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Contents
2 3-D Man
Citizen of the Year Dave Roseman
thinks ahead for Pentwater
4 Sailing the Lakes
to be 2014 Pentwater
Homecoming theme
5 Former police chief
Frank Steiger dies
5 Gustafson unseats
Dykema for county seat
7 Historical society summer
PTW Photo by A ndrew Skinner
dinner planned for Aug.27
9 Recipe for a legacy
10 Pentwater to host
Ensign National
Regatta Championship
12-13 Events Check the calendar
14 Goby fishing tournament
17 Funding shortage
won't fizzle fireworks
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Pentwater This Week
• Aug. 12, 2014
Published by Oceana's Herald-Journal
123 State St., Hart MI 49420
Published May 20,June 3 & June 17 and
weekly July 1 thru Aug. 26, 2014
Distributed free at Pentwater locations.
Jim Young
• Publisher, advertising manager
Andrew Skinner
• Editor
© 2014 Community Media Group
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the following Tuesday edition.
AUGUST 12-AUGUST 19
Jean and Janet Lawhead
Welcome to Pentwali
In the early 1970s, my grandparents retired and began searching for
a new place to call home. They sailed
down the coast of Lake Michigan,
looking for a friendly small town with
beautiful beaches and a snug harbor.
They found the perfect place. Welcome
to Pentwater!
I remember them telling me they
were moving to Pentwater. We all
said, "what's a Pentwater?" We soon
found out. Let's put it this way, my
grandparents never lacked for company. They bought a big house for the
purpose of welcoming us all and we
all, 15 grandkids plus many more,
came.
My parents retired here, nearly 20
years later and built a house. They
felt at home immediately. They had
great neighbors that welcomed them.
About that time I also moved to the
area.
My mom, Jean Lawhead, is a past
president of the Garden Club of Pentwater and is now a lifetime member.
Garden club members maintain the
very garden under this welcome sign.
Homecoming is my favorite summertime event. For years as my kids
were growing up, they entered the
sand castle competition, usually with
their cousins, under my mom's supervision and guidance. They bickered, argued and threw sand at each
other, but always laughed and had a
great time. After the kids got older, we
joined the family division and once
won a ribbon. Mom still brags about
it. What fun!
Now my grandkids come to Pentwater, and we have spent countless
hours at the beach, climbing Old
Baldy, walking into town to shop, listening to concerts, taking sailing lessons, riding bikes, attending art fairs,
going for ice cream, watching the sun
set and the list goes on and on. Living
the dream. All these years later I'm
very glad my grandparents found this
special place. It's hard to believe that
you can fit so many good times and so
many wonderful memories into such
a small village, but you can. Enjoy.
— Janet Lawhead
PENTWATER THIS WEEK 1
If Pentwater Channel has finally been
dredged, it's because Roseman studied the
mechanism of shoaling, getting a boat, equipping it with sonar, and using software to map
the channel.
If someday the Montague-Hart bike trail is
extended to Pentwater, it will be because of
2014 Citizen of the Year.
BY MARY BETH CRAIN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
"Dave is driven by trying to make things bet-
Dave Roseman is one of those people who
amazes everyone except himself.
"I hope you're prepared to be bored," he
quipped, when he was called to set up an interview.
ter," says Pentwater architect and community
leader Tom Sturr."He's a wonderful guy. Kind,
curious and super intelligent. Forty years ago
he developed software for Rush Presbyterian
Medical School in Chicago that's still in use
Right. The day you're bored by Dave Roseman is the day you'd better check the Weather
Channel to see if it's really true that hell has frozen over.
today. He's a brilliant scientist; he's the reason
Pentwater Channel has been cleaned up, and
the reason the wind turbine project was abandoned."
Retired surgeon, computer pioneer, avid sailor and ex-Pentwater Yacht Club commodore,
science and technology wiz, board member
and tireless worker for the Community Foundation of Oceana County... Roseman could be
termed Pentwater's resident visionary.
That's one big reason he's been named the
Everywhere you look, it seems, Roseman has
Roseman's indefatigable efforts in that area.
If 3-D printing is changing the way Pentwater kids view the world, it's because Roseman
is pushing the development of this exciting
technology at the Artisan Center and Pentwater Public Schools.
If many more deserving students are going
to medical school, it's because of a scholarship Roseman and his late wife, Joan, instituted
through the community foundation.
Roseman, however, is so modest about his
accomplishments that he's almost embarrassed to talk about them.
left his indelible mark.
If there are no windmills marring the beauty
of the Pentwater lakeshore, it's because Rose-
"I was amazed," he says, when asked his reaction to being named Citizen of the Year."I never
expected it."
man proved, through exhaustive research, that
the controversial energy source simply was not
feasible for Michigan.
"He's the quintessential behind-the-scenes
worker," observes Tammy Carey, executive
director of the Community Foundation of
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Oceana County."He helps so many
and why things work the way they
populace didn't even know what a
couple of refrigerators!"
people and doesn't want his name
do," he admits."And I do think that
computer was.
known. But everybody knows it. I'd
keeping the mind active in that
Roseman developed programs
and software for the department,
call him super-passionate about
way keeps you young."
everything he commits to. He
A native of Champagne,
"I took a statistics course when
I was a surgical resident, and got
Ill.,
involved in programming," he re-
gives his all; he doesn't go by half-
Roseman attended the University
members. "Then I got involved in
measures."
of Illinois, where he got his medi-
analog computing, for blood gas
cal degree and had a full-time
and acid-base balance PH analy-
practice until he retired in 1996.
sis."
