EMS workers give up pay hike to honor donor
      Two Denton Township Ambulance employees have given up their pay increases for 2009-10 to help honor someone who honored them. Ambulance Director Jill Howell and Senior Supervisor Rick Dupon rejected their 3% salary increase and plan to donate that money to purchase medical equipment.
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Support swells for sports complex
      Support for the Graham/McDonald Sports Complex in Kellogg's "Plant A Seed" promotion now numbers over 15,000. In fact, the field is 11th in number of supporters nationwide and organizers are asking for continued support. To support the field, visit www.frostedflakes. com, click on "Get Started" then click "Search for a Nominated Field.
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Habitat seeking home owners, slates meetings
      Roscommon County Habitat for Humanity will hold two informational meetings in March for anyone interested in becoming a Habitat for Humanity home owner. Both meetings will be held at the Houghton Lake Public Library. The first meeting is March 4. at 5 p.m. and the other on March 7. at 11 a.m.
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Mini-golf to help nursery school buy equipment for new location
      The Roscommon Co-Op Nursery School is celebrating its 40th anniversary and the move to its new location at the Messiah Lutheran Church on Murphy Road. The church is completing an addition and remodeling project that will give the preschool all it needs - except one thing - playground equipment.
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G-H revises building use fee form
      Only for-profit, out-of-district and non-resident groups will be charged for use of Gerrish-Higgins School District facilities under a new building use policy, Superintendent Dr. Millie Mellgren told the district's board of education March 18.
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Brasza family completes $500,000 pledge to Mercy
      In what she labeled as a "dream come true," Marie Brasza-Pinch walked in with the final installment to her family's $500,000 pledge to Mercy Hospital Grayling, realizing her deceased parents' wishes to help give the region a first-class emergency department.
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Power outage affects over 300
      More than 300 Houghton Lake area Consumers Energy customers were without power Monday. Spokesperson Mary Gust said 307 customers in the Houghton Lake and Prudenville area were without power for more than an hour. She said there was no visible cause, and that when workers reenergized the line, "it held.
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