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Covering 40 Towns in Northern Michigan including Gaylord, Petoskey,

Cheboygan, Grayling, Lewiston, Mancelona, Mio, Indian River and surrounding area.
2014 Inductees for

the Otsego County
Sports Hall of Fame
Inside...
sPORTs
STORY
PAGE 1B
Two lost fumbles

hurt Gaylords cause in
the fourth quarter of last Fridays
loss at Thirlby Field. (PHOTO BY ROB
DEFORgE OF RDsPORTsPHOTO.COm)
20/20 PROJECT
Some of the best athletes from Otsego County were inducted into the Otsego County Sports Hall of Fame this weekend. Individuals inducted into the hall of fame this year included Don Black, Bob Anderson, Shanna Pratt, Jerry Campbell, Adam Korson, Eric Dickerson and Shari Axford. Also inducted was the 1982-1983 St. Marys Softball Team.
By Dave Baragrey
This weekend some of the

greatest athletes to grace the
hallways of schools in Otsego
STORY
The Nehemiah Project, a spiritually
PAGE 10A
based community
homeless facility in
Petoskey that has been in existence since 1988. COuRTEsY PHOTO
& More!
County were recognized for their

athletic achievements at the Otsego County Sports Hall of Fame
banquet. Each year the selection
committee chooses the top ath-
letes from Gaylord, Gaylord St.

Mary, Johannesburg/Lewiston
and Vanderbilt high schools including athletes from local sports
programs like Little League. This
Historic Cheboygan Mural

dedication ceremony
years hall of fame inductees are

listed below with a recap of their
athletic careers.
see HALL OF FAME on pg. 8B
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By Jessica Boyce
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scared this Halloween
month, then visit Scream
in Wolverine for a frightful adventure. Every
Thursday Saturday for
the month of October
(and November 1st) they
have their three Halloween haunts open. They
have two more upcoming
weekends on October
23rd-25th and October
30th-November 1st. The
three haunts are Kurt and
Burts House of Horror,
the Swamp of Terror, and
the Crazed Clown Convention which are open
from 7:00 11:00 pm on
the given dates.
Each of the three
haunts has their own
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theme:
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mural was fading away and
have worked long and hard
local artist, Molly Jo Noland
to raise funds to save the hisrecreated it panel by panel. By
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2013 the mural was beyond regracing Cheboygan since
pair and was removed.
1975. The task is almost comEarly in 2014 Northern Michipleted and the new mural
was dedicated last Sunday in Northern Michigan gan artist, Terry Dickinson was
Washington Park.
artist, Terry Dickin- commissioned to recreate the
The mural depicts the his- son, recreated the mural from the original drawing by Mrs. Lentini. Following
tory of Cheboygan from 236 original mural
more than 6 months of work,
years ago when fur trader
the mural is now complete and
John Askin owned a log
placed in Washington Park.
cabin trading post on the Cheboygan
Fundraising will continue to fund the
River.
descriptive labels to be placed near the
In 1976, the 8 foot by 100 foot mural
mural to tell the story of the people
was painted by Margaret Lentini and
places and event depicted in the mural.
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Open House and Ribbon Cutting ceremony

at Cutting Edge Computers in Gaylord
By Jim Akans
Cutting Edge Computers, located at

440 West Main Street in Gaylord, is celebrating their Grand Opening with an
open house and ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 23rd from
noon to 5:30 pm. Its a great way to take
a peek at the selection of new and used
computers, tablets and computer accessories on hand at Cutting Edge Computers and enjoy some tasty treats
being offered by Big Bear Deli and
Sugar Me Sweets.
Cutting Edge opened the doors to
their business, which is situated just
behind the former site of Brothers Coffee, in March of this year. They are a
Dell authorized reseller, offer repair of
all computer makes and models including on-site repair, have a pick up and
delivery service, and they also offer

training in a variety of computer related tasks from basic operation such
as managing and emailing photos to assistance with internet related services
such as Facebook. Owner Mike Willits
brings over 14 years of computer industry experience to Cutting Edge
Computers.
In addition to the ribbon cutting ceremony, free beverages and snacks at
Thursdays open house there will be a
drawing for an eight-inch Dell Windows Pro Tablet towards the end of the
event. Cutting Edge Computers is located at 440 W. Main Street, Suite C in
Gaylord. They can be reached at (989)
448-0486, on Facebook (cutting edge
computers) or on the web at www.ceCutting Edge Computers, located at 440 West Main Street in Gaylord, is celebrating their Grand Opening with
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an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 23rd from noon to 5:30 pm. Owner Mike
Willits brings over 14 years of computer industry experience to Cutting Edge Computers. PHOTO BY Jim AkAns.
Parade of Baskets for Cheboygan

County Council on Aging
By Jessica Boyce
The Cheboygan County

Council on Aging is holding their first ever Parade
of Baskets. The Parade of
Baskets will be taking
place this Friday, October
24th, from 4:00 9:00 pm,
at the Cheboygan Armory.
Businesses and individuals have donated baskets
with different goodies for
the auction. All of the proceeds from the Parade of
Baskets will go to the programs that the Cheboygan
puts on. Some of these
programs include congregate and home delivered
meals, homemaking services, personal care, respite
care for caregivers, and
much more for everyone
over 60 years of age.
Admission for the Parade of Baskets is $15 per
person and this includes
10 auction entries and dinner that will include
grilled hamburgers and
hot dogs with the fixings.
Additional auction tickets
are $1/entry or $15 for 10
entries. You simply put
your tickets in the jar for
the basket you want, and
then a winner for each
basket will be drawn that
night. Baskets can be
viewed prior to the auction at the Sand Road Senior Center at 1531 Sand
Road in Cheboygan. 30
baskets have been donated
so far including a sports
basket from the Kiwanis
Club that contains about
$200 worth of hunting
The rst ever Parade of Baskets

for the Cheboygan County
Council on Aging is this Friday at
the Cheboygan Armory.
items such as binoculars,
another basket that contains about $300 worth of
ammunition, a wine basket, and a basket with an
assortment of chocolate
goodies.
The Cheboygan County
Council on Agings mission is: To provide a
place where senior citizens are valued and cared
for, providing services
making it possible for our
friends to remain in their
homes as long as possible,
and to provide a place to
congregate and socialize.
Help the Cheboygan
carry out their mission by
taking part in the first
ever Parade of Baskets
this Saturday at the
Cheboygan Armory. For
more information, you
can call the Sand Road
Senior Center at (231) 6277234.
Edelweiss Garden club brightens

another Habitat home
This summer, Gaylords
Edelweiss Garden Club,
Inc. has again planted a
garden for the 21st Habitat
for Humanity home built
in Otsego County. This has
become a tradition with
one HFH new home each
year since 2005 when the
club committed to helping
new HFH homeowners by
asking them first how
they envisioned their yard
and what they like to grow.
It is our feeling that the
homeowner will have
more incentive to maintain their landscape and
have more pride in the
ownership of their new
home by having the members of the EGC put in
their first garden.
In June, the EGC Committee of Marlene Everett,
Linda Tatum, Marilyn
Crawford, Janet Woityra
and Linda Reinhardt
planted many perennials
donated by members of
the Edelweiss Garden club
and the clubs spring plant
exchange. Annuals, top
soil and mulch were purchased to help new home
owner, Amanda Reed,
start landscaping her

home near Johannesburg.
Checking back with
Amanda recently, the committee helped answer
some questions for
Amanda and gave her
more information on the
perennials that have done
so well. We were happy to
see that Amanda and her
mother, added to her gardens this summer with
more perennials, annuals
and some wonderful
herbs.
The Edelweiss Garden
Club, was founded in 1984
and currently has 56 members. The club members
raise funds by having a
spectacular Garden Walk
each year in July and by
selling wreaths and greens
in November. These
fundraisers enable us to
purchase approximately
$2,000 in plants each year
for the 9 areas around the
community that the club
plants and maintains and
award two local $750 scholarships. For more information or to join, visit our
website: www.edelweissgardenclub.com
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WEATHER:
Gaylord Fact Finders present historian

Gaylord - The Gaylord Fact
Finders presents author, historian
and genealogist, Chris Czopek,
Saturday, October 25th.The program will be held in the Otsego
County meeting room at 11
am.Czopek recently discovered a
wealth of information researching pension files of the soldiers in
Company K, a unit of Native
American Sharpshooters who
fought in the Civil War. Based on
this research, Mr. Czopek will
share rediscovered stories such
as:
WHERE DID THE INDIANS
GET THEIR EUROPEAN
NAMES?
Many of todays Native American families have European

sounding names like Gibson,
Wells, and South. Did you ever
wonder where these names come
from? A rare document found in a
Pension File explains the mystery!
THE MYSTERY OF MANITOU
COUNTY
One soldier in Company K gave
his residence as Brown Island in
Manitou County.This island does
not appear on any map of Michigan and neither does Manitou
County. His pension file explains
the mystery of where this soldier
came from. And Chris will reveal
to Gaylord's Fact Finders where

Manitou county birth & death
records can be found today!
THE LAST SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN
The pension file of Grayling
resident Thomas Kechittigo tells
about a little known event in
Michigan history, an Indian settlement on the Au Sable River that
was wiped out in 1869. Details will
be made public for the first time!
THE HERMIT OF WOLVERINE, MICHIGAN
William Isaacs came back from
the war a changed man. The horrors of what he had seen and done
were too much to bear, so he abandoned his wife and children and
disappeared into the Northern
woods of Michigan. His family
never heard from him again. Onehundred and fifty years later, his
pension file was discovered in the
National Archives, and it tells
what happened to this twicewounded veteran.
This event is free and open to
everyone.Please contact Jackie at
the Otsego County Library for
more information at 989-732-5841.
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(Oct. 15, 2014) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Alexander Dammer, from Gaylord, Mich., sets up targets for a 9mm gun shoot aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W.
Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is supporting maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater security cooperation eorts in the
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Gaylord Chamber announces board election results

GAYLORD - The Board of
Directors of the Gaylord
Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Mark Hogan,
Joe Messenger & Marcia
Taylor were elected to threeyear terms to the Board of
Directors by a recent vote of
the membership. Their
terms will begin in January,
2015.
We are fortunate to have
such an outstanding group
of new Board members,
commented Chamber Board
Chairperson Jenni Caverson. The Chamber Membership and community
will be the recipients of
their positive leadership,
she added.
Mark is the Assistant
General Manager and P.G.A.
golf professional at the Otsego Club & Resort in Gaylord. Mark was
instrumental in the formation of the Gaylord Golf
Mecca and has served as the
past Chairman of this prestigious organization for
many years. Mark has spent
many years as a volunteer
for the Gaylord Athletic
Boosters in addition to
being a member of the
Michigan High School Athletic Association serving as
a referee for basketball and
volleyball. Mark feels that
with his history of working
directly with the public
every day, having a customer service mentality and
his knowledge of the Gaylord community he will be a
beneficial leader of the Gaylord Area Chamber of Commerce and looks forward to
serving the community.
Joe, along with his wife
Vicky, are the owners of
Gaylord Community Funeral Home & Cremation
Service. He serves as President, Manager and funeral
director. Joe and Vicky have
been Gaylord residents
since 2004. Joe is an active
Rotarian and believes that
giving back of his time and
resources is not only an opportunity but an obligation.
Joe is excited to serve on
the Chamber Board because
he believes that small business is the backbone of the
community. Membership in
the Chamber provides the
opportunity for business

owners and managers to
work together for the benefit of business and the community. The Board of
Directors plays a key role in
providing the leadership
and vision to move the
Chamber and the community forward and he will be
honored to serve the Chamber membership.
Marcia Taylor is the General Manager of the local
beloved musical group The
Cookies. A native of Atlanta Georgia, Marcia
began visiting Gaylord with
her husband John, a Gaylord native, in 1987. After a
lengthy career with the
Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta working in fund-raising, finance, and education
she convinced her husband
John to move his painting
business permanently to
Northern Michigan in 2009.
She instantly fell in love
with Gaylord and Otsego
County and all that it has to
offer. She serves as the President of the Heart Lake Association, and is a member
of the Gaylord Rotary Club
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Recreation, Entertainment, Arts, Dining
The Scarlet Cord,

