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BY JOSH SAMPSONSTAFF WRITER

The Dilworth was a hot topic during the Boyne City Com-missioners packed July 27th meeting. Discussion on the historic structure lasted near-ly 2 hours with the majority of the attendees who spoke were in favor of the project.“Don’t lose this gem,” said Pam Davidson, “It is a beau-

tiful old hotel.” She added“The Irish pub was hopping all the time.”The Dilworth was built in 1912 as a three story restau-rant bar and was renovated in 1993. It closed its doors in 2008 but was looked into for renovations by Landmark Development of Boyne City. Landmark Development was established by business man Tom Johnson and City Man-ager Dave White. The intent is that the restaurant and the

bar will be reopened. Tom Johnson dispelled rumors that he would be owning and operating the hotel himself. “I’m not going to own and operate the hotel,” he said, “My job is to pull together the best owners and operators that I can.”The Dilworth hotel came into the spotlight again when the Boyne City Main Street pro-gram received approval to spend $25,000 tax funded loan to pay for a feasibility study for a redevelopment plan.A question of how the loan was going to be paid back came up at the July 27th meeting.“We will be happy to pay it back over 5 years, but my in-tent is to pay the entire loan off at the closing.”Said Tom Johnson.Commissioner Mike Cum-

mings expressed his concern with studies drawn up by Choice Hotels from other ho-tel chains.“North folk lodge had one hundred hotel rooms, and they did an addition. They didn’t have a used building either, they had a new build-ing and its a part of a college campus. Crest Inn Wisconsin, the home of the green bay packers, only has 46 rooms. Linwood Suits in Colorado springs is only 27 miles away from Aspen Colorado. All of these are tourist attractions, and all of these have nothing in common with our city. Not one thing.”Other opposition came not from the reopening of the hotel, but from the repercus-sions of needing more park-ing space. Chris Christensen of Boyne City expressed his concern at the meeting.

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The 36th annual Boyne Falls Polish Festival will take place on Aug. 5. Scheduled events begin on that Thursday with an Old-ies night featuring the Car Show Cruise In, and the

Fabulous Oldies but Good-ies Band. The festival will continue Friday with Youth Day, and will feature a Youth Parade at 4:30 pm. Although registration to en-

ter the event is over, you can still go down to Boyne Falls High School and see the 3 on 3 shootout. The games starts at 9:00 am and feature boys and girl divisions 3rd grade through junior col-

lege.On Saturday August 7th, the 5k cross country run starts at 8:00 am at the Boyne Falls High school on M-75.Then at 11:00 on the same day there will be the Grande Royale Parade fol-lowed by a Classic Tractor Pull at 2:00 pm.From 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm on the 7th there will be a Motorcycle show too.The Mud Run, featuring trucks running a 4 wheel drive track, will occur at 1:00 pm on August 8th. “It is a great family-orient-

ed event. People come out to enjoy soda and watch the trucks try to make it through the course,” said Kurt Reyn-olds who runs the Mud Run. “It’s something different, so if you like the outdoors and trucks, you’ll like this.”The Polka tents are open on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 11:30 pm, and then on Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 1:00 am. After 5:30 pm on all days you must bring your Id to be verified as 21 to enter. Tent passes will run $6.00 a night, or you can obtain a four day pass for $20. Schedules and pricing are subject to change up until the day of the event.This years Polish Festival is full of fun events and festiv-ities for the whole family.

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BY ERIC BLAIRCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Boyne City business owner Donald Forbes isn’t happy with the state of the city’s sign ordinance.Boyne City Zoning Adminis-trator/Assistant Planner Shan-non McMaster recently tick-eted Forbes for erecting a sign noting his pest control busi-

ness on his residence near the Corner of Charlevoix St. and Grunow Drive.“Your parents apparently nev-er taught you the old adage, ‘Don’t bite the hand that feeds you,’” Forbes stated in a June 24 letter to McMaster’s office. “Surely you must understand that JEB Pest Control is the tool by which I pay my city taxes and thereby you people get paid. Is it your job to limit my business, limit my income

and therefore limit my abil-ity to pay the very taxes that allow you to exist in the first place?”According to McMaster, Forbes violated section 6.1(3) of Boyne City’s sign ordinance which reads: “Dwelling-unit structures with home occupa-tions may have one sign not exceeding three (3) square feet. The sign must be attached flat against the wall of the dwell-ing unit that is being used for

the home occupation.”McMaster also pointed out in his June 29 letter responding to Forbes that a permit fee of $35 must be paid and a permit must be obtained before any signs may be mounted.Forbes considers the ordi-nance unconstitutional and has vowed to spread the word about what he feels is an injus-tice.One of the questions raised in

Business owner questions ordinance

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E v e r y -thing I need to k n o w a b o u t business, I learned in Medicine.

As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been in and out of several careers in the years since high school. I have told stories about life as a Paramedic, the world of college, and the wide world of a Clini-cal Psychology Major. I have gone on about mar-tial arts and the immense value I place in my train-

ing. That being said, it’s been a while since I sat down with a cup of cof-fee and got philosophical on everyone. That said, here we go.1. You can fix mistakes, but there’s no taking them back.Sitting in NCMC’s Para-medic Program, I blink-ed once, then twice, as I processed what the in-structor said. “Once you push the plunger on that syringe, the drug is in. You can try to reverse it, but you’re not pulling it out.” True. What he didn’t know is the philo-

sophical value I pulled from what was strictly a practical lesson.I can apologize for my bad choices. I can try to make amends for my faults. In the end, I can only fix the end result. I can’t make them go away, and I can’t take them back.2. Business is business. Personal is personal. Al-ways.“I don’t like this” I said quietly to my partner. After a night of running calls, I found myself driving an ambulance towards an early morn-ing car accident. I left

the red flashing overhead lights on, and approached the scene. Finding a car wrapped around a tree, and a college stu-dent contained within, I could only guess what came next. “I dint drink nuthin.” Great. Load-ing him into the ambu-lance was fairly routine. He complained of severe pain. The broken femur and dislocated shoulder were both apparent. On the way to the hospital, I started an IV, put on a splint or two, and paused as I held the syringe of fentanyl in my hand.

This would take away his pain. As I added up the thousands of taxpayer dollars that the city had just poured into this man, I thought about wheth-er the pain medications were needed. Part of me was angry inside. Part of me was sad. I gently cleaned the medication port, slowly pushed the syringe, and heard him exhale as his pain went away.It’s tempting to let bad things in business upset me personally. It’s not an option.

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This is the sec-ond part in a con-t i n u i n g s e r i e s on great ships of the Great Lakes.

The St. Ignace and the Macki-naw City were two ships originally ordered by the US Government destined to serve in WW I.Built for the US Government, Quartermaster Department of the U. S. Army, in 1919, and

by the Fabricated Shipbuild-ing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin christened “Colo-nel Card” and “Colonel Pond” and were originally junior mine planters, stationed on the East Coast.Delivered to late to serve, as the war was coming to a close, they were made available for government sale.Both ships were purchased by the State of Michigan. They were sailed back to under-go a refit making then into car (automobile) ferries.Between 1923 through 1924 they had their length increased by 50 feet added ahead of their superstructure and many other altercations to their spartian military configurations.

The “Colonel Pond” was re-christened “Sainte Ignace and the “Colonel Pond” the “Mackinac City” Due to the ever increasing need to accommodate ve-hicle traffic the both again were returned to Great Lakes Engineering to be modified. The width of their hulls was increased by the additions of sponsons. This added addi-tional car capacity. If you re-member seeing large freighter type canoes many of them were equipped with side spon-sons as well.They both sailed the Straits of Mackinac well for 20 some years. At that time when the State as considering the pur-chase of a larger or additional ferries the Army asked about re-purchasing them for 2nd World War use.1940 the “Sainte Ignace” was sent to the Panama Canal as the “Brig. General Arthur W. Yates” and the “Mackinaw City” as the “Brig. General William E. Horton”.The “St. Ignace” and the “Mackinac City” both were involved with the US Army Ships known as “The Ghost Fleet” - “Costal Artillery Corps Army Mine Planter Service”After the war they were re-turned to the East Coast and resumed their prior names. They were purchased in spec-ulation, later driven aground by a bad storm in about 1950 and reportedly scraped by 1954.Being short two ships for the ferry service the State of Michigan obtained an older Pere Marquette Railway boat for service at the Straits of Mackinac.

Straits of Mackinac 1928 A third boat, “The Straits of Mackinac”, was built in 1928 by the Great Lakes En-gineering Works of River Rouge; she was 22002 feet long and 50 feet wide. Michi-gan joined the fleet in 1928 and provided service across the Straits until the opening of the Mackinac Bridge on No-vember 1, 1957. This boat was built for the Highway Department to carry approximately 50 vehicles. Within two years, the ferry was modified with an upper level loading area which in-creased the capacity to 90 cars and up to 400 passengers. For many years, “The Straits of Mackinac” was considered the flagship of the fleetDespite heavy sentiment all around, the owners decided their venerable flagship had to go. A farewell trip to Macki-nac Island was scheduled for Labor Day 1958. There wasn’t a dry eye on board as the old steamer sailed to the island and back for the final time. At her last island departure, 6 p.m., September 2, 1958, crowds lined the pier. Com-peting boats blew farewell sa-lutes. A canon was fired from Fort Mackinac. The Straits of Mackinac answered with her own horn as she backed away.

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Mackinaw City 1925

The Straits of Mackinac 1928

To the Editor,There is nothing better than when a community comes together and once again SOBO (South Boyne) was alive with music, dancing and the smells of grills in ac-tion. Our 7th Annual Dancin’ in the Streets had people fill-ing the street with laughter, dancing and just plain happi-ness. Special thanks go out to everyone who makes this a premiere event happen: Remax Resort Properties, Black Diamond Wealth, Pro-gressive Dental, Sun for the Soul, Dr. Tammy Croy Mc-MIllian, Boyne City Gazette, Lake Street Market, Fresh-water Studios, American Total Security, Sweetgrass Framing and Imagine Art &

Music Supply, Boyne Valley Printing - it truly takes this “village” of sponsors! The SunDogs provided the beat, GrillMeisters Doug and Roy who happily manned the grills , Lynn who picked up the loose ends and Donna who stepped up and got the word out. To the many vol-unteers who helped us to pull off this ever-growing night of revelry, we love you! But, after all is said and done it’s the people who come out and enjoy the evening - you guys all rock! Join us again on Aug 26th for another Dan-cin’ - it’s SOBO’s way of saying thank you for being our loyal customers! Thank you one and all, Cindi & Frank Malin

