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CHARLEVOIX - A portraitof Honorable Richard Patjasstood beside him on the stageas judges, law enforcement,family and elected officialstried to sum up a thirty yearcareer of success and in-tegrity. The portrait morethan anything exemplied thesignicance of the event athand. It would be the rst toadorn the walls of the 33rdCircuit Court. CharlevoixCountys rst Circuit CourtJudge was retiring. The partyheld in his honor at CastleFarms on December 11 tried

hard to capture to importanceof this truly historic event.The evening opened with

drinks and dinner catered byA Matter of Taste out of Ellsworth. Promptly at 6 p.m.emcee Mary Faculak, Directorof the East Jordan AreaChamber of Commerce, intro-

duced the man of the hour.He is leaving a wonderfullegacy in Charlevoix County,she said. And the roomerupted into a standing ova-tion as the Honorable Judge

Patjas took a seat right of thepodium.

Retired Honorable Alton T.Davis, Justice of the MichiganSupreme Court, began hisspeech by stating that Patjas

has shown himself to be oneof the nest in the State of Michigan. He presented Pat-

jas with a plaque signed by allof the current Supreme Court

justices.Honorable Charles Johnson,

Judge of the Emmet CountyCircuit Court, opened his pres-entation by saying that duringhis time in the Circuit CourtPatjas improved the quality of service in the two counties.He did this in three ways, byinstituting the victims restitu-tion fund..., he instituted mod-ern case managementpractices...and through unwa-vering personal commitment

to the highest standards of re-spect for everyone who camebefore him over the years, hesaid. Johnson presented Patjaswith a special tribute from theState of Michigan in the formof a recognition certicate.

Judge Patjas, Leaving a Wonderful Legacy in Charlevoix County

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Congratulations to Cre8tive Cup-cake, the winner of the 2014Charlevoix Hot Cocoa Contestsponsored by the Charlevoix Area

Chamber of Commerce. The con-test was held during theCharlevoix Merchant Open Houseon Saturday, December 6th.

Over 500 votes were cast betweenthe 9 restaurants competing for the coveted CocoaCup. The competitors were American Spoon Foods,The Bridge Street Tap Room, Cre8tive Cupcake, TheDrawbridge Bistro, Grey Gables Inn Restaurant, TheLanding Restaurant, The Quay Restaurant, ScoviesGourmet and Smoke On The Water.

It was a tight race for the 2014 Cocoa Cup with GreyGables taking a close 2nd and Scovies Gourmet tak-ing 3rd place.

We are grateful and honored to earn the title andbe recognized for having the Best Hot Cocoa inCharlevoix. What I was most excited to see was thesmiling and enthusiastic faces of locals and visitorssupporting downtown businesses, said Alfred Sori-ano, owner and baker at Cre8tive Cupcake.

Cre8tive Cupcake offers our 100% Belgian HotCocoa on our daily menu. Other great products in-clude freshly baked breakfast and Upper Peninsulapasties, made from scratch, quiche, cinnamon rolls,scones, cookies, cakes, cupcakes, organic and fairtrade coffee, lattes and other specialty hot beverages.We open at 7 oclock in the morning seven days aweek. We invite everyone to try our scrumptious se-

lections. Thank you again for the opportunity andsupport, said Soriano.

The 2014 Charlevoix Hot Cocoa Contest offered awonderful variety of delicious cocoa for all to sampleand enjoy. Those that followed the Cocoa Trail weretreated to the traditional deep rich chocolate, whitechocolate, mint, and even a zesty barbeque blendrecipe. Thank you to everyone that came downtown,sampled and voted for your favorite hot cocoa duringCharlevoix for the Merchant Open House! It was agreat event and we are looking forward to next yearsfestivities.

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The Boyne City HighSchool Robotics Team willhost the regional 2015 FIRSTRobotics Competition Kickoff on Saturday, January 3, from9:00 am - 4:00 pm.

FIRST competitions chal-lenge student teams to designand build a robot designed toperform prescribed tasksagainst other competitors.Students, under adult mentorguidance, also organize fund-raising, develop team skillsand promote their efforts.

