An overwhelming wave of Boyne City community sup-port has resulted in a per-manent home for the Boyne Country Community Center (BCCC).The second half of the $50,000 needed to purchase their new location at 212 North Lake St. was raised spontaneously by attendees of the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce annual award banquet on Thursday Jan. 20.“We had no idea that was going to happen,” said BCCC board secretary/treasurer Stephanie Carter. “We knew we were go-ing to be given a 60-second

slot at the beginning to plug our organization, but we didn’t expect such a huge surprise.”The BCCC board had only $5,000 in the bank when Boyne City business owner and BCCC fundraiser Jim White pledged $10,000 and then came to the board with news that the Boyne City Ma-sonic Lodge was up for sale.“It’s amazing. It’s overwhelm-ing. It’s promising,” Carter said. “It gives us hope for the second phase which we really didn’t have before, so we’re just thrilled.”Started a couple years ago as a dream of the late Jerry Matel-ski, the BCCC had been using the old Carter’s grocery store

Chocolate Covered Boyne On Fri-day, Feb. 11 and Saturday, Feb. 12.For lovers of chocolate, Chocolate Covered Boyne may just be the right event to cure a sweet-tooth.Taking place on Friday, Feb. 11 and Saturday, Feb. 12 in downtown Boyne City, the event is an excellent way to get delectable morsels and great shopping deals.“People can come to Boyne City on Friday and Saturday to take advan-tage of many discounts and treats all over the downtown,” said Jamie

Baumann, member of the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce. “Sat-urday night is going to be a wine and chocolate tasting concert.”Chocolate Covered Boyne was started as a response from the Boyne City Main Street Program to initi-ate a new event closer to Valentine’s Day.The committee, led by Linn Wil-liams, felt that an event was needed around the holiday to promote the community in a special way, and they wanted to create yet another reason to visit Boyne City.

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A new Boyne City business owner said he is facing com-plaints about his new business before he has even opened the doors.The 220 Lake St. property owner Patrick Schaller, who plans to open this spring serv-ing American cuisine as Coo-per’s Pub & Grill, is already hearing concerns from at least one neighboring property own-er about potential noise levels.“From my understanding, it’s related to an old conflict of thought, between the former restaurant (220 Lake St. Food & Spirits) and a neighbor,” Schaller said. “Hopefully this

focus of noise concerns related to my new business is not solely because of the former conflict, otherwise I feel like I’m being discriminated by association.”One property neighbor has made his concerns about Schaller’s business public dur-ing the Jan. 11 Boyne City Commission meeting.“I think it’s great what you’re doing. I think it’s going to be a real plus for the town. My con-cern, of course, is as you know we have had some significant noise issues where we live which is right next door to the 200 Lake Street property over the last three years,” said John McCan. “I don’t know if Mr. Schaller is going to continue

the night club operation. But, when the night club was in op-eration we had just tremendous noise and our living quarters at that time were 50 to 100 feet away from the wall of the night club.”He added, “For this facility I would just ask you to look into any potential noise issues because this facility is 10 to 15 feet away from our living area.”Schaller said it is normal for businesses to make noise dur-ing the course of operation.“That’s what we call job cre-ation and commerce,” he said. “Do the downtown festivals make noise? Do the fair rides at the Mushroom Festival make

noise? These traditional Boyne City festivals could be nega-tively affected by a noise ordi-nance revision.”Schaller added, “I’m not break-ing a law by opening and oper-ating a restaurant/pub, so I have no legal responsibility to miti-gate with neighbors. The 220 South Lake Street address has been a restaurant/bar location for decades, and the theater has been there for a century.”McCan said he got the impres-sion that Schaller’s new busi-ness venture was going to be entertaining much lower vol-ume activities than the busi-ness before him.Schaller said his focus right

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Living in an apart-ment com-plex is a trip into an-other world after hav-ing one’s own home for over 60 years.

Granted that that there has not been one house in my adult life which I can think back to as home because my life has been far too transient, even including the 50 years I have called Boyne City or its environs home.I think my par-ents’ house where I worked my way through my junior and senior high years probably remains home to

me to this day. Not only did I live there during those great years, but it also became home for my husband and me and our first son after World War II drew to a close. We all hung our hats there as my fa-ther helped us build our first house on Holland-Sylvania Road near Maumee, Ohio. It was tiny but perfect for our

early years of becoming par-ents.Thinking back I count seven houses following that first one. Six have been here in Michigan. All different, four were ones for which I drew the floor plans etc. This was possible because of the long hours in my childhood I spent watching my father, a self-

educated architect and build-er, work as he sat on a high stool before a large wooden drawing table in his office. It fascinated me to watch a house evolve as my dad al-lowed his creative mind to move the pencil he held in his hand across a large piece of tracing paper attached to

I’ve always had a fascina-tion with old newspapers.I’ve read ev-erything from issues of the P e t o s k e y n e w s p a p e r decades back to issues of what used to the the Boyne

Citizen as far back as the 1800’s, and it seems like another world.I see a Boyne City with dirt roads, horse-drawn buggies, and people working to dredge what once was the Pine Lake (now Lake Charlev-oix), effectively lowering the wa-ter level by several feet.I see businesses charging pennies for loaves of bread, obituaries pro-claiming lives of people who died long before I was born, and men wearing top hats, bowlers, and bowties.I also look and see the important news of the day.

The citizens were one day proud that their children could have a school to go to, and happier still to take the train to their next destina-tion.The missions, which are now churches, worked with travelling priests and pastors, as they gave sermons on their way through, making rounds from church to church.Issues affecting the residents in 1909 included the finding of oil in Mancelona, the selling of “fire-water” to minor children, and the opening of a Justice’s Office in City Hall. We look back and see just what was important to everyone.I often wonder what people would think 100 years from now if they read The Boyne City Gazette.Some weeks, the grim truth can be seen – the front page showing things like a complaint against the Police Department, a lawsuit af-fecting Grandvue, the home for many of Boyne’s elders, and the turmoil abounding from gas and

oil leases.Other weeks, business open, busi-nesses close, and a building may be knocked down, but we’re not sure yet, so check back next week.I know one thing for sure.One hundred years from now, peo-ple will look at the Boyne Coun-try Community Center, and read about how it came to be.They will read about a night when many citizens and businesses came together, and in spite of per-sonal risk, chipped in the dollars and cents they had to give hope to their city.Businesses, organizations, couples, individuals, and all of Boyne City alike came together for a common cause – to see that our children have a place to go, something to do, and a way to improve their fu-ture.The Masonic Lodge will look back and see it as the day they took a big step to ensure that they would be here tomorrow.While selling their building to better their home town, they also

found a place to meet that will al-low them to continue.As I write this column, I wonder what people will say if they read it 100 years from now, or even 1 year from now.I hope that next year, someone can sit and read their paper over a cup of coffee at the new Community Center.I hope that some ten-year-old child rips apart his Boyne Gazette to stuff the scarecrow out front for the Harvest Festival, getting the Community Center ready for one of its many celebrations.I’m waiting for the future, and asking myself “What will they say when they read this.”I hope to hear something like “This is why we live in Boyne City.”That’s what I’d say.

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Religions of the Boyne City and the Charlevoix County areaThe Mound Builders

The Mound Builders is a term used to

describe First Nation’s cultures that built earthen burial mounds and other earthworks across a large area of North America that extended from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to the Appala-chian Mountains. The Mound cul-ture emerged at about 3000 BC and disappeared around 1200 AD.The term ‘mound builders’ encom-passes several cultures that spanned about 4000 years.The earliest mounds were built approximately 4000 years ago at

a place now known as Monroe, Louisiana. The Archaic culture migrated into the Woodlands culture but the mound builders traditions contin-ued with the evolution of the Ad-ena Mound Building culture. The magnificent Hopewell mound builders emerged next.The prehistoric mounds had many forms and seem to have satisfied a range of functions.Large, mainly dome-shaped, mounds appeared in the form of animal effigies. Many served as burial mounds, sometimes for individuals and sometimes to hold the remains of a number of people. Others were temple mounds earthwork plat-forms supposedly used for reli-gious ceremonies. Eastern Woodland Indians is a term describing a polyglot of tribal soci-eties that once inhabited an area in North America that extended from the northern tree line and the

headwaters of the McKenzie River, through the vast hardwood forests surrounding the Great Lakes and the shores of the Mississippi River, south to the Gulf of Mexico and east through the Carolina forests to the Atlantic seaboard.At the time Europeans reached the shores of North America the Ojib-wa Indians were the largest tribe on the continent. They referred to themselves as Anishnabe - a word that means ”The People.”There were many similarities be-tween the Eastern Woodland Indi-ans who lived south of the Great Lakes and their cousins who lived in the rocky forests.Although the Eastern Woodlands Indians culture reached as far north as the headwaters of the McKenzie River in what is now Canada, it thrived particularly well in the for-ests and fertile soil along the Ohio River and south along the Missis-sippi to the Gulf of Mexico. In compiling the series of events

which lead up to the present days Charlevoix County, we find-inter-esting- and thrilling stories of the happenings of by-gone years.Before we can get a clear picture of the development of our own Char-levoix County, let us go back to the early history of our State and Na-tion. In the Charlevoix Region there is the charm of historic association resting upon all of its area. Here the Mound-builders left their traces, and its surface has been scarred by Indian wars of the remote past. There is indubitable evidence that the mound-builders wrought the copper mines of Lake Superior that the work was carried on by a large body of men through a period of hundreds or years but the evidence that they established permanent settlements there is lacking. The most reasonable theory is that the laborers spent the summer in the mines, but retired for the winter to

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driver of the station wagon, Ann Marie Peck age 59 from East Jordan, Michigan, was transported to the hospital and treated for her injuries. Brenda Munger and her 13 year old daughter were also transported to the hospital where they were treated for minor injuries and released. This incident is still under investigation. The East Jor-dan Police Department and the Michigan State Police assisted at the scene.

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building as its headquarters, but the re-cent outpouring of financial support and a great real-estate deal has changed all that.

While White was able to raise much of the initial $25,000 in re-cent weeks, he was veritably deluged with pledges and cash donations after he gave a brief presenta-tion on the commu-nity center during the chamber’s banquet.“Jerry Matelski, who

was the idea man behind the commu-nity center, passed away in December. He secured a place at Carter’s, but they were never going to own the building and perhaps operate it if they ever got enough money,” White said. “When I discovered the Mason Building was for sale for $99,000 I approached them and said this was for the community cen-ter.”The response White got from the Ma-sons was a shock.“We were motivated to sell the building and when the community center stepped forward I told them to make us an offer and don’t be too surprised if we work with you on it,” said Boyne City Mason-ic Lodge Worshipful Master Ron Freed. “As masons in Boyne City we’re a com-munity-minded organization anyway and to see the old lodge to the the com-munity center is like having your cake and eating it too.”He added, “The building is still going to be a great benefit to the community.”The Masons were looking to sell the building due to dwindling membership and the high cost of maintaining a build-ing which they seldom use.Freed said the Masons’ drastic drop in asking price was due to the importance of the community center’s success.“When I was a kid I lived in Midland and in the ‘50s they built a community center with all sorts of activities for kids and I think it is very important for kids in the area to have a place to go other than hang out on the streets,” he said. “This is not a teen center, but a place for the whole community to use.”For the meantime, the Masons are work-ing with a local organization to share

their meeting space until a new home is found.Though the Masons have had a lodge in Boyne City since 1882, their first building burned in 1951 and they were forced to relocate to the existing build-ing which was built in 1954.“We were faced with the issue either we could sell our building and move on or we disband and we didn’t want to dis-band,” he said. “Another option was to consolidate with another lodge, but that would have taken the Masonic fraternity out of Boyne City forever.”Freed added, “All of the sudden this has freed us up to build membership and have fun and do great things for the community instead of just sustain our-selves and pay our bills each year.”The next step for the BCCC is to sign closing documents and begin forming committees for the next phase of the project.“We’ve got two committees starting: one is a building committee to go in and see what needs to happen to get the building handicap accessible and energy efficient,” Carter said. “The other part of it is the program planning, revising our vision and mis-sion statement and business plan and figuring out what programs we’re going to promote and offer there.”Anyone interested in working on the project may call Carter at (231) 881-6248 or BCCC board president Renee Santina at (231) 675-2652.“The community support has been over-whelming and we’re just very thankful for the support that we’ve received,” Carter said. “We hope that more people will see the value of the project that we’re trying to get running and step up and want to help by volunteering time and services for the benefit of all community members.”She added, “A lot of people have men-tioned that this project started out as a vision of Jerry Matelski and we defi-nitely want to remember him. I think Jerry was with us last night.”The former Carter building on M-75 was the original goal site for the BCCC. Although the Masonic building is much smaller at around 6,000-square-feet, programs that won’t fit in this building will be outsourced to other nearby loca-tions.

now is opening his restaurant and pub and running them rep-utably.“When someone has sound

sensitivity, then they should not move next to an established restaurant, bar, or theater,” he said. “If you move next to an airport, you cannot expect the airport to move, or expect the planes to put on mufflers.” McCan asked Schaller to in-

vestigate ways to lower any potential noise from his new establishment.Schaller said he is concerned about the possibility of citizens attempting to pass legislation to change acceptable sound levels in the business district.

