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Mackinaw City: Concepts for Dark
Sky Observatory Unveiled, pg. 5
Mackinac Island: City Eyes
Options to Acquire Dock, pg. 5
EUP: Young Scientists
St. Ignace: Ideas Take Shape
Show Off Their Best Efforts, pg. 3
For Sports Complex, pg. 4
The St. Ignace News
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Vol. 135, No. 48
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Published Weekly
News of the EUP and the Straits of Mackinac
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Ambulance Fun on A Frozen Playground Reprieve
Costs Will
Found in
Be Similar
Electricity
Surcharge
By Stephanie Fortino
Patients can expect to pay similar rates
under the area’s new ambulance service,
Cheboygan Life Support Systems, when it
begins April 1. It will replace Allied EMS
and serve the City of St. Ignace, the City of
Mackinac Island, and St. Ignace, Brevort,
Moran, and Hendricks townships.
Cheboygan Life Support Systems
(CLSS) director Dallas Hyde said advanced
life support ambulance runs, during which
paramedics administer medicine, will cost
$700 plus $12.50 per mile. Basic life support ambulance runs will cost $500 plus
$12.50 per mile.
The rates are comparable to the current
ambulance rates under Allied EMS. Area
Turn to page 9: Ambulance
Lake Huron at St. Ignace
Golfers to
Play on Ice
The St. Ignace U.P. Ice Golf Scramble
will take to the ice of Lake Huron Saturday,
February 28. A new event, the Glow Ball
Challenge, will be held on the ice behind the
Mackinac Grille restaurant the night before,
Friday, February 27.
The number of people who travel from
other places in Michigan to participate has
increased over the last two years, said Visitors Bureau Director Mindy Rutgers. Last
year, there were 100 participants and this
year, she expects about 120.
“You see a lot of people from the area that
you might not see all the time, but there are
new faces, as well,” she said. “It’s a fun outdoor activity that gets you out of the house
in the middle of winter.”
In the scramble, pairs of golfers will play
two rounds of golf, competing for the lowest score. The number of holes in each
round will be determined by ice conditions,
Turn to page 4: Ice Golf
At St. Ignace, Families Gather to Enjoy Youth Hockey Weekend
AJ Beaudoin (left) and Maddison Menominee of St. Ignace made snow angels and looked for fish under the thick ice of
Moran Bay as their siblings played nearby in the Frozen 4 on 4 Youth Pond Hockey Championship Saturday, February 21,
on Lake Huron at St. Ignace. See story and more photographs, page 13.
Consumers in the Eastern Upper Peninsula have escaped a hefty electricity surcharge for now. Thursday, February 19, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
said a proposed funding plan shifted too
much of the costs to operate the Presque
Isle Power Plant in Marquette onto EUP
electricity customers, and the commission
gave the Midcontinent Independent System
Operator (MISO) 60 days to develop a new
financial analysis.
Wisconsin Electric Power Company,
which does business as We Energies, initially wanted to retire the Presque Isle
Power Plant last year when it lost the Tilden
and Empire Mines as customers. The mines
represented about 80% of the load of the
plant, so Wisconsin Electric argued that it
was no longer needed.
But MISO, which oversees the power
grid for much of the Midwest, said the plant
was needed as a backup to prevent problems like rolling blackouts in the Upper
Peninsula. The estimated $116 million cost
was to be split among the U.P.’s electricity
utilities, and Cloverland Electric Cooperative was responsible for about $22 million,
or about $2.3 million a month, even though
the EUP does not receive power directly
from the plant.
The cost to the electricity utilities was
based on the percentage of the load each
generated out of the total power produced
in the U.P., but FERC has ordered that the
new financial analysis be based on which
entities benefit from the plant.
Turn to page 4: Electricity
Naubinway Show Features 160 Classic Sleds
By Erich T. Doerr
Throughout the years, many companies
have built snowmobiles with many different designs. The wide variety of machines
to hit the trails was showcased in Naubin-
way at the Top of the Lake Antique and
Vintage Snowmobile Show and Ride Saturday, February 21, as 160 classic snowmobiles from the 1940s through the 1990s
were displayed downtown, bringing in vis-
itors from across Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Ontario.
Most of the sleds at the show dated to the
1960s and 1970s, when the largest variety
of manufacturers were involved in the in-
dustry. The Saturday snowmobile display
was preceded by a ride to Cranberry Lake
Friday, February 20, and the night ride parade that evening through town and out to
Turn to page 11: Show
Party Games at Evergreen
Evergreen Living Center resident Emma Brown and LaSalle High School
basketball player Margo Brown smile though a cutout paper heart at the center’s
Valentine’s Day party Wednesday, February 11. The Saints girls basketball team
visited the residents to celebrate the holiday (more photographs, page 7). This
Friday at LaSalle High School, the basketball team will compete in Hooping for
a Cure, an oncology fundraiser.
A popular display at the Top of the Lake Antique and Vintage Snowmobile Show and Ride Saturday, February 21, in Naubinway
was Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, resident Jerry Schmitt’s collection of six twin-track Raider snowmobiles. Here Mr. Schmitt, a
former resident of St. Ignace, sits inside one of the company’s later Double Eagle sleds showing the brand’s unique enclosed
cockpit arrangement designed to be safer, more stable, and provide better steering. Earlier Bandit 400 and Eagle Raider models
are seen to the left of Mr. Schmitt showing the brand’s evolution during its production run from 1971 to 1975.
Death Notices
Index
Crossword - page 4
Lead News Stories - pages 3, 13
Obituaries - pages 8, 9
Sports - pages 14 - 16
Looking Back - page 19
Classifieds - pages 22, 23
Correspondents - Section Two
Eldon Seaman - 92
James Willette - 69
Leon Flatt - 98
Arthur Calven - 100
Jax Villemure - infant
Donald McNeil - 88
Page 2
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
City Changes Policy for Landlord Water Bills and Boynton Alley Trash Collection
By Tory Cooney
City water bills will now go to
landlords only, not to landlords and
their tenants, and unpaid water bills
will not result in water shutoffs,
under suggestions to be sent for consideration to St. Ignace City Council
from the city’s Utilities Committee.
The measures are expected to reduce
city costs. Also before the Utilities
Committee is a decision to prohibit
Waste Management trucks from
using Boynton Alley for trash collection. City Manager Les Therrian told
the company to stop using the alley
and said this will protect the city
from liability, as it does not own the
alley, and protect the road from damage, concerns he has had for 15
years. Some residents who were previously putting their trash in Boynton
Alley and were asked to put their
trash in front of their homes, instead,
have complained about the decision,
calling it an inconvenience. The Utilities Committee will take up the mat-
ter again at a future meeting.
Policy Change for Landlords
All city water bills will now go to
the property owner. Bills will no
longer be provided to both property
owners and tenants. This will eliminate confusion and reduce mailing
costs, billing clerk Kelly Simmons
said. It will also allow the city to stop
shutting off water because of unpaid
bills. Instead, the charges could be
added to the tax bill.
In July 2014, landlords and renters
both began receiving water bills for
rental properties. This was meant to
prevent tenants from moving out and
leaving delinquent bills and to give
the landlord a way to see whether
tenants were behind on payment. The
city cannot track renters down to recover the charges, but can add unpaid
balances to tax bills when the bill is
in the property owner’s name.
The new system has resulted in
some confusion, however, especially
when tenants have paid their water
bills, but not their rent, and landlords
request the water be shut off to the
premises. Other difficulties have
arisen when a new tenant has moved
into a property but the city was not
notified, landlords request a single
water bill be split between tenants, or
two rental properties share a single
water meter and one tenant falls behind on their bills.
Landlords can either add the cost
of water onto a tenant’s rent or forward the water bill to them. If a
renter fails to pay, the landlord can
take that amount out of the tenant’s
security deposit.
The Utilities Committee has also
recommended that the city stop disconnecting water because of late bill
payments. Instead of mailing and
hand-delivering notifications that a
person is behind on their water bills,
it will be noted directly on a person’s
water bills and highlighted. If they
fail to pay their bills, their water will
not be shut off.
During the winter, it can take up to
four hours of labor to shut the water
off to a property. When the water gets
shut off, it leads to more frozen
pipes. If this happens, it can take several more hours of work to restore
water to a home. Because most people pay their water bill as soon as
they are disconnected, it is a waste of
time and wages to shut them off, Department of Public Works coordinator Bill Fraser said.
Instead, any charges accrued from
unpaid water bills will go on the
property owner’s taxes.
An ordinance addressing both
changes in the policy regarding landlords and disconnects will be discussed by the Utilities Committee
before being finalized and sent to the
council.
Boynton Alley
Letters were sent to the property
owners Thursday, February 5, informing them of the change and trash
collection along the alley ceased
Drug Trafficking Case Involving Terpening to Go to Pre-trial
The case against former LaSalle
High School band director Stephanie
Terpening will go to pre-trial in the
11th Circuit Court Friday, April 23,
facing charges of conspiring to illegal drug trafficking, the delivery and
manufacture of marijuana, conspiring to deliver and manufacture marijuana, and maintaining a drug house,
following a Friday, February 20, pretrial hearing.
Ms. Terpening’s attorney, Jesse
Williams of Traverse City, asserted
during the Friday hearing that her
case should not have been bound
over to the circuit court. But Judge
William Carmody upheld the decision of Judge Beth Gibson in 92nd
District Court that the case should
proceed. For a preliminary examination, which is the portion of the
legal process handled at the district
court level, the prosecution must
prove probable cause of the crime,
or “did the crime probably occur,
and did the defendant probably
commit that crime,” explained Zackary Sylvain, assistant Mackinac
County prosecutor.
During the preliminary examination in district court, the only determination is whether there is probable
cause. If it’s determined that there is,
McKenzie Pleads Not Guilty at Arraignment
Richard McKenzie, Jr. pled not
guilty Thursday, February 19, during
his arraignment in 11th Circuit Court
on first degree murder and possession of a felony firearm charges related to the shooting death of his
father, Richard McKenzie, in St.
Ignace Township October 24, 2014.
The court will next hear motions
from the prosecution and defense at
11 a.m. Friday, March 20.
The case against Mr. McKenzie,
54, was bound over from 92nd District Court to 11th Circuit Court
Monday, February 9, because of the
charges it involves. If he is convicted
of the crimes, he could face a sentence of life in prison without parole.
the case is bound over to circuit court
for arraignment and further legal proceedings.
In a trial, however, Mr. Sylvain
said, the defendant must be proved
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to
be found guilty.
Ms. Terpening is a qualified caregiver and may grow marijuana for up
to five patients. She did not exceed
the limits of how many plants she
could grow, but was allegedly involved in the sale of marijuana to
non-qualifying people with the assistance of Vanessa Hernandez and
Patrick Tapia.
Legal proceedings began in the
92nd District Court October 24, and
moved to 11th Circuit Court November 17.
Tuesday, February 17. High Street
Residents Christine McDonald and
Kevin McGinnis objected to the
change at a Utilities Committee
meeting Thursday, February 19.
Both say they are inconvenienced by
the change, as their driveways and
garages are on the alley. Seven or
eight residents on High and McCann
streets routinely take their garbage
out to the back, Ms. McDonald said.
The change means that residents
either must keep their trashcans in
front of their houses and carry trash
through their homes, or find another
way to transport their garbage from
the garage to the front. Because the
request was made during the winter,
they cannot shovel paths through the
deep, frozen snow built up along the
side of their homes, they said.
Mr. Therrian suggested residents
could bring their trashcans out to the
intersection of Boynton Alley and
Chambers Street, where the Waste
Management trucks could collect the
garbage safely. That is the way that
Waste Management usually collects
the garbage on streets where they
cannot drive their trucks, either because of weight or because they cannot turn their trucks around at the end
of the street.
Ms. McDonald said that she has
been taking her trash out to the back
of the house for the past 25 years and
doesn’t see why things should have
to change now.
Garbage truck use of Boynton
Alley has worried Mr. Therrian for at
least 15 years, he said. The city doesn’t own the alley, although it has an
easement to access the storm drain
and sewer line beneath it. The city
plows the alley as a favor to residents
and for fire protection, but is not obligated to do so as it is not a city
street.
That means that if someone was to
get injured or their property damaged, the city and Waste Management could be held liable.
In addition, Waste Management
trucks are so heavy they sink into the
alleyway’s gravel base and tear up
the road. On city roads this isn’t a
problem, as the streets are designed
to support that much weight. The
alley, however, is not. In May 2014,
one Waste Management truck sunk
so low, the undercarriage of the truck
caught a manhole cover and dragged
it six to eight feet along the alley.
This left a six-foot-deep hole uncovered in the middle of the alley.
Mr. Therrian asked Waste Management to quit using the alley. He
realized that the alley was still being
used for trash collection early this
month, when a Waste Management
truck spun out in some slush and
went into a backyard and it took two
hours for the truck to be removed.
Boynton Alley is the only alley in
the city where Waste Management
has been allowed, Mr. Therrian said.
He declined to say why it was an exception.
Turn to page 4: City
Michigan
Politics
By
George Weeks
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Let’s Use Smaller Mining Parcel as Test Case
To the Editor:
There is one item with regards to
the Graymont proposal that many
people may not be aware of. All
DNR department chiefs of staff (including DNR Deputy Director
William E. Moritz) have signed a letter opposing Graymont’s current
core proposal. This includes the strip
mine sites, the underground mine,
and the processing plant, however,
they do not oppose the “land swap”
with the U.S. Forest Service.
Graymont’s mining activities
are, and will always be, limited to
market forces, along with other factors that will control the amount of
limestone that they can mine each
year. Therefore, the number of potential jobs is not related to the size
of the overall land proposal, rather,
the number of jobs will be limited to
what the limestone market will bear,
and the status of Graymont’s overall
corporate situation.
Graymont cannot mine 10,000
acres simultaneously. So why do
they want so much public land? Why
would DNR consider giving a single,
private, foreign corporation that
large of a market advantage without
placing the opportunity on public
auction or bid? Why would Graymont build a processing plant 25+
years from now, with all the environmental problems associated with
such a plant, when they already operate one in Port Inland (near Manistique)?
[If jobs don’t materialize] I know
what Graymont will say. They’ll just
blame it on the market: “…the demand for limestone is down…nothing we can do about it.” We are being
handed a “bill of goods” with no collateral…just a lot of empty promises.
State legislators were in attendance to support the proposal.
That’s not unusual, nor impressive. It
allows them to show that they support “jobs” - a good thing, however,
they won’t be in office (term limits)
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when the jobs don’t materialize, the
public land in the area is lost and destroyed by strip mining, or environmental problems ensue. In fact, all of
the bureaucrats who support this
project will be long gone when any
trouble starts, therefore completely
unaccountable. I wonder if they
would be so supportive if this was in
their “backyard?”
The few jobs that will actually be
created by this proposal will not
solve the employment problems in
the EUP. No one will dispute that the
EUP could use additional steady employment opportunities, but the
problem is, Graymont will not provide the panacea of employment and
income opportunity that so many believe it will.
It is time to start discussing other
options, such as a downsized proposal, that would represent far less
relinquishment and destruction of
public land, but would provide as
many job opportunities as the full
proposal. This would also provide
Graymont an opportunity to prove itself in many ways (jobs, good neighbor, reclamation) and if those are
positive for the community, Graymont can apply for additional mining
opportunities in the future. They
claim they intend to be active in the
area for 100 years, and 1,700 acres
would fulfill that intent.
DNR Director Keith Creagh approved the separate land exchange
proposal with Graymont February
12. Should Graymont acquire all
1,700 acres of this particular proposal, it would provide them with
170 years of limestone mining. With
this in mind, perhaps this would be
that perfect opportunity for them to
prove all of their claims. This would
be the perfect test to see if they really
will create 45 jobs, leave a large portion of the land open for recreation,
and reclaim the land after mining.
Also, we will then know for certain
that they actually can afford to pay
the state 30¢ per ton in royalties.
We have state legislators, county
commissioners, and township supervisors who are more than willing to
relinquish more than 10,000 acres
our land to a foreign company. This
company will then proceed to strip
the land of all its resources, both
above and below ground, send the
profits back to their homeland
(Canada), and just to add insult to injury, will then sell this barren wasteland back to us for $1 an acre. All
under the ruse of jobs. Is there any
part of this that sounds at all like a
good idea?
David Gorenflo
Traverse City
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Michigan Has 2016 Presidential
Race Stirrings
There are recent stirrings in Michigan about the GOP 2016 presidential
primary that go beyond such events as the early February Detroit Economic
Club speech by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and the fact that another
possible Republican contender, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, has visited Detroit twice in the past two years.
In a move last week likely to attract more Republican presidential candidates to Michigan, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill, passed by the GOP-ruled
Legislature, to set the state’s 2016 presidential primary on March 8—moving
it closer to the traditional early primary and caucus states of Iowa, New
Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada.
Iowa starts it January 18, followed by New Hampshire January 26.
Michigan Democrats, who tend to have closed caucuses in which only Democrats can vote at locations determined by the party, as of this writing were
still looking at options.
In a significant party development last week, ex-U.S. Representative Mark
Schauer, who waged a spirited but losing 2014 challenge to Snyder, was announced by the national Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee as director of its Advantage 2020 redistricting project. He said he’ll help the party
win state legislative majorities “over the next three election cycles to put redistricting pens in the hands of Democrats come 2021.”
While those pens are for legislative races, those state lawmakers set up districts that also influence congressional races and ultimately down the line can
impact presidential races.
Canada comes through
After some foot-dragging by the U.S. government on the long-sought New
International Trade Crossing (NITC) between Detroit and Windsor, an important move was made when Canada stepped forward to enable construction
of the customs plaza in Detroit.
The move was hailed in a press release issued by Governor Snyder that included statements by him and new Democratic Sen. Gary Peters on an agreement reached by the U.S. and Canadian governments. Under it, the NITC
public-private partnership will pay for the construction of customs plazas on
both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the bridge, while the U.S. will pay to
staff, operate, and maintain the plaza in Detroit.
Snyder said: “I’m appreciative of the work of our partners in Congress and
in the Canadian government to ensure that the New International Trade Crossing – important to both of our countries – continues to move forward.”
But, in addressing a long-simmering issue, he added: “I will continue to
encourage the U.S. government to provide the necessary resources to fund
U.S. customs facilities at the NITC project and the Blue Water bridge in Port
Huron.” Construction of the Detroit customs plaza was one the last unresolved issues.
Peters said: “As a long-time advocate for the New International Trade
Crossing, I am pleased that the United States and Canada have reached an
agreement on construction of a new customs plaza, removing a significant
obstacle that has delayed this critical infrastructure project from moving forward.
“The NITC will create thousands of Michigan jobs, enhance trade with
Canada, our closest trading partner, and help transform Michigan into a transportation and logistics hub for trade, manufacturing, and innovation.
“I am pleased that the United States has already committed to providing
staff and equipment to operate the facility, something I have pushed the administration to include in any agreement. As a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, I will continue working with the Obama
Administration, the Snyder Administration, the Canadian government, and
my colleagues in Congress to ensure the U.S. fulfills our commitment to fully
staff and operate this new border crossing that will have a significant economic impact for Michigan and states across the country.”
That impact will not be limited to downstate. The project has been applauded by numerous northern economic interests who benefit from international trade.
The existing Detroit-Windsor Ambassador Bridge (whose owner opposes
NTIC) is the busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing, with 8,000 trucks and
68,000 passengers each day. Second busiest is the two-lane Detroit-Windsor
tunnel, which is for passengers only.
The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge is the 10th busiest U.S.-Canada
passenger crossing and the 16th busiest commercial port.
George Weeks, a member of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, for
22 years was 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.
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
Page 3
Local District Science Fair Winners Announced, Students Proceed to Regionals
Gros Cap School second grader Logan Lukehart won first place in his grade at the school’s Friday,
February 6, science fair with his experiement “The Amazing Sound of String.” His project involved taking
yogurt cups and tying them together with pieces of string to form a makeshift telephone. He used various
sizes of string to see which conducted sound the best. Here Logan (left) and his mother Deborah Alkire
show off one of the telephones.
By Paul Gingras
Students at schools throughout
the area have been asking scientific questions, setting up experiments, and presenting their results
at local science fairs. Now that
local fairs are complete, firstthrough-third-place winners in
k i n d e rg a r t e n - t h r o u g h - e i g h t h
grades proceed to the Eastern
Upper Peninsula “Everything
Under the Sun” Regional Science
Fair Thursday, February 26, at
Lake Superior State University’s
Cisler Center in Sault Ste. Marie.
Judging ends at noon. At that time,
the public may view projects until
1 p.m. Awards will be presented at
the LSSU Arts Center at 1 p.m.
There will be 223 students at the
regional fair competing for trophies,
plaques, and medals. Students will
receive
first-through-third-place
awards by grade level. Some districts
will also compete for Jeffrey Misner
Eccentric Apparatus Awards.
Individual district’s science fairs
extended educational outreach beyond public schools by incorporating LSSU students and others into
the judging process. The districts
also involved community members by offering public displays of
student projects.
These are the winners of the Rudyard Area Schools Science Fair. Pictured (back, from left) are Meagan
Postma, Brooke Bridges Boothe, Zac Kuskowski, Sara Beelen, Gannon Smith, Tristin Smith, Lexi Goetz,
and Ross Malaska, (middle row) Alli Kuenzer, Lindsey Masterson, Noah Blackie, Aiden Bickel, Cameron
Peterson, Cole Warner, and Brent Akridge, (front) Jarrett Smith, Conner Bradley, Kaitlyn Gilbert, Ethan
Clark, and Ally DeYoung. (Photograph courtesy of Rudyard Area Schools)
Second grade student Keira Lofdahl of Pickford Public Schools
prepares to explain her science project to judges Tuesday, January 27.
Using a straw, a balloon, and a jar, she created a working barometer
capable of measuring air pressure. The barometer accurately reflects
days of heavy cloud cover, storms, and clear skies. The seven year old
says she looks forward to science at school every year and might become
a veterinarian.
At right: Gros Cap
School sixth grader Jacob
Dorenbecker’s experiment
“Nailed It” won him first
prize in his grade at the
school’s science fair Friday, February 6. His experiment dealt with how
much effort was needed to
pound a nail into various
types of hard and soft
woods, including white
cedar, red pine, white birch,
aspen, red oak, and sugar
maple. Jacob built a hammering rig, seen here, to
standardize the force of
each drop and found the
hardwoods required more
effort to drive the nail in
than the soft ones.
Les Cheneaux
Community Schools
Kindergarten: 1st Brylee Smith
and Trevor Barr
First Grade: 1st Meradi Bale, 2nd
Jordyn Bindschatel, Tied for 2nd
Amelia Thomas
Second Grade: 1st Ross Pearson,
2nd Teya Bale, 3rd Madison Lane
Third Grade: 1st Lilian Mullen,
2nd Jack Lane, 3rd Eli Hills
Fourth Grade: 1st Cason Smith,
2nd Jacob St. Onge, Tied for 2nd,
Silas Dale
Fifth Grade 1st Zachary Snyder,
2nd Alec Storey, 3rd Andrew
Goodrich
St. Ignace Area Schools
Third Grade: 1st Josh Gazley, 2nd
Jonny Ingalls, 3rd Haylee Larsen
Fourth Grade: 1st Liam McGreevy, 2nd Haleigh Mattson 3rd
Tyrel Matson
Fifth Grade: 1st Helena St. OngeKissinger, 2nd Azalea Brady, 3rd
Abby Ruddle
Sixth Grade: 1st Jackson Ingalls,
2nd Chloe Convery and Marlee
Huskey, 3rd Tori Litzner and Abby
Beatty
Seventh Grade: 1st Heather Lamb,
2nd Lily McLean and Courtney Frazier, 3rd Tessa Shepard and Hunter
Brown
Eighth Grade: 1st Allison Smith
and Madison Olsen, 2nd Audrey
O’Rourke and Emily Coveyou, 3rd
Tucker Shepard and Hunter
DeKeyser
Pickford Public Schools
Kindergarten: 1st Jagger Ackerman, 2nd Jonas Rivers, 3rd Tucker
Rutledge
1st Grade: 1st Morgan Barber,
2nd Brock Nixon, 3rd Cora Black
2nd Grade: 1st Quinton Greenfield, 2nd Tommy Storey, 3rdNicholas Kibble
3rd Grade: 1st Laura Bush, 2nd
Ava Nettleton, 3rd Jill Schmitigal
4th Grade: 1st Delaney Stec, 2nd
Kaleb Radle, 3rd Blake Spencer
Second grade student Shannon Maloney of Pickford Public Schools talks about
her research with science fair judges Megan Henry (right) and Jessica Keilholtz.
The college students are earning science credit at Lake Superior State University
for their service.
