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For over seven years, the Park Explorer program at the South Higgins Lake State Park has enriched the experience of being outdoors for many park visitors. More ... Custom car enthusiasts looking for a place to show off their vehicles have a perfect opportunity at the Lake Break restaurant in Prudenville every Wednesday evening. More ... Roscommon Rotary Club member Barb Costello made club history when she became the first woman president of the 57-year-old organization June 28. Mrs. Costello accepted the gavel from outgoing President Jim Witt. "My husband and I are the only couple in Rotary, as well," Mrs. Costello said. More ... Preventing and treating hearing problems will be the topic of the July 12 meeting of the Houghton Lake Merchants Association. Dr. Robert H. Mathog and Dr. John Jacquart from the Lions Hearing Center of Michigan will be the speakers at the event. More ... Many different types of aircraft will be displayed Saturday during EAA Chapter 1259's annual Fly-in at Houghton Lake State Airport, Old-27 and M-55. "We expect between 10 or 40 airplanes, depending on the weather," said EAA Chapter President John Brusseau. "Possibly even more. More ... The United States Army Golden Knights Parachute Team will be among headliners at the Grayling Rock 'n Roll Air Show on July 7-8. The "Rock 'n Roll" portion of the show consists of the 14 bands scheduled to perform for the evening's entertainment. More ... The Houghton Lake Resorter's Relay for Life team will host a bake sale, Wednesday, July 11, from 1 to 5 p.m. at its Houghton Lake office. The Resorter is located at 4049 W. Houghton Lake Drive (M-55), next to Spicer's Boat City. More ... Contestants for the 2007 Roscommon County Fair Pageant have until July 19 to submit entry forms. The pageant, scheduled for Aug. 3 will be a prelude to the next day's fair in Roscommon. Residents of the Gerrish-Higgins and Houghton Lake school districts will compete for the titles of Princess (ages 8-12), Teen (ages 13-19), Miss (Ages 20-29) and Ms. (ages 30 and up). More ... It's never too early to plan for fall, and patrons of the Kirtland Center for the Performing Arts will be able to do exactly that with the recent release of the 2007-08 KCPA schedule. More ... Jim Garlo, Lauren Mead, Russell Royce and Clint Stauffer (left to right) mill cedar shingles from logs donated by Dean Banyas at the Roscommon Area Historical Society's property in Roscommon June 29. The shingles will go on the roof of the Silsby/Jacobson building the historical society recently acquired (right). More ... Volunteers completed the roofing project for the pavillion in the Houghton Lake Area Historical Society Village Saturday with the laying of shingles. Pictured are volunteers (left to right) Austin Stiles, Jerry Timmons, Violet Gonzalez, Al Schultz and Keith Stiles. Funding for the project came from a grant fron Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. More ... What happened when the circus came to Wellington and five "carnies" and some of the sideshow people decided to have a party? That is the question to be answered at a Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at Wellington Farm, USA July 7. More ... garden club with their annual garden walk on July 8 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $5 and are available at Flowers by Josie. For information call (989) 348-8519. C. St. John More ... Detroit comedian Mark Knope will headline comedy night at the Long Branch Saloon July 11. Knope, now on his bornagain bachelor tour, has appeared on ABC television and can be heard on "The Bob and Tom Show." He has also been featured in The Detroit News and Free Press. His offbeat, observational humor is delivered in an insanely likeable package. More ... The 12th annual all-school reunion of Gerrish- Higgins/Roscommon classmates, administrators, faculty and staff is scheduled for July 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. in the former school building, the CRAF Center in Roscommon. Since 1996, 802 classmates, 23 faculty members and three administrators have attended the reunions. More ... Three Rotary Strive scholarships were awarded to recent Houghton Lake High School graduates at the Rotary Club of Houghton Lake's June 25 meeting. A $250 scholarship was awarded to Allissa Tremper, a $500 scholarship to Melissa Ketchpaw and a $750 scholarship to Kyl Gill. STRIVE scholarships are awarded for academic improvement and performance during the school year. Kirtland Community College also awarded an additional $250 to each of the three scholarship recipients. A total of 11 family members of the students, including parents, grandparents, sisters, aunts and cousins, attended the Rotary lunch meeting to see the awards presented. Nine HLHS students successfully completed the Strive program this year. Seven of the students were on the honor roll at least one of the four marking periods and two of those students, Kyl Gill and Brittany Millard, made the honor roll all four marking periods. Pictured are (left to right) STRIVE co-chair Stacey Barnes, Tremper, Ketchpaw, Brandie Vandercook, Tim Smith, Brittany Millard, Kyl Gill, Zack Phelps and STRIVE co-chair Bill Oliver. (Courtesy photo) More ... Mandy Grezesak will perform at the gazebo on the CRAF Center lawn in Roscommon at 7 p.m. July 11. Known as "Mandy G," she has been an avid performer and promoter of the saxophone all over the United States and in several foreign countries. More ... Many homeowners are under the impression that they should fertilize before a rain so the fertilizer can soak into the soil. This is not true, said Andy Vokes, AmeriCorps Grandwater Eductor for Missaukee, Wexford, Crawford and Roscommon Counties. Fertilizing before rain greatly increases the likelihood that fertilizer will run off a lawn. More ... The Michigan Ambassadors of Houghton Lake are busy raising funds for their 2008 musical trip to Europe. Nine members of the Houghton Lake band are preparing for a seven-country tour. They will travel to places like England, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, where they will perform with about 250 other musicians from Northern Michigan. More ... "The Man of La Mancha" is being performed by Gladwin Area Friends of the Theatre July 11-14. Performances begin at 8 p.m. The play within a play will star numerous members of the surrounding communities from Harrison, Gladwin and Beaverton. More ... A story in last week's Resorter gave an incorrect date for a public hearing on expanding the Roscommon County Road Commission from three to five members. The hearing will be held at 10:05 a.m. July 25 in the Roscommon County Board of Commissioners meeting room in the county building annex in Roscommon. More ... |
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