ArtPrize 2014 honoree
North Central Michigan College is proud to
be the host of the powerful exhibit, The Scarlet
Cord, by artist Pamela
Alderman, to our
Petoskey campus October 27-29. The Scarlet
Cord: Healing for Sex
Trafficked Children reveals the deception that
enslaves innocent children. As visitors step inside a storage container
filled with 30 doors, they
enter a secret world. This
dark world crosses religious and socio-economic
borders to sell children
for sex. The twisting
scarlet cord depicts the
trauma bond that connects the children to
their traffickers. The
weathered doors represent these abused children whose youthful
minds have become knotted. There are six mixedmedia works of art
Tethered, Raped,
Branded, Wounded,
Stripped and Forced. Aldermans artdedicated
to these suffering children tethered within the
sex industrycalls for
compassionate action.
This exhibit was voted
top 25 in the ARTPRIZE
2014 series. It was on display at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Museum
from September 24
through October 12. It
will open in Petoskey at
North Central Michigan
College in the parking lot
between the library and

the admin classroom
building on Monday, October 27.
Hours are Monday, October 27, 2 p.m. 6 p.m.,
Tuesday, October 28, 9
a.m. 6:30 p.m. and
Wednesday, October 29
from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Docents will be available
for tours during this
time.
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anonymous donor from
Bay View for underwriting the exhibit, and
Crooked Tree Arts Center, the Womens Resource Center of
Northern Michigan and
the Zonta Club of
Petoskey for their support. For more information, visit .
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Are you ready for the

Zombie Apocalypse?
PHOTO ABOVE: It appears some zombies
may have gotten around town a bit earlier
than expected. These ne looking specimens showed up at the Business Showcase
event last week. Keep a close eye out for
them the next two weekends in downtown
Gaylord. PHOTO BY Jim AkAns
Weekend events
through Halloween
at Coney Island Cafe
in Gaylord oer thrills
and chills
The Zombie Apocalypse will take place

this coming Friday and Saturday
evenings, October 24th and 25th, and on
Halloween evening, October 31st, starting at around 6 pm. PHOTO BY Jim AkAns
By Jim Akans
Are you ready for the Zombie

Apocalypse? For the next two weekends it appears as though a dreaded
gang of Zombies will be invading
the area in and around the Coney
Island Caf in downtown Gaylord.
All brave, adventurous, or perhaps
just curious souls should plan to
head down to the back entrance of
this delicious dining establishment
to help stem this devious invasion.
Its important for people to be
prepared, states Penny Martin,
owner of the Coney Island Cafe the
organizer of this exciting Halloween oriented event. Disasters
can be a tornado, wide scale power
outage, or in this case a zombie invasion. I love Halloween and this
event was inspired after we did the
Slaughter House event last year. We
are looking to have some great,

scary fun with this!
The Zombie Apocalypse will take
place this coming Friday and Saturday evenings, October 24th and
25th, and on Halloween evening, October 31st, starting at around 6 pm.
There will be three tables set up behind the Coney Island Caf; one
with Red Cross volunteers, one will
be a nurses station, and the third an
information and Zombie Hunting
Permit purchase site. The permit is
just $1, has no limit to the number
of zombies the owner can bag,
and proceeds from the permit sales
will be donated to hunter safety
classes.
The story is that the Coney Is-
land has contaminated all previous

Coney diners and turned them into
zombies, Penny relates. Since we
feel responsible we have organized
a safe haven here at the caf. As
zombie hunters enter the back of
the restaurant they will pass some
zombies we have securely caged up.
Further in the caf they need to be
on the watch for people who have
been bitten but have not yet turned,
as well as zombies that are on the
loose.
Its a haunted house meets Night
of the Living Deadand certain to
be a lot of fun for those who share
an enthusiasm for the thrills and
terrors that make Halloween a favorite time of the year for so many.
There will also be some scary music
and announcements on the downtown Gaylord street music system
during the event.
So dont stay at home these next
couple of weekends. Come join the
adventure and Halloween fun of the
Zombie Apocalypse headquartered
at the Coney Island Caf in downtown Gaylord. Be prepared!
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For the last twelve years, the C.S.

Lewis Festival has delivered many
thought-provoking and informative
events celebrating the life of C.S.
Lewis and his 50 year legacy to
northern Michigan. This years festival brings new and exciting events
such as the Book Club discussion of
The Great Divorce and premiere
viewing of the PBS documentary, A
Quest for Meaning: Myth, Imagination & Faith in the Lives and Literature of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R.
Tolkien, with Emmy Award winning
filmmakers Chip Duncan & David
Crouse.
Every year, area youth performs
plays or musicals that are based on
the works of C.S. Lewis and are supported and sponsored by the festival.
In Petoskey the annual production
of Narnia: the Musical has been
re-envisioned through a new directors eyes. I grew up reading The
Chronicles of Narnia and was
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there was a musical version of The
Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe,
says director Julie Laur. Meeting
the character of Aslan in this allegory has been life changing.His
compassion for Edmund and the justice he metes out on the White Witch
helped me understand who Jesus is
and want to get to know Him better.
This years production features
students from Petoskey Public
Schools, Concord Academy of
Petoskey, and Harbor Springs Public
Schools. Some cast members are
new to the stagelet alone this productionand others are rich in experience, including Orion Brill, who
will be reprising his 2012 role of
Aslan, the Lion. As in previous
years, cast members have been challenged to approach the work from a
fresh perspective. This has included
study of film excerpts based on the
book (published in 1950), how they
relate to the script of Narnia: the

Musical (first performed in 1986),
and the connection to present day
life thirty-sixty years later.
Narnia: The Musical will be performed on Saturday, October 25th at
7:00 p.m. and on Sunday, October
26th, at 2:00 p.m. at the John M. Hall
Auditorium in Bay View. Tickets
will be available at the door. Ticket
prices are $5.00 for students and seniors, $7.00 for adults, and $25.00 for
the immediate family. For additional
information, call Julie Laur at 989578-7945 or email her at jewelbone@hotmail.com.The C.S. Lewis
Festival is a not for profit celebrating its 12th year whose mission is to
provide an enriching cultural experience for all peoplethat explores
the life and work of C. S. Lewis
through collaborations by the arts,
education, and faith communities.
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ELECTION NEWS
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StatE ElECtiOnS
Whos on Your Ballot this November?
By Tina sundelius
November 4th is just two weeks

away and here we go again,
scrambling to be the informed
populous we know we should be,
a people with the inherent right
to choose in a sea of overwhelming choices and conflicting information. Between a never-ending
stream of mailers and television
campaign ads, Michigan voters
may be feeling inundated with information. A wide range of races
from governor down to township
and library boards will be up for
grabs and the voting public is expected to know whos who. Its
difficult to stay on top of all the
candidates and proposals that
will be on the ballot this fall. In
an effort to simplify the voter
preparation process, heres a
brief introduction to the candidates squaring off at the state
level this November.
For the office of Michigans
Governor, candidates from the
Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green and US Taxpayers
parties will appear on the ballot.
Incumbent Rick Snyder (R), seeking a second term, is fighting an
unexpectedly close re-election
campaign against liberal progressive Mark Schauer (D). Snyder campaigned in 2010 as a
political novice and a mostly unknown businessman. After four
years running the state, polls
show that voter impressions of
him are more negative than positive with 37% of Michigan voters
stating that they approve of Snyders performance while 54% disapprove. Doing a better job of
matching workforce skills and
available jobs seems to be the
main focus of his campaign.
However, while voters have a
negative opinion of the incumbent, they tend to have no opinion at all of politician and
lawmaker Schauer. Among those
that do, Schauer has a slightly
positive rating with 27% favorable and 24% unfavorable.
Schauer believes in a strong middle class and intends to fight to
build an economy that works for
everyone, not just the wealthy.
Libertarian, Mary Buzuma is
running to give voters a choice.
Green party candidate, Paul
Homeniuk is running because of
a belief that government is failing the people and U.S. Taxpayer
candidate, Mark McFarlin gave
his reason for running as a desire to reform Michigan for the
good of the people and to keep
the federal government out of
the lives of Michiganders.
U.S. Senator, Carl Levin is retiring from office and the Democrats and Republicans are both
pulling out all the stops to capture this seat. Democrat Gary Peters is running against
Republican Terri Lynn Land.
These two candidates have run
more negative ads than all the
other candidates combined. Our
publisher, Dave Baragrey, has decided to vote for anyone else
36TH DISTRICT STATE SENATE RACE
JIM STAMAS
U.S. SENATE RACE
TERRI LYNN LAND

106TH DISTRICT STATE HOUSE RACE
ROBERT KENNEDY
other than either of these two
candidates. Baragrey said, I am
sick of listening and reading so
many negative ads from all the
candidates, but these two represent everything that is wrong
with the election process. It is unfortunate that one of them will
be elected.
Running for the seat vacated by
Howard Walker in the 37th District of the Michigan State Senate which encompasses Grand
Traverse, Antrim, Charlevoix,
Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle,
Mackinac, and Chippewa Counties are Democrat Phil Bellfy and
Republican Wayne Schmidt.
Bellfy is running with deep environmental passions while
Schmidt is interested in building
the states infrastructure and
making Michigan an attractive
place to start a business.
In District 36 which encompasses Gladwin, Midland, Ogemaw, Iosco, Alcona, Oscoda,
Crawford, Otsego, Montmorency,
JOE LUKASIEWICZ
WAYNE SCHMIDT
PHIL BELLFY
U.S. SENATE RACE
GARY PETERS
TRISTON COLE
JAY CALO
GOVERNORS RACE
GOVERNORS RACE
MARY BUZUMA
MARK SCHAUER
PETER PETTAIA
and Alpena Counties, Senator
John Moolenaar is not seeking
re-election. Democrat Joe
Lukasiewicz from Greenbush
and Republican Jim Stamas from
Midland are vying for his seat.
Lukasiewicz has expressed concern about handing over the state
to future generations in a worse
condition than when we inherited it and hopes that by not
doing business as usual Michigan can reclaim the stature it
once held leaving it a better
place. Stamas hopes to make
Michigan better for each resident
through a focus on Jobs, Education and Accountability.
Michigans House of Representatives 105th District encompasses the five counties of
Charlevoix, Antrim, Otsego,
Montmorency, and Oscoda. Conservative farmer Triston Cole (R)
and teacher Jay Calo (D) are running for the seat vacated by Greg
MacMasters. Coles platform includes lessening government in-
trusion, increasing respect for individual liberties and upholding

and strengthening private property rights. Calo wants to reinvest in the public school system
and restore tax credits that help
working and middle class citizens.
The 106th District for the State
House of Representatives includes Iosco, Alcona, Alpena,
Cheboygan, and Presque Isle
Counties. Incumbent Republican
Peter Pettalia from Presque Isle
and Democrat Robert Kennedy
from Harrisville appear to be opposites in their priorities. Pettalia stated that his top three
legislative priorities are Jobs,
protecting seniors and property
rights and improving educational opportunities while
Kennedy listed campaign finance
reform, infrastructure improvements and real dollar annual increases to local units of
government and public schools.
Kennedy also stated he will fight
GOVERNORS RACE
RICK SNYDER
to restore school funding and for
marriage equality if elected.
Watch next weeks paper for a
rundown of local candidates and
ballot proposals.
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October 23, 2014
LOCAL NEWS
GRAYLING
Business after hours

Thursday, October 23,
5:30 7:30pm at the Brook
Retirement Communities.
Business people are encouraged to attend and be
prepared with a number of
their business cards to
pass. This event is open to
members and non-members alike. Join us for Door
Prizes, 50/50 Raffle, Appetizers, Beverages, Networking & More! Entry Fee
- $5 cost for Chamber
Members / $10 cost for
Not-Yet-Members
will include a panel and

open discussion about the
history of Petoskeys
Mitchell Street and its
businesses throughout the
years. Public welcome.
Refreshments provided.
GAYLORD
CHEBOYGAN
Parade of baskets
Local businesses and individuals are donating baskets for auction to benefit
the Cheboygan County
Council on Aging. Auction
is held Oct. 24, 4-9pm at
Cheboygan Armory. Fish
fry sponsored by Mackinaw Bands of Native Americans. Admission is $15
person and includes 10
auction entries.
It is time to sign up for