“(It) seems to be only directed towards my future business, and only because they may have had issues with the for-mer business. It feels like dis-crimination by association,” Schaller said. “New legisla-tion could also negatively af-

fect other businesses and fes-tivals.”Schaller said he will be a good neighbor and citizen, and fol-low the laws accordingly.“But, under no circumstances will I allow myself, or my busi-ness, to be bullied.”

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“Williams is the primary organizer, and she has worked very hard to make this event successful,” said Baumann.The theme of chocolate, Baumann said, fits in well with the great res-taurants in downtown Boyne City. Along with the great restaurants, too, Boyne City has many choco-late stores – including Kilwin’s and Alpine Chocolate Haus. Baumann said there are a variety of different reasons to come out and spend the day, whether that be for chocolate or not, and there will be shopping and great deals at many of the businesses downtown. “My personal favorites are the two special cappuccinos offered by Wa-ter Street Cafe and by (Cafe) Sante,” she said. “Both sound absolutely delicious!”Last year’s event boasted over thirty businesses who took part by supply-ing discounts to customers. Deals offered in the previous year included chocolate themed jew-elry by Beyond Borders, chocolate dipped strawberry marshmallows by The Bird’s Nest, and handmade caramel truffles by Cindi Franco’s Cool Stuff.According to Baumann, this year’s

event may even offer bigger deals and more ways to save.“Boyne City Co-op got in the spirit by offering dog treats,” Baumann said. “While Lynda’s Real Estate is crafting chocolate houses.”Other businesses taking part in downtown Boyne City include Freshwater Studios, which will be featuring the wine and chocolate tasting concert on Saturday night, Ace Hardware, who is offering special deals on chocolates, and various clothing stores that will extend discounts on chocolate col-ored clothing.“Every person I called about par-ticipating thought of a way to pro-mote the theme and provide great discounts for customers in their stores and restaurants,” Baumann said.Baumann went on to say children, adults and shoppers anticipate Chocolate Covered Boyne for many of the different activities that take place throughout the two days.“Kids and parents look forward to the story hour at the library where they will receive chocolate treats. Shoppers like the discounts and the treats (too) as they go in and out of stores in downtown.”This year’s Chocolate Covered Boyne is looking to be an exciting event for the community.

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Kristine and I were recognized Thursday night at the annual Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce meeting with the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award. All we can say is WOW and thank you to all who voted for us. We humbly accept on behalf of our hardworking employees and ourselves. We are truly thankful for the amazing support we’ve received from the community of Boyne. Thank you to our employees and to all

who helped us realize the opening of our new store. Saluté! We had a great turnout and fun time at this months wine tasting at the Red Mesa. Once again, the staff did an outstanding job of pairing and presenting the great food served. We do have just a few openings

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“What is Sangiovese?” Sangiovese (san-jo-veh-zeh) is a red Italian wine grape variety whose name derives from the Latin sanguis jovis, “the blood of Jove”. The first literary reference to it was in 1722. It is probably indigenous to Tuscany, whose most famous wine is Chianti. There are at least 14 separate and dis-tinct clones of Sangiovese. The flavor profile of Sangiovese is fruity, with moderate to high natural acidity and generally a medium-body ranging from firm and elegant to as-sertive and robust and a finish that can tend towards bitterness. The aroma is generally not as assertive and easily identifiable as Cabernet Sauvignon, for example, but can have a strawberry, blueberry, faintly floral, violet or plummy character.The fruit is slow to mature and late-ripening. With relatively thin skins, it has a tendency to rot in dampness and does not mature well if planted above an elevation of 1,500 feet. Sangiovese vineyards with limestone soil seem to produce wines with more forceful aromas.The hot, dry climate, such as Tuscany provides, is where Sangiovese thrives. Because these climatic criteria gener-ally enhance quantity, rather than quality, it takes careful cultivation and wine making techniques to produce really excellent wine from this grape. Sangiovese is the #1 varietal in Italy with 247,000 acres, 10% of the entire wine grape crop.

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The Boyne Country Community Center (BCCC) will make its permanent home at the former loca-tion of the Boyne City Masonic Lodge located at 212 north Lake St. The price of the building was dropped from $99,000 to $50,000 by the Masons to allow the BCCC to purchase the property.

Michigan’s newly sworn Gov-ernor Rick Snyder recently gave his state of the state address and the Boyne City Gazette spoke with various area citizens and community leaders to get their reaction to Snyder’s message.“Reinventing Michigan de-mands that we break the bad habits of the past and embrace opportunities for our future,” Snyder said. “It also requires the resolve of leaders in Lan-sing and of every Michigan resident. Let me be clear - the months ahead will involve difficult but necessary deci-sions. We will all sacrifice. But working together, we will chart a new course and mea-sure our progress. At the end of the day, we’ll be a stronger, more vibrant state.”Snyder, who said a key step is to set clear, measurable goals, unveiled a website called the Michigan Dashboard that lets people gauge Michigan’s progress.Go to www.michigan.gov/midashboard to see the sta-tus of objectives on econom-ic growth, education, public health and safety, value for taxpayer dollars in govern-ment and overall quality of life.“The State of the State will, from now on, be a report card of where we are as a state,” Snyder said. “It will be a real-istic assessment of where we are improving, where we are not improving and what we need to do to move forward.”Snyder also spoke about im-proving Michigan’s efficien-cy in government, his plans to support the building of a new bridge across the Detroit River, increase support the agriculture industry, increase funding to Pure Michigan from $14 million to $25 mil-lion and begin figuring the state’s budget up to two years in advance.Snyder also spoke of the im-portance of immigrant busi-ness owners having the ability to set up shop in Michigan. Charlevoix County Repub-lican Party Chairman Tim Boyko“Basically he came out walk-ing his talk,” he said. “There was nothing in his speech that he didn’t signal from his cam-paign. He didn’t push any of the hot-button issues – he’s coming across as a consum-mate moderate business ex-ecutive who’s going to look at the numbers.”Boyko said Snyder relies on his business background and that’s what business manag-ers do.“They measure and grade per-formance,” Boyko said. “He is very organized, very me-ticulous. The biggest surprise probably the one that took most people by surprise in-cluding myself was the poten-tial deal to accept $550 mil-lion from Canada to build the new international crossing. That would be a huge boon to Michigan infrastructure.”Boyko said Snyder’s urban initiative wouldn’t work in Northern Michigan.“He talked a lot about best

practices from Oakland Coun-ty or Grand Rapids and then using them across the state. I hear the opposite from people up here. We need our own unique programs and devel-opments,” he said. “I don’t think that’s real life, what he suggested.”Boyko did say Snyder’s plan to consolidate rural develop-ment with the agricultural de-partment made sense.Charlevoix County Commis-sioner Chris Christensen“The state of the state is always meant to be an optimistic, rosy colored look. Ironically we’re taking a rosy look at a really bad situation,” he said. “Do I think we’re going to see some real change? I think the answer is in the budget. Let’s see where the budget’s at. It’s easy to say these things, but it’s a different thing to see the numbers.”Christensen added, “We’re not going to borrow our way out of this situation. Cuts are inevitable in one capacity or another.”Christensen said Northern Michigan won’t see the grow-ing pains of southern counties when it comes to consolida-tion because so many agencies up here have already done so.“I thought that a lot of his ideas – right, wrong or indif-ferent – seemed to be through through,” he said. “One thing that struck me as interesting is that I’ve sat through previous addresses that were obviously overinflated with empty posi-tivity, but here I walked away thinking things are going to be hard and we need to buckle down.”Christensen added, “When’s the last time a politician told you that?”Boyne City Manager Michael Cain“Positive and encouraging. I liked some of his proposals, but I’m looking for a lot more detail,” he said.Cain said he was glad to see that Snyder supports increas-ing funding to Pure Michi-gan.“It’s been a great resource for people as they are thinking about Michigan throughout

the country,” he said. “There needs to be some positive things to think about rather than all the negative press we’ve been getting.”Snyder talked about balancing the budget and cutting back, but Cain said he would like to see some specifics on how the governor plans to do.“I think we do a very good job of p r o v i d i n g the services citizens ex-pect,” he said. “I hope they (state) don’t just take their p r o b l e m s and transfer them to local units of gov-ernment.”Cain said his major concern is how Snyder will proceed on revenue sharing.“The state did a deal with com-m u n i t i e s back in the ‘20s or ‘30s where they

said they would collect taxes for counties to make it more cost effective and that then they would reimburse the counties,” Cain said. “The state remembers to collect that money but they forget to pass it back.”He added, “It’s fundamentally unfair for the state to say there

are more things for you to do at the local level, but not pro-vide the funding to do it.”Charlevoix County Democrat-ic Party leader Ken Allen was contacted for an interview but did not respond to questions by press time.

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FROM PAGE ONE

PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF BOYNE CITYCOUNTY OF CHARLEVOIX

SECOND READING AND CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A CONDITIONAL ZONING REQUEST

At a regular Boyne City City Commission Meeting held at City Hall on January 11, 2011 at noon, an amendment to Boyne City Zoning Ordinance (A-80), was presented as a first reading. A second reading is scheduled for Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at noon

The following amendment is proposed:

Conditional Zoning: Second Reading to consider the request submitted by DFC of Boyne City LLC for a con-ditional rezoning of a parcel of land from Rural Estate District to Multifamily Residential District. This action would allow the applicant to request a conditional use permit and site plan approval to construct a 42 unit inde-pendent/assisted living facility with the possible future expansion of 20 additional units. The property is part of the parcel having tax ID 051-026-004-00 located at 701 Vogel Street and is described as follows: The south 10.00 acres of the West ½ of the Southeast ¼ of the Southeast ¼ of Section 26. T33. R6W, City of Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Michigan, more particularly described as: Beginning N89º 13’ 59” W, along the South section line, 662.97 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 26; thence continuing N89º 13’ 59” W, along said South section line, 662.97 feet to the East 1/8 line; thence N00º 43’ 02” W, along said East 1/8 line, 656.89 feet: thence S89º 13’ 59” E, parallel with said South section line 663.28 feet; thence S00º 44’ 10” W, along the East line of the West ½ of the Southeast ¼ of the Southeast ¼ of said Section 656.89 feet back to the point of beginning.

