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For the second year in a row the Pride of Baltimore II will make port in Boyne City.A reproduction of an 1812-era topsail schooner privateer, the Pride of Baltimore II travels all over U.S. waters as a symbol of the state of Maryland.“Last year it was just a huge at-traction,” said Boyne Area Cham-ber of Commerce Executive Di-rector Jim Baumann. “We didn’t even have to announce it last year because it so big. People can just see it from several blocks away and they came to see it.”Arranged by Wally Kidd of Boyne City, the ship is expected to remain in Boyne City from July 29 to July 31.“Our family is from Baltimore originally and we’ve always sum-mered in Walloon Lake,” Kidd said. “I’ve lived here for 20 years now and the Pride of Baltimore II and Boyne City are two special things to the Kidd family, and getting into the One Water Street dock is made possible only by the fact that Glenn Catt built that

Governor signs leg-islation prompting numerous changes for Michigan school teachers

New bills signed into law by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder last week end the practice of last in, first out, require more account-ability from teachers and al-low for tenure fast-tracking for highly-effective educators.Word of the changes aroused mixed reactions from Boyne City Public Schools Superinten-dent Peter Moss.“Obviously we want to make

sure every child has a highly-effective teacher in their class-room,” Moss said. “Our hiring practices reflect that we look for highly qualified people.”He added, “It’s a competitive market out there, so we make sure we get the best people pos-sible.”Previously, teachers were re-quired to work for four years be-fore receiving tenure. Under the new law, teachers must work for five years to earn tenure unless they continuously outperform expectations in which case they may earn tenure in three years.“Even after a teacher earns ten-ure, he or she will have to con-tinue earning effective ratings in order to keep it,” Snyder’s July 19 press release stated. “School districts will have to notify

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A single engine airplane crashed shortly before 11 a.m. on Saturday July 16, just south of the Boyne City Municipal Airport.The airplane crashed nose first into Altair Drive, just west of Air Industrial Drive, where it came to rest, remaining in that position. There was no damage to property or injuries to individuals on the ground. The pilot, the only occupant of the aircraft, Dr. Gene Balogh, 84, of East Jordan was pronounced dead at the scene. Dr. Balogh had a hangar and based his aircraft at the Boyne City Mu-nicipal Airport.

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Despite trying nearly 100 domes-tic violence cases per year, Char-levoix County could lose its only domestic violence prosecutor if a funding source is not found.Brought in several years ago to aid Charlevoix County Prosecuting Attorney John Jarema’s office with a steady flow of spousal abuse cases, Kerry Zahner’s position has been funded with a federal grant which may not be renewed when it

expires later this fall.“I’ll need maybe a part-time posi-tion if the domestic violence prose-cutor grant is not renewed,” Jarema told Charlevoix County Commis-sioners on Friday, July 15. Jarema broached the subject with commissioners citing the fact that budget talks for the next fiscal year would soon begin.“On the state level they are not go-ing to apply for the grant,” Jarema said. “So, Charlevoix County, Em-met County and Cheboygan Coun-ty applied and we have not heard

back.”According to Jarema, a proposed contingency in the event the grant is not renewed consists of both Charlevoix and Emmet Counties splitting the bill for Zahner’s sal-ary.“She handles nearly 100 cases or so a year,” Jarema said. “It’s go-ing to be hard for my office to ab-sorb those 100 or so cases without help.”In addition to working for Charlev-oix County for the last three years,

Help for battered women in peril

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PHOTO BY CHRIS FAULKNORLt. Guv in townMichigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley was in Boyne City last week for the rib-bon cutting at the newly restored 1910 Water Works Building. Pictured with Calley is Boyne Mayor Chuck Vondra (at left).

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The Pride of Baltimore II makes its return to Boyne City on July 29.

JOSH SAMPSONSTAFF WRITER

A former employee of Paramount Custom Home Builders has pleaded to a felony in connection with what law enforcement offi-cials claim was an embezzlement scheme that lasted several years.While working as a bookkeeper for Paramount, Boyne City resi-dent Sheryl Lynn Koeneman, 42, is alleged to have paid herself un-authorized overtime and vacation pay in addition to the unauthorized use of a gasoline credit card for

Bookkeeper charged withembezzling

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Run for their LivesJuly 30 in Boyne

Belief of the supernatural is big news these days whether it’s the Austrian P a s t a f a r i a n (Pastafarians belong to the Church of the Flying Spa-ghetti Mon-ster) who re-cently fought to wear his

ceremonial pasta strainer hat in his driver license photo; or pres-

idential hopeful Michelle Bach-mann’s husband Marcus who believes homosexuals can be un-gay-ified through a mixture of prayer, mega doses of vitamin C and prolonged exposure to the films of Lee Marvin.On this side of the world, Islam-ic belief in the Qur’an led Amer-ican Muslims to fight, and win, the right to cover more of their face than the rest of us in their driver license photo because they believe wearing a hijab is mandatory.In the City of East Jordan it is more than just a belief that for-

tune-telling, tarot card reading, divination, phrenology, and pro-viding psychic services for mon-ey violates a city ordinance. It is even illegal to publish a horo-scope in the local newspaper.This local infringement on reli-gious practice has yet gone un-challenged, though a little craft/sandwich shop that recently opened here in EJ says it will be offering readings and psy-chic consults – It’s a freedom of speech and religion case if I’ve ever heard one.America has long had a legal and philosophical position of allow-

ing the practice of some of the rituals that go along with a num-ber of religions in this country.The oft quoted religion clause in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”Some folks have deciphered that to mean no American govern-ments will create any state-run churches. Some people infer it to mean there must be a clear separation between religion and the function of government at all

The line was eight persons long. Once I stepped be-hind the last one I was number nine. I methodi-cally checked out how many of the eight ahead were actually pur-chasers and

discovered there were only two pair. The first appeared to be a mother in her late-50s and her daughter in her 30s. Maybe the two women weren’t even relatives, but they seemed to share a family resemblance in a number of ways. Only mother had a purchase in hand. The other couple was a husband and wife duo, both white haired and he looked bored. (Guess that is why I decided they were married). She had a couple of sofa or chair pillows in her hand and he, nothing. They stood silent directly in front of me.

Just as I was about to become re-signed to a long wait to pay for my purchases two additional clerks ap-peared on the scene with big smiles on their faces. I suspect they had just completed their lunch break with a good story. With expert ma-neuvers the first intersected waiting purchasers in front of me at number three in the line and swept them and the woman behind her to a second cash register just as her friend mo-tioned number six, seven and eight to follow her to a third cash register. I was left to step forward behind the woman and her daughter. Now we were two, so to speak. As I stood waiting my turn I found myself entranced with what it was all nine of us were buying. No two were similar; not even close. This led me to compare the appearance of the other eight as they stood waiting. Absolutely none of us ap-peared like any other. All women except for the bored husband we shared nothing in our appearances or our purchases. No wonder the store was so large and yet packed

with merchandise. It had a much di-versified clientele. Today’s version of yesterday’s department store this large ‘box’ store was one of many outlets of a national retail franchise across our extensive land. One of Boyne City’s outstanding features to its residents and visitors is the absence of the national “box” stores. Within our town the stores are almost entirely owned by local business men and women who take a very personal interest in the store’s inventory and the needs of the shopper. There is uniqueness about those items that line the shelves, dis-play cases and racks. And the price ranges have been carefully selected to appeal to both the local and out of town shopper. It is small won-der that upon entering a shop we feel that small town welcome which accompa-nies knowing the

owners and clerks by name. They also may be near neighbors, belong to the same community group we do, be a distance cousin a couple of times removed, a member of our church or even a close friend. Recently I had need to go to the lumber yard for a hunk of shelv-ing. While standing at the large checkout counter waiting for as-sistance I noticed the owner seated back in the office area busily talk-ing on the phone. His resemblance to his father, the owner I met when we moved into Boyne back in ’61 struck me as amazing.

‘Stitch in time’ adage remain true in modern times

‘Beautiful Boyne’ANNE THURSTON

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“All humanity is one undi-vided and in-divisible fam-ily. I cannot detach myself from the wick-edest soul.” -- Mohandas GhandiI like to be-lieve that s o m e w h e r e

deep down, all people are good.This belief — this mentality — is what got me through my rough days as a Paramedic.This thought helped me to work through drunk drivers, hostile pa-tients, and even the occasional dif-ficult co-worker.This belief has also allowed me to get stung; not once, not twice, but many times.We have had some very sad things occur in the Boyne Area over the past two years.

I have noticed them on a larger scale, mostly due to the industry in which I now work.Boyne City has seen drunk drivers, two plane crashes, a throat slash-ing, and several embezzlement cases, most in excess of $10,000.Our little town has come to know theft, death and destruction, and sometimes it becomes hard to see clearing in the fog.Then something happens to help me to see why I still live here, and why I look past it all.As my car’s battery dies and I find myself stranded, Boyne City comes through.Upon being asked for a jump, a shop owner tosses me his keys and says “It’s in the back, just bring it around when you’re done.”As my girlfriend and I push my car towards a parking lot to get that jump, three people come out of no-where and push with us, and soon we’ve made it down the street.There is no question in my mind as

to why I live in Boyne City.I will look through the fog, day af-ter day, and I will know that there is a clearing out there.

We live in one of those lucky towns where there is always a light on, and being alone is a choice, not a life sentence.

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‘My Two Cents’CHRIS FAULKNOR

B l o o m e r s , P o l y g a m y, Battle of Pine River, Strang-ite’s against the Gentiles, R e l i g i o u s Ceremonies on Holy Is-land and more here in our towns and in

our Lake?A Coroneted King assassinated, felons fleeing on an armed US Na-val vessel on the Great Lakes?A Masonic influence in Saints.Eddie, have you lost it?I have been asked about Jessie

James Strang and his connection to the Emerald Isles, Long Lake, Pine Lake, and now Lake Charle-voix.This takes us back to 1850 and that is ancient history to say the least.When the first Permanent Settlers came here and stayed, they found in Boyne, Advance, East Jordan, Ironton and Horton Bay tilled soil, cultivated crops and the remains of dwellings (mostly shacks) that were left here by the Strangites.This was long before the Pine Riv-er was dredged (1873-74) opening the way for large sailing vessels to navigate the quiet waters of now Lake Charlevoix.Many equate the starting of Boyne

as the coming of the Millers.I remind you that the widow of the man who built the shack Miller moved into sued him for rent!A new book written about the early time period of Pine Lake has been published and I ask anyone inter-ested in our history to purchase it and study it in depth.It is “Footprints in the Sand” by Stephen H. Smith.Can you take yourself back in time to 1852, try it, this book will transport you and opens insight in a way of life we, you and I, will never see!King Strang about 1855Beaver Islands KingOn July 8, 1850 the curtain rose

on a stage in a massive log build-ing on Lake Michigan’s Beaver Island. The audience a group of 250-some anti-Brigham Young Mormons who’d recently settled on the sparsely populated island must have stared in awe. Before them the man they hailed as their prophet, James Strang, sat on a throne rigged from a chair pad-ded with moss and covered with a painted cloth. He was cloaked in a faux-ermine-trimmed red flan-nel cape, and a mural of a palace interior hung behind him. The theatric touches were courtesy of George Adams, Strang’s assistant

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PHOTO BY JOSH SAMPSONBeach reopensThe beach at Young State Park was closed by the Health Department of Northwest Michigan last Tuesday, July 19, due to ecoli levels. Lucky for these eager beach-goers, the area was reopened the following day. The youth pictured above were in town from southern Michigan for their annual soccer camp. The kids were at the beach trying to beat the heat wave which plagued much of the country last week.

What makes a belief deserving of legal protection?