Relaxing on the deck of his
beautiful home overlooking Lake
"He's the
quintessential
behind-thescenes worker.
He helps so
many people and
doesn't want his
name known. But
everybody knows
it. I'd call him
super-passionate
about everything
he commits to.
He gives his all;
he doesn't go by
half-measures,"
and to this day, when he wants to
study a subject, he simply creates
his own program for it.
"If I have a question, I develop a
program to answer it," he shrugs,
as if anybody could do the same.
And so, when it came to the
health and welfare of Pentwater
Channel, he just went the old familiar research route.
"Two or three years ago, the
Army Corps of Engineers announced that they'd no longer be
funding dredging for channels, especially recreational channels like
ours," he recalls.
While most people would have
either tried to fight the decision
or simply resigned themselves to
it, Roseman chose to dive in—no
pun intended—to the actual field
of marine science.
"I decided to try and understand the mechanism. I got a small
boat, equipped it with sonar, got
some software, developed a program, and learned how to map
the channel over a period of time
to study how shoaling was occurring."
His efforts led to the village
forming a Harbor Research Committee, and consultations with Dr.
Guy Meadows, head of the Great
Lakes Research Center at Michi-
— Tammy Carey
Executive Director of the
Community Foundation
of Oceana County
gan Tech.
"We discovered several mechanisms at play," Roseman explains.
"There was the onshore current,
Michigan, Roseman—a soft-spo-
"I loved general surgery," he
He went on to take an analog
where heavy waves come from
ken, friendly fellow whose reflec-
says. "It's particularly challenging
computer course at the University
the northwest and pick up sand
tiveness is punctuated by an en-
because you get to interact with
of Chicago and got the Depart-
and deposit it, and there's nothing
gagingly self-deprecating wit—is,
patients in a unique way."
ment of Surgery at Rush Presby-
you can do about that.
at 76, somewhat of a rarity: a se-
And if there's anything that
terian/St. Luke's Medical Center
"But the second factor—sand
nior who is not only a master of
Roseman's irrepressibly curious
to purchase a digital computer in
blowing in from the state park
current technology, but a pioneer
mind demands, it's a challenge.
1968.
of future development.
"I'm always interested in how
He was a computer geek way
back in 1966—when the general
"It had a 16K core memory," he
laughs. "And it was the size of a
CONTINUED ON PAGE 20
Photos:
On the cover, Pentwater Citizen of theYear Dave Roseman stands before the mouth of the Pentwater Channel. Opposite page top, Dave Roseman, who nas been instrumental in trying keep the Pentwater Channel open after the Army
Corps of Engineers announced that theyd no longer be funding dredging, stands along the channel. This page top, Roseman stands near the south pier head.
PTW Cover Photo by Andrew Skinner
AUGUST 12-AUGUST 19
PENTWATER THIS WEEK 3
Sailing the Lakes to be 2014
Pentwater Homecoming theme
Plenty of family fun scheduled throughout town Aug. 14-17
The end of summer is fast ap-
from 6 p.m. until supplies run out,
ice cream from Country Dairy and
proaching, but Pentwater residents
normally around 8 p.m., leading up
whipped cream. Water will also be
still have one big event to look for-
to the evening's Les Bailey Memo-
available for $1.
ward to as homecoming festival
rial Band Concert. Shortcakes will
"It's a delicious treat," Lynne
the village green with the Pentwa-
cost $3.50, which includes cake
Cavazos of the Pentwater Lake As-
ter Civic Band and the Scottville
from Hansen Foods, strawberries,
sociation said of the Strawberry
Clown Band scheduled to perform.
will begin Thursday, Aug. 14 and
continue through Sunday, Aug. 17.
This year's homecoming theme is
Sailing the Lakes.
Shortcake Social.
At 7:30 p.m. the Les Bailey Memorial Band Concert will begin on
After the concert, the Village
Cafe and Pub will host a teen
The weekend begins Thursday
dance from 9 p.m. to midnight
with the annual open house at
Thursday. The cost for the dance is
the Pentwater Township Cemetery
$7 per person.
from 1 to 4 p.m. Horse-drawn car-
Get up early Friday morning
riage rides with a tour guide will be
to compete in or watch the 41st
available and cookies and punch
Sand Sculpture Contest, sponsored
will be served.
Later in the evening, the Pent-
by the Pentwater Service Club, at
Charles Mears State Park. Registra-
water Lake Association will host its
annual Strawberry Shortcake So-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
cial fundraiser on the village green
4 PENTWATER THIS WEEK
AUGUST 12-AUGUST 19
Former aolice chief Frank Steiger dies
PENTWATER — Former Pentwater Police
was a co founder of the Lighthouse Lutheran
Chief and Pentwater Village Councilman Frank
Church. He was named Pentwater's Citizen of
Steiger died Aug.4. He was 85.
the year in 2010.
show Angell his new car.
"He was certainly in good spirits all the way
through," Angell said.
Steiger retired to Pent-
"He was my best friend," said Pentwater
Steiger is survived by his wife, Pauline;
water in 1976 after working
resident Leo Haidys, who worked with Steiger
daughters Sandy (Wally) Wierzbicki, Laurie
25 years on the Detroit Po-
at the Detroit Police Department and was his
(Dave) Gillis and Gayle (Al) Nelson; stepsister
lice Department. He had va-
police partner for about seven years."Our lives
Muriel Ronayne; eight grandchildren; 18 great-
cationed in the Pentwater
relied on each other for a long time."
grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
area for many years prior to
Haidys said Steiger was the first of the two
Funeral services were Saturday, Aug. 4 at Hart
his retirement. He worked
to start vacationing in the Pentwater area, and
High School with internment in the Pentwater
for the Oceana County
that he joined Steiger in camping in the area
beginning in 1961-62. Haidys said at that time
Township Cemetery.