This Ordinance shall become effective fifteen (15) days from its enactment.

First Reading: January 11, 2011Second reading: February 22, 2011

Notice of Public ReviewPROPOSED PROJECT IN FLOODPLAIN OR WETLAND

The City of Boyne City is proposing to implement a project that includes activities located in a floodplain or wetland as follows:

1Downtown Façade Project. To improve and enhance facades on these downtown build-ings in partnership with participating owners: 108 E. Water St. and 127 E. Water St. 2The buildings are within 400 feet of the Boyne River in a Zone C “area of minimal flood-ing”. It is not in a wetland according the Charlevoix County wetlands inventory map.

As part of the proposed project, a request was made for federal funds under the Michigan Community Development Block Grant Program. Use of these funds requires compliance with federal Executive Orders 11988, Floodplain Management, and 11990, Protection of Wetlands. The City must consider all practicable alternatives to activities located in the floodplain or wetland and invite public comment. Public comments, including factors to be considered in reviewing the project such as alternative courses of action or devoting spe-cial attention to certain impacts, should be submitted Cindy Grice, City Clerk / Treasurer, 319 N. Lake St., Boyne City MI 49712 within fifteen (15) days from the date of the public notice.

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COURTESY PHOTO

Turning back the clockCarol Sutton sent this photo of her grandfather, whose father owned the HB Sayles Choice Grocery store in Boyne in circa 1910. Her grandfather Marshall Sayles (pictured above with wife Wilma Sayles in downtown Boyne City) got his start in the newspaper business in 1936 at the Boyne Citizen. Sutton said he was very proud of the town and always supported the historical society. Both Marshall and Wilma were graduates of the class of 1936.

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BOYNE AREA COMMUNITY

If eating healthier is on your list of resolutions for 2011, this is for you. After a successful year of pro-viding weekly boxes of freshly-picked local produce to their in-augural Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Members, David and Kathy Coveyou of Coveyou Scenic Farm Market in Petoskey are ramping up for their program’s “growing” de-mand. “We are very excited to be able to support this emerging trend in healthy living,” said David, fourth generation Coveyou fam-ily farmer. “2010 was a great year for us as we continued to broaden our farm operation (be-yond potted flowers) to include growing pesticide-free vegeta-bles. Based on our experience and member input, we are ex-panding our 2011 growing plans and our CSA program to meet the demand for fresh unsprayed produce.” “The Coveyou Scenic Farm CSA program really exceeded my expectations,” said Petoskey resident Deborah Gagnon con-tinued. “Each week we received plenty of fresh produce to both eat and freeze for later. Just yes-terday I took some frozen Cov-eyou veggies out of my freezer with which to cook. My family certainly ate healthier than ever before and I cooked with vege-tables I had never thought to buy previously … and with great re-sults. My kids were willing to try different vegetables since they had personally seen where they were grown and knew the family who grew them. I am a big com-parison shopper and frugal with how I spend our family’s money, and when compared to buying the same amount of produce, of the same quality, at a grocery store, the Coveyou CSA pro-gram is unbeatable price-wise. I feel good about supporting a lo-cal farm, feeding my family lo-cally grown pesticide-free food, and as a bonus, get to enjoy the smiles and conversation that come with every box.”A CSA membership is ideal for

families, individuals, friends, and co-workers who are looking to eat healthier, learn new ways to cook vegetables, and who want to enjoy a weekly bounty of fresh, locally grown produce in an economical and manage-able way. “We are growing over 100 dif-ferent varieties of vegetables on the farm this year and that adds to the excitement of the coming season. We don’t use any syn-thetic chemical sprays for pest control and we use Dairy Doo organic compost and other mi-cronutrients to assure the highest quality,” David said Coveyou.Dairy Doo compost is also avail-able at Coveyou’s by the bag or in bulk for all the local green thumbs and landscapers. “We love being a part of the Coveyou Scenic Farm CSA,” says local’s Eric and Tammy Schmidt. “It’s fun to get a fresh vibrant box of vitality every week along with tasty recipes. The cherry tomatoes taste like candy and the barn is absolute-ly stunning with that beautiful view of Walloon.” Kathy Coveyou noted that this year’s CSA program offers three options; Full-, Half- and Summer-Only shares. A Full-Share (19 weeks, mid-June through October), provides one weekly box and will serve a family of three to four or a small group of friends and/or co-workers interested in split-ting the cost. A Half-Share is a weekly box with about half the quantity of produce—better suited for a younger family or individual. And lastly, to better accommo-date summer residents, Cov-eyou’s created a nine-week Summer-Share that begins the week of July 4 and goes through Labor Day.Each week members receive an e-mail listing the six to 12 dif-ferent crops included in their box along with delicious reci-pes featuring the weeks produce and links to the latest news on the farm. Members pick-up their produce

at Coveyou Scenic Farm Market every Tuesday located directly on US 131 south of Petoskey, a short three minutes past the Meijer/Wal-Mart stores.The cost of a CSA Membership is one-time fee purchased at the beginning of the season mak-ing for a quick and easy pick-up each week.A 19-week Full-Share cost is $475.A 19-week Half Share costs $250, and a 9-week Summer-Only Share is $275.

In addition to the CSA program, Coveyou Scenic Farm’s on-site Market will be open for individ-ual sales all season. Coveyou’s are on target to provide their produce to more local restau-rants and specialty store outlets.“We welcome any local estab-lishments looking to provide more locally grown produce in their venue to give us a call to explore these opportunities,” said David.CSA applications are available on-line at CoveyouScenicFarm.

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Midwest Living the pre-mier home, food and travel magazine of the Midwest, with a distribution of al-most 1 million, named Café Santé number four on their TOP TEN best new places to eat, play & stay list.Midwest Living’s travel team visited 100 restau-

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midwest-attractions/?catref=cat6470004&page=19Quote; “Café Santé how do we love thee? Let us count the ways. Lake Charlevoix waves. Hypnotic fire ring. Truffled mushroom pizza. European and Michigan brews. Sigh.”

Café Santé, a casual Euro-pean – style bistro is owned and operated by Magnum Hospitality that also owns and operates Pearl’s New Orleans Kitchen in Elk Rapids and The Red Mesa Grill in Boyne City & Tra-verse City.

Cafe Sante named a Midwest Living top 10 best new place

Angela Ann MalpassAngela Ann Malpass, age 83, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at her home in East Jor-dan. She was born Angela Ann Cool-ey, June 3, 1927, in Battle Creek, Michigan to Howard and Lillian Cooley. She attended Lakev-iew High School in Battle Creek through the 11th grade. Her fam-ily moved to East Jordan and she graduated from East Jordan High School in 1945. After gradua-tion she worked in the offices of Bond Supply in Battle Creek and General Electric in Grand Rap-ids. In 1948 she married F. Bruce Malpass of East Jordan and to-gether they raised 5 children. In past years she was active with First Presbyterian Church in East Jordan as a Sunday School teacher, Youth Group Leader and Director of the Youth Bell Choir. She also sang in the choir, was a Deacon, delivered Thanksgiving meals and visited the elderly in nursing homes on behalf of the church. As a volunteer, Angela worked in the offices of the Charlevoix County Humane Society and played piano and served lunches for Rotary Club meetings. She was a member of the East Jordan Bridge and Garden Clubs. She loved music and singing,

interior decorating, fashion, movies and her dog, Jessie Rose.She is survived by one daughter, Catherine Malpass (Fred Lake) of Plainwell, Michigan and four sons; Timothy of East Jordan; Todd (Marilyn) of Charlevoix; Tracy (Brenda K.) of East Jor-dan, and Tad (Brenda L.) of East Jordan. She is also survived by eleven (11) grandchildren: Tam Clark; Michael (Allison) Mentzer; Bri-an (Kim) Malpass; Heidi (Ste-phen) Lewin; Rhett Malpass; Derek Malpass; Sara (Kevin) Vrondran; Lindsey (Nathan Skop) Malpass-Skop; Matthew (Natalie) Malpass; Kirsten Mal-pass and Keegan Malpass. In ad-

dition she is survived by twelve (12) great-grandchildren: Col-lin, Cameron, Madison, Abigail, Matthew, Jessica, Austin, Brit-tany, Devon, Eden, Meryn and Bristol.She was preceded in death by her husband, F. Bruce Malpass, who was President of East Jordan Iron Works, Inc. at the time of his death in 1986. Also preceding her in death were her parents and her sister, Marilynn. The family extends a special thank you to Barbara Balch of East Jordan who has been a de-voted friend to Angela and her family for over 50 years. In lieu of flowers, the fam-ily suggests memorials to First Presbyterian Church, 207 Wil-liams St, East Jordan, MI 49727, Hospice of Little Traverse Bay¸ 416 Connable Ave, Petoskey, MI 49770 or the Charlevoix Area Humane Society, 614 Beardsley St., Boyne City, MI 49712.A private service will be held for her immediate family only. Buri-al will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery in East Jordan. Arrangements are being handled by Penzien Funeral Homes, Inc. of East Jordan.

Jean B. Eaton (August 9, 1924 - January 20,

2011) Jean B. Eaton, 86, of Indian

River, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2011 at Bay Bluffs Medical Care Facility in Harbor Springs. A funeral service will be held at 11:00am, Monday, January 24, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church in Harbor Springs. Pas-tor Jim Pollard will officiate. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey. Visitation for Jean will be held on Sunday, January 23, 2011 from 2:00 – 6:00pm at Lintz Funeral Home in Indian River. Jean was born August 9, 1924 in Toledo, Ohio. She was the daughter of Norman and Fern (Hathaway) Black. She moved to Saginaw with her family and graduated from Saginaw High School in 1942. In 1945 Jean earned a registered nursing de-gree from Hurley Hospital Nurs-ing School in Flint, MI. Jean was Head Surgical Nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Saginaw where she worked for nine years. On October 30, 1948 she mar-ried Donald E. Eaton in Saginaw where the couple made their home before moving to Grosse Pointe Woods in 1959. In 1991 the Eaton’s moved to Mullett Lake in Indian River where they have been since. They enjoyed spending their winters in Venice, Florida. Jean loved the out of doors,

spending time boating and fish-ing. She loved being involved with her family and spoiling her grandchildren. She was a mem-ber of the First Presbyterian Church in Harbor Springs. Jean is survived by her hus-band, Don; children, David E. (Lisa) Eaton of Noblesville, IN. and their children, Nicholas A. (McKenzie) Eaton and Rebecca (Clint) Heiber, D. Scott (Me-linda) Eaton of Petoskey, MI and their children, Olivia G. and Caden S. Eaton. She was preced-ed in death by her parents. Memorial contributions are sug-gested to the Alzheimer’s Foun-dation or the First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs. On-line condolences may be made at www.stonefuneralhomeinc.com.

Dellmar L. Reynolds (July 1, 1927 - January 19, 2011)

Dellmar L. Reynolds, age 83 passed away Wednesday, Janu-ary 19, 2011 at Tendercare. He was born July 1, 1927 to Dellmar and Ethel (Sharitis) Reynolds. On December 21, 1950, he mar-ried Lillian Schoenith. Originally from Ohio, he and Lillian have been Cheboygan residents for the last 36 years. Dellmar served his country hon-orably during both WWII and later the Korean War, first with the U.S. Navy and later with the

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Schedules of faith & fellowshipChurCh of the Nativity

Reverend Peggy Natter-mann will be celebrant for the Epiphany IV Eucharist service at Episcopal Church of the Na-tivity. Immediately following the 10 a.m. service, coffee and treats will be available in the church basement. The “Con-firm not Conform” inquirers’ group will have its next meet-ing on Wednesday, February 9, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the church basement. Nativity is located at 209 Main Street, Boyne City. Please call 582-5045 for more informa-tion.

