28, Allison Cece December 30
and Michael Shepard December 31.
Happy anniversary to Michael
and Helena Shepard December 21
and Jack and Thora Shepard December 24.
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Hello, everyone. I hope this week
finds everyone doing well.
The elementary music concert
will be Thursday, December 19, at
6:30 p.m. at Engadine Consolidated
Schools. Children in kindergarten
through fifth grade will participate
in the concert.
Engadine Consolidated Schools
will be on Christmas break beginning Monday, December 23. School
will resume Thursday, January 2.
The Commodity Supplemental
Food Program distribution will be
Monday, December 23, at the following locations: Newberry (alley
behind McMillan Township Building) from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m; Engadine (Garfield Township Hall) from
11:30 a.m. to noon, and Curtis
(Portage Township Hall) from
12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call (906) 293-5621.
ing the school at 4:30 p.m. for a caroling party around the village, followed by two movies, “The Polar
Express” and “The Preacher’s Wife”
and refreshments. There is no cost
for this activity, which is a gift from
the Friends of the Library group.
After Christmas, Friday, December
27, students 12 and older may participate in a Department of Natural Resources approved snowmobile safety
class at the Les Cheneaux Snowmobile Clubhouse on Blindline Road in
Cedarville from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with
lunch included. Students who successfully complete the class will be issued a certificate that allows them to
operate a snowmobile in approved
areas without adult supervision. Registration is required and may be made
by calling club president Stu Volkers
at (906) 297-3060 or by e-mail at upsnowrider2012@hotmail.com. This is
also the contact information for anyone who may have questions about
the course or other group activities.
For many people, attending the
Christmas Eve church service is an
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THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
Les Cheneaux
Pat Lofdahl is now a patient at
Mackinac Straits Health System in
St. Ignace, where she is receiving
physical therapy. Friends may send
her a card at the following address:
1140 North State Street, St. Ignace,
MI 49781.
Rudy Sherlund recently spent a few
days in War Memorial Hospital in
Sault Ste. Marie. He is now spending
time with his daughter and son-in-law,
Beverly and Bill Touri, in Dafter.
The boys basketball game was
cancelled because of bad weather in
Harbor Springs, as the team was unable to make the trip to Cedarville.
The game has been rescheduled for
Saturday, December 21, at 1 p.m.
The other boys game was played in
Engadine, and our Trojans won both
games. The girls beat Engadine Friday evening, December 13.
The Les Cheneaux Historical Association enjoyed a great Christmas
dinner Thursday evening, December 12, at the Snows. The meal was
prepared by Don Hamlin.
The Les Cheneaux Lions Club
also enjoyed a great meal at the
Snows a few days before the Les
Cheneaux Historical Association
did. The Snows was very festive
with Christmas trees and lights with
the fireplace aglow.
Our weather has been very cold,
along with some sunshine and
snow. Monday, December 16, at 6
a.m. people were reporting nearly
minus 20 degrees. That is cold.
The elementary Christmas concert was Thursday evening, December 12. A large crowd enjoyed great
music by the elementary band.
Brad Smith will have surgery
Tuesday, December 17. He is such
an active person, especially delivering dinners to many senior citizens.
Lydia Rudd will be 103 years old
Christmas Day. She still lives in her
home at Waterlawn Cottages. She
gets out and shovels snow, and she
also loves to sew. She enjoys
spending time with her grandson,
Lee Bickham, who has moved back
home from Alaska.
Sunday, December 15, was a
wonderful musical presentation at
First Union Church. Both the 30member adult choir and bell choir
Let’s not forget that the baby that was born
in a cradle so many years ago in Bethlehem
came to tell us that we should feed the
hungry and clothe the naked, and that we
should always do good for our neighbors.
BLESSINGS TO ALL
OF YOU THIS SEASON.
Bob Smith
Merry Christmas From
the Hiawatha Behavioral
Health Board and Staff
Fostering Hope, Recovery and Wellness
participated. Alan
Jacobus directed.
He also played
the violin, along with Benjamin Gulder. On the piano were Betty Struble,
Elizabeth James, and Isaac James.
Betty also played the organ. Readers
were Alan Jacobus, Margaret Burrows, Julie Smith, Kim Dunn, and
Lori Jacobus. The sound of the bells
was awesome. The choirs played
several wonderful Christmas spirited
selections. The church was nearly
full, and everyone was thrilled by the
music and by Pastor Jeff Meyers
sharing with everyone.
There will be an open house at the
home of Frank and Shelly Arnold
every evening between 7 p.m. and 9
p.m. until Christmas. The Arnolds
live about one-half mile north of the
blinker light in Hessel. They have
many twinkling lights in many trees
and they look great.
It is indeed a very busy but wonderful time of the year. It is a most
joyous and happy time. It’s a time to
be extra friendly, to let others know
how much they mean to us. It’s a
time when we share what life really
means to us.
Paul and Karen Sabatine, Jack and
Kate Otstot, and Bob and Cheryl Edwards all spent a few weeks in Italy,
where they enjoyed sightseeing, shopping, and great food. They rode airplanes, boats, and trains. The weather
was sunny and warm, and they all had
a great time.
Sienna Reichlin, a sixth grader,
qualified for the Michigan Elks Association State Championship Hoop
Shoot Contest by first competing in
physical education class at Cedarville
High School. She was one of three
who qualified to move into competition at the Sault Middle School,
where she came in first place by
shooting 12 out of 25, so she moved
on to shoot in Ishpeming Saturday,
December 14, where she won by
shooting 18 out of 25. She will now
compete in Grand Rapids Saturday,
February 22, for the state championship. Winners of that competition
will advance to the Great Lakes Regional Finals in Angola, Indiana, in
March, to compete with the winners
of Indiana and Ohio. Congratulations,
Sienna, we are all proud of you.
Mike and Marilyn Sweeney are enjoying attending hockey games of
their grandson, Lucas. Lucas, who
lives in Marquette, plays on a traveling
team. He is the son of Kara and Greg
Guertin. The family enjoys spending
time at their cottage in Cedarville.
Monday, December 9, and Tuesday, December 10, Jack Frost waved
his magic wand and made Mackinac
Island a winter wonderland. We received about a foot of beautiful white,
fluffy snow, which thrilled everyone
on the Island. It was extremely windy
during the month of November and
continues into the first part of December. The mighty Huron has had
some very rough days. Wednesday,
December 11, the temperature was
frigid, but the sunrise was breathtaking as the big red ball rose in the east
and the beams reflected off the water.
There was a considerable amount of
ice in the Straits of Mackinac this
morning. Winter is here.
Friday, December 6, a clear, crisp
winter night, folks gathered around
the beautiful Christmas tree, in the
center of Main Street at the head of
the Arnold dock, donated by George
and Carrie Wellington in memory of
George Wellington, Jr. George Jr.
planted the tree 15 years ago. He was
a wonderful young man and a very
dedicated member of the Mackinac
Island Fire Department. During the
singing of Christmas carols led by
Trish Martin, a very special thing
happened - a beautiful mourning
dove flew into the center of the tree
with folks watching in amazement.
At the end of the caroling, George’s
sister, Carrie, and little Makayla
Rickley flipped the switch, which illuminated the tree with hundreds of
colored lights. It was a wonderful
sight with the tree sparkling on a cold
Mackinac Island evening, the lampposts adorned with lighted wreaths
tied with red bows, and the Nativity
scene in front of the Arnold dock
shining in the stillness of the darkness. It truly was a wonderful tribute
to a fine young man. We appreciate
Sid DeHaan, Mike Ruddle, Dan
Wightman, and Mark Chambers for
helping to make the tree so perfect.
After the tree was lit, the children
jumped on board a hayride and
toured the town singing carols. Many
of the adults went to the fire hall for
the opening of the early bird rummage sale. It looked like a busy day
in July with all the folks finding many
treasures. Cookies and hot chocolate
were enjoyed by all. Carrie Kaminen,
Jackie Bradley, Liz Burt, Lynda Hepker, Barb Humphrey, Pollyanna Redman, and Doris, Tommy, and Ayssa
Willemsen were Santa’s elves in the
fire hall.
Saturday, December 7, the 2013
Christmas Bazaar opened in the historic John Jacob Astor Community
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By Robert W. Smith
Sienna Reichlin qualified to
move on to the competition at Sault
Middle School. She holds her trophy Saturday, December 14, after
qualifying for the Michigan Elks
Association State Championship
Hoop Shoot Contest. She competed
in Sault Ste. Marie and Ishpeming,
where she took first place in both
schools. Sienna will compete Saturday, February 22, 2014, in Grand
Rapids for the state championship.
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Hall, which was bedecked for the holiday season with garland and lighted
trees. Inside of the hall, Gwen Bagbey
transformed the interior into a Christmas wonderland. The raffle table was
busy selling chances on many items
and the ladies serving folks were
Heather Chambers, Sylvia Perault,
and Wilma Green. The bidding was
spirited on the silent auction table
with Betty BeDour, Nancy Marstiller,
Lauren Walsh, Mary Jane Barnwell,
and friend Lisa Simon, Vic Radecki,
Marie Steensma, and Carol and Katie
Rearick assisting the eager customers.
Folks were thrilled with wonderful malts and sundaes at the sundae
booth. The Reverend Ken and Lori
Straight, with friends, the Hubel
family, and Deb Styburski were extremely busy. The wonderful aroma
of cookies, pies, bread, homemade
jelly, and many other goodies could
be found at the bake sale. Joan
Barch, Cathy Klea, Marcy Shulte,
Sue Sisson, and Marie Schockling
assisted everyone with a sweet tooth.
The white elephant booth had a
wide variety of Christmas present
ideas. Jackie Bradley, Rosemary
Lounsbury, Nancy Marks, and Patty
LaPine helped the many customers.
At the plant and handmade booth,
the smell of fresh balsam filled the
air. Balsam pillows, made by members of Trinity Church, wreaths,
many handmade items, and fresh
arrangements made by Nancy May
were available to the many buyers,
who were assisted by Trish Martin,
Joan Slater, and Cordie Puttkammer.
At 2 p.m., Saturday, December 7,
and Sunday, December 8, Mike Carley, our famous auctioneer, wearing
a Santa hat, welcomed the crowd and
put everyone in the spirit for lively
bidding. Items included a caboose
made by Stanley Gugin, televisions,
a Mackinac Bridge tour, dinners,
paintings, handmade quilts, and
many other items. Mike worked the
crowd and put everyone in the buying mood. His elves were Robin
Dorman, Bruce LaPine, Mark
“Beau” Bielinski, and Tony Frazier.
Assisting the buyers were Kay Hoppenrath, Mellie Hagenbaugh, Jim
Marks, and Lorna Straus. Everyone
enjoys the wonderful food at the
bazaar, ranging from Deb’s famous
nachos to a complete prime rib dinner with a wonderful salad bar Sunday. Lori Myers, pastry chef at the
Iroquois, baked chocolate and carrot
cake for dessert. Working in the
kitchen were Deb Carley, Mona Carley, Brenda Bunker, Irene Rickley,
Sue Chambers, Dan Seeley, JoAnne
Kompsi-Tamlyn, Jennifer King,
Shane Moore, Lisa Laitanen, Lanni
Castagne, Jennifer Roy, and Deb
Carroll, who is Mike Carley’s sister.
The dishwashing crew were members of the American Legion Post
299, Ed Chambers, Glenn St. Onge,
Paul Wandrie, Doug Horn, Bud
Bowerman, Clark Bloswick, and Police Chief Brett Riccinto.
At 1:30 p.m. Saturday, the jolly elf
from the North Pole landed his sleigh
and reindeer at the Mackinac Island
Airport and Assistant Fire Chief
Jason St. Onge picked him up with
the big red fire engine and drove him
to all the waiting children at the
Community Hall. Santa came in and
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Christmas before listening to all the wishes of
the good boys and girls. A great picture was taken of Santa surrounded
by all of the children. Then he
waved goodbye and flew back to
the North Pole to prepare for his
trip on Christmas Eve. Mary Patay
assisted Santa.
Monday afternoon, as the excitement rose, folks waited eagerly for
the drawing of the raffles. The winners of the raffle are as follows:
Sleigh of goodies, Wilma Green;
three reindeer, Dominic Redman;
Frosty, Nancy Marks; rocking horse,
Jadyn Rickley; Frosty, Smi Horn; five
Chuckwagon certificates, Brooke
Dziobak, Island Hardware, Lisa
Barnwell, Jack Kaminen, and Ray
Card; Mickey Mouse, Madison
Gamble; 50 gallons of gas; Mike
Gamble, and 50/50, Wayne Peterson.
Winners of the Christmas raffle are
as follows: $1,000, George Goodman; $500, Jason St. Onge; $500,
Kitty Horn; $500, Gwen Bagbey;
$500, Madelyn LePage; $500, Louis
Bunker Sr., and $100, Judy Joslyn.
Shaun Horn was the winner of
the 2013 Polaris snowmobile.
The Christmas Bazaar kicks off the
holiday season on Mackinac. It was
nice to see Caroline LaPine and
Peggy Cowell enjoy all the festivities
for three days. We appreciate Gwen
Bagbey, Bruce Zimmerman, and the
Department of Public Works crew,
Dennis Dombroski, Police Chief
Brett Riccinto and the Mackinac Island Police Department, Chief Mike
Bradley and the Mackinac Island Fire
Department, Mackinac Island Lions
Club, Doud’s Market, American Legion Post 299, Arnold Transit Company, Grand Hotel, Island House, and
Mission Point Resort for extra tables,
cleanup crew Sid DeHaan and Mike
Ruddle, Tammy Frazier and Nancy
Pfeiffelman for arranging for the
salads, Trish Bunker and JoAnne
Kompsi-Tamlyn for selling raffle
tickets, Cloverland Electric crew, Ray
Card, to all our friends from St.
Ignace and others who came from far
and near to attend this event, and
everyone who donated or worked on
the bazaar. The gross receipts were
about $50,000 and will be divided between the Mackinac Island Medical
Center, Ste. Anne’s, Trinity, Mackinac
Island Bible Church, and Little Stone
Church. The true spirit of Mackinac
was reflected in the Christmas Bazaar.
Sharon Childers of St. Ignace attended the Christmas tree lighting ceremony Friday evening, December 6.
People attending the Christmas
Bazaar were Angie and Jeff Bunker,
Roger Horn, Kathy Wightman, Peter
Marabel and Fran Barger, Tim and
Sherry Plutchak, Reinette Murray, the
Dale Petersons, Vic Callewaert and
his friend, Liz Boyd, Nancy Hardy,
Arlene Black, Carol Erbel, Joe Stakoe,
David Latva, and many other folks.
Tuesday, December 24, Trinity
Church will have lessons and carols
at 4 p.m. Ste. Anne’s will celebrate
Christmas Mass at 8 p.m., with refreshments following in Ste. Anne’s
Hall, and Christmas Mass December 25 at 10:30 a.m.
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THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
NOTICE
of Show Cause Hearing and Judicial Foreclosure
Hearing Non-Payment of Property Taxes
On March 1, 2013 real estate with unpaid 2011 property taxes was forfeited to the Mackinac County Treasurer pursuant to the General Property Tax Act, Public Act 206 of 1893,
PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157, as amended.
The County of Mackinac is acting as the Foreclosing Governmental Unit in proceedings to foreclose on this property for unpaid property taxes.
There are two hearings scheduled to finalize the foreclosure process. This publication is
intended to provide additional notice to parties of interest in these parcels as to the nature,
time, and location of these hearings.
A Show Cause Hearing is scheduled for February 3, 2014 through February 15, 2014
at Mackinac County Treasurer’s Office at 100 Marley Street, St. Ignace, MI 49781.
Any person with an interest in the property forfeited to the county treasurer may appear at the show cause hearing and redeem that property or show cause why absolute
title to that property should not vest in the Foreclosing Government Unit.
A Judicial Foreclosure Hearing is scheduled for February 21, 2014, 10:30 a.m. at 11th
Circuit Court, 100 Marley Street, St. Ignace, MI 49781.
At this hearing the Foreclosing Governmental Unit shall ask that the court enter a judgement foreclosing the property as requested in the petition for foreclosure. A person claiming an interest in a parcel of property set forth in the petition for foreclosure, who desires
to contest that petition, must file written objections with the clerk of the circuit court and
serve those objections on Mackinac County, the Foreclosing Governmental Unit. The
docket number of the petition is 13-7431-PZ.
If you are a person with an interest in property being foreclosed:
• You have the right to redeem this parcel from the foreclosure process by payment of all
forfeited unpaid taxes, interest, penalties, and fees prior to the expiration of the redemption period. You should contact the Mackinac County Treasurer for the amount required
to redeem.