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‘Don’t get me wrong’BENJAMIN GOHS

Charlevoix County Sheriff ReportsOn July 16, the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office investi-gated a watercraft accident with injuries on Lake Charlevoix near Oyster Bay in Hayes Township at approximately 4:00 p.m.A 17-year-old male from Charle-voix was wake jumping and lost control of the vessel. The opera-tor suffered minor face lacera-tions and also complained of hip pain, which he was treated for at Charlevoix Area Hospital.The Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the U.S. Coast Guard and the accident remains under investiga-tion.The Charlevoix County Sher-iff’s Office investigated a wa-tercraft accident with injuries on Lake Charlevoix near Hemming-way Point in Wilson Township at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Sat-urday, July 16, 2011.A 15-year-old female from Ster-ling Heights was the passenger of a Personal Watercraft (PWC) when she suffered her injury. The operator was performing a tight turn when the PWC began to tip over, both the passenger and the operator of the PWC intentionally dismounted the watercraft before it fully tipped. It was during the dismount that the passenger was injured.The operator of the PWC suffered no injuries. The passenger suf-fered an injury to her wrist and was treated at Charlevoix Area Hospital. The accident remains under in-vestigation.On Friday July 15, at approxi-mately 1:15 p.m. the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a capsized vessel with people in the water yelling for

help on Lake Michigan about a half mile off shore between the pier in Charlevoix and North Point. The United States Coast Guard was also notified and was training near the area. With the help of the Deputies and witnesses on shore, the USCG was able to locate the two sub-jects who were yelling for help. Dale Anderson, age 68, of Charle-voix and his wife Beverly Ander-son, age 67, were rescued aboard the USCG vessel. Neither person sustained any in-juries, but were shaken up by the experience. Sheriff Schneider wants to com-mend the United States Coast Guard on their quick response and rescue effort.The Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Coast Guard were assisted at the scene by Charlevoix City EMS.Bodies receovered - Sheriff Don Schneider of the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office, in con-junction with the Northern Michi-gan Mutual Aid Task Force Dive Team, recovered the two bodies from the overturned sailboat early this morning.The victims have been identified as: Mark Mor-ley, age 51 of Saginaw and Suzanne Bickel, age 41 also of Saginaw.The cause of death remains under investigation at this time.On July 19, the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office respond-ed to assist Melrose Townships First Responders and Allied EMS on North Shore Dr. in the Village of Walloon. Employees from W.W. Fairbairn and Sons Inc. out of Alanson were working in the crawlspace

of a residence when the accident occurred.Andrew Ray Hoffman, 60 years old of Brutus, was using a recip-rocating saw cutting out the old plumbing when his left shoulder came into contact with some ex-posed electrical wiring. This caused a large electrical shock to travel through his body.

His co-worker, Shawn Bunker of Afton, Michigan, was entering the crawlspace; noticed Mr. Hoff-man slumped over a pipe with the saw still running. He attempted to get a response, when he could not; he exited the crawlspace and had the owner’s call 911. He then cut power to the residence and en-tered the crawlspace with another

man to extricate Mr. Hoffman.CPR was conducted by Mel-rose First Responders and the scene was taken over by Allied EMS. Hoffman was transported to Northern Michigan Hospital where he was pronounced dead. This accident is still under inves-tigation.

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7:19am Citation issued for speed.7:45am Citation issued for speed.9:24am Arrested subject on war-rant11:15am Wallet turned in that was found on State St. Returned to owner5:23pm Larceny of trailer hitch from the 1300 block of Boyne Av9:05pm Assist with possible sui-cidal subject in the 700 block of Lake Park Dr

Wednesday, July 136:27am Citation issued for speed.9:08am Residential alarm in the 900 block of Lynn St4:05pm Report of disturbance in the 600 block of State St4:53pm Report of possible coun-terfeit $20.00 bill turned into officer from the 100 block of S Park St5:00pm Report of subject driving

without a license6:17pm Assisted Sheriff Depart-ment with disturbance on Addis Rd6:32pm Report of kids burning tables at Avalanche7:40pm Report of civil complaint in the 100 block of S East St9:00pm Arrested subject for DWLS 2nd

Thursday, July 141:41pm Report of stolen dog from Fremont St. Dog located and returned to owner.3:18pm Citation issued for speed7:13pm Citation issued for ex-pired late8:40pm Citation issued for ex-pired plate

Friday, July 157:28am Larceny of gasoline from the 1300 block of Boyne Av1:03pm Report of possible intox-icated driver on N Lake St1:06pm Report of breaking and entering in the 100 block of Pine

St2:55pm Funeral escort from St Matthews to Maple Lawn Cem-etery3:40pm Wallet turned in that was found in the 900 block of N Lake St. Returned to owner.4:20pm Assist to Gaylord PD7:38pm Report of stolen license plate 9:31pm Shoplifting complaint from the 100 block of E Water St10:25pm Report of subject mak-ing threats in the 300 block of E Division St

Saturday, July 161:49am Report of suspicious vehicle near Front and Main Streets2:18am Report that subjects were going to jump off the breakwall at the Landings. Gone on arrival 2:45am Soap put in the fountain at Old City Park7:45am Unlock at the Farmer’s Market10:02am Located dog running

in the road at Pleasant and Ann Streets10:48am Plane crash in the In-dustrial Park

Sunday, July 1712:32am Report of subjects bow-fishing in the Harborage Marina.12:58am Assist ambulance in the 1100 block of Jefferson St1:20am Car Deer accident at State and Call Streets2:56am Suspicious situation in the 300 block of E Water St.9:10am Report of gas can stolen from the 500 block of Jefferson St10:00am Report of possible counterfeit $20.00 bill turned into officer from the 100 block of River St.4:37pm Welfare check in the 500 block of N Lake St.7:03pm Arrested for subject for domestic violence in the 500 block of N East St7:09pm Report of someone drill-ing hole in gas tank and stealing gas on Jefferson St

Monday, July 181:00am Assisted Fire Department with lines down on W Cedar St4:15am Tree blocking road on Charlevoix St between Silver and Court Streets9:48am Subject reports receiving threatening phone calls and texts on Pine Pointe Tr10:01am Citizen in the 200 block of Vogel reports damage to table and other yard items over night. 11:51am Report of someone drill-ing hole in gas tank and stealing gas on N East St2:48pm Report of money being stolen from the 1200 block of Boyne Av4:00pm Report of car alarm going off near Front and Main Streets4:32pm Citation issued for disre-garding stop sign 6:51pm Vehicle in the ditch on Vogel St near Rotary Park7:20pm Assist ambulance in the 300 block of N Lake St8:56pm Unlock in the 500 block of Front St

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Mc break-inThe Boyne City Police are investigating the early morning break-in on July 22, at the McDonald’s Res-taurant in Boyne City. The suspects entered through a door and were able to make off with a large amount of cash. Anyone with information about this case can contact Boyne City Police Department at (231)582-6611 or call 911.

Dr. Balogh had been seen fly-ing his highly recognizable vin-tage Taylorcraft L2 aircraft with its vintage U.S. Army Air Corps camouflage paint scheme over Boyne City shortly before the ac-cident. The accident remains under in-vestigation by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board, which sent representatives from Grand Rapids and Chicago to the scene over the weekend.Dr. Balogh served as a radio oper-ator on a similar spotter type air-craft while he was in the service during the Korean War. The accident was reported to CCE 911 at 10:48 a.m. Emergency response at the scene was provided by the Boyne City Fire, Police and EMS departments with assistance from the Charlev-

oix County Sheriff’s Department and the Michigan State Police. Since the accident occurred off of and did not impact any airport fa-cilities, aircraft operations at the Boyne City Municipal Airport

were not affected. All information on this accident from the City will be handled through Michael Cain, Boyne City City Manager. Inquiries regarding further infor-

mation on the ongoing investi-gation should be referred to the NTSB.

parents in writing if their child is taught by a teacher who is rated inef-fective.”Moss said the four years to tenure was fair, and he isn’t sure fast-tracking

is going to help matters.“I think that has been an ad-equate amount of time to deter-mine if that person is going to be a highly-effective or effec-tive teacher,” he said. “I’m not sure that extra year is going to make that much difference.”Moss added, “I’m not sure mak-ing tenure longer or shorter is going to have much bearing on their effectiveness in the class-room.”According to the release, the new legislation also prohibits personnel issues related to lay-offs and employee discipline from being subject to union negotiations, but teachers will still be protected from dismiss-als that are considered arbitrary or capricious.The reform comes as part of the gov-ernor’s plan to re-invent education in Michigan’s public schools.“Making staffing decisions based on merit and performance encour-ages good teachers to keep do-ing what they are doing and helps ensure students receive the highest quality education,” Sny-der stated. “This long overdue reform will protect outstanding teachers who are enthusiastic about the material and able to connect with students in a way

that makes them want to learn.”Teachers may now be dismissed at any time during the proba-tionary period.Also, with the end of last-in, first-out staffing decisions will not be made solely based on se-niority.“I think before it’s all said and done that’s going to get dicey,” Moss said. “For years and years there was the belief that senior-ity means something, and when it comes time to reduce staff, it’s always been the practice that the most senior people stay and less senior people are the first ones gone.”He added, “There is no question that this legislation is going to change the way people make staffing reductions.”Moss said the law has some merit, but he fears it could fall victim to abuses.“I think it’s going to be impor-tant that we don’t just look at our most senior people and our best compensated folks because they’ve been around the lon-gest as a way to reduce costs,” he said. “If we’re going for the philosophy and intent to make tough decisions, then let’s make sure we do it based on quality.”The Michigan Education As-sociation, the largest public school labor union in the state, called the bills “a sad day for

Michigan students.” “Whenever the working con-ditions of Michigan school employees are threatened, the learning conditions of students are deeply affected,” said MEA President Iris K. Salters in the weeks leading up to the gover-nor’s signing of the new laws. “These bills do not ensure that

students have access to great schools or the strongest teach-ers,” Salters said. “These bills

do not ensure that schools have adequate resources to provide the type of education our students need. These bills are noth-ing but a partisan at-tack on teachers and public school employ-

ees.”According to the MEA, the new laws will strip collective bar-gaining rights away while dis-mantling teacher tenure.Part of Snyder’s plan to ensure higher quality education in-cludes the new annual teacher evaluation system.

Boyne City Public Schools will rank educators in one of three categories: ineffective, effec-tive or highly-effective.“Every district has to have an evaluation piece in place by September where every teacher is going to be evaluated on an annual basis,” Moss said. “We put together a joint com-mittee of teachers and adminis-trators and developed an evalua-tion tool that we think will meet the requirements.”He added, “We tried to make it as objective as possible includ-ing student data as a significant part of the evaluation process.”Moss said ultimately there is some naturally occurring sub-jectivity in the evaluation pro-

cess, but that it is minimal.“I’m sure the intent was to make sure we have quality people in our classrooms” he said. “I just hope people don’t get carried away and use it as a tool for retribution or to put the hammer on difficult personali-ties and things like that.”Moss added, “It’s up to us to make sure we use the intent of the law correctly.”Snyder also signed legislation that makes it easier for school districts to share resources and put more money in the class-room by allowing an Intermedi-ate School District superinten-dent to serve dual roles by also serving as the superintendent of a local school district.