B.C. uNited Methodist

Boyne City United Methodist Church regular Sunday Ser-vice 11 a.m. 324 South Park Street, Boyne City. Children’s programming held during ser-vice. Thursdays 10 a.m. Bible Study – join anytime. Office are hours are Tuesdays from 8:00am to 3:00pm and Thurs-days from 8:00am to 12:00pm. Phone – 231-582-9776

B.f. uNited Methodist

Boyne Falls United Methodist Church regular Sunday Ser-vice 9:15 a.m. Located at 3057 Mill Street, Boyne Falls. Children’s programming held during service. Revelation

Worship Café and Youth Group are Sunday nights at 6p.m.. Any questions can be an-swered by calling (231) 582-9776. Office are hours are Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to noon..

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Come as you are this Sunday to worship at First Presbyte-rian Church at 401 S. Park St., Boyne City. We invite you to share eclectic worship at 10:00 a.m. followed by coffee and conversation. Infant nursery/comfort room, toddler nursery, and children’s Sunday School provided. Adult Sunday school meets at 9 a.m.. Choir practices at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. First Sundays include communion (every month) and potluck (during the school year). Of-fice hours are Mon. & Wed. 9-3:30, and Tues. & Thurs. 9-noon. Call (231) 582-7983 for youth group, Bible study, and prayer schedules.

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On Thursday, January 20, MOPS will meet at 10:00 AM. Celebrate Recovery will meet at 7 PM.On Sunday, January 23, the sermon will be given by Pas-tor Jeff Ellis titled “Annual Ministry Review” from Mat-thew 20:24-28; 28:18-20,

and Mark 12:28-31. Service times are 9 AM and 10:45 AM. There will be infant and toddler nurseries available at both services. Children classes are held during both services. Grades 5 through 7 attend worship service at 9 AM and then have class at 10:45 in room 101. Grades 8 through 11 attend worship service at 9 AM and have class at 10:45

at the Youth Center. At 10:45 there is a class for grade 12 through age 23 in the Disciple-ship House. Adult classes and small groups will meet during both services. There will be the Annual Membership Meet-ing starting at 12:30 PM in the Multi-purpose room. On Tuesday, January 25, the Women’s Bible Study will meet at 9:15 AM in the Disciple-ship House. The Food Pantry will be open from 5:00 to 6:15 PM. On Wednesday, January 26, the family meal will start at 5:30 PM with classes start-ing at 6:30 PM. On Thursday, January 27, the Cozy Quilters will meet at 9:00 AM. Cel-ebrate Recovery will meet at 7 PM. For more information, please visit the Church website

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Genesis Church meets in the Boyne Elementary school cafeteria every Sunday from 11am-noon. The have a quality staffed nursery along with Kids Clubhouse ministry for ages 4-4th grade. There is coffee and breakfast treats followed by modern song worship and a practical “talk” that relates the Bible to our everyday life. The core values of Genesis Church are Jesus and his Word, sincere relationships, and serving oth-ers. You can check out Genesis Church at genesiswired.com.

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Our deadlines have changed. If you would like the time/date/place of your church-related function to be published in the Boyne City Gazette, we must receive your information by Noon on the Saturday preceding the event. While we strive to ac-commodate last-minute requests, constraints on time and available space makes this difficult. Send information via e-mail to editor@boynegazette.com. Or drop off your information at 209 South Lake St. in Boyne City.

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U.S. Coast Guard where he re-tired after 24 years of service. Dellmar enjoyed hunting when he could but his family always came first. He was a loving hus-band, father, grandfather and great grandfather and will be sadly missed by his family and many friends. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Lillian of Cheboygan, three children, Gladys (Richard) Karnuth of TX, Debra (James) Carter of VA and Paul (Cindy) Reynolds of N.C., seven grand-children and four great grandchil-dren with another on the way. The funeral service will be held today, Friday, January 21, 2011 at 1:00 pm at the Nordman-Chris-tian Funeral Home with visita-tion beginning at 11:00 am at the funeral home. The Rev. Jeff Din-ner will officiate and burial will take place at Oakhill Cemetery in the spring. Memorial contributions in Dell-mar’s name may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association or the Cheboygan County Humane Society. Envelopes will be avail-able at the funeral home.

Judie L. Kewaygoshkum (May 16, 1940 - January 18, 2011) Judie L. Kewaygoshkum, 70 of Pellston, died on January 18, 2011 at her home. Judie was born on May 16, 1940 in Petoskey, the daughter of Wil-bert and Eunice (Schaller) Wilton and grew up in Petoskey, gradu-ating from Petoskey High school in 1958. She started ice skating for exhibition at the age of 8 with the Michigan Shores and contin-ued performing till the age of 20. When her children went to col-lege, she decided to go with them and received her LPN Degree and then went back and received a degree in geriatric nursing. She worked for a time at a hospital in North Carolina as well as drove school bus. She later moved back to Petoskey and worked at the Bortz Health Care Facility in Petoskey. On March 23, 1985, Judie mar-ried Julius Kewaygoshkum at St. Clements Catholic Church in Pellston and he survives. Judie was a member of St. Cle-ments Parrish in Pellston, a past member of the Board of Directors for the Village of Pellston. She volunteered at Pellston Schools, helping kids read, as well as at the local senior center, taking peoples blood pressures. Judie was very well liked by all that knew her. She was a very caring person and was always willing to lend a hand however she could, to anyone in need. She is survived by her husband, Julius; 2 sons, Tyré Voris and

Kyle Voris, both of North Caro-lina; 2 grandsons, Logan and Landon Voris; 2 sister-in-laws, Rosanna Givens and Pauline Ke-waygoshkum; a God-child, Julia Grace Kilpatrick; and by many nieces and nephews. Judie was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Patricia Allen; mother-in-law, Nellie Keway-goshkum; and by 2 brother-in-laws, John Givens and John Ke-waygoshkum. A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, January 22nd at 11:00am at St. Clements Catho-lic Church in Pellston. The fam-ily will receive friends on Friday, January 21st at the church from 6:00pm to 8:00pm with the Ro-sary being recited at 7:00pm. Memorial donations in Judie’s memory may be directed to the family in care of her husband, Ju-lius Kewaygoshkum. Arrangements are in the care of the Stone Funeral Home of Peto-skey.

Richard W. Bissell (March 15, 1963 - January 17,

2011) Richard W. Bissell, 47, of Cheboygan, Michigan passed away January 17th, 2011 at the Hospice House in Cheboygan, MI. A resident of Naples, Flori-da , he came to Cheboygan this summer to be with his father Jim, step-mother Barbara and his sis-ter Deborah while undergoing treatment for lung cancer. Richard’s hobbies included fish-ing and golf. His last place of em-ployment was Germain BMW of Naples. His favorite saying was “Just workin’ like a dog”!He is survived by his wife Ber-nadette Bissell of Port Charlotte, FL, his father Jim (Barbara) Bis-sell of Cheboygan, his mother, Suzanne Joostburns of Holland, MI and Naples, FL, two sisters Deborah Bissell of Cheboygan and Kate Holloway of TX along with step daughters, step broth-ers, step sisters, nieces, neph-ews, aunts, uncles and countless friends. No services are planned at this time. Memorials contributions in Richard’s name may be direct-ed to Hospice of The Straits, 761 Lafayette, Cheboygan, MI 49721 The Nordman-Christian Funeral Home in Cheboygan, MI is car-ing for the family.

Wilfred and Ann Harvey (December 5, 1936 - January 15,

2011) Ann E. Harvey of Birchwood passed away unexpectedly at her

home on Jan. 10, 2011. Her hus-band Wilfred C. Harvey passed away Jan. 15, 2011 with his fam-ily by his side at Northern Michi-gan Regional Hospital. Ann was born July 20, 1938 in Chicago to Earl and Barbara (Knarr) Keightley. She grew up and attended school in the De-troit area, graduating with the class of 1956 from Birmingham High School. She later attended Wayne State University, earning her degree in Elementary Educa-tion in 1960. In the 1960’s she received her Masters Degree in Education from Wayne State University, and continued to take classes from Michigan State Uni-versity in education. Wilfred was born Dec. 5, 1936 in Detroit the son of Thomas and Kate (Carlyle) Harvey. He grew up in Detroit and attended school in Detroit. He graduated from Birmingham High School in 1956 and also attended Wayne State University. On August 16, 1959 Wilfred and Ann were married at the Bir-mingham Unitarian Church. To-gether they made their home in Royal Oak and later Troy, raising two children. Ann taught First Grade for a short in Birmingham and then in Troy for Bemis Ele-mentary. She was a gifted teach-er, sharing with her students her love of reading and forever look-ing for new ways to keep her stu-dents engaged. Ann retired from teaching in 1995. Wilfred served in the Army Re-serve with the Army Corp of En-gineers from 1961 to 1966. He then went to work for General Motors as a draftsman for sev-eral years and then went into the planning and development divi-sion of property management for Argonaut Realty a division of General Motors. Wilfred retired in 1993. After Ann’s retirement in 1995 they moved to Harbor Springs and Birchwood where they have lived since. Ann was a wonderful wife and mother who supported her fam-ily in all things. She passed on to her children, John and Janis a love for reading and encouraged them to expand their interests in life and in all things to follow their heart. Ann and Wil, were partners for life and best friends.

They shared more than 51 years together as a married couple, with each passing year being better than the one before. They enjoyed most, the simple plea-sures in life, shared meals, long walks with their beloved family dog, Martin, and time reminisc-ing about their life together. Wil loved to read about car histo-ry, economics and loved watch-ing daily business shows. He also loved going to the marina and looking at the boats. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club and was active in Birchwood where he served on a number of committees. Ann and Wil are survived by their two children John (Garbri-ela Maya) Harvey of Houston, Janis (Terry) Treiber of Holly Springs, NC. Also surviving are their six grandchildren, Nicholas Earl Harvey, Kelsey Ann Harvey, ,Demian Harvey-Maya, Wesley Treiber, Augie Treiber and An-nabelle Treiber. A funeral service celebrating Ann’s and Wil’s life is planned for 11:00 a.m. Tuesday Jan. 18, 2011 at the Schiller Funeral

Home. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. The service will be led by Pastor Jim Pollard of the First Presbyterian Church of Har-bor Springs. Interment will take place within Lakeview Cemetery later in the spring. A memo-rial service will also be held this coming summer, date and time to be announced. Contributions in memory of Ann and Wil may be made to the Ki-wanis of Harbor Springs or the Harbor Springs Public Library, envelopes will be available at Schiller Funeral Home.

Debra Mesler (July 1, 1958 - January 15, 2011)

Debra A. Mesler, 52, of Cheboy-

gan, passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey. A resident of Cheboygan the past 15 years, moving from West Bloomfield, Debra was born July 1, 1958 in Highland Park, the daughter of Norman and Audrey (Estes) Litzner. She was employed by the IBM Company of Southfield, working out of her home office in Cheboygan. She was also a member and ac-tive in her church, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, was a member, Ambassador, and citizen of the year, in the Cheboygan Chamber of Commerce, was past president of the Eagles Women’s Auxil-iary, served on the board of the Cheboygan Opera House, was a service unit director of the Girl’s Scouts, was a member of the Board of Professional Women, having received the woman of achievement and woman of the year awards, received the U.S. Presidential Volunteer Award, and was an active team leader in the Cheboygan Relay for Life, and was recognized as a top fund raising individual. Surviving is her mother, Audrey Litzner, sisters Jennifer (Kevin Keenan) , and Patricia (Gregg Kwiatkowski), dearest aunt of Jeremy (Tina Litzner) Jamie (David Rusner) and Jacie Kwiat-kowski, and great aunt to Jasper Keenan Runser. She was preceded in death by her father, Norman Litzner, and brother, Edward Litzner. Visitation will be held on Tues-day, January 18, from 3-5pm, at 6-8pm, and on Wednesday, January 19, from 2-4pm, and 6-8pm, with a scripture service beginning at 7pm, at the Nord-man-Christian Funeral Home in Cheboygan. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, January 20 at 11am, with visita-tion beginning at 10am, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Riggs-ville. Rev. Paul Megge will of-ficiate, burial will be at Pinehill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please make contributions in Debbie’s name to the Cheboygan County Relay for Life. Online condolences may be made at www.stonefuneralhomeinc.com.