5th Grade: 1st Ava Brzuchalski,
2nd Brock Maloney, 3rd Samantha
Huyck
6th Grade: 1st Hayden Taylor,
2nd Ben Satchell, 3rd Jillian Waybrant and Jordan DePeel
7th Grade: 1st Max Streichert
and Blaine Burnaby, 2nd Natalie
Miller, 3rd Jacob Satchell
8th Grade: 1st Tori Thurmes,
2nd Drew Batho, and Sydney
Smith, 3rd Taylor Green and Jenna
DePeel, Evelyn Hedburg and
Aubrie Cottle
Jeffrey Misner Eccentric Apparatus Awards – Ashley Miller and
Ava Brzuchalski
Moran Township School
District (Gros Cap)
2nd Grade: 1st Logan Lukehart,
2nd Maggie Massey, 3rd Abigail
Cooney
3rd Grade: 1st Maxen Powell,
2nd Colin Marshall, 3rd Mason
Bird
4th Grade: 1st Charles Huffman, 2nd Heidi Dorenbecker, 3rd
Joshua Feleppa
5th Grade: 1st Tristin Misner,
2nd Teagan Ferguson, 3rd Waylon
Gillmore
6th Grade: 1st Jacob Dorenbecker, 2nd Lia Belonga, 3rd Emmalee Hart
7th Grade: 1st Owen Powell, 2nd
Anna Hart, 3rd Jarett Soblaskey
8th Grade: 1st Saylor Sorenson,
2nd Gregory Paquin, 3rd Lily
Colegrove
Jeffrey Misner Eccentric Apparatus Awards: Waylon Gillmore and
Jacob Dorenbecker
Rudyard Area Schools
Kindergarten: 1st Kaitlyn
Gilbert, 2nd Ethan Clark, 3rd Conner Bradley
First Grade: 1st Lindsey Masterson, 2nd Keelan McMillan, Jarrett
Smith
Second Grade: 1st Cole Warner,
2nd Ally DeYoung, 3rd Ally Keunzer
Third Grade: 1st Cameron Peterson, 2nd Aiden Bickel, and Noah
Blackie
Fourth Grade: 1st Brent Akridge,
Yvette and Michael Gustafson stand with their daughter, Violet, and her science fair
project at the St. Ignace Elementary/Middle School’s Science Fair Thursday, January 29.
Violet won first place out of the fifth grade for her “Earth Battery” project, which shows how
soil, bolts, copper wire, and an ice cube tray can be used to light a lightbulb.
2nd Meagan Postma, 3rd Brooke
Bridges Boothe
Fifth Grade: 1st Ross Malaska,
2nd Lexi Goetz, 3rd Tristin Smith
Sixth Grade: 1st Sara Beelen, 2nd
Zac Kuskowski, 3rd Gannon Smith
Engadine Consolidated Schools
First Grade: 1st Sydney Hood and
Shane Mason, 2nd Aeris Spencer
Second Grade: 1st Danielle
Gehrke, 2nd Michael Stephenson,
3rd Claire Oven
Third Grade: 1st Kolby Hood, 2nd
Hayden O’Neil, 3rd Lilia Bigelow
Fourth Grade: 1st Mikka Luoto,
2nd Lauren King, Bryce Zdebski,
and Brendon Wheeler
Fifth Grade: 1st Anden Minnick,
Joseph Gibbons, and Ethan Everhart,
2nd Maria Bartholomew, 3rd Drew
French
6th grade: 1st RJ Bigelow, 2nd
Alyssa Feneley, 3rd Lizzy Derkatch
and Camille Crandall
7th grade: 1st Alicia King and
Mary Jane Cobe, 2nd Vivianne
Collins, Avery Dailey, 3rd Shauna
Chaffin, Andrew Legault, and Kat-
Haylee Larsen (left) and Jolene Larsen both enjoyed Haylee’s science
fair project, “Get your Pepper Out of My Salt,” which won the third
grade’s third place award. For the project, Haylee used static electricity
to remove ground pepper from a tray of salt. “I think it’s awesome. The
kids learn a lot and it’s great that they do it on their own,” said Mrs.
Larsen of the school science fair. “It really makes them think.”
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St. Ignace Recreation Complex Would Include New Ball Fields, Walking Trail
By Tory Cooney
Proposed improvements at Little
Bear East Arena in St. Ignace include
the addition of baseball and softball
diamonds that will allow city recre-
ation programs to run simultaneously
with St. Ignace Area Schools. St.
Ignace’s only fields are at the school,
and since the two groups’ seasons
overlap, scheduling practice time and
home games for both is difficult.
Thirty children’s teams in a city
recreation league play from May to
June, so conflicts would arise even if
there weren’t scheduling difficulties
Man Hurt in Mackinac Bridge Car Accident
Multiple Crashes and 11 Vehicles Involved in Causeway Whiteout Conditions
A passenger who exited a vehicle
during a whiteout on the Mackinac
Bridge was hit and seriously injured
on the southbound causeway at about
9:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 24. An
elderly Sault Ste. Marie couple attempted to turn their car around
owing to whiteout conditions, according to Michigan State Police,
when the passenger exited the vehicle to help guide the driver. He was
then struck by another southbound
vehicle.
The injured man was transported
to Mackinac Straits Health System in
St. Ignace by the Emmet County
Emergency Medical Service and
later transferred to McLaren hospital
in Petoskey. Another driver, who appeared unhurt, was transported to the
hospital by the state police for observation. Several vehicles that stopped
in response to the accident were
struck from behind, and a state police
vehicle on the way to assist the injured motorist hit a Mackinac Bridge
Authority truck.
At approximately the same time, a
northbound pickup truck was hit
from behind. In total, there were at
least five crashes involving 11 vehicles with accidents in the north and
southbound lanes. The accidents and
whiteout conditions caused the MBA
to close the bridge completely at 9:45
a.m.
The Mackinac Bridge was reopened to traffic at 2:18 p.m. that afternoon.
Car Flips on St. Ignace Business Loop, One Hurt
A car overturned in an accident
on St. Ignace’s I-75 Business Loop
Sunday afternoon, February 22, and
the driver suffered only minor injuries. The accident happened just
after 2 p.m. on North State Street
across from Lakeshore Condominiums.
The accident occurred when the
driver of a Mitsubishi Eclipse GTS
lost control of his vehicle and slid
into a snowbank on the side of the
road. The momentum of the car as
it impacted the snowbank caused
the vehicle to roll first onto its side,
Ice Golf Adds New
Glow-in-Dark Game
Ice Golf: from page 1
but could be as many as 18 holes.
After the first round, they’ll have
lunch, and after the second round,
dinner.
Participants can register at the
Mackinac Grille on Friday night
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. or Saturday
morning from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. The
shotgun start is at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, February 28, and awards will
be given out that night at 8 p.m.
Registration is $35 a person and
includes golf, lunch, dinner, a
casino package, player gifts, and
prizes.
On Friday night, the Glow Ball
challenge will take place from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. Participants will be
given glow-in-in-the-dark balls and
clubs and will compete to see who
can get their ball closest to a pin set
up behind the Mackinac Grille.
Whoever gets closest will win a trip
for two to the top of the Mackinac
Bridge.
There is no cost for the Glow
Ball Challenge, but participants
should sign up between 5 p.m. and
6 p.m. and must be present at 8 p.m.
to be eligible for gifts and prizes.
Live music provided by the Whitmore 4 of Cheboygan will begin at
8 p.m.
Complimentary shuttle service
will be offered within St. Ignace
Friday, February 27, beginning at 5
p.m. It will be offered throughout
the day Saturday, February 28.
Participants should wear warm
clothing and water-resistant boots.
On Saturday, February 28, golfers
may bring light plastic sleds to
carry their equipment on the course.
Public Meeting
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, February 25
• Hendricks Township Board of
Trustees, 7:30 p.m., Township Hall.
Thursday, February 26
• Mackinac County Board of
Commissioners, 4:30 p.m., Mackinac County Courthouse Annex.
• Mackinaw City Planning Commission, 7 p.m., Village Hall.
Monday, March 2
• Mackinac Island Historic District Commission, 1 p.m., City Hall.
• St. Ignace City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall.
Wednesday, March 4
• Mackinac Island City Council,
4 p.m., City Hall.
Thursday, March 5
• Hudson Township Board of
Trustees, 7 p.m., Township Hall.
• Mackinaw City Village Council, 7 p.m., Village Hall.
then onto its roof, causing serious
damage to the car.
The driver told police the accident occurred when he pulled out to
pass another car but lost control.
Conditions at the time of the accident were sunny and clear but there
was some snowpack on the passing
lane.
“You have to drive according to
conditions,” said St. Ignace Police
Chief Mark Wilk. “We normally
don’t see that type of accident in a
city. It’s more a highway incident.”
The driver was the only person in
the car and suffered minor injuries,
which police attributed to not wearing a seatbelt. He was transported
to Mackinac Straits Health System
for evaluation, and released shortly
afterward.
He will face charges for the accident, as he was driving on a suspended license in an uninsured
vehicle when it occurred. Alcohol
was not a factor. A police investigation into the rollover is almost complete.
St. Ignace to Renegotiate Trash Contract
City: from page 2
Trash Contracts
When the city renegotiates its trash
collection contract in April, it may go
to a system where all residents pay a
monthly fee for trash collection instead of just paying for the months
when they put out trash. The fees
would be lower than current trash
service is, but summer residents
would be required to pay every
month, similarly to how they have to
pay a monthly readiness charge for
water service. Some summer residents fail to notify the city when they
leave town or when they come back.
This system will be much simpler for
summer residents and potentially
cheaper for year-around residents,
Mrs. Simmons said.
City Council to Meet at LaSalle March 2
St. Ignace students will get a
closer look at how city government
works Monday, March 2, as the St.
Ignace City Council will meet in
the LaSalle High School cafeteria
at 1:30 p.m.
“It’s a way to get the students
connected with local politics,”
LaSalle High School Principal
Gregg Fettig said. “Our seniors,
who are at or near voting age, attend. Depending on the agenda and
topics, they get pretty interested.”
Meetings also have been held at
the St. Ignace Public Library and
Little Bear East Arena to highlight
the city’s public buildings. This
year, the only meeting scheduled to
occur away from City Hall is the
one at the school.
Mackinaw City Homes Letting Water Run
Cold
temperatures
have
prompted the Village of Mackinaw
City to issue a run water notice
Tuesday, February 17, to all residential water customers. Everyone
is advised to run a small stream of
water about the size of a pencil lead
24 hours a day from one of the
faucets in their home. The order
will continue until further notice. It
is only for occupied dwellings.
Customer bills will be adjusted accordingly to accommodate the
order.
with the school during the early part
of the season.
“We need more space,” Recreation Director Scott Marshall said.
“Having those extra fields will also
allow us to host baseball and softball
tournaments like we do hockey tournaments in the winter. We can keep
bringing people into the community
and fill up hotels and restaurants
while still being of service to the
people here.”
The city will seek a Michigan
Natural Resources Trust Fund grant
for the improvements.
The outdoor facilities would be
built in the unused potions of the
property north of the arena. Other
proposed features include a looped
walking trail, soccer fields, sand
volleyball courts, horseshoe pits,
tennis courts, and concessions
stands.
The walking trail would connect
to a portion of the North Country
Trail that volunteers have already
begun developing, providing easy
access to the trail for residents and
visitors. Additional field developments could allow for either soccer
or volleyball tournaments to be held
in St. Ignace, as well.
“There’s a lot of things we can do,
so we need to sit down and decide”
what the grant proposal will include,
Mr. Marshall said. Any features not
included in this grant could be added
at a later phase of the project.
Mr. Marshall and Downtown Development Authority director Deb
Evashevski will develop the plan
further and begin the grant application. A public hearing regarding the
plans will be Monday, March 16, at
the beginning of the St. Ignace City
Council meeting at 7 p.m. in City
Hall.
Grants from the same state program have been used to develop
Chief Wawatam Park, the Huron
Boardwalk, and the public swimming pool at LaSalle High School.
Since the pool was closed in 2011
owing to high operating costs and
declining use, the city has to designate an equivalent property as recre-
ational before the April grant deadline. St. Ignace is not eligible for any
grants until the issue is resolved.
The property proposed for the mitigation is a small gravel parking lot
on Spring Street that was formerly a
railroad property. The DDA plans to
use this as a trailhead for a multipurpose recreational trail that goes
through downtown St. Ignace,
mostly along the railroad grade. A
public hearing regarding the designation will also be held at the Monday, March 16, city council meeting.
“This will be great for our downtown area, for our hotels, and our
entire community,” Mrs. Evashevski
said of the efforts.
A 26% local match is required for
St. Ignace to be considered for the
grant. Mr. Marshall has made presentations to local service organizations to seek some of those funds,
and the exact amount needed will
not be available until the project estimates are complete. More financial
information will be available at the
public hearing.
No Surcharge for EUP Electricity Customers
Electricity: from page 1
This is the result that Cloverland
Electric Cooperative wanted to see.
Said Cloverland CEO Dan Dasho
in statement Friday, February 20:
“We had argued from the beginning, that customers in the Eastern
U.P. do not benefit from the plant
and should not have to pay for its
operation. To force millions of dollars in payments for a plant that we
do not benefit from was patently
unfair and we are delighted that
FERC agreed with our position.”
The mines took their business
back to Wisconsin Electric February 1, absolving the need for future
payments on the plant. There is also
a plan in the works for Wisconsin
Electric to sell the plant to the
Upper Peninsula Power Company
by July, which could likely solve
other aspects of the issue.
But the costs incurred before the
mines returned as customers will be
recouped retroactively. Exactly
how much it costs to run the plant
is still up in the air, said utility
lawyer Tom Waters of Lansing,
who was hired by the City of Mackinac Island to contest the surcharge.
He said a meeting to investigate the
operational cost projections is
scheduled for March 6.
“It will reduce the amount of the
cost that will go to Cloverland and
ultimately the city” of Mackinac Is-
land, he told The St. Ignace News.
“What is less clear is how far or
how many of those costs get
avoided, and we won’t know that
for 60 days.”
He said there is no guarantee that
Cloverland will be free of any of
the costs.
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians and others also
have fought the surcharge.
Cloverland estimated that the
surcharge would have cost between
$30 and $50 a month for most residential customers, about $170 a
month for residential customers
with electric heat, and thousands of
dollars a month for businesses.
On Mackinac Island, the electricity surcharge would have cost
Grand Hotel about $360,000 a year,
said Executive Vice President Ken
Hayward during a conference call
in Lansing Tuesday, February 17.
At Sault Ste. Marie, the surcharge
would have cost about $173,000 a
year, said City Manager Oliver
Turner, a price that equates to multiple city employee salaries. The
surcharge also had larger negative
impacts on economic development,
he said, as at least one interested
business was reluctant to locate to
Sault Ste. Marie because of the uncertain electricity rates.
The FERC decision came as a
surprise, Mr. Waters said, particu-
larly because a settlement between
Wisconsin Electric and the various
affected parties was near.
“I was very surprised with parties
continuing to have settlement discussions,” Mr. Waters said. “This
will substantially complicate
things.”
Finding a solution to the Presque
Isle Power Plant problem is complex, he continued, and involves
many moving parts, stakeholders,
and jurisdictional boundaries. Mr.
Waters interprets portions of the
February 19 order as deferring aspects of the issue back to the state
public service commissions, both in
Michigan and Wisconsin, which
could raise new questions as both
have different interests at stake.
Typically a state’s public service
commission oversees electricity
and utility rates. But since the
Presque Isle plant issue spans the
Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin
and the two states disagreed about
who should pay for it, the decision
fell to federal regulators. Now it
seems, Mr. Waters said, that some
of those decisions have been deferred back to the states.
“There’s good and bad to this
whole thing,” Mr. Waters said.
“I’m hoping that the cost study
comes out with a reasonable result.
We’re just not going to know for 60
days.”
Court Reports
These dispositions are from the
92nd District Court in St. Ignace
Monday, February 9, with 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.
Jacob Spencer, 22, of Naubinway,
must serve 24 hours of community
service as a result of probation violation.
Richard McKenzie, 54, of St.
Ignace, waived a preliminary examination and was bound over to circuit
court on one count homicide, first
degree murder, multiple theories, and
one count weapons, felony firearm.
(Michigan State Police)
Amber O’Dell, 24, of St. Ignace,
pled guilty to aggravated assault and
was assessed a fine of $500, 365
days in jail, and six months probation. (St. Ignace Police Department)
Kyle Franklin, 21, of Newberry,
waived a preliminary examination
and was bound over to circuit court
on a charge of controlled substance,
delivery and manufacture of marijuana (Upper Peninsula Substance
Enforcement Team - UPSET)
George Lee, Jr., 29, of St. Ignace,
pled guilty to attempted nonsufficient
fund check, three within 10 days, and
was assessed a fine of $500, 365
days in jail, and six months probation. (Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office)
Justice Parminter, 21, of Pickford, waived a preliminary examination and was bound over to
circuit court on a charge of larceny
in a building. (Mackinac County
Sheriff’s Office)
Franklin Crigler, 46, of Wyandotte, pled guilty to use of marijuana
and was assessed a fine of $1,250 or
20 days in jail. His driver’s license
was also suspended by the state.
(Michigan State Police)
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Concepts for Dark Sky Park Observatory Building Shown Off at Mackinaw City
concept.
The building will include the
park’s new observatory, built
reusing a large metal dome donated
to Emmet County in August 2012
by the Cranbrook Institute of Science and stored at Pellston Regional
Airport in the time since. The observatory is unlikely to be used for research, said Headlands Program
Director Mary Stewart Adams, but
will be perfect for hosting seminars.
The roof of the programming
building will be topped with plants
to help the area maintain a natural
look. Inside, it will feature a commercial kitchen and a projector and
screen for presentations, and outside will be built a stage and additional seating. The facility will have
space to host events for up to 125
people.
It was designed by AECOM, and
Spence Brothers General Contracting will oversee the construction.
The building could host weddings, retreats, small conventions,
and business team-building exercises. Possible future additions to
the building could include fiber
optic Internet connections and partitions to allow more than one event
By Erich T. Doerr
A roof topped with plants, an outdoor stage, and seating for 125 people will be features of the
Headlands International Dark Sky
Park’s new programming building
to be built this spring at the park
west of Mackinaw City. Local officials from Mackinaw City had an
opportunity to see conceptual drawings shared by Emmet County officials at a special community
visioning session Tuesday, February 17, at the Mackinaw Area Public Library.
Construction of the handicap-accessible building is planned to cost
$7 million.
Development of the new structure is about 95% completed. Once
built, it will replace the property’s
former beach house on the same
property and was designed to reuse
the beach house’s footprint as much
as possible. Since the Dark Sky
Park is always open, the new building will have public bathrooms
open 24 hours a day.
“People all over the world are
fascinated with the Dark Sky program,” Emmet County Administrator Marty Krupa said of the
to occur at once.
The programming building is
planned to be one of two new structures at the Dark Sky Park. A larger
welcome center for the park, including a planetarium, the indoor
display of the historic sloop Welcome, and room to host larger
events, will be built in the future at
the western end of Central Avenue.
At right: An artist’s rendering
of the new Headlands International Dark Sky Park’s new programming building was displayed
by Emmet County officials Tuesday, February 17, at the Mackinaw Area Public Library. Here
(from left) Assistant Administrator and Human Resources Director Gary Appold, Administrator
Marty Krupa, and Parks and
Recreation Director Laurie Gaetano stand with the drawing. The
finished building will include an
observatory, public bathrooms, a
commercial kitchen, and a roof
covered in plants to maintain a
natural look for the area.
Mackinac Island Seeking to Acquire Coal Dock by Purchase or Eminent Domain
land property next to the Taxi Stand
in September 2014, giving Grand
Hotel attorney John Cameron, who
is not charging the city for his work,
the authority to coordinate the appraisal. Valbridge Property Advisors, which have offices in Detroit,
Grand Rapids, and Lansing, are
conducting the appraisal. The city
council originally wanted the appraisal done by November 1 of last
year, but the missing financial information from Union Terminal
Piers (UTP) has stalled the effort.
The appraisers need financial information to determine the value of
the dock, but UTP’s revenue figures
The City of Mackinac Island has
filed a lawsuit in 11th Circuit Court
against Union Terminal Piers, requesting financial information on
the company’s Coal Dock, which
the city wants to purchase or take
by eminent domain. Mayor Margaret Doud authorized city attorney
Tom Evashevski to file the lawsuit
Tuesday, February 3, and announced it to the city council
Wednesday, February 4.
Coal Dock Appraisal
Still Not Done
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are muddled, Mr. Evashevski said.
After speaking with Arnold Transit
General Manager Veronica Dobrowolski, he said the company is
trying to determine how much revenue comes from operations at the
Coal Dock, which affects its value.
The company has cooperated
throughout the appraisal process,
Mr. Evashevski told the city council, and they hope to have the financial information to him soon. The
lawsuit demanding the information
may be dropped if the information
is provided before a hearing is set.
If not, the case would go to trial as
soon as possible, and a judge would
sign a court order instructing the
company to provide the information.
The appraised value of the dock
would be made public, but the entire appraisal will not be disclosed,
to protect UTP’s private business
information, Mr. Evashevski told
the Town Crier.
The city might buy the dock, or
condemn it, depending on the appraised price of the dock and
whether the owners are willing to
sell, Mr. Evashevski said February
4. Under condemnation, the city
would have to prove that acquiring
the dock benefits the public and
would also have to pay the owners
“just compensation” for the dock
and the uplands, a price that would
be decided in court.
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of the Coal Dock intermittently
over the past several years. Before
he was ousted in the spring of 2014,
former UTP owner Jim Wynn offered the Coal Dock for sale to the
city in June 2013. The city considered purchasing it that summer and
formally hired attorney Dennis O.
Cawthorne to oversee a legal effort
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Coal Dock was ordered that October. Mr. Cawthorne then negotiated
a deal for the city to purchase the
dock for $2.34 million, but the plan
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Cincinnati, Ohio, a large creditor,
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last summer, and in September
2014, the city council agreed to
spend up to $30,000 on the new appraisal, which has not been finished.
Since Mr. Cawthorne’s efforts
ended last spring, the city council
has not openly discussed whether it
wants to pursue taking the Coal
Dock by eminent domain. At that
time, some council members
wanted to buy the dock rather than
take it, and Mr. Cawthorne advised
the city pursue an outright sale, so
it would have more control over the
sale price, rather than letting a court
decide during eminent domain proceedings.
The City of Mackinac Island
does not own a dock. Previously,
city politicians considered purchasing the Coal Dock and creating a
transportation authority to ensure a
freight dock at the Island is available to serve the public.
Wilcox, Duncan to Vacate Posts
The retirement of first grade
teacher Dawn Wilcox and the pending resignation of Dave Duncan as
athletic director and coach topped
the agenda for the Les Cheneaux
school board Monday, February 16.
Mr. Duncan will continue teaching
physical education and middle and
high school science.
Mrs. Wilcox has been on a leave
of absence this school year. She announced her decision to retire Monday, February 9. In a letter to the
school board, she cited 16 years
working with a “caring, energetic,
and supportive staff” in a position
she is grateful for accepting, in part,
because it brought her to the Les
Cheneaux Islands area.
Mr. Duncan will see his teams
through the end of the school year.
He has exceeded 400 wins for var-
sity basketball during his 15 years
as athletic director. His last home
game will be Thursday, March 5,
when the Trojans face the Newberry Indians.
He said his goal has been to help
athletes have fun, build character,
develop strong work ethics, and
take part in something bigger than
themselves.
“That’s what coaching is all
about,” he told The St. Ignace
News. With five years left to teach,
“this is a good time for me to step
down. I’ve had a lot of fun working
with students and staff over the
years. I have a lot of good memories.”
The district will seek a new athletic director and this spring. The
new athletic director will help select a new basketball coach.
Trout Lake Duo to Perform at Bayliss
The duo “February Sky” will perform at a free concert Tuesday,
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with guitar, cittern, mountain dulcimer, banjo, and percussion. Their
concerts include a mix of songs and
tunes that are from or based on various Celtic traditions including, but
not limited, to Irish music.
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Adventure Travel Channel Show ‘Trip Flip’ Visits Eastern Upper Peninsula
In an unexpected whirlwind trip,
two southerners were treated to
winter adventures in the Eastern
Upper Peninsula as part of a reality
show on the Travel Channel called
“Trip Flip.” The show is hosted by
comedian and adventure enthusiast
Bert Kreischer, who came to town
with a camera crew in tow Wednesday, February 18.
The essence of the show, Mr.
Kreischer told The St. Ignace News,
is “to take people on the adventure
of a lifetime.”
The upcoming episode of “Trip
Flip” will feature a brother and sister pair from Shreveport, Louisiana,
as they explore Michigan. Mr.
Kreischer explained that contestants are chosen at random and
whisked off on a vacation, or the
show’s preferred term, “adventure,”
the details of which are kept secret.
“We found them in Shreveport
four days ago,” Mr. Kreischer said
of the most recent contestants,
Matthew James and his sister Jordan James. “We have events
planned for five days, and it lasts
from the crack of dawn and ends at
night.”
The three were waiting at Mackinac Island Airport just after 5 p.m.
Wednesday for the rest of the television crew to travel from St.
Ignace. All were bundled in layers
of warm clothing with hand warmers tucked into their gloves during
some of the coldest temperatures of
the season.
The trip was Mr. and Ms. James’
first time in Michigan and first time
experiencing the wintertime recreation opportunities available in the
area.
“It’s awesome,” said Ms. James.
“It’s so beautiful. There’s so much
snow.”