Over 300 students from 20area schools will attend theevent, which begins the six-week period during whichteams are permitted to designand build their robot in ad-vance of the competition sea-son. Students and mentorswill attend workshops, learn

from other teams, see robotsfrom previous competitions,and hear about the 2015 chal-lenge.

Were very exited to hostthis event, said KarenJarema, Boyne City HighSchool principal. Having thekick-off in our community isquite an honor for our pro-gram. Boyne Citys teamtook a rst place in a district

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nearly a year of silence sinceclosing their storefront inEllsworth MIFarms Markethas reappeared in the neigh-borhood with a new shippingcenter, new customers, and anew company. They openedtheir doors to the publicThursday, December 11 fortours and Michigan made re-freshments.

The company arrangesand sells gift boxes of Michi-gan-made food products anduses online marketing, col-laboration and social mediato conduct most of theirsales. Although the doors totheir red brick and mortarpresence on Center Street indowntown Ellsworth closed,the retailer of all Michiganproduced goods has been

thriving. The company de-cided to take to the road insearch of new retail outlets

for their Michigan produc-ers. It was yet another fruit-ful venture for the three yearold company as they pickedup about 150 new storeswhich now sell the MichiganMade food products pack-aged by MIFarms. Westarted 2014 by getting on theroad to food shows all overthe Midwest. This allowed usto connect with potentialbuyers, showcase our prod-ucts, and meet exciting newfood producers, said ownerScotty Bruce.

With the added retailersthe company found them-selves in need of morespace. This fall they set upshop again in Ellsworth at9525 Lake Street which gavethem the capacity to triple

their production. Alongwith more room to shipproducts, we also have ex-

panded our crate buildingand food packaging capac-ity, said Bruce. A large ban-ner outfront announcedtheir presence and they in-vited the community to tourthe new packing center. Holi-day gift arrangements wereon display and refreshmentswere served during the openhouse. Bruce also an-nounced that they haveplans to reopen theEllsworth storefront nextsummer in a new location.

Other big news for thecompany, they purchasedone of their long time pro-ducers The UndergroundCheesecake Co. of TraverseCity in September. The pre-vious owners stayed on longenough to help complete the

transition and retired in No-vember. When they beganconsidering retirement it

was very important to themthat the company be left inthe right hands, said Bruce.Along with the purchasecame three employees with acombined total of 25 yearsexperience with the cheese-cake factory.

The new warehouse andco-packing facility inEllsworth where they pack,label and ship foods soldthrough the MIFarms web-site and catalog is the nextstep in MIFarms continuedcommitment to utilizeBruces marketing and salesexpertise to help smallMichigan food producersgrow. You can visit MIFarmsathttps://mifarmmarket.com/

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Just because thewinter season ishere, that doesntmean that you haveto give up yourfresh produce andhomemade prod-ucts. There are stillsome indoorFarmers Markets that aregoing on in the area whereyou can get some g reat items.

BOYNE CITY has their In-door Farmers Market everySaturday until April. It lastsfrom 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at theRed Barn next to the BoyneDistrict Library on ParkStreet.

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Winter Farm Market is openevery Thursday at theGrayling Mini Mall next tothe Hallmark Store. Stop infrom 10:00 am - 3:00 pm forsome fresh products.

G YLORD now has a Win-ter Indoor Farmers Market

every Saturday until March28th, 2015. The market is lo-cated at the Alpine Plaza onW. Main Street and lasts from

9:00 am - 1:00 pm.You can nd some great

items such as baked goods,homemade soaps, some freshproduce, maple syrup, andother great products. Any of these Farmers Markets canbe a great place to nd aChristmas gift for some of the people on your list thisyear, and you know that allproducts were made locally.While the focus of a winterFarmers Market may be lesson fresh fruits and vegetablesand more on other home-made items, you still knowthat everything has beenmade in your very own com-munity. Stock up on somehomemade goodies at a Win-ter Farmers Market nearyou.

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According to Jarema, all com-munity members are invited toattend the event from 10:15 11:30 am in the HS Auditoriumto learn more about FIRST Ro-botics Competitions, witnessteams in action, and learn of op-portunities to contribute orserve as a mentor.