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years – and even several months after Koeneman’s employment was terminated in 2010.Koeneman was employed with Mark Fruge’s Paramount build-ing company from Nov. 30, 2005 to late-August, 2010. “After the termination, Mr. Fru-ge discovered that Koeneman had received a considerable amount of overtime pay, none of which

was authorized,” stated Boyne City Police Assistant-Chief Jef-frey Gettel in his affidavit. “Fru-ge said that he was not aware of the overtime payments when they occurred as the payroll checks were signed by Koeneman, and he never saw her paychecks be-cause she just kept them after signing.”Gettel added, “Fruge pointed out the business’ employee hand-book which pointed out that all overtime must be authorized by himself or … another owner.”According to police documents, Koeneman was the only employ-ee who had received any overtime pay during the time in question.Police documents state that $11,728.50 in unauthorized over-time pay was paid to Koeneman.“Fruge also pulled the businesses’ time cards for review, and stated

that Koeneman had been paid for 428 hours of vacation pay, but that according to the vacation time that would have accrued based on her length of employment, she could only have accrued 320 hours of vacation time,” Gettel stated. “She was overpaid by 108 hours, which totaled $1,512.”According to Gettel’s affidavit, Fruge noticed a Marathon Oil gasoline credit card numbered “117” was missing, and he sus-pected Koeneman was using the card long after she left the com-

pany.“Fruge discovered unauthorized gasoline purchases beginning late in the year 2006, and con-tinuing every month since the employment was terminated” Gettel stated.The most recent charge had been on Jan. 12 of this year at a Boyne City gas station – just two days before Fruge came to the police with his suspicions.“Fruge suspected Koeneman be-cause he noted that the only time that the card numbered 117 was not used locally was at a sta-tion in Naubinway in the Upper Peninsula,” Gettel stated. “Fruge recalled that Koeneman and her husband had a cabin in Wiscon-sin.”He added, “The charge in Nau-binway was made on Aug. 28, 2009, and his records showed

that Koeneman had a vacation day on that date.”A warrant to search Koeneman’s vehicle was obtained and an offi-cer confronted Koeneman at her new place of employment.“At that location, Koeneman opened the door to her car and produced the gasoline card num-bered 117,” Gettel stated. “The (officer) informed Koeneman that she could be facing charges for using the card for over four years; Koeneman commented that she might have done it for two years, but didn’t believe it

was four years.”Police documents alleged Koene-man purchased at least $3,209 in gasoline from 2007 to 2010.Koeneman pleaded to a charge of felony embezzlement of $1,000 or more, but less than $20,000 for alleged gasoline purchases and unauthorized payroll with-drawals. The maximum penalty is five years in prison and/or $10,000 or three times the amount em-bezzled or whichever amount is greater.Koeneman had been originally

charged with felonies for em-bezzlement by an agent or trust-ee of $20,000 or more, but less than $50,000 which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and/or $15,000 or up to three times the amount embez-zled, whichever is greater; and a charge of financial transaction – stealing or retaining without con-sent which carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison and/or a $5,000 fine.Koeneman is scheduled for sen-tencing on Sept. 2 in Charlevoix Circuit Court.

Zahner also served Emmet and Cheboygan counties which combined make up the three counties of a consortium.“Basically the grant that funds my position expires Sept. 30 of this year,” Zahner said. “It’s been in affect almost eight years. It’s funded through the U.S. Department of Jus-tice Office of Violence Against Women.”The grant is aimed at encouraging arrest pol-icies and enforcement of protection orders. “The state basically did not reapply for the grant because they felt there would be a slim chance to none that we would get it again since it has been in effect for so long,” she said. “And, I think the original goal of the grant was to have the individual counties absorb this cost and keep domestic violence prosecutors going.”Zahner added, “We think it’s a little more likely we will get this awarded. Still, we haven’t heard anything yet. I don’t know when we’re going to hear something.”Zahner said the potential lapse in grant mon-ies is not a reflection of the work she has done.“It’s simply the climate in Washington,” she said. “They gave us a lot of notice so we could get our ducks in a row for when the funding does expire.”The grant amount the multi-county consor-tium applying is approximately $300,000, Zahner said.Jarema wants to keep a domestic violence prosecutor working regardless of who funds the position as there is a high volume of domestic violence cases in Charlevoix and Emmet counties.The prosecutor’s office is hoping commis-sioners will fund $25,000 to $30,000 per year. Emmet County is likely to fund $30,000 for the services Zahner renders in Emmet.Zahner said the $55,000 she expects in sal-

ary if she continues working for the county is only about two-thirds of what she cur-rently earns.“To date I have handled over a thousand cases in the three counties,” she said. Emmet County had 417 cases, Charlevoix County had 268 cases and Cheboygan had 317 cases which equals approximately 100 cases per year per county.“The services I provide to the county are ba-sically I prosecute any crime that occurs in a domestic relationship,” she said. “It doesn’t just have to be a domestic violence; it could actually be a sexual assault scenario, PPO violation, or destruction of property.”She works closely with the Women’s Re-source Center, provides and coordinates training to the law enforcement community and said it is important to maintain the po-sition regardless of whether she is the one doing the work.“That person will have the training, the experience and the time to devote to these cases,” she said. “It can be very difficult because they are emotionally charged (and) time intensive – frequently we will have re-luctant victims and I have developed a strat-egy for effectively prosecuting someone for the crime and holding them accountable by holding this early intervention with the victim of the crime.”Zahner added, “To expect a three-prosecutor office to handle an addi-tional 100 cases a year, that are very difficult in that way, is unrealis-tic.”If the grant is not awarded, but the position is main-tained, Zahner would no longer

serve Cheboygan County.Zahner does not receive any benefits.“If this doesn’t pass, then Kerry is going to have to make alternate plans,” Jarema said. Chief Assistant Charlevoix County Pros-ecutor Shaynee Fanara said Zahner’s success rate on cases makes her an asset.At least 89 percent of the cases result in a conviction which can include penalties of counseling, jail time, and other services which may help prevent these actions in the future.“These cases are really hard,” Fanara said. “Before we had a special prosecutor … it was always really tough to win these cases because there was a lot of he-said she-said back and forth.”Jarema said this was just a preview leading up to bud-get talks later this summer to give Zahner a chance to make plans if she must go back into the private sector.

Sheriff W. Don Schneider said, “These complaints are a very labor intensive … and state-mandated issue.”No action was taken.

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Gone to the dogsOn Saturday July 30, the Charlevoix Area Humane Society will host its “Run for their lives” fundraiser in down-town Boyne City. This 5k run/walk for man and man’s best friend begins at 7:30 a.m. on Front Street behind the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce building. The humane society was represented (above) at last week’s Stroll the Streets event by volunteers. For more information on the race, see the events section on page 19.

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BOyNE CITyNOMINaTING pETITIONS

BEING aCCEpTEDInterested in running for office and serving your community? Nominating petitions are being accepted for the Of-fice of City Commissioner until 4 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. Nominating petitions must be filed with the City Clerk by that time and date to be considered for the Nov. 8, 2011 General Election. Nominating petitions are available at the City Clerk’s Office at the Boyne City City Hall, 319 North Lake Street, Boyne City, MI 49712.

BOYNE CITY OFFICES AVAILABLE ARE:• 2 City Commissioners, four year terms, ending November, 2015• 1 City Commissioner, 2 year term filing a vacan-cy, ending November, 2013 Boyne City’s Char-ter requires nominating petitions have not less than 20, or more than 40, signatures from registered elec-tors of the City. For this year’s election no one shall sign their name to more than three City pe-titions.a candidate must have been a resident of the City for at least one year; shall not have been convicted of a felony; is a qualified and registered elector of the City and shall not be in default to the City.For more information please contact City Clerk/Treasurer Cindy Grice at (231) 582-0334 or [email protected]

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Crossword puzzlesolution on page 18

Across:1. Defunct USAF branch4. Ladder rung8. Shredded cabbage12. Gone by13. ____ Sampras of tennis14. Volcanic rock15. Cozy place16. Moving stairway18. Is unable20. Fix21. Aggravates25. Hollow stalk26. ____ Culpa27. Energy source31. Initial wager32. Printing measures33. Army camp34. Negatives35. Tennis divider36. She, in Valencia37. ____ span39. Spring month43. “Friends” character

44. Grouped47. Gang50. Whetstone51. Racing sled52. Exist53. Slight advantage54. Table supports55. Born as

Down:1. Mournful2. Mature3. Sidewalk material4. Paid out5. Last will and ____6. List-ending abbr.7. Pod inhabitant8. Bang shut9. Tardy10. Stratford-upon-_____17. ____ Vegas, Nevada19. Helpers21. Mideast nation22. Casino city

23. Belief24. Holiday hunter’s prize (2 wds.)27. Assists a crook28. Amulet29. Norway’s capitol30. Intend37. Bottom-row key38. Lymph _____39. Tooth problem40. Walk heavily41. Ladder step42. “_____ dead people!” (2 wds.)45. House wing46. Regret48. Miner’s quest49. Honey producer

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Northern Community Mediation provides services so that the citizens of Charlevoix and Emmet counties can resolve their con-flicts through mediation rather than having to go to court. Mediation is a process in which the facilitators (mediators) help the involved parties express their viewpoints and then come up with a solution to their disagreements. In other words, the solution is in the hands of the participants rather than a third party, such as a judge or arbitrator.

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To have your free, non-profit or fund-raising event considered for publication in the Boyne city Gazette, e-mail the text and related photographs to [email protected]. While we receive too numerous submissions to respond to each request, all will be considered. Note: To ensure placement prior to your event, a paid notice is advisable.

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WRC, author talk murder-suicide

Chris Krajewski, of the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan, will interview author Gail Grif-fin concerning her book “The Events of October” about a murder-suicide at Kalamazoo College in 1999. The event is from 5 p.m. To 6:30 p.m. on Thursday July 28. Space is limited for this free event, call (231) 347-1180 to reserve your seat. McLean & Eakin Booksell-ers is located at 307 East Lake St. in Petoskey.

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Charlevoix Humane Society

Kitten season has been here for quite a while and we are feeling the effects of it. We are now overflowing with kit-tens. Since we have no more room in our facility for our many kittens we have turned to our foster care homes for assistance. We are very grateful for our foster families and all that they do. If you think that you would be interested in fostering please con-tact the Humane Society. We have many cats as well and it makes for a crowded area when you have so

many adult cats and kittens in our cat room.To help adopt out our cats and kit-tens we are currently doing a two for one special. The prices are listed below:Two cats over six months - $45Two cats under six months - $60One cat under six months and One over six months - $50 In addition to our current promo-tion, we also have a senior pro-gram. If you are sixty-five or up you can adopt an adult cat at no charge.The public can aid us by spaying and neutering their cats. It will help cut back on the amount of stray cats we get in, as well as the kitten population. Also, you can adopt. We love to see our animals go to their forever home. If you would like to see all of our available animals you can visit our website at www.charlevoix-humane.org. You can find us on Facebook as well, or you can call us at (231) 582-6774. Our address is 614 Beardsley St.


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Volunteers Needed for Day of CaringIn honor of the National Day of Ser-vice and Remembrance on Sept. 11, hundreds of volunteers will join to-gether on Thursday, Sept. 15, in an effort to make our community a bet-ter place to live. The 8th annual Day of Caring matches teams of volunteers from businesses, schools, faith commu-nities, community groups, families and individuals with non-profit or-ganizations in Charlevoix and Em-met Counties that could use a hand in completing some necessary proj-ects. Volunteer registration is now open for Day of Caring projects. All proj-ects are posted online through Char-Em United Way so volunteers can choose preference for projects based on their availability, team size, and skills. To register, volunteers should log onto Volunteer Connections, Char-Em United Way’s “virtual volunteer center.” All projects will be filled on a first come first serve basis. Volunteers should consider group size and availability when choosing

a project. Char-Em United Way will be un-able to match volunteer teams with a chosen project if there are conflicts with time availability or group size.Volunteer teams will complete vari-ous tasks for non-profit organiza-tions, schools, and government agencies as well as home mainte-nance for senior individuals.

Projects might incorporate painting a hallway, building shelves, organiz-ing a pantry, weeding a garden and much more. To register as a volunteer for Day of Caring visit www.charemunitedway.org and click on “Volunteer.”Then follow the link to our Volun-teer Connections website and do a search using the key words “Day of

Caring.”Choose the project that best fits your skills, time availability, and group size then click on “I’m interested in this opportunity” to send Char-Em United Way an e-mail. You will then re-ceive a response e-mail to set up

the details.For more information contact Char-Em United Way at [email protected] or (231) 487-1006.

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PHOTO BY ABIGAIL LARIMEStrum the streetsPerformers aplenty kept the crowds entertained at last Friday’s Stroll the Streets. Don’t miss this week’s event from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday July 29, in downtown Boyne City.

