Mike Woods of the Northwest Michi-gan Council of Governments gave Charlevoix County Commissioners the 2011 asset management report for Charlevoix preceded by Jim Vanek of the Charlevoix County Road Com-mission who gave a state of the Char-levoix County roads update.Vanek said the Michigan Legislature mandated beginning in 2003 that MDOT must form an asset manage-ment council to establish guidelines and procedures for rating all federal aid roads in the State of Michigan.“We started in 2004 with rating all our federal aid roads in the county. We have about 227 total miles – that in-cludes the state highway too,” he said.

Nearly 80 miles of that consists of state highway.Federal aid roads means they qualify for construction funds from the fed-eral gasoline tax.

The roads are rated on a scale of 1 to 10 with “1” being the worst and in need of total reconstruction.

The Charlevoix County Road Commission, sheriff office and transit system are seeking a federal grant to house their ve-hicles on Beaver Island.A Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recov-ery (TIGER) grant is being sought and would be used to build a 12,000-square-foot facility on four-acres of prop-erty which may be donated by Peaine and St. James Town-ships.“There’s a lot that goes into this grant. You have to do a cost-benefit analysis … and the surprising thing from the cost-benefit analysis is it takes a lot of things into account like re-garding idle time of your vehi-cles,” said Charlevoix County Road Commission Engineer James Vanek. “Transit and the sheriff’s office do not have a facility to house their vehicles in so in the winter time there’s warm up time with the vehicles and of course that delays any type of emergency response.”Vanek said the benefit out-weighs the cost within two years of construction.There is no local match re-quired, but if the county put up matching local funds it could improve the chances to obtain the grant.Vanek said $720,000 is the de-sired amount for the county to put up as matching funds.Charlevoix County Under-sheriff Chuck Vondra said the building will definitely benefit the sheriff’s office.Charlevoix County Transit Di-

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Charlevoix County Commissioners dubious over a $1,700 check for grant-writ-ing services identified dur-ing the Jan. 11, regular board meeting can rest easy.Several of the commission-ers were taken aback when they discov-

ered Charlevoix County Clerk Cherie Browe had been paid $1,700 for her work on securing a nearly $48,000 remonumentation grant in late 2011, but according to Charlevoix County Surveyor Lawrence Feindt, it was he who allocated the funding to Browe as is allowed under Michigan State law.“There is no question I did that,” he said in a telephone interview on Fri-day Jan. 13. “She didn’t even know what was going on with that particu-lar item.”That may explain Browe’s apparent confusion over why she was paid the money when questioned by com-missioners during the meeting.“As far as I’m concerned, it wasn’t usual and so I asked questions about it,” said Charlevoix County Com-missioner Shirlene Tripp (R-District 1), following the meeting, who ini-tially questioned the check which was listed in the county agenda packet. “In Northern Michigan it just seems like we have an awful lot of embezzling going on – the month before, I questioned why so many checks were going to Charter.”She added, “I really didn’t mean to hang her (Browe) out to dry. I have no doubt it will be straightened out.”

Boyne’s own extreme skier Ty Well-man will be back in Northern Michi-gan for a high-flying competition at the end of this month.Wellman, who has been skiing since he was 11 years old, is excited to see his friends, family and compete at one of the hills where he spent so many hours practicing.“We’re excited to be able to see him compete because we’re not able to travel all that much to watch him,” said Ty’s dad Jeff Wellman.Those looking to support Ty will be able to spot him by the pink bandan-as he wears in honor of his mother who has been fighting stage-four breast cancer for several years.“I’ve only competed once at Gay-lord, but I did train a lot on the half-pipe at the Otsego Club,” Ty said. “I’m feeling a little confident just because of the home-field advan-tage.”The 2012 USSA Revolution Tour will be in Gaylord from Jan. 30

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Elks snub RamblersBoyne City Rambler Keegan Lablance, #33, defies gravity as he goes up for a shot against Elk Rapids last Tuesday Jan. 10. Elk Rapids beat Boyne City 61-54.

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Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012Volume 3, Issue 21 • Seek the Truth, Serve the Citizens • 1.00$No. 125

Rocket man comes homeBenjamin gohs

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Citizens, business owners and community leaders gathered on Thursday Jan. 12, to discuss the overall goals they would like to see achieved over the next couple of years in Boyne City.Boyne City Manager Michael Cain opened the event with a run-down of the previous goal-setting session from a couple years ago and what type, if any, progress has been made on those goals.“I look around with what I see as balanced growth – it hasn’t all happened in one sector,” he said of the highest priority, which was job creation and retention. “Over-

all, with what’s going on with the economy, I think we did fairly well with that.”Cain said a number of new busi-nesses have stayed, with several more businesses planning to open in the near future.The Dilworth Hotel was a top pri-ority and Cain said a lot of prog-ress has been made, but there is much work yet to be done.The Boyne Beach Club property, Cain said, has seen minor prog-ress and so too has broadband ac-cess.The DDA plan has been renewed and extended which, Cain said, helped set the tone for positive

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It’s still a couple months from spring training, but several locals shared their memories of summer softball and their time with the Hor-ton Bay Generals.For many years the people of Horton Bay harbored those same thoughts as the Horton Bay Gen-erals began preparation for their Men’s slow pitch softball season.“The people in Horton Bay just loved the team,” said former team member Henry “Beano” Archey.The Horton Bay Generals team was formed in 1976 and managed by Jon Hartwell (deceased) until their change of venue in the early 1980s. “They would have parties at Jon

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The Boyne City Commission re-viewed the status of complaints re-lating to the Kirtland Products wood pellet manufacturing facility during the regular Tuesday Jan. 10, meet-ing.Boyne City Planning Director Scott McPherson gave commissioners an overview of the situation before audience members spoke for and against the company.“Since the start of production of Kirtland Products we have had com-plaints about the operation,” he said. “While most of the complaints we have had in regards to noise there have also been concerns raised about odors and dust. In the Boyne City Zoning Ordinance the perfor-mance standards 21.78 addresses noise, odor, dust – similar types of nuisances. In addition the city also has a noise ordinance which specifi-cally addresses motors, fans, dryers, similar mechanisms, similar to what Kirtland has at their facility.”McPherson added, “It does seem pretty clear that they are in violation of that ordinance.”McPherson said the city has been in contact with Kirtland to ensure they are aware of the issues.“To their credit they have seemed to be proactive and sincere in their efforts to resolve these issues. How-ever, the impact is ongoing and it is unacceptable at certain levels and it does need to be remedied as soon as possible,” McPherson said. “If they do continue to violate the ordinances the city does have the ability to is-sue civil infractions or to request en-forcement orders.”Representatives from Kirtland Prod-ucts were in attendance.Audience members were instructed to keep their comments to five min-utes or fewer.“We are aware of the complaints and

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photo by chris fauLknorChristopher Fair (right) and Jeffre Kelts show off an old Horton Bay gen-erals jersey from their playing days decades ago.

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The citizens committee dealing with the Kirtland noise issue met Thursday March 15 to discuss proposals solicited from consul-tants sought to help identify so-lutions concerns over the wood pellet manufacturer located in Boyne’s Air Industrial Park.The committee received two“solid” responses out of 15 requests.Committee member Laurie Lea-man said the proposals were “quite divergent” in the scope of what they wanted to do and what it would cost to do so.“An environmental company isn’t going to be dealing with noise. Noise is dealt with by local ordi-nances mostly,” she said. “Where-as the dust problem is more of a traditional environmental issue.”Both proposals focused on the emissions in determining the odor.The committee then discussed whether to hold the meeting open to the public.“Well, we have a tape recorder right here and it’s going to go to somebody and they’re going to write a story,” said Kirtland noise

issue citizens committee board Chairman Hugh Conklin.One of the committee members asked what the city’s general pro-cedure is as it pertains to review-ing proposals.

Kirtland Products CEO Leon Tupper said he had no objections

to keeping the meeting open to the public.The committee had scheduled a phone conference call with one of the companies submitting a pro-posal.The committee discussed going

Noise committee reviews bids

How do Charlevoix’s roads rate?

What began on May 11,2011, with a Petoskey News-Review request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) resulted in nearly 10 months of legal wrangling and an ultimate judgment in favor of the newspaper for two of the six e-mails they had sought.In his March 9 written opinion, Emmet County Circuit Judge Charles W. Johnson ruled that the denial of portions of some of the documents requested of Char-levoix County Prosecutor John Jarema and Charlevoix County Commissioner Chris Christensen by the Petoskey News-Review (PNR) was inappropriate.“Based upon the court’s rulings herein, plaintiff (PNR) has pre-vailed, but only in part,”Johnson wrote. There were three FOIA requests in all.“The county prevailed in total on not having to release the four personal e-mails, not releasing the entire e-mail on the real es-tate matter until after the trial and they do not have to release the personnel matter at all,” Jarema said. “This whole fiasco started on a hunch from the reporter (Sheri McWhirter/PNR) after she misquoted Mr. Christensen about what he was doing during a meeting and then PNR stated that if we were communicating during a meeting we were poten-tially violating the open meetings act … which is an impossibility.”However,according to the PNR, this was a win for the public’s right to know.

County FOIAruling mixed

Commissioners vote 5-1 to apply for grants on the second phase of the Boyne City-Charlevoix non-motorized trail

The Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners held a second public hearing on the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Grant application for the second phase of the Boyne City-Char-levoix Road non-motorized trail during its regular meeting on Wednesday March 14.Bay Township resident Bob Tay-lor inquired as to the costs and

sizing dimensions of the proposed trail section.“You just don’t have a complete thing for us to take a look at as the public for us to see if our in-vestment’s even worth what your doing,” Taylor said. “What in the world are we putting in for that amount of money? I don’t agree with the grant if I don’t know what you’re spending the money on.”Charlevoix County Parks and Recreation Director Ross Max-well said the grant application for the DNR Trust Fund Grant is for $300,000 with a total project cost of $2.9 million.The grant application must be made by April 2.The transportation enhancement

Trail Phase II OK’d

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Business Consultant Kirk Jabara and Kirtland COO Tom Monley took part in the March 15, Kirtland noise issue citizens committee meeting.

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Charlevoix County Road Commission Engineer James Vanek and Mike Woods of the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments give commis-sioners an overview of how the county’s roads rate.

