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Introducing Boyne Valley Equine Tours & Services, a guided tour that lets people get in touch with nature on horseback.Boyne Valley Equine Tours & Ser-vices offers sleigh rides and wagon rides, and has recently been used by the City of Boyne City for its Narrated Historical Tours during Irish Heritage Week, and is in the process of making plans for in-volvement in other city events.“I’ve been around horses my entire
New biz features hard workin’ horses
horses cont. pg 5
New equine ser-vice uses horses for sleigh rides, logging and much more
C h a r l e v -oix Coun-ty has narrowed its search for a new Commis-sion on Aging Di-rector as c u r r e n t
director Jack Messer nears re-tirement.Messer has been with the Char-levoix County Commission on Aging since March 29, 2010l.“I was working in emergency management at the time, and
Nearly every interaction with a Boyne City Police Officer may now be recorded for the benefit of both police and citizens.According to Boyne City Police Chief Jeffrey Gaith-er, who announced the de-partment’s newest public safety en-hancement, the body cameras were funded with proceeds from the an-
nual Boyne City Police Department Drag Races.“It’s a great opportunity for the police department to acquire this equipment,” said Gaither. “It’s more than just a gift to the police department, it’s a gift to the com-munity because we obviously serve the community and the equipment we purchase will help the commu-
nity as a whole.”The tiny cameras can be mounted in an unobstructed location—even on an of-ficer’s lapel—in order to record traffic stops, pedes-
trian interactions and emergency
Smile: you’re on copper camera
cameras cont. 5
Benjamin GohsNews editor
Charlevoix County Commissioners dubious over a $1,700 check for grant-writ-ing services identified dur-ing the Jan. 11, regular board meeting can rest easy.Several of the commission-ers were taken aback when they discov-
ered Charlevoix County Clerk Cherie Browe had been paid $1,700 for her work on securing a nearly $48,000 remonumentation grant in late 2011, but according to Charlevoix County Surveyor Lawrence Feindt, it was he who allocated the funding to Browe as is allowed under Michigan State law.“There is no question I did that,” he said in a telephone interview on Fri-day Jan. 13. “She didn’t even know what was going on with that particu-lar item.”That may explain Browe’s apparent confusion over why she was paid the money when questioned by com-missioners during the meeting.“As far as I’m concerned, it wasn’t usual and so I asked questions about it,” said Charlevoix County Com-missioner Shirlene Tripp (R-District 1), following the meeting, who ini-tially questioned the check which was listed in the county agenda packet. “In Northern Michigan it just seems like we have an awful lot of embezzling going on – the month before, I questioned why so many checks were going to Charter.”She added, “I really didn’t mean to hang her (Browe) out to dry. I have no doubt it will be straightened out.”
Boyne’s own extreme skier Ty Well-man will be back in Northern Michi-gan for a high-flying competition at the end of this month.Wellman, who has been skiing since he was 11 years old, is excited to see his friends, family and compete at one of the hills where he spent so many hours practicing.“We’re excited to be able to see him compete because we’re not able to travel all that much to watch him,” said Ty’s dad Jeff Wellman.Those looking to support Ty will be able to spot him by the pink bandan-as he wears in honor of his mother who has been fighting stage-four breast cancer for several years.“I’ve only competed once at Gay-lord, but I did train a lot on the half-pipe at the Otsego Club,” Ty said. “I’m feeling a little confident just because of the home-field advan-tage.”The 2012 USSA Revolution Tour will be in Gaylord from Jan. 30
photo by cinda shumaker
Elks snub RamblersBoyne City Rambler Keegan Lablance, #33, defies gravity as he goes up for a shot against Elk Rapids last Tuesday Jan. 10. Elk Rapids beat Boyne City 61-54.
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“Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.”
— johnny cash
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012Volume 3, Issue 21 • Seek the Truth, Serve the Citizens • 1.00$No. 125
Rocket man comes homeBenjamin gohs
associate editor
What’s inside this week’s Gazette?
taxpayers save pg 5 news from around cvx pg 8 Look famiLiar? pg 13
Citizens, business owners and community leaders gathered on Thursday Jan. 12, to discuss the overall goals they would like to see achieved over the next couple of years in Boyne City.Boyne City Manager Michael Cain opened the event with a run-down of the previous goal-setting session from a couple years ago and what type, if any, progress has been made on those goals.“I look around with what I see as balanced growth – it hasn’t all happened in one sector,” he said of the highest priority, which was job creation and retention. “Over-
all, with what’s going on with the economy, I think we did fairly well with that.”Cain said a number of new busi-nesses have stayed, with several more businesses planning to open in the near future.The Dilworth Hotel was a top pri-ority and Cain said a lot of prog-ress has been made, but there is much work yet to be done.The Boyne Beach Club property, Cain said, has seen minor prog-ress and so too has broadband ac-cess.The DDA plan has been renewed and extended which, Cain said, helped set the tone for positive
EssentialsBenjamin gohs
associate editor
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It’s still a couple months from spring training, but several locals shared their memories of summer softball and their time with the Hor-ton Bay Generals.For many years the people of Horton Bay harbored those same thoughts as the Horton Bay Gen-erals began preparation for their Men’s slow pitch softball season.“The people in Horton Bay just loved the team,” said former team member Henry “Beano” Archey.The Horton Bay Generals team was formed in 1976 and managed by Jon Hartwell (deceased) until their change of venue in the early 1980s. “They would have parties at Jon
Remembering the Generalsmegan wilson
contriButing writer
The Boyne City Commission re-viewed the status of complaints re-lating to the Kirtland Products wood pellet manufacturing facility during the regular Tuesday Jan. 10, meet-ing.Boyne City Planning Director Scott McPherson gave commissioners an overview of the situation before audience members spoke for and against the company.“Since the start of production of Kirtland Products we have had com-plaints about the operation,” he said. “While most of the complaints we have had in regards to noise there have also been concerns raised about odors and dust. In the Boyne City Zoning Ordinance the perfor-mance standards 21.78 addresses noise, odor, dust – similar types of nuisances. In addition the city also has a noise ordinance which specifi-cally addresses motors, fans, dryers, similar mechanisms, similar to what Kirtland has at their facility.”McPherson added, “It does seem pretty clear that they are in violation of that ordinance.”McPherson said the city has been in contact with Kirtland to ensure they are aware of the issues.“To their credit they have seemed to be proactive and sincere in their efforts to resolve these issues. How-ever, the impact is ongoing and it is unacceptable at certain levels and it does need to be remedied as soon as possible,” McPherson said. “If they do continue to violate the ordinances the city does have the ability to is-sue civil infractions or to request en-forcement orders.”Representatives from Kirtland Prod-ucts were in attendance.Audience members were instructed to keep their comments to five min-utes or fewer.“We are aware of the complaints and
sEREniTy noW!
Benjamin gohsassociate editor
Grant check checks out
Benjamin gohsassociate editor
photo by chris fauLknorChristopher Fair (right) and Jeffre Kelts show off an old Horton Bay gen-erals jersey from their playing days decades ago.
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»wellman, pG. 9courtesy photo
Ty Wellman is pictured upside down as he pulls a trick.
City, public & Kirtland discuss noise and other complaints at public hearing
Locals compile future goals list
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G a z e t t eWinner of Four MPA Awards!
Concern caused by confusion over $1,700 grant fee
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Serving topics of interest to all of Charlevoix County • No. 187 - Vol. 4 - Issue 31 • ‘Seek the Truth, Serve the Citizens’ • Wednesday March 27, 2013 $1.00
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The latest on Col-lege athletes from around Cvx CountyIt’s time again for the Boyne city Gazette’s bimonthly digest of college sports results involving students who have graduated from around charlevoix county.
Chefs ChallengeGet the latest info on this tasty annual fundraiser for challenge mountain.
messer cont. pg 4
“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and pri-vate: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.”
—C.S. Lewis
march madness PG. 2 letters PG. 3 on the sun PG. 7
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Easter Church ser-vice times and egg hunts for the kidsdon’t miss all the great holy Week obser-vances including easter services, Good Friday events and easter egg hunts for the kids.
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coa director jack messer is retiring
Boyne police have mini cameras to re-cord what they see
The nearly $200,000 Ironton Fer-ry refurbishment project could take a little longer than expected.Ironton Ferry Board Committee Member and Ferry refurbish-ment project manager Richard Gillespie said crews are work-ing diligently but that U.S. Coast Guard regulations, coupled with a harsh winter, have put the plan to rebuild the Ironton Ferry be-hind schedule.“All the people involved are work-ing hard but the weather hasn’t helped,” Gillespie said. “The road commission has been doing the dismantling but the weather has been causing them to focus on
fErry cont. pg 4
meGan wilsoncoNtributiNg writer
Ironton Ferry likely delayedOfficials expect completion by early to mid May
Benjamin GohsNews editor
photo By chrIs FaulknorIt’s the wordConnor Mills serenades Katelyn Skornia during Boyne City high’s production of the musical “Grease” on Friday March 22. MANY MORE PICS AT BOYNEGAZETTE.COM
photo By chrIs Faulknor
A crew uses a crane to lift the old wheelhouse off of the Ironton Ferry on Fri-day March 22 in Boyne City. It will be replaced with a brand new wheelhouse.
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Kait Crandell of Boyne Valley Equine Tours & Services works with Jake the horse
meGan wilsoncoNtributiNg writer
What’s wrong with our economy?I’m not going to go into a long preamble to what got us here, I’m simply going to state the issues I see. 1. Labor-Reducing Technology—how many of us walking through our local gro-cery stores now scan our groceries through an automated check-out machine?Four, six, or even eight of these machines are
watched over by one checker who troubleshoots problems and wards off the temptation to “forget” to scan that loaf of bread, when before, each would have been manned by a paid worker. this is dupli-cated around the world in the form of automation ro-bots, computer technology, and a load of smart tech-nology. after all, do I need a secretary when I have an app named roberta on my android phone to remind me of my next appointment, update my Facebook, find me a recipe for chicken pot pie, and wish me a happy birthday? now what’s the solution? make a list of traditional entry-level jobs being eliminated by labor-reducing technology and offer an incentive to businesses for creating more of these jobs.2. People working who don’t need to work—We’ve all seen the type, and we’ve all heard the speech. “I don’t need to work, but I don’t want to sit at home all day.” this is the person whose spouse makes $250,000 per year, the family who makes twice that off of dividends, or the retiree with a nice pension who finds himself “bored” in his retirement. they work at the same places we do, only they aren’t rely-ing on that paycheck to put food in the fridge. should they be prohibited from getting jobs? of course not, everyone has a right to work and make money. should they be able to write volunteer hours off for their taxes? absolutely. they have something to do--volunteer for challenge mountain or another great charity--and they’re making money in the form of a write-off, but they aren’t taking a job from 24-year-old steve who has a wife, a kid, and a house payment.3. Inflation—I don’t have a solution for this one, I’m afraid, but I’ll explain the issue anyways. say they raise the minimum wage from $7.40 to $25 per hour. Well that’s great, because john the bagger at the
grocery store is now bringing home $4,000 instead of $1,184, right? Well that’s great, but the grocery store now needs to make another $2,816 just to break even, as will the gas stations, hardware stores, and municipalities. that means the grocer will raise the prices of milk and bread to compensate, the gas station will be charging more for gas, the hardware stores will charge more for pipe wrenches, and the municipalities will either up the price for services or take another millage, thereby increasing your taxes. so things come full cycle, and before you know it, we’re all making $4,000 a month, but we’re exactly where we were before because the price of every-thing else has gone up in the same proportion. But here’s the kicker--it isn’t quite that easy. during that year when I’m making $4,000 a month and milk is still only $2.49 and gas is still $3.79, life is good--so good, in fact, that I’m going to take out a loan for a house and a car. the bank will gladly give it to me too, because I’m making $50,000 per year with only $20,000 in expenses. But then, when that grocer raises their prices, they’re not just going to raise it to break even, they’re going to get it all done at once. they’re going to raise their prices higher to make up for this increase and the next one. and here I am making $50,000 per year and worse off than I was before. that’s inflation, but where’s the solution?4. Uncertainty—another vicious cycle begins here. people say that the solution to the problem is to give everyone money to spend and stimulate the economy. I’ve got bad news for you though, I’m not going to spend it, and chances are, neither will you. If I had $10,000, I might spend $1,000 of it. sure, I’d put food in the fridge, catch up on bills, and maybe even take my family out to a nice dinner to celebrate.then, remembering how horrible it feels to have such little money, I dramatically say, “never again!” I would put that other nine grand in the bank and leave it there for emergencies--and I mean real emer-gencies, because you never know when it’s going to get this bad again. there are, of course, many more issues in our economic system. I could rattle off the details--jobs are going to this country, food is going to that country, and there’s nothing left for us, right? In the end, one thing is going to fix this. people need to stop looking at the next two weeks and start looking at the next two years. If I’ve proven my point above, you’re thinking that this whole thing is a cycle, and that it will eventually come full-circle. It will. remem-ber that it wasn’t long ago that we had people in bread lines waiting for potatoes and onions.
chrIs Faulknor‘tWo cents’
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I enjoyed a recent birth-day which ran over pro-fusely with su rp r i s e s , from start to finish. They were all planned and carried out by my fam-ily with one exception. At the time
I had no idea what was to follow or that its happening was unbelievable to my family members. They thought they had filled the day to overflowing without it. The only part of the day’s activities I had anything to do with was the selec-tion of a down town restaurant where I would be treated to dinner. I have to remind you here in Boyne with the exception of one granddaughter, her
husband and their four children all the rest of my family including my son, daughter, daughter-n-laws, son-in-law, grandchildren, great grand-children, nieces and nephews all live from one hundred to over seven hun-dred miles away. With this in mind I was only expecting six or seven at the dinner. And so it was when I entered the restaurant with Ray, only three of my family, along with my life-long friend, Grace were waiting to party with us. Unnoticed by me Ray slipped off to ask the waitress if after we finished our dinner if she would bring in a cupcake with candle for me. He explained it was my 90th birthday. Unfortunately she shook her head ‘no’; they had none. Much to his amazement, as we neared the end of our meal, a young mother and her son approached our table with a luscious slice of cheese cake, a candle flickering brightly to sit before me. They sang ‘Happy Birthday”.