Bear Basketball. Classes
begin October 18 for
Kindergarten 2nd Grade.
Boys and girls in Kindergarten through 2nd grade
will learn basic skills on
Saturday mornings from
10:30am Noon. Cost for
this 4 week class is just $5
and includes a t-shirt. Registration forms are available at the Otsego County
Community Center or online at www.BearBasketball.org
CROSS VILLAGE
Nature walk
Petoskey
Regional
Audubon Society hosts
Oct. 25 Nature/Bird Walk
near Cross Village on Hindle-Ross Trails beginning
at 10am. Bring binoculars
and dress for the weather.
Plan on a 2-3 hour stroll on
gently undulating terrain.
Dutch treat group lunch to
follow, at Legs Inn or
Moose Jaw Junction, for
those interested. The program is free and open to
the public.
Bear Basketball sign-up k2nd grade
GAYLORD
Bear Basketball sign-up

3rd 6th grade
You can still sign up for
Bear Basketball. Classes
began October 4th for 3rd
6th grade. Boys and Girls
in grades 3 6 will learn
basic skills and play on
basketball teams in the
Bear Basketball league
this fall and winter. Registration forms are available
at the Otsego County
Community Center or online at www.BearBasketball.org. Registration cost
for 3rd 6th grade is just
$15 per player and includes the skills classes,
winter league and a player
shirt. Classes begin October 4 at the Community
Center. Leagues for 3rd
6th grade begin in January.
GRAYLING
Harvest Dinner
Thursday, October 23rd
from 4-6pm at Grayling
Senior Center Cornish
Hens, Fresh Sweet Potato,
Prince Charles Blend, Pear
Halves, and Apple Pie.
Suggested Donation for
60+ is $3.00/person. Under 60 cost is $4.50/person.
LEWISTON
Farmers market
Lewiston Farmers Market has moved to our indoor location on Kneeland
Street next to the Courage
Salon. Open year around.
MICHIGAN
2014 Open Enrollment of

medicare
The Annual Open Enrollment period for Medicare
beneficiaries begins October 15th and will continue
through December 7th. It
is important for every
Medicare recipient to review his/her coverage and
be certain that the plan you
have for 2015 is the best
plan for you.
GRAYLING
Business after Hours

Sponsored by The Brook
Retirement of Grayling,
Thursday, October 23, 5:30
7:30pm. The Brook Retirement
Communities,
Grayling. Door Prizes,
50/50 Raffle, Appetizers,
Beverages, Networking &
More! Entry Fee - $5 cost
for Chamber Members /
$10 cost for Not-Yet-Members
PETOSKEY
History program
The Little Traverse Historical Society will be presenting a program this
Thursday, October 23, at 7
p.m. at the History Museum located at 100 Depot St. The program,
Mitchell Street Memories,
HARBOR SPRINGS
Special Hunters Service
This Sunday, October
26th, Harbor Light Community Chapel will host author and professional
sportsman Gerry Caillouet.
Gerry is the host of the radio show Gods Great
Outdoors, which is a 25
minute weekly program
featuring interviews with
pro sportsmen like Chuck
Buck of Buck Knives,
Jimmy Houston Americans Favorite Fisherman,
and David Hale and Harold
Knight The Game Call
Pros. This is a great service to invite your friends to!
Gerry will entertain, challenge and share how you
can conquer your inhibitions about sharing your
faith. Service begins at
10:00am followed by a
special Q & A session with
Gerry. Location: 8220
Clayton Rd,
GRAYLING
Matter of Balance
Runs thru October 27th.
Classes held weekly from
9:15 - 11:15am on Mondays or Thursdays at the
Michigan Works! (4595
Salling Road, Grayling) The Crawford County
Commission on Aging &
Senior Center will be presenting a FREE series of 8
classes on the subject of
preventing falls called A
Matter of Balance. Many
older adults experience
concerns about falling and
restrict their activities as a
result. This Award-Winning
Program emphasizes practical strategies to manage
falls and is designed to
help older adults manage
their concerns about falling
and increase their activity
levels. Anyone interested
in improving balance, flexibility and strength; anyone
who has fallen in the past
or anyone who has restricted activities because
of falling concerns should
attend. For more information and to sign up for the
series, contact the Crawford County Commission
on Aging & Senior Center
at (989) 348-7123.
PETOSKEY
Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred

Haise
Wednesday,
October
29th at 7pm, NCMC presents Apollo 13 Astronaut
Fred Haise in North Centrals Student and Community Resource Center gymnasium
on
Petoskey
campus. Fred began his
20-year NASA career as
an aeronautical research
pilot, serving as backup
crew for the Apollo 8, 11
and 16 missions and commander of the Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1977 for
the Approach and Landing
Program at Edwards Air
Force Base. But Haise is
most well known as a crew
member on the ill-fated
Apollo 13 lunar mission in
1970. Admission is free,

but tickets are required and
are available at the North
Central Michigan College
Student Services office, fitness office and bookstore
on the Petoskey campus.
For more information on
the
lecture
call
231.439.6218
MACKINAW CITY
Beginning digital
photography
Class on Oct. 29. Join us

later this month to upgrade
your photography skills!
This class will help you get
better results from your cell
phone, mobile device,
point and shoot camera or
digital SLR. A lecture of
about one hour will be followed by a question and
answer session. Bring your
camera, cell phone and
owners manual. The instructor will be set up to
educate you on taking outdoor portraits, yet adapting
it to indoors for this training. Students will take
turns modeling and working on techniques learned
in class. The instructor will
be Dan Welihan, a
Cheboygan photographer
and photography instructor. Please RSVP, as class
size is limited, and join us
at the library at 528 W.
Central Avenue in Mackinaw City from 6:30 8:30
for this free class. For more
details, contact the library
at 231-436-5451, mackinaw1@gmail.com or see
www.mackinawareapl.mich
library.org.
CHEBOYGAN
Right to life Dinner

October 30 Right to Life
Dinner, K of C Hall,
Cheboygan, 6pm
CHEBOYGAN
Downtown Trick-or-Treating
October 31 Downtown
Main
Trick-or-Treating,
Street (from Court to State
Streets) 3-5pm
GRAYLING
Community Family Funfest

Friday, October 31st
from 6-8pm at Resurrection Life Center (2640
West M 72, Grayling) The
community is invited to our
7th annual funfest event.
There will be hayrides,
bonfire, hot dogs, candy,
trunk or treats, prizes,
bounce house and games.
For more information contact the church at 989-3481000. Come join in this
safe and fun event in our
community!
GRAYLING
Halloween Parade & Trick or

Treating in grayling
Halloween Parade, Friday, October 31st at 1pm
on Michigan Avenue.
Come watch and cheer on
the little ones as they strut
through downtown in their
best costumes! Trick or
Treating Friday, October
31st from 6-8pm in
Grayling homes & businesses throughout downtown Grayling & the business loop invite families to
come out and trick or
treat.
GRAYLING
Halloween Party
Friday, October 31st at
11am at the Grayling Senior Center We will be
judging the MOST ORIGINAL costume & the MOST
UNRECOGNIZABLE person in costume! Join us for
a ghoulish lunch at noon
(pork roast w/ apple glaze,
stuffing, broccoli, sweet potatoes and apple sauce)
lunch cost is: Seniors 60+
suggested donation of
$3/person, and Under 60
is $4.50/person.
GAYLORD
Trunk or Treat
Trunk or Treat is a fun,
safe way for kids to collect
Halloween candy all in one
spot! The people of St. Andrew will welcome all with
open arms. 5:30pm 7:30pm, Friday, Oct. 31.
St. Andrew Episcopal
Church, M-32 East at
Hayes Rd., Gaylord
GRAYLING
Winter Coats/Jackets
needed
As colder weather soon
approaches, its time to
search closets for clean
used or new coats and
jackets for adults and children. Drop them off at the
Crawford County Community Christian Help Center
during office hours (Mon,
Wed, Fri 11am3pm).
GRAYLING
Food need Requests

As our food pantry continues to expand and grow,
we find an ongoing need
for specific items. When
you shop for your family,
would you think about
adding an item or two that
is needed at the food
pantry? The needed items
are:
Peanut
Butter,
Canned
Vegetables,
Canned Fruit, Canned
Meat, Juice, Cereal, Pasta,
Dish Soap, Laundry Soap,
Shampoo, Deodorant, Toilet Paper, Toothpaste, and
Toothbrushes. Your donations, by check or product,
are appreciated. Donations
can be dropped off at the
CCC Christian Help Center
Mon, Wed, Fri 11am-3pm.
MACKINAW CITY
Wheelchairs, canes, walkers

available
The Lions Club of Mackinaw City has wheelchairs,
walkers, canes, crutches,
toilet seats, shower seats,
and a 10-foot portable EZ
Access Ramp for locals
and tourists alike. They
can be checked out no
charge at City Hall. The
Chamber of Commerce
also has a couple of the
wheelchairs on hand. Contact the local police officer
on duty if something is
desperately needed in off
hours. Please dont be shy
about asking for the use of
these items. They are
meant to assist anyone
and everyone.
GRAYLING
Worksite wellness
Free Worksite Wellness
Program for Crawford
County Businesses. Are
you interested in improving the health of your employees and reducing your
healthcare costs? We have
an opportunity that can
help you do both! District
Health Department #10 is
looking for businesses in
Crawford County that are
interested in starting or expanding a worksite wellness program for their employees. We can provide
you with evidence based
best practices and resources to help make your
program a success. This
includes but is not limited
to:
monthly
wellness
newsletters for your employees, fun fitness and
nutrition challenges to help
motivate your employees,
onsite education for your
employees and the chance
to collaborate with other
worksites in your community during quarterly lunch
meetings. The best part is
its all free! If you are interested in this opportunity or
would like more information please contact Kim
Chandler (Health Educator) at 989-348-7800, ext
7589
or
kchandler@dhd10.org.
GRAYLING
Baby to Toddler Closet

The Baby to Toddler
Closet meets two Thursdays a month. First Thursday from 11:00-3:00,
please last customer at
2:30 and third Thursday
11:00-7:00, please last
customer at 6:30. We have
more and more families in
need in Crawford County,
so we are glad to be there
to assist them with their
children. We would appreciate it if anybody has any
clothes, shoes children
have grown out of or blankets, crib sheets, toddler
bed sheets, please think of
babies and children who
really need these items to
keep them warm and dry.

We need donations of Diapers. All sizes. The next
meeting will be September
4.
Mancelona and all surrounding towns. Contact

us at Office@WeeklyChoice.com or call 989732-8160.
NORTHERN MICHIGAN GAYLORD

Playgroups
Annual Art-Full gathering
Playgroups for children

0-60 months and their preschool aged siblings are
offered free through the
Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan.
Playgroups will help you
find out more about your
childs
developmental
stage; learn new games
and activities to play with
your child; and share
ideas, parenting experiences and concerns with
the playgroup facilitator
and other parents. This
fall/winter, Playgroups are
held: 9:30-11am Tuesdays
at Jordan Valley District Library Community Room,
East Jordan; 9:30-11am
Wednesdays at United
Methodist Church, Alanson; 9:30-11am Thursdays
at Christ Lutheran Church,
Boyne City; 9:30-11am Fridays at United Methodist
Church, Petoskey. Call
(231)347-0067 or visit wrcnm.org for more information.
The public is invited to a

harvest of unique and
beautiful artwork at the 7th
annual Art-full Gathering
art show and sale to be
held Saturday, November
1 from 10am-3pm at the
Michaywe
clubhouse.
Michigan artisans will
showcase and sell their art
pieces, including jewelry,
photography, paintings,
quilt work and other creations. Admission to the
event is $3 per person over
age 18, and all are encouraged to bring healthy,
non-perishable items for
the Otsego County Food
Pantry.
PETOSKEY
volunteers needed
The Northwest Michigan
Community Action Agency
(NMCAA) in Petoskey is
seeking people to fill volunteer intake positions,
with complete training for
position. Volunteers will
serve as one of the first
Agency contacts with their
neighbors in need and play
an important role in helping
people dealing with financial emergencies to navigate the services available
through
NMCAA and
throughout the community.
NNMCAAs office is located at 2202 Mitchell Park
Drive and is open Monday
- Friday from 7:30am 4:30pm. Volunteers create
their own schedules in advance. NMCAA asks that
they serve at least one 3hour shift per week. Contact Tish Garthe-Shiner at
(231)
947-3780
or
lgshiner@nmcaa.net to apply or for more information!
MANCELONA
WOW
WOW Saturday. First