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When one is a resident of Boyne City the weather is an in-e s c a p a b l e companion. The often repeated say-ing, “If you

don’t like the weather just wait fif-teen minutes and it will change,” is closer to the truth than seems likely. Our entire winter season has been such an example of the “not what we could have expected or predicted” with its lack of snow and its usual benefits, beauty and shoveling. I began my life in mid-Ohio and then traveled northward to the To-ledo area to live until I married. Winter was a time of cold weather yet very little snow. Often what did fall soon melted to become mud. There was little breath-taking beauty. Winter sports were limited to ice-skating and sled-ding or tobogganing. I have vivid memories of sliding down the long hill in our backyard and out onto the ice of the Maumee River in mother’s big roasting pan when I was a pre-schooler. She had managed to create a straight path through the trees that grew along the way. And there was the time, as a thirteen year old I, with three friends managed to crash into

a tree doing the same thing but on a toboggan. We all came out of the crash better than it did.Because of WWII and my husband’s involvement in it we lived in Fresno, California for over three years in the very center of the San Juan Valley. There amidst thousands of acres of grape vines (future raisins not wine) I experienced weather that was the opposite of Boyne’s. It only rained ‘in season’ and then for days on end. During those days the skies were a dull, dark gray from horizon to ho-rizon. Most of each year was com-prised of endless days of bright, hot sunshine, however. The temperature often climbed into the 120s and one lived an in-door life unless your occupation was an outdoor one. Errands were accomplished by 10 a.m. Drippy air-conditioners made life possible. Snow could be seen in the mountains to the east but never experienced as gasoline rationing made it impossible to reach. Clouds were never seen. My second experience in a winter-less land came a few years later when Ed returned to serve in the Air Force on the island of Guam in the Pacific. The children and I tagged along. Truly a tropical world of spi-der infested jungle it too was a land of heat. Very different from central California the thirty-five mile long

bit of sand and rocky mountains did experience weather in the form of unexpected rain squalls which rolled in off the ocean and across the island in a hit or miss sort of manner. Small, it was not unusual to be on one side of a street getting drenched and while those on the other would remain dry.It was then I learned what it is to live in such a hot climate. Everything simply shut down during the heat of the day. It was useless to try to ac-complish anything. The population slept for a couple of hours. Those of us living on the air base did this also, whenever possible. It quickly became a habit. I came to under-stand why those countries which band themselves around the earth’s equator are viewed as slow or back-wards. When one is made lethargic with heat there is little choice of a different life style. A sluggish mind can’t get into gear to discover DNA or invent the Ipod. Even children of all ages experience this need for rest mid-day in such countries. Imagine what this does to the school room. To this day I refuse to nap unless one is required. That is unless it gets into the high nineties here on some sum-mer day!As a family we traveled north to Boyne City a few years before we ever dreamed it would become our

home. We came to ski. Our first venture out onto a hillside without a sled, it was anticipated with great excitement. Those were in the days in the fifties when skiers often rented rooms in a local home. The one we stayed in was a huge place in the south end of the town. During the night of our arrival night our one of our four children came down with the chick-enpox. My week was spent with him in the house while Ed and my brother taught the other three to ski. But I do remember the snow. Back in those years Boyne City found itself deep in the white stuff. Not just an inch or so, as this past winter until that last heavy blast just a couple of weeks ago.The ability to predict incoming weather has changed so in my life time thanks to the advance of in-strumentation and research. Re-cords are kept and studied and no longer are sayings such as “Red in the morning, sailors take warning; red at night, sailors delight;” or rains from the east last three days and so on necessary. Gardens aren’t planted according to the phase of the moon as they were for years. Yet, despite all these improvements, here in Boyne City the weather can and will change at the drop of the hat. But March always brings a world of

its own to Boyne City’s land of win-ter. It often features bits and pieces of our whole year. And this March is beyond belief with its heavy snow, the arrival of the robin, the Lake Charlevoix’s disappearing ice and an 80+ degree day. I suspect of the four only the robin will stay.

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It’s march, but looking out the window, I just don’t see it.this is the season for the snow to slowly melt, but it’s gone.the tempera-tures are slowly going to climb - this doesn’t seem

slow at all.I haven’t checked the sundial, but it’s possible that it’s not even technically spring.It would appear that we’ve gotten an early start on the warm months of the year.We may not know why, and it may not be read-ily apparent, but we’ve been given an opportu-nity - I, for one, plan to take it.so with that said, here are a few new-season goals for me.I encourage all of you to set some as well, espe-cially with the difficulty of travel now behind us.by the way, I joked back in november about how many times I would get stuck in the driveway - the count stands (and hopefully ends) at 13.so, with that said, chris’s first “not-really-spring-but-feels-like-it” goal?1. Walk anywhere possible - I don’t really enjoy driving, and let’s face it - I’m not exactly muscu-lar, fit, or in-shape by any definition.I could use some exercise, so you might see me pushing newspapers in a handcart of some sort, you make see me walking a sales kit down the

street, and you might even observe this thin reporter walking his way to city hall for a meet-ing.try not to hit me, and if you’re feeling daring, walk to your next destination too.2. Get some sun - I don’t expect to be tan.I’m not hoping to be like the guy on the sun-screen bottle with the bronze skin and the manly physique.that said, I don’t plan on being pasty-white all summer either.It would be nice if I had enough color that I didn’t get burnt through the window while sit-ting at my desk.you won’t see me laying on the beach, but let’s hope I find myself outside a little more.3. Garden - I used to be quite the gardener.I mainly worked with flowers - some petunias here, a few forget-me-nots, snap dragons, and even a snowball tree I got at home Depot for $10.99 one year.With the absence of free time, some of this went by the wayside, and I hope to get it back.look for some flowers when you drive by my part of town - check the bottoms, hopefully they’re firmly planted in some sort of dirt and not sitting in a nice vase purchased down the hall.4. Visit every business - not a phone call, not a card in the mail, I plan to get out and visit all of you.look for me going up and down the street, stick your head out the door, and say “hello.”I hope to see everyone out there in the sun, have a great week!

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Sunshine Week officially ended on St. Patrick's Day, and I know what you're thinking: “Why do I, John Q. Public and Mary Jane Citizen give a hairy rat's hiney about Sunshine Week?”You may also be thinking: “How can I still be hung over from Sat-urday?” But, that's a completely different issue.To be sure, the observance of Sunshine Week tends to be something only bleary-eyed journalists get excited about. After all, getting hold of infor-mation and disseminating it to the public puts food on our tables and moderately priced scotch in our glasses. And, normally we would sim-ply run a house ad informing the gentle readers of the Boyne City Gazette that this week was a re-minder that it is our solemn and vital duty to seek the truth so we can better serve the citizens, but in light of recent events involv-ing the public's right to know at both the county and city levels, I was compelled to go one further.It took a court case to determine

that some information held by county officials should be re-leased to the public while some should not. And, a rather lengthy discussion preceded the deci-sion to hold the first meeting of the Kirtland noise issue citizens committee open to the public ... and then another discussion at that meeting to determine if they should remain open to the pub-lic.Obviously opinions on these two separate matters differ greatly from person to person, but during both instances I had conversations with parties who have very different ideas of what the public's right to know truly should be.Some believe government op-erates best in a fog. Over and over again the implication, by a few, was made that the only way people could have an open and honest discussion regarding the Kirtland noise issue is if it were had behind closed doors.I disagree. Further, if you are the type of person who is unwilling to dis-cuss your true feelings in public then you have no business serv-ing any official capacity, and I

question the judgment and mo-tivation of anyone who feels the public is a mere bystander be-fore municipal machinations.In my time I have seen many a man, afire with the spirit of open-ness while running for office, who turned cold and secretive once elected. There exists a very real “us verses them” mentality in governance, from the small-est board to the most prestigious congressional sub-committee.Fortunately, despite the ef-forts of some to the contrary, the overwhelming majority of the Kirtland citizens committee members ruled that the meetings should be open except in cases where more harm than good would come from doing so in public.The committee members who chose to keep those meetings open did more than simply earn goodwill with the press. They helped ensure information from this very public matter remains open to the public. After all, some of the committee members are paid by public funds. At least some of the monies that will be

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POLICE & COURT REPORTSMonday, March 5

1:11am Assist Petoskey DPS with vehicle chase on Camp Daggett Rd3:21am Motorist assist on State St near Call St5:38am Disturbance in the 1300 block of Boyne Av

9:28am Report of lost wallet in the downtown area over the weekend.10:15am Driving complaint re-ceived from the 1000 block of S Lake St12:40pm Harassment complaint received from the 300 block of E Division St1:11pm Credit card fraud reported from the 400 block of S Park St2:42pm Assist to Sheriff Depart-ment in the 100 block of N East St6:37pm Assist to DHS in the 500 block of W Michigan9:55pm Vehicle blocking road at Silver and Charlevoix Streets. Was removed by owner.

Tuesday, March 611:10am Unlock in the 1000 block of S Lake St4:29pm Gasoline drive off from the 200 block of S Lake St. Sub-ject returned and paid.6:16pm Unlock in the 700 block of Wenonah St5:48pm Line down at Grant and Lincoln. Was cable7:15pm Citation issued for run-ning red light and No Proof of Insurance

8:17pm Juvenile complaint in the 700 block of S Lake St9:24pm Dog bite reported in the 300 block of State St11:57pm Domestic violence re-ported in the 1400 block of Pleas-ant Av

Wednesday, March 78:08am Ice shanty left on city property. Was removed by own-er. 12:18pm Larceny reported from the 400 block of N Lake St1:50pm Report of 2 missing black labs. Later returned home.8:15pm Report of 2 subjects uri-nating in public in the 100 block of N Park St

Thursday, March 81:55am Found open car door in the 100 block of E Main St7:01am Citation issued for ex-pired registration and expired li-cense11:32am Report of tree down on residence on Groveland St11:48am Report of MDOP in the 100 block of S East St12:42pm Driving complaint re-ceived from the 300 block of E

Division St1:33pm Subject in to report his truck shot with BB’s in the 100 block of S East St4:03pm Investigated domestic vi-olence complaint in the 100 block of N Park St4:47pm Report of unattended child in vehicle in the 400 block of N Lake St9:43pm Arrested subject on felo-ny warrant

Friday, March 91:22am Arrested subject for do-mestic violence in the 400 block of Harris St9:16am Parking violation report-ed in the 1000 block of Boyne Av11:27am Report of missing Lab/shepherd mix from Grunow Dr11:57am Request for unlock in the 100 block of W Court St3:01pm Custody dispute in the 900 block of Brockway4:00pm threats complaint re-ceived from the 1000 block of Boyne Av

Saturday, March 102:12am Arrested subject for OWI7:10am Citation issued for ex-

pired plate1:55pmCitation issued for No Proof of Insurance2:24pm Citation issued for no seatbelt5:32pm Citation issued speed

Sunday, March 11 10:45am Dispatched sick fox on Forest Park Ln12:00pm Assist Sheriff Depart-ment with report of subject pos-sibly through the ice near Young State Park. False alarm.3:20pm Vehicle blocking road on Vogel St. Had subject remove it.5:12pm Report of dog running at large in the area of East and Collings St. Unable to locate.5:37pm Unlock in the 300 block of E Division St

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Wednesdaymarch 21partly sunny, upper 70s

thursdaymarch 22showers, upper 60s

fridaymarch 23showers possible, upper 50s

saturdaymarch 24showers possible, low 50s

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rector Jill Drury said having the building will not only save money in the long run, but it could save lives by decreasing emergency re-sponse times.“I think we’ve estimated about a 25 percent loss of use because those vehicles are being housed outside,” she said. “If we have to do work on those vehicles, any-thing more than general main-

tenance oil changes we have to bring them back over … and then send it back over or send a re-placement.”Charlevoix County Commission-er Ron Reinhardt said the overall costs of not building a new struc-ture are eating away at tax funds.Charlevoix County Clerk and Fiscal Officer Cherie Browe cau-tioned commissioners they are leaving their general fund very low with all the expenditures pro-posed as of late.“We all know the needs and the benefits of this,” said Charlevoix

County Chairman Joel Evans.Browe said if the county OK’s this expenditure they will have depleted their fund balance.Reinhardt said the facility is a higher need than parks and recre-ation.Charlevoix County Commission-er Chris Christensen said he sup-ports the grant application but he will not vote for $1.8 million to be spent on the building if the grant does not go through.A motion to apply for the grant was approved.