I did not recognize either the woman or boy or anyone else seated at their tab le which was next to ours. I looked to Nancy, my daughter for an expla-nation but she only shook her head. Thanking the two we asked questions to discover we had never met. They simply had observed Ray seeking the cupcake and witnessed his disap-pointment over not being able to pur-chase one. The mother then sent her husband to another, nearby restaurant to purchase the cake with candle and her son to a nearby store to purchase the birthday card which accompanied the cake.I have written frequently about our small town’s amazing and continual care and love for each other. To me this was a beautiful example of what I am so aware of. I will never forget this act of kindness of that I am cer-tain.This amazing celebrations were just the beginning of an evening long se-ries of surprises as I was welcomed
into the arms of the entire wide spread members of my family and friends upon being driven to our church’s dining hall following our ‘family din-ner’. They had arrived throughout the day to create a beautiful celebration with flowers, yummy ice cream and toppings, cake and drinks. When the lights came on in the dark-ened hall I came as close to fainting as I ever have in my life. It was all so un-believable, as I had resigned myself to celebrating without them.We human beings come to believe it is what we find to give to another on special days like birthdays. How we wrap it, the color of the ribbon we tie it in and the beauty of the bow on its top. It makes no difference whether we are on a tight budget or that money is not a matter of concern. At least this is the way we think when the recipro-cate is a little one. As they age, some-where along the way the importance of a gift giving becomes of less im-portance. Instead we come to realize
something more than a gift wrapped present is what we want to give, rather our love in a more personal way. We want to share a hug, a kiss, a word of admiration and appreciation, a special time together, even with others. And so it is we drive distances to share our hugs, attend special events seated side-by-side, exchange something we have made, found among our ‘spe-cial’ collections or what has become a family treasure. Recently I gave a grandson the gold pocket watch his great, great grandfather, a Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road engineer carried aboard with him. It still ran.But most of all the sharing of advice, needs and encouragement can make another’s special day shine in a way nothing else can touch. Or pulling off a celebration in absolute secrecy as my family did for me. Even Ray contributed to the secret – he never slipped and dropped a hint. Unbeliev-able!
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Anne Thurston-Brandley shares ‘Secrets that work’
Charlevoix County BracketMARCH MADNESSThey may have
been able to
break the sound
barrier, but the
sad fact is that fire always wins
over wood. Like Shakespeare
said: “Their bark was worse
than their bite.” Well, maybe it
wasn’t Shakespeare after all.
BC Kirtland Products takes on Boyne City in a classic game of “Parse-That-Ordinance! Kirt-land narrowly skates by citing BC’s lack of a sound ordinance.
What originally looked like a slam-dunk for folks opposed to the City of Charlevoix fire place resulted in an old-fashioned blow-out for those in favor of fire.
It was a rocky start for the folks against a new bike trail but you can never underestimate the power of a good protest—or jumpshot!. Private property rights won the day.
Gazette Editor Benj. Gohs put up a pathetic performance against the battle of the bulge. The game automatically stopped due to the 1,000-1 mercy rule.
The non-motorized trail oppo-nents may have won the battle against the trail, but that left them vulnerable to attack in the war on health. In a fourth-quar-ter showdown it would be sedin-tary lifestyle that wins the day.
When it comes to a non-sensical battle between an outdoor fireplace and a cupcake representing ill-health, the standard rule is to always bet on the cupcake. Cupcake over Fireplace 62-27.
Gazette Publisher Chris Faulknor has been plagued all season with car troubles. Whether he’s sliding down his driveway backwards or doing 360s on Pleasantview Road, he was severly outmatched.
When it comes to taking on the United Nations, nobody is as tough as Rep. Greg MacMaster. Greggy-Mac dominated Agenda 21 in the first quarter and never let up!
AM 1270’s Vic McCarty squared off against the TCFamily.org folks in yet another battle over civil liberties. McCarty retained his title of “Alpha Male” in a classic slobberknocker reminiscent of Muhammad Ali vs. ... anyone!
Known for his sometimes salty language, Charlevoix County Commissioner Rich Gillespie has had a colorful season—and the playoffs were no different. No amount of duct tape could hold back this seasoned veteran.
If he can best an evil crime syndicate like the United Na-tions then he can easily master the art of driving. McMaster breazed through the second round of play without so much as a fender-bender.
When it comes to hot air, McCarty
and Gillespie are the titans of talk!
The Beaver Island native’s no
nonsense attitude carried him
through the first half but the Alpha
Male’s sheer years
of experience on
the mic was just
too much.
vs.
In one of the great all-time battles of big foreheads and even bigger egos, the earth shook during third-round play as MacMaster went head-to-head with McCarty. In the end it would be the Radio Man who won out against the Weather Man.
Resident couch potato Benjamin Gohs opted to cre-ate this bracket in lieu of an opinion column this week because he finds baskeball tedious.
Local radio host Vic Mc-Carty versus a fictional cupcake ... truly a clash of the titans. In what will ul-timately be dubbed “The Forehead vs. The Frosting” McCarty’s talent for ver-bosity was no match for this plucky little cake from the South Bronx.
E d i t o r ’s note: the Boyne city G a z e t t e o p i n i o n page is your o p i n i o n page. Ga-zette staff offer opin-ions in hope of sparking conversa-tions. please send your
opinions on this or any topic to [email protected]'s wrong with the econo-my?Nothing … and everything.The cycle of boom and bust, bubble and depression, private profit and government bailout has been around since the in-vention of modern capitalism.Before we go any further it is necessary to get a few things straight: there is no such thing as a free market (unless you want to chase wildebeest on the savannah with the rest of the lionesses.); government regu-lation is necessary to a healthy economy and a safe society; and capitalism is not flawless.What's a boy to do when caught between hyper-controlling forces that seek to regulate everything right down to the recommended number of TP squares … and the followers of Friedman and Smith who are certain that anarchical rapacity won't result in a poverty-strick-en Middle Class?Before you start to hyperven-tilate, consider this: we—all of us—have been conditioned from birth to believe that capi-talism is perfect; mere ques-
tioning of its supremacy is evi-dence enough of your furtive allegiance to the sinister “isms.”The economy is driven by a thousand factors and a thou-sand more. Many work tire-lessly to merely subsist, while some enjoy luxury unearned.While we blame each other's politicians for high unemploy-ment, Wall Street continues to rake record returns.The Dems say “Raise the mini-mum wage!” while the GOP says “Indescriminantly cut taxes!”Meanwhile, neither move will increase the number or quality of jobs.Blame politicians, if you must, for our most recent recession but it was exacerbation of an
existing slump brought on by greedy banks and deadbeat bor-rowers—did you really think you could afford a $250k house on your quickie-mart pay?I say “slump” but it's really the norm. After all, the devaluation of labor, exploitation of limited resources, monopolistic prac-tices, and leverage by legacy is nothing new to kings, pharaohs, dictators or robber barons (the PC term is “job creator.”)These titans of economic tyr-anny cheat the system by oper-ating straw storefronts on U.S. soil while employing foreign labor to create their ill-gotten goods. Then, they have the gall to flood the market with their artificially inexpensive gew-
gaws, adding insult to injury with the accusation that we are addicted to cheap goods!As a small business owner who understands the value of hard work and a desire to get my slice of the proverbial pie I advocate not for hand-outs or redistributed wealth, but for an opportunity for my fellow man to work a job where he can sup-port his family.The outsourcing of jobs tech-nically began back in the 1800s—well before those evil labor unions existed—but only became a mode of doing busi-ness in the 20th Century. It re-ally began to pick up in the 1970s, and critical mass was probably reached about the time Customer Service Agent
John Smith developed a thick New Delhi accent.Despite all the talk about swell Reaganomics and the Clinton-era tech bubble, the economy from the American worker's perspective has been
lackluster for decades and stag-nant for nearly a century.According to CNNmoney.com, incomes for the wealthiest one percent of Americans—earn-ers of $380,000 or more—have enjoyed income growth of 33 percent in the last two decades.There is most certainly a class war in America but it was not the poor who fired the first—or the thousandth—shot!If you attended public school in America at any time during the last 100-or-so years you're probably saying: but, Gohs, you filthy rotten communist, the only way to ensure unbri-dled fiscal powerhouses behave
BenjamIn Gohs‘don’t Get me WronG’
What’s wrong with the economy?
gohs cont. pg3
Sheriff Reports• Sheriff W.D. Schneider reports on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 8:08pm the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office responded to a one vehicle personal injury traffic crash which occurred on U.D. 131 a half mile north of Bauman Road in Mel-rose Township.Forty-one year old Stacy Marie Roberts of Gaylord was traveling northbound on U.S. 131 just north of Bauman Road when she lost control of the 2002 Pontiac Grand Am she
was driving. The vehicle slid across the snowy roadway and struck a hard snow bank and embankment.Roberts was not hurt in the crash. Robert’s daughter, who was the front seat passenger, 14 year old Skylar Rae Kobylinski, struck her head on the passenger window. Kobylinski complained of head pain and diz-ziness. She was transported to Mc-Claren Northern Michigan Hospi-tal by the Boyne City Ambulance where she was treated and released.The Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Boyne City Ambu-
lance and EMS.• Sheriff W.D. Schneider reports on 03/15/13 at 16:32 hrs. the Char-levoix County Sheriff’s Office on Beaver Island was dispatched to East Side Drive/Hannigans Road in Peaine Township for a rollover ac-cident.The driver, Jean Kinsley, 64 of Beaver Island, was traveling North-bound on East Side Drive when she lost control of her Chevy Blazer on icy roads. Kinsley’s vehicle slid sideways into a snowbank flipping the vheicle on it’s top.
Kinsley was transported by private vehicle to the Beaver Island Health Center with minor injuries.
Boyne city police department
Incident reportMonday, March 11
9:55am Report of 4 year old injured over the weekend in the 1300 block of Boyne Av2:13pm Assist to ACO on Brock-way St
8:36pm Gasoline drive off from the 200 block of S Lake St9:05pm Noise complaint in the 500 block of N Lake St 11:08pm OWI arrest M-75 S
Tuesday, March 125:40am Assist Sheriff Department with accident on Marshall Rd10:54am Report of ice shanty through the ice near the river mouth12:55pm Report of snow obstruct-ing stop sign and vehicles sliding through intersection at East and State Streets3:15pm Report of traffic light at Water and Park being obstructed by snow 3:38pm Property damage accident on Park St near Water 5:53pm Gasoline drive off from the 200 block of S Lake St7:15pm Citation issued for No proof of insurance10:34pm Vehicle unlock in the In-dustrial Park
Wednesday, March 136:30am investigated road hazard at Park and Franklin Streets 9:24am Abandoned vehicle report-ed in the 200 block of S Lake St10:40am Death reported in the 300 block of E Division St1:36pm Report of dog running at large on East St near Vogel 7:42pm Report of PPO violation8:34pm Citation issued for no proof of insurance at Brockway and Boice
Thursday, March 147:39am Emergency activation from vehicle in the 600 block of Jersey St. All OK2:30pm Found key reported in the 100 block of E Water St2:45pm Suspicious activity report-ed in the 500 block of N Lake St3:44pm Vehicle unlock in the 1100 block of Boyne Av6:22pm Report of confused elderly
male on Park St10:58pm Vehicle unlock in the 1300 block of Boyne Av
Friday, March 151:19am Investigated suspicious subject on Morgan near Maple St8:00am Property damage accident on Fall Park Rd near Boyne Av12:32pm Report of truck blocking Brockway St near the greenhouse. Gone on arrival.7:51pm Car deer accident on Boyne City Rd near Court St. Deer had to be dispatched11:38pm Vehicle unlock in the 300 block of E Division St
Saturday, March 1612:21am Citation issued for driving without headlights in the 100 block of S Park St6:45am Bike found in duck pond in the 500 block of N Lake St8:15am Annoying phone calls com-plaint received from the 300 block
of E Division St12;29pm Driving complaint re-ceived on W Michigan Av2:15pm Citation issued for speed at Charlevoix St and Michigan Av7:00pm Citation issued for speed on Michigan Av near Charlevoix St
Sunday, March 171:53am Assist EMS in the 100 block of S Lake St1:48pm False alarm in the 300 block of E Water St2:20pm Assist Sheriff Department with traffic crash on Marshall Rd6:50pm Citation issued for disre-garding stop sign at Boyne Av and Brockway8:17pm Assist Sheriff Department on Jaquay Rd9:04pm Vehicle unlock in the 500 block of N East St9:07pm Intoxicated subject in the 400 block of N Lake St10:42pm Intoxicated subject in the 400 block of N Lake St
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themselves is by creating less over-sight. After all, capitalism depends on a free market. (This is the per-fect spot for a cautionary dream sequence wherein I pass out at my keyboard to the echoes of “Market, ‘arket, ‘arket” only to awaken to a vision of Ayn Rand, who proceeds to elucidate the evils of hedgemony.)America has never been—I beg those of you of weak constitution to read no further—a “free market.”From this country's inception our political leaders knew governmen-tal protections were necessary to create a just and equitable society. Many of the founding politicians (take a whiff of smelling salts and everything will be OK) and their an-cestors had fled England because it lacked regulation. The king of Eng-land operated in a free market—he was free to do as he pleased—and the 99 percent suffered greatly for it.While we rightly decry unjust eco-nomic regulations—like subsidies to oil companies and unjustly pro-hibitive zoning—there are a great many regulations which behoove us, and that we would never con-sider eliminating.The truth of the matter is that our form of capitalism has always been a hybrid of individualism, private innovation, municipal intercession and collectivism; it works because of, not in spite of, our kooky little monetary melange.While some may balk, I'd wager folks are glad the Fair Labor Stan-dards Act of 1938—which outlawed child slavery, indentured servitude and child labor—were ended. Re-publican President Teddy Roos-evelt busted up monopolies to give the little guy a chance, and shelved prime real-estate so we would have national parks forever and ever. Thanks to business regulations we also enjoy a cleaner environ-ment, fresh water, truth (OK, even I laughed at this one) in advertising, patents, trademarks and copyrights to protect intellectual properties and inventions, prevention of discrimi-nation in hiring, housing and educa-tion, food and drug safety rules, and a slew of other statutes including orders to ensure affordable water, electricity and natural gas.Hey, I get it, party lines make for in-tractable opinions … but we're all in this together. OK, smart guy, how do we solve these problems?the following suggestions aren't the only answers but they'd be a good start: • Listen to Dave Ramsey—he's smart, honest and gives free financial advice.
