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February 4, 2010  RSS feed


Girls win goes to Bobcats, boys win goes to Bucks - Free Access

It was a sweep this year for both the Houghton Lake girls and the Roscommon boys varsity basketball teams. The Bobcats girls beat Roscommon 54-48 on Thursday night and the Buck boys beat Houghton Lake 50-38 Friday night. For full coverage of both contests, see next week's Resorter. More...

Teachers, HLCS agree to ‘fair, affordable’ contract
By Cheryl Holladay cheryl.holladay @houghtonlakeresorter.com

After 11 months of negotiating, the Houghton Lake Education Association and the Houghton Lake Board of Education have reached an agreement on a new teachers’ contract. Speaking at a special meeting of the school board Monday, Superintendent Kevin Murphy said the agreement is “fair and affordable.” More...

Houghton Lake mourns loss of bright’ teacher
By Thomas Reznich tom.reznich @houghtonlakeresorter.com

“Fun, accepting, caring, courageous, ‘we can do it,’ encouraging, inclusive, sincere, real, no airs, not afraid to try something new.” More...

St. Helen hosts Winterfest, Snow Run this weekend

The fourth annual St. Helen Winterfest and the eighth annual St. Helen Snowpackers Snow Run will provide plenty of activities for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages this weekend. WINTERFEST More...

Family escapes trailer fire

By Cheryl Holladay cheryl.holladay @houghtonlakeresorter.com Running in the snow in their bare feet, a Houghton Lake family escaped a trailer fire the morning of Jan. 28. Kenneth Shellito and Flora Corrigan, 234 Kennedy, Houghton Lake, and their two-year-old daughter, Brianna, escaped their home without harm. More...

Feb. 9 is filing deadline for school board hopefuls

With the filing deadline for school board candidates just a few days away, only one candidate in each Roscommon County district had filed a nominating petition as of early this week. More...

 News
• article has image Accidents result in minor injuries for two
Each of two accidents reported to the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Depaertment Jan. 29 resulted in one injury. Cody R. Bollone, 7, 124 Clare Road, Houghton Lake, was taken to Grayling Mercy Hospital with minor injuries after the car in which he was riding was involved in a collision on M-55 near Beech Street in Roscommon Township at 2:14 p.m. More...
• State Police seek warrant for Kmart embezzlement
• IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK REPRINTED FROM HOUGHTON LAKE RESORTER AND ROSCOMMON COUNTY HERALD-NEWS BACK ISSUES 20 YEARS AGO-FEB. 1, 1990
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 Court News
• 34th Circuit Court
Judge Michael Baumgartner heard these cases in 34th Circuit Court, Roscommon, Jan. 19: Brandy L. Lopez, 33, St. Helen, pleaded guilty to probation violation and will be sentenced later. More...
• 83rd District Court
• District Court Magistrate
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 Obituaries
• Joseph Jules Cafmeyer
Joseph Jules Cafmeyer, 97, Taylor, died Feb. 2, 2010. Visitation will be at the Taylor Chapel of Howe-Peterson Funeral Home, 9800 S. Telegraph Rd., Monday, Feb. 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. and Tuesday from noon to 8 p.m., with a Rosary at 7 p.m. More...
• Robert J. Beattie
• Hilda M. Durham
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 Sports
• article has image Bobcats topple G’s from unbeaten ranks
Coming into Friday’s match-up, Houghton Lake and Gladwin seemed to be at two different points in the varsity girls basketball season. The G’s were undefeated (8-0) in Jack Pine Conference play while the Bobcats were 3-5. Gladwin had also beat Houghton Lake 49-28 on Dec. 16. More...
• Bobcat boys pull out 47-45 win in Gladwin
• JV ’Cats hold on for victory
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 Editorial
• 60th edition of fun
The 60th edition of Tip-up Town, U.S.A., is in the books. From our view, it was a successful one. More...
• Mentor will be missed terribly, constantly
• article has image Christianity, militarism shouldn’t mix
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 Letters to the Editor
• Fuel tax hike would hit twice
Times are tough; we all know that. It’s a shame that tax dollars for fixing our Michigan roads are not enough now. It’s not our fault. So, our leaders in Lansing need to come up with different ideas for fixing the roads rather than falling back on the old “let’s tax the people some more” routine. More...
• Working man pays the price
• Destroying signs has consequences
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 Outdoors
• article has image Entries fill all but one Tip-up Town ice fishing category
Although participation was down, probably due to weather conditions, fishermen filled all but one of the 16 prize spots in the fishing contest on the final weekend of Tip-up Town 2010. First place fish won the lucky angler $25 and second place won 15 prize tickets in all single fish categories. More...
• Welcome to the new DNRE
• Introduction to firearms class for women scheduled
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 Health
• Curves here joins company-wide Stronger Together’ campaign
The Houghton Lake Curves is joining other Curves facilities throughout the world in a company-wide campaign called “Stronger + Together,” an international movement to make one million women healthier in 2010. The program will rely heavily on women sharing their success stories and providing confidence and inspiration to others. More...
• Mercy class designed to help you breathe easier
• Blood drive planned in Rosco
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 TV Page
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 Features
• article has image Skeels grads make whirlwind New Year’s ride in Mexico
As they get farther from their high school days at Skeels Christian School, former schoolmates Luke Swab, Timmer Saglimbene, Grant Plaxton and Nick Rader have found it harder and harder to get their schedules to line up. But they found a block of five days around this past New Year’s weekend, into which they packed a motorcycle tour through northeastern Mexico. More...
• article has image Bid process for Houghton Lake Ambulance to start soon
• What’s the difference between a paramedic and an EMT?
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