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it was in early July that i set out to drive into the countryside beyond boyne city’s boundar-ies intent on searching a

favorite spot for a handful

of wild red raspberries not the plump version one purchases year round in the grocery, these were simply of their an-cestral lineage. A brighter red, each berry was tiny in comparison to its present day cultivated offspring – about a quarter of the size, but oh, the flavor! Every drop of its juices was a concentrate of what we have come to recognize as the flavor of the red raspberry. there, in the early hot July sunshine i slowly relished one small plump berry after another. why talk about red raspberries now in early August? because nature does not stop with July’s red raspberries but follows them with the blackberry and the elderberry. All can be found off the beaten path in abundance in the lands that surround our town. Having worked some eleven years for the area rural electric cooperative as the cartographer i became knowledgeable in the location of the cross country transmis-sion lines. they crisscross our backcountry, wilderness swamps and forestlands like jet trails in our skies. Each line is built on a narrow right-of-way owned or leased by the power company. For many years my husband traveled Michigan to purchase all such property. yes, he acquired and the strange thing

was that i mapped it – a team effort al-though no one ever really looked at it that way, we were simply employees of two different companies, one transmission and the other, distribution in the world of electricity. it wasn’t in our offices that we exchanged our interesting and often humorous stories, but rather at home.this knowledge allows me to search out transmission lines these warm summer days to find the wild berries that abound off the beaten path, away from man’s cultivation and development areas. the right-of-ways are often sandy two tracks; their borders are ideal locations for berry bushes to flourish between the infre-quently accessed and traveled roadway and the forest land the lines are routed through. this year’s was a bumper crop. our unusually warm summer with its often enough rain allowed the bushes to flourish. the black berries, of course, were much larger than their red cousins – long and plump but shiny black. in appearance very much like the bears that gorge themselves on them. And yes, Michigan does have their bears and they do love its berries. so be certain when out on some remote and isolated right-of-way helping yourself to berries that you look about you –neither you nor the bear would enjoy being surprised at the other’s unexpected presence! chances are the bear will de-tect you long before you are aware if its whereabouts – we humans are noisier than we realize. A bear’s sense of hearing is excellent. i usually tote along a metal bucket for my berry collecting – not that i beat it with a stick but because even in the act of carrying it, sitting it down or dropping berries in it ‘bear’audible sounds

ensue.Actually the thorns on the blackberries bushes are much more intimidating than any bear that might be peering at you from some distant vantage point. long, needle sharp and rigid they can be brutal. wearing long sleeved shirts and cutting the finger tips out of an old pair of cot-ton gloves can help. red raspberries do not guard themselves in a like manner as their thorns are small and softer.At one time we had a labrador named bear who ate blackberries. His name had nothing to do with his love of the juicy black things. rather, at birth he was such a bushy, chubby little tyke that he actually resembled a bear cub – thus his name. we lived in the country just outside of boyne city in Evangeline township. our house set back far enough from the road that the road end of our ‘front yard’ was actually a field where we chose to allow nature to romp. it was never mowed and the seasonal wildflowers came and went along with seedlings from the pine and maple trees. down one edge and for-ever intruding out into the field further and further was a dense patch of berry bushes. it was there bear stood stretching his head forward (obviously he had learned all about the thorns) and rolling back his lips would intently and slowly ‘pick’ ber-ries with his teeth. He would spend long lengths of time out in the hot summer sun, black coat gleaming while ingesting one berry after another. we were never aware of any digestive problems as a result of this un-dog-like obsession with blackberries.

BCPD Incident ReportTuesday, July 20

6:00am Received complaint from the 200 block of W Division ref construction in the area.8:42am Trailer plate turned in that was found on road. Owner located and returned.8:42am Driving complaint re-ceived in the area of Boyne Av and BC-EJ Rd12:19pm Unlocked vehicle on W Main St3:55pm Report of tools stolen from the 400 block of Front St4:50pm Found wallet turned into PD. Reunited with owner7:15pm Unlocked vehicle at Ro-tary Park

Wednesday, July 217:50am Unlocked vehicle at Farmer’s Market 10:27am Report of damage to air conditioner in the 100 block of E Water St12:18pm Report of adults walk-ing down street with children us-ing profanity4:03pm Unlocked vehicle in the 400 block of N Lake St4:40pm 2 vehicle property dam-age accident at Park and Water Streets

Thursday, July 22

5:40am Citation issued for No Seatbelt1:53pm 911 hang up call from W Water St. All OK2:07pm Report of bicyclist fall-ing off bike on Michigan St near John St. 7:44pm Citation issued for speed.

Friday, July 231:28am Assist Fire Department with sparking line at Lake and Franklin Streets1:37am Report of open door in the 400 block of Vogel St. All secure10:01am Report of abandoned truck in the vicinity of Lake and Ray Streets3:17pm Report of kids swimming in fountain at Old City Park. Gone on arrival.3:56pm Unlocked vehicle at Lake and Water Streets7:35pm Stood by in the 400 block of Harris St ref civil dispute 9:04pm Report of black lab run-ning loose at airport. Gone on ar-rival.9:09pm Responded to W Main St for a civil dispute10:05pm Child got lost while rid-ing his bike. Located him and took him home.

Saturday, July 243:14am Citation issued for speed1:20pm 2 vehicle property dam-age accident at lake and Water Streets1:50pm Citation issued for No Seatbelt2:27pm Report of black lab run-ning in traffic at Park and Main Streets. 7:01pm Report of suspicious ac-tivity on Earl St. Was misunder-standing. All OK

Sunday, July 258:22am Probation violation at the PD 8:37am Larceny of gasoline from the 200 block of S Lake St.9:50am Driver’s license turned over to officer. Owner contacted and retrieved license.12:05pm Assisted resident with bat in the house in the 300 block of S Lake St.3:13pm Report of low hanging cable lines in the area of Arthur and Jersey Streets 3:30pm Fireworks being shot off in the area of Bay St9:29pm Assisted ambulance with child who fell off scooter in the 500 block of N Lake St

Monday, July 269:58am Pair of glasses turned in that were found at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday.10:26am Report of someone dumping trash in dumpster of business in the 1300 block of Boyne Av1:15pm Report of child trying to harm herself on Boyne Av4:53pm Report of young child alone in roadway at State and Jef-ferson Streets. Gone on arrival.6:39pm Unlocked vehicle in the 200 block of E Water St

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Berries, berries everywhere Message in a BottleDear Rose-I’ve met this great guy and we’ve been dating a while now. I really care about him, howev-er he has no motivation or life goals. I’m looking for someone I can have a real future with. I just don’t know what to do. ~uncertain

Dear Uncertain,Some guys take a long time to mature, how much time do you have? Are you willing to wait for this “Great guy” to mature? Some guys (and girls) never develop motivation to move beyond where they are, they’ll happily spend their days work-ing minimum wage and letting life happen. These are the same people who complain about their situation and act as if the world is ‘doing’ the good or bad things in their lives rather than believing they have some control over their future.

It is a sign on maturity when an individual decides they want things out of life and will go get them rather than float along and wait for life to happen to them. I’ll tell you who the hap-pier, more successful people are – those with goals, plans and motivation to make things happen. If you stay with this person you’ll become increas-ingly disappointed by their lack of goals and motivation and then begin to resent them. It is a recipe for disaster in a relationship. My advice, seek someone with goals similar to your own or someone you can create goals with, you’ll be happier in the long run.Thanks for writing, ROSE

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Sheriff W.D. Schneider reports the Charlevoix Sheriff’s Of-fice investigated a watercraft accident with injuries on Lake Charlevoix near Oyster Bay in Hayes Township at approxi-

mately 4:00pm on Wednes-day, July 28th.Joseph Barbercheck Jr., 12 years old, of Petoskey was rid-ing on a PWC when it struck a wave throwing him and the

driver off the PWC and into the water. Barbercheck Jr. in-jured his arm when he hit the water. He was treated at Charlevoix Area Hospital.

The accident remains under investigation. The Charlevoix Sheriff’s Of-fice was assisted by the U.S. Coast Guard and Charlevoix EMS.

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“As a veteran of the parking wars three or four years ago it is a concern of mine with the parking issue that is go-ing to be created,” he added, “The last time we got into a parking issue, it turned into a ‘I’m going to take my ball elsewhere.’ So it’s my con-cern that we eliminate some of these hurtles before it be-comes a situation.”However Jim Baumann, the Head of the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce, com-mented with a different point of view on the parking issue.“We don’t have a parking problem, but we need to work on one,” he added, “Its go-ing to bring more business to Boyne, and restore a historic landmark.”

The city commissioners com-mented overall on the Dil-worth and reopening the ho-tel.“Boyne City is open for busi-ness.” Said Ron Grunch, and this comment was reiter-ated by Chuck Vondra who agreed.Overall the Dilworth was re-ceived by positive comments from the community and from the Commissioners.Laura Sansom expressed her view on the Dilworth. “The sentiment around the area is that we need to pre-serve the history, and that is where I come from.”Another meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, Aug.10 Boyne City Commission meeting to continue talks of the Dil-worth’s future.

Forbes’ letter is one of realtor signs and signs at other busi-nesses around Boyne City which he claims do not fit with the ordinance.In fact, Forbes furnished the Boyne City Gazette with sev-eral pictures of signs around town which are clearly not at-tached to the building facade. Signs include two for storage buildings, one for a rental property, one for firewood for sale, one for a building com-pany, one for a birdhouse/birdfeeder maker and at least two different real estate com-panies.However, McMaster said he physically inspects the Boyne City area each week looking for violations and when they are found, the owners are no-tified and dealt with.“I go out on Friday afternoons to make sure yard sale signs

are in compliance,” McMas-ter said. “I go out on Mondays and take a tour around town to make sure everything is up to snuff.”McMaster said he recieves few complaints from business owners about the sign ordi-nance and has never issued a citation to any of the down-town businesses.McMaster said he is happy to talk to any business owner who has a concern about the

ordinance.But, he added, “All ordinanc-es are enforced because of ac-tions by the city commission and the city commission has authority to amend ordinances as it sees fit within the bounds of what the state allows local communities to do.”McMaster said the ordinance is necessary to ensure fairness too all businesses.“This allows everybody in the community to have an oppor-

tunity to advertise commer-cial enterprises and events,” he said. “It (also) makes sure everybody has a fair shake at creating the kind of commu-nity look and feel the commu-nity wants.”McMaster added, “We spent about a year rewriting the sign ordinance to bring it up to contemporary standards and find a balance between all the available signs and what’s appropriate in Boyne City.”


BriEfSMen’s slowpitch softball tournamentEntry fee for this event, scheduled for Aug. 20, 21 and 22 at Boyne City Rota-ry Park, is $150. Registra-tion deadline is Aug. 16.Trophies and cash prizes will be awarded to first and second places.There will also be a homer-un derby for the Children’s Miracle Network on Satur-day Aug. 21. Entry fee is $5 or donation.A pig roast with conces-sion stand, restrooms and shelters for inclement weather.Go to www.boynecitys-lowpitch.com or call John Bush at (231) 675-9639 or Steve Spiegl at (231) 622-1536. Or, e-mail [email protected].

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Want to lose weight?Come join us for support.TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at theChurch of the Nazarene225 W. Morgan St.Boyne City, Michigan 49712on Monday morning at 10:00 a.m.For more information call Evelyn at (231) 582-9495

Cycling GroupAre You Interested in get-ting into Cycling ?Men and Women interest-ed in cycling for exercise or pleasure will find the New Rider Group Ride ap-pealing. The weekly Mon-day morning rides will fo-cus on a short distance ( beginning at 8 to 10 miles and increasing during the season), slow pace (8-12 MPH), flat terrain and with minimal traffic. Learn-ing bicycle safety and the “rules of the road” will be stressed. A snack stop is always included. A great way to meet new friends and have fun. These rides are sponsored by the North Country Bi-cycle Club in the Boyne City Area. The rides begin on June 7th and meet ev-ery Monday at 9:00 AM either starting from the Harborage Marina parking lot or on the Little Traverse Wheelway. For a complete schedule and more infor-mation, contact Donna Moll at 582-7242 or pickup a copy at North Country Cycle Sport, Bike Fix, No Boundaries Shops or at the Chamber Office in Boyne City.

