Facility’s finance director proposes contract for reimbursement of payroll loans BENZIE COUNTY — The Maples Medical Care Facility told Benzie County Commissioners it is getting closer to financial independence and presented a plan for riding out the “short term financial blip” at a special meeting Thursday. Commissioners heard from Judy Martin, interim director for The [...]
THOMPSONVILLE — Radio control pilots from across the state filled the sky over the Thompsonville Airport with planes of all kinds and sizes, wowing hundreds of spectators with aerial acrobatics. The Benzie Area Radio Control Club held the 25th annual Spring Thing on Saturday, one of the largest radio controlled flying events in Northern Michigan. [...]
Residents still fighting to keep vehicles off private property GILMORE TOWNSHIP — Some Gilmore Township homeowners are still trying to get help from area law enforcement and municipalities in keeping motorists off private property on Lake Michigan beach. According to concerned property owners vehicles drive through private property after the end of Lake Boulevard, which [...]
FRANKFORT – The students of Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools were able to show of their artful side on May 16 when the high school hosted the annual Extravaganza Art Show. The event showcased student art work, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, quilting and digital design.
By KEN GRABOWSKI Staff Writer MANISTEE — As Bob Guenthardt looked around the spacious room filled with veterans at Seng’s Marina on Saturday afternoon he knew his vision from four years ago for Tight Lines for Troops had come true. It was that vision that provided the spark for Tight Lines for Troops and [...]
HOUGHTON – Students and teachers from Benzie Central High School headed to Michigan Technological University in Houghton last weekend to learn about the Great Lakes. The 10th Biennial Lake Superior Youth Symposium was held on May 16 to 19 at Michigan Tech, drawing middle and high school students and their teachers from Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota [...]
HONOR – Fourth grade students at Platte River Elementary School are heading to Lansing on Friday to learn about the state government of Michigan. Last Friday, the students had a preview of the trip when state Rep. Ray Franz, of Onekama, visited their class to talk about his job. Teacher Kim O’Connor wanted the students [...]
BY TOM STOBIE Frankfort Elberta Area Schools Superintendent “There is a place in America to take a stand: it is public education. It is the underpinning of our cultural and political system. It is the great common ground. Public education after all is the engine that moves us as a society toward a common destiny. [...]
EMPIRE — The summer season at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is starting Memorial Day weekend with ranger-led programs and special events. Ranger-led tours of the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive and Glen Haven Maritime Museum begin Saturday. Photographers can take part in the Picture Perfect Sleeping Bear program a 4 p.m. at the Philip [...]
FRANKFORT — The Alliance for Lupus Research is hosting a walk in memory of a Frankfort resident to raise awareness of the autoimmune disease. The fifth annual Frankfort Lupus Walk in Memory of Josephine VanHam will begin at 10 a.m. on June 1 at Mineral Springs Park in Frankfort. Last year, the Frankfort walk raised [...]