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Here comes the Annual Grayling
Harvest Festival, a huge fall celebra-
tion held October 1st and 2nd in
Grayling that offers lots of exciting
things to see and do for those of
every age. Events will include an
Antique Tractor Show, Parade and
Tractor Powered Displays, a Farmers
Market, a Model Train Show and
Swap, Lego Train Display and Kids
Corner, an Arts & Crafts Show, 10K
and 5K races, Pumpkin Painting, and
lots of food and shopping fun in
SEE GRAYLING HARVEST PAGE 4A
By Jim Akans
Guardian Gals, Inc will be hosting
their second annual Making Change
Run/Walk event this coming
Saturday, October 1st, starting at 9 am
behind the Gaylord Intermediate
School. Participants of all ages are
encouraged to take part in this impor-
tant fundraiser for the Guardian Gals
organization. This is a great opportu-
nity to join a healthy outing on an
early fall weekend, plus help raise
public awareness and funding for this
energetic, community focused non-
profit group.
We will be Making Change in a
variety of ways, states Abbey
Hamilton, Guardian Gals Founder and
Executive Director. This event will
raise important funding for the
Guardian Gals organization, increase
public awareness of our year-round
work in the community; and also offer
a healthy outing of exercise and fun
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By Jim Akans
Celebrate the autumn season this
Friday and Saturday, September 30th
and October 1st, at the 3rd Annual
Oktoberfest under the Pavilion in
downtown Gaylord. There will be
plenty of live music, traditional
German food, and thirst-quenching
beer the perfect combination for a
whole lot of Bavarian style fall fun in
the Alpine Village of Gaylord.
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By Jim Akans
A dedication ceremony
and open house was held last
Saturday morning,
September 24th, at the
Patriot Place transitional liv-
ing community for homeless
veterans located in Gaylord.
The project, which broke
ground in April, was spear-
headed by Goodwill
Industries of Northern
Michigan, and will offer
accommodations, food,
clothing, services assistance,
and transitional training pro-
grams for up to 24 homeless,
single male veterans.
Northern Michigan
Engineering, Inc. developed
the site plan for the commu-
nity, which encompasses five
acres of a thirty-acre land
parcel. The project design is
by Gaylord area architect,
Todd Seidell, and the con-
struction will be led by
Burdco, Inc., which has
offices in Traverse City and
Gaylord. The community fea-
tures four, free-standing
duplex modular housing
units, each accommodating up to six veterans, and
two additional single-family buildings that will be
utilized as a support home and housing for the res-
ident manager.
We have worked very hard to create a neighbor-
hood that blends in well with the surrounding
community, stated Pamela A. Cuthbert, Director
of Veterans Programs for Goodwill Industries of
Northern Michigan, Inc. The entire project is
environmentally sensitive and energy efficient,
with a focus on creating a feeling of community.
We will have features like walking paths, irrigated
landscapingdesigned to enhance the surround-
ing area while providing a comfortable, welcoming
place for homeless veterans to make their transi-
tion toward independent living.
The Gaylord location was selected due to its cen-
tralized location in the 29-county Goodwill service
area, its convenient access to the I-75 freeway, dis-
tance to nearby Camp Grayling, and proximity to
the regions VA hospital in Saginaw. For additional
information about the project, visit www.goodwill-
nmi.org/vets.
Nine Northern Michigan spas have banded together to sup-
port Habitat for Humanitys Northern Michigan Chapters.
They will be hosting a fundraising week from October 3 to
October 9, 2011. Participating spas will donate $10 to their
local Habitat for Humanity affiliate from each 50-minute or
longer spa service purchased. Guests will have the opportuni-
ty to match the donation if desired. Its the perfect time to
relax, feel great, and raise dollars for a great cause!
Mary Margaret Hornbaker, Executive Director for
Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity explained, The
love and compassion that Northern Michigan Spas have for
family and community continues to grow. Through their con-
tinued support we will touch those who need a hand up, not
a hand out and with that grow our community with loving
hearts and strong hands!
To reserve an appointment or to make a donation, please
contact one of the following participating spas:
- Crystal Spa at Crystal Mountain Resort, Thompsonville
- Lilac Tree Spa at Lilac Tree Suites and Chippewa Hotel,
Mackinac Island
- Oasis Salon and Spa at Riverwalk Place, Gladwin
- Solace Spa at Boyne Mountain, Boyne Falls
- Spa Amira at The Homestead Resort, Glen Arbor
- Spa Grand Traverse at The Grand Traverse Resort, Traverse
City
- The Spa at Shanty Creek
Resorts, Bellaire
- The Spa at The Inn at Bay
Harbor A Renaissance Golf
Resort, Bay Harbor
- Treetops Spa at Treetops Resort, Gaylord
This fundraising week comes shortly after the success of the
Benefit Evening that Northern Michigan Spa Tour hosted at
the City Opera House in Traverse City on September 19th.
Nearly 200 guests enjoyed an amazing food tasting, sample
spa services, free spa gift bags, live music, a movie screening
of Dr. Wayne Dyers The Shift, followed by a live auction. The
generous attendees contributed over $4000 in donations to
support the efforts of Habitat for Humanity.
About the Northern Michigan Spa Tour - The Northern
Michigan Spa Tour is a collaboration of northern Michigan
spas inspiring health and wellbeing creating a unified voice
and growing the spa industry through innovative thinking,
education and philanthropy.
About Habitat for Humanity - Habitat for Humanity works
in partnership with people in need to build decent, affordable
housing. The houses then are sold to those in need at no prof-
it and with no interest charged. Volunteers provide most of the
labor, and individual and corporate donors provide money
and materials to build Habitat houses. Partner families invest
hundreds of hours of labor - 'sweat equity' - into building
their homes and the homes of others. Their mortgage pay-
ments go into a revolving fund, which is used to build more
houses.
For Information Contact: Sean Handler, Northern Michigan
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Quandt, Executive Director, Otsego County Habitat for
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Dedication & open house held at Patriot Place
veterans transitional community in Gaylord
Representatives at the ribbon cutting event were (from left); Cecil McNally (Goodwill, Executive Director), Pam
Cuthbert (Goodwill, VA Program Director), Denise Deitzen (Director of Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center), Glenn Hirt
(Goodwill, Board Member), State Representative Ray Franz (Vice Chair of the House of Military and Veterans
Affairs Committee), Ralph Soffredine (Goodwill Chairman of the Board), Mary Stanton (Goodwill Board Member),
Robert Zimmerman (Goodwill Board Member), Jan Warren (Goodwill Board Member), Mike Hornby (Goodwill
Board Member), Louis Czubak (Goodwill Board Member), Bill Hardiman, (Director, Interagency Collaboration and
Reengineering, DHS), Jason Allen(Senior Deputy Director for Veterans Affairs), Renee Williams (Huntington
National Bank), John Bales (Goodwill Board Member), Joe Keyes (Leathernecks).
Right: The dedication
ceremony began with a
flag presentation on the
grounds.
The Patriot Place community features four, free-stand-
ing duplex modular housing units, each accommodating
up to six veterans, and two additional single-family
buildings that will be utilized as a support home and
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ing them on.
This year, men, women and
children can select from two dif-
ferent run/walk courses, each fol-
lowing routes through the
Environment Center field and
Aspen Park in Gaylord. Those
options included a run or walk
along a 1-mile (or 5K) course, or
an added challenge level this year
(designed for more experienced
runners) is a 10K route through
the Aspen trails.
Each participant pledges a
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many raise through support of
family and friends, by hosting a
garage sale, or other creative
events. All donations for this
event are utilized to support the
ongoing mission of the Guardian
Gals to teach girls in 6th through
12th grades the value of self care,
community service and philan-
thropy.
Last year, the Making Change
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Check in for the event is on
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back by popular demand. We have had sever-
al local businesses and individual sponsors
step forward to help bring Oktoberfest back
this year, and the Downtown Development
Authority has provided the use of the Pavilion
to host the event. We have lined up some
wonderful bands, some great authentic tradi-
tional German food and beverages, and have
kept the prices very affordable to encourage
people to come out and enjoy the celebra-
tion.
That celebration kicks off at 5 pm on Friday
evening, and at 7 pm Judy and Her Suchey
Brothers will take the stage to play some
Polka favorites until 11 pm. Saturday brings
more great music, food and beer to the
Pavilion area starting at 11 am. Cedar Creek
Tanzlmusi will hit the stage from 3 to 5 pm,
followed by the live sounds of Misty Blues
from 7 to 11 pm.
While the live music will keep toes tapping
and dancers spinning all afternoon and
evening, the abundance of traditional
German food served throughout Oktoberfest
will ensure attendees have enough calories
on board expend some extra energy on the
dance floor.
Those delicious treats, served by the
Gaylord Elks Club, will include Bratwurst (mit
or mit-out Sauerkraut), German Potato Salad,
Sauerkraut, a special Oktoberfest soup, as
well as hot dogs (also available with
Sauerkrautis there a pattern here?) and
potato chips. The First Congregational
Church will be serving up homemade
desserts, including strudels and cakes, and
there will be sodas, water and hot chocolate
available. Of course, there are those who
come to Oktoberfest to enjoy a stein or two at
the Die Bierhalle (beer tent), which will be set
up again this year under the Pavilion.
Admission to the food and entertainment
area is just $3 per person, and since this is a
Bavarian celebration, Alpine attire is certain-
ly encouraged.
So pull out those lederhosen, dust off that
Alpen-hat, and head down to the Pavilion in
downtown Gaylord this weekend for a memo-
rable Oktoberfest experience. And be sure to
tell those responsible for bringing
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Grayling Harvest Continued...
Downtown Grayling.
The Harvest Festival will kick off Saturday
and Sunday mornings with a parade of
antique tractors at 11 am on Michigan
Avenue after which those vintage machines
will be parked downtown to view. The down-
town celebration will also include several
street vendors, scarecrows, face painting,
fiber art and pony rides in addition to tractors
and hayrides.
On Saturday, an Arts and Crafts Show will
be held at the Grayling Elementary School
from 10 am to 3 pm. The annual Hartwick
Pines Challenge 10K and 5K race will also take
place on Saturday morning starting at 8 am at
the Hartwick Pines.
To make it easy for attendees to see the
many events going on during Harvest Festival
in Grayling, a hay wagon ride shuttle will pro-
vide transportation from downtown to the
school and back.
And while that is whole lot of activity
packed into a two-day event, theres even
more!
The Crawford County Historical Society
will be hosting the Timberliner train to
Grayling for the Northern Michigan Fall Color
Tour on October 2nd and 3rd. The train will
be bringing guests to town to enjoy the Model
Train Show and Swap held at the Grayling
Middle School from 10 am until 4 pm on
Saturday and Sunday, which will include a
Glancy Trains display by the Detroit
Historical Society and the LEGO Train Display
along with a variety of train items for sale.
Be sure to reserve a few hours to climb
aboard the Grayling Color Tour, which is a 40-
mile train excursion through the gorgeous
Northern Michigan fall foliage. The train will
be pulled by an historic Alco diesel locomo-
tive, and will depart from the Crawford
County Historical Museum at 1 pm Saturday
and Sunday. Tickets, which range in price
from $20 to $65, are available from the
Crawford County Historical society by calling
(989) 348-4461.
The Grayling Harvest Festival is a great
place to spend some time with the entire
family during an early fall weekend in the
north. For more information contact the
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937-8837 or visit grayling-
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By Jim Akans
This is such a fun place to shop, we have
had customers tell us we should have a cover
charge at the door, relates Mary Peterson,
director of the Good Samaritan Resale Shop.
We certainly enjoy what we do, and appreci-
ate the people who shop here and help to sup-
port our mission.
The Good Samaritan Resale Shop is part of
Good Samaritan Family Services, an organiza-
tion Peterson helped to inspire back in 1990,
and follows a mission of servicing the Lord by
reaching out to those in need, providing food
and outreach programs to local families who
could use a little help. Today, over 90 volun-
teers help the non-profit Good Samaritan
Family Services organization pursue that mis-
sion, through work at their Food Pantry, Moms
& Tots Center, Furniture & More Store, and
Resale Shop.
The Resale Shop features a huge assortment
of quality clothing, dishes, pictures, home
accessories, toys, tools, books jewelry, holiday
items, household items and more at their
approximately 7,000 square foot facility.
Businesses and individuals from a wide geo-
graphic area donate items for the every chang-
ing inventory at the Resale Shop, and shop-
pers are typically presented with a variety of
wacky, and cost-saving, specials on any given
day.
We typically feature some unique sales and
specials every day, Peterson observes. Some
examples are; buy the bottom of a clothing
item and get the top free, a dollar per foot pric-
ing on book stacks, or buy something with zip-
per or button get same type of item free. We
try to make this a fun place to shop.
The Good Samaritan Resale Shop is located
at 9746 Main Street in Ellsworth, and is open
Tuesdays from 10 am to 7 pm, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 4 pm, and
Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm. For additional
information call (231) 588-2208 or visit
Thegoodsam.org
Raymond Goodwin, noted Michigan author,
thespian, and writer of dramatic monologue,
will premier his most recent stage work, The
Wreck of the Gimpy Gin at the Grayling
Historical Museum, 97 Michigan Ave, on
Saturday, October 1st at 11:00am and 2:00pm
as part of the annual Grayling Autumn
Festival. The shows running time is 27 min-
utes. Mr. Goodwins stage works, which also
include Paul Baseball Bunyan, Antler Ridge,
and Merrinsville Depot, all recount fictional
situations that characterize life in Northern
Michigan. In an interview, Mr. Goodwin
explained that his purpose in writing the stage
works is to bring emotion to historical circum-
stances, thus making the circumstances and
the life represented more tangible. He has
dedicated these works to the people who vol-
unteer and work in community historical soci-
eties to preserve local Michigan history and
make it available to the public.
Mr. Goodwin has recently also written a
series of sketches about time he spent working
in a sawmill in Lake City, MI,
when he was in his early
twenties. Entitled
Sawdusted, notes from a
Post-boom mill and pub-
lished in 2010, it was selected
in 2011 by the Michigan
Notable Books program as
nonfiction reflective of
Michigan's diverse ethnic,
historical, literary, and cultur-
al experience. The characters
and situations are richly and
sympathetically described and bring the read-
er a vivid picture of sawmill life as the author
saw it and the characters that made it work.
Following each of the shows, Mr. Goodwin will
be available to autograph personal copies of
the book, which can be purchased through
several outlets including Amazon.com or
Barnesandnoble.com.
On both Saturday and Sunday the Museum
will be the site of Grandmas Bake Sale fea-
turing autumn vegetable breads made by
museum volunteers. On offer will be loaves of
pumpkin and zucchini bread as well as
banana and nut. Prices will be reasonable,
although, as usual, generous donations will be
appreciated to augment the building rehabili-
tation fund. The gift shop will also feature
sale-priced summer items as the museum pre-
pares to close for the winter. It will reopen in
2012 on Memorial Day weekend.