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used to pay the consultant(s) will come from Boyne City’s Eco-nomic Development Corporation, a tax-funded entity, and the out-come issue is of great concern to the citizens of Boyne City.Some have repeated the mantra that this is merely an “advisory committee” and therefore has not real power, and that the city commission will make the ulti-mate decision. But, consider this: This “advisory committee” is per-forming all the research to hire the consultant(s) and overseeing said consultant(s) once they have been hired to help determine the source of the noise and whether there are any measurable emis-sions, and then this “advisory committee” will make a recom-mendation to the city commission based on what it learns from said consultant. If city commissioners do not take that recommendation, then upon what knowledge would

they be basing their decision? If the city commissioners were ul-timately (hypothetically speak-ing) planning to do their own “legwork” on the matter, then what would have been the point of having the committee? No, the truth is this committee holds a great amount of power, the power to see the citizens of Boyne City can have peace in their homes and businesses, and the power to ensure Kirtland can continue to operate and make a profit while maintaining the needed jobs it has created for said community. I think the citizens committee has done a great job of moving for-ward so far and they have also been very fair on keeping most of their meetings open. I have no doubt they will find solutions to the issues at hand.And, to be fair, there are a few instances when public servants should have the option for se-crecy: matters of national secu-rity, employee personnel issues or financial actions which rely on closed bidding.But, when publicly funded offi-

cials, public budgets and public property are involved, the public has a right to know nearly every-thing they do and every penny they spend – including an awful lot of things that are currently off limits to them.So, you were asking yourself why you should care? Maybe you don't. And, that's OK, because we do.The very first thing my old men-tor told me when I started in this business was that I'd better love it because I would not get rich. He was right: I do love it and I do care … and every day I make it my personal mission to see that those in power – even in an advi-sory capacity – are held account-able for what they do with that which belongs to the public.For me every week is sunshine week.Benjamin J. Gohs is the Boyne City Gazette News Editor and sometimes contributor of opin-ion columns. He can be reached at (231) 222-2119. Send your angry letters to P.O. Box 77 East Jordan MI, 49727.

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act grant administered through MDOT is $2.2 million.“That will be applied for in the next couple months if it’s OK’d,” Maxwell said. “And, we’re look-ing at cash donations of approxi-mately $400,000 – private dona-tions and foundations.”Maxwell said that will buy 6.1 miles of 10-foot-wide detached trail.Maxwell said this portion of the trail is twice as long as the first phase and there are more wet-lands to deal with along the pro-

posed route.Costs are also in-creased due to the ne-cessity for more retain-ing wall, d r a i n a g e and board-walk.Charlevoix

County Commissioner Shirlene Tripp said this plan is merely conceptual until the funds are ap-proved.“How in the world do you deter-mine how much money you need to spend if you don’t even know how you’re designing it or doing it or anything,” Taylor said.Lucas Porath of Northwest De-sign Group said the engineers preplan by making estimates. “They are always estimates, keep that in mind, too,” he said. “We don’t know the actual cost of it until it eventually goes out for bids to contractors.”Charlevoix County Commission-er Ron Reinhardt said he would like to see the trail erected as long as the county does not have to spend any local taxpayer money on it.Charlevoix County Commission-er Bob Drebenstedt said the state can’t use these desired grants for anything but trails.“We’re putting in a penny and getting back a dollar,” he said. “I don’t think we apply enough for different kinds of grants.”Charlevoix County Commis-sioner Richard Gillespie said he is still waiting for a list of names of property owners who will grant access to allow the trail across their respective properties.Charlevoix County Commission-er Chris Christensen asked if any

alternate routes had been consid-ered.NDG officials said other options had been explored including Up-per Bayshore Road and Pincherry Road.“What I can’t get my head around … is the fact that we’re just about to pave 10 miles worth of road from Horton Bay to Boyne City-Charlevoix Road at a cost of about four-to-four-and-a-half-million dollars but yet we’re go-ing to lay six miles of bike trail that’s 10-foot-wide, not com-pletely paved and it’s going to cost $3 million?,” he said. “The economics don’t add up to that.”The engineers said the road al-ready exists and is cheaper to redo than to build on land where no road had existed before. The trail will be laid over fallow ground.Christensen said even though the grants may not come from local sources, it is still taxpayer money.“Whether it’s allocated for a spe-cific fund or not it’s still our mon-ey and I think there needs to be a certain degree of responsibility in how that money’s spent regard-less if it’s free money or not,” he said.If the county is unable to attain the $400,000 in private dona-tions it will have the option, if the grants are allocated, to scrap the project.Tripp said she feels it is necessary for the commissioners to become educated on the proper procedure for grant applications.“Also … whether we’ve got per-mission from the homeowners? According to the attorney general, this is going in the road right-of-way and we don’t need to ask per-mission,” she said. “That property already belongs to the county.”Tripp added, “That property be-longs to the public, not the home-owner.”A motion to expand the non-mo-torized trail to the second phase was approved 5 – 1. Charlevoix County Commissioner Richard Gillespie was the lone “nay” vote.In other parks and recreation matters, the Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners OK’d application for a nearly $214,200 grant for the nearly 72-acre But-ler property near Whiting Park in Boyne City as long as the mineral rights are included.Reinhardt said he feels the prop-erty is overpriced.“If we were super-flush that would be fine, but I don’t think we need to be doing this right now,” he said.

Reinhardt added that he would like to see whether the county taxpayers actually would sup-port a parks and recreation mill-age so they can decide what tax funds are spent on as far as parks and recreation properties and im-provements are concerned.The total estimated cost of the property, including closing costs, is nearly $306,000.Maxwell said the property will only add aesthetic and recreation value to the county.“You put the two together and over the next hundred years you’re going to have this incred-ible piece of property with a half a mile of (lake) frontage,” he said. “We’re adding trails, snowmobil-ing, forest management – and Whiting Park is our main figure-head for the county parks.”According to Maxwell, the timber sales could be at least $130,000 from Whiting Park alone.Joel Evans said it would be a won-derful thing for the county, but he is concerned that the county has numerous other needs.Maxwell said the sale of trees off the property could pay for the $90,000 matching funds needed to obtain the grant.Reinhardt said Beaver island needs a building for county equipment and Boyne Falls needs a sheriff sub-station before more money is spent on parks.However, Reinhardt said he would support the move if the timber sales could cover the cost of the matching funds.Reinhardt and Tripp voted “nay” on the measure.

into closed session for the confer-ence call.When asked what exemption the committee would be citing under the Michigan Open Meetings Act, Conklin responded: “We don’t have to respond to the media.”“We have been told by the city at-torney that it’s proper for us to do that and we don’t have to be chal-lenged or threatened by the me-dia,” Conklin said. “It’s not our re-sponsibility to have the freedom of information act [sic] memorized.”However, the committee did dis-cuss a proposal by a company identified as “RSG” in open ses-sion, and determined some of the questions they would ask the com-

pany during the closed session telephone conference.Conklin asked if the Kirtland would be up and running when the consultants arrived to ensure they could properly assess the situation.Kirtland officials said they will be down for several weeks this spring, but that the company does not need to be up to “full speed” to complete the tests suggested.The committee considered using the next four weeks that Kirtland is not running to obtain more pro-posals on the sound and emissions issues.Kirtland Products co-owner Tom Monley said his company has al-ready contracted with an environ-mental firm to do stack testing and a full emissions evaluation of all five exhaust stacks to check for odor and particulate matter.Following roughly 30 minutes of

discussion the committee went into closed session.When the committee came out of closed session, Conklin said the committee’s consensus was that RSG was a competent firm, but that the committee would be scheduling an interview with U.P. Engineers at noon on Thursday March 22.That meeting will be closed to the public.Al Aown asked what the commit-tee’s budget is, but Conklin said he’s not sure there is a budget be-cause the costs are unanticipated at this time.“I think they’re (Boyne EDC) just really interested in trying to solve the problem and how we can work together to try and solve this,” Conklin said. “But, it’s not an unlimited source of funds either.”

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“We rate them on the condition of the pavement surface,” Vanek said. “There’s three of us that rate the roads each year: an MDOT official, a road commission (official) and someone from the council of governments (NWMCOG).”The MDOT and road commission official have to agree on the rating of each road.“Once we rate the roads it tells you what kind of maintenance procedures you should be doing on the roads to increase the longevity and such,” Vanek said.In 2011 there was nearly 63 miles of crack sealing performed to help pre-serve the roads.Woods said NWMCOG is a neutral partner which helps to assess the road conditions.“46.9 percent of Charlevoix’s roads were rated 5 to 7, which

is the fair category,” he said. “That was pretty close to the re-gional average of 45.4 percent.” Woods added, “A positive trend to note is that the number of miles in the good category have been increas-ing while the number of miles in the poor category have been decreasing, which is diametrically opposed to the region’s trend.”Charlevoix County Commissioner Ron Reinhardt said the upward trend in quality roads in Charlevoix is due to the county’s road millage.Charlevoix County Commissioner Bob Drebenstedt asked if it was true the though some people have that spending more local dollars on roads will cause the state to allocate even less money to local municipalities.“We’ve been waiting for the state since 1979, to increase the gas tax we see,” Vanek said. “Our feeling is we’re going to have to help ourselves and we don’t see, in the near future, any kind of funding increases from the state trickling down to the road commissions, cities and villages.”

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CHARlEVOIX COuNTY COMMIssIONERs

sYNOPsIsMarch 14, 2012

the charlevoix county board of commissioners met march 14, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in the charlevoix county commissioners room. all commis-sioners were present.Motion approved the minutes of the february 17th and february 22nd, 2012 meetings as presented.Motion approved resolution #12-016, approve county expendituresMotion approved resolution #12-017, opposing house bills 5298 and

5299.Motion approved resolution #12-018, General fund transfer for roads.Motion approved resolution #12-019, amend operating transfers budget.Motion approved resolution #12-020, support for road commission’s award of the road bid for the boyne city-charlevoix rehabilitation.Motion approved resolution #12-021, non-motorized trail expansion. commissioner Gillespie voting no.Motion approved resolution #12-022, michigan natural resources trust fund Grant.

commissioners tripp and reinhardt voting no.Motion approved resolution #12-023, resolution authorizing prepay-ment and call of bonds. commis-sioner tripp voting no.Motion approved resolution #12-024, beaver Island multi-facility.Motion approved resolution #12-025, register of Deeds software.motion adjourned the meeting at 12:15 p.m.complete copies of board min-utes can be found on the county website,www.charlevoixcounty.org.

Cheryl Potter Browe,County Clerk

CITY OF BOYNE CITYCITY COMMIssION

minute synopsismarch 13, 2012 regular meeting – approved the february 28, 2012 city commission meeting minutes; approved to clarify the motion establishing kirtland citizen com-mittee to specifically stipulate the committee is an advisory committee only and the committee has no gov-ernmental or proprietary authority; adopted 2012 – 2013 city Wide Goals; approved title VI non-Discriminatory plan; approved to update and renew operating agree-

ment for one Water marina with catt Development and mr. krueger for the 2012 boating season; adopt-ed rate section 2 for seasonal rates and rate section 3 for transient rates as set forth by the michigan Water-ways commission as part of the fee schedule for the upcoming 2012 – 2013 fye; approved the contract with c2ae of Gaylord in the amount of $83,100 for design, bidding and construction engineering services for the south park street reconstruc-tion project; approved to submit a completed DIG grant application for the proposed south park street In-frastructure project; approved to go

into closed session to consider strat-egy connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agree-ment as provided in mcl 15.268 (c) and to consider the purchase of real property as provided in mcl 15.268 (d) of the michigan open meetings act (pa 267 of 1976); approved to ratify tentative agreement with the police officers labor unionthe next regular city commission meeting is scheduled for march 27, 2012 at noon.