Before flying to the Island via
Great Lakes Air, the siblings and
Mr. Kreischer drove four wheelers
and fat tire bicycles on a track
plowed out on the frozen surface of
Brevort Lake’s Christensen Bay,
north of St. Ignace. Filming lasted
from about 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
when they headed to Mackinac Island.
“There was quite a crew here,”
said Brevort Township resident
Karen Sanborn. Mrs. Sanborn lives
on Brevort Lake and saw the filming from her home.
“I’m anxious to see the show,”
she added, noting it was the first
Matthew James (from right) and his sister Jordan James of Shreveport, Louisiana were taken on the
adventure of a lifetime for the Travel Channel reality show “Trip Flip” hosted by comedian Bert Kreischer.
The three are pictured Wednesday, February 18, at Mackinac Island Airport after spending the morning
riding all-terrain vehicles on Brevort Lake north of St. Ignace.
BIRTHS
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Evelyn Miller
Paul and Leigh Miller of Walker
announce the birth of their daughter, Evelyn Lois Miller, born
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at
Butterworth Hospital in Grand
Rapids. She weighed 6 pounds, 13
ounces at birth and measured 20
inches in length.
She joins her two-year-old sister,
Allison, at home.
Grandparents are John and Carol
Miller of St. Ignace and Leland and
Nancy Brecht of Rosebush.
The baby’s middle name was
chosen in honor of her late greatgrandmother.
The Superior Health Foundation
is accepting 2015 mini-grant applications to help provide funding for
small, innovative health-centered
projects in the Upper Peninsula.
Students, neighborhood groups,
local clubs, nonprofits groups, and
anyone in the Upper Peninsula who
wishes to improve the quality of life
in their community are encouraged
to apply. Students need an adult
sponsor.
The SHF may provide up to
$25,000 in funds from its grants
budget for distribution, with the
maximum grant amount to be
awarded being $2,500. Selection
will be contingent upon funds available and how well proposals meet
the criteria of benefiting the broader
region. Mini grants are accepted
through the year and are awarded
monthly.
New in 2015, SHF has set aside
an additional $10,000 in its annual
grants budget to provide funding
for health-centered equipment purchases of $2,500 or less.
There is a real need for equipment purchases in the area, said Director Jim LaJoie, that align with
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mission, Mr. LaJoie said, is “to assist with unmet healthcare needs,
with health education, and with
programs and research on preventing illness and promoting health.”
Other factors which may be taken
into consideration include: if the
project is health-centered; if the
project is new and creative; if the
project has visible and lasting benefits for the region; the number of
citizens benefited by the project;
and the amount of support the project has from other businesses,
groups, or individuals.
Information and application forms
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Applications can be filled out online or printed and sent or faxed to
(906) 225-6916 to the SHF. If
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time she remembers seeing a television show filmed at the quiet inland lake.
While Mr. and Ms. James are
used to seeing bodies of water
freeze in the winter, the two had
never seen lakes that were completely covered in ice like Brevort
Lake, or almost entirely covered
like Lake Huron.
They and Mr. Kreischer, who
originally hails from Florida, especially enjoyed seeing the ice from
the air during the flight to Mackinac
Island Wednesday afternoon.
“It was one of the coolest flights
ever,” Mr. James said.
While at Mackinac Island, the
group borrowed snowmobiles to
continue their adventure, driving
around Mission Point Resort, said
Tim Hygh of the Mackinac Island
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Each machine was equipped with
mounted cameras, ready to capture
everything. They stayed overnight
before leaving Thursday morning,
February 19, destined for Traverse
City.
Cold Temperatures Close
Schools in the E.U.P. Area
School districts throughout the
Eastern Upper Peninsula were closed
during the cold spell last week when
arctic air masses rolled across the
Great Lakes region. Classes were
cancelled throughout the EUP Thursday, February 19, and some schools
were closed Friday, February 20, and
Monday, February 23.
Fear of frostbite to students walking to school or waiting for a bus is
the biggest concern among administrators.
St. Ignace Area Schools, Gros Cap
School, and Mackinaw City were
closed all three days because of the
cold. Rudyard Area Schools also did
not hold classes for the three days,
but Friday was a previously scheduled break day for students.
Les Cheneaux Community
Schools, Pickford Schools, and DeTour Area Schools were closed
Thursday and Friday. Engadine Consolidated Schools were closed Thursday and Friday and had a two-hour
delay Monday.
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year.
Temperatures in St. Ignace
reached negative-16 degrees Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, said meteorologist Jeff Zoltowski of the
National Weather Service in Gaylord. The high temperature in St.
Ignace on Thursday was -4 degrees.
The week before, temperatures
plummeted to -22 Sunday, February
15, and Monday, February 16.
“The trend won’t stop any time
soon,” Mr. Zoltowski said. “It’s been
more of the same and it’s going to be
more of the same.”
Temperatures for the rest of the
week are predicted to be less frigid,
but below normal. The coldest days
have been about 25 degrees below
average, Mr. Zoltowski estimated,
but temperatures should warm to
about five degrees below average.
Typically for this time of the year,
temperatures should be increasing as
winter nears spring.
“We should have bottomed out
about a month ago,” he said.
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Fun and Games at Evergreen: Saints Basketball Team Brings Valentine Party to Residents
At right: St. Ignace basketball
player Autumn Orm juggles heartshaped marshmallows to entertain
Evergreen Living Center residents
and fellow volunteers.
Church of the
Straits Hosts Sale
Mackinaw City Church of the
Straits will host a bake and craft
sale Saturday, February 28, from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and admission
is free.
The sale will raise money for
its Vacation Bible School, a
weeklong program in June, by
renting tables to vendors. Vendors are allowed to keep all of
their profits from the sale. Those
interested in renting a table may
call organizer Kathy Pietrowski
at (231) 436-5608.
LaSalle High School’s girls basketball coach Dorene Ingalls (left) and Evergreen Living Center resident
Crystal Lay participate in a Valentine’s Day game. This is the second year that the girls basketball team
has attended the party for the senior citizen residents. “It’s a great experience for our kids to give back.
They learn to communicate with people they might not know,” Mrs. Ingalls said.
Bridge Ideas Mulled as State Park Plan Gets OK
By Erich T. Doerr
A long-proposed pedestrian
bridge over I-75 north of the Mackinac Bridge that would connect two
areas of park land could possibly be
expanded to include passage by all
terrain vehicles or snowmobiles if a
grant from ATV fees is received to
fund feasibility studies for the
bridge. The state has now approved
the Straits State Park’s new master
plan that includes constructing a
bridge as well as rebuilding a museum at the Father Marquette National Memorial on the west side of
the highway. Approval, however,
does not mean funding, and a
$50,000 state grant is now sought to
pay for feasibility studies for the
bridge.
The master plan lays out the
guidelines for how the Straits State
Park will be used over the next
decade and what changes can be
made. Goals include evaluating the
feasibility of an I-75 bridge, facilitating the development of land and
water trail systems that connect with
others in the area, and developing an
interpretive plan using both existing
and emerging technologies.
Straits State Park was previously
one large property before the park
was divided in two during the 1950s
by the construction of the Mackinac
Bridge and I-75. The walkway
bridge is proposed to reconnect both
sides.
“It’s in our court now,” said
Straits State Park Supervisor Wayne
Burnett at the Wednesday, February
18, meeting of the Friends of the
Straits State Park. No action was
taken at the meeting, which lacked
a quorum, but concepts were discussed.
The proposed feasibility study, if
funded, will determine where the
rock embankment on either side of
the highway is strong enough to
hold a bridge and where a trail to the
bridge could be built. The Friends
and the park expect to know the outcome of the grant request by July.
Because of the request to use
ATV funds, the Friends discussed
the idea of expanding the proposed
pedestrian bridge into a larger divided bridge capable of handling
snowmobiles and ATVs in addition
A Memorial Service to acknowledge the Life,
Activities, and Impact of the 100 years of
Arthur Calven (1914-2015) on those who
loved, supported and befriended him.
to walkers and bicyclists. Currently,
off-road vehicles are not allowed in
Straits State Park, but the policy
could be changed in the future, if required. Two state parks, Atlanta’s
Clear Lake State Park and Toivola’s
Twin Lakes State Park, already
allow limited use of the vehicles.
“Things have changed,” Friends
member Cheryl Schlehuber said,
noting the increase in area ORV use
and winter tourism over the last two
decades. “We need to look into all
possible uses.”
The early concepts for the bridge
favor placing it near the St. Ignace
Welcome Center, where the distance
between the rocks on either side of
the interstate is narrowest.
Friends member Willie LaLonde
asked if the group’s focus should be
on the construction of the bridge or
rebuilding the museum first. Fellow
member Jim Durm said the projects
go hand in hand.
The museum at the National Memorial was destroyed by fire. An additional option being considered is
to rebuild the museum much closer
to the memorial’s parking lot than
its former location, easing access by
car.
Florida U.P. Club
Picnic Is Sunday
The Michigan Upper Peninsula
Club of Florida will have its annual
picnic Sunday, March 1, at the POW
MIA Park on US-1 in Melbourne,
Florida.
Registration begins at noon with a
potluck meal at 1 p.m. Admission is
$5 per person. Everyone is asked to
bring a covered dish to pass and beverages for their party.
Questions may be directed to
Mary Jo Strah at (321) 242-7254 or
Virginia Hartselle at (321) 632-1975.
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 11:00 a.m.
Bethel Lutheran Church
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Above: Residents at the Evergreen Living Center at Mackinac
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THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
OBITUARIES
Arthur Calven
Eldon Seaman
Eldon Holly Seaman, 92, of
Drummond Island, was a World War
II veteran, a mechanic and electrician, and he served as a supervisor
and treasurer of his township. Mr.
Seaman died Saturday, February 21,
2015, at Mackinac Straits Health
System in St. Ignace.
He was born July 28, 1922, to
Holly and Hilma (nee Korpi) Seaman on Drummond Island.
Mr. Seaman was a lifelong resident of Drummond Island. He was
graduated from DeTour Schools in
1940. He served in the United
States Army during World War II.
He returned to Drummond Island
and married Melissa Irish June 15,
1946.
He was employed as a mechanic
at the Drummond Dolomite Quarry,
from 1952 to 1984. For many years,
he also worked part-time as a licensed electrician and as a caretaker
for owners of summer cottages. After
Mrs. Seaman died in 1990, he married Peggy (nee Madden) Snyder
May 6, 1993.
Mr. Seaman was a member of
American Legion Post 501 and
Moose Lodge #2381. He served as
the Drummond Township treasurer
for several years, and he also served
as the township supervisor for several years.
Eldon Seaman
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, driving his jeep, snowmobiling, and
watching baseball. Mr. Seaman also
traveled extensively throughout the
United States.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy;
two sons and their families, Eldon
and Vivienne Seaman of Drummond
Island and Thomas and Kathy Seaman of Grayson, Georgia; two
daughters and their families, Cheryl
and Richard Maury of Titusville,
Florida, and Carol and Dennis Miller
of Sault Ste. Marie; a stepdaughter
and her family, LaDonna Snyder; 13
grandchildren and their families,
Douglas and Tracy Seaman, Elizabeth and Mark Morris, Dennis Cole,
Lynn and Chris Lutzke, John and
Lisa Miller, Jeremy Miller, Tricia and
Ashley Trapp, Cari Seaman, Lauren
and Jeff Hough, Norman and Heidi
Snyder, Nathan Snyder, Teresa and
David Jefferson, and Kevin and Sara
Snyder, and 15 great-grandchildren,
Dylan, Nigel, Wyatt, Alexandria,
Brady, Riley, Casey, Levi, Elizabeth,
Josh, Aaron, Eric, Megan, Trenton,
and Olivia. He is also survived by a
sister and her family, Edna Newell of
Drummond Island.
In addition to his parents and his
first wife, Melissa, Mr. Seaman was
preceded in death by a son, Eugene
Snyder; a brother-in-law, Thomas
Newell; a sister-in-law and her husband, Myrtle and Carl Richwine, and
a brother-in-law and his wife, Leslie
and Helen Irish.
A memorial service will be held
Tuesday, March 17, at noon at the
Lighthouse Christian Church with
Pastor Scott Danforth officiating. A
luncheon will be served following
the service at the Drummond Island
Township Hall.
Burial will be at Drummond Island
Cemetery on Drummond Island.
R. Galer Funeral Home in Pickford is assisting the family with
arrangements.
Leon Flatt
Longtime Engadine resident Leon
D. Flatt, 98, was a decorated World
War II veteran who became a dairy
farmer in Engadine. Mr. Flatt died
Sunday, February 22, 2015, at D.J.
Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette.
He was born May 12, 1916, to
Adolf and Lydia (nee Matchinski)
Flatt in Alpena.
He moved to Engadine as a youth.
He was a member of the Civilian
Conservation Corps.
Mr. Flatt enlisted in the United
States Army March 25, 1941, where
he served overseas. In September
1944, he was wounded in the line of
duty in France. Following his recovery, he was stationed in Germany,
where he was captured in February
1945, and he was a prisoner of war
until his escape two months later. He
was honorably discharged November 27, 1945, attaining the rank of
sergeant and was awarded the Purple
Heart of Valor.
Upon returning to Engadine, Mr.
Flatt owned and operated the Flatt
Family Dairy Farm, until he retired
May 1, 1977, and moved to his home
on Millecoquin Lake.
He was a longtime member of
Bethlehem Lutheran Church. He was
a lifetime member of VFW Post
Jax Villemure
Jax C. Villemure, eight-month-old
son of David Winchester and Samantha Villemure of Newberry, died unexpectedly Monday, February 16,
2015, at Helen Newberry Joy Hospital in Newberry.
He was born May 22, 2014, in
Sault Ste. Marie.
In addition to his parents, Jax is
survived by his maternal grandparents, Ron and Erica Jasper of Hulbert, and his paternal grandfather,
Thomas Winchester of Engadine. He
is also survived by an aunt and uncle,
Mindy and Josh Wronski of Newberry; an uncle, Jeffrey Winchester
of Engadine, and cousins.
Services were Monday, February
23, at noon at Northstar Baptist
Church in McMillan with Pastor
Paul Williams officiating. Visitation
was from 11 a.m. to time of the service at the church.
Interment will be in the spring at
Jax Villemure
Naubinway Cemetery in Naubinway.
Memorial contributions may be
directed to the family.
Beaulieu Funeral Home in Newberry is assisting the family with
arrangements.
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James Willette
two sons and their families, Michael
and Donna Willette of Hastings and
Mark and Kelly Willette of
Clarksville; four grandchildren,
Brooke Willette, Logan Willette,
Ashley and Travis Albert, and Austin
Willette, and his wife’s mother, Pat
Wood of Grand Rapids. He is also
survived by two brothers and their
families, John and Maria Willette
and Joel and Beth Willette, both of
Clarksville, and one sister and her
family, Jean and Dave Faulkner of
Ionia.
He was preceded in death by his
parents.
A memorial service will be held
Saturday, February 28, at 1 p.m. at
Clarksville Bible Church in
Clarksville, followed by a gathering
time at the church to share memories
of Mr. Willette.
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being in business for more than 66
years, and friends said he didn’t have
one enemy in the whole town.
Mr. Calven joined the Masons
when he was 21 years old, and he
was looking forward to receiving an
80-year membership pin next year.
He was a church steward for Bethel
Lutheran Church at one time.
He became known as “Daddy Art”
to many of the younger people who
worked with him over the years, as
he lovingly challenged them to grow,
learn, and do their best. He was always patient. He listened to people,
and took great pleasure just in talking
with people. He thought the Les Cheneaux Islands were the best place in
the world. He would never be considered a celebrity, a successful,
wealthy, or important person in the
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James Kenneth Willette, 69, of
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He was born January 21, 1946, to
Kenneth and Marian (nee Mote) Willette in Hastings.
Mr. Willette grew up in
Clarksville. He was graduated from
Saranac High School in 1964. He
married Sharon Wood October 29,
1965, at Clarksville Bible Church.
He was employed as a machine operator for General Motors for nearly
35 years. After retiring in 1999, Mr.
and Mrs. Willette moved to Drummond Island to the home they had
been building there since purchasing
property in 1981. After retiring to
Drummond Island, Mr. Willette
worked part-time doing maintenance
work for Woodmoor Lodge.
He served in the Army National
Guard for 10 years. He was a member of the Forgotten Eagles and the
Moose Lodge on Drummond Island.
Mr. Willette enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, bowling, and playing golf
and softball. He played recreational
softball until he was 50 years old,
and he enjoyed playing on teams
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Arthur Calven
public eye, family members said, but
he was a humanitarian, a good father,
husband, neighbor, and above all, a
good person. Mr. Calven focused on
solutions to problems that would create a good world for the young people.
He is survived by two sons and
their families, Roger of Maryland and
Gary of Cedarville; five grandchildren and their families, Christopher
of Troy, Adam of Kansas, Anna, also
of Kansas, Mary of Maryland, and
Sara of Texas, and two great-grandchildren, Conner and Colton of Troy.
He is also survived by a sister and her
family, Nancy LaFrate of Florida.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Calven was preceded in death by his
wife, Evelyn, who died July 10,
2014, with whom he was married for
75 years; a son, William “Nick” Calven, and eight brothers and sisters.
Visitation will be Thursday, February 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
at Bethel Lutheran Church in
Cedarville. A candle lighting service
will be conducted by members of the
Masonic Lodge at 7 p.m.
Services will be Friday, February
27, at 11 a.m. at the church with Pastor Breanna Johnson officiating. Visitation will also be Friday from 10
a.m. to time of the service at the
church.
Burial will be in the spring at
Cedar Cemetery in Cedarville.
arrangements.
James Willette
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8372 in Engadine. He was also a
member of the Hiawatha Sportsman’s Club and a member of the
Farm Bureau. Mr. Flatt received his
high school diploma May 7, 2005,
from Engadine Consolidated
Schools, along with his brothers,
Otto and Ervin.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret (nee Rebedioux) Flatt of Engadine; two children and their
families, Nancy and Aaron Fulton
and Robert and Cynthia Flatt, all
of Engadine, and four grandchildren, Andrea Fulton, Doug Fulton,
Adam Flatt, and Jenna Flatt. He is
also survived by three siblings and
their families, Ervin of Engadine,
Gerhart and Ruth of Laguna
Woods, California, and Alvin and
Eldora of Newberry, and several
nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Flatt
was preceded in death by five siblings, Edmund Flatt, Albert Flatt,
Reinhart Flatt, Otto Flatt, and Elsie
Sellers.
Services will be in the spring at
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Engadine, with military rites at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery.
directed to Bethlehem Lutheran
Church Building Fund, in his memory.
Beaulieu Funeral Home in Newberry is assisting the family with
arrangements.
Arthur Everett Calven of
Cedarville was a World War II veteran who established and owned a
hardware store in Cedarville for
more than six decades. He enjoyed
serving people and teaching and encouraging young people in life. Mr.
Calven died Wednesday, February
18, 2015, at the age of 100.
He was born September 16, 1914,
to Charles and Rosa (nee Johnson)
Calven in Cedarville.
Mr. Calven’s family of origin
moved to Detroit about the time of
the beginning of World War I. As a
youth, he picked farm produce to
help his family, and in his teens became part of the Civilian Conservation Corps planting thousands of
trees in Michigan. After he was graduated from high school, he became
experienced to be a licensed master
plumber. He served in the Pacific in
World War II, and later became a
member of the local VFW.
He returned with his young family
to Cedarville. He built the first store
dedicated to hardware in town in
1949, while continuing his plumbing
services. He helped cut trees for the
rafters, plumbed the building, and
borrowed money for the first merchandise. Mr. Calven moved the
business to a larger building in 1959,
and eventually changed it to
Cedarville Ace Hardware to better
fulfill his commitment to serving the
area, community, and people he loved
with the same passion he placed in
loving Jesus. He was known for
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With New Provider, Patients Will See Ambulance Costs Comparable to Current Program
Ambulance: from page 1
manager Mark Wilk, who will continue in his role under CLSS, said
ambulance runs under Allied cost
$678 for advanced life support,
$575 for basic life support, and
$12.50 per mile for each.
Allied also offered a special response fee option of $275 for administering medicine on site to
patients who do not require an ambulance trip to the hospital, Mr.
Wilk said. The special category is
used infrequently, about twice a
year, he said, and a similar option
does not exist with CLSS.
The actual fees patients will pay
depend on their medical insurance
and whether patients participate in
the ambulance membership program, Cheboygan Plus, which is
modeled after the Allied Plus program. The company has offered
yearly subscription plans for more
than 20 years, Mr. Hyde said, and
the costs will be comparable to the
Allied Plus rates. Prices will be finalized with the Cheboygan LSS
board this week.
Cheboygan Plus will start June 1,
and information about how to register will be coming soon. Allied
Plus coverage will continue through
May.
As with Allied Plus, Cheboygan
Plus will cover ambulance rides for
patients who are picked up by
CLSS ambulances. For example, if
someone who lives in St. Ignace
gets sick in Cheboygan, needs an
ambulance, and a CLSS ambulance
picks him or her up, the ride will be
covered. The membership does not
cover rides for other ambulance
services, like Emmet County EMS.
The new partnership with CLSS
will not determine which hospital
patients are taken to, Mr. Hyde said.
Emergency medical responders and
the local doctors who give medical
direction decide where patients will
be taken for care.
As CLSS prepares to take over
More Students Attend Games After Ticket Price Cut
The number of St. Ignace students with season passes for school
athletic events has nearly tripled
after the school board lowered
prices in response to public request
in September. This year, 38 students
have purchased season passes,
compared to 11 last year.
A group of concerned citizens re-
quested the school board lower
prices in August, as they believed
the $100 student passes and $5 individual ticket costs were discouraging students from attending
sporting events. The citizens had
gathered ticket and season pass information from seven schools and
discovered that student pass rates at
Pickford Library to Teach Euchre
A session on playing euchre will
be offered Thursday, February 26,
at 6:30 p.m. at the Pickford Community Library. People who are interested in learning to play the card
game, want to brush up on their
skills, or experienced players willing to pass on their expertise may
want to attend. Local players will
be available to assist.
St. Ignace Library Hosts Craft Session
A craft session will be offered
Thursday, February 26, from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. in the community
room at the St. Ignace Public Library. Everyone is invited to share
crafting ideas and skills with
members of Friends of the St.
Ignace Public Library. The group
is making homemade bookmarks
to sell at book and bake sales. No
experience is necessary to attend.
‘Poetry Share’ Set at Mackinaw City
The Mackinaw City Area Arts
Council will host a poetry share
program Friday, February 27, at 7
p.m. at the Mackinaw Area Public
Library in Mackinaw City.
It is open to anyone who wishes
to recite or read his or her own
poems. Participants can also read
the work of their favorite poet, and
people who just want to listen can
also attend.
Coffee, tea, and dessert will be
served. There is no cost to attend.
Participants should enter the library
through the back door.
other districts were more than 50%
lower than at St. Ignace.
The board confirmed the other
districts’ ticket and passes costs,
then lowered student passes to $45
and decreased student ticket costs
by $1. Family passes were also reduced from $250 to $200.
Increased pass sales have more
than compensated for the drop in
price. Student passes have brought
$1,710 into the athletic fund, as opposed to last year’s revenue of
$1,100.
Teachers and administrators have
noticed increased attendance at
games, as well, which is partially
the result of lower ticket costs, said
LaSalle High School Principal
Gregg Fettig.
“The other part of that was the
idea of having pep band sit in with
student section,” he said. “I think
they bring a great spirit to the
games. It’s contagious within our
home crowd and our players. It’s
been a real positive thing in basketball games this season.”
The pep band plays most Friday
nights under the direction of interim
band director Craig Hierholzer.
For junior varsity and varsity
events, adult tickets are $5 and student tickets are $4; for middle
school events, adult tickets are $4
and student tickets are $3.
the administrative aspects of ambulance service, Mr. Hyde is finalizing paperwork, state licensing, and
budget preparation. A contract will
need to be adopted by each governing unit.
Over the coming weeks, Mr.
Hyde will meet with local ambulance staff and familiarize himself
with facilities.
“It will be a bumpy road and
we’ll learn along the way,” he said
of the transition, “but we will provide as good or better service as before. . . We will definitely make
mistakes, and we will learn from
them and try to fix them.”
Island Partners with Mainland
for Ambulance Service
The Mackinac Island City Council voted to become a member of
the Straits Area Ambulance Service
at a special council meeting
The City of Mackinac Island
owns its own ambulance and the
paramedics and emergency medical
technicians (EMTs) who live and
work there will become employees
of CLSS. The company will only be
assuming the billing, licensing, and
human resources aspects of ambulance service.
“If you call the ambulance,
they’re going to come and pick you
up and take you to the medical center, the boat dock, or the airport. . .”
city Medical Committee Chair
Dennis Bradley told The St. Ignace
News. “When you get to the mainland, someone will pick you up and
take you to a certified medical facility.”
The city considered three options: partnering with the mainland
communities under CLSS, negotiating its own deal with CLSS, or
contracting with Emmet County
EMS.
The city council approved Mayor
Margaret Doud’s nomination of Mr.
Bradley and Councilman Dominic
Redman to be the city’s representatives on the Straits Area Ambulance
Service Board.
