by Sandy Planisek Mackinaw News Events in Mackinaw City

September 25 Wednesday • Seed saving talk, library, 6 pm

September 28 Saturday • Civil War reenactors in Negaunee, 9:30 am - 4 pm

October 2 Wednesday • Musicians and potential musicians meet, library, 7 pm • October 3 Thursday Public Hearing on N. Huron Rd. project 7 pm, school

October 4 - 5 Friday, Saturday • Fort Fright, Colonial Michilimackinac, 6:30 - 9:30 pm • Great Pumpkin Hunt - completed card due Sun. 4 pm at Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers • Start of Fall Shopper’s Festival • FIREWORKS FRIDAY

October 5 Saturday • Glo Run, Trailhead, 9 pm • Cider and Donuts, Marina lawn, 2 - 4 pm, free • Fall Harvest, McGulpin Point, 11 am, $

October 9 Wednesday • The birds and fungi, talk by Marilyn Smith, Cheboygan library, 6 pm

October 11 Friday • FIREWORKS FRIDAY

October 12 Saturday - Fall into Mackinaw • Monster Mash Street Bash, Central Ave., 11 am - 10 pm • Marketplace, big tent, 11 am - 5 pm • The Big Dog Eating contest, 3 - 3:30 pm • Creepy Critter Parade, Old School Park to downtown, 12:45 pm • Weenie Roast, 11 am - 4 pm • Bounce House and petting zoo, 2 - 6 pm • Fudge Prowl, 11 am - 7 pm • Live Music, 11 - 2 pm, 4 - 7 pm • Street Dance, 7 - 10 pm

September 22, 2019 page 1 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle ESD (ISD) burned down Friday night

Register Now for Glo Big or Glo Home

Saturday, October 5th, 9 pm

Meet at 8:30 pm at Trailhead in Mackinaw City FEATURING: DJ Evan Archambo

Our creative gurus on the Fall Into Mackinaw team are excited to invite you to the second annual “Go With The Glo 5K!” this fall! We’ll have prizes for the most glowing man, woman, and team, as well as the biggest team!

Cost- $25.00/person. $5.00 off per person if you register as a team of 4.

Community Presentation Series for Heart Healthy Living

McLaren Northern Michigan invites the public to free presentations on heart healthy living, offered on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at the John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion and Dialysis Center, located at 820 Arlington Avenue in Petoskey.

Upcoming Presentations: September 24: Jason Ricci, MD, will present information on the Structural Heart, an umbrella term that encompasses the full scope of conditions caused by defects or abnormalities in the heart’s valves, walls, and/or muscle.

October 22: Daniel Buerkel, MD, will discuss the electrical system of the heart including common problems and treatments, such as Pacemakers, ICDs, CRTs, loop recorders, ablations, and medication management.

November 26: David Corteville, MD, will focus on understanding and managing your blood pressure, one of the primary risk factors for cardiovascular disease. His care philosophy is “to strive to use the latest research on procedures, medication, diet, and exercise to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease.”

For more information on the Heart Healthy Living Group community presentations, please call 231-487-4000, or visit mclaren.org/northernclasses.

September 22, 2019 page 2 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek Comets Sports Schedules Thru November 2019 VOLLEYBALL

Mon. Sep. 23 Vanderbilt A 5:30PM Tue. Sep. 24 Maplewood H 5:30PM Thu. Sep. 26 JV Tri @ NMCA vs. Ellsworth 5:00PM Fri. Sep. 27 Var Tri @ NMCA vs. Ellsworth 5:00PM