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Sign ordinance designed to enhance aesthetics and business

The Boyne City Sign or-dinance was designed for the following purposes:

To encourage placement of signs that is consistent with the com-munity’s cultural, historical, and natural features; To promote signs that enhance the landscape quality of the com-munity; To protect property values by preventing structures that have a blighting effect on the existing aesthetic character of the City;To promote the community’s principal economic base as a re-sort tourism destination; To maintain signs within a rea-

sonable scale and character rela-tive to the buildings to which they relate;To protect neighboring proper-ties and residential areas from lighting trespass, to reduce and direct lighting to maintain the visibility of the Northern Michi-gan night sky, and to avoid en-croachment of commercial visual character into residential neigh-borhoods;To control the number of signs reasonably necessary to identify a business and its products and/or services;To prevent aesthetic nuisances and visual blight;

To prevent visual and physical hazards, obstructions, and dis-tractions to motorists and pe-destrians for purposes of public safety;To prevent placement of signs that will conceal or obscure ad-jacent businesses or the signs of adjacent businesses where pos-sible;To regulate erection and mainte-nance of signs that are potential-ly dangerous to the public due to structural deficiencies, disrepair, decay, or abandonment.(The preceding list highlights several of the reasons, but is not an exhaustive compilation.)


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CALL FOR YOUNG SING-ERS AND ACTORSUofM Director’s Workshop to use Local Talent as Sub-jectsArea students who want to refine their musical theatre abilities are asked to con-tact the Northern Michigan Youth Theatre (NMYT) for a chance to participate in a new workshop for theater educators. The workshop is titled, “How to Inspire Star Performances from K-12 Students,” and is scheduled to run August 19 – 22, 2010 at Voorheis Theater in Bay View. Student actors who are selected will have the opportunity to work with a director under the guidance of workshop facilitator, Mr. Bill Irwin, Assistant Pro-fessor of Musical Theatre at the University of Mich-igan-Flint. Students will perform on the final day of the workshop when each director’s technique will be graded. Roughly ten stu-dents of varying skill levels will be needed.“This is an amazing oppor-tunity for our local youth. We know we have a lot of talent, and I’m excited that some of them will have a chance to work with some of the best directors in our community” said Karen Mazzoline, Executive Di-rector of NMYT. Ann Chatterson, a local par-ent volunteer, was able to get the University of Mich-igan-Flint Department of Theatre, Bay View, NMYT and the Char-Em Intermedi-ate School District to work together to create the work-shop. The workshop is open to any adults who want to learn more about directing student casts. UofM-Flint agreed to develop the cur-riculum and offer the work-shop for one graduate credit at a reduced rate for certi-fied teachers while Char-Em agreed to help promote the program to its members and to help in arranging for the workshop to count for 2.2 SB CEU’s (State Board Continuing Education Units). Bay View agreed to supply the venue while NMYT agreed to supply the students for the workshop participants to coach. If the workshop is a success, there is a chance a summer theater institute with more offerings could be devel-oped for next summer and promoted regionally.

There is a charge to take the workshop for CEU’s or for graduate credit. ($180 and $325 respectively). Adults interested in enrolling in the workshop may contact Ann Chatterson at 231-487-0036 for more information. Youth interested in partici-pating (free) as subjects should contact Karen Maz-zoline at 231-838-6320. The class syllabus may be viewed at http://www.umflint.edu/graduatepro-grams/online/apply/events/bay-view.htm

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Northern Michigan Regional Health System Terminates Agreement with Spectrum HealthNorthern Michigan Region-al Health System Board of Trustees has informed Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health of its unanimous de-cision to terminate the agree-ment to pursue affiliation, ef-fective July 26, 2010. The two parties entered into an agreement to explore po-tential affiliation in March 2009. While due diligence was pro-ceeding satisfactorily, the negotiations surrounding the terms of the affiliation agree-ment ultimately led to the identification of significant differences.“The decision to terminate was reached by our Board of Trustees after thorough discussion. Differences be-tween the two organizations existed in the vision for the delivery of local healthcare services, leadership structure, and board of trustee models,” said Reezie DeVet, President

& CEO of Northern Michi-gan Regional Health System. “Although we are terminat-ing our agreement, we will continue our long-standing history of collaboration with Spectrum Health on projects that increase access to health-care services for patients in our region.”Among these are the provi-sion of specialty pediatric care through the Helen De-Vos Children’s Hospital Net-work; participation in Value Health Partners (VHP), an eight-member health system collaborative; and partici-pation in Priority Health, a health plan owned by Spec-trum Health. “Spectrum Health is a high-ly-respected, quality health system,” said Dave Buz-zelli, Chair, Northern Michi-gan Regional Health System Board of Trustees. “We are disappointed that an agree-ment could not be reached but we are looking forward to working with Spectrum on other future initiatives. We continue to be dedicated to

providing excellent health-care in northern Michigan and will seek opportunities to accomplish that goal.”Given the rapidly changing economic environment, na-tional healthcare reform, and other complex challenges, many healthcare organiza-tions are addressing the man-ner in which they will deliver healthcare in the future. “Northern Michigan Region-al Health System is commit-ted to developing an inte-grated healthcare network in northern Michigan that will ensure access to primary and advanced specialty care for patients in even the most re-mote and rural settings. We will continue to provide lead-ership in this effort across northern Michigan through partnerships and resource-sharing initiatives with other care providers”, added De-Vet.Northern Michigan Re-gional Health System is a non-profit organization that is committed to providing patient-centered specialized

care to residents in 22 coun-ties throughout northern Michigan and the eastern part of the Upper Peninsu-la. The flagship of Northern Michigan Regional Health System is Northern Michi-gan Regional Hospital, a 214-bed, regional referral center located in Petoskey with a medical staff of nearly 200 physicians representing nearly all medical and sur-gical specialties, enabling full-service care with an em-phasis on advanced heart, cancer, orthopaedics, and neuroscience services. Oth-er Health System affiliates include Northern Michigan Regional Hospital Founda-tion, Hospice of Little Tra-verse Bay, Boulder Park Terrace, VitalCare, Michi-gan Heart & Vascular Spe-cialists, Rogers City Medical Group, Prescription Servic-es, and the Community Free Clinic. Regional partners include Mackinac Straits Hospital, Mackinac Island Health Center, and Beaver Island Health Center.

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Compassionate and caring individu-als are needed to help two area hos-pice organizations meet the needs of patients and families facing end-of-life issues.Volunteer training programs are be-ing held for both Hospice of Little Traverse Bay and Hospice of North-west Michigan. Both organizations provide hospice services in Antrim, Charlevoix, Em-met, Cheboygan, and Otsego coun-ties.Each program runs for six sessions, with most sessions meeting from 5-8 p.m. in the evening. A training hosted by Hospice of Northwest Michigan will take place in Charlevoix beginning Wednes-day, August 18, 2010.

The first two sessions in Petoskey, hosted by Hospice of Little Traverse Bay, are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, August 21, 2010.The training sessions will include an orientation to hospice and discus-sion of the roles of volunteers. Each class will deal with a different aspect of training: grief and bereave-ment, death and dying, communica-tion skills, understanding the family, spiritual care of the family, care and comfort measures, ethical issues, and advanced directives.Volunteers are the backbone of our local hospices, providing in-home respite care, errands, companion-ship, activities, office assistance, and fundraising opportunities. Those interested in attending the up-

coming volunteer training, or those seeking more information, should contact the Hospice of Little Tra-verse Bay, Volunteer Coordinator, Heather O’Brien, at 231.487.7943, or Hospice of Northwest Michigan, Volunteer Coordinator, Cheri Hoff-man, at 231.547.7659.

About Hospice of Little Traverse BayFor over 25 years, Hospice of Little Traverse Bay (HOLTB), affiliated with Northern Michigan Regional Health System, has been providing end-of-life and palliative care for residents of Charlevoix, Emmet, and parts of Antrim, Cheboygan, and Otsego counties. Hospice is patient/family-centered

care. Families are given the tools to care for their loved one – hospice follows their lead, offering comfort and sup-port along the way. HOLTB also offers a hospice resi-dence in Petoskey called Hiland Cottage. This is a seven-bedroom residence for patients whose caregivers can not manage their symptoms at home or for those who have no caregivers. HOLTB’s mission is to provide comfort, support, and end-of-life care as we would for our own loved ones. For more information about Hospice of Little Traverse Bay, please call 231.487.4825.


The Boyne City Farmers Market runs from 8 a.m. to noon every Wednes-day and Saturday, May through October.Mark Contrucci is the new market manager, tak-ing over for Jen Lewis, who managed the market for the past four years. Contrucci of Boyne City is the owner of Mark C’s Trees and has been a vendor at the Boyne City market for the past two years. “I look forward to work-ing with all the vendors and the community of Boyne City to continue to build and enhance our market,” Contrucci said. “I hope to build upon all the hard work Jen has done over the past four years.”

The Boyne City Farmer’s Market boasts more than 50 regular producer vendors, all local and all serving the best that northern Lower Michigan has to offer including seasonal fruits, vegeta-bles, and herbs; gourmet baked goods and pre-serves; eggs and cheese; honey and maple syrup; meat, poultry and fish, potted annuals, perenni-als, trees and shrubs, and cut flowers; plus a juried craft market with unique hand-made items for your home or a special gift. Local artisans offer everything from colorful wooden toys to body care products, from one-of-a-kind fabric bowls to ce-ment landscape statuary.The Boyne City Farmer’s

Market is a program of the Boyne City Main Street / Downtown Development Author-ity. It is governed by an 11-member committee consisting of vendors and community mem-bers. For more information contact market manager Mark Contrucci at 231-838-0569 or email [email protected]. You can also contact the Main Street Program at 582-9009 or [email protected].

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

Boyne Falls United Methodist Church regular Sunday Service 9:15 a.m. Located at 3057 Mill Street, Boyne Falls. Children’s programming held during service. Any questions can be answered by calling 231-582-9776. Office are hours are Tuesdays from 8:00am to 3:00pm, Wednesdays from 12:00pm to 3:00pm, and Thursdays from 8:00am to 3:00pm. We are host-ing a Chicken Dinner at the church on Saturday, August 7th at noon.