Sheriff's Department for
Steiger
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six years then served as the
there were approximately 40 campsites along
Pentwater Police chief for
the roadway,and with none of them being des-
10 years. Steiger was a member of the Pent-
ignated, they just went in and camped.
water Fire Department for 10 years and served
"He'll be sorely missed," Haidys said."He was
on the Pentwater Village Council for 10 years
a friend to everybody, and if you needed some-
after retiring as police chief. He served as the
thing, he was always there."
Pentwater Township constable until 2008 and
Gustafson unseats
Dykema for county seat
at the Farmer's Market
"Obviously, I knew him very well," said retired Oceana County Sheriff's Department Lt.
Buzz Angell."He encouraged me greatly in the
type of police work I did over the years. He was
a very caring person —very family oriented."
A changing of the guard took place in the
Angell said he last saw Steiger in late July
Aug. 5 primary election as challenger Dean
when Steiger stopped by Angell's house to
with Limited Baked Goods
and our New Book
A Collection of...Mrs. R's
Old Fashioned Recipes
Gustafson defeated incumbent Oceana County
Commissioner Terry Dykema to represent District 1 on
the county board of commissioners and advance unopposed on the Republican
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Voters in Oceana and Mason counties also
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Historical society
summer dinner
planned for Alin 27
The Pentwater Historical Society's annual
Summer Dinner will be Wednesday, Aug. 27 at
the Pentwater VFW Hall.
Social time begins at 5:30 p.m. with dinner to
follow at 6:15 p.m.
The evening will include a presentation by
Dr. Bill Anderson entitled "Ludington's New
Maritime Museum."
Tickets are $17.50 and may be purchased
from society board members and the Pentwa-
ter Township Library.
SU i {I( liei bLory time
The Pentwater Township Library's summer
story time series will conclude Tuesday, Aug.19
with Ellen Lightle and Valerie Church-McHugh
Garden Club of Pentwaters August Garden of the Month
as the Book Fairies.
The program is designed for children in pre-
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Joyce Rottschafer, left,
removes some Mrs. R's
cookies from the oven
while her husband, Ron,
stirs a bowl of batter.
Below, after 17 years
of baking and keeping
her recipes to herself,
Mrs. R's is now sharing
her knowledge with
the world in her new
book of recipes "Mrs.
R's A Collection of Old
Fashioned Recipes" as
she and her husband
prepare to retire.
Recipe for a legacy
BY AMANDA DODGE
PTW WRITER
A cup of happiness,a tablespoon of love,and
a dash of sunshine have been added to every
baked good made in Mrs. R's Old Fashioned
Kitchen for the past 17 years.
Mrs. R is a moniker that was given to Joyce
Rottschafer by the friends of her three children.
Now Rottschafer has unveiled her recipe for
retirement in the form of a cookbook entitled
A Collection of Mrs. R's Old Fashioned Recipes.
The cookbook has been on sale at the Pentwater Farmer's Market this summer and will
continue to be available, after the the summer
market wraps up Sept. 1, at the Rottschafer's
home and possibly online.
Talking with Mrs. R, who is a self-proclaimed
"Chatty Cathy," can leave one on a high that
rivals sinking one's teeth into her famous cinnamon rolls.
"It is a conversational book. I wanted to walk
the baker through the process and hopefully
there are very few questions at the end," Rottschafer said about her cookbook. "Hopefully
it is just like Mrs. R.'s. People have said theirs
(baked goods) have turned out just like mine."
Rottschafer added that they are selling their
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business one share at a time and anyone who
buys a cookbook gets a share.
"Over all these years, different customers
who have become friends have asked 'could I
have your recipe,' whatever their favorite might
be. I have had to say I wish I could, but it was still
helping us pay for college and wedding bills,"
Cof&dion of .
Rottschafer said. "What made our business
unique was that everything was made from
scratch. I would tell people that maybe when
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we go out of business we will put a cookbook
together. We feel this is the most God-honoring
way to end our career. We felt like we should
honor those promises, the best way we could
do it. So for anyone who has wanted a recipe,
we hope it is in there."
"We are humbled that especially people that
have been with us for 17 years have continued
to be supportive. It has been a wonderful ride,"
kitchen to bake for school events and our chil-
Rottschafer expressed.
dren's friends who came to our home at lunch
The journey began when their youngest
daughter graduated from high school.
"I had the privilege of being an at-home
mom. We needed to have something to do, so
hour," Rottschafer said."I am simply a thankful
wife, mother and neighbor. People have been
so gracious to let me bake for their events."
Rottschafer said those three things are the
I could help pay for the college bills. My wonderful husband, Ron, suggested that we add
CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
on (to their Second Street home) a licensed
PENTWATER THIS WEEK 9
Pentwater to host Ensign
National Regatta Championship
BY AMANDA DODGE
PTw WRITER
There's something magical about watching a sailboat glide across Lake Michigan. It is
even more spectacular when dozens of identical boats are racing to victory along that very
same lake.
Pentwater will play host to the 53rd Ensign
National Regatta Championship Aug. 17-21
and is being hosted by Fleet 70 of the Pentwater Yacht Club.
"This is a really big event and we are really
excited," Pentwater Yacht Club Commodore
and Ensign Class Association (ECA) Vice Commodore Marsha LaHaye said. "This is the first
72,
time that any National Regatta has ever been
held in Pentwater."