Cindy Grice, City Clerk/Treasurer

“We strongly stand by Sheri Mc-Whirter’s reporting, and it’s time Mr. Jarema owns up to his mistakes and stops blaming other people,”

said PNR Execu t ive News Edi-tor Jeremy M c B a i n . “I want the taxpayers of Charlevoix County to know it is not us that

is costing them this money, it is the actions of the prosecuting attorney – he is the one that broke the law, not us.”The first information request was for documents pertaining to “any e-mail sent or received by County Commissioner Chris Christensen to or from Charlevoix County Pros-ecutor John Jarema … between the periods of May 10, 2011 and May 13, 2011.Jarema responded that thee-mails during that time period were “not covered under FOIA”because they “did not deal with county business or the function of county govern-ment.”Document request number two de-creased the time window to com-munications between Jarema and Christensen to between 9:32 a.m. And 12:57 p.m. On May 11, 2011.Jarema admitted to one communica-tion during the second time-frame, but denied it under the Freedom of Information Act citing an exemp-tion due to the personal nature of the e-mail.Document request number three resulted when the PNR was denied a police report on a criminal case. Jarema’s letter of denial to the PNR stated that the investigation was on-going and therefore the report was incomplete.The question before the court was whether Charlevoix County properly denied release of the re-quested documents.Johnson detailed the six rules which govern how a public body may withhold information from the pub-lic under the Freedom of Informa-tion Act.• The burden of proof is on the party claim-ing exemption from disclosure.• Exemptions must be interpreted nar-rowly.• The public body shall separate the ex-empt and nonexempt material and make the nonexempt material available for ex-amination and copying.• Detailed affidavits describing the mat-ters withheld must be supplied by the agency.• Justification of the exemption must be more than conclusory, i.e., simple rep-etition of statutory language. A bill of particulars is in order. Justification must indicate factually how a particular document, or category of d o c u -ments, interferes with law enforcement proceedings.• The mere showing of a direct re-lationship between records sought and an investigation is inadequate.E-mails #1 - #4 were computer gen-

erated real estate advertisements sent by the Multiple Listing Service, also known as “MLS,” to Jarema’s personal e-mail address from the automated system.“While Jarema was not required to produce personal e-mails under FOIA, he could have chosen to do so,” Johnson wrote. “This would have proven that he and Christensen were not communicating during the commissioners’ meeting in ques-tion. I would have shown candor and openness as to the workings of government, consistent with the spirit of FOIA.”Jarema said, “I find it ironic and somewhat confusing when the judge says we do not have to turn over those e-mails because they are private and personal, and then somewhat takes me to task saying that I should have turned the mover to alleviate this. The letter of the law was followed regarding those four e-mails.”Jarema further stated, “I requested a meeting with Mr. Caldwell on June 28, prior to PNR filing suit. Mr. Caldwell was given my per-sonal information and I never heard from him at all. Then I called PNR attorney for clarification and I was forbidden to speak with the PNR News Editor Jer-emy McBain.”According to PNR Attorney Robin Luce Herrmann, Charlevoix County was given plenty of opportunity to cooperate with her client.“If you look at the complaint you will see there was a ton of correspon-dence going back and forth with Mr. Jarema and the commission-ers,” She said.“Attempts by the Petoskey News-Review to resolve this included asking for simple meta data – who these e-mails were to and from –to help us try and figure out this issue, and we were denied that information with respect to all six e-mails.”The judge ruled that the first four e-mails were exempt from disclosure under FOIA citing“Mere possession of a record by a public body does not render the record a public docu-ment … rather, the use or retention of the document must be ‘in the per-formance of an official function’; for the e-mails at issue to be public records, they must have been stored or retained by defendants in the per-formance of an official function,” Johnson wrote.Jarema agreed e-mail #5 was a pub-lic record, but thought it exempt be-cause it was attorney work product as it was a document requested by Jarema from Christensen dealing with a real estate property in con-nection with an embezzlement case.“Nothing in e-mail #5 would have disclosed anything whatsoever about the alleged embezzlement in-vestigation,” Johnson wrote. “There is nothing in e-mail #5 that supports withholding this e-mail.”Johnson added,“Jarema’s response which denied production of e-mail #5 violated his duty under FOIA to produce this document. Had Jarema provided e-mail #5 instead of stall-

ing and stonewalling in response to the request, plaintiff (PNR) would have seen that this e-mail did not occur during the board meeting on May 11, 2011. This may well have ended the matter, at least with re-spect to this e-mail.”The judge further stated that any sensitive or “identifying” informa-tion on the document could have simply been redacted before being released to the PNR.E-mail #6 was kept from the PNR due to alleged attorney-client privi-lege as it dealt with a personnel mat-ter between Christensen and another Charlevoix County Commissioner.“It clearly was a communication that was made and kept in confi-dence,” Johnson wrote.“The court has reviewed the letter, and does not believe that there is any content in the letter itself that can be segregat-ed as not being part of Christensen’s confidential communication to Jar-ema.”He added, “Thus, the court finds the entire letter to be protected by the attorney-client privilege and ex-empt from disclosure.”While the court upheld Charlev-oix County’s contention that docu-ment #6 was confidential, Johnson opined that the cover letter showing

who the letter was from, who it was to, the date and signature of sender could have been released along with a copy of a newspaper article that was attached to the confidential document.FOIA #3 dealing with the police re-port in connection with a criminal investigation was found moot as Jarema’s office released the report two days before the FOIA suit was filed by the PNR.In all, the PNR will receive a copy of one of their newspaper articles on an unrelated matter, the cover letter dealing with the personnel matter between Christensen and another commissioner, and a redacted ver-sion of a real estate listing in con-nection with an ongoing embezzle-ment case.Attorneys for both sides were sup-posed to meet Thursday March 15, to discuss how to handle the issue of fees and costs before appearing before the judge again.“The court is ... required to exercise discretion in determining whether to award all or ‘an appropriate por-tion’ of plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees and costs,” Johnson wrote. “Unless the parties can agree how to resolve this matter, a further hearing to ad-dress this issue will be necessary.”Christensen released the follow-ing statement on the matter:“I am grateful the Court looked at the information and agreed with Mr. Jarema and I that the only e-mail sent during the meeting was in fact generated by the MLS System and not subject to FOIA request. What

is unfortunate is that Mr. Jarema and the County had advised the PNR in our responses that this was the case, however they chose to challenge those facts.The Court held that the issue of the e-mail sent during the meeting is private, as we have stated all along. The Court stated that Mr. Jarema has to turn over a redacted e-mail

which pertains to a current embezzle-ment case, that is still on-going. As soon as that case is finished, a full disclosure will be forwarded to the PNR. Lastly, re-garding the per-sonnel issue, the Court again agreed

with us that an attached document is also protected. However, the Court stated that we should have provided the e-mail as it basically served as a cover letter to the attached docu-ments.As to the punitive damages, I have spoken to Mr. Jarema and he un-

derstands the decision of the Court and respectfully disagrees with its interpretation of some of the facts. The Court has mandated a redacted version of one e-mail which deals with an on-going criminal inves-tigation. Mr. Jarema stated he be-lieved, that based on his research, this information was fully exempt from the disclosure during the crim-inal case, and the Court found it was only partially exempt. Mr. Jarema is passionate in prosecuting cases and is extremely careful and mind-ful that both sides are entitled to a fair and impartial jury which is not influenced by the media. Since Mr. Jarema has acknowledged it was his decision to withhold the informa-tion during the ongoing investiga-tion he has offered to pay the puni-tive fine himself.In regards to costs and sanctions is-sue, both sides of this case have yet to discuss the details. I am hopeful that we can work this out without further involvement of the Court and optimistic that we can identify a fair and conclusive end to this is-sue”

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Charlevoix County Prosecutor John Jarema, who also acts as Charlevoix County Board Civil Counsel, is pictured doing research to answer a question for the board during a meeting earlier this winter.

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’‘I am grateful the court looked at the information and agreed with mr. Jarema and I that the only e-mail sent during the meeting was in fact generated by the mls system and not subject to foIa request.

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caprIcorn - this week’s scenario is highlighted by your you getting what you really want and moving toward achieving the things which

are important to you may involve surrendering something or eliminating something from your life at this time. perhaps an attitude, a situation, or an attachment that has been impeding you is now released. you feel free to concentrate on the things that are most important to you now. major, long-term changes can be successfully begun now - a lifestyle change or a regimen of self-improvement, for instance. this is a time for you to speak out about your thoughts or concerns regarding your work or professional matters. communication with your superiors or with people in authority who are in a position to consider and act on your ideas comes to the fore now.

aQuarIus - this week’s sce-nario is highlighted by your ability to concentrate and focus on your work is which

very good now. this is a time to attend to details, take care of practical business, and to make your life more stable and secure. It would be beneficial to consult advisors on investments and long-range plans and to put your affairs in order. eliminating waste and inefficiency is important to you now. there is much activity; you move rapidly from one thing to another and a hectic, somewhat stressful pace is likely. many er-rands, phone calls, letters which require a response, and other “busywork” is on the agenda. a minor but rather tense confron-tation is likely.

pIsces - this week’s scenario is highlighted by intellectual disagreements or differences of opinion and viewpoints

with those in your inner circle arise now. you may have to speak your mind in a way that challenges or unnerves someone else. however, your mind is very active and sharp,and your reasoning power is good, so this is a good time to do mental work. It is easy for you to talk about your feelings now and also to listen sensitively to not only what others are saying but also what they are feeling. this is an excellent time to dis-cuss your feelings and clear the air of any grievances you may be holding on to from the past. your communication with women is especially good at this time.

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We wanted to thank everyone who helped the cause of Help For Indiana Tornado Victims. What started as my daughter’s idea to help others in some way turned into a wonderful opportu-nity to see the best in our friends and neighbors here in the Boyne City area. Once we put the word out via so-cial media channels, things came together quickly. The Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce spread the word among local residents and busi-ness owners. Tracy Donaldson, store manager of the Boyne City Glen’s store, stepped up right away and offered to set up a dona-tion box at the store. To the Petoskey News-Review and Boyne Gazette for running stories, thank you. To the staff at No Boundaries in Boyne City who accepted and collected the goods (as well as making their own con-tributions); thanks. Other friends spread the word and made their own contributions. Some gave supplies, others cash donations (which we then used to purchase more supplies for the victims - the bonus was keeping the dollars lo-cal as well), others simply their good wishes and words of encour-agement. Special thanks to Jim Howell for the use of the trailer to transport the supplies. And to the little boy who donated some of his personal toys for the cause ... Words just don’t say it enough.Thanks!Bob, Carrie and Laken South

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Assistance in applying for public and private services will be pro-vided at Project Connect. Linda Sydow, an AmeriCorps member with United Way’s Ben-efits Access Initiative will help families identify and access ser-vices that can help to improve their financial stability.Project Connect, a free day of ser-vices for people in need, will be held Wednesday, March 21, 2012 from 10 a.m. until 5:30 pm, at the Community Building at the Em-met Co Fairgrounds.Linda Sydow will assist clients by showing them how to navigate the Department of Human Services,

(DHS) MiBridges online portal to help them complete and submit applications for services electroni-cally. She will also assist them with the Michigan 2-1-1 network for im-mediate services.People will be seen by appoint-ment or on a drop-in basis as time permits. If you would like to file a new claim, please bring picture ID, Social Security Card, and income information if you have any.Please feel free to contact me to set up an appointment at Project Connect, or if you have any ques-tions.” (517) 449-2247 or at: ben-

efits@charemunitedway.org. DHS has made it possible for everyone to apply online for all available programs. New or current clients have the op-portunity to view their case online. This allows families to check the status of their case, see what docu-mentation their case worker needs and file their quarterly reviews on-line as well. This will help those families that can’t make it to their closest DHS office, but may pose barriers for those without computer access or skills. United Way’s Benefits Access is helping to fill in that gap.