Saturday of every Month
thru May 2015. starting
Saturday Nov. 1st. Pathway Community Church/
US 131, 9:30-11:30. 1st 6th graders welcome. No
Charge. No need to register early. High energy,
games, lessons, music, activities. More info call
Michele 231-350-6367.
WOW
Campers
and
Friends, join us for some
amazing WOW activities
the first Saturday of every
Month starting November
1st.
NORTHERN
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CHEBOYGAN
Damn Yankees
Northland Players present Damn Yankees, a musical comedy, on November 1, 7 and 8 at 7:30pm
and November 2nd, Sunday Matinee, at 2pm.
Adults $12, Students $8.
Sunday Matinee Seniors
$10. Tickets are on sale at
the Cheboygan Opera
House 231-627-5841.
GAYLORD
Holiday House
First United Methodist
Church, 215 S. Center,
Gaylord, will hold its 56th
Annual Holiday House
bazaar from 9am to 2pm,
Saturday, November 1. Admission is free and all ages
are welcome! Enjoy a delicious Italian spaghetti
lunch prepared by Chef
John Gianino and served
from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Prices are $5.50 for ages
13 and older, $3.00 for
ages 6 through 12 and
FREE for ages 5 and under. Everyone is invited to
meet Santa and Mrs. Claus
between 10:30 am and
12:30 pm.
MICHIGAN
Fall back
Daylight savings time

ends Nov. 2. Fall back one
hour at 2am.
GRAYLING
Public input sought on forest

plans
DNR Invites Public Input
on Forest Plans for Alcona,
Crawford, Iosco & Oscoda
Counties. Wednesday, November 5th at 9am at DNR
Grayling Field Office, 1955
Hartwick Pines Road. The
DNR will complete its formal compartment review to
decide on final treatment
plans for these areas. Persons with disabilities who
need accommodations for
either meeting should contact Susan Thiel, 989-3486371, ext. 7440, a minimum of five business days
before each meeting. Anyone unable to attend meeting may submit comments
via email to Susan Thiel at
thiels1@michigan.gov using the subject line
Grayling state forest open
house comment. All comments must be received at
least three business days
before meeting. For more
information about the state
forest planning process, visit
www.michigan.gov/forestplan.
GAYLORD
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Help mBank provide
area children with winter
boots. We are currently accepting donations of new
and gently used winter
boots in all childrens sizes,
to be dispersed to children
in need throughout the
Gaylord community. Boots
are accepted at drop-off locations. Cash donations
can be made at mBank by
purchasing a sponsor boot
for $1 or $5. Now thru Nov.
7. Delivery by Nov. 13. All
boot donations will be directly donated to Gaylord
Community Schools. Drop
off at mBank, 1955 S. Otsego Ave.
October 23, 2014
LOCAL NEWS
PETOSKEY
Juried Fine Arts

The 2014 Juried Fine
Arts Exhibition will be presented in the Ermy B. &
Gordon B. Bonfield Gallery
now through November 8.
The juried exhibition represents artists from all over
the state of Michigan.
GAYLORD
gun sight-in
Deer hunters, dont miss

your buck. Sight in your
firearm. Come to the Northland Sportsmens club annual deer season sight in
November 8-13, 9am to
5pm and November 14,
9am - 1pm. The Sportsmens Club is located at
1542 Old Alba Rd. Targets,
spotting scopes, benches,
sand bags provided. Covered firing line open regardless of weather. Assistance available upon
request, fee $5 per firearm.
PETOSKEY
Food & Farming Conference

Around the Table: Growing Together. 2nd Annual
Local Food & Farming
Conference. Wednesday,
November 12, 4 - 8 PM.
$10 includes materials and
refreshments North Central
Michigan College Iron
Horse Caf & Conference
Center in Petoskey. Join
farmers, food hub organizers, local food buyers and
others to grow a stronger
local food system. Learn
from the successes of the
UP Food Exchange/Marquette Coop, Goodwills
Farm to Freezer program,
area distributors, restaurants, food processors &
retail purchasers about
what works and what
needs work. Dont miss the
ideas, networking, new opportunities, and food! For
tickets or information,
please
see
www.ncmich.edu/cce or
call 231-348-6708. To
sponsor a display table,
please call 231-348-6705.
GAYLORD
Power of the Purse

Grab your clutch and join
us for a delightful evening!
Enjoy an evening of socializing and entertainment by
Elizabeth Cannon. New
this year! A special short
group (art) paint-session
with Martina Hahn creating
a masterpiece that we will
auction off! Bids will be accepted for live and silent
auctions, a heads or tails
contest and everyone
leaves with a special token
gift. $40 Per Person Now
through November 12th.
$50 Per Person At the
Door. Price Includes: Light
buffet and non-alcoholic
beverage, and a dessert.

A cash bar will be available
through
the
evening.
Reservation, United Way at
989-732-8929 or gaylordpop@gmail.com
GAYLORD
HallOwEEn
FEStivitiES
Petoskey Downtown Trick or Treat
Craft show
New Life Pregnancy Resource Centers 3rd Annual

Craft Show Saturday, Nov.
15, 10am - 4pm at E-Free
Church, 1649 E. M-32.
Items to sell: Any handmade arts and crafts items.
For more information,
please call 989-732-1626
or log onto New Lifes website at gaylordnewlife.com
to download the registration form for the craft show.
Admission is $2.
ELLSWORTH
Wanted crafters
Crafters, vendors, artists,

etc for our Doe Shopping
Extravaganza on Saturday,
Nov. 15 at Ellsworth High
School. For booth information please contact Jessica
Pletcher at 231-675-3396.
MANCELONA
Buck pole
Nov. 15-16. 60th annual

buck pole. $1,000 cash
prize plus lots of other
prizes.
MANCELONA
vendors needed
Annual Mancelona Community Craft Show November 22 Mancelona

Elementary School from 9
3. $30 for approx. 10 x
10 space. Proceeds help
fund Pathway Community
Churchs Hands and Feet
Camp home improvement
projects around our community. Call Michele @
231-350-6367.
GAYLORD
Divorce clinic
Free legal help with divorce clinic. Held at United
Way building, 116 E. Fifth
St Nov. 20, Jan. 15, 2015.
Start at 5:30pm. Sponsored by the 46th Circuit
Bar Association, Northern
Michigan Legal Services,
and Community Mediation
Services.
GAYLORD
Extreevaganza
The Otsego County
Community Foundation
hosts their annual Extreevaganza annual fundraiser
December 5 at Treetops
Resort. Raffles, live auction, silent auction, live music and more. Tickets are
$65 person. To order tickets call 989.731.0597 or order on-line at www.otsegofoundation.org.
By Jessica Boyce
Want to celebrate Halloween with

your kids early with a parade and
much more? Then the place to be
this Saturday, October 25th is downtown Petoskey. Starting at 10:00 am
they have a variety of activities for
kids taking place downtown.
The day gets started with a Childrens Costume Parade at 10:00 am.
The parade starts at the Central Elementary School and the line-up begins at 9:45. Any costumed kid can
participate. Following the parade,
kids can trick-or-treat at any of
the downtown stores that have the
Trick or Treat poster displayed. One
of the places to go is the Petoskey
District Library from 12:10 12:45
pm for some treats.
Some of the other events going on
Join in on the Downtown Petoskey Fall

Kids Fest with the Little Treasures Costume
Trot and many more activities for kids this
Saturday.
as a part of the Downtown Petoskey
Fall Kids Fest are the C.S. Lewis
Festival at Staffords Perry Hotel
and the Spooky Co-op Kids Tasting
at The Grain Train. For the C.S.
Lewis Festival Narnia Activities,

you can pick up your Narnia Passport before the parade at the Elementary School. The Narnia
activities are at Staffords Perry
Hotel from 10:00 am noon with a
Kids Buffet in the Noggin Room
from 11:30 am 2:00 pm. Kids eat for
$1.99 if they are accompanied by a
paid adult from the full price menu.
From 10:00 am 2:00 pm, kids and
their parents can make their way to
The Grain Train for the Spooky Coop Kids Tasting. Here, kids can try
many different spooky and tasty
foods.
For more information on any of
these activities, you can contact the
Downtown Promotions Coordinator,
Kate Manthei, at (231) 248-0388.
Triple Fright Night in

Northern Emmet County
Experience the 6th Annual Headlands Challenge & Triple Fright
Night, with free events planned at
the International Dark Sky Park at
the Headlands, McGulpin Point
Lighthouse and Mackinaw's Heritage Village!
Three Northern Emmet County
parks will offer their annual Triple
Fright Night festivities, free for
families and visitors, just before
Halloween on Saturday, Oct. 25,
2014! The events are scheduled
around the 6th Annual Headlands
Challenge event, when Emmet
County dares visitors to walk the 1mile dimly-lighted path from the
Headlands entrance to the Dark
Sky Viewing Area at the Lake
Michigan shoreline.
The Headlands Challenge takes
place from 8 to 10 p.m. Refreshments, storytelling and community-building are the event
highlights. Experience the dark
and stay for the show -- the stars
above! Telescopes will be provided.
Please note, transportation will
NOT be provided back out of the
park after participants have walked
in. This will be a roughly 2-mile
walking event into and out of the
park to the parking area at Heritage Village. Most of the route is
SCREAM
continued from page 1A
ing, so he began working
in the laboratory in his
home to find a way to
bring her back. He did
not succeed, by succumbed to madness. He
still haunts the house,
wanting nothing but his
beautiful wife back.
The Swamp of Terror
was once the town of
Haakwood, a lumbering
town that was making
wood paneling to be
shipped all over the country. When the postmaster
came one morning to the
town, he discovered that
there was nobody left.
Something happened to
paved; some is gravel surface.

Safety concerns prevent the park
from allowing vehicle traffic between 7:30 and 11 p.m. and vehicles
will not be allowed to enter or leave
the park during that time.
More Fright-Night fun!

In addition to the events at the
Headlands, participants are invited
to visit the "haunted" McGulpin
Point Lighthouse which is just a
short distance from the Dark Sky
Park, and Heritage Village, across
the street from the Headlands, for
trick-or-treating.
McGulpin Point Lighthouse will
be decorated for Halloween with
the Battle of the Bones! Come out
and listen to the spooky sounds of
Bone Jet, Scream Rock Duo and
Sharp Dressed Skeleton (Halloween
decorations, not live bands). The
lighthouse will be open 10 a.m. to 11
p.m. on Oct. 25.
The lighthouse is open 10 a.m. to
7 p.m. daily now through Nov. 2 (admission is by donation).
Heritage Village hours on Triple
Fright Night will be 6 to 8 p.m. Oct.
25. Costumed docents will greet
trick-or-treaters who will walk
from building to building in this
everyone in the town and

they vanished with no explanation. The Swamp of
Terror is whats left of
the once bustling town.
The Crazed Clown Convention needs no other
explanation than many
peoples worst fear:
clowns. Every creepy
clown you can imagine is
at Scream in Wolverine
for the Crazed Clown
Convention to give you
quite the scare.
Kurt Zimmerle, an educator in the Ellsworth
School District, is the
mastermind behind
these three spooky
haunts. He has what he
calls an Associate
Ghoul Program where
local high school students get to help with
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Get Your Hair Cut by

a Master Barber
Dennis
Open Wednesday Friday 9am 5pm, Saturday 9am Noon
Walk-ins are welcome or call 989-732-5094 for an appt.
historic park, which covers the period from 1880-1917. Refreshments

will be served at Heritage Village.
Transportation provided
Trolley service among the three
adjacent properties will be provided at no charge, beginning at 6
p.m. at Heritage Village, where
most parking will be available. (The
last run will be announced on signs
at the properties on the night of the
event; approx. 11 p.m.) The three
park properties are located about 2
miles west of downtown Mackinaw
City.
Again, please note that the trolley will not service the Dark Sky
Viewing area at the Headlands. The
Headlands Challenge event is intended to be a walking event.
For more details about Triple
Fright Night, call (231) 348-1704 or
email beckerle@emmetcounty.org.
Additional information about the
International Dark Sky Park at the
Headlands and programming can
be found online at www.emmetcounty.org/darkskypark/
If you have questions, call
Emmet County Communications
Director Beth Anne Eckerle at (231)
348-1704
the haunts. They help

with the set-up, running,
and the take down of all
three haunts and also
train new ghouls that get
invited into the program.
Its Kurts way of teaching the students leadership while having fun at
the same time. Something
else that Kurt strongly believes in is the importance of buying local.
Everything that he uses
in his haunts, from the
lumber to the food to feed
his ghouls, is all bought
locally.
If you would like to
visit Scream in Wolverine and see any or all of
these haunts you have
two weekends left to do
so. For ticket prices and
more information about
the different haunts, you
can visit screaminwolverine.com.
October 23, 2014
LOCAL NEWS
Blessing of the Pets