• You may lose your interest in the property as a result of the foreclosure proceedings.
• The title to the property shall vest absolutely in the County of Mackinac unless all forfeited unpaid delinquent taxes, interest, penalties, and fees are paid by close of business
on March 31, 2014.
Please Note:
The following list represents parties that appear to have title, lien, or other apparent rights to the parcels being foreclosed by the Foreclosing Governmental Unit.
This notice is required to be given by law, even if the party no longer claims or desires
an interest if it appears they hold any undischarged, apparent, or potential title or lien
right to the property.
Listing of a party does NOT necessarily indicate that they are the owner of a parcel,
or that they are liable for the property taxes.
This list is NOT an offering of property for sale. These parcels are NOT being sold, auctioned, or otherwise made available by virtue of this notice.
There is no procedure for purchasing these parcels from the Foreclosing Governmental
Unit at this point in the foreclosure proceedings. Those parcels that are foreclosed and
not redeemed may become available at public auction in August and September of 2014.
These parcels remain the property of their current owner until redemption rights have
expired. No party should make any attempt to inspect or enter upon these parcels
assuming them to be for sale. This may constitute trespassing and subject the offender to
criminal prosecution.
The amount due listed indicates the tax amount due in December including penalties, fees and
interest. NO PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED JANUARY THROUGH MARCH. If
you have questions, please contact the Mackinac County Treasurer’s Office at 906-643-7318.
Property #
Owner *Parties of Interest
Amount Due
001-003-004-00 GRZINCIC KEITH
725.77
*S&W DRIVE-IN INC
001-011-002-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 3,583.30
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
001-520-017-00 RADALA, PHIL ETAL
1,715.43
LAMBRIGHT LINDA
RUSSELL DIANE
RADALA PHIL
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
001-720-102-00 DALBY RICHARD L
TRUST #42
516.64
*RUGE WENDY
001-740-090-00 PIERCE, LLOYD
332.63
ANDERSON AUTUMN
001-740-096-00 PIERCE, LLOYD
342.16
ANDERSON AUTUMN
001-740-107-00 PIERCE, LLOYD R
332.63
ANDERSON AUTUMN
001-740-110-00 PIERCE, LLOYD R
315.90
ANDERSON AUTUMN
001-760-019-00 PIERCE, LLOYD R
373.64
BAUGHER ROSEMARIE ESTATE
001-890-029-00 PIERCE, LLOYD R
573.13
HUDSON JOHN T
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
001-890-060-00 MILLER, NORAH
345.78
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
002-004-011-10 OBESHAW DUANE C
1,248.04
OBESHAW DANIELL M
002-129-023-00 FULGENZI NANCY INC
1,850.74
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. IGNACE
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
002-132-014-00 REVARD LEAH A
647.01
*HALL REVARD LEAH
002-133-012-50 BOUCHA CHRISTOPHER
512.11
BOUCHA REBECCA
*SWETT JAMES B
*SWETT SARAH J
*ATLANTIC CREDIT & FINANCE INC
*HUDSON & KEYSE LLC
*DAIMLERCHRYSLER
FINANCIAL SERVICES
002-311-004-80 MCCULLEY JOHN R
1,127.89
002-424-003-00 ELEZOVIC NIKOLA
706.55
ELEZOVIC PASHKA
*GOGOLIN HELEN S
002-424-004-00 ELEZOVIC NIKOLA
3,491.51
ELEZOVIC PASHKA
*GOGOLIN HELEN S
*FEDERAL LAND BANK
002-424-008-00 ELEZOVIC NIKOLA
1,097.66
ELEZOVIC PASHKA
*GOGOLIN HELEN S
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
Property # Owner *Parties of Interest Amount Due
002-427-003-00 SMITH ROBERT J
601.62
*SMITH MRS. ROBERT J
002-436-016-00 ALLEN ROBERT
219.46
ALLEN DIANNE
002-503-002-00 LOVEGROVE TERRY
5,336.75
LOVEGROVE SHERRY
002-503-004-00 LOVEGROVE TERRY
606.57
*LOVEGROVE SHERRY
002-600-017-10 EMERY PATRICK M
1,614.30
*MATYCICH DELORES
*MATYCICH EDWARD F
002-600-033-00 STEPHENS MATTHEW
1,996.97
STEPHENS JOY ANN
002-600-037-00 BIGGER DANIEL J
1,303.30
003-003-027-00 TASSIER MICHAEL
2,705.25
TASSIER KATHERINE
*TASSIER SANDRA J
*TASSIER STEPHEN
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
003-006-011-10 POLLARD PATRICK A
4,562.27
*TAYLOR BARBARA
*TAYLOR FRANK H
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*UNEMPLOY INSURANCE AGENCY
003-202-004-00 RAICH SAM N
930.08
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*GRIFFIN DANIEL S
*GRIFFIN MICHELLE M
003-202-007-00 RAICH SAM N
613.26
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
003-230-045-00 MCINTIRE CARL F
1,224.42
003-231-036-00 REID MICHAEL K
8,078.16
*CAPITOL NATIONAL BANK
003-232-008-10 ALEXANDER ROBERT T
2,847.95
*BANK OF AMERICA NA
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
003-232-008-20 ALEXANDER ROBERT T
863.54
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*HITCHENS JOHN D
003-232-008-30 ALEXANDER ROBERT T
869.21
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*HITCHENS JOHN D
003-232-008-40 ALEXANDER ROBERT T
733.12
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*HITCHENS JOHN D
003-233-017-00 NORRIS JACKLYN M
3,166.85
003-233-028-10 MCLEOD GREGORY L
338.73
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
003-233-062-10 MANSFIELD ALFRED G
504.80
*MANSFIRLED MRS ALFRED G
003-301-036-00 HETZNER STEVEN ALAN
775.34
003-301-043-00 HEATH EDWARD S
342.94
HEATH DOROTHY
003-303-003-00 KNAPP SUZANNE M
857.61
*ISGRIG CAROL A WALKER
003-405-011-20 SCHAFF DONNA M
775.33
ESTATE OF WILLIAM SHERMAN ROWE
Thursday, December 19, 2013
NOTICE
of Show Cause Hearing and Judicial Foreclosure
Hearing Non-Payment of Property Taxes
Property #
Owner *Parties of Interest
Amount Due
Property # Owner *Parties of Interest Amount Due
003-405-012-00 SCHAFF DONNA M
2,554.26
ESTATE OF WILLIAM SHERMAN ROWE
003-406-008-00 THOMPSON KIMBERLEE
2,981.84
003-410-027-00 LATOUR SHIRLEY A ETAL
596.58
HAWES SHARON D
LANDERVILLE LUCIAN A
LATOUR EDWARD R
LATOUR TERRY L
LATOUR SHIRLEY ESTATE
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
003-421-005-20 JOLLINEAU BARBARA ANN 877.43
003-421-019-10 POLLARD CHRISTINE F
510.72
003-424-010-00 FISCHER DANYA L
4,567.90
*TAYLOR FRANK H
003-425-021-00 DUNCAN KURT
1,606.38
DUNCAN MARY
003-425-021-20 DUNCAN KURT
2,206.44
DUNCAN MARY
003-428-005-20 FRANCIS JAMES A
400.94
003-428-006-00 FRANCIS JAMES A
1,156.06
003-436-031-00 TASSIER MIKE
4,304.91
ENRIGHT THEODORE D
TASSIER MIKE & KATHERINE TRUST
TASSIER KATHERINE A
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*UNEMPLOY INSURANCE AGENCY
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
003-436-034-00 POLLARD PATRICK A
664.17
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*UNEMPLOY INSURANCE AGENCY
003-436-036-00 POLLARD PATRICK A
1,613.19
*TAYLOR BARBARA
*TAYLOR FRANK H
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*KARLSTROM S OLOF
*MAYNARD OLIVIA P
*UNEMPLOY INSURANCE AGENCY
003-436-065-00 HARRISON NATHAN
2,546.77
HARRISON PAMELA
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
003-500-002-00 KASPER MICHAEL T
2,773.62
KASPER NANCY K
003-500-003-00 KASPER CHESTER S JR ETAL 323.83
VANDUSEN PATRICIA ANN
003-525-018-00 SAMPLES MARTHA A
1,191.75
SAMPLES VIRGINIA
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
003-530-018-00 HARRISON NATHAN
1,109.39
HARRISON PAMELA
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
*YOUNG JAMES A
*FISHER JOHN J
003-530-019-00 HARRISON NATHAN G
7,687.76
HARRISON PAMELA J
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
003-530-031-00 RTA ENTERPRISES LLC
870.96
*BANK ONE N.A.
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
003-585-010-10 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
596.02
SCHAEFFER DONNA M
SCHAEFFER RICHARD C
*CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY
*SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN
*NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
003-585-051-36 MOOREHEAD THOMAS
1,776.96
MOORHEAD MARJORIE E
003-585-051-38 MOOREHEAD THOMAS
1,776.96
MOORHEAD MARJORIE E
003-585-051-40 ADKINS LARRY C
410.27
*ADKINS MRS LARRY C
003-630-006-00 AUTORE GUY A JR
3,584.63
AUTORE RECECCA L
*BANK ONE, N.A. RETAIL LOAN SVCING
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
003-675-002-00 C & E LAND COMPANY
620.00
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
003-710-001-10 DENDEL ROBERT C
2,617.56
HAHN KATHERINE A
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
003-710-003-00 DENDEL ROBERT
3,313.28
DENDEL CATHERINE A
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
003-710-006-00 RHOADS STEPHEN G ETAL 3,064.54
RHOADS LORI A
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
004-314-005-00 TRAVER GARY M
2,227.85
TRAVER DONNA ESTATE OF
*JACKSON BONNIE JEAN
004-316-071-00 CANTERUCCI LINDA
732.48
*MERS
004-317-007-50 STERNBERG MARK LEWIS 1,109.33
*MARQUETTE GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC
004-317-008-00 STERNBERG
MARK LEWIS ETAL
1,215.70
STERNBERG ELEANOR
*MARQUETTE GENERAL HOSPITAL
004-410-003-00 RODGERS DIANA ETAL
1,974.73
DERIK RODGERS
TINA RODGERS
004-421-011-00 WILLIAMS MICHAEL EARL 552.95
*NOLA L SOBLESKEY
*WILLIAM B SOBLESKEY
004-422-003-00 KORENICH PHILLIP
1,796.00
KORENICH MARY ELLEN
*HUGHES WESTFALLS SURGE LLC
004-550-007-00 KOZAK KATHRYN USITALO
LIV TRUS
4,457.69
KOZAK THOMAS TRUSTEE
KOZAK KATHRYN JEAN USITALO
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
004-630-003-00 MASSEY DIANE M
717.15
004-630-004-00 MASSEY DIANE M
322.91
004-700-106-00 MARTINUS STEPHEN A
644.48
*HIAWATHA SPORTSMANS CLUB
004-700-235-00 LEE MARTHA M
347.42
*HIAWATHA SPORTSMANS CLUB
004-720-254-00 WATTS RALPH RDF
373.35
WATTS BETH BROWN
*HIAWATHA SPORTSMANS CLUB
004-720-256-20 KOBY JEANNIE C
473.36
*HIAWATHA SPORTSMANS CLUB
004-740-217-00 VERCRUYSSE LAUREN J
347.42
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*HIAWATHA SPORTSMANS CLUB
004-760-045-00 GALARNEAU CHRISTINE
345.00
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*GALANEAU ALBERT H ESTATE OF
*HIAWATHA SPORTSMANS CLUB
004-780-242-15 WILSON KENNETH
2,029.31
WILSON SHARON
*HIAWATHA SPORTSMANS CLUB
004-780-308-00 LEE MARTHA M TRUSTEE 493.16
LYNN RUSSELL D
*LYNN HARVEY W
*HIAWATHA SPORTSMANS CLUB
004-820-049-00 WALDECKER JOSEPH JR
416.45
004-820-050-00 FOWLER TERESA K
804.39
*FOWLER SAMUEL J
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
005-003-021-00 SPENCER BETSY J
711.62
005-003-022-00 SPENCER BETSY J
364.74
005-004-009-00 NIGHTLINGER KELLIE
1,872.20
NELSON RUSSELL D
*MBANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
006-575-008-00 MAURER MARY BETH ETAL 1,030.43
*POWERS ANNE
007-101-003-00 CRAWFORD JEAN R
1,771.73
007-127-002-30 NETTLETON CHRISTOPHER 517.80
NETTLETON ROBERT
*MRS. ROBERT NETTLETON
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
007-132-009-40 FANZINI NELSON P
442.89
FANZINI JAMES N
007-306-007-00 MATLOCK CHRYSTAL
719.26
*MATLOCK JASON
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. IGNACE
007-306-010-00 MATLOCK CHRYSTAL
1,147.85
*MATLOCK JASON
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. IGNACE
007-405-007-10 BLACK KENNETH J
1,622.28
*BLACK GENE
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
007-405-015-00 MORAN KRISTEN L
820.23
*WEJROWSKI MARY MARGARET
007-409-001-30 C & E LAND CO
592.22
007-411-056-00 LEVAY FRANK J
410.39
LEVAY MICHAEL C
007-424-001-00 EMERY MICHAEL ETAL
1,024.03
CHARD MARVIN J
SPENNY MICHAEL E
007-431-007-00 O’HEARN EARL
929.23
O’HEARN GARY EARL
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
007-750-195-00 THURSTON JAMES S
491.16
THURSTON MARTHA J
007-800-042-00 SPENNY ERIE D JR
1,642.01
*MRS. ERIE SPENNY
008-012-006-00 MCLEAN WILLIAM R
775.31
*MCLEAN MRS. WILLIAM R
008-012-011-00 MCGREEVY MARY P
1,813.46
*COUNTY OF MACKINAC
*CACH LLC
008-014-007-00 ORTMAN LEE
419.82
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
008-015-022-00 ORTMAN LEE
4,938.27
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
008-023-019-00 ORTMAN LEE
2,867.51
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
008-038-007-00 WARREN ROBERT
1,835.79
WARREN MARCEIL H
008-051-003-00 CAMPBELL WILLIAM J
530.01
CAMPBELL KATHY L
008-078-042-10 BEATO JOHN
571.07
008-100-023-60 SNYDER JULIE
1,207.72
008-100-024-50 LASLEY SHARRON
919.06
008-100-034-86 SNYDER JULIE
576.72
008-100-034-92 LASLEY SHARRON
470.26
008-100-068-20 BROWN HERBERT
435.23
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
008-100-126-00 GROTE ROSEMARY
523.18
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*THE BANK OF NEW YORK
008-100-151-00 RICKLEY ROGER ETAL
827.42
*SAULT STE MARIE
TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS
008-100-156-00 MCGREEVY MARY
591.79
MCGREEVY WILLIAM
*CACH LLC
008-100-156-10 MCGREEVY MARY
1,374.05
*OLD KENT BANK
*CACH LLC
008-520-009-50 GLOBAL LEGAL
RESOLUTION INC
5,542.07
*CBA INV INC
008-520-010-50 HUGHES BETTY S
5,903.35
*CBA INV INC A
FLORIDA CORPORATION
*TOPP LAW PLC
008-740-007-65 LASLEY SHARRON
302.97
009-104-003-00 NICHOLSON DAN
826.73
NICHOLSON BERTHA ESTATE
NICHOLSON BERTHA
*C & E LAND CO
*NICHOLSON ARTHUR L ESTATE
009-108-005-00 BAXTER BONNIE
537.46
BAXTER LAWRENCE
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
009-122-001-10 ESTATE OF TOBIAS JAMES L 1,522.17
ESTATE OF TOBIAS SHARON
009-219-003-30 BURTON FREDERICK G
1,210.86
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
*STATE OF MICHIGAN - DLEG
*BURTON FREDERICK G MRS
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
009-303-001-00 MACKINAC TRIBE
BANDS OF CHIPPEWA
1,816.75
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
009-412-016-30 BURTON FREDERICK G
867.22
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
*STATE OF MICHIGAN - DLEG
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*MRS. FREDERICK G. BURTON
009-421-001-00 BURTON FREDERICK G
610.14
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
*STATE OF MICHIGAN - DLEG
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*MRS. FREDERICK G. BURTON
009-425-010-00 BULLARD CATHY M
1,470.21
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
*MAYHEW ORVILLE G
*MAYHEW CHARLO M
009-429-002-10 KING STEPHEN F
522.58
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
009-429-010-00 GIBBONS RAYMON
3,195.82
GIBBONS SALLY
*GOLD ARTHUR
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
*GOLD ARTHUR MRS
009-429-011-25 SMITH DOUGLAS D
472.41
BEAVER BAY COTTAGES LLC
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
Thursday, December 19, 2013
NOTICE
of Show Cause Hearing and Judicial Foreclosure
Hearing Non-Payment of Property Taxes
Property #
Owner *Parties of Interest
Amount Due
009-434-002-50 LANDINO TIMOTHY F
963.87
LANDINO COLLEEN D
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
009-434-002-51 LANDINO TIMOTHY F
988.65
LANDINO COLLEEN D
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
009-434-002-52 LANDINO TIMOTHY F
988.65
LANDINO COLLEEN D
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
009-434-002-53 LANDINO TIMOTHY F
884.94
LANDINO COLLEEN D
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
009-434-002-54 LANDINO TIMOTHY F
884.94
LANDINO COLLEEN D
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
010-007-006-40 ROGERS GAYLE A
1,929.60
FAIR GARY
FAIR GAYLE
FAIR GARY L
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
010-105-017-40 ZELLAR JOHN W
3,201.94
ZELLAR BARBARA A
*THE MINERS STATE BANK
*SUPERIOR 8 MOTELS INC
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
010-108-001-70 ZELLAR JOHN JR
395.89
ZELLAR BARBARA
*THE MINERS STATE BANK
*SUPER 8 MOTELS, INC
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
010-108-008-00 ZELLAR JOHN W ETAL
6,495.70
BARBARA A. ZELLAR
JAMES E. SCHROEDER
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*SUPERIOR 8 MOTELS INC
010-108-013-00 ZELLAR JOHN ETAL
815.74
BARBARA A. ZELLAR
JAMES E. SCHROEDER
*SUPERIOR 8 MOTELS INC
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
010-113-070-00 SEBESTYEN JOHN JR
576.41
010-114-004-00 BURTON PETE D
5,021.59
BURTON MARGARET K
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
*NELSON DANIEL RUPP
*SHERMAN KELLY W
*SHERMAN PATRICIA A
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
010-118-006-00 ZELLAR JOHN W
564.94
ZELLAR BARBARA
*SUPERIOR 8 MOTELS INC
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
010-127-003-30 C & E LAND COMPANY
2,594.99
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
010-127-005-15 C & E LAND CO ETAL
303.81
*STACK LUMBER COMPANY
010-130-005-00 TUTTLE STEVEN O
452.18
TUTTLE MARY B
010-130-016-10 SLOCUM BARBARA J
327.16
010-133-006-00 C & E LAND COMPANY
707.96
*STACK LUMBER COMPANY
010-134-002-10 LORENCZ DANIEL
3,399.94
LORENCZ MARY
*COMMUNITY STATE BANK
OF ST. CHARLES
*STACK LUMBER COMPANY
010-350-006-00 ELLIS TRUDY L
2,756.75
ELLIS JONATHAN EDWARD
010-360-010-00 GOULD ROSCOE
1,576.73
GOULD CAROL M
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
*NORTH COUNTRY MORTGAGE
COMPANY LLC
010-380-005-10 GOULD NORMAN E
1,022.37
GOULD ROSCOE L
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
*GOULD MRS. ROSCOE
010-420-005-00 HERMANSON RONALD J
2,672.10
HERMANSON MARY L
*GIBLER ROMAYNE
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
010-580-071-00 C & E LAND COMPANY