LEAVE YOUR-S E L F , A N D SERVE O T H -ERSA few w e e k s ago we had a s tudent t e a m

from Indiana jump into our com-munity and serve others with us. They carried computers for the elementary school, pulled weeds, washed walls. The next day they were part of a yard work blitz. All for free and unexpectedly they whacked weeds, mowed lawns, and cleaned up residen-tial properties. There were many other ways they served people, but the point is that while they worked hard with us ------ THEY HAD A BLAST! One opportunity sticks out in my mind more than any other. There is a mother who has recently be-come terminally ill. She and her husband have three younger children. This dear lady could be passing in the near future. She has a garden. She loves this rather large garden, and has be-come known for giving away lots of yummy vegetables each year. While her strength has waned, weeds have grown up around her plants. This task has kind of become rep-resentative of numerous chores she is now unable to complete. For weeks she has wanted her garden to be weeded and cared for. So a team of seventeen friends attacked her garden for

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After reading your article a few weeks ago concern-ing the Boyne Falls Village and their adding additional police to their staff, I was again amazed by the small town thinking and yet won-dering what this Village and its council are out to accomplish.It is public knowledge that there have been numerous occasions in which this board has made decisions based on their personal feelings and not on an edu-cated business level.The majority of residents in this village feel that there is no goal or focus of this council in making profes-sional decisions for the fu-ture of Boyne Falls. The previous article was correct in saying that the council uses their posi-tions to negatively enforce outdated and ridiculous rules and to bully village residents with their police

officer instead of creating a plan or having a vision of creating a unique resort village and area - one that would promote business and help restore life to a depressed looking area and create new jobs and draw growth to the economy of Boyne Falls instead of trying to stifle and choke the life out of it with igno-rance.There is potential for the area to attract tourists like Boyne City, Elk Rapids, Suttons Bay, Mackinaw City, etc with some thought and creative plans - looking into grants and using other community involvement to add interest and new enthu-siasm to the area.Boyne Falls is at the foot of a major resort and needs to be able to accommodate the skiers and golfers and basic tourists instead of trying to scare them away. In addition to the above is-

sues, I ask myself, in this economy - Why do we pay taxes to three government agencies - the county, the township, and the village? It seems like Boyne Falls is taxed to the extreme, and offers a lot of nothing to its residents.What does the Village of Boyne Falls offer you? Why does it exist? Personally, I feel that they only handle the water de-partment and my tax dol-lars are being wasted by paying for a village secu-rity guard which is now Marshall, which was not even voted on by residents to my knowledge, and what does he do? How many calls have we had from residents which need his assistance? The area has a Sheriff Sub Station for Charlevoix County right in town, and a state trooper who polices the area from Boyne City

regularly. Why do we need more of-ficers for 370 people? So what are we paying for? A Village Marshall and wa-ter department. Why can't this be consoli-dated? So we utilize the town-ship and pay fees and taxes without the hassle of an un-professional, incompetent, uneducated, unreasonable board with no vision of the potential of our village, considering its location and opportunities.In closing, I do agree with the comment that this board needs to be recalled and/or dissolved. If you are in agreement, we need to con-solidate or dissolve. Please attend these board meetings and bring your ideas forward. We need change. Save our money or put our dollars to work.Signed,The Boyne Falls Tea Party

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You may, on occasion, ask yourself why you are in-vesting. Why go through the fluctu-ations of the financial mar-kets, the worry over interest rate movements, the fears of today and the uncertain-ties of tomorrow? To answer this question, you may need to ask your-self one more: For whom am I investing? Consider the following:You’re investing for your-self. It sounds selfish, but it’s not. You may be investing in your 401(k), IRA and other investment accounts so that you can enjoy a com-fortable retirement lifestyle after working your entire adult life. But you’re also investing so that you can become financially inde-

pendent — free of worries that you’ll become a burden to your grown children or other family members. And given the real possibility of spending two, or even three, decades in an active retire-ment, it’s imperative that you put as much as you can possibly afford into those investment vehicles that can help you pursue your financial independence. You’re investing for your family. If you have children or grandchildren, you may well want to help them pay for college. And, as you know, college has gotten much more ex-pensive in recent years, so you’ll need to save and invest from the time your children are very young, and you’ll need to choose the right investment ac-counts, such as a 529 col-lege savings plan or a Cov-erdell Education Savings Account. But you’ll also need to think about other family members, too. Have you built up enough in your retirement accounts so that the money would be suffi-cient to support your sur-viving spouse should any-thing happen to you? Will you have enough financial resources to help support your elderly parents should they require assistance? And will you be able to leave the type of legacy you desire? As you can see,

when you’re investing for your family, you’ve got a lot to consider.You’re investing for your beliefs. Throughout your working years, you may try to give as much money as you can to those charitable organizations whose work you support. Yet you may wish you could do even more. And eventually, you may be able to do more. For example, if you hold an investment for many years and then sell it, you’ll have to pay capital gains taxes on any increase in value — and the capital gains tax rate of the future may not be as

low as it has been over the past several years. But if you were to give the appreciated asset to a chari-table organization, you could avoid paying the cap-ital gains tax, because the organization would be the one that eventually sold the asset. Plus, you might even get a current income tax break for your contribution. You might also want to in-clude charitable organiza-tions in your estate plans, after consulting with your attorney or other estate tax advisor.As you can see, you’ve got some “key constituen-

cies” counting on you. By keeping them in mind, you should have the motivation you need to overlook the day-to-day ups and downs of investing — while you keep your focus on your important long-term goals.This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.Edward Jones, its employ-ees and financial advisors are not estate planners and cannot provide tax or legal advice. Consult a quali-fied tax specialist or attor-ney for professional advice about your situation.

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the transmission lines don’t circumvent our Michigan swamplands – way too many of these thanks to all the springs and headwaters we have. no, they streak right through them. it is here one is most likely to find elderberries. they are the easiest of all berries to gather because they grow in clumps at the end of long branches in tall bushes. but often their roots are in water, so be pre-pared by wearing old shoes you don’t care if they become covered with black muck. the end result is well worth it all. However, sometimes it may become a pretty comic struggle.Early summer blueberry or huckleberry crops often are found in moist ground also. Growing in clusters on rather low clump like bushes or those about eighteen inches high they are a far departure from the tall,

pruned bushes one sees in south western Michigan where they are grown row after row, commercially. what do i do with the berries i bring home? i use them in the preparation of family fa-vorite dishes that go back two generations from me and forward three generations -- yes, counting myself it adds up to six gen-erations of great desserts, breakfast treats, muffins and backwoods camping delights. i suspect the same is true of you and your families, but just in case this isn’t so i will share one of my five star favorites here with you this week. sorry i can’t share my Grandmother Eisele’s elderberry wine recipe – i don’t think she had one; or if she did i have never found it written down. berry buckle(easy and last minute – serve hot with

milk, cream or whipped cream)cream ½ cup shortening and ½ cup sugar. Add 1 well beaten egg. Add alternately ½ cup milk and 2 cups flour with 2 ½ tea-spoons baking PowderPlace batter in buttered 11 ½ x 11 ½ x 7 ½ inch baking dish, cover with 1 quart washed and sorted berries and sprinkle the following crumb mix over the berries:½ cup sugar, ½ cup flour, ½ teaspoon cin-namon, ¼ cup oleo (or butter)350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes. like her dandelion wine for which my brother and i picked the flower buds just as the boys do in ray bradbury’s wonder-ful book, ‘dandelion wine’ grandmother ‘aged’ her brew in a giant (well i was very young back then and it appeared huge) crock on her basement floor. its wooden top was held in place with an old, ordinary

red brick. Every time we drove from Maumee to columbus, ohio to visit Gram we were shooed down into her basement. there under a small curtained cellar window was a wooden bench and beside it a pile of all the past year’s comic sections from the co-lumbus dispatch, chronologically in order for our enjoyment. the adult family members were guaran-teed a good three to four hours to talk with each other without being disturbed by the two grandchildren. needless to say my brother and i held Gram in high regard. i suspect this was before the inception of the comic book. Making crazy statements like this are all part of the fun of becoming old.our grandmother’s wonderful treat follow-ing the long trip to her home is basic to my lifelong love of the comic page.

without thought i turn to it before even glancing at the newspaper’s front page headlines. somehow their human view of our world, even their political innuendos and moral pronouncements coupled with real hu-mor sans sacasism, speaks to me about the world we live within far more strongly than today’s front page headlines and lead stories.All this is done without the hate that has become so prevalent in today’s media. For many readers this must to be true, why else is the work of bill watterson, creator of ‘calvin and Hobbes’, and charles schulz’s ‘charlie brown and Peanuts’ so beloved? there is an old adage which claims that ‘pictures say more than words’. A smile has it over a scowl any day for me. How about you? Anne

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The Boyne Valley Li-ons club is sponsoring the tenth annual Ride the Charx scheduled on August 7, 2010. All four routes leave from Vet-erans Memorial Park in Boyne City. The ride is designed to ac-commodate riders of all levels. The shortest ride is twenty miles and is a flat ride along the south shore of Lake Char-levoix to the Ironton Ferry and back to the Park. This ride is de-signed for families and riders interested in a nice casual ride. The forty -three mile route is more challenging heading west from Boyne City you will travel north to the bike path, through the City of Char-levoix, crossing Lake Charlevoix aboard the Ironton Ferry and re-turn to Boyne City. This route is the most popular and has been re-designed to eliminate a hilly portion of last year’s route and is intended for the riders who enjoy a nice workout through the terrain of northern Michi-gan. The sixty- two mile route has been designed to give the experienced rider a challenge as it is one of the hilliest metric cen-turies in Michigan. This route heads north from Boyne City with a series of climbs on the way to the bike path into Charlevoix and continues farther south to visiting the Village of Ellsworth and the City of East Jordan. You will find many climbs along the way including THE WALL before returning to Boyne City for lunch. The longest route is one hun-dred five miles which is the combination of the sixty- two mile route and the forty- three mile after a break for lunch.All routes have rest stops furnished with snacks and beverages and are SAG supportedto provide assistance when needed. The routes are marked and maps are provided to each rider. All riders are rewarded with a lunch at the Park following the ride. The lunch is all you care to eat and includes chicken, hamburgers, brats and hot dogs along with salads and baked beans, topped off with strawberry short-cake for desert. Vegetari-an meal options are avail-able.The ride and lunch are rain or shine. Registration begins at 7:00AM with the 43, 62 and105 mile riders departing no later than 8:30a.m. The registration for the twenty mile ride starts at 10:00a.m. with riders leaving prior to 11:30a.m. The starting times are to

insure that the riders return in time for lunch which is served from 11a.m. until 2 p.m. Nonriders are wel-come to join the cycling friends for lunch. The cost is $10.00. The ride is sponsored by the Boyne Valley Lions Club with the proceeds being usedto promote club projects to provide eyeglasses to those in need, college scholarships,funding other local needs, and Lions state projects. The North County Bicy-cle Clubwas the original sponsor and assists with sag sup-port and manning the rest stops. The Bike Club provides organized rides for a wide variety of riders from be-ginners to well seasoned riders.The Club sponsors the local Ride of Silence an-nually to promote public awareness of cyclists in-jured or killed in bicycle accidents.The Club has rides de-signed for beginning rid-ers to teach bike handling skills, rules of the road and proper cycling etiquette.Interested riders may go online to download an ap-plication at http://www.ridethecharx.org.Registration is $25 and riders may register on the day of the ride. For more information contact Ralph Gillett at 582-6421.


Ride the Charx bike ride Aug. 7

Annual Boyne City Police Department Drag RaceThe Boyne City Police De-partment will be holding its annual Labor Day Weekend Drag Race on Sunday, Sep-tember 5, 2010 at the Boyne City Airport, 1048 E Main St, Boyne City.

The races will begin at noon and run until 6pm. Gates will open for vehicle registration at 8:30 am.Everyone is invited to attend to race or just watch for a full day of family fun.The races are side by side 1/8 mile drags with Full Tree or Pro Tree Options. Grudge matches are welcome, or run

for best time. Cars, trucks, and motorcycles welcome. All vehicles must pass tech inspections.For more information Chief Randy Howard (231) 582-0352, the Boyne City Police Department (231)582-6611, or send e-mail to [email protected].