The CLSS contract will be for
two years.
Mackinac Island Councilwoman
Kay Hoppenrath cast a lone dissenting vote February 11. At a previous
medical committee meeting, she favored the Emmet County EMS proposal.
After the meeting, Mr. Bradley
said that three main factors gave
Cheboygan LSS an edge. The Island will have more clout when
dealing with the new EMS provider
as part of a regional ambulance
board, Cheboygan LSS’s two-yearlong contract was more preferable
than a one-year contract, and the
company’s nearly 30 years of experience were advantageous, he said.
Michigan Youth Hunting Program Is Friday at Cedarville
An informational meeting on
Michigan youth huntimg and fishing will be Friday, February 27, at
7 p.m. at Les Cheneaux Christian
Fellowship in Cedarville. Participants can hunt or fish Saturday,
February 28. An archery range will
be available. Dinner will be at 6
p.m. with prizes. The grand prize is
a gun.
Youth age 8 to 17 are welcome to
attend. There is no charge.
For more information, call Scout
or Davine Hester at (906) 4848001.
Les Cheneaux Christian Fellowship is at 202 Blindline Road.
Families Against Narcotics Offers Crandell Presentation
Families Against Narcotics
(FAN) of Chippewa County will
present speaker Todd Crandell
Wednesday, March 4, at 6 p.m. in
the Anchor Room at the Cisler Center at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie. Admission
to the program is free.
Mr. Crandell’s 13-year struggle
with drugs and alcohol nearly de-
stroyed his life, relationships with
family and friends, and the promise
of a professional hockey career, according to FAN. Now free of drug
and alcohol use, he has completed
26 full-length Ironman Triathlons
across the world. In 2008, he was
the only person in the world to
complete the Ultraman Hawaii
Triathlon, and six days later com-
plete Ironman Western Australia. In
2009, Mr. Crandell completed Ultraman Canada, and became one of
25 people in the world to have completed both ultraman triathlons.
Door prizes and refreshments
will be offered at the meeting. Donations to Families Against Narcotics of Chippewa County will be
accepted.
OBITUARY
Donald McNeil
Longtime Gould City resident
Donald C. McNeil, 88, of Manistique, died Monday, February 23,
2015, at the U.P. Health System
Hospital in Marquette.
He was born May 13, 1926, to
Harry and Emma (nee Sly) McNeil
in Gould City.
Mr. McNeil attended school in
Gould City. He later served as the
Gould City constable. He was employed at Inland Lime and Stone
Company in Gulliver at one time.
He married Evelyn Yale of Gould
City. They reared six children. She
died July 10, 1991.
He was employed for most of his
working life at the Hoot McInerney
automotive dealerships in the metropolitan Detroit area as a maintenance person and “jack of all
trades.”
He married Marilyn Halterman in
1997, and Mr. and Mrs. McNeil operated an ice-cream shop in LaPorte, Indiana, before they retired
to Gould City. She died May 4,
2008.
He married Frances CaldwellStabile of Curtis September 26,
Donald McNeil
2009, in Gould City. They made
their home in Manistique.
Mr. McNeil enjoyed hunting and
fishing, visiting with family, especially his grandchildren, traveling,
and going out for dinner with his
wife, Frances. He also enjoyed
playing the fiddle and banjo.
He is survived by his wife,
Frances of Manistique; four children and their families, Robert Mc-
Neil of Florida, Richard McNeil
and Karen Fielding of Gould City,
Michael McNeil of Marquette, and
Steven McNeil of St. Clair Shores;
12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren, and one great-greatgrandchild. He is also survived by
a brother and his family, John and
Rachel McNeil of Gould City; two
sisters and their families, Evelyn
DeMars of Westland and Mary
Louse and Jerry Swiercz of Engadine, and nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, his first
wife, Evelyn, and his second wife,
Marilyn, Mr. McNeil was preceded
in death by a son, Roger McNeil; a
daughter, Marilyn Root; four brothers, George, Daniel, James, and
Cecil, and two sisters, Josephine
Zukowski and Frances McNeil.
Visitation will be Friday, February 27, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at
Messier-Broullire Funeral Home in
Manistique, followed by a prayer
service at 4 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Burial will be in the spring at
Newton Township Cemetery in
Gould City.
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St. Ignace
Saints
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Cheboygan
Chiefs
Friday,
February 27, 2015
J.V. Game Starts at 5:00 p.m.
Hooping for a Cure
Varsity Game to Follow
Kim & David Latva
Mackinac Ford Sales
www.mackinacford.com
643-8040
Art Huskey & Sons
Excavating
643-9348
Mannings Northern Tire
231-627-4432
Wheeler Chevrolet-Buick
231-627-7126
Coldwell Banker
Schmidt Realtors
George & Barb Yshinski
906-630-3321
St. Ignace Big Boy
984-2400
Enterprise Vending
643-8199
Resort Photography, LLC
www.resortphoto.com
643-0132
Aaron Winberg Masonry Inc.
643-6349
G-Man Entertainment
Gary Engle
231-420-3045
Massage & Body Works - Just for You
Audrey Stenson - BCTMB -LMT
Megan Stenson - LMT
906-298-0565 • 906-298-0851
Cedarville Marine/
Flotation Docking Systems
484-2815 • 484-3422
Luke’s Car Detailing
231-373-9414
Pickford Auto Service
647-9905
White Tail Restaurant & Motel
292-5525
Cedar Hill Lodge
www.cedarhilllodge.com
643-9900
In Honor of LaTaunya Paquin
Body Shop 23
231-627-6148
Gustafson’s Smoked Fish
of Brevort
906-292-5424
Cheboygan Carpet Outlet
231-627-8290
Hessel Grocery & Deli
484-2435
K&V Grocery of Moran
643-9665
Holiday Station Stores
643-7770
Modern Pharmacy
231-627-9949
Straits Building Center
643-7141
Barish’s
906-635-9883
Straits Auto & Truck Sales
231-627-2296
St. Ignace Truck Stop Restaurant
643-8076
National Office Products & Printing
632-3095
Hatfield-Roy Design
635-9555
Pro Sports
632-8161
Zany Kitchen
231-268-3211
Louie’s Fresh Market
231-597-8325
Belonga Excavating & Underground
643-9595
Mackinac Animal Aid Association
See the Shelter Animals at petfinder.com
906-298-1668
Watson’s Shoe Store
647-5255
Frank Ball Repair
647-7472
The Feed Station
643-6411
Family Fare
643-9636
Cut River Small Engine Repair
906-292-5496
Ledy Cabinetry, Inc.
647-5200
Everson’s Home Furnishings
www.eversonshomefurniture.com
643-7751
City Manager Les Therrian
Walt and Diane Poirier
Subway
643-1140
B.C. Pizza
643-0300
Old Mission Bank
635-9910
Probuild - Rudyard
478-6201
West US-2 Shell / U.P. Fuels
643-9260
Tracy Movalson
Save-A-Lot
231-597-9278
Great Lakes Air
www.greatlakesair.net
643-7165
McDonald’s Restaurants
643-8973
St. Ignace Village Inn
643-9511
Maples Sawmill, Inc.
484-3926
Skinner’s Garage, Inc.
647-5655
Straits Area Glass, Inc.
231-627-4426
Mackinac Straits Health System Inc.
www.mackinacstraitshealth.org
643-8585
Gateway Lanes & Fred’s Pub
643-8476
Soo Motors
www.soomotors.com
Driftwood Sports Bar & Grill
www.thedriftwoodonline.com
643-7744
First National Bank of St. Ignace
www.fnbsi.com
643-6800
Autore Oil & Propane
484-2233
Art Van Furniture
632-6817
Kamper Tires Exhaust
647-8011
After the Fact
RV Sales & Service
495-7242
Mayor Paul Grondin
Soo Fireplace & Stone
632-0760
Paula & Doug Goudreau
True Value - St. Ignace
643-7979
The Pine’s Motel & Trading Post
643-9999
Rudyard Cooperative
Company Stores
495-2272
Fred & Sandy Feleppa and Family
Belonga Plumbing,
Heating & Cooling
643-9595
Quality Inn - St. Ignace
643-9700
Alcock’s Market
231-627-4254
Spencer Insurance Agency
478-4191
LeRoy’s Beauty Salon
643-0018
Bavarian Haus Lakefront Inn
www.bavarianhauslakefrontinn.com
643-8008
Langstaff Pump Service
478-4606
Louie’s Well Drilling
478-7581
Pickle Point
484-3479
Tassier Sugar Bush
484-3219
Zodiac Party Store
643-8643
Griffin Beverage Company
643-8830
Great Lakes Roofing
647-2916
Wilderness Treasures
647-4002
O’Connor’s
Chrysler • Dodge • Jeep • Ram
647-5575
Edward Jones
John Kling - Financial Advisor
643-6282
Premier Janitorial
253-2100
St. Ignace Area Schools
Cedar Pantry
484-2275
M.P. Gamble Construction
847-3985
Brandt’s Sports Center, Inc
231-625-2567
Mackinac Environmental
Technology, Inc.
643-9948
Makin’ Waves
Beauty & Tanning Salon
478-4247
Craig & Jeni Therrian and Family
Murray’s Mackinac Realty
Jerry & Reinette Murray
www.murraysmackinacrealty.com
906-430-0308
St. Ignace Barber Shop
643-0366
Leitz Sports
632-8291
Dr. Kevin John Lawson
253-1300
Pickford/Rudyard Feed Service
647-3251 • 478-7411
Linde Furniture
231-627-6492
Cheeseman Insurance Agency
643-7944
Ace Hardware
643-7721
Dodson Funeral Home
Bruce & Carolyn Dodson
643-7711
Allied EMS, Inc.
www.alliedems.org
643-6538
Cedarville Foods
484-2219
A & I Midwest Printing
The Locker Room
643-7780
Marshall Builders
Rick • 643-9491
Wade • 643-7410
U.P. State Credit Union
www.upscu.com
643-8138
Mary & Wes Maurer
St. Ignace Greenhouse & Florist
www.stignacegreenhouseandflorist.com
Mackinac Island Realty
Bill & Syndee Borst
www.mackinacislandrealty.com
906-430-0831
643-9480
First Community Bank
231-627-7700
U.P. Tire
632-6661
Mackinac Plumbing and Heating
643-8549
Classic & Antique Boats
484-2238
The Gold Mine
www.goldminejeweler.com
643-7001
Lois and Dave Movalson
Green Thumb Garden Center
484-2214
Bunker Construction
643-8709
Johnson’s Studio & Camera
231-627-4611
Bentley’s B-M-L Diner
643-7910
Erickson’s Appliance
259-0661
The St. Ignace News
643-9150
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Nostalgia for Early Snowmobile Riding Is Centerpiece of Naubinway Show
Show: from page 1
the pipeline bridge.
The Friday morning ride attracted
90 people, despite subzero temperatures, with 30 involved in the night
ride. The Top of the Lake Museum
was open during Saturday’s show
and drew a large number of visitors.
“This is great,” said Top of the
Lake Snowmobile Museum chair
Charlie Vallier Saturday. “There are
a lot of people here and snow conditions are perfect.”
Temperatures were back in the
positive figures Saturday as an intermittent snowfall helped set the scene
for the event. A lot across from the
display was filled with parked snowmobiles whose riders came off local
trails to enjoy the event, while owners of the vintage sleds showed them
off by zipping back and forth.
The show featured many early
snowmobiles from today’s manufacturers Polaris, Arctic Cat, Ski-Doo,
and Yamaha. The modern brands
were joined on display by sleds from
companies that have exited the business, including John Deere, Mercury,
Raider, Johnson, Massey-Ferguson,
Skiroule, Fox Trac, Sno-Jet, MotoSki, Autoboggan, Suzuki, Viking,
Snowbug, Alouette, Evinrude,
Simko, Boa-Ski, Larson, Scatmobile,
Scorpion, and AMF.
Skiroules, a brand built in Quebec
from 1965 through 1976, were the
featured sleds at this year’s show.
Seven Skiroules were displayed, including a high-performance RTX
from the early 1970s that was donated to the Top of the Lake Museum
during the weekend to be sold as a
fundraiser. The sleds, nicknamed
“Sno-Pickles” or “Green Pickles”
because of their coloring, were
parked in front of Naubinway’s First
National Bank of St. Ignace.
“This is awesome,” said Skiroule
owner Mark Caswell of Rapid River.
“You rarely see these at shows anymore.”
Mr. Caswell brought three
Skiroules to the show, models from
1968, 1971, and 1972. He won the
1971 model as a raffle prize at a classic snowmobile show in Crivitz,
Wisconsin, and often rides it. While
all three of his Skiroules run, he
rarely rides the 1968 because of its
rarity. He collected the green sleds
because of the early models similarity to those of another snowmobile
brand he enjoys.
“I am a diehard Ski-Doo guy, but
I wanted something different,” Mr.
Caswell said. “I was drawn to
Skiroule because it was also Canadian and basically a green Ski-Doo.”
Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, snowmobile collector Gary Bogenschutz rode
a 1974 Polaris Friday and displayed
a 1971 Skiroule S-400 Saturday. He
owns 30 snowmobiles from a wide
variety of brands. He purchased his
Skiroule near Appleton, Wisconsin.
“It’s absolutely beautiful,” Mr. Bogenschutz said of its ride. “It has a
nice, low center of gravity.”
The choice of Skiroules as the fea-
Skiroules, a brand of snowmobiles built in Quebec from 1965 through 1976, were the featured sleds at
this year’s show, Saturday, February 21. Seven of the “Sno-Pickle” sleds, nicknamed for their green
coloring, were on display Saturday as Skiroule owners Mark Caswell of Rapid River (left) and Gary
Bogenschutz of Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, examined their sleds and those of others. The high-performance
RTX sled on the far right, the only one in the display, was donated to the Top of the Lake Snowmobile
Museum during the weekend to be sold as a fundraiser.
Classic snowmobiles driving through downtown were a common
sight in Naubinway at the Top of the Lake Antique and Vintage
Snowmobile Show and Ride. Here Oakland County resident Craig
Maynerich rides through the display of 160 snowmobiles aboard his
1972 Ski-Doo. Several owners demonstrated their sleds by firing them
up and driving back and forth through the display area.
tured sled led Cedarville resident
Sharrie Steinbach and her husband,
Jon, to attend the show. Mrs. Steinbach’s first husband, Bob Falkenhagen, raced Skiroules in the early
editions of the I-500. The Steinbachs
enjoyed the chance to see the classic
machines.
“There are a good variety of antique machines,” Mrs. Steinbach said
of the show. “You couldn’t ask for
better weather.”
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin snowmobile collector Jerry Schmitt
brought six Raider twin-track snowmobiles to form one of the event’s
most popular displays. Mr. Schmitt
came to the show because has known
Mr. Vallier for years and has family
in Cheboygan that he planned to visit
this weekend. He once owned a hotel
in St. Ignace and his sister, Mary
Pope, lives there.
Raider snowmobiles were made
from 1971 through 1975 and their
unique twin-track, rear engine design
gives them more in a common with
an Indianapolis 500 race car than
most sleds. Mr. Schmitt said that
choice was deliberate. Raiders were
brainchild of famous race car designer Bob Bracey, one of the men
who helped develop the Ferrarikilling Ford GT40 Mark IV that won
the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mr.
Bracey wasn’t a snowmobile rider,
but took a look at the burgeoning
snowmobile industry and decided
that he could use his automotive expertise to develop a better sled. The
Raider was designed with a race carlike enclosed cockpit designed to increase safety and more precise
steering that didn’t require the rider
to lean into turns.
“It’s more stable,” Mr. Schmitt
said. “You can still roll it, but only if
you do something stupid.”
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purchased two of them new. He still
owns both of those sleds. He displayed six sleds from his 14 Raider
collection that showed off the wide
variety of models and colors the
sleds came in. Three of his sleds
parked next to each other showed the
evolution of the brand’s offerings,
from the early Bandit 400 into the
later Eagle and Double Eagle models.
Many of the snowmobiles on display had a long history with their
owners, including the 1973 Sno-Jet
Starjet displayed by Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario, resident Mario Gaudenzi.
The all-original sled was first purchased by his father, Julio Gaudenzi,
on sale for $800, according to Mr.
Gaudenzi, and has remained in the
family ever since. He displayed the
sled alongside pictures of three generations of his family riding it.
“I’ve got a lot of memories on it,”
Mr. Gaudenzi said.
Mr. Vallier displayed 12 of his
own snowmobiles, including a
Snowbug, a Johnson, and 10 Vikings
in a variety of colors. Mr. Vallier’s
late father, Lawrence Vallier, owned
a Viking dealer in Naubinway and he
has maintained an enthusiasm for the
brand. The company made sleds in
six metal flake colors and Mr. Vallier
owns an example of each, with five
on display Saturday; blue, red, green,
purple, and gold. He left his black
model at home. A custom coppercolored Viking and a teal model from
1968 were also on display.
“I like displaying my Vikings,”
Mr. Vallier said.
Marcia Williams, her husband
Mark, and her 13-year-old grandson
Tony Williams of Gulliver displayed
a fleet of six classic Polaris snowmobiles, including three Colts, a 1988
650 Indy, and two TXLs. Mrs.
Williams said they have been collecting snowmobiles since 1990 because
of her husband’s passion for Polaris
after owning them in his younger
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, resident Mario Gaudenzi showed off his family’s long history with its 1973
Sno-Jet Starjet. Here Mr. Gaudenzi sits aboard the sled, showing off a collage of pictures showing three
generations of his family on board the Starjet. His father, Julio Gaudenzi, purchased the snowmobile new
and it has been in the family ever since. To the right of the Sno-Jet is a 1964 Fox Trac belonging to Hale
resident Fred Edgerton. A parking lot filled with trailers used to bring the vintage sleds to Naubwinway
for the show can be seen in the distance.
years. The family and a friend rode
some of their sleds in the Friday ride.
“I love this show,” Mrs. Williams
said. “We see lots of people we know
when we come here.”
The most popular of their sleds
on display was a 1968 Polaris Colt
that was customized for Tony by
Mr. Williams. The sled featured a
new front with the motor jutting
through the hood and modernized
brakes and suspension. Tony has
been riding solo for the last three
years.
Joe Dahlquist and his son,
David Dahlquist, drove more than
300 miles to attend the show for
the first time from their home in
Kalamazoo after hearing about it
from friends. Mr. Dahlquist was
impressed with the museum after
visiting it last summer and said the
display Saturday brought back a
lot of memories.
“I love seeing all the sleds I grew
up with again,” Joe Dahlquist said.
“There’s a lot of late 1960s and early
1970s model Polaris and Ski-Doos.”
“I never thought there would be
this many different snowmobiles,”
David Dahlquist said.
David Dahlquist was hoping to
see more John Deere snowmobiles
at the show, as only two were in
the downtown display. He hopes
to return to the show next year so
he can remedy the problem by displaying his 1973 model.
Chainsaw carver Chad Denkins
of Cooks has been a regular at the
show for several years. On Saturday he carved items while spectators watched, including a bench
and sign featuring snowmobile
logos that will eventually be displayed in the museum.
The event’s award and raffle winners are as follows:
The first Mackinaw City Bridal
Show will take place Sunday,
March 1, from noon to 3 p.m. Admission is free. The show will
give brides and grooms the chance
to interact with more than 27 vendors who offer wedding-related
services to help plan their big
days. It will be at Audie’s Restaurant.
“Mackinaw City and the Straits
area is a beautiful place for weddings…,” Audie’s general manager and event organizer Katie
Kosorski said. “We have a lot to
offer...I wanted to put together a
place showcasing our area for
brides and grooms.”
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Skiroule to take part in Friday’s ride.
6th prize – $50 Cash (donated by
a museum member), Dan Budensiek,
Lakeville, Minnesota
and invitation makers. The Mackinaw City Chamber of Commerce
and the Mackinaw Area Visitors
Bureau will share a booth at the
event to provide information about
the area and promote the village as
a wedding site.
“It’s fun to showcase what we
have here in Mackinaw City,”
Chamber Executive Director
Dawn Edwards said. “There’s
many great venues here for couples to start their lives together. A
lot of our hotels already have
bridal packages.”
Cheboygan musician Charlie
Reager will perform live music. A
photo booth will also be on hand.
The event will feature door prizes.
Ms. Kosorski’s goal is to have
between 75 to 100 brides with
their guests. A few spots remain
for vendors at the show. Vendors
must preregister by calling the
restaurant at (231) 436-5744.
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LaSalle High School Robotics Team Prepares for Competition: Recycling Rush
By Tory Cooney
The LaSalle High School Robotics Team is building and programming a robot for use in this
year’s competition: Recycling
Rush.
FIRST Robotics holds competitions across the country in which
students build robots to accomplish a particular task. This year,
robots must be able to stack cartons, trash bins, and pool noodles
representing “litter.”
During the preliminary rounds
of competition, teams are randomly assigned to work together
and are given points for how well
they perform and cooperate with
the other robots. The eight teams
with the highest scores compete
against each other in the final
round alongside non-finalist robots they select to play with.
“We’re hoping we’re in the top
eight, and if we’re not, that we’ll
be chosen to play on their team,”
said team captain Angela Donajkowski. “Competition’s the best.
You’re surrounded by fellow
nerdy people and get to see how
they built their robots. You make
a lot of friends.”
The team has several drivers
who can control the robot using a
joystick connected to the computer. Teammates watching the
round shout out information,
warnings, and instructions to
make sure the driver doesn’t miss
anything.
“I play games all the time, and
this is like a real-life game,” said
driver Dalton McLennan, a sophomore returning to the team for
his second year. “It’s intense, but
it’s fun.”
Competition also provides a
chance for the whole team to see
their robot in action and enjoy
their hard work, said safety captain Carmen Thurston. The
LaSalle team has a few more
weeks until they reach that point,
and is currently immersed in the
preparation process.
In January, the challenge was
announced and the robotics kits
were distributed to participating
schools. After that, students only
have six weeks to design, build,
program, and perfect their robots.
In addition to the materials provided by the league, the team can
use wood, metal, or any other additions they want to incorporate
into the robot’s design.
Last year, the team finished
sixth out of 36 teams in an Escanaba competition, where they de-
Returning robotics team members Angela Donajkowski (from left),
Amber Tillman, Carmen Thurston, and Dallas McLennan work on
the frame of their robot after school Tuesday, January 27. The team
nearly doubled in size this year, with 28 members.
Above: Members of the LaSalle High School robotics team and their
coaches display their robot at halftime during a St. Ignace Saints boys
varsity basketball game Friday, February 13. Pictured are (back from
left) Midge Tillman, George Garen, Merlin Doran, Ben Doran, Dallas
McLennan, Alicia Garen, Aly Sayles, Lucas Gustafson, Andrew
Goldthorpe, Robin Chargo; (front) Lily Hart, Angela Donajkowski,
Amber Tillman, and Connor Fitzgerald.
At left: Jesse Timmerman, (from left) Ben Doran, and parent Volunteer Walt Hart program LaSalle High School Robotics Team’s robot
for FIRST Robotics 2015 challenge, Recycling Rush. Competition
begins in March.
buted a robot nicknamed “Shovel
Bot” —so called because it was
equipped with a shovel that served
as a scoop.
“Last year we had to rush it.
This year we also have more time
to build, which is good, but we
also have higher expectations,”
said Dalton.
This year’s robot, not yet
named, will be more complicated,
featuring a pulley-driven forklift
system for use in stacking. Returning teammates brought some
hands-on experience working with
the materials and new teammates
brought additional manpower.
The team more than doubled
this year, from 12 members to 28.
Underclassmen make up half the
team and will take the lead themselves in a couple of years.
Two or three underclassmen are
being trained how to drive the
robot, which requires a lot of practice and concentration. Another is
learning how to program the
robot, which has its own set of difficulties.
“It’s important to teach the underclassmen how to do it,” said
Carmen. “The more younger kids
get involved, the longer it’ll go
on.”
The robotics program is one of
the few non-athletic extracurricular activities offered by the school
and provides students with an opportunity to work in a competitive
team environment, even if they
don’t want to participate in sports.
It also provides valuable hands-on
experience with technology.
“It’s a predecessor to industry. A
lot of principles here reflect how
industrial machines actually operate,” said parent volunteer Walt
Hart. “It’s a good stepping stone to
operating or repairing machines,
electrical engineering, almost anything.”
“If you want to do mechanical
engineering, this is it right here,”
said Angela, who is interested in
pursuing mechanical engineering
after graduation. “But this would
come into use no matter what you
do.”
Last year’s team was funded by
a grant from the state. This year,
the grant funding was reduced and
the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians stepped in to
provide the remaining funds.
The team will compete in Kentwood Thursday, March 5, through
Sunday, March 8, and in Traverse
City Thursday, March 12, through
Sunday, March 15.
LaSalle High School Robotics Team member Dalton McLennan and
captain Amber Tillman construct the robot’s frame in the school wood
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Frozen 4 on 4 Youth Pond Hockey Championship Brings Family Fun to Moran Bay
The St. Ignace Polar Bears and the Marquette Girls U-12 vie for control of the puck at the Frozen 4 on 4 Youth Pond Hockey Championship Saturday, February 21. The museum of Ojibwa Culture, Huron
Boardwalk, Kiwanis Beach Pavilion, and heated changing rooms can be seen in the background.