532.72
010-730-001-00 CARPENTER DALE
762.89
CARPENTER MARY
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. IGNACE
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
010-730-002-00 HOMBERGER STEPHEN
1,564.30
HOMBERGER BRIDGET
HOMBERGER DONNA B
*STACK MINERAL COMPANY
010-740-008-00 VOS HAROLD
1,883.04
VOS LINDA
SOUTH MANISTIQUE
SHORE RESORT ASSOC
*STACK LUMBER COMPANY
011-030-009-00 TAMLYN MICHAEL G
2,430.22
*DISCOVER BANK
*COUNTY OF MACKINAC
*MRS. MICHAEL G TAMLYN
011-030-019-20 EVANS KEVIN
1,196.08
EVANS TINA
*GRONDIN CHARLES FLOYD
*GRONDIN HILDA
*HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP III
*ROBERTSON VIVA MARION
*MICHIGAN STATE HOUSING
DEVELOP AUTH
011-101-002-00 TAYLOR FRANK H
848.00
HARRISON PAMELA J
HARRISON NATHAN G
*PAYNE & DOLAN INC
*TAYLOR BARBARA
*TAYLOR FRANK
011-101-013-00 SIMMONS DONALD
1,064.12
SIMMONS BEVERLY
011-101-014-00 SIMMONS DONALD
526.50
SIMMONS BEVERLY
011-102-005-30 PORTER MELISSA M
1,152.33
*HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
011-113-017-00 C & E LAND COMPANY
761.80
011-130-003-10 COOK THERESA L
559.08
COOK JOHN L
011-130-003-20 COOK JOHN
473.12
COOK THERESA L
011-130-022-00 STIFFLER DANIEL
1,486.62
STIFFLER ELIZABETH
011-223-008-10 HARRISON NATHAN G
625.93
HARRISON PAMELA J
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. IGNACE
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
011-225-006-00 CARR MATTHEW D
459.55
CARR SHARRON
011-225-007-00 BLACKWOOD JEREMY
424.80
*BLACKWOOD MRS JEREMY
011-236-005-00 TAYLOR FRANK H
606.04
HARRISON NATHAN G
HARRISON PAMELA J
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*TAYLOR BARBARA
Property # Owner *Parties of Interest Amount Due
011-336-007-30 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 632.78
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
011-336-011-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 2,064.10
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*MICHIGAN OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
011-550-016-00 FULGENZI NANCY INC
656.35
FULGENZI NANCY
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
*MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT INC
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
011-550-094-00 FULGENZI NANCY INC
7,741.76
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
*MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT INC
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*FULGENZI NANCY
011-550-110-00 FULGENZI NANCY
7,135.74
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
*MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT INC
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
011-550-116-10 FULGENZI NANCY
435.66
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT INC
*MICHIGAN DEPT OF TREASURY
011-650-001-30 DANIELSON ERIC J
1,830.58
DANIELSON MARCIE M
*MIDLAND FUNDING LLC
*GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC
051-440-018-00 STRAITS TRANSIT INC
10,757.18
*UNION SAVINGS BANK
*790 WALDEN LLC
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
051-440-019-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 27,128.58
051-525-039-00 STRAITS TRANSIT INC
9,927.03
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
051-550-051-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 21,346.76
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
*DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
051-550-051-20 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 13,881.68
051-550-058-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 34,209.82
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
051-550-064-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 41,493.39
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
051-756-035-00 JONES EDWARD R
1,065.27
JONES COLETTE R
051-758-023-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 1,826.23
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-002-001-15 ARNOLD TRANSIT CO
11,344.57
052-006-030-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 1,121.63
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-006-046-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 5,548.08
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-011-019-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 2,358.56
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-012-001-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 5,353.88
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
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NOTICE
of Show Cause Hearing and Judicial Foreclosure
Hearing Non-Payment of Property Taxes
Property #
Owner *Parties of Interest
Amount Due
052-012-002-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 446.34
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-107-006-00 MACKINAC ABSTRACT
& TITLE CO
4,081.05
052-140-008-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 2,806.77
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-140-011-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 1,208.26
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-140-013-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 834.77
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-180-031-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 6,011.22
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-180-040-00 ARNOLD TRANSIT CO
1,200.75
UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
052-180-061-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 909.46
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-180-062-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 1,163.42
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-180-063-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 1,604.10
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-180-077-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 9,263.55
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-180-081-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 39,803.98
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-180-082-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 10,679.78
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-200-005-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 5,443.51
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
052-200-006-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 11,830.10
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
052-200-010-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 5,249.31
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
Property # Owner *Parties of Interest Amount Due
052-200-011-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 3,404.30
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
052-200-012-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 2,582.66
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
052-200-013-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 8,192.36
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
052-220-001-00 MCGREGOR OIL COMPANY 3,464.10
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. IGNACE
*PRENTISS M BROWN, JR
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
052-220-002-00 MCGREGOR OIL COMPANY 1,342.68
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. IGNACE
*PRENTISS M BROWN, JR
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
052-220-003-00 MCGREGOR OIL COMPANY 7,998.15
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. IGNACE
*PRENTISS M BROWN, JR
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
052-220-004-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 3,845.03
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-220-005-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 5,443.51
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
052-220-011-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 48,849.79
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
*CITY OF ST. IGNACE
052-220-045-00 COLEGROVE CAROLYN
1,715.96
*LASLEY MICHAEL G.
052-380-052-00 MARTINEAU PERCY
5,369.74
MARTINEAU LEONA
OLSON WINIFRED
MCCALL ARVILLA
GARRIES BRENDA
JONES SHELBY
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
052-380-054-00 MATHENY CALVIN
4,678.69
MATHENY DONNA
052-400-004-00 ST ANTOINE GAIL
2,488.33
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. IGNACE
*THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT
052-440-001-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 535.97
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-560-067-00 GOODNIGHT JACOB
2,427.82
GOODNIGHT TRACI
*U.P. STATE CREDIT UNION
052-700-009-00 TRADEWINDS MOTEL
2,375.03
SIMONS CAROL A
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*NATIONAL CITY BANK
052-700-051-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 15,057.01
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-700-055-00 UNION TERMINAL PIERS INC 13,503.31
*ANITA R SCHNEIDER
*HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*THE TOOTS FOUNDATION
*STEPHEN SCHNEIDER TRUST
*THE HENRY W SCHNEIDER
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
*MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY CAPITAL LLC
*STRAITS BUILDING CENTER
*DONALD R SCHAPPACHER
052-700-066-00 QUALITY INN LAKEFRONT 64,087.87
DOUD DAVID M
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
*STATE OF MICHIGAN
052-725-005-00 MERIT MATRIX LLC
2,973.11
HUGHEY CYNTHIA
HUGHEY DUANE
*FIRST NATIONAL BANK
052-725-010-00 MERIT MATRIX LLC
2,973.11
HUGHEY CYNTHIA
HUGHEY DUANE
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2,141.94
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
Looking Back
100 YEARS AGO
The Republican-News
Saturday, December 20, 1913
Church Xmas Plans
M.E. Christmas Tree
The M. E. church Sunday school
Christmas tree will be held Wednesday evening, with an appropriate
program of exercises.
Presbyterian Program
It is the time-honored custom of the
Presbyterian church Sunday school to
give an entertainment on Christmas
eve, with a Christmas tree and treat
for the children. This will take place
as usual on Wednesday evening.
The following is a synopsis only of
the program to be given. The entertainment will be followed by the
usual treat for the children. Of course,
Santa will be there sometime during
the program. The usual collection
will be taken, which will be used to
help defray the expense of the treat.
About fifteen boys and girls in
the primary department will give a
variety of recitations, dialogues,
songs, etc.
Seven or eight girls in class No.
2 will furnish quite a number of
recitations.
Several pupils from classes No 4
and 6 will render a short cantata entitled, Peace on Earth.
Other songs and recitations will
be part of the program.
Episcopal Church
On Christmas even, children’s exercises, with a Christmas tree, will be
held in the rectory. All are invited.
On Christmas morning, at 10:30,
there will be festal matins, with special music and sermon.
The church is to be appropriately
decorated for the Christmas season.
St. Ignatius’ Church
The customary midnight mass
will be celebrated Christmas eve.
As the congregation assembles, carols will be sung by the choir.
A brief sermon will be preached,
and the collection at this mass, as at
all the masses on Christmas day, will
be for the benefit of the orphans of
the diocese. This is always the case;
and such an appropriate charity must
appeal not only to Catholics but to
their Protestant friends also who
enjoy participation in this service.
The music of the mass is a semiclassical work, Farmer’s mass in B
flat, arranged for liturgical use, rendered by choir and orchestra.
The other masses of the day will
be at 8 and 10 a.m., usual hours for
Sundays.
Swedish-Lutheran
The Swedish-Lutheran congregation are planning to hold their
Christmas tree on the Sunday following Christmas day. At present,
their minister is seriously – it is
feared, hopelessly – ill and they will
not have service.
•••
Mrs. Burton, sr., who keeps house
for one of her sons at Moran but was
visiting in the city, fell on Maloney
hill, below the railroad track, Sunday,
breaking two bones of her ankle.
She was in the road and was passing on to the sidewalk when she
slipped in crossing the gutter. City
Marshal Moore saw her fall and went
to her assistance, getting her to the
boarding house at the foot of the hill,
when Dr. Sherk was summoned. She
has been taken home to Moran.
Mrs. Burton is very advanced in
years, 86 or so, but is bearing up well.
•••
The Hammer building on State
street, opposite the city hall, has been
sold by the owner to Joseph Routhier
who has been conducting a billiard
room, restaurant and lunch counter in
the Highstone building near by. The
purchaser will move into and occupy
his newly acquired property for the
same purposes. The consideration is
understood to have been $800; the
sale was negotiated through the
friendly office of Wm. McEvers.
•••
Surveyor C. W. Whiteside, carrying
the implements of his profession, went
to Bois Blanc Wednesday evening.
•••
Dr. Zimmerman Ross, city health
officer, reported three cases of
measles in the city Monday.
•••
The city schools, both public and
academy, will take two weeks vacation over Christmas and New Year’s.
•••
W. J. Embury, deputy sheriff from
Rexton, was a caller Tuesday. He is
SEEKING BIDS
City of St. Ignace Recreation Department
The City of St. Ignace Recreation Department is seeking bids to install
rubber flooring in the fitness center at Little Bear East Arena.
Specifications are available at Little Bear East Arena.
Bids are due on December 27, 2013 by 3 p.m. at the City Clerk’s Office
at 396 N. State Street, St. Ignace.
The city reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.
PUBLIC AUCTION
City of St. Ignace Police Department
The City of St. Ignace Police Department will be holding a Public
Auction on abandoned vehicles. The auction will be held on Friday,
December 20, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at George’s Salvage Yard at 500 First
Street, St. Ignace, Michigan. Bidders will have one hour before the
auction to view the vehicles. The vehicles will be sold in “as is” condition. Payment due on date of sale. No personal checks. The following
vehicles will be offered up for auction with the listed minimum bid:
2004 Buick Rendezvous
2005 Tundra TV
Minimum bid $1,050.00
Minimum bid $2,500.00
The St. Ignace City Police Department reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Mackinac County
Proposed FY2014 Budget
The Mackinac County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public
Hearing on the proposed FY2014 budget on Monday, December 30,
2013 at 4:30 p.m. The hearing will take place at the Annex Building,
Board Meeting Room, 100 S. Marley Street, St. Ignace, MI 49781.
The proposed budget is on file at the Clerk’s Office for review.
The property tax millage vote proposed to be levied
to support the proposed budget will be subject of
this hearing.
Mary Kay Tamlyn
County Clerk
906-643-7300
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at 1:30 PM
Mackinac County Road Commission Office
706 N. State Street, St. Ignace, Michigan
Notice is hereby given of a public meeting of the Mackinac County
Road Commission to allow for public review/comment on the Mackinac County Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the fiscal
years 2014 - 2017. This local meeting establishes candidate road and
transit projects in Mackinac County for the expenditure of Federal
Funds. Transportation projects eligible for funding include transit capital projects and road/bridge construction on roads classified as rural
minor collectors or higher. Interested persons are invited to attend this
meeting to hear the proposed projects and give public comment. The
Region 11 (Eastern U.P.) Rural Task Force encourages public participation in the development of this multi-year program. Questions
should be directed to Dirk Heckman, Engineer/Manager of the Mackinac County Road Commission, at 906.643.7333. Written comments
may be mailed to the County Road Commission office at least two (2)
days prior to the meeting.
one of the ablest and most indefatigable officers along the Soo line.
•••
On Tuesday morning an aggregate
robbery is said to have taken place at
Naubinway. Frank Powlack, a Russian Pole, complained that he had
been deprived of some $70, and he
charged that Tony Cole and Mike
Pablek, also Poles, were the thieves.
Sheriff Kolar learned of the affair
Tuesday morning, just as the carferry whistled for the dock. By an
effort he succeeded in making the
train, but it was afternoon before he
reached Gilchrist. There he met the
foreman of Street & Chatfield’s
camp, where thee men implicated
worked, and from him gained most
of the particulars.
The sheriff drove into Naubinway that evening.
The three men left camp Monday
and went into Naubinway. Powlack
drew his money and the others
wanted him to drink and gamble
which he refused to do, saying that
he had no job in sight and must take
care of his money.