Charlevoix County has been awarded $17,725 and Em-met County has been awarded $26,348 in Federal funds un-der the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Pro-gram. These funds will be distributed by a Local Board and are used to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in these counties through Sept. 30.The Local Board was charged to distribute funds appropri-ated by Congress to help ex-pand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high-need areas around the country.This board will determine how the funds are will be distribut-ed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by

local service agencies in Char-levoix and Emmet Counties. Under the terms of the grant from the National Board, lo-cal agencies chosen to receive funds must: 1) be private voluntary non-profits or units of government, 2) have an accounting system, 3) practice nondiscrimination, 4) have demonstrated the ca-pability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs, and 5) if they are a private volun-tary organization, they must have a voluntary board. Qualifying agencies are urged to apply.Emergency Food and Shelter funds were awarded to the fol-lowing agencies last year: the

Women’s Resource Center, the Salvation Army, the Manna Project, St. Francis Church, Brother Dan’s Food Pantry, East Jordan Care and Share, SDA Community Services Center, and Good Samaritan Family Services. Public or private voluntary agencies interested in apply-ing for Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds must contact Martha Lancaster, Char-Em United Way, P.O. Box 1701, Petoskey MI 49770; phone (231) 487-1006; e-mail [email protected] for an application. The deadline for applications to be received is 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12.

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It may surprise many people to learn that 25 percent of those who die every year in the U.S. are Vet-erans. To help provide care and support that reflect the important contribu-tions made by these men and wom-en, Hospice of Northwest Michi-gan, in partnership with the Health Department of Northwest Michi-gan, has become a national partner of “We Honor Veterans.” “We Honor Veterans” is a pioneer-

ing campaign developed by Na-tional Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs. As a “We Honor Veterans” Partner, Hospice of Northwest Michigan will implement ongoing Veteran-centered education for their staff and volunteers to help improve the care they provide to the Veterans they proudly serve. The nation is seeing many of the Veterans who served in World War

II and Korea die — and the number of deaths of Vietnam Veterans is be-ginning to rise. The “We Honor Veterans” cam-paign provides tiered recognition to organizations that demonstrate a systematic commitment to improv-ing care for Veterans. “Partners” can assess their ability to serve Vet-erans and, using resources provided as part of the campaign, integrate best practices for providing end-of-life care to Veterans into their orga-

nization. By recognizing the unique needs of our nation’s Veterans who are fac-ing a life-limiting illness, Hospice of Northwest Michigan is better able to accompany and guide Vet-erans and their families toward a more peaceful ending. And in cases where there might be some specific needs related to the Veteran’s mili-tary service, combat experience or other traumatic events, Hospice of Northwest Michigan will find tools

to help support those they are car-ing for.The resources of “We Honor Vet-erans” focus on respectful inquiry, compassionate listening, and grate-ful acknowledgment, coupled with Veteran-centric education of health care staff caring for Veterans. To learn more about “We Honor Veterans” or to support this impor-tant work via a secure, online dona-tion, please visit www.wehonorvet-erans.org.

Hospice recognized for honoring war-time veterans

The Jordan River Arts Council Writers’ Group has just pub-lished a book, “Writings,” A Collection of Selected Works by Local Writers and Artists. All participants since its be-ginning in 2002 were invited to submit their writings. The group started with a workshop by Barbara Garipy whose inspiration encour-aged the members to write and write more. The group continues today, meeting monthly every sec-ond Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Any interested person, wheth-er a JRAC member or not is invited to join the group. Over 30 people have par-ticipated from the beginning

with 11 people submitting several writings apiece: po-etry, essays, short stories, and biographies.As an introduction to each member’s writing is a colored picture of an original work of art with the lady slipper as the subject. Artist works included are by: Babs Young, Nancy Carey, Di-ane Cox, Caroline Risk, June Storm, Rosie Evans, Prudence Barber, Christine Brown, and Sylvia Walworth. The lady slipper has been the symbol of the Jordan River Arts Council since its begin-ning, 22 years ago. The Jordan River’s endless, clear flow, and the lovely, fragile, and elusive Lady Slip-

per, symbolizes for us the treasures hidden here in the valley. The original lady slipper de-sign was created by Pat Tin-ney, and members of the Writ-ers’ Group felt that having our artist volunteer paintings, tapestries, and photos would support their continuous flow of writing for the reader’s en-joyment.The book is now on sale at the Art Center, 301 Main St., East Jordan during exhibition showings, the Busy Bridge, Main St., East Jordan, and Adams Madam, Central Lake. For further information con-tact, Howard Ellis, (231) 536-2152 or go to jordanriverarts.com.

JrAC writers publish book

COURTESY PHOTOpink ribbon ridersThe 2011 Pink Ribbon Ride raised $35,253.48. After expenses, $12,560 was donated to both Northern Michigan Regional and Charlevoix Area Hospital. Pictured are par-ticipants and supporters (back, from left) Mel Majoros, Susan Morris, Tim Leeper, Maureen Babrick, Terese Green, Kathy Jacobsen and (front, from left) Bonnie Heins, Kay Taft Holley, Kim Stevens, Dee Vincent and Gay Pung.

WEIr MEMOrIALEarl Weir, a self-employed builder/contractor, died on April 9, 2011 in Florida. His memorial service will be held on August 6, 2011 at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlevoix at 1 p.m.

James Arden Holiday (Aug. 5, 1935 - July 15, 2011) James Arden Holiday, age 75 of Harbor Springs, passed away peacefully surrounded by family, on July 15th. He was born in Harbor Springs on August 5th, 1935; son of John D. Holiday and Dorothy Hender-son Holiday. He graduated from Harbor Springs High School in 1954, where he was president of his class. He received his business degree from Western Michigan University, where he was an ac-tive member and president of

Theta Xi fraternity. On December 10th 1960, he mar-ried Eleanor Louise Gilbert, who preceded him in death in 2004. He was a prominent real estate broker in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Clearwater, Florida. He mar-ried his high school sweetheart Evelyn Pawlis (Sarns) Holiday in 2006 and she survives. He is also survived by his daugh-ter Elizabeth Holiday Illing, his son John Brian Holiday, his son in law Brad Illing , his grand-daughter Danielle Illing, and his stepchildren Kathleen Sarns Ir-win, Maurice Sarns, and Thom-as Sarns, as well as nieces and nephews Cyndi, John, and Mark Holiday, Suzanne Holiday He-nika and cousin Kay Congers. Arden was preceded in death by his brother John Garth Holiday and his son James Arden Holi-day junior.

Arden was always the first one to tell a joke. He enjoyed sitting on his porch, to wave or heckle peo-ple passing by. He loved Harbor Springs. His family and friends will cherish the memories made throughout his life. Family and friends wishing to share a thought or memory are encouraged to do so online at www.stonefuneralhomeinc.com . The family requests memorial donations are made to Northern Michigan Regional Foundation for the oncology department in Petoskey. Graveside services are pending, date to be announced. Arrange-ments were made through Schil-ler Funeral Home.

Eugene William Balogh (Feb. 14, 1927 - July 16, 2011) Eugene W. Balogh died July 16, 2011, when his plane crashed.

He was doing what he loved to do. He had such a sincere zest for life and had never met a stranger, and everyone loved his beaming smile and sense of humor. His birthday was Valentines Day and he was such a true sweet-heart to his wife, Ginny. He al-ways told her that being married to her would “never be boring”. One day he said that he was tak-ing her on a cruise around the world, followed by an extended tour of Italy. 83 days later, they were home. He leaves as survivors, other than his wife, Ginny, five chil-dren, 14 grandchildren, one great grandson, his sister, and so many friends. He was a wonderful fa-ther and a rock and a pillar to his children. He was a huge influ-ence in their lives. He could take any problem and turn it into an opportunity.

He’d been an executive in sev-eral large corporations, and later became a management consul-tant. He was very serious and exact-ing and so astute as an executive and was so in demand even after retirement as a national speaker. He had played football at MSU and later was on the fencing team and stayed fit climbing Av-alanche Mountain. We had over 35 years of wonderful times at MSU. Services were Thurs., July 21, at 11:00 a.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 1250 Boyne Avenue, Boyne City. Donations may be made to the local Humane Society and MSU Football Association. Stackus Funeral Home of Boyne City is serving the family.


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Schedules of Faith & FellowshipChurCh of the Nativity

Reverend Gary Hamp, Traverse City, will be guest celebrant on Sunday, July 24.Nativity is located at 209 Main Street, Boyne City. Please call 582-5045 for moreinformation about the church.

B.f. uNited Methodist

Boyne Falls United Methodist Church regular Sunday Service 9:15 a.m., 3057 Mill Street. Children’s programming held during service. Worship Café and Youth Group on Sundays at 6 p.m. Office hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone 231-582-9776.

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

WallooN ChurCh

On Thursday, July 28, Cel-ebrate Recovery will meet at 7 PM. On, Sunday, July 31, the sermon title will be “Building Instruc-tions” from Matthew 7:24-29 given by Pastor Jeff Ellis. Ser-vice times are 9 AM and 10:45 AM. There will be infant and toddler nurseries available at both services. Children classes are held during both services. Grades 5 through 7 attend wor-ship service at 9 AM and then have class at 10:45 in room 101. Grades 8 through 11 at-tend worship service at 9 AM and have class at 10:45 at the Youth Center. At 10:45, there is a Young Adult class at the Discipleship House. Adult classes and small groups will meet during both services. There will be an open house at the East Jordan Community Church starting at 2 p.m.On Thursday, August 4, Cel-ebrate Recovery will meet at 7 PM in the multi-purpose room. For more information, please visit the Church web site at www.walloonchurch.com or call the church office at 535-2288.

JeWel heart Buddhist CeNter

Jewel Heart Northern Michi-gan Tibetan Buddhist CenterBoyne CityJewel Heart Northern Michi-gan, located at 109 Water St., Boyne City, willbe continuing its study of the

Odyssey to Freedom, a concise and completeintroduction to the stages of the spiritual path, on Wednesday evenings, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. now through June 22. The cur-rent section will cover Devel-oping Compassion for Oneself and Others. Details can be found at jewel-heart.org, under the Programs section of the Northern Michi-gan study group, or by e-mailing [email protected].

GeNesis ChurCh BoyNe

Genesis Church meets in the Boyne Elementary school cafeteria every Sunday from

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

BoyNe valley CatholiC CoMMuNity

The Boyne Valley Catholic Community announces its Summer Mass ScheduleSaturday evening: 5:00 p.m. at St. Matthew in Boyne City7:00 p.m. at St. John Ne-pomucene (on M-32 and St. John’s Road-near East Jordan)Sunday morning:9:00 a.m. at St. Augustine in Boyne Falls11:00 a.m. at St. Matthew in Boyne CityCall (231) 582-7718 for more

informationSpecial First Friday Mass in Honor of both the 40th An-niversary of the Diocese of Gaylord and the 60th Anniver-sary of the Ordination of Pope Benedict XVI will take place on Friday, July 1 at 8:30 a.m. at St. Matthew in Boyne City. A Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament follows Mass and closed with Benedic-tion. The sacrament of Pen-ance is also available during that time. All are welcome.

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Boyne City United Methodist Church regular Sunday Service 11 am, 324 South Park Street. Children’s programming held during service. Bible Study on Thursdays 10 am – open to everyone. Office hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8 am to 3 pm. Phone 231-582-9776. Up-per Peninsula Beef & Chicken Pasties are on sale for $2.75 each. Call the church office or stop by during office hours.

Church Services & Events

Our deadlines have changed. If you would like the time/date/place of your church-related function to be published in the Boyne City Gazette, we must receive your information by Noon on the Saturday preceding the event. While we strive to ac-commodate last-minute requests, constraints on time and available space makes this difficult. Send information via e-mail to [email protected]. Or drop off your information at 5 West Main St., Suite #7 in Boyne City, MI 49712.