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The Ensign Class Association Board of Directors look every year for fleets willing to host
the National Regatta, LaHaye says. Adding that
the Board likes to move the regatta around
"The races will start about 10 to 11 a.m. each
"The Ensign Class Association started in
day Monday through Thursday. Races usually
1962 when Carl A. Alberg manufactured the
"Both Mike (LaHaye's husband) and I sit on
don't start after 3 p.m. each day, so most of the
first Ensign boats. They were first built by the
the National ECA Board of Directors as commo-
boats will be coming in off the water about 4
Pearson Corporation. They built 1,774 boats
dores and have attended several other nation-
p.m. each day," LaHaye said. "We will be racing
starting with hull #1 and going on through
als in places such as Nyack, N.Y.;Toms River, NJ.;
three to four races per day depending on the
#1774. Hull #1774 is owned by a Fleet 70 mem-
Cleveland, Ohio; and Cedarville and Marquette,
wind. We will try to get 10 races in over the four
ber, Mike Lindvall.
Mich."
day period. We hope to be able to race each
New boats are now being made by the com-
The LaHayes thought Pentwater had a great
day, but that always depends on the wind. The
pany Ensign Spars based out of Marquette,
racing venue and a wonderful village that con-
perfect forecast would be about 10 to 15 knots,
Mich. and owned by Chad Lewis. All of the
testants would surely enjoy, so they went after
but we can't control that part of the regatta."
the country so they aren't always in the east or
south.
the bid for the event for 2014. It was between
Pentwater and Austin, Texas with Pentwater
capturing the event.
LaHaye noted that 40 boats are currently
registered for the regatta, but with one week
of registration left, they may end up with just
over 40 boats.
"We have racers coming from all over the
United States. We have people from Alabama,
Texas, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Minnesota and several fleets from Michigan,"
LaHaye added.
"The Ensign Class has held a regatta every
year since 1962. There are 81 fleets of Ensigns
across the entire United States. Pentwater has
one of the largest fleets in the nation," LaHaye
said.
boats in Pentwater Fleet 70 are the older mod-
The best place for the public to view the race,
el boats. The oldest in Fleet 70 is #313 owned
according to LaHaye, is along the channel wall,
by Michael LaHaye. The oldest boat that will
on the beach, pier or out on their own boat.
"The races will all be on Lake Michigan right
be at the Regatta will be #3 from Holland, Mich.
owned by the Sligh family.
off the pier at Charles Mears State Park. The
Ensign boats are what they call a One-design
course will be a windward/leeward course.
boat. All of the boats are exactly alike. They are
Spectators should get a good view from the
a 22 1/2 foot boat and are made out of fiberglass.
beach or the pier and especially with binocu-
They have a fixed keel that has a draw of three
lars. Spectator boats may be out on the water
feet, LaHaye described.
as well as long as they stay out of the race
"The objectives of the Ensign Class Asso-
course itself. The boats can be viewed close-
ciation is to promote and develop Ensign class
up on the channel wall both going out to the
racing under uniform rules; to rigidly maintain
course from the Pentwater Yacht Club and
the one-design features of the Ensign; to pro-
coming back in. Most boats will go out to Lake
mote the use of the Ensign as a family boat for
Michigan between 9 and 10 a.m.," LaHaye said.
recreational sailing; and to educate the public
Race winners will receive unique hand-made
trophies made by the members of Fleet 70, La-
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Haye said, and no money is ever exchanged.
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This Week and Beyond
Every week
... Bingo (6:30 - 7:30 p.m.) every
Friday, Pentwater VFW Hall.
... Sunday, folk music jam sessions, 1:30-4 p.m., Goodstuffs,
downtown Pentwater.
Pentwater Historical Society, museum open, 1-4 p.m.,
Tuesday through Saturday June
through August and Thursday
through Saturday September
and October.
Pickin' in Pentwater, 7 p.m.,
Pentwater Village Green, Tuesdays through Aug. 26.
Pentwater Civic Band
Concert, Thursdays, June 26
through Aug. 28, 8 p.m., Pentwater Village Green.
Pentwater Farmers' Market, Mondays and Thursdays,
through Sept. 1, 10 a.m. to 1
p.m., Pentwater Village Green.
Thursday • Aug. 14
Pentwater Township Cemetery Tours, 1-4 p.m.
Pentwater Lake Association
Strawberry Shortcake Social, 6-8
p.m., Pentwater Village Green.
Pentwater Civic Band Concert, 8 p.m., Pentwater Village
Green.
... Teen Dance, 9 p.m. to midnight, The Village Café, Pentwater.
Pentwater Homecoming Celebration. 2014 theme: Sailing
the Lakes.
Sunday • Aug. 17
... Marine Corps League Pancake Breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon,
Pentwater VFW.
... Youth Goby Fishing Tournament, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Pentwater
Channel. Hosted by the Charles
Mears State Park Adventure
Ranger program.
Friday • Aug. 15
... Sand Sculpture Contest,
Charles Mears State Park, Pentwater.
Mason/Oceana County MSU
Alumni Golf Scramble, 9 a.m.,
Oceana Golf Course.
Friday-Saturday
• Aug. 15-16
... Ray Spychal Invitational Softball Tournament, Pentwater.
Saturday • Aug. 16
Thursday-Sunday
• Aug. 14-17
lage Pub, Pentwater.
Pentwater Homecoming
Fireworks, dusk.
Pentwater Homecoming
Parade, 4 p.m.