CHEBOYGAN - On Thursday October 4th at Bishop Baraga
Catholic School, Father Craig
Haider performed the Blessing of

the Pets. This is an annual ceremony held on the Feast Day of St.
Soup Suppers for Cheboygan

County Humane Society
Francis of Assisi in remembrance

of the love he had for all creatures.
spect for animals and aware-
By Jessica Boyce
The Cheboygan
County Humane Society is hosting their
Soup Suppers once a
month until March.
Some of the upcoming Soup Suppers
are October 23rd, November 21st, January 23rd, February
27th, and March
27th. The suppers
will take place at the
Inverness Township The Cheboygan County Humane Society is
hosting their Soup Suppers every month
Hall in Cheboygan
from now until March. The next Soup Supfrom 4:00 6:00 pm
per date is October 23rd at Inverness
on the given dates.
Township Hall.
The Soup Supper
ness of human responsibilwill consist of homemade
ity for their welfare, and
soups, bread, desserts, and
maintain the dignity and debeverages. They have a varifense of their goals through
ety of tasty homemade
effective and meaningful insoups that can differ from
teraction with the communisupper to supper. For the
ties they serve.
Soup Supper, it is $7.50 for
In order to help the
adults and $5.00 for children
Cheboygan County Humane
12 and under with take-outs
Society reach all of their
available.
goals, they need the help of
All of the money raised
the community through
from the Soup Suppers goes
events such as the Soup Suptowards the Cheboygan
per. They are a non-profit orCounty Humane Society so
ganization, which means
they can provide food, shelthey need all of the moneter, and care to homeless antary help they can get to
imals. The Humane Society
take care of the animals that
has four goals: prevent, inthey have in their care. Join
vestigate, promote, and
in on the Soup Suppers to
maintain. They want to presupport this wonderful Huvent cruelty to animals in
mane Society and get some
all forms, investigate complaints of cruelty brought to delicious homemade soup.
their attention, promote re-
Father Haider (left) with Kate Schulz and her dog, Chief.
Goodwill Retail & Distribution Centers in Petoskey and Gaylord

By Jim Akans
It is a well-recognized name
that symbolizes services and programs that provide a means for
people in need to get back on
their feet and regain their treasured independence. Goodwill has
been around since 1902, when a
Boston area Methodist Minister
named Rev. Edgar Helms began
collecting used household goods
and clothing, and hired those
who were down on their luck to
mend and repair those goods for
resale. Here in Northern Michigan, Goodwill opened their doors
at Asgard Enterprises in 1972,
and today the non-profit organization offers vocational, housing,
transportation, nutritional and
family strengthening programs
across the region.
Goodwill also continues to
offer gently used clothing, household items, books, home dcor ac-
cessories and more at their Retail

and Donation Centers. In our
area, centers are located in
Petoskey and Gaylord, employing
a total of 34 people, utilizing proceeds from sales at each location
to help support programs
throughout Northern Michigan
that help people overcome barriers to independence.
Part of our business model is
also being green, observes
Ruth Blick, Director of Marketing and Communications for
Goodwill Industries of Northern
Michigan. Everything that is

donated to our stores is either reduced, reused or recycled. Items
that come in that dont meet quality standards go thru our salvage
program. We are also in partnership with Dell Reconnect and we
accept all types of computer
equipment and recycle those
items. Many people dont realize
that a computer
monitor can contain up to a pound
of lead. We are able
to safely recycle
those units.
is an opportunity for area

residents and visitors to
enjoy the broad talents of
artists and purchase one-ofa-kind works of art for
themselves, or as holiday
gifts.
Admission to the event is
$3.00 per person over age 18,
and all are encouraged to
bring healthy, non-perishable items for the Otsego
County Food Pantry.
According to Simpson,
We love showcasing Michigan artists whose talents
are inspiring. By also gathering items for the Food
is easy. Each location has a drive

up donation center, open 7 days a
week, and members of the Goodwill team will happily unload
items from the donators vehicle.
The 6,000 square foot Goodwill
Retail and Donation Center at
1361 Pineview Drive in Gaylord is
open Monday through Saturday
from 9 am to 7 pm, and Sunday
from 11am until 6 pm. The 6,700
square foot Goodwill Retail and
Donation Center at 1600 Anderson Road in Petoskey is open
Monday through Saturday from 9
am to 8 pm, and Sunday from
11am until 6 pm.
For additional information,
visit www.goodwillnmi.org
Dowkers
Meat Market & Deli
Annual Art-Full Gathering showcases

artists and helps local food pantry
The public is invited to a
harvest of unique and beautiful artwork at the 7th annual Art-full Gathering art
show and sale to be held Saturday, November 1 from
10am-3pm at the Michaywe
clubhouse in Gaylord.
Michigan artisans will
showcase and sell their art
pieces, including jewelry,
photography, paintings,
quilt work and other creations.
Organized by Friends on
Purpose co-creators Sheila
Simpson and Mary Backlund, the Art-full Gathering
Goodwill also recycles metal

items, cardboard, purses, belts,
shoes, books and clothing. The
gently used items on the sales
floor follow a rotation model
where they are on display for
four weeks a regular price, then
half-off for a week, then reduced
per item to 99-cents for adult
sizes and 49-cents for children
sizes, and those items are finally
recycled if not sold.
So there are always items at
sale prices when someone visits
our store, observes Ruth Blick.
People want to see different
items on display when they visit
us. Thousands of items are regularly coming in and going out of
our stores.
Submitting items for donation
See Les for the Best
Northern Michigans DEER PROCESSING Headquarters

We also do most types of wild game sausage processing
Pantry, we can help many

individuals who deserve
this important resource. In
recent years over 300
pounds of items have been
collected at this event and
we hope to exceed that
abundance this year.
Michaywe will provide
luncheon specials throughout the afternoon for all
artists and attendees.
For more information
about the Art-full Gathering, call 989-370-1567 or visit
www.michaywe.com.
Weekly Specials!
Smoked Chicken....... $3.39
Dowkers
Homemade Beef Sticks and
Pork Steak .............$2.89
Beef Jerky
$
Beef Sirloin Steak..... 6.69
Smoked Fish
lb.
lb.
lb.
Smoked Pork Chops

Dearborn Hams
Whole or Half
T-Bone Steak ........$10.99 lb.

Ground Beef
$
5 lb. bag .................. 22.00
Old 27 South, Gaylord, MI 49735
989-732-7575
Closed
Sunday &
Monday
Owners:
Les and Flo Dowker
Tuesday Saturday: 7am 5pm
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October 23, 2014
LOCAL NEWS
womens Club gives back to community
Womens Club grant committee members presented a $3,000 donation to the Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan (WRCNM) from funds raised during their annual Art Fair. Pictured are (from left) Lauren Macintyre;
Kathy Bremmeyr, grant committee chairperson; Jan Mancinelli, WRCNM executive director; Barbara Gutusky,
Womens Club president; Gail Kloss, WRCNM Chief Operating Ocer; and Arlene Aitchison.
The Womens Club

has donated $3,000 to
the Womens Resource
Center of Northern
Michigan (WRCNM).
The funds will help
meet the many needs of
families during the holidays and year around
that utilize WRCNM
programs and services.
The Womens Club
has generously supported the Womens Resource Center in their
charitable giving going
back 30 years, said
WRCNM Executive Director, Jan Mancinelli.
Their continuing sup-
port of the work we do

is meaningful and a
greatly appreciated.
Mancinelli said families that seek and need
WRCNM services may
struggle to make ends
meet during the holidays and throughout
the year; this donation
will help provide assistance.
The Womens Club
raised $28,500 during
their annual Art Fair
fundraiser which is typically held the second
Wednesday in July at
Nubs Nob in Harbor
Springs. This years
event was the best attended to date with

some 2,300 patrons and
more than 100 vendors.
Art Fair proceeds enable the club to support
several area nonprofit
organizations with
100% of the event proceeds given back to the
community.
To learn more about
the Womens Club or
the organizations they
support, visit nmiwomensclub.org.
Salvation Army seeking volunteers for emergency disaster services

The Salvation Army is
seeking volunteers from
northern Michigan to
serve as Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) workers.
A training has been
scheduled for Saturday,
Nov. 1, in Indian River for
all who may be interested.
The training will be divided into two segments,
an Introduction to Emer-
gency Disaster Services,

ServSafe, and training on
The Salvation Armys Safe
from Harm program if
time permits.
The EDS training will
take place at the: Masonic
Activities Building, 5470
South Straits Hwy., Indian
River.
Registration begins at
8:00 a.m. The training
takes place from 8:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. A working

lunch will be provided.
Those interested in attending must RSVP to
Tammy Kauffman, EDS
Volunteer Coordinator, at
231-818-5344 or by email at
tammy_kauffman@usc.salvationarmy.org by Friday,
Oct. 24.
Student Council leads recycling project

CHEBOYGAN - The
Bishop Baraga Catholic
School Student Council
is leading two recycling
projects at the school.
The first is a composting
effort. Food scraps collected from snacks and
lunches are being composted over the fall and
winter. The goal is to
have compost available
for the schools vegetable
garden in the spring.
The second project is
the collection and recycling of aluminum pull
tabs. The goal is to fill a
100 gallon aquarium two
times. Students are already on the second 100
gallons. Funds raised
from the sale of the tabs
will be used to upgrade
the school playground.
Keith Moore, director for the Otsego County United Ways RSVP program, addresses the Michigan
Commission on Service to the Aging at an open forum held at the University Center in Gaylord.
PHOTO BY Jim AkAns
Senior services forum

held recently in Gaylord
By Jim Akans
Bishop Baraga students Emily Clark and Josh Clark pour pull tabs into
the aquarium.
TERRIFIC
KIDS
Terrific kids
for south maple
Elementary
Back row: Kiwanian Jim Marsh, Kiwanian Jack Weston, April
Stemkowski, Aiden Daneluk, Alivia
Warren, Ivy Roberts, Kaitlyn
Panosso, Sierra Deardorff, Logan
Piehl, Kiwanian Fred Stenke
Front row: Jasmine Richard, Isaac
Lorence, Claire VanMaele, Nick
Mazur, Colby Koronka, Ben Hartz,
Reagan Davis, Kelci Cherwinski,
The Michigan Commission on Services to the

Aging met at the University Center in Gaylord and
held an open forum regarding services for area
seniors. The session took
place this past Friday, October 17th, and drew approximately 50
individuals representing
both the public sector and
personnel from area commissions and councils for
the aging.
Jack Thompson, executive director of the University Center Gaylord
was the first presenter of
the afternoon and discussed the planned downtown Gaylord Renaissance
Project and how facets of
the plan would enhance
the walkability of the
downtown area. During
the 90 minute open forum
representatives from
Crawford/Roscommon
Counties Senior Volunteer
Program and Commission
on Aging, Oscoda County
Commission on Aging, Otsego County Commission
on Aging and United
Ways RSVP program, Al-
Addie Garcia, Morgan Anderson; Jack Frankowiak
Terrific kids
from north Ohio
Elementary
Back row: Kiwanian, Ms. Lynn
Kellner; Carlee Mead; Laila Matelski; Bradlee Bright; Torino Lamerato;
Brandon Futter; Jayson Nierman;
Carson Leask; Kiwanian, Mr.
Slough; Kiwanian, Mr. Chuck Bump
and his Terrific Dog, Roxi Morgan
Anderson; Jack Frankowiak . Front
row: Brooklyn Rickner; Ava Sparks;
Peyton Krol; Madison Hutchinson;
North Ohio Sock Monkey; Yulissa Vissaro; Brooklyn Robertson; Kierah Schlak;
Morgan Anderson; Jack Frankowiak
Local.
ServiceMinded.
cona County Commission

on Aging and Northern
Michigans Region 9 Area
Agency on Aging talked
about their program successes and concerns in
serving the needs of area
seniors.
Reoccurring challenges
presented included difficulty in handling the increased Medicaid and
Medicare plans (MMAP)
program and due to the intensifying qualification
requirements volunteers
and agency staff must
process when assisting
seniors. Several area
Commissions and Councils on Aging work as advocates in helping seniors
re-evaluate their medical
coverages each year, but
increased government
regulations and qualification steps are making it
difficult for volunteers
and staff to manage the
MMAP program.
Other issues brought to
the attention of the Commission on Services to the
Aging included the need
for funding to improve the
infrastructure of some
area senior centers and
support equipment, the
need to address senior

transportation and housing issues, the desire to
expand a computer training program for seniors
that is currently being
successfully implemented
in Otsego County and concerns over the implementation of the Aging and
Disability Resource Collaboration (ADRCs).
Agency representatives
unanimously applauded
the OSA for their ongoing
support and funding of
area programs for seniors,
including volunteer programs such as RSVP and
SVP, and lifestyle programs such as Project
Fresh.
The Office of Services
to the Aging operates in
partnership with the state
of Michigan, 16 regional
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October 23, 2014
LOCAL NEWS
Training scheduled for Char-Em

