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B oy n e C i t y
Stein Eriksen Remembered
PAGES 6 & 11
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No. 332 - Vol. 7 - Issue 20
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Seek the Truth, Serve the Citizens
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Wednesday JAN. 6, 2016
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$1.00
Murder
suspect
Is Boyne City in a
BOOM?
Mark Fruge
Civic, biz leaders reveal jump in jobs,
need for housing and daycare, growth
in public works and no signs of stopping
has been found
to be competent
to stand trial
(EDC/LDFA) gave those in attendance a thumbnail sketch of 2015.
“This year, some of the stuff that
we worked on—between the EDC
and LDFA committees—worked
on a drainage project in the industrial park. We worked with
Friends of the Boyne (River) with
that walkway that goes down to
the river to make sure there’s no
destruction created, and will try
to get the drainage in the park sufficient for businesses,” he said.
“Also, something that’s been discussed this year, a big concern
with a lot of local businesses—not
only in the park but, we understand, outside as well—is housing
in Boyne City for folks as well as
daycare for folks.”
Bellant, who is a purchasing manager at Lexamar Corporation in
Boyne City, added that the concerns of housing and daycare seem
to be most prevalent among local
workers.
The future of local kids is also a
see boards on page 4
Murder suspect Matthew Mark Fruge, 34, of Boyne City, was found to
be competent to stand trial in a hearing held in the 90th District Court
on Thursday Dec. 31.
At the brief hearing, Charlevoix
County Prosecuting Attorney Allen
Telgenhof asked Judge James N.
Erhart to consider the report of the
State of Michigan’s Center for Forensic Psychiatry.
Defense attorney Bryan Klawuhn
did not object to the report and neither side presented any witnesses.
Erhart stated that, after reviewing
the 10-page report, he found Fruge
competent to stand trial and scheduled the preliminary examination in
the case for 1 p.m. on Jan. 14.
Klawuhn indicated to the Court that
there may not be a need for a preliminary examination but the decision would be made after review of
the autopsy and toxicology reports
in the case.
Fruge is charged with open murder
related to the death of Jacob Conklin, 34, on Oct. 1, 2015.
Benjamin Gohs
news Editor
Boyne City’s joint boards and
commission meeting revealed new
businesses, a major retirement, the
need for workers, daycare and affordable housing, and much more.
The Boyne City Commission,
along with representatives from
Boyne City’s primary boards,
commissions and committees, met
for their annual information-sharing session on Thursday Dec. 10,
2015, to discuss the progress and
goals of Boyne City’s police, public works, economic development,
library, marina, historical preservation and other vital service providers.
E
conomic
Development
Kelly Bellant, Vice-Chair of the
Boyne City Economic Development Corporation and Local
Development Finance Authority
finally some fluff
PHOTO by chris faulknor
Sarah Johnson, 18, of Boyne City, zooms down the main ski hill toward the chair lift at Boyne Mountain on Sunday Jan. 3, after the area
finally received much-needed snowfall at the end of December, 2015.
Teens turn Grandvue senior
visits into works of poetry
photo by chris faulknor
East Jordan Middle School teacher Matt Hamilton observes while Sharity Whitaker (center) interviews
Grandvue resident Myrtle Morgridge as part of the East Jordan Middle School Shoe Club’s elder project.
The last place you’d expect young
teens to spend any time in is a nursing home.
But, for members of the East Jordan Middle School's Shoe Club, the
chance to interview senior citizens
was the opportunity of several lifetimes.
“I guess it was my idea, to combine
the kids from the East Jordan Middle School that were in the Shoe
Club with residents of grandvue,”
said Arch Dettman, a volunteer at
Grandvue.
Dettman credited Terry Wojan,
who has overseen similar elders
Donations sought for Boyne logger statue
The Boyne City Main Street Program hopes you will support its
fund-raising campaign for a bronze
statue of a logger on the Boyne
River.
The “Last River Draw” statue will
celebrate Boyne City’s lumber
industry heritage with a life-size
sculpture of a logger on the edge of
the Boyne River pulling a log with
a pike pole.
“This will be a wonderful representation and reminder of our
lumbering heritage and an engaging way to bring art to our public
spaces,” said Lori Meeder, Main
Street Executive Director. “This
project ties in with our Walkabout
Sculpture Show installed in June
2015, showcasing eight sculptures
of various media throughout our
downtown. Six of these are temporary pieces on loan from Michigan
artists and two are permanent. This
will make our third permanent
piece.”
The idea for the sculpture came
from Anthony Williams who asked
Martha Sulfridge, a local sculptor,
if she would be willing to create
and build it.
“The Last River Draw” project is
being spearheaded by the Main
Street’s Design Committee.
The committee is currently building awareness and financial support for the sculpture project.
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has encouraged
Main Street to apply for a matching grant through its “Public Spaces, Community Places” crowdfunding initiative.
If approved, it would utilize the
online fundraising platform known
as Patronicity. More information at
www.patronicity.com.
This social media mechanism of
fundraising allows community members to
make individual
contributions
of any size
through an online campaign.
The
total
project
cost
is $50,000. If
the community
raises $25,000, the
MEDC will match it.
“We have already received support from a number
of local residents and from the
Charlevoix County Community
Foundation,” said Williams, a subcommittee member whose grandfathers were both lumberjacks in
the Boyne Valley. “We are very
grateful to all who have supported
this and see the value of such a
timeless piece of art that
will be enjoyed for
years to come.”
He added, “We
welcome and
appreciate all
donations toward this effort.”
For every dollar
someone donates
to the project, the
MEDC will match
that with a dollar.
“It’s a great opportunity to leverage our local support,” Williams
said.
To donate or learn more about the
statue project, e-mail Meeder at
mainstreet@boynecity.com or call
582-9009.
“Rock & Roll Realtor”
Mark D. Kowalske
(231) 675-3721 • markkowalske.com
projects before, with hosting the
program which gives students the
chance to interview senior citizens
and then turn those interviews into
poems about their experience.
The six-day program instructs students on how to conduct the interviews. They are given a suggested
list of questions to ask and then
they visit with the people in question.
This year’s project, which had
nearly 20 participating students,
took place around mid-December.
“It’s a leadership (program) for the
kids to work hard, dream big and
give back to the communities and
the school,” said Matt Hamilton,
see shoe on page 12
BOYNEGAZETTE.COM
Beth Gohs
staff writer
Page 2 • Boyne City Gazette • Jan. 6, 2016
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Volunteers wanted: Boyne City is successful because the people make it work
The
Joint
Boards and
Commissions
for
the City of
Boyne City
met at the
close
of
2015.
That’s actually a fancy
way of saychris faulknor
ing that the
‘two cents’
folks at the
city got representatives from many
of the local boards in one room for a
pow-wow where they could discuss
how everything’s going.
What a great idea, though.
How convenient was it that, when
the local industrial sector expressed
concerns about housing and daycare
for their workers, it was noted that
the Boyne City Housing Commission has been discussing the possibility of creating more affordable
housing units in the area.
How nice it is to know that the historical commission is making plans
to move the items in the museum
with the new city facilities coming.
I guess the bigger thing, at least in
my mind, is that we live in a city that
bothers to do things like this.
Boyne City has a massive goal-setting session regularly to ensure that
what they’re working on is what
their constituents feel is most impor-
How the proverbial sausage is made
—By Benjamin Gohs, News Editor—
People often ask about the Boyne
City Gazette’s deadlines and our
weekly schedule.
Hoping to dispel some errant notions while answering some questions, I figured it was about time I
offered an in-depth look at our dayto-day operation.
Monday
1 p.m. – This week’s paper is being
printed up at the Petoskey NewsReview (PNR). I use this time to set
up next week’s paper in the design
program I use to create it. I also start
putting my story list together based
on upcoming public meetings, holidays, public events, any investigative pieces we may be working on,
etc.
Meanwhile, Chris is selling ads
for next week’s paper, taking care
of customers who visit the office,
bookkeeping, etc.
When Chris sells an ad, he sends
me the information, product photos,
logos, etc. I design your advertisement and send it to Chris, who looks
it over for accuracy before taking it
back to the advertiser for final approval.
In the old days, we did business
with a handshake and a verbal
agreement—and, for some of our
longtime customers, we still do
that—but you have probably noticed we now require a contract to
be signed before your ad can run.
This protects you as much as it protects us.
3-4 p.m. – PNR delivers bundles
of the Boyne City Gazette to our
Boyne City office. Chris gets them
ready for delivery and then heads
out around Boyne City and makes
his way up to Petoskey, where we
have several sales locations. At this
point, I’m still setting up the paper, gathering several days worth
of press releases, correspondence,
ads, obituaries, classifieds, and the
like, which I save for the following
week’s paper.
I also give story assignments to our
writers, if we have any for them at
the time. This is pretty much how
we spend the rest of the evening.
Tuesday
7:10 a.m. – I’m sifting through emails, looking for information that
matters to our readers.
Stuff local to Charlevoix County
goes into a folder for the paper.
Stuff with regional and state emphasis mostly goes into a folder marked
“Web Only” because it’s only for
our website.
The really crazy stuff, like the handdrawn postcard from the guy who
believes the U.S. Government implanted his inner ear with a two-way
radio, goes into my “this-mightcome-in-hand-someday” file.
Once I get caught up on filing
whatever photos and text I have by
then, I begin plotting where I’m going to put these items in the design
program I use to make the paper.
At some point on Tuesday morning—depending on meetings, photo
opps, or whether he’s rolled his car
into another ditch—Chris delivers
the rest of the newspapers to Charlevoix and East Jordan.
The rest of the day goes pretty much
the same as Monday afternoon:
Chris selling ads and helping walkin customers, attending photo opps
and then taking home-delivery papers to the post office; me filing information that comes in and placing
text and photos into the newspaper
program.
I also interview folks for stories,
transcribe meeting recordings, post
pictures on the company Facebook
page, add stories to boynegazette.
com and other miscellaneous matters.
Wednesday and Thursday
Other than the fact that the newspaper is delivered on Wednesday, the
day goes pretty much like Mondays
and Tuesdays. We sell ads, we write
stories, we answer phone calls from
folks wondering where to find a
campsite or get a good hamburger
or to report a Bigfoot sighting.
Friday
Friday is deadline day for you and
for us.
For me to be able to fit pictures of
your kid’s softball game or granny’s
obituary or your blowout sale into
next week’s paper, I need copious
time to make space. (This is a twoman operation, after all.)
Likewise, if your advertisements
are to make it into the next edition,
Chris needs to have your ad copy,
logos and any photos of your products so I can design the ad and you
can approve it—preferably well prior to 5 p.m. Although, we can and
often do design ads for folks right
up to our final print deadline.
Sure, we can take information as
late as 10 a.m. on Monday. But, by
then, the paper is 99 percent complete. If everyone brought their information to us on Monday, we’d
never get the paper out in time …
and the lovely folks up at the PNR
would have extremely frowny faces
and tummy aches when we sent
them our newspaper file late.
Saturday and Sunday
With the workweek behind us,
Chris and I retire to our liberal
media-funded high-rise condos on
Lake Charlevoix to sip martinis and
scoff at the dirty-cheeked rabble below. (A boy can dream, can’t he?)
Actually, weekends are pretty much
exactly like weekdays except Chris
usually takes a lot more pictures and
I spend most of my time laying out
the newspaper and editing whatever
stories me and my writers have produced throughout the week.