• No more credit cards—most of us cannot go out and buy a house or car outright, I get that. But, this country has impulse-purchased itself into unfathomable debt.• Cut government spending—We'd all have a little more money in our pockets if publicly funded frivolity and stupidity were eliminated … but, only after examining every public budget to determine its level of necessity and waste.• No more free rides for big businesses—if you want to sell your wares in america you must
make all or most of your products and services here.• Cut all foreign aid—not forever, but at least until we get our own finances in order.• No more freeloading for citizens—mandate all able-bodied welfare recipients participate in some form of public works. I don't care if they're sweeping sidewalks or re-striping the roads. If you cannot find a job but are able to work you need to pitch in.• War as a last resort—this one should need no explanation.
L E T T E R S T o T h E E d i T o RSuper SpellerS
editor: We at the Boyne Valley Knights of Columbus want to congratu-late these Boyne City students, Heather Judkins-Ladd, Eleri Giem, and Madison Morgan for their fine efforts at the Knights of Columbus State Spelling Bee Finals in Saginaw. These students were a part of the Diocesan finalists from the seven Michigan Diocesan that included four finalists from the seven Michigan Diocese, and from Boyne City, we had three of those finalists. Boyne City should be very proud of these students. It was an honor and a difficult accomplishment among very tough completion to even be able to compete. They competed well against the very best in the State and did a fine job.John CzarnieckiGrand KnightBoyne Valley Council #6314
Heck of a Decaeditor:I was once again impressed by the student of BSHS DECA Chapter and the student finalists who attended this year’s State Competition. Not only were each and every one of them polite, conscientious and well dressed, they were prepared. Few people in our community understand what this organiza-tion is all about. It is an amazing opportunity for any student who is interested in business. The amount of preparation, re-search and in some events, im-plementation (Learn and Earn) they get to test their wings. Everything from business plans, to marketing to operations, these kids make presentations, role play and learn the proper way to interview, the structure a company and so much more. The ad visors and volun-
teers help to rehearse the kids, iron their shirts and help se-lect the proper business attire. As a judge (I participated in both the regional and state level) I met so many kids (2700 kids attend-ed from all over MI), the ner-vousness, the beginning of confi-dence to the admission of failure and how to restructure, the cali-ber of the talent was amazing! Long rides and waits for el-evators gave me a chance to ask where the kids were from. Each and everyone made eye contact and proudly told me where their schools were from! Rarely do these kids (we had 13 participate) get the recogni-tion many of the others do. If you aren’t familiar with this program find out about it ... these kids are our future and they want to learn and excel. Congratulations to each and ev-ery one of our students who went you made Boyne City proud.Cindi MalinBoyne City
Happy for HelperSeditor:Little Traverse Conservancy Would like to Thank Volunteer Preserve Trail Groomers and Parking Lot Snow Plowers!If you are a skier, snowshoer, or general winter outdoor enthusi-ast who has been to a Conservan-cy nature preserve, please take a moment with me to thank the group of committed volunteers who keep our preserves open to the community for winter fun, all on their own time.John Griffin and Tim DeWick work as a team to groom the 1.5 mile ski trail loop and plow the parking area at the Birge Pre-serve in Mackinac County. John and Tim selflessly make sure the community can access the pre-serve year-round.Thanks also to John for being an
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two of the commissioners of the County of Charlevoix ap-proached me and asked me if I would be interested in becoming the director,” said Messer. “I knew that I had only a cou-ple of more years to work with so I wanted to invest those into something more important.” Messer brought a wealth of ex-perience to Charlevoix County when he came to work as the director, having served as the di-rector for the Charlevoix, Che-boygan, and Emmet Office of Emergency Management, Direc-tor of Emergency Services with the Sanilac County Sheriff’s Department, Chief of Police and
City Manager for the City of Sandusky, Ohio, as well as the Michigan State Police.During Messer’s tenure the Commission on Aging was faced with a budget shortfall, during which he and his staff circumvented an economic cri-sis by changing the policies that the Commission had in place.Messer spearheaded the passage of an increase in the Charlevoix County Senior Millage in No-vember 2012.“I think that the passage of the senior millage was really impor-tant,” Messer said. “It allows the department to con-tinue offering its services. The Senior population is growing, and this is just a real blessing.”He added, “That passage showed that the seniors are important to us, and it was the high point of
my time because it impacts ev-erything.”The Charlevoix County Com-mission on Aging provides in-home respite, homemaking and personal care services, assess-ment services, congregate and in-home meals, health and well-ness programs, and senior center operations services to residents of Charlevoix County over the age of 60.Just because he is retiring, that doesn’t mean that it’s the end of the road for Messer.“I will continue to serve in some council or volunteering after this,” said Messer. “I just know that I am going to continue to work in some public service—I’m hoping that I will be able to do something.”“It’s been a really great experi-ence for me working this job
but the rewards are the smiles on the faces on the seniors that we’ve been able to help,” said Messer. “That’s been intangible. I’ve been invited to the seniors’ houses and they’ve been sharing their stories with me.”Messer also writes a piece ev-ery month in the Commission on Aging’s Newsletter, which is called The Director’s Com-ments.Interviews of five candidates for the COA Director position took place last week. Charlevoix County Human Resources Coordinator Kevin Shepard is expected to report the findings of the interviews to the Charlevoix County Building & Grounds Committee at its next meeting.Messer is expected to officially retire at the end of this month.
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the roads, disallowing them from working on the ferry as much.” He added, “The speculation is that it could be delayed 20 to 30 days.”Work on the ferry began back in November 2012 with plans to move the control center, or wheelhouse; rebuild the tired 1978 diesel engine; and com-pletely rewire the craft.“This is a serious refurbishment that has been long put off,” Gil-lespie said. “We didn’t want to be late getting it completed but circumstances are out of our con-trol.”He added, “I think people will really appreciate what we have when it’s done ... and their pa-tience will definitely be appreci-ated because it isn’t easy and it needed to be done.”A crew of men removed the old wheelhouse on Friday March 22. It will be donated—as was the last engine—to the Northern Michigan Antique Flywheelers in Walloon Lake where it will be displayed among other historic items.A new wheelhouse will be built, the new diesel-powered hydrau-lic power plant will be more en-vironmentally-friendly than the 1978 model, and the ferry will be able to operate further into the winter season, if deemed neces-sary, due to its self-contained cooling system; the old engine was cooled by taking in lake wa-ter.The ferry, which generally opens on or around April 15 of each year and closes around Thanks-giving, has made nearly 700,000 trips during its lifetime.According to Gillespie, the ferry continues to operate through user fees, which helped generate the fund balance to pay for improve-ments.“We’re hoping to get the vessel completely refurbished for under $200,000,” he said. “It’s fair to say that if we weren’t refurbish-ing what we have it would be well over a million dollars.”The ferry is Coast Guard-ap-proved to haul four cars at a time. And, for the first time, it will be rated for its hauling ability.“It is a significant improvement that we will have a stability let-ter—which is a weight rating to avoid capsizing—that will be an exact measurement of the ship’s capacity,” Gillespie said. “The Coast Guard has been pressing
us to do this for years but there was no way of doing it previously.”He added, “It will make it much safer and it will
be easier to re-certify the ship every five years when we go through our Coast Guard inspec-tion.”The ferry improvements are be-ing funded through the ferry’s operational fund. Currently the ferry is located at the Boyne City boat launch and the new wheel-house is being built.“When the ferry is complete they’ll notice how much safer and convenient it is to embark and disembark,” Gillespie said. “It will be a great improvement to the county that should be in service for another 85 years.”
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Boyne City has been selected as one
of only eight cities across the state
for the Michigan Economic Devel-
opment Corporation’s (MEDC) Re-
development Ready Communities
(RRC) program.
Boyne City’s application to the RRC
program—a course that provides ap-
proved municipalities with in-depth
assessments, a report of findings
and support for the implementation
of recommended strategies needed
to achieve certification—was an-
nounced on March 7.
“The program measures and then
certifies communities that integrate
transparency, predictability and ef-
ficiency into their daily development
practices,” says the MEDC. “The
RRC certification is a formal recog-
nition that a community has a vision
for the future and the fundamental
practices in place to get there.”
According to the MEDC, 36 com-
munities applied for evaluation.
“We are excited to take this valuable
program statewide,” said MEDC
How development-friendly is Boyne?
MEDC CONT. PG 5
Boyne named one of
eight cities for new
MEDC program to
determine develop-
ment readiness
“It gives law officials—the
DNR, the county—the ability to
enforce slow/no wake within the
harbor,” said Boyne City Harbor
Master Barb Brooks. “Currently
the state law allows for slow/no
wake 100 feet from any pier.”
Brooks said there are multiple
uses, including fishing and ca-
noeing along with marina us-
age, of Lake Charlevoix near the
mouth of the Boyne River—all
of which contribute to conges-
tion.“Some of those larger boats
coming in, even though they
slow down, they leave quite a
wake behind them and it leaves
Boyne City officials feel confi-
dent they can continue to improve
services and enhance offerings
without increasing the overall
financial burden on Boyne City
taxpayers.
Boyne City Manager Michael
Cain, last week, gave Boyne City
Commissioners a preview of what
they would be dealing with bud-
get-wise during their budget work
session on Tuesday March 19.
“I was trying to think of some-
thing that would capture the gist
of it without getting into the de-
tails today and I guess the key
phrase that I would use to sum up
(the budget) … is ‘Maintain the
quality of life and services that
we’ve come to expect from the
City of Boyne City,’” said Boyne
City Manager Michael Cain.
“And, you’ll see that this bud-
get does that despite having the
lowest taxable values since fiscal
year 2007-2008—down nearly
$16 million in taxable value since
our high point in 2009-2010. In
addition you’ll see we’re doing
that despite maintaining the low-
Budget reveals record low taxes
BUDGET CONT. 5
BENJAMIN GOHS
NEWS EDITOR
Charlevoix County Commissioners
dubious over a
$1,700 check
for grant-writ-
ing services
identified dur-
ing the Jan. 11,
regular board
meeting can
rest easy.Several of the
commission-
ers were taken
aback when
they discov-
ered Charlevoix County Clerk Cherie
Browe had been paid $1,700 for her
work on securing a nearly $48,000
remonumentation grant in late 2011,
but according to Charlevoix County
Surveyor Lawrence Feindt, it was he
who allocated the funding to Browe
as is allowed under Michigan State
law.“There is no question I did that,” he
said in a telephone interview on Fri-
day Jan. 13. “She didn’t even know
what was going on with that particu-
lar item.”That may explain Browe’s apparent
confusion over why she was paid the
money when questioned by com-
missioners during the meeting.
“As far as I’m concerned, it wasn’t
usual and so I asked questions about
it,” said Charlevoix County Com-
missioner Shirlene Tripp (R-District
1), following the meeting, who ini-
tially questioned the check which
was listed in the county agenda
packet. “In Northern Michigan it just
seems like we have an awful lot of
embezzling going on – the month
before, I questioned why so many
checks were going to Charter.”
She added, “I really didn’t mean to
hang her (Browe) out to dry. I have
no doubt it will be straightened out.”
Boyne’s own extreme skier Ty Well-
man will be back in Northern Michi-
gan for a high-flying competition at
the end of this month.
Wellman, who has been skiing since
he was 11 years old, is excited to see
his friends, family and compete at
one of the hills where he spent so
many hours practicing.
“We’re excited to be able to see him
compete because we’re not able to
travel all that much to watch him,”
said Ty’s dad Jeff Wellman.
Those looking to support Ty will be
able to spot him by the pink bandan-
as he wears in honor of his mother
who has been fighting stage-four
breast cancer for several years.
“I’ve only competed once at Gay-
lord, but I did train a lot on the half-
pipe at the Otsego Club,” Ty said.
“I’m feeling a little confident just
because of the home-field advan-
tage.”The 2012 USSA Revolution Tour
will be in Gaylord from Jan. 30
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Elks snub Ramblers
Boyne City Rambler Keegan Lablance, #33, defies gravity as he goes up for a
shot against Elk Rapids last Tuesday Jan. 10. Elk Rapids beat Boyne City 61-54.
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What’s inside this week’s Gazette?
taxpayers save pg 5 news from around cvx pg 8 Look famiLiar? pg 13
Citizens, business owners and
community leaders gathered on
Thursday Jan. 12, to discuss the
overall goals they would like to
see achieved over the next couple
of years in Boyne City.
Boyne City Manager Michael
Cain opened the event with a run-
down of the previous goal-setting
session from a couple years ago
and what type, if any, progress
has been made on those goals.
“I look around with what I see
as balanced growth – it hasn’t all
happened in one sector,” he said
of the highest priority, which was
job creation and retention. “Over-
all, with what’s going on with the
economy, I think we did fairly
well with that.”
Cain said a number of new busi-
nesses have stayed, with several
more businesses planning to open
in the near future.
The Dilworth Hotel was a top pri-
ority and Cain said a lot of prog-
ress has been made, but there is
much work yet to be done.
The Boyne Beach Club property,
Cain said, has seen minor prog-
ress and so too has broadband ac-
cess.The DDA plan has been renewed
and extended which, Cain said,
helped set the tone for positive
EssentialsBenjamin gohs
associate editor
»goaLs, pG. 5
It’s still a couple months from
spring training, but several locals
shared their memories of summer
softball and their time with the Hor-
ton Bay Generals.
For many years the people of
Horton Bay harbored those same
thoughts as the Horton Bay Gen-
erals began preparation for their
Men’s slow pitch softball season.
“The people in Horton Bay just
loved the team,” said former team
member Henry “Beano” Archey.
The Horton Bay Generals team
was formed in 1976 and managed
by Jon Hartwell (deceased) until
their change of venue in the early
1980s. “They would have parties at Jon
Remembering the Generalsmegan wilson
contriButing writer
The Boyne City Commission re-
viewed the status of complaints re-
lating to the Kirtland Products wood
pellet manufacturing facility during
the regular Tuesday Jan. 10, meet-
ing.Boyne City Planning Director Scott
McPherson gave commissioners
an overview of the situation before
audience members spoke for and
against the company.