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I was bak-ing all day in the sun while camping with my 12-year old son Evan. I forgot sun-block existed. It was our turn to have one -on -one time. Knowing the need, my wife g r a c i o u s l y

told us to, “Go for it. We’ll have a pop-corn movie night at home.” So after lots of football pass-ing, Aerobie throwing, which is a wire ring with rubber around it that flies for miles if you throw it right, beach swimming, and laughing around a camp fire we had an interesting encounter with a new friend. I’ll call him “John.”John was camping next door with his family. Looking all tattooed and crazy-eyed I asked him how well his little car did with gas mileage. After giving me the skinny and sharing a bit of his Boyne City story with me, he asked where we were from. So I explained how we moved to Boyne City two years ago and how our whole family has completely fallen in love with the town and the people. John then asked why we came. So I shared that we hope to encourage friends toward following Jesus. A millisecond later he gave me an odd look and asked, “Why?” I’ve learned not to be taken back by any question. It’s the same question I would have asked a few years ago; and other questions I still ask. I told John, for me, I’ve learned that following Jesus works. This was the beginning of an incred-ible conversation. He then asked what the word “theology” meant. A few minutes later John plopped down at our picnic table and shot off a number of excellent ques-tions. We were all intrigued. He was in-terested. Wondering if I was steeling time from my son, I looked over at him while John was talking. Evan was on the edge of his seat and totally into it. Instantly John began shar-ing some deep pain from his life. The conversation took so many quick turns from questions like, “How do you know God created

all of this around us? …this sky? …this water? …us?”, and “How do you know the Bible is really from God? Didn’t men write it? How can you trust it?” Then he paused and asked, “Why would God take my wife?” I realized something very quickly. I was unable to answer much of anything. He would fire the next head-spinning question before I could answer. Then he landed on this whopper-of-a-life-ques-tion, “Why my wife? She was so good.”At this point in time a friend of his came over to our fire and en-gaged in the same conversation. She shared how she had given up on faith in God, and anything he could do for us. But then she shared how she would pray to God when she was younger and would walk home in the dark. John finally shared how he had begged God to save his wife, even at a time he wasn’t sure God even existed. It seemed as if our camp-ing neighbors were all looking for a good reason to believe in a good God who cared for them and their pain. John, shared with deep emotion and tears. I felt his pain and even cried with John. I’ve learned there are no trite an-swers for these questions. I can never really answer them for these dear people. Only God can an-swer the deep questions of the soul. However he can use us in one another’s lives. So I gently began to share what I believe. “God did not ‘break’ the world. We did (I realized we hate to hear this some times when we want to blame him). God allowed us the choice at the beginning of history to love and trust him or not. If he would not have allowed the choice then we would be robots never actually having a choice to love. Free will was his danger-ously beautiful gift to humanity. So a “representative” named Adam made a moronic decision for all of us. “Why?” I don’t know. All I know is that I probably would have wanted to eat from the one scrumptious tree that I was told I couldn’t have, too. So after that decision the relationship with God changed as well as the whole world God created. Adam’s sin changed it all. That’s the Bible’s nutshell answer to why there is death, disease, divorce, broken-ness, betrayal, heart-ache, war, etc. — Yes, age-old response, I know — But It’s what the Bible

shares is the original source of all of our problems; it’s a very logi-cal answer; and I, along with mil-lions of others, believe it’s true.Here’s the greatest message God is shouting to us in multiple ways, but we don’t get: God wants to invade this broken world and re-store it.He wants to be our rescue. He wants to invade you’re broken-ness and mine, and heal us. He has done it by sending his son to be our forgiver and leader — i.e. savior and lord. I don’t know why this is his meth-od, but it was. So how’s this help John? It might

not help him at all. He might be baking in the sun. The sun is loved and hated. It can warm our spirits and put a shim-mering tan on us, or it can bake us. The story of God’s son can warm our spirits. He is alive and well. He can aid our lives. He can come into our brokenness and bring healing. He can teach us. He can be our guide and strength for life, or the idea of Jesus can bake us. Our skin

can burn with questions about him and his Word. We loved hanging out with John and his friend. We learned from one another. These conversations are so good. They’re so impor-tant. God is engaging John, and John is engaging God with great ques-tions. I pray that God can help John find true answers and warm his heart to receive the Son.

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‘On the Journey’JAMIE WOODALL

Valaree McGinn (Dec. 23, 1932 - July 16,

2011) Valaree Jean Hanson McGinn, 78, of Petoskey, formerly Cheboy-gan, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2011 at Bortz Health Care Facility in Petoskey.

Valaree was born December 23, 1932 in Cheboygan, the daugh-ter of Perry and Edna (Green-less) Hanson. Soon after gradu-ating high school, she married Robert Norman McGinn, who preceded her in death on August 5, 2005. As a Navy family they moved frequently and were sta-tioned in Malta, Peoria, IL, Key West, FL, and Charleston, SC. Valaree had fond memories of

her years as a navy wife. After Robert’s retirement the family moved back to Cheboygan. Va-laree went back to school in her forties and earned a nursing de-gree, then worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse for several years at Cheboygan Community Me-morial Hospital. Valaree en-joyed needlepoint, craft work and crossword puzzles. She will be remembered for her quick wit

and sense of humor. Surviving is her daughter, Mar-lene Ann McGinn of Boyne City, her son, Michael Robert McGinn of Newport, Rhode Island, 3 grandchildren,Tara Maltby, Ja-cob Maltby and Katie McGinn, a great-grandchild, and Ayden McGinn. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter Colene Dawn Patricia

McGinn, a sister, Ruth, and a brother, Harold Hanson. A memorial service was held on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 3 pm, with the family greeting friends beginning at 2 pm, at the Nor-dman-Christian Funeral Home, with Rev. Jeff Dinner will offi-ciating. Online condolences may be made at www.stonefuneral-homeinc.com.


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STATE & REGION NEWS

• You may now cuff the bride – According to ABC Action News, Tammy Lee Hinton had no sooner said “I do” to her betrothed when she was arrested on a felony charge. She was booked and had her mug shot taken while still in full wedding regalia.• Shocking new career – Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is in Raleigh, N.C., this week talking about electric cars at the 2011 Plug-In Convention. Granholm’s position is as an advisor with Pew Charitable Trusts.• Coupon fail – Internet discount guru Groupon briefly expanded its offerings to automobiles last week at a southern Michigan auto dealer-ship. The idea was that at least 10 people could each receive $500 off a new vehicle if they each bought one within a several-day period. The coupons cost $200 each and only four people signed up according to automobilemag.com.• All crimes, great and small – A Genessee County man who swindled the state out of over $9 million in tax credits has recently been convicted of a felony for illegally using his elderly neighbor’s ATM card. According to connectedmichigan.com, Richard Short obtained the card from an 87-year-old woman with dementia.•Not all stem cells are good – The Times of India reports that cancer stem cells allow a tumor to grow. Worse yet is these cells cannot be killed by traditional cancer treat-ments.• Children are the future – The Students Reinventing Michigan Corporation is sponsoring a $24,000 competition for all under grad students attending colleges and uni-versities in Michigan. The goal of the competition is for students to solve problems faced by the Michigan legislature.• Maybe it’s too effective – Zacks.com reports that chemical giant DuPont is being sued by a Michigan polo club claiming the company’s herbicide has killed some of its decorative trees.• You’re number one – Wayne County has been ranked highest on a list of Michigan counties for arson and suspicious fires in 2010. There were nearly 1,100 fires reported in the Detroit area last year.• Billions and billions and billions – io9.com reports that explorers have discovered life forms in sinkholes on the bottomland of Lake Huron which are three billion years old. The microbes thrive in the oxygen-free environment meaning they likely developed back when the planet was still devoid of oxygen.• Nothing to sneeze at – Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed a bill limiting the amount of cold and allergy medi-cine you can legally obtain and creat-ing a database to track lawful citizens who purchase the items. Govern-ment officials claim the new law is an attempt at slowing the production of methamphetamine. Not only will Michigan residents be required to show identification, but you won’t be able to get your medicine unless you consent to entering your name in a database controlled and monitored by police.•Science, shmience – According to heraldextra.com, Detroit Prosecut-ing Attorney Marilyn Eisenbraun said her office will not look at DNA evidence which could exonerate a 56-year-old man who has been be-hind bars for 25 years for rape. “Sci-ence does not trump the testimony of individuals,” Eisenbraun said.• What was the point? – Charges have been dropped on the Oak Park couple who were threatened with 93 days in jail for planting a vegetable garden in their front yard. The case gained widespread notoriety through traditional and social media outlets, but no reason has been given for the city’s sudden reversal.

NeWS BrIefS

Republican Governor Rick SnyderOffice of the Governor 111 South capitol Ave.P.O. Box 30013, lansing, MI 48909 (517) 335-6397

U.S. Senator Carl Levin, democrat269 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, dc 20510 northern Michigan office:107 cass St., Suite ETraverse city, MI 49684-2602(231) 947-9569

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, democratnorthern Michigan Office3335 S. Airport Road West, Suite 6BTraverse city, MI 49684(231) 929-1031

112th District Michigan House of Representa-tives Greg MacMaster, RepublicanAnderson House Office Bldg. S-1389 House Office BuildingP.O. Box 30014lansing, MI 48909Email: [email protected]

Petoskey office: 200 divison St. Suite 178Petoskey, MI 49770(231) 348-0657

Michigan State Senator for the 37th District, Howard Walker, Republican910 Farnum BuildingP.O. Box 30036lansing, MI 48909-7536E-mail [email protected](517) 373-2413

CHArlEvOix COUNTY BOArD COMMissiONErs

• Joel Evans, Chairman10448 lord Rd., East Jordan, MI 49727district # [email protected]

• Richard L. Gillespie, Vice-chair38270 Gallagher Ave, Beaver Island, MI 49782district # [email protected]

• Shirlene Tripp07682 Old US 31 n., charlevoix, MI 49720district # 1

347-9679

• Chris Christensen111 East Pine St., Boyne city, MI 49712district # [email protected]

• Ronald Reinhardt00880 Bc/EJ Rd., Boyne city, MI 49712district # 3582-7912

• Robert Drebenstedt04857 Wickersham Rd., charlevoix, MI 49720

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• Charles Vondra, Mayor1126 nordic driveBoyne city, MI 49712231-582-5520

• Ronald Grunch400 Silver StreetBoyne city, MI 49712231-582-6974

• Laura Sansom212 E. lincoln StreetBoyne city, MI 49712231-582-0267

• Mike Cummings635 n. East St.Boyne city, MI 49712231-582-1334

• Delbert G. Towne528 Grant St.Boyne city, MI 49712(231) 582-6653

State & Local Government Official Contacts

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With summer storm season here, the Michigan Public Service Commis-sion (MPSC) today reminded resi-dential customers of regulated elec-tric utilities that they may be eligible for a $25 outage service credit on their bill under certain conditions. Under the MPSC’s Service Quality and Reliability Standards, there are three types of electric outage condi-tions that may qualify for a credit: catastrophic condition outages, nor-mal condition outages and frequent outages. The MPSC has issued a Consumer Tip on the issue that explains the circumstances under which elec-tric customers may be eligible for the credit. It also provides helpful tips on how to prepare for a power outage before it happens, what to do during an outage, and additional steps to take when power is lost dur-ing cold temperatures.To request a credit, customers should contact their electric utility.The MPSC is an agency within the Department of Licensing and Regu-latory Affairs.

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Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed numerous bills into law.• Senate Bill 165, sponsored by state Sen. John Moolenaar, pre-vents the state and local units of

g o v e r n m e n t from requir-ing compa-nies that want to bid on construction, repair, remod-eling or demo-lition projects to participate in a collective b a r g a i n i n g

agreement and prevents discrimi-nation against those that do not.“This legislation is important be-cause it gives everyone equal op-portunity to compete for jobs,” Snyder said. “Governments need to make decisions based on com-petitive bidding and value for taxpayer money. Union and non-union companies and their work forces are all valued and will con-tinue to be able to partner on proj-ects.”The legislation is now Public Act 98 of 2011.• House Bill 4792, sponsored by

state Rep. Chuck Moss, deletes a pro-vision in the M i c h i g a n Legis la t ive Re t i r emen t System Act that prohibits the system from spend-

ing money saved for future retiree health care until the system is 100 percent funded. Eliminating this prohibition will prevent the need for the state to spend an additional $1 million to make up for a short-fall in the system. It is now P.A.