Tue. Oct. 1 Alanson H 5:30PM Tue. Oct. 8 Boyne Falls A 5:30PM Thu. Oct. 10 JV Tri @ Home vs. Alba, Alanson 5:00PM Fri. Oct. 11 Var Tri @ Home vs. Alba, Alanson 5:00PM JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL Sat. Oct. 12 Gaylord JV Tourney A Games start at 5:30 Tue. Oct. 15 Alba H 5:30PM Thu. Oct. 17 JV Tri @ Harbor Light vs. Vandblt, HabrLt 5:00PM Mon. Sept. 23 Alanson BOYS H Fri. Oct. 18 Var Tri @ Harbor Light vs. Vanderbilt, Hbr Lt 5:00PM Wed. Sept. 25 Boyne Falls A Tue. Oct. 22 Ellsworth A 5:30PM Mon. Sept. 30 Alba (BOYS) H Thu. Oct. 24 NMCA A 5:30PM Mon. Sept. 30 Bishop Baraga (GIRLS) H Mon. Oct. 28 DeTour H PARENTS NIGHT 5:30PM Wed. Oct. 30 Mackinac Island (Home Scrimmage - 3pm-4:30) 3:00PM Wed. Oct. 2 Ellsworth (BOYS) A Mon. Oct. 7 NMCA (BOYS) H Sat. Nov. 2 Boyne City Varsity Invitational Wed. Oct. 9 Vanderbilt (BOYS) A Nov. 4-Nov. 9 Districts TBD Wed. Oct. 9 St. Ignace (GIRLS) A Fri. Oct. 11 Harbor Light (BOYS) A Mon. Oct. 14 Vanderbilt( BOYS) H Mon. Oct. 14 Bishop Baraga( GIRLS) H Wed. Oct. 16 Wolverine A Fri. Oct. 25 NMCA (BOYS) A Girls play first on Mondays (Home Games) Boys play first on Wednesdays (Away Games) ***Some games are Boys only when noted CROSS COUNTRY Start Time

Thur. Sept. 26 Mackinaw Club Invitational 4:00 Mon. Sept. 30 EUPC Meet - Engadine 4:00

Wed. Oct. 2 Conf. Jamboree at Boyne Falls 5:00 Sat. Oct. 5 Pellston Invitational. 10:00 Mon. Oct. 14 EUPC Meet - Newberry 3:00 Wed. Oct. 16 Conf. Jamboree at Mackinaw City 5:00

Sat. Oct. 19 Class D State Championship Fri/Sat. Oct. 25-26Regionals Basketball 1957 under Coach Sat. Nov. 2 State Finals McMahon page 2 September 22, 2019 page 3 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek Keep Moving

That is the message from the school’s new Physical Education (PE) and Health teacher, Elijah May. His goal is to get every student moving while learning a love for lifetime fitness.

His curriculum for the six PE classes he is teaching includes a series of units on sports. A unit consists of learning the fundamentals of the sport, practice for a few days, and then some type of competition. They have completed a unit on tennis ending with an in-class tournament and the winning prize of a candy bar. Competition motivates students and they really worked at tennis. Some even pressed their parents to play outside of class – the ultimate success for Elijah. This unit will be followed with units on things like softball, basketball, dodge ball, etc.

His biggest surprise has been the fantastic students. Every grade level except 8th and 12th have PE classes so he is meeting nearly every Mackinaw student. They are well behaved and hard working, going beyond what he asks of them. He is also thrilled with the facilities at the village park adjoining the school. He raved about having four tennis courts available.

The most fun has been coaching girl’s Jr. High Basketball. The team of 10 girls has learned many skills, has a winning record, and the girls have fun playing. Elijah May The biggest problem is that there is only one other school, Boyne Falls, which has enough girls to put up a full team. So only five games could be scheduled.

In the meanwhile, Elijah is learning the duties of Athletic Director from the new A. D., Jake Huffman. He is also considering his lesson plans for next semester when he will be teaching five Health classes and one PE. How can he put action into textbook studies such as nutrition and kinesiology, the study of the body’s movement?