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Alternative Spring breaks to be held across Charlevoix and Emmet CountiesChar-Em United Way is sponsor-ing Alternative Spring Breaks for area high school and college stu-dents. This year there will be a variety of different projects across Charlev-

oix and Emmet Counties. The first is the Bergmann Beautification Project which will be held at the Bergmann Center in Charlevoix on Thursday April 5th from 10-4. Second, the Raven Hill Discovery Center in East Jordan needs help with their Blurred Boundaries: An-cient to Modern Megaliths exhibit. This will involve recreating fa-mous rock sculptures from across the world on the 2nd and 3rd of April from 10-2. Third, the Emmet County Recycling Center in Petos-key is planning an environmental-based project at their facility from 9-4. Finally, the Habitat for Hu-

manity needs assistance improving bookcases for the homes they build as well as other projects around the ReStore in Harbor Springs on April 5th from 9 to 2.If the weather is permitting, all four projects will go ahead as planned. Each destination will pro-vide lunch and refreshments and all volunteers will get a free United Way T-Shirt and water bottle.Pre-registration is required so all interested volunteers should con-tact Casey Adams at vista@chare-munitedway.org or call Char-Em United Way directly at 231-487-1006.

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Meet Eric Patrick.Eric is a junior at Boyne City High School who is collecting shoes for a charity called Soles-4Souls.Soles4Souls provides footwear for those living in poverty and those who have been affected by disasters.Living without shoes can cause deadly diseases, and there are cur-rently over 300 million children that do not own one pair of shoes.“Soles4Souls came to the high school and they educated us about being more aware of our surroundings, and that was when I decided it was time for me to make a difference”, said Patrick.Patrick's goal is to collect one thousand pairs of shoes for Soles-

4Souls, and he's hoping that the surrounding community can help him achieve that goal.“When I got home from school that day I went to their website and saw how easy it was to collect shoes, and that's when I decided I was going to collect shoes at the school”, said Patrick.Just this past week one hundred pairs of shoes were shipped to the distribution center, where they will be sent to individuals around the world.“Eric had contacted me to see if we could become a drop site, there has been a box in the media center since last school year,” said Karen Jarema, Principal of Boyne City High School, “He is in charge of the box and takes care of shipping out the shoes.”Patrick is the son of Mark and

Nancy Patrick of Boyne City, and has a brother Adam, who also at-tends Boyne City Public Schools.“Eric has always done something with the church or youth group, so this is the next cause to help”, said Eric's mother Nancy Patrick.Currently there is a box located in the Boyne City High School Media Center, and another will be placed at Glen's Markets.“Children's or youth shoes are the sizes we prefer, and tennis shoes are preferred but really any kind of shoe will do,” said Patrick, “Also, monetary donations to help cover the cost of shipping would be helpful.”“I just think that it's really im-portant to have an awareness of what's going on around you, it's really easy to become self ab-sorbed,” said Patrick.

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the charlevoix public library is pleased to announce the continu-ation of the Winterfolk concert se-ries, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. on the fourth monday of each month. the Win-terfolk concerts celebrate local folk artists with an evening of music. the featured performer kicks off the evening with a 45 minute con-cert, which is followed by an open mic session; an opportunity for the public to share talents. open mic

sign-up begins at 6:00 p.m. the night of the concert, and is limited to 5 perform-ers. march 26 will feature bob fawcett who will serve up his gumbo of original songs, lyrically rich, and seasoned with humor, harmonica riffs and finger-style guitar. ryan luce will highlight the april 23 concert with his unique style. this final folk concert is funded through a donation from rick potter. the library will utilize the memorial gift of sound equipment, honoring sandra marquardt who loved and appreciated this concert series. this memorial donation, from friends of sandy and friends of the library, will benefit the library for years to come by providing a wonderful atmosphere for the concert series. for more information about the folk concert series, talk to Dwain at the library, 231-547-2651.

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March 2012 Events ScheduleAll events are at the Charlevoix Public Li-brary, 220 W Clinton St., 231-237-7340.• Loose Threads: Northern Michigan Tex-tile artists, 1:00 p.m., march 21: Join local fiber artist, kathie briggs, for this informal group to discuss art and help each other with ideas and projects. • Artists in Action: Spinning, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., march 22: stop by the lobby for a quick demonstration on how to spin wool yarn with chris abramowski. • Sweet Spot: Basic Diabetes Education classes, 6:30 p.m., march 22: come learn about diabetes. • WinterFolk: Bob Fawcett, 6:30 p.m., march 26: Join this fun folk concert series in celebration of northern michi-gan’s local talent and after the concert join in the fun during the open mic ses-sion. • Teen Prom Dress Giveaway, 4:00 p.m., march 28: come and pick out a free for-mal dress at the library - first come, first served. a variety of dresses will be avail-able. •Saturday Story Time, 10:30 a.m., March 31: play “ms. laura says,” listen to sto-ries and music, learn finger plays, and spend time with friends and family. call for information: 231-237-7350.

WEEKLY pROgRAMS:• MUG: Mac Users Group, 5:00 p.m., ev-ery monday: this group will gather to share tips and problem solving using macs.• Story Hour w/ Ms. Laura, 10:30 a.m., every thursday: play “ms. laura says,” listen to stories and music, learn finger plays, and spend time with friends and family. call for information: 231-237-7350.• Writers Group, 6:00 p.m., Thursdays: all writers welcome – published, un-published and novices – for support and gather new ideas with other writers.

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STATE & REGION NEWS

• Senate Bill 756, Ban hands-on cell phone use by new drivers: Passed 28 to 10 in the SenateTo prohibit an individual with a level 1 or 2 graduated drivers li-cense status (new drivers age 17 or younger) from operating a mo-tor vehicle while using a hands-on cell phone.Sen. Howard Walker voted “yes”

• Senate Bill 414, Impose autism insurance mandate: Passed 29 to 9 in the SenateTo impose a new coverage man-date that would require health insurance policies to include cov-erage for treatments related to au-tism, and ban higher deductibles or lower benefit levels for this than for other ailments. Senate Bill 981 would authorize state subsidies to insurance companies to cover the extra cost.Sen. Howard Walker voted “no”

• Senate Bill 981, Authorize au-tism-mandate insurance company subsidies: Passed 28 to 10 in the Senate To authorize state government subsidies to health insurance companies to compensate for the new coverage mandate proposed by Senate Bill 414, which would require insurers to include autism coverage in all policies. Any ac-tual subsidy payments would have to be added to annual appropria-tions passed by the legislature.Sen. Howard Walker voted “no”

• House Bill 4266, Allow yard waste in landfills with methane capture: Passed 66 to 41 in the House To waive a ban on landfills accept-ing yard waste if a facility installs a methane gas capture system.Rep. Greg MacMaster voted

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• House Bill 4799, Prohibit coerc-ing a woman to have an abortion: Passed 72 to 37 in the HouseTo make attempting to coerce a woman into having an abortion a crime. The bill authorizes en-hanced prison penalties for related threats of violence or “stalking,” and fines for acts like threaten-ing divorce or other living ar-rangement changes, withholding current or promised support, etc. Other bills in the package autho-rize lawsuits, require the state to produce informational materials and screening protocols and phy-sicians to use them, and more.Rep. Greg MacMaster voted “yes”

• Senate Bill 683, Pre-fund (op-tional) state retiree health benefits: Passed 109 to 0 in the HouseTo appropriate $250.9 million to “pre-fund” optional post-retire-ment health insurance benefits the legislature has chosen to give state government retirees. Un-der current law, these benefits are paid each year out of regular state government revenue. Unlike pensions, the Supreme Court has ruled these are not “accrued ben-efits” and so may be eliminated or cut at any time; former employees who get them are still eligible for Medicare at age 65.Rep. Greg MacMaster voted “yes”SOURCE: MichiganVotes.org, a free, non-partisan website cre-ated by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, providing concise, non-partisan, plain-English de-scriptions of every bill and vote in the Michigan House and Senate. Please visit http://www.Michi-ganVotes.org.

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Randi Laundré, a sophomore at Alba Public School, was crowned the Michigan Poetry Out Loud Champion on Saturday, March 10. The two-day Poetry Out Loud event was held at Saginaw Valley State University and hosted by the Michigan Humanities Coun-cil and Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.“All the students who participat-ed in this year’s Poetry Out Loud state championship deserve a huge round of applause for bring-ing our rich legacy of poetry alive with great passion, poise and heart,” said Katie Wolf, executive director of the Michigan Humani-ties Council. Although she was hit by the flu in the middle of the competition, Laundré battled on with a near-flawless performance and wowed the judges in her recitation of “A Psalm of Life,” by Henry Wad-sworth Longfellow; “Eros Turan-nos,” by Edwin Arlington Robin-son; and “She Walks in Beauty,” by Lord Byron (George Gordon). She was one of 36 students to compete for the Michigan title.As the Michigan champion, Laun-dré won $200 as well as a $500 stipend for her school toward the purchase of new poetry books. Next, she will travel to Washing-ton, D.C., where she will com-pete in the national Poetry Out Loud finals, held May 13-15. The national champion will win a $20,000 college scholarship.“These students are very dedi-cated, selecting three great works from an anthology of 500 care-fully selected poems, meticulous-ly interpreting and memorizing them, and then reciting them be-fore a live audience,” Wolf said. “You cannot be in the audience and not feel goose bumps as these young people breathe new life into these poems. I don’t envy the judges, but even they, after two

days of careful scor-ing, expressed their gratitude for having this experience with much emotion.” First runner-up Alexis Barrera, of Hartland High School, won $100 as well as a $200 stipend for her school library. The second runner-up is Brittni Eller, Grand River Preparatory High School (Grand Rapids); and third runner-up is Mounir Jamal, For-est Hills Central High School (Grand Rapids). All four students will receive a scholar-ship valued at $1,000 each to participate in the Michigan Youth Arts Festival, held May 10-12 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.

Poetry Out Loud is a national recitation competition for high school students. By encouraging youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and per-formance, students can master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about liter-

ary heritage. Poetry Out Loud, partially funded through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation, is man-aged in Michigan by the Michigan Humani-ties Council in partner-ship with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Other participating or-ganizations this year included the Inside Out Literary Arts Project, Library of Michigan,

the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Center for Po-etry at Michigan State University, Friends of Theodore Roethke, and the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum at Saginaw

Valley State University.To learn more about this program, visit www.michiganhumanities.org or www.poetryoutloud.org. About the Michigan Humanities CouncilThe Michigan Humanities Coun-cil is a private, nonprofit organi-zation created to foster a better understanding of each other and our state through local cultural, historical and literary experiences for all. The Council was founded in 1974 and is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Hu-manities and individual donors. For more information on future programs, upcoming grant op-portunities or how you can sup-port these efforts, please visit www.michiganhumanities.org or call (517) 372-7770.

