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EAST JORDAN PUBLIC LIBRARY PO BOX G EAST JORDAN, MI, 49727 Gubernatorial hopeful visits Senate Majority Leader Republican John Engfer showed up in Boyne City and Charlevoix County Tuesday in a low key get acquainted campaign trip. Engler has just about announced he is going to run for Governor of Michigan against the present Governor Jim Blanchard. Here, visiting in the office of the Charlevoix County Press with Ins local county «-»mp.ign organizer Art Rouse, Engler said he thought the present Governor was beatable and hoped a grass roots campaign in rural areas will help make the difference in his winning the post The election is stifl a year away, but Engler hopes to get a good start by visiting every courthouse in every county yet this year. Northwest Michigan Vacationeer included in this issue Charlevoix County Press August 2,1989 Copyright, 1989. Sllbar Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved Volume 110, Number 23 August 2,1989 Copyright, 1989. Sllbar Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved 30 Cents Boyne OKs paving Michigan Ave. this month Boyne City officials agreed to ago. The connection of the two is $20,000. She was told the city did watering begins. was getting up there. shared by the condo development. spend an additional $32,000 sometime in the future as the city not have that kind of money to in Anderson was also told of the Commissioner Thelma Behling The city will pay a portion of the Tuesday to complete the paving of is still trying to pay for the in vest in that project at this time. cost of the presently sprinkled asked the city to send a letter to sidewalk, while the association West Michigan Avenue in the nor frastructure improvements before Commissioner Bill Grimm added areas when head maintenance man the Landings Condominium would have to foot the rest. th Boyne area. The paving con tackling any additional projects. that if the city does start a Butch Erber said that he has Association saying that they are That project will be brought up tract will include a four foot From Groveland, in front of the sprinkling system in the future, replaced many sprinkler heads so working on their suggestion con at the next weekly meeting, Fryk bikepath on both sides of the Charlevoix County Press, to Glen's the grass would have to be far for the area at Peninsula Beach. cerning sidewalks. She wanted the berg said. roadway. Market is another stretch of road watered almost every day, as the He said the heads cost about $20 city to figure out the cost of the The approval will complete the' that will see improvements in the root system grows shallow once each and the cost of maintenance sidewalk so that number could be second stage of the road. The first future, Frykberg said. stage, the leveling course, was He told the commissioners that completed last year after the the city is in the process of getting sewer and water mains were a grant that would help pay for the replaced. improvement and to try to do It was hit and miss at old engine show The funds to pay for the paving paving and other infrastructure will be coming from the voted in work in the area now, would be frastructure bond money that was self defeating. He said the grant approved several years ago. money would not be allowed to The road will be widened to ac pay for work that was already commodate the bike paths, about completed. four feet each, and the city is The paving cost will be at the trying to see if they could use a same price per unit as the paving new process of vinyl striping in done last year with the total stead of paint to delineate the road coming to about $32,000. from the bike paths. In other action, Chamber of The paving is expected to be Commerce Secretary Gloria An done during the month of August, derson asked if the city was con according to city manager Randy sidering or would consider the Frykberg, who added that they watering of the waterfront. She hoped it would be done before the said several members of the Retail Labor Day rush. Board had asked her if the city The bike path work will add could do it and she asked the city. about one-half mile of path and will Anderson was told that the cost eventually connect up with the for watering was investigated present bike lanes that were in several years ago and to just add a stalled on the Boyne City- sprinkling system to the Veteran's Charlevoix Road several summers Park was going to cost about News Briefs TheCharlevoix County Sheriffs Office has three dif ferent sized infant seats available for short or