Elijah was born in Rudyard where he went to school through 8th grade. There his dad is a teacher of math and now middle school. For the higher grades Elijah transferred to Maplewood Baptist Academy in Kinross where he played football, basketball, and baseball. Then on to college at Marantha Baptist University in Watertown, Wisconsin where he played baseball. He graduated last December with a BA in Physical Education and Health and a minor in Coaching. He took advantage of the second half of the school year to sub in a variety of schools in the eastern U.P. spending considerable time in Brimley.

He is putting down roots in Mackinaw. He has found a place to rent and in the spring, when his fiancée graduates, they will get married and make Mackinaw their home.

I can’t think of anything that would make me want to get outside more than having an office in a storage closet.

September 22, 2019 page 4 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek Girl’s Junior High Basketball Team

The team in back from left: Jersey Beauchamp, Gracie Beauchamp, Coach May, Kerry-Ann Ming, Katelynn Cross Front: Cynthia Thompson, Grace Sroka, Vanessa Groenewoud, Addie Pietrowski. Missing: Caylynn Hartman and Mia House.

page 4 September 22, 2019 page 5 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek Village Hall News PUBLIC HEARING ON N. HURON AVE. October 3, 7 pm, at the school

News of the possible changes to the plan for N. Huron Ave. brought two citizens with comments to the council meeting. Rob Most, living in the northern end of the project where there are no driveways, asked the council to move the road as far west as possible to give the four residences without driveways a place to park off the street. He also asked that the council be frugal. Bob Glenn, speaking as a driver of Shepler’s buses, noted that he drives people up and down N. Huron probably

The N. Huron road project has turned into a park project with roads now that $4 million is promised from the state. The village engineers sent this draft plan before they knew of the possible 2-lane modification. Notice September 22, 2019 page 6 that the plan features the affected parks and a connector loop along Henry and Sinclair. Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek

75 times per day and the visitors identify the town with the boulevard. He requested that council stick with the vote by the pubic at the earlier public hearing and keep the boulevard. He also noted that truck drivers are taught to park in the road not in parking areas, when making deliveries. Lastly, he said island visitors want to park close to the ferries and will chance a parking ticket. He does not think we need more parking spaces we need more enforcement of the 3-hour parking limit. He suggested the parking fine is equal to the fee to park at Shepler’s and the parking ticket is only given by chance, Shepler’s fee is a certain cost. Therefore, it is probabilistically cheaper to park on the street if planning to spend the day on the island.

Trustee Michalak questioned the wisdom of designing a road that starts as a 2-lane road, switches to a boulevard, then back to 2-lane, and again back to boulevard. He also questioned the need for more lakefront parking spaces. Surely people that are accustomed to walk four blocks across a shopping mall parking lot can walk a block or two to the lake front. Other discussion noted that there is a lot of potential parking around Old School Park.

No specific time limit to make the road decision has been identified. But everyone agreed that now is the time to make decisions on the road layout. So a second public hearing will be held on October 3 to get more input from the public.

The marina will close on September 30th, later than most nearby marinas, with the anticipation of late in the month demand for slips and fuel. The diesel fuel is selling well. Positive comments have been received about the updated landscaping of the marina and the friendly staff. Other staff reports revealed that Jacey, the parking enforcement officer, has been working weekends while back in school, but next weekend will be her last for the season. From the water department, the new well near the school, now officially Well #5, is working fine. Cross-connection inspections of the water system, for any possible intrusions into the system, are an ongoing function of the water department.

A private land sale from the village to Sharon Zulski was presented as a resolution that the council approved. The land will be sold for $21,200. The land will not interfere with the trail planned through the area.

Doug Gregory requested to buy land west of his KOA, at 566 Trailsend Rd., up to the village utility easement along the DNR trail. This constitutes roughly 14 acres. The land is the old dump and is limited in how it can be used. The village has no use for it. The village agreed to sell the land on the condition that Mr. Gregory pay the costs of The Zulski sale is the red parcel determining if camping spots will be allowed on the site because of its former dump status. If EGLE determines it is not suitable then Mr. Gregory would like to buy enough land adjacent to his property for a road that would facilitate more large RV pull-through sites on his property. Once the terms of a sale are determined then a value will be placed on the land. The council agreed to this plan.