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Sold-out crowd for Boyne Area Chamber Awards ceremony

Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce Exec-utive director Jim Baumann makes an-nouncements during the Thursday, Jan. 20 festivities at Boyne Mountain.PHOTOS BY JOSH SAMPSOn

Boyne City businesses and vol-unteers were honored for their actions at the Jan. 20 Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce annual awards ceremony.Dr. Richard Mansfield was awarded the Volunteer of the Year award for his work with the Boyne Area Free Clinic.“I feel truly honored to receive this recognition,” said Mansfield. “Fourteen years ago, I answered an ad’ … I had to make some fi-nancial changes and join a group practice in Petoskey, but this has always been my town, my home and my people.”The Community Pride Award went to the Boyne Valley Garden Club for their ambitious flower-ing and beautification of Boyne City.“I accept this award for the Boyne Valley Garden Club,” said Lois Duiven, President of the Garden Club. “If it wasn’t for the support we get … we would not be able to pull this off.”Nancy Cunningham, Shrub Sales Chairman, said the Garden Club adds more to what Boyne City has to offer.“All of the flowers in town are raised by the Garden Club,” she said. “The garden club is a huge economic advantage to Boyne City.”Honoring those who have been committed to increasing Boyne City’s cosmetics continued with Sydney Wormell, who won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award on behalf of Upsy Daisy Floral.“I’m very honored for this award. We are in our fourth year at the flower shop and I am just so happy to be doing this in Boyne City,” Wormell said. “We’re looking forward to many more years in business in Boyne City.”While this has been the second year in a row that a young en-trepreneur award has been of-fered – last year’s award went to Chris Faulknor at the Boyne City Gazette – the evening continued with the annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award, which went exclusively to Ed and Kristine Brehm of Boyne Country Provi-sions.“I would like to accept this award humbly on behalf of my wife and our employees,” said Ed Brehm. “When we decided to expand back in September … we had no idea how much work it was go-ing to be.”In recent months, Ed and Kristine Brehm procured a new building adjacent to Boyne Country Provi-sions, and they have been work-ing to introduce all of Boyne City to the Wine Emporium.“The most moving and reward-ing part of the experience were the strangers who came in and adopted the store’s concept and helped chip one-hundred year old paint off of the walls,” Brehm

said. “That’s why we live here, and that is why we raise our chil-dren here.”Steve Van Dam of Van Dam Custom Boats was given the fi-nal award for the evening – The Sally Roselli Business Lead-ership Award for his work on building and bringing new faces to Boyne.“After witnessing what just went on here … Boyne City has come a long way in 20 years,” said Van Dam of the spontaneous dona-tion of money to the new Boyne Country Community Center. “It has been a pleasure to do busi-ness in Boyne City. Thank-you very much for this honor.”Other events during the evening included success stories from owners of Boyne Area business-es.“We started the Boyne Chamber Annual Meeting in 2008 when the economy was in its absolute (lowest point), and we just want to project some positive business news over the evening,” said Jim Baumann, Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce Director.Hugh Conklin, Director of the Main Street Program, was invit-ed to talk about what he has seen happen in Boyne City over the past year.“I had an interview set-up with somebody from Harbor Springs. He and some friends were look-ing at Harbor Springs and saying, ‘This isn’t the place we used to know.’” Conklin said. “Here’s a young person who is calling to see what we did with our com-munity.”Conklin went on to say that the Main Street Program is currently trying create a fund to make an investment in the community, and so far, the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce has already made a generous donation of $1,000 to help with the investment.“We have a lot of challenges ahead of us ... but we are mak-ing very good progress,” Conklin said.Other success stories included Dr. Ryan Moskel, who recently moved to Boyne City to open a Chiropractic office.“I asked Jim Baumann if there were any spaces in this communi-ty and instead of giving me a list, he got up and showed me around town,” Moskel said. “Ever since I’ve been here it has been a plea-sure, and I can’t wait to get in-volved in this community.”Ed Grice, General Manager of Boyne USA, congratulated Boyne businesses on a year well spent, and he also hopes business will continue to expand through-out the area.“We have to make sure we take care of people, and make sure they come back,” he said. “Our customers are your customers, and I want to thank you for how you take care of them.”

CHAMBER AWARd BAnQUET PHOTOS BY JOSH SAMPSOnnew members of the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce Board are seen being sworn in during the cham-ber’s annual award ceremony and banquet on Thursday, Jan. 20. Pictured below are Boyne Main Street director Hugh Conklin (at right) and (from page 1) local musician Pat Hand serenades guests by playing the upright bass accompanying a violinist.

Ed and Kristine Brehm of Boyne Country Provisions and The Wine Emporium (at left) and Kim Medler of Huntington Bank take a moment from mingling during the chamber event last Thursday. Pictured below (at right) is Jim White who won the chamber’s annual Heritage Award for his support of the local community. Below newly sworn in 105th State Rep. Greg MacMaster is seen with Boyne Gazette Publisher Chris faulknor.

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Boyne Chamber Awards 2011

Steve Weber, Stephanie Carter and Kari Mercer attended the Boyne Chamber banquet and awards ceremony.

Jamie Woodall and his wife Kristie Woodall enjoy a nice dinner during the 2011 Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce awards banquet.Pictured below, Boyne Gazette Publisher Chris faulknor chats with Boyne Area Cham-ber of Commerce Executive director Jim Baumann.

Gary Mallow and Tim Manchester enjoy appetizers before the awards ceremony.Below a chamber award guest receives a chair massage from a massage therapist from the Sol-ace Spa.

Pictured above are Obie Wicker, Mark Harris, Jill Pennell and Ron Grunch, who min-gled during the event’s social hour.Pictured below is Brian Mann of the Boyne Mountain culinary team who sliced prime rib for banquet guests.

Kristine Heart and Terry Cook of the Phone Guide (above) enjoy a snack before the chamber awards on Thursday, Jan. 20.Pictured at left are Sydney Wormell and Alan Wormell. Sydney won this year’s Young Entre-preneur of the Year Award for success-fully operating her Upsy daisy fLoral business for the last several years.

Boyne residents Chris Christensen and Marty Moody were two of nearly 250 guests at this year’s event.

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NAME: Colton MooneyPARENTS’ NAMES: Sherri Hallman and Daniel Mooney GRADE: 11HOBBIES & INTERESTS:“I enjoy spending my free time on playing the drums and hanging out with friends.”

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES:“This school year I have participated in Varsity Soccer, Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and JV Basketball.”

FUTURE PLANS/GOALS:“My future plans are to attend a col-lege in Texas and get my Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering.”

STAFF COMMENTS:“Colton is one of the most positive students I have ever had in class. I re-ally enjoy having him in class.” –Mr. Hertel“Colton is a terrific member of the HS Band. Colton excels in percussion as a section leader for both concert and marching band as well as helping to organize band events.” -Mr. Ivie“Colton is a great all-around student. He works hard on his academics, he participates in a number of co-curricu-lar activities, and he’s always pleasant and respectful.” -Mrs. Jarema

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Free throw champsPictured are the 11 winners of the Knights of Columbus free Throw competition that was held on Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Boyne City Middle School. These winners are now eligible to compete if the district finals in Gaylord at noon on Sunday, Jan. 30 at St. Mary’s Gym in Gaylord. The winners are: 9 year olds f. Pierce Minier and Katie Harmeling; 10 year olds Riley Minier and Kendraa Kruzell; 11 year olds Austin Har-mon and Katelynn Wilson; 12 year olds dominic Santina and Kurstin Wilson; 13 year olds Andrew Stevens; 14 year olds Sarah Benedetti and Kevin Lange.

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Boosters plan ‘Paint the Town Red’ fund-raiser for schoolsThe Boyne City Booster Foundation in-vites you to an evening of fun on Saturday, Feb. 19. That’s when they will be hosting a “Paint the Town Red” fund-raiser at Cas-tle Farms. The cost is $50 per person. The event will feature entertainment by “Soul Street,” a five-piece Detroit-based Motown band. Boyne City High School social stud-ies teacher Chris Ames is a member of this outstanding musical group. Gourmet hors d’oeuvres and desserts will be furnished by Green Plate Catering, owned by a BCHS graduate, Jessie King and Sari King of Boyne City. Boyne Country Provisions will be providing the beverages, and each

ticket holder will be given two complimen-tary drink tickets. The evening begins with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and Silent Auc-tion from 6:30 to 8 p.m., followed by the auction and sponsor recognition from 8 to 9 and dancing and entertainment from 9 to midnight. You can reserve tickets by mail-ing your payment to: Boyne City Booster Foundation, P.O. Box 254, Boyne City, MI 49712; or you may purchase tickets at Lo-cal Flavor bookstore.

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Chris Moore and Jon Calo were double winners Wednesday night as the Rambler wrestling team took on Elk Rapids and Traverse City St. Francis. In the 135 matches, Moore pinned Elk Rapids’ Cuyler Charland in 1:52, then de-cisioned Traverse City’s Sam Surgalski 5-2. At 152, Calo decisioned Elk Rapids’ Zach Perrault 5-2, then, in the match of the night, decisioned TCSF’s Luke Mingee 10-9.

After being down 0-8 in the first period, Jon bat-tled his way back and hit a reversal with 1 second on the clock in the third period to pull out the vic-tory. Also picking up wins by void against Elk Rapids were Waylon Henning at 119 and Zach LaDere at 125. As a team, Elk Rapids out-scored Boyne 36-21, and Traverse City St. Francis dominated the Ramblers 72-6.

Boyne Falls-Results for January 19, 2011, Team Format: 1-F.O.Barden, 7.89; 2-Hart GMC, 7.69; 3-F.O.Barden II, 7.59; 4-Riv-erside Tire, 5.75.Handicap Format: 1-Punctuality Vend-ing, 18; 2-Hart Ford, 17.5; 3-Sunburst Marine, 17; 4-Wild Wild Women II of Gaylord Bowling Center, 16.5; 5-Boyne Avenue Greenhouse, 16; Pat O’Brien & Associates, 16; Head Full Of Nickels, 16; 8-Skee Dawgs, 15.5; 9-Wild Wild Women I of Gaylord Bowling Center, 15; Green-house Gases, 15; 11-Rieth-Riley, 14.5; 12-Greenhouse Effect, 14; 13-East Jordan Plastics, 12; 14-Skee Dawgs Too!, 10.

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freshman Chris Moore of Boyne City is pictured here get-ting near fall points against Sam Surgal-ski of Traverse City St. francis. Chris ended up winning the 135-pound match 5-2.

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NCMC hosts financial aid night

Financial aid for college will be the topic of a free program at North Central Michigan College on Thursday, January 27, 2011. North Central’s fi-nancial aid office is hosting the

program as a community ser-vice for parents and students attending or planning to attend any college or university. The program will take place from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. in the col-

lege library on the Petoskey campus. The program will include an explanation of the categories, types and sources of financial aid, the cost of attending col-lege, expected family contribu-tions, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and scholarship searches. For more information on the

program, contact Virginia Panoff, North Central’s direc-tor of financial aid at 231-348-6698.North Central Michigan Col-lege is an open-door commu-nity college based in Petoskey. Through its University Center partnerships, students can take courses leading to certificates, bachelor’s and master’s de-

grees from participating uni-versities. North Central’s In-stitute for Business & Industry Training offers non-credit job skills training tailored to meet individual needs. In addition to its main campus in Petoskey, North Central offers classes, academic advising, testing and other services in Cheboygan, Gaylord and East Jordan.