Orchard Lake and Gateway Lanes teams face off at the Frozen 4 on 4 Youth Pond Hockey Championship.
By Tory Cooney
Young hockey teams darted
across the ice of Moran Bay in St.
Ignace during the 2015 Frozen 4
on 4 Youth Pond Hockey Championship Friday, February 20, through
Sunday, February 22. Numbers
were down this year, with 30
teams dropping out in the last
week because of the extreme cold
temperatures forecasted last weekend and conflicts with a Little
Caesar’s Playoff.
Youth Pond Hockey generally
loses three to five teams because
of the downstate hockey league,
said city Recreation Director Scott
Marshall, but lost 18 this year. If
it had not been for the last-minute
dropouts, the tournament would
have been slightly larger than last
year’s 81 teams. As it is, about 55
attended.
“The rinks look the best they
have ever looked,” Mr. Marshall
said, “the three-day tournament
has worked well, the weather was
beautiful on Saturday, and every-
one had a good time.”
The move from a two-day tournament to a three-day tournament
gave players more time between
games to relax. It also provided
organizers the ability to reschedule games in the event of bad
weather. No rescheduling was
needed this year, however, as the
weekend provided positive temperatures and sunshine.
“Look at the kids’ faces,” Mr.
Marshall said while at the tournament. “They’re having the time of
their lives.”
Many of the young players
agreed, citing the opportunity to
play in a less structured atmosphere as one of the main reasons
that pond hockey is so much fun.
Other reasons included the beautiful setting and the ability to play
with friends who might not belong
to an organized league.
“It’s something different to do
than regular hockey. There’s a different feel to it,” said Heather Bird
of St. Ignace, whose son, Mason,
played with the St. Ignace Truck
Stop team. “They just have a blast.
But what’s more fun than skating
on the ice?”
Mrs. Bird grew up skating on
Brevort Lake with her sister, and
her son has taken an interest in
skating, too.
Shawn Livingston of St. Ignace
played with one of the B&B
Snowplowing teams. He prefers
the smoother skating at Little Bear
East Arena to the bumpier ice of
Lake Huron, but he had fun at the
tournament.
His grandparents, Linda and
Dan Smykowski of Paradise,
drove south to watch him play.
They found it difficult to choose
one thing that they liked most
about Youth Pond Hockey, and instead, fresh air, sunshine, winning,
and time with family all tied at the
top of the list, Mrs. Smykowski
said.
“It’s awesome for our town,”
said Shawn’s father, Casey Livingston. “Hockey is the highlight
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Above: Ryan and Heather Bird of St. Ignace with their sons Koel
(left) and Mason near the ice bowling lanes during the Frozen 4 on 4
Youth Pond Hockey Championship. Mason played with the Truck
Stop Warriors as his family cheered him on. The lanes were left over
from the U.P. Pond Hockey Tournament, held the weekend before.
At left: Ola Rominski and her father, Craig Rominski, watch
older brother, Roan, play in the Frozen 4 on 4 Youth Pond Hockey
Championship Saturday, February 21. The family has attended
some tournaments at Little Bear East Arena, but this was their first
year at Youth Pond Hockey on Moran Bay. “We knew it would be
good,” Mr. Rominski said.
of our winter.”
The rinks were constructed for
the U.P. Pond Hockey Tournament
the weekend before, but volunteers needed to clear and resurface
them for the youth weekend. The
ice resurfacer was repaired after
breaking down during the adult
Pond Hockey tournament last weekend, so the process was easier than
it could have been.
This year, Events Committee
volunteers manned the concessions booths inside the heated entertainment tent, offering hot
chocolate, coffee, soda, hot dogs,
hamburgers, and soup. Many
teams brought charcoal grills with
them and cooked out on the ice or
in nearby parking lots.
One group of fathers from the
Ann Arbor area set up a grill, coolers, and lawn chairs outside an
equipment trailer in the Shepler’s
ferry parking lot. Their sons, a
team called the Ice Holes, used the
area to store their gear, eat, and
relax between games.
Many of the boys are friends,
but live too far apart to play on the
same teams. Instead, they usually
face off as rivals in league
matches.
“This is a good way for a bunch
of friends to play together, even if
they don’t get to see each other
normally and live in different
places,” said father Eric Bradley.
“The atmosphere up here is great
and there’s a good sense of camaraderie.”
“We’re probably more fired up
about being here than the kids,”
said Derek Niethammer, “but we
had to bring the kids so it would
One of the Truck Stop Warriors races off with the puck as Mt. Pleasant Patriots and fellow St. Ignace teammates follow during the Frozen 4
on 4 Youth Pond Hockey Championship.
make sense to our wives.”
Another group of friends joined
to play on JB Strong, one of three
teams from Lakeland Arena in
Waterford.
Sammy Atchison, Jared Behmlander, Nick Diedrich, Jordan
Edens, Ricky Reyner, and Zachary
Vinyard have been friends since
middle school and played together
in three previous Youth Pond
Hockey tournaments.
They’re on opposing high
school teams now, but came back
together to play in support of
Jared, their team captain, who was
diagnosed with acute lymphoblas-
tic leukemia in July 2014.
“The friendship we have together is like a brotherhood. We’re
here for play for Jared,” Sammy
said. The tournament was also a
good time for the boys to be together and have fun playing a
sport they all love.
“Jared has been looking forward
to this for months and willed himself to be here,” said his mother,
Tracie Behmlander. “He has a
great prognosis and his teammates
have really helped him throughout
his healing. They’ve grounded
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G IRLS B ASKETBALL
Kayla Rambo,
Pickford
Samantha Bennett,
Engadine
By David Latva
Saints Clinch Share
Of SAC Title
The St. Ignace Saints clinched a
share of their seventh straight
Straits Area Conference title with a
41-39 road win over the Newberry
Indians Friday, February 20. St.
Ignace can win the conference outright if they win their upcoming
home game against Cheboygan Friday, February 27.
The Saints, 14-5 overall and 6-1
in the SAC, trailed 9-7 after the first
eight minutes and 22-17 at halftime
after Newberry outscored St. Ignace
13-10 in the second period.
St. Ignace regrouped and the
players tightened their defense with
a 13-8 margin in the third quarter to
send the game into the final period
tied at 30.
In the final eight minutes, the
Saints held an 11-9 scoring edge.
Abbey Ostman scored the winning
two-point field goal in the closing
seconds to record the win.
Coach Dorene Ingalls, in her 16th
season as varsity coach, has guided
the Saints to undefeated league titles 11 times, totaling 101 victories.
Eight players scored for the Saints.
Saints statistics: Abbey Ostman,
eight points, six rebounds, three assists, three steals; Sarah Smith,
eight points, 12 rebounds; Shakir
Smith, six points, five rebounds;
Natalee Lee, six points; Margo
Brown, six points; Jade Edelman
and Linnie Gustafson, two points
each.
Saints Down Trojans;
Continue Improvement
The St. Ignace Saints continue to
improve with a 77-45 non-conference home win over the Cedarville
Trojans Tuesday, February 17.
Annie Eberts scored a three-point
field goal to give Cedarville an 8-5
lead at 3:55 of the first quarter. Jade
Edelman answered with two consecutive field goals and Abbey Ostman added a triple for a 12-8 Saints
lead with 1:55 left in the first eight
minutes.
Shannon Sayles and Mackenzie
Barr scored for the Trojans to notch
the score at 12-12. During the final
minutes of the first period, Margo
Brown drained a triple and Ostman
scored five points, including a twopoint field goal with 1.4 seconds
left in the quarter for a 20-16 ad-
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vantage.
The Saints opened the second
quarter with an 8-0 run for a 28-16
lead and closed out the first half
with a 38-23 halftime lead. Ostman
scored 14 for the Saints and Barr
notched 10 for the Trojans. St.
Ignace completed the game
outscoring Cedarville 39-22 in the
second half.
Saints statistics: Abbey Ostman,
26 points, nine assists, eight rebounds; Margo Brown, 16 points;
Sarah Smith, 10 points; Linnie
Gustafson, eight points; Natalee
Lee and Jordan Belleville, six
points; Jade Edelman, five points,
nine rebounds.
Trojans statistics: Mackenzie
Barr, 13 points; Monica Krackowski, 11 points; Elissa Griffin,
nine points; Annie Eberts and Shannon Sayles, five points each; Ashley Sherlund, two points.
Saints JV Down Trojans
The St. Ignace junior varsity
team defeated Cedarville 51-29.
Saints statistics: Keshia Davis,
11 points; Kate Bentgen, 10 points;
Kiara Bishop, eight points; Erika
Frazier, seven points; Callie Kammers, six points; Lily Hart, Jessie
Frazier, Tashaka Battick, and Abby
Larsen, two points each; Katlyn
Donajkowski, one point.
Trojans statistics: Alicia Kasper,
10 points; Heather McIntire, six
points; Gina Augugliaro, five
points; Emma Bohn, four points;
Hannah Perkins, three points; Kina
Sims, one point.
DeTour Edges Mackinaw City
In Non-Conference Matchup
The DeTour Raiders edged the
Mackinaw City Comets 35-33 during a non-conference home contest
Tuesday, February 17.
The Raiders held an 18-15 scor-
St. Ignace Saints to Host 7th
Hooping for a Cure Friday
The St. Ignace Saints will host
the 7th annual Hooping for a Cure
benefit basketball game against the
Cheboygan Chiefs Friday, February
27, at LaSalle High School. Proceeds of the girls basketball game
and raffles and other fundraisers
will benefit the oncology department at Mackinac Straits Health
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ing advantage at halftime before the
Comets held an 18-17 scoring edge
in the second half.
Raiders statistics: Madison
Wilkie, 11 points; Kaalin Crawford,
nine points; Sarah Bailey and Hallie
Grzesiek, six points each; Pearl
Tiefenbach, two points; Holly Burton, one point.
Comets statistics: Chelsey Closs,
15 points; Lauren Bell, nine points;
Lily Alexander, eight points; Kendra
LaHaie, one point.
DeTour Downs Brimley
For First EUPC Win
The DeTour Raiders defeated the
Brimley Bays 36-33 for their first
Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference win during a home contest
Thursday, February 19.
The Raiders led 22-20 at halftime
and held a 14-13 second half scoring edge to inch out the win.
Raiders statistics: Madison
Wilkie, 18 points; Sarah Bailey, six
points; Hallie Grzesiek, five points;
Kaalin Crawford, four points; Holly
Burton, two points; Moriah Reed,
one point.
Bays statistics: Kerri Chartrand,
10 points; Alyssa Hyvarinen, Ann
Archambeau, Lacy LeBlanc, four
points each; Emily Chartrand, three
points; Kaylee Hill, two points.
Panthers Down Eagles
In EUPC Matchup
The Pickford Panthers defeated
the Engadine Eagles 52-44 during
an Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference road matchup Thursday, February 19.
Pickford led 24-17 at halftime
and held a 28-27 scoring edge in the
second half to post the win.
Panthers statistics: Kayla
Rambo, 11 points, eight rebounds;
Kelsey Rambo, 10 points, 11 rebounds; Jade Ledy, 10 points;
Alyssa McCord, nine points; Alicia
Portice, five points, six rebounds,
six steals; Jordan Stebelton, five
points, seven steals; Taylor Opolka,
two points.
Eagles statistics: Olivia Vaughn,
15 points, six rebounds; Tina Sherbrook, 12 points, seven rebounds;
Samantha Bennett, seven points;
Brooke Moore, four points, 11 rebounds; Hannah French, three
points, six rebounds; Aubrey Sim-
Annie Eberts, Cedarville
At left: Mackenzie Barr (32) of Cedarville shoots
over Abbey Ostman (4) of St. Ignace.
mons, three points, 14 rebounds.
Balanced Scoring Lifts
Engadine Over Rudyard
Three players scored in double
figures to lift the Engadine Eagles
to a 62-46 Eastern Upper Peninsula
Conference home win over the
Rudyard Bulldogs Tuesday, February 17.
The Eagles took control early
with an 18-10 lead after the first
eight minutes and increased the advantage to 33-17 at halftime with a
18-7 margin in the second quarter.
Both teams scored 29 points in the
second half.
Eagles statistics: Olivia Vaughn,
17 points, eight rebounds, three assists; Samantha Bennett, 15 points;
Tina Sherbrook, 14 points, 10 rebounds; Allison Margherio, nine
points; Hannah French, three
points, five rebounds; Lyla Luoto
and Brooke Moore, two points.
Bulldogs statistics: Presley
Hakola, 11 points; Caitlyn MacDowell and Lane Clegg, eight
points each; Trista Miller, six
points; Ashlyn Icenhower, five
points; Taylor Bitnar and Shari
Butler, four points each.
Mackinac Island Drops
Pair to Munising Baptist
The Mackinac Island Lakers
dropped a pair of games to Munising Baptist 53-23 Friday, February
20, and 49-23 Saturday, February
21.
Lakers Friday statistics: Molly
Tokarz, 14 points; Peyton Waaso,
nine points; Sarah Simpson, eight
rebounds, five steals; Hannah Styburski, six rebounds.
Lakers Saturday statistics:
Peyton Waaso, 15 points, four rebounds; Molly Tokarz, four points,
three rebounds; Sarah Simpson,
two points, six rebounds; Hannah
Styburski, two points, three rebounds.
The Lakers will compete in the
league tournament at Hannahville
Friday and Saturday, February 27
and 28.
Class D Girls Basketball
District Pairings
Winners to Rudyard
Regional
Games at St. Ignace
Monday, March 2
Semifinals
St. Ignace vs Newberry, 6 p.m.
Mackinac Island vs Engadine,
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4
Championship Game, 7 p.m.
Games at Cedarville
Monday, March 2
Brimley vs Pickford, 6 p.m.
Rudyard vs DeTour, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4
Semifinals
MWBA vs Winner First Game,
6 p.m.
Cedarville vs Winner
Second Game, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 6
Games at Mackinaw City
Monday, March 2
Semifinals
Mackinaw City vs Pellston, 6 p.m.
Alanson vs HLC, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4
Games at Hillman
Monday, March 2
Semifinals
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Hillman vs Onaway, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4
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Boys Hoops: from page 15
lead to 55-54 with a 12-9 scoring
edge in the third quarter. Pickford
sent the game into overtime with a
20-19 margin in the fourth period.
St. Ignace scored the first field
goal in the extra period, but Pickford recorded 16 unanswered for
the non-league win.
Pickford remaining statistics:
Wyatt Boik, 20 points; Ian Firack,
18 points; Connor Smith, 14 points;
Jacob Hatfield, six points; Joey
Boik, one point.
Saints statistics: Gage Kreski,
20 points, 15 rebounds, eight assists; Cole Thompson, 20 points;
Mitchell Snyder, 14 points; Jeremiah Anderson, eight points;
Dylan Marshall and Brandon Oja,
six points; Drew Goldthorpe, two
points.
Saints Post Come-From-Behind
SAC Road Win Over Newberry
The St. Ignace Saints trailed by
five points at halftime, but rallied to
record a 70-50 Straits Area Conference road win over the Newberry
Indians Friday, February 20.
Newberry led 14-8 after the first
eight minutes before the Saints held
a 17-16 scoring edge in the second
quarter to slice the Indians’ lead to
30-25 at halftime.
St. Ignace exploded in the second
half, outscoring Newberry 26-7 in
the third quarter for a 51-37 lead.
The Saints completed the league
matchup with a 19-13 margin in the
final eight minutes.
Saints statistics: Gage Kreski,
29 points, 10 rebounds, four steals,
four assists, three blocks; Cole
Thompson, 11 points, three triples,
five rebounds; Brandon Oja, eight
points, nine rebounds; Jeremiah
Anderson, eight points, four steals;
Dylan Marshall, four points; Kurtis
Belonga, three points, three rebounds; Drew Goldthorpe, two
points, two steals; Mitchell Snyder,
two points, five rebounds, seven assists; Tristan Calcaterra, two points;
Cole Garen, one point.
DeTour Downs Brimley
In EUPC Matchup
The DeTour Raiders handed the
Brimley Bays a 53-38 Eastern
Upper Peninsula Conference road
setback Friday, February 20.
The Raiders 11-6 on the season
took a 23-13-halftime lead after
both teams scored seven points in
the first eight minutes.
DeTour added to their lead with
a 20-13 margin in the third quarter
for a 43-26 advantage. The Bays
held a 12-10 scoring edge in the
final eight minutes.
Raiders statistics: Matt Gratowski, 26 points; Trey Norris, 10
points; Bruce Bailey, seven points;
Tyler Soule, four points; Jordan
Bailey, Austin Polk, Blake Melvin,
two points each.
Bays statistics: Hunter Elenbaas,
14 points; Sean Hill, 11 points; Josh
Gross, seven points; R.J. Carrick,
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Derrick Edington (23) of the Panthers recorded career highs with 31
points and 25 rebounds in the Pickford win over the Saints. (Edington
family photograph)
Susie Safford, and Bill Marvin of the Mackinaw City Historical
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from the annual Heritage Village Pepper Foot Race, which is
sponsored by Joan Pepper and held the first Saturday in August
every year.
Kash O’Brien, Mackinaw City
four points; Riley Sansone, two
points.
Mackinaw City Defeats
Wolverine; Improves
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The Mackinaw City Comets improved to 13-3 overall and 9-3 in
the Northern Lakes Conference
after a 76-44 home win over the
Wolverine Wildcats Friday, February 20.
Four players scored in double
figures, as the Comets took a 28-18
halftime lead and outscored the
Wildcats 48-26 in the second half to
record the win.
Comets statistics: Kash O’Brien,
17 points, eight rebounds; Carson
Hartman, 12 points, seven rebounds; Jonah Robbins, 10 points,
career high 14 assists; Michael Elliott, 10 points, six rebounds; Anthony Elliott, eight points; Zach
Smith, seven points; Robert Martin,
The Mackinac Island seniors include (from left) Jeremy Hepker,
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Mitchell Snyder scored 14
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Pickford.
six points; Matt Rivera, four points;
Conrad Prevo, two points.
Lakers Sweep Munising Baptist
In Conference Play
The Mackinac Island Lakers
swept Munising Baptist 68-17 and
63-19 during a Northern Lights
League weekend series Friday and
Saturday, February 20 and 21.
The three seniors, Jeremy Hepker, Will Barnwell, and Kyle
Shunk were honored before the
game. The Lakers went on to post
a 40-10 halftime lead and
outscored Munising Baptist 28-7
in the second half.
Lakers statistics: Jeremy Hepker, 20 points, 12 rebounds, six
steals; Will Barnwell, 11 points,
four steals; Kyle Shunk, 14 points,
eight rebounds; Chris Styburski,
eight points, seven rebounds; Aaron
Riggs, six points; Nick Davis, four
points; Tyler Pereny, three points;
Chris Riggs, two points.
In the win Saturday, the Lakers
led 39-11 at halftime and held a 245 margin in the second half.
Lakers statistics: Jeremy Hepker, 21 points, 11 rebounds; Nick
Davis, 11 points; Chris Styburski,
nine points, six rebounds; Kyle
Shunk, eight points; Tyler Pereny
and Aaron Riggs, five points.
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Youth Pond Hockey Players Enjoy Three Day Tournament on the Ice in St. Ignace
JB Strong teammates (from left) Zachary Vinyard, Ricky Reyner, Nick Diedrich, Jared
Behmlander, Sammy Atchison, and Jordan Edens played together Friday, February 20, at the
Frozen 4 on 4 Youth Pond Hockey Championship in support of Jared, who was diagnosed
with leukemia this past summer. (Photograph courtesy f Jeni Edens)
Above: The Ice Holes Bantam team and their families enjoy a sense
of camaraderie found at the Frozen 4 on 4 Youth Pond Hockey
Championship in St. Ignace. Gathering before their first game Saturday,
February 21, are (back, from left) Ryan Crawford, Derek Niethammer,
Bruce Niethammer, Eric Bradley, Marc Feuer, Andy Vermeulen; (front)
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Pond Hockey: from page 13
him and given him a lot of strength.”
Jared played in the team’s Friday game, and cheered from the
sidelines on Saturday.
“Jared’s strength through this
whole thing has been amazing. He
wouldn’t be anywhere but here,”
said Angie Rayner, Ricky’s
mother.
JB Strong also played for Jared in
a fundraising game between his current high school team and his former
travel team. More than 1,000 people
attended that event, raising $22,000
to help cover medical expenses. Jeni
Edens, Jordan’s mother and the former manager of their old travel team,
helped to organize the event.
Many of the families with children involved at Lakeland Area
have helped support the family
during this difficult time, Mrs.
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THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
Miriam Blair
St. Ignace 643-7994 •By
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We had clear skies and warmer
weather for the Frozen U.P. 4 on 4
Youth Pond Hockey Tournament on
Moran Bay Friday, February 20,
through Sunday, February 22. It
was fun watching the kids play, and
there were many spectators enjoying the games.
The LaSalle High School Bowling Team will compete at regionals
Friday, February 27, and Saturday,
February 28, at the Gaylord Bowling Center in Gaylord. Good luck to
all the team members and their
coaches.
The U.P. Ice Golf Scramble and
Glow Ball Challenge will be Friday, February 27, and Saturday,
February 28, on the ice of Lake
Huron in St. Ignace. Friday’s schedule includes registration from 5
p.m. to 8 p.m., beer tasting from 5
p.m. to 8 p.m., and the glow ball
challenge from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Prizes will be handed out at 8 p.m.,
and live music by the Whitmore 4
Band will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday’s schedule includes registration
from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and shot gun
start at 9:30 a.m. Lunch and dinner
will be at players’ leisure, and
awards will be handed out at 8 p.m.
Entry fee is $35 per person, and includes the Friday activities, glow
ball closest to the pin contest, live
music, Cheboygan Brewing Company tasting, a player gift, and
prizes. The entry fee also includes
Saturday activities, lunch and dinner, awards, player gifts, and a Kewadin Casinos package. Grand
prize is a Mackinac Bridge tower
tour (must be present Friday
evening to qualify).
The Friends of the St. Ignace
Les Cheneaux
Public Library will
have a book and
bake sale Friday,
March 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to
noon. Book donations are welcome
anytime. Baked goods will be accepted Thursday, March 5, through
Saturday, March 7.
Happy birthday wishes to Doug
Noble, Brenda Montie, Bill Demmon, and Emma Brown February
26, Ian Welch, Katie Krause, and
Mary Search March 1, Blaine Wilson March 2, Shaun Horn and
Michaela North March 3, Jenny
Campbell and Gladys Tamlyn
March 4, Lynn Yoder March 6, Jim
Clement and David Pope March 8,
Sandy Harrell and Dick Therrian
March 14, Gale Huskey March 17,
Diggy Clement, Annemarie Horn,
and Joseph Krause March 24,
Wayne Pemble March 29, and Deb
Perry March 30. Hope you all have
a great day.
Happy anniversary wishes to Joe
and Cheryl Matelski and Dustin
and Dawn Wilcox March 27. May
you all have a special day.
My family and I attended the Top
of the Lake Antique and Vintage
Snowmobile Show and Ride Saturday, February 21, in Naubinway.
The Skiroule snowmobiles were the
featured sled. My family owned
1969 and 1970 models, and we
shared many memories with other
enthusiasts while there. We made
our own trails back in those days.
The event was well attended and
everyone had a great time.
Thought for the day: You will
never offend anyone by returning a
smile.
Engadine - Gould City
By Julie Freeman
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The weather has been frigid, and
traveling has been difficult, at best,
but spring is officially less than three
weeks away.
An all-you-can-eat fish fry will be
offered Friday, February 27, beginning at 4 p.m. at the McMillan
United Methodist Church. Admission is $10 per person. Everyone is
welcome to attend.
“Summer Dreamin’ Seed Starter”
will be Saturday, February 28, from 3
p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Newberry United
Methodist Church. There will be displays on plant seedlings and garden
planning, and participants will have
the opportunity to purchase certified
organic seeds. Soil testing kits will
also be available. A barbecue chicken
dinner will be served at 5 p.m. Cost
of the dinner is by donation. All
proceeds will go to the Camp
Michigamme Scholarship Fund. The
event is open to the public.
The Kiwanis Club will sponsor
their third annual Winter Wine Down
Saturday, February 28, from 4 p.m.
to 7 p.m. at the Newberry Elks Club.
This event will raise funds to serve
the children of the area. Tickets are
$20 per person and can be purchased
at WNBY Radio, Newberry Elks
Lodge, or the Newberry branch office of First National Bank of St.
Ignace.
The Newberry American Legion
Post 74 will host euchre Tuesday,
March 3, beginning at 6 p.m. The
public is welcome.
Condolences to the family of longtime Engadine resident Leon Flatt,
98, who died Sunday, February 22,
in Marquette. Please keep his wife,
Margaret, children, grandchildren,
family, and friends in your thoughts
and prayers.
