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August 21, 2008  RSS feed


Co-workers seek donations for family following fire
Friends and co-workers of Dee Cusmano, long-time employee of the Houghton Lake Clark gas station, are seeking help from the community following a fire Monday morning that left her home she shared with Ed Dygert and their two children unlivable. More...
Kristoff pleads to two counts in hit and run

A Houghton Lake Heights man entered pleas in 34th Circuit Court, Roscommon, Tuesday, in connection with the Feb. 28 accident that killed Nora Wills, 53, Houghton Lake, and her two dogs. Richard Kristof, 56, pleaded guilty to failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in death, and an amended count, negligent homicide. More...

Developers given February deadline
DNR Director's decision

Michigan Department of Natural Resources Director Rebecca Humphries Aug. 14 set deadlines for developers to prove they can finance and obtain permits for a proposed theme park near Grayling as a prerrequisite for sale of some 1,400 acres of state-owned land for the project. More...

Bond resolution paves way for school improvements
By Cheryl Holladay

With the recent passage of a $7.1 million bond proposal, Houghton Lake Community Schools can now move forward with the upgrading of its facilities. Superintendent Pete Injasoulian told the board of education Monday that while many projects will have to wait until next spring, some projects may be done while school is in session. More...

MARKING THE DALMAC

(Left to right) Dave Miller, Kori Sperling and Julie Miller of Lansing, members of the Tri-County Bike Association, mark M- 55 and the bike path near Bobcat Field in preparation for the annual DALMAC bicycle ride from Lansing to Mackinaw that will take off on Aug. 28. Houghton Lake High School, which is on the 302-mile fourday East Route, will host riders as they camp there on the second day of the ride. Julie Miller said the ride has five different routes this year, taking four or five days to complete. Complete ride information is available at www.biketcba.org. (Photo by Thomas Reznich) More...

WELL DONE

Water spouts from a new well at the Pines Theatre Tuesday as well driller Will Fairbotham looks on. Eric Fischer of F&F Well Drilling, Prudenville, said they replaced the theatre's 40-year-old well, which was 65 feet deep with a five-inch well 120 feet deep. He said the new well should last 100 years. (Photo by Thomas Reznich) More...

 News
• Nineteen percent of registered voters voted in primary
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land recently announced that 1.36 million voters cast ballots in the Aug. 5 primary election, based on unofficial returns. "I'd like to congratulate and thank all of the residents who took the time to participate in the primary," Land said. "In voting, they helped choose leaders and decide issues of importance in their communities. More...
• Outdoors enthusiasts can help police find illegal marijuana
• Construction of sledding hill underway, donations sought
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 Court News
• 83RD DISTRICT COURT
Judge Daniel L. Sutton recently arraigned the following in 83rd District Court: George L. Richardson, 44, Higgins Lake, waived preliminary examination and was bound over to Circuit Court, where he pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, third offense. The Roscommon County Sheriff's Department made the July 8 arrest. Bond was set at $50,000. More...
• ORV motorcyclist injured on trail
• ROSCOMMON COUNTY MAGISTRATE
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 Obituaries
• Dorothy Lois Smith
Dorothy Lois Smith, 77, Crown Point, IN, died Aug. 21, 2008. A service is planned for Saturday, Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. at Lake of the Four Seasons United Methodist Church. Memorial donations may be made to United Methodist Women or National Arbor Association. More...
• Nancy Jean Bashore Smith
• Ralph B. Radina
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 Sports
• article has image Bucks beat 'Cats in season opener
With senior forward Cody Barnes putting six points on the board, the Roscommon Bucks scored a convincing 7-1 win over the Bobcats at Houghton Lake Monday, but the 'Cats played a better game against their crosscounty rivals than they have in a few years. More...
• article has image Cousins score big nights at Kart Speedway
• KART SPEEDWAY
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 Business
• article has image Dellinger rejoins Spicer's
It was the 80s. The birth of video games, big hair and parachute pants. And for seven years, Gary Dellinger was helping customers with their new boats and snowmobiles at Spicer's Boat City. It is now 2008. We are Internet dependent, the video games are handheld, and Gary Dellinger is once again helping customers at Spicer's Boat City. More...
• State warns of scam artists using relationships to defraud consumers
• Social Security Administration relocates West Branch office
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 Editorial
• In Our Opinion
Lake levels
After watching the fluctuations of lake levels and listening to the comments about high and low water the past 30 some years we've reached a conclusion. It's all in God's hands. We may think that the dams have some impact, and we're sure they do have a minute impact. More...
• MAKE IT PLAIN
• IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK
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 Letters to the Editor
• Does community share responsibility for injured Bud Bash participant?
What is happening to Houghton Lake and to its reputation? We used to be known as the "blue collar" vacation destination, and now if Houghton Lake is mentioned at all it's "Oh yes...that's where they have the Bud Bash". (Tip-Up Town has lost out, I fear. More...
• Tired of people showing no respect for private property
• Should explore combining townships to save money
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 Outdoors
• article has image A wildlife management success
When hunters take to the northern Lower Peninsula fields and forests on Aug. 26 for the opening day of the 2008 elk season, they'll be participating in a wildlife management milestone: the 25th consecutive year of elk hunting in Michigan. More...
• Public may comment on DNR plans for area forest management
• NRC eases crossbow rules for handicapped hunters
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 Religion & Family
• Miller graduate of basic training
Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob L. Miller has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. More...
• article has image THIRD TIME DONOR
• Munson, MSU partner in new medical education campus
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 Happenings
• Wellington Park to host tractor, farm equipment show
Wellington Farm, USA, will host is annual Tractor and Farm Equipment Show this weekend at its park near Higgins Lake. Activities start tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 4 p.m. when tractors will parade from Wellington Farm to a restaurant in Grayling for a traditional farm supper. More...
• article has image Waiting for a taste
• article has image Black Iron Days coming to Hartwick Pines
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