“Since the start of production of
Kirtland Products we have had com-
plaints about the operation,” he said.
“While most of the complaints we
have had in regards to noise there
have also been concerns raised
about odors and dust. In the Boyne
City Zoning Ordinance the perfor-
mance standards 21.78 addresses
noise, odor, dust – similar types of
nuisances. In addition the city also
has a noise ordinance which specifi-
cally addresses motors, fans, dryers,
similar mechanisms, similar to what
Kirtland has at their facility.”
McPherson added, “It does seem
pretty clear that they are in violation
of that ordinance.”
McPherson said the city has been in
contact with Kirtland to ensure they
are aware of the issues.
“To their credit they have seemed
to be proactive and sincere in their
efforts to resolve these issues. How-
ever, the impact is ongoing and it is
unacceptable at certain levels and it
does need to be remedied as soon as
possible,” McPherson said. “If they
do continue to violate the ordinances
the city does have the ability to is-
sue civil infractions or to request en-
forcement orders.”
Representatives from Kirtland Prod-
ucts were in attendance.
Audience members were instructed
to keep their comments to five min-
utes or fewer.
“We are aware of the complaints and
sEREniTy noW!
Benjamin gohs
associate editor
Grant check checks out
Benjamin gohs
associate editor
photo by chris fauLknor
Christopher Fair (right) and Jeffre Kelts show off an old Horton Bay gen-
erals jersey from their playing days decades ago.»Generals, pG. 5
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courtesy photo
Ty Wellman is pictured upside down as he pulls a trick.
City, public & Kirtland
discuss noise and
other complaints at
public hearingLocals compile future goals list
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Winery offering
locally made wines
The Mackinaw Trail Winery, located
about 11 miles north of Boyne Falls, will
hold a wine tasting event to preview a
selection of wines in its new facility.
March Madness!
Kevin Lange lets loose on March Mad-
ness in this week’s edition of ‘Game On.’
ORDINANCE CONT. PG 4
“Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving
for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on
this earth as men and women.” —Joss Whedon
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Charlevoix County
Board ends contract
with Emmet County
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line of events, on the controversy surround-
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City pursueswatercraftcontrol ord.
Increases proposed
for sewer, water,
plane gas & han-
gar rentals; millage
rate won’t increase
BENJAMIN GOHS
NEWS EDITOR
BENJAMIN GOHS
NEWS EDITOR
The Boyne City Commission vot-
ed unanimously, during its regular
March 12 meeting, to set a public
hearing—slated for 7 p.m. on March
26—on the proposal to buy five acres
of waterfront property.
The discussion on the matter arose
after a prominent Boyne City family
offered to sell five acres of its Boyne
Riverfront property to the city—but,
not all are enthused with the idea of
taking private property off the tax
rolls.“I haven’t run into anybody that
has said we don’t have enough park
area,” said Boyne City Commission-
er Derek Gaylord.
The plot would give the city 575 feet
of lake frontage along the Boyne
River north of Spring Street.
Gaylord said that, histori-
cally, when the funds are available it
is hard to say no.
“At this point there is no existing …
need to say we own this property
LAND CONT. PG 4
Hearing set on $100k property buy
Boyne City officials
consider buying five
acres of waterfront
land from Moodys
BENJAMIN GOHS
NEWS EDITOR
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outstanding member of the Board of Trustees.Rick and Yvonne Lashuay are our new neighbors at the Banwell Pre-serve near Afton and have stepped up to the task of volunteering to
snow plow the parking lot for us. You might also find Rick mowing the trails in the summer there. Dr. Dan Mann has groomed and tracked the 2 miles of ski trails at the Driggers Preserve along the Boyne City-Charlevoix Road all season, and even prepped them specifically for our Moonlight Winter Bonfire and Snowshoe/Ski Outing. Todd Wright volunteers his time
to groom and set a cross country ski track at the new Hill Preserve in Boyne City on nearly 2.5 miles of trails. We have had dozens of posts on facebook about the wonderful condition of the trails here andTodd’s great grooming work.Even in the slower part of the year, volunteers have given the Conservancy 58 hours of their time this winter worth an estimat-
ed $700 value. These dedicated volunteers in-spire us all to get outside in the darker months and remember why we live in northern Michigan year round. If you know them or see them in the community please take a moment to share your grati-tude for their efforts.Cacia Lesh, Volunteer CoordinatorLittle Traverse Conservancy
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life, and my entire family has been involved with them in some way as well,” said Don Cowell. “My grandfather owned Cowell’s Dray Lines on Mackinac Island and my father was a blacksmith.”Cowell is a certified farrier him-self, and at one point was involved with the rodeo, participating with the Bulls and Broncs.Boyne Valley Equine Tours & Services also does logging with horses, as it has less impact on the environment.“I’ve been doing logging with horses since I was in my early 20s,” said Cowell.
Currently Boyne Valley Equine Tours & Services is in the process of trying to get more convenient ar-eas for their riders.“We’re always looking for new places to ride that are convenient for the riders,” said Boyne Valley
Equine Tours & Services General Manager Becky Kuebler. “We sent in a proposal to Boyne City Parks and Recreation about doing rides at Avalanche Park.”According to city officials, the re-
quest is being considered.“The city is going to take the prop-er steps and have a meeting with them to make sure that this is all going to work,” said Andy Kovol-ski Director of Boyne City Public Works.You can request use of the horses by appointment with a 24-hour no-tice.“This is a business that is done all year-round, but we just have to pay attention to surroundings, you have to watch snow depths and avoid hills,” said Kuebler. “When you’re around the woods sometimes the snow settles in pretty deep, and if you’re not familiar with the terrain it can cause problems.”For more information or to make reservations please call Don at (231) 203-1626 or go to www.boy-nevalleyets.com.
calls.“It helps us in a lot of ways. Any
time we get to a call it’s i m p o r t a n t for the offi-cer to recall that infor-mation … and with the video cam-era it does recall word for word if
that’s needed,” Gaither said. “We can use these videos in court for things we see and the camera sees. We can use them as a liability as-set for ourselves: people claim po-lice officers do things to them on occasion and on occasion police officers, in general, do things to people—fortunately we haven’t had those incidents in Boyne City.”He added, “We go back and review the videos and we can show people or take them to court and defend ourselves.”Gaither said the cameras are unob-trusive and the cameras record both video and audio.The officers are not required to turn their cameras on at the beginning of
their shift.“It is selective to a point,” Gaither said. “We may get that: how come this particular thing wasn’t record-ed and everything else you did was recorded? That’s something I’ll have to address with the officers.” He added, “The problem of coming up with a policy saying you’ll turn this on at the beginning of your shift is that the cameras are not reliable enough to do that.”Gaither said there are instances where the officers believe they have turned the camera on but—due to the battery having not been charged or the memory card not having been inserted—they do not record.For those worried about compro-mising video of themselves being released to the media, Gaither said he has protocols in place to help ensure that private information and images are not released through Freedom of Information Act re-quests.“It’s important that we capture that video but we are cognizant of what video is actually captured,” he said. “We go into people’s houses and we invade into their space some-times. We go to a traffic stop and the officer may be looking in and somebody may be going through their wallet or their purse and some of their personal information … is being captured on the camera.” Gaither added, “If we get a FOIA
request for video of a traffic stop, well, some of that has to be screened out because it’s personal informa-tion. Or, personal information in somebody’s house. You’re walking around their house and they may not be clothed properly or they may have something they don’t want the public to see, so we’re cognizant of that also.”Gaither said his police force walk the line between capturing every-thing they need and respecting the privacy of the citizenry.The police department also pur-chased two DVR (Digital Video Recording) systems to use with their 10 spy cameras. The police de-partment uses these cameras to help businesses record unusual activity.“We use these … when we get calls from businesses; maybe they’re having an issue … where some-body’s trying to break into a busi-ness, we can set these cameras up,” Gaither said. “The lens is actually a pinhole … they’re tiny. We can put them in a ceiling tile, we can put them in a wall, we can conceal them in many different places.”The police formerly used a VHS system that implemented a video cassette tape that could record up to 48 hours of video.“This one will let us capture up to 12 months of video, so you can see a significant increase in recording and that’s important to us,” Gaither
said. “We don’t have to be obtru-sive in somebody’s business. We don’t have to go back every day and review a tape to see if something happened.”The new system also utilizes a mo-
tion capture system that can take pictures and video only when activ-ity is present.The body cameras cost roughly $50 each and each officer is equipped with his own camera.
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FOR DOUGLAS STREET STORM SEWER AND ROAD
RECONSTRUCTION CITy OF BOyNE CITy
ChARLEVOIX COUNTy, MIChIGAN
1. sealed Bids for douglas street storm sewer and road reconstruc-tion will be received by city of Boyne city at city hall, 319 north lake street, Boyne city, michigan until 2:00 p.m. local time on thursday, april 18, 2013 at which time all Bids will be publicly read aloud.2. the principal items of work con-sist of the following:reconstruction of 8 stations of city streets including hma pavement re-moval, machine grading modified, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main, aggregate base course, hma pavement, concrete curb and gutter, concrete sidewalks, concrete and hma drive approaches, and miscel-laneous appurtenant work.3. Bid documents, including speci-fications and plans, are available for inspection at the following loca-tions:• Office of the City Clerkcity of Boyne city319 north lake streetBoyne city, michigan 49712• Office of C2AE123 West main street, ste. 200Gaylord, michigan 49735Builder’s exchange – northwest Builders exchange, traverse city4. copies of the Bid documents, in-cluding specifications and plans may be obtained beginning march 28, 2013 at the Office of C2AE, 123 West main street, ste.200, Gaylord, michi-gan 49735. a check in the amount
of $50.00 payable to c2ae must be submitted for each set of Bid docu-ments. no refund will be made.5. a certified check, bank draft, or bid bond payable without condition to city of Boyne city, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total Bid amount, shall be submit-ted as a “Bid Guaranty” as required in the Information for Bidders.6. the intent of city of Boyne city to award one (1) contract for the entire project.7. the successful Bidder will be re-quired to furnish bonds and insur-ance as specified.8. Bids shall remain firm and shall not be withdrawn for a period of ninety (90) calendar days after bid opening.9. city of Boyne city reserves the right to accept any Bid, to reject any or all Bids, or to waive bidding formalities in the best interest of the owner.
Cindy Grice Boyne City Clerk
noTiCELAST DAy TO REGISTER
NOTICE OF LAST DAy OF REGIS-TRATION OF ELECTORS OF ThE FOLLOWING CITy/TOWNShIP
ChARLEVOIX COUNTy, MIChIGANall electors are hereby given notice that a special election will be held in the following cities/townships on tuesday, may 7, 2012.electors who wish to vote in the special election must be registered to vote no later than 5:00 p.m. on monday, april 8, 2013. If you are not currently registered to vote or have changed your address in the city or township in which you live you may do so at the following
locations listed in this notice. In Person:At the city or township clerk’s office where your residence is located or at the office of the Charlevoix County clerk during normal business hours.at any of the secretary of state Branch offices located throughout the state during normal business hours.at the specified agency for clients receiving services through the Family Independence agency, the department of community health, michigan jobs commission and some offices of the Commission for the Blind.At the military recruitment offices for persons enlisting in the armed forces.By Mail:By obtaining and completing a mail Voter registration application and forwarding to the election official as directed on the application by the close of registration deadline. mail voter registration applications may be obtained by contacting any of the following clerks.NOTE: a person who registers to vote by mail is required to vote in person unless they have previously voted in person in the city/town-ship where they live or are at least 60 years of age or are handicapped.electors who wish to register with the county or city/township clerk are advised to call ahead for the lo-cation, days and times.This election is for the purpose of vot-ing on the following proposal (s): (if any)• BOYNE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OP-eratInG mIllaGe reneWal pro-posalFull text of the ballot proposals may be obtained at the office of the county clerk or the township clerk
listed below.James Vanek, Clerk
Bay township4480 Walloon ct.
Boyne city, mI 49712231.582.6309
Lynn M. Sparks, ClerkBoyne Valley township
05970 us 131 southBoyne Falls, mI 49713
231-549-3436Josette A. Lory, Clerk
evangeline township01861 Wildwood harbor rd.
Boyne city, mI 49712231-582-7539
Michelle Johnson, Clerkeveline township
11550 sequanota heightscharlevoix, mI 49720
231-330-4918Marlene Golovich, Clerk
hayes township09195 old 31 n
charlevoix, mI 49720231-547-6961
Robin hissong Berry, Clerkmelrose township
01690 old state roadBoyne city, mI 49712
231-582-3356Marilyn Beebe, Clerk
Wilson township1701 Fall park rd
Boyne city, mI 49712231-582-0481
Cindy Grice, Clerk/Treasurercity of Boyne city
319 n. lake stBoyne city, mI 49712
231-582-6597Neil Booze, Clerk
jordan township, antrim county4473 Big marsh roadeast jordan mI 49727
231-342-7237Sally Skop, Clerk
Warner township, antrim county
10435 m32elmira mI 49730231-546-3949
Cheryl Potter Browe, County Clerk
203 antrim streetcharlevoix, mI 49720
231-547-7200
noTiCELAST DAy TO REGISTER
NOTICE OF LAST DAy OF REGIS-TRATION OF ELECTORS OF ThE FOLLOWING CITy/TOWNShIP
ChARLEVOIX COUNTy, MIChIGANall electors are hereby given notice that a recall General election will be held in the following city on tues-day, may 7, 2012.electors who wish to vote in the re-call general election must be regis-tered to vote no later than 5:00 p.m. on monday, april 8, 2013. If you are not currently registered to vote or have changed your address in the city or township in which you live you may do so at the following loca-tions listed in this notice. In Person:At the city or township clerk’s office where your residence is located or at the office of the Charlevoix County clerk during normal business hours.at any of the secretary of state Branch offices located throughout the state during normal business hours.at the specified agency for clients receiving services through the Family Independence agency, the department of community health, michigan jobs commission and some offices of the Commission for the Blind.At the military recruitment offices for persons enlisting in the armed
forces.By Mail:By obtaining and completing a mail Voter registration application and forwarding to the election official as directed on the application by the close of registration deadline. mail voter registration applications may be obtained by contacting any of the following clerks.NOTE: a person who registers to vote by mail is required to vote in person unless they have previously voted in person in the city/town-ship where they live or are at least 60 years of age or are handicapped.electors who wish to register with the county or city/township clerk are advised to call ahead for the lo-cation, days and times.This election is for the purpose of electing officials for the following of-fices:• City of Charlevoix Ward 1 Coun-cil member (partial term expiring 11/18/2013)• City of Charlevoix Ward 2 Coun-cil member (partial term expiring 11/18/2013)• City of Charlevoix Ward 3 Coun-cil member (partial term expiring 11/18/2013)Full text of the ballot proposals may be obtained at the office of the county clerk or the clerk listed below.