Happy birthday to Kelly Gribbell
and David Paquin, Sr. February 26,
Heather Smith, Ryne Ozanich, Joan
Troyer, Andrew Blanchard, Teresa
Oven, Russell King, Dawson Brown,
and Anita Wickey February 27, Adalyn Schnurer, Paul Gorton, and
Michelle Knight February 28, Doris
Haapala, John Matchinski, Marilyn
McArthur, and Kinley Brown March
1, LaShawn Edwards and Connor
Becker March 2, Diane Albright,
Yvonne Feneley, and my wonderful
nephew, Mark Rushford, March 3,
and Zachary Vallier and Brett Bednarski March 4.
Happy anniversary wishes to John
and Rita Vallier March 3.
Until next time, take care.
At left: Braving serious cold,
these Les Cheneaux area runners
turned out for the Frosty 3.5-Mile
Run and Walk Sunday, February
15. Pictured (not in order) are
Jim Elzinga, Alex Vaught, Kevin
Hill, Linda Halford, Jacob Bruce,
Lee Kanitz, Keith Nordquist,
Bruce McHaney, Susan Horn,
Muffie McCauley, and Fay
McHaney. (Photograph courtesy
of Michelle Sheckler)
The weather has been very cold,
with temperatures dropping down
to 30 degrees below zero. I know
that many people have had frozen
pipes this winter, and we appreciate the plumbers who have to
work in this weather to repair
them. Also, make sure you keep a
path open for the oil, gas, and mail
deliveries.
It has been nice to have employees at Cedarville Foods pack and
carry groceries to their customers’
vehicles. We appreciate everyone
for their smiling service.
We extend our sympathy to the
family of Harry Smith of Pickford,
who died Wednesday, February
11, in Sault Ste. Marie. Harry was
the postmaster in Pickford from
1962 to 1987. He was a great post
office employee, and he also spent
a lot of time helping others. He
was an active member of the Les
Cheneaux Lions Club. An obituary was published in the February
19 issue of The St. Ignace News.
There were some great ice
sculptures made during Snowsfest. The Great Lakes Boat Building School had a nice one in front
of the school. Ang-Gio’s Restaurant made a replica of this year’s
Snowsfest admission button. It
was inside the restaurant. We appreciate everyone who participated in this year’s Snowsfest.
The party at the Islands Bar to
celebrate Mardi Gras Tuesday,
February 17, was a great success.
Jim and Dawn Rigley prepared a
variety of wonderful food, and
Ship Heads provided the great
music. It was a very fun evening.
A birthday get-together was
held for Sue Bowlby and Barbara
Smith Saturday, February 21.
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Everyone had a good time.
Before we know it, the workers
will be out in the woods preparing
for the maple syrup season. I
know I look forward to having
some of that first-class syrup on
pancakes and waffles.
The Les Cheneaux Lions Club
awarded Caleb Gulder, a local student from Pickford, a scholarship to
the Great Lakes Boat Building
School in Cedarville. Caleb wants to
learn how to build, restore, and repair
traditional wooden boats. The Lions
Club uses their fundraising to support programs in our community.
The Steve Tassier Memorial
Pike and Perch Fishing Derby will
be Saturday, March 7, and Sunday,
March 8. There are divisions for
children, youth, and adults. Proceeds from the event benefit students at Les Cheneaux Community
Schools. For more information, or
to register, contact Mark at (906)
298-0501. The event is sponsored
by Islands Wildlife.
The Cabin Fever Reliever
fundraiser will be Saturday, March
7, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community
Center in Cedarville. The theme is
1950s and 1960s.
The Cedarville Trojans boys
basketball team is in first place.
The Trojans played Rudyard in the
Duncan Gymnasium and the Trojans were the victors. Congratulations to the players and coaches.
Everyone is working hard to stay
in first place.
We are happy to hear that Alan
Jacobus, our school band director,
is feeling much better.
Bill McDonald was recently
hospitalized for a few days, but he
is now feeling better. Please keep
him in your thoughts and prayers.
The new Sunday school schedule for First Union Church begins
Sunday, March 1, at 9 a.m. They
offer classes for everyone.
Happy birthday wishes to Elissa
Griffin, Keith Kester, Yvonne McDonald, Dick Nye, Venitta Hill,
Glen Rye, and Marty Feldhake.
Hope you all enjoy your day.
The latest report is that Lake
Huron is now 90% covered in ice,
which tells us how cold it has been
this past month.
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Looking Back
100 YEARS AGO
The St. Ignace Enterprise
Fifty thousand boys and girls
are attending the high schools of
Michigan. One-third of these live
in the rural districts. The law provides that when a pupil has completed the eighth grade in the rural
school his district must pay his tuition not to exceed $20 to some
high school in Michigan selected
by the pupil. Application for this
tuition must be made by the parent
or guardian on or before the fourth
Monday in June. The Department
of Public Instruction calls attention to these facts in order that
parents may plan for their children
for next year. Send your boys and
girls to some high school. Michigan has good schools in every part
of the state.
But first of all, keep your child
in school now, regularly, so that he
will get thoroughly the work of
the elementary grades. Success
later in life is based upon a thorough mastery of the common
branches.
•••
Bill Chambers has cleaned anew
his old 22-caliber revolver and is
daily practicing at knot holes, pin
heads or any other object where no
harm can result. Some were of the
opinion that Bill had a secret
enemy for whom he was preparing
and the busy-bodies were kept in
hot water in an effort to figure out
the cause for his activities with a
gun. But the secret is out. Bill has
learned that Representative Penny
of Saginaw has introduced a bill in
the house providing for a bounty
of ten cents on each rat killed. If
this law passes it will be soup for
Bill, for he knows where there are
several nests of rats and he proposes to be in on the ground floor
in case the law goes into effect.
Last summer Bill established a
record as a rat exterminator, and
some of the rodents that fell under
his unerring aim were large
enough to provide a set of furs for
a fair sized female.
•••
Of John C. Wright, who has
made an enviable reputation as a
writer of verse and Indian legends
of this region, the Petoskey
Evening News says:
John Couchois Wright was born
at Harbor Springs Mich., April 14,
1874.
His mother, Mrs. Roseine
Wright, was born at St. Ignace,
Mich., in 1842, daughter of Henry
G. Graveraet, Jr. and wife, Sophia.
Sophia was the daughter of Joseph
Bailey, a French trader from Montreal, who married an Ottawa Indian woman. Mr. Graveraet was
the eldest son of Henry G. Graveraet, Sr., a German soldier of the
American Revolution, who married a Miss Livingstone. Henry G.
Graveraet, Jr., and wife had three
children, Alice, Garret and Roseine. Garrett and his father were
both killed in the Civil war.
July 22, 1866, Roseine Graveraet was married to R. F. Wright by
Rev. Andrew Porter, of Bear
Creek: record of marriage in
county clerk’s office at Petoskey.
Mr. Wright was taken sick and
died shortly afterward. One son
was born, Robert H. Wright, still
living.
On July 1, 1873, the widow Roseine Wright married John B.
Couchois, a French contractor,
formerly from Detroit, at Cheboygan, Mich., Justice of the Peace
William Bartholomew officiating:
record of marriage book 1, page 7.
Less than a month later Mr. Couchois died suddenly at Mackinac
Island. One son, John, was born to
this union. Mrs. Couchois, having
at once returned to her old home
at Harbor Springs, continued to be
known there as formerly, as Mrs.
Wright, and her youngest son as
John C. Wright.
•••
John Kelly, the veteran mail carrier between this city and Charles,
has been notified by the postoffice
department that he has again been
awarded a four year contract. The
news is pleasing to the patrons of
this Star route, as no better service
could be maintained than that
given by Mr. Kelly.
•••
City Engineer Moore has been
up against a hard proposition this
week by reason of the sleet freezing on the electric light wires.
Tuesday night the trouble was at
its height and for a time it looked
as though the entire lighting system of the city would be put out of
commission. Mr. Moore and his
assistants, however, kept working
and at last succeeded in getting
things in normal condition. The
telephone wires are bent under
from the same cause, but the service has not been interrupted. Superintendent Mulvehill is keeping
a sharp watch for trouble and his
force is ready for immediate action at all times.
•••
There is a persistent rumor in
marine circles that the Northern
Michigan Transportation Co. will
take over the large steamer Minnesota and place her on the run between Chicago, Charlevoix,
Petoskey, Harbor Springs, St.
Ignace, Mackinac Island, and
Cheboygan.
Last season the Northern Michigan people were handicapped on
account of the loss by fire of the
steamer Manistee and they couldn’t give good service to the above
named points.
The steamer Minnesota is a
large and up-to-date equipped passenger steamer. She was formerly
the Str. Harlem, built by the New
York Central railroad. In 1900 she
went ashore on Keweenaw Point
in Lake Superior and was purchased by a man from Port Huron.
The job of getting her released
was so great that he lost in his
venture and for several years the
steamer laid in Buffalo. She was
finally purchased by a company
that was formed under the name of
the Chicago and Duluth Transportation Co. to operated between
Chicago and Duluth.
The Harlem was taken to Manitowoc where she was rebuilt into
a passenger steamer and named
the Minnesota. The venture of the
Chicago and Duluth Transportation Co. was a short one, as the
firm went into the hands of a receiver who leased the steamer to
the Crosby line for operating between Chicago and Buffalo for the
past three seasons. The receiver
has been trying to unload the boat
and it is a safe guess that she can
be purchased for a very reasonable
sum.
The Minnesota is a steel steamer
288 ft. keel length, 41 ft.
beam...She can accommodate 450
people and carry about 1500 tons
of freight. – Cheboygan Tribune.
•••
100 Years Ago: Re-establishment of the American Fur company by John Jacob Astor in 1815
had an important bearing on
Michigan history. Astor secured
from congress favorable legislation forbidding foreigners to engage in the fur business in the
United States. Mackinac Island
was made the important trading
station of this company and the industry became of foremost importance in the state.
At Mackinac the traders obtained their supplies, and returned
there each summer with the peltries gathered from far regions. At
these annual gatherings fully 400
clerks and traders, with 2,000
French-Canadian voyageurs and
as many Indians would be present,
and there was often riotous disorder.
•••
Every German soldier is provided with a compact first-class
kit which permits him to give immediate attention to small
wounds. This brings quick recovery, eliminates contamination and
allows many hurt to return in a
few days to their ranks.
•••
C. H. Mack has purchased the
interest and lease of F. E. Stewart
in the Bay View House opposite
the depot on State street and took
possession last week. Mr. Stewart
and family have gone to Saginaw
to reside.
•••
Litchard & Madison finished
the ice harvest Saturday. In addition to filling their own large supply houses for the local and
marine trade, they put up stocks
for a number of others. Never was
finer ice harvested or with less effort. There was no snow of consequence on the bay which made the
harvest easier and at the same time
afforded blocks of aqua pura of
the clear blue variety.
•••
Roy Young, Newberry’s fast
short stop, has signed the coming
season at a salary of $200 per
month. Kansas City has been after
Young for several weeks, but he
refused to sign up until the salary
was fixed to suit him. Young
played with Cadillac last season
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
City of St. Ignace
The St. Ignace City Council will be holding a public hearing on Monday,
March 16, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., in the St. Ignace City Council Chambers,
located in the Municipal Building at 396 North State Street, St. Ignace,
Michigan. The purpose of the hearing is to receive public comment
regarding application to the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund for
a grant being made by the City of St. Ignace Recreation Department
and the City of St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority, for the
development of the Little Bear East Sports Park. The site of this proposed
project is on the property adjacent to the Little Bear East Recreation
Building located at 275 Marquette Street, St. Ignace, Michigan. If funding
is approved, this sports park development is expected to take place in
2016 and is proposed to include the following: softball fields, restrooms,
concession and picnic area, sand volleyball courts and walking path
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and made a great record. If he
makes good with Kansas City
which is in the American Association league, he will stand an excellent chance of breaking into one of
the big leagues.
•••
Clyde Grouix, Phil Vincent and
Fred Gignac claim the record this
year for fast skating. The boys left
Cheboygan at one-thirty o’clock
yesterday afternoon going direct
to Mackinac Island which trip they
made in one hour and 25 minutes.
From the Island to St. Ignace in 40
minutes and to Mackinaw City in
25 minutes. They came down on
the late train last night from
Mackinaw. – Cheboygan Tribune.
•••
From Engadine: The Presbyterians can no more claim the only
church bell in town as the
Methodist church bell was hung
Tuesday and is said to be the
largest and loudest as well as the
sweetest toned bell in town. If
both churches will now continue
to keep sweet and love one another, the bells will not ring in
vain.
The Freeman Lumber Co. is
planning to erect a modern store in
the spring. It will be of cement
blocks and two stories with a
basement under the entire store. It
will stand at the northwest corner
of the main four-corners on the
spot now occupied by the company barn. This will certainly add
much to the beauty of the town, as
well as to the facilities of the
growing business of the company
store.
Little Ruby Elliott, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Elliott, who had been sick for
some time, passed away last Saturday morning. The little one had
had the measles some two months
ago, that was succeeded by a cold
and difficulty with the lungs and
although all that could be done
was done for her, the end came as
stated. She was about seven
months old, and a very bright
child for her age.
•••
From Trout Lake: The first
meeting of the stockholders of the
State bank of Trout Lake, Michigan will meet at 12 o’clock noon
Saturday, February 27, in the parlor of Smith’s Hotel, Trout Lake,
for the prupose of electing a board
of directors, adopting by-laws and
transacting such business as may
come before it.
•••
From Garnet: The lumbermen
are doing their best to get in their
cut before the final break up. The
weather during the past week has
caused a lot of discouragement
among the operators and it is believed that a considerable amount
of timber will be left in the woods
unless there is a decided change
and more snow and cold.
•••
From Mackinac Island: On
Tuesday afternoon James Doud
and son James met with an accident between Mackinac and Bois
Blanc Island. Just out from the
west end of Bois Blanc, they encountered some bad ice and they
at once urged their team into top
speed, but it was no use, the load,
team and all going thru. They tried
to get the horses out but it proved
too bad a task for the two men.
With one to watch the team, the
other ran to shore for help. After
working for an hour they finally
pulled the horses out. After getting
them out, they had to roll them
over and over to get them to stand
up, owing to their weakness after
an hour standing in the icy water.
A dispatch from Wakefield,
Mass., says that Brig-Gen. Greenleaf A. Goodale, U.S.A., retired,
died February 17, aged 75 years.
Mackinac Island friends will learn
of the death of the general with
much sorrow. He was at one time
commander of the Fort here, arriving in 1884 and remained about
six years. He was one of the most
popular officers to have ever had
command of Fort Mackinac...He
was born in Orrington, Me., July
4, 1839, and joined Company E,
6th Main Volunteer Infantry, May
7, 1861...Among other duties,
after the Civil War, he was on the
frontier and in the Indian country,
and served in the Philippines in
1898.
Ino. D. and Ray C. Davis this
week completed the arrangements
for the purchase of the John Jacob
Astor House from Claude C.
Cable. This historic old building,
built by the American Fur Co., has
been for years one of the most
popular hotels of the Island, a popularity that has grown with each
succeeding year. It has had as
guests the most famous men and
women in the world, and has in its
archives records dating back over
a century and containing data
down to the earliest arrival of the
white men in this region. The new
purchasers will take immediate
possession and will have it ready
for guests at the opening of the
season.
80 YEARS AGO
The Republican-News
and St. Ignace Enterprise
Fire of undetermined origin literally burst forth at 8:30 on Monday night and completely
consumed the largest department
store in Mackinac county at a loss
estimated at $50,000 Monday
night. The brick-faced building,
owned and operated by Saul
Winkelman, established local
business man, was situated in the
midst of a congested business
block.
For several hours seven lines of
hose fought the conflagration in a
brisk north gale and in zero
weather, limiting the blaze almost
completely to two major buildings, Hoban’s hardware, adjacent
to the Winkelman store, was gutted in the rear portion and several
garages, sheds, and warehouses
were burned to the ground. Fire
and water on adjoining buildings
on the Truckey street side of
Saul’s did considerable damage...
At 9:15, with the conflagration
at its worst and threatening destruction of the entire business
block as well as residences within
two blocks, Mayor C. B. Wing
telephoned the Sault Ste. Marie
fire department. While the Soo
fighters were acquiring permission
to make the 60-miles drive to aid
in the battle, it was learned that the
local department had headed off
the flames. The Soo was notified
Turn to page 21 Looking Back
NOTICE OF MEETINGS
March Board of Review
Marquette Township, Mackinac County
2015
MARCH 3, 2015
MARCH 11, 2015
MARCH 13, 2015
1 P.M. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
The board meets to organize and to
review the Assessment Roll
3 P.M. TO 9 P.M.
FIRST MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC
9 A.M. TO 3 P.M.
SECOND MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC
The meeting will be held at the: Marquette Township Hall
7177 E. James Street
Pickford, Michigan 49774
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MARCH 11, 2015
2 P.M. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Members meet to organize and to
review the Assessment roll
3 P.M. TO 9 P.M.
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Page 20
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
By Helen Shoberg
Les Cheneaux
It has been another week of bitter
cold weather. The thermometer in
my kitchen registered 32 degrees
below zero Friday morning, February 20. Les Cheneaux Community
Schools were closed, along with
many other places, because of the
frigid weather. I did go to the library Saturday morning, February
21, to read to the children who
came at 10:30 a.m. A mother and
two children did brave those cold
temperatures to take advantage of
the weekly Saturday children’s
hour. I believe the cold weather has
kept snowmobilers at home.
There’s usually a lot of snowmobile
traffic down Cedarville Channel
this time of the year, but I’ve seen
very little activity so far.
How nice it was to see Linda and
Stan Jack back in Cedarville after
their two-month vacation in Florida.
While there, they journeyed over to
spend some time with Patty and
Mike Frazier in Mobile, Alabama,
who were very happy to see them.
How wonderful it was to learn that
Caleb Gulder of Pickford was the recipient of the Les Cheneaux Lions
Club scholarship to the Great Lakes
Boat Building School in Cedarville.
This is a wonderful opportunity for
local students, and it was nice to
learn that a local young man has been
awarded a scholarship to that school.
We wish Caleb well.
Marty Feldhake has a new CD entitled “Have Times Really Changed.”
The CD will feature the fiddling of
Benjamin Gulder, and it will be arriving this week. Mr. Feldhake and
Mr. Gulder will host a concert and
release party Sunday, March 1, at 4
p.m. at the Les Cheneaux Community Library. Everyone is welcome to
attend.
Twenty-six years ago, in 1987, I
wrote: “An enjoyable and emotional
weekend took place last week when
the Reverend George Murray met
with his PT skipper, Roger M. Jones
in St. Ignace. They had not seen each
other for more than 43 years, but
have kept in touch with an annual
Christmas letter. They were last together on the northern coast of New
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At left: A
CD
release
party will be
held for local artist Marty Feldhake (right) Sunday, March 1, at
4 p.m. at Les Cheneaux Community Library in Cedarville.
Benjamin Gulder (left) plays
fiddle on the CD.
Below: Cedarville High School
had a tie between the sophomore
and senior classes for Snowcoming this year. Pictured (from left)
are senior queen Paige Kanitz,
senior king Joshua Lee, sophomore queen Gina Augugliaro,
and sophomore king Zachary
Claxton. At front is Trojans mascot Sam Cabello. (Photograph
courtesy of Jodi Gough)
Guinea, Irian Jaya, in 1944, when
Roger gave George a squadron flag
to take home. Roger now owns a
shipping company, and lives in Nassau, Bahamas. He summers in Thunder Bay and enjoys cruising the
Great Lakes in a 17-foot Boston
Whaler.”
Twenty-six years ago, I also wrote:
“This week it was pleasant to renew
acquaintance with many friends, in-
Community Action Prepares
To Open Office in Cedarville
The Chippewa Luce Mackinac
Community Action agency is planning to open an office in Cedarville
to administer a variety of programs locally. The agency is
working with Clark Township to
prepare a space at the Clark Township Community Center with the
goal of serving residents in the
Goetzville, Cedarville, Rabor, DeTour, and Drummond Island areas
of the Eastern Upper Peninsula.
Project planning is in an early
stage. The office is expected to be
developed and open in coming
months, said township Clerk Susie
Rutledge.
Community Action assists lowincome residents of all ages in the
EUP by connecting people in need
to affordable housing, assisting
with community development efforts, providing elderly residents
with programs to help them remain in their homes, and many
other services. Lori Hatch will be
helping area residents by appointment Monday through Thursday
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (800) 562-4963.
St. Ignace City Council Minutes
City of St. Ignace
Summary of Council Proceedings
February 16, 2015
The Regular Council Meeting convened
at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 16,
2015 in the Council Chambers at City
Hall with Mayor Grondin presiding.
Council held a Public Hearing on the
Ambulance Service.
Council approved the Resolution Supporting Brownfield Plan (Beacon Living
Project).
Council approved the request to set a
Public Hearing for March 16th ,2015, for
the land conversion.
Council approved the request from
American Tower to extend their lease
on Amelia St.
Randy Scott, from C2ae updated Council
on the SRF and CDBG projects, after
which Council approved the Resolution
for Notice of Intent to sell bonds.
Council approved the highest bid from
Brian Olsen for the Fire Department
snowmobile.
City Manager Therrian reviewed the
January financials with Council.
The bills were considered, and Council
approved bills in the amount of
$ 22,566.39.
The meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
The next Regular Council Meeting will
be held on Monday, March 2, 2015 at
7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at
City Hall.
Official City Council proceedings are
available on the City of St. Ignace
website and in the City Clerk’s Office
from 8am to 5pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Renee Vonderwerth,
City Clerk/Treasurer
2015 NOTICE
Brevort Township, Mackinac
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015 6:00 p.m. Board of Review meets to
organize and review the assessment roll
Taxpayer protest will begin on:
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015 FROM 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 FROM 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
All meetings will be held at the:
BREVORT TOWNSHIP HALL
1941 W CHURCH ROAD
MORAN, MI 49760
Note: If you cannot attend Board of Review, you may send an appeal
in writing to:
BREVORT TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR
RICHARD A. OLIVER
P.O. BOX 20
ST. IGNACE, MI 49781
Appeals MUST be received no later than close of the BOR,
Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 3:00 p.m., in order to be considered.
This meeting is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended
(open meetings act), MCLA 41.72a (2) (3) and the Americans with
Disabilities Act (A.D.A.)
Richard A. Oliver, Assessor
cluding part of the Morse family
from St. Ledgers Island, Chris and
Marty Tuckett, as well as Sandy and
Annabelle Wells, former owners of
the Islington Hotel, who now live in
Mesa, Arizona, Jack and Kathy Silinski of Lakeside Road, and Marnie
and Jim Haines and their children,
with their delightful guest, Lali
Jayasankar from Boston, Massachusetts. Lali is in her second year of
medical school at Columbia University in New York.”
“Another lovely lady who was
nice to greet again this year is Cornelia Gerwin, who is spending her
47th summer in Les Cheneaux. Cornelia first came here in 1930 with her
husband, Paul, to seek relief from allergies. Their two children, Spike and
Gayla, learned to walk on the Heuck
dock on Big LaSalle Island, where
they stayed for their first few summers. Happy memories that she recalls are picnicking every Sunday
evening with the Heucks on their
sand beach, boating in the Captain
Bing, and buying ‘moonshine’ on the
way to the Soo. They also spent summers at the Snows Hotel and Eleanor
White’s before purchasing the Fleming cottage on Pleasant Point in
1946. She recalls the Dodge Runabout 500, named Kid J, which they
owned. One evening, they hit a rock
in the Snows Channel and were rescued by the three Horsburgh boys,
Ken, Don, and Chuck. Paul and Cornelia were instrumental in getting
electricity to Pleasant Point on Marquette Island. Cornelia celebrates her
83rd birthday this year.”
MEETING CHANGE
Moran Township
DEAL ME IN
Player Questions
If He Is A Freak
Of Nature
Dear Mark:
I am a freak of nature. Of the
50 times that I have played
slots, maybe twice I left with
$20 to $40. All the other times I
have lost big. One time, I went
with a lucky elderly teacher
friend of mine and she won
$300. I lost $50. So, she gave me
another 20, and again I lost. She
then gave me yet another 20,
and again I lost. She got tired of
giving me 20s And who can
blame her. Another time, I had
spent an hour on a machine
with no luck at all so I moved
over to the next machine. Along
came an elderly woman who sat
down at the machine I had previously been playing on and
within 20 minutes she won a
$400 jackpot. The casino Gods
just refuse to let me win!
Mark G.
I begin with casino secret #1:
Slot machines can have such a
bloodthirsty appetite that they can
attack your bankroll with ferocity
akin to a school of piranha consuming a cow.
Now let’s move to your playing
timeline, the “50 times that I’ve
played slots.” Well, Mark, that is relatively short, especially against slot
machines, which are notorious for
being the toughest game to beat in
the house.
Which leads me to what I believe
your problem is. It is called, The
Grind.
For example, suppose you are
playing on a slot machine that is preprogrammed to return 88% of wagered money back in wins. If you
were to cycle through a $200
bankroll, which you can easily do in
mere minutes, you can expect back,
“in theory,” $176. Now here’s dirty
little casino secret #2. The casino
knows full well that “you ain’t goin’
nowhere.”
The casino anticipates with almost 100% certainty that you will
be re-playing that $176 and they
will happily give you, in return,
$155 for doing so. Play the $155,
and your return will be $136.