... Big Ten Pre-season Tailgate
Party, noon to 8 p.m., Village
Café and Pub, Pentwater.
Scottville Clown Band Mini
Concert, 5 p.m., behind the Vil-
Sunday-Thursday
• Aug. 17-21
... Ensign Nationals Sailboat
Races, Pentwater Yacht Club.
Wednesday-Saturday
• Aug. 20-23
... 143rd Annual Oceana County Fair.
Friday-Saturday
• Aug. 22-23
Pentwater Annual Sidewalk
Sale.
Saturday • Aug. 23
... Wooden Boat Show, 11 a.m.,
Pentwater Yacht Club.
)on't Miss These Annum! Fvents!
Easter on the Green Saturday before Easter.
Memorial Day Parade at 10 a.m., services at marina, village green, cemetery.
Garden Club of Pentwater plant sale Saturday cf Memorial Day weekend.
Pentwater Civic Band Concerts
Each Thursday, 8 p.m., village green, last Thursday in June, through Labor Day.
Fusion Fashion Show last Friday in June, on the village green, 8 p.m.
Start of Summer party first Sunday in June.
Fireworks over Lake Michigan July 3 each year.
Spring Fest arts and crafts fair third weekend in June.
Pie Auction July 3 each year.
Community-wide garage sale second Saturday in June.
Fine arts fair second Saturday in July.
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Wednesday • Aug. 27
Saturday • Sept. 13
Saturday • Oct. 25
Pentwater Historical Society Summer Dinner, 5:30 p.m.,
Pentwater VFW Hall. Tickets are
$17.50.
C.O.V.E. Benefit Beach Walk/
Run, 8:30 a.m., Pentwater.
... Halloween on the Green, 1
p.m., Pentwater.
Spooktacular parade, 4 p.m.,
Pentwater.
... A Glow in the Park, dusk,
Charles Mears State Park, Pentwater.
Friday • Aug. 29
... Last-Friday-of-the-Month
Gallery Stroll, 5-8 p.m., Pentwate r.
Saturday • Aug. 30
Pentwater Sportfishing Association Mini Tourney.
Sunday • Aug. 31
... Marine Corps League Pancake Breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon,
Pentwater VFW.
Friday • Sept. 26
... Last-Friday-of-the-Month
Gallery Stroll, 5-8 p.m., Pentwater.
Saturday-Sunday
• Sept. 27-28
... Fall Fest Arts & Crafts Fair,
Pentwater.
Saturday-Sunday
• Oct. 4-5
... Fall volunteer weekend,
Charles Mears State Park.
Friday • Oct. 31
Pentwater Village Trick or
Treating, 5-8 p.m.
... Last-Friday-of-the-Month
Gallery Stroll, 5-8 p.m., Pentwater.
Thursday • Nov. 27
L.A.S.S.I. 5K Turkey Trot,
Pentwater.
Sunday • Oct. 5
Monday • Sept. 1
Saturday • Sept. 6
Pentwater Arts Council brA-rt auction, 3 p.m., Pentwater
Yacht Club. Proceeds benefit
Karmanos Cancer Institute and
arts council.
... Art & Wine at the Harbor, 2-5
p.m., Pentwater.
Saturday • Oct. 11
... Hart Healthly Labor Day 5K &
Bridge Walk, 9 a.m.
Friday-Saturday
• Sept. 12-13
... Silver Lake Sand Dunes
Apple & BBQ Cook-Off Festival.
Oktoberfest and Classic Car
& Hot Rod Show, Pentwater.
C.O.V.E. Home Tour & Used
Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Pentwater.
Saturday • Nov. 29
... Festival of Lights, Pentwater.
Featuring visits with Santa, singing and cookies.
Saturday • Dec. 6
... Christmas Craft Fair, Pentwater Public Schools.
L.A.S.S.I. Christmas Dance,
TBA.
Or These!
Garden Stroll and "Blooming Arts" third Saturday in July.
Pentwater Fall Festival Fourth weekend in September.
Pentwater Homecoming second full weekend in August (Weekends start
Thursdays).
Oktoberfest Second Saturday in October.
MSU Tailgate Party The Saturday of Homecoming, behind the Village Pub.
Spooktaclular Halloween Parade Saturday before Halloween.
Wine and Art at the Harbor Second Saturday in September.
Halloween on the Green Saturday before Halloween.
Christmas Craft Fair First Saturday in December at the school.
Beer tent downtown Third Saturday in September.
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Goby fishing
tournament
What to help reduce the number of invasive
gobies in the Pentwater Channel and of course
have fun all at the same time? Then take part in
the Youth Goby Fishing Tournament hosted by
the Charles Mears State Park Adventure Ranger
program Sunday, Aug. 17.
The youth fishing tournament, for children
of walking age to 18 years old, will take place
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. along the Pentwater Channel.
Registration begins Monday, Aug. 4 at the
park contact station or the day of the event beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the channel.
Tournament participants may bring their
own bait and tackle, however a limited num-
Pentwater Dari Creme
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PTC campers
celebrate
week of fun
The Pentwater Tennis Club
campers and instructors
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after completing a week
of fun and instruction at
the PTC's annual tennis
camp Friday, July 10. Over
two dozen young players
received instruction from
PTC members and 2013
Division 3 state coach of
the year Larry Brown.
Library taking part in Park & Read program
The MI Big Green Gym partner-
reation Passport, visit one of the
brary, Pentwater Township Library
to just enjoy a sunset picnic, nature
ship with Blue Cross Blue Shield,
participating libraries for a free,
and Shelby Area District Library.
walk, or a great book in the great
the Michigan Recreation and
one-day trial.