It seems that the best of blood did
not exist between himself and his
compatriots, one of whom then
hauled off and struck him a violent
blow in the forehead. The store
manager interfered – this affray
took place outside the company
store – and rescued Powlack.
Fearing that he would be robbed
Powlack left his money in the company office that night, but drew it out
early and was preparing to leave town
when, he says, the two men again assailed him in the boarding house and
this time succeeded in their design.
Sheriff Kolar could obtain no evidence to substantiate the complaint
of robbery. But he arrested the men
on the charge of assault and brought
them with the complaining witness
to the city Wednesday.
On Thursday a hearing was had
before Justice Reagan who sentenced the two defendants to 90
days in the county jail, without the
option of a fine.
On Thursday, Sheriff Kolar was
called up over the long distance telephone by J. W. Gilligan, the storekeeper at Rexton, who announced that
his place of business had been burglariously entered the night before.
The thieves had carried off a diversity of goods including such a
miscellaneous assortment as razors,
mackinaws, watches, woolen pants,
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2014 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BILL
ORDINANCE NO. 638
THE CITY OF ST. IGNACE ORDAINS:
SECTION l: The Budget of the City of St. Ignace for the fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2014, and ending Dec. 31, 2014, as reviewed and
amended by the City Council, is hereby adopted; and the following
amounts are hereby appropriated for the purposes stated herein;
GENERAL FUND
GENERAL GOV’T:
City Council
City Manager’s Ofc.
Clerk-Elections
Assr’s/Treas’s Ofc.
City Atty’s Ofc.
City Clerk’s Ofc.
Board of Review
City Hall & Grounds
Planning Commission
Profsnl Srvcs. (Audit)
Sfty./Hlth/Education
Total General Gov’t:
26,150.00
128,960.00
2,950.00
40,300.00
22,660.00
218,440.00
1,280.00
43,940.00
00.00
23,000.00
400.00
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Police Department
Parking Law Enfrcmnt.
Fire Dept.
Total Public Safety:
424,810.00
2,390.00
98,490.00
508,080.00
525,690.00
PUBLIC WORKS DIV.:
Public Works Dept.
Sidewalk
Street Lighting
Refuse Coll./Recycling
City Engineer
Total Public Works:
133,400.00
2,280.00
50,000.00
2,500.00
7,500.00
195,680.00
PARKS AND WTRFRNT:
Park Maintenance
Total Parks and Wtrfrnt:
56,560.00
56,560.00
OTHER DIVISION:
Central Supplies
Community Dvlpmnt.
Cont. to Other Funds
Fringe Benefits
Ins. and Bonds
Total Other Division:
3,600.00
65,570.00
140,220.00
161,000.00
9,950.00
380,340.00
TOTAL G/F Approp’s.
1,666,350.00
Maj. St.’s & Trnkln Fd:
Local St. Fund Approp.:
Park Projects\DDA Project:
Zoning/Building Inspection:
Library Fund Approp:
Cemetery Funds:
Debt Svc. Funds:
Bldg. Imprvmt Approp:
Fire Truck Fund:
Recreation/General:
Comm. Ctr. Oprtns:
Golf Course:
DDA General Approp:
DDA Museum Approp:
Museum Store:
Property Management:
Water Fund Approp:
Sewer Fund Approp:
Garbage Collection:
252,870.00
130,100.00
00.00
00.00
127,500.00
6,690.00
66,210.00
9,980.00
15,350.00
81,365.00
212,450.00
118,700.00
252,660.00
73,025.00
92,380.00
12,910.00
1,069,890.00
973,960.00
97,000.00
Marina:
Dock #3 Imprvmnts:
Equip. Fund Approp:
Office Equip. Pool:
Vac. & Sick Leave:
Capital Improvement Fund
TOTAL OTHER FUND:
506,000.00
23,900.00
214,810.00
22,270.00
59,910.00
00.00
Mark Pilarski
by looking at the pay table. Your
example, 9-6 Jacks or Better game
that pays 9-for-1 on full houses and
6-for-1 on flushes, will return 99.5
percent with expert play regardless
of the coin denomination. Combining your skills with incentives
like cash back and other comps,
mathematically, you now have an
overall return greater than 100%,
making it a “positive expectation”
game.
Sadly, hardly any 9-6 Jacks-orBetter machines are on the casino
floor any more. In their place, the
casino now uses a virtual screwdriver and tightens the machine
just by changing the flush and full
house paybacks. By offering an 85 Jacks-or-Better game, one that
pays 8-for-1 on a full house and 5for-1 on a flush, your return drops
to 97.3 percent with expert play,
and less for mere mortals who just
wing it.
Fortunately, with video poker,
paytables are in full view for you
to compare and shop for value
when you change denominations
from nickels to quarters, quarters to
dollars and even higher. Once
again, as a general rule, you will
note that the paytable for the dollar
denomination VP machine tends to
be more generous than the paytable
for the quarter game, and the quarter denomination’s heftier than the
nickel denomination.
My recommendation here, Kathleen, will always remain the same.
Play within your means on machines that offer the best paytables,
use perfect basic strategy, use your
Player’s Card, and over the long
run, you will experience more
good results than bad.
The $1,200 threshold, Sam,
came about 40 years ago when the
government and casino industry
negotiated that specific sum. Prior
to dollar slots, video poker and progressives, you had to be a high
roller playing quarters on a mechanical reel machine to hit a jackpot that large. The $1,200 divide
has never changed despite the fact
that a $1,200 jackpot is now quite
common. With the huge increase of
jackpots today, the casino industry
would love to see the limit higher
since the paperwork is quite time
consuming. Unfortunately, don’t
plan on this happening anytime
soon. If it were raised to say,
$2,500, Uncle Sam wouldn’t be
getting his cut of the lesser jackpots
that are currently being hit.
Allow me, Sam, a quick word to
the wise. Before you fritter away
your taxable win, put some kaching aside for your namesake
Uncle, because when you win, he
wins too!
Dear Mark:
You have stated that “generally speaking,” on slot machines
you get a better return when
playing up in denomination. You
say dollar machines return better than quarters, quarters than
nickels. Does the denomination
on a 9-6 Jacks-or-Better video
poker game pay more on dollars
than on quarters?
Kathleen C.
Gambling Wisdom of the Week:
“Las Vegas is the City of Fish and
Chips. Some poor fish is always
losing his chips.”
~ Hod Shewell, The World's
Greatest Blackjack Book (1980)
On slot machines, Kathleen, yes,
“generally speaking,” the higher
the denomination the higher the
payback percentage. Video poker
differs from slot machines in that
when you change the paytables,
you change the percentage return.
A 9-6 Jacks-or-Better machine is
the same game, with the same average paybacks, regardless of
whether you are playing dollars,
quarters or nickels.
You identify the payback percentage on a video poker machine
Got a question about gambling?
Write to: Deal Me In, P.O. Box
1234, Traverse City, Michigan 49685 e-mail: pilarski@markpilarski.com
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on all taxable property by the City of St. Ignace is to be $1,692,880 or
19.6082 mills based on $86,300,000 Taxable Value which is hereby authorized to be levied in accordance with provisions of the City Charter and
Act 5 of 1982. Of this amount, approximately $1,171,952 of the levy shall
be credited to the General Fund and through capture from all government
sources $265,782 credited to the DDA Fund, subject to the final captured
Taxable Value of the DDA. The amount of $72,751 credited to the Recreation Program and same amount ($72,751) credited to the Library. The
Major and Local Streets will receive $109,644, credited equally.
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CITY OF ST. IGNACE
ORDINANCE
To amend and restate the Development Plan and
Tax Increment Financing Plan for the City of St.
Ignace Downtown Development Authority pursuant to Act 197 of the Public Acts of Michigan of
1975, as amended.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Secs. 10-1-10-30. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT*
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
Secs. 10-31-10-50. Reserved.
DIVISION 2. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY
Sec. 10-51. Definitions.
The terms used in this division shall have the same
meaning as given to them in Act 197 or as hereinafter
provided.
Act 197 means Public Act No. 197 of 1975 (MCL
125.1651 et seq.).
Authority means the St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority created by this division.
Board and board of trustees mean the board of
trustees of the authority, which is the governing body
of the authority.
Downtown district means the downtown district designated by this division as now existing or hereafter
amended.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.302)
Sec. 10-52. Creation of authority.
There is hereby created, pursuant to Act 197, a downtown development authority for the city. The downtown
development authority shall possess all of the powers
necessary to carry out the purpose of its incorporation
as provided by this division and Act 197.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.303)
*State law reference-Downtown development authority, MCL 125.1651 et seq.
State law reference - Authority to establish, MCL 125.1652.
Sec. 10-53. Description of downtown district.
The downtown district in which the authority shall exercise its powers as provided by Act 197 shall consist
of the following described territory in the city, subject
to such changes as may hereafter be made pursuant
to this division and Act "197:
An area in the City of St. Ignace, Michigan, within the
boundaries described as follows:
"Development area" means the property described as:
All that portion of the City of St. Ignace lying within the
following described boundary: Commencing at the intersection of the easterly line of South State Street and
the northerly line of the South ½ of Private Claim No. 9,
thence northwesterly along the easterly line of South
State Street to the intersection of the westerly line of
South State Street and the northerly line of Fitch Street,
thence westerly along the northerly line of Fitch Street
to the westerly line of the former Wisconsin Central Railroad right-of-way, thence northwesterly along the westerly line of the right-of-way to the intersection of the
westerly line of the former Wisconsin Central Railroad
right-of-way and the northerly line of Spring Street,
thence continuing northwesterly along the westerly line
of the right-of-way to the South line of Private Claim No.
19, thence westerly along the South line of P.C. 19 to
the intersection of the south line of P.C. 19 and the east
line of the David Murray plat, thence northwesterly along
the east line of the David Murray plat to the northeast
corner of the David Murray plat, thence westerly along
the north line of the David Murray plat to the easterly
line of the Interstate 75 right-of-way line, thence
northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Interstate
75 to the intersection of the North line of P.C. 19 and the
City Limits line, thence easterly and northerly along the
City Limits line to the easterly right-of-way line of the former Wisconsin Central Railroad right-of-way, thence
southerly and easterly along the easterly right-of-way
line to the northerly line of Reagon Street, thence easterly along the northerly line of Reagon Street to North
State Street, thence northerly along the easterly line of
North State Street to the northerly line of Johnson
Street, thence easterly along the northerly line of Johnson Street to the easterly line of Hazelton Street, thence
northerly along the easterly line of Hazelton Street to
the North line of P.C. No. 19, thence easterly along the
North line of P.C. 19 to Lake Huron, thence southerly
along the shoreline of Lake Huron to a point lying at a
right angle from the intersection of the easterly line of
South State Street and the northerly line of the South ½
of P.C. 9, thence westerly to the point of beginning.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.304)
Sec. 10-54. Board .of trustees.
The authority shall be under the supervision and control of a board of trustees consisting of the mayor and
eight members as provided by Act 197. The members shall be appointed by the mayor subject to approval by the council and shall hold terms of office as
provided by Act 197. All members shall hold office
until the member's successor is appointed.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.305)
Sec. 10-55. Powers of the authority.
Except as otherwise provided in this division, the authority shall have all powers provided by law subject
to the limitations imposed by law and herein.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.306)
Sec. 10-56. Fiscal year; adoption of budget.
(a) The fiscal year of the authority shall correspond
to the fiscal year of the city.
(b) The board shall annually prepare a budget and
shall submit it to the council for approval.
(c) The authority shall submit financial reports to the
council upon request of the council. (Comp. Ords.
1987, § 12.307)
Secs. 10-57-10-80. Reserved.
DIVISION 3. DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN*
Sec. 10-81. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used
in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in this section, except where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
Base year assessment roll means the base year assessment roll prepared by the city assessor in accordance with section 10-84.
*State law references-Tax increment financing plan,
MCL 125.1664; development plan, MCL 125.1667.
Captured assessed value means the amount in any
one year by which the current assessed value,
as finally equalized, of all taxable property in the
downtown development district exceeds the initial assessed value.
Development area means the property described as:
All that portion of the City of St. Ignace lying within
the following described boundary: Commencing at
the intersection of the easterly line of South State
Street and the northerly line of the South ½ of Private
Claim No. 9, thence northwesterly along the easterly
line of South State Street to the intersection of the
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
westerly line of South State Street and the northerly
line of Fitch Street, thence westerly along the
northerly line of Fitch Street to the westerly line of the
former Wisconsin Central Railroad right-of-way,
thence northwesterly along the westerly line of the
right-of-way to the intersection of the westerly line of
the former Wisconsin Central Railroad right-of-way
and the northerly line of Spring Street, thence continuing northwesterly along the westerly line of the rightof-way to the South line of Private Claim No. 19,
thence westerly along the South line of P.C. 19 to the
intersection of the south line of P.C. 19 and the east
line of the David Murray plat, thence northwesterly
along the east line of the David Murray plat to the
northeast corner of the David Murray plat, thence
westerly along the north line of the David Murray plat
to the easterly line of the Interstate 75 right-of-way
line, thence northerly along the easterly right-of-way
line of Interstate 75 to the intersection of the North
line of P.C. 19 and the City Limits line, thence easterly
and northerly along the City Limits line to the easterly
right-of-way line of the former Wisconsin Central Railroad right-of-way, thence southerly and easterly along
the easterly right-of-way line to the northerly line of
Reagon Street, thence easterly along the northerly
line of Reagon Street to North State Street, thence
northerly along the easterly line of North State Street
to the northerly line of Johnson Street, thence easterly along the northerly line of Johnson Street to the
easterly line of Hazelton Street, thence northerly
along the easterly line of Hazelton Street to the North
line of P.C. No. 19, thence easterly along the North
line of P.C. 19 to Lake Huron, thence southerly along
the shoreline of Lake Huron to a point lying at a right
angle from the intersection of the easterly line of
South State Street and the northerly line of the South
½ of P.C. 9, thence westerly to the point of beginning.
Development plan means the St. Ignace Development and Tax Increment Financing Plan for the
Downtown Development District, dated March, 1982,
amended October 4, 1993, and amended December
30, 2013 and transmitted to the city council by the
downtown development authority, as confirmed by
this division, copies of which are on file in the office
of the city clerk.
Downtown development authority means the city
downtown development authority.
Initial assessed value means the 1981assessed
value, as finally equalized, of all the taxable property
within the boundaries of the development area.
Project fund means the downtown development authority project fund as established pursuant to section
10-86.
Taxing jurisdiction means each unit of government
levying an ad valorem property tax on property in the
development area.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.351)
Sec. 10-82. Approval and adoption of development plan.
The development plan is hereby approved and
adopted. A copy of the plan and all amendments thereto
shall be maintained on file in the city clerk's office.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.352)
Sec. 10-83. Boundaries of development area.
The boundaries of the development area as set forth
in section 10-81 are hereby approved and adopted.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.353)
Sec. 10-84. Preparation of base year assessment roll.
(a) Within 30 days of the effective date of the ordinance from which this division is derived, the city assessor shall prepare the initial base year assessment
roll. The initial base year assessment roll shall list
each taxing jurisdiction in which the development
area is located, and the initial assessed value of each
property in the development area.
(b) The assessor shall transmit copies of the initial
base year assessment roll to the City treasurer,
county treasurer, downtown development authority
and each taxing jurisdiction, together with a notice
that the assessment roll has been prepared in accordance with this division.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.354)
Sec. 10-85. Preparation of annual base year assessment roll.
Each year within 15 days following the final equalization of property in the development area the assessor
shall prepare an updated base year assessment roll.
The updated base year assessment roll shall show
the information required in section 10-84 and, in addition, the captured assessed value for that year.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.355)
Sec. 10-86. Project fund.
· The treasurer of the downtown development authority shall establish a separate fund as approved by the
city manager. All moneys in that fund shall be used
in accordance with the development plan.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.356)
Sec. 10-87. Payment of tax increments.
The city and county treasurer shall pay, as collected, that
proportion of the taxes, except for penalties and collection fees, that the captured assessed value bears to the
treasurer of the downtown development authority.
(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 12.357)
Sec. 10-88. Use of tax increments.
(a) The tax increment revenues generated by the development area pursuant to the development plan, as
it now exists or is hereafter amended, shall be used:
(1 ) To pay into the debt retirement fund, for all outstanding debts including bonds issued pursuant to
this plan, an amount equal to the principal and interest due prior to the next collection of taxes, less any
credit for sums on hand in the debt retirement fund.
(2) To establish a reserve account for payment of
principal and interest on bonds issued pursuant to
this plan, an amount equal to one-fifth of the largest
combined annual principal and interest payment due
on the bonds issued, until the reserve account is
equal to the largest combined annual interest and
principal requirement during the life of the plan.