Playing through the $136, will get
you back $120. Against that kind
of math, Mark, you’ve got some
nerve trying to be a winner.
Mark Pilarski
It’s understood/assumed, this is
based on a pre-programmed computer chip in the machine tuned to
return a certain percentage back as
wins. But, Mark, can you see how
the casino is grinding away at your
capital?
Now here’s casino secret #3.
The casino is NOT in the gambling business. It is in the math
business. On pre-programmed
slot machines that give the house
a certain percentage return, you
are the only one doing the gambling here. Granted, you may happen occasionally to be the one
who gets well over an 88% return,
but in all probability you will be
among the countless who are contributing the 12% to the casino.
Casino secret #4: Casinos LOVE
winners. Winning customers are the
most important asset in the world to
someone involved in selling chance.
Winning players tell future losers of
their good fortune. Hope, Mark,
springs eternal. Alexander Pope (An
Essay on Man, 1732)
The huge house advantage on
slot machines will always grind
away your bankroll at a licketysplit pace. The more time you
spend front and center in front of
a slot machine, the better the
casino’s chances of liquidating
your bankroll.
Consider your play normal, Mark,
and not some unusual, unexpected
natural phenomenon.
Gambling Wisdom of the Week:
“It is not uncommon to see a lady in
her bridal gown, married moments
ago by a minister in full Elvis regalia, furiously working the slots
with a Marlboro clenched between
her teeth.”
~Rod Wiser, Casino Player
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The Moran Township Board of Trustees meeting scheduled for Wednesday,
March 4, 2015 has been changed to WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 AT 6 P.M.
NOTICE
NOTICE
CLARK TOWNSHIP PROPERTY OWNERS
2015 PROPERTY VALUES
BOARD OF REVIEW MEETINGS
CITY OF ST. IGNACE
BOARD OF REVIEW
The Board of Review will meet in the Council Chambers of the St. Ignace
Municipal Building, 396 N. State Street, on the following dates and
times to hear appeals of assessments:
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The tentative factors for the City of St. Ignace are as follows:
AG.
COMM.
IND.
RES.
T.C.
2015
Tentative None
None
Factors
Classed 1.00
1.00
1.00 Classed
Tentative None
Ratios
Classed 50.00
50.00
50.00
None
Classed
in writing. Written appeals MUST be received no later than close of the
BOR, Thursday, March 12, 2015 in order to be considered.
Please call the Assessor with any questions (906) 643-8797
Thursday - Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Christina Deeren
St. Ignace City Assessor
Location: 207 N. Blindline Road, Cedarville
Monday, March 9 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 10 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Ratio and Tentative Factor Listed Below
Class Factor
Ratio
Tentative Factor
101 - Agricultural
50.00%
1.0000
201 - Commercial
50.00%
1.0000
301 - Industrial
50.00%
1.0000
401 - Residential
50.00%
1.0000
501 - Timber - Cutover
50.00%
1.0000
900 - Personal Property
50.00%
1.0000
in writing. Written appeals MUST be received no later than close of the
BOR, Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in order to be considered.
Please call the Assessor with any questions at (906) 484-2672,
Monday - Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Christina Deeren, Assessor
PO Box 367
NOTICE OF MEETING
2015 NOTICE
Moran Township, Mackinac
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015 2:00 p.m. - Board of Review meets to
organize and review the assessment roll
Taxpayer protest will begin on:
MONDAY, MARCH 9 2015 FROM 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 FROM 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
All meetings will be held at the:
MORAN TOWNSHIP HALL
W1362 US-2
in writing or by fax to:
MORAN TOWNSHIP HALL
W1362 US-2 P.O. BOX 364
PHONE: (906) 643-8027
FAX: (906) 643-7208
Appeals MUST be received no later than close of the BOR,
Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 9:00 p.m., in order to be considered.
This meeting is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended
(open meetings act), MCLA 41.72a (2) (3) and the Americans with
Disabilities Act (A.D.A.)
Richard A. Oliver, Assessor
Moran Township is an Equal Opportunity Provider & Employer
Hendricks Township, Mackinac County
2015
MARCH 3, 2015
MARCH 9, 2015
MARCH 10, 2015
9 A.M. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
The board meets to organize and to
review the Assessment Roll
9 A.M. TO 3 P.M.
3 P.M. TO 9 P.M.
All meetings will be held at the: Hendricks Township Hall
N5115 Hiawatha Trail
Naubinway, Michigan 49762
THE 2015 TENTATIVE RATIOS AND FACTORS
CLASS
RATIO
FACTOR
AGRICULTURAL
101
PILT ONLY
COMMERCIAL
201
49.12
1.0000
INDUSTRIAL
301
49.01
1.0000
RESIDENTIAL
401
49.72
1.0000
TIMBER CUTOVER
NONE CLASSED
PERSONAL PROPERTY 900
50.00
1.0000
Nicholas J. Nelson
Hendricks Township Assessor
THE ST. IGNACE NEWS
Looking Back
looking Back: from page 19
ride was interrupted at Rudyard.
Several of the Soo firemen and a
number of townspeople drove to
St. Ignace to witness the blaze.
All the furnishings of Wood and
McCuen’s barber shop, McNamee’s shop, Whiting’s shoe
shop, Dr. Dunster’s office and
Boynton’s drug store were moved
outside.
Residences on Truckey and
Spring streets were showered with
sparks and householders spread
water and snow on roofs in protection. Three minor blazes were reported under way in the Spring
street section, but applications of
snow halted them.
•••
Mr. Saul Winkelman, proprietor
of Saul’s Department Store, who
suffered such a severe loss in the
burning of his business block and
stock last Monday night, has
asked us to plead with his customers who owe accounts to him
to please pay now to help pay for
the new spring merchandise recently received and destroyed by
the fire.
•••
Funeral services were held this
morning for George Hoban, veteran hardware merchant, who died
at his home here at 5:15 Tuesday
morning.
George Hoban was born on
Mackinac Island on October 28,
1871, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hoban. At an early age he came to
St. Ignace and was employed as an
assistant in the hardware business
of Farrell & McArthur. He made
his entry into St. Ignace business
circles when in partnership with
his age-old friend, Thomas J. Furlong, he bought out the hardware
business.
The two were in business until
1913, when Mr. Hoban took over
the store and conducted it until his
death.
Twenty-four years ago George
Hoban married Miss Lena Mertz
Weiler in Akron, Ohio. To this
union one daughter was born,
Frances Ann, who survives. Mrs.
Hoban died in 1922.
In 1927, Mr. Hoban married
Miss Minnie Welden, who lives to
mourn his passing.
•••
Work on the $15,000 coal dock
project for the state highway department was begun last Friday as
an ERA project. Six men were
working this week, but it is expected that the job will employ 24
men working on two shifts of 12
men each week under the supervision of A. S. Decker, construction
superintendent for the highway
department, and five foremen.
The project consists of leveling
the piles now extending beyond
the present dock structure, recapping them and placing the required
stringers and flooring. The dock is
used by the state as a fuel and utility pier and was formerly the old
iron ore dock.
•••
Conrad P Becker, superintendent of the Mackinac county road
commission and administrator of
the county ERA, has been elected
secretary of the Upper Peninsula
Supervisors’ Co-Ordinating committee.
A permanent organization to
promote the building of hard-surface trunk lines in the upper
peninsula this year by the use of as
much federal work relief money as
possible in connection with the
state highway funds, was formed
last week Wednesday at a meeting
in Marquette.
•••
Boynton’s Blue Heron summer
home at Boat Harbor has been
rented for the summer season to
Capt. John Routhier and family of
Lakewood, Ohio.
•••
Bids for the grading and
drainage of nine miles of scenic
highway between Brevort Lake
and West Moran bay will be advertised by the state highway department within the next two
weeks, according to information
from a reliable source received in
St. Ignace last week.
•••
With George Washington and
his courage, unselfishness, faith
and trust in Divine Providence as
the theme, Father John T. Holland
declared the life of “the Father of
our Country is a lesson to young
Communists and atheists who
have joined hands with treacherous internationalism and false
gods.”
Father Holland was the principal speaker at the annual Fathers
and Sons banquet held under the
auspices of the Parent-Teachers
association last Thursday evening
in LaSalle auditorium.
Before nearly 150 St. Ignace
dads and sons, Father Holland
lauded Washington’s “faith in
God, faith in himself and faith in
his fellow men.”
•••
From Corrine: Some of our
local men have been working on
the stone crusher. It has been said
that the equipment will be moved
to Rexton soon.
•••
The Mackinac Straits bridge authority has submitted its proposal
for a $27,000,000 vehicular bridge
across the Straits of Mackinac to
the state planning commission.
S. T. Stackpole, chairman of the
authority, said the cost estimate
should
be
increased
to
$35,000,000 if the bridge also is to
be used by a railroad.
•••
Columbus, Ohio - Baseball
parks will spring up like mushrooms all over the United States
this summer if the federal government approves and finances a plan
endorsed here by major and minor
league promotional moguls. The
plan calls for the appropriation of
enough PWA funds to construct
500 parks. At a cost of $1,000,000
to $5,000,000, old parks would be
renovated and new ones constructed in the proposed programs.
•••
Because the firemen’s room in
the city hall is too small to hold
the large crowd which regularly
attends the weekly meetings of the
St. Ignace Labor club, the organization has provided itself with a
new hall. For several weeks a
housing committee has scoured
the town for an available meeting
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS AND ELECTORS
OF THE CITY OF ST. IGNACE AND TO USERS OF THE
CITY’S SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
OF INTENT TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS AND THE
RIGHT OF REFERENDUM RELATING THERETO
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the City Council of the City of St. Ignace, County of Mackinac,
Michigan, intends to issue and sell revenue bonds pursuant to Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933,
as amended, in one or more series in a total amount not to exceed One Million Seven Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($1,700,000), for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost to acquire, construct, furnish and
equip improvements to the City’s Sanitary Sewage Disposal System (the “System”), including reconstruction,
relocation and replacement of sanitary sewer mains, together with all related appurtenances and
attachments.
SOURCE OF PAYMENT OF REVENUE BONDS
THE PRINCIPAL OF INTEREST ON THE REVENUE BONDS SHALL BE PAYABLE from the revenues
received by the City from the operations of the Sanitary Sewage Disposal System except as provided
below in the case of bonds sold to the Michigan Finance Authority in connection with the State of
Michigan’s State Revolving Fund program. The revenues will consist of rates and charges billed to the
users of the system, a schedule of which is presently on file in the office of the City Clerk. The rates
and charges may from time to time be revised to provide sufficient revenues to provide for the expenses of
operating and maintaining the system, to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and to pay
other obligations of the system.
BOND DETAILS
THE REVENUE BONDS will be payable in annual installments not to exceed twenty (20) in
number and will bear interest at the rate or rates to be determined at public or private sale but in
no event to exceed such rates as may be permitted by law on the unpaid balance from time to time
remaining outstanding on said bonds.
ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF PAYMENTS FOR
SOLD TO FINANCE AUTHORITY
IN THE EVENT THAT THE REVENUE BONDS ARE SOLD TO THE MICHIGAN FINANCE
AUTHORITY, THE CITY MAY PLEDGE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE BONDS MONEY RECEIVED
OR TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CITY DERIVED FROM IMPOSITION OF TAXES BY THE STATE
AND RETURNED OR TO BE RETURNED TO THE CITY AS PROVIDED BY LAW, except for money
the use of which is prohibited for such purposes by the State Constitution. The City may enter
into an agreement providing for the payment of taxes, which taxes are collected by the State and
returned to the City as provided by law, to the Michigan Finance Authority or a trustee, and such funds
may be pledged for the payment of the revenue bonds.
IN THE EVENT THAT THE REVENUE BONDS ARE SOLD TO THE MICHIGAN FINANCE
AUTHORITY, THE CITY MAY PLEDGE ITS LIMITED TAX FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AS SECURITY FOR
THE REVENUE BONDS, IN WHICH EVENT DEBT SERVICE ON THE BONDS SHALL BE PAYABLE
EITHER FROM REVENUES OF THE SYSTEM OR FROM AD VALOREM TAXES THAT MAY BE
LEVIED ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY, SUBJECT HOWEVER, TO CONSTITUTIONAL,
STATUTORY AND CHARTER TAX RATE LIMITATIONS.
RIGHT OF REFERENDUM
THE REVENUE BONDS WILL BE ISSUED WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE ELECTORS UNLESS A
PETITION REQUESTING SUCH A VOTE SIGNED BY NOT LESS THAN 10% OF THE REGISTERED
ELECTORS OF THE CITY IS FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK WITHIN FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. IF SUCH PETITION IS FILED, THE BONDS MAY NOT BE ISSUED
WITHOUT AN APPROVING VOTE OF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY
VOTING THEREON.
THIS NOTICE is given pursuant to the requirements of Section 33, Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan,
1933, as amended.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION will be furnished at the office of the City Clerk upon request.
Renee Vonderwerth
City Clerk
City of St. Ignace
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place and last week it was announced that quarters had been
obtained in the Mulcrone building
across from the depot, where the
Second ward polls are held at election time.
The main topic for consideration at the club meeting last week
Wednesday night was the
Townsend old-age pension act.
After considerable discussion the
club voted to submitted plea to
Congressman Brown in favor of
“a reasonable old-age pension.”
•••
Sparks from the chimney caught
fire in the roof of the poor farm
near the outskirts of St. Ignace last
Friday about 5:30 in the afternoon.
The firemen and chemical truck
quickly quenched the blaze. Chief
John Moore estimates that damage
amounts to about $25.00.
•••
From Mackinac Island: J. A.
Murphy, receiver for the defunct
Island State Bank, came from
Mackinaw City on Wednesday.
Russell Earley drove to St.
Ignace on Friday and returned
with a load of beer for the E. S.
Horn café.
James Doud, Sr., as been hauling wood from Bois Blanc. He
also advises us that the first 50
years of a wood-hauler’s existence
are the hardest.
Among the Island boys who left
last week for the forest camp near
Eckerman were Frank Visnaw,
Walter Bazinaw, John LaPine,
John Fisher, Joe Andress and
Arthur Cadotte.
It was learned here that the Island Transportation company was
under-bid on the Mackinaw CityMackinac Island mail contract.
The lowest bidders were speed
boat operators from Mackinaw
City. For the first time in many
years the steamer Algomah will
carry no mail – after July first.
•••
On two occasions recently the
carferry, Chief Wawatam, has
backed out of her dock at St.
Ignace, nearly crossing the road to
the Island. This makes the crossing hazardous as anyone traveling
at night and not aware of conditions might drive right into her
channel. In the old days this
caused the mail-carriers to curse
and swear and once a man lost his
horse by driving into the channel.
•••
From Allenville: We were sorry
to hear about the big fire in St.
Ignace. It is a big loss to St. Ignace
as well as to Saul. Many from here
went down there to witness the
fire when they saw the reflection
of the flames in the sky.
Rev. Anderson, who started the
Pentecostal church here two years
ago, is here again to help Rev. Clark
hold revival meetings for a week.
50 YEARS AGO
The Republican-News
and St. Ignace Enterprise
Last week end’s zero temperatures “set” anew the ice bridge between St. Ignace and Mackinac
Island. The open water disappeared
Saturday. Sunday was cold and it
was 10 below on Monday. That
morning five Islanders made the
crossing afoot.
•••
Bruce Bentgen succeeds John F.
Lahaie as chef at the high school
cafeteria and Mrs. Mildred
Gustafson of Brevort, formerly at
Gros Cap school, has been engaged
as baker.
•••
The St. Ignace Kiwanis club has
chosen Peter J. Della-Moretta as
Man of the Month for February,
1965...
Never one to be idle, Mr. DellaMoretta now holds an interest in Art
Motor Sales which is operated by
his son, Arthur. Neither has his
civic activities ended. Mr. DellaMoretta, who has been active in the
hospital since its inception some 22
years ago, is today chairman of the
board. He is also chairman of the
St. Ignace Board of Public Works.
•••
The St. Ignace Public Library
board has approved plans to contract with the newly-formed Eastern U. P. library system under
which the local library will receive over a period of months, up
to 1,000 books and a collection of
phonograph records in return for
providing service to outlying areas
of Moran, Allenville and Gros
Cap.
Several new book shelves are
being built to accommodate the incoming material. Mrs. Prokop, librarian, has shelved some 80 books
and several record albums now
ready for circulation.
•••
St. Ignace Lodge No. 369, F. &
A. M., will hold initiation ceremonies on Saturday evening, Feb.
27, at 7:30 in the lodge hall.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
City of St. Ignace
The St. Ignace City Council will be holding a public hearing on Monday,
March 16, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. in the St. Ignace City Council Chambers,
located in the Municipal Building at 396 North State Street, St. Ignace,
Michigan. The purpose of the hearing is to receive public comments
regarding the proposed mitigation and conversion process that is described
below.
Reneé Vonderwerth
PUBLIC NOTICE
City of St. Ignace
There will be a public comment period beginning, Thursday, February 12,
2015 and ending Monday, March 16, 2015 on the following:
The City of St. Ignace, in compliance with the National Park Service (NPS)
and the Michigan DNR Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is proposing a recreational land conversion and mitigation of property developed
with the use of LWCF funds. The property development with LWCF funds
took place in 1972 and involved the building of a community swimming
pool built on 12,000 square foot parcel of property owned by and contiguous to the St. Ignace Area High School, which is located in Moran
Township. The area recreation program (along with the pool) at that time
was operated through the school. Both the recreation program and the pool
management were taken over by the City of St. Ignace in later years.
For several years the City lost money operating the pool due to lower usage
and higher costs. In 2012 the City of St. Ignace, facing even higher costs
due to structural and mechanical repairs that needed to be done, could no
longer afford to keep the pool open. The pool is now considered unsafe
due to these needed structural and mechanical repairs and will no longer
be open and accessible to the public.
The proposed mitigating property is a 12,075 square foot parcel of property
owned by the City of St. Ignace and located on Spring Street in the City of
St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority (DDA) District. It is former
railroad property that was acquired by the City in the 1990s and the
property has no known contaminants. The DDA proposes to use this parcel
as a trailhead for a multiuse recreational trail that it plans to develop through
the DDA District within the next few years.
This required conversion process does not affect any future development
of the closed St. Ignace Area High School pool by the school system,
Moran Township or any other entity.
All records pertaining to this proposed conversion, including property
appraisals, environmental review forms and property location maps will be
available for public viewing in the St. Ignace City Clerk’s office located
in City Hall, 396 N. State Street, St. Ignace and the St. Ignace Public
Library, 110 W. Spruce, St. Ignace, as well as on the city website at
www.cityofstignace.com.
Forms will be available for anyone wishing to comment on this proposed
conversion. Completed comment forms may be mailed (to the above
address), faxed to City Hall (fax: 906-643-9393) or emailed to dda@lighthouse.net. Before including your address, phone number, email address
or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that
your entire comment, including your personal identifying information,
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in
your comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying
information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
For questions pertaining to this process you may contact City Manager
Les Therrian at 906-643-9671 or DDA Director Deb Evashevski at
906-643-8252.
Reneé Vonderwerth
Following the ceremonies an
oyster supper will be served.
•••
Mrs. Elly Peterson, who waged a
tremendous though unsuccessful
campaign against Senator Phil A.
Hart, has been named chairman of
the Republican party in Michigan.
•••
The coaching staff of LaSalle
high school is attempting to raise
enough money to enable the entire
basketball squad to attend the State
Finals in Lansing on March 19 and
20.
Coach Schoenherr indicated that
many citizens expressed the desire
to send the whole team because of
their winning the Huron-Straits
conference title. The squad consists
of thirteen boys along with four
chaperons from the coaching staff.
As in past years, the principal’s
office will call local business establishments to place advertisements
in the Regional Basketball tournament program. The funds raised
from this program help facilitate
expenses incurred on the trip.
•••
More than 200 branch offices of
the secretary of state have been notified that late license plate shoppers, those who still don’t have
1965 plates, will be able to shop
until 8 p.m. this Saturday Feb. 27,
or until everyone in line has been
served.
•••
If anyone is missing his large,
black, long-haired dog it may be
the one that fell in the Chief’s
channel about 1:15 Monday afternoon. It is reported that a large
dog was feeding on garbage on the
ice near the Chief’s channel and
when the ship neared dock, raced
alongside for several hundred feet,
slipped and fell into the icy waters. The animal swam sturdily
after the ship for a few moments,
then went out of sight, presumably
drawn under when the ship reversed engines as it docked here.
•••
From Les Cheneaux: Upwards of
300 stoneworkers will be in attendance at the State Government Institute staged in Les Cheneaux high
school on February 27.
This all day conference with registration at 9 a.m. is being arranged
by Cedarville local 182 United
Stoneworkers, employees of Michigan Limestone, a division of U. S.
Steel Corp., Drummond Island
local 145 Stoneworkers, and Mich.
AFL-CIO; School of Labor and Industrial Relations Michigan State
University.
Keynoting the institute geared
“to give understanding of the functions of Michigan government and
the many legislative issues of concern to the labor movement,” will
be Bernard Klein, director of Institute of Public Administration, U. of
M. Robert Dingwell, state representative, will explain the working of
our state government.
Capt. James Robertson of Reif’s
Point returned last week from a
three-month trip by jet airliner. He
visited Australia, New Zealand, and
other southern hemisphere countries.
•••
From Mackinac Island: Our cold
weather of the past week has again
frozen the Straits over. The motor
sleighs on Saturday made the crossing to Bois Blanc island and
Cheboygan. However the crossing
by sleigh to St. Ignace has not been
attempted due to several open
cracks. Monday morning we had 12
below zero with a strong Northwest
wind. Several inches of snow fell
this week. However, with the approach of March, naturally we are
looking for the break-up in cold
weather conditions.
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Classified
made in the conditions
of a mortgage made by
WILLIAM
THOMAS
HEISE and TERESA
ANN HEISE, husband
and wife, original mortgagor(s),
to
ARGENT
MORTGAGE COMPANY,
LLC, Mortgagee, dated
May 24, 2005, and
recorded on June 16,
2005 in Liber 604 on
Page 545, and assigned
by said Mortgagee to
Wells Fargo Bank, NA, as
Trustee for the benefit of
the
Certificateholders
Park Place Securities,
Inc. Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-WCW2 as
assignee as documented
by an assignment, in
Mackinac County Records,
Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to
be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand
Two Hundred Forty-One
and
52/100
Dollars
($169,241.52).
Under the power of
sale contained in said
mortgage and the statute
in such case made and
provided, notice is hereby
given that said mortgage
will be foreclosed by a
sale of the mortgaged
premises, or some part of
them, at public vendue, at
the place of holding the
circuit court within Mackinac County, at 11:00
a.m., on March 5, 2015.
Said premises are situated in Township of Marquette, Mackinac County,
Michigan, and are described as: The North
Half of the Northeast
Quarter of the Southwest
Quarter of Section 30,
Town 43 North, Range 1
West, lying South of Simmons Road, Township of
Marquette,
Mackinaw
County, State of Michigan.
The redemption period shall be 6 months
from the date of such
sale, unless determined
abandoned in accordance
with MCLA 600.3241a, in
which case the redemption period shall be 30
days from the date of
such sale.
If the property is sold
at foreclosure sale under
Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of
1961, pursuant to MCL
Public
Notices
STATE OF MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF
MACKINAC
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
Decedent’s Estate
FILE NO. 12-7729-DE
Estate of MYRTLE D.
SMITH. Date of birth:
June 7, 1915.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent,
Myrtle D. Smith, died
June 28, 2011.
Creditors of the decedent are notified that all
claims against the estate
will be forever barred unless presented to Jill M.
Meek or Rhonda Hurry,
personal representative,
or to both the probate
court at 100 Marley
Street, St. Ignace, MI
49781 and the personal
representative within 4
months after the date of
publication of this notice.
Date: February 23, 2015
J. Stuart Spencer
(45315)
541 S. Hill Island Road
(906) 484-2221
Jill M. Meek or
Rhonda Hurry
P.O. Box 190142
Burton, MI 48519
(810) 614-3152
NOTICE OF
MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE
This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information
we obtain will be used for
that purpose. Please contact our office at the number below if you are in
active military duty.
ATTN
PURCHASERS: This sale may be
rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that
event, your damages, if
any, shall be limited solely
to the return of the bid
amount tendered at sale,
plus interest.
MORTGAGE SALE
Default
has
been
600.3278 the borrower
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.
Dated: February 5, 2015
For more information,
please call:
FC J (248) 593-1311
Trott Law, P.C.
Attorneys For Servicer
31440 Northwestern
Hwy Ste 200
Farmington Hills,
Michigan 48334-5422
File #091188F05
(02-05)(02-26)
NOTICE OF
MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE
This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information
we obtain will be used for
that purpose. Please contact our office at the number below if you are in
active military duty.
ATTN
PURCHASERS: This sale may be
rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that
event, your damages, if
any, shall be limited solely
to the return of the bid
amount tendered at sale,
plus interest.