By Sunday evening, the newspaper
is usually finished all but for an editorial (like the one I’m writing now)
or a couple photos or ads we can’t
get until Monday morning.
tant.
And, now, everyone got together in
one room to make sure we’re all on
the same page.
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it
again: Boyne City does a lot of
things very well.
They post agendas, minutes, and recordings for their constituents, and
even advertise their events—such as
the Boyne on the Water initiative—
in the local newspaper.
But, in the end, it really comes down
to the people. After all, the people of
Boyne City really do care.
Mike Sheean volunteers to chair
the parks and recreation board, and
works endlessly to help the many local cyclers by making sure they have
new places to ride.
Richard Bouters has helped the local
airport for as long as I can remember.
Oral Sutliff, who now chairs the
board of review, has worked with
the Charlevoix County Transit,
commission on aging, and is even
involved with local nonprofits.
And, that’s not even taking into account the hundreds of people who
volunteer at chamber functions, help
out at Buff up Boyne, serve on local
boards, help at the Charlevoix Area
Humane Society, and more.
But, what if you’re not a part of that
group? What if you don’t have a role
in Boyne City?
Now is the time to jump in. Now
is the best time to find yourself a
niche.
If you like animals, I’ll bet that
Scott MacKenzie over at the humane society would love to accept
your help.
If you’re into concession trailers
and working with the public, the
Rotary and Lions are always looking.
Maybe you like kids, because the
Kiwanis strives to help local children, and the schools take volunteers.
There’s a quote stitched on a pillow
somewhere that says “be the change
you wish to see in the world.”
Now’s the time to make that happen.
I send a digital copy of the newspaper to Chris and go pour a big cup
of coffee while he begins to proof it.
By now, I usually need to take a
couple hours off and let my eyes
rest by watching the new episode of
The Walking Dead.
Chris then sends me corrections and
stylistic suggestions. I input them
and put the paper away until the
morrow.
PDF of this week’s paper—to our
paid subscribers. I then load the eGazette onto boynegazette.com.
I also begin posting this week’s
stories and photos on the website.
Some stories show up immediately
and some are scheduled to appear
later in the week. This really helps,
especially with such a small staff,
to keep news and photos appearing on our website throughout the
week.
Once I get the digital versions of
the newspaper out and our website
and Facebook page updated, I usually take an extended lunch break
… that is, if Chris doesn’t already
have a pile of ads for me to design.
1 p.m. – I get started on next week’s
paper as a new week begins.
Monday
7:10 a.m. – I read the paper from
beginning to end. This usually takes
me in the neighborhood of two
hours because I am a slow reader
and I have to stop to make notes of
errors I find.
8:30 a.m. – Chris calls. He’s finished billing and other clerical work
for the week. We discuss the upcoming week and try to nail down
any final items this week’s paper is
missing.
9 a.m. – I go back to proofreading
the paper while Chris gets started on
sales for the week.
9 a.m. to 10:30 – Final ads or photos come trickling in. Sometimes
we get a last-minute obituary or
classified. I quickly rearrange a
page or delete some less-important
item—like a stand-alone photo or
an unpaid press release—so I may
include the paid item in the paper.
(We are a business, after all.)
10:45 a.m. or thereabouts – I render a final PDF copy of the newspaper and send it to Chris for one last
look-see.
Once we’re convinced the paper is
good to go, I fill out a bit of required
information so our printer knows
how many pages there are, where
color will appear, whether we have
any inserts; usually fast-food coupons or hospital pamphlets.
11 a.m. – I e-mail this week’s edition of the Boyne City Gazette to
the PNR’s printing department.
11:01 a.m. – Coffee time.
I sigh in relief but also cringe at the
thought I may have missed a big
typo or referred to Boyne as “Bone
City” or left the “o” out of the word
“County” or any other of a thousand
mistakes I could have missed.
11: 15 – Back to work. While Chris
is selling ads, I send the e-Gazette—
a lower resolution e-mail-friendly
QUOTE
OF THE
WEEK
“In politics, nothing
is contemptible.”
—benjamin disraeli
Oh, sure, there are other things we
do during the week but that’s the
gist of our little operation.
If you have any questions or need
help with something, give us a call
at (231) 582-2799.
Choose extension “1” for Chris
and extension “2” for Benjamin.
Or, you can e-mail us any time
day or night with news tips, ads,
classifieds, obituaries, community
photos, and the like at editor@
boynegazette.com.
FREE HOMEBUYER EDUCATION WORKSHOP & LUNCH
Every 2nd Saturday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
at Northern Homes CDC at Boyne City Airport
The next workshop will be held on Jan. 9, 2016
The Homebuyer Education Workshop is designed for anyone who wants to know how
to get qualified on a mortgage and how much they will qualify for, how to improve
their credit, how to avoid predatory lending, and what to look for in an agent or contractor. It will also provide information to those who want to purchase a home after
recovering from foreclosure.
REGISTER BY CALLING (231) 535-0195 • MORE INFO AT WWW.NORTHERNHOMES.ORG
SHERiFF
REPORTS
On Wednesday December
30, 2015 at approximately
5:15 p.m. the Charlevoix
County Sheriff’s Office responded to a three vehicle
personal injury accident
on US 31 South near Bells
Bay Road in Norwood
Township.
Hunter Hansma, age 19
from Traverse City, was
traveling Northbound when
he lost control of his 2002
Saturn and struck a Dodge
Pickup driven by Paul
Bunker, age 41 of Central Lake. Mark Tamlyn,
age 56 from Cheboygan,
was traveling Northbound
behind Hansma when his
vehicle struck the Saturn
driven by Hansma.
Hansma was transported to
McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital where he was
treated for his injuries.
Bunker and his 6 year old
daughter, who was a passenger in his vehicle, were
treated for minor injuries at
Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital.
The Charlevoix County
Sheriff’s Office was assisted on scene by Charlevoix EMS, the Charlevoix
Township Fire Department,
and the City of Charlevoix
Police Department.
This accident is still under
investigation.
Jan. 6, 2016 • Boyne City Gazette • Page 3
—the law—
Monday, December 14
0100 Larceny reported in the 600
block of W Court St
0419 Assist EMS in the 800
block of E Main St,
0448 Lodged a dog at the shelter
0527 Assisted EJPD with locating a vehicle.
0935 Report of suspicious activity on Groveland St
1350 Report of a tent camp off
the end of Spring St.
1546 Driving complaint at Boyne
Ave and Brockway.
1730 Civil complaint from the
400 block of Jefferson St
2149 Assist CXSH at Boyne
Mountain.
2302 Assist CXSH with noise
complaint on High Country
Drive.
Tuesday, December 15
1118 Civil complaint involving
the 400 block of Jefferson St
1248 Threats complaint reported
from W Court St
1255 Warrant arrest at the PD
1423 Report of vehicle blocking
sidewalk on Groveland St.
1550 Vehicle unlock in the 1300
block of Boyne Av
1648 Report of attempted computer scam in the 400 block of
Front St.
1747 Report of missing debit
card
1816 Gasoline drive off from the
1300 block of Boyne Av
1955 Vehicle unlock on Jay Cee
Lane.
2005 Report of threatening communications. Arrested subject
for Conditional Bond Violations
2026 Lodged a hound at the shelter
Wednesday, December 16
0150 Assist EMS on Jay Cee
Ln
block of E Division St
1345 Arrested subject for R&O
and warrant following foot pursuit. Arrested second subject on
Emmet Co. warrant.
1540 Report of Craig’s List scam
from the 500 block of N Lake St
1639 Property damage accident
occurred on Boyne Av
2032 intoxicated subject reported
in the 300 block of E Division St
on Lake south of Main.
2355 Alarm in the 100 block of
River St.
Thursday, December 17
0936 Report of computer fraud
from the 1000 block of Boyne Av
1100 Witness Intimidation/Obstructing investigated in the 100
block of E Water St
1259 Computer fraud reported in
the 400 block of Lewis Ave.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
1728 Report of iphone stolen
from the 900 block of Brockway
St
0056 911 check in the 1300 block
of Boyne Av.
0610 Arrested subject for DWLS
at Industrial Park Dr and Lexamar
Dr. Also cited for left of center.
block of S Lake St.
Friday, December 18
block of N Lake St
1023 Assist CXSH and EMS on
Pincherry Rd
1126 Civil complaint from the
400 block of Jefferson St
1504 Assist EMS in the 400
block of N East St
reported at Boyne Av and E
Main. Canceled prior to arrival.
1557 Report of loud arguing
in the 1000 block of Wilson
St. Friday, December 18
block of N Lake St.
1823 Driving complaint coming
in on M-75N.
2141 Driving complaint on M-75
S.
2241 Report of a road hazard in
the 300 block of E Division St
Saturday, December 19
at Division and Boyne Av. Citation for driving too fast for conditions.
1223 Vehicle unlock in the Industrial Park
block of N Lake St.
1325 Stray cat found in the 300
block of Vogel St.
1707 Report of threatening calls
from the 600 block of N East St.
Sunday, December 20
0227 Arrested subject for OWI
on M-75 S past Moll Dr.
0437 Hit and Run accidentTruck versus Power pole on W.
Michigan at John St.
1145 Injured cat found in the 711
block of S Lake St
1206 Gasoline drive off in the
1300 block of Boyne Av.
2337 Assist citizen in the 400
block of Pearl St.
Charlevoix COUNTY SEVEN-DAY WEATHER FORECAST
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Jan. 6
Partly Cloudy
HIGH/LOW
36°/29°
Jan. 7
Snow
HIGH/LOW
36°/32°
Jan. 8
Showers
HIGH/LOW
38°/33°
Jan. 9
Showers
HIGH/LOW
37°/29°
Jan. 10
Rain/Snow
HIGH/LOW
33°/23°
Jan. 11
Mostly Cloudy
HIGH/LOW
24°/17°
Jan. 12
Snow
HIGH/LOW
23°/16°
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From Page 1
major topic of discussion and concern for the EDC/LDFA, Bellant
said.
Bellant also announced at the meeting that the Federal Screw Works
building located at 827 Moll Drive
has been sold to a trucking company called “Northern Logistics,”
which currently has a location in
Charlevoix.
“They plan to do some logistics
help—transfer some materials out
of there—as well as potential to
rent out some space,” he said.
Bellant said Northern Logistics
plans to keep its Charlevoix location—which has been there for
roughly a year—for now.
Bellant said Precision Edge and
Lexamar have both experienced
growth over the past few years.
“Lexamar has grown considerably,” said Bellant... “In 2008, we
were around 330-or-so employees.
We’re at just over 800 now and
we’re finding it very difficult to
find people.”
Bellant said Lexamar was 11
workers short as of December but
that they have been as many as 40
workers short at times.
Bellant said Lexamar is currently
operating 24-hours-a-day and
seven-days-a-week and, when a
worker does not have sufficient
daycare, they cannot work their
shift.
“I think that provides a real opportunity for the Boyne City area
if we can be on the cutting edge of
finding solutions to those issues;
not just for Lexamar but for other
businesses both in the industrial
park and throughout our community and the region,” said Boyne
City Manager Michael Cain. “I
think that would give us an advantage above other communities as
well.”
Boyne City Mayor Tom Neidhamer asked if employees were paid
more then wouldn’t they be able to
afford housing and daycare?