99.• S.B. 46, sponsored by state Sen. Ar-lan Meekhof, defines “bio-fuel” as any renewable fuel product that is derived from recently liv-

ing organisms or their metabolic byproduct and streamlines regulations for pro-ducing biofuels in an agricultural setting. Small farms that produce ethanol or biofuels for their own use will not need to apply for spe-cial permits. The bill is now P.A.

97.• S.B. 371, sponsored by state Sen. Dar-win Booher, allows Ocea-na, Newaygo, M o n t c a l m , Gratiot, Sag-inaw, Tuscola and Sanilac

counties to approve ordinances enabling off-road vehicles to operate on road shoulders. With these additions, the entire Upper Peninsula and 19 counties in the Lower Peninsula

may allow ORVs to operate on road shoulders. S.B. 371 is now P.A. 107.• Senate Bill 214 and House Bill 4359, sponsored by state Sen. Judy Emmons and state Rep. Matt Huuki, respectively, allow the state to issue specially designed motorcycle license plates to vet-erans of the armed forces and current members of the National Guard. Specialty license plates are currently only available for passenger vehicles, but not motor-cycles. S.B. 214 and H.B. 4359 and are now Public Acts 73 and 74 of 2011. • S.B. 24, sponsored by state Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker, allows pre-

mium finance c o m p a n i e s that are ma-jority owned by insurance agents to share profits with those owner-agents. This change will level the

playing field by allowing insur-ance agents that are associated with premium finance companies to compete for business with in-surance agents that are not. The bill is now P.A. 75• S.B. 28, sponsored by state Sen. Goeff Hansen, allows taxpayers to pay their income taxes by us-ing a credit or debit card, which

in addition to being more c o n v e n i e n t for taxpay-ers will also save the state money by re-ducing costs a s s o c i a t e d with process-ing checks.

Michigan is currently one of only two states that does not offer tax-payers this option. S.B. 28 is now P.A. 76.• S.B. 383, sponsored by state Sen. Mike Kowall, gives the Michigan Film Office the ability to negoti-ate the size of incentives it of-fers to film, television and video game producers. Under current

law, the incen-tive program is strictly de-fined, result-ing in fixed incentive per-centages the film office must offer and greater expen-diture of tax-payer money

than necessary. With this change, the film office may offer produc-tions lower incentives packages than the current automatic 42 percent subsidy. By having the ability to offer varying levels of support, this change will also give the state more ability to ensure the incentive program creates jobs for Michigan residents. The legisla-tion is now P.A. 77. • H.B. 4315, sponsored by state Rep. Amanda Price, renames the portion of US-31 between I-196 in

Allegan County and M-45 in Ot-tawa County the “Medal of Honor

R e c i p i e n t s H i g h w a y. ” The Michigan Depar tment of Transpor-tation will work with lo-cal veterans organizations to develop a separate sign

bearing the names of Lt. Col. Matt Urban, Cpl. John Essebagger, Jr., Sgt. Gordon Yntema and Sgt. Paul Ronald Lambers. H.B. 4315 is now P.A. 78.• H.B. 4666, sponsored by state Rep. Andrea LaFontaine, will help the state collect an estimated $5 million of the approximately $12

million owed to it from un-paid liens on farmland by allowing land-owners to pay the state at a reduced rate. The legisla-tion will also give farmers

an incentive to pay in a timely fashion by charging interest on fu-ture liens. Money collected will support the Michigan Agricultural Preservation Fund. The legisla-tion is now P.A. 79.• H.B. 4727, sponsored by state Rep. Ken Goike, allows children under the age of 18 to volunteer at county fairs and other similar agricultural events without be-ing required to have a work per-mit, which will make it easier for scout troops, youth ministries and students who participate in 4-H to provide community service. The bill is now P.A. 80.• H.B. 4759 and S.B. 223, spon-

sored by state Rep. Sharon Tyler and state Sen. Mike Kow-all, amend the Commercial Rehabi l i ta -tion Act to expand the definition of

qualified facilities and give local units of government more flexibil-ity to define rehabilitation zones, helping community revitalization efforts. The bills are now P.A.s 81 and 82, respectively. For more information, visit www.legislature.mi.gov.

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Applications for antlerless deer licenses are on sale now through Aug. 15 for $4 at license agents or online at www.michigan.gov/hunt-drawings. Private land licenses for southern Michigan and Deer Man-agement Unit (DMU) 487 in the Northeastern Lower Peninsula are sold without application, however, and may be purchased beginning Sept. 6 at 10 a.m.In all, 756,200 antlerless deer licenses will be available in 2011, a decrease from 776,500 available last year. Statewide, public land licenses increased slightly while private land licenses decreased.Hunters will find more antlerless licenses available in the Upper Peninsula. In 2011, 16 Upper Peninsula DMUs will not have antlerless deer licenses available, compared to 17 DMUs in 2010. In the Northern Lower Peninsula, antlerless permits have decreased somewhat, largely due to fewer licenses available on private land.


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Looking to hone the skills of to-morrow’s business and community

leaders today, the Boyne and three other area chambers of commerce has created a leadership skills class.According to Boyne Area Chamber of C o m m e r c e Executive Di-

rector Jim Baumann, the class ap-plication process is open to anyone in Charlevoix County interested in learning more about government, business, charitable organizations, the arts and more.“I think this is a really great pro-gram,” Baumann said. “It is some-thing that is done in a lot of areas around us – the Petoskey chamber has a really good pro-gram – and we thought it would be something we would like to bring to Charlevoix County.”The Leadership Charle-voix County program is a coopera-tive effort of the Boyne Area Cham-ber as well as Beaver Island, East Jordan and Charlevoix chambers of commerce.Program officials hope to iden-

tify emerging leaders in addition to strengthening their leadership skills while raising awareness about com-munity needs.The program will offer an orienta-tion, monthly day-long classes from September through May, 2012 and a graduation ceremony.Baumann said session topics will include Connecting with Your Gov-ernment; Health and Human Servic-es; Economic Development; Educa-tion Today; Building Your Tool Box; Arts, Culture and Philanthropy; Your Environment and Natural Resources, and Where Do We Go from Here? Each session will cover various skills associated with leadership and will include community leaders, businesses, and projects throughout the county. “We don’t have one big dominant chamber in this county so we all got together to make it happen ,” Bau-mann said. “And, we got a grant from the Charlevoix County Com-

munity Foundation to help kick it off.”Go to www.leadershipcharlevoix-county.com for more information or to apply.“It’s been pointed out that Michigan

loses lots of its young profession-als,” Baumann said. “We’ve got great universities here and half the

students leave after they get their degrees.”He added, “These young professionals are going to be serv-ing on the boards and councils of the future and this class will help develop their skills and

let them know what our (various cit-ies) strengths and weaknesses are.”The cost to attend the class is $750 for any member or employee of a member of any chamber of com-

merce in Charle-voix County; and $850 for every-one else.Call Jim Bau-mann at the Boyne Area Chamber (231) 582-6222, or Mishelle Shooks, program coordinator of Leadership Char-levoix County, at the Charlev-oix Chamber of Commerce, 231-547-2101.


If you’re like most Ameri-cans, the term “debt ceil-ing” probably didn’t mean that much to you until re-cently. Now, of course, the debt ceiling debate is front-page news, day after day. As a citizen, you’re no doubt hoping the situa-tion is resolved in the best

interests of the country. But as an investor, you may be especially concerned about what might happen to your holdings, and your overall investment strategy, if the debt ceiling is not increased by the Aug. 2 deadline.Before you consider how the situation may affect you, let’s quickly review just what is meant by the term “debt ceiling” and what might happen if no agreement is reached. Essentially, the debt ceil-ing is the legal limit on borrowing by the federal government. If Congress doesn’t increase the limit, borrowed funds wouldn’t be available to pay bills, so the U.S. could be forced to default on its debt obliga-tions, which would be un-precedented. No one can really predict what might happen if the debt ceiling isn’t raised, but virtually everyone agrees that it would be an undesir-able outcome. That’s why Congress has, more or less routinely, always raised the

debt ceiling in the past — in fact, it’s been raised every year for the past 10 years. This year, however, politi-cal and philosophical differ-ences between Congressio-nal leaders and the current Administration have, thus far, blocked the lifting of the debt ceiling.Nonetheless, there’s still time for Congress to take action before Aug. 2, which is the estimated date of when temporary actions to avoid default are exhaust-

ed. (The actual debt ceiling was reached in mid-May). And as an individual inves-tor, here’s what you can do:Don’t panic. It’s hard to imagine that an agreement won’t be reached to raise the debt ceiling, even if such a deal doesn’t happen until the last min-ute. But even if the Aug. 2 deadline passes, the U.S. may still find ways to make payments on its debt for a while. So don’t rush into investment decisions based

on this scenario.Overlook short-term re-sults. Even if the U.S. finds ways to pay its debts after the Aug. 2 deadline, lend-ers — who don’t like un-certainty — could become more concerned and start demanding higher interest rates on their investments in U.S. Treasury securities. As a result, market interest rates could rise across the board, leading to declines in bond and stock prices. Remember that the market can drop for any reason, and this would be no exception. While such a drop could well be sharp the resulting distress would likely jolt

Congress into taking quick action on the debt ceiling.Don’t let debts and deficits drive your investment deci-sions. Even after the debt ceiling issue is resolved, concerns will exist about the country’s debt and defi-cit issues. As an investor, you should make invest-ment decisions based on your individual goals, risk tolerance and time horizon rather than the level of debt being incurred by the gov-ernment.The debt ceiling story can certainly be unsettling — but it doesn’t mean you should let the roof fall in on your investment strategy.

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Boyne City writer Monica Farrier wrote, “Mysterious Beasties of the Northwoods: Creatures from North American Folklore,” a new book de-tailing history through folklore. “Those who went to summer camp may remember the fictitious snipe of the ritual ‘snipe hunt,’ but that’s usu-ally about it,” she said. “I thought the other beasties (sic) needed an intro-duction.”Farrier’s interest in folklore and in teaching English as a second lan-guage inspired her to write her new book.“When I was an ESL teacher at … schools in North Carolina, I noticed that my students related to animals,” she said. “Someone may know very little English, but everyone knows what a dog or a cat is – even if they don’t have the English vocabulary to describe it.” Farrier believes the beasties add a new dimension to how a kid can describe an animal or compare it to other ani-mals, thus helping a child learn about new concepts easily. “They are funny, which can help to ease the struggle of learning,” she said. “And, since they are a part of American folklore, they present an opportunity to learn about an aspect of culture.”

Folklore reminds us of what life was like before our time, Far-rier said, so other aspects of history can give a sense of perspective. However, “Mysterious Beasties,” is primarily in-tended to be entertaining and humorous. “I wanted it to be well-researched and credible, but at the same time fun to read,” Farrier said. “We live in challenging times and I think laughter can bring us some relief from our troubles.”Farrier wanted to be a writ-er for as long as she could remember.While at UCLA she ma-jored in English and started attending writing confer-ences in the 1980s.“Later, I went back to graduate school at Eastern Michigan University and completed a MA in Teach-ing English to Speakers of Other Languages in 2004.”Farrier has spent the last ten years collecting the sto-ries for her new book, and some of the stories, she said, were written more than 100 years ago.

“Even the more recent ones record the stories from much earlier times,” Farrier said. “There have been some retellings of the old tales over the years, but from the start I had a differ-ent approach in mind.”She added, “I wanted to depict the beasties in such a way that readers could imagine them still being out there in the woods today.”This is Farrier’s second book that she has written. Her first was a children’s story that also had a regional theme, published in 2001, called, “The Secret of the Cottage Elves.” “It’s about elves that take over the summer cottages when their owners leave in the fall,” she said. “There are several book stores that still carry it.