Passes are valid for one day
outdoors. Passes can be used for
Park Association and the DNR is
In Oceana County free state
from the date of check out until
one vehicle at any location requir-
putting free state park passes in
park passes are available at the fol-
Sept. 30, 2014. They can be used
ing a Recreation Passport.
libraries throughout Michigan. If
lowing libraries; Hart Area Public
to access the hundreds of family-
you haven't yet purchased a Rec-
Library, Hesperia Community Li-
friendly free events in the parks, or
To have the awesome
color in the sky
Donate to the Fireworks Fund at
\ the Chamber of Commerce office
or Wherever you see the fireworks canisters.
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ENSIGN
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REGATTA
CHAMPIONSHIP
Webcam offers
24/7 beach view
Couldn't make it to the beach today?
Don't worry thanks to the Charles Mears
State Park webcam you never have to miss a
second of the action at the beach.
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A live stream of the Charles Mears State Park
and particularly the youth in sailing and sail-
shoreline is available 24/7 at www.pentwater-
boat racing, with emphasis on safe boat han-
beachcam.com .
The stream is provided to you by CoogleNet
dling and the use of the proper and necessary
who according to its website also provides
equipment for sailboats," LaHaye noted."Fleet
high speed wireless Internet throughout the
70 in Pentwater began in 2001 when Jack Pat-
park.
terson, Gary Nicholson and Dave Roseman all
Photographer to share
photos and stories
bought Ensigns and as Jack always said,'when
you have three boats on the water, it's a race:
The fleet has grown and has 24 boats currently.
The Pentwater Township Library will host
LaHaye said that Fleet 70 got approval to
a presentation by photographer Karen West
host the regatta back in 2012.
Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m.
"It has been a long time coming and a long
event, so the Village of Pentwater should be
time for planning. We have a host of volun-
West will share photographs and stories
busy with captains, crew members and specta-
teers that have been working hard to make
from her four year journey through 40 National
tor families," LaHaye said.
Parks, lakeshores and other locations in her
this event go off without a hitch. Many of the
captains will bring their whole families for the
"This will be a win-win situation for the village and the boats alike."
1960 Shasta trailer.
The program is free and open to the public.
Take a Kid Fishing Day nets 103-plus lbs.
After a week delay due to lake conditions, the 24th Annual Whitey Wegner Memorial "Take a Kid Fishing" day
took place Saturday, Aug. 2.
Take a Kid Fishing Day is organized each year by Ken
Wegner of the Pentwater Sportsfishing Association and
Becky Freeman of the Oceana County 4-H Youth Council,
who together with the Pentwater Sportsfishing Association (PSA) members, arrange for commercial charter
boats to volunteer their time to teach participants about
Great Lake fishing and respect for the Great Lakes.
The day began with boats heading out at 6 a.m. This
summer's colder weather and overall Lake Michigan water temperatures foiled anglers with an overall catch of
only 12 fish. The largest fish of the day brought to shore
was an 18.01 pound King, caught by Silas Haberkorn on
the Fish Lion. Eddie Cornell caught a 10.25 lb. Coho which
is the biggest Coho caught so far this year for the PSA.
Following the catch, cleaning and dividing up of the
fish, participants were treated to a picnic style lunch at
the Oceana Eagles where they could share the stories
of their day. As winners of their categories, Haberkorn,
Thomas Tanner, Cornell, Shaunna Freeman, and Colby Hagie all received an Eagle Claw rod and reel along with a
Take a Kid
Fishing Day
results
29
Total Kids
12
Total Boats
12
Total Fish
103.51
Total Pounds
4
Total Kings
4
Total Steelhead
2
Total Lake Trout
1
Total Coho
1
Total Bass
Largest King: Silas Haberkorn
- 18.01 on Fish Lion
Largest Steelhead: Thomas
Tanner - 9.55 on Cutty Hunk
Largest Coho: Eddie Cornell 10.25 on Cutty Hunk
Largest Lake Trout: Shaunna
Freeman - 5.05 on Just Looking
Mystery Weight: Colby Hagie 8.9 King on Dean's Dream
Boat with Most Pounds: Cutty
Hunk with 19.83 lbs
tackle box.
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coming Celebration fireworks displays, the
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Pentwater Chamber of Commerce is still in the
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* Gourmet Cheese
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of Commerce Director Eva Gregwer said that
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would be a huge disappointment for all."
Richard Williams, DDS
"We are counting on the continued community support to maintain this tradition. We do
not have one big supporting contributor. We
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She also said that there are numerous ways
to donate to the fireworks displays. Donations
can be dropped off at the chamber Monday
through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from
3 blocks from Lake Michigan
and 1 block from downtown!
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sunday's. Gregwer said they also have a 24-hour drop box.
"We have cans set up throughout the village,
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and we have a form on our website,www.pentwater.org , to donate to the fireworks," Gregwer
said.
Gregwer also said the Pentwater Service
Club members and a few other volunteers will
again be walking the parade route collecting
donations during homecoming.
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reason she and Ron have decided to retire and
close their business. She said that their son, Brian, lives with his wife and their three children
in California. Their oldest daughter, Heidi, lives
with her husband and their three children in
Ann Arbor. And their youngest daughter, Kristi,
lives with her husband and their three children
in Colorado.