“i have enjoyed great health at a great age because everyday since i can remember i have consumed a bottle of wine except when i have not felt well. Then i have consumed two bottles. - Bishop of Seville

This week’s wine of the week is 2007 Bret Brothers Pouilly-Fuisse Burgundy, France

Grapes: 100% Chardonnay-13% abvTasting notes: A lovely, rounded, fleshy Pouilly-Fuisse from the best known vineyard in the commune (town) of Chaintre. Yellow fruit, spring flowers and a scintillating finish. About Bret Bros. wines: Brothers Jean-Philippe and Jean-Guillaume Bret exploded onto the scene with their 2000 vintage. They grew up in Paris, went to wine school, apprenticed at a number of notable vineyards around France, and took over the do-maine, located in Vinzelles, in 1998. They now share all the work in the vineyards and vinify the wines together. They make wine under two different labels: La Soufrandière, where all the fruit is from the domaine and they practice organic methods of farming; and Bret Brothers, their négotiant label, where they purchase some of the fruit, but pratice both organic and biodynamic methods of farming and vinification.They adhere to one simple philosophy: “Exceptional grapes make exceptional wine.” As such, they plough their vineyards, they use no weed killers or systemic chemicals on their 25 to 65 year old vines, and they limit their yields by natural methods such as debudding. Their aim is to mature healthy grapes that yield highly concentrated juice. The harvest is done entirely by hand in small 20 kilo cases so that the grapes are neither crushed nor oxidized. They go through the vines two or three times in order to pick only grapes that are fully ripened. The wines are raised half in oak casks, the other half in stainless steel tanks. Bottling is done by hand. Le Clos Reyssié is without a doubt the most famous terroir in the village of Chaintré (one of the four villages producing Pouilly-Fuissé). They selected a 60 year old plot in the lower part of the East slope of the Clos, on rather deep soil on a vein of very hard limestone. Here again, the village typic-ity shines. One feels the roundness of the wine and citrus filling one’s mouth. A wine to discover. Below is a picture of the vineyard.

Insiders Tips & NewsDon’t forget to visit us “on the corner” every Friday night during “Stroll the Streets” for coney dogs and brats fresh off the grill benefiting the Charlevoix Humane Society.

Cheers!Ed & Kristine Brehm

Wine Tip of the Week:

“what is a Pouilly-fuisse (poo-ee fwee-say)?”it is an appellation (A.O.C.) for the finest white wines in the Maconnais sub-region of southern Burgundy, france. The Pouilly-fuisse appella-tion officially dates back to September 1936, although the boundaries were drawn up as early as December 1922. it currently covers around 2000 acres (800 hectares) of hillside vineyards, planted on limestone-rich clay soils over a granitic base. A.O.C. regulations allow only Char-donnay grapes to be used. Typical Pouilly-fuisse wines are full-bodied, ripe and rel-atively elegant and typically show a clear oak influence. The best examples rival the finer wines of the Cote de Beaune. Don’t confuse the wines of Pouilly-fuisse with the wines of Pouilly-fume in the loire Valley of france which are made from Sauvi-gnon Blanc.

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Downtown Boyne City was a veritable hotbed of dancing and singing last week as the Dancin’ in the Streets event took place. The 7th Annual DANCiN’ iN THE STrEETS with The Sun Dogs band is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 26 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Bring your chairs, grab a sandwich & your dancing shoes to party with us on the corner of Main and lake in front ofCiNDifrANCO’S & lAKE STrEET MArKET.


Welcome to the Boyne Business News, produced by the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce and the

Boyne City Main Street Program and proudly brought to you each week by the Boyne City Gazette.

Call the Chamber at (231) 582-6222 or Main Street at 582-9009.Future File: summer special events Aug. 7 - ride the charx bike ride around lake charlevoix, veter-ans Park Aug. 5-8 - boyne Falls Polish Festival Aug. 14-15 - Antique Auto show & Flea Market, veterans Park Aug. 14 - summer celebration - music, games, farmers market, sidewalk sales Aug. 19 - business After Hours at lynda’s real Estate, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 26 - dancin’ in the street, 300 block s. lake st., 6:30 p.m. sept. 4 - rotary labor day car show, veterans Park sept. 4 - red Fox regatta, vet-erans Park sept. 5 - labor day drag races, boyne city Airport Judy Har-rison performs at next gazebo concertJudy Harrison and High impact, a “high-energy, country band with an attitude,” will perform

at the weekly Evenings at the Gazebo concert at 6:30 p.m. wednesday, July 28, at old city Park. the country/pop band is based in traverse city and has been together since 1997. bring your lawn chairs, and leave your dogs at home. the boyne Area chamber is able to present these free concerts thanks to donations accepted at each concert and the generosity of many local sponsors. the free concert series contin-ues on wednesday evenings through the summer:Aug. 4 - trobones PlusAug. 11 - Petoskey steel drum bandAug. 18 - lake street ramblers

Aug. 25 - the wild turkeys

What’s happening at the Boyne Arts Collective

the boyne Arts collective Arts center is located at 210 s. lake st.> three new artists will exhibit their work in the bAc art center now through Aug. 5: Pat terry - ink & watercolor, karen kimell - Pastels, barbe tulver - Acrylic & ceramics> June storm‘s watercolor stu-

dents will be showing their work, which will be for sale Aug. 6-8.> bAc is in need of docents (volunteers) to work the art center gallery through the end of August. A quick training will be scheduled once a person signs up. docents do not have to have experience working with art; the only requirement is a passion for art and we can teach you the rest. Please send anyone our way that wants to support the arts in the boyne area. to sign up please call Jerry douglas at 231-330-6723.> Martina Hahn and Jerry doug-las, two bAc board members, have been accepted into the Grand rapids Art Prize, a world-wide competition starting sept. Art Prize is a huge honor and the bAc will be sending them off to compete with an exhibit before they go. More details coming soon.

local corn debuts at the Farm-ers Market; Market will move downtown for one day only on Aug. 14boyne city Farmers Market manager Mark contrucci reports that three local farmers brought the first local corn of the season to the market wednesday. the Farmers

Market continues every satur-day and wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon in veterans Park on lake street in boyne city. local cafters are also featured at the market. regular market patrons are ad-vised that on saturday, Aug. 14, the Farmers Market is moving to water and lake streets in down-town boyne city. this move is for one day only. the move is necessary because the Antique car show and Flea Market has for many years been in veterans Park and there is not enough room in the park to ac-commodate both events. it was understood when the market moved to veterans Park there might be one or two days each summer when the market would have to move. the Farmers

Market will be part of the first annual downtown summer cel-

ebration on saturday, August 14, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. we will be setting the market up on the 100 and 200 blocks of water street and the 100 block of south lake. in addition to the market, there will be side-walk sales offered by downtown businesses, children’s events, and music. the market will open at its usual 8 a.m. time and we are asking all vendors to stay until 4 p.m.

NEWS BRIEFS HAPPy 10th AnnivErsAry to in-spired living, “a store about en-ergy, expression and evolution,”

located at 119 water st. owner leslie neilsen said, “whether you

are a new customer or one that has that been with us from the beginning, we deeply appreci-ate each and every one of you for allowing us to do what we love to do. As a

token of our appreciation, if you come in anytime during the next week (7/21 - 7/28) and wish us a “Happy Anniversary” we will give you an immediate 10% off all of

your purchases plus put your purchases on your H.i.P. card, so you will essentially be receiving 20% off all of your purchases.”

businEss AFtEr Hours will be hosted by lynda’s real Estate service in their new location at 27 s. lake st. at 5:30 p.m. thursday, Aug. 19. Future dates and locations are: sept. 16 at the charlevoix Area Humane so-ciety, 614 beardsley st.; oct. 14 at local Flavor coffee & books, 125 water st. the nov. 11 date is open; interested businesses should contact the chamber if they are interested in hosting.

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the boyne Area chamber con-tinues to move its board meet-ings at member businesses and is looking for others who would like to host a board meeting. recent hosts have been café sante, lavender Hill Farm and Points north Printing. if you

would like to host a meeting, call the chamber at 582-6222.

blood drivE - st. Matthew catholic church will host a blood drive for the American red c ross from 12 to 5:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16.

cHAllEnGE MountAin will hold a golf outing at 1 p.m. sunday, Aug. 8 at dunmaglas Golf club. the fund-raiser will benefit challenge Mountain, a recre-ational

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SUMMER FESTIVALboyne valley catholic commu-nity will hold a summer Festi-val from noon to 3 p.m. sunday, Aug. 22 at st. Matthew church, 1303 boyne Ave., boyne city, “the event features polka mu-sic for dancing and “Ma’s Pol-ish dinner,” on sale at $10 for adults, $9 seniors, $5 children and free for those under 4. kids games and a blow-up cas-tle and slied will be available as well as popcorn, pop, hot dogs and raffle drawings at 2:30 p.m.

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Chamber NewscAncEr suPPort - circle of strength cancer support Groups, meet on the First wednesday of every month At charlevoix Area Hospital in the large classroom on the lower level of Hospital from 10:30a.m. to noon and at beaver island Medical center at the same time each month. the next meeting will be wednes-day, Aug. 4. we will welcome anyone in the area to join us for sharing, learning and making new friends. if you have been diagnosed with cancer now or in the past, if you are a family member of a person with cancer, or a friend and support person of someone with cancer, you will always gain something special from a meeting.

SUMMER CELEBRATIONboyne city Main street’s Promo-tions committee is planning a summer celebration on satur-day, Aug. 14 on water and lake streets. the Farmers Market will be part of the celebration, mov-ing downtown that day because the Antique Auto show and Flea Market will be held that week-end in veterans Park. summer celebration will also include indoor and outdoor sidewalk sales, music from 1 to 4 p.m., kids games and bounc-ers, and a children’s Fun run. kathy Anderson is organizing

kids’ games and “make and take” activities; businesses interested in participating are encouraged to call her at 582-7930.

How to stArt A businEss class-es are held monthly, sponsored by the northern lakes Economic Alliance. the next class will be

held from 6 to 8 p.m. July 28 at the nlEA office in boyne city. the session, presented by wendy wieland, nlEA/sbtdc business consultant will acquaint partic-ipants with the process and the tools needed to begin develop-ing a new business. the fee is $20 and you must pre-register by calling 582-6482.

collective soul, comics, sun-shine band coming to odawa casino resort in Petoskey has a diverse, end-of-the-summer concert series beginning with collective soul on Aug. 7.if you need a comedic break,

come out to the native comedy show, Aug. 13, at 8. charlie Hill,

larry omaha, and James & Er-nie will have you laughing all night. kc and the sunshine band will be performing their classic mix of funk, r&b and disco hits on Aug. 28. their most famous songs in-clude disco hits “that’s the way (i like it),” “shake your booty,” “i’m your boogie Man,” and “Get down tonight.” tickets are $35 and $40. visit www.odawacasino.com/upcoming-shows for more in-formation and to reserve your seats, or visit the box office, open the day of the show from 2 to 9 p.m.

BusinessPrudEntiAl PrEFErrEd ProP-ErtiEs welcomes karen colburn to their boyne city office. A resident of springbrook Hills, karen began her career in boyne city with boyne realty and is very happy to return, having worked in Prudential’s Petoskey office for the past three years. “boyne city is where i’ve always wanted to be. i love that every-where i go i run into someone i know. this is a meet and greet town, and i’m thrilled to be back.” you can reach karen at: [email protected] or 231-622-9755.