“We’d love to pay ‘em more so
they can afford housing in the
Boyne area,” said Bellant. “Unfortunately, the auto industry … is a
different beast.”
He added, “It’s a tough business to
be in.”
Boyne City Commissioner Hugh
Conklin asked if the North Central
Michigan College/Northern Lakes
Economic Alliance Fab Lab, a mobile manufacturing classroom, is
meeting expectations.
Bellant said he believes the Fab
Lab is good for high school students interested in learning more
about manufacturing.
“I don’t know that businesses are
getting a benefit,” Bellant said. “I
will tell you our business isn’t getting a benefit because we purely
don’t have the time.”
He added, “I would love nothing
more than to have that Fab Lab
there to help train some of our
people. The fact of the matter is I
gotta have people 24/7 to work on
the floor.”
Cain said he has heard good things
from other businesses concerning
the Fab Lab.
“Seven years ago, the sky was
falling. We were wondering if
there were going to be any jobs
available in the area,” said Cain...
“That cycle has flipped. Michigan
is known for being cyclical but
everybody was struggling to find
any job then—now, everybody is
struggling to find any employee.”
He added, “This issue with regards
to housing and daycare has kind
of come up with the Main Street
board, at the chamber recently,
EDC/LDFA, (and,) affordable
housing in various forms was talked about at our city commission
meeting on Tuesday.”
Cain said there has even been
some preliminary discussion with
the Boyne City Housing Commission on potentially creating more
affordable housing.
Cain then said the EDC/LDFA’s
Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
District is coming up for renewal.
“They have a TIF District very
much like the DDA does,” Cain
said, adding that decisions will
have to be made whether there
is continued need for the district,
which helped fund the $761,000
drainage project in the industrial
park in 2015.
Cain said the industrial district is
beginning to run out of available
properties.
“If we’re gonna wanna create additional jobs and opportunities in
the future, we may have to look at
acquiring additional property,” he
said.
Cain said the TIF District does not
increase taxes. A TIF locks the values of areas like the industrial park
and the downtown at certain levels
and any growth above those levels
goes to the taxing authority.
“It basically takes money from
our general fund, from the county
millages, from the library—things
of that nature—to help promote
growth in the community,” Cain
said. “I think they’ve been successful tools for us but there’s always
some question about that, especially as organizations are struggling with a lack of funds from
other resources like the state.”
E
lections
Commission
Boyne
City
Clerk and Treasurer
Cindy
Grice,
who
also sits on the
city’s
election
commission, gave
a brief overview of
the commission’s duties
each election.
“The election commission will
be meeting probably four times
in 2016 because of four different
elections coming up,” Grice said.
The four elections include the
March 8 presidential primary, possibly a school election on May 3, a
primary in August and the general
election in November.
H
istorical
DISTRICT
Boyne City Planner Scott McPherson spoke on behalf of the commission. McPherson gave a brief
overview of what this five-member board does.
McPherson said there are several
types of work which can occur in
the Boyne City Historical District,
and that the planning department
helps the commission ensure those
rules are followed to help retain
Boyne City’s historic flavor.
“One big project, of course, is
the (William H.) White house,”
McPherson said. “I think everyone can see it’s turning out fantastic and it’s going to be a great
improvement to the entrance of the
city.”
H
istorical
Commission
Boyne City Commissioner Laura
Sansom spoke on behalf of the
Boyne City Historical Commission. Sansom said there are currently four, but potentially seven,
members to serve on the commission.
Sansom said anyone interested in
joining the commission should
contact the city.
“We have a lot of work ahead of
us coming up shortly: packing
the museum, inventorying all the
items, putting them into proper
storage, and getting ready for the
new city facilities move,” she said.
Sansom said, over the past few
years, there has been an ongoing
process with putting historic displays in windows downtown to
help promote the museum.
The city’s LaFrance Firetruck will
turn 100 years old in 2017. Sansom
said the commission is planning an
event to celebrate the anniversary
of the truck at some point. Sansom
also said the commission holds
tours of the museum for students.
H
ousing
Commission
Cain spoke on behalf of the Boyne
City Housing Commission.
“The housing commission is doing
very well under the new leadership
that Jane (MacKenzie) has provided for them the last couple years,”
Cain said. “You may recall that,
previously, they were at ‘Troubled
Status Agency’ which had to do
with some of their bookkeeping
and record-keeping issues and
some financial tracking; no improprieties but just their resources
levels.”
Cain added that the housing commission was recently rated at “premiere” status.
Cain said the commission’s housing units are pretty well full most
of the time. And, he again touched
on the possibility of the commission creating more affordable
housing units.
M
ain Street
board
Boyne City Main Street Program
Executive Director Lori Meeder
gave an overview of the Main
Street Board, whose mission it
is to keep downtown Boyne City
successful while preserving its
heritage through community partnerships.
The Dilworth and Catt projects
were two of the big ones
Main Street officials
worked to help get
gap funding for.
Meeder
mentioned
some
of the many
exciting new
retailers either
already in, or
coming soon to,
downtown Boyne
City. Included in those
is a restaurant and pub,
a brewery, foodie shop, and gift
stores.
Main Street events also continued
this year with success.
“Pretty much without exception,
all the events this year, were really
well attended,” Meeder said.
“The retailers were happy with the
events that we had.”
She added, “Just in general, everything was up.”
The Main Street Boyne Apétit initiative, which was devised several
years ago, is set to begin this week.
“We’ve got a really strong contingent of restaurants and food establishments of all kinds in the area,”
Meeder said.
She also touched on the “Last River Draw” project. The city hopes
to raise funding from private donations to pay for a bronze statue
of a logger. The statue would sit on
the Boyne River’s edge.
T
eam
Boyne
Team Boyne is the economic
restructuring committee of the
Boyne City Main Street Program.
The group consists of anywhere
from 12 to 20 members of city
leaders from schools, the economic development sector, city
manager’s office, etc., who meet
to discuss local issues.
“It’s really a good group of people,” said Team Boyne member
Jim Baumann. “It keeps everybody on the same page.”
He added, “We do occasional projects like survey businesses to see
how things are going and try to act
on problems they have.”
Baumann said one of Team
Boyne’s agenda items is to recruit
businesses. But, he said that is
difficult to do because there is so
little space available for new businesses.
C
hamber
of commerce
Baumann, who is also the director of the Boyne Area Chamber
of Commerce, said one of the
chamber’s main goals this year is
to work on volunteer recruitment
and management.
Another priority is to improve the
chamber’s office building.
Baumann said he also wants to
look at the Boyne on the Water
plans for the backside of the chamber building, which would make it
a gathering place. Baumann said
fund-raising is necessary to pay
for the improvements.
A new website is under development for the chamber. And, Baumann said the Thursday beer block
party during Mushroom Festival
was a success last year, and will
return this year.
Baumann also announced he will
be retiring in approximately a year.
Though, he said, he will continue
to work as communications
director—possibly
as an independent
contractor.
Baumann said
he is grooming new associate chamber
director
Kim Altobello
MacNaughton
for the chamber
director
position.
Baumann will also be
gone for three months this winter
but will be working remotely, he
said.
P
arks
& Recreation
Boyne City Parks and Recreation
Board Chairman Michael Sheean
talked a little about his board’s
makeup.
The parks and recreation board
works closely with the city parks
department, which oversees more
than 400 acres of public parks.
Sheean mentioned the improvements made to the new Ridge Run
Dog Park, plans to refine the disc
golf course at Avalanche Preserve,
a mountain bike trail project, the
archery event held this summer at
Avalanche Preserve, the Rotary
Park tennis courts will be restored,
and work with the proposed nonmotorized trailways are also on the
agenda.
“On the Boyne Valley Trailway,
we’re working along there. We
got realigned in October (2015) by
the the MDOT people on how our
grant should be submitted.
And, we’re following
those new restrictions and guidelines and we’re
resubmitting
in January. So,
we should have
some information for approval
on the grant applications,” Sheean
said... “That trailway will connect us to the
mountain (Boyne Mountain,) connect us to Boyne Falls, it will connect to the schools—it will connect
many things in our community.”
The topic of trails for ATV and
snowmobiles also came up briefly
during the meeting.
Sheean said there is some interest
concerning the recreational vehicles but there has been no official
action or planning on the matter.
“With regards to snowmobiles,
I’ve been having some real preliminary discussions with Sue
Hobbes over at Boyne Valley
Township and trying to see if we
can get Boyne Mountain interested
in having some discussions
on that and they indicated they would be
to see if there’s
opportunities to
create some trail
networks that
could, because
they’re extending them into
Walloon Lake, tie
into the Petoskey
trail system, if there’s
some opportunities to fill
some of the gaps we’ve got here,”
said Cain.
Cain also said improvements are
being made to Old City Park.
He then touched on the issue of the
Veterans Park Pavilion proposed
reconstruction project, which
Boyne City Commissioners recently discussed in detail.
Officials seem to be unsure as to
how the project will be paid for,
which design should be used, and
what steps to take next.
In the Boyne City Gazette’s most
recent update on the project, Cain
said a meeting between those in
charge of making such decisions
was yet to be scheduled.
Sheean mentioned the Boyne on
the Water project, which included
professional assessments of the
city’s waterfront parks. The assessments were combined with public
input to create drawings of what
the waterfront parks could look
like if improved.
“We’re very pleased to see the
amount of public input we received
on that project that’s been going on
in the last six to eight months,” he
said.
Mayor
Neidhamer
said he was sure
the Veterans Park
playground
would also be
a top priority in
the new year.
The playground
was found to
have high levels
of arsenic last spring
before being shut down
for public safety.
P
lanning
Commission
McPherson spoke on behalf of the
Boyne City Planning Commission.
He discussed some of the new appointments to the nine-member
board and touched on some of
the major site plan reviews from
2015—the Glen Catt mixed use
project being the biggest last year.
Other projects included the former
railroad office, which is expected
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to become a brewery, and the old
train depot which is currently being renovated to become an art
studio.
The Boyne City Master Plan update was also completed by
the commission this
year.
The
planning
commission’s efforts also helped
make
Boyne
City one of
only a few cities in the state to
receive the designation as a Redevelopment Ready
community.
McPherson then talked about the
Safe Routes to School project,
which Boyne planning officials
have been working on for roughly
three-and-a-half years.
“It’s a $200,000 grant per middle
and elementary school. So, it’s a
total of $400,000 that we have to ...
improve sidewalks and infrastructure and things that can be related
to safe routes for kids to walk and
bike to school,” McPherson said.
Construction is expected to begin
on those sidewalk and crosswalk
improvements later this year.
Z
oning Board
of Appeals
Patrick Kilkenny, the Boyne City
Assistant Planning and Zoning
Director, gave an overview on the
Zoning Board of Appeals.
Most of the board’s work deals
with requests for changes in setbacks so people can move or build
things like garages and driveways.
A
irport
Board
Richard Bouters, of the Boyne
City Airport Advisory Board,
spoke on behalf of this 11-member
group.
“It’s really our charge to advise the
city commission on the operation,
improvement, maintenance and supervision of airport activities and
that property,” said Bouters.
The city owns nine of the hangars
at the airport, which it rents to plane
owners. Bouters said those hangars
are usually occupied.
Bouters said Boyne City keeps its
plane fuel prices lower than some
other Northern Michigan airports
to help it remain “competitive.”