E L L S W O R T H
Good Samaritan Resale Shop is a fun
and fascinating place to visit
Photo by Jim AkAns
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Wreck of the Gimpy Gin
to climax this years season
at the Grayling Historical
Museum
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BOYNE CITY
Challenge Mountain
Resale Shop
1158 S. M-75
Boyne City
231-582-5711
www.challengemtn.org
CHARLEVOIX
Consign Design
100 Van Pelt Pl.
Charlevoix
231-237-9773
www.consigndesign.net
Bergmann Center
Resale Shop
8888 Ance Road
231-547-9624
www.bergmanncenter.org
Kellys Antiques &
Furniture Barn
06176 Old US 31 South
Charlevoix
231-547-0133
www.dkellyantiques.com
EAST JORDAN
Crossroads
Resale Shop
205 Water Street
231-536-7606
See us at www.Yell4it.com
StoneHedge Gardens
02195 North M-66
East Jordan
231-350-2246
www.StoneHedgeGardens.net
ELLSWORTH
Good Samaritan
Resale Shop
9746 Main St.,
231-588-2208
thegoodsam.org
Good Samaritan
Furniture & More Store
6517 Center St.
Downtown Ellsworth
231-588-2208
thegoodsam.org
FREDERIC
Pineview Military Surplus
7328 Old 27 North
Frederic
989-348-8300
GAYLORD
A-2-Z Resale
1829 Old 27 South,
Gaylord
989-732-9500
Alpine Consign
123 S. Indiana,Gaylord
989-731-4327
Goodwill Retail and
Donation Center
1361 Pineview Dr (near Lowes)
Gaylord
989-705-1747
www.goodwillnmi.org
Great Rooms
Quality Pre-Owned Furniture
148 W. Main Street
Gaylord
989-745-5184
www.greatroomsgaylord.com
Trinity House
3764 E. M-32
Gaylord
989-858-3109/989-619-0479
Angels at Work Resale
1523 S Otsego Ave.
Gaylord
989.448.8615
Venus & Blue Jeans
340 West Main Street
Gaylord
989-731-2600
www.venusandbluejeans.com
HARBOR SPRINGS
New Beginnings Thrift Shop
650 W Conway Rd.
Harbor Springs
231-348-2980
Habitat for Humanity Restore
8460 M-119
Harbor Springs
231-347-8440
Quality Sports & Tools
Consignment
1221 W Conway Rd.
Harbor Springs
231-487-0152
www.qtsconsignments.com
INDIAN RIVER
Finders Keepers Antiques &
Consignment Shop
3639 S. Straits Hwy.
Indian River
231-238-5000
ONAWAY
Second Chance Thrift Store
20420 State St., Onaway
989-733-9671
PETOSKEY
Challenge Mountain
Resale Shop
2429 US31 North,
Petoskey
231-348-3195
www.challengemtn.org
Goodwill Retail and
Donation Center
1600 Anderson Road
Petoskey
231-348-6947
www.goodwillnmi.org
Hidden Treasures
Northern Michigan Treasure Hunters Guide to area
antique, consignment, resale and thrift shops
In the Rough, Professionally Painted
or Completely Restored
Over 7,000 sq. ft. of Furniture, Antiques & Goodies
06176 Old U.S. 31 South, Charlevoix, MI 49720
E-Mail: donkellyantiques@yahoo.com
FURNITURE BARN
(231) 547-0133 Cell (231) 881-0353
Web: dkellyantiques.com
CUSTOM & ANTIQUE
FURNITURE
A fun and fascinating place to shop, The Good Samaritan Resale Shop is located
at 9746 Main Street in Ellsworth.
1830 Tom Street
Gaylord, MI 49735
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TERRIFIC
KIDS
All kids are terrific and here at South Maple Elementary we are acknowledging kids for
good character. The Kiwanis club of Otsego County is helping us with this endeavor.
Students who exhibit good behavior by following our school rules will be recognized by
staff for doing so. Every Friday at South Maple one student per class will be selected to
receive a Terrific Kid award, button, and pencil. The student names will be announced
on our Friday morning announcements. They will also have their picture taken to hang on
our Terrific Kid bulletin board. This is an excellent opportunity for staff, students, par-
ents and the community to connect on a social/emotional level because good character is
just as important as good grades!
here are the terrific kids from south maple
elementary school for the week ending 9-23-11
Back row: Daniel Reynolds, Abbigail Radulski, Kyle Butka, Avery Geyer,
Sydney Poynter, Ally Doederlein. Middle row: Isabel Messinis, Paloma Romero-
Mendoza, Morgan Monchilov, Molly Swatz, Hannah Rowe, Lydia Kirk. Front row:
Brooke Howard, Gwen Porter, Ian Bomback, Megan Dubie, Brianna Theriault
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GAYLORD
Bear Basketball Sign-
up for 3-6 Grade
Now in its 24th year, Bear
Basketball begins soon. 3rd
6th grade boys and girls bas-
ketball camp each Saturday
afternoon beginning October
1. League for 3rd 6th grade
boys and girls begins in
January. Registration Register
on-line at www.Bear
Basketball.org. All games and
classes take place at the
Otsego County Community
Center, 315 S. Center St. Cost
is only $15. This is Northern
Michigans premier youth
basketball program and
includes more than 400
youth from all over Northern
Michigan. Boys and girls
grades 3-6 can sign up at the
Community Center. Classes
run thru Nov. 5 & players are
not required to attend every
class.
PETOSKEY
College Night at NCMC
North Central Michigan
College invites high school
juniors and seniors and their
parents to College Night,
Wednesday, September 28.
The event will be held on the
Petoskey campus in the
Student and Community
Resource Center from
6:30pm until 8pm. High
school students and parents
can meet with representa-
tives from more than 50 pub-
lic and private colleges and
universities from throughout
the Midwest about higher
education options, admis-
sion requirements, programs
of study, costs of college,
campus activities and resi-
dence life. A list of participat-
ing colleges can be found at
http: //www. ncmi ch. edu.
Armed Forces representa-
tives will also be available. A
North Central financial aid
advisor will be present to
answer questions about fed-
eral financial aid for college.
The program is offered to the
community by North Central
as a free service for college-
bound students and families,
and is supported by the
Michigan Association of
Collegiate Registrars and
Admission Officers.
GAYLORD
The Gaylord 30 Turns
100
Join us for a 100th anniver-
sary celebration of the
Gaylord 30 automobile Sept.
28, 6:30pm at the Otsego
County Library. Professor
Don Darnton will set the
stage with a screen presenta-
tion of the early history of the
automobile industry featur-
ing early vehicle and innova-
tors. Special guest Ivan Polus
will tell the story of the dis-
covery of Gaylord's own car
in a Northern Michigan barn,
how he restored the only
known 1911 Gaylord 30 still
in existence, and how it made
its way back home. Invite
your friends, sit back, relax
and enjoy the trip. Sponsored
by the Otsego County
Historical Society and the
Otsego County Library.
GRAYLING
Connect to a
Consumer Forum
Grayling Forum: Thursday,
September 29 at 6pm at
Grayling City Hall (1020 City
Blvd., Grayling) Come to a
meeting hosted by the state
agency with regulatory
responsibilities for energy,
telecommunications, and
some video/cable. This event
will allow you to: meet with
an MPSC Commissioner,
learn about electric and nat-
ural gas rates, discuss tele-
phone service updates and
voice utility-related ques-
tions and concerns. Local
utility service providers and
assistance organization will
be present to speak with
attendees. To make the most
of this opportunity, please
bring your utility bills, shut
off notices, tax information
and proof of any other assis-
tance you receive. Contact:
MPSC, Utility Forums, (800)
292-9555
GRAYLING
United Way Kickoff
Attend the Crawford County
United Way Kickoff spaghetti
dinner Sept. 29 at Fox Run
Country Club. Buffet 4-9pm.
Entertainment 5-9pm.
Admission is $10 or $8 with 3
canned goods, $25 family.
GRAYLING
Swiss Steak Dinner
Michelson Memorial United
Methodist Church will host a
Swiss Steak Dinner on
Thursday, September 29,
from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Adults
$8.00, children 6-12 $4.00
and under 6 will eat free.
Takeouts will be available.
GAYLORD
Oktoberfest
Join the Celebration at
Gaylord's Oktoberfest!
Friday, Sept 30th, 5pm to
11pm ~ Music ~ Food ~ Beer
~ Judy & Her Suchey
Brothers. Saturday, October
1st, 11am to 11pm ~ More
Music ~ Food ~ Beer ~ Fun ~
3 pm - 5 pm Cedar Creek
Tanzlmusi ~ 7 pm - 11 pm
Misty Blues. Downtown
Gaylord under the Pavilion
On Court. Authentic German
Food, Biergarten, Live Music,
Dancing, Beer Tent. $3 Cover
Charge
CHEBOYGAN
Soup Supper
The Cheboygan County
Humane Society will be host-
ing a Soup Supper on Sept. 30
at the Inverness Township
Hall, located on VFW Rd. in
Cheboygan. Please join the
fun at this fundraiser from
4pm to 7pm. $7 for adults
and $5 for kids 12 and under.
For more information call
231-238-8221
GRAYLING
Planting of Northern
White-Cedars
Last week the Mason-Griffith
Founders Chapter (Grayling)
of Trout Unlimited planted
30 northern white-cedar
trees along the AuSable
Rivers banks in Crawford
County. A total of 80 trees
were planted (with 50 addi-
tional trees planted in
Deward) through the Cedars
for the AuSable Project.
These trees provide needed
shade to maintain the cold
water fishery of the AuSable
River. Planting was funded by
a memorial fund for James
Colvault, a former
Administrator for the District
Court who passed away last
year.
GAYLORD
Guardian Gals Making
Change
Enjoy a 1 Mile, 5k, 10k Run &
Walk at Gaylord Middle
School Environmental
Center & Aspen City Park
Trail. Oct. 1 at 9am. Check-In:
Friday 5-7:30pm Saturday
7:30-9am. Gaylord Middle
School Environmental
Center & Aspen City Park
Trail is located at 600 East
Fifth Street. Fees: 10k & 5k
Runs & Walks $20 Reg. Fee &
$100 Minimum Pledge
Commitment To Guardian
Gals, Inc. 1 Mile Runs &
Walks $10 Reg. Fee/Pledges
Welcome! Registration
Closing Date Sept. 30
MACKINAW CITY
CA$h BA$h Raffle
Admiral's Table (NEW LOCA-
TION) Friday, September
30th, 6-10pm. Tickets on sale
now at the Chamber office or
from committee members!
Over 26 chances to win! $100
or $120 to be included in the
last ticket in pool drawing.
Mackinaw CA$h BA$h sup-
ports community based
events, programs & projects
of the Mackinaw City
Chamber of Commerce.
Winterfest, Community Yard
Sales, Junior Achievement,
County Spelling Bee,
Mackinaw City Parade Float,
Music in Mackinaw, Spring
and Fall Bike Tours, Corvette
Crossroads Auto Show,
Mighty Mac Golf Outing,
Great Pumpkin Hunt,
Christmas in Mackinaw Tree
Lighting and Parade.
Committee members:
Belinda Mollen, Gene Cooley,
Rob & Judy Most, Paul
Michalak, Donna Beach.
Information Hotline 231-
436-5574
INDIAN RIVER
Farm Market
The Indian River Farm
Market is back with the won-
derful fresh produce, flowers,
jams, breads and other
homemade items! Stop in
and support your local farm-
ers and vendors, and enjoy
home grown items. The Farm
Market will be every
Wednesday 2pm- 6pm and
every Saturday 9am 1pm at
the Citizens National Bank
parking lot on the corner of S.
Straits Hwy and M-68. The
Farm Market will run
through October 29th. For
more information call the
Chamber at 231-238-9325.
GAYLORD
Democrats meet
Otsego County Democrats
meets 3rd Tuesdays. 6 PM
United Way Building. Call
Carol at 989-732-2591 for
info.
GRAYLING
Farmers Market
It will be held every Thursday
under the pavilion in
Grayling City Park from 2-
6pm. Will close the weekend
of Harvest Festival, which is
held in Downtown Grayling
on Saturday, October 1st &
Sunday, October 2nd as well.
GRAYLING
Senior Project Fresh
coupons
The Crawford County
Commission on Aging along
with MSU Extension are
sponsoring the 2011 Senior
Project Fresh Farmers Market
Nutrition Program which
gives $20 worth of coupons
that can be used on fresh
Michigan produce at partici-
pating local fresh food mar-
kets. In Grayling, coupons
can be used at Jims Farm
Market and at the Grayling
Farm Market on Thursdays at
the City Park from 2-6pm. If
you are a Crawford County
senior age 60 or above and
your monthly income is
below $1,679 per month
($2,268 for a couple), you
may qualify for these free
coupons. 50 coupon booklets
are left to distribute before
the end of August. If you feel
you qualify and would like to
participate in the program,
contact the Commission on
Aging at 348-7123.
GRAYLING
Line dancing
Line Dancing facilitated by
Ann Doty. Come one, come
all, everyone is invited to
attend the Line Dancing
Classes at 10am on
Wednesdays. No experience
needed, no fee, no
Reservations necessary. Call
the Senior Center at 348-7123
for more information.
Located at 308 Lawndale St.
in Grayling behind Burger
King.
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY
100 Club
The Cheboygan County 100
Club proudly announces its
creation. The Cheboygan
County 100 Club is a non-
profit organization estab-
lished to provide financial
assistance to families of
Cheboygan County firefight-
ers, law enforcement officers,
first responders or ambu-
lance personnel injured, dis-
abled or killed serving
Cheboygan County. Anyone
interested in making a dona-
tion or inquiring about a
membership please contact
Richard Kolb at (231) 818-
0585
GAYLORD
Farmer's Market
The Gaylord Downtown
Farmers Market is consid-
ered one of the finest mar-
kets in northern Michigan!
Michigan farm producers sell
fresh fruits and vegetables,
baked goods, herbs, and
much more under the down-
town pavilion. In the warmer
months, youll also find out-
door plants and flowers.
Ample parking is available.
Open every Saturday, 8am to
2pm, through October 29.
And every Wednesday, 8am
to 2pm, July through
October.
GRAYLING
Deliverable Fuels
Assistance
NEMCSA (Northeast
Michigan Community
Service Agency) has money
available to assist low-
income families with the
delivery of fuels such as
propane, fuel oil and fire-
wood. There are guidelines
which must be followed.
Crawford County residents
who think they might qualify
should contact Beth at 1-866-
270-0687 for prescreening. If
applicants meet all eligibility
requirements, an application
will be mailed or faxed at the
customers request. All appli-
cations are on a first come-
first served basis.
GRAYLING
Zumba Gold Fitness
Zumba Gold Fitness is a fun
and exciting fitness program
done with Latin music. It was
designed for the older adult
both fit and those who may
be limited physically. The
Zumba Program strives to
improve balance, strength,
flexibility, and most impor-
tant, the heart. You can even
participate sitting in a chair.
Bring comfortable no trac-
tion shoes and a water bot-
tle. This is a free class. Judy
Morford, Licensed Instructor.
Every Monday at 12:30pm
every Tuesday at 10am.
GRAYLING
Genealogy Group
Every Monday in September
at 10am at Devereaux
Memorial Library study
ancestry and discover your
family history!
PETOSKEY
Free Foreclosure
Workshops
Learn from experts how to
prevent your home from
going into foreclosure.
Northwest Michigan
Community Action Agency
(NMCAA) offers Free
Foreclosure Prevention
Education workshops in
Traverse City, Petoskey and
Cadillac offices.
Homeowners will learn how
to avoid foreclosure and the
different foreclosure pro-
grams that are available.
NMCAA, a certified HUD and
MSHDA Housing Counseling
Agency, will also educate
homeowners about the fore-
closure process and counsel
families on budgeting for
their personal financial situ-
ation. Homeowners do not
have to be within the actual
foreclosure process to access
these services many are
available to assist before a
crisis actually occurs to keep
the clients out of the foreclo-
sure process altogether. To
register for this workshop or
for more information, call
231-947-3780 / 1-800-632-
7334 or visit www.nmcaa.net.
PETOSKEY
Triage volunteers
needed
Northwest Michigan
Community Action Agency is
seeking triage volunteers to
assist families and individu-
als seeking assistance in
homeless prevention, tax
preparation, utility aid and
foreclosure prevention.