The Parks and Recreation committee discussed an ordinance to create a Parks Board. Ron Dye explained that such a board could help staff with their workload, open the possibility of more grants, provide a long-term view of park development, and bring more citizens into the discussion of parks. The council would have final jurisdiction on all park decisions. The committee worked through the ordinance language, made a few suggestions, and sent it back to the attorney for final compilation, recommending that the ordinance be pushed forward.. The ordinance will then be taken to the village council for consideration.

The Finance committee met to discuss the needed upgrades to the Recreation Center required for the beauty salon according to the Emmet County Building department. The improvements would cost $11,566 much of which is for an air exchanger and furnace. When the committee asked why a new furnace would be required, no one could answer. It was not certain whether the Emmet County building inspector required a furnace or just recommended one. This question will be investigated further. In the meantime the salon will have to wait. A 5-year lease has been requested instead of the 1-year lease originally negotiated. page 6 September 22, 2019 page 7 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek

New Shepler’s boat to be named the William Richard

Bill Shepler, now 87-years-old and still working the dock, will be the namesake of the new Shepler’s boat. The boat, to be launched next May and to be in use next summer, will cost $4 million, sport four jet engines, and travel up to 30 mph. It will hold 210 passengers, part of the 600,000 carried to the island each season.

Bill Shepler CEO, Mallory Shepler, Chris Shepler, Billy Shepler, Patty Shepler, and Ellyce Shepler with the unveiled William Richard

Cheap Canadian Medicines Considered in Michigan Legislature A Michigan Senate bill, SB 525, with bipartisan support would let Michigan residents bring in cheaper medicines from Canada. “For years, Michigan patients have struggled to afford the inflated prices of lifesaving and quality-of-life prescriptions while people in Canada can get the exact same medication for a fraction of the cost,”said Senator Ruth Johnson who introduced the bill. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says people in the United States spend an average of $1,200 annually on prescription drugs, more than any other country in the world. Colorado, Florida, Maine and Vermont have passed similar legislation

Source: https://www.gongwer.com/programming/news.cfm?Article_ID=581810106

How to Avoid an E-Mail Scam A study of scam emails has produced this list of things to watch for: Bad grammar Florid language Technical and professional sounding language (often trying to sound like an attorney) Urgency to act Unrealistic but intriguing narratives (someone down on their luck)

Interestingly, half of the scams discovered are from Nigeria. The rest often from Africa and the Middle East.

Here is an example: “Pardon the abruptness of this letter; it is due to it exigency.” from: The Language of Scam Spams: Linguistic Features of "Nigerian Fraud" E-Mails by Deborah Schaffer ETC: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. 69, No. 2 (April 2012), pp. 157-179, Institute of General Semantics

September 22, 2019 page 8 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek 25 YEARS AGO 1994

Despite the headline, it didn’t happen (at least at that time), Lieghios did not buy the downtown railroad property, but it started a flurry of activity at Village Hall. The council was considering condemning the property for public use, especially the portion just south of downtown. It could be used for parking to support the downtown businesses. The old depot could become a museum. Stan McRae, local assessor, suggested that this parcel might be worth as much as $400,000. Who would pay for it if the village condemned it? Would all residents benefit or only the downtown businesses? Would all residents of town be asked to pay or would the DDA pay? The other main available parcel was the railroad dock. The dock serves as a breakwall for the marina and thus is important to the village. It also houses the historic A-frame.

Joe Lieghio indicated his desire to build a winding road through the railroad property from N. Huron Ave. to Nicolet. He was also in favor of the village opening both Lake St. and Railroad Ave. all the way from N. Huron page 8 September 22, 2019 page 9 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek 25 YEARS AGO 1994 American Legion Was 75 Years Old in 1994, so now it is 100 The wreath forms the center of th emblem The rays of the sum and pays tribute to those brave comrades symbolize justice, who gave their lives for their country. loyalty, freedom and democracy, which dispel the darkness of violence and evil.