(3) To pay an operating subsidy, including administrative
and operating costs for the authority, including planning,
promotion and marketing, to the extent provided in the
annual downtown development authority budget.
(4) To pay, to the extent provided in the annual downtown development authority budget and approved by
the city, the cost of completing the remaining public improvements as set forth in the plan; to the extent those
costs are not financed from bond proceeds or other
revenues. As a result, the downtown development authority may reserve funds annually to create an encumbered project fund balance to pay for these projects.
(5) To pay the cost of additional improvements to the
development that are deemed necessary by the downtown development authority and approved by the city.
(6) To retain funds necessary for the continued maintenance of all downtown development authority developments.
(b) Any tax increment receipts in excess of those
needed under the preceding subsections of this section would revert back to the taxing units. (Comp.
Ords. 1987, § 12.358).
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Looking Back: from page 22
etc. They had made a clean get away.
W. J. Embury, the efficient member of the sheriff’s force in the
western part of the county, had been
summoned at once on the discovery
of the robbery. His investigation
was proving quite satisfactory to
Mr. Gilligan but the deputy desired
to acquaint his chief with what was
in progress. Sheriff Kolar left the
matter in his deputy’s hands.
Gilligan’s store was formerly the
D. N. McLeod Lumber Co.’s store,
the present proprietor, who was
book-keeper for the company, acquiring it some time ago. It carries
a full line of general merchandise.
•••
In choosing Christmas presents for
the young folks, nothing is more acceptable than a Brownie camera. G. H.
Wickman carries a nice line of these
cameras and will be pleased to show
them. Price range from one dollar up.
•••
The steamer M. T. Green that
loaded at Charles and cleared on
Dec. 4 carried a mixed cargo of lumber, pulpwood, cedar and shingles
for Port Huron and Sarnia, was the
first shipment, so H. Kimball Loud
informed the Republican-News on
Tuesday, sent out by the Loud Lumber company. It had sent out some
wood and minor products but the
Green marked the real beginning of
output for the new concern.
•••
While the copper country strike
has been in progress, two things have
been apparent. One of these is that
the local arm of authority was weak
and unequal to the emergency while
the strong centralized power of the
state was efficient as long as it was
exercised. The military maintained
order; the sheriffs could not. The
other is that the strike was wholly incited by outside persons, having no
residence or interest locally. These
two facts lead to inferences, and the
inferences indicated needed reforms.
•••
These days of trouble from the west
end of the county seem like a mind
renaissance of days when trains were
kept lively with deputies and witnesses and prisoners, passing to and
fro between St. Ignace and Mackinac’s western territory. With men out
of work and wandering round, pot
gangs and other forms of more violent
brigandage may be expected. Such
evils are hard to combat, and they are
expensive to the county, too.
•••
In the 1913 season of navigation
on the great lakes now closing, 20
boats were wrecked, about 275 lives
were lost and 300 or more minor accidents occurred. In 1912, 35 lives
were lost 19 vessels went to the bottom never to be raised again and 200
minor accidents occurred. Now an
estimate places the total loss of the
season of 1913 at about $7,087,000.
This is the biggest season loss ever
recorded on the lakes and is the more
remarkable that it occurred largely at
one time. The total financial loss to
steamers and cargoes aside from this
storm would hardly have exceeded
$1,000,000.
•••
To cut out conversational use of
the telephone, the company proposes
to install meter service in Detroit.
The wires are said to be “saturated,”
to the obstruction of business use.
•••
The Atlantic liner, St. Louis, arrived from Europe Thursday, had
over 8,000 sacks of mail aboard.
•••
The young men of Mackinac Island desire to call the attention of
the public to the Christmas dance
which will be held Friday evening
at the Astor house casino. The following constitute the committee:
James Doud jr., Robert M. Bailey,
Edward W. Chambers, Thomas G.
Chambers, Gerald J. McIntyre.
•••
From Naubinway: The baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Duff had a narrow escape from death Monday night.
The baby had climbed on a chair by
the table where the lamp stood. She
took the lamp and turned it up side
down, it being lit. The chimney fell
off, the oil ran off the baby’s dress, the
dress caught fire and the child was
nearly in a mass of flames when the
mother ran in and grabbed the lamp
and threw it away. Then she pulled the
dress off the baby and extinguished
the fire. Everybody was glad to hear
that the baby was not burned to death.
•••
From Curtis: The lake froze over
the latter part of last week and people are coming from quite a distance to enjoy the excellent skating
that is to be had at the present time.
Whitefish lake is not safe out where
the water is deep.
•••
The Moose, which Dictator Highstone says is the only real live lodge
in town, will put through a class of
25 next Friday night, Dec. 26. There
are to be big doings to welcome the
big class, too – smoker, banquet, and
all round special good time. Every
member is urged to be present. The
Moose is certainly a strong organization and its local popularity, that
came with a rush, has not, apparently, lost any of its initial force.
80 YEARS AGO
The Republican-News
and St. Ignace Enterprise
Thursday, December 21, 1933
Workers on 13 CWA projects received checks Saturday totaling
$13,034. This amount was paid in
to Mackinac county from the federal government treasury as a portion of the money being spent in a
gigantic drive toward recovery.
St. Ignace witnessed one of its
busiest Saturday nights in years as
workers and their families thronged
State street in an orgy of food essential and Christmas purchases. Stores
reflected in full measure and with attractiveness the holiday temper of the
evening as many rushed to buy necessities with the first real cash
money received in months, and for
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Food stores, it is believed, reflected in a most pronounced manner, the influx of federal money as
hundreds flocked to stock up on
supplies for the coming week.
Without much question, business
in Mackinac county received a decided impetus Saturday as CWA
workers began the spending of their
wages. It was an indication of what
is happening throughout the United
States – a long looked for and visualized actuality at last.
•••
An all-star talking picture sponsored by the Ford Motor Co. will be
shown at the St. Ignace theatre on
Wednesday, Dec. 27, both afternoon and evening. Also a good tworeel comedy. Admission, free, but
you’ll have to go to the local Ford
dealer, Litzner Bros., who will give
you a ticket – free. Don’t miss this.
•••
Holiday dancing parties always
feature amusements at this time of
the year here, are well and conveniently scheduled now.
The feature event looked forward
to by practically all dance patrons in
this vicinity is the annual New
Year’s ball staged by the St. Ignace
volunteer fire department. The 50th
annual Firemen’s Ball will be held
this year at Rogers Park on Saturday
night, December 30. Fire Chief John
Moore says that the dance committee has made elaborate preparations
for the affair which will assure its
success in every way. Confetti, hats,
horns, and excellent music will add
to the joy of the occasion.
The booths and cabins at the ball
room are diagrammed for reservations and these can be secured at any
time during business hours at the offices of the First National Insurance
Agency on State street here. Already
a number of the booths have been
spoken for and it is expected that next
week they will be much in demand.
Manager James Fenlon, of Rogers
Park, announced this week that a
special pre-Christmas party is scheduled for Saturday evening. Music
will be by the Michi-Ganders.
A dance is scheduled for next Tuesday night at the Gros Cap town hall.
Being right in the midst of the holiday
season, preparations are being made
to entertain a large crowd.
•••
Captain Asa Wyers, 64, for thirty
years a resident of St. Ignace, died
at his home here, with his son and
daughter at his bedside, last Saturday at 7:30 p.m., following several
months’ illness.
Asa Wyers was born in Deckerville, Michigan, March 5, 1869, the
son of Richard and Susan Wyers. On
July 4, 1892, in Harbor Beach, he was
married to Anna Potter. To this union
four children were born. One son,
Richard, was killed in action during
the World War; David, who now resides in St. Ignace; Mrs. Susan Bunton, who lives in Mt. Clemens, and
Asa, who died at the age of 15 years.
From the age of 15, Mr. Wyers
sailed many years on the Great
Lakes, In his later years he was engaged in commercial fishing. Mr.
and Mrs. Wyers came to St. Ignace
30 years ago where they assumed a
respected position in social and civic
life. Captain Wyers was named to the
St. Ignace Board of Public Works by
former Mayor James Jamieson and
served in that capacity until the municipal electric light plant was sold.
He had been a member of the local
lodge of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
•••
On the final trip of her season’s
schedule, the state auto ferry Straits
of Mackinac left St. Ignace at 4:00
p.m. with several autos aboard. The
large boat was unable to make the
Mackinaw City dock and was forced
to return to St. Ignace with the load
of cars, which were taken across the
Straits by the Chief Wawatam.
•••
From Gros Cap: Fred Pembert’s
contemplated trip to Detroit last
week with a load of Christmas trees
was abandoned because the high
cost of transportation, especially
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF
MACKINAC
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
Decedent’s Estate
FILE NO. 13-7847-DE
Estate of GERALD C.
KESTER,
deceased.
Date of birth: February 7,
1946.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent,
Gerald C. Kester, died
November 26, 2013.
Creditors of the decedent are notified that all
claims against the estate
will be forever barred unless presented to Laurel
LaChapelle,
personal
representative, or to both
the probate court at 100
S. Marley Street, St.
Ignace, MI 49781 and the
personal representative
within 4 months after the
date of publication of this
notice.
Date: December 4, 2013
Prentiss M. Brown
(P11296)
838 N. State Street
P.O. Box 444
St. Ignace, MI 49781
(906) 643-7704
Laurel LaChapelle
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Moran, MI 49760
(906) 430-0251
NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE
This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt; any information
we obtain will be used for
that purpose. If you are in
active military service
please contact our office
at the number below.
Notice under MCL
600.3278: Pursuant to
MCL 600.3278, if the
property is sold at a foreclosure sale under MCL
600.3201 et. seq., the
borrower will be held responsible to the person
who buys the property at
the mortgage foreclosure
sale or the mortgage
holder for damaging the
property during the redemption period.
ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT
FORECLOSURE SALE:
In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale,
mBank may rescind this
sale at any time prior to
the end of the redemption
period. In that event, your
damages, if any, shall be
limited to the return of
your bid amount tendered
at the sale, plus interest.
Default having occurred in the conditions of
a Mortgage made by
JOHN MICHAEL McMAKEN and SANDRA D.
McMAKEN, husband and
wife, (“Mortgagor”) to
mBANK, dated March 4,
2009, and recorded in the
Office of the Register of
Deeds for the County of
Mackinac in the State of
Michigan on April 2, 2009,
in Liber 686, Page(s) 194,
et. seq., with an Affidavit
of Correction recorded on
June 1, 2009 in Liber 689,
Page(s) 257, et. seq., and
another Affidavit of Correction recorded on April
29, 2010 in Liber 704,
Page(s) 466, et. seq., on
which Mortgage there is
claimed to be due as of
the date of this Notice the
sum of $571,509.10,
which amount may or
may not be the entire indebtedness owed by
Debtors to mBank together with interest at
11.0 percent per annum.
NOW THEREFORE,
Notice is hereby given
that the power of sale
contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to
that power of sale and
MCL 600.3201 et. seq.,
on January 9, 2014 at
11:00 a.m., at the West
Front Door of the Mackinac County Courthouse
in St. Ignace, Michigan,
that being the place for
holding the Circuit Court
and/or for conducting
such foreclosure sales for
the County of Mackinac,
there will be offered at
public sale, the premises,
or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage
as follows, to-wit:
Land situated in the
Township
of
Clark,
County of Mackinac,
State of Michigan, to wit:
Parcel 1: part of the
Southeast 1/4 of the
Southwest 1/4, Section
25, Town 42 North,
Range 1 West, described:
commencing at the South
1/4 corner of said Section
25; thence South 87 Degrees 51’ 56” West,
989.45 feet along the
South line of said Section
25; thence North 09 Degrees 15’ 02” West,
276.11 feet to the point of
beginning; thence North
58 Degrees 09’ 32” West,
111.21 feet; thence North
77 Degrees 28’ 14” West,
203.03 feet to the West
1/16th line of said Section
25; thence North 00 Degrees 32’ 23” West,
230.06 feet along the
West 1/16th line; thence
North 87 Degrees 47’ 59”
East, 262.22 feet; thence
South 00 Degrees 32’ 23”
East, 150.06 feet; thence
South 09 Degrees 15’ 02”
West, 195.32 feet to the
point of beginning. Subject to and together with a
66 foot wide easement for
ingress and egress, the
Westerly line of which is
described as: commencing at a 1” solid bar at the
South 1/4 corner of said
Section 25; thence South
87 Degrees 51’ 56” West
along the South line of
said Section, 989.45 feet
to a T-iron stake, being
the point of beginning;
thence North 09 Degrees
15’ 02” West, 307.02 feet
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to a T-iron stake, being
the point of ending.
Parcel 2: part of the
Southeast 1/4 of the
Southwest 1/4, Section
25, Town 42 North,
Range 1 West, described:
commencing at the South
1/4 corner of said Section
25; thence South 87 Degrees 51’ 56” West,
989.45 feet along the
South line of said Section
25; thence North 09 Degrees 15’ 02” West,
473.43 feet; thence North
00 degrees 32’ 23” West,
150.06 feet to the point of
beginning; thence South
87 Degrees 47’ 59” West,
262.22 feet to the West
1/16th line of said Section
25; thence North 00 Degrees 32’ 23” West,
282.39 feet along said
West 1/16th line; thence
North 87 Degrees 51’
56” East, 262.20 feet;
thence South 00 Degrees 32’ 23” East,
282.09 feet to the point
of beginning.
The redemption period shall be six (6)
months unless the property is established to be
abandoned pursuant to
MCL 600.3241a,
in
which case the redemption period shall be the
later of thirty (30) days
from the date of sale or
fifteen (15) days from the
date the notice required
by MCL 600.3241a(b)
was posted and mailed,
or unless under MCL
600.3240(17), prior to the
foreclosure sale the borrower follows the procedure set forth in that
section to establish the
presumption that the
property is used for Agricultural purposes, in
which case the redemption period shall be one
(1) year from the date of
the sale.
The St. Ignace News
As a debt collector, we
are attempting to collect a
debt and any information
obtained will be used for
that purpose. Notify (248)
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MORTAGE SALE
Default having been
made in the terms and
conditions of a certain
mortgage
made
by
STEVEN T. ACKLEY,
husband and ELIZABETH K. ACKLEY, wife of
Mackinac County, Michigan, Mortgagor to THE
HUNTINGTON
NATIONAL BANK, successor
by merger to Sky Bank
dated the 16th day of
March,
2005,
and
recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds, for
the County of Mackinac
and State of Michigan, on
the 21st day of March,
2005, in Liber 598, Page
371 of Mackinac Records,
on which mortgage there
is claimed to be due, at
the date of this notice, for
principal of $243,685.13
(two hundred forty-three
thousand six hundred
eighty-five and 13/100)
plus accrued interest at
2.875% (two point eight
seven five) percent per
annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in
equity having been instituted to recover the
debt secured by said
mortgage or any part
thereof.
Now, therefore, by
virtue of the power of sale
contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the
statue of the State of
Michigan in such case
made and provided, notice is hereby given that
on, the 16th day of January, 2014, at 11:00:00
a.m. said mortgage will
be foreclosed by a sale at
public auction, to the
highest bidder, west front
door of the Mackinac
County Courthouse in St.
Ignace, MI, Mackinac
County, Michigan, of the
premises described in
said mortgage.
Which said premises
are described as follows:
All that certain piece
or parcel of land situate in
the Township of Clark, in
mBank By: THOMAS A.
PEZZETTI, JR.(P45200)
BRANDT, FISHER,
ALWARD & PEZZETTI,
P.C.
Attorneys for mBank
1241 E. Eighth Street
P.O. Box 5817
Traverse City, Michigan
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the County of Mackinac
and State of Michigan
and described as follows
to wit:
Situated in the Township of Clark, County of
Mackinac and State of
Michigan: The North 150
feet of the South 200 feet
of Government Lot 1,
Section 32, Town 42
North, Range 1 West.
Commonly known as:
1525 Pt. Brulee Road,
Tax Parcel No.: 49-003432-003-00.
If the property is sold
at a foreclosure sale the
borrower, pursuant to
MCLA 600.3278 will be
held responsible to the
person who buys the
property at the mortgage
foreclosure sale or to the
mortgage holder for damaging the property during
the redemption period.
The redemption period shall be six months
from the date of such
sale, unless determined
abandoned in accordance
with
1948CL
600.3241a, in which case
the redemption period
shall be 30 days from the
date of such sale.
Dated: December 19, 2013
By: Foreclosing Attorneys
Attorney for Plaintiff Weltman, Weinberg & Reis
Co., L.P.A.