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Unless you keep track of ob-scure holidays, you may not be aware that Jan. 29 is Na-tional Puzzle Day. And while this day may not draw much attention, it does recognize

the enjoyment that millions of people get from doing puzzles. Of course, you’ll find puzzles in all aspects of your life. Consider, for example, the type of retirement lifestyle you’ve envisioned: travel, volunteering, pursuing hob-bies or perhaps even open-ing your own business. To make this picture come to life, you need to put the financial “pieces” together: And one way to help accomplish this is to consolidate your various retirement accounts — such as your IRA, 401(k) and other employer-sponsored retire-ment plans — with one finan-cial services provider. When you consolidate these types of accounts, you can gain a number of key benefits, including these:Potential reduction of fees and paperwork — By working with just one provider, you may be able to save on the fees and paperwork required

to maintain your account. Easier management of distri-butions — Most retirement plans, including a 401(k), 457(b), 403(b) and traditional IRA, require you to start tak-ing minimum distributions once you turn 70½. (These distributions are not required for Roth IRAs.) While it may not be difficult to determine a single distribution, it can be cumbersome and confusing to calculate multiple distribu-tions from multiple providers. Having all your required min-imum distributions (RMDs) coming from a single pro-vider can greatly streamline the process.Easier calculation of taxes — Most types of retirement ac-counts are tax-deferred — but on those accounts, taxes will be due on your withdraw-als. By consolidating your accounts, your distributions will be easier to track, as mentioned above, which may

make it easier for you to cal-culate the taxes due. Unified investment strategy — If you place all your fi-nancial assets with one finan-cial services provider, you’ll find it much easier to follow a single, unified investment strategy. A qualified financial advisor can help you allocate your investment dollars in a way that’s appropriate for your retirement goals, risk tol-erance and time horizon. To start the consolidation process, make a detailed list of your financial assets, such as your bank accounts, investments, IRAs and em-ployer-sponsored retirement plans, such as a 401(k) if you work for a private employer, a 457(b) if you work for a state or local government, or a 403(b) if you work for a school or other tax-exempt organization. You might think this is a simple and straight-forward task, but you would

be surprised at how many people actually lose track of these types of accounts and, as a result, forfeit the money that is rightfully theirs.After you’ve identified what assets you have, and where they’re located, seek to con-solidate them with a financial services provider. Try to find one that offers face-to-face service and regular reviews of your situation.As you can see, by consoli-dating your various invest-ment accounts, you can help

solve the “puzzle” of creating the retirement you seek. So when the time comes, start putting all the pieces together. You might like the picture that ultimately emerges.This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Edward Jones, its employees and financial ad-visors cannot provide tax or legal advice. Please consult your attorney or qualified tax advisor regarding your situa-tion.

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BOyNE APPEtIt Chocolate-Covered Boyne planned for Feb. 11 and 12It may be cold and windy, but it will also be sweet in Boyne City for the third annual Chocolate-Covered Boyne. Sponsored by the Main Street Program and the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce, the goal for this year’s event is to make it “sweeter” and “livelier” than ever. “Chocolate-Cov-ered Boyne” in downtown Boyne City will take place Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12. The event has a combined chocolate/Valentine theme and there will be tast-ings (food and drink) of chocolate treats and goodies, special chocolate desserts; displays of romantic novels and cookbooks featuring chocolate. The library will be having a children’s story hour, in addition to an appropriately themed book display. Several demonstrations with chocolate are also being planned. For updates and details visit the event website or call the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce, (231) 582-6222.

Winter Cooking Series starts at Crooked tree

Spice up you winter fare with tasty dishes from some of our area’s great chefs includ-ing Cafe Santé of Boyne City. The Crooked Tree Arts Center’s Culinary Class Series be-gins in February, and registrations are un-derway. This season you can choose from 8 delectable classes - or attend as many as you like. Area chefs offer diverse menus and cooking tips and techniques. You will see the chefs in action, participate in the cooking, and sample the meal at the end of the class. The classes are offered on Wednesday and Tuesday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. The line-up for this winter is: Wednesday, Feb. 2: Pete Peterson - Tapawingo Tuesday, Feb. 8: Julie Adams - Julienne Tomatoes Tuesday, Feb. 15: Karen Williams - Galley Gourmet Tuesday, Feb. 22: Nate Jason - Cafe Santé Tuesday, March 1: John Norman - Palette Bistro Tuesday, March 8: Tom Kaszubowski - Chandler’s Tuesday, March 15: David Beier - Walloon Lake Inn Tuesday, March 22: Bob Vala - the Crow’s Nest > Visit www.crookedtree.org in coming days for specific menus. Register online or register by calling or visiting the Crooked Tree Arts Center, 461 E. Mitchell, Petoskey, MI 49770; 231-347-4337.

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PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS - Time is run-ning out on your opportunity to reserve an ad in the Chamber’s 2011/12 Visitors Guide and Business Directory, produced by Harbor House Publishers. Direct your ad to 20,000 targeted potential customers in the Boyne area’s top quality publication with a full-year of circulation. For details, call 582-2814 or click here. See the digital version of the Visitors Guide.

BOYNE CITY ROTARY has changed its meeting time from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m., still on Mondays at Roberts Restaurant, where club members can order whatever they want from the menu. For information con-tact Betty Korthase at bak150@att.net.

BLOOD DRIVE - Boyne City High School, 1035 Boyne Ave., will host a Red Cross Blood Drive from 8:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21. To schedule an appoint-ment call 800-733-2767 or visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/, sponsor code boynecity.

BOYNE ARTS COLLECTIVE has a fantasy watercolor exhibit on display in their gal-lery at 210 S Lake St. The BAC is offering classes in felting, Tai Chi, swing dance, and guitar with details on their website, www.boynearts.org. The BAC Stage Concert Se-ries is held on the second and fourth Sun-day of every month from 4 to 6 p.m.

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Great Start Collaborative and Parent Coali-tion will be hosting a celebrating parent conference on March 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Community Reformed Church in Charlevoix. Coffee and connect from 9 to 10 a.m. with legislators. The event is free of charge with door prizes, childcare and lunch. An expo for businesses and services will take place from 11 a.m to 12 noon for $25 per table. If you are interested in connecting with hundreds of parents, call Sommer at 231.582.8070 to reserve your table. Only 20 tables are available.

BUSINESS AFtER HOURS will be hosted by the Boyne City Gazette at the McGinty Home, 921 N. Lake St., from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17.

SNOWSHOE By tORCHLIGHt - Experience the solitude of the wilder-ness as you snowshoe by torchlight at Camp Daggett from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 and Feb. 26. Afterward, come in from the cold for a cup of hot chocolate, freshly baked cookies and to warm-up by the crackling fire in camp’s beautiful main lodge.Admission is free, donations are encouraged, and snowshoes are available for all ages. Camp Daggett is also plan-ning a Father-Son Weekend on March 11-13. Details.

OVERNIGHt PARKING is prohib-ited on all streets between 2 and 6 a.m. If snow removal is necessary, vehicles left on the street during these hours may be ticketed and towed. It is permissible to park in any of the municipal parking lots during these hours. If you need assistance in locating the nearest municipal parking lot, or have any other questions, call the Police Department at 582-6611.

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MOREL RECIPES - Cindi Malin has started compiling Morel Mushroom reci-pes for a Mushroom Festival cookbook. If you have any recipes or folklore, send to her at cindifrancos@att.net. The 2011 Mushroom Festival will be May 12-15. The committee that organizes the festival will hold its first meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Eagles Hall. To RSVP, email chair-man Pam Chipman.

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WINTER FUN - The Chamber website lists our Top 15 Fun Things To Do This Winter, including downhill skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snow-mobiling, sledding, ice skating, bowling, shopping, splashing, dining, e-mailing, reading, exploring and more.

STARTING A BUSINESS? - Northern Lakes Economic Alliance will help you learn the basics of developing a business plan and will provide you with workbooks and other resources important to help you research the various aspects of starting a business. Upcoming classes are from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Cheboygan Area Public Library, Feb. 23 at Elk Rapids High School and March 23 at the Boyne District Library. The session fee is $20 per business and you must pre-register by contacting Cheryl at the NLEA office (231) 582-6482 or email info@northernlakes.net to re-serve your spot and/or to find out more information.

FRESHWATER STUDIO’Smonthly music series continues with Bri-an Vander Ark at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22. Call 231-582-2588 to reserve tickets, $15 in advance or $20 at the door.

OFFICE RENTAL - The Boyne Area Senior Center has a 200 sq ft. office space avail-able for rent. The office has a private en-trance and includes two desks and two file cabinets. The rent is $400 per month, which includes utilities. For information, call Teri Powers at the Senior Center, 231-582-6682

BC WINDOW StICKERS and license plates are available at the Cham-ber office, Local Flavor and Country Now & Then/Up the Lazy River. Proceeds go to the Boyne City Booster Foundation.

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Volunteers needed for ice rink and Irish Festival

If you have some time to spare, the Cham-ber and Main Street can use your help on two upcoming community projects:> ICE RINK - The Chamber and Main Street are helping plan a pilot project to see if an ice-skating rink is feasible in Sunset Park behind the Chamber office. A number of downtown business people have sug-gested a downtown skating rink over the years, and if enough volunteers are interested, it might be possible to make the rink a reality this winter. If it works out and is popular with area residents, the rink could be continued in future years. Early-rising volunteers are especially needed to spray the rink with water each morning. This year, the rink will not have restrooms or lights, but those amenities might be added in the future. In addition to vol-unteer contribu-tions, monetary contributions for the rink are also encouraged.> IRISH FESTI-VAL - Main Street is planning an expanded Irish Festivalin March, and vol-unteers are need-ed to help orga-nize the event. Linn Williams has been the event chairman for the past three years, but with so many new events added she needs Linn suffered a bout with pneu-monia recently and though she is recovering, she can use more volunteer help. If you are able to spare a few hours between and now March 13, your time would be greatly appreciated to help organize and coordinate activi-ties.> If you’d like to help with either project, reply to this email or con-tact Main Street at 582-9009 or the Chamber at 582-6222.

Paint the town Red

The Boyne City Booster Founda-tion invites you to an evening of fun on Saturday, Feb. 19. That’s when

they will be hosting a “Paint the Town Red” fund-raiser at Castle Farms. The cost is $50 per person. The event will feature enter-tainment by “Soul Street,” a five-piece Detroit-based Motown band. Boyne City High School social studies teacher Chris Ames is a member of this outstanding mu-sical group. Gourmet hors d’oeuvres and desserts will be furnished by Green Plate Catering, owned by a BCHS graduate, Jes-sie King and Sari King of Boyne City. Boyne Country Provisions will be providing the beverages, and each ticket holder will be given two complimentary drink tickets. The evening begins with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and Silent Auction from 6:30 to 8 p.m., followed by the auction and spon-sor recognition from 8 to 9 and dancing and entertainment from 9 to midnight. You can reserve tickets by mailing your payment to: Boyne City Booster Founda-tion, P.O. Box 254, Boyne City, MI 49712; or you may purchase tickets at Local Fla-vor bookstore. For more information call Cathy Wonski at 231-675-1270.