Volunteers will be trained to
assist with initial client
intake, information and
referral, clerical, and other
projects. Potential candi-
dates will have a passion to
address human need and the
ability to work in an office
environment. Background
check is mandatory. If you
are interested in making a
real difference in your com-
munity, please email your
resume to
mshank@nmcaa.net, or mail
them to the Volunteer
Coordinator at 2202 Mitchell
Park Drive, Suite #4. If you
have questions, please con-
tact Michael Shank at 231-
347-9070
NORTHERN MICHIGAN
People Fund Grant
Applications Due
The Great Lakes Energy
People Fund is accepting
grant applications from non-
profit organizations through-
out its local service area. The
upcoming grant application
deadline is Oct.1. Non-profit
organizations can apply for a
grant through the People
Fund by downloading the
application at
www.gtlakes.com or by call-
ing Great Lakes Energy, 888-
485-2537, ext. 1313
CHARLEVOIX & EMMET COUNTIES
Accepting Grant
Requests
Area community founda-
tions invite nonprofit organi-
zations, educational institu-
tions, and municipalities to
submit grant requests to put
local charitable dollars to
work in Charlevoix and
Emmet counties. Eligible
nonprofit organizations
must serve residents of
Charlevoix County or Emmet
County and work to enrich or
improve life for local resi-
dents in some way. The dead-
line for submission is
October 3, 2011. For more
information, contact
Charlevoix County
Community Foundation at
231-536-2440 or www.c3f.org
and Petoskey-Harbor Springs
Area Community Foundation
at 231-348-5820 or
www.phsacf.org.
GAYLORD
Volunteers needed
The Retired and Senior
Volunteer Program (RSVP) of
Otsego County partners with
Otsego County Commission
on Aging to provide trans-
portation to medical
appointment for older adults
in our community. The
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Next to Brothers Coffee, Gaylord
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Now taking orders for Duerksen
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free-range. Broad-breasted whites and
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quantities are limited.
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October 28, 29 & 30
Workshop & Retreat
3-day Judy Niemeyer pattern class
November JJ, J2 & J3
and November J4, JS & J6
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Call today for a FREE
Estimate.
Arrow Sanitation
(989) 732-4243
Pellston Auto & Truck
1302 N. US31 (Across from the airport) Pellston 231-539-8396
NOW OPEN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
HOURS: 8AM-5PM Weekdays, 8AM-Noon Saturday
Towing Service
Provided By:
MIDWEST TOWING
231.627.3400
$
75.00
Mail-In Rebate
on the purchase of a set
of 4 Cooper Tires
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transportation is free to
clients as the rides are pro-
vided by RSVP Volunteers;
RSVP volunteers may receive
mileage reimbursement for
travel. As the aging popula-
tion grows so does the need
for services for older adults.
If you would like to con-
tribute to this very important
need and you are 55 or older,
please contact Lisa at the
RSVP office 989-732-6232.
ANTRIM, CHARLEVOIX, EMMET &
OTSEGO COUNTIES
Mammograms
Mammogram appointments
are available for low-
income/uninsured/underin-
sured women. If you have
uninsured employees or if
mammograms are not a cov-
ered benefit in their health
insurance package, please
encourage your female
employees to schedule a
mammogram at the Health
D e p a r t m e n t .
Uninsured/underinsured
women age 40 to 64 who live
in Antrim, Charlevoix,
Emmet, and Otsego counties
and who meet income guide-
lines are eligible. Income
guidelines are generous--
women from a family four
can have a household
income of nearly $56,000 and
qualify. Appointments are
available now! Call the
Health Department of
Northwest Michigan at 800-
432-4121 during regular
business hours.
Mammograms save lives!
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BOYNE CITY
Harvest Festival
Boyne Area Fall Harvest
Festival provides an excellent
opportunity for visitors to
see, sample and purchase
apples, crafts, and fall pro-
duce from area orchards and
farmers. This years Harvest
Festival will be Saturday,
October 1st downtown
Boyne City on Water and
Lake Streets. There will be
farm market booths selling
over 30 different types of
apples. Other fall harvest
items available will be pump-
kins, squash, apple butter,
jam, honey, and cider. The
festival will also offer music
and Hay Rides from 11-3. The
festival also hosts the Harvest
Craft Show. This is a high
quality show featuring
unique items and special
holiday gifts. Dont miss the
childrens activities, such as
pumpkin painting and other
events provide fun for the
whole family. All of this, at a
wonderful time of the year. A
time when fall colors peak in
Northern Michigan.
GAYLORD
Blessing of the
Animals
Join us for our annual "bless-
ing of the animals" and dedi-
cation to our new pet ceme-
tery open to the community.
Oct. 1, 10am at St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church.
GRAYLING
Hartwick Pines
Challenge
Saturday, October 1st at
Hartwick Pines State Park
Picnic Area. Sponsored by
The Kiwanis Club of
Grayling. Registration
8:30am 10am under the
pavilion in the picnic area.
Race starts at 10:00am. 7.2
mile (10k) and 3.1 mile (5k)
race through the woods.
Registration Fee: $25 for
adults / $15 for youths.
Register online at
h t t p : / / www. g r a y l i n g -
area.com/pinerace/ or the
day of the race. First 75 regis-
tered will receive a pair of
gloves. Call Dawn Bryant at
989-390-5530 with questions.
GRAYLING
Bow Hunters Dinner
Saturday, October 1st from
4pm till gone at the Grayling
Eagles Club -Homemade
stuffed cabbage dinner and
dessert -$6 a plate. Come join
the fun. Dinner, music,
50/50's. Public welcome. For
further info contact the
Grayling Eagles at 348-5287.
GRAYLING
Disc golf tourney
Saturday, October 1st at 9am
(registration at 8am) at
Hanson Hills Recreation Area
Please come & support the
Grayling Rotary Club who
has introduced & funded the
two amazing disc golf cours-
es at Hanson Hills. This is a
fundraising event all pro-
ceeds will go toward future
community projects funded
by the Grayling Rotary Club.
Three Divisions: Open
Division, Recreation Division
& Beginner Division. Closest
to the Pin, Ace Pool, Raffle
Prizes & Disc for Kids
Donation Center.
PETOSKEY
Brass quintet per-
forms
The Crooked Tree Arts Center
is proud to present the first
concert of the 2011-12
Performing Arts Series. The
arts center will host Axiom
Brass on Saturday, October 1
in the theater of the arts cen-
ter. Axiom Brass features a
quintet of five young but tal-
ented musicians based out of
Chicago. Tickets are $20 for
Crooked Tree Arts Center
members, $30 non-members
and $10 for students. Tickets
may be purchased by calling
the arts center at 231-347-
4337 or online at
www.crookedtree.org.
LEWISTON
Harvest Auction
14th Annual Harvest Auction,
Saturday, October 1 at St.
Francis Parish Hall, 3060
West Casey Street, 6pm.
Harvest Theme Entrees
served along with wine &
cheese tasting throughout
the evening. Tickets can be
purchased at the Chamber
Office or at the door the night
of the Harvest Auction for
$15.00 each.
PETOSKEY
Bay 5/10K walk/run
Petoskey Sunrise Rotary Club
is holding their 6th annual
fundraiser, "Bay 5/10K
walk/run for Charity" on
Saturday, October 1 at the
Terrace Inn, Bay View
Registration is at 7:30 and
race begins at 9:00 Cost is
$20. in advance, $25. day of
race and you can register on
line at www.PetoskeyRotary
Sunrise.org. The event is
USATF & Governor's Council
Endorsed and will be scored
with chronotrack. Awards
will be given to overall
male/female in the two divi-
sions of 5K & 10K winners
along with several age cate-
gories. Local Charities being
supported by the funds
raised include: American Red
Cross, Camp Daggett, Junior
Achievement, Manna Food
Pantry, Nehemiah House,
Operation Thanksgiving,
Salvation Army, Women's
Recourse Center & YMCA
participants will receive a
very cool commemorative
race T-shirt (see design below
for the front of the shirt - this
year's Rotary International
logo and slogan) along with a
terrific bag full of goodies
from the many race spon-
sors!
INDIAN RIVER
Fall Hike
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2pm. Fall
colors should brighten the
day and offer a scenic hike
through Pigeon River coun-
try. With over 5 miles of trails
between the Little Traverse
Conservancys Andreae and
Banwell Preserves, these two
parcels protect 539 acres and
3 miles of river frontage!
Meet at the Andreae Preserve
for an afternoon adventure.
No charge, but pre-registra-
tion is required by calling
231.347.0991.
PETOSKEY
Life Chain
October 2 from 2:30 to
3:30pm dozens of local
Christians and their clergy
will line the sidewalk on US
31 in front of the Knights of
Columbus Hall to form a Life
Chain. This stand of solidari-
ty by Petoskey area
Christians will vividly pro-
claim abortion to be gravely
wrong and will confirm, pub-
licly, that local churches
steadfastly oppose the killing
of pre-born boys and girls, as
well as the exploitation of
their mothers by the abortion
industry.
PETOSKEY
Cooking School
Meijer Taste of Home
Cooking School, Oct. 1, 11am
at North Central Michigan
College
Drop your whisks, grab your
friends, and join us for a day
of fun at the Meijer Taste of
Home Cooking School, Pre-
Show Expo and Taste of Hope
presented at North Central
Michigan College in Petoskey
on Saturday, October 1. The
doors open at 11am with the
Cooking demonstration at 3
pm. Northern Michigan
Restaurants will be offering
Taste of Hope samples for a
donation to benefit St. Jude
Childrens Hospital and if you
bring a nonperishable food
item to benefit the Manna
Food project, you could win a
Taste of Home Cookbook or
Apron!
GRAYLING
Harvestfest
October 1st & 2nd from
10am-4pm in Downtown
Grayling & McLeans ACE
Hardware Plaza. Tractor
Show, Truck Show, Parade,
Farm Market, Hay Wagon
Rides, Craft Show, Kids
Games & Pony Rides. Bring
the kiddies for games, face
painting & live radio!
GRAYLING
Food drive
Bring a food item to McLeans
Hardware Plaza on Oct. 1st
and receive a ticket to be
placed in a raffle drawing
(value of $100 in prizes).
GRAYLING
Fall Arts & Crafts
Show
Saturday, October 1st from
10am 4pm at Grayling
Primary/Elementary Schools
presented by Grayling
Promotional Association.
Shuttle Bus available from
the Harvest Festival to the
show. *Lunch Available*. $1
Admission goes to Christian
Help Center. Do your
Christmas Shopping Early!
For more info or to register a
10x10 booth/table for $35,
call Barb Bowers at 989-348-
7966.
GRAYLING
Disc golf tournament
Rotary fall flinger fundraiser
disc golf tournament
Saturday, October 1st at 9am
(registration at 8am) at
Hanson Hills Recreation
Area. Please come & support
the Grayling Rotary Club who
has introduced & funded the
two amazing disc golf cours-
es at Hanson Hills. This is a
fundraising event all pro-
ceeds will go toward future
community projects funded
by the Grayling Rotary Club.
Three Divisions: Open
Division, Recreation Division
& Beginner Division. Closest
to the Pin, Ace Pool, Raffle
Prizes & Disc for Kids
Donation Center. ~ See
attached Entry Form to sign
up!
PETOSKEY
Shopping Scramble
If you love to shop, then gath-
er your best friends for the
annual Downtown Petoskey
Shopping Scramble!
Modeled after a golf outing,
the Shopping Scramble
allows your group to spend a
day shopping, dining, and
enjoying the amenities with-
out worrying about sand
traps or water hazards!
Competitors will test their
skills on the pristine shop-
ping course of Downtown
Petoskey. On Oct. 1 shoppers
will gather in the morning to
enjoy coffee and breakfast
treats, then head out to shop
18 holes in Downtown
Petoskey. In between, shop-
pers will enjoy an elegant
lunch and a fashion show.
The day ends at the 19th Hole
Party with great food and
prizes. Participants are asked
to put together teams of up
to four members and enjoy a
day of shopping in
Downtown Petoskey. Tickets
include: A breakfast of coffee
and pastries, Lunch at with a
fashion show presented by
area merchants, 19th Hole
Celebration with hors doeu-
vres and refreshments. In
addition, each Shopping
Scramble participant will
receive a gift bag filled with
donations from area mer-
chants and a chance to win
several grand prizes and
many more door prizes and
awards. Dozens of business-
es in Downtown Petoskey
will be offering special pro-
motions exclusively to
Shopping Scramble partici-
pants, including hole in
one discounts or a percent-
age off purchases made that
day.
GRAYLING
Minigrant Deadline
The Region 19 Minigrant
program of the Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural
Affairs announces the
upcoming deadline for mini
grant applications for 2012
and includes Alcona,
Crawford, Iosco, Ogemaw,
Oscoda and Roscommon
counties. The deadline for
applications is Monday,
October 3 for projects that
fall within a timeline of
January 1, 2012 through
September 30, 2012. New
requirement this year: appli-
cants must participate in the
Michigan Cultural Data
Project (CDP). For more
information regarding the
CDP requirement or to apply,
see application visit the
MCACA Minigrant website
at: www.kirtland.edu/mcaca.
If you would like a copy
mailed to you, contact Beth
Petrik at 989-275-5000 ext.
397 or email at petrikb@kirt-
land.edu.
GRAYLING
Diabetes Presentation
and bingo
Monday, October 3rd from 2-
4pm at Good Shepherd
United Methodist Church of
the North (149 W. Robinson
Lake Rd, Roscommon) local
ophthalmologist Michael
Habryl, DO, will present
information about diabetes
eye care & answer questions
from community members
while attendees play
Diabetes bingo. This event is
free of charge sponsored by
Mercy Hospital. Registration
is required by calling (989)
275-5577.
NORTHERN MICHIGAN
Spa tour
Nine Northern Michigan
spas have banded together to
support Habitat for
Humanity's Northern
Michigan Chapters. They will
be hosting a fundraising
week from Oct. 3 - 9.
Participating spas will donate
$10 to their local Habitat for
Humanity affiliate from each
50 minute or longer spa serv-
ice purchased. Guests will
have the opportunity to
match the donation if
desired. Participating spas in
our area include Solace Spa
at Boyne Mountain, Treetops
Spa in Gaylord, The Spa at
the In at Bay Harbor, The Spa
at Shanty Creek in Bellaire
and the Lilac Tree Spa on
Mackinac Island.
MANCELONA
Homebuyer workshop
Are you thinking of buying a
new home? Northwest
Michigan Community Action
Agency, a certified HUD
housing counseling agency,
will be presenting a two day
workshop on Homebuyer
Education Workshop on
October 4 and 6 from 6pm to
9pm, as part of a free series of
workshops on home buying.
This course will teach you the
basics of the home buying
process including options for
low income and moderate
income families. The work-
shops are offered to the gen-
eral public for free at NMCAA
Head Start, 201 E. State St.
Attend both the workshops
to get your certificate of com-
pletion! To register or to find
out about the future work-
shops, please call 800-443-
5518.
GRAYLING
Free Coumadin
Education Class
Tuesday, October 4th 6-7pm
at Huron Pines Room at
Mercy Hospital Grayling. The
hospital has opened a
Coumadin Clinic to serve the
unique needs that people
taking Coumadin have. To
make sure that you know
everything you need to know
about managing your
Coumadin and enrolling in
our Coumadin Clinic, we are
holding a free community
education class. There will be
a slide presentation followed
by a question and answer
period with Dr. Michelle
Sacks. No registration
required. The Coumadin
Clinic -(989) 348-0809.

