LIONS DEN As I am writing this, a prediction of snow is heard on the radio; well we had a beautiful summer and fall so "bring it on"! The Club had our semi-aimual road clean up (from the ferry to West Shore Rd.) scheduled but got rained out; we got it done the next day. Every year it's a surprise the things we pickup and this year it was: a large shipping bag for a king sized mattress (what a prize).

There was a good turnout for our monthly Sunday Brunch, we had a few people make the trip from the Soo to enjoy a good breakfast. The raffle wirmers ($50 each) for October are; Julie Shaver, Melissa Morehouse and Doug Reusser. The 50/50 winner asked not to be identified but she did donate her winnings to the Club, thanks much.

We have only one member with a birthday in November, Jim Langendorf have a good one on your day, Jim.

Leo Rich, Secretary

St. Luke*s Community Church News

We want to express our sadness at the passing of Ruby Freeland. She was greatly loved and wil l be greatly missed.

Betty Haga

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SICK CHESS As many of you know, playing chess has many benefits, including enhancing memory, IQ, attentiveness, concentration, problem-solving, and forward-thinking capabilities. Some school districts have chess-in-schools programs, recognizing that chess has great potential to help kids develop their mental skills. Chess has been used by teachers in some third world countries where school had consisted mainly of rote memorization in order to train school children how to think critically.

With the holidays coming up, it's not a bad time to introduce someone near and dear to you to the game of chess. This can be done by taking them to a place where chess is played, including to the Sugar Island Chess Klub on Thursdays, or by getting them equipment to play the game. There are many books on how to play chess and chess websites that teach how to play and have equipment for sale. Various links to these sources can be found on the new Lake Superior Chess Association (LSCA) website, www.michess.org/up. This website was set up with help from two of our SICK Chess members and is a subsite of the Michigan Chess Association's website. We encourage you to go to the LSCA website and explore. And i f you want any advice for what chess-related gifts to buy for Christmas, just stop by and ask on a Thursday night at the Hilltop.

Glen Schmiege

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THANKSGIVING For each new morning with its light,

for rest and shelter of the night. For health and food, for love and friends.

For everything Thy goodness sends. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

All are welcome to join us celebrate our weekly Mass on Saturdays at 6:15 pm and give thanks ©

A November Thanksgiving

We are an island amid bright sunshine

and gray snow squalls. We are secure and sheltered In our sweet island home.

For this and so much more We give Thee thanks!

John E Schlapkohl Sugar Island

(with permission)

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FIRE PLUGS Remember that when we change our clocks back on November 2nd we should also check our smoke detectors. We recently attended a training session on smoke detectors and one of the main items stressed was that after 10 years the unit needs to be replaced even i f it still test OK. The test button normally only tells you i f your battery in good not i f the unit is working correctly.

Another item that was covered was the length of time you have to get out of your house i f the smoke detector goes off. We used to say you had ten minutes before the area would become deadly. The program, put on by Underwriters Labs, shows that with the new building materials and finishes that a person would only have 3 minutes to get out of their home. So it is important to have an escape plan in place for all members of the household. After everyone is safe you can call 911 and check to see i f you are able to put out the fire.

Anyone driving by last months fire meeting saw us practicing our extrication skills. An island resident had donated his old truck for us to practice on, at least I hope it was his old truck. We removed the doors and roof using our equipment. This is often needed at an accident scene to safely remove a patient and also comes in handy i f you forget your car keys. Next month we plan to bum the truck and practice on car fires.

Remember chimney cleaning equipment is available and we would like to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving.

Jim Handziak, Sugar Island Fbe Department

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Sugar Island Township News Ifs election time again, and your participation is greatly appreciated. We have a RENEWAL on the ballot for our Solid Waste Disposal. If you appreciate being able to bring your garbage to our Primary Waste Station on 1 Vi Mile Road or the Summer Waste Station on South Homestead Road, please vote for a positive outcome.

Our Community Center is a gathering place for Island Residents with many activities happening during the next two months. You are always welcome, and the company is very friendly. Please refer to those events listed in The Quacker calendar and those on the calendar at the Community Center.

Our roads are back in working order due to the hard work of the Chippewa County Road Commission, if you see one of their employees, give them a wave or a word of thanks, I know they would appreciate it.

Lynda Gariitz, Clerk Sugar Island Township

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KING (K)—moves one square in any direction © / H J QUEEN (Q)-moves any number of squares in any direction (on rows/ranks, columns/files, or diagonals} S / I R O O K (R)—moves any number of squares sideways, forward, or backwanj (on ranks and files, not diagonals) M./SL B I S H O P (B)—moves any number of squares on diagonals

KNIGHT (N)—moves in an "L* shape (2 squares one way and 1 the other) to a square of the opposite color. Knights are the only pieces that can jump over others. & / i PAWN—moves straight forward (cannot back

up) 1 or 2 squares on the first move and then only 1 at a time. A pawn can capture only on the diagonal squares immediately in front of it. Pawns reaching the 8* rank become a Q (or R, B or N). Pieces CAPTURE ("X") by running into and displacing others-A king is in CHECK ("+") when it is attacked. CHECKMATE occurs when a player cannot save the king from capture. WHITE STARTED AT THE B O T T O M AND BLACK AT THE T O P

ANSWER: The white Q is "pinned" to the white K by the black Q, i.e.. the white Q cannot move off the diagonal running from b1 to h7 (the white K would be in check). Black can take advantage of this by moving the black R to the d8 square. The white Q cannot take it. If white takes the black Q. then black uses the R on d8 to take the white rook on d1 for mate. Other moves lose the Q to the R (or result in mate). [1 ...Rd8 2.Qxf5. Rxdl mate.]

