There was little action in the Houghton Lake Womens Slo-Pitch Softball League Thursday night after rain washed away most of the games. Only one game was completed with North Shore Lounge defeating Back Door Saloon 26-11. Limberlost defeated Malcomson Construction 15-3 in a game that was called after three innings. North Shore 26 Back Door 11 North Shore Lounge scored […]
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Hartwick Pines to host lumberjack program
Hartwick Pines State Park will host the Past in Person program about the lumberjacks in northern Michigan in the 1870s Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Logging Museum at Hartwick Pines. Michael Deren will portray a lumberjack as he takes the audience back to the time when they were cutting big sticks. He will play the concertina, fiddle, bones, […]
KCC computer class geared for studnets over age 60
Kirtland Community College is offering another round of its popular computer course which has been designed and tailored to suit the needs and speeds of seniors. Called Basic Computing, the course is especially designed to help beginners learn about computers. Instructor Clay Horton says that over a 10-week period, students will learn to understand how computers work, how the computer […]
Burk claimes first feature, Crummer takes his third consecutive
Justin Burk placed first in the Micro feature to take his first feature race victory at the KART Speedway last Friday night. Jim Crummer won the 10HP Feature race to capture his third straight feature victory. John King Jr. took the Rookie-Semi-feature win; the Rookie feature win went to Ben Stachowicz; Tim Near won the Junior feature; Ray Klipper won […]
Aces scored at Pineview Highlands
Jason Stewart of Bay City made his first hole-in-one on #14 at Pineview Highland Golf Course Aug. 4. Also making a hole-in-one Aug. 4 was Jeff Morzeinski using a nine iron, 178 yards and witnessed by Jeff McCullough; Jim Dasho of Roscommon on #7, 155 yards, using an 8 iron witnessed by Al Page and Aug. 7 and Randy Wilcon […]
Bazuin breaks modified record for qualifying time
MERRITT – It was a fast track Saturday night as drivers timed in at Merritt Speedway. Out of 37 Michigan modifieds, only seven timed in over 16 seconds around the quarter mile dirt track. Jerry Bazuin of McBain timed in under 15 seconds with a 14.97, setting a new fast time in the modified division. Bazuin broke the record set […]
Sportsmans club to conduct hunter education
The Houghton Lake Sportsmans Club will be conducting Hunter Education classes beginning Aug. 21, at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse on Tower Hill Road. The DNR Dart Training system will again be used for a hands on type of shooting experience. Hunter Education is needed for anyone purchasing a hunting license in Michigan for the first time if they were […]
Watercraft racers hit Houghton Lake this weekend
Over 200 personal watercraft racers are expected to converge on Houghton Lakes West Shore Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 18 and 19) as Holiday on the Lake hosts its third Houghton Lake Waterfest. More than 50 races will be held each day, as well as slalom events on Saturday and freestyle events on Sunday. The races are the seventh and final […]