MORTGAGE SALE
Default has been
made in the conditions of
a mortgage made by
SHELDON E. ELLIS and
MARGARET M. ELLIS,
husband and wife and
TRUDY ELLIS, a single
person, original mortgagor(s), to NORTH
COUNTRY BANK AND
TRUST, Mortgagee, dated September 10, 1998,
and recorded on October
2, 1998 in Liber 437 on
Page 612, and modified
by Affidavit or Order
recorded on November 7,
2014 in Liber 787 on
Page 33, and assigned
by said Mortgagee to
M&T Bank as assignee
as documented by an assignment, in Mackinac
LICENSED
CONTRACTOR
ST. IGNACE, MI
For more information,
please call:
FC H (248) 593-1300
Trott Law, P.C.
Attorneys For Servicer
31440 Northwestern
Hwy Ste 200
Farmington Hills,
Michigan 48334-5422
File #430173F01
(02-12)(03-05)
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This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect
a
debt.
Any
information obtained will
be used for that purpose.
MORTGAGE SALE
Default has been
made in the conditions of
a Mortgage made by VYE
W. FEELEY, a single
man,
Mortgagor,
to
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF AMERICA, Mortgagee, dated July 15,
2009, and recorded July
28, 2009, in Liber 692,
Page 258, of Mackinac
County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage
there is claimed to be due
as of the date of this notice $28,397.91, including
interest at 10.71% per
annum. Under the power
of sale contained in said
mortgage, and pursuant
to the statutes of the
State of Michigan, notice
is hereby given that said
mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the
mortgaged premises, or
some part of them, at
public auction to the highest bidder, on Thursday,
March 26, 2015, at 10
o?clock in the forenoon,
at the place of holding the
circuit court within Mackinac County, Michigan.
Said premises are situated in the Township of
Bois Blanc, Mackinac
County, Michigan, and
are described as:
Lots 15, 16 and 17,
Block 4, Pointe Aux Pins
Subdivision, according to
the plat thereof; c/k/a
1208 Onondaga Ave.,
Pointe Aux Pins, MI 49775.
The redemption period shall be six months
from the date of the sale,
unless the premises are
determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA
600.3241a, in which case
the redemption period
shall be one month, or
until the time to provide
the notice required by
MCL 600.3241a(c) expires, whichever is later.
Please be advised
that if the mortgaged
property is sold at a foreclosure sale by advertisement, pursuant to MCL
foreclosure sale, or to the
mortgage holder, for
damaging the property
during the redemption period.
LeVasseur Dyer
& Associates, PC
Attorneys for Mortgagee
P.O. Box 721400
Berkley, MI 48072
(248) 586-1200
(02-26)(03-19)
Notices
CONCEALED PISTOL license classes, Pickford
area. Indoor range. $100.
Phone for dates. Harry
Reinfelder, NRA certified
instructor at 906-6476538.
NOTIFY YOUR POST office at least one month
before you move. Newspapers will only forward
for 60 days.
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LINE COOK NEEDED.
Hiring experienced line
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order accuracy, and cleanliness. ServSafe certified
preferred. Wage negotiable. Send resume to
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SEASONAL: SHEPLER’S
Mackinac Island Ferry is
now hiring for all positions
for the 2015 season.
Please apply at Shepler’s
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COOK, FULL-TIME. Must
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SUBSTITUTE SPECIAL
Education Bus Drivers
and Bus Aides: The EUPISD is seeking applicants for substitute bus
drivers and bus aides for
our buses serving the following schools: Les Cheneaux, Pickford, Rudyard,
St. Ignace, Sault Ste.
Marie, and Tahquamenon. Drivers must meet
school bus driver certification requirements. See
www.eup.k12.mi.us /jobs
for details. E.O.E.
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INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE:
The EUPISD is seeking
applicants for an Instructional Aide in a Special
Education
classroom.
High school graduate or
equivalent with a minimum of two years of appropriate experience as
allowed under school
code and/or completion
of advanced training in a
community college or degree granting institution
whose special education
instructional aide training
program has been approved by the MDE required. See www.eup.k12
.mi.us/jobs for details. Application deadline is
March 6, 2015. E.O.E.
CLARK TOWNSHIP is
hiring, Marina Manager/
Outdoor Recreation Facility Caretaker. Seasonal
position: May through
September. Competitive
wage. Looking for an individual that is organized,
motivated, a self-starter, a
leader, hardworking, a
good communicator, and
a problem solver. Applications and job descriptions
are available in the Treasurer’s office located at
207 N. Blindline Road, in
Cedarville. Application/
Resume due to the Treasurer’s office on or before
Monday, March 16, 2015,
by 3 p.m.
DIRECTOR OF General
Education: The EUPISD
is seeking applicants for a
Director of General Education. Bachelor’s degree
in a related field of study
required; Master’s preferred. See www.eup.k12.
mi.us/jobs for details. Application deadline is
March 13, 2015. E.O.E.
SALES POSITION open:
Gold Mine Jewelry. Submit resume in person at
store. 280 N. State
Street, St. Ignace.
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
NORMANDY MOTEL is
now accepting applications for housekeeping
position for the 2015 season. Apply at 124 Burdette Street, St. Ignace,
MI 49781 Tuesday and
Thursday, noon to 4 p.m.
START OFF THE NEW
Year with a new career.
Contact Liberty Truck
Driving School at 888602-5966 or 989-4269756. www.libertytruckdrivingschool.com.
ADULT LEARNING Systems-U.P., a non-profit
corporation providing 24hour care to adults with
disabilities, is accepting
applications for Direct
Care Workers in all of its
programs in Sault Ste.
Marie. Requirements include:
High
school
diploma or G.E.D., ability
to pass a fingerprint and
criminal
background
check, and a clear driving
record. For further information or application
phone Brian at 906-6359850, Michele at 906635-3025, Sara at 906632-0404, or Amy at 906259-0035. Adult Learning
Systems-U.P. is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.
1989 Ski Doo 500
L/C - $650
1995 Polaris Indy
400 L/C - $800.
Phone Luke at
231-373-9414
COSMETOLOGIST
wanted at Lakeside Hair
and Spa in Cedarville.
Please phone or text 906430-1915.
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County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage
there is claimed to be due
at the date hereof the
sum of Twenty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Eighty
and
09/100
Dollars
($26,680.09).
Under the power of
sale contained in said
mortgage and the statute
in such case made and
provided, notice is hereby
given that said mortgage
will be foreclosed by a
sale of the mortgaged
premises, or some part of
them, at public vendue, at
the place of holding the
circuit court within Mackinac County, at 11:00
a.m., on March 12, 2015.
Said premises are situated in Township of
Portage, Mackinac County, Michigan, and are described as:
Lot 6, Assessors Plat
No. 1 of Portage Township, according to the Plat
thereof as recorded in
Liber 4 of Plats, Pages
100 through 102, Mackinac County Records.
The redemption period
shall be 12 months from
the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with
MCLA 600.3241a, in which
case the redemption period shall be 30 days from
the date of such sale.
If the property is sold
at foreclosure sale under
Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of
1961, pursuant to MCL
foreclosure sale or to the
mortgage holder for damaging the property during
the redemption period.
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RENTALS, A FEW left,
available now: MackinacProperties.com
(rentals) or northernmichiganvr.com, or phone
906-643-9242.
3-BEDROOM HOUSE located on 2 full acres of
cleared land. You will find
a laundry room, open
concept kitchen, living
room, screen-in back
porch with electricity,
large 2-car garage. Estate sale. Priced to sell
immediately. Move in
ready and receive keys at
closing. Worth the look!
Price reduced! Phone
Coldwell Banker Schmidt
at 906-643-8525. Property
ID# 102392218. www.cbschmidt.com.
L.P. PLOWING, NOW
scheduling
residential
driveways. Free estimates. Phone Luke
Paquin in St. Ignace at
231-373-9414.
1-BEDROOM furnished
apartment in St. Ignace.
1-year lease. All utilities
included. No pets. No
smoking
preferred.
Phone 906-643-0032 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
NORMANDY MOTEL, St.
Ignace, has a room for
rent. Upstairs, 1 bedroom, microwave and refrigerator. $150 per week.
Phone 906-643-9233 to
inquire.
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the latest rentals. Phone
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LAKEFRONT: 3-bedroom
cottage with 24’X50’ detached garage on double
lot in Trout Lake area.
$139,000. Phone 906643-6557.
3-BEDROOM, 1-BATH
house, kitchen, living
room, utility room, and 1car attached garage. 160
Keightly, St. Ignace.
Phone 906-643-9490.
Clark Township
is HIRING
Marina Manager / Outdoor
Recreation Facility Caretaker
Seasonal Position: May-September
Competitive Wage
Looking for an individual that is...
organized, motivated, a self-starter, a leader,
hard-working, a good communicator, and a
problem solver. Applications and job descriptions
are available in the Treasurer’s office located at
207 N. Blindline Rd. in Cedarville.
Application/Resume due to the
Treasurer’s office on or before
Monday, March 16, 2015 by 3:00 P.M.
H ELP W ANTED
Thunder Bay Community Health Service,
Inc. is seeking applications for a Midlevel
Provider - Family Practice Nurse
Practitioner, or Physician Assistant
for our Cheboygan School-based Health Center.
Applicant will work in the school outpatient
clinic setting, in collaboration with a licensed
physician, providing general primary health
care, health education, and other clinical interventions. Competitive salary with incentive
and excellent fringe benefit package. Must be
licensed in Michigan with a current DEA.
REPLY TO:
Paula Cohoon, Human Resource Director
Thunder Bay Community Health Services Inc.
100 N. Ripley Street, Suite E, Alpena, MI 49707
EMAIL: pcohoon@tbchs.org
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ST. PETER Monuments,
3160 W. 10 Mile Road,
P.O. Box 14, Dafter, MI
49724. Appointment: 906632-9012. Granite and
bronze memorials. References supplied. Quality
and low price memorials.
WAYNE’S ELECTRICAL
Services, Rudyard, Michigan. Residential, commercial, and industrial.
Service calls. Free estimates. Phone 906-4400177.
LUKE’S CAR DETAILING
is offering full detailing
and car washes now, by
appointment. Free pick
up and delivery available.
Phone Luke Paquin at
231-373-9414, St. Ignace.
Wanted
BOYNE FALLS Michigan
Sawmill looking to buy 8”
top and larger white
cedar. 8’ and 10’ lengths.
Please phone 1-888-8295909.
MATURE COUPLE seeking summer housing for
June, July, and August on
Mackinac Island. Nonsmokers. Please contact
VickieJ401@aol.com or
phone 847-710-1323.
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Hump Day Burger
Bash, 1/2 pound chargrilled burger with 30 toppings to choose from, all
you can eat fries and
slaw. $8.99 all day, every
Wednesday. Mackinac
Grille. Phone 906-6437482.
Bavarian Haus Lakefront Inn, St. Ignace has
open swimming, $6 per
person.
FREE HEAT to Keep You Warm!
And No Application Fee!
St. Ignace Apartments
248 South Airport Rd, St. Ignace, MI
1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments
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Michele,
Wishing you a very
happy birthday March 3.
We hope your day is wonderful!
Love,
Auntie and Uncle
V.F.W. Friday Fish
Fry:
All-you-can-eat
whitefish. Also, chicken,
perch,
shrimp,
and
pasties. Hours are 5 p.m.
to 8 p.m., St. Ignace.
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.
Book and bake sale
Friday, March 6, 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and Saturday,
March 7, 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., at the St. Ignace
Public Library. Phone
906-643-8318.
Margaritaville, featuring taco platter supreme,
build your own burrito,
taco
salad,
nachos
grande, jumbo margaritas, and more. All day,
every Thursday. Mackinac Grille. Phone 906643-7482.
Lordy, Lordy
Chuck is
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HELP WANTED
Harbor Manager
The Village of Mackinaw City is taking applications
for the position of Village Harbor Manager for the
2015 boating season. The position will report directly
to the Village Manager and will oversee the daily
operations of the Mackinaw City Municipal Harbor.
Applicants must have some Marina and Boating
background with 3-5 years of leadership
experience and the ability to work effectively
with the Boating public.
This position requires some computer experience and
related software knowledge.
This is a Fulltime Seasonal position.
Compensation to be determined based on experience.
A completed Village of Mackinaw City Employment
Application available at www.mackinawcity.org must
be submitted with Resume and References by either
email to dwhite@mackinawcity.org or mailed to:
Village Manager
P.O. Box 580
Mackinaw City, MI 49701
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March 2nd
Love, your
family & friends
Karen,
Happy, happy birthday March 2. May your
day be filled with sunshine and cake!
Love,
Uncle and Auntie
Bottomless
Pasta,
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choice pasta. Includes
garlic bread and salad
bar. $10 all day, every
Sunday. Mackinac Grille.
Phone 906-643-7482.
Thank you to the
Evergreen Living Center
volunteers for all you do.
St. Ignace High School
Bowlers,
Good luck at regionals
in Gaylord Friday, February 27 and Saturday,
February 28. We’re all
rooting for you!
Coaches, Family,
and Friends
Bake sale at Family
Fare in St. Ignace, February 28, starting at 9 a.m.
Proceeds will benefit
LaSalle High School’s
Europe Club.
All-you-can-eat fish fry
$11.99, all day, every Friday. Mackinac Grille.
Phone 906-643-7482.
Margie,
Wishing you a very
happy birthday February
28. We hope you have a
wonderful day!
Love,
Your Family
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Sharman,
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Aubree, Dad, Nana and
Papa, Aunt Patina and
Uncle Robert, and
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Winter Family Fun Day at Straits
State Park will be Saturday, February 28, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. People
are invited to come to the park and
enjoy an afternoon of snow activities and games. New snowshoes
will be available for use on a first
come, first serve basis to those
wishing to try the sport before they
invest in it. A temporary disc golf
course has been set up in the upper
campground. There will be warming campfires, and hot chocolate
and s’mores will be provided. Visi-
tors should meet at the campground
entrance.
There is no cost to participate,
but all vehicles entering the park
must have a recreation passport.
Passports may be purchased on the
day of the event. Cost is $11 for vehicles registered in Michigan.
The park is at 720 Church Street
in St. Ignace.
A second Winter Family Fun Day
is scheduled for Saturday, March
14, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Straits
State Park.
Think Outside, No Box Needed
ADVICE FOR GROWING YOUR BUSINESS BY JIM PLOUFFE
Your Business Could Take a Lesson
From Promoting Events
I am not much of a sports fan. You
won’t find me spending any of my
time watching any game unless it’s a
playoff game, and even many of the
playoff games I never see. You
would never catch me watching a
hockey game. I don’t understand the
rules. I do, however, love the U.P.
Pond Hockey Tournament. I don’t
love the tournament for the same reasons that most people do. I love it because it’s an event.
Events are good for business. They
create involvement, competition, and
traditions. They create raving fans,
and raving fans create rivalries with
other raving fans. They also generate
ordinary and passive fans. Big events
like the pond hockey games produce
an experience that people want more
of. The experience is an emotion that
individuals feel. Then there is the
emotion caused by the group excitement of the event.
There are events going on in every
city all over the world. Events need
people, products, and services so
they can be created. That leads to additional commerce. They need a variety of goods and services. When
goods and services have to be produced, they create jobs. Jobs produce
spendable income that people can go
out and spend on events. Events are
the drive train that moves the wheels
of business forward.
Here are a couple of examples:
Valentine’s Day just passed. You
may not have thought of Valentine’s
Day as an event before, but that is exactly what it is. U.S. News and World
Report said that we spent $18.9 billion on Valentine’s Day. They claim
that the average person spent
$142.31, with the bulk of that spending, $96.43, going to a spouse or significant other. I don’t know where
their data came from, or how they
calculated their numbers, but you can
safely bet that candy and flower sales
dropped significantly February 15.
The Oscar Awards that just passed
are an example of an event to promote events. All award programs are
like that. If there hadn’t been a movie
or a record or some other type of entertainment or accomplishment, there
wouldn’t be any reason for giving the
award. In this case, the event itself
becomes promotion for the awards
event, and vice versa.
I’ll bet you never thought of your
life, job, or your business as a series
of small events. If your last name
was Kardashian, you would, because
that is what they’ve done. They’ve
turned their lives into a drama event.
Then they’ve exploited every angle
of that event into profitable businesses. No matter what you may
think of them, they were smart
enough to turn their lives into an
event that other people want to feel
like they’re a part of. The people who
follow them and watch them on television are spectators, just like the
fans who came to watch the Pond
Hockey Tournament.
I think everything we do, all day
long, can be classified as an event.
Granted, some are smaller events
than others. Some don’t have any
spectators or fans, and it’s probably
better that way. There are events in
your day you may not want to participate in, or even be a spectator in.
What do you think would happen
if you started to think of those moments as events, events that you
caused or created? Events you could
watch and enjoy as a participant,
hoping to affect the outcome, or as a
spectator, with no effect on the outcome. That’s a micro view you might
be able to use to develop change. The
macro view is how can you turn your
business into an event that everyone
wants to be part of the experience?
That’s what Walt Disney did. Don’t
just say to yourself, “That may work
in some businesses, but it will never
work in mine.” Start thinking about
changes you could make that would
make doing business with you fun
and participatory. How can you turn
doing business with you into an
event, no matter how small of an
event it is?
Jim Plouffe is an author, speaker,
and the owner of Think Outside, No
Box Needed “Where Your Business
Success is Limited Only By Your
Imagination.” You can have a free
consultation with him by calling
(906) 643-8621, or ask a question at
JimPlouffe1952@yahoo.com.
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Skating, Broomball, Courtwarming Provide Winter Fun for Mackinac Island Residents
Kaylee Cowell waits patiently as her mother, Tracy Cowell,
fits on a skate Sunday, February 1. In the distance, city
recreation director Mary Patay skates around the new ice rink.
A crowd gathers around the new ice rink behind Fort Mackinac Sunday, February 1, as children enjoy
skating and playing hockey. In the distance to the left is Mackinac State Historic Parks administrative
office. A hose running from the house to the right provided the water that made the rink.
Mackinac Island
It certainly is winter on Mackinac
Island. Saturday, February 14, the
wind howled, the snow swirled, and
it was bitter cold. Saturday, February 21, was a beautiful winter day,
with milder temperatures and bright
sunshine. Folks enjoyed snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and
just walking and admiring the
beauty of the Island in winter. In the
evening, there was a twilight ski
from Greany Grove to Arch Rock
and Sugar Loaf and back. A bonfire
was enjoyed by all, with hot chocolate and s’mores. Many folks were
skating on the rink at Fort Mackinac, which is a great addition to the
winter community. There have been
a few freighters passing through
Round Island Passage, but the ice is
extremely heavy. The freighters
have to be escorted by the United
States Coast Guard icebreakers.
A Valentine’s Day concert featuring John Kissane was held Friday,
February 13, at Ste. Anne’s Church.
More than 40 people attended and
enjoyed beautiful music. Refreshments were served in Ste. Anne’s
Hall following the concert. We appreciate John for sharing his talent
with the Mackinac Island community.
The Mark Gallagher dinner will be
Wednesday, February 25, at the
Community Hall. Come and support
a great event and the Mark Gallagher
Scholarship Fund at the Mackinac Island Community Foundation.
Greg Gamache won the 21st Chili
Cook-Off at Cawthorne’s Village Inn
Saturday, February 14. It was his
third time taking the crown, having
won the competition in 2012 and
2013. Tony Doud of Doud’s Market
won the award for most original
chili. More than $700 was raised for
American Legion Post 299.
The movie, “Philomena,” starring
Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, will
be shown Wednesday, March 4, at 7
p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church. A
potluck will begin at 6 p.m. Trinity
will show the movie, “The Quiet
Man,” starring John Wayne and
Maureen O’Hara, at approximately 8
p.m. Saturday, March 14, following
the St. Patrick’s Day dinner.
Matt and Anneke Myers are enjoying a vacation in Puerto Rico.
Enjoy the warm weather.
Dave and Ann Levy are enjoying
several days at their lovely home on
the East Bluff.
Chad Belonga and his wife, Sam,
traveled over the ice bridge Saturday
evening, February 21, to treat some
young hockey players to hot chocolate on Mackinac Island. It was great
seeing Chad and Sam.
Happy birthday to Dale Gough
February 27. Hope you have a great
day.
Sunday, February 22, Trinity,
Ste. Anne’s, and YAC sponsored a
sledding party on Fort Hill. More
than 30 children participated and
screamed with delight as they
raced down the hill. Hot dogs, hot
chocolate, and cookies were enjoyed by all at Trinity. We appreciate everyone who made this
event so special.
Sue Sisson and Neal Liddicoat
are enjoying a cruise. Have fun in
the sun.
We appreciate Dr. Mary Alban of
the Mackinac Straits Veterinary
Clinic in St. Ignace, who traveled
over the ice bridge Thursday morning, February 19, with temperatures
below zero, to take care of the animals on Mackinac Island.
There will be a soup and sushi dinner Wednesday, March 4, from 6
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Ste. Anne’s Hall.
By Jeannette Doud
Cost is $6 for soup and $12 for soup
and sushi. This fundraiser is for the
medical supplies for the Mission
trip to Nicaragua.
It was nice to see Nancy LaFerier
back on Mackinac Island. She is
taking care of Steve and Patti Ann
Moskwa’s dogs while they’re on
vacation.
Happy birthday wishes to Craig
Bunker March 2, Val Porter March
4, and Gabriel Hepker March 5.
Hope you all enjoy your day.
John Hulett of Grand Hotel celebrated his birthday Saturday,
February 14, at Cawthorne’s Village Inn. He was joined by Marie
Steensma, Mary Jane Barnwell,
Nancy Marstiller, and Betty
BeDour and her friend, Duane.
Everyone had a great time. Happy
birthday, John, from Mackinac Island friends.
Mark your calendar for the St.
Patrick’s Day dinner Saturday,
March 14, at the Community Hall.
Come and join in the fun.
We send best wishes to Smi
Horn, who is a patient at McLaren
Northern Michigan hospital in
Petoskey. Island friends look forward to seeing you back on Mackinac Island soon.
Kelly Bean surprised her husband, Beau Bielinski, by joining
him on Mackinac Island for Valentine’s Day weekend. They left
Thursday, February 19, to spend a
week in Florida visiting Kelly’s
family.
Board of Review will meet Monday, March 23, and Tuesday, March
24, at City Hall.
Jason St. Onge entertained the
Mackinac Island Lakers sports
teams and coaches at a pizza party
at the Mustang Lounge Wednesday,
February 18. Everyone had a great
time.
Richard and Jackie Bolander departed Mackinac Island for a twoweek vacation in Arizona.
Lorna Straus spent several days
in Chicago recently. She returned to
Mackinac Island Friday, February
20.
David and Nancy Gruca spent
this past weekend visiting Mark and
Jody Chambers. They celebrated
their first wedding anniversary February 16. They were married on
Mackinac Island at Mark and
Jody’s home.
Joan Barch and her daughter,
Julie Fisher, traveled to California
this week to visit Joan’s brother.
Have fun in the sun.
Steve and Patti Ann Moskwa left
Mackinac Island Thursday, Febru-
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ary 19, to spend
two weeks in
Jamaica. Have
fun in the sun.
Ann and Bill Taylor of Delta,
Ohio, arrived on Mackinac Island
Tuesday, February 24, to spend
three days on the Island. They will
celebrate Ann’s birthday Thursday,
February 26.
The U.P. Pond Hockey Tournament was held in St. Ignace Friday,
February 13, through Sunday, February 15. Tricky Dicky and the
Spoonmen played at Kewadin Casinos throughout the weekend.
Everyone had a great time.
The Jamie Bynoe Hockey Tournament held their fifth game Wednesday, February 18. It was a very
spirited game. The St. Ignace Storms,
with captain Kirk Lipnitz, defeated
the Red Wings team, with Jamie
Bynoe as captain, by a score of 7-5.
The next game will be Wednesday,
February 25, at 4:30 p.m.
We extend deepest sympathy to
the family of Karen McCabe, who
died Saturday, February 21, in
Petoskey. Karen spent many years
on Mackinac Island; first with
Moral-Re-Armament, and later,
after she married the late Dr. John
McCabe. She was an active member of our community and had
many friends on Mackinac Island.
May she rest in peace.
Daylight Saving Time begins
Sunday, March 8, so mark your calendar to set your clocks ahead one
hour before you go to bed Saturday,
March 7. Spring is right around the
corner.
Stay warm!
Seniors Kyra Kolatski and Jeremy Hepker were named Mackinac Island’s Spirit Week Queen
and King this year. They were announced at the Friday, February
6, basketball game against Grand
Marais. (Photograph courtesy of
Mackinac Island Public School)
The broomball competition was fierce during Winter Festival this year. Pictured during a game Saturday,
February 7, are (from left) Laura Eiseler, Deb Styburski, Piotr Buniewicz, Nicole Riccinto, Nikki Gugin,
Anneke Myers, Kathleen Rickley,
and Tracy Cowell.
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I would like to THANK all the Youth
Pond Hockey Volunteers for supporting
this wonderful community event.
Special THANKS to rink maintenance
crew, plow drivers, referees, parking lot
attendants, concession workers, ticket &
shirt sales and everyone behind the
scenes, you did a great job.
I would also like to THANK all the
businesses that went way out of their
way to support the
event. Lets keep
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and bigger every
year.
Scott Marshall
St. Ignace Recreation Director

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