Boyne’s airport allows pilots to
pump their own fuel and pay for
it using the honor system. Bouters said this has worked fine in the
past. And, it means the city does not
have to pay someone to pump fuel
at all hours of the day and night.
The annual drag races still occur at
the airport once per year.
The airport also provides safety
classes for pilots.
A program that gives kids free airplane rides is also held at the airport.
Bouters said the board tries to
make sure improvements to the airport are made annually.
This past year, security fence was
installed. This coming spring,
markings on the airport runway are
a high priority.
Bouters said a private donor approached the airport last spring to
discuss the possibility of helping
fund some runway distance markers. That project is also expected to
be completed this year.
Bouters said most airports of
Boyne’s size around the country
offer courtesy cars for people who
want to shop and dine in the city.
He said there have been discussions about this over the last few
years and, last year, the airport received a car to use as a courtesy car.
“It was very heartening to see …
we had 39 people use that car,”
Bouters said.
Sixty-two percent of those who
used the car came downtown to
shop in Boyne City.
Bouters said the airport staff asked
people to put in at least a gallon of
gasoline to use this free courtesy
car. He said some of the people
filled the gas tank when they did
not need to.
—top stories—
B
oard
of Review
Board of Review Chairman Oral
Sutliff talked about the work his
three-person board does.
“When you get your taxes, you
look at your assessment and it’s
way out of whack from what you
paid for the homestead and you
haven’t done any major
improvements, you
should call city
hall and make
an appointment
to meet with
the board of review,” Sutliff
said.
The city has an
application
you
must complete. And,
Sutliff advised concerned homeowners to put
together a presentation on why
they feel their property value has
been improperly raised.
“I can’t guarantee that everybody
that appears before the board will
get a reduction. But, I’ll guarantee
that anybody that turns in a petition will get a serious consideration,” he said.
B
oyne
Library
Boyne District Library Director
Cliff Carey discussed his library
board and the library in general.
Books are delivered to the library
from around the state three days
each week.
The library was open on Black
Friday this year to accommodate
library users.
Carey said book circulation may
be down roughly five percent
but more people use the
library due to the
many services it
provides.
The library offers everything
from
classes
and story time,
free foreign language software,
internet, a business
materials section, and
much more.
Energy efficient lighting has also
been installed in some of the areas
of the library. This is saving nearly
$200 per month in electricity costs.
The library’s community room
continues to be used often—619
times over 12 months; the conference room 244 times, and a smaller
room, recently opened, was used
by the public 169 times.
The library is using special museum software which allows it to
catalogue, digitize and post historical photos and other documents
online.
Carey discussed the red barn building the library owns and the possibility for expansion. He said the
library would like to have a bigger
space for a teen area, and a space
where people can collaborate and
make things in a utility-type space.
Carey said the library received a
$250,000 donation which will be
used to construct an addition on the
library at some point in the future.
C
ompensation
Commission
Boyne City Clerk/Treasurer Cindy
Grice discussed the city’s compensation commission, which
meets every two years to discuss
the pay of city commissioners and
the mayor. The commission met in
2015 and decided to keep pay at
current levels.
B
oyne City
Commission
Mayor Neidhamer used his time to
welcome newly-elected Boyne City
Commissioner Hugh Conklin to the
board.
Commissioner Sansom said she
was looking forward to the new city
facilities and the historic clock restoration.
Boyne City Commissioner Delbert
“Gene” Towne thanked all the volunteers who work on the various
city commissions and boards.
Boyne City Commissioner Ron
Grunch said it is exciting times for
Boyne City with all the improvements and efforts occurring.
“We really are in sync as far as
collaborating and reaching out,”
Grunch said. “A lot of cities are trying to model their programs after
ours. But, the passion and enthusiasm that people have here is—it’s
hard to put down on paper.”
He added, “[T]hey wear their enthusiasm and they wear their hearts
on their sleeves and roll ‘em up and
go to work.”
Neidhamer said the city has nine
major projects beginning in the
spring.
“It’s fantastic,” Neidhamer said.
“I’ve been in a few photo opps but,
truly, they (projects) all started under Ron’s watch.”
Neidhamer thanked Grunch for
mentoring him over the years
and for handing him
the reigns of the city
commission late in
2015.
City
officials
lauded the completion of the
new Boyne City
Department of
Public Works facilities at the city’s
North Boyne property.
And, planning director McPherson said someone is planning to
purchase a local golf course and
plans to build a gas station and grocery/convenience store there.
M
unicipal
Marina
Boyne City Harbormaster Barb
Brooks gave meeting attendees an
overview of the Boyne City Municipal Marina.
For the last 10 years, the marina
has been financially selfsustaining.
Brooks said a fund
balance has been
generated and is
being used to
make improvements on the
marina. Planning for the
marina’s future
expansion
also
continues.
W
ater &
Wastewater
Mark Fowler, the Boyne City Water/Wastewater Superintendent,
discussed his operation.
The big project in 2015 was work
on the Sommerset Pointe sewer
line, which stretches from that development to Boyne City.
Fowler said the sewer line was installed. The city is now waiting for
the pump station, which should be
up and running around March.
P
olice
Department
Boyne City Police Chief Jeff
Gaither said, in addition to normal
police work, the department has
updated some of its equipment like
rifles and increased officer training
on the shooting range with its new
weapons.
The police department also started
a new policy with its body cameras
that mandates officers wear them
whenever they make contact with
citizens.
Gaither said the cost of
the cameras is a concern because the
video from them
must be stored
and copies have
to be shared
with media and
the prosecutor’s
office. He also
said it takes time
and manpower to redact portions of videos
before they are shared through
Freedom of Information Act requests.
Gaither said new cameras will need
to be purchased because the ones
they have now can be edited by
the officers—a feature which
should not be available.
Gaither said his
department
participates heavily with the local schools and
students. And,
his officers volunteered to build
a soccer wall in
2015.
Officer bike training
and an additional bicycle
were implemented also this
year.
One of Gaither’s officers attended
search and rescue school this past
year. The program teaches police
how to look for mentally challenged persons who go missing.
The department had seven calls for
help searching in a 90-day period.
Two officers took evidence tech
school classes as well in 2015. The
classes teach skills like evidence
photography and how to take fingerprints off of difficult surfaces in
addition to best practices for processing evidence.
Gaither said his department has
also developed new core values
statements on how his department
wants to respond to the community.
Honesty, fairness, responsibility
and good judgment—with an emphasis on respect for the dignity and
Constitutional rights of the people
his officers serve—topped the ideals listed in the statements.
“Too many police departments
around the country are getting
hammered right now because they
don’t respect the citizen, because
they don’t take it seriously, they’re
not showing the kind of core values that I think need to be shown,”
Gaither said.
The core values will be posted in
the police station to remind officers
what the Boyne City Police Department is all about.
C
losing
Statement
Cain indicated that 2015 was another great year of cooperation—from
the citizenry to economic development officials, city workers and local units of government—among
city stakeholders.
He reinforced that volunteer recruitment and management was an
important issue which needed more
attention.
Cain, who had been city manager
for 13 years as of the day of the joint
boards and commissions meeting, said the city was finalizing an
agreement with the owners of the
Honeywell building, where the
city will likely move the
bulk of its daily operations while the
new city facilities
are built.
Cain said the
city will be
working on a
low and moderate income survey in the new year.
This type of survey
was also done around
2004 and it allows the city to
apply for additional grant moneys.
The process must be completed
again with current information.
Cain said he is thankful to have
been part of all the city has done to
improve over the last 13 years.
“We’ve accomplished mighty things
in the last over-a-decade-or-so,” he
said... “Everything we’ve done to
promote our level of service to the
community—the standards that we
have today—are not just reflective
of statements, they’re reflected in
our actions that we do every day.”
Cain added, “I think we’ve come
a long way. We, obviously, have
more to accomplish.”
—Faith & Memorial—
O b it ua r y
stein eriksen
Dec. 11, 1927 - Dec. 27, 2015
courtesy photo
Stein eriksen
One of the most recognized names
in the ski world, legendary Alpine
skier Stein Eriksen passed away
peacefully at his home in Park
City, Utah, on Dec. 27, 2015, at
the age of 88.
Although Stein first gained fame
in the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympic
Games, winning gold and silver
medals in the giant slalom and slalom events respectively, he is best
known for being the first Alpine
skier to win “triple gold” medals at the World Championships
that took place in Åre, Sweden, in
1954.
Shortly thereafter, Stein’s inimitable style and captivating personality garnered him the attention of
the news media and friendship of
the Hollywood elite.
Born December 11, 1927, in Oslo,
Norway, Stein lived in the United
States for the last six decades, parlaying his passion and all that he
knew and loved about the sport of
skiing into an incredible, lifetime
career that changed the Alpine
skiing experience worldwide.
As Director of Skiing at Deer Valley Resort, Stein was an integral
part of the resort’s success since
its inception.
He worked closely with founders
Edgar and Polly Stern on fulfilling
their vision of providing a resort
experience unlike any other in the
industry.
Before arriving at Deer Valley, he
was involved in the development
of Park City Ski Area, now Park
City Mountain. Prior to Park City,
Stein spent four years as Director
of Skiing and Ski School Director at Snowmass, Colorado; Ski
School Director at Sugarbush,
Vermont; Ski School Director and
owner of his own sport shop in
Aspen, Colorado; Ski School Director for Heavenly Valley, California; and Ski School Director
for Boyne Mountain, Michigan.
Stein’s desire to develop an internationally-renowned luxury hotel was fulfilled in 1982 with the
opening of the now world-famous
Stein Eriksen Lodge, located midmountain at Deer Valley Resort.
His influence in the ski industry
and at both Deer Valley and the
lodge that bears his name was infinite and his legacy will always
be a fundamental aspect of their
success.
Stein Eriksen is synonymous with
skiing style and elegance.
His status was enhanced by his
spectacular forward somersault,
an aerial maneuver credited as the
forerunner of the inverted aerials
performed by freestyle skiers today, which earned him the moniker Father of Freestyle Skiing.
Until recently, Stein could be
found skiing (sans hat with his
famous head of hair) and greeting
guests on the mountain daily as
well as lunching at the Glitretind
Restaurant in the lodge at his regular table.
Guests were able to spot Stein
on the mountain by checking the
mannequin at the Bjorn Stova
shop, run by his wife Francoise,
which wore his “Bogner Suit of
the Day.”
He was frequently sought out by
the thousands of skiers to whom
he taught the sport and was always happy to stop for a visit and
a photo.
He took great pride and joy in his
past students and guests and loved
making them feel special.
Stein will be remembered by
many, especially those who spent
New Year’s Eve at the lodge, for
his Norwegian toasts accompanied by a shot of Aquavit as well
as for his charisma, kindness and
approachable nature.
His awards remain too many to
mention.
Ultimately, Stein was a man who
loved his family and cherished the
times when they could be together.
Always ready for good times, he
possessed an amazing sense of
humor.
In addition to his home in Park
City, Stein also loved their family’s home in Montana where he
and Francoise summered annually, hosting family and friends
from around the world to food,
wine, fishing and tennis.
His competitive nature was never
at rest, as attested to by his summer tennis tournaments and a
good game of cornhole.
Stein is survived by the love of
his life, his wife of 35 years, Francoise, son Bjorn, and three daughters, Julianna, Ava and Anja, two
stepsons, Churchill and Taylor,
five grandchildren and one goddaughter.