FREE CREDIT COUNSELINGdo you know your credit score? what does your credit score mean? is your credit helping or

hurting you? what is a credit report and what can it do for you? Find out at north-ern shores loan Fund’s first free Financial Education workshop. northern shores loan Fund, inc. will hold its first free financial education workshop in estab-lishing and rebuilding credit on Aug. 4. the workshop is the first of several topic-targeted work-shops that northern shores will conduct to support its mission of providing loan funding and developmental services to en-trepreneurs throughout north-ern Michigan. the credit work-shop will begin with pizza at 5 p.m. followed immediately by a fun, informative workshop on understanding and rebuilding credit from 5:30 to 7 p.m. space is limited – reserve your seat by July 28. contact northern shores loan Fund for more in-formation at 547-6753.

Computer ClassescoMPutEr clAssEs are free at the boyne district library from 1 to 2 p.m. on Fridays through the summer. For information call ron Grunch, 582-6974.

Business ClassesHow to stArt A businEss class-es are held monthly, sponsored by the northern lakes Economic Alliance. the next class will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. July 28 at the nlEA of-fice in boyne city. the session, presented by wendy wieland, nlEA/sbtdc business consul-tant will acquaint participants with the process and the tools needed to begin developing a new business. the fee is $20 and you must pre-register by calling 582-6482 or emailing [email protected].

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Lynda Lee SalisburyLynda Lee (Macaulay) Salisbury, (Lyn) age 72, passed away suddenly on July 28, 2010 in Boyne City, MI. Born November 24, 1937 to Margaret (Newlands) and Frank Macaulay in De-troit, Michigan, she grew up in Ferndale and Wyan-dotte with her sister Mar-tha (Macaulay) Herron. She graduated from Michi-gan State University and worked in the Mevindale/Northern Allen Park and Dearborn Public School systems as a Teacher of the Speech and Language Im-paired. In addition to her sister and her family, Lyn is sur-vived by her husband, Da-vid Salisbury, her daughter and son-in-law, Susan Lee (Salisbury) and John Le-Vasseur, grand-children David John and Kaylyn Lee LeVasseur, and numer-ous other family members and close friends. Visitation will be from 2:00 to 5:00PM on Sunday, August 1st at Stackus Fu-neral Home in Boyne City. In Allen Park, Michigan a visitation will be held 5:00 to 8:00PM Tuesday, August 3rd at Weise Fu-neral Home. A funeral ser-vice will be held 11:00AM Wednesday, August 4th at Weise Funeral Home. In-ternment to follow services at Grandlawn Cemetery in Detroit. Donations can be made in Lyn’s name to the Ameri-can Heart Association.Family and friends wishing to share a thought or mem-ory of Lyn are encouraged to do so online at www.stonefuneralhomeinc.com.

Dean Winegarden (February 3, 1925 - July 28,

2010)F. Dean Winegarden passed away July 28, 2010. He was born February 3, 1925 in Boyne City to Roy and Caroline (Dean) Wine-garden. He graduated from Boyne City High School in 1943 and shortly thereafter entered the U.S. Army and served in Europe in World War II. Upon his return to the States, he married Frances Behling at Christ Lutheran Church in Wil-son Township on May 14, 1946. He attended Central Mich-igan College in Mt. Pleas-ant, graduating in June, 1950. He retired from Met-ropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1980 after 28 years of service. After his work with Metropolitan, he was employed by Petos-key School System support staff. Dean was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Petoskey, serving as a Deacon and Elder. He was a member of the American Legion, Boyne City post. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Frances; a son, Sam (Mary) of Davison; a daughter, Mona of Petos-key; a son, Jerry (Megan) of Ft. Wayne; and a daugh-ter, Terri of Petoskey; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be held on Monday, August 2nd at 11:00am at the First Pres-byterian Church of Peto-skey. The family will re-ceive friends at the church on Monday from 10:00am until the time of service. Committal services will be held at Maple Lawn Cemetery, Boyne City at 2:30pm. Suggested memorials are to be given to Hospice of Little Traverse Bay or to the American Legion for

educational programs. Arrangements are in the care of the Stone Funeral Home of Petoskey.

Stanley C. “Stick” Waldie (October 2, 1929 - July 28, 2010) Stanley C. “Stick” Waldie, age 80 of Cheboygan passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at his home. He was born October 2, 1929 in Waters, MI to Wil-liam and Suzy May (Fleur) Waldie. On November 20, 1954 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Onaway, Stick married Corrine LaForest who preceded him in death on May 31, 2002. Stick served his coun-try honorably in the U.S. Navy from 1945-1947. He worked for the Ford auto dealership as a car sales-man until the early 70’s before opening his own auto dealership, Waldie’s Auto Sales and Collision. He retired in the early 80’s. Upon retirement Stick de-livered bulk newspapers to the Upper Peninsula. He enjoyed Brook Trout fish-ing and hunting. Survivors include his six children, Stanley T. Waldie, Samuel Waldie, Sandra (Bradley) Wilkin-son, all of Cheboygan, Ter-ry (Dana) Waldie of Den-ver, CO, Colleen (Tony) Korte of Cheboygan and Julie Waldie of Cheboy-gan, one brother, Bill Waldie, one sister, Betty Waldie, 11 grandchildren and eight great grandchil-dren. Besides his wife Cor-rine, Stick was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter-in-law, Brenda Waldie, six brothers, Jim, Chuck, Harry, Floyd, Har-old and Lyle and one sister, Marion Short. Cremation has taken place

and no services are planned at this time. Memorial con-tributions in Stick’s name may be directed to the Cheboygan County Veter-ans Administration or the Cheboygan County Hu-mane Society. Christian Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Gail M. McCall (January 25, 1938 - July 27, 2010) Gail Marie McCall, 72, of Indian River and Lake Toxaway, North Carolina went to be the Lord on July 27, 2010. Gail was born and raised in Maybee, Michigan where she met and married her sweetheart Dock, who to-gether shared 53 wonderful years of marriage. In 1973, Gail and her family moved to Indian River where she worked in the medical ad-ministration industry. Fol-lowing retirement, Gail and Dock built a log cabin in the Blue Ridge Moun-tains of Western North Carolina where they spent their winters, summering in beautiful Indian River. An avid gardener, Gail will be forever remembered for her spectacular flower gardens, straight forward words of wisdom, as well as her knack for interior design. Gail was preceded in death by her husband Dock in 2009, son James in 2007, her parents Roy and Zaidah Naugle, and sisters Ruth Kiger and Jean Blain of Maybee, Michigan. She is survived by her daughters, Deborah Mc-Call of Lake Toxaway, Kathleen McCall of Topin-abee, and Brenda (Gil) Archambo of Black Lake, her sisters Dorothy Jeffrey, Sandra Naugle, Patricia Quigley and Marjorie Seib-

ert, and grandsons David Senter, Gary Senter, Jesse Hyde, Travis McCall, and Bryan Sides, plus many nieces and nephews. Visi-tation will take place from 11am to 1pm on Saturday, July 31 at the Indian River United Methodist Church, followed by the funeral at 1pm. The interment service will be at the Maple Grove Cemetery at Mullett Lake. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hos-pice of The Straits, Hospice House Community Reflec-tions Garden. Funeral arrangements are in care of Lintz Funeral home in Indian River.

Avis Marie Morgan (January 1, 1922 - July 27, 2010) Avis M. Morgan, 88, of Topinabee, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at Tendercare of Cheboygan with her loving family at her side. A lifelong resident of the Indian River area, Avis was born January 1, 1922 in Mentor Township, Cheboy-gan County, the daughter of Edward and Charlotte (Bishop) Swan. On Octo-ber 31, 1938 in Topinabee, she married Leonard Mor-gan, Sr., who preceded her in death in 1982. In 1980 in Coopersville, she returned to school at the age of 58, and graduated the same year as her daughter and one of her grand daugh-ters. She was a member of the Topinabee Community Church, and enjoyed sew-ing, quilting, cross stitch, baking, reading, and work-ing cross word puzzles. Surviving are her children, Henry (Phyllis) Morgan of South Lyons, Beatrice Larson of Cheboygan,

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Then she was gone. She was laid up in Cheboygan and of-fered for sale. In 1969, The Straits of Mack-inac was purchased by Peter-son Shipbuilders of Sturgeon Bay for use as a floating warehouse. There she was witness to the construction of military boats, and el-egant Tuna Seiners. After years of neglect, The Straits’ wooden superstructure was just too badly decomposed, and for safety, Petersen had it removed over the course of several years in the late 1970s. By 1980, nothing re-mained except the brief trunk above the car deck. Surpris-ingly, nearly everything be-low decks, including the galley, crew quarters, and en-gine room, were almost fully intact and easily restorable. In 1994, an investor bought The Straits, towed her to Ke-waunee, and then abandoned her. She went through a multi-tude of owners in a period of years. Some were looking to rebuild her and others to sell her for scrap.2003 When a Wisconsin dive group expressed an inter-est in sinking her, title was turned over and the ship was sunk in 80 feet of water in April. She is about 10 miles off Chicago’s Navy Pier in Lake Michigan. Before sinking the ship was cleaned of all paint, asbes-

tos, oil, and gasoline and now serves as a dive site and habitat for marine life.

City of Cheboygan Ferry business continued to grow. In 1937, the High-

way Department bought a converted Lake Michigan railway car ferry to provide additional service. The ves-sel was renamed the “City of Cheboygan”. It had a capac-ity of 96 vehicles.The “City of Cheboygan” was originally christened the “Ann Arbor No. 4” when she was built in 1906 by the American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio for the Ann Arbor Railroad Company, Frankfort, Michi-gan. The ship sailed as the “City of Cheboygan” until 1950 and in 1959 as the “Edward H. Anderson” scrapped in 1973.

City of Munising In 1938, another rebuilt rail-way car ferry was purchased. The “City of Munising” could carry 105 vehicles each trip across the Straits. Built by the American Ship Building Company of Cleve-land in 1903 for the Pere Marquette Railway Compa-ny, the “Pere Marquette 20” became the “City of Munis-ing” in 1937. The Michigan Department of Highways used the ship to ferry autos across the Straits of Mackinac until 1959. Sold, the City of Munising now referred to as #2 and the Edward H. Anderson, for-merly the City of Cheboy-gan, began their new lives as

a potato barges and storage at Washington Island, Wis-consin.1970 The economical climate changed, the barges remained idle, and the Anderson farms went into decline.Note: In the 1980 while I was working overseas in Libya,

at Tobruk Harbor oil facili-ties, the dockside deep water discharge of cargo area ba-sically shut down when the Russian RO-LO vessel came in to unload. The ships we had coming in or on the dock had to move and go back out to roads in the off-shore anchorage area.She was a light tan colored vessel, flying the hammer & cycle flag. She could quickly unload from her three decks via the stern doors. The amount of weapons and arms openly delivered was hard to believe. Tanks, Weapon car-riers, anti-aircraft and long range rackets were just a part of the cargos. This was the first true RO-LO vessel I have seen in operation.1973 The price of scrap steel increased overseas and he decided to sell his barges. Both were towed to Canada, then filled with scrap metal and taken out of the St. Law-rence Seaway being towed to Genoa, Italy for scrapping.