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Pints for Prostates fundraiser at the Villager
Pub on Friday, September 30
The Pints for Prostates campaign salutes
survivors of the disease at events taking place
across the country, including the Villager Pub
in Charlevoix 12 Noon to 10 PM on Friday,
September 30, 2011. For the third year, the
Villager Pub will donate 50% of proceeds
from draft beer sales to the Us TOO
International Prostate Cancer Education &
Support Network, a 501(c) 3 charity that
works to support, educate and advocate for
men with prostate cancer and their families.
Were grateful to the Villager Pub for host-
ing Pints for Prostates. Events like this help us
reach men in a friendly way when they may
be willing to listen to messages about
prostate health, said Joshua Meyerson, MD,
MPH, Medical Director for the Health
Department of Northwest Michigan, which is
sponsoring the local event.
4,000 men are diagnosed each week with
prostate cancer. The key for these men is
detecting the disease in the early stages when
treatment is nearly 100 percent successful,
said Meyerson.
The American Cancer Society recommends
that men make an informed decision with
their doctor about whether to be tested for
prostate cancer. Starting at age 50, ACS urges
me to talk to their doctor about whether to be
tested for prostate cancer. Starting at age 50,
talk to your doctor about the pros and cons of
testing so you can decide if testing is the right
choice for you. Men who have a father or
brother who had prostate cancer before age
65 should have this talk with their doctor
starting at age 45.
The idea of reaching men about health
issues through beer sounded a little strange at
first, but it makes perfect sense, said Thomas
Kirk, President and CEO of Us TOO
International. Our mission and program
goal is to educate and empower men and
their family members so men and their loved
ones can take an active role in their health
care. One in six men is at risk of developing
prostate cancer during their life time and
early detection through the monitoring of
PSA levels is critical to getting the disease
under control. Pints for Prostates will help us
reach more men at a time when a growing
number of men are at risk.
The Health Department of Northwest
Michigan is mandated by the Michigan
Public Health Code to promote wellness, pre-
vent disease, provide quality healthcare,
address health problems of vulnerable popu-
lations, and protect the environment for the
residents and visitors of Antrim, Charlevoix,
Emmet, and Otsego counties. For more infor-
mation about Pints for Prostate, contact
Erika VanDam, Supervisor for Family &
Community Health at 347-6014.
Q: I have just entered into a
relationship with a man whom
I really love and care for. I have
one small but nagging concern
about our relationship -- I'm 22
years old and he's almost 40. Is
this a problem? Will it be a
problem in the future?
Jim: There's nothing inherently wrong
with such an arrangement, but there are
certainly some things you should con-
sider before going too deep into the
relationship.
The first has to do with the basic dif-
ference in your life experiences. You're
barely beyond college age; he's
approaching midlife and has already
spent considerable time in the adult
world pursuing a career and having
romantic relationships. Under normal
circumstances, he will have achieved a
greater degree of maturity than you
have at this stage in your life. Now, I'm
not accusing you of being "immature."
And it's quite possible that he's young at
heart. But you should honestly consider
whether the difference in your levels of
life experience will impact your rela-
tionship before forging ahead.
In addition, some young women are
attracted to older men because they're
really looking for a father figure. The
men recognize this and end up manipu-
lating or controlling their younger girl-
friends. Take a personal inventory and
consider whether you view your
boyfriend as a peer and partner, or if
you're seeking to meet an unmet father-
need in your life. If it's the latter, you
should put a halt to the relationship in
fairness to you both.
I know plenty of happily married cou-
ples who have significant age differ-
ences between them. But you do need
to take these things into account before
moving forward.
** ** **
Q: When I got engaged last
week I got a hostile reaction
from my parents, especially my
mom. She believes we're "too
young," even though we're
both in our mid-20s! I'm won-
dering if this is because of the
"empty nest" syndrome -- my
mom and I have always been
close, and I'm the last of her
children to leave the home.
We've always been a tight-knit
family and this crisis really con-
cerns me. What should I do?
Juli: Even though, in your mind, par-
ents should greet an engagement with a
lot of enthusiasm, it's fairly normal for
them to have some anxiety, and even
hostility. You've already touched on the
idea that it will be difficult for your mom
to let you go. Your marriage means a
huge transition, not only in your rela-
tionship with her, but in her own life.
Give her time to adjust to the idea of los-
ing you.
Having said that, your parents may
also have legitimate concerns about
your engagement. Often they can see
something that you can't. For example,
they may observe that your fiance is
controlling or rude. If they're hitting on
something that could be true, validate
the concern. You could say, "I can see
what you're saying. That's why we are
going through premarital counseling."
This mature attitude will assure your
parents that you're going into marriage
with your eyes wide open and that
you're aware of possible red flags. If
your parents continue to harp on the
same concerns, remind them that
you've already talked about that and
considered their advice.
Also, be careful not to put your fiance
in the middle of the drama with your
parents. Emotions are probably running
high on all sides. Don't make decisions
or statements that could do lasting
damage to the long-term relationships.
Your parents will likely come around to
supporting your engagement
and marriage. In the mean-
time, reaffirm your love for
them, acknowledging that
this is a tough time for them.
** ** **
Jim Daly is president of Focus on
the Family, host of the Focus on the
Family radio program, and a hus-
band and father of two.
Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psy-
chologist, co-host of Focus on the
Family, author of several books,
and a wife and mother of three.
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By Jim Akans
October is National Art and Humanities
Month, and the Gaylord Area Council (GACA)
for the Arts will once again kick off the cele-
bration with their annual Arts Week event
from October 1st through October 8th. In
2010, Gaylord Mayor, John Jenkins declared
the first week in October as Arts Week in
Gaylord. GACA has several artistic activities
and events planned to inform and fascinate
those of every age and interest during this
very special week.
Arts Week starts off on Saturday, October
1st, with a unique double session workshop
that combines yoga with watercolor journal-
ing. The cost of these two Saturday sessions is
$35 per participant, and will run from 9:30 am
until approximately 1 pm. The workshop will
begin at the Community Arts Center at 125
East Main Street in Gaylord, with Sandi Jones
leading a relaxing and easy yoga session
appropriately titled; Relaxing and Creating
with Yoga. Jones teaches yoga and medita-
tion classes at the Gaylord University Center,
Nautilus Fitness, Saks Wellness Center and
other locations. Yoga mats will be provided
though participants may bring their own if
they prefer.
Following this session, Catherine Carey,
author of A Petoskey Watercolor Journal,
will help attendees learn to simplify and paint
small watercolor sketches in a journal format.
This segment of the Saturday program is
titled Watercolor Journaling and will
include demonstrations, personalized
instruction, and is suitable for class partici-
pants of all skill levels. Materials will be pro-
vided, though attendees may also bring their
own.
On Tuesday, October 4th, Arts Week will
offer area children an Art for Preschoolers
workshop free of charge at the Gaylord
Discovery Center. Held from 1 pm until 2 pm,
this is a mosaic art project for 3 and 4 year
olds, who will be led by GACA volunteers. The
Gaylord Discovery Center will also begin an
Art Club during Arts Week that will continue
for the next eight weeks (call the Gaylord
Discovery Center at (989) 748-4050 for addi-
tional details).
Friday, October 7th, brings Dr. Yao-Fen You,
Detroit Institute of Arts Assistant Curator of
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts to
the Otsego Club for a fascinating and inform-
ative discussion on several forms of art,
including paintings, sculptures and tapes-
tries. This is an encore presentation by Dr.
You, who is back by popular demand after
mesmerizing the audience during her talk
during last years Arts Week festivities. The
cost of the program is $30 per person, and
includes a fabulous lunch prepared by the
Otsego Club is included.
Arts Week will conclude with a Juried Fine
Art Reception at the Community Arts Center
on Saturday, October 8th from 5 to 7 pm. The
reception will include appetizers, desserts,
wine, lively conversation and a chance to
view a variety of works created by Northern
Michigan artists. The Juried Fine Art Exhibit,
the ninth annual orchestrated by GACA, will
run from October 1st through November 8th.
GACA also has a musical arts event on the
horizon, with a special concert by the
Northern Michigan Brass Band, under the
direction conductor Ralph Schweigert, com-
ing up on Sunday, October 30th, at Gornick
Auditorium. The concert will begin at 3 pm,
and tickets ($10 adult, $8 seniors 65+, and no
charge for students) are available at Saturn
Booksellers in Gaylord, and at the
Community Arts Center.
To register for the Arts Week events, contact
GACA at (989) 732-3242 or email; gaylor-
darts@gaylordarts.org.
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Petoskey - The Crooked Tree Arts Center is
proud to present the first concert of the 2011-
12 Performing Arts Series. The arts center will
host Axiom Brass on Saturday, October 1 in
the theater of the arts center. Axiom Brass fea-
tures a quintet of five young but talented
musicians based out of Chicago.
The full schedule of concerts will be
announced at the end of September noted
Executive Director, Liz Ahrens. We are going
to mix things up a bit with a new performanc-
es including include comedians, an A
Cappella vocal group, bluegrass, big bands,
and dance. We will of course feature the local
favorite of jazz as well continued Ahrens.
With music from Romantic to
Contemporary and Latin Jazz, Axiom Brass
covers a wide spectrum of music from origi-
nal brass quintet to transcriptions. This con-
cert features the works of Witold Lutoslawski,
Victor Ewald, Paquito D'Rivera, Anders
Hillborg, Felix Mendelssohn, Johann
Sebastian Bach, and many more. The quintet
of Axiom Brass takes audiences through hun-
dreds of years of music history with works dis-
playing virtuosity, passion, and excitement.
Praised for their high level of musicality
and technical ability and for their clean, clear
and precise sound, the award-winning Axiom
Brass Quintet has quickly established itself as
one of the major art music groups in brass
chamber music. Winners of the 2008
International Chamber Brass Competition
held at the University of Louisville, KY, Axiom
Brass was recently appointed Brass Quintet-
in-Residence at the Music Institute of
Chicago.
The Axiom Brass is dedicated to enhancing
the musical life of communities across the
globe and educating the next generation of
musicians and listeners. Axioms blend of vir-
tuosic performances and dynamic teaching
has been an inspiration to students of all ages,
and their educational programs have guided
students to success in high school and college
programs across the country.
Members of the Axiom Brass have per-
formed all over North and South America, as
well as Europe and Asia. They have worked
under prominent conductors such as Charles
Dutoit, Riccardo Muti, James Levine, Daniel
Barenboim, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gerard
Schwarz, Mallory Thompson, Cliff Colnot,
and Frederick Fennell. As educators, they are
actively involved with musical programs
around the country by conducting master
classes, seminars, lectures, concerts, and
through teaching at universities and public
schools.
Highlights of Axioms 2010-11 season
include a one-month residency in Brazil, their
return to Europe for concerts in Portugal,
Spain, Italy, France and Germany, the Axiom
Brass Summer Academy in
Illinois, collaborations with
Dance Chicago and compos-
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at Grand Teton Music Festival, as well as con-
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Illinois and around the USA.
Tickets are $20 for Crooked Tree Arts Center
members, $30 non-members and $10 for stu-
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the arts center at 231-347-4337 or online at
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By Jim Akans
The Otsego Ski Patrol has just received
three outstanding awards for the 2010/2011
season from the National Ski Patrol System.
Recognizing the Otsego Ski Patrols core val-
ues of excellence, service, camaraderie and
leadership, the NSP has deemed the Otsego
Ski Patrol the top Northern Michigan Ski
Patrol of the Year, Central Division Small
Patrol of the Year, andhang on to those
stocking capsNational Outstanding Ski
Small Alpine Patrol of the Year.
It is an unprecedented level of recognition
that was selected among nominations from
across the country sent by Division Directors
or designees to the NSP national headquar-
ters and approved by the National Awards
Coordinator.
The Otsego Ski Patrol was founded by Alex
Clark, who at the age of 89, was nationally
recognized as the oldest participating Ski
Patroller at the time. Today, the Patrol is com-
prised of approximately 34 members, all of
whom have completed extensive training and
are certified for both Outdoor Emergency
Care and in skiing skills as designated by the
NSP. The primary goal of the Patrol is to assist
in the development of skiing safety and to
provide first-aid care in the event of an acci-
dent or illness on the slopes.
The Otsego Ski Patrol also organizes and
conducts an annual Ski Swap designed to
recycle used ski equipment at an affordable
cost to Northern Michigan residents. This
years Ski Swap will be held on November 5th.
The NSP is a non-profit organization
founded in 1938 dedicated to serving the
public and outdoor recreation industry by
providing education and accreditation to
emergency care and safety service providers.
NSP has approximately 27,500 patroller
members, representing about 500 ski patrols
across the country.
Congratulations Otsego Ski Patrol for your
outstanding national recognitions, and your
ongoing dedication to promoting and provid-
ing safety on the slopes each winter season.
Otsego Ski Patrol receives Best Small Patrol
award from the National Ski Patrol System
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When you invest in stocks, you want
their price to go up. But of course, you
cant control the rise and fall of stock
prices. However, there is a key element
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number of shares you own. And in the
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advice of buy more shares is easier
said than done. After all, not everyone
can easily find a lot of extra money to
invest. But you dont need access to vast
wealth to increase your share ownership
you just need to consistently reinvest
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Just how important are reinvested
dividends to wealth accumulation, as
compared to capital gains (the increase
in stock prices)? Over the 135-year peri-
od from 1871 through 2003, owning
stocks and reinvesting the dividends
produced 97% of all stock market
returns, with only 3% coming from cap-
ital gains, according to a major study
done by Dr. Jeremy Siegel, one of the
worlds leading researchers on stock
market performance. Other studies
have also pointed to the importance of
dividends as a component of total
returns.
What are the implications of this dis-
parity between the effectiveness of divi-
dend reinvestment versus that of capital
gains? First of all, it suggests that you
may not want to spend an undue
amount of time and effort in chasing
after hot stocks, hoping for big capital
gains. For one thing, by the time you
buy these stocks, they may already be
cooling off, but even more importantly,
your focus on achieving large capital
gains may not be the best use of your
financial resources.
Ultimately, the power of dividend
reinvestment means, not surprisingly,
that you may be able to help yourself if
you look for quality dividend-paying
stocks and then reinvest the divi-
dends, month after month and year
after year.
With just a little research, you can find
stocks that have paid and even
increased dividends for many years
in a row. (Keep in mind, though, that not
all stocks will pay dividends, and even
those that do can reduce or discontinue
them at any time. Dividend reinvest-
ment does not ensure a profit or protect
against loss.) So, to help boost your
share ownership, consider reinvesting
the dividends back into the stock, rather
than taking them as cash payments. If
you do choose to reinvest your divi-
dends, though, you will need to look to
other types of investments to provide
you with income,
assuming you need
some income from
your portfolio,
which may become
more necessary
during your retire-
ment years. Your
financial advisor
can help you deter-
mine the appropri-
ate investments to
help provide this
income.
But in any case,
if you can do with-
out the current
income provided
by dividends, give
careful considera-
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them. Dividend
reinvestment is not
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you get rich
quick, but it can
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steady progress
toward your long-term financial goals
and thats a key dividend in itself.
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The award certificate
from the National Ski Patrol System.
Courtesy Photo
This past Sunday, September 25th, National Ski Patrol Regional Director Bob
Lechtanski (2nd left) awarded Otsego Ski Patrol " National Outstanding Ski Small
Alpine Patrol " for the 2010-11 season. Local Gaylord patrollers earning the
award (from l-r) are Ron Chavey, Jon Deming, Kathleen Arndt, Ed Tholl, Patrol
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Page 10 Choice Publications ... The Best Choice! September 29, 2011
By Jim Akans
John F. Kennedy once said, "The life of the
arts, far from being an interruption, a distrac-
tion, in the life of a nation, is very close to the
center of a nation's purpose and is a test of
the quality of a nation's civilization." It is a
quote that has been inscribed on a wall at the
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
reflecting our countrys enduring passion for
the arts, as near and dear to the hearts and
souls of many as the freedom of expression
itself, a basic tenet of American liberty.