A new sign was installed at the American Legion in honor of its 75th birthday The outer bronze ring pledges loyalty and The two golden rings symbolize the two Americanism. The inner ring stands for The star is the victory symbol of objectives of care for sick and disabled service to our community, our state, and WWI, signifying honor, glory and veterans and the wholesome development of our nation. constancy. America’s children and youth.

to Nicolet. Joe did not have a detailed plan for the railroad property but suggested lining the new curvy street with stores, perhaps merchandise outlet stores. The council agreed to hire a surveyor to delineate the several parcels of railroad property in town, and agreed to a full-day retreat for council to discuss their long-range planning.

A new ambulance and new EMT class were in the planning. Council was looking for an ambulance location and mention the village-owned lot on 3rd street that might be suitable.

Water rates went up 6.66%. leaving the rates lower than those of St. Ignace and Mackinac Island.

Fudgie radio, the radio station announced in August as being open, was sold to the Reynolds of Cheboygan and its offices were moved to Mackinaw Hwy in Cheboygan.

September 22, 2019 page 10 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek 25 YEARS AGO A bed and breakfast was defined as a place where the residential owner of a home would offer overnight lodging and breakfast. The B&B was limited to eight sleeping rooms. The number of rooms available for rental would be eight minus the number used by the family. The main use of the home must be as a residence, the B&B use must be secondary.

Stan McRae approached council asking for them to get rid of the geese. He noted that one Canadian Goose deposits a half pound of manure every day. Margaret Kurta vouched that they were a problem for lake-front owners. Jim Carman noted them in Henry Park. Lisa Pallagi, harbormaster, said they made a slippery mess on the wooden docks.

A boat explosion at the marina in August was not the fault of the boat owner nor the marina staff. A starboard leaky valve in the boat caused the explosion. But it led to a major discussion of marina facilities. Safety equipment needed to be moved away from the fuel dock so it would not be damaged by an explosion. Also an automatic kill switch, that would turn off electricity and fuel to the fuel pumps, was recommended for the marina office and the fuel dock. The marina showers were old and mildew stained and needed upgraded. ADA compliance for all village bathrooms had to be achieved by January. The bathrooms at Village Hall were not accessible and making them so would reduce the number of stalls from two to one in both the men’s and women’s restrooms.

Karl V. Heilman, the first Heilman born in Cheboygan County, died at age 95. Other news: The library celebrated the opening of the Michigan room on August 21st. It was remembered that Judy Ranville started the library with 750 books stacked on tables in the Women’s Club 28 years earlier.

The police department arrested people on felony charges of shoplifting. Stolen property worth $6,848 was recovered.

The State Historic Parks were planning Autumn Fest.

The library was planning the fall rummage sale for November 10th and 11th. They also announced an increase in late book fines to 10¢ per item per day.

The sewer project on Lake St. came in 25% over estimates. Bids for paving the road came in so high that the council decided to wait and bid the project out later during the winter when contractors might be more eager for work. Lakeside sewers were also finished and came in only 1% over bid.

Ron Lewis issued his murder mystery called Murder in Mackinac which featured several local citizens, to some concern.

The village decided to bid out its contract for buying fuel for village vehicles every five years.

Twenty-four applications for the open village manager position were received.

Names in the news that we no longer hear: Bill Bennett, Karen Riker, Bill McGuinness, Ted Utchen, Mike Arnold, John Leithausr, Scott Balyo, Lawrence Goldman, Judy Oliver, Dorothy Wallin, Don Schappacher, Kathy Lampi, Miriam Peppler, Fred Leete, and Keith Darling. page 10 September 22, 2019 page 11 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek Should the U.S. or Canada build Great Lakes icebreakers?