He was preceded in death by his
son, Stein Jr.
A private memorial service will be
held for family.
A public celebration of Stein’s life
will be held in the near future, details of which will be forthcoming.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to
the Stein Eriksen Youth Sports
Alliance Opportunity Endowment
by visiting ysaparkcity.org.
Boyne Area Worship & Faith Opportunities
Community of Christ
777 Vogel St., Boyne City, 5825803; Church School-10 a.m.;
Morning worship-11 a.m.; Wed.
evening worship-7 p.m.; Computer Lab open to the public;
Mon-Tues-Wed. 4 to 5:30 p.m.,
Fri. 6-8 p.m.; Pastor: Eleanor
West; Asst Pastor: Ron Fuller
Church of the Nazarene
225 W. Morgan St. Boyne City;
Sunday School-10 a.m.; Morning worship-11 a.m.; Sunday
Evening-6 p.m.; Wed. evening-7 p.m.; Pastor: Chuck
Fowler-582-9611
Christ Lutheran Church
1250 Boyne Ave., Boyne City;
Sunday School-9:15 a.m.; Sunday Worship-8 a.m. or 10:30
a.m.; On the 2nd, 9th & 16th of
Dec. are Soup Suppers at 5
:45 pm followed by Worship
Services at 6:30.; Pastor Peter Elliott-582-9301; Parsonage-582-7346; For transportation assistance, call (231)
675-7652
EJ Community Church
Pastor Jason Richey; Sunday
services are 9 a.m. and 10:45
a.m. Nursery and Preschool
care is available at both services.
Children K-5 classes are available during both services. Youth
classes are second service only.
For questions concerning the EJ
Campus, call 536-2299 or Walloon Campus 535-2288
Episcopal Church of Nativity
Nativity is located at 209 Main
Street, Boyne City. Please call
582-5045 or visit episcopalboyne.com for more information.
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BC Free Methodist Church
839 State St. Boyne City; Sundays - 10am Sunday School,
11am Morning Worship, 5pm
Youth Group; Wednesdays
- 6:30pm Adult Bible Study Rev. Jason Reynolds, Pastor582-6843
First Baptist Church
875 State St. Boyne City, 5829561
Sunday School-10 a.m.; Morning Worship-11 a.m.; Evening
Worship-6 p.m.; Wednesday
Evening-7 p.m.; 582-6633
First Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church at 401
S. Park St., Boyne City invites
you to share worship with us
each Sunday at 11 a.m. Worship is led by Rev. Elizabeth
Broschart followed by coffee
and fellowship. Communion is
celebrated the first Sunday of the
month. An infant/toddler room
is available. For more information call 231-582-7983.
Genesis Church
Genesis Boyne meets Sunday in
the Boyne City High School at
10 a.m. Genesis Petoskey meets
in Petoskey High School at 9:30
a.m. Life groups are open to all
community members to help
with a specific need and include
Financial Peace University,
Step-up Addictions Recovery,
Divorce Care, and Choosing
Wisely before you Divorce.
More information at info@genesiswired.com, 487-0081, or
genesiswired.com
Seventh Day Adventist
228 E. Cedar St., Boyne City,
582-0089; Pastor: E.J. Wolf
Boyne Valley Catholic Comm.
St. Augustine - 2347 Grove St.
Boyne Falls
Mass - 9:00 a.m. Sunday
549-2350 or 582-7718,
www.jamcc.org
St. Matthew - 1303 Boyne Ave.
Boyne City
Sat. Mass - 5:00 p.m.
Sun. Mass - 11:00 a.m.
582-7718; www.jamcc.org
Trinity Fellowship -401 State
St., Boyne City
Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Wed. Worship - 7:00 p.m.
Pastor: Paul Wise - 582-2551
united methodist churches
• Boyne City UMC
324 South Park Street, Boyne
City
10 am Sunday services
• Boyne Falls UMC
3057 Mill Street, Boyne Falls
9 am Sunday services
• Horton Bay UMC
4961 Boyne City Road, Boyne
City 11 am Sunday services
Pastor of all three is Rev. Eun
Sik Poy Office Hours 8 am-3 pm
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Office Phone 582.9776
Walloon lake Community
Pastor Jeff Ellis; Sunday service
times are 9 and 10:45 a.m.; Infant and toddler care is provided
at both services. Children and
Adult classes are available during both services.
The church office hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Wednesday, and Friday. On
Thursday, it is open from 9 a.m.
to noon. More info at 535-2288
or walloonchurch.com.
—business & classified—
Will the presidential election
affect investment outlook?
We’re just a few weeks
away from the first caucuses and primaries, so presidential election season is in
full swing.
As a voter, you may be
keenly interested
in the election
process.
But, as an
investor,
should you
be concerned?
If
you
take
a
look
back, you
might be
somewhat
encouraged
over the prospects of the financial markets this
year.
In the last 12 presidential
election years, the Dow
Jones Industrial Average
has been up nine times and
down just three.
So, election years must be
good for the financial markets, right?
Not necessarily.
In every year, the markets
are influenced by a variety
of factors: interest rates,
inflation, corporate profits,
geopolitical events, economic growth, even the
weather.
And it’s safe to say that
2016 will be no different.
At this early stage of the
year, one could say that
some of these factors, such
as continued low interest rates and a reasonably
strong economy, might
bode well for investors.
But there’s a lot of 2016
ahead of us – and it’s notoriously difficult for anybody, even so-called experts, to accurately predict
the market’s performance
over a relatively short time,
such as a year.
Still, the market’s history of
pretty good results in presidential election years may
not be entirely random.
For one thing, the White
House is never the only office being contested; elections are also held for every
congressional district and
many seats in the Senate.
Consequently, during these
election years, campaign-
ing
often
takes precedence over legislating.
This legislative inactivity tends to be welcomed
by the financial markets,
which generally dislike
surprises, big changes and
new directions.
However, you can’t really
count on past trends to provide a certain roadmap for
the year ahead, in terms of
the performance of the financial markets.
As mentioned above, many
factors influence this performance, and at this early
stage in the year, we just
can’t predict which of these
factors will take precedence.
So, instead of worrying
about things you can’t control, focus on those that you
can.
For starters, review your
investment mix.
Does it still properly reflect
your goals, risk tolerance
and time horizon?
Over time, even if you
haven’t made many changes to your portfolio, it can
become “unbalanced.”
For example, if you own
some stocks that have increased greatly in value
over the years, these stocks
may now be taking up a
larger percentage of your
holdings than you had intended, bringing with them
a higher degree of risk.
Consequently, you might
want to consider selling off
some of these stocks
and using the proceeds to fill in
other gaps in
your portfolio.
On the other hand, if
you think
your mix
of investments is
not providing you
with
the
returns you
need to help
make progress toward your long-term
objectives, you may
need to add some vehicles
that can provide you with
more growth potential.
After all, it’s 2016 now, so
whatever your age, you are
another year closer to retirement.
Will this year look like past
presidential election years,
as far as good returns from
the stock market?
No one can say for sure.
But if you “vote” for smart
investment moves, you
won’t be sorry.
This article was written by
Edward Jones for use by
your local Edward Jones
Financial Advisor.
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the end of February.
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for our home, and we have
a full emergency fund in
place.
The problem is we just
cash-flowed one daughter’s
wedding, and we’ll be paying for another daughter’s
college soon.
I’ll receive a severance
package of around $30,000
to $40,000, but we’re wondering if I should stop contributing to my 401(k) and
stockpile cash until another
job comes along.
Steve
Dear Steve,
You’ve done a great job
handling your money, so
going a couple of months
without contributing to
your 401(k) isn’t going to
mean the difference between retiring with dignity
and eating Alpo in your
golden years.
In this case, I would temporarily stop funding the
401(k). You’re in a highdemand line of work, so I
think you’ll probably land
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No New Years debt next
time?
Dear Dave,
We’ve always just assumed
that we would use credit
cards for Christmas, and
accepted the fact that there
would be a mountain of
debt to pay off in January
and February.
Can you tell us how to
make it through the Christmas season next year without accumulating debt?
Carol
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It’s all too easy to try to
justify overspending in the
weeks ahead just because
it’s a gift.
It’s pretty simple. Look at
your budget, and see what
you can afford to pay cash
for during the holiday season.
Once you and your spouse
agree on this amount, make
a list, check it twice and
stick to it!
Include the names and
amounts you are going to
spend on each person or
charity.
It’s just common sense, but
it’s easy to find something
in the mall you “just have
to buy.”
That’s where problems
start.
Giving is not meant to be
stressful on your finances.
Give with the right intentions, and give with a financial plan in mind that does
not include debt.
Another thing to remember
is Christmas always falls on
December 25th.
Don’t wait until Thanksgiving to realize it’s right
around the corner.
You could even get a real
jump on things, and set a
little bit aside each month
toward Christmas starting
right now!
—Dave
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Hill at Cafe Sante. Jon Stieglite (far right lower) poured a bourbon on the
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Williams (upper right) enjoyed a dance at the Boyne City Eagles Club. Charlotte Thurston (below) tries glow bowling at BC Lanes to ring in the new year.
Kathy Burns (red
shirt) blows a noisemaker to welcome
2016 at the Boyne
City Eagles Club on
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gives a New Year’s
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Words
Lake Superior State
University may break the
internet with its 41st Annual
List of Banished Words
So, if the wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University get their way,
this is the last time a story lead like
this will ever make it into print or
broadcast.
Answering a question with the article "so" is just one of a dozen
forms of wordplay that made it onto
LSSU's 41st annual List of Words
Banished from the Queen's English
for Mis-use, Over-use and General
Uselessness.
The tradition, created by the late W.
T. Rabe, former public relations director at Lake Superior State University, is now in its fifth decade.
And now, the 2016 list:
SO
So the word that received the most
nominations this year was already
banished, but today it is being used
differently than it was in 1999, when
nominators were saying, “I am SO
down with this list!” Nominations
came from across the country.
• “Currently, it is being overused as
the first word in the answer to ANY
question. For instance, "How did
you learn to play the piano?" Answer: "So my dad was in a classical
music club..." – Bob Forrest, Tempe
Ariz.
• “Tune in to any news channel and
you’ll hear it. The word serves no
purpose in the sentence and to me is
like fingernails on a chalkboard. So,
I submit the extra, meaningless, and
overused word ‘so.’” – Scott Shackleton, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
• “Politicians, especially, are using
this word when asked a question
and not answering said question. It is
used by all parties in Canada's Federal election. – Karen Newton, Sault
Ste. Marie, Ont.
• “Frequently used to begin a sentence, particularly in response to a
question, this tiresome and grammatically incorrect replacement for
"Like," or "Um," is even more irksome…It hurts my ears, every single
time I hear it! -- Thomas H. Weiss,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
• “So it's getting really annoying. So
can we please put a stop to this?” -David G. Simpson, Laurel, Md.
• “It has become widespread to the
point of an epidemic,” said a sickened John from Philadelphia, Penn.
CONVERSATION
Online publications invite us to “join
the conversation,” which is usually
more of a scream-fest.
• Gayle from Cedarville, Mich.
wonders if “debate has become too
harsh for our delicate sensibilities.
Now we are all encouraged to have
a ‘conversation,’ and everything will
somewhat be magically resolved.”