For more information, contactthe Boyne City High School at231-439-8130.

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Following another successful recruit-ment and training activity at Char-EmUnited Way (CEUW), more area volun-teers are members of the Literacy Corpsand being matched with needs in localschools. Over a dozen volunteers at-tended the November 12th training ses-sion and the new class of volunteersbrings the Literacy Corps numbers upto 115 of the three year target of 150.

The goal of thi s initiative is to recruit150 community members fromCharlevoix and Emmet Counties whowill continue to work with children on aregular basis. The volunteers have beentrained to work directly with studentson their reading, writing, and compre-hension skills as well as general tutor-ing and mentoring.

There is an African proverb, It takesa village to raise a child. I believetoday, more than ever, our village isnecessary to meet all the needs of ourstudents, said Petoskey Central Ele-mentary principal, Cal Prins. At Cen-tral Elementary we have teachers,administrators, support staff, parents,and volunteers working together to helpeach student reach success. Th e volun-teers coming into our school providemore than academic support. They pro-vide a listening ear, words of encourage-ment, and possible solutions toproblems. When students see adult vol-unteers in our school, they see rsthandhow members in our community valueeducation, and support our school.

The Literacy Corps is part of Char-Em United Ways education initiativeUnited We Read, which has recruiteddedicated volunteers to read to, tut or,and mentor students in schools, li-braries, and other youth serving agen-cies. Char-Em United WaysAmeriCorps VISTA Pat Brewer re-cruited the latest group of volunteersand turned to the resources of the Char-Em Intermediate School District to getthe specialized training for them. Three

Literacy Consultants from the ISD Patti Loper, Jennifer Jess, and PamCiganickpresented a thorough and en-

joyable overview of approaches andtools available when working with stu-dents of varying educational levels andages. There was no charge for this train-ing and it was open to anyone in theChar-Em service area with the interest

in being able to eff ectively help inschools. Volunteers have the ability totailor their time in school around theirown schedule.

Central Elementary is one of at leastfour area schools that will be recipientsof the new group of Literacy Corps vol-unteers. Placements have also beenmade in Boyne City Elementary andShay Elementary in Harbor Springs. A

placement is still being nalized for twomore volunteers in a school that is localto them. Volunteers are placed based onresponses to a survey that was distrib-uted to all area school principals in Oc-tober. The survey asked about a varietyof needs as well as the time of day theservices would be provided.

Principal Prins pointed out that whilethe students get a great deal out of thetime and efforts of the volunteers, theyarent alone in reaping rewards from theinteraction. The benets of volunteer-ing extend beyond the student. Volun-teers are enriched by the experience aswell and become more familiar with ourschool and the programs we offer. Theydevelop relationships with our staff andstudents. Our volunteers have the satis-faction of knowing they are helping stu-dents during a very important stage intheir development, while creating animportant link between the school andthe community. The school truly feelslike a family when we all come togetherto support each oth er.

Current school volunteers are en-couraged to join the Literacy Corps andattend training sessions, which arescheduled when numbers of new re-cruits are large enough. More informa-tion on becoming a Literacy Corpsmember is available by contacting PatBrewer, AmeriCorps VISTA at Char-EmUnited Way, at 231-487-1006 or via emailat [email protected]. To ex-plore volunteer opportunities that areavailable at local nonprot agencies in-cluding the Literacy Corps, visit the

CEUW website at charemunitedway.org,click on volunteer, then register as avolunteer and explore the agencies andtheir postings for volunteer needs onVolunteer Connections.

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ELLSWORTH - Residentsof the community of Ellsworth ocked to theBanks Township Hall twicein one week for food, fellow-ship and holiday cheer. TheVillage Wooden Shoe Festivaland Breakfast with Santadrew record numbers of peo-ple downtown.

The Wooden Shoe Festbegan with the Pine LakeWinds playing Oh Tannen-baum as people drew nearthe 20 foot community Christ-mas tree as way of introduc-tion for the moment BanksTownship Citizen of the Year,Larry Essenberg, ipped theswitch setting the square a

glow. The party then movedinto the hall where a freepizza dinner was provided byA Matter of Taste catering, thePine Lake Winds played on andTwister Joe entertained the kidsby providing balloon hats andSanta beards.

