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The Digital Fridge July 2007 Vol. 1, no. 1Shepherd Area Historical Society

3 Ice Cream Social a Success

3 Information about the Society

3 History will come alive during Cemetery Walk

Shepherd Sesquicentennial

4 Sesquicentennial Mural Takes Shape

5 The Meltons are coming to Shepherd

5 Commemorative Calendars

6 Midsummer Faire begins August 17

6 Planned Events:

7 Volunteers Needed for Praise and Graze

7 Enjoy free food and fun

8 Shepherd Sesquicentennial Schedule

The Digital FridgeJuly 27, 2007

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Shepherd Area Historical Society

Ice Cream Social a SuccessLots of Shepherd resi-dents turned out forfree ice cream and aconcert by the CentralMichigan Area ConcertBand on Monday, July9 at the Village Park.

The band played severalpatriotic pieces. Laterthat evening, ClaytonLyons, vice presidentof the Shepherd Area

Historical Society, thanked everyone for comingand spoke a little bit about the historical societyshistory. He offered discounted memberships toanyone in the crowd who was interested in joiningthe society.

History will come alive during

Cemetery Walk

The final preparations are being made for theCemetery Walk that will take place inside the SaltRiver Cemetery between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.on Saturday, August 18. The Cemetery Walk isone of the many activities that are being held thatweekend to honor Shepherds Sesquicentennial.

Anyone who is interested in attending the walkshould stop at the Little Red Schoolhouse. Vans

will transport tour groups from the schoolhouse tothe cemetery and back again. The Cemetery Walkwill take approximately one hour to complete.

The walk will feature presentations given by a se-lection of former Shepherd leaders such as Spike-horn John Meyer, Katherine Mulineax, and LyleRhynard.For more information send email to

[email protected]

Actors and Actresses will help bring several Shepherd

leaders to life during the Cemetery Walk

Information about the Society

Monthly meetings are held inside the Power HouseMuseum the second Monday of the month at 7:30p.m. Varied and interesting programs are held. Thepublic is invited to attend the meetings and to jointhe society. Annual memberships are $5, and lifetime memberships are $100.



News

Sesquicentennial Mural Takes Shape

Shepherd Sesquicentennial

Joyce Bleecker and her studentsare making excellent progresson the Sesquicentennial muraldespite the challenges of strongwinds, sun, and scheduling con-flicts. When I stopped by Mrs.Bleecker was showing one of herart students how to use tape tomaintain the outline of a build-ing. They were working on theright side of the train car where

a stack of pancakes were alreadyclearly visible. On the left sidethree students were painting theface of Shepherds founder, ahorse, and the wheels of an oldcar.

The mural, a project beingsponsored by both the Chamberof Commerce and the Sesqui-centennial Planning Committee,is based on designs which weredeveloped by Mrs. Bleeckers

Photos Left: Alex Hamlin touches up the yellow ribbon that frames the mural; Top right: Joyce Bleecker discusses a

color choice with one of her students; Bottom Right: Jessica Hamlin colors in a car.

art students in the late spring.She brought her favorites to aSesquicentennial Planning Com-mittee meerting for approval.The designs were so well donethat Mrs. Bleecker used elementsfrom the best ones and histori-cal photos of Shepherd to createa collage of images from Shep-herds past.

Mrs. Bleeckers next step was toadjust the mural design so that itwould proportionally fit onto theold train car in front of the TrainDepot museum. She did this bychanging the design by hand andalso projected the prototype ontothe train car itself to get a betteridea of how well the two wouldline up.

As I watched the students workon their pieces of the mural, I

began to understand why the artteacher had said that the muralwould go through a lot of chang-es as it was transferred onto thetrain car. The mural was truly acollaborative effort between theart students and reflected manydifferent styles. As Mrs. Bleeckerhad predicted, the mural hadbeen through a great deal ofchange during the painting pro-

cess.

The group is working steadily,and Mrs. Bleecker hopes thatmore students will join in to helpalong the way. At the rate theyare going, there shouldnt be anyproblems finishing the mural intime for the Shepherd Sesqui-centennial celebration in August.Additional updates and photos are

available online at http://traindepot-

mural.blogspot.com.



The Meltons are

coming to

Shepherd

The Westlawn Church of Christ

is sponsoring a concert at theVillage Park on Tuesday, August14, 2007 at 7 p.m. featuring theMelton Family Singers. The Melt-ons are a full-time Gospel groupcurrently based out of Joplin,Missouri. Refreshments will beserved following the concert.For more information, contact the

Westlawn Church of Christ at 828-

6322 or send email to

[email protected].