Snowshoe eventYoung State Park plans 5 snowshoe hikes...A recent grant from the Charlevoix County Community Foundation will help Young State Park enhance its winter program-ming by purchasing new snowshoes and lanterns. These hikes are geared toward families or anyone interested in learning more about the winter ecology in the park. The hikes will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturdays Jan. 29 and Feb. 12, 19 and 26. Registration is not needed. There will be a warming fire and hot beverages to enjoy before and after the hike. When the hike is complete, visi-tors are invited to attend an information

session on the sports of snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. For more informa-tion, contact the park at 231-582-7523. Young State Park is located at 02280 Boyne City Road. Details. ... and you can snowshoe by torchlight at Camp DaggettExperience the solitude of the wilderness as you snowshoe by torchlight at Camp Daggett from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 and Feb. 26. Afterward, come in from the cold for a cup of hot chocolate, freshly baked cookies and to warm-up by the crackling fire in camp’s beautiful main lodge. This event promotes all that Camp Daggett offers children and community. Buy raffle tickets with all proceeds going to Camp Daggett. Admission is free, dona-tions are encouraged, and snowshoes are available for all ages. Website.> Camp Daggett is also planning a Father-Son Weekend on March 11-13. Details.

“LOSE A tON FOR CHARIty” is an event held weekly at Sommerset Pointe Yacht Club. Shed pounds and have more energy with this successful edu-cational program with team support, a fun atmosphere, great food and prizes. All proceeds go toward the Women’s Re-source Center. Chili & Healthy dessert is provided. For further information contact Dan Mischler at dan.mischler@gmail.com or 231-582-2331. Sommerset is also of-fering yoga instruction with instructor Suzi every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Drop-ins are welcome.

FREE COMPUtER CLASSES are offered at 1 p.m. every Friday at the Boyne District Library. For information, call the library at 582-7861 or instructor Ron Grunch at 582-6974.

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barn built in the early 1900s or earlier. Standing in its in-terior and gazing upward into the far reaches of its overhead areas various construction methods can be discovered. If one is fortunate enough to find such a structure built as far back as the early 19th Century hand axed or sawn beams and supporting tim-bers can be found. Even here in timber country such hand hewn lumber still exists.I recall the wonderful old water mill that stood where Somerset Marina and Resort has been developed and its fine timbers as well as the wheel that ground the grain. The classic structure was torn down before those who lived in its area realized its historic value and sought to preserve it in the manner Boyne’s old water department building is being renovated on Division Street.We are fortunate that Boyne City’s leaders are now aware of the historic value the city’s older buildings such as the Hotel Dilworth, the original Carnegie library and the SOBO District’s movie house. Coupled with this is the fine effort that Mr. Catt made in designing the new structures he built on North Water Street across from Veteran’s Park to appear as if they had been constructed during the same era as many of the businesses now re-maining on Water and Lake streets. It was advantageous that as many of the town’s buildings were built of brick because so many of the hotels and businesses which flourished in the early 1900s were de-stroyed by fire. In fact short-ly after our move to Boyne we became aware of a group of Boyne businessmen who joined forces to purchase what had become derelict

houses within the town. Once purchased the house would be given to the Boyne Fire Department to set afire to use as a practice situation in their training. The resultant pile of burnt debris would be cleaned up and the vacant lot sold for enough to reinvest in yet another derelict and the process was repeated month after month on a fireman’s Tuesday practice night. Eventually the town was rid of all the homes which were past reclamation.Fires that happen here, near the shores of Lake Charle-voix can quickly become monsters because of the winds that often prevail. We are fortunate to have the ded-icated volunteer fire depart-ment to respond to any such happening. We lived in Evan-geline Township back in the late ‘60s in an old home built on what had been a cherry orchard. Soon after moving into the house we had reason to crawl up into its small at-tic.Wasps had invaded it en masse and taken up resi-dence. Once up in the win-dowless and therefore pitch black area our flash lights exposed the fact that the roof rafters were heavily charred in its western half. We learned that back in the days of wood furnaces a chimney fire had come close to finishing the house off. Just how it was saved could not be recalled but somehow the flames had been extinguished and the house continued to stand at the southern end of Call Street. We located the wasp’s hang-out and managed to ex-tinguish it also. On all the excursions my husband and I took with our canoe off into the wilderness of Canada from the Algoma Central Railroad we made the care of our cook fires a

primary con-cern. Aware that 911 and a call for help was not a choice we knew that nei-ther of us ever wanted to be r e s p o n s i b l e for a land or forest fire. We had seen

such fire ravage while in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in our early years of marriage and those devastated acres of bare land haunted us all our lives.Again, while visiting Port-land a couple of months ago I rode through endless miles of devastated mountain-sides where only the black, charred trunks of giant Pon-derosa pine stood silhouetted against the distant ridges. As I gazed out through the blackened remains of what was once a magnificent for-est I was aware that in its original form it had been home to the magnificent elk as well as many other forms of wild life. Man had not been the cause of this vast burn. No ciga-rette or camp fire had acci-dentally been left to smolder and ignite, but rather nature’s incendiary lightening was determined to be the strike that brought on the engulfing flames. Man alone is not re-sponsible for today’s recog-nized need for conservation, however the fact that it can be caused by nature should give us even a greater sense of urgency to control our own carelessness.Neither my brother nor I ever became smokers. Fortunate-ly for both of us our father by way of his father was a tobacco chewer. Upon mar-rying my father my mother was not aware of his tobacco use. The story goes that the summer after the wedding mother set out to carry a tele-phone message to my dad who was on a construction site of a home he was build-ing. No cell phones were even on the horizon in that year so mother arrived by car, walked across the grass-less yard and through the door-less jamb and onto the house’s first floor’s sub floor. It was as she approached my father that she spotted tobac-co stains around the edges of a large knot hole in the floor-ing. Looking up at her husband mother asked in surprise? “Are you chewing tobacco, Trace?”His immediate reply was, “No, Hon, that is Joe in the basement. He spits up.”During our younger years

when accompanying our par-ents somewhere in their car, a stately Reo, my brother and I learned that when we saw our father turn his head to the left that he was about to roll down the window and expec-torate a mouth full of brown fluid to the four winds. The problem lay in whether or not our window was open. If it was we immediately dove forward unto the floor be-hind the front seats. In those days that area was quite spa-cious. Of course whichever one of us was nearest the window was in the most dan-ger of being hit square on in the face. A few such experi-ences somehow completely removed any desire to ever smoke in both of us. I still have my father’s brass spit-toon which always sat on the floor next to his drawing board. I use it for flowers; al-ways with a memory-induced smile on my face.So for two years I have lived in an apartment here in Boyne much as I lived in an apartment after my mar-riage in ’43. It was in Fres-no, Calif., in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley with its prolific vineyards, cloudless skies and sunshine. Here in Boyne I found myself discon-tent with city life. Recently I conquered that feeling by moving to another apartment within the same complex for one reason. It was to enable myself to look out my win-dows, not at parked cars and street lamps, but at an ex-panse of grass, a woods of large trees and Lake Charle-voix below. But most of all are the stars at night, the sunsets and the blue skies or clouds of the four seasons. Today it is the gentle dissent of huge fluffy snowflakes and three jet black squirrels romping about on the snow-covered tree limbs high in the frigid air. With such a view I could be in the hills of Oregon, the forests of Canada or some small camp area here in Michigan. My passion for the outside world that is God’s gift to each of us only grows as I age. It is my love and is there for all of us to be treasured and pre-served for the generations yet to come.Anne

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a more congenial climate.It is evident that they had populous settlements in some of the more fertile districts of the southern part of the State. Farther north their re-mains are found less frequently, and are of a less imposing character.The evidence seems conclusive that the Mound-builders, the most ancient inhabitants of the territory of the United States of whom we have any knowledge, had extended their scattered frontier settlements into the Charlevoix Region. Here, perhaps, mining expeditions from the more populous south called to make their final preparations for the northern summer trip, and here some of the returning miners were accustomed to spend the winter.Remembering that historically most people settled near the many waterways, lakes and river mouths. This was due to water being the easier mode of travel and trans-porting materials. Roads and trains were not available.

Remnants of copper or metal tools and weapons have been excavated below the time line level where we have found an abundance of knap-ping and shards of the stone or flint they used.Ancient pottery attributed to the Mound-builder nave been found within the City limits of Boyne City, as well as sparingly in other places within the county.At Charlevoix, in excavating a cel-lar, an ancient grave was opened, in which was found a great number of beautifully finished flint arrow-heads, and a quantity of copper beads. In the same locality, some boys, amusing themselves by run-ning up and down the bank of Old River, discovered a piece of cop-per protruding from the gravelly bank. An examination resulted in the finding of two knives and two bodkins, or piercing instruments, all of copper.What religion Mound Builders had or practiced is unknown to us today.Did their practices blend into the Anishnabe fore-fathers or is the

Indian religion not connected? We may never know, but as history has a tendency to unravel with today’s

technology possibly this will come to light!Edward May III

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American Legion Fundraiser

Boyne City’s American Legion, Er-nest Peterson Post 228, is selling 2011 calendars to raise funds for fu-ture scholarship programs for area students. Funds will also be used to support area service men and wom-en currently serving, both overseas and stateside, and for local Legion programs. Calendars, which are be-ing sold for $10 each, will be avail-able from many post members, at the post, 302 S. Lake St during Tues-day night Bingo hours or by contact-ing Brian Morrison, committee chair, at 231-330-4990. We thank you for your support of your local American Legion.

Quilting CircleThe Hiland Cottage Quilting Circle, a volunteer-led program, brings to-gether local quilting enthusiasts to bring warmth and comfort to pa-tients at the Hiland Cottage Hos-pice House in Petoskey. The Quilting Circle meets from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesdays October through April. Hospice is asking area quilters and quilting groups to help in this en-deavor. For more information about joining the quilting circle, please contact Volunteer Quilters Barb Postelnick at 231.347.0798, or Mary Putters at 231.347.7931.

Free mammograms offered at Northern Michigan

Regional HospitalNorthern Michigan Regional Hospi-tal Foundation and the Health De-partment of Northwest Michigan are partnering to offer free mammo-grams, not just in October, but year-round. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, however, these mammo-grams are offered year-round while funds are available. If you are or know a female, age 40 – 64, who is under-insured or without health insurance, call 866.487.3100 to schedule an ap-pointment.

BingoTuesday Bingo Game - Boyne City American Legion - 302 South Lake Street 582-7811 - Come join your friends and neighbors for an in-expensive, and maybe profitable, evening of fun, entertainment and relaxation. - Play 39 games with 51 bingos - Traditional Pick your own hard cards – Paper specials + Michi-gan Progressive Jackpot. The venue is smoke-free. The Early Birds start at 6pm and Finish 9:45p.m. Food con-cessions are available.

Join the bandThe Jordan Valley Community Band will begin its Fall season of rehears-als on Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the East Jordan High School band room. If you or someone you know plays an instru-ment or has played in the past and would like to join the band, please contact Director, Becky Palmiter at 582-3734, President, Leslie Cunning-ham at 547-2145 or Sec./Treas., Phyl-lis Childs at 582-3488 to have your name added to our mailing list or if you need help finding an instru-ment.