Early Saturday morningthe Hall was once again lledwith excited children andculinary fragrances. TheEllsworth Lionesses Pancake

Breakfast with Santa saw thelargest attendance in its history.Every child that came not onlygot to whisper in Santas ear butwas given a stuffed toy to take

home. Pancakes, eggs andsausage were served free to allwho stopped in. It was a success-ful celebration, said Village Pres-ident Hugh Campbell.

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PETOSKEY Businesses canlearn about Responding to FederalGovernment Solicitations at aclass December 11 in Petoskey.The class will run from 9:00 a.m.to 12:00 p.m. in room 536 of theStudent Community ResourceBuilding at North Central Michi-gan College (NCMC). The class ispart of the Doing Business withthe Government Series, and isbeing offered by the Northwest

Michigan Procurement TechnicalAssistance Center (PTAC) in part-nership with NCMC.

In the class businesses will lookat what factors they should con-sider before bidding, how the gov-ernment evaluates offers, tips forresponding to a request for pro-posal (RFP), and more. There is nocharge to attend the class, butseating is limited and pre-registra-

tion is required at: network-snorthwest.org/ptactraining. Formore information about the classcontact Deb Donovan at:[email protected] or231-929-5076.

More information and a sched-ule of other classes offered by thePTAC available at:networksnorth-west.org/ptactraining.

The Northwest Michigan PTACis a non-prot organization that

provides assistance (normally atno cost) to companies in north-west Lower Michigan and theUpper Peninsula interested indoing business with state and fed-eral government agencies. Formore information about servicesprovided by the PTAC go to: net-worksnorthwest.org/ptac. TheNorthwest Michigan PTAC is aprogram of Networks Northwest.

Class for Businesses Interested in Respondinto Federal Government Solicitations

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CHARLEVOIX: The regularmeeting of City Council begantimidly enough, but soon be-came heated when members of both the DDA and the LibraryBoard of Directors gave theiropinion on a $30,000 contribu-tion to the Library from theDDA that hasnt been paid inseveral years.

The issue stemmed from acomment made at the lastmeeting of council whenMayor Gabe Campbell broughtup the contribution for DDADirector Bethany Pearson tolook into. Pearson took theissue before the DDA on De-cember 8 where Chairman DanBarron explained the circum-stances upon which the contri-bution originated. According toBarron, the contribution was asimple motion made by theDDA in 2004 that stated as longas funds were available theDDA would give $30,000 a yearfor 20 years to the Library.

However, according to Li-brary Director Val Meyersonthe DDA has not made pay-ments for several years. Meyer-son explained that the DDAhas paid 5 payments thus far,for a total of $150,000. Accord-

ing to Library officials, thislack of contribution hascaused distress.

That motion was a promisethey would pay that, statedMeyerson. She went on to de-lineate that had the Libraryknown the money wouldnt begiven, they would have goneabout funding the operationdifferently. On the basis thatthe contribution would begiven, the Library pursuedhigher bonds, didnt le for asmany grants for funding, andgave the DDA the naming priv-ileges for the two conferencerooms located inside the build-ing.

Barron took the podium rstto explain how the contribu-tion came about, and why theDDA feels that mandating theypay the contribution will bedetrimental. He explained thatthe motion to make the contri-bution was not a legally bind-ing contract, but rather asimple motion.

It was understood that (thecontribution) was going to be

contingent on our ability to af-ford it, stated Barron. He ex-plained that from the DDApoint of view, this agreementwas not a formal resolution;therefore they arent violatingany agreements by not makingthe contribution. He also ex-plained that due to the eco-nomic downturn in 2008, theDDA is not in a favorable posi-tion economically. Barronpointed out multiple times thatthe DDA is being forced to domore with less but that theyarent taking funds from the Li-brary contribution to do otherprojects. He then listed multi-ple DDA projects that havebeen funded by donation,grant, or volunteer hours only.