• “Over the past five years or so, this
word has been increasingly used by
talking heads on radio, television
and in political circles to describe
every form of verbal communication known to mankind. It has replaced ‘discussion,’ ‘debate,’ ‘chat,’
‘discourse,’ ‘argument,’ ‘lecture,’
‘talk’….all of which can provide
some context to the nature of the
communication. Perhaps the users
feel that it is a word that is least likely to offend people, but I consider it
to be imprecise language that, over
time, dumbs down the art of effective discourse.” – Richard Fry, Marathon, Ont.
• “Used by every media type without
exception. No one listens.” – Richard Seitz, Charleston, Ill.
• “Have one, start one, engage in
one. Enough.” – Fred Rogers,
Houston, Tex.
• We are invited to “join the conversation if we want to give an opinion.
This expression is overused and it is
annoying. Thanks for listening, eh.”
– Debbie Irwin, Sault Ste. Marie,
Ont.
PROBLEMATIC
“A corporate-academic weasel
word,” according to the Urban Dictionary.
• “Somewhere along the line, this
word became a trendy replacement
for 'that is a problem.’ I just hate it.”
-- Sharon Martin, Hagerstown, Md.
• “Anything that the speaker finds
vaguely inconvenient or undesirable, such as an opposing political
belief or bad traffic. Contrast things
that are self-evidently taken to be
problematic with, say, actual problems like a hole in the ozone layer
or a job loss.” -- Adam Rosen, Asheville, N.C.
STAKEHOLDER
A word that has expanded from
describing someone who may actually have a stake in a situation or
problem, now being over-used in
business to describe customers and
others.
• “Often used with ‘engagement.’ If
someone is disengaged, they're not
really a stakeholder in the first place.
LSSU, please engage your stakeholders by adding this pretentious
jargon to your list. -- Gwendolyn
Barlow, Portland, Ore.
• Harley Carter of Calgary, Alberta,
says he has heard it with another
word popular in business-speak,
“socialize,” which means to spread
an idea around to see what others
think of it. “We need to socialize this
concept with our ‘stakeholders.’”
• “Dr. Van Helsing should be the
only stake holder,” says Jeff Baenen
of Minneapolis, Minn.
PRICE POINT
Another example of using two
words when one will do.
• “This alliterative mutation seems
to be replacing the word ‘price’ or
‘cost.’ It may be standard businessspeak, but must it contaminate everyday speech?” says Kevin Carney of Chicago, who provided an
example in the March 19, 2015 issue of the New England Journal of
Medicine, pg. 1171, which says,
“Although the ‘price point’ of effective new drugs...may initially be out
of reach for many patients...”
• “It has no ‘point.’ It is just a
‘price.’” -- Guy Michael, Cherry
Hill, N.J.
SECRET SAUCE
• “Usually used in a sentence explaining the ‘secret’ in excruciating
public detail. Is this a metaphor for
business success based on the fast
food industry?” -- John Beckett, Ann
Arbor, Mich.
• “It has become too frequent in
business discussions. I am tired of
it.” -- Bill Evans, Clinton, Miss.
BREAK THE INTERNET
A phrase that is annoying online
word-watchers around the world.
• “An annoying bit of hyperbole
about the latest saucy picture or controversy that is already becoming
trite.” -- Tim Bednall, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia
• “Meaning a post or video or whatever will have so much Internet traffic that it will ‘break the internet.’
It’s being used for every headline
and video. Ridiculous.” -- Matthew
Squires, Auburn, Mich.
• “I hope the list doesn’t ‘break the
internet.’ (How else would I read it
next year)?” -- Dean Hinrichs, Kansas City, Mo.
PHYSICALITY
We had to include one for the sports
fans. John Kollig of Jamestown,
N.Y., says this is overused by every
sports broadcaster and writer.
• “I am not sure who is responsible,
but over the last 12-18 months you
cannot watch a sporting event, listen to a sports talk show on radio, or
WALK IT BACK
A slower back-pedal?
• “It seems as if every politician who
makes a statement has to ‘walk it
back,’ meaning retract the statement,
or explain it in laborious detail to the
extent that the statement no longer
has any validity or meaning once
it has been ‘walked back.’” -- Max
Hill, Killeen, Tex.
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PRESSER
This shortened form of “press release” and “press conference” is not
so impressive.
• “Not only is there no intelligent
connection between the word
"presser" and its supposed meaning,
this word already has a definition: a
person or device that removes wrinkles. Let's either say ‘press conference’ or ‘press release’ or come up
with something more original, intelligent and interesting!” – Constance
Kelly, West Bloomfield, Mich.
• “This industry buzzword has
slipped into usage in news reporting
and now that they have started, they
can't seem to stop using it.” -- Richard W. Varney, Akron, Ohio.
MANSPREADING
A word that is familiar to those in
bigger cities, where seats on the bus
or subway are sometimes difficult to
find.
• “Men don't need another disgusting-sounding word thrown into the
vocabulary to describe something
they do…You're just taking too
much room on this train seat, be a
little more polite...” – Carrie Hansen,
Caledonia, Mich.
• “The term itself is stupid, and
the campaign and petition written by men's rights activists claiming that men need to take up more
space due to their anatomy, and that
anti-manspreading campaigns are
‘male-bashing,’ are ridiculous. The
problem is with people taking up
too much space on the subway or
any public mode of transportation. –
Beth, Anchorage, Alaska
VAPE
Vape and vaping are used to describe
the act of ‘smoking’ e-cigarettes (another strange word) since the products emit vapor instead of smoke.
• David Ervin of Sault Ste. Marie,
Ont., says he hopes the word “goes
up in smoke.”
GIVING ME LIFE
• “I suggest banishing this hyperbole
for over-use,” says Ana Robbins,
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
The phrase refers to anything that
may excite a person, or something
that causes one to laugh.
“This list of banished words is ‘giving me life’!”
anything on ESPN without someone
using this term to attempt to describe
an athlete or a contest.” -- Dan Beitzel, Perrysburg, Ohio
• “Every time I hear them say it, I
change the channel.” – Brenda Ruffing, Jackson, Mich.
• “What the heck does it mean?” –
Linda Pardy, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
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back to our community and country by
serving on MLK Day. Volunteers will be deconstructing, cleaning up and prepping a
refurbished home in Boyne City. Volunteers
must be over the age of 14 to help with
most of this project.
Breakfast - 8:30 on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016
Eat breakfast, have a volunteer recognition
celebration and a commemorative speech
for MLK. Begin work at 10 a.m. until 4
p.m. in Boyne City. Volunteers can see specific details online and register for a shift at
www.northwestmihabitat.org/volunteer.
Call (231) 348-6926 Ext. 104 for more info.
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Starting Jan. 6
Summer Camp Registration
Registration opens for Camp Daggett summer camp on Wednesday Jan. 6.
Applications will be available to download
from Daggett’s website on Jan. 8.
Registration is on a first-come, first-served
basis. Applications must be downloaded,
printed and mailed to Camp Daggett.
Every year, over 1,000 children ages 7-14
get the opportunity to spend a week at
Camp Daggett. Activities include group
sports and games, sailing, swimming, canoeing and fishing, arts and crafts, nature
study, hikes, and more. More info at campdaggett.org or (231) 347-9742.
Jan. 9
New Reformation Jazz concert
The New Reformation Jazz Band with Dave
Oppermann, Bandleader will perform on
the Crooked Tree Arts Center Petoskey stage
Saturday Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $25 for adult members, $35 for
adult non-members, $10 students. Show
starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Crooked Tree Arts
Center in Petoskey. To purchase tickets
or for more information, contact CTAC at
347-4337 or visit www.crookedtree.org.
The Crooked Tree Arts Center Petoskey is located at 461 E. Mitchell Street, downtown
Petoskey.
Jan. 10
CPR Training
McLaren Northern Michigan and Boyne
Highlands Resort will host a free community Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
training from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Sunday Jan. 10, during Boyne Highlands Community Appreciation Day.
Members of the National Ski Patrol at
Boyne Highlands, CPR-certified by the
American Heart Association, will provide
demonstrations and training for adult
chest compression, infant or child chest
compression, infant rescue breathing, and
choking. Each demonstration will take approximately 15 minutes. No reservation is
required. The community CPR training will
take place inside the Tailgate Room of the
Day Lodge at Boyne Highland Resort in
Harbor Springs. Participants will have the
opportunity to interact with cardiovascular
clinicians from McLaren Northern Michigan, and will receive complimentary educational materials.
Community members are encouraged to
attend to receive basic knowledge and
hands on training.
Jan. 12 - March 17
CTAC Culinary Classes
Beginning in January, Crooked Tree Arts
Center Petoskey’s winter season of culinary
classes continues in the newly renovated
CTAC Kitchen, with classes on both Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6–8 p.m.
• Tuesday Jan. 12 – Gnocchi at the Home
of Ermy Bonfield
• Tuesday Jan. 19 – Bistro Steak with Porter Creek Fish House
• Tuesday Jan. 26 – Cooking the Whole
Chicken: Blackbird Gardens
• Thursday Jan. 28 – Farm to Table with
Northern Table
• Tuesday Feb. 2 – Coq Au Vin with The
Good Berry
• Thursday Feb. 4 – Australian Cuisine
with Parsons Farm
• Tuesday Feb. 9 – A Seafood Dinner with
Fustinis
• Thursday Feb. 11 – Healthy Eats with
Fustinis
• Tuesday Feb. 16 – Local Eats: Roasted
Meat, Vegetables and Bread
• Thursday Feb. 18 – Bear Creek Organic
Farm and Chef Meghan Wruk
• Tuesday Feb. 23 – Sweet and Savory
Crepes with Pea & Compagnie
• Tuesday March 1 – Vegan & Gluten Free
with Mustang Wendy’s
• Thursday March 3 – Rustic Bread
Dough, Three Ways
• Tuesday March 8 – Classic Seafood with
Muer Kitchens
• Thursday March 10 – Provençale Cuisine with Chef Madeleine Vedel
• Tuesday March 15 – Asian Cuisine with
Thai Orchid
• Thursday March 17 – Non-Traditional
Irish Fare with Toski Sands
With openings in all classes, participants
have their choice of trying crepes, Asian
Cuisine, or vegan and gluten free meals. All
classes are $50 for CTAC members or $65
for non-members, excluding the culinary
experience on Jan. 12, which is $100 for
CTAC members or $140 for non-members.
More information at (231) 347-4337 or
visit www.crookedtree.org. Crooked Tree
Arts Center is located at 461 East Mitchell
St., Petoskey.
Jan. 18
Habitat For Humanity
MLK Jr. Service Day
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Exploring America’s
stance on crime
The treatment of criminals in America will be explored at Lifetree Café
on January 10, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.
The program, titled “Tough on
Crime,” includes a film featuring
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa
County, Arizona. The controversial
sheriff has been praised and criticized for his treatment of prisoners.
His jail prepares just two low-cost
meals per day, restricts television
viewing, places inmates in desert
tents, and requires prisoners to wear
pink underwear.
According to Lifetree Café representative Craig Cable, Lifetree
participants will delve into whether
America’s justice system is too
tough or not tough enough on crime.
Cable said, “Some claim that prisons infringe on personal civil liberties. Others feel that prisons have become more like country clubs. We’ll
explore whether America is more or
less safe as a result of our criminal
justice system.”