"We have nine grandchildren that are age
8 and under," Rottschafer said. "(Our retirement is) in large part so that we can have more
time with our children and grandchildren. We
every summer," LaBarge noted. "It is just re-
enjoy being more neighborly and let friends
ter community and beyond."We hope people
and neighbors come in, and if we are busy bak-
come out and celebrate with us and with her,"
ally sweet to see people buying cookbooks for
ing that time is limited. Someone said at the
LaBarge said.
their grandkids. This is a way bigger deal than
farmer's market that 'we are going to miss you
LaBarge said that she watches people line-
they imagined.Joyce is just so sweet. She is just
so much,' but I replied that our children and
up before the Rottschafer's are even set-up at
lovely and it will be sad to see them go. This
grandchildren will not miss us as much. We
the twice a week farmer's market, Monday and
cookbook is a gift she gave all of her fans."
want to go see them. When they come here
Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., to purchase
we'd like to not be working the whole time."
the cookbook and get Mrs. R's autograph.
Pentwater Farmer's Market Coordinator Amy
Rottschafer said that the cookbook is how
her recipes will live on.
"She is very humble, they both are. She says
"The intent of our heart was that when we
were gone that Mrs. R's bakery was not gone,
LaBarge has declared Sept. 1, the final day of
that she is just a local baker, but people have
the 2014 farmer's market, will be known as
memories of being here and eating her lemon
but transferred into everyone else's kitchens,"
Mrs. R Day to honor Rottschafer on her retire-
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she said.
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I'll never forget that last slide—'There are No
railroad property to use as matching funds, but
Fjords in Michigan!' Dave completely turned
the property owners fought us and we lost in
the tide on the project. He made us all under-
court. But I'm still hopeful that someday we'll
stand why it wouldn't work."
have the trail in Pentwater."
Then there was the bike trail. Roseman was
It's a project particularly dear to Roseman's
one of the people who wanted to see the pop-
heart, because biking was one of the many ac-
gated. So we put up fencing to block it, and I
ular cycling route connecting Montague and
tivities he shared with Joan, his wife of 53 years,
think we've had an impact on the shoaling.
Hart extend into Pentwater.
who passed away of cancer two-and-a-half
beach— was something that could be miti-
Although the channel hasn't been dredged in
"I spent hours looking through deeds and
three years, the lake level is up, and the sand
researching the railroad ownership of the
Then there was the challenge of the wind
from MDOT that required in-kind matching
turbines. In 2009,
funds. We were given a deed for 5 1/2 miles of
CONTINUED ON PAGE 23
the Norwegian
wind developer
Havgul Clean Energy and Minnesota- based Scandia Wind Offshore
LLC presented
a proposal for a
1,000- megawatt
wind farm with
100-200 turbines
in 10 square miles
of Lake Michi-
t
gan. The $3 billion project was
touted as a giant
boon for the region's economic
development, as
the first offshore
wind farm proposed for the
-
east side of Lake
"They
were
promising thousands of jobs,"
"But their claims
his
mottNent
It doesn't matter if you saved money in 15 minutes.
Michigan.
says Roseman.
— Dave Roseman
Pentwater Citizen of the Year
"She was amazing," he says softly. "She was
property," he says. "We got a $250,000 grant
trapping definitely helped."
"The people
of Pentwater
are amazing.
They're always
happy to
volunteer, to
dig in and do
things. There's
an enormous
amount
of talent
here—many
professional
people—and
yet egos rarely
get in the
way, "
years ago.
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about the project to us, it would be a disaster."
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is now a legendary presentation at a pivotal
town meeting.
"He did this incredible slide presentation,"
recalls Pentwater resident Amy LaBarge. "And
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tion and the contest begin at 8 a.m. with sculpting lasting until the judges begin evaluations
at 11 a.m.There is no cost to enter.Trophies will
be awarded in seven categories. There will be
five age groups — 7 and below, 8-10, 11-13,
14-16,17 and above — and the two remaining
categories are Immediate Family and Extended
Family.
"Everyone is supposed to sculpt to the Pentwater Homecoming theme, Sailing the Lakes,"
lowing the scramble. Procceds will benefit the
Ron Beeber, who will help run the contest, said.
Mason/Oceana County Alumni Association.
"People are judged on neatness and originality, things like that. It's pretty wide open. If you
Mike Snell & Friends will perform a live concert behind the Village Cafe at 7 p.m.
Registration for the Pentwater Homecoming
Grand Parade will begin at 2 p.m. for the 4 p.m.
parade, though pre-registration is encouraged.
Registration is $5 per entry, with the fee waived
Google 'sand sculpting kits,' there's a lot of
The Ray Spychal Invitational Softball Tourna-
information on the Internet that will provide
ment will take place at Pentwater High School
Pentwater Citizen of the Year, is Grand Marshal
some tips. It might make people more inclined
over the weekend. Day one action will begin at
of the event. Over 100 entries are expected,
to go out and enter."
Also at Mears State Park, there will be a 4-on4 beach volleyball tournament at 10 a.m. Fri-
for non-profit organizations. David Roseman,
9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, with the tournament
with floats and bands among them. A plaque
concluding Sunday, Aug. 17 between 9 a.m.
will be awarded to the float which best exem-
and 3 p.m.
plifies the"Sailing the Lakes"theme.
day. The tournament is to benefit the Cancer
Also available to stoke your competitive fire
The Scottville Clown Band will play another
and Critical Care Fund. It is a free event, with
is a horseshoes tournament beginning at 9 a.m.
mini-concert behind the Village Cafe and Pub
after the parade, approximately at 5 p.m. Bill
donations accepted. A limited quantity of wa-
Saturday. Registration is slated for that time
ter will be provided for players. All 'beach bums'
with play beginning at 10 a.m. at the Art Au-
Fromm will also provide music with a jazz per-
are encouraged to form a team and play in the
drey Memorial horseshoe pits by the Pentwa-
formance on the village green along with a
tournament.
ter Township Fire Barn on Park Street. The for-
seven-piece band from Traverse City.