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On Thursday, October 17, the Sugar Island Lions Club picked up trash along 1 Mile Road, from the ferry dock to Westshore Dr . There were 9 participants, which made for easy work. This event was originally scheduled on Wednesday but was postponed due to rain. Thursday turned out to be a pleasant, dry, afternoon and it was noted by many that there seems to be less trash with each semi-armual pickup.

Lions cleanup crew, left to right are. Art Leighton, Tom Brunet, Frank (Jim) Handziak, Leo Rich, Bob Beaumont, Marv Dick, Bud Willis, and Jim Langendorf. Not in the picture but taking the photo is Brian Smith.

The 2013 SUGAR ISLAND T E L E P H O N E & ADDRESS D I R E C T O R Y

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You may purchase one for $4.00 at: Ed & Esther's Bayview Store Westshore Convenience Store

Lion's Brunch/Lioness' Bake Sales

They are also available for purchase via U.S. mail. The cost is $4.00 plus $2.24 for first class mail fee, for a total of $6.24. Please make your

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OFFICIAL BALLOT Special Election

Tuesday, November 5,2013 Chippewa County, Michigan

Sugar Island Township, Precinct 1

PROPOSAL SECTION

COUNTY SHERIFF'S SCHOOL CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION

MtLLAGE PROPOSAL

{This proposal permits the County to increase its tax levy by .55 mill to provide additional operating funds to the Chippewa County Sheriff to be used exclusively to expand the Sheriff Department's program w/hlch provides additional protection to school children and our community,)

Shall the 15 mill limitation imposed under Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution on general ad valorem taxes v ithin Chippew/a County Michigan be increased by 55 mill (SO.55 per SI ,000 of taxable value) for a penod of six years, being 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, inclusive, for the purpose of providing additional funds to the Chippewa County Sheriff s Department to enhance and continue to provide protection to area school children and the local community, and shall the County levy sxh millage for said purpose, thereby raising in the first year an estimated $599,700?

Y E S O

N O P

ANIMAL PROTECTION MILLAGE PROPOSAL

{This proposal, if passed, will permit the County to increase its tax levy by a tenth (.1) of a mill to provide additional operating funds to the Chippewa County Animal Shelter to be used exclusively to continue the facility as a no-kill sfielter, and, as such, the funding will be used to provide medical and supplemental care for the health, safety, and well-being of the animals housed and cared for at the Chippewa County Animal Shelter.)

Shall the 15 mill limitation imposed under Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution on general ad valorem taxes within Chippewa County Michigan be increased by .1 mill ($0,10 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of six years, being 2013,2014,2015, 2016,2017, and 2018, inclusive, for the purpose of providing additional operating funds to the Chippewa County Animal Shelter to be used exclusively to continue the facility as a no-kill shelter, and used to provide medical and supplemental care for the health, safety, and well-being of the animals housed and cared for at the Chippewa County Animal Shelter, and shall the County levy such millage for said purpose, thereby raising in the first year an estimated 5109,000?

Y E S O

TOWNSHIP SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL MILLAGE REQUEST

MILLAGE RENEWAL

(If passed, this proposal will permit Sugar Island Township to continue the millage previously approved for the above purpose by the electors in 2009)

Shall the previously voted increase in the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution for general ad valorem taxes within Sugar Island Township, Chippewa County, Michigan of 2 mills ($2.00 per SI ,000 of taxable value) which was reduced to $1.8847 mills by the required millage rollbacks, be renewed at 1.8847 mills ($1.8847 per $1,000 of taxable value} for 4 years, being 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds to continue Solid Waste Disposal (this being a renewal of the solid waste disposal millage which expired with the 2012 levy) within the township and shall the township levy such renewal in millage for said purpose, thereby raising in the first year an estimated $75,300?

Y E S O N O P

DISTRICT LIBRARY SUPERIOR DISTRICT LIBRARY

LIBRARY MILLAGE PROPOSAL

Shall the Superior Distnct Library, Counties of Chippewa and Mackinac. Michigan, levy an amount not to exceed .5 mill ($.50 on each $1,000 of taxable value) against all taxable real and tangible personal properly within the Superior District Library District for a period of two (2) years, 2013 to 2014, inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds for all District Library purposes authorized by law; and shall the Superior District Library levy such new additional millage for said purpose? The estimate of the revenue the Superior District Library will collect if the millage is approved and levied in the 2013 calendar year is approximately $618,000. A portion of the revenue collected may be subject to capture by the City of Sault Sainte Marie Downtown Development Authonty and the City of Sault Sainte Mane Economic Development Corporation.

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W i s h l i s t l *Kitchen Supplies *Body Wash *New underwear *Pots & Pans *Shaving Items - various sizes *Pillows *Deodorant *New socks -*Laundry Soap *Diapers (Size various sizes (high efficiency) 3,4,& 5) *Towels *Paper Products *Gas Cards *Furniture -new *Trash Bags *Volunteers to help & gently used *Diaper Wipes around shelter *Mattresses *Face Wash (cleanup) -New and gently *Gift Cards *Family Movies used Tools (wrenches, (DVD) *Bikes screwdrivers, etc.) *Winter Pajamas *Outside Kids *Non-perishable -women's & kids Toys foods Bedside Lamps *Hair Brushes Lotion Lamp Shades