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MaTTerS of faITH

CHuRCH OF THE NATIVITYthe march 18 eucharist service at episcopal church of the nativity will be celebrated by reverend peggy nattermann. Immediately fol-lowing the 10 a.m. service, coffee hour will be held in the church basement. the lent ‘soup and study’ sessions continue on Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m., in the church basement. the group is following st. paul’s evangelistic journeys with the aid of a video series. the public is invited to join as we learn more aboutpaul’s courage, and intense desire to share the Gospel message with the Gentiles. nativity is lo-cated at 209 main street, boyne city. please call 582-5045 for more information.

EJ COMMuNITY CHuRCHon thursday, march 22, celebrate recovery will meet at 7 pm at the Walloon campus. this is a christ-centered recovery program. on sunday, march 25, the east Jordan community church, a ministry of the Walloon lake commu-nity church, will have service starting at 9:30 am. sermon will be given by pastor Jason richey titled “the Vine: the pruning process, part 1” from John 15:1-8. there will be infant and toddler nursery available during the morning. children from age 3 to 4th grade will have kidconnection that they can attend during the morning. at 11:00 am, there will be age appropriate programs for the entire family. there will be a fundraiser luncheon at the Walloon campus starting at 12:15 pm. this fundraiser is to help the youth that will be attend-ing the Dare to share program in april. on tuesday, march 27, there will be adult com-munity small Groups at the romain lalone home. there will also be a new adult community small Group study starting at 7 pm at Gil redmer home. please contact, pastor Jason richey for more information, 675-8404. on Wednesday, march 28, the meal and classes will start at the Walloon campus starting at 5:30 and 6:30 pm. there will be a worship time starting at 7 pm at the youth center in Walloon. this is open to ev-eryone. for more information, please call the Wal-loon lake community church office at 535-2288.

B.F. uNITEd METHOdIsTboyne falls united methodist church regular sun-day service 9:15 a.m., 3057 mill st. children’s pro-gramming 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. 582-9776.

PREsBYTERIANthe congregation of first presbyterian church at 401 s. park st., boyne city invites you to share worship with them at 10:00 a.m. their new pas-tor, rev. elizabeth broschart, will be leading wor-ship. coffee and conversation follow worship and first sundays include communion (every month) and potluck (during the school year). for more information call (231) 582-7983.

WAllOON lAKE CHuRCHon thursday, march 22, the cozy Quilters will meet at 9 am. the mission committee will meet at 7 pm at the Discipleship house. celebrate re-covery will meet at 7 pm. on, sunday, march 25, the sermon will be “make an eternal Difference power of the Vine – the pruning process part 2” from John 15:1-8 given by pastor Jeff ellis. service times are 9:00 and 10:45 am. nurseries will be available for both services. children classes are held during both services. 5th-7th grade students attend 1st service and have class in room 101 at 10:45 am. the 8th – 11th grades attend 1st service and meet at the youth center starting at 10:45 am. the young adult class (18-25) will meet second service in the Discipleship house. adult classes will be held during both services and community small groups will meet during both services. there will be a fundraiser luncheon at 12:15 pm. this fun-draiser is to help the youth that are attending the Dare to share program in april.on tuesday, march 27, the ladies bible study will meet at 9:15 am in the Discipleship house. the food pantry will be open from 5 to 6:30 pm. on Wednesday, march 28, the meals and classes will start at 5:30 and 6:30 pm. at 7 pm, there will be a Worship time at the youth center that everyone is invited to. on thursday, march 29, celebrate re-covery will meet at 7 pm. for more information, please visit the church web site at www.walloon-church.com or call the church office at 535-2288.

JEWEl HEART BuddHIsT CENTERtibetan buddhist center course offering the three principals of the path is a condensed summation of the path to enlightenment including the deter-mination to be free, unlimited compassion and wisdom. this course will review the first principal and begin the second. silent meditation, readings and discussion take place. meeting thursday eve-nings, 6:30 - 8:00 pm , 109 Water st., boyne city. northernmi@jewelheart.org.

GENEsIs CHuRCH BOYNEGenesis church meets in the boyne elementary school cafeteria every sunday from 11am-noon. they 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 others. you can check out Genesis church at genesiswired.com.

B.C. uNITEd METHOdIsTboyne city united methodist church regular sun-day service 11 am, 324 south park st. children’s programming held during service. bible study on thursdays 10 a.m. – open to everyone. office hours are tuesdays, Wednesdays and thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 582-9776.first baptist of boyne city 875 state st. (231) 582-9561. sunday services - sunday school (for all ages) 10 a.m.; morning Worship 11 a.m.;Junior church hour for children 3 years of ageup to the 5th grade ~11:00 a.m.; evening Wor-ship ~6:00 p.m.; mid-Week services; Wednesday nights - Discovery club~ 6:30 p.m., teens meet-ing~ 7:00 p.m., adult prayer & bible study~ 7

When god says ‘No’chris faulknor

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david may not have been happy when God told him not to build a tem-ple in God’s honor, but david wisely respected God’s decision.

David is up in years. He longs to build God a perfect temple, and it seemed like a wonderful idea, but God said “No.”The way in which we respond when God tells us “No” reveals many things about who we are.Davids life and responses can provide us with several ways we too might respond when God says “no” to us.

1. Pray for WisdomWhy wouldn’t God let David build a temple? He wasn’t ask-ing for money, he wasn’t asking for something that wasn’t his, it wasn’t some strange desire - he wanted to build God a house, and God said “No.” Why?Later, God does give his reason - David had been a warrior.Was a military leader necessarily the best choice?

2. Praise God for the times he says “Yes.”

David lived in a beautiful pal-ace with a loving family - wives, friends, and relatives - and to think, he was once only a shep-herd.Before we get angry for being told “No,” we should thank God for the many times he has an-swered our prayers.David was a great warrior, but as we will find out later, his son Solomon would be the powerful mind that would someday build

the temple.3. Realize that when God

says “No,” he means it.David (wisely) did not try to skirt around God’s plan.He didn’t ask God to reconsider, didn’t try to explain himself - God said “No,” and that was final.

4. Realize that one day, God might say “Yes.”

David may not have built that temple, but his son did - it hap-pened, but it didn’t happen on Da-vid’s terms, it happened on God’s.

5. Help someone else make the dream a reality.

It must have been hard for David to help his son build the temple he always wanted.As we continue to read, David shows Solomon the plans for the temple, and shares the plan God had revealed.David did not go into a corner and quit.He wanted to build a temple, and God said no.

He didn’t stop, but he did every-thing he could to allow someone else to get it done.How can we respond when God tells us “No?”Let’s learn from King David, and take his example to heart.

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Why the need for a fresh monthly budget?

D e a r Dave,I was won-d e r i n g why you r e c o m -mend do-ing a fresh budget ev-ery month. O n c e y o u ’ v e

figured out your expenses and income, won’t the same budget work month to month?Kara

Dear Kara,I understand what you’re saying, but if you look closely at every month, you’ll see pretty quickly that they’re not all created equal in terms of expenses. On top of that, if you work a com-mission-based job, your monthly income will fluctuate throughout the year.Now, there are some things that will remain pretty standard. A few things like your rent or mortgage payment will probably be the same month to month. But what about things like utilities and food? Chances are your electric or gas bills will be higher during certain months as you heat and cool your home depending on the weather. What about holidays and special occasions? It’s likely you’ll end up spending more on food, gifts and related items around Thanks-giving and Christmas or other months when family and friends have birthdays and other events.These are just a few of the reasons it’s a good idea to customize your budget every month. A good, ac-curate monthly budget should always reflect your reality, Kara. Not only will this give you a more realistic idea of where your money is going, but the knowledge also helps you control your money in-stead of it controlling you!—Dave

Does payment to collectors end the debt?

Dear Dave,One of my husband’s credit card bills was turned over to a collec-tion agency. They’ve offered three different payment options. If we accept one of the options, does this

mean the original creditor accepts the agreement as well?Cheryl

Dear Cheryl,In a situation like this, the collec-tion agency either owns the debt outright or they’re directly repre-senting the credit card company. This is pretty much standard op-erating procedure when someone has defaulted on a loan.I’d go ahead with the deal they’ve offered that makes the most sense for you guys. You’ll have a ding on your credit report, showing set-tlement on a defaulted credit card, but it’s really no big deal since you’ve already got a mark against you for having it turned over to collections.Want another piece of advice? Never use credit cards again!—Dave

How do you know it’s your calling?

Dear Dave,How do you know when you’ve found your true calling when it comes to your job or your career?Matt

Dear Matt,I’ve met a few people who’ve had a spiritual experience in this area. Something has happened, almost like they were struck by lightning, and they knew what they were supposed to do with their lives. This isn’t the normal way people come to realization about their fu-tures, but it does happen from time to time.Usually, I believe this kind of rev-elation starts out as a simple idea that gradually grows into a job and then into a career. Then, it evolves over time into a calling. That’s how I stepped into what I’m doing today. I can’t honestly tell you that when I started on radio, or began writing and teaching, that I knew it was God’s purpose for my life. But I felt the weight and the draw-ing of it, almost like a magnetic pull.I’ve been doing it for 20 years, so it definitely evolved over time into what it is today. Still, I’m positive it’s the reason I’m on this planet!—DaveFor more financial help, please visit daveramsey.com.

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The Secret to Creat-ing a Well Adjusted and Environmen-tally Sound DogThe key to turning your new puppy into a people-dog friendly adult and one who is environmentally sound is all about timing. Socialization is a once in a lifetime opportunity!Your puppy's brain is at the develop-mental stage; he is primed and ready to learn to accept new experiences between the ages of 4 to 16 weeks. In fact, this period is often referred to as the "socialization period" (al-though some experts assert it be-gins later, at 7 weeks). The general consensus among experts in canine development is that dogs are most re-ceptive to learning about how to deal with new environments, people, and other animals until they are approxi-mately 12 to 14 weeks old. Learn-ing continues of course, but drives to establish independence and ranking, can inhibit your puppy's openness to new things after this age. The socialization window means that dogs that aren't socialized properly during the first few three months of their lives may have severely under-developed social skills. According to John Wright, PhD, certified animal behaviorist and professor of psychol-ogy at Mercer University in Georgia, "It is easier for a puppy to learn about and accept something novel during the socialization period than after it has ended."Primary socialization is anything that a puppy is introduced to up until he is 12 weeks of age. After that time period, anything that is introduced is a secondary social-ization. Without primary socializa-tion, secondary socialization is vir-tually impossible, very difficult at best. Owners who let the primary socialization window pass may end up with a dog that is shy and afraid of any new people or experiences.Within the socialization window is what some experts call "the fear pe-riod" around 8 to 10 or 11 weeks of age, when puppies can react strongly to new things and make deep asso-ciations with certain people and situ-ations. Proceed carefully with socializing you puppy during this period. Take small steps, and rely on your knowledge of your individual puppy. Some puppies learn quickly, others are shy, and still others are strong willed. All three of these types learn at dif-ferent rates. Two good general rules, however, are to take a puppy into a large group only after having social-ized him to smaller groups, and to introduce him to new people, scenes, or objects only when you can control the experience. Your puppy needs positive experiences. Negativity has no place within the so-

cialization period.What is socialization and how is it done?Socialization is commonly describes as introducing a puppy to the people, animals, and objects that will be in his environment. But it goes beyond introducing to familiarizing-- help-ing your puppy learn how to interact with or respond to these new things appropriately and without fear. Su-zanne Johnson, a certified animal be-haviorist, explains that the purpose of socialization is "to set boundaries on what a puppy can and cannot do. It teaches him to perform in society and to be accepted"To come up with ideas for socializ-ing your puppy, consider what things your own everyday life involves that his breeder, shelter of rescue hasn't.In the home, this can include the vac-uum, stairs, grooming tools, running water and appliances that make sud-den, loud noises.Outside the home, myriad socializa-tion opportunities await you and your puppy. From umbrellas, people wearing raincoats, hats, men with beards, dif-ferent races of people, large crowds of people to wheelchairs, cars and bicycles — new things are around every corner. The more of them you can introduce your puppy to now the more confi-dent and well adjust it will be as an adult.Don't forget to introduce you puppy to children, whose high-pitched voices and unexpected movements can frighten or arouse aggression in adults dogs that haven't had the chance to get familiar with them. Closely supervise meetings between puppies and children to make them a positive experiences. "The best source of socialization will come from a 4 to 5-year-old super-vised child," states Suzanne Johnson, a certified animal behaviorist. Children lie on the ground and play with the puppy. They play like an-other puppy.Coming up with people and places for socialization opportunities can require creativity, but the "how" is simple:• Use treats and a lot of praise, touch and gentle play to convince your pup-py that a new sight, smell, person or situation is fun.• End each introduction on a positive, perhaps with a treat, affection or short play session with a favorite toy.• Keep it up!By exposing your puppy gradually and positivity to new sights, sounds and experiences, you encourage fur-ther learning.As explained in the book Ain’t Mis-behaving, socialization does not stop at a certain age. It is a continual pro-cess. You must continually exercise and socialize a dog through their life-times. Puppy socialization plants the seed of confidence and good behav-ior, on going socialization lets you and your dog reap the rewards.Happy Socialization!Gaye Amick is a professional dog trainer and owner of Northern Sky Obedience Academy of Charlevoix. Reach her at (231) 237-9510 or on the web at www.onefinedog.com