Carol A. Ochs, Clerk city of charlevoix210 state street
charlevoix, mI 49720231-547-3250
Cheryl Potter Browe, County Clerk
203 antrim streetcharlevoix, mI 49720
231-547-7200
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ARIES - this week’s scenario is highlighted having some-thing in your life that you are passionate about. now is the
time to act on that dream. stay clear on your purpose and you’ll go far. you may want to use positive ideas to strengthen your social status. career opportunities will find you through your business net-work. lucky numbers: 11, 14, 15, 19, 30, 38
TAURUS - this week’s sce-nario is highlighted by being able to put a positive spin on the current mood. Focusing
on deep emotions may tend to turn into negative feelings. Break away from your usual reaction. use your sense of humor to help take a more objective look at yourself. you’ll feel more like yourself in the midst of a rapidly changing world. lucky numbers: 6, 17, 27, 37, 40, 45
GEMINI - this week’s scenario is highlighted by creative ideas which flow and make it easier than usual to express
your thoughts. you’ll be negotiating and communicating of all kinds of deals. you might need to accept less help than you had hoped. your long-range plans and ambitions should become clearer as you focus on your career.your fine sense of talent and beauty will bring you closer to artistic souls. lucky numbers: 2, 7, 10, 11, 26, 31
CANCER - this week’s scenar-io is highlighted by the fact you’ll gain much deserved recognition in your field. Good
prospects will enable you to use your in-tuitive powers to reach your immediate goals. your talent for nurturing others can draw new people into your life. you can best respond to them by bringing hidden issues to the surface. a friend may be in need of your time and patience. you may be able to spark something that makes you both feel new and alive. lucky numbers: 9, 18, 22, 23, 42, 43
LEO - this week’s scenario is highlighted by a recent so-cial activity which may have seemed more like work than
pleasure. Break the dull cycle and find yourself some emotional excitement.learn to delegate a little more. as much as you enjoy managing things, someone who reaches out to guide you could prove to be invaluable. Instead of harboring nega-tive feelings, make an effort to heal your wounds. lucky numbers: 15, 18, 27, 28, 33, 38
VIRGO - this week’s scenario is highlighted by an acute awareness of differences in style, taste and moral values.
you’ll want your personal preferences to be appreciated and understood. you may feel as if you are being taken advantage of. don’t allow misunderstandings or mis-communications to ruin the harmony in your life. you need to go past the surface to evaluate motives and potentials. lucky numbers: 20, 22, 27, 29, 33, 36
LIBRA - this week’s scenario is highlighted by you using your understanding of human behaviour to guide your way.
romantic feelings will be reciprocated causing you to express your true feel-ing. the emotional tension you may feel should ease away as the week unfolds. try to persuade your interests through written and spoken word alike. lucky numbers: 1, 2, 9, 19, 40, 42
SCORPIO - this week’s sce-nario is highlighted by push-ing the limits of a relationship could spark a challenge. your
hidden self is likely to emerge. this could be a positive or negative result. It may be worthwhile to record your thoughts in a journal or diary. you’ll feel rather nostal-gic. many will enjoy listening to your tales. lucky numbers: 15, 20, 30, 32, 37, 45
SAGITTARIUS - this week’s scenario is highlighted by ttight budgets! mean you need to increase your income.
stay away from those who talk a good game but cannot follow up with concrete offers. you are not feeling very appreci-
ated right now. Get yourself organized and you’ll accomplish much. you’ll even earn a little more respect. lucky numbers: 8, 10, 11, 30, 34, 48
CAPRICORN - this week’s scenario is highlighted by a effort to eliminate waste and inefficiency which is
very important to you. there are ben-efits in consulting experts to help to put your affairs in order. you can heal emotionally by providing love and compassion to those who are suffering. respond positively to the needs of your loved ones. lucky numbers: 1, 20, 21, 22, 23, 40
AQUARIUS -this week’s scenario is highlighted by close relationships or in-volvements which can stir
up a lot of emotional confusion. you may learn that a part of you wants something different. you need to let your faith and imagination eliminate doubts of long-range planning. loosen your tight limits and your fears will vanish.lucky numbers: 10, 17, 20, 25, 36, 48
PISCES - this week’s sce-nario is highlighted by you seeking a deeper level of understanding from your
mentors. your thoughts and ideas can transform problems into investigative solutions. avoid confrontations. just when you thought you had your world under control. last minute changes and adjustments will help put a new perspective on things. lucky numbers: 10, 15, 21, 24, 39, 44
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Spring has finally ar-rived, ac-cording to the calendar. Of course, you would never know it, as we had been pound-ed with snow during spring week. Love that unpredict-able Michi-gan weather!The moon is full today, March 27.
On March 28, 1802, Heinrich Olbers discovered the large asteroid Pallas, and on March 28, 1807, the asteroid Vesta was also discovered by him. Also on March 128, 1974, the Mari-ner 10 spacecraft did the first ever Mercury flyby. The first photo of the Sun was taken on April 2, 1845.I thought I would make this column somewhat “newsy” by highlighting a few interesting things going on in space and the status of some of the more well known NASA missions. Believe it or not, there are well over a hundred NASA probes, spacecrafts, and orbiting satellites still active! Voyager 1, launched in September, 1977, has almost reached interstel-lar space. Scientists have been care-fully following the craft all this time. Even though it’s traveling at over 30,000 mph, it still has not quite left the solar system at over 18 billion ki-lometers from the Sun. In December 2012, the Voyager sci-ence team reported that Voyager 1 is within a new region called ‘the magnetic highway’ where energetic particles changed dramatically. A change in the direction of the mag-netic field is the last critical indica-tor of reaching interstellar space and that change of direction has not yet been observed. The scientists feel that that Voyager will finally enter interstellar space in the next several months. You may know that this spacecraft carries a gold record and player called the “Sounds of Earth”, announcing our presence to the universe.Mars lander “Curiosity” is back in
safe “shutdown mode” for some mi-nor computer problems. Although still communicating with Earth, it will not resume its science mission until these problems are ironed out. The latest drilling samples shows minerals that would have existed in a warm, slightly salty ocean—like-ly “indistinguishable” from early Earth. Curiosity cannot directly detect life, but can find and measure the chemicals and compounds that life could have arisen from.STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Rela-tions Satellite) is actually two satel-lites; one is in orbit ahead of Earth and the other in a trailing orbit be-hind Earth. They photograph and measure solar activity from two angles, and give spectacular pictures and warnings of large, potentially dangerous solar flares. Satellites like these also give us a “heads up” when the Northern lights might be active.The Cassini probe has spent the last
eight years in the Saturnian system. Its recent finding show that the water jetting off Enceladus in huge geysers is very much like Earth ocean water and probably comes from a deep ocean totally covering the moon in a thick ice shell. What heats Enceladus to keep the oceans liquid (it is so far from the Sun, that almost no heat or light is present) is not totally clear, but is likely due to Saturn’s might gravity churning the core of the small moon. Does some sort of life exist in these dark, deep oceans?No one knows yet.When warm weather finally returns, spend some time outside and notice how the winter constellations are setting in the west quite early in the evening, and the spring constella-tions are becoming more prominent. We will talk about these next week. Until then, clear skies and keep look-ing up!
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A culinary competition benefitting Challenge Mountain, providing adaptive outdoor activities for those with special needs.Chefs Challenge, now in its sixth year, attracts chefs from all over the state to compete in a tasting extrava-ganza judged by event-goers and ce-lebrity judges. Join us April 12 and 13 at Boyne Mountain Resort where the Chefs Challenge will showcase the best of Michigan—the finest chefs, ingredi-ents and products--all from within the state and all for a good cause—Challenge Mountain (www.cmski.com).Challenge Mountain is the nation’s only non-profit providing free adap-tive recreation to those with special needs. Proceeds raised from the Chefs Challenge go directly toChallenge Mountain’s programs that include downhill skiing, snow-boarding, sailing and cycling.The weekend’s events kick off Friday, April 12th, at 6 pm in The Mountain Grand Lodge’s Vienna Room with a high school students competing as “Future Chefs” and the opportunity to meet our celebrity chefs and celebrity judges. Admis-sion for the general public is $10 which includes hors d’oeuvres.On Saturday, April 13th, in Boyne Mountain’s Civic Center special guests will lead a series of seminars available to the public free of charge between 9:00 am-Noon. Titles and times will be posted on the Chefs Challenge website, www. chefs-challenge.com.Saturday’s featured event, the Taste of Michigan, will feature: College and University, Professional Center-of-the-Plate; and Michigan Desserts.Chefs Challenge’s Taste of Michi-gan, in the Boyne Mountain Civic Center, is designed to showcase Michigan food and drink products applied in a creative fashion. It is an opportunity for Michigan restau-rants, schools, and chefs to show off their talents, gain exposure for their establishments, and help raise funds for Challenge Mountain. Teams
compete in the “Taste” by prepar-ing an entree paired with a fine Michigan wine and a Michigan mi-cro-brew. The panel of chef judges selects entries based on a combina-tion score based on entry’s date and the recipe entered (quality, variety, creativity, etc.). Also, our panel bal-ances the entries to provide a varied experience to our tasting guests. Of course, the competitors chosen must focus on the use of indigenous Michigan products.Teams will be judged by both the attendees who award the “People’s Choice Award” and a select panel of judges who determine the “Chop Challenge” competitors.Celebrity chef, Michelle Bom-marito, will emcee all the weekend’s events.The Taste of Michigan in Boyne Mountain’s Civic Center opens on Saturday, April 12th at 11:00 am and closes at 4:30 pm. The $30 admis-sion includes all the seminars 8 Taste of Michigan sampling tickets good toward food and beverage and the Chop Challenge.Additional tasting tickets can be pur-chased in quantities of four ($15) or eight ($25).Dessert Challenge follows the Chop Challenge and is $5.The top 4 Chop Challenge finalists are announced at 12:45, with Chop begins at 1:30 pm.celebrity judges include: Chef Ray Sierengowski, Corporate Re-search Chef for Meijer; Chefs An-gus Campbell, Hospitality Educa-tion Department’s Chef Instructor at
Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC); Hermann Suhs, Owner of Hermann’s European Café; Rob Haney, Retired Master Pastry Chef; Barb Tholin, Editor and co-publish-er of Edible Grand Traverse; Dave Coker, Dine Michigan, Chef Robb Hammond, Executive Chef of Food Dance restaurant in Kalamazoo; Chef Robb White, CEC, CCA, AAC, Dean of Culinary, The Culi-nary Institute of Michigan and Na-
than Mileski CEC, Judge and Chef Team Coordinator. More judges may be added, please see the up-dates and panel biographies at www. chefs-challenge.com.Tickets can be purchased in advance on line (www.chefs-challenge.com)or call Challenge Mountain (231-582-1186) Chefs Challenge was launched in 2008 by the late Joe Breidenstein who worked diligently to promote Michigan’s spring tour-
ism industry, an advocacy which includes playing a key role in des-ignating the last week of April as “Springtime Splendor Week.”Chefs Challenge, a weekend of ex-citing culinary events, is proud to honor Joe by adding to Springtime Splendor Week and to support the programs of adaptive outdoor activi-ties at Challenge Mountain For more information on Challenge Mountain contact www.cmski.com.
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photo By chrIs Faulknor Firefighter trainingCharlevoix Fire Department participated in a live training exercise in which their firefighters were tasked with handling this burning building along Boyne City-Charlevoix road on Sat. March 16.
Anthony Ochoa, MD, and Nicklaus Slocum, MD
Charlevoix now has heart care that’s among the nation’s best.
Charlevoix Area Hospital is pleased to welcome Munson cardiologists to Charlevoix. Traverse Heart & Vascular, a service of Munson Medical Center, provides heart care equal to the nation’s best institutions. Munson’s heart program is consistently recognized for high quality, including being named one of the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals* in 2011 for superior clinical and operational performance.
Munson cardiologists travel to Charlevoix Area Hospital to see patients for consultation, evaluation, testing, and follow-up care. Patients who need advanced heart care have access to the Webber Heart Center at Munson Medical Center, the recognized regional leader in heart care.
We are delighted to bring expert heart care to our community. For more information, go to CAH.org/heart or talk with your primary care physician about a referral.
*Thomson Reuters (now Truven Health Analytics)
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Bring out your playful side and join us on sunday, march 31 at the jordan river arts council for a full-of-fun exhibition. “toyplay” opens on easter afternoon, and spring will be in the air!the arts council will become an excit-ing toybox with over 25 artists partici-pating with an imaginative and intrigu-ing look at toys. toyplay was originally inspired by a nostalgic discussion about toys in our past. combined with a curiosity of all things mechanical, toys became an interesting concept to explore.there is a wide range of submissions in all media. From paintings of toys, actual handmade toys and puzzles, and abstract interpretation of the "typical" toy, the arts council is filled with fun. come by and take a look at reinterpret-ed, rebuilt, and regenerated toys. there is a study of dolls by Gera Witte, a fan-tastic collection of paintings by steve toornman, a large "puzzle" mural by laura kohl. and fun grids constructed by jacky trimble with a wink at col-lected toy prizes.some work is offered for sale though an arrangement with the arts council. For information, please contact Babs young by email: [email protected] jordan river arts council is located at 301 main street, east jordan, 231-536-3385. Gallery hours; 1-4 tuesday through sunday - during exhibits only.
