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VILLAGE DANCE Historical Village Days visitors, led by storyteller Genot Picor, participate in a type of dance that would have been common among French settlers in Michigan during the 1700's. This year's Village Days surpassed last year's event in both visitors and money raised to help keep the organization operating. Violet Gonzales, president of the HLAHS, said more than 1,700 visitors came to Village Days this year, and over 550 badges were sold. She said more than 130 guests showed up for Friday night's pig roast. More ... HOME OF THE HOOTENANNY Merritt Golden Agers perform a song while enroute in the Merritt Centennial parade. The Merritt Golden Agers meet at the senior center, 5833 East Lotan Road, just south of Merritt. For information, call (231) 328-4534. For more on the Merritt Centennial, see story on page C2. For a short video of the music at the centennial, go to the Resorter web site and click on "video." More ... VELCRO WALL Teanna Zigila chuckles at Kyle Bates' pose on the velcro wall on opening night of the Roscommon County Fair Aug. 1. Bates and other members of the Gerrish Township Fire Department's Explorer post staffed the safety house at the fair. (RP) More ... The little country town of Merritt had a big birthday party Sunday. Hundreds of area residents and guests gathered for the town's Centennial Celebration. Located in Missaukee County, but still within the Houghton Lake School District, Merritt is known for horses, sun-drenched fields and car racing. More ... Throughout the afternoon, in between musical sets, various Merritt residents presented "snippets of history," which had been researched and compiled by Sara Nettle and others. For example, on Sept. 4, 1901, Charles and Elizabeth Merritt traveled by covered wagon from Belleville in Wayne County to the present Merritt area, camping along the road. The trip took three weeks. More ... A work of art by Rebecca Socia of Roscommon was one of four chosen by Traverse City's National Cherry Festival to be printed on souvenir note cards. Socia, media assistant at the Gerrish-Higgins School District Public Library, entered her watercolor in the Cherry Festival Commemorative Poster Contest. More ... The Markey Township ball fields will be home to an all star game Aug. 12 during the 16th annual Habitat for Humanity Benefit Softball Game. The game will pit the church league all stars against the church league champions and benefit Habitat for Humanity. Food will be served beginning at 6 p.m. with the first pitch at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and kids are free. More ... Information on Blue Cross Blue Shield will be the topic of the Roscommon Chapter of Retired School Personnel's Aug. 19 meeting. The meeting will be held at the AmVets Hall, 8009 AuSable Road, Higgins Lake, off of Old US 27. Branko Bojicic will present the program. More ... Quiet sports activities and demonstrations will be an added attraction at the 19th annual Higgins Lake Awareness Day, scheduled for Saturday at the MacMullan Conference Center, Higgins Lake. The Great Lakes Windsurfing Company will demonstrate and give mini-lessons to kids. Weather permitting, Bill Baker will demonstrate his wind board. More ... Scheduled for one of The Houghton Lake Historical Playhouse's Sunday dances is Virgil Baker and The Just For Fun Band. Slated for Aug. 17, the band will play from 3 to 7 p.m. Food and beverage concessions will be available. Tickets are $10. More ... Wellington Farm, USA, will play host to the third annual Wellington "Free Fair" Aug. 9. Two weeks later, it will host the next play in a series of murder mystery dinner theaters, "A Dance With Death." Patterned after the old fashioned agricultural fairs, the Wellington Free Fair has something for everyone, and it's all free. No admission will be charged. More ... The Lake Township Women's Club will meet Aug. 13 at noon at G's Pizza. For information call Marge at 422-2216. More ... The Roscommon Senior Singles will meet for dinner at Booner's Aug. 19 at 5:30 p.m. For information call Angie at 366-9865. More ... Wayne Schreck, owner of PakMail, Houghton Lake, presents $315.27 to "UPS Ed" Ed Piglowski to purchase coats for kids for 2008. Schreck had offered a percentage of all UPS and FedEx shipping in July for the donation. The 19th annual Coats for Kids auction is set for Nov. 22 at the Knights of Columbus hall. (CHP) More ... This Saturday at 2 p.m., the Roscommon Area Historical Society will host "A Browse into History" at the Gallimore Boarding House and the Richardson School at 404 Lake St. (M-18) in Roscommon. The Crawford County Historical Society and the Houghton Lake Historical Society have been invited to share in the event, and the public may attend. The program is free. More ... The Wal-Mart Foundation, through the Houghton Lake Super Wal-Mart Store, donated $1,000 to the Houghton Lake Area Historical Society last week. Pictured (left to right) are Store Manager Jim VanSice, HLAHS President Violet Gonzales and Wal-Mart Grant Coordinator Tammy Bennett. (TRP) More ... Twenty former Music Box employees along with former owner Lee Kelly met for a reunion July 26 at the Prudenville home of Judge Michael and Kathy Baumgartner. The employees ranged from those who worked in the early 1950s to some who worked in 2001 when the Music Box closed its doors for the last time. The group enjoyed a picnic and "fantastic" Houghton Lake weather as they renewed their friendships. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Greg Anderson, Margaret Kelly, Rick Tyrrell, Jim Sullivan, Pat Baumgartner, Kathy Baumgartner, Mike Baumgartner, (back row, left to right) Lee Kelly, Bruce Tyrrell, John Tyrrell, Carl Geiger, Mark Barnhart, Bud White, Nancy French, Martie Anderson and Butch Anderson. Not pictured were Chuck Henderson, Dave Carrick, Ed French, and Dick Starkey. (Courtesy photo) More ... Instead of paying the restaurant, regular morning customers who show up for coffee at the Houghton Lake Big Boy throw their coffee money into a collection jar for local charities since October of 2007. So far, the coffee donations have amounted to $5,150, and have benefited the Houghton Lake Bobcat Booster Club, 4H, the Houghton Lake Community Schools, Merritt Speedway, Butterfield Township, Relay for Life and the Houghton Lake Chamber of Commerce. Pictured are a few of the morning coffee donators including (left to right) Todd Wallington, Jim VanHaitsma, Gene Wallington, Manager Sandy Valko and Frank Porter. (TRP) More ... Forest Dunes Golf Club, in cooperation with Enchante Art Gallery, will host its first Art de Vin, a celebration of Michigan art, wine, hops and harvest. Organizers hope Art de Vin will be a major annual cultural and community event celebrating the I-75 corridor. More ... The Kirtland Garden Club will travel to Dow Gardens in Midland Aug. 18. Members will meet in the Houghton Lake K-mart parking lot at 9 a.m. There is an admission fee. Call Carol for information at 366-4427. More ... Gerrish Township's Advisory Community Team- Neighbors on Watch will meet Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Gerrish Township Hall. Guest speaker will be Officer Erin Kelley of the Gerrish Township Police Department who will provide an update on the AED project and demonstrate a trainer model. More ... Lots of sun, water and daily care have made the small (15 x 20 foot) garden next to the Maxi Muffler Shop in Prudenville productive this season, and gardener Basil Ciaramitaro has been more than willing to share its bounty with customers, friends and family. More ... |
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