United Way volunteer connections
Biehls Circle B Turkey Ranch has GMO free, free range turkeys available for order for this Thanksgiving Holiday.
Put your thanksgiving turkey order in

at Biehls Circle B turkey Ranch
By Jessica Boyce
Thanksgiving will be here before

we know it, and the most important
part of any Thanksgiving dinner is
the delicious turkey. Biehls Circle B
Turkey Ranch is the best place
around to get a GMO free, free range
turkey with no antibiotics or
steroids. Located between
Mancelona and Alba at 6128 S. US
Highway 131, they can satisfy your
turkey needs with anywhere from a
10-25 lb. bird.
James Biehl bought Biehls Circle
B Turkey Ranch back in 1980 from
his father. The Biehl family has been
raising these free range, all natural
turkeys since 1960, and have been
fresh packing them for the past 36
years. James himself has been involved since 1978 when he was partners with his father. The turkeys
range from 10-25 lbs. and you can put
in your order for whatever size bird
you want. They do their best to get
within a few pounds, but you will
want to order ASAP if you need a
specific size seeing some sizes sell
out quick.
If you arent close to the ranch itself, they also have an assortment of
premium meat stores they sell their
turkeys to from Marquette to Ann
Arbor. If you are interested in a
turkey from one of these stores but
arent sure where you can get one,
you can call Biehls Circle B Turkey
Ranch at (231) 587-9580 to find out
what stores near you carry their
turkeys. The prices may vary by
Char-Em United Way

continues to match volunteers with local nonprofits through the use of
Volunteer Connections.
Volunteer Connections is
a free resource that benefits the entire community. First introduced in
late 2009, Volunteer Connections, a virtual volunteer center, is a tool
Char-Em United Way
uses to match available
volunteers with needs
that meet their skills and
interests in our region.
Nonprofit agencies in
Charlevoix and Emmet
Counties can list their
volunteer needs, donation needs and upcoming
events on the Volunteer
Connections website.
Volunteers then help
with these requests,
based on their skills, interests, and availability.
Area organizations interested in learning how
to use, or improve their
use of, Volunteer Connections are invited to a
training session on
Thursday, November 6.
This will be an interactive training session and
attendees are encouraged
to bring a laptop or tablet
with them to get the most
out of the training. Or-
ganization registration,
volunteer registration,
event posting, and volunteer contact messages
are some of the topics
that will be discussed
and demonstrated. The
training will begin at
10am in the first floor
conference room of the
Red Cross building at
2350 Mitchell Park Drive
in Petoskey.
Since the improved
site went live on January
22, 2014, there have been
1,144 visits to the page by
potential volunteers.
Currently, there are 405
registered users and 73
active agencies with 78
volunteer needs posted.
There is no charge for
this training and it is
open to all area nonprofit agency or organizations. Space is limited
so reservations are encouraged. Please contact
Lisa Luebke by Tuesday,
November 4, 2014, via
email at info@charemunitedway.org, or at 231487-1006. To find out
more about Volunteer
Connections and all of
the work of Char-Em
United Way, visit
www.charemunitedway.org.
Federal Acquisition Regulations

(FAR) class for businesses
The turkeys at Biehls range from 10-25 lbs. and you can put in an order for whatever size
you would like. Order ASAP to ensure you get the size bird you want this Thanksgiving.
store, and if you go directly to the

ranch, the price is $3.10/lb.
Again, it is best to put in your
order for Thanksgiving as soon as
possible. The first year they started
selling the turkeys, they sold about
1,000. Now, they sell about 1,500 a
year directly from the ranch and another 4,500 from the other vendors.
They also sell turkeys around Christmas time, and you can always call
them to see what they have available
for Christmas.
PETOSKEY Businesses contracting with

the federal government
and those ready to start
contracting can learn
about Understanding the
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) at a class
November 5 in Petoskey.
The class will run from
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in
room 536 of the Student
Community Resource
Building at North Central Michigan College
(NCMC). The class is part
of the Doing Business
with the Government Series, and is being offered
by the Northwest Michigan Procurement Technical Assistance Center
(PTAC) in partnership
with NCMC.
In the class businesses
will look at what the FAR
is, how to look up and interpret a FAR clause,
how FAR clauses apply to

government solicitations,
and more. There is no
charge to attend the
class, but seating is limited and pre-registration
is required at networksnorthwest.org/ptactraining. For more
information about the
class contact Deb Donovan at: ddonovan@networksnorthwest.org or
231-929-5076.
A class about Responding to Federal Government Solicitations will be
offered December 11 in
Petoskey. The PTAC is
also offering classes in
Cadillac, Kincheloe, and
Sault Ste. Marie. A schedule and more information about the classes are
available at networksnorthwest.org/ptactraining.
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October 23, 2014
LOCAL NEWS
Chamber Orchestras Annual Meeting
Michigan national Guard

thanks-For-Giving
By Jessica Boyce
Even though Halloween

hasnt arrived yet, its
time to start thinking
about another upcoming
holiday: Thanksgiving.
This holiday may not arrive until Thursday, November 27th, but there is
something you can sign
up for now to help military families in need for
the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Michigan National
Guard Thanks-For-Giving
program is designed to
connect military families
in need with sponsors for
the Thanksgiving holiday.
Any organization or individual who wishes to donate meals, food baskets,
or gift cards to military
families experiencing a
financial hardship can do
so.
The Michigan National
Guard Family Programs
is now accepting applications from service members in need so they can
be matched up with a
sponsor, and also applications for sponsors so they
can help as many military families as possible.
The applications need to
be received by the Michigan National Guard Family Programs office by
November 14th, and sponsors will be notified by
November 21st if they
have a family to sponsor.
You can find the sponsorship application on
the Grayling Chamber of
The Michigan National Guard

Family Programs oce is now
taking applications for sponsors
and military families interested
in their Thanks-For-Giving Program.
Commerce website
(graylingchamber.com)
on their October and November Events Calendar.
If you are a member of
the military and are seeking a sponsor for this
Thanksgiving holiday,
you can contact the
Michigan National Guard
Family Programs office
at (517) 481-9893 and ask
how to apply.
You can submit a completed application by mail
to:
Michigan National
Guard Family Programs
Office
ATTN: Thanks-For-Giving Program
3423 North Martin
Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Lansing, MI 48906
You can also submit the
application by email to:
ng.mi.miarng.mbx.family-programs@mail.mi or
by fax to (517) 481-9886. If
you are able to be a sponsor, you can help make a
military familys Thanksgiving one to be remembered for all the right
reasons.
ABOVE: Performing at a recent Great Lakes Chamber

Orchestra Sunday Series Recital Cross in The Woods are
(from left) Amy Joy Cross, Jamie Beth Platte, Rita McIntyre, Lynne Aspnes and Petoskey seventh grade student, Ben Bollinger. The concert was held at Cross In
The Woods in Indian River and are part of the donor
supported recital series that are free and open to the
public. The mission of The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra is to produce live orchestral performances providing entertainment, education, and inspiration for
our northern Michigan community.
Photo credit: Charlie MacInnis
LEFT: Kudos to Ray Roth who received The Pattengale Award at the recent Great Lakes Chamber
Orchestras Annual Meeting. Pictured left to right
are Dibby Smith, President Board of Trustees;
Robert Pattengale, Board Advisor; Ray Roth, Board
of Trustees member. The Pattengale Award is
given each year to an individual who shows excellence and dedication as a volunteer. The Mission
of the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra is to produce live orchestral performances providing entertainment, education, and inspiration for our
northern Michigan community.
Distinguished Young Women of Michigan scholarship program looking for applicants

The Distinguished Young
Women of Michigan Scholarship Program is now accepting
applications for the 57th Annual
Scholarship Program, to be held
on January 24h at Saline High
School. This scholarship program is open to high school senior young women in the state of
Michigan graduating by June
2015. Contestants must be a high
school senior graduating in 2015
with a 3.0 G.P.A. or higher.
This program awards college
scholarships to young women
who have distinguished themselves at school and in their
communities. Contestants will
be judged based on academic
achievement, talent, self-expres-
sion, physical fitness, and interYoung Women of America.

The state of Michigan has local
view. Last year over $8,000.00 in
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programs for high school sencash scholarships were awarded
State University where she is
iors living in Jackson, Lenawee,
at the State Program. The winstudying biology and journalOakland or Washtenaw Counner will be awarded the title of
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ties and the cities of Wayne,
Distinguished Young Woman of
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formation meeting on Sunday,
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applications for their college
November 2nd from 1 - 4 p.m. at
Mobile, Alabama in June for adscholarship program. High
Point Counterpoint Dance Studitional college scholarship
school senior young women
dio, located at 32807 Manor Park
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rested as a spy for tampering with
matter-of-fact manner and have
a letter, the contents of which he
yielded much material for historiconsidered would be detrimental
ans and other researchers of that
to his shipping business. While in
time period inNorth
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destitute.
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grade and the mother of Charles
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de Langlade. Her father was NisLake Huron from the Straits of
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to the Straits of Mackinac summer fishing and hunting grounds.
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mid 1700s the North West Company, headquartered in Montreal,
shipped trade goods from Montreal to the Great Lakes region in
large 36-foot birchbark canoes. At
the same time furs collected the
previous winter at the inland
posts were sent out in smaller 25foot canoes to the rendezvous site.
The men who traveled these
routes were known as the
Voyageurs.
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the inspiration for this doubleended sailing vessel. The addition
of a retractablecenterboard made
it possible to raise a small mast
and sail over a canoe-shapedhull.
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quickly became a favorite on the
upper Great Lakes. By the time of
the dominance of theAmerican
Fur Companyin 1815-1836, the
Mackinaw boat was almost the
commodity vessel in this region.
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afur trader, merchant and official
inUpper Canada. He is remembered as being instrumental in
the invention of theMackinaw
jacketin 1811. He came toNorth
Americawith theBritish Armyin
1758. After the British took
overNew France, he entered
thefur tradeand operated a trading post atFort Michilimackinac.
In 1781, he formed a partnership
withRobert
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Cartwright; Askin was based
inDetroit. From 1786 to 1789, he
was part of a group of trading
companies known as the Miamis
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PomPay The black servant of
John Askin.
Cattail maRsh at the
mouth of the Cheboygan River
are large cattail marshes. Over
the years some of these have been
filled in but an observation walkway has been constructed over
some of these marshes as part of
the park area on the west bank of
the river.
the welCome was one of
the sailing vessels owned and operated by John Askin in the late
1700s. In commemoration of the
nations bi-centennial in 1976 a
replica of the Welcome was constructed in the park near the
Mackinac Lighthouse at the foot
of the bridge. The Welcome is now
owned by the Maritime Academy
in Traverse City.
October 23, 2014
LOCAL NEWS
nehemiah Project
assisting the homeless of
northwest lower Michigan
By Jim Akans
In 1993, Mike Walker felt

his world was crumbling
around him. His wife of five
years had left him as Mikes
struggle with substance
abuse was not appropriate for
his two young children to witness. He was now homeless,
unemployed, and had resorted to sleeping in East Jordans community gazebo.
Somehow, amid this incredible desperation, Mike Walker
discovered the Nehemiah
Project in Petoskey.
I began staying there in
August, Mike recalls, and
by November my life had
completely turned around. I
accepted Jesus Christ into my
life, triumphed over my substance abuse, and on November 14th, my wife, Gale, and I
were remarried.
Today, Mike Walker is the
director of the Nehemiah
Project, a spiritually based,
nonprofit, non-denominational homeless facility that
has been in existence since
1988. The project derives its
name from the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament
of the Bible. It tells the tale of
Nehemiah, who was an important servant to the king of
Persia, who when he heard of
the Jewish exile to Babylon
and the destruction of the
walls of Jerusalem, asked the
king to send him to the city to
rebuild those walls.
At the Nehemiah Project,
notes Mike Walker, we are here
to help people rebuild their lives
that have been broken. We provide food and housing for a period
of time so that they can get their
lives back in order and find work
and guidance. We are a Christianbased shelter, with values that are
shared among the approximately
thirty-five volunteers who help to
run the Nehemiah Project.
In 2012, the Nehemiah Project
housed individuals for 6,393 bed
nights, which is a total of how
many beds were utilized each
night over the year. That translates into approximately 162 people whose lives were assisted
through the shelter plus there
were another 22 guests that were
served at the Grace House. To
provide this service 13, 240 meals
were served and over 7,500 volunteer hours were logged. The Nehemiah Project obtains food from
community donations from individuals, businesses and schools,
community organization and the
The nehemiah Project, a spiritually based community homeless facility in Petoskey that has
been in existence since 1988. COuRTEsY PHOTO
Manna Food Project in Petoskey.