Charlevoix County Transit Ex-ecutive Director Jill Drury gave the Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners an overview of the transit's changes in services during the board's March 14 meeting.Drury came before the board to quash rumors about an overall decrease in services, and to high-light an actual increase in the bus-ing service.

“In an effort to offer more servic-es to the residents of the county in a more regional aspect we looked at adding a trip to Petoskey and Gaylord for the residents to ac-cess some of the shopping that they can't access here in Charlev-oix County or other services that they may not be able to access,” she said. “We've implemented that with the approval of our oversight committee. There will

be one trip per month to each of those locations and then we'll do Traverse City still on occasion – we're looking at four times a year … with the ability to add more if we want to.”There had been a trip to Traverse City on a monthly basis that was intended to be a medical run to Munson Hospital, but Drury said more and more people are utiliz-ing it for shopping trips – a desti-

nation that the special trips were not intended for.Drury added, “We can do a trip to Gaylord and a trip to Petoskey for almost the same cost as one trip to Traverse City.”Drury said despite rumors that the transit system was decreasing ser-vices, they are actually looking to provide additional services to the people who utilize the service.“If people still have medical ap-

pointments outside of the county we are working with them to pro-vide those trips, that was one of the reasons for the smaller vehicle that we bought,” she said. Charlevoix County Commis-sioner Bob Drebenstedt asked if there would be an increase in the cost to run the transit system and Drury said the numbers are actu-ally lower due to efficiencies and an increase in customer usage.

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sTARTER HOME ElMIRA

nice affordable starter home with 3 bed-rooms, attached 2 1/2 car garage with paved drive. large yard. $ 72,500

BOYNE CITY sTARTER HOME

lots of property surrounds this almost 1,000 sq. ft. home in the process of being redone. you get 4 large city lots, the home, as well as a garage, all within two blocks of the public access to beautiful lake charlevoix. situ-ated at the edge of town and amongst nice homes with large yards, and lots of mother nature to spend your day with.$ 69,900

uNIquE PYRAMId HOME

unique pyramid home fully furnished incl snow blower, lawn mower, yard tools and much more. adjacent to springbrook hills Golf course, with a view of the catch and release pond, this interesting chalet is sur-rounded by mature trees giving it privacy. the house is immaculate! the deck is large and cool - great for entertaining. Walloon lake is only 3.5 miles away, petoskey is 12 miles, boyne city is 9 miles and Gaylord is

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10 ACREs ANd HOMECute 2 bedroom cabin/home located in the famous Jordan Valley on 10 +/- acres. could be used as a year around home or a relaxing retreat to get away from you nor-mal day to day routine! $ 59,900

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close to schools, this 3 bedroom 2 bath house is situated on two oversize lots and come with a large 2 1/2 car garage. Wood floors and fireplace are some of the features to accompany the open floor plan. there is a wide yard for kids, pets, and their toys, plus access from a street along the back so that you can build a pole barn or storage barn later. $ 59,900

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PARK lIKE sETTING

Very nice mobile in the east Jordan park. this home has many upgrades, most not-icibly the 2 car garage that accompanies the home. It is situated at the end of a cul-de-sac, and has no neighbor on the one side. there is a nice deck that overlooks that side, offering a park-like setting to be enjoyed. seller financing is available with minimal down for the qualifying buyer.$ 29,900

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1994 Fairmont Mobile w/3 Bedrooms, 2 baths, cathedral ceilings, Deck and storage shed. In good condition. $21,900

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1999 forD eXpeDItIon eDDIe bauer 4WD

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1997 DoDGe Dakota club cab 4WD

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4-speed automatic transmission. 142,489 miles.

1999 CHRYslER sEdAN

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MARCH 22GARdEN CluB MEETING

the boyne Valley Garden club will meet 1 pm thurs., march 22 at the boyne District library. the program covers garden plantings that will be done throughout boyne city this season. host-esses are nancy Gowell, bedonna perish, kath-leen sheehan.

MARCH 23, 24

sPRING MusICAlboyne city high school spring musical “pajama Game,” performing arts center, 7 p.m.

NCMC AG WORKsHOPMARCH 21 & APRIl 11

“The Business of Wine series” will be held on Wednesdays, march 21, april 11 and april 18 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on the petoskey campus. these workshops are designed for grape growers, wine enthusiasts, winery employees, distributors, res-taurant workers and people interested in entering the grape and wine business. for more informa-tion or to register for these workshops see www.ncmich.edu/cce/ or call (231) 348-6705.

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ONgOINg EVENTSFOREIGN lANGuAGE lEssONs

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luNCH FOR sENIORs

let’s Do lunch - boyne area senior center, 411 e. Division st., is open to the public for daily lunches. for seniors age 60+, the donation is $3, for ages 60 and under. $6. for daily information call 582 6682.

FREE COMPuTER ClAssEsclasses are held at the boyne District library at 1 p.m. on fridays. classes are tailored to your skill level, beginner to advanced. for more information call the library 582-7861 or instructor ron Grunch at 582-6974.red cross needs Donorsfor information on how you can make a differ-ence this season, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-reD-cross (1-800-733-2767).

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know a female, age 40 – 64, who is under-insured or without health insurance, call (866) 487-3100 to schedule an appointment.

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WANT TO lOsE WEIGHT?come join us for support. tops (take off pounds sensibly) meets at the church of the nazarene 225 West morgan st. boyne city, on monday morning at 10 a.m. for more information call ev-elyn at (231) 582-9495

lOss 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 suicide 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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10 a.m.-2 p.m.Great Hill Herbs

photo by chrIs faulknorgone northTony, Brody, lynn, and Blaire Hill of Mississippi take a break from their festivities at Boyne Mountain.

We are now accepting new and lightly used show clothing and show tack for consign-ment in our new store in Boyne City. If you have any items you would like to con-sign with us, please give us a call at (231) 883-2666 and we will let you know what items we are currently accepting.We carry new Hunt, Western, and Saddle Seat at-tire and accessories to complete your outfit. And, we have performance equestrian apparel from Kerrits and Goode Rider.

Swim To You & Equestrian Closet

Located in the Water Street Center

Open Th-Fri-Sat 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hours will be extended closer to SpringWe are available by apppointment at our store or at your barn

Grandvue bond ear-ly payoff approvedThe Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners voted 5 to 1 to al-locate the funding to pay off the Grandvue bond early in order to save several hundred thousand dollars in interest payments.The bond is now being paid off nearly four years early.“I think any time … we can lower the tax to the citizens of the county and pay something off early it's a plus,” said Charlevoix County Com-missioner Ron Reinhardt.The bond was scheduled to run through 2016 at a remaining total of $3.1 million. The interest rate was 4.25 percent.Charlevoix County Commissioner Shirlene Tripp voted against the measure citing that she felt the procedure was “lax.”

County OK's road funds; chooses contractor to finish Boyne City-Charlevoix RoadThe Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners voted to transfer $1 million from their general fund to the Charlevoix County Road Commis-sion to cover the unanticipated high-er road construction bid estimates they received in recent weeks.The contract to finish the final 10 miles of road was awarded to Payne & Dolan for nearly $2.968 million dur-ing the same meeting.“Both of these companies have very good reputations for building roads in Charlevoix County,” said Charlev-oix County Commissioner Ron Re-inhardt in discussing the two lowest bidders on the project. “The integrity of the bid system, if we do not go with the low bidder, gets shot down.”

Northern Michigan Regional Hospital Announces Name Change to ‘Mclaren’Northern Michigan Regional Hos-pital today announces that it will join other McLaren Health Care

hospital subsidiaries in adopting the McLaren name. After evalu-ating the results of a community survey regarding a potential new name for Northern Michigan Regional Hospital, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to adopt McLaren – Northern Mich-igan, the name overwhelmingly favored by survey respondents.

The Charlevoix County History Preservation Society Presents Its First History Speaker Series Event of 2012“seeking Charlevoix County’s Views of The Eisenhower Election”speaker: dr. George A. ColburnMonday, March 26, 2012 at 7 p.m.Boyne district library Community RoomJoin us for a sneak preview of Dr. Colburn’s new documentary film on the Eisenhower election and presidency. His program will be a two-hour special on television; however for CCHPS, this special preview will be limited to the first hour - on why Ike ran, and how he won. Dr. Colburn invites you to enliven the presentation with some good "Ike" tales. You may even be invited to be included in this film, which is scheduled to be aired on public TV in the fall. Too young to remember? No matter

your age, everyone is invited to attend this preview, to learn about one of our nation’s most notable presidents, and share views on this history-based documentary program. George A. Colburn, Ph.D., is President and Director of Operations for Starbright Me-dia Corporation. His best known national television credit is as SMC’s writer and producer of a major documentary series on Dwight D. Eisenhower’s mili-tary and political careers, 1941 - 1961. Produced in association with Gancie Television, and en-titled "The Eisenhower Legacy," the five-hour series was hosted by Gen. Colin L. Powell. Dr. Col-burn’s credits as an independent producer include more than two dozen national, media-based edu-cational programs, linked to ma-jor documentary series. For more information please call 231-582-5326 or visit www.cchps.info. This event is free and open to the public.

Moody earns broker’s licenseA long-time Boyne City resident has achieved a career milestone.Marty Moody, a realtor with Lyn-

da’s Real Es-tate Service for the past 8 years, has recently at-tained his broker’s li-cense.“It is quite an accom-plishment,

and I am very proud of him,” said Owner Lynda Christensen.“He is passionate about Boyne City, and keeping Boyne City the small home-town that it is,” she added.

