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Ryba Properties Tax Case Lingers On Mackinac Island City Council members approved their meeting schedule for 2006, received an update on the Ryba tax tribunal, rescheduled a public hearing on a proposed 26-room addition to a Mission area bed and breakfast, and approved five temporary motor vehicle permits Monday, November 21, during More ... Channels To Be Added to Island’s Cable Mackinac Island cable subscribers will have four new channels added to their program lineup, including Turner Classic Movies, The Learning Channel, Golf Channel, and Food Network. The finance committee has given its final consent for a 15-year contract with Charter Communications that will make the More ...
Seven eighth grade students at Mackinac Island Public School will compete Saturday, December 10 in the state Lego Robotics finals at Novi, after placing third in U.P. competition at Northern Michigan University November 18. They are (front row, from left) Tymon Horn, Jane Finkel, and Shelbie Mosley; More ... Youth Committee Considers Student Programs Youth Advisory Committee members talked about fall grant ideas that will impact Island youth during a meeting Tuesday, November 8. The YAC is a program of the Mackinac Island Community Foundation that instills in youth a sense of community service, leadership, and philanthropy. Members review and de More ...
Mackinac Island students will have an art show and a music program Wednesday, December 14, and the community is invited to attend. The music program is presented by students in grades kindergarten through seventh and begins at 7 p.m. More than 60 students participate in the art show and their work c More ... Latest Trend: Tourists Want To See Behind the Scenes By Karen Gould Getting a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes is the latest tread in tour packages. The tourism industry calls them affinity tours and the concept is nothing new to Mackinac Island business people, including those who attended the National Tourist Association convention in Detroit in November, More ... Island School Will Get Saving Paradise Fund Program Brought $84,000 To School District Last Year By Karen Gould Mackinac Island Public School students can expect to see the benefits of “Saving Paradise” funding again this year, said Superintendent Jack Dehring during the school board meeting Thursday, October 27. Though the amount the school will receive is not being made available, Mr. Dehring said he expect More ... Record Funding Given in Community Grants $100,000+ Will Benefit Community By Karen Gould A record amount in funding of more than $100,000 was granted during 2005 by the Mackinac Island Community Foundation to nonprofit projects that will benefit Islanders. Included has been $32,000 toward a new ambulance, with donations made by cottagers and business owners, and some $6,614 in grants th More ...
Mackinac Island students participating in the after school program called Puppets of Praise, sponsored by Mackinac Island Bible Church, will present the play “Born in a Barn” Thursday, December 15, at 4:15 p.m. in the multi-purpose room. The play is free and open to public. It is organized by Lori S More ... Dartball Hits Island Meeting Slated for Dec. 21 on New Sport Dartball hits the Island with an organizational meeting Wednesday, December 21, at 7 p.m. in Community Hall. Sponsored by the Mackinac Island Recreation Department (MIRD), the game is open to all ages, from high school on up. More ... Shows Planned at Opera House The Opera House in Cheboygan will host The Nutcracker by the Minnesota Ballet Wednesday, December 14, at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Thursday, December 15, at 7:30 p.m. A Christmas Collaboration featuring the Little Traverse Choral Society and The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra will be Sunday, December More ... Mexican Workers Find New World, New Home at Mackinac By Jessica Delaney Home is where the heart is, and nobody can attest to this better than the many Mexican workers working the summer season on Mackinac Island. More ... Police Raise Age to 60 for Motor Winter Transports A new senior citizen transportation policy is in place that increases the age requirement from 55 years to 60 years and offers three additional drop-off points. More ...
Timothy Kent, featured this fall at the annual meeting of Mackinac Associates at Mill Creek and with his wife, Doree, at Culturama festivities in St. Ignace, has received the 2005 State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan for his two-volume set of books, “Rendezvous at the Straits; More ...
Scenes of Mackinac Island dating to the late 1800s are the subject of a new book by Steven C. Brisson, chief curator at Mackinac State Historic Parks. Entitled “Picturesque Mackinac - The Photographs of William H. Gardiner 1895-1916,” the book includes more than 250 images. More ... Mackinac Island Community Foundation Meets New National Standards The Mackinac Island Community Foundation has met new national standards that rank it among the top nonprofits in the country, having complied with a tough set of new organizational and financial practices. Acceptance by a national team of reviewers, working under the Council on Foundations, allows t More ...
Former School Was Used as Indian Dormitory Superintendent Jack Dehring (left) has the longest ongoing tenure at the school, serving 32 years thus far. Secretary Barb Fisher has been with the school 17 years. More ... Outpost Restaurant Gets New Look, New Name The former French Outpost building, now called The Gate House and owned by Grand Hotel, is getting a face lift both inside and out, updated menus, and a new manager. More ... Michigan History Photo Contest Youth can enter the 2006 Michigan Week youth photo contest which documents Michigan history through photography. Youth aged 9 to19 as of January 1, 2006, are eligible to submit up to two photographs by February 1. More ... Student Opinions Given to Island Planners Youth delivered their opinions on Mackinac Island’s future in the form of a survey reviewed by the Master Plan Committee Tuesday, October 18. The 34 students in grades eight through 12 were asked to complete a four-question survey and 28 of them did so, providing committee members with additional in More ...
Learning tradition In 1960, education on the Island expanded to include all grade levels and a new school was built on the shoreline of Lake Huron. Newcomers to the school, the kindergarteners, sitting at the school playground, are (from left, in back) Cheyla Shunk, Gabriel Kromer, Grace Roguska, a... More ... Volunteer Names Now Accepted To nominate a person for the 2006 Mackinac Island Volunteer of the Year, obtain an application at City Hall or call Recreation Department Direc-tor Leanne Brodeur at 847-3853. Nominees can be residents or frequent Island visitors. Announcement of the winner is usually in December. More ...
By Karen Gould “It’s a job for them,” said Theresa Ingelis, whose two daughters, Courtney, 15, and Carin, 13, have been participating in the nonprofit Cheboygan County livestock program for four years. Their father, Mark, is a captain for Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry. More ...
By Tom Pfeiffelmann Some of my earliest and fondest memories were of Christmas time and all that went with it: the mainland shopping trips, going up into the woods and picking out a tree, Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, the school parties, going house to house Christmas Day to see what my buddies got, the community par More ... Four Places Open on New Year’s Eve Open to celebrate the new year on New Year’s Eve will be the Mustang Lounge, the Village Inn, and Patrick Sinclair’s Irish Pub. More ... Park Commission Sets 2006 Meetings The Mackinac Island State Park Commission will meet five times in 2006, all meetings to begin at 1:30 p.m. Commissioners will meet in Lansing Friday, January 27, and Wednesday, March 22, and on Mackinac Island Friday, May 26, Friday, July 21, and Friday, September 22. More ... Mackinac Island Churches Schedule Winter Activities Following is a list of activities planned by Island churches. More ... Mackinac Island To Get New Plows Next Year Federal Funding To Replace Aging Plows Two new snowplows will be heading to Mackinac Island next winter. The new plows will replace the 14-year-old and 18-year-old snowplows that the Mackinac Island State Park Commission now uses to clear the Mackinac Island airport and city and state roads on the Island. More ... Committees Set Winter Schedules Mackinac Island City Council will consolidate monthly committee meetings during the winter. The decision was made during council’s regular meeting Wednesday, October 26. More ... Blankets Sought in Charity Drive More than 100 blankets, new and used, were donated in St. Ignace to those in need over the Thanksgiving holiday. More ... |
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