In fact, now that Mysterious Beasties is also in stores, both books are sell-ing very well.”Farrier will continue to write in the future and expressed her love for children’s stories because of honest feedback from her audience. “They (kids) relate to stories in a way that is fresh and authentic,” she said. “When you love a story you heard or read as a kid you never forget it, and I would like to write something that touches children in a deep way.” Farrier said she she remembers par-ticipating in a book-signing event several years ago when she pub-lished, “Cottage Elves.” At the time, she said, she had left elf hats and binoculars for elf-sightings and even activities that kids could do

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myth that poison ivy rash can be “caught “ from another person. A rash can be caused by touch-ing another person after they have had direct exposure with the plant and there is urushiol present on their skin. It cannot be caught from a person with none of the oil present on their skin. You cannot catch or spread the rash, even if you touch it or the blister fluid, if the urushiol has been washed off or absorbed. It is important to emphasize that this is not a contagious condition. You cannot spread poison ivy simply because you have the rash. If the rash seems to worsen it can still be from the initial exposure to the plant, or you have touched something that has urushiol on it. Coming into contact with large amounts of urushiol often leads to more severe skin reaction. In people who are extremely sensi-tive to the plants, very serious symptoms may occur. It is impor-tant to seek medical help if there are large areas of affected skin, if there is swelling in the face, mouth, neck, genitals, eyelids, or there are numerous large blisters that ooze large amounts of fluid. There is also a risk of secondary infection due to open areas and breaks in the skin either from the rash or from scratching. Never burn poison ivy. Inhaling the smoke can cause severe lung infection and even death from swelling of the throat and airway constriction. If this is a first exposure to the plant, then the rash usually takes more than a week to show up. That rash develops much more quickly after subsequent expo-sures. It often develops 1-2 days after exposure. The rash will then continue to develop in new areas over several days, but it will only appear on areas directly contacted by the oil.The best way to avoid getting

poison ivy is to avoid plants with urushiol. Unfortunately, the plants can look different depend-ing on season and the poison su-mac and poison oak plants look different from poison ivy. In win-ter, the plants can look black, be-cause urushiol turns black when exposed to air. Even when dead, plants will still contain decreased amounts of urushiol oil. Know-ing what the plants look like for a particular geographical area is a good idea. This is a good time to ask a boy scout to show you what the plants look like. Wearing clothes that minimize contact from the plants to your skin is also helpful. Long sleeves, pants that completely cover the legs, socks and boots help protect you from the plants. Careful handling and thorough washing of clothing after being in the woods in also recommended. Many stores carry barrier creams

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Free Colorectal Exam KitsThe American cancer Society recommends regular colorectal cancer screening beginning at age 50. Meyerson says that can be difficult for people who do not have health insurance that covers the cost of screening. So the Health department is offering free at-home colorectal cancer screening kits for men and women age 50 to 64 from Antrim, charlevoix, Emmet, and Otsego counties who are uninsured or whose health insurance does not cover colorectal cancer screening. call the Health department at (800) 432-4121 to check eligibility and request an at-home screening kit.

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levels. Others, still, believe reli-gion is protected from govern-ment intervention such that the-ocracy may, and does, permeate nearly all levels of municipality.In the 1890 case of Davis vs. Beason, Supreme Court Justices stated that breaking the law is no less odious simply because it may be sanctioned by designa-tion as a religious rite.For example: practitioners of voodoo, who engage in animal sacrifice, do so at risk of legal recourse. However, the cruelty to animals clause in municipal code does not apparently apply to some practitioners of Judaism who swing chickens around their

heads in an effort to, as they be-lieve, put all their sins from the past year onto the animal which is then slaughtered.Some beliefs require far more sinister practices. Take, for ex-ample, Christian Scientists; this cult refutes the need for medical attention under any circumstanc-es. The result is many an ill child who has gone to an early grave for lack of basic health care.The belief-based practice of plural marriage, popular among some Mormon, Middle Eastern and African tribes, is also pro-hibited in America.“It was never intended that the first Article of Amendment to the Constitution … should be a pro-tection against legislation for the punishment of acts inimical to the peace, good order and morals

of society,” the justices wrote.Hey, we’ve all got our threshold – a sort of psychological gag re-flex, if you will. After all, while you may find psychic readings silly and plural marriage abhor-rent, I am sickened by the com-pulsory genital mutilation of infants performed by Muslims, Jews and Christians … and by many secularists who don’t want little Johnnie to stand out in a world of the neatly trimmed.Granted, what is acceptable so-cietal practice is subjective and as seemingly arbitrary as histo-ry’s respective cultures them-selves. A quick trip through H.L. M e n c k e n ’ s c e m e t e r y

of hundreds of once popular, though long-deceased, gods and religions proves mere consen-sus an inadequate basis for law or morality; take, for example, the followers of Quetzalcoatl whose “belief” was their excuse for slaughtering 25,000 virgins a year to their Mexican god. Some say belief-based morality is the superior basis for all laws, but that has not shown remotely true when one considers human-ity’s myriad failings.The list of belief-based atroc-ity is exhausting: Islamic jihad,

Catholic Inquisition, Russian po-groms, ethnic cleansing of Mus-lims in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the murder of Christians by Roman polytheists, mass murders com-mitted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda … the list goes on and on. No doubt the peaceful and equi-table existence of human society demands certain limits be placed on human liberties; but, when those actions and imaginings are innocuous, we should persevere to err on the side of liberty.That is my belief.

and former small-time actor. With a flourish, Adams crowned Strang and declared him king of his Bea-ver Island Mormon kingdom. As the ceremony closed the crowd cheered, “Long live James, King of Zion!”The scene was certainly one of the most bizarre in Great Lakes’ History the makeshift royal trap-pings against the primitive island life, the voices echoing out over a frontier kingdom where the only other inhabitants were a handful of traders, fishermen and Indi-ans. But quirky as it was, the six-year reign of the man born Jesse James Strang (later, he switched his first and middle names to be-come James Jesse) was more than a strange sideshow in history.Strang can’t be explained simply as a fanatic with illusions of roy-alty. On one hand, he was a ma-nipulator who stopped at almost nothing to fulfill his theocratic desires. On the other, he was a brilliant writer, debater, politician and thinker who served honorably during two terms in the Michigan Legislature. He opposed slavery, was fair to Native Americans and allowed women and, in at least one case, a black man to hold high offices in his church.

Even within Mormonism debate remains over Strang’s rightful place in history. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has written him off as an irritat-ing charlatan. Yet 150 years af-ter his death, some 300 Strangite Mormons still hail him as the true successor to Mormon leadership following the death of Mormon founder Joseph Smith in 1844. Roger Van Noord, author of As-sassination of a Michigan King, which is regarded as the most authoritative account to date of Strang’s life, sums Strang up as, “a magnificent scoundrel.”It’s true that Strang had to have brains and cunning to create the only monarchy ever established on United States soil, but his cho-sen place also helped him. He found in Northern Michigan a region ripe for exploitation. His kingdom’s island location was in the middle of a burgeoning Great Lakes economy, yet from Man-istee to Marquette there weren’t more than 500 eligible voters. He quickly understood that if he could build a sizeable community that voted in unison, he could control local and regional government.Strang needed a following. To de-velop one, he contested Brigham Young for the leadership of the Mormon Church after the death of its founder, Joseph Smith. That

Strang was, for a period, Young’s chief rival is a remarkable achieve-ment considering Strang had only been a Mormon for five months when the June 1844 assassination of Smith by non-Mormons threw his church into turmoil.Strang, a 31-year-old attorney and a card-carrying Baptist who’d flirted with atheism, traveled from his home in Burlington, Wiscon-sin, to the Mormon headquarters of Nauvoo, Illinois, in the winter of 1844. He stayed several weeks long enough to become a baptized Mormon and an ordained elder of the church. What motivated him to make such an abrupt conversion to Joseph Smith’s new and contro-versial religion? Strang could have been seeking solace. He and his wife, Mary, had recently lost their eldest daughter to a brief illness—a tragedy that had come on the heels of their move to Wisconsin from their home in Western, New York. Strang was acquainted with the religion through Mary’s Mor-mon relatives in Burlington. One of them, Aaron Smith, accompa-nied him to Nauvoo.But Strang also could have been scheming to fulfill a lifelong de-sire for grand authority. Strang’s four biographers, Van Noord in-cluded, have all sought insight in a diary Strang kept as a young man. The entries (some of which were

written in code and deciphered more than 100 years later by his grandson, Mark Strang) show a bright, frustrated mind longing to make the mark of a Caesar or a Napoleon. At one point, Strang confesses to daydreaming of a plot

to marry Princess Victoria. “My mind has always been filled with dreams of royalty and power,” he wrote.Look for Part II of this series in next week’s edition of the Boyne City Gazette.

I suspect he saw me staring his way as he rose and come out to greet me. We talked about the resem-blance and he told me how much it had bothered his father that he, the son, had grown taller and big-ger than his dad. But then, that is so often the case in this day. My grandsons are all taller and larger men than their fathers were. Our Nancy is taller than I am and her niece, my granddaughter Laura is taller than both of us – each gen-eration has gained at least an inch. And I was considered unusually tall at 5-foot, nine inches in my youth. I suspect the regulation height of six-foot, eight inches for doorways used for so many years by builders will become a thing of the past. It already has disappeared in many public buildings. Seven-foot and even eight-foot door openings are becoming common. More and more shopping is done on

line as time passes by. Perhaps it is the congeniality and help I find in Boyne City’s stores that causes me to do very little online shopping. I am at my computer every day but for writing and research. Once in a great while I will web hunt for infor-mation about a product and where it is available. Admittedly what I seek may not be found here in our small burg, but such a possibility is rare. I am constantly amazed at the great variety of goods that is here at our fingertips. Add to this the beau-ty of the trees, flowers and walk-ways that wrap themselves into and around our shopping area which, although it has expanded both north and south off its main area on Wa-ter Street remains edged with the beautiful water and shore of Lake Charlevoix, the banks of the Boyne river and all its peaceful parks. With two ice-cream shops only steps away there is always that invi-tation to take a few minutes to sit on a park bench while happily enjoy-ing a cone and watching summer evolve right before your eyes.

The recent thunder boats were such an addition to this opportunity that Ray and I found ourselves content to spend a number of hours in the midst of it all. And that night, dur-ing the Stroll the Streets festivi-ties in the SOBO District we were transfixed with a group of musi-cians which played at the corner of South Lake and Main Street. The air was permeated with the feeling of peace and pleasure. While listening I found myself engrossed in car watching. I was transfixed as one after the other au-tos of all makes and designs slowly passed by. One three-wheeler was so unique I wanted it to park so I could examine it more. There were antiques and the latest models, one passing after another. An ancient Rolls-Royce drove by like a moun-tain in comparison to its compan-ions. It was of a lasting beauty. The easy moving breeze off the cold lake water found itself up into the town and without intrusion brought to each of the evening’s spectators the perfect air-conditioning as they

strolled the sidewalks until dusk enveloped. Someone that evening observed, “This little town has re-ally changed in the last 10 years. I can’t believe how much.”I nodded in agreement but disagreed mentally. Boyne City has been in the act of changing since its first days. The dirt streets, sidewalks, non in-sulated wood frame homes, rock foundations and Michigan base-ments with their dirt floors, outdoor biffys and artesian wells have all but been replaced. Ed called Boyne the miracle of vinyl siding and I had to agree. To me it was the national observance of our country’s 200th birthday in 1976 that prompted its residents, businesses and commu-nity groups to begin the beautifica-tion of its streets, water front, parks and private yards. I am certain no other town in this great country has done a more thorough and beauti-ful job, no matter its size and re-sources. I have been impressed at the bit of reforestation that has been accomplished throughout the downtown as a result of the small

tornado which passed through just a few years back taking down a swath of trees.We are so fortunate to have the leadership we do in both the city government and our chamber of commerce. Over the years they have had and remain working with a vision that maintains those qualities about our town which generate these fantas-tic feelings of pride and satisfaction we share as well as the enjoyment that is with us all. How have they done it? I believe as the old adage charges: “Taking a stitch when it is needed has saved us all from having to roll up our sleeves and plunge in to mend the mistakes lack of foresight so often generates. It is then that the proverbial ‘nine’ stitches must be taken; wasting both time and money.”The long range planning, the goals set and maintained are all guaran-tees that Boyne City’s tomorrows will continue to make it an admired and unique town.