In addition to his time in real es-tate, Moody has served on the Board of Education for Boyne City Public Schools and worked with the Boyne Area Community Christmas, both for over 20 years, as well as work in many other ways over the years.Moody’s attainment of this new li-cense is only one of several accom-plishments in his real estate career.Moody is also a member of MAR, NAR, The Antrim Charlevoix Kalkaska Association of Realtors and the Northern Michigan Mul-tiple List and holds an ABR desig-nation.“Marty prides himself in the ser-vice he provides to all of is clients,” added Christensen.Marty can be contacted through Lynda’s Real Estate Service at (231) 582-9555 or by e-mail at marty@lyndasrealestateservice.com

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BOYNE AREA COMMUNITYMarch 21, 2012 Boyne City Gazette Page 15

Services and benefits fair for military veteransNorth Central Michigan College is collaborating with the State of Michigan’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the state’s Workforce Development Agency to offer a unique, one-day services and benefits fair for military veterans and their families. The event will take place on North Central’s Petoskey campus on Wednesday, March 28, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the Library confer-ence room. The benefits fair offers veterans of all ages and branches of service the opportunity to meet one-on-one with state, local and college repre-sentatives to ask questions related to VA benefits for education, train-ing and health care, legal issues and other service-related matters. No appointments are necessary. Veterans and their families are also invited to attend a college lecture series presentation at 7 p.m. that evening on the college campus by Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer, recent recipient of the Medal of Honor. His presentation is offered to the community by the college at no charge. Tickets are required and will be available at the benefits fair. They will also be available at North Central’s offices in Petoskey, Che-boygan, Gaylord and East Jordan.Veterans’ service officers with a compassionate understanding of the problems which confront veterans, widows, widowers, and children will be on hand at the services and benefits fair to apply specialized knowledge in the best way to meet the needs of each veteran or other beneficiary who comes to the event for assistance. Veterans’ service officers know the extent, the meaning and the applica-tion of laws that have been passed by the U.S, Congress in the interests of veterans and their dependents. They also know the rules and regu-lations adopted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to clarify and implement those laws. The Veterans Services Division of Michigan’s Workforce Develop-ment Agency, is charged with help-ing Michigan veterans and their eli-gible spouses find employment or start a business. The division will have representa-tives at the fair to provide a variety of services including the following:· Advice on career opportunities for veterans· Tips on resume writing and job search strategies· Access to MiTalent.org, the State of Michigan’s career portal· Help with scheduling appoint-ments for individualized counseling in finding a job or job training.A staff of 60 employment special-ists work at 85 Michigan Works! Agency offices around the state to help veterans find jobs or get the training they will need to get a job. Education specialists will be avail-able at the fair to talk about various educational programs, including veteran education benefits, GI Bill, Post 9/11, Yellow Ribbon, Chapter 30, and Chapter 33. Representatives from the VA Health Care System will be available to help resolve concerns about any as-pect of a veteran’s health care expe-rience, particularly those concerns that cannot be resolved at the point of care. VA Health Care System patient advocates listen to any questions, problems, or special needs and re-fer the concerns to the appropriate Medical Center staff for resolution.Veterans will also be able to ask questions about legal matters: how to clear up outstanding warrants by participation in a Veteran Treatment Court, how to obtain community service in lieu of fines, waive child support for dependents past the age of majority, or to enter into pay-ment plans with very low monthly payments.

courtesy photoRamblers face offBoyne City’s 2011 graduates Kolbi shumaker and dustin Field who are both playing college baseball Kolbi for Alma and dustin for davenport faced off for the first time.

The Boyne City Blaze robotics team traveled to Gull Lake High School for district competition March 2nd and 3rd. There were 36 teams in the district competi-tion from all around the state of Michigan, some new small teams with local sponsors, others teams from class A schools with signifi-cant corporate sponsors and a long history of FIRST Robotics Com-petition. FIRST Robotics Competition is the brainchild of Deam Kamen the inventor of the segway and ex-ists For Inspiration and Recogni-tion in Science and Technology.Matches were played in a three team verses three team alliance format with random draws dur-ing qualification rounds. Teams played 12 qualifying matches over the first day and a half leading to Championship level competition. Boyne City reached the Champi-onship level by finishing 6th of 32 teams in qualifying just ahead of the Petoskey Paladins. For championship level competi-tion the highest eight qualifiers chose teammates in a predeter-mined order. Boyne and their al-liance partners faced off with the Paladins in the Quarter – finals and won the three game match 2-0. In the Semi finals the Blaze met an alliance with two of the top robots in the competition and lost 0-2.For their finish Boyne was award-

ed a trophy as Highest Rookie Qualifier. Coach Dale Thomason “Ww were excited to reach this goal at our first competition.” “There are three groups I’d like to especially highlight for our suc-cess so far.” said Thomason. “First we have a dedicated, intelli-gent, innovative group of students. Mostly young students, who have shown leadership, growth, and ini-tiative in making our team work. The intensity of designing, build-ing, and testing a robot in six weeks is emense. These students have been great!”“Second we have received finan-cial and technical support from many community businesses and groups including Industrial Mag-netics International who offered both professional design and fabri-cation assistance, The Boyne City

Booster Foundation, The City of Boyne City, The Air Industrial Park, the Rotary Club, and Boyne City High School.”“Third we have a strong group of mentors including build leaders Gordy and Deborah Rushlow, Pro-gramming leader Tom Heath, and Fabrication leader Mike Webster. The six week build process was filled with many long days and hours and hours of work in design, trouble shooting, building and ma-terials procurement. Without these people and many others who offered meals, ac-counting, fundraising and other supports we could not have built this program.”“I’d like to note our drive captain, Richard Carpenter,” Said Thoma-son. “Richard was complemented at competition as the best drive coach one judge had ever seen. We’re pleased that we have chosen to use students as leaders in roles some-times assumed by adults. We’re in this for the eventual human prod-uct”The Blaze learned the oth-er side of success at Tra-verse City March 9 and 10. “We ran into a perfect storm of difficult matchups, tired mem-bers, mechanical problems, and difficulty making changes in a short time span,” said Thomason. “Still it was another great learning opportunity for us. We are excited about next year already!”

Student of the Week

Boyne City Public schools

NAME: carly kruzelPARENTs’ NAMEs: lisa and ken kruzel

GRAdE: 9thHOBBIEs & INTEREsTs:

sportsbeing with friendsswimmingDancingcheering at boyne competitions

sCHOOl ACTIVITIEs: VolleyballtennisDramastudent council

FuTuRE PlANs/GOAls: “I plan to go to college for at least four years. also get a good job and have a great family.”

AddITIONAl COMMENTs“I love boyne city high school and all of our boyne pride!”

sTAFF COMMENTs:“carly did an exceptional job in us history and Geography a. keep up the good work!” (mrs. Deming, history teacher)“Great student – positive attitude, hard worker, friendly and smart! Way to go carly.” (mrs. hertel, spanish teacher)carly is a hard-working young lady with a great attitude towards academics, athletics and the arts!  she has lots of spirit and is a positive addition to bchs. (mr. Ivie, band teacher)

Student of the Week

Boyne Falls Public schools

student Name: Zosia WasylewskiGrade: 1st Grade

Parent’s Name(s): frank and anna Wasylewski

What do you want to be when you grow up?

an actress because I like to watch how people act in movies.Favorite Book: “the little mermaid”

Hobbies and Interests: collecting shells from the ocean

staff Comments:Zosia comes to school each day ready to learn. she strives to do her best in all areas. Zosia shows she is a good friend by helping others and by using kind words. congratulations Zosia!

courtesy photoLiving history in Boyne FallsEarlier this month Teddy Roosevelt, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Amelia Earhart were spotted in Mr. Book’s classroom at Boyne Falls Public school. These and many other 5th and 6th grade impersonators were hosting a “living History” day as the culminationg activity of their biography unit. Each student re-searched a famous American (with the exception of Napoleon Bonaparte and leonardo da Vinci), and wrote a biography about that person. Friends, family, and other classes were invited to visit the classroom and test the biographical-knowledge of the costumed students.

boyne’s blaze robotics team makes championships

photo by chrIs faulknor

Boyne City reached the Championship level by finishing 6th of 32 teams in qualifying just ahead of the Petoskey Paladins.

The Boyne Business Expo Guide is a print and online interactive publication that will detail the gamete of goings on at the up-coming Business Expo & Taste of Boyne.“We are putting together this guide to give participating businesses a premium advertising venue to highlight their business to Expo participants, to give participants a full-spectrum guide to the event, and to support the efforts of the Boyne Area Chamber of Com-merce, of which we are a proud member,” said Boyne City Gazette Publisher Chris Faulknor. “The guide will debut in print the weeks leading up to the expo, and will be an insert in The Boyne City Ga-zette and available at many busi-nesses in Charlevoix and Emmet Counties. The online version will be available in early April, and will be updated as booth selections occur.”The Boyne Business Expo typi-cally hosts at least 1,000 people, and nearly a hundred businesses. This premier event is a huge pro-

motional opportunity for business, and the perfect way to catch a glimpse of what services and prod-ucts from throughout the region.How can I get one?Start by checking The Boyne City Gazette's Facebook page and www.boynegazette.com for the online version under the "Niche Publications" tab on the main page, and look for printed copies to be distributed at business all over soon after.What is an interactive digital ver-sion? The interactive digital version will be a full guide, and include video interviews, an interactive map, multimedia advertising from local businesses, video interviews, and even a word from our Chamber Director Jim Baumann.How can I buy an ad? Call Chris at (231) 582-2799 to place an ad, but hurry because spots are almost sold out, and what remain are going fast!How many will you be printing? We will be printing 5,000 copies in addition to the interactive digital version which will be available on numerous chamber of commerce and business websites for viewing. The guide will also be download-able to portable digital devices.

The 2011 expo featured: •85 booths from area businesses and non-profits, including... •13 Taste of Boyne food booths, including wine tasting

•Admission price of $5 includes tickets to sample each of the Taste of Boyne participants. •Cash bar with soft drinks, Michi-gan wines and Short’s Brewery beer on draft. •Free parking shuttle from St. Matthew Church and the Road Commission (details below) •Unveiling and distribution of the Chamber’s new Visitors Guide. •Blood pressure and cholesterol screenings from Charlevoix Area Hospital, 3 to 6 p.m. •Free wi-fi for exhibitors, courtesy of the Boyne City Radio Shack and AT&T. •Music and announcements from A+ Digital DJ’s.

PARKING SHUTTLEBecause the Expo draws a large

crowed, we offer a free parking shuttle service, courtesy of Char-levoix County Transit. If the Carter’s lot is full, you can park next door at St. Matthew Catholic Church or the Road Commission and ride a shuttle to and from the Expo. Thanks to St. Matthew Church and Charlevoix County Transit System for making this possible.

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3-7 p.m. Thursday, April 26At the former Carter’s Store,

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• Exposure to 1,000 people in 4 hours• 10-by-10 ft. booth • Table, table skirt, linens and chairs• Blue and white pipe and drape on 3 sides• 10 free tickets to the expo Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce - 582-6222Registration forms and details are available at:

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Irish heritageConcord Antrim dancers Myah Berden and Becky stambaugh show sharon White and linn Williams (upper left) the proper steps. Mem-bers of the band entertain the guests during the Irish Heritage Festival’s dinner on saturday March 17 (above). Concord Antrim dancers (at right) lexi strand, Becky stambaugh, Kristin Thompson, lisa stambaugh, Carli Thompson, Natalie deveneau, Myah Berden, and instruc-tor leannine sladick are pictured in between jigs. Boyne City’s own Joyce lambie (at left) watches the entertainment at the Boyne City Eagles Club. dwayne and Tricia Pleve and Rod-ger and Jayne Wagner enjoy a st. Patrick’s day meal on the patio at Cafe sante (upper right).photos by chrIs faulknor

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