long term loans. Although there is a $20 deposit, it is refunded when the car seat is turned back into the office in good shape. The infant seats are used for infants traveling in One of the more interesting exhibits was this trailer full of water pumps, automobiles and are available by calling the Sheriffs Showing off a method of taking a saw into the woods in the old days was each working by the use of old "hit and miss'' engines. The exhibitor Department, 547-4461 and ask for Debbie. this exhibitor at the Old Engine Festival. brought the trailer up from the Midland area. * * * Once again, it is time for all those pioneers and those wanting to live like the pioneers to head out to the Jor dan Valley Sportsman's Club for-their annual August Rendezvous. There will be black powder shooting con tests, knife and hawk throwing events and many other contests. The public is invited free to the event which will take place Saturday and Sunday August 12th and 13th. The club is located on the East Jordan-Advance Road near Willie's Bar. * * * Boyne City will have at least one person represen ting the community at the 1989 National Boy Scout Jamboree which is being held this month near Washington, D.C. The only scout from this area is Robert Wosniak who lives out by Horton Bay. He is going as a member of Troop 201. * * * Buck Trent, also known as "Mr. Banjo" will be featured artist at this year's Boyne Firefighter's Association annual country music show. Trent is featured on "Hee Haw" and has also appeared at the Grand Ole Opry and as a featured performer with the Roy Clark Show. He is one of the nation's best known five-string banjo players. Tickets for the show, which With a four foot blade spinning, thtokgwMeuttosfaetatMs demon will be November 4th at the Boyne City High School, Bob GoUamlth and AD. Graham snowed off their steam tractors at the stration of a portable sawmill that would be set up in the woods. It took are availablefrom firefighters. show, taking part In the daily parade of equipment Graham wffl be sevef^mentooiieimtetlieniachhieastlielogswereDiinedmtothesaw byamovmgsleddevice. wmmmmm wmmmmm CHARLEVOIX COUNTY PRESS-August 2,1989 with Melissa Giem,Christopher Nancy Northup 582-9174 Neighbors Kelly united Peggie Kritcher and toddler son are her daughter Sue and Dusty Brian of Newport were here for Rhodes and family of Troy, his At a 1 p jn. ceremony on July 15, carried pink and white carnations, the past week visiting her mother- mother, Vi Rhodes, and Mr. and 1989 at the Free Methodist Church baby's breath and ivy. in-law, Mary Kritcher of Lakeview Mrs. Dennis Smith and two sons of of Boyne City, Melissa Giem, Village. Redford. daughter of David and Mary Lou Jessica Klein was flower girl in A welcome goes out this week Sunday was a lazy, hazy, and Nemec of Boyne City and the late a blush satin dress, designed and Dewey Giem, became the bride of to Cora Hunt...a new resident of fun day of summer as the Silver made by Janine Crego. Litaenburg Place. Street neighborhood gathered at Christopher Kelley of Boyne City. Jason Fox served as ringbearer. His parents are Barbara Kelley of Jack and Sally Moran have the Von Seamon home for a pot Christopher was served by returned after having spent a luck dinner and an afternoon of Boyne City and John Kelley of James Smith as best man; groom Jacksonville, Florida. week vacationing and camping on playing horseshoes. smen were Robert Kelley and their property on Big Manistique On Sunday afternoon, many Given in marriage by her Doug Crego. Brothers of the Lake in Curtis. mother and father in the double friends and relatives gathered at groom, Mike and Pat Kelley, ser Paul and Carolyn Crowder of the Doug and Marilyn Thayer ring ceremony performed by the ved as ushers. Rev. Wayne Bullock and the Rev. Grand Rapids were here this past home for a double birthday weekend visiting her parents, celebration. The honors went to Lane Eddy, Melissa wore a white A reception given by the bride taffeta gown embellished with Harold and Ruth Koteskey. two year old Douglas Fettig, son of and groom was held at the Holiday A group of 25 gathered at Elm Scott and Tammy Fettig, and Venice lace and pearls. It featured Inn. Their wedding cake was a ruffled full skirt with cathedral Pointe in East Jordan on Sunday grandpa Doug Thayer. created by Janine Crego. for the '89 Martin family reunion. There was no Boyne City Senior train and her veil held silk flowers After a wedding trip to and beads. She carried a bouquet Among those attending were the bowling this past week but Thur Mackinaw Island to Kings Island Wm.