Admission to the 60-minute event is
free. Lifetree Café is located 401 S
Park St., Boyne City.
Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for conversation about
life and faith in a casual, comfortable setting. Questions about Lifetree may be directed to Julie Hasse
at 231-582-7983 or Lifetree@fpboyne.org.
Jan. 21
Chamber Awards Banquet
Chamber Annual Meeting and Awards,
Boyne Mountain Resort, 5 to 8 p.m. Great
food, entertainment, live and silent auctions, business awards. Call the Boyne Area
Chamber of Commerce at 582-6222 or go
to boynechamber.com for more info.
jan. 25 - April 25
Book Club
The Boyne District Library Book Club meets
at 7 p.m. the fourth Monday of each month
in the library’s conference room. The library
is located at 201 East Main St. in Boyne City.
Call (231) 582-7861 for more information.
Jan. 25
When we Were Orphans, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Feb. 22
Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn
March 28
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time
Indian by Sherman Alexie
April 25
Driftless , by David Rhodes
Jan. 26
THANK-YOU to veterans
The community of Boyne City will be hosting a free social gathering for all veterans
from 9 to 11 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday of
the month, beginning Jan. 26 at the Boyne
Area Senior Center. Coffee and doughnuts
will be donated by supportive area businesses. The senior center will also offer free
lunches to all veterans on the fourth Tuesday of the month, starting this January.
Jan. 29 - May 6
NCMC LUNCH LECTURES
North Central Michigan College’s luncheon
lecture series for the winter semester will
begin on Friday Jan. 29.
• January 29 – Fixing our Roads. Brian
Gutowski, engineer manager of the Emmet County Road Commission, will trace
the history of Michigan’s roads from the
first native trails to the present day. He will
explain how road work is funded in Emmet
County and what improvements will result
from a new state law that was passed to
help get our roads fixed.
• February 12 – The Clarinet. Dr. Tim
Topolewski served with distinction from
1970 until 1973 as clarinet soloist and
The Boyne City Gazette
is a proud member and
supporter of the following organizations.
enlisted conductor with the United States
Army Band “Pershing’s Own” in Washington, D.C. He is Professor Emeritus of Music
at the Crane School of Music where he
taught from 1987 through 2006. He will
talk about the instrument that helped
launch his career as a performer, conductor
and distinguished educator.
• February 26 – El Niño and La Niña.
Why do changing water temperatures in
the Pacific Ocean affect Northern Michigan weather? Jim Keysor of the National
Weather Service office in Gaylord will
analyze El Niño cycles from a historical perspective and point out clues to our weather
patterns in the months ahead. Jim has
been with the National Weather Service for
almost 23 years, working at offices in Paducah, Kentucky, Cheyenne, Wyoming and
Gaylord, Michigan.
• March 18 – Those Magical Dames. Magician Jania Taylor will review the stories of
five women who have performed as magicians, from those who worked on steamer
boats in the 1800s up to the present day.
She will also perform some the illusions
that the ladies featured in their acts. Jania
is a graduate of the Chavez Studio of Magic
in Colon, Michigan, a college of manual
dexterity and prestidigitation. She is the
third female in the history of the school to
complete the course.
• April 1 – Paddling around the Great
Lakes. Over the course of six summers,
Stephen Brede paddled his Kruger Canoe
“Seaweed” around the shorelines of all five
Great Lakes. He will talk about the challenges of paddling and camping along his
3,800-mile solo voyage, and describe the
amazing places, people, and animals he
encountered along the diverse coasts of the
world’s largest group of freshwater lakes.
• April 15 – Presidential Election Preview.
Presidential campaigns may be overly long
and too expensive, but they might be the
best test of a candidate’s ability to handle
the job. Three billion dollars might be
spent on the 2016 race. What should voters look for? How should they interpret
poll results, the math of the Electoral College and the ways candidates seek to construct political narratives to influence your
vote? Scott LaDeur, Ph.D., political science
instructor at North Central Michigan College, will explain how voters can prepare
themselves for the long campaign ahead.
• May 6 – Health Impacts of Climate
Change. Elizabeth Del Buono, M.D., surgi-
cal pathologist, Munson Medical Center,
will review the health impacts of climate
change, explain why it is necessary to address these issue, and suggest policies that
health professionals and others should
support to transition quickly to a low-carbon economy. Dr. Del Buono is a volunteer
with a local chapter of the non-partisan
grassroots group Citizens’ Climate Lobby.
All Luncheon Lecture programs are held
on Fridays in the Library conference room.
Reservations are required. Call (231) 3486600 or e-mail luncheonlectures@ncmich.
edu to reserve your place at the table. Cost
is $10. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. The program begins at noon.
Feb. 6
“Toast to Literacy”
Char-Em United Way’s third Toast to Literacy fundraising event, will be held February
6, 2016 at Castle Farms in Charlevoix.
The event will again focus on delightful libations from local breweries and vineyards
as well as a delicious food competition by
select caterers. Toast to Literacy will take place in the lower
level of Castle Farms from 7 to 10pm and
will feature wine/beer/mead tastings,
food, a silent auction, and live music. All proceeds will benefit the Dolly Parton’s
Imagination Library, a literacy initiative
sponsored by Char-Em United Way.
The Imagination Library provides free
books to children from birth to age five in
Charlevoix and Emmet Counties. Admission is $35 at the door or $30 in advance and includes a souvenir glass and
food tastings.
For more information, call 231-487-1006
or go to http://www.charemunitedway.
org/content/toast-literacy.
—sports—
World-famous skier had major impact on Boyne Mountain
Today gives reason to honor and
truly celebrate the life of one of
the most important individuals in
Boyne Mountain’s history who
is also recognized as the world’s
“Father of Freestyle Skiing,”
Stein Eriksen.
At 88 and surrounded by his family, he peacefully passed away
yesterday at his home in Park
City, Utah.
A Norway native, Stein Eriksen’s
part in Boyne history was far
from a chance occurrence, rather
a calculated endeavor on the part
of Everett Kircher.
The two met in the early 1950s
and Stein purchased a Studebaker from Everett’s Detroit dealership.
Stein won the gold medal in giant slalom at the 1952 Winter
Olympics using his unique counter-rotation method of skiing.
Everett learned of this and extended an offer of $5,000 for
Stein to promptly move to Michigan and lead Boyne Mountain’s
ski school.
Stein put his acceptance on hold,
continued training and won triple
gold at the 1954 World Championships.
Believing his amateur days were
behind him, Stein soon moved
to Boyne Mountain, bringing
along other Norwegian instructors, and served three winters as
the school’s director for what he
claims was $10,000 per season (a
comical debate which bred much
joking between the two for more
than 40 years).
Everett wrote, “His ski school
classes were packed and his private lesson book was constantly
filled” and in a letter written
for inclusion in Everett’s book,
Stein wrote, “If the learn-to-skiweekers didn’t know what skiing
was all about when they came to
Boyne, they did by the time they
left.”
Stein’s introduction of reverse
shoulder skiing, later carried on
by Othmar Schneider, elevated
Boyne Mountain’s ski school to
nationwide notoriety for many,
many years.
Equal to his graceful technique
in terms of revolutionizing
America’s ski industry was his
talent of combining his gymnast
and skier skills.
His swan dive combination with
somersaults is believed to be the
inception of inverted aerials and
cause for his “father of” status.
COLLEGE
SPORTS
DIGEST
SPOTLIGHT
• Kylie Hicks (Boyne City 2014)
is an alternate for 4x400-meter
relay for Grand Valley State University, which secured provisional qualification to the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field
Championships with a time of 3
minutes, 53.85 seconds in a runner-up effort at the GVSU Holiday Open on Dec. 4 in Allendale.
The meet was not scored.
In the competition, Hicks collected a fifth-place finish with the reserve 4x400-meter relay (4:00.92)
and a ninth in the 300-meter dash
(41.99 seconds).
Among the NCAA Division II,
the provisional-qualifying 4x400meter relay is seeded at No. 8.
The top eight finishers in each individual event and relay will capture All-American accolades.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
• Zach Hankins (Charlevoix
2014) contributed a game-high
five blocks, two points, two rebounds, one assist and one steal at
center for Ferris State University
(8-2) in a 83-71 victory at Ohio
Dominican University (3-5) on
Dec. 11 in Delaware, Ohio.
On Dec. 13, the sophomore followed by providing three rebounds, two points and one block
in an 84-83 loss at Tiffin University (3-5) on Dec. 14 in Tiffin,
Ohio.
After an extended winter break,
FSU will resume competition by
hosting the University of Findlay
(5-4) on Jan. 2 in Big Rapids.
For the season, Hankins has compiled 4.7 points and 2.8 rebounds
per game.
• Jay Redman (Boyne City 2012)
contributed one two rebounds
and one assist at guard for Lawrence Tech University (2-12) in a
65-62 loss at home to Concordia
University of Ann Arbor (7-5) on
Dec. 12 in Southfield.
On Dec. 19, the senior followed
by finishing with three points, one
rebound and one assist in a 99-57
loss at Hillsdale College (6-2) on
Dec. 19 in Hillsdale.
Following winter break, LTU will
It’s believed that he pulled off the
first flip on skis at Boyne Mountain, landing it at the bottom of
Hemlock.
Stein’s acrobatic moves mesmerized skiers and athletes of
all ages and it’s both impactful
and prideful to recognize that the
early years of his famed performances took place right at Boyne
Mountain.
According to Everett, Stein was
“blonde, handsome and the most
beautiful skier you’d ever seen,
gliding over the snow like a bird
sailing on the wind.”
He knew his efforts to lure Stein
to Boyne Mountain would pay
dividends, and that they did.
Stein lived in the United States
for the rest of his legendary life
and the connection between the
Kircher and Eriksen families has
remained strong.
Paying homage to his contributions, it was Everett who chose
Stein as the namesake of the
lodge’s restaurant, as well as
Stein’s Mambo ski trail.
SKI magazine named Stein No.
4 among its Top 10 Most Influential Skiers of All Time and a
Grand Rapids Press article labeled him the “Babe Ruth of ski-
BY CHRIS GRABER
SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
resume competition by hosting
Holy Cross College (9-6) on Dec.
29. For the year, Redman’s totaled 5.8 points and 1.8 rebounds
per game.
The meet was not scored, and
Plude did not compete.
The freshman competed for the
Cardinals cross country program
in the fall.
• Josh Puroll (Boyne Falls 2012)
secured an appearance at forward
for Lawrence Tech University
against Hillsdale College.
For the season, the senior’s tallied
1.8 points per game.
• Nick Plude (Charlevoix 2015)
is a freshman distance runner for
Saginaw Valley State University.
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
• Winter Romeyn (Ellsworth
2015) will conclude an extended
winter break for Michigan State
University, which will resume
competition at the Hillsdale Winter Open on Jan. 9 in Hillsdale.
On Dec. 4, MSU opened at the
Grand Valley State Holiday
Open on Dec. 4 in Allendale.
Romeyn did not compete.
The freshman competed for the
No. 19 Spartans cross country
program in the fall.
• Andrew Plude (Charlevoix
2012) will finish an extended
winter break for Saginaw Valley State University, which will
resume competition at the Lewis
Open on Jan. 8 in Romeoville, Illinois.
On Dec. 11, the Cardinals opened
the season at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala on Dec. 11 in Kent,
Ohio.