A draft of the mural

Britney Bishop works on the face of Shepherds founder

Each student worked on their own part of the mural

Commemorative

Calendars

Commemorative calendars arebeing sold to raise funds for theupcoming Sesquicentennial inAugust. The eighteen month cal-endars are $10 and include rare

photos from Shepherds past.Calendars can be purchased atseveral locations through outShepherd including IGAs and theVillage of Shepherd offices.



Midsummer Faire begins August 17The Shepherd High School FineArts club will host a medieval-themed festival called the Mid-summer Faire on Friday, August17 from 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. and

again on Saturday, August 18from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The festivalwill feature entertainment, foodswith special medieval soundingnames, and fun activities such asfishing and face painting.For more information, send email to

[email protected].

One Act Plays:

Tom and the Dragon

Fairy Tale Princesses

What Happens when GoodPrinces go Charming

Medieval Themed Games:

Tilting at rings

Maypole

Fishing in the castle moat

Pin the tail on the dragon

Medieval Dunk Tank

Guess the winner of the tour-nament

Activities:

Face paintings

Caricature Artist

Hair Braiding

Fortune Teller

Tournaments:

Between the Red Knight, BlueKnight, Yellow Knight, andGreen Knight

Other:

Impromptu styled musicalperformances by wanderingminstrels

Medieval-themed merchandisesuch as foam swards, wands,and princess hats

Two knights fight in a mock battle during a medieval festival similar to the Mid-

summer Faire

Planned Events:



Volunteers Needed for Praise and Graze

Volunteers are needed for the Shepherd United Methodist ChurchsAnnual Praise and Graze event scheduled to take place on Sunday,August 19 following the Sesquicentennial parade. The event will in-clude food, music, games for the kids, and a pie eating contest.

The following is a list of specific areas that are being filled with vol-unteers:

Putting door hangers on doors in Shepherd -- Monday, August13th at 7 p.m.

Helping with small childrens game area

Organizing games, i.e. Tug O War, Pie eating contest, etc.

Making small pies for pie eating contest

Greeters

Serving Food Funds Needed - you can always give monetarily!

For more information contact Rose Cowden at 828 - 5866 or contact the Sesqui-

centennial Committee webmaster at [email protected].

Two kids take advantage of the free face painting table during last years

Praise and Graze at the Shepherd Methodist Church

Enjoy free food and

fun

After the Sesquicentennial Pa-rade on Sunday, August 19,dont miss the free food and

games for children during theShepherd Methodist Churchsannual Praise and Graze eventhappening between 2 p.m. and 6p.m.

The event is usually held closerto the fall, but was resched-uled to coincide with ShepherdsSesquicentennial. The event willfeature:

Family Fun

Dunk Tank

Tug-O-War contests

Pie-eating contests

Sack races

Food

Hot dogs and sloppy joes

Chips

Beverages

Kiddie Corral

Moonwalk bounce

Clowns

Face painting

Balloons

For more information visit http://

praiseandgraze.blogspot.com or send

email to

[email protected].



Thursday

Event Start Time End Time Location

Opening Ceremonies 7:00 PM 7:30 PM Village Park

Old Car Cruise Night 7:30 PM 9:00 PM Village Park

Community Band 7:30 PM 8:00 PM Village Park

Ice Cream Social 7:30 PM 8:00 PM Village Park

Old Time Slide Show 8:00 PM 9:00 PM Village Park

Friday

Event Start Time End Time Location

Shepherd Coffee Hour 8:00 AM 10:00 AM Coe Township Hall

Sidewalk Sales 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Uptown

Free Trappers History En-campment

8:00 AM 8:00 PM Salt River Park

Gas Engine/Tractor Show 9:00 AM 5:00 PM Festival Property North of VillageAmusement Rides 10:00 AM 10:00 PM Highland Plastics

Self-Guided Home Tour 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Coe Township Hall

Community Pig Roast 3:00 PM 6:00 PM Salt River Park

Craft Show 3:00 PM 8:00 PM Multiple Locations

Mid-Summer Faire 3:00 PM 8:00 PM Next to Middle School

Pie Baking Contest 5:00 PM 6:00 PM Salt River Park

Local Entertainment 6:00 PM 8:00 PM High School Football Field

Community Street Dance 8:00 PM 12:00 AM Wright Ave.

Shepherd Sesquicentennial Schedule


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