There are actually two separate
shelters under the Nehemiah Project umbrella. The mens facility is
called the Hospitality House, and
the womens housing is called the
Mary Margaret House, and is run
by Mikes wife, Gale. Occupants
are allowed to stay up to ninety
days as long as they are actively
seeking employment and trying to
remedy their situation. Mike
notes that when the economy is in
better shape, the length of the average stay is about thirty to forty
days.
The Nehemiah Project made
the difference in my life, Mike
Walker states, Unless something
changes on the inside for the
chronically homeless, it is unlikely their situation will ever
change. I gave my heart to Christ
when I came here and from that
moment on everything changed.
After I left here I continued to
serve as a volunteer and I was a
house painter until 2003, when I
was asked to become the director.
When asked if he felt the deci-
sion to accept his current position

at the Nehemiah Project was the
right one, Mike Walker replies
with a smile in his voice; When
the Lord calls you to do somethingits always the right
choice.
For additional information
about the Nehemiah Project,
please visit www.nehemiahhomelessshelter.org
There are actually two separate shelters under the Nehemiah Project umbrella. Gale Walker oversees the
womens housing, called Mary Margaret House, and Mike Walker directs
the mens facility, called the Grace
House. COuRTEsY PHOTO
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October 23, 2014
LOCAL NEWS
Literacy Corps training scheduled

at Char-Em United Way
Char-Em United Way is
partnering with the Literacy Consultants at CharEm ISD to provide literacy
training to our Literacy
Corps volunteers. The
training is scheduled to be
from 1 pm to 3 pm on
Wednesday, November 12,
in the main floor conference room of the Red Cross
building located at 2350
Mitchell Park Drive in
Petoskey. There is no
charge for this training
and it is open to anyone
who is interested. Space is
limited so registration is
required.
The Literacy Corps is a
group of dedicated volunteers who spend their time
reading, tutoring, or mentoring youth at various
schools and youth serving
agencies. Volunteers will
have the ability to tailor
their volunteer experience
around their schedule.
Training, support, and tshirts will be provided to

all volunteers. The Literacy Corps is part of CharEm United Ways education
initiative United We
Read, which has recruited
101 dedicated volunteers
over the last two years to
read to, tutor, and mentor
students in schools, libraries, day cares, and
other youth serving agencies. The goal of this three
year initiative is to recruit
150 volunteer members
that will continue on a regular basis to work with
children.
If you are a Literacy
Corps member, or interested in becoming one, and
would like to attend the
training, please contact Pat
Brewer, AmeriCorps
VISTA, at Char-Em United
Way by Monday, Nov. 10,
2014, at vista@charemunitedway.org or 231-487-1006.
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McLaren Northern Michigan, we remain committed to the vision of our
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Its been more than two years
since our hospital became an affiliate of McLaren. Since then, we have
consistently been asked two questions How has the affiliation with
McLaren changed or benefited the
hospital? and Do the dollars donated to the Foundation really stay
here in Petoskey?
To simply answer the first question, our dollars stretch farther as a
McLaren affiliate which enables us
to continue to expand our ability to
provide services throughout our region. Because McLaren Northern
Michigan is just one of 12 corporate
subsidiaries, each location benefits
from economies of scale. That
means rather than negotiating a
contract for goods or services for
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DAVE
Says
Dave Ramsey
(Schools on
the horizon)
(Selling a car
with a lien)
Dear Dave,
My husband will be
leaving his full-time job
in a year so that he can go
back to school full-time
and finish his degree.
Weve both agreed this is
what we want to do, but it
means that well go from
a yearly income of $90,000
to $45,000. Well have tuition assistance from my
job and his veterans
stipend to help pay for
things, plus were debtfree except for our house.
But in this scenario, once
we complete Baby Step 3
should we move directly
to Baby Step 4 or continue
saving?
Erin
Dear Erin,
I think this is a good
plan, as long as the two of
you are on the same page
and youre willing to save
like crazy for the next
year and beyond. Even
with help from your employer and his stipend
youll still have some expenses, so youll have to
be ready.
Once you complete
Baby Step 3, which is having three to six months of
expenses set aside as an
emergency fund, Baby
Step 4 is usually starting
to invest 15 percent of
your income toward retirement. In this case,
while hes finishing his
degree, youre not investing for retirement directly but you are
investing in your husband and your future together. Thats a great
investment, by the way.
As long as hes studying
something that has marketplace application,
youre setting the stage
for him to make back the
money put into his degree
and much more.
If thats the plan, and
hes not off pursuing a
Ph.D. in something like
German polka history,
you two are making a
great investment. So work
hard now, cut all the corners you can and pile up
money so you two can get
through his time in
school!
Dave
Dear Dave,
How do you sell a vehicle with a lien amount
thats higher than the actual value of the car?
Miranda
Dear Miranda,
First, you have to find a
way to cover the difference between the amount
of the lien and what you
can get for the car. Lets
look at an example.
If the car is worth
$15,000, and you owe
$18,000, that would leave
you $3,000 in the hole.
How do you get out of
that car? The bank holds
the title, and until you
give them the payoff
amount of $18,000, youre
not getting the title. The
easiest and simplest way
would be if you had $3,000
on hand to make up the
difference. But if someone comes along and buys
the car from you for
$15,000, youve got to be
able to cover the remaining $3,000, right?
Barring the best-case
scenario where you actually have the money, you
could go to a local bank or
credit union and borrow
the remaining $3,000. I
hate debt, but being $3,000
in the hole is a lot better
than $18,000 in the hole.
Then, you could turn
around and pay back the
$3,000 quickly.
After that, youd give
the total amount owed to
the bank. They would
give you the title, and you
sign it over to the new
owner. Thats how it
works!
Dave
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GRAYLING - About 50 runners

braved chilly temperatures and
wind, as well as live zombies, to participate in the annual Spooky 5K
Fundraiser at Hanson Hills on Saturday, Oct. 18.
The event included a 5K
run/walk, as well as a 1.5-mile fun
run through the trails at the Hanson Hills Recreation Area in
Grayling.
And, according to Grayling varsity cross country coach Justin
Andre, the event was again a big
success by raising about $300 to
help fun Graylings cross country
programs.
It benefits both the high school
and middle school programs,
Andre said. This is what helps us
pay for the entry fees during our
season.
We run a club sport through
Hanson Hills, not as a school
sport, he added. (So) this is very
important.
The Spooky was fun for both the
competitors, as well as the Viking
cross country runners dressed up
as zombies and who jumped out or
chased participants.
The kids like dressing up,
Andre said. Its always fun.
Normally, the high school coach
said the event is held at evening,
further adding to the uniqueness of
the run. However, the fundraiser

ran into various scheduling conflicts this year, including the fall
Homecoming dance at Grayling
High School.
Andre added the event is one of
two major fundraisers for
Graylings cross country program.
The other is the Firecracker 1-mile
Run held during Fourth of July festivities in downtown Grayling.
And, we done a few other
things, he said.
Complete race results for the
Spooky 5K Fundraiser are posted
online at . Or, for more information
on the Grayling cross country program, visit Facebook.com and
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FINANCIAL FOCUS
Philip Hofweber, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones

GAYLORD, (989) 731-1851
HEED MESSAGE OF SAVE

FOR RETIREMENT WEEK
You wont see it on the calendar, and
it doesnt inspire any greeting cards, but
National Save for Retirement Week is
here again. The goal of this week is selfexplanatory, but what does it mean to
you? Are you vulnerable to the possibility of reaching retirement without sufficient financial resources? If so, how can
you ease this risk?
Lets look at the vulnerability issue
first. How prepared youll be for retirement or at least how prepared you
think youll be seems to depend, not
surprisingly, on whether you are currently participating in a retirement plan
such as a 401(k) or an IRA. Consider
these statistics, taken from the Employee Benefit Research Institutes 2014
Retirement Confidence Survey:
Nearly half of workers without a retirement plan were not at all confident about their financial security in
retirement, compared with only about
one in 10 with a plan.
36% of workers say they have less
than $1,000 in savings and investments.
Of this group, 73% said they and their
spouse did not have a retirement plan,
compared to just 11% of those with a
plan.
Clearly, it pays to contribute to your
401(k) or other employer-sponsored
plan, such as a 403(b) or 457(b). And,
even if you do have a 401(k) or similar
plan, you may want to consider funding a Roth or traditional IRA.
Besides contributing as much as you
can afford to your retirement plans,
what else can you do to help boost your
retirement savings?
For one thing, try to control your
debts. Its not always easy, but try to
consistently live within your means and
make wise spending decisions. Every
dollar you dont spend on debt payments could be going toward your retirement savings.
While its essential that you save and

invest for retirement, you cant forget
other objectives you may have, such as
helping pay for your childrens college
education. Of course, if youre like the
vast majority of people, you dont have
unlimited resources so working toward two major financial goals at the
same time can certainly be challenging.
Nonetheless, a college education can
still be a springboard to a successful career, so you may well feel that you
should do everything within your
power to help your kids through school.
How can you balance the two important goals of investing for your retirement and for your childrens college
expenses? Your best move may be to
start saving for college just as soon as
possible even when your children
are quite young. By starting early, youll
put time on your side, so you can put
away smaller amounts each year than if
you waited until the years right before
your kids head off to school. Consider
investing annually whatever amounts
you can afford to a tax-advantaged college savings vehicle, such as a 529 plan.
By investing as much as much as
possible in your retirement plan, managing your debt
load and balancing your retirement goals with
other key objectives, youll be
honoring the message of National
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LOCAL NEWS
Drs. Oz
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port and encouragement for staying healthy).

--99 percent wanted to keep seeing their charts after the study
ended!
The docs were enthusiastic,
too. Many said their patient relationships were better, with more
trust, better communication and
stronger partnerships for good
health. All of the docs opted to
make their notes available to
their patients after the study
ended.
Now this breakthrough is
rolling out across North America.
The Cleveland Clinic (where Dr.
Mike is in charge of wellness),
Milwaukee's Columbia St. Mary's
Health System, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Penn
State Hershey Medical Group,
Kaiser Permanente Northwest
and other health systems are
making doc notes and medical
records available to any and all of
their patients through electronic
media. (The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center has
been sharing its records with patients since 2009.) In August, the
Canadian Medical Journal called
for open doc notes, too, urging an
end to the "hoops and speed
bumps" that leave patients waiting nearly three months (and foot-
Televisions dr. oz and Cleveland

Clinics dr. Roizen report on health,
wellness and quality of life.
BE AN INFORMED PATIENT; GET HEALTHIER