2155 Butterfield Drive
Suite 200-S
Troy, MI 48084
WWR# 10126967
(12-19)(01-09)
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NOTICE
(ALL COUNTIES)
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are attempting to collect a
debt and any information
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that purpose. Notify (248)
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MORTGAGE SALE
Default having been
made in the terms and
conditions of a certain
mortgage
made
by
MICHELLE A ANDERSON and JEREMIAH C
ANDERSON, wife and
husband of Mackinac
County, Michigan, Mortgagor to MORTGAGE
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SYSTEMS,
INC., as nominee for The
Huntington National Bank
dated the 4th day of August, 2006, and recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the
County of Mackinac and
State of Michigan, on the
7th day of August, 2006,
in Liber 632, Page 396 of
Mackinac Records, which
said mortgage was assigned to The Huntington
National
Bank,
thru
mesne assignments, on
which mortgage there is
claimed to be due, at the
date of this notice, for
principal of $84,052.05
(eighty-four
thousand
fifty-two and 05/100) plus
accrued interest at 7.00%
(seven point zero zero)
percent per annum. And
no suit proceedings at
law or in equity having
been instituted to recover
the debt secured by said
mortgage or any part
thereof.
Now, therefore, by
virtue of the power of sale
contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the
statue of the State of
Michigan in such case
made and provided, notice is hereby given that
on, the 2nd day of January, 2014, at 11:00:00
a.m. said mortgage will
be foreclosed by a sale at
public auction, to the
highest bidder, west front
door of the Mackinac
County Courthouse in St.
Ignace, MI, Mackinac
County, Michigan, of the
premises described in
said mortgage. Which
said premises are described as follows:
All that certain piece
or parcel of land situate in
the Township of Brevort,
in the County of Mackinac
and State of Michigan
and described as follows
to wit: Situated in the
Township of Brevort,
County of Mackinac and
State of Michigan: Lots
15 and 16, Block 69,
MAP OF MORAN, according to the recorded
plat thereof, recorded in
Liber 1 of Plats, page 17,
Mackinac County Records,
Brevort Township, Mackinac County, Michigan.
Commonly known as:
W1968 Francis Street Tax
Parcel No.: 49-002-600047-10.
If the property is sold
at a foreclosure sale the
borrower, pursuant to
MCLA 600.3278 will be
held responsible to the
person who buys the
property at the mortgage
foreclosure sale or to the
mortgage holder for damaging the property during
the redemption period.
The redemption period shall be six months
from the date of such
sale, unless determined
abandoned in accordance
with
1948CL
600.3241a, in which case
the redemption period
shall be 30 days from the
date of such sale.
Dated: November 28, 2013
By: Foreclosing
Attorneys
Attorney for Plaintiff
Weltman, Weinberg &
Reis Co., L.P.A.
2155 Butterfield Drive
Suite 200-S
Troy, MI 48084
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Fabry, Chief Judge a
hearing will be held on
the PETITION TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS. The law
provides that you should
be notified of this hearing.
If you fail to appear at this
hearing YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS MAY BE
TERMINATED.
If you choose to attend this hearing and you
require special accommodations to use the court
because of a disability or
if you require a foreign
language interpreter to
help you fully participate
in court proceedings,
pease contact the court
immediately
make
arrangements.
Date: December 12, 2013
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For Sale
SOFA LOVE SEAT, upholstered, wing back.
$25. Phone 906-2925608.
ROCK SALT, ICE control,
Christmas trees, and
muck boots now available. The Feed Station,
West US-2. Phone 906643-6411.
FUTON, LIKE NEW,
black faux leather. $50.
Phone 902-203-5613.
TURCO PORTABLE convection kerosene heater,
20,000 BTU. $50. Phone
906-292-5608.
CHAISE LOUNGER, like
new, black faux leather.
$50. Phone 906-2035613.
SIDE CHAIR, beige upholstery, wood trim. $20.
Phone 906-292-5608.
USED
APPLIANCES.
Warranties included. 610
W. 25th Avenue, Sault
Ste. Marie (behind Big
Lots). Pete’s Appliance,
phone 906-632-6395.
HEAT YOUR ENTIRE
home, water, and more
with an outdoor wood furnace from Central Boiler.
K & A Boilers. Phone 906635-9571.
A Great Place
To Call Home!
L e s C h e n e a u x Vi l l a g e
Les Cheneaux Village Apartments in Cedarville
is accepting applications for 1 bedroom apartments. Rent is based on 30% of adjusted
gross income. Elderly 62 years of age or disabled of any age. For more information call
906-484-3818 or 989-426-0986 ext. 101, or
pick up an application at 57 N. Blindline
Road, Cedarville. Barrier Free Units. This institution is an equal opportunity provider, and
employer. TDD
1-800-649-3777
Located in Michigan’s beautiful Upper
Peninsula. Copper Country Mental Health, a
four-county community mental health center,
is recruiting a full-time Therapist for
Outpatient Services. The position will provide
clinical and crisis intervention services to
adults, children, and families and will include
assessment, development of person-centered
plans, progress monitoring, documentation of
services, and consultation and collaboration
with colleagues and other community agencies. A Master’s degree in social work and full
licensure in Michigan are required.
Competitive salary
with excellent fringe benefits.
Ads
For Rent
CHRISTMAS
TREES:
Large selection of white
spruce, blue spruce,
white pine, Scotch pine,
canaan fir, balsam fir, and
Fraser fir. All sizes and
prices. We also have
wreaths, all at the right
price. McFarlane’s Country Corner, North State
Street, St. Ignace. Open
9 a.m. to 7 p.m., 7 days.
Phone 906-430-0768.
Automotive
WHERE CAN YOU get a
furnished
3-bedroom
home for $20 a day?
Phone 906-643-8035.
MAYTAG
WASHER,
white, heavy-duty. Works
and looks like new. $99.
Phone
906-984-2121.
120 Bluff Street, St.
Ignace.
Recreational
2003 MXZ 600, 3,700
miles, with cover. Excellent condition. $2,900.
Phone 906-430-5418.
2000 MXZ 600, 2,600
miles, with cover. Excellent condition. $2,500.
Phone 906-430-5418.
2011 CHRYSLER TOWN
and Country, 40,000
miles, leather. Excellent
condition. After market
Weather Tech floor coverings. $21,500. Phone
906-430-5418.
BUY HERE, PAY HERE!
Bad credit, bankruptcies,
repos okay! The largest
selection of trucks and
SUVs in Northern Michigan. Visit our new Soo
store! Huron Auto Sales
U.P. across from Kmart.
Phone Rich at 989-3063656. See our ad below!
BAD CREDIT? No credit?
Low weekly payments
available at Tailored Enterprises in Petoskey.
Phone 231-347-3332 or
1-888-774-2264.
Ask
about our guaranteed
credit approval. www.tailoredenterprises.com.
Real Estate
LOT IN CITY OF St.
Ignace on Ellsworth
Street. Views of Moran
Bay. $25,000 o.b.o.
Phone 269-694-1266.
PUBLIC OPEN SWIMMING
Bavarian
Haus
Lakefront
Inn
1067 N. State Street
2-BEDROOM apartment,
15 miles west of St.
Ignace. Near hiking trails.
No smoking and no pets.
Located just a few miles
from Brevort Lake. Phone
906-643-8677 after 5
p.m. for an appointment.
2-BEDROOM apartment
in St. Ignace. Appliances
with washer and dryer.
No pets. References and
security deposit required.
$500 per month. Phone
906-643-7020.
DOWNTOWN RETAIL or
office space in St. Ignace.
$450 per month, all utilities included. Private
bathroom. Phone Mark at
906-643-7482.
2-BEDROOM HOUSE in
Cedarville, newly remodeled, close to town and
school.
Non-smoking.
Phone 906-298-5418 for
more information.
1-ROOM EFFICIENCY
with
microwave/refrigerator, cable television. All utilities included.
$365 per month. Phone
906-643-9195.
ST. IGNACE: New 2-bedroom home, appliances
included. No smoking. No
pets. 1-year lease. References and security deposit required. Phone
906-430-7764.
PUBLISHER’S NOTICE:
All real estate advertising
in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing
Act which makes it illegal
to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex,
handicap, familial status
or national origin, or an
intention, to make any
such preference, limitation or discrimination.”
Familial status includes
children under the age of
18 living with parents or
legal custodians, pregnant women and people
securing custody of children under 18. This
newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which
is in violation of the law.
Our readers are hereby
informed
that
all
dwellings advertised in
this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain
of discrimination call HUD
toll-free at 1-800-6699777. The toll-free telephone number for the
hearing impaired is 1800-927-9275.
AVAILABILITY FOR short
and long term rental...furnished and unfurnished
1-bedroom, 1 bath and 2bedroom, 2-bath units.
No pets. No smoking.
References. We also
have a few vacation
homes/properties for rent
and commercial downtown retail space.Phone
Mackinac Properties, or
visit
MackinacProperties.com. Phone 906-6439242.
(906) 643-8008
Licensed Plumber Needed
$6.00 per visit / per person
For More Information
Please Call
906-643-9595
Benefits Available
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. (most days)
Children must be accompanied
by a parent or other adult.
Solution to Last Week’s Puzzle
Send resume to:
Alice Reynolds, CHRS ,
Human Resources Director,
Copper Country Mental Health,
901 W. Memorial Drive,
Houghton, MI 49931
Send address changes to:
The St. Ignace News
Experienced Machinists
Essential Job Functions:
• Reads and interprets some blueprints, engineering
specifications and/or shop orders to determine machine
setup, production method and sequence of operation.
• Sets up machines with minimal assistance from a
work leader.
• Selects, positions, and secures dies, blades, cutters,
and fixtures onto machine for standard production parts.
• Positions and clamps stops, guides, and turntables
for standard production parts.
• Adjust controls to set and regulate machining factors
such as pressure and depth of ram stroke, adjustment
rolls, blade angle, and machine speed for standard
production parts.
• Locates and marks bending or cutting lines and reference points on work piece for standard production
parts.
• Positions work piece against stops and guides or
aligns layout marks with dies or cutting blades.
• Starts machine and observes machine operation to
reposition work piece, change dies, or adjust machine
settings for multiple or successive passes for standard
production parts.
• Inspects and measures work.
Education & Experience Requirements: (Pre-Hire)
• Pre-employment physical
• Pre-employment Drug screen
• High School diploma or GED
• One year certificate from College or technical school
or 3 years experience using precision measuring
equipment.
This is an excellent opportunity for the right people to
join the team of professionals at our progressive company. We offer an excellent benefit package which
includes: BC/BS Health Insurance with Dental and
Prescription coverage; Life Insurance, Short Term
Disability, Long Term Disability, paid Holidays, paid
vacation time, educational assistance, Incentive compensation and a 401K retirement program. Apply in writing to Superior Fabrication, ATT: H R Manager, 17499
South Dolan, Kincheloe, Michigan 49788 or on line at
www.supfab.com Superior Fabrication is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.
2-BEDROOM apartment
in St. Ignace. $450
monthly. First, last, and
security. No pets. Phone
906-643-8709.
2-BEDROOM
condominium. No pets. Security
deposit. Phone 906-6434000.
HUGE
DOWNTOWN
rooms with water view.
Cable, Internet, phone.
$599 monthly. Phone
906-984-2121. 120 Bluff
Street, St. Ignace.
1-BEDROOM apartment
centrally located in St.
Ignace. Utilities included.
References
required.
Phone 810-965-3192 for
more information and appointtment.
Services
GOULD ROOFING and
Siding, Inc. Free estimates. Licensed and insured.
Phone
906-643-8660.
CAR DETAILING: Interior/exterior, full detailing.
References
available.
Phone Luke Paquin at
231-373-9414 (cell) for
appointment.
WAYNE’S ELECTRICAL
Services, Rudyard, Michigan. Residential, commercial, and industrial.
Service calls. Free estimates. Phone 906-4400177.
CALHOUN Construction:
Siding, roofing, windows,
floors, remodels, garages, cabinets, and trim.
Phone Kevin Matson at
906-430-7196.
Help Wanted
NOW HIRING for 2014
summer positions: Mackinac State Historic Parks
has many seasonal jobs
available beginning in
May and working until
September or the close of
the season in early October 2014: Applications
are being accepted for:
Park Operations Workers, Fort Soldiers, Interpreters, Guest Service
Reps, and American Indian Interpreters at Colonial Michilimackinac in
Mackinaw City; Park Operations Workers, Female
Interpreters, Fort Soldiers, and GSR’s at Fort
Mackinac on Mackinac
Island; Interpreters and
Guest Service Reps at
Old Mackinac Point
Lighthouse in Mackinaw
City; Adventure Tour
Guides and Interpreters
at Historic Mill Creek
Discovery Park between
Cheboygan and Mackinaw City. Pay starts at
$8 up to $10 per hour. To
apply visit our Web page
at www.MackinacParks
.com and complete an
application or phone 231436-4100, or email FEGANK @michigan.gov
for further information.
E.O.E.
MACKINAC
STRAITS
Health System is seeking
a full-time Billing Specialist. Previous medical
billing experience required. We offer competitive wages, a comprehensive benefit package,
and a flexible working environment.
Interested
candidates can apply online
at
mackinacstraitshealth.org. Mackinac
Straits Health Systems is
an equal opportunity
provider and employer.
JMI Reports, Inc. is currently seeking inspectors to complete onsite insurance inspections in St. Ignace/Mackinac County, as well
as Chippewa, Emmet, and Cheboygan counties. Duties include receiving and submitting
reports via online system, measuring, photographing and submitting a preformatted observation report on each property. Experience
is preferred however; those without experience will be considered. Must be able to pass
a criminal background check. Please visit
http://www.jmireports.com/careers to complete the online application. This is an Independent Contractor/1099 position.
Please notify us by phone, fax or e-mail.
Please include your name,
address and a phone number.
P.O. Box 277, St. Ignace, MI 49781
• E-mail: sales@saintignacenews.com
Phone: (906) 643-9150 • Fax (906) 643-9122
GENERAL SUMMARY: Sets up and operates one to
two metal fabricating machines such as a CNC Vertical
Milling Center, Lathe, or large CNC Boring Mill to cut,
mill and drill performing the following duties.
2-BEDROOM HOUSE.
No pets. No smoking.
References and security
deposit. $500 plus utilities. Phone 906-6439210.
DEPENDABLE handyman will do your odd jobs,
carpentry, shoveling. No
project too small. Phone
906-322-7052.
HELP WANTED
DON’T FORGET TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS!
located in Kincheloe, Michigan, is looking for
employees to work 2nd and 3rd shifts.
BEAUTIFUL efficient 1bedroom apartment with
storage. Nice neighborhood. $450 monthly. No
pets. Phone 906-6438709.
DO YOU HAVE FORD
diesel problems? Hard
starting? Rough running?
Losing fluids? We have
solutions! Ford certified
diesel technician, 15
years experience in the
dealership. 7.3, 6.0, 6.4,
6.7 diesels are no problem for us. Tri-County
Motors, Rudyard. Phone
906-478-5331.
MOVING?
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Monday, 1 p.m.
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for more than one
incorrect insertion
of a classified ad.
2 SNOWMOBILES: 2001
700 Polaris Classic, 1997
500 Polaris EFI. Phone
906-643-7888.
SELL YOUR snowmobile
here. (906) 643-9150.
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FIREWOOD:
BEECH
and maple, split and delivered. $80 a face cord.
St. Ignace area. Phone
906-430-5612.
PACIFIC ENERGY wood
stove.
Heats
2,000
square feet. $500. Phone
906-298-0711 or 906643-9124.
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(2 weeks notice required)
located in Kincheloe, Michigan, is looking for
employees to work 1st and 2nd shifts.
Material Handlers
GENERAL SUMMARY:
• Coordinates and expedites flow of materials, parts,
and assemblies between sections or departments by
performing the following duties:
• Arranges in-plant transfer of materials to meet production schedules by reviewing production schedules
and related information and confers with department
supervisors to determine material requirements to
identify what materials and to place materials in stations for production personnel.
• Requisitions material and establishes sequential
delivery dates to departments, according to job order
priorities and material availability.
• Examines material delivered to production departments to verify that it is in the correct location.
• Computes amount of material required to complete
job orders.
• Compiles and maintains manual or computerized
records such as material inventory, in process production reports, and status and location of materials.
• Moves or transports materials from one department to
another.