In the Otsego County area, that unrelenting
passion for the visual and performing arts has
been promoted through the Gaylord Area
Council for the Arts, or GACA, since the non-
profit organizations inception back in 1972.
The GACA Board of Directors, led by presi-
dent, Trish Duley, is comprised of a diverse
group of local volunteers. Each brings dis-
tinctive elements of experience and knowl-
edge from a wide range of artistic disciplines,
including painting, music, photography, the-
atre and the written word.
GACA continues to bring a wide variety of
exhibits, workshops, seminars, concerts and
other artistic events to the Gaylord communi-
ty and surrounding area. Just over one year
ago, GACA formed an affiliation with the
Gaylord Chamber Orchestra, augmenting the
organizations scope by enhancing offerings
to the community in the area of musical per-
formance arts.
Trish Duley states, This has furthered our
ability to expand into a variety of musical
events. We are also featuring more collabora-
tive ventures with joint visual and perform-
ance presentations, offering attendees a
broader art experience at a single venue.
Recent examples of such multi-faceted
events include the Christmas Collage holi-
day concert held at Gornick Auditorium in
December, highlighted by a series of diverse
musical performances and the unveiling of
an original art program cover, created by
GACA Board Member and artist, Alma
Harrison. During Valentines Day weekend, a
special Black, White & a Little Red artists
reception was held at the Community Arts
Center and included live guitar and violin
music.
The Community Arts Center on Main Street
in Gaylord offers a regularly changing display
of paintings, photography, jewelry, wood
carvings and more created by area artists,
including many items that are for sale.
GACA will be hosting several Arts Week
events from October 1st through the 8th (see
related article). Part of the nationwide cele-
bration of National Arts and Humanities
Month during October, Arts Week will feature
activities for all ages, and a special presenta-
tion by Dr. Yao-Fen You, Detroit Institute of
Arts Assistant Curator of European Sculpture
and Decorative Arts, at a fascinating presen-
tation at the Otsego Club on Friday, October
7th. In addition, GACA will sponsor an excit-
ing concert by the Northern Michigan Brass
Band at Gornick Auditorium on Sunday,
October 30th.
The Gaylord Area Council for the Arts mis-
sion is to enhance the quality of life in our
community through the arts. A fascinating
variety of artists and the patrons of the arts
have a welcoming home in heart of down-
town Gaylord through the ongoing efforts of
this dedicated, talented group of board vol-
unteers and community members,
The Community Arts Center is located at
125 E. Main Street in downtown Gaylord, and
is open Tuesday through Friday from 11 am to
3 pm and Saturday from 11 am until 1 pm.
For additional information, or if you would
like to show your support of GACA by becom-
ing a member, call the Arts Line at (989) 732-
3242 or visit www.otsego.org/gaylordarts.
2012 will mark the 40th year the Gaylord Area Council for the Arts has been promoting the arts and providing programs to serve the Otsego County area.
The Community Arts Center on Main Street in Gaylord offers a regularly changing
display of paintings, photography, jewelry, wood carvings and more created by
area artists, including many items that are for sale.
GACA
Promotes a Passion for the Arts
in the Gaylord Area
Gaylord Area Council for the Arts
2011 EXHIBIT SCHEDULE
October 1
Arts Week in Gaylord begins
Check our website for events
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September 29, 2011 Choice Publications ... The Best Choice! Page 11
Spending at locally owned busi-
nesses leads to better schools, better
roads and local support of commu-
nity charities and fundraisers.
The Wall Street Journal recently
wrote an article that touted the ben-
efits of shopping locally. They com-
pared the impact of shopping at
businesses that are owned locally
compared to a business that is
owned by an entity from outside of
the area.
Next time are shopping in
Northern Michigan, consider the
impact that each dollar you spend
and how it will return to the com-
munity you live in. Every dollar you
spend works about 50% harder
when it is spent at a locally owned,
independent business. That's
according to an online tool that
gauges the economic impact on
local communities of spending at
independently owned small busi-
nesses versus national chains.
Launched by Independent We
Stand, a Virginia-based advocacy
group for independent business
owners, the tool shows that for every
$10 spent at an independent busi-
ness, about $6 is returned to the
local community in the form of pay-
roll taxes and other local expendi-
tures. By contrast, only $4 is
returned by national chains.
Depending on the size of the city,
this could potentially inject millions
into a local economy.
As such, spending at local small
businesses "leads to better schools,
better roads and more support for
other civic necessities such as police
departments," the group says.
The results are based on a study of
local retail economics in the Chicago
area community of Andersonville
that found local, independently
owned stores contributed more tax
dollars to neighborhood develop-
ment than national chains. The
study, co-sponsored by their local
chamber of commerce, also found
local businesses paid higher wages,
used more local goods and services,
and contributed more to community
charities and fundraisers.
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By Jim Akans
Autumn is such a scrumptious time of year.
Just how sweet it is is certainly demonstrat-
ed by highly anticipated Fall Friday Apple
Days fundraiser. Its time once again for this a
lip-smacking annual event for the Otsego
County United Way that delivers crisp, gooey
caramel apples specially prepared at Gaylords
Alpine Chocolat Haus to your door.
Those caramel coated apples can be cov-
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late, chocolate and peanuts, chocolate and
pecans, or just plain caramel. Each choice
presents a tantalizing array of fall tastes, made
to a level of perfection only the Alpine
Chocolat Haus can achieve.
Now the caramel apples must be pre-
ordered, and RSVP volunteers will deliver the
treats to the doorstep of your home or busi-
ness on either Friday, October 7th, or Friday,
October 14th. Prices range from $4.00 to
$5.50, and orders must be turned in no later
than October 4th for an October 7th delivery
date, and by October 11th for a Friday, October
14th delivery.
Proceeds from the event will assist the
Otsego County United Way and the many local
agencies they help to support throughout the
year. This is a wonderful, community-focused
organization, so if your taste buds cant decide
which type of caramel apple to enjoy; just
order some of each!
Order forms can be obtained from the
Otsego County United Way by calling (989)
732-8929.
Have a delicious autumn!
Boyne Mountain Resort is hosting its 3rd
annual Skitoberfest this Saturday, October 1st.
Celebrating the best of fall and the upcoming
winter snowsports season, Skitoberfest fea-
tures a huge range of events, presentations,
activities, local gourmet foods and Michigan
brews throughout the afternoon and evening
event.
The fun begins at 2 pm, and there will be a
host of children and family activities including
a juggler, horse-drawn hayrides, pony rides,
face painting, a bouncy house and antique
cider press demonstrations. There will also be
a parade featuring costumed dancers, speed
painting performances by Martina Hahn,
street dancing, musical performances by
Beverly Meyer, Native American flutist and
Celtic violinist Arvel Bird, and much more.
Many activities are free of charge and continue
until 8 p.m. in the Village at Boyne Mountain.
Attendees can also take in views of fall foliage
via Twin Zip Rides, with two excursions for
$20, and free scenic chairlift
rides to the top of Boyne
Mountain.
The Tasting Tent will be
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a delicious destination this will
be for attendees. Delicious
treats will be on hand from
Alpine Chocolat Haus, Boyne
Highlands, Boyne Mountain,
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Street Market, Red Mesa Grill,
Shaleen Millard, Sunset Grill
and Tannery Creek Market.
Over 50 beers will also be avail-
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including Bell's Brewery,
Founders Brewing Co., New
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Brewing Co. and others. There
will also be wines from award-
winning Michigan wineries as
well as spirits from the states leading distiller-
ies. Admission is $25 and includes a
Skitoberfest pint glass and 10 tasting tickets
good towards food and beverage.
For ski buffs, the Snowsports Summit will be
taking place from 10 am until 6 pm at Boyne
Mountains Civic Center and admission is free.
Hosted by Olympian and U.S. Ski and
Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee, Cary
Adgate, the Summit will showcase equipment,
techniques and physical conditioning tips.
The event also features special guest, Seth
Wescott, an accomplished athlete who won
Olympic gold in mens snowboard cross in
2010 and 2006 and is also a nine-time X-
Games medalist. Outdoors, skiers and snow-
boarders can strap on their boots and compete
in a Rail Jam at 5 p.m. near the base of the
slopes.
Skitoberfest will continue into the evening
this Saturday. At 8 p.m., the Tasting Tent is
energized with a DJ, dancing and a cash bar
until midnight. Admission is free after 8 p.m.
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by Jim Akans
Saturday, October 1st marks the date of Boyne Mountains annual Skitoberfest, a
day celebrating the best of the fall and the coming winter season.
Two-time Olympic Gold medalist and nine-time X
Games superstar, Seth Wescott will be part of this
years Snowsports Summit during Skitoberfest.
Photo Courtesy of CAry ADgAte
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The Lewiston Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting their
14th Annual Harvest Auction on Saturday, October 1st. The
Chamber of Commerce has chosen Habitat for Humanity to
receive a portion of the pro-
ceeds from this event. Guests
during the evening will par-
take of Harvest-themed
entrees and there will be deli-
cious wine and cheese tasting
throughout the evening.
The Auction segment of
the Harvest Auction always offers some wonderful entertain-
ment for the evening. There will be both Silent and Live
Auctions, and volunteers will be on hand to provide assistance
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Rocket Robbins
determined TD burst
early in fourth quarter
gives visiting Petoskey
some breathing room
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CHEBOYGAN Petoskeys
unbeaten season was very
nearly derailed at historic
Western Avenue Field on
Friday night. The Northmen
renewed their gridiron rivalry
with Cheboygan and brought
a 4-0 record with them when
they traveled east to take on
the determined Chiefs of
coach Jack Coon.
Cheboygan, playing a very
tough independent schedule,
had a 2-2 mark going into the
game and was coming off
impressive back-to-back vic-
tories over Standish-Sterling
and Jackson Northwest. After
playing three of its first four
games on the road, the
Chiefs were happy to be back
home before an overflowing,
noisy throng of Western
Avenue supporters. The
Chiefs were underdogs to
powerful Petoskey but real-
ized an upset win at home
would propel them toward a
playoff berth and earn them
tons of points for the post-
season.
In the beginning, Petoskey
was simply Petoskey. The vis-
itors in white and blue
moved to an early 14-0 lead
behind the explosive north-
south running of The Rocket,
senior running back Joe
Robbins, and the yard-gob-
bling stomps of the little
package of power, 5-foot-7
fighting fullback Chase
Donakowski. Robbins tallied
on a 64-yard run on
Petoskeys initial possession
and Donakowski bulled his
way over from a yard in the
second quarter.
It looked for a little while
like the high-powered, bull-
dozing Northmen of coach
Kerry VanOrman were going
to do to Cheboygan what
they had done to their previ-
ous four opponents.
But wait. The Northmen
were playing on Cheboygan
turf and the scrappy, deter-
mined Chiefs were too tough
and too proud to go down
without a hellacious struggle.
Before the end of the half,
jaguar-quick halfback Jake
Elmore capped a long,
methodical, chain-moving
drive with a 5-yard burst off-
tackle and James Crusoes
PAT trimmed the Petoskey
lead to 14-7.
In the third quarter, with
momentum now squarely in
the corner of the hometown
Chiefs, the game got even
closer. This time, rawhide-
tough junior QB Damon
Proctor, who battled fiercely
all night long and stood tall
in the pocket against the suf-
focating Northmen pressure,
found the elusive Elmore out
of the backfield for a sudden
49-yard TD strike. That made
the score 14-13.
Now Petoskey, which was
coming off a tense, hard-
fought 14-7 victory over Big
North rival Traverse City
Central the week before,
showed some grit of its own.
Jordan Haggerty barreled in
and blocked the extra point,
enabling the visiting
Northmen to maintain a one-
point advantage on the
scoreboard.
It was Petoskeys turn to
dig deep into the reservoir of
resolve and the Northmen of
coach VanOrman did just
that.
After their early success in
Fridays game, the Northmen
had struggled to sustain
drives against the stiff,
unyielding Chief defense of
Dave Sturvist fueled by the
fiery play of Nick Comps,
Dylan Wilkinson, Eryn
Eustice and Josh McDill,
among others. At this junc-
ture in the seesaw game, the
Northmen needed some
rocket-powered offensive
fireworks and they turned to
No. 8, the 6-foot-3, 205-
pound Robbins, who has had
a stellar All-State caliber sea-
son thus far.
Robbins delivered the
goods big time, capping
Petoskeys ensuing drive fol-
lowing Elmores TD catch
with an inspired 24-yard
scoring run early in the
fourth quarter. The touch-
down was vintage Robbins, a
simple vanilla sweep to the
outside that would have been
a 5-yard gain for most backs
but turned into something
more with Robbins toting the
pigskin.
Robbins literally leaped
one tackler to avoid going
down, then broke two more
tackles en route to complet-
ing the stunning, electrifying
24-yard scoring play. Lethal
Louie Lamberti booted the
PAT to make it an 8-point
game, 21-13, with a little
more than 10 minutes
remaining in regulation.
The Chiefs, motoring
steadily down the field
behind the leg-churning
bursts of Eustice, Wilkinson,
Proctor and Elmore, moved
nearly 60 yards to the edge of
the Petoskey red zone. The
drive stalled from there, how-
ever, as Petoskey recorded a
sack of Proctor and ultimate-
ly forced the ball over on
downs.
Robbins amassed 154
yards on 15 carries on a night
when most of the real estate
was won more with wallop
than finesse. Robbins gained
88 of his yards on his two
touchdowns runs, meaning
the other 66 yards were accu-
mulated in 13 carries.
Backfield mate Cody
Fryczynski continues to be
an excellent complement to
Robbins. The Fry Man sewed
up 78 yards on 13 carries.
Keegan Reynolds, Pat
Antonides and Chase
Ledingham were among
those who stood out for the
Northmen defensively.
Reynolds had an interception
in the game.
Proctor paced Cheboygans
balanced ground attack with
55 yards in 13 carries while
Eustice racked up 32 yards in
nine tries, Elmore picked up
28 yards in five carries with
his TD run and Wilkinson
whacked his way to 24 yards
in seven attempts. Speedy
receiver Stan Swiderek took a
reverse play for 24 yards.
Proctor hooked up on 6-of-
16 aerials for 102 yards, with
Elmore grabbing four for 75
yards, including the 49-yard
TD strike.
Not surprisingly,
VanOrman and Coon each
had good things to say about
their opponents after the
game.
VanOrman credited
Cheboygan with playing
good, physical football and
matching Petoskey bruise for
bruise and block for block in
the trenches.
Coon congratulated
VanOrman and his staff for
the hard-fought victory and
also noted the outstanding
play of Robbins and the way
the line blocked in front of
him, Fryczynski and
Donakowski.
The young Chiefs, who are
2-3 but are certainly coming
into their own as the season
goes along, still have a legiti-
mate shot at the playoffs. The
must win portion of their
schedule begins this week at
home against Alpena (1-4).
The Wildcats are coming off
an 18-0 shutout loss to
Gaylord.
Petoskey (5-0, 3-0) plays
host to Gaylord (2-3, 1-2) in
the Big North. The Blue
Devils have proven to be a
tough team to score against
this season.
Joe Rocket Robbins of Petoskey attempts to
elude the grasp of Cheboygan defender Nick Comps (3) during Fridays game.