If you've ever wondered what
your doc is scribbling in your file
or entering into a computer during your medical appointment,
you're not alone. More than 90
percent of us want to see our doctors' notes. In fact, millions of
American health-care consumers
now do. Seems there's been a little
revolution brewing. The big
news? The revolution is making
consumers healthier.
The success of a groundbreaking new open medical-records
program has both of us cheering.
The program gave over 13,500 patients in three big health systems
-- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center in Boston, Geisinger
Health System in Pennsylvania

and Harbor View Medical in Seattle -- access to their doctors' notes
for one year. The patients couldn't
wait to read their charts; up to 92
percent checked 'em at least once.
The results were amazing:
--Up to 85 percent said they had
a better understanding of their
health and medical conditions.
--Up to 87 percent felt more in
control of their health care.
--Up to 72 percent took better
care of themselves.
--Up to 78 percent did better
with taking medications.
--Up to 42 percent shared the
notes with a close friend or family
member (a great way to get sup-
ing the bill for paper copies) for

info that's rightfully theirs.
How to Get the Info That's Already Yours!
In the U.S., health-care consumers have had the legal right to
see their doctors' notes, along
with lab test results and other
info in their medical files, since
1996 (earlier in some states). But
while it's been easy for docs and
even insurance companies to
peek at this oh-so-personal info,
patients were stymied by lots of
red tape and copying fees. Some
even had to sue to see their files!
The story's frustratingly similar
in Canada, where a Thunder Bay
woman's discovery that it would
cost her $617 to see copies of her
records made nationwide headlines last summer.
So if you don't already have access, ask your doc if you can see
YOUR notes -- and the rest of your
medical records. Then do this:
No. 1: Look for and correct errors! An accurate record could
save your life in the emergency
room, not to mention avoid confusion in your regular care in the
future.
No. 2: Keep track of your meds
and test results. Having an up-todate list of the drugs you take is
on our list of the smart habits of
highly effective health-care consumers; so is knowing your

health metrics, like blood pressure, blood sugar, LDL cholesterol
and results of other tests, too.
No. 3: Doc not ready to go public with his notes? Show him this
column. And point him to
www.myopennotes.org, the website of the Open Notes study, for
important info about sharing
medical records with patients. Be
patient. Docs may need to change
the way they make notes so you
don't misunderstand their shorthand ("S.O.B." means "short of
breath," not that he doesn't like
you!). Together you can feed the
revolution.
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CHEBOYGAN - Recently,
six students from Bishop
Baraga Catholic School who
rode in the 2014 St. Judes
Bike-A-Thon at Gordon
Turner Park received prizes
for their fund-raising and
riding efforts. Top age
group riders were Josh
Clark (12 laps), Kacie
Swiderek (11 laps), Mikey

Swiderek (10 laps) and
Jacob Stempky (10 laps).
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led her age group with 17
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Gaylord Area entrepreneurs, manufacturers and
service industry providers
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by completing surveys online as part of the CrawfordOtsego Business
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Representatives from both
Crawford and Otsego counties, along with researches
at University of Michigan,
will summarize and study
survey responses regarding
the needs of Entrepreneurs,
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provide to assist in growing
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Facts every woman should

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Caption: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and it is

important for every woman to know a little more about the disease that happens to be the second leading cause of death
among women.
Breast cancer is the

second leading cause of
death among women
Each year it is estimated that over 220,000
women in the US will be
diagnosed with breast
cancer and more than
40,000 will die
Although breast cancer in men is rare, as estimate 2,150 men will be
diagnosed with breast
The October meeting for

the Organ Transplant Support Group of Northern
Michigan played host to
Charles Nelson, owner of
the Nelson Funeral Home
and Cremation Service in
Gaylord along with Jan
Lake the Pre-Arrangement
Co-coordinator who helps
with the planning and support for those who have lost
a loved one. Also appearing
along with them was Mr.
Robert Westerman II, Attorney at Law to explain the legalities (the dos and the
donts) for planning for the
inevitable.
The speakers covered
many subjects with the
group members getting
their questions answered.
What a learning experience for all attending. Important subjects were
bought to the attention of
the group such as, making
certain that one has a will
ronmental factors associated with breast cancer.

Genetic factors are factors that you have no
control over, and environmental factors are
factors you do have control over. Some genetic
factors are: gender, age,
race, family history, personal health history,
menstrual and reproductive history, certain
genome changes, and
dense breast tissue. Some
environmental factors
are: lack of physical activity, poor diet, being
overweight or obese,
drinking alcohol, radiation to chest and Combined Hormone
Replacement Therapy.
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All month long, October is Breast Cancer

Awareness Month. A
great resource for everything you need to know
about breast cancer including information
about signs and symptoms, mammograms, and
risk factors, is the National Breast Cancer
Foundation website at
nationalbreastcancer.org
.
The first thing you
need to know about
breast cancer is what it
is. Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant
cells form in the tissues
of the breast. The damaged cells have the ability to invade
surrounding tissue, but
with early detection and
treatment, most people
can continue a normal
life.
Some of the straightforward facts from the
National Breast Cancer
Foundation are:
1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime
Breast cancer is the
most commonly diagnosed cancer in women
Planning the Inevitable
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Some of the things you

can do to help are to get a
mammogram every 1-2
years if you are 40 and
older, perform a breast
self-exam once a month,
and to sign up for the
Early Detection Plan at
earlydetectionplan.org.
For tips on how to do this
self-exam, and on anything else related to
breast cancer, visit nationalbreastcancer.org.
cancer and approximately 410 will die each

year
A common question for
women is what causes
breast cancer. The answer is that doctors
arent able to pinpoint
the exact cause and cant
tell why one women developed breast cancer
over another. There are
both genetic and envi-
Exposure to a dangerous,
odorless, invisible gas
radon ranks as the number one in-home hazard for
Americans, according to a
recent Harvard University
study. Radon is a naturallyoccurring, radioactive gas
that disperses in open air,
but can become a serious
threat when trapped in a
home or other building.
Hazardous radon levels are
detected in one out of 15
American homes, and
radon is the leading cause
of lung cancer for nonsmokers.
To commemorate Radon
Action Week, October 20-26,
the Health Department of
Northwest Michigan is offering radon test kits
which normally cost $15
for free, to encourage
Northern Michigan families to check for and eliminate this silent killer from
their homes. Test kits can
be picked up during regular business hours at
Health Department offices
in Bellaire, Charlevoix,
Petoskey/Harbor Springs
and Gaylord. A Property
Tax ID number must be
provided, to help map
radon levels in the fourcounty Health District.
According to Scott
Kendzierski, the Health Departments Director of Environmental Health
Services, testing is the only
way to know if you and
your family are being exposed to dangerous levels
of radon.
Fortunately, testing for
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Nearly half a million children in
the U.S. have elevated levels of
lead in their blood, according to
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While
anyone can suffer from lead poisoning, children between 6
months and 6 years of age are
most at risk. No amount of lead
exposure is considered safe.
The CDC, the Michigan Department of Community Health
(MDCH) and the Health Department of Northwest Michigan are
participating in National Lead
Poisoning Prevention Week, October 19-25. This years theme,
Lead-Free Kids for a Healthy Future, underscores the importance of testing and protecting
children from exposure.
The Health Department of
Northwest Michigan offers blood
lead screening for children. Last
year alone, the agency screened
935 children from Northern
Michigan communities, according
to Suzette Daly, Public Health Su-
pervisor.
Common sources of lead exposure in children are house dust
contaminated by lead-based paint,
and soil contaminated by leaded
paint or by decades of industrial
and motor vehicle emissions,
Daly explained.
Most children who have been
exposed to lead do not act or look
sick until levels are seriously elevated. Lead can often be found in
homes built before 1978 that used
lead-based paint, in contaminated
soil and water, and in some products imported from other countries.
Elevated lead levels can cause
serious health problems related to
delays in growth and development, reduced IQ, behavior and
attention difficulties, hearing loss
and kidney damage. Though lead
remains in the environment, lead
poisoning is entirely preventable.
Below are some simple things you
can do to help protect your family:
Get your home tested. Before
you buy or rent an older home,
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ask about lead and have it inspected.

Get your children tested. Even if
your young children seem healthy,
have them screened for elevated
blood lead content. Discuss with
your family physician, or contact
the Health Department to schedule a screening. Call (800) 432-4121
for an appointment.
Visit the following sites for
more information: www.Michigan.gov/lead, http://leadfreekids.org , and www/cdc/gov/.
You can also call (800) 424-LEAD.
The Health Department of
Northwest Michigan is mandated
by the Michigan Public Health
Code to promote wellness, prevent
disease, provide quality healthcare, address health problems of
vulnerable populations, and protect the environment for the residents and visitors of Antrim,
Charlevoix, Emmet, and Otsego
counties. Visit www.nwhealth.org
or call (800) 432-4121 for more information.
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radon is easy and inexpensive, he said. If you discover that your home does
have a problem, the Health
Department can provide
free consultation and, if
needed, help you find a contractor to correct the problem."
Kendzierski says radon
mitigation systems are
readily available through
local contractors and are
widely used, with excellent
results that can decrease
the presence of radon in a
home by as much as 99 percent. Depending on the size
and type of home, systems
can range from a few hundred dollars up to about
$2,500.
Its reassuring to know
that exposure to harmful
levels of radon is preventable, and correcting the
problem is relatively easy
and inexpensive for most
homes, he added.
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Coats for Kids drive a wonderful success

By Jim Akans
Photos by Dave Baragrey sr.
This past Thursday, October

16th, the Salvation Army and
Eagle 101.5 FM hosted the 10th annual Coats for Kids Drive on the
parking lot in front of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Gaylord. The 12-hour event brought
in over $5,700 in donations and
Stan Dombrowski of Maier and
Associates Financial Group, Inc
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donations up to $5,000. Additionally new and gently used winter
apparel dropped off during the
event included 281 coats, 44 snow
pants, 127 hats, 135 pairs of mittens and gloves, 20 scarves and17
pairs of boots.
The goal of Coats for Kids is
provide children and families of
Otsego County with the outerwear they need for the winter season, said Rosie Warner, Coats for
Kids coordinator for the Salva-
Hundreds of coats were collected last Thursday at the Coats for Kids drive in Gaylord.
tion Army. This years annual

Coats for Kids Drive was phenomenal. What I loved was the community not only
came to give but
also to share inSienna Johnston of Gaylord played some of the games formation, to netafter she and her mom donated to the Coats for Kids drive. work and to
connect.
Stan Dombrowski of Maier
and Associates
adds, We are a
family oriented
company and children are the heart
of any family. I
challenged everyone to participate
with a cash donation to ensure we
can do the most
good for the children of Otsego
County.
During the
event, which ran
from 6 am to 6 pm,
there were also
kids games such
as ring toss,
pumpkin bowling and pumpkin

tic tac toe. Several area restaurants and establishments donated
breakfast goodies, coffee, cookies,
brownies, lunch and dinner items
for volunteers who assisted as
well as for those who stopped by
to donate. In addition to The
Eagle 101.5 FM and Maier and Associates, The Salvation Army
thanks the following businesses
for supporting this years Coats
for Kids Drive: Alpine Tavern and
Eatery, Big Bear Deli, Biggby Coffee, BJs Restaurant and Catering,
Bob Evans, Gobblers Restaurant,
JP Racing, La Senorita New Vision Optical, Spartan Sewer and
Septic and Subway.
Those who missed the event but
would like to donate to Coats for
Kids can bring their donations to
the Salvation Army Thrift Store
through October 24th. The Coats
for Kids store will be located at
2066 South Otsego Avenue in Gaylord (just south of McCoy Road)
and will be open October 22nd
through the 24th from 8:30 to
noon and from 1 to 5pm. Registration forms can be filled out at the
New Key Club members, Tara Canda, Ellie Canda & Cassandra Kolka, from Gaylord High manned the Punkin Bowling game at the Coats for Kids drive.
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The Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce has endorsed

the bond proposal that will appear on ballot for voters in the
Petoskey school district. The proposal will seek .50 mills for ten
years for the construction of a
Community Athletic Complex on
the campus of Petoskey High
School and Middle School. The
chambers board of directors recently passed a resolution supporting the bond request and
urges voters to vote yes on Nov. 4.
The boards action came upon
a recommendation from the
chambers Government Relations
Committee who had heard a report from Superintendent of
Schools John Scholten. Scholten
also addressed the chambers
board of directors with a complete overview of the proposed
project.
Board members and committee members asked a lot of questions and had a great discussion
with John, said chamber president Carlin Smith. This issue
was well vetted by both groups
before they reached a decision,
Smith added.
Smith says it isnt easy for a
chamber of commerce to endorse
a tax increase for its member
businesses, but this project presented a number of compelling
reasons for which the chamber
could give its support. The fact
that our current stadium is so
outdated, the potential to host
new events in town, and the
school districts efforts to bring
down the costs from their last
proposal all made it pretty easy
to earn the chambers endorsement, Smith said.
In 2007, the Public Schools of
Petoskey went to voters with a
bond request for a project that totaled nearly $15 million. The
chamber endorsed that proposal
as well, but it was defeated by voters. Smith said that Scholten told
the board that the school district
listened to the concerns of voters
at that time about the cost of the
project and found ways to provide a more scaled back project
this time around.
The chamber drafted a resolution of support for the bond request that includes a number of
points. They include an improvement to the communitys image,
the allure to families relocating
to the area, the potential to bring
more tournament games and special events to the community, and
the schools willingness to find a
less costly way to build the new
athletic complex. The complete
resolution can be viewed at
www.chamber.petoskey.com.

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