Education & Experience Requirements: (Pre-Hire)
• Pre-employment physical
• Pre-employment Drug screen
• High School diploma or GED
This is an excellent opportunity for the right people to
join the team of professionals at our progressive company. We offer an excellent benefit package which
includes: BC/BS Health Insurance with Dental and
Prescription coverage; Life Insurance, Short Term
Disability, Long Term Disability, paid Holidays, paid
vacation time, educational assistance, Incentive compensation and a 401K retirement program. Apply in writing to Superior Fabrication, ATT: H R Manager, 17499
South Dolan, Kincheloe, Michigan 49788 or on line at
www.supfab.com Superior Fabrication is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.
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ARAMARK Correctional
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Food Service Associates.
Launch your career with
ARAMARK Correctional
Services! We are hiring
for permanent, full-time
positions to support the
production and service of
food for the Chippewa
Correctional Facility and
Kinross Correctional Facility in Kincheloe. Wages
are starting at more than
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REAL ESTATE CAREER
opportunity:
Coldwell
Banker Schmidt Realtors,
Northern Michigan’s leading real estate brokerage,
has an opportunity for a
career-minded
realtor
who resides in the Newberry, St. Ignace, Naubinway, DeTour Village, or
Cedarville area. Excellent
income opportunity with a
company with superb
training, marketing, and
buyer referrals. Please
phone John Griffin at
906-484-2022 for further
information.
START OFF THE New
Year with a new career.
Contact Liberty Truck
Driving School at 989426-9756 or 888-6025966.
www.libertytruckdrivingschool.com.
WE ARE LOOKING for
several part-time Customer Service Associates
at the St. Ignace Truckstop EZ Mart. Employee’s
primary responsibility is to
provide excellent customer service in a
friendly, pleasant, and efficient manner. Other responsibilities
include:
receives payment from
customers purchasing
items, goods, or services.
Operates equipment to
record sale or payment;
operates credit card machine; checks in vendors;
stock shelves, coolers,
and freezers; cleans interior and exterior of store;
monitors customers during the dispensing of fuel.
EOE/M/F/D/V, Apply by
going to www.blarneycastleoil.com/jobs.
TRI-COUNTY Motors in
Rudyard is a full service
garage that repairs all
makes of cars, light and
medium
trucks.
TriCounty Motors has an
opening for an Auto/Truck
Technician who is not
afraid of personal and
technical challenges. We
offer 4-day work weeks,
hourly wages, paid holidays, paid time off, health
and dental insurance, retirement, uniforms, paid
training, and more. Candidate must: have minimum 2 years experience
in auto/truck repair; have
your own tools; be able to
inspect, diagnose, and repair vehicles; be willing to
share in general housekeeping duties; be willing
to take technical training
every month; enjoy 3-day
weekends. If you are prepared to work 40 hours a
week and can pass a
drug test, apply in person
or mail to Tri-County Motors, P.O. Box 227, Rudyard, MI 49780 or email
your resume to: tricounty@lighthouse.net.
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Happy Ads
Mackinac Grille all
you can eat fish fry, $9.99
or shrimp fry $14.99 all
day, every Friday. Phone
906-643-7482.
Madeline,
Wishing you a very
happy birthday December 19. We hope your day
is filled with joy and lots of
cake!
Love,
D.A., S.I, and W.B.
Maxes,
Wishing everyone a
very Merry Christmas!
We hope you have a
wonderful day.
Love,
S.I.
Toby,
Happy 15th birthday
December 24. We hope
you have a great day!
Love,
Your family and friends
Friday Fish Fry, 5 p.m.
to 8 p.m., at the Moose
Lodge! Enjoy whitefish,
perch, shrimp, chicken.
Homemade pasties for
sale, $3.50.
Gloves, hats, and
scarves = beautiful! The
Pavillion, 180 N. State
Street, St. Ignace.
Hope Chest silent
auction ends Friday, December
20.
Miche
purses, dolls, antique
Estey organ, trucks,
evening clothes, new
leather gloves, framed
art, lead crystal, new riding helmet, sleigh, Darton
compound bow with arrows and case.
Mackinac Grille all
you can eat wings, fries,
and slaw, 7 flavors, $8.99
all day, every Saturday.
Phone 906-643-7482.
When you shop local,
45 cents of each dollar
spent, stays in our community.
Quentin’s
Barber
Shop,
Church
and
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through Saturdays, 10
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all miss you very much
and can’t wait to you are
on your feet again. As
soon as you are able will
go and climb that mountain together all of the
way to the top, so here’s
praying for a smooth
ride!
Your Sister
I n memory of Our Dear Mom
Shirley Latva, who left us
on December 18, 1981
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Wrapped in the purest gold,
Are happy Christmas memories,
Spent with you at home.
As we prepare for Christmas,
Our thoughts will be with you,
You always made Christmas,
The happiest we ever knew.
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On November 17th, 2013 the TheutTherrian Annual Euchre card game between hunting camps took place. In a
close finish, the Theut camp won the
tournament. Pictured from left to right
are Mark Tamlyn, Les Therrian, Paul
Theut and Craig Therrian. Mark Tamlyn
took high hand at 780 points, followed
by Dan Wyers with 700 points. As you
can see from the picture, Les was
happy to take the dog trophy back to
his camp for the next year. Next year's
tournament will be held at the Therrian
camp. We would like to thank the beverage servers Jen and Molly.
Looking Back
Looking Back: from page 23
across the Straits, was prohibitive.
Cecil Smith was appointed head
tax census enumerator for Moran
township. Mr. Smith started Monday to register those over 21 and
expects to be done in a shore time.
Len Thomas, driven Litchard’s
big bus, is now transporting the
men to and from work.
•••
From Garden Hill: The Carp
River school boys from Charles and
also Junior Wiggins helped the Garden Hill teacher get her car through
deep snow drifts. The girls helped
by holding the car down. The service was rendered so willingly that
we wish to give them extra credit.
Weather: Regular Christmas weather. Paul Bunyan has nothing on us
with his blue snow. We had a brown
snow last week.
•••
From Moran: Lieutenant Ross ahs
taken Dr. Carter’s place as camp
physician and Dr. Carter has been
transferred to Fort Brady at the Soo.
Sergeant Floyd Moore and family left Wednesday for Detroit,
where he has been transferred.
Commanding Officer E. A. Mueller
has been transferred to Fort Brady and
Lieutenant Earl Packer has taken his
place as commanding officer.
•••
Captain and Mrs. Brines leave tomorrow for their home in lower Michigan after spending the sailing season
here. Captain Brines is second officer
on the ferry Straits of Mackinac.
•••
Kirke Martin, St. Ignace junior, is
consistently pressing nearer to stardom in athletics at Central State
Teachers’ college. Martin has just
completed a stellar year as field
general of the Bearcat football
squad and is now a serious contender for a forward berth on the
Lodewyk-coached rout squad.
Martin heretofore has confined his
basketball to the intramural loop, but
this year was asked to participate in
the varsity practices and has shown
himself to be of first-team caliber.
•••
University of Michigan press reports show that blends of alcohol and
gasoline, recently advocated, would
give equal power as compared with
straight gasoline, but at an increase
in the quantity required per mile.
A University professor also announces that if women do not reason as well as do men, they are
better at taking hints with the result
that they may more nearly approach
the achievements of men.
The second statement is authoritative from the word of a psychologist. The contention was arrived at
by a simple study of groups working puzzles. What the psychologist
learned form observation of these
groups led him to believe what he
later announced.
•••
Mackinaw City’s highly-touted
cage squad will be seen in action tomorrow (Friday) night when they
meet LaSalle high school’s Straitsmen aggregation on the gymnasium
court here.
The St. Ignace cagers already this
year have suffered a defeat at the
hands of the crack Ferry City five
and are eager to avenge.
Following a haphazard showing
against a strong Pickford team at
the latter place last Friday, Coach
C. M. Fair has been given his play-
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of Fort de Buade
They were mushing their way on a cold December day over the Mackinac Trail. Big Pete Ney
was in the lead, he was hauling the soldiers mail.
George Furlott in the number two spot came
for the trappers furs. The ex-sailor Dell Ahlich
for the same, mushed a team of howling curs.
In a blinding snow and gale force wind, Pete
stopped to rest the teams. He said, if we don’t
find the fort by night they will find us only in
their dreams. Then he mushed them on and
had to make the fort by night. He could tell by
the howling dogs he knew the trail was right
behind him. He yelled to George, we will be
there for Christmas night.
This tale was repeated around many campfires and only by the grace of God it’s a story
of Pete, George, and Dell on the mush to Fort
de Buade.
Eternal rest grant unto them o’Lord and let
the perpetual light shine on them.
by George’s brother Ashcan
ers concentrated work-outs this
week in an effort to erect a defense
that will limit the scoring proclivities that have become a habit with
Desy, Summers and Kreuger of the
Mackinaw City quintet.
In special preparation for the first
home game of the season, the
LaSalle squad is preparing to uncover a cooking offense that is hoped
to cause the visitors difficulty.
•••
From Carp River: Russell Brown
spent Sunday building a bus out of
his truck to transport men to the
East Lake project.
Quite a number of men from here
have started work on the Pine River
project, so most of the unemployed
from St. Ignace township are working.
•••
From Moran: Well, we hear Allenville is going to have two
liquor stores. And Moran only
one. I guess there are more Democrats in Allenville than there
are in Moran, anyway.
Dave Erskine went down to St.
Ignace last week and asked for a
card to work on the road, and that
darned Eby told him he was too old
and Dave got mad and told them to
go to —-, and came home.
Sergeant Moore and his wife,
who came here with the CCC’s last
June, left here Wednesday for their
home in Detroit. We dislike to lose
people like Mr. and Mrs. Moore.
Mrs. Moore was a great church
worker and the beauty of her work
was that she thought as much of one
church as she did of another. That
is what I call a Christian. Mr.
Moore looked after the amusement
of 200 young men and it was a big
job to keep that man in an unharmful amusement. We all join in wishing Sergeant and Mrs. Moore a
happy life and kind remembrance.
•••
A return of the horse to the farm,
with his mechanical competitors
being stowed away in the barn, will
probably be seen during the next few
years on American farms, while the
farmer will go in for a wider variety
of crops, predicted Professor H. S.
Patton, head of the economics department, Michigan State college.
•••
Donald McGowan, staff writer
for the Detroit News, learned last
week that Mackinac Island, “The
Fairy Isle,” had been named as
Michigan’s summer capital and his
paper carried a large six-column
airplane view of Fort Mackinac
and adjoining region at Mackinac
Island in the Sunday edition.
Mr. McGowan said that Mackinac
Island is to be visited “as much as
possible” next summer by Governor
Comstock. The Democratic State
Central Committee decided at a recent Detroit meeting that it would
meet once next summer at Mackinac
Island, during the primary campaign
for the United States senatorship and
the governorship.
The Detroit News picture shows
the building of old Fort Mackinac,
Father Marquette’s Park and the residence which in the old days housed
officers of the fort’s garrison, known
as the state’s only “executive mansion,” as well as a few surrounding
houses and a portion of the great
evergreen forest of the Island.
•••
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Island and Mackinaw City, under
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was expected to open our depressed
area to intensive economic development,” Knox and Bennett said. “However, the excessive tolls have kept our
expectations from being realized.”
•••
St. Ignace Lions club on Monday
voted to donate $405 to furnish the
waiting room in the new medical care
facility adjacent to the local hospital.
Supr. Clyde Nelson had requested the
club to participate in the building.
•••
The first real snow removal job
we had this season was last Thursday morning. An easterly storm on
Wednesday and during the night
dumped about four inches of snow
in this vicinity. Plows and shovels
were out in force. Then came another
heavy flurry depositing a few more
inches. St. Ignatius parish school
closed during the storm and parents
were advised to get their children because the school bus was broken
down. LaSalle elementary school
closed at noon. Before the week end
there was snow two feet deep.
•••
Plans proposed by the conservation department of enlarge and develop Straits state park won the
approval of the city council Monday evening despite several protesting discussions.
The department has asked the
city to close portions of Graham
Ave. and Church St. in order that
the expansion program may be accomplished, and has offered a
$15,000 building project to extend
a street to the lake as well as other
considerations.
The public hearing on Monday
was in relation to those agreements.
The city will abandon the requested
rights-of-way providing the department fulfills its agreement.
•••
Attorney General Frank J. Kelley
will send a staff investigator to St.
Ignace this week to check into the
possible discontinuation of the
Mackinac Transport Co. railroadferry service between Mackinaw
City and St. Ignace.
Kelley Monday said he would
“take such legal action as may be
deemed necessary to make sure this
service is continued.
“This service is important not
only to the residents of the immediate areas involved but to all the people of Michigan,” he said.
Kelley was the latest of several
state officials to look into the matter involving the rail-ferry facility.
The Michigan Public Service commission, Gov. Romney and upper
peninsula legislators previously indicated concern.
•••
Plans were announced this week
by the Brevort township volunteer
fire department for its annual New
Year’s celebration to be held in the
Allenville community center on
Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 9 p.m.
•••
Midnight Mass in St. Ignatius
church this Christmas even will be
the 126th consecutive such observance in St. Ignace. The first mass
here was celebrated 287 years ago.
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the control of the Mackinac Island
State Park Commission, has tendered his resignation, to take effect
immediately, in order to accept a
position of responsibility with the
State Highway Department under
Hon. Murray D. Van Wagoner, state
highway commissioner.
The State Park Commission has
accepted Mr. Anderson’s resignation, and announced that there will
be no superintendent named at present to succeed Mr. Anderson.
•••
Tourists numbering 44,315 visited
the Straits state park near St. Ignace
during the season of 1933, according
to the Parks Division of the Department of Conservation. Of this number there were 3,168 campers.
•••
From Mackinac Island: Thursday
night was one of the most peculiar
ever seen here in regard to weather
conditions. In the early part of the
evening a strong wind began to blow,
carrying a heavy snow fall. By midnight the wind had increased almost
to gale proportions, and the snow
turned into hail and sleet. By morning
the wind had subsided a good deal,
and a light rain was falling. Soon after
seven two very vivid flashes of lightning were seen to cut the sky, followed by a heavy rumble of thunder.
Sometime during the night a brown
snow, or dust fell, which is believed
to be caused by some very remote
sand storm of volcanic action.
During the storm an electric
light wire fell, disrupting lighting
service for an hour or so. Needless
to say, it is very unusual to receive
snow, hail, sleet and rain within a
twelve-hour period.
50 YEARS AGO
The Republican-News
and St. Ignace Enterprise
Thursday, December 19, 1963
Representative Victor A. Knox and
John B. Bennett, Michigan Republicans, have introduced a bill providing for toll-free operation of the
Mackinac Bridge linking the upper
and lower peninsulas of Michigan,
The bill authorizes the Secretary of
Commerce to pay the State of Michigan not to exceed $65,953,800 on
condition that the five mile span
across the Straits of Mackinac be
opened to free travel.
The figure is 90 per cent of the
construction cost and is the amount
of federal contribution for which
the bridge would have been eligible
if it had been built as part of the Interstate highway system under the
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.
“The Mackinac Bridge is part of
Interstate Route 75,” the congressmen pointed out in a joint statement,
“and the users of that highway
should not be penalized because the
state, to meet an urgent need, issued
bonds to finance its construction as
a toll bridge before the interstate system of free expressways was authorized by Congress.”
They said that tourists and commercial interests have been deterred
from making full use of the bridge by
tolls ranging from $3.75 for passenger
cars to $15.50 for big trailer trucks.
“Completion of the bridge in 1957
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Mary Suzanne Simonetti, daughter
of Mary G. Dufina and the late Ray
Summerfield, passed away Sunday,
December 1, at Citrus Memorial
Hospital in Inverness, Florida. Suzanne was born on Mackinac Island
and was graduated from the Mackinac Island Public School. She is survived by her husband, three children,
and one grandson. Her brother, Tom
Chambers, traveled to Florida for the
funeral. Sara Bunker, a former classmate on Mackinac Island, also attended the service. Friends may send
sympathy cards to 619 Pine Aire
Street, Inverness, Fl 34452. An obituary appears in this issue of the
Mackinac Island Town Crier.
Jeannie McGreevy, Jennifer Wightman, Carol Erbel, and Brevin St.
Onge all celebrated their birthdays
December 12. Hope you all had a
great day.
Ellen Putnam will be joined by
Luke, Jennifer, and Owen Richard
Shellhorne and Sara Wessel for the
Christmas holiday.
Patty LaPine recently returned
from Colorado after spending the
month of November with her son,
Lee, and family. Her granddaughter, Jane Margaret, will celebrate
her birthday December 29.
Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa is on his way!
Glenn and Deana St. Onge joined
their son, Jason, and Marielle Calcaterra for the Christmas Bazaar
weekend.