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The Cardinals' smooth-striding
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as Onaway rallied to edge host SVC
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The visiting Petoskey Northmen prepare to engage
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Northmen hold on for victory
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Mancelona pushes to 5-0 overall and
4-0 in SVC with Homecoming victory
over scrappy Pellston
By Mike Dunn
MANCELONA The might
and muscle of Mancelona
were on display once again
Friday before an overflowing
Homecoming crowd. The
scrappy, determined Hornets
of coach Dave Brines came to
town and battled hard but
the Ironmen of coach Dan
Derrer simply had too much
depth, size and speed in an
impressive 51-13 triumph.
Mancelona (5-0, 4-0)
remained unbeaten and
maintained its vice-like grip
on first place in the Ski Valley
standings. The Hornets (0-5,
0-3) didnt win but they are a
much better team than their
record shows.
Pellston got on the board
first in the game when QB
Austin Wright connected
with Jake Friedenstab for 19
yards following Friedenstabs
80-yard kickoff return to put
the Hornets in excellent field
position. Nick Kasubowskis
extra point put Pellston on
top 7-0 just 90 seconds into
the contest.
After that, though, the
relentless Ground-and-
Pound assault of the
Ironmen led to five first-half
touchdowns. With Tristen
Fleet, Nick Hoogerhyde, Tyler
Crider and company leading
the way up front, the batter-
ing backfield trio of Wyatt
Derrer, Austin Spires and
Trevor Ackler smashed,
bashed and dashed their way
to prime real estate.
Spires, the leg-churning
senior at fullback, stormed to
a 26-yard TD burst to open
the scoring at the 8:40 mark
of the first quarter and then
Derrer added the conversion
for an 8-7 Mancy lead.
Derrer broke free for 53
yards on the Ironmens next
possession, with Ackler
adding the two points, and
then Ackler found a seam
and raced 55 yards and Spires
added the conversion to
make the score 24-7 before
the end of the first quarter.
Junior QB Kyle
Schepperley, a masterful tac-
tician behind center, faked
into the line and found
Ackler for 17 yards for the
next Mancelona score before
Spires sprang loose for 46
yards and Craig Conway
kicked one through the
uprights to make the score
37-7.
Pellston could have folded
the tent at that point but did-
nt. The game Hornets
showed a ton of grit, moving
the ball down the field on the
ensuing possession to score
before halftime when Wright
fired to glue-fingered tight
end Mike Schaefer in the end
zone for a 5-yard tally.
In the second half, Spires
added a 38-yard TD burst
and Derrer deked and
dashed to a 40-yard score,
with Conway adding both
extra-point kicks.
By the time the final buzzer
sounded, the DSA Ground
Assault Unit of the Ironmen
had accounted for 472 yards
and six TDs with Spires,
Derrer and Ackler each sur-
passing the century mark.
Spires stampeded to 181
yards on 14 carries and
Derrer delivered 180 yards on
10 carries. Ackler accumulat-
ed 111 yards on nine carries.
Schepperley was 1-of-2 pass-
ing for 17 yards and the TD to
Ackler.
On the defensive side for
the Ironmen, Justin Spires
and Dalton Sulz moved to the
ball with lethal efficiency,
making seven tackles each,
and Spires also had a sack
and a fumble recovery. Kyle
Schepperley made six take-
downs from his safety post
while Tyler Aldrich and
Austin Spires each had four
stops.
Friedenstab had a strong
day for the visiting Hornets,
pulling in three passes for 79
yards and the first TD of the
game and leading the team
defensively with nine tackles
and an interception.
Friedenstab also amassed
110 yards on four kick
returns.
Senior tailback Brian Jurek
bulled, bashed and smashed
his way to a tough 72 yards
on 20 carries and fullback
Josh VanTilburg battled for 20
yards on eight tries.
Wright, showing poise
under pressure, hit on 8-of-
16 aerials for 101 yards and
the TD strikes to Friedenstab
and Schaefer. Schaefer
hauled in three aerials for 17
yards and Matt Cornell had
one catch for five yards.
Cornell had an active day
defensively, making seven
tackles while Jurek made six
stops and Schaefer had five.
We played pretty hard
against a solid Mancelona
team, Brines said.
Next up for Mancelona is a
home date against Central
Lake. Boos Boys can extend
their league winning streak
to 14 with a victory over the
Trojans (2-3, 2-2), who are
coming off a victory over
Gaylord St. Mary and must
win out to earn a playoff
berth.
Hard-hitting Pellston plays
host to Forest Area (2-3, 2-2),
which is coming off an upset
loss at home to Onaway.
Unbeaten Ironmen win at home
Mancelona 51, Pellston 13
Gaylord 18, Alpena 0
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Trevor Ackler of Mancelona, shown here against Joburg the week before,
scored on a 55-yard run Friday against Pellston.
PHOTO By MIKE DUNN
Blue Devil defense pours it on
By Mike Dunn
ALPENA On a night that
was more suited to ducks,
worms and marine creatures,
the Gaylord football earned
its second win of the season.
The Blue Devils of coach
Doug Berkshire, who have
been playing aggressive,
physical defense from the
start, earned their first
shutout in the 18-0 triumph
over host Big North
Conference foe Alpena.
The Blue Devils improved
to 2-3 overall and 1-2 in the
Big North with a huge game
looming this Friday at the
field of unbeaten Petoskey
(5-0, 3-0).
In a game played in a
steady downpour, Alpena
could not get untracked
against the swarming Blue
Devils and managed just four
first downs and 61 net yards
of offense.
Gaylord running back Jeff
Guethlein moved like a
launched torpedo through
the muck and mire, amassing
132 yards of real estate on 32
carries and scoring one of the
three Gaylord TDs on a 5-
yard burst off-tackle in the
third quarter.
Fullback Caleb Tomes, who
also had a whale of a game
defensively, plowed over
from a yard out to score
Gaylords first points of the
game just seconds before the
first half ended.
Quarterback Trevor Huff
closed out the scoring in the
fourth quarter with a pretty
play-action pass, finding reli-
able Troy Gahm for the TD.
With Chaz Moore, Robb
Hansen, Gordon Hoyem,
Alex Dodder, Kyle Fahler,
Tomes and company apply-
ing the pressure to the
Wildcats down after down,
the shutout was never in seri-
ous jeopardy. Alpena had one
second-half drive into the
red zone but it fizzled at the
16 as the Blue Devils gave
Wildcat QB Tim Atkinson no
room to maneuver.
This was the third game
that Gaylord has limited its
opponent to seven points or
less and it was also the first
game Gaylord has scored
more than two touchdowns
in a game.
The Blue Devils have been
shut out the past two seasons
by Petoskey and have lost the
last four meetings between
the schools. The last time
Gaylord defeated the
Northmen was in 2007, a 42-
21 victory at Petoskey with
Nick Freeman at the helm.
Stiff Gaylord D keeps Alpena out of end zone on rainy night; Guethlein gobbles
up yardage offensively
Johannesburg-Lewiston 67, Hale 7
Cardinals rebound
big time
by Mike Dunn
HALE The Cardinals of
coach John Bush rebounded
in a big way from the tough
loss to Mancelona the week
before, pounding the turf for
443 rushing yards as they
squeezed by host Hale, 67-7.
It was a nice bounce back
win, Bush said afterward.
The kids were focused dur-
ing the week and it showed.
The O-line did a great job.
With 6-foot-8 senior strong
man Sean Aisthorpe back at
center and fellow linemen
Blake Huff, Dakota Finnerty,
Garrett Koronka and Logan
Miller creating canyon-like
holes along with tight ends
Nick Michael and Gunnar
Owens, the Cardinal back-
field gobbled up real estate
like a crazed speculator.
Junior fullback Mitch
Howitzer Hardy had anoth-
er explosive night, booming
and busting his way to 227
yards of the Cardinals yards
on just 10 carries. Five of the
10 times he touched the ball,
he scored! Two of the TD
sprints covered 74 and 65
yards.
Junior QB Alex Payne
picked up 95 yards of turf on
11 carries and scored three
times, and halfbacks Dillon
Kibby (6 for 58) and Brian
VanCoillie (7 for 50 with 2
TDs) added to the eye-pop-
ping totals.
J-L led 54-0 at the half.
We got a lot of kids in and
had a running clock in the
second half, Bush said.
Huff covered the field like
fertilizer from his linebacker
post, taking part in 14 tackles
with two sacks and two fum-
ble recoveries. Jake Newell
also had a big game on
defense, taking part in nine
tackles with a fumble recov-
ery and an interception.
Wyatt Pelton and Drake
Skowronski also had Hale
runners in their sight, each
collecting nine tackles.
The Cardinals (4-1, 3-1) of
Johannesburg travel this
Friday to the play the other
Cardinals of the Ski Valley at
their field in Onaway (2-3, 2-
2). Onaway is coming off a
huge road win over Forest
Area.
By Brooke Zulski
PELLSTON The Pellston
seventh-grade volleyball
team competed in two
matches Monday, falling to
St. Ignatious of Rogers City
18-25, 23-15 and beating
Onaway in three games, 25-
22, 14-25, 15-12.
In the loss to St. Ignatious,
Tess Drier delivered 7-of-9
serves and Zoe LaFountain
led the Hornet defense with
outstanding hustle.
In the win over Onaway,
Molly Crossley, Marissa
Kintz, and Elyssa Prell were
dominant in the front row
leading Pellston attackers.
Pellston (4-6) played
Wednesday, Sept. 28, at
Gaylord St. Mary.
Howitzer Hardy explodes through gaping holes
created by O-line, scores five times; Huff and Newell
lead J-L defense
Volleyball
Hornet
seventh-graders
split games
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Onaway wins at Forest Area!
Sigsby storms and stomps in Cardinal win; I-Lakes wins big; Atlanta rallies in rain
By Mike Dunn
FIFE LAKE -- The Onaway
football team had its biggest
road win in a number of
years Friday, going to Fife
Lake to face speedy Forest
Area -- always a tough place
to play -- and the Cardinals
prevailed by the narrowest of
margins, 15-14. It is the sec-
ond win in a row for the
Cardinals of coach Earl
Flynn, pushing their record
to 2-3 overall and 2-2 in the
Ski Valley. Going into week
six, Onaway is tied in the
league standings with Inland
Lakes, Central Lake and
Forest Area.
One of the biggest factors
in the game was Onaway's
ability to keep the Warriors
from controlling the clock
with bruising fullback Tom
Hall. Senior trench warrior
Trey Leach, who is quietly
having a super season for
Onaway, racked up 11 tackles
with a fumble recovery and
he was joined in stifling Hall
by The Basher, Bobby Lupu,
and Bryer McGinn, who had
nine and six tackles, respec-
tively. Aggressive Justin
Gedda generated five tackles
with a fumble recovery.
On the offensive side, the
Cardinals put the ball in the
capable hands of running
back Jason Sigsby, who toted
the ball a whopping 29 times
and accumulated 128 yards.
The hard-striding, shifty
Sigsby stomped and stormed
into the end zone to score
one of Onaway's two touch-
downs.
Senior QB Alex Fullerton,
who engineered an efficient
attack all night long, record-
ed 46 yards on 19 carries and
he scored the other Cardinal
TD.
Fullerton also fired three
completions when he went
to the air for another 61 yards
of real estate. Gedda gobbled
67 yards of real estate in nine
attempts.
Lupu played a big part in
the win with his special
teams work. He nailed a 23-
yard field goal just before the
half to give Onaway a 3-0
lead at intermission. Late in
the game with Onaway cling-
ing to a one-point lead, Lupu
launched a high trajectory
punt that pinned the
Warriors inside their own 20-
yard line with 49 seconds
remaining.
Our defense played
extremely well all night long,
Flynn said. We basically
took them out of their ele-
ment of running the ball with
Tom Hall. Our kids fought
hard and believed in them-
selves all night. We're getting
better every week and it's
truly fun to watch.
Inland Lakes 41
Rogers City 6
INDIAN RIVER It was an
awesome display of raw, bat-
tering ram might from the
Inland Lakes offensive unit
on the home field Friday. The
Bulldogs pushed their record
to 3-2 and kept their playoff
hopes alive with an impres-
sive 41-6 triumph over non-
league rival Rogers City.
The Bulldog Bulldozers on
the O-line, even without
injured two-way starter
Devin Pearson, played a
major role in the outcome.
The line featuring Doug
Morse, Sean Boughner,
Dustin Cochran and compa-
ny paved the way for the
yard-gobbling earth movers
of the backfield. Halfbacks
Cody Bonilla and Jordyn
Smeltzer, fullback Shane
Bacon and QB Riley
Southwell racked up more
than 350 yards rushing and I-
Lakes as a team recorded 420
total yards of offense in pow-
ering past the Hurons, who
had beaten I-Lakes two years
in a row and four of the past
five seasons.
The bruising Bacon was
crisp with his running and
crunchy with his blocking in
the contest, amassing a
team-high 113 yards on 17
carries and also scoring one
of the Bulldogs six TDs. The
flashy Bonilla busted and
blew his way to 84 yards on
13 tries with a pair of TDs on
his ledger. Smeltzer smashed
and dashed to 67 yards in 11
tries and Josh OConnor
weaved and raced to 40 yards
on six carries with a TD. Todd
Athey tallied two points with
a successful conversion.
When Southwell wasnt
running north and south or
engineering the running
attack, he was going to the air
ways and making an impact
that way, firing twice for
touchdowns.
The Schramm boys, Stan
and Todd, were stellar in the
secondary for the Bulldog
defense, each picking off a
pass. Linebacker Austin
Jensen had a jam session
going the entire game, rack-
ing up a team-high seven
tackles and Bacon was cook-
ing, too, recording six take-
downs in the contest.
Defensive lineman Trevor
Mallory was a menace, mak-
ing four tackles with a sack.
I-Lakes faces another very
big game this Saturday, Oct.
1, at the field of Ishpeming
Westwood (2-2).
Atlanta 19
Au Gres-Sims 12
ATLANTA The host
Huskies trailed 12-6 at half-
time but did all of the scoring
in the second half, claiming a
critical 19-12 triumph over
visiting North Star League foe
Au Gres-Sims on Friday
night. The win gave Atlanta a
3-2 overall mark and 2-1 in
the league and keeps them in
position for a possible playoff
berth this season.
Prolific Atlanta passer
Garrett Badgero had difficul-
ty airing things out in the
rainy conditions but still did
enough to help earn his team
a huge win over the aggres-
sive Wolverines.
Badgero hit on 9-of-22
passes for 135 yards, includ-
ing five to Justin Klein for 47
yards and three to Trenton
Janiga for 66 yards.
Josh Barrett barreled and
bashed to 75 yards rushing
on 11 carries in the mucky
conditions and Klein record-
ed 72 yards on five tries.
Badgero scored all three
Atlanta TDs in the contest.
Linebacker Brock Baum
had a dynamite game for the
Huskies defensively, explod-
ing to the ball like he was
propelled from a cannon and
taking part in a whopping 21
tackles. Jason Ferguson was
involved in 13 tackles and
Jacob Wojtoviets had 11 take-
downs while Nick Garcia
made 10 stops.
The Huskies are on the
road this Friday for another
key league matchup with
Arenac Eastern (2-3, 1-2).
The Eagles are coming off a
37-12 non-league loss to
Kingston.
Central Lake 40
Gaylord St. Mary 14
GAYLORD The host
Snowbirds got off to a tough
start and could not climb out
of the hole against a pretty
good Central Lake squad on
Friday in a 40-14 defeat. The
Trojans improved to 2-3
overall and 2-2 in the league
while St. Mary fell to 1-4 and
1-4.
The young Snowbirds suf-
fered a tough blow early in
the game when veteran Matt
Spyhalski sustained a
sprained ankle. His presence
was missed on both sides of
the ball and especially in the
defensive secondary.