City of Petoskey

When the government pur-chased the “Mackinaw City” and the “Sainte Ignace” in

1940 for war purposes, the State obtained a Pere Mar-quette Railway boat for ser-vice at the Straits of Macki-nac. The ferry was renamed the “City of Petoskey”. The vessel could carry 105 ve-hicles.First owned by the Pere Mar-quette Railway Company of Detroit, Michigan, the “City of Petoskey” first sailed as the “Pere Marquette 17”. She was built by the American Ship Building Company of Cleveland in 1901. She was converted to an auto ferry in 1940-1941 and purchased by the State of Michigan Depart-ment of Highways. Renamed the “City of Petoskey”, she carried passengers and autos across the Straits of Macki-nac until 1961 when she was scrapped in Ashtabula, Ohio. By the time the bridge was finished, only two of the ferries (City of Petoskey and Vacationland) were still under steam; the rest of the fleet had already been retired to berths in St. Ignace. The surviving pair made

their last runs on the bridge’s opening day November 1, 1957. The Vacationland, the flagship of the fleet, brought the curtain down. In the af-ternoon of that final day, she sailed from St. Ignace to Mackinaw City with about a thousand specially invited guests and well-wishers on board. As the Vacationland entered the harbor, auto horns blared and fire engine sirens screamed a farewell salute.

two hours. Wow – what a difference! A mess of quack grass and sorrel morphed into dark soil and neat rows of tomato, beans, lettuce, and pepper plants. While we worked, some thought of the joy it might bring this mother, and it made for magical moments. I love to process experi-ences with high school students. So after hitting a few more homes I asked a young teammate, “What did you think about weed-ing that garden earlier? Did you like doing it?” This teammate put their tool down, stood up, and with glowing eyes said, “It was great.” I then asked, “Why?” A pause. “I guess I knew that it was something small we could do while she goes through a very tough time.” We were each moved by the experience together.One of my favorite verses from the Bible is found

in Proverbs chapter elev-en verse twenty-five: “A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be re-freshed.” Isn’t it cool how this works in our lives? We actually get refreshed by forgetting about our selves and giving to oth-ers. We are restored and filled up by do-ing things with-out any strings attached. It changes us. It brings a kick to our step. It makes us want to do flips. We get all tingly, and even emotional. We feel good inside knowing that our self-sacrificing actions are actually mak-ing a difference in the lives of others. We like ourselves a little more, and it improves our qual-ity of living. You know exactly what I mean, don’t you? Why is this true? I be-lieve God wired us that

way. We were made in his likeness or “image.” He does for us, and likes it. We do for others, and like it. Deep down inside, each of us love doing for others, especially when we know we are meeting a true physical, emotion-al, or spiritual need. Once we do something for someone else it’s like

a “bug” we catch. It’s infectious. We can’t get enough of it. We want to do more, and it brings more joy into our lives. We moved our family into Boyne City last Au-gust, and we have met so many cool people who live around here. Many friends in this town serve the community in various ways. I like to read the names on all the fence posts at the wooden play-

ground. Then I drive by the football stadium and remember the story of donations. I know a busi-ness owner who recently planted a garden for the entire community to eat from. She was thinking about serving others. It’s so good for us. Serv-ing others brings re-

freshment to our souls. It builds us up on the in-side. It’s like a salve that can be rubbed into wounded parts

of our lives. So when you feel like pitying yourself for prob-lems in your life that you can’t control just take a couple steps: First, remember Prov-erbs chapter eleven verse twenty-five. “A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will him-self be refreshed.” It’s a great one to memorize, and it’s one-hundred per-cent true.

Next, pick up the phone, and call a friend who needs refreshment. Go weed their garden. Ask a few other friends to come along. Then have a party and talk about who else you can unexpectedly at-tack with generosity. This is the heartbeat of God our creator. This is the heartbeat of Jesus. That’s why we love it so much! So let’s serve others to-gether. Jamie Woodall is the pas-tor and church planter of the new Genesis Church beginning at Boyne City Elementary October 10, 2010 (10/10/10). Email comments or questions to [email protected]. Genesis Church is one church in two loca-tions. Check out gen-esiswired.com for more info, or check out Gen-esis Church at the Peto-skey location meeting at the Petoskey Cinema by Home Depot every Sun-day at 9:30am.

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The Great ships of the Great Lakes in detail

Serving others a fulfilling choice

The Straits of Mackinac 1994

City of Cheboygan 1937

City of Munising 1938

City of Petoskey 1940

Indian dancers Rock the NightOn July 29, 2010 the Colorado Venturing In-dian Dancers 232 came to the central stage to give many Scouts the true meaning of culture and Indian Lore. The show was very good in many Scout’s point of view. What was very inter-esting was that most of the crew is made up of mostly Eagle Scouts. The crew has been in existence since 1938 and has been going on for 74 years! Their steps are very good and the chiefs in the dances never lost focus, not even once. They just kept go-ing even if something went wrong, but noth-ing ever did.The outfits of the danc-ers were very special and represented dif-ferent peoples and the animals they relate to. Most of the clothing was ornamental with feathers from many an-imals and looked great on them. Most of their weapons were not for decorative use. They are true weapons for protection. They were just made with beads and rib-bons. Some of the outfits were very sim-ple; others were very unique and precious to them and shouldn’t be ruined. Most of the women in the group dressed sim-ply, but they take the dancing seriously. Most of their outfits are just dresses with tin-like spoons or strange looking bells.They have many ani-mals that they worship, but the most important one is the Bald Eagle.

It is known as the great-est one because of what

they believe it does. Many say it is living for sending and return-ing the prayers of many others. Now for their attack dance, their footwork is very fast and needs very good concentration. They seem as if they were doing this for a life time.

The final dance of the night was the Fire Dance. This is to wor-ship the sun and what power it gives to the earth and its people. The dancer was only in a simple bottom cloth for his outfit and needs to wear very little cloth-ing so that he won’t get caught on fire.

This dance was very good and the dancer jumped through the hoop like jump rope with a speed of 15 miles per hour! As the dance continued, the flame started to die. Once this happens, the worship and the dance is over. They had 7 Eagle Scouts in the group.


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Farmers Market moving downtown August 14The Boyne City Farmers Market is moving to down-town Boyne City for one day only on Saturday, Au-gust 14, as part of the 1st annual Downtown Boyne City Summer Celebration.The Farmers Market will be set up on Water and Lake streets and will be just one of many events happening downtown. There will also be sidewalk sales, chil-dren’s activities and music throughout the day. Boyne City is also hosting the Antique Auto Show and Flea Market the weekend of Aug. 14-15.“We knew when the Farm-ers Market was moved to Veterans Park from Old City Park there would be an occasional conflict with other events that have long been held in Veterans Park,” said Boyne City Main Street manager Hugh Conklin. “The Antique Auto Show and Flea Mar-ket is one of those events. It is a big and important event for the community and there is not enough room for it and the market in Veterans Park.” “To give the market as much visibility and expo-sure as possible, it was de-cided to move it downtown and expand it into a Down-town Summer Celebration

to showcase all downtown has to offer,” he said.The Summer Celebration is sponsored by the Boyne City Main Street Program and Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce. The farmers market will open at 8 a.m. and run un-til 4 p.m. The market has up to 50 farm and craft vendors and is recognized as one of the finest mar-ket in northern Michigan. In addition to the market there will also be sidewalk sales offered by downtown businesses, children’s events and music from 1 to 4 p.m. Children’s events include a running race starting at noon. There will be two races: one for children 3 and under and a second for children 4, 5 and 6. Games will be setup from 1 to 3 p.m. in the 200 block of Water Street. There will also be pony rides, a dunk tank and Bouncers, which will be set up from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Music will feature Kort McCumber of Nashville, T N T , Tom Monley, and Rob Johnson. For more information about the Summer Cel-ebration or the Antique Auto Show and Flea Mar-ket contact the Boyne Area Chamber at 231.582.6222.


The business side had to be the only judgement call - it was the right thing to do and I did it. No regrets.3. Be true to yourself.Dawn McCartney may never realize the pro-found affect that these words had on me on that tiring, exhausting night. Four in the morning was upon us, and someone had gotten me upset. It wasn’t a patient, it wasn’t a nurse, it was part of someone’s family - a bystander. A sharply worded com-ment came out, I blinked and felt the blood rush to

my face. Walking behind then desk and relaying the incident to her, I fully expected her to be every bit an-noyed as I was. Instead, the calm, serene doctor gave me a quick life les-son. “You just need to remem-ber that the only person whose words you can control are yours. If you are true to your-self and remember why you’re in this profession, many of your problems will just disappear.” Thanks Dawn for inspir-ing me to be a good med-ic, and a good person.4. Don’t give up. My Paramedic training went for twenty months.

It was long, and it was hard. Some weeks, I averaged 50 to 60 hours when fig-uring class time, study-ing, hospital time, and the plethora of other things that accompanied. Month 18 of 20, I had been through enough. After a long night in the hospital, a half hour of sleep, then class the next morning, I looked my in-structor in the eyes and said “I think I’m done.” Not skipping a beat and not faltering, he looked right back at me, and his words surprised me. “You’re not done and we both know it. Go get some sleep, come back, and we’ll get through

this.5. Remember why you did this.I was mad. Three times in one week, I drove that ambulance to the same woman’s house. She had complaints that weren’t typical of an am-bulance, the most glaring of which, was “I don’t know how to work this oxygen tank.” I was surprised. Looking at my partner, he whispered one thing that reflected his many years of seniority - “Why did you become a medic?” The immediate answer popped into my head - to help people - and I shut up and finished the call.

“Remember why you did this” This last one comes through, especially now. This has been a great ex-perience. Starting a newspaper has been the job of a lifetime, and I won’t let it go. It’s the support of the readers and business peo-ple in Boyne that keep this going. As always, thank you for your sup-port, and let’s hope for another great week.Chris Faulknor is Editor of the Boyne City Gazette. His column appears each week in the Gazette. Feel free to contact him with your opinion at [email protected].

The Boyne City to US-31 Non-Motorized Trail Steering Committee will be hosting a community forum on Mon-day, August 16, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Charlevoix Public Library. The goal of the meeting it to seek common ground for moving forward on the trail issue.Discussion about a possible trail linking Boyne City and US-31 for use by pedestrians and bicyclists started in the 2003. Controversy erupted last fall when some residents, espe-cially those living adjacent

to the proposed route along the Boyne City /Charlevoix Road, raised concerns about the impact a trail might have on the use and value of their property, liability, costs and other issues. Over the past six months, a task force appointed by the Charlevoix County Parks Committee developed five approaches for addressing the trail issue. Those alternatives and back-ground information are out-lined in the new Non-Mo-torized Trail Issue Book, available at www.charlevoix-county.org and at the Boyne

City and Charlevoix Public Libraries.During the forum, partici-pants will learn about the five approaches and discuss the pros and cons of each ap-proach in small groups. The event is open to all, es-pecially residents along the Boyne City/Charlevoix Road. For more information, con-tact the Charlevoix County Planning Department, 231-547-7234 or MSU Extension, 231-582-6232.Dean SolomonSenior Extension Educatorphone: 231-582-6232

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Boyne City hosts Summer Celebration

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James (Bonnie) Morgan of Salem, Alabama, Ja-net (Donald) Conners of Segolia, Helen(John) Bovee of Traverse City, Jack Morgan(Rita)of Wa-ters, Rita Morgan (Steve) of Topinabee, Doris

(Denny) Friend of Alma, Rose (Lou) Linn of Lake, Leonard(Barbara) Morgan, Jr., of Topinabee, Richard (Pam) Morgan of Germa-ny, Gary Morgan of Alma, Vicki (Andy) Gilbert of Clever, Missouri, Thom-as (Maureen) Morgan of Grand Rapids, Ruth (Rich-ard) Bos of Coopersville,

Carole (Wayne) Elton of Kingsley, Karen (Chris) Vande Waterringen of Coo-persville, and Lisa Race of Coopersville, 120 grand-children, great grandchil-dren and great great grand-children, a sister, Irene Athey of Afton, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death

by her parents, her husband Leonard, a son in infancy, another son, Joseph in 1964, four sisters and two brothers. Visitation will be held on Friday, July 30, 2010 from 6 -8pm, at the Lintz Funer-al Home. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 31, at 11 am, with vis-

itation beginning at 10am, at the Topinabee Commu-nity Church, with Rev. Jeff Dinner officiating. Memorilas may be made to Tendercare Activity Fund, or the Topinabee Commu-nity Church. Online condolences may be made at www.stonefu-neralhomeinc.com.