JRAC’s ‘Toy Play’ opens March 31
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courtesy photo Boyne’s big brainsBoyne City high School is proud to recognize the twelve senior scholars earning the title of the 2013 Lake Michigan All-Conference Academic Team. The All-Conference Academic Team is selected by a for-mula using a student’s cumulative grade point average and ACT composite score. The students were recognized formally at an Awards Program on March 18, at the Boyne City high School by the eight principals of the Lake Michigan Conference Schools with a certificate and All-Conference medallion. Pictured (from left) in the first row are Shelby Webster, Danielle Matthew, Tara Hufford, Mary Myers, Margaret Durbin and Sydney Bennett; in the second row (from left) are Eric Patrick, Jacob Knitter, Ste-ven halstead, David Rushlow, Garrick Struble and Ashley LaVictor
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1 p.m. on Saturday March 30Veterans Memorial Park
In case of severe weather, event will be can-celled. Visit our website http://fpboyne.org for updated information Saturday morning. there will be separate areas. preschool-ers-k will gather eggs on the ballfield; first and second graders in the enclosed playground; and third-5th graders will hunt in the open grass area of the park. Golden eggs worth $5 and prizes awarded for each age group.
Boyne Valley CatHoliC CommunityEaster Sunday Mass schedule: 9:00 am St. Augustine’s & 11:00 am St. Matthew’s
Help is needed at the Saturday evening mass at 5:00 pm at St. Matthew’s. We are in need of ushers, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, and altar servers. For more information please contact the parish office.
hoLy WEEK SChEduLE: celebration of the holy triduum:• Holy Thursday – 7:00 pm at st. matthew’s, followed by adoration until night prayer at 11:00 pm.• Good Friday – 2:00 pm at st. matthew’s.• Easter Vigil – 9:00 pm at st. matthew’s.• Easter Sunday – 9:00 am at st. augustine’s and 11:00 am at st. matthew’s.
EJ COMMUNITy ChURChOn Easter Sunday, March 29, the sermon title will be “Can You Believe This?” from John 11:1-6 and 11:21-27 given by Pastor Jason Richey. Service time is at 8 AM or 9:30 AM. There will be no nursery or chil-dren church at the 8 AM service. There will be infant and toddler nursery available during the rest of the morning. Children from age 3 to 5th grade will have Kids Church that they can attend during the 9:30 ser-vice. At 11:15 AM, there will be a Baptism at the EJ Community Pool. No classes today. For questions concerning the East Jordan Campus, please call 536-2299 or the Walloon Cam-pus at 535-2288.
WALLOON LAKE ChURChOn Friday March 29, there will be a Good Friday Service start-ing at 7 PM. On Easter Sunday, March 31, sermon will be “Can You Be-lieve This?” from John 11:1-6 and 11:21-27 given by Pastor Jeff Ellis. Service times are 9 and 10:45 AM. The infant and toddler nursery will be open. Children 3 years old through 4th grade can attend children classes during both ser-vices. Fifth grade through eleventh grade classes meet during the 10:45 service only. Young adult class is held at 10:45 AM in the Discipleship House. Adult classes and Community Small Groups are available. If you have any questions, please call 535-2288 or check the church website at www.walloon-church.com.
First Presbyterian ChurchCommunity Easter Egg Hunt
Registration and information will take place at the pavilion.
Young State Park egg HuntCome to young State Park for an old-fashioned Easter Egg Hunt11 a.m. Saturday, March 30
leave no rock unturned as you search to find eggs hidden in the park. this event is fun for all ages 10 & under
For more info contact the park at (231) 582-7523
Have a Happy easter
rambler band meet resultsBoyne city high school Band students had some outstanding performances at the march 23 state solo and ensemble Festival in manistee.
First Division ratings were awarded to:• Vanessa Skutt, senior level trombone pro-ficiency exam
• Brendan Heath, junior level alto sax profi-ciency exam• Katelyn Skornia, sophomore level piano proficiency exam• Camden MacKenzie, David Rushlow, Van-essa skutt, shelby Vousboukis; low Brass quartet• Brendan Heath, Chris Moore, Logan Orban, david rushlow; saxophone quartet
• Ben Forbes, Dominic Frechette, Kevin hautz, Brendan heath, dan machado; after-school jazz comboSecond Division ratings were awarded to:
• Brendan Harris, Kevin Hautz, Brendan Heath, david rushlow, jill solomon, jeremiah utley; morning jazz combo 1• Dominic Frechette, Brendan Harris, Brendan heath, Will latourneau; morning jazz combo 2
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Celebrate Easter at Boyne Mountain!Sunday, March 31, 2013
Easter BrunchStein Eriksen’s, 11am - 3pmDelectable breakfast, omelet and salad stations, plus brunch entrées, pasta dishes, and a carving station featuring honey glazed ham and slow roasted leg of lamb. Finished with scrumptious Bananas Foster and assorted cakes and pies.
Easter Activities at Boyne Mountain: 11am: Storytime with Fritz, Vienna A Room - Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa11am - 2pm: Pictures with the Easter Bunny, Clock Tower Lodge Lobby12pm: The Great Easter Egg Hunt, Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa Courtyard
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Legislative activityY = Yes, N = No, X = Not Voting• House Bill 4369, Codify “edu-cation achievement authority” for failed schools: Passed 57 to 53 in the HouseTo codify in statute the powers and structure of a state “education achievement authority” (already created by means of an adminis-trative “interlocal agreement”), which is an office in the Department of Education tasked with managing, overseeing or contracting-out the op-erations of public schools deemed to have failed academi-cally.105 Rep. Greg Mac-Master R - Kewadin Y
• House Bill 4093, Make perma-nent a federally-imposed drunk driving standard: Passed 110 to 0 in the HouseTo make permanent the 2003 de-crease in the drunk driving intoxi-cation threshold (from .10 to .08 grams of alcohol per 100 millili-ters of blood) that was mandated by the federal government as a condition of federal road funding.105 Rep. Greg MacMaster R - Kewadin Y
• House Bill 4378, Repeal interior designer registration: Passed 110 to 0 in the HouseTo repeal a law that establishes a government interior designer registry and makes it available to state or local government agen-cies. To be included on the regis-try a designer must have passed a test created by a national orga-nization of incumbent interior designers. This organization has sought repeatedly in this state to impose a full licensure and regula-tory regime on interior designers, with several bills introduced in previous legislatures. The bill was amended to leave in place a pecu-liar provision “allowing” interior designers provide design services (explicit government permission is generally not required to prac-tice a non-licensed occupation in this country).105 Rep. Greg MacMaster R - Kewadin Y
• House Bill 4320, Expand forest property tax breaks: Passed 94 to 16 in the House To expand the eligibility for prop-erty tax breaks granted to owners of smaller forest property par-cels (a separate program gives breaks to large “industrial” forest tracts and requires those owners to allow public recreational ac-cess). The bill would also double the number of acres eligible for these smaller “qualified forest” tax breaks from 1.2 million to 2.4 million statewide, authorize a new 2 mill property tax on prop-erty in this program that would go to proposed “Private Forestland Enhancement Fund” to subsidize
private forestland management activities, and revise other details of this program.105 Rep. Greg MacMaster R - Kewadin Y
• Senate Bill 252, Authorize state subsidies for marina dredging projects: Passed 106 to 4 in the
House To appropriate $1 mil-
lion for state sub-sidies to private
marinas for harbor dredg-ing. The state would pay 5 percent of bank loans of
up to $500,000 per marina.
105 Rep. Greg MacMaster R - Kewa-
din Y
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Perhaps the most newsworthy committee events this week in-volved “non-actions” by appro-priations subcommittees related to next year’s budget. Specifical-ly, budget bills advanced by these committees did not include plans to spend $1.2 billion from new road money taxes Gov. Snyder has requested. Also, they did not include plans to spend money the state would get from the fed-eral government for an optional Medicaid medical welfare pro-gram expansion that is part of the federal health care law (widely referred to as “Obamacare”), meaning that majorities on these committees are not prepared to commit the state to that expan-sion.These are the very first steps in a budget process that will not be completed before June, and dur-ing which these items may be revived. A related “non-event” was the Senate choosing not to vote on House Bill 4111, passed by the House on Feb. 28, which would appropriate $30.5 million in federal grant money to set up a consumer assistance call center associated with insurance sub-sidies provided by the federal health care law.In the previous week, House committees advanced several bills of interest: -- House Bill 4026, the reintro-duction of a unanimously-passed bill vetoed by Gov. Snyder last year to require to require state agencies local governments to review the constitutionality of cross-border agreements with the federal government or another state. -- House Bill 4249, to preempt local governments from adopt-ing ordinances or policies that re-quire private sector employers to provide paid or unpaid employee leave that is not required under state or federal law.Thursday was the last session day before the Legislature retires for a two-week spring break.SOURCE: MichiganVotes.org
Report ranks Michi-gan 8th in nation for clean energy jobsmichigan was ranked 8th in the country for the number of clean energy and clean transportation jobs, according to a report released Wednesday by environmental entrepreneurs (e2), a nation-wide network of business leaders who advocate for policies that benefit both the economy and the environment.companies and communities announced 19 projects in michigan last year that together are poised to create more than 3,700 jobs, according to the e2 report.one of the companies spotlighted in the e2 re-port was holland-based energetx composites. the West michigan yacht designer and manufac-turer transitioned its business to construct wind turbine blades that are sold across the globe. the company employs 118 people and is poised to grow, according to the e2 report. the e2 report comes as Gov. rick snyder’s ad-ministration is holding energy forums across the state, including one this week in Bay county, to collect information that will shape michigan’s en-ergy policy moving forward. the michigan public service commission reported in February that
investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency are driving down costs and creating local jobs.nationwide, more than 300 clean energy and clean transportation projects that are expected to create 110,000 jobs were announced in 2012, according to the e2 report.
“It’s now crystal-clear that clean energy and clean transportation are helping our economy recover,” said judith albert, executive director of environmental entrepreneurs. “smart policies and regulatory certainty – at both the federal and state levels – drive economic growth. If 2012 taught us anything, it’s that if america wants to keep creating good, clean energy jobs, we need good, clean energy policies.”For the complete report as well as a searchable, state-by-state database of clean energy job an-nouncements, see www.e2.org/cleanjobs.
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State Rep. Greg MacMaster said legislation allocating almost $21
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for Gov. Rick Snyder’s consider-ation.“The dredging issue has been a pri-ority of mine since I became a state representative two years ago, so seeing it reach a conclusion will be a positive outcome for Michigan’s tourism and recreation industry,” said MacMaster, R-Kewadin. “The historic low water levels in the Great Lakes are threatening the livelihood of communities that rely on summer boating traffic as part of their sea-sonal economy.“The support this effort has had in the Legislature and by the gover-nor shows what an important part of Pure Michigan our harbor towns
play.”MacMaster worked to add $420,000 for East Jordan to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ original list of 49 facilities eligible for the funding, which will be allo-cated from the state’s general fund and Waterways Commission Trust Fund.East Jordan was at risk of at least $250,000 in lost revenue and taxes if its marina remained inaccessible this summer. MacMaster can be contacted by calling toll free (855) DIST-105; by email, [email protected]; or through is office website, www.repmacmaster.com.
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Worship TimesChURCh OF ThE NATIVITy
holy week will be celebrated at episcopal church of the nativity with two special services. a foot and hand washing service will begin at 7 p.m. on march 28, maundy thursday. the Good Friday service begins at 12 noon on march 29. please join us for a joyous easter eucharist celebrated by reverend peggy nattermann on march 31. there will be no coffee hour at this ser-vice. nativity is located at 209 main street, Boyne city. please call 582-5045 for more information.
EJ COMMUNITy ChURChon easter sunday, march 29, the sermon title will be “can you Believe this?” from john 11:1-6 and 11:21-27 given by pas-tor jason richey. service time is at 8 am or 9:30 am. there will be no nursery or children church at the 8 am service. there will be infant and toddler nursery avail-able during the rest of the morning. chil-dren from age 3 to 5th grade will have kids church that they can attend during the 9:30 service. at 11:15 am, there will be a Baptism at the ej community pool. no classes today. on monday, april 1, celebrate recovery will meet at 7 pm. this is a christ-centered recovery program. there will be no other classes or community small groups this week. they will resume next week. For questions concerning the east jordan campus, please call 536-2299 or the Wal-loon campus at 535-2288.
UNITED METhODISTthe Boyne Falls united methodist church and pastor Wayne mckenney welcomes you every sunday morning for worship at 9:15 am. the church is located at 3057 mill st. children’s programming is held during the service for pre-school through 5th grade. Pastor Wayne McKenney. Office hours are tues.-thurs. from 8 am to 3 pm. phone 231-582-9776. open hearts, open minds, open doors.
PRESByTERIANFirst presbyterian church at 401 s. park st., Boyne city invites you to share worship with us each sunday at 11 a.m. (septem-ber to may) and 10 a.m. (june to august). Worship is led by rev. elizabeth Broschart and is followed by fellowship during cof-fee hour. communion is celebrated the first sunday of the month with a potluck fellowship dinner following worship. an infant and toddler room is available in ad-dition to the children in Worship program for students age four to grade 4. For more information about Bible study, commu-nity outreach and other ministries, call the church office at 231-582-7983 or visit our website at http://fpboyne.org/. Find Information and inspiration on our Face-book page.easter egg hunt on saturday, march 30 at 1 p.m. at Veterans memorial park. In case of severe weather, event will be cancelled. Visit our website at http://fpboyne.org for updated information saturday morning. there will be separate areas. preschoolers-k will gather eggs on the ballfield, first and second graders in the enclosed playground
and third-5th graders will hunt in the open grass area of the park. Golden eggs worth $5 and prizes awarded for each age group. registration and information will take place at the pavilion.
WALLOON LAKE ChURChon thursday, march 28, the cozy Quilters will meet at 9 am in room 101. celebrate recovery will meet at 7 pm. on Friday, march 29, there will be a Good Friday ser-vice starting at 7 pm. on easter sunday, march 31, sermon will be “can you Believe this?” from john 11:1-6 and 11:21-27 given by pastor jeff ellis. service times are 9 and 10:45 am. the infant and toddler nursery will be open. children 3 years old through 4th grade can attend children classes during both ser-vices. Fifth grade through eleventh grade classes meet during the 10:45 service only. young adult class is held at 10:45 am in the discipleship house. adult classes and community small Groups are available. on tuesday, april 2, the ladies Bible study will begin at 9:15 am at the discipleship house. on Wednesday, april 3, there will not be any meal or class. on thursday, april 4, celebrate recovery will start at 7 pm. The church office hours are 9 AM to 5 PM monday through Wednesday, and Friday. on thursday, it is open from 9 to noon. If you have any questions, please call 535-2288 or check the church website at www.walloonchurch.com.