St. Mary, with sandpaper-
tough and bulldog-tenacious
Jake Blanzy back at middle
linebacker and hard-hitting
senior Mike Stutesman light-
ing things up at defensive
end and relentless Cam
Switalski clogging lanes at
defensive tackle, actually did
a good job defending the run
against the Trojans. The killer
for the Snowbirds defensively
was the big play.
St. Mary also hurt itself at
times with 75 yards in penal-
ties.
Gabe Nowicki, in his sec-
ond start behind center,
threw for more than 100
yards again, connecting on 9-
of-23 attempts on the wet
night for 109 yards with Nick
Harrington on the receiving
end of three of those aerials
for 50 yards.
Harrington also scored one
of St. Marys two touchdowns
on a 32-yard reception from
Nowicki.
The sweet feet and shifty
moves of Pat Switalski carried
him to 106 yards rushing in
just eight carries, including a
27-yard TD burst.
St. Mary has another tall
order on tap when high-pow-
ered Mio (3-2) comes to town
for the Snowbird homecom-
ing. Mio, ranked eighth in
Div. 8, is coming off a huge
shutout win at Hillman.
Their quarterback (Grant
Price) is outstanding and
theyre a very good team,
said St. Mary coach Denny
Youngedyke, who became a
grandfather for the first time
on Monday of this week.
Were preparing to play our
best and put ourselves in the
best position to have success.
Our motto this year is to get
better day.
JV
Pellston 16
Johannesburg-
Lewiston 16
PELLSTON Pellston
scored with less than three
minutes remaining in the
fourth quarter to forge a 16-
16 tie with visiting
Johannesburg-Lewiston on
Thursday, Sept. 16, in a titan-
ic JV Ski Valley clash.
Pellston Sky Pilot Austin
Hamlin remained cool as an
October morning in the
pocket before firing down-
field in the direction of
receiver Jon Ritter. Hamlin
delivered to Ritter and Ritter
received the mail and then
carried it across the goal line
for a 24-yard TD strike.
Hamlin then looked for
Sterling Sydow for the neces-
sary two points to tie matters
and Sterling made sure the
end zone didnt become the
Twilight Zone. He made the
catch and score was tied at
16.
The game was close all the
way through. The visiting
Cardinals scored first when
durable fullback Cam Nickert
careened through a crease up
the middle and cruised 35
yards to paydirt. Nickerts
conversion run made the
score 8-0.
Pellston responded with a
tying drive of its own capped
by Hamlins pretty 35-yard
hook-up with Hunter
Cameron. Hamlin then
tossed to Sterling Sydow for
two points and an 8-8 score.
In the third quarter, Dillon
Cushman put J-L back on top
with a 2-yard plunge across
the goal line and then Nickert
added his second conversion
run to give the Cardinals a
16-8 advantage.
Pellston put together its
clutch drive in the final min-
utes of the fourth quarter to
forge the tie, however.
Nickert bruised and
cruised his way to 121 yards
rushing on 18 carries from
the fullback post. Dan
Nieman delivered 36 yards
on nine carries and Cushman
recorded 18 yards in nine
tries including the third-
quarter TD run.
QB Coalton Huff hit on 3-
of-7 aerials for 72 yards with
Hunter VanDeKerchove gath-
ering in one pass for 34 yards
and Trevor Pickelman mak-
ing a dilly of a catch for 26
yards. Nickert also pulled in
one for 12 yards.
Pickelman packed a punch
defensively as well, taking
part in 11 tackles. Cushman
crackled and popped his way
to 11 solo tackles with seven
assists.
Hamlin filled the friendly
skies with 23 passing
attempts for Pellston, hitting
on 13 for 192 yards and two
TDs. The Hornet Sky Pilot
hooked up with Hunter
Cameron for 123 yards worth
of air travel.
Mancelona 52
Mio 16
MIO -- The BBV Network
was sending out strong
waves along the Iron path-
way of progress on Thursday
night and it resulted in a big
victory for the Mancelona JV
team. The Ironmen defeated
Mio 52-16.
The BBV Network featur-
ing the lethal 1-2 punch of
halfbacks Logan Borst and
Kenny Burnette and the engi-
neering dexterity of QB Cole
Vanwagoner accounted for
neary 400 yards of real estate
in the game.
Borst, a breakaway in wait-
ing every time he touches the
ball, amassed 180 yards on
eight carries -- an average of
22.5 yards for every attempt -
- and sprinted to TDs of 40
and 82 yards in the third
quarter. Burnette busted
loose for 130 yards in seven
tries, averaging an equally
impressive 18.6 yards, and he
had end-zone journeys of 3,
42 and 63 yards. Vanwagoner
wheeled and dealed for TD
bursts of 30 and 5 yards while
amassing 73 yards on six tries
and he also had a successful
conversion run and passed to
Double B, Brandon Burke, for
two points. Chase Wilcox had
two successful conversions
for the Ironmen and Jake
Winstead also hooked up
with Jason Munsell.
On the defensive side, line-
backer Nick Balhorn was a
Beast, as usual, hunting
down enemy ball carriers like
a hungry predator with the
scent of dinner in its nostrils.
Balhorn made 10 tackles and
Double B Blake helped put
his brand on the triumph as
well, making five tackles with
an interception. Jake Allen
had an interception, too, to
go with five takedowns.
Mio QB Cody Wilson
scored the two Thunderbolt
TDs in the first half on a 20-
yard keeper and a 26-yard
option run. Zach Price
pounded for the two points
following the first TD and
Wilson added the conversion
run after the second TD.
Division 1
Rank, School (1st-place
votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Detroit Catholic Central
(4) (5-0) 49
2. Canton (1) (5-0) 45
3. Rockford (4-1) 37
4. Grand Ledge (5-0) 32
5. Clarkston (3-2) 28
6. Plymouth (5-0) 24
T7. Grand Blanc (4-1) 18
T7. Grand Haven (4-1) 18
9. Northville (5-0) 10
T10. Lake Orion (4-1) 6
T10. Utica Eisenhower (4-1) 6
Others receiving votes:
Detroit Cass Tech 2
Division 2
Rank, School (1st-place
votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Farmington Hills Harrison
(5) (5-0) 50
2. Muskegon (4-1) 36
3. Bloomfield Hills Brother
Rice (4-1) 33
4. Bay City Western (5-0) 32
5. Warren De La Salle (4-1)
29
6. Lowell (4-1) 27
7. Wyandotte Roosevelt (5-0)
23
8. Walled Lake Western (5-0)
15
9. Southfield (4-1) 14
10. Port Huron (5-0) 13
Others receiving votes:
Rochester Adams 3
Division 3
Rank, School (1st-place
votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Mt Pleasant (4) (5-0) 49
2. Grand Rapids Christian (1)
(5-0) 42
3. DeWitt (5-0) 41
4. East Grand Rapids (4-1) 33
5. Battle Creek Harper Creek
(5-0) 28
6. St Joseph (5-0) 26
7. Orchard Lake St. Mary (4-
1) 23
8. Petoskey (5-0) 12
9. Holland (4-1) 9
10. Chelsea (4-1) 8
Others receiving votes:
Zeeland East 2, Stevensville
Lakeshore 2
Division 4
Rank, School (1st-place
votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Marine City (5) (5-0) 50
2. Zeeland West (5-0) 43
3. Battle Creek Pennfield (5-
0) 41
4. Grand Rapids Catholic
Central (4-1) 33
5. Paw Paw (5-0) 32
6. St Clair Shores South Lake
(5-0) 21
7. Croswell-Lexington (5-0) 20
8. Detroit Crockett (4-1) 16
9. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
(5-0) 12
10. Sparta (5-0) 4
Others receiving votes:
Marysville 2, Edwardsburg 1
Division 5
Rank, School (1st-place
votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Lansing Catholic (5) (5-0) 50
2. Millington (5-0) 43
3. Portland (5-0) 41
4. Menominee (4-1) 34
5. Alma (5-0) 31
6. Grayling (5-0) 23
7. Jackson Lumen Christi (4-
1) 22
8. Almont (5-0) 11
9. Clawson (4-1) 8
10. Olivet (4-1) 5
Others receiving votes:
Carrollton 4, Frankenmuth
2, Freeland 1
Division 6
Rank, School (1st-place
votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Ithaca (4) (5-0) 48
2. Montrose (1) (5-0) 44
3. Montague (4-1) 39
4. Iron Mountain (5-0) 35
5. Muskegon Oakridge (4-1)
29
6. Leslie (5-0) 27
7. Shelby (5-0) 16
8. Hemlock (4-1) 13
9. Grass Lake (5-0) 11
10. Schoolcraft (4-1) 5
Others receiving votes:
Grandville Calvin Christian 2,
Manchester 2, Clare 2, Vassar 2
Division 7
Rank, School (1st-place
votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Royal Oak Shrine (2) (5-0)
44
2. Saginaw Nouvel (3) (5-0) 39
3. Hudson (5-0) 38
T4. Traverse City St Francis
(4-1) 29
T4. McBain (4-1) 29
T6. Pewamo-Westphalia (5-
0) 27
T6. Detroit Loyola (5-0) 27
8. Union City (5-0) 10
T9. Mancelona (5-0) 8
T9. Gobles (5-0) 8
T9. Harbor Beach (5-0) 8
Others receiving votes:
Ravenna 3, Reese 3,
Ishpeming 2
Division 8
Rank, School (1st-place
votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Muskegon Catholic
Central (5) (5-0) 50
2. Mendon (5-0) 44
3. New Lothrop (5-0) 41
4. St Ignace (5-0) 31
5. Beal City (4-1) 30
T6. Iron Mountain North
Dickinson (5-0) 22
T6. Saugatuck (5-0) 22
8. Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart
(3-2) 12
9. Crystal Falls Forest Park
(3-1) 10
10. Climax-Scotts (4-1) 5
Others receiving votes:
Munising 3, Johannesburg-
Lewiston 3, Fowler 1,
Hillman 1
Football Roundup
Week 5
Week 6
Atlanta (3-2, 2-1) at Arenac Eastern (2-3, 1-2)*
Alpena (1-4) at Cheboygan (2-3)
Gaylord (2-3, 1-2) at Petoskey (5-0, 3-0)*
Mio (3-2) at Gaylord St. Mary (1-4)
Elk Rapids (1-4, 1-2) at Grayling (5-0, 3-0)*
Inland Lakes (3-2) at Ishpeming Westwood (2-2)
Johannesburg-Lewiston (4-1, 3-1) at Onaway (2-3, 2-2)*
Central Lake (2-3, 2-2) at Mancelona (5-0, 4-0)*
Forest Area (2-3, 2-2) at Pellston (0-5, 0-3)*
Atlanta 19, AuGres Sims 12
Petoskey 21, Cheboygan 13
Gaylord 18, Alpena 0
Central Lake 40, Gaylord St. Mary 14
Grayling 41, East Jordan 6
Inland Lakes 41, Rogers City 6
Johannesburg-Lewiston 67, Hale 7
Mancelona 51, Pellston 13
Mio 22, Hillman 0
Onaway 15, Forest Area 14
* League game
Michigan High School
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Price is right, rushing for 190 yards and throwing for 98 in rain as Mio defeats Tigers
at home for second straight time
By Mike Dunn
HILLMAN In a game
between the two top teams in
the North Star League, it was
Mio coming through in a big
way, beating host Hillman
22-0 in the rain. The
Thunderbolts stayed unbeat-
en in the league with the win,
pushing their overall record
to 3-2 and their league mark
to 3-0 while defending North
Star champ Hillman (4-1, 2-
1) suffered its first loss.
The last time the two
teams faced each other at
Hillman, it was the first
round of the 2010 Div. 8 play-
offs in late October and Mio,
the No. 4 seed of the district
with a 5-4 record, defeated
the Tigers 36-20.
Mio QB Grant Price had a
monster game last fall and he
had another huge game
against the Tigers this time
around. Price, the motor that
makes the Thunderbolts go,
accounted for all three of the
games touchdowns, tossing
twice in the rain to glue-fin-
gered Tod Rondo for TDs of 8
and 19 yards both on
fourth-down plays and
then closing out the scoring
with a TD burst in the fourth
quarter.
Price amassed 190 yards
rushing on 27 carries in spite
of the slippery conditions
and he connected on 8-of-17
missiles for 98 yards and the
two TD strikes to Rondo.
Clarence Smith smashed
and dashed to 47 yards on
seven carries in the muck
and D.J. Burden picked up 12
yards on four carries. Micah
Thomey hauled in three Price
aerials for 28 yards while
Rondo made the two TD
grabs worth 27 yards and
Bryson Devers pulled in one
for 19 yards.
Defensively for the
Thunderbolts, linebacker
Aaron Fox was in the thick of
things, participating in a
dozen tackles. Price took part
in 11 tackles and Daniel
Baldwin delivered 10 take-
downs. Rondo racked up
seven stops and Man Eater
Nick Mangutz made six tack-
les.
Brandon Baur led the
Tigers with 89 yards rushing
in 20 carries.
Mio travels west this week
to the field of Gaylord St.
Mary (1-4). The scrappy-but-
young Snowbirds are coming
off a 40-14 loss to Central
Lake.
Thunderbolts take charge in NSL
Mio 22, Hillman 0
Thursday, September 29
8:00 PM ET No. 16 South Florida at Pittsburgh
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Friday, September 30
8:00 PM ET Utah State at Brigham Young
Saturday, October 1
12:00 PM ET No. 14 Texas A&M vs. No. 18 Arkansas*
12:00 PM ET Minnesota at No. 19 Michigan
12:00 PM ET Northwestern at No. 24 Illinois
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2:00 PM ET Kent State at Ohio
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3:30 PM ET Auburn at No. 10 South Carolina
3:30 PM ET No. 15 Baylor at Kansas State
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3:30 PM ET No. 21 Georgia Tech at North Carolina State
3:30 PM ET Bowling Green at No. 22 West Virginia
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4:00 PM ET Arkansas State at Western Kentucky
6:00 PM ET No. 13 Clemson at No. 11 Virginia Tech
7:00 PM ET Ball State at No. 2 Oklahoma
7:00 PM ET No. 17 Texas at Iowa State
7:00 PM ET North Texas at Tulsa
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7:30 PM ET Rice at Southern Miss
8:00 PM ET No. 3 Alabama at No. 12 Florida
8:00 PM ET No. 8 Nebraska at No. 7 Wisconsin
8:00 PM ET North Carolina at East Carolina
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9:15 PM ET Ole Miss at Fresno State
10:30 PM ET UCLA at No. 6 Stanford
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* - game played at a neutral location
2011 NCAA Division
Football Schedule
Hornets sweep SVC rival Eagles
Friendly Fire up front fuels attack as Pellston improves to 29-6-1; JV Hornets also win big
By Mike Dunn
PELLSTON As is often the
case when Pellston plays in a
home match against a Ski
Valley rival, its hard to deter-
mine if the varsity looked
better or the JV. On Tuesday,
Sept. 20, the Hornet varsity
improved to 29-6-1 on the
season with an impressive
three-game sweep of visiting
Bellaire, 25-8, 25-13, 25-12.
The Hornet JV of coach
Brooke Groff pushed its
record to an equally impres-
sive 28-1-4 with a 25-16, 25-
15, 16-14 dispatching of the
young Eagles.
In the varsity match, the
Friendly Fire up front
fueled a relentless attack that
paved the path to the sweep.
Senior Tayler Friend, a four-
year varsity starter in the
midst of another outstanding
campaign, launched missiles
like a renegade silo, accumu-
lating 14 kills in the match.
Fellow senior outside hitter
Shelby Hughey and middle
hitter Tori Kirsch were also
part of the slam-fest, drilling
eight and six kills, respective-
ly, and Kirsch also had a
block kill.