Storybook Village will host its traditional storytelling session at 1 p.m. Saturday.
mat will be a round-robin doubles tournament.
Homecoming fireworks over Lake Michigan
There is no cost to enter, but donations will be
and the Pentwater Pier at Charles Mears State
Lakeside Links in Scottville will be the site
accepted, with 50 percent going towards the
Park will cap off a busy Satu rday.The fireworks
for the annual Mason/Oceana County MSU
homecoming fireworks and 50 percent to an
will begin at dusk.
Alumni Golf Scramble. Four-person teams will
end of:the year horseshoes tournament.
battle it out for the title starting with a 1 p.m.
With football season forthcoming, the Vil-
The Marine Corps League Pancake Breakfast
is the final official homecoming event, from 8
shotgun start Friday.The cost for the event var-
lage Cafe and Pub will be hosting a Big Ten
a.m. to noon Sunday at the VFW hall.The break-
ies based on each player's level of membership
Preseason Tailgate Party Saturday from noon
fast will be all-you-can-eat, with all proceeds
at the course, from $35 to $65. There will be
to 8 p.m. The Michigan State "Sparty" mascot
benefiting the Marine Corps Scholarship.
several events within the scramble, including
will be on hand along with many MSU alumni,
a $10,000 hole-in-one, a 50/50 drawing, mulli-
administrators, coaches, staff, cheerleaders and
gans available for purchase and a cookout fol-
dance team.
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a great water-skiier, and ran marathons when
she was 62 and 63."
How she could have died of cancer—and
lung cancer, no less—is probably the most
tragic mystery of Dave Roseman's life.
"She never smoked. She was a super athlete,"
he shakes his head."You can't explain it."
They began dating in 10th grade and married while Roseman was in medical school.
They lived in Chicago, raised two children, and
worked side by side, Joan managing her husband's office. When they weren't "working all
the time," Roseman smilingly recalls, they were
Dave Roseman stands
along the south side
of the Pentwater
Channel. Roseman
was named the Pentwater Citizen of the
year by the Pentwater Service Club and
will be the Pentwater
Homecoming Parade
Grand Marshal Saturday, Aug. 16.
either camping or sailing, which was how they
discovered Pentwater.
"We started sailing in 1973. We'd camped
since 1958, but when the campground got too
crowded, we took up sailing and one day we
ended up in Pentwater and fell in love."
The Rosemans built their house along West
Ridge Road in 1989, and moved to Pentwater
permanently after Dave retired. Even though
PTW Photo
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he expected to have many more years with his
beloved life partner—whom a friend described
as "the best part of him"—Roseman hasn't let
grief prevent him from continuing to be active
and, as always, looking forward.
His newest venture has taken him into the
cutting edge world of 3-D printing.
This rapidly growing technology makes it
possible to print in three dimensions, giving
the average person the ability to create all sorts
of items, without having to order them or go
shopping for them.
Jewelry, designer shoes, a chess set, a part for
your car—these can all be printed out, in plastic or even metal. The technology is all there,
and set to go.
Using data from a virtual 3-D model,a nozzle
heats up material like plastic, liquid or powder
in a space the shape of a box, and "prints" an
infinitesimally thin, flat layer on a surface.
Then the nozzle goes up a tiny notch and
prints another layer on top of the first layer,
molding or "sintering" the material together.
The process is repeated over and over, until the
desired object is made.
There are companies that make the most
popular items, doodads and baubles, others
that make parts for cars and aircraft, and others that print medical devices. According to an
article in Smithsonian Magazine,"the aviation
It's just another of Roseman's many gifts to
industry has more than 22,000 printed parts
Pentwater—a community which, he maintains,
flying right now,and people are walking on 3-D
printed orthopedic implants."
is known for giving.
But the most astounding achievement of
3-D printing is in the area of regenerative med-
says."They're always happy to volunteer, to dig
in and do things.There's an enormous amount
"The people of Pentwater are amazing," he
icine—something of particular interest to Dr.
of talent here—many professional people—
Roseman.
and yet egos rarely get in the way."
Scientists are now printing muscle tissue,
skin, kidneys, cartilage, bones—and body parts.
Ears, fingers, toes, noses can be printed using
cells taken from human tissue.
"It's very exciting," Roseman enthuses. "And
we're just at the beginning."
He decided to introduce the students at
As he looks into his own future, what does
he see?
"Oh,
I may go back to doing some medical
software," he muses."And I'm working on creating a nautilus shell necklace on the 3-D printer.
There's always something to learn. You know,
I got interested in the stars years ago while
Pentwater Public Schools to 3-D printing be-
walking my dog. We'd be out at night
cause "it seemed to me that there are jobs in
look up at the sky and study the constellations.
this field, and it's a way to expose kids to a new
career path."
Then I got this book,'Learning to read the night
So Roseman donated a 3-D printer to the
And as you can't count the stars, so you can't
and I'd
sky/and taught myself astronomy."
Pentwater Artisan Center, which works in conjunction with the school to provide art proj-
set limits on Dave Roseman's curiosity.
ects for the students. Using the 3-D drawing
smiles."I never have any trouble getting up in
program"Sketchup," kids can draw models and
the morning!"
"There are always new challenges ahead,"he
print them.
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