JEWEL hEART BUDDhIST CENTERFor more information, email [email protected].
GENESIS ChURCh BOyNEGenesis church meets in the Boyne el-ementary school cafeteria every sunday from 11a.m.-noon. they have a quality staffed nursery along with kids clubhouse ministry for ages 4-4th grade. there is cof-fee and breakfast treats followed by mod-ern song worship and a practical “talk” that relates the Bible to our everyday life. the core values of Genesis church are jesus and his Word, sincere relationships, and serving others. you can check out Genesis church at genesiswired.com.
B.C. UNITED METhODISTthe Boyne city united methodist church and pastor Wayne mckenney welcomes you every sunday morning for worship at 11 am. the church is located at 324 s. park street. children’s programming is held during the service for ages 4 through 5th grade. Office hours are Tues.-Thurs. from 8 am to 3 pm. phone 231-582-9776. open hearts, open minds, open doors.
FIRST BAPTIST OF BOyNE CITy875 state st. (231) 582-9561. sunday ser-vices - sunday school (for all ages) 10 a.m.; morning Worship 11 a.m.; junior church hour for children 3 years of age up to the 5th grade ~11:00 a.m.; evening Worship ~6:00 p.m.; mid-Week services; Wednes-day nights - discovery club~ 6:30 p.m., teens meeting~ 7:00 p.m., adult prayer & Bible study~ 7 p.m., nursery provided for all services
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oBiTuARiESADAM L. MCBEE
JULy 31, 1985 - MARCh 13, 2013Adam L. McBee, 27, of Boyne
City, died Wed. Mar. 13, 2013 at home.He was born July 31, 1985, in P e t o s k e y, the son of Opal Foster, George Fos-ter and Art
Hess.Adam played football and grad-uated from Boyne City High School. He enjoyed snowboard-ing, golfing, and other outdoor activities. In 2006, Adam joined the US Army and honorably served his country. He was an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and main-tained close friendships with many of his “brothers” in arms.Adam is survived by his mother Opal Foster of Boyne City, father Arthur (Teresa) Hess of Boyne City, father George (Christina) Foster of Boyne City, 6 broth-ers Richard and Donnie Towns,
Scotty R., Isaac Hoaglund, Cory Cotton, Skyler McLease, and half brothers Corey and Collin Hess 3 sisters Ashley (Michael) Ingersoll, Jennifer McBee, Lura Towns, and half sister Carley Cole, uncles Lonnie and Ron-nie (Wanda) McBee, aunt Pau-line McBee, cousins Tim, Sarah, Stephen, Shuna, Cassandra, and many nieces and nephews that he loved to spend time with.Funeral services with Military Honors were held Thurs. Mar. 21, at 2 pm at the Church of the Naz-arene in Boyne City, with Pastor Charles Fowler officiating. The family received friends from Noon until the time of service. Spring interment will be in Boyne Valley Cemetery.Arrangements have been han-dled by Central Lake Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes. Please sign his online guestbook www.mortensenfuneralhomes.com.
ThOMAS D. ShEA JR.FEB. 27, 1931-MARCh 18, 2013
SHEA, THOMAS DANIEL, JR. “BUD” died peacefully March 18, 2013 in Naples, FL. Age 82
formerly of Bloomfield Hills. He was born in Detroit, M i c h i g a n on February 27, 1931. B e l o v e d husband of Lea for 54
years. Dear father of Tim (Susie), Tom (Diana) and Laurie Hix (Steve). Grandfather of Caitlyn, Courtney, Ali, Colin, Ryan, Lea, Lauren, Tommy, Lucas and Katherine. Brother of Pat Smith and Beverly Stenger. Memorial Mass Satur-day, April 27th at 11:00a.m. at St. Hugo of the Hills Stone Chapel, 2215 Opdyke Rd., Bloomfield Hills. Visitation at the chapel begins at 10:30a.m. Memorial tributes to the Thomas D. Shea, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, 2701 Chicago Blvd., Detroit, MI 48026. A.J. Desmond & Sons 248-549-0500view obituary and share memo-ries at www.DesmondFuneral-Home.com.
The Boyne Valley Catholic Community is offering many opportunities to enrich your
prayer life and spirituality.
Easter Sunday Mass schedule: 9:00 am st. augustine’s11:00 am st. matthew’s
Activities during the week of March 31 include:
Daily Mass schedule: tuesday april 1, 8:00 am st. augustine’sthursday april 4, 8:00 am st. matthew’sFriday april 5, 8:00 am st. augustine’sCommunion Service: Friday april 5, 11:00 am at Grandvue and 2:00 pm at Brooke.
Help is needed at the Saturday evening mass at 5:00 pm at St. Matthew’s. We are in need of ushers, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, and altar servers. For more information please contact the parish office.
holy Week Schedule: celebration of the holy triduum:• Holy Thursday – 7:00 pm at St. Mat-thew’s, followed by adoration until night prayer at 11:00 pm.• Good Friday – 2:00 pm at St. Mat-thew’s.• Easter Vigil – 9:00 pm at St. Mat-thew’s.• Easter Sunday – 9:00 am at St. Augus-tine’s and 11:00 am at st. matthew’s.
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the book of revelation says, "Behold, I make all things new."this can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, and I would say they're all probably correct.to the man who turned away from crime years ago, it could mean redemption and forgiveness from his sins.to a new mother, it could mean a new creation--a completely new being that she is entrusted to raise and guide.to others, it could simply mean it's a new day and new opportunities are on the ho-rizon.on easter sunday, one might choose the resurrection of jesus christ, saying that by coming back from the dead, he made all things new.taking the verse in context, however, makes this all a much bigger deal when you look at where this figures into john's vision (Is it really the future or is it not? We'll tackle this another day).satan has just been cast into the lake of fire, along with all of those whose names were not written in the Book of life.now we come to our passage today."then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had
passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, the new jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. they will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘he will wipe every tear from their eyes. there will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”that's when he says it, “I am making every-thing new! Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”so you want things to be new? let's make a list.1. Get rid of the bad. Before anything was made new, the most evil things had to be dispensed with. satan and his false prophet was cast into the lake of fire.2. Get rid of everything that isn't good. yes, this is different. notice that it didn't say that God cast those whose names were written in the Book of the dead into the fire. It's not about being labelled as bad, they key is that they weren't among the good. If it isn't spe-cifically good and improving the world and God's kingdom, get rid of it.3. let God into your life. once again, notice that the good didn't start until God dwelled among the people. once that critical step
was taken, everything changed. there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain.so how can we make these things happen?What bad things need to go?Is it a drug habit? Is it a problem in one of your relationships?What needs to go that isn't good?and finally, how can you let God into your life?Well, it's simple. you ask.ask jesus to get involved and everything will change.I'm not going to push any specific church on you, but I will suggest that you connect with others who believe and they will help you.this could be in the form of a catholic mass, an evangelical service in the park, or even a chat after the presbyterian easter egg hunt.
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If you own a business, you may well follow a “do it now” phi-losophy — which is, of course, necessary to keep things running smoothly. Still, you also need to think about tomorrow — which means you’ll want to take action on your own retirement and busi-ness succession plans. Fortunately, you’ve got some at-tractive options in these areas. For example, you could choose a retirement plan that offers at least two key advantages: potential tax-deferred earnings and a wide ar-ray of investment options. Plus, some retirement plans allow you to make tax-deductible contribu-tions.In selecting a retirement plan, you’ll need to consider several
factors, including the size of your business and the number of em-ployees. If your business has no full-time employees other than yourself and your spouse, you may consider a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plan or an owner-only 401(k), sometimes known as an individual or solo 401(k). Or, if your goal is to contribute as much as possible, you may want to con-sider an owner-only defined ben-efit plan.If you have employees, you might want to investigate a SIMPLE IRA or even a 401(k) plan. Your finan-cial advisor, working with plan design professionals and your tax advisor, can help you analyze the options and choose the plan that fits with your combined personal and business goals.Now, let’s turn to business suc-cession plans. Ultimately, your choice of a succession plan strat-egy will depend on many factors, such as the value of your busi-ness, your need for the proceeds from the sale of the business for your retirement, your successor, and how well your business can continue without you. If your goal is to keep the business within the
family, you’ll need to consider how much control you wish to re-tain (and for how long), whether you wish to gift or sell, how you balance your estate among your heirs, and who can reasonably succeed you in running the busi-ness.Many succession planning tech-niques are available, including an outright sale to a third party, a sale to your employees or management (at once or over time), or the trans-fer of your business within your family through sales or gifts dur-ing your life, at your death or any combination thereof.Many succession plans include a buy-sell agreement. Upon your death, such an agreement could allow a business partner or a key employee to buy the business from your surviving spouse or whoever inherits your business interests. To provide the funds needed for the partner or employee (or even one of your children) to purchase the business, an insurance policy could be purchased.Your estate plan — including your will and any living trust — should address what happens with the business, in case you still own part or all of it at your death. The best-laid succession plans may go awry if the unexpected occurs.All these business succession op-tions can be complex, so before choosing any of them, you will need to consult with your legal and financial advisors. Whether it’s selecting a retire-ment plan or a succession strategy, you’ll want to take your time and make the choices that are appro-priate for your individual situa-tion.You work extremely hard to run your business — so do whatever it takes to help maximize your ben-efits from it.
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Something to salvageD e a r Dave,I want to buy an i n e x p e n -sive car, and I was wondering what you think about s a l v a g e
titles.Eric
Dear eric,It’s not impossible to find a decent salvage car. But I’d take extra precautions to find out exactly why it was sal-vaged. If it’s a salvage car because it was wrecked, I’d take a look at what kind of wreck caused the damage. Lots of people know how to repair and rebuild cars, so it might end up in better condition than before if you find the right mechanic. On the other hand, I’d probably walk away if the vehicle had been flooded. Some people claim they can fix waterlogged cars, but
that’s a tough job. In most cases water just doesn’t do very nice things to onboard computer sys-tems and wiring.Regardless, do as much research as you can into the car’s history. See if CARFAX has a record. But if the seller doesn’t know anything and other searches don’t turn up good information, my ad-vice is to say no. Make sure you check with your insurance company before you make the purchase too. Salvage cars are sometimes more difficult, or more expensive, to insure!—Dave
Buying wholesaleDear Dave,What is your opinion on whole-sale club memberships?Anonymous
Dear anonymous,My wife and I are members of Costco and Sam’s Club. We don’t buy everything at these places, but do they save you enough money on some things to justify the annual fee? I think so.The biggest problem most folks run into with wholesale clubs is overbuying.
I mean, who needs nine gallons of mustard? You don’t, unless you’re in the restaurant business. So, if you don’t need at that level and won’t use at that level, don’t buy at that level! You’ve got to shop around and know your values.Lots of people think overbuying isn’t a big deal, especially if it’s something that only happens by mistake once in a while. But the truth is it’s really danger-ous. You should plan your shopping the same way you plan your bud-get—with great care and common sense. If you don’t, you can end up spending way more than you can afford on things you’ll never use. Talk about dumb!—Dave
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#432104oh, the lazy days of summer - could be a thing of the past, if you opt to sell instead of slurp your soft-serve ice cream! a perfect business for the whole family,the long-established parkside Grill is located on 99' of the Boyne river, on the opposite bank from old city park, where music from the Gazebo will waft across to your outdoor seating and entertain the folks indulging in cold summer treats and traditional grilled ham-burgers. Fully equipped to open at your earliest convenience. sparkling clean! $399,000
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multiple opportunities for this solid Block building. set overlooking beautiful Boyne mountain, and lo-cated in the quaint village of Boyne Falls. this former ski and Bike shop offers the new owner a great set-ting, with currently 4 rooms with baths to rent or turn into private living quarters. the possibilities are only bound by your imagination and zoning in effect. property also includes a 30 x 40 pole builidng with attached 15 x 20 garage. located at 5588 center street in Boyne Falls. priced at $59,900.
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Beautiful 4 bed home with great location. Fantastic, pristine interior, with wood floors throughout be-neath the white carpet. the ornate stairwell takes you back to another era. awesome windows and the possibilities are endless for your future home! must see this living room. Good value. $62,500 in east jordan.
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Great starter home or retirement home located in a wonderful neigh-borhood. 3 blocks from lake char-levoix and the marina and just two blocks from downtown. updated bathroom with a whirlpool tub and separate shower. don’t wait on this one, this house is ready to make someone a home. located at 317 s. east street in Boyne city, $69,900
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lots of property surrounds this almost 1,000 sq. ft. home in the process of being redone. you get 4 large city lots, the home, as well as a garage, all within two blocks of the public access to beautiful lake char-levoix. situated at the edge of town and amongst nice homes with large yards, and lots of mother nature to spend your day with. 1125 charlev-oix street. $69,900
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nice affordable 3 bedroom home on a corner lot on the south side of Boyne. home has city water and sewer. 1025 pleasant avenue. $71,900
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nice starter home for a family with plenty of room to grow. this home features a family room in addition to a separate living room. this home was used as a day care for sev-eral years, nice fenced in back yard, quiet street but close to schools and downtown. lot of house for the price. call lynda’s today for your per-sonal tour. 445 hemlock st. in Boyne city. $74,900
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Great opportunity to acquire this well cared for home set at the en-trance to the fabulous avalanche preserve. Very nice floor plan on this 3 bedroom / 2 bath ranch, with great master suite and bath. Walk to downtown, the bike path, and the 60 acre preserve of avalanche with the spectacular views of lake char-levoix. this home won’t last long at this price with the added amenities. $79,900
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nice starter home with 3 bedrooms, front deck and deck/patio in the back. also has 2 additional storage buildings - one 8’ x 8’ and the second being 12’x 16’. large back yard to enjoy your privacy. $79,900
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turn of the century home featur-ing 4 bed, 1 1/2 bath, hardwood floors and attached garage! located a short distance from downtown Boyne city. call for your personal showing today! $89,900
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an initiative of char-em united Wayhelp make united Way’s community Investment decisionsyou can be part of our citizen's review panel to help decide how to allocate united Way funds in the community. you'll be part of a five-person panel, chaired by a united Way Board member. the panel will review written applications and presentations from four - five agencies and make recommendations to our Board of directors, which will make the final funding decisions for all the applicant agencies. We are giving priority for seats on the panel to donors to our 2012-2013 cam-paign and our Workplace campaign coordinators, as the panel is making investment decisions for all our donors. (It's not too late to make a campaign contribution, if you haven't yet!) contact lisa at the CharEm United Way office, 231-487-1006.to volunteer for this opportunity or to see more volunteer opportunities go to the char-em united Way website: http://tinyurl.com/volunteercon-nections or call 231-487-1006.