We want to get the moneyback to the librarywe sup-port that library. Our heartsare in the library, our heartsare in this town, and weredoing our level best, statedBarron.

City Attorney Scott Howardwas called upon after Barronspoke to give a legal opinion re-garding the simple motionand whether or not it was alegally binding agreement.

I believe that it (isnt)Likely a court would say therewasnt a binding contractif

the Library were to sue theDDA they probably wouldntsucceed, explained Howard.

Val Meyerson, with LibraryTreasurer Rick Brandi, thencame before council to explaintheir point of view. Accordingto the two of them, the libraryfelt that this was a promisethe money would be con-tributed. Meyerson explainedthat the pledge goes directlyto the debt fund, and that if the library were to get the con-tribution they could tax resi-dents less.

Had the contribution comein (our millage) would be .72mills as opposed to .76, statedMeyerson.

In conclusion, Meyerson in-dicated what the library wouldlike to see the DDA do aboutthe matter. She stated that shefeels the DDA and Library haveworked well together, and thatthere are no hard feelings intheir dealings.

We want an honest commit-ment from the DDA, statedMeyerson. She also stated that

the Library understood if theDDA does not currently havethe money, but that she wantedto see them put priority on thecontribution and nding fundsfor it.

Those present in the audi-ence however did not feel askindly as Meyerson, of the sev-eral who voiced an opinionmost were frustrated with thelack of contribution on thepart of the DDA.

(The motion) doesnt saythey might contributeit saysthat by unanimous vote of theDDA $30,000 would be con-tributed, said Kay Heise whowent on to state, Of 207 donornames, 206 have sent in theirmoney and honored their com-mitments. I look forward to theDDA doing the same.

The discussion concludedafter an hour with DDA Direc-tor Bethany Pearson explain-ing that if the DDA were tostart making the contributionagain they would eventually beforced to fund the East ParkMarina from the GeneralFund, a situation that CityCouncil promised tax payerswould not happen.

The DDA has done every-thing we canit is unfeasibleto pay this debt and also make

its contribution to the MarinaFundsI want to remind citycouncil of their pledge to thetaxpayers. If the library contri-bution is mandated, marinabond payments will have to bemade by taxpayers, said Pear-son.

The situation was nallysummed up by City ManagerRob Straebel, when he ex-pressed that although the con-tribution wouldnt be madethis year, he did see that theDDA would work on making itin the future.

I hear an honest commit-ment from the DDA to keep uptheir promise on this. This canbe made in the future, its justnot going to happen this year,said Straebel.

Ultimately, council had littleto say regarding the issue, anddid not mandate that the DDAmake the payment. Instead,they felt that perhaps the DDAand Library should sit downand discuss a feasible compro-mise that could make both par-ties happy.

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The Ursid Meteor Shower willpeak on the 20th - 22nd of Decem-ber and there is an opportunity toview the shows on December 20that Headlands International DarkSky Park. From 6:30 - 8:30 pm youcan make your way to the GuestHouse at the Headlands wherethere will be indoor activities andoutdoor observing opportunities.Attendees will create seasonal

journals in honor of the traditionof observing the sacred connec-

tion between Earth and the starsthat occurs when there is the leastamount of external light in theNorthern Hemisphere. You canalso try to count the shootingstars in the night sky as a part of the Ursid Meteor Shower and lookinto why certain cultural tradi-tions impact scientic researchand discovery.

The Ursids themselves has onlybeen observed for about acentury. There could be up to 100meteors per hour, or more com-monly, 5-10 per hour. Every an-nual meteor shower has radiantpoints and the showers are namedfrom where these points lie. A ra-diant point is the point in the skyfrom where a meteor shower ap-

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of stars that is smaller than a con-stellation.) The Little Dipper as-terism is in the constellation UrsaMinor which is also called theLittle Bear or Lesser Bear.

If you want to view the UrsidMeteor Shower, look towards theBig Dipper and the Little Dipperand that is where you should seethe meteors. If you want to join inon the celebration, make sure youattend the viewing of the MeteorShower of the Great Bear at theHeadlands International DarkSky Park at 15675 Headlands Roadin Mackinaw City.

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