Hughey served up three
aces as well, and Dana Zulski
and Logan Klienhenz each
recorded a pair of aces.
Senior table setter Samantha
McNitt kept the hitters up
front loaded with ammuni-
tion, amassing 30 assists.
McNitt and Abby Bodzick
each earned eight digs, too,
and Friend flew to the ball in
the back row, recording a
team-high 11 digs.
On the JV side, Abbie
Welch walloped six kills to go
with three aces and seven
assists and she wasnt alone.
Adding to the assault up
front were Kelly Lewis with
four kills and Karly Smith and
Kayla Baker each with three
kills. Logan Spray poured on
the power as well, recording
three kills.
Lewis was lethal at the
stripe, accumulating four
aces and Mackenzie Wright
also notched three aces.
Pellston played its next
league match on Tuesday,
Sept. 27, at Onaway.
NFL Scores
NFL Week 3 Results Top Passer Top Rusher Top Receiver
HOU 33 @ NO 40 HOU Matt Schaub: 373 Yds HOU Ben Tate: 82 Yds HOU Andre Johnson: 128 Yds
SF 13 @ CIN 8 SF Alex Smith: 201 Yds CIN Cedric Benson: 64 Yds SF Vernon Davis: 114 Yds
NE 31 @ BUF 34 NE Tom Brady: 387 Yds BUF Fred Jackson: 74 Yds NE Wes Welker: 217 Yds
JAC 10 @ CAR 16 CAR Cam Newton: 158 Yds JAC Maurice Jones-Drew: 122 Yds CAR Greg Olsen: 57 Yds
NYG 29 @ PHI 16 NYG Eli Manning: 254 Yds PHI LeSean McCoy: 128 Yds NYG Victor Cruz: 110 Yds
MIA 16 @ CLE 17 MIA Chad Henne: 255 Yds MIA Daniel Thomas: 95 Yds MIA Brian Hartline: 87 Yds
DET 26 @ MIN 23 DET Matthew Stafford: 378 Yds MIN Adrian Peterson: 78 Yds DET Brandon Pettigrew: 112 Yds
DEN 14 @ TEN 17 TEN Matt Hasselbeck: 311 Yds DEN Willis McGahee: 52 Yds TEN Nate Washington: 92 Yds
BAL 37 @ STL 7 BAL Joe Flacco: 389 Yds BAL Ray Rice: 81 Yds BAL Torrey Smith: 152 Yds
KC 17 @ SD 20 SD Philip Rivers: 266 Yds SD Ryan Mathews: 98 Yds KC Dwayne Bowe: 67 Yds
NYJ 24 @ OAK 34 NYJ Mark Sanchez: 369 Yds OAK Darren McFadden: 171 Yds NYJ LaDainian Tomlinson: 116 Yds
GB 27 @ CHI 17 CHI Jay Cutler: 302 Yds GB Ryan Grant: 92 Yds GB Greg Jennings: 119 Yds
ATL 13 @ TB 16 ATL Matt Ryan: 330 Yds TB LeGarrette Blount: 81 Yds ATL Roddy White: 140 Yds
ARI 10 @ SEA 13 ARI Kevin Kolb: 252 Yds SEA Marshawn Lynch: 73 Yds SEA Sidney Rice: 109 Yds
PIT 23 @ IND 20 PIT Ben Roethlisberger: 364 Yds IND Joseph Addai: 86 Yds PIT Mike Wallace: 144 Yds
WAS 16 @ DAL 18 DAL Tony Romo: 255 Yds DAL Felix Jones: 115 Yds WAS Santana Moss: 70 Yds
NFL Schedule
Week 4
Sun, Oct 02 Time (ET) Stadium/Tickets Network
DET @ DAL 1:00 PM Cowboys Stadium FOX
NO @ JAC 1:00 PM EverBank Field FOX
TEN @ CLE 1:00 PM Cleveland Browns Stadium CBS
SF @ PHI 1:00 PM Lincoln Financial Field FOX
MIN @ KC 1:00 PM Arrowhead Stadium FOX
WAS @ STL 1:00 PM Edward Jones Dome FOX
BUF @ CIN 1:00 PM Paul Brown Stadium CBS
PIT @ HOU 1:00 PM Reliant Stadium CBS
CAR @ CHI 1:00 PM Soldier Field FOX
ATL @ SEA 4:05 PM CenturyLink Field FOX
NYG @ ARI 4:05 PM University of Phoenix Stadium FOX
DEN @ GB 4:15 PM Lambeau Field CBS
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Gaylord boys, girls capture first place overall
in D-2; Howard takes sixth for Gaylord boys
By Mike Dunn
BAY CITY Dating back to
the days of coach Dave
Wenzel, the Gaylord cross
country team has traditional-
ly done well in the Al Kayner
Delta College Invitational
each September. This year
was no exception. The
Gaylord girls won for the 17th
year in a row and the Gaylord
boys took first for the 13th
time in the past 17 years.
The Gaylord boys and girls
both finished first overall
among the Div. 2 schools in
the meet. Junior Charlend
Howard continues to shine
for the Blue Devils and coach
Jeff Kalember, taking sixth
place overall in the Div. 1-2
race, covering the 3200
meters in a time of 10:17.4.
Howard ran as fast as Chris
Olds in 2003, the year Chris
went on to earn All-State
honors.
Fellow junior Nate Fischer
also fared well, taking 12th
place in 10:23.5 with Jake
Pasternak (10:51.3) in 27th,
Ian Callison (10:56.9) in 32nd
and Sean Hope (11:30.5) in
45th place. Freshman Collin
Monusko (11:37.7) and jun-
ior Chris Ryan (11:40.6) were
Gaylords sixth and seventh
runners on the day.
These were some of the
fastest times the boys have
had in 10 years, Kalember
said. Since the boys tied
with Bullock Creek in points,
it came down to the No. 6
man and our freshman Collin
Monusko beat their sixth
man to give us the win.
The Gaylord girls exhibited
a tight pack with a mete 30
seconds separating No. 1
runner Megan Borgeson
from No. 5 runner Maria
Warren and just a little over a
minute separating all seven
Blue Devil runners.
Borgeson, a senior, earned
12th place overall in 12:47.7
followed by hard-striding
junior Geena Duff (12:50.1)
in 13th, senior Paige Hypio
(12:58.4) in 15th, Katelynn
Dreyer (13:06.1) in 18th and
Warren (13:20.2) in 23rd.
Junior Noelle Warren
(13:23.5) was close behind as
the No. 6 runner, taking the
25th spot and hardworking
senior Nicole Wehner
(13:51.2) claimed the 40th
spot.
Again, our strength is the
tight pack of the 1-5 girls and
today they were only about
30 seconds apart, Kalember
said. Gaylords top seven run-
ners all earned medals, as did
the top seven Blue Devil
boys.
In the JV races, sophomore
Ellen Seidell came out strong
with a solid fifth place finish
out of more than180 runners.
This was Ellen's FIRST cross
country race and she com-
peted like a seasoned veter-
an, Kalember said. Megan
Stempky also had an amaz-
ing race, Kalember said, just
4 seconds behind in eighth
place.
For the JV boys Sterling
Mcpherson was the top fin-
isher in 19th.
A lot has changed since I moved to Oregon
5 years ago. Also, many things have changed
in the past year since I moved back to
Gaylord. I have been keeping busy trying to
create a form of culture that involves music,
food, creating happiness, reducing stress,
promoting local support, emphasizing recy-
cling, staying away from chemicals which
also includes eating organic, growing veg-
etables, fruits and herbs. Trust me; all vege-
tarians have a hard time in Northern
Michigan when it comes to food. Not just
vegetarians, but people looking to further
evolve their diet, nutrition and overall well-
being. I guess what I am getting at is this-I
can not do this alone. It takes a team, a com-
munity, money (which I will never have
because it seems to fly away when I get it). If
anybody has interest in
creating a future involving
any thing above or related
please email
Jeff@WeeklyChoice.com.
Or better yet, Jeffrey
Baragrey on
Facebook.com. I am the
type of person that can
never have too many
friends, maybe has one
enemy at the most, trusts
people until they give me
a reason not to, a step
above open-minded, will-
ing to help anybody that
needs it (or at least try),
unable to lie, cheat or steal
etc. Look forward to hear-
ing from you and look for-
ward to making the hub of
Michigan (AKA Gaylord
area) into what it once
was, is and will be in the
future. I know I am not
moving from here for a
while. Its the most beauti-
ful part of the world in the
entire world, which is why
we are all here. I know
some people do not want
other people to move here
so we can have it to our-
selves, but we need the
economic stimulation (at
least the majority of us) to
survive here. It is going to
be a long winter, especial-
ly if we dont do what we
are here for, to Enjoy!
Oh yeah, check out James Jones new
Coffee and Record store (photo below). It is
located in downtown Grayling on 117 Main
street Michigan Avenue (also known as Main
Street) As you can see, they are having their
grand opening ceremonies September 30,
8pm. For those that do not know James
Jones, he helped create the music scene that
exists in Grayling, Gaylord and all over the
Great (lake) state of Michigan. For those that
enjoy music that is loud AND good at the
same time, I would highly recommend going
there to see a show. They buy/sell/trade any
musical items, so bring some in for consign-
ment if you wish. Also, a Halloween Bash is
taking place on Friday, October 28 (bands
TBA)
Jeffreys
little corner of
the Earth
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Cross Country
The Gaylord boys earned
first place among all the Div. 2 schools that competed
Saturday in the annual Delta College Invitational.
PHOTO COURTESy OF JEFF KALEMBER
The Gaylord girls earned first place among the Div. 2
schools that competed Saturday at Delta College.
James Jones getting revved up to get the music scene he
helped create in Northern Michigan at his new Coffee and
Record store in Downtown Grayling
PHOTO COURTESy OF JEFF KALEMBER
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Tobin tosses for 278 yards,
4 TDs; OConnells Carnivores
devour Red Devils defensively
By Mike Dunn
EAST JORDAN Different
week. Different opponent.
Same result.
The high-flying Grayling
Vikings pushed their record
to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the
Lake Michigan Conference
with an impressive 41-6 tri-
umph over league foe East
Jordan on Friday.
The Vikings return home
this Friday to play Elk Rapids,
a team that has had their
number in recent years.
Grayling has lost to the Elks
in four straight regular-sea-
son games and in five
straight games counting the
playoffs. The Elks are strug-
gling this year, however. They
come to Grayling with a 1-4
overall mark and 1-2 in the
league. They did win on
Friday, outscoring Harbor
Springs 49-14.
Senior signal caller Zane
Tobin was zeroed in like a
smart bomb once again, con-
necting on 19 aerials for 278
yards worth of real estate and
four more TDs at East Jordan
to add to his growing season
stat sheet.
The Vikes continued to
employ Zigila Warfare as a
successful offensive tactic. In
week five, rawhide-tough
Riley Zigila was a big part of
the Sanchez Spread once
again. The versatile, multi-
talented senior latched onto
six Tobin air strikes for 84
yards and a pair of TDs in
addition to a rushing TD in
the game. He was a game-
changing Gorilla on defense
for coach Kevin OConnells
Carnivores as well, recording
eight takedowns of Red Devil
ball carriers.
The soft hands and sweet
feet of sophomore receiver Ty
McClanahan accounted for
two catches for 16 yards and
a TD from Tobin and junior
flanker Ty Jensen, the dual
threat catching and running,
pulled down three aerials for
62 yards and a TD. Jensen
had more than 100 all-pur-
pose yards in the game.
Reliable junior receiver
Scott Parkinson, consistent
as the sunrise, grabbed three
Tobin ropes for 43 yards
while Justice Juntilla made
two catches for 28 yards, sen-
ior running back Joey
Schwartz pulled in two from
the backfield for 31 yards,
and Double D, Devon
Dawson, delivered 14 yards
with one reception.
When Schwartz wasnt tak-
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knocking down blitzing line-
backers to protect the quar-
terback, he was bulling and
bashing his way to a team-
high 64 yards rushing on 14
attempts while Jensen
slipped and slammed to 44
yards on eight tries.
On the crazy Carnivore
side of scrimmage, Viking
junior linebacker Wes Dean
was in whack session all
game long, finally finishing
with nine tackles. Collision
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also been booming kickoffs
through the end zone for
Grayling, had his biggest day
as a starter so far, taking part
in nine tackles.
Vikings win big, stay unbeaten
Grayling 41, East Jordan 6
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J-L s DeLuca shines at
Petoskey
By Mike Dunn
PETOSKEY The presti-
gious Petoskey Invitational
meet drew numerous teams
from the area on Saturday,
including Cheboygan, Inland
Lakes and Johannesburg-
Lewiston in addition to the
host Northmen.
Johannesburg-Lewiston
senior Meredith DeLuca con-
tinued to add to her achieve-
ments this season, taking
first among all the female
runners in the 15-team field.
DeLuca crossed the finish
line in an even 20:00 in the
11-12 girls race, beating out
Olivia Center of Charlevoix
(20:29) by nearly half a
minute. Emily McAnsh of
Alpena (20:34) was third.
Kathy Rajewski of Petoskey
finished in 11th place in
21:52 with two J-L runners
taking the next two spots,
Nadine Peterson (21:57) in
12th and Nikki Bush (22:03)
in 13th. Katie Kierczynski
(24:12, 25th) also finished in
the top 25 for the Cardinals.
Coming in behind
Rajewski for the Northmen
gals were Quinn Faylor
(23:09, 18th), Morgan Jons
(23:50, 22nd), Claire
Brummeler (24:02, 23rd) and
Jill Antinoshen (25:08, 32nd).
The top finisher for the I-
Lakes girls was Rebecca Step
(22:37) in 17th place with
Hannah Passino (24:49) tak-
ing 29th.
Amber Lee (25:47) finished
in 37th place for Cheboygan.
FOR THE BOYS in the 11-
12 race, Freddie Liederbach
of Petoskey cruised to a
third-place time of 17:23 with
teammate Jack Touran
(18:03) in 17th place and
Spencer Nemecek (18:24) in
21st and Ethan Brohman
(18:28) in 23rd.
For Cheboygan, Seth
Duncan earned a top-10 fin-
ish and a medal with his
10th-place time of 17:42.
Josh Passino (19:59) was
the top finisher for the I-
Lakes boys in the 11-12 race.
IN THE 9-10 girls race,
Mandy Paul of Cheboygan
was the medalist in an excel-
lent time of 20:31, giving her
third place overall among all
the girls. Teammate Allisa
Gahn (26:06) came in 31st.
The Petoskey girls fared
well in the 9-10 race as Sarah
Goble (20:35) finished run-
ner-up to Paul and Sydney
Hopp (20:54) took third.
Rachel Brilinski (23:55) also
had a top-20 finish for the
Northmen gals, taking 19th
overall.
Chloe Johnston (24:08,
23rd) was the top finisher for
J-L among the 9-10 girls.
IN THE 9-10 boys race,
Petoskeys Tom
Vanslembrouk captured
third in 17:56, good for a top-
20 finish among all the boys
in the field. Mark Smith
(18:16) and Caleb Mitchum
(18:19) took eighth and ninth
for the Northmen. Quentin
Fettig (20:12) was 36th.
For Cheboygan, Max
Pletcher crossed the finish
line first, taking 10th overall
in 18:20.
For J-L, Andrew
Morehouse (18:48) earned
15th place.
Duane Vizina (19:31, 27th)
and Travis Jensen (19:36,
28th) finished first for Inland
Lakes followed by Zach
Florek (21:50) and Duncan
Dickinson (21:57).
Cross Country
Cardinal senior is top female runner in prestigious meet;
Paul of Cheboygan is first in 9-10 girls race;
Petoskeys Liederbach is third in 11-12 boys
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