We send deepest sympathy to the
family of George Schadel, who
passed away Monday, December 2,
in Buffalo, New York. George was
stationed in the United States Coast
Guard on Mackinac Island, where he
met his future wife, Kitty Bourisaw.
They were married at Ste. Anne’s
Catholic Church 55 years ago.
George is survived by his devoted
wife, Kitty; four children, Mary Beth,
Cathy, Raymond, and Rick, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Sympathy cards may be
sent to the following address: 10 Orchard Place, Buffalo, NY 14218.
May he rest in peace!
We send get-well wishes to John
Fisher, who is a patient at McLaren
Northern Michigan hospital in
Petoskey.
Happy third wedding anniversary
to Andrew and Nicole Doud December 18. Enjoy your day.
At Christmas, all roads lead home!
The third annual Turtle Drop will
be held at midnight Tuesday, December 31, at the head of the Arnold
Dock. It’s a great way to start the
New Year!
Congratulations to Fuller Cowell,
who is employed as a deputy sheriff
with the Emmet County Sheriff’s
Department in Petoskey. Fuller was
graduated from the Mackinac Island Public School and also Ferris
State University. It was nice to see
him at the Christmas Bazaar.
At this time of the year, please remember our feathered friends. They
bring great joy to all who watch
them and listen to them sing. Clark
Bloswick and Ken Hardy report
seeing big owls, and Ken also saw
several eagles, one being a golden.
Congratulations to Danielle Wightman, who will be graduated from
Michigan State University Saturday,
December 14, with a degree in professional writing and history, with a focus
on early colonial studies. Danielle,
who was graduated from Mackinac Island Public School, is the daughter of
Dan and Kathi Wightman.
Happy anniversary to Karen and
Jack Barnwell December 19. Have
a great day.
Charlie Puttkammer suffered a
fall Sunday, December 8, and dislocated his collarbone. Best wishes
from Island friends.
Deepest sympathy to the family
of David Driscoll, who died Monday, December 2, at his home on
Mackinac Island. Dave and his
wife, Pat, worked for several years
at Grand Hotel, and presently at
Mission Point Resort. A memorial
service was held Friday, December
6, at Ste. Anne’s Church with Father Ted Brodeur officiating. John
Kissane provided beautiful music.
Dave is survived by his wife, Pat,
and two sons. May he rest in peace.
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Sunday, December 8, there was an
article in the Lansing State Journal
entitled “Frank M. Fitzgerald Public
Service Awards.” Three students
were given these awards, and one
was Christian Hokans, the son of the
late Greg Hokans. These awards were
based on excellence in academics,
communications, and volunteerism.
The late Frank Fitzgerald served in
the state government, from 1987 to
1998. The awards were given out by
his wife, Ruth, and his son, John
Fitzgerald, at the State Capitol.
Congratulations to Claire Dunnigan, daughter of Candi and Brian
Dunnigan, who will be graduated
early Tuesday, December 17, from
Mount Holyoke College in South
Hadley, Massachusetts, with a degree in International Relations and
a minor in Mandarin Chinese.
Claire will walk with her class May
18, 2014. She will be working before she goes on to graduate school.
Meals on Snowmobile is a great
program and will start in January.
This serves about 30 people twice a
week. If anyone would like to make
a contribution, please mail it to Ste.
Anne’s Church. Any donations would
be greatly appreciated.
Best wishes to Larry and Irene
Rickley, who celebrated their 41st
wedding anniversary December 16.
Hope you enjoyed your day. A special
treat for them will be the arrival of
their daughter, Sara, from Florida, to
spend the holidays with them. Sara
will have a great time visiting her
nieces and nephew.
Please remember the military at
holiday time and pray for their safe
return home.
Jim and Nancy Marks enjoyed attending the Christmas Bazaar this
past weekend. Jim covered the ambulance while he was on Mackinac.
We send special Christmas greetings to Gary and Larry LaPine and
Ruby Bloswick, who are residents at
Evergreen Living Center in St. Ignace.
When Christmas comes “Mid holly
wreaths and snow, the precious gift of
friendship takes on an added glow.”
Congratulations to Bob Tagatz on
being named the Historic Hotels of
America Historian of the Year. Bob
has been coming to Mackinac Island
for many years and loves the history
of Grand Hotel and Mackinac.
At this time of the year, we always
remember our dear friend, Jack Ryerse, who loved Christmas. He would
always wear his Santa hat, beautifully
decorate the First National Bank, and
pass out candy to his many friends.
What great memories.
John Hulett of Grand Hotel always has a great time at the Christ-
mas Bazaar. He left with many
great treasures.
Wishing you all the peace and joy
that this time of year brings!
Saturday, December 7, at 8 p.m. at
the Mustang Lounge, Jason St. Onge’s
band, Tricky Dicky and the Spoonmen, celebrated the release of their
first album entitled “Live at Horn’s!”
A great time was enjoyed by all.
A children’s Christmas party was
held Sunday, December 15, for the Island children. Santa stopped by and
visited all the good little girls and boys.
We appreciate the committee responsible for this event, including Paul
Wandrie, Ellen Putnam, Gwen Bagbey, and Jackie and Dennis Bradley.
With each Christmas card we
write, we see a dear friend’s face
and treasure each fond memory!
The mighty Huron is making
trips daily. It is gaily decorated for
the season with brightly colored
Christmas lights and a lighted tree
on the upper deck.
It’s nice to see Margaret McIntire’s Boardwalk Cottage open for
the season. Her daughter, Mary K.,
arrived from California for Christmas Sunday, December 15.
We send special greetings to Dr. Al
Sibinic, who is in Arizona, Dick
Ruilson in Pelkie, and Mac and
Brenda Armstrong of Canada. Merry
Christmas from Island friends.
The snowflakes glisten as they fall,
and soon the snow will cover all!
We send Christmas greetings to
Albert “Buck” and Alice Sharrow
at their home in Charlevoix.
Happy belated birthday to Declan
Shockley, who celebrated his birthday December 8. Hope you had a fun
day.
The Mackinac Island Public School
Christmas play will be Wednesday,
December 18, at 7 p.m. Come and
enjoy a fun evening.
We wish the Mackinac Island Lakers boys and girls basketball teams
well on their season. Go Lakers!
Happy birthday to Jeannie McGreevy, Jennifer Wightman, and Carol
Erbel December 12, Nancy Pfeiffelman December 13, Rick Linn and
Kennedy Lynn Taylor December 14,
Mandy Wandrie and Herbie St. Onge
December 15, Jane Finkel December
16, and Lydia Porter December
17. Hope you all enjoy your day.
We send get-well wishes to Candi
Dunnigan, who had hip surgery
Tuesday, December 10. Please remember Candi with a card at the following address: 4531 Maute Road,
Grass Lake, MI 49240.
We send get-well wishes to Dot
Gillespie, who has not been feeling
her best.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like
Christmas!
Rosemary Lounsbury attended
the Christmas Bazaar and enjoyed
meeting many people.
Mexican Train is played every
Thursday evening at Ste. Anne’s Hall.
It’s great fun, and everyone is welcome to come.
Happy anniversary to Captain Paul
and Betsy Allers and Dennis and
Jackie Bradley December 28, and Deb
and Mike Carley December 31. Hope
you all have a wonderful day.
Christmas is for giving and showing that we care!
Tim Horn reported that he got
two bucks, a 5-point and an 8-point,
on Bois Blanc Island, and his son,
Tymon, got a 4-point buck. They
had a successful hunting season.
Chief Brett Riccinto’s wife, Nicole,
and children Griffin, Mason, Stella,
and Ryder visited Mackinac Island
this past weekend. His mother-in-law,
Patti, joined the family for the weekend. They will officially move to the
Island Friday, December 20.
Kathy and Jim Smith of Cheboygan had a great time at the Christmas Bazaar.
Dennis Cawthorne enjoyed meeting and greeting friends at the
Christmas Bazaar.
Elaine DeHaan joined her husband, Sid, for the Christmas Bazaar.
They had a great time bidding on
many treasures.
It was nice to see Dave Latva on
the Island Friday, December 6, and
Saturday, December 7, taking pictures for the Christmas edition of
the Mackinac Island Town Crier.
Kathy Wightman visited Janis
Early and the Dan Wightman family
over the Christmas Bazaar weekend.
Melissa Meehan and her daughters, Kylee and Ally, had a great
time at the Christmas Bazaar.
Ann and Bill Taylor of Delta,
Ohio, are frequent visitors to Mackinac and they always enjoy attending the festivities of the Christmas
Bazaar weekend.
Ron Cowell and his family of
Green Bay, Wisconsin, visited his
mother, Peggy Cowell, and other
members of his family over the
Christmas Bazaar weekend.
It was nice to see Marilyn McCready of Cheboygan at the Christmas Bazaar Sunday, December 8.
Marilyn and her late husband, Rollie,
lived on Mackinac Island for many
years and have many friends here.
The Mackinac Island Bible Church
held a Christmas Tea Thursday, December 12, at Johnson Hall. Beautiful Christmas music and wonderful
food was enjoyed by all.
Happy birthday to Sara D. Chambers December 20, her mother, Ada
Mae Chambers, December 21, and
her father, Bud Chambers, December 27. Hope you all have a great
day.
Happy Holidays
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Kelly Bean, along with her daughter, Mackenzie, spent this past weekend on Mackinac visiting her
husband, Mark “Beau” Bielinski,
and attending the Christmas Bazaar.
Happy birthday to Lance Greenlee December 20 and Paul BeDour,
Dee Czapek, and Judy Bynoe December 22. Hope you all have a
wonderful day.
Students home for the holidays are
Arial Leeper from Michigan State
University, Maggie Chambers from
Alma College, Anthony Rickley from
Ferris State University, Jane Finkel,
Tymon Horn, and Leo Horn from
Albion College, Morgan BrodeurBunker and Marie Bunker from Central Michigan University, Shelbie
Mosley from the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio, Onaca Bennett
and Collin Armstrong from the University of Michigan, and Justin Acosta
and Hailey Bean from Lake Superior
State University. Hope you all enjoy
your Christmas break from college.
Happy birthday to Andrew McGreevy, Jason St. Onge, and Tim
Leeper December 24, Hannah
Chambers and Jerry Horn December 25, Anthony Rickley December
26, Richard Bolander December
27, Jim Chambers, Mary Patay, and
Dakota Horn December 29, and Dr.
Carol Erickson December 31. Hope
you all enjoy your day.
Sue Stejskal and Andy Roseenbaum of Vicksburg attended the
Christmas Bazaar. They were guests
at the Cottage Inn and are frequent
visitors to Mackinac Island. Sue
trains cadaver dogs and travels all
over the United States. They enjoyed
all the festivities of the weekend.
Caroline LaPine entertained her
daughter, Cindy, and grandchildren during the Christmas Bazaar
weekend.
Happy birthday to little Jadyn
Rickley, who will celebrate her
third birthday December 20. She is
joined at home by her big sister,
Makayla, and big brother, Anthony.
Peter Marabel and Fran Barger
enjoyed all the festivities at the
Christmas Bazaar and visiting with
Gloria and Bob Tweady, houseguests of Chuck and Marsha Kleber. They enjoyed shopping and
bidding on the auction.
Rick Linn and his nephew, David,
left Wednesday, December 11, for a
two-week vacation in Mexico. Have
fun in the sun.
We missed Kathi Wightman at
the Christmas Bazaar this year. We
look forward to her return next year.
Christmas time is green and red,
candy canes and gingerbread!
Monday, December 9, and Tuesday, December 10, the Island received
a foot of snow, turning Mackinac into
a beautiful winter wonderland, so let’s
go on a sleigh ride. Passing the beautiful Christmas tree on Main Street, it
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
Eager for Christmas Morning, Children Tell Santa Their Wish Lists at VFW Party
Above: Volunteers assemble
lunches of hot dogs, chips, cupcakes, and punch in the VFW Post
kitchen. Paula Garries (from left),
Kelli Morrison, Jenna Theisen, 1,
Meghan Casey, Kathy Schlehuber,
Theresa Jeffreys, Mary Chingwa,
and Deb Predmore are among
those lending a hand. They estimated around 50 children attended the free festivities and said
the turnout was great despite the
snowy weather Sunday, December
15. Food was donated, and the volunteers baked an array of colorful
cupcakes.
Brady Upchurch, 3, mother Traci Tamlyn, and Shaelynn Upchurch,
7, have lunch with their family at the St. Ignace VFW annual children’s Christmas party Sunday, December 15. They eye the cakes they
won during the cakewalk. Other activities included a tossing game
and visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Mackinac Island
Doud: from page 27
truly is an amazing sight with the
sparkling lights reflecting off the
fresh snow. The Christmas star at the
end of the Arnold dock guides ships
through the Round Island Passage.
On each lamppost hangs a lighted
wreath tied with a big red bow.
Doud’s Market, Alford’s Drug Store,
Chippewa Hotel, Island Slice Pizza,
Horn’s Gaslight Bar, Yankee Rebel,
Lilac Tree Hotel, Main Street Inn,
Joann’s Fudge, Murdick’s Fudge,
May’s Fudge, Little Luxuries, Iroquois Hotel, Cawthorne’s Village
Inn, Loon Feather, and the Mackinac
Island Public Library are all dressed
out for the holidays. As we trot along
Lakeshore Drive and look out towards the Mackinac Bridge with its
red and green lights reflecting off the
Straits of Mackinac, a 1000-foot
freighter quietly passes by all, decorated for the season. It truly is an
amazing sight. Turning up Benjamin
Lane, Chambers corner is outstanding with the Christmas display twinkling in the night. Passing by
Andrew and Nicole Doud’s home,
Andrew McGreevy’s, Dwight LaPine and Jeff Shaffer’s home, Metivier
Inn, First National Bank, Kay Hoppenrath’s Cottage Inn, the city buildings and the Stuart House, the
Christmas spirit reigns. Trinity and
By Jeannette Doud
847-6298
Ste. Anne’s Church are ready for the
special season. Heading towards the
Mission, it is very festive, and
sparkling Christmas lights dance in
the winter sky. Going up Mission
Hill and out through the snow-covered woods, it truly is a spectacular
sight, with snow hanging from the
branches like clusters of cotton. Arriving in Harrisonville, you feel like
you’re in the North Pole with Santa.
There are twinkling lights everywhere, Frosty dancing around, Santa
checking out chimneys, and Rudolph
the Red Nose Reindeer ready to
guide Santa’s sleigh. It is truly magical. The Stonecliffe area, Woodbluff, Stonebrook, British Landing,
and the Annex are awaiting the arrival of the jolly old elf. Coming
down Cadotte Avenue, the windows
at Little Stone Church sparkle in the
evening sky. Looking out over the
Little Jewel golf course, the lighted
tree stands stalwart on the ramparts. The thousands of lights on
Chambers corner guide you from the
Orr cottage to Chambers’ riding stable, making you feel like you’re in a
Christmas wonderland. The jingle
bells on the horses put you in the holiday spirit. It’s a magical time of the
year on Mackinac.
Merry Christmas to all the readers of The St. Ignace News.
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On Santa’s lap is two-year-old Oliver Robinson, and his family includes father Josh Robinson (from
left), brother Jonathan Robinson, 8, and mother Sherry Robinson of St. Ignace. They have been going to
the annual VFW party since 2009.
Oliver asked Santa for trains, and
Jonathan wants a video game.
Mrs. Claus helps her husband
Shutting down Turner-Howson
Buildings: from page 13
with distributing presents.
did not lead to layoffs. There were
Having all students in the same fa- retirements last year, and their pocility helps the district offer break- sitions were not replaced.
fast to kindergarten through fifth
A round of layoffs did occur two
grade students in classrooms, and years ago, Mr. Habra said.
grades six through 12 in the cafeteThe consolidation is saving
ria. Most students take advantage of money for the district on several
the program, Mr. Habra said.
fronts, including insurance, heating,
Initially, public concern surfaced and electricity. Also saving money
over housing such a wide age range for the district, the school does not
of students in the same building. run its own library. It relies on the
There are pre-kindergarten students Rudyard branch of the publicly
through 26-year-olds on site. The funded Superior District Library.
oldest students are receiving servThe district will seek a bond in
ices at the Rudyard Area Center, an May 2014 to pay for further renooperation for special needs stu- vations to the roof at Rudyard Area
dents.
Schools. Before that, administrators
Despite the challenges of consol- want to show the public that they
idation, “everyone seems to have had done everything possible to
settled in,” Mr. Habra added.
save money first, Mr. Habra said.
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wishes, youngsters received a gift. Mrs. Claus observed, “The children
seem very excited this year.”
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