• Tevin Larmond (Boyne City
2013) will conclude an extended
winter break for Spring Arbor
University, which will resume
competition at the Aquinas College Quad No. 2 on Jan. 22 in
Grand Rapids.
From Dec. 4-5, the Cougars
opened the season at the Oiler
Open in Findlay, Ohio.
The meet was not scored, and the
sophomore sprinter did not compete.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
• Rainy McCune (Boyne City
2015) delivered four points, two
rebounds, two assists and one
steal as a starting guard for National Junior College Athletic
Association Division II No. 3
Schoolcraft College (10-0) in a
58-41 victory at Jackson Community College (2-10) on Dec. 9 in
Jackson.
On Dec. 12, the freshman followed by finishing with five
points, two rebounds and two assists in a 87-43 triumph at Glen
Oaks Community College (0-5)
Boyne City Gazette College Sports Digest
is sponsored by Great Lakes Energy
public domain photo
Stein Eriksen is pictured skiing in this photograph from 1960.
ing.”
Beyond good looks and being a
pioneer within the industry, Stein
had a warm personality. His
deep love of the sport continues
to inspire so many.
on Dec. 12 in Centreville.
In her most recent effort, she
provided four points, three rebounds, two assists and one
steal in a 67-43 victory at Grand
Rapids Community College (65) on Dec. 22 in Grand Rapids.
For the season, she’s compiled
eight points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4
assists per game.
the Hillsdale Winter Opener.
On Dec. 4, the Spartans opened
at the Grand Valley State Holiday
Opener.
Jeakle did not compete.
In the fall, Jeakle secured a
personal-best performance on
5,000-meter courses of 18:15 for
the MSU cross country program.
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
• Kayla Keane (East Jordan 2015)
will look to compete as a distance runner for the University
of Michigan, which will resume
competition at the Hillsdale Winter Opener on Jan. 9 in Hillsdale.
On Dec. 4, the Wolverines opened
at the Grand Valley State Holiday
Open in Allendale.
The meet was not scored, and Keane did not compete.
In the fall, Keane collected a personal-best effort on 5,000-meter
courses of 17 minutes, 39 seconds
for the UM cross country program.
• Amber Way (Charlevoix 2015)
will contribute in distance events
for Michigan State University
after competing with the No. 17
Spartans cross country program
at the NCAA Division I National
Championships in the fall.
During the cross country season,
the freshman collected a personalbest effort on 6,000-meter courses
of 20:59.
• Molly Jeakle (Charlevoix 2012)
is a senior distance runner for No.
11 Michigan State University,
which will resume competition at
• Kaleigh Beard (East Jordan
2012) is a senior thrower for
Spring Arbor University, which
will resume competition at the
Hillsdale Winter Opener.
On Dec. 4, the Cougars opened at
the Saginaw Valley State Holiday
Open on Dec. 4 in University.
Beard did not compete.
news
briefs
Rep. Triston Cole among
most conservative
triston cole
State Rep.
Triston Cole,
R-Mancelona, is one of
the top three
lawmakers
in Michigan
according to
the Mackinac Center
for Public
Policy 2015 rankings.
State Rep. Triston Cole issued the
following statement in response:
“It has been a true privilege serving
in the Michigan House of Representatives. Since taking office nearly
one year ago, I started fulfilling my
commitment to the fine individuals of the 105th District. I made a
promise to vote with integrity while
serving in Lansing,” he said. “I have
worked conscientiously at the Capitol this past year and this ranking is
a great honor and much appreciated.
However, my priority remains in the
hands and the hearts of the residents
of Northern Michigan.”
—Community—
Cervical Health Month
In 2015, it is estimated that 120
Michigan women died as a result
of cervical cancer.
During Cervical Health Awareness Month, the Health Department of Northwest Michigan
reminds everyone that cervical
cancer can be prevented and it can
also be detected early.
To make an appointment for a Pap
test or HPV vaccination, contact
your health care provider or call
the Health Department at (800)
432-4121. To learn more about
HPV and cervical cancer, visit
www.michigan.gov/hpv.
Host Families Wanted
Nacel Open Door (NOD) is a
nonprofit organization seeking local families to host international
high school students from nearly
30 countries. NOD has more than
2,000 high school boys and girls
from across the globe. Applications are now being accepted for
families interested in hosting a
student.
Families interested in hosting an
exchange student should contact
Darlene Mohler by e-mail at darlenemohler@hotmail.com or by
calling 800-2381198. More information at nacelopendoor.org.
shoe
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East Jordan Middle School teacher
and leader of the Shoe Club. “We
do a lot of school projects, community projects and (student) projects
for themselves as well.”
Hamilton said the idea of the Shoe
Club is so the kids can learn what
it's like to walk in other people's
shoes.
“When they join the shoe club, they
give me one of their shoes that I
hang on the wall in my room,” he
said. “And, over the years, I’ve
started collecting people's shoes as
role models for the kids.”
Hamilton said the shoe club visits
Grandvue often to play bingo with
the seniors and to do volunteer
work.
“(The kids) get interaction with an
older person and some history from
the people who lived through it,”
said Dettman. “They (seniors) get
a chance to interact with young
people and have them listen to
them and develop an acquaintance
or friendship.”
Hamilton said he hopes the seniors
will feel good about project, and
that the students will understand
they are giving back to the community in a meaningful way.
“It's an awesome opportunity,”
said Hamilton. “We love playing bingo with the residents
but this is much deeper and
much more valuable to us.”
He added, “Getting to know the
residents better on a deeper, more
meaningful level has been a great
experience for me as a teacher.
And, I know the kids have thoroughly enjoyed talking to them and
listening to them too.”
The Shoe Club’s motto is to valuing themselves and others.
A selection of the student poems
shared by Arch Dettman is as follows:
Jim's Interception
Elder: Jim W.
Students: Andrea L.,
Ellie S., Steven S.
It was 1952 in East Jordan, MI
The pass was thrown
to the other guy.
I happened to be there.
I jumped in between
two Charlevoix players
both taller than me
right at the goal line.
The game was done.
I scored the winning touchdown.
6-0!
First time in years
my team had beaten Charlevoix.
Everyone was cheering.
Free Verse Poem
Elder: Myrtle M.
Student: Sharity W.
I was riding a horse
It had been a good hour
A sunny, warm, muggy, afternoon
flo davis
I was only 5
years old
I couldn't
find my
original
saddle
so, I climbed
onto the
horse
with just
a blanket
beneath
I felt the blanket slip beneath me
I had fallen off the horse
I wasn't very far away from my
house
my brother ran fast into the house
out came my parents
My dad picked me up
ran me into the house
he sat me in a chair
a couple minutes later
I was at the doctors where they
gave me a sling
When I got home from the doctors
There I was with a sling over my
shoulder
I had to keep it on for about a
week
Moving was painful and uncomfortable
I slept in a rocking chair
Until I got my sling officially
From then until now
I have always had a crooked arm
The Spanking
Elder: Flo D.
Students: Emily Z., Madelyn R.,
Jennahka M.
I have to tell you
believe you me
McLaren’s 1st Xmas Baby
Jasper Ren Haven was born to
Jodi and Jay Haven at McLaren
Northern Michigan on Christmas
day, arriving at 12:20 p.m. and
weighing 9 lbs 8 ounces. As the
first Christmas baby, the McLaren
Northern Michigan Obstetrics Department gave the family a gift
basket filled with diapers, wipes,
stuff animals, toys, outfits, and of
course a baby Santa hat and his
first Christmas ornament. Jasper
was the first of two babies born at
McLaren Northern Michigan on
Christmas Day. For more information on McLaren Northern Michigan, call (800) 248-6777 or go to
northernhealth.org.
Boyne’s Brewer a
Scholarship Finalist
Senior Jacob Brewer of Boyne
City High School is one of 41
Michigan Technological University Leading Scholar finalists
chosen from more than 1,000
applicants for the 2016-17 academic year.
The talented academic achievers visited the Michigan Tech
campus in Houghton for the final judging round for the highly
competitive awards in early December, 2015. The awards will
be announced this month and inwe were jumping on the bed.
Ohh we were having fun.
You want to try it some time.
Papa told us to quiet down.
He ran upstairs yelling the whole
way,
grabbed me
and spanked my butt.
I haven't jumped on the bed since.
I will never forget it
as if it were yesterday.
We had no trampolines.
It was just as fun.
Work
Elder: Phyllis L. (91)
Student: Kara F.
My mother was very sick
Constantly in the hospital
I' say about one year
Her baby
Was left home
With me while I was only 12
The neighbor
Oh she helped me
For Which I was grateful
I was always thee boss
The oldest of 4
My mom was sick
While my dad worked
My sisters fought
All the time
I dropped out of school
My junior year
While I worked
At a senior center
Which I took classes
After I woked
I studied all night
I worked all day
I graduated
I got my GED
After
courtesy PHOTO
Jay and Jodie Haven are pictured with their newborn son Jasper Ren Haven.
clude three full-ride scholarship
winners from Michigan. They’ll
receive full tuition, plus room
and board and $1,000 toward
fees and expenses. Three out-ofstate residents will also receive
full tuition.
All of the finalists are already
winners. The Michigan finalists
will receive $8,000 annual Presidential Leading Scholarships.
Non-resident student finalists
have earned a $17,000 annual
scholarship.
I had finished
Work
Love all your friends.
Remember we're all different.
You can't expect them to agree
with everything you say,
but they are still your friends.
You do not have to have money
and things
to enjoy life,
you really don't
Friendship and family
is what really matters.
As long as you can get along
you will always be friends.
To me,
there is absolutely nothing
more important.
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Elder: Phyllis L.
Student: Elizabeth K.
When I was young,
12 or 13,
my mother was very sick.
I was the oldest of 4,
and had to watch my mother's
baby.
My younger sisters would fight
a lot.
My mother cried,
and she cried because my Dad
was always
at the bar.
She always wanted to divorce,
but she had 4 girls.
So it was me and them,
and my Mother was in the hospital.
My Dad was working,
but he was happy.
When my Mother got better,
She worked in the factory.
I moved all the time.
The depression didn't bother my
sisters,
but it bothered my parents a lot.
I realized it later.
Once all the kids left,
it was just the 3 of us,
until my Dad died,
then my Mom.
Now I regret nothing,
and I am happy,
I am outliving them.
Friendship
Elder: Helen A.
Students: Molly K., Madilyn C.
I'm Bohemian
Elder: Helen A.
Students: Molly K., Madilyn C.
I am Bohemian born
and raised.
Both parents of mine
are Bohemian
Their parents came from Bohemia.
I had a tough time
with my history teacher.
I mentioned Bohemia
to Mr. Brotherston.
He told me
there was no such place.
We argued through
half of the school year.
“There is such a place,”
I said in an angered tone.
One day
I was called into his office.
“What did I do?” I thought.
He apologized to me saying,
“There is a Bohemia after all.”
I wouldn't lie to my teacher
I told him.
Together we’re stronger,
so you can be.
We have joined forces to bring you the best quality health care
as close to home as possible.
Our hospital has a new name, but our purpose and our passion
are still all about you.
Together, we’re here for you – now stronger than ever.
Charlevoix Area Hospital is now
14700 Lake Shore Dr. | Charlevoix, MI | (231) 547-4024
munsonhealthcare.org/charlevoixhospital
MUNSON HEALTHCARE
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