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Even 150 years after his death, some Mormons hail James Strang as the true successor of Mormon leadership.

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Art ENtrIESArtists are asked to submit their artwork in all media reflecting Portraits of People and Pets to the Boyne Arts Collective (BAC), 210 S Lake Street, Boyne City. Artists may enter the pieces of this theme and deliver the art any weekend be-tween 1 and 4 PM. The Exhibit will be juried and set on Aug 8 and Aug 10. The public open-ing is on Friday, August 15 at 5 P.M. in conjunction with Boyne’s Stroll the Streets.Art must be labeled with artist, title, media, size, and price. If it is 2 dimensional art, it must have a wire attached for hanging. Please fill out a membership ap-plication. For current BAC mem-bers, there is no fee for entering art in the show. Artists are in-vited to attend the reception for meeting the public and explain-ing the inspiration for the por-trait. Artwork featuring People and Pets will be displayed dur-ing the month of August. Please pick up any artwork shown in previous exhibits. Call June Storm, curator, at (231) 582-1745 or e-mail [email protected] or go to boynearts.org.

ALL SUMMEr LONGStrOLL tHE StrEEtS

Free music, refreshments, shop-ping and more every Friday throughout the summer in downtown Boyne City.July 29Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23

NOW - AUG. 24tAI CHI CLASSES

Summer Tai Chi Classes Wednes-days in the downstairs commu-nity room at the Boyne District Library.Cost is $5 each class, open to everyone. Call Meg (231) 582-7689 Email - [email protected]

JULy 27NCMC

GrOUND-BrEAKING

North Central Michigan Col-lege will hold a groundbreak-ing ceremony on Wednesday, July 27, to mark the start of a $10.4 million c o n s t r u c t i o n project to build a new Health Education and Science Center and renovate existing sci-ence classroom space. The event will take place at 11:30 a.m. on the east side of the Pe-toskey campus. The public is in-vited to attend.Since the proj-ect was an-nounced in

June 2010, the college’s foun-dation has received gifts and pledges totaling $4,650,000 to-ward its goal of $5.2 million to fund half of the cost. Revenue bonds will be used to cover the remainder.When construction is complet-ed in approximately 18 months, the college will have 23,000 square feet of new space for science labs, classrooms and offices, and 17,000 square feet of renovated space for nursing and allied health programs. The investment will greatly expand North Central’s ability to train students for careers in health care and provide basic educa-tion for students planning to continue their studies in the sci-ences elsewhere.North Central Michigan Col-lege is an open-door commu-nity college based in Petoskey. Through its University Center partnerships, students can take courses leading to certificates, bachelor’s and master’s degrees from participating universities. North Central’s Institute for Busi-ness & Industry Training offers

non-credit job skills training tai-lored to meet individual needs. In addition to its main campus in Petoskey, North Central of-fers classes, academic advising, testing and other services in Cheboygan, Gaylord and East Jordan.

JULy 27CHILDrEN’S MAtINEE

A special Children’s Matinee at Aten Place will present na-tionally acclaimed storyteller La’Ron Williams for a 2 p.m. per-formance on Wednesday July 27th. Aten Place is located 1/2 mile south of Cherry Hill Road on Old Mackinaw Trail in Boyne Falls. Tickets are $3 for children and $5 for adults. This special mati-nee show will begin at 2 p.m. Refreshments will be provided following the performance.

JULy 28-31FLyWHEELErS

Antique Flywheelers Show, U.S. 131 in Walloon Lake


BOYNE AREA EVENTSGEt ArtSy At BAC

Artists meet weekly at Boyne Arts Collective (BAC), 210 S Lake Street, South Gallery. Thursdays from 12:30 until 4 PM join other artists to paint, draw, sculpt or other art choices. An indoor area is provided, there is no cost or requirement to be a BAC mem-ber. Bring supplies, a snack, and beverage and enjoy conversa-tion while learning from other artists. View both galleries filled with art while at BAC.

ALL SUMMErFrEE LUNCH &

BrEAKFASt FOr KIDSFree meals, that meet federal nutrition guidelines, are pro-vided to all children 18 years and younger at approved The SFSP Site Locator Map can be found at www.mcgi.state.mi.us/schoolnutrition or at the Sum-mer Food Service Program web-site at www.michigan.gov/sfspWhere to find breakfast and lunch locally:• East Jordan ElementaryBreakfast 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Lighthouse Missionary Church HallBreakfast 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Ellsworth Community SchoolBreakfast 8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.Lunch Noon - 1 p.m.Call (231) 536-0053, ext. 5110 for more information.

Polymer Clay & Crafts Guild Forming

The Polymer Clay & Crafts Guild of Northwest Michigan is form-ing locally and welcomes those interested in working with poly-mer clay and other arts and crafts forms. If you have a skill to teach or would like to take classes, or if you would like to be notified of upcoming events, please submit your contact information on the Guild web site at http://polymer-clayguild.homestead.com. Inquiries may also be sent via mail to P.O. Box 862, Boyne City, MI 49712.

American Legion Fundraiser

Boyne City’s American Legion, Er-nest Peterson Post 228, is selling 2011 calendars to raise funds for future scholarship programs for area students. Funds will also be used to support area service men and women cur-rently serving, both overseas and stateside, and for local Legion programs. Calendars, which are being sold for $10 each, will be available from many post members, at the post, 302 South Lake St. during Tuesday night Bingo hours or by contacting Brian Morrison, com-mittee chair, at (231) 330-4990. We thank you for your support of your local American Legion.

Free mammograms offered at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital

Northern Michigan Regional Hos-pital Foundation and the Health Department of Northwest Michi-gan are partnering to offer free mammograms, not just in Octo-

ber, but year-round. October is Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month, however, these mammograms are offered year-round while funds are available. If you are or know a female, age 40 – 64, who is under-insured or without health insurance, call 866.487.3100 to schedule an appointment.

BingoTuesday Bingo Game Boyne City American Legion 302 South Lake St. 582-7811 Come join your friends and neighbors for an inexpensive, and maybe profitable, evening of fun, enter-tainment and relaxation. Play 39 games with 51 bingosTraditional Pick your own hard cardsPaper specials + Michigan Pro-gressive Jackpot. The venue is smoke-free. The Early Birds start at 6pm and Finish 9:45p.m. Food concessions are available.

Memorial FundraiserVeterans Memorial group selling bricks and calendarsThe Boyne City Area War Memo-rial Committee is now selling Vet-erans Memorial Bricks as a fund-raiser to create a new sidewalk at the Memorial in Veterans Park on the Boyne City lakefront. Two brick sizes are available - 8-by-8-inch bricks are $90 and can include up to 90 characters to recognize a veteran; 4-by-4-inch bricks are $45 and include up to 45 characters. To purchase a brick or make a do-nation, contact George Lasater at 231-582-7001 or Bill Bricker at 549-3708. The memorial committee is also offering a War Memorial Calendar to raise funds for ongoing main-tenance of the site. Calendars features photos of the memorial benches and are sold for $15. To purchase a 2012 calendar, con-tact Dean Kleinschrodt at 549-8000.

Want to lose weight?Come join us for support.TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at the Church of the Naza-rene 225 West Morgan St. Boyne City, on Monday morning at 10 a.m. For more information call Ev-elyn at (231) 582-9495

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

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LegacyCeltic band “Legacy” will perform traditional Irish music at 7:30 p.m. on July 30 at Aten Place.

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JULy 28DANCIN’ IN tHE StrEEt

Along the 300 block of Lake Street, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

JULy 29SLEEp CENtEr OpEN HOUSE

The public is invited to tour the Northern Michigan Regional Hospital Sleep Center at its new Petoskey location. The open house will include guided tours of the home-like atmosphere, technology dem-onstrations, and refreshments.For more information, please call (231) 487-5337 or (866) 775-3372.

JULy 30CELtIC MUSIC

The Celtic band Legacy will bring their traditional and origi-nal Irish music to the Aten Place stage on Saturday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. Legacy is a three-piece band comprised of Don Penzien on guitar, bodhran, and whistles, Val-erie Plested on fiddle and Brian Hart on vocals. Aten Place is located 1/2 mile south of Cherry Hill Road on Old Mackinaw Trail in Boyne Falls. Tickets are $25 for two and $15 for singles. Tickets go on sale at 6:30 pm the day of the concert, with performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. Ad-vanced tickets and schedule details avail-able by visit-ing www.aten-place.com.

JULy 30HUMANE SO-

CIEty rUNDogs, humans will “Run for their Lives” on July 30Run for their Lives, a new 5k run/walk event where you can walk or run with your dog on a leash, will be held at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, July 30. The race is a fund-raiser for the Charlevoix Area Humane

Society. Helping the Humane Society organize the race is Barb Bryant, who also organizes Boyne City’s Independence Day Run on July 4th. The race begins and ends on Front Street behind the Boyne Area Chamber office, and the course runs out and back along the lakefront. Entry fee is $20 in advance or $25 or race day and $10 for kids 12 and under. Registration and pre-registered packet pick-up will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 29, behind the Chamber office. Race day registration in the same location will begin at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. T-shirts are guaranteed to the first 200 entries. Awards will go to the top 3 male and female (human and canine) finishers in these age groups: 12 and un-der, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 and over. Water, fruit and other refreshments will be provided. For information, con-tact Barb Bryant by email at [email protected].

JULy 29 - AUG. 31tALL SHIp rEtUrNS

The Pride of Baltimore II tall ship

will be returning to Boyne City the weekend of July 29-31. Ship tours will be available daily at a charge of $5 for adults; children 12 and under are free. Two-hour daily sails around Lake Charle-voix will be available at $50 for adults and $30 for ages 6 to 12; reservations can be made on-line or by calling 888-557-7433. Opportunities for business or group receptions, both sailing and dockside, are also avail-able; for information visit www.pride2.org or call Wally Kidd at 231-439-2800 or 231-838-2700 (cell).

Aug. 4 Business After Hours

The BAH will be hosted by Boyne Rapids Adventure Golf, 1231 S. M-75, at 5:30 p.m.

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AUG. 6rIDE tHE CHArx

Bike ride around Lake Charlev-oix, Veterans Park

AUG. 13SUMMEr CELEBrAtION

This event includes a street fes-tival with music, Farmers Market and more from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

AUG. 13-14ANtIqUE AUtO SHOW &

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DANCIN’ IN tHE StrEEtLocated along the 300 Block of

Lake Street, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

SEpt. 3LABOr DAy CAr SHOW

This even is located in Veterans Park

SEpt. 4LABOr DAy DrAG rACES

The Boyne City Police Depart-ment’s annual drag racing event is held at the Boyne City Airport.

OCt. 1HArVESt FEStIVAL

This event features farmers mar-ket, music and more along Wa-ter Street in downtown Boyne City.


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Babcock honoredNorth Central Michigan College physical plant staff member Tim “T.J.” Babcock has been honored for his behind-the-scenes work for the Red Cedar Writing Project conducted on the college campus this summer. Tim was honored by the project’s 15 participants for his “over and above” service as he helped with room needs and setup, comfort and convenience. Pictured (from left) are Jeff Gardner, director of physical plant, John Slifka, custodial supervisor, T.J. Babcock, Cameron Brunet-Koch, Ph.D., president, and Phil Millard, vice chair of the college’s board of trustees.

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years. In March of 2009, North-ern Michigan Regional Health System entered into an agreement with Spectrum Health to explore potential affiliation. Negotiations were terminated in July of 2010 due to the identification of signifi-cant differences. The board recently identified McLaren Health Care as a possible strategic partner based on similar culture, values, size, and scope of the organization, along with the potential for growth as part of a larger regional system. McLaren Health Care has been ranked in the top 25 integrated health care systems in the United States for the last 10 years. With more than $4.0 billion in annual revenue in 2010 along with double “A” credit ratings from both Moody's Investor Services and Fitch Rat-ings, McLaren Health Care has sustained a revenue growth rate of 20 percent per year for nearly 20 years.

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