MARCh 28BOyNE VALLEy GARDEN CLUB
the Boyne Valley Garden club will meet thurs, march 28 in the Boyne library's conference room at 1 pm. cydney steeb - advanced master Gar-dener will give a talk on best gardening practices. hostesses are penny dietz, cydney steeb, ruth evans, and mary knight
APRIL 12-13ChEF’S ChALLENGE
6th annual chef’s challenge, Boyne mountain
APRIL 29NCMC ORGANIC FARMING SERIES
north central michigan college will offer work-shops for farmers and gardeners from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. all will be held on the petoskey campus in room 536 in the student and community resource center.april 29: making and using composteach class is $25, or $200 for the entire series. For more information or to register for these work-shops see www.ncmich.edu/cce/ or call 231-348-6705.
APRIL 12 - MAy 3NCMC LUNChEON LECTURES
north central michigan college’s luncheon lecture series for the winter semestera wide variety of topics will be featured: the histo-ry of lighthouses on the Great lakes, GIs and Gps, the flute, memories of an air Force flight nurse, Interlochen and teaching math. all programs in the winter series will be held at noon on Fridays in the college’s library conference room. • On April 12, Linda B. Henry, lt col (ret.), a flight nurse with the oklahoma air national Guard, will highlight her career in the military and discuss her experiences while caring for patients being transported on a c-130 aircraft. • Jeffrey Kimpton, president of the Interlochen center for the arts, will speak on april 19. • May 3, learn more about teaching math. all luncheon lecture programs are held on Fri-days at noon in the library conference room. reservations are preferred. call (231) 348-6600 or e-mail [email protected] to reserve your place at the table. cost is $9, and lunch is included.
APRIL 25BOyNE ChAMBER EXPO
5th annual chamber Business expo and taste of Boyne, with 95 booths and 1,300 people in at-tendance at the former carter’s store, 3 to 7 p.m. details & registration: www.boyneexpo.com
MAy 1BC FARMERS MARKET
Farmers market moves outdoors to Veterans park, Wednesday & saturday, may thru october, 8 a.m. to noon
MAy 4BUFF UP BOyNE
Buff up Boyne spring cleanup sponsored by Boyne city main street, sunset park, 9 a.m. to noon.
MAy 16-19MUShROOM FEST
53rd annual national morel mushroom Festival, Veterans park, www.morelfest.commay 17 - mushroom Festival “Wine & dine” gour-met hors d’oeuvres and wine-tasting event at the Beach house restaurant. details.may 18 - mushroom Festival “run for their lives” 5k run, benefitting charlevoix area humane so-ciety, registration 6:30, race at 7:30 a.m.
MAy 18RUN FOR ThEIR LIVES
Get ready to “run for their lives” and help raise money for the charlevoix area humane society. the 5k Fun run/Walk will take place during the morel mushroom Festival on saturday, may 18. Friendly dogs are welcome to walk or run along. register before april 15 to ensure the proper sized t-shirt. registration form.
ongoing EVEnTSSENIOR CENTER LUNChES
Boyne area senior center has finished a highly successful summer program of evening meals in-stead of lunches on Wednesdays - but next week
it’s back to lunches at noon monday through Fri-day. suggested donation for lunch is $3 for those 60 and older and $6 for those under 60. For more information call coordinator terri powers at (231) 582-6682
FOREIGN LANGUAGE LESSONSBoyne district library offers mango languages, an online learning system. Go to www.boyneli-brary.org for more information on this free offer-ing.
LUNCh FOR SENIORSlet’s do lunch - Boyne area senior center, 411 e. division st., is open to the public for daily lunches. For seniors age 60+, the donation is $3, for ages 60 and under. $6. For daily information call 582 6682.
FREE COMPUTER CLASSESFree computer classes will continue thru all Fri-days in december and january at 10:am at the Boyne district library. classes are tailored to your skill level, Beginner to advanced. help is available for I pads and the new Windows 8. For informa-tion call the library at 5827861.
SECOND SUNDAy, MONThLyFREEThOUGhT ASSOCIATION
the Freethought association of northern michi-gan invites humanists, agnostics, non believers and any one interested in challenging their be-liefs and stimulate their thinking, to attend their monthly meetings. join us on the second sunday of every month from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. at the em-met county Friendship center, 1322 anderson road in petoskey. our next meeting is on april 14, 2013. For further information see our website at http://www.nmfreethought.org/ or send an
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EVERy SATURDAyBC FARMERS MARKET
Boyne cIty Farmers market continues its win-ter season from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every saturday at the red barn next to the Boyne district library on park street. Vendors offer fresh produce, meat, baked goods, ready-to-serve meals and more. enjoy a cup of coffee and munch a fresh bagel, doughnut or scone while you shop and visit with friends. the market accepts Boyne Bucks and Bridge cards. www.boynecityfarmersmarket.com
RED CROSS NEEDS DONORSFor information on how you can make a differ-ence this season, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-red-cross (1-800-733-2767).
FREE MAMMOGRAMS northern michigan regional hospital Foundation and the health department of northwest michi-gan are partnering to offer free mammograms, not just in october, but year-round. If you are or know a female, age 40 – 64, who is under-insured or without health insurance, call (866) 487-3100 to schedule an appointment.
AMERICAN LEGION BINGOtuesday Bingo Game - Boyne city american le-gion 302 south lake st. 582-7811 come join your friends and neighbors for an inexpensive, and maybe profitable, evening of fun, entertainment and relaxation. play 28 games with 40 Bingos. all you need is a dobber, glue, and a plastic mat as you play all paper plus michigan progressive jackpot. the start time 5:30 p.m.; done around
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WANT TO LOSE WEIGhT?come join us for support. tops (take off pounds sensibly) meets at the church of the nazarene 225 West morgan st. Boyne city, on monday morning at 10 a.m. For more information call evelyn at 231-582-9594.
LOSS SUPPORT GROUPGrief and loss support Group 3rd thursday of every month 1-2:30 p.m. Friendship center of emmet county -library 1322 anderson road, petoskey survivors of suicide loss support Group 2nd monday 5:30-7:30 p.m.hospice of little traverse Bay one hiland drive, petoskey (231) 487-4285
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I’m sure y o u ’ v e met peo-ple who will tell you their dogs are “trained” and yet their dog will not p e r f o r m b e h a v -iors in the face of
excitement or distractions.A dog may show some under-standing of putting its rear end down and their head up when hearing the word “sit”, if the dog sits four times out of ten, chances are an owner considers their dog trained. This is a dan-gerous assumption on the part of the owner.A dog’s training needs to be reliable when and where it is needed, most often around distractions,stressful situations and in emergencies. Not only does your dog need to reliably come when called to dinner, but also to come when visiting the park.When thinking about reliable training consider an incident away from home.If your dog was running near a busy street, your dog needs to be able to reliably come when you call to avoid injury. In the case of an oncoming car, your dog also needs to be able to STOP on cue (sit or down) until it’s safe to continue. Much of this depends on you learning how to to react and handle your dog training that take time and lots of practice.Good training happens when you practice properly, repeat-ing the practice until the proper behaviors become deeply es-
tablished habits. The most important behaviors, such as coming when called, need to be so strongly condi-tioned that the dog’s first im-pulse will be to just do it, not stop to think or head off to play with neighbor’s children.Your role as handler (person giving the dog direction) also needs to be thoroughly prac-ticed so that you will automati-cally use the correct cue for your dog to recognize as in-struction and carry out a behav-ior. This can require an incredi-ble amount of self-control from you, but most of all it requires plenty of practice.Training and Discipline = Reli-ability.When some people hear the word discipline, they often think of a cruel overseer admin-istering a harsh punishment. Not true when it comes to dogs (or children). Have you ever been in or watched a marching band, drill team, team sport, or any other unit that requires uni-fied action? If so than you’ve witnessed discipline, and there’s nothing cruel about it.Disciplined activities, like training, build self-esteem. Dogs are quite capable of tak-ing pride in doing a good job and pleasing their owners.Training together builds a spe-cial bond, the two of you be-come a team moving in sync, knowing what is expected and knowing the outcome of those actions.An owner who can cue their dog anywhere, even in the face of distraction, has created a re-liable team.Gaye Amick is the owner of Northern Sky Obedience Acad-emy of Charlevoix. Contact her by calling (231) 237-9510 or go to http://www.onefinedog.com.
are you and your dog a reliable team?
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sports March 27, 2013 • Boyne City Gazette • Page 15www.boynegazette.com
BASEBALL• kolbi Shumaker (Boyne City 2011) has contributed one strikeout as a relief pitcher for Alma (4-5).On March 18, the Scots were scheduled to face Delta (6-7) in a series at home, however, the games were cancelled.The last contest for Alma was an 11-2 loss on March 1 against Loras College (3-3) in Winter Haven, Fla.Shumaker provided contributed one inning in the game.The Scots will resume competi-tion on Saturday against Olivet (5-3).
MEnS goLF• Wyatt Drost (Charlevoix 2011) has been a consistent scorer for Saginaw Valley State, who will compete in its first competition since October on March 31 at the Spring Invitational in Co-lumbus, Ind.
MEnS ouTdooR TRACK And FiELd
• eric Buday (Charlevoix 2011) will resume competition for Michigan State on March 29 at the Raleigh Relays at NC State in Hillsborough St Raleigh, N.C.He holds a collegiate personal record in the 800 at 1:54.4.• andrew plude (Charlevoix 2012) will start competition for Saginaw Valley State on March 30 in a dual against Grand Val-ley State in Allendale.The freshman holds a collegiate PR in the 800 at 2:02.97.• Tevin larmond (Boyne City 2012) did not participate for Spring Arbor on Saturday at the
Early Bird Relays in Cincinnati, but the Cougars were impres-sive in the season opener.Among the field of 13 teams, Spring Arbor ended runner-up with a score at 89, while the Bearcats claimed the title with 171 points.The Cougars will resume com-petition on April 6 at the Hun-tington Invitational in Hunting-ton, Ind.• luke Hawley (East Jordan 2012) will join Aquinas in its season opener on March 29 in the Grand Rapids Open at home.During the indoor season, the freshman middle distance run-ner was a solid contributor in 600 and holds a PR in the event at 1:26.52.• Tyler Nachazel (East Jordan 2012) will begin his season on March 23 for Adrian at the In-diana Wesleyan Invitational in Marion, Ind.The freshman was a consistent contributor for the Bulldogs cross country program, holding a PR in the 8K at 28:21.• William roloff (Charlevoix 2009) did not compete on Fri-day for Calvin at the Jack Toms Invitational at Lynchburg Col-lege in Lynchburg, Va.The Knights ended third with a score at 75, while Kutztown claimed the title with 161 points.Roloff is a member distance runner that holds PRs in the 800 and 1500 at 2:04.81 and 4:17.97, respectively.
SoFTBALL• Hannah Hybl (Charlevoix 2011) is an infielder for Alma (10-6), who is 3-3 through March thus far.The Scots will resume com-petition on Saturday at home against Ohio Wesleyan.
chris GraBerspecial to the gazette
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photo By cInda shumaker B-ball youthThe fifth-grade Rambler youth basketball team is pictured (bottom, from left) Stephen Orban, Taylor Neer, Devon Hayden, AJ South, Carter Binkley (top) Brady Butka, Joad Blaauw-Hara, Nick Bollmann, Jacob Alger, Nathan Barkley, Matt Fisher, Blair Smith, Jack Wicker and Miles Bates.
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THANK YOU National Doctor’s Day is celebrated on March 30.
Charlevoix Area Hospital acknowledges, appreciates and pays tribute to its physicians. With their dedicated service we continue to provide hometown health care with world
class caring to all of our communities, and for that we say “Thank You.”
Kaili Walker, PA-C Andrea Wendling, MD Craig Wendt, MD Daniel Wilcox, MD Brian Wittenberg, MD Alfred Wroblewski, MD Catherine Wonski, MD
Rachel Newman, MD Ronald Ronquist, MD Deborah Smith, MD Mark Smith, MD Cynthia Statler, MD James Stewart, MD Janet Talmo, MD Roderic Tinney, MD
Lindsay Best, DO Craig Boss, MD Melodie Brown, MD Mitchell Carey, MD Geralyn Doskoch, MD Reed Freidinger, MD Jeanne Haberer, DO Joseph Hance, MD
John Lignell, MD Daniel Mann, MD Ryan McConnell, DO Mark McMurray, MD Amy Mitchell, MD William Mosher III, MD Scott Nemec, DO Edward Newcomb, MD
Carl Harlan, DO Michael Harmeling, MD Mary Ivey, MD Timothy Jarvi, MD James Jeakle, MD Dennis Joy, MD Pamela Knysz, MD Marc Lame, MD
David Best, DO Noel Ceniza, MD
Jeffrey Chaulk, MD Gregory Chupp, MD
Allen Damschroder, MD Ralph Duman, MD Marc Feeley, MD Kevin Gietzen, DO Clare Heidtke, MD
James Howard, MD Christopher Jeffries, MD
Loyal Jodar, MD James Lynch, MD
James MacKenzie, MD David Martin, MD
Joshua Meyerson, MD Nathaniel Narten, MD Anthony Ochoa, MD
John Panos, MD Blaine Rawson, MD
Nicholas Richmond, MD Thomas Schermerhorn, MD
Marcia Shattuck, MD Nicklaus Slocum, MD Steven Thomas, MD Howard Topley, MD
Anna Young, MD