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The Ragbirds will land in Boyne Falls on Saturday, August 14th, for an anx-iously awaited return per-formance. They will bring with them their eclectic, energetic, creative and original mu-sic that all culminates into what they refer to as an in-fectious global groove. The Ragbirds musical roots are firmly embedded in the soil of rhythm, ancient and new, incorporating Americana, Gypsy, Celtic, and Latin influences with drums from all over the world. The mixing of African poly-rhythms and Afro-Cuban tumbao, over some-times rock, hip-hop or reggae style drum-kit, are all designed to get people both listening and up and dancing!?The Ragbirds began in 2005 with songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Erin Zindle and world per-cussionist Randall Moore in their search to cre-ate fresh, original songs sprouting out of their com-mon love for world music and their desire to weave these distant sounds into more familiar genres. With the addition of gui-tarist/vocalist T. J. Zindle, bassist Dan Hildebrandt, and percussionist Tim Dziekan, who all shared this common vision of cre-ating honest, creative, and original music, The Rag-birds fully realized their unique sound.? The Ragbirds have released three CD’s, Yes Nearby, Wanderlove, and in 2009, Finally almost Ready. They have performed to enthusiastic and fast grow-ing audiences in 13 states,

including major markets such as New York City, Nashville, Chicago, Den-ver, Cleveland, Minneapo-lis, St. Louis, Indianapolis, along with an international tour of Japan.Aten Place is located 1/2 mile south of Cherry Hill Road on Old Mackinaw

Trail in Boyne Falls. The venue is a ninety-year old oak frame barn with seating for 180, over-looking the Boyne River valley, in the shadow of Boyne Mountain. Tickets are $25 for two and $15 for singles. Tickets go on sale at 6:30

pm the day of the concert, with performances begin-ning at 7:30 p.m. Aten Place is a non-profit endeavor, and no food or beverage is sold on the premises. Many patrons bring snacks and desserts to share at in-termission.

There is also a covered pic-nic pavilion for those who wish to come early and en-joy the grounds and peace-ful setting.For more information on this summer’s schedule go to www.atenplace.com or call Bill or Maxine Aten at 231-549-2076.

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Legion NewsAt the regular meeting of Ernest Peterson Post 228, held on July 1st, 2010, the following communications, ceremonies, discussions, and reports were conducted or presented: Thank you cards were read from Jac-queline Bates and Ruth Ann Spinner thanking the Post for conducting Memorial Services for their husbands James S. Bates, Jr. and William F. Spinner. The “Honor Guard “ conducted “Veteran of the Month” ceremonies for Karl Lewis Mueller and David Albert Wassenarr and conducted, on Flag Day, the annual

“Flag Disposal Ceremo-ny”. The “Color Guard” advanced the Colors at The Edward Jones Investments convention where the Post was presented with three pickup loads of item to be sent, through our “Troop Support Program”, to our troops on active duty that included $1405.00 to de-fray the costs of shipping. The Boyne City Gazette, Petoskey News Review, Charlevoix Courier and Kalamazoo Gazette pub-lished “Veteran of the Month” Karl Lewis Mu-eller and The Gazette and News Review published

The Boyne City Legion News. The Chaplain re-ported on veterans who are sick disabled, shut-in or have answered the final call and stated that there are 15 veterans in Grand-vue Medical Care Facil-ity. Bingo attendance was down in June due to gradu-ations, weddings and, on the last Saturday, the Art Fair blocked off streets and parking in all directions from the Legion until 6pm that deterred some players from attending and should be addressed by the city for future events. The Me-morial Committee reported

that plaques have been pro-cured for the 8” gun, the 3” gun and the ships bell and that benches #11 and #12 have been ordered with an August delivery date. The “Tabs For Tots” were picked up from the follow-ing schools: Orion Boyne Falls - 40.5 lbs, Boyne Falls Elementary - 63.5 lbs, and Boyne City El-ementary - 144.5 lbs. The Troop Support committee will request, through the Boyne Gazette, the names and addresses of active duty troops to be recipients of care packages. Discus-sions were held concerning

a Fund Raising Committee, a possible new location for a Post and future repairs to the building. Blue Star Banners, for display in win-dows by relatives of active duty soldiers, are available at the Post on Saturdays 3-9 pm. The next regular meet-ing will be held on August 5th, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Post home and will be preceded by the “Veteran of the Month” ceremonies at 6:15 pm to be followed by a potluck supper in their honor. Area Veterans, with their families, are wel-comed and encouraged to attend.

Stuff the Buschar-Em united way teams up with area schools to ‘stuff the bus’ with school supplies for needy children “school supplies are a necessary aid to all children enhancing their learning in school,” said Ashley Hand, volunteer Project coordinator for char-Em united way. “As the summer ends and school begins many families begin to wonder where the funds fortheir children’s school supplies will come. the expense of daily living is already difficult for many in the current economy. therefore, char-Em united way wanted to take this need and turn it into an opportunity to serve our community and the children in it by collecting the

school supplies.”on saturday, Aug. 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., school buses will be parked at the kMart Plaza in Petoskey, courtesy of Johnson bus service which supplies the buses forthe Public schools of Petoskey, and at k-Mart Plaza in charlevoix, courtesy of charlevoix Public schools.shoppers are encouraged to pick up extra folders, pen-cils, possibly a box of crayons ora package of construction paper and help char-Em united way stuff the bus!shoppers can get a list of suggested school supplies by contacting char-Em united way and at each stuff

the bus location. the distribution of school supplies to students inneed will be coordinated with the charlevoix-Emmet intermediate school district.to make it easier for people to give, various stores throughout charlevoix and Emmetcounty will have drop-boxes available from August 2nd through the 14th to collect schoolsupplies from shoppers who would like to contribute to the effort. For a list of locationscontact char-Em united way.As an extra incentive to get involved we are offering prizes for those that participate in

the event on saturday, Aug. 14 at k-Mart stores in Peto-skey and charlevoix. we willhave a raffle drawing for each family that contributes. the grand prize will be twotickets to Avalanche bay waterpark (one prize for each location).“stuff the bus is a great and easy way to contribute to the children in our area! Many of2350 Mitchell Park dr., #8 Phone:231.487.1006P. o. box 1701 Fax: 231.487.0795Petoskey, Michigan 49770 Email: [email protected] the school supplies necessary are inexpen-sive and easy to get…but these items make a world

of difference to the children that receive them,” states Hand about the importance of community participa-tion in the event. volunteers are needed to help staff the buses on August 14 and help sort what char-Em united way hopes is a bus load of school supplies on August 19. to volunteer,contact savanah at 487-1006 or [email protected]. char-Em united way is also accepting mon-etary donations to purchase school suppliesfor students in need. donations should be mailed to char-Em united way, Po box1701, Petoskey, Mi 49770, with stuff the bus noted, or use one of the donation

Challenge Mountain’s Youth Group will be ex-panding with help from Wal-Mart. The youth recently sub-mitted a grant appli-cation to Wal-Mart to recruit and train other young people wanting to get involved. The youth also do small fundraising projects, some property mainte-nance, and a vast variety of other duties. Two of the leaders of the Youth Group, Max Moody, and Britani Crego are also Wal-Mart employees. These two have worked very hard for several years as volunteers and risen through the ranks to become the youth leaders at Challenge Mountain.

When asked how the grant will impact the youth group, Moody stated, “We are so ex-cited and happy that Wal-Mart has shown this support to not only Chal-lenge Mountain, but to youth and volunteerism as well. We will be utilizing these funds to recruit and re-tain new volunteers. We really thank Wal-Mart for their belief and support). To donate to this pro-gram or any other Chal-lenge Mountain pro-gram, please send your gift to 01158 M-75 South, Boyne City, MI 49712. To volunteer call 231-582-1186 or email at [email protected].

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New AD and Success Advi-sor named for BCPS

Michael “Mike” Wilson was recently named the 7-12 Athletic Director and Middle School Student

Success Advisor for Boyne City Public Schools.“Mike has been serving in our district as Director of Alternative Education and our Indian Education Program Director for the past four years,” said High School Principal Karen Jar-ema. “During this time he’s demonstrated a great care and concern for students, the ability to organize and lead his building programs, has earned the respect of his staff, and has been an in-volved member of our dis-trict administrative team,” she said.Prior to joining Boyne City

Public Schools, Wilson not-ed he was active in athletics as a coach of many sports at a variety of levels, an of-ficial, and has had a strong desire to be an administra-tor of athletics.“As past player, official and coach, I feel my knowledge of athletics will make me a great addition to the Ram-bler family,” Wilson said in a letter to all coaches for grades 7-12.Although the high school office doesn’t officially open until August 16, Wil-son has started becoming acclimated with his athletic director responsibilities. To

become better acquainted with the varsity coach-es and athletic advisory members with Boyne City schools, Wilson is hosting a dinner meeting on Monday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m. in the high school media center to dis-cuss the athletic program for the 2010-2011 school year.In his position as Middle School Student Success Advisor Wilson oversees the Responsible Thinking Program and classroom, as well as school-wide disci-pline procedures, imple-mentation and reporting. Among other duties, Wil-

son will work with students and their parents/guardians on behavior issues and cre-ate a positive environment in the school.“We are excited to have Mike join our team,” said Middle School Principal Karen Sherwood. “His tal-ents and ability to connect with students, their parents and our staff will help us enhance the ability for all students to learn,” she add-ed.Erin Chadwick, a teacher with the alternative edu-cation program, has been named Director of Boyne City Alternative Education.

Boyne City Public Schools name new athletic director


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*Based on full participation.DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT TO WIN. GUESTS WILL RECEIVE 1 ENTRY TICKET FOR EACH MAIN PACK PURCHASED ON ANY THURSDAY THROUGH AUGUST 26.

DRAWING TO BE HELD AT 7:00PM ON AUGUST 26.

Purchase a BINGO Main Pack during a Thursday BINGO session & receive an

entry ticket for a chance to

WIN A 52” LCD HDTV on Thursday, August 26th.

TV GIVEAWAY

Boyne City Gazette

Documents

annual boyne

hotel rooms

proposed dilworth hotel

city manager dave white

beautiful old hotel

race page

new ad new hire page

business man tom johnson