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Come join us for support.TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at the Church of the Nazarene 225 W. Morgan St. Boyne City, on Monday morning at 10:00 a.m.For more information call Evelyn at (231) 582-9495

Support GroupGrief and Loss Support Group 3rd Thursday of every month 1-2:30 p.m. Friendship Center of Emmet County -Library 1322 Anderson Road, Peto-skey Survivors of Suicide Loss Sup-port Group 2nd Monday 5:30-7:30 p.m.Hospice of Little Traverse Bay One Hiland Drive, Petoskey (231) 487-4285

Jan. 26

Drug forum Forum on regional drug use by

teensslated for Jan. 26 in East Jordan

Parents and other community members are invited to a forum on Wednesday, Jan. 26, at East Jordan High School Auditorium to hear ex-perts discuss drug use trends both locally and in the region and how adults can make a difference in the lives of youth.The 7 p.m. forum will feature Shaynee Fanara, Chief Assistant Prosecutor, Charlevoix County Prosecutor’s Of-fice; Chuck Vondra, Undersheriff with Charlevoix County Sheriff’s De-partment; and Scott Kelley, Execu-tive Director of Bay Area Substance Education Services (BASES).“Our goal is to raise awareness about drug use in our region, its trends, laws pertaining to drug use, and also let parents and community members know about the resources available to help youth who may be struggling with a drug use problem,” said East Jordan High School Princi-pal Tammy Jackson. “I strongly urge parents and other interested in this topic to attend as they will have an opportunity to ask questions direct-ly to the panelists.”The National Honor Society is offer-ing free child care services during the forum.For more information, contact Jack-

son at 231.536.2259.

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EDUCAtION CLASSES IN EASt JORDAN

North Central Michigan College and the Institute of Business and Indus-try Training (IBIT) offers community education classes in East Jordan starting in January, 2011. The class-es will be held at East Jordan High School.

Offered this winter:Beginning yoga, Tuesdays, Janu-ary 18 – March 8, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the East Jordan High School Band Room. This class will explore movements to increase flexibility, strength and well-being. A yoga mat and 2-3 firm blankets are need-ed. If you have health issues or back problems, please consult with your physician before beginning this exercise program. The instructor is Lisa Hepner, a Yoga Alliance reg-istered instructor. The cost for the 7-week course is $40.Hatha yoga, Tuesdays, April 12 – May 24, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the East Jordan High School Band Room. This intermediate level yoga class explores traditional yoga poses, breathing practices and deep re-laxation, increasing strength, flex-ibility and overall well-being. Basic knowledge of standing asanas is necessary. Students should have attended at least one previous yoga

class with Lisa Hepner, a Yoga Alli-ance registered instructor. The cost of the 7-week course is $40.How to Raise Children who Mind without Losing Yours! Wednesdays, January 19, 26, and February 2, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. in the East Jordan High School Media Center. Gena and Kev-in King, Licensed Professional Coun-selors with Community Counseling Services will lead the class. Cost is $10 per session or $25 for all three.Introductory Meditation (Medita-tion 101), Wednesdays February 16, 23 and March 2, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. in East Jordan High School Room #30. This meditation course offers par-ticipants an opportunity to practice concentrating, focusing, and stilling the mind. The facilitator is Elisabeth Treefon. Cost is $15 for the three classes.Digital Photography: Editing and Publishing, Thursdays, February 24, March 3 and March 10, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in East Jordan High School Room #29. Practice transferring im-ages from the camera to the com-puter, editing and preparing images for output, storing and recalling im-ages using software available free on-line. The instructor is Heather Outman, Pink Kayak Photography. Cost is $35 for three classes.Exploring Michigan’s Wildlife, Wednesdays April 13, 20, and 27, 6:00-8:30 pm in East Jordan High School Room #30. Michael & Te-resa McGill are passionate wildlife videographers and photographers. They will share tips on how study and photograph wildlife in north-ern Michigan. Cost is $40 for three classes.I Could tell you Stories: A Journey into Memoir Writing, Tuesday March 22 and Thursday march 24, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. in East Jordan High School Room #30. This class will allow as-piring writers to experiment with a variety of strategies for sharing our most significant memories with others. Bring a writing notebook/journal, a flash drive for use on the computers, and be prepared to read in advance and discuss one memoir you have read. Instructor is Kris Ras-mussen, Adjunct English Professor for North Central Michigan College. Cost for the two classes is $30.Make 2011 a year for professional and personal development. Reg-ister three days prior to workshop. Call 231-348-6613 or 231-348-6705 for more information. Registration forms are on-line at www.ncmich.edu/ibit/bus_education.php.North Central Michigan College is an open-door community college based in Petoskey. Through its Uni-versity Center partnerships, stu-

dents can take courses leading to certificates, bachelor’s and master’s degrees from participating univer-sities. North Central’s Institute for Business & Industry Training offers non-credit job skills training tailored to meet individual needs. In addi-tion to its main campus in Petoskey, North Central offers classes, aca-demic advising, testing and other services in Cheboygan, Gaylord and East Jordan. For more information call Charles MacInnis 231-348-6839

Equestrian EventsFour Equine Experience events are scheduled. These Saturday sessions take place on April 9, 2011; and May 14, 2011. The workshops are led by two cer-tified FEEL facilitators – Maryellen Werstine and Erin Halloran – and in-clude six hours of study with horses, lunch and snacks, journal and course materials, roundtrip transportation from The Inn at Bay Harbor – A Re-naissance Golf Resort to the nearby stables of Bay Harbor Equestrian Club and a $40 credit toward spa and salon services to be used at The Spa at The Inn at Bay Harbor. Cost for the program is $225. Sessions groups are intimate with a maximum of 10 guests per work-shop. For Equine Experience reser-vations, please call 231-439-4046. Lodging at The Inn at Bay Harbor is available starting at $133 per night and includes breakfast for two. For lodging reservations, please call 800-462-6963 or visit www.innat-bayharbor.com.

Jan. 27NORtH CENtRAL PRESENtS COM-

MUNIty FINANCIAL AID NIGHtFinancial aid for college will be the topic of a free program at North Central Michigan College on Thurs-day, January 27, 2011. North Cen-tral’s financial aid office is hosting the program as a community service for parents and students attending or planning to attend any college or university. The program will take place from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. in the Library on the Petoskey cam-pus. The program will include an expla-nation of the categories, types and sources of financial aid, the cost of attending college, expected family contributions, the Free Application

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for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and scholarship searches. For more information on the pro-gram, contact Virginia Panoff, North Central’s director of financial aid at 231-348-6698.North Central Michigan College is an open-door community college based in Petoskey. Through its Uni-versity Center partnerships, stu-dents can take courses leading to certificates, bachelor’s and master’s degrees from participating univer-sities. North Central’s Institute for Business & Industry Training offers non-credit job skills training tailored to meet individual needs. In addi-tion to its main campus in Petoskey, North Central offers classes, aca-demic advising, testing and other services in Cheboygan, Gaylord and East Jordan.

Feb. 1Meet Congressman Benishek

Area residents are invited to a “Meet the Congressman” event for newly elected Congressman Dan Benishek from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, at Boyne City Hall, 319 N. Lake St., Boyne City.Benishek, a former sur-geon, is from Crystal Falls in the Up-per Peninsula. He represents Michi-gan’s first Congressional District, which includes the Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsu-la. Contact information and email sign-up forms are included on the congressman’s website, benishek.house.gov.

Feb. 13

Kangaroo KourtGet ready for the next big fun event at the BASC. KANGAROO KOURT February 13th, admisssion is free, seating is limited, sign up early.Call Teri at 582 6682 any time 10 am to 2pm Monday through Fri-day. KANGAROO KOURT, WHERE JUSTICE IS NEVER SERVED BUT FUN AND LAUGHS ARE ALWAYS ON THE DOCKET. Doors open at 1:30PM show starts at 2PM Light refresh-ments and soup will be available.

The following classes appear in our Health-styles publication and will be held in the Community Health Education Center unless otherwise stated.

Please refer callers to 487.5700 for registration or for information re-garding the following :An Introduction to Mindfulness – A Method for Stress Reduction.January 18, 25, February 1, 15, 22, and March 1, 6:30 – 8 p.m. (a six-week course)The course is offered through The Center for Optimal Health at North-ern Michigan Regional Health Sys-tem. Chris Frasz, MSW, will introduce tools and methods of becoming more aware of thoughts and feel-

ings and breathing practice devel-opment that can be continued by individuals. Various topics will be in-troduced at each session that can be discussed in a safe and confidential setting. Call 231.487.5700 or email opotimalhealth@northernhealth.org for more information or to regis-ter. Fee: $100 for the public, $75 for NMRHS Colleagues.This program appears in our Health-styels publication. It is held in the community, but you may get calls with questions because NMRH is participating. Registration is not re-quired for participation in the over-all event. Tax preparation assistance requires pre-registration by calling 347.9070. See the following:

Project Connect – A Day of Free Ser-vices for those in Need.February 2, 10 a.m. –5:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Charlev-oix Avenue, Petoskey. Are you strug-gling with financial problems, hous-ing issues, employment challenges or health concerns? Free help is available. Services will include chair massages, hair cuts, food bags immunizations, health screenings, and a light lunch 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. and more. Bring picture ID, birth certificate and income in-formation to discuss housing, health care, and social services benefits. Call 347.9070 in advance to registra-tion for income tax preparation and filing services. Transportation is available for loca-tions in Emmet and Charlevoix coun-ties. Pre-registration is not required for attendance.

Please do registration for the follow-ing class. It is a repeat from previous years. Maximum number of partici-pants is 15. Participants pay the in-structor at the class. Checks are to written to AARP:

AARP Driver Safety ProgramFebruary 24 and 25, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. (a 2-session course)The class is designed for drivers 50 years of age and older, although any age can attend. It discusses normal age-related physical changes that impact driving, such as eyesight, hearing, and reaction time, in an effort to make seniors safer drivers for more years to come. Traffic situ-ations that are most challenging for seniors will be discussed. Fee: $14; $12 for AARP members.

Please do registration for the follow-ing class. Maximum number of par-ticipants to register is 25. This class talks about similar issues, but is a different class and presenter than “Beyond Kegels” that we have had in past years:

Urinary IncontinenceMarch 9, 10:30 – 11: 30 a.m. This class provides important infor-mation for people dealing with uri-nary incontinence in their everyday lives. Attendees will learn tips on good bladder health and bladder irritants will be discussed. Participants will learn basic exercises to strengthen the muscles that provide additional support to a weak pelvic floor. The class topic will be presented by Northern Michigan Regional Hospi-

tal, Physical Therapists: Jennifer Hill, DPT and Meghan Radocy, DPT. Free Community Service

Please do registration for the following series as di-rected by Rita Miller in the past and direct callers to the listed numbers for further information:

Cancer Survivorship and WellnessApril 5, 12, 19, and 26, 3 – 5 p.m.This program offers educational ses-sions in a supportive environment for adults with cancer and their fam-ily members. The sessions focus on living well with a cancer diagnosis and learning skills for the promotion of physical and emotional well be-ing. Attendance at all four sessions is highly recommended. For more information, call Amy Juneau, MSW, at 231.487.4015 or Rita Miller, RN MSN, at 231.487.4281. Free Commu-nity Service.

This program is directed by Linda Li-nari. Please continue to do registra-tion as she has directed in the past:

Building Better BonesApril 13, 6 – 8:30 p.m. Open to all individuals interested in the prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis. Present-ers in this 2-½ hour class include a registered nurse, registered dieti-tian, and a physical therapist. The definition of osteoporosis, bone biology, bone density testing, treat-ment options, nutrition instruction, exercise, and fall/fracture preven-tion will be discussed. Free Commu-nity Service.

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lore by North Central Art Professor Shan-na Robinson. The program will take place at noon in the Library conference room. Plants, bugs and other natural sources have been used for ages to make dyes for fibers.Professor Robinson will explain where we

can find color in nature and how to use it to make beautiful fabrics. Cost for the event is $9 and includes lunch. Reservations are strongly encouraged. Call 231-348-6600 or email cmacinnis@ncmich.edu. North Central Michigan College is an open-door community college based in Petoskey.Through its University Center partner-ships, students can take courses leading to certificates, bachelor’s and master’s degrees from participating universities. North Central’s Institute for Business & Industry Training offers non-credit job skills training tailored to meet individual needs.In addition to its main campus in Petos-key, North Central offers classes, academ-ic advising, testing and other services in Cheboygan, Gaylord and East Jordan.

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