Despite Coast Guard press releases that tout the joint efforts of U.S. and Canadian icebreaking on the Great Lakes, the Lake Carriers Association, the trade organization of U.S. shipping companies, complains that most of the Great Lakes freighters, 80, are Canadian. Only 46 are U.S. But the U.S. is providing most of the icebreaking service.

While Canada is putting a lot of money into icebreakers, the new ships are headed to the Arctic where climate warming is opening new trade routes and a rush for maritime dominance. The Great Lakes are not getting enough attention according to the Lake Carriers.

The Unites States currently has one major Great Lakes icebreaker, the Mackinaw, and eight smaller ice breakers. Canada Duluth News Tribune only has two Great Lakes icebreakers, The Katmai Bay, Morro Bay and the Mackinaw down from seven a few years ago. The U. S. has stepped in and picked up the workload.

An article in the Duluth News Tribune explains this disparity and says, “Epic ice coverage in 2013-15 and again in 2019 has set back the industry and left shipping operations struggling to start the season. A single day’s delay is estimated to cost $500,000 per vessel.”

The U.S. Congress has earmarked $10 million to “scope” the need and design for a new icebreaker. (BTW Mackinaw City’s council has requested to be home port.) But it will take several years and more money to get it built. Canada is funding six new icebreakers, but probably all for Arctic use. Perhaps an old Canadian vessel will be transferred to the Great Lakes. Canada’s Samuel Risley

Source: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/4664285-Great-Lakes-icebreaking-yields-frosty-debate

Microplastics in our life

There is growing concern about microplastics and the effect they may have on human health. A recent report says that 60% come from laundry lint, fibers that wash out of our synthetic clothes like fleeces. These are tiny and get airborne and water borne. An average person swallows 74,000 particles a year.

There are traps available for your laundry process. CoraBall is a filter you throw in with your wash. One test showed it reduced microplastic by 26%. Lint LUV-R is a wall mounted filter that reduced lint 87%. Is there any advantage to burning our lint? Melt those plastics into a bigger blob? I couldn’t find any such advice.

Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/microplastics-in-fresh- page 12 water-are-mostly-laundry-lint/ September 22, 2019 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek To Light a Fire Fall camping season is here and a good bonfire is always fun. Getting it started can be another thing. So I talked to an expert, the blacksmith at Colonial Michilimackinac. Daily he and his colleagues build fires the traditional way, with flint and steel but their process works just as well with matches.

Here are the ingredients: • cedar pounded with a hammer until fluffy - about a cup • birch bark whittled as fine as a paper match - about 2 tablespoons • char cloth - a piece of cotton that has been baked in a tin in a fire until black This is the shape typical of steels found • something to make a spark - an old gun flint and a piece of hard steel like that in a at Michilimackinac. You hold the curled file or for those us more modern, a match part. Most steels are just flattened ovals. • splints of cedar Steels were imported in vast numbers, to be traded to Native Americans. Today • charcoal (or wood) to sustain the fire the import market is non-existent so the steels are made on site. In the ultimate irony, the charcoal was historically made at Colonial Michilimackinac but today it is brought in from a store.

cedar birch

You can barely see the edge of the flint protruding past the cloth. The trick is not to nick your finger.

Here is the process: • Lay the char cloth on the flint very close to the flint’s edge • Strike the hard steel across the flint, swiftly - bits of steel, on fire, will fly off (this does not work with ordinary steel) and start the cloth on fire • Once you see a glow on the char cloth touch it to the cedar, blowing slightly • Loosely gather the cedar around the char cloth page 12 September 22, 2019 page 13 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek

Amazing how many sparks a strike makes. It took about three The splints of cedar, lower left, are the size of a pencil strikes to get a fire.

• When the bundle gets warm put it in the fire pot in the center of the fireplace • Add the birch shavings, which will flare up because of their oil content • Stack the splints of cedar into a tee pee over the fire • Have charcoal at hand to place around the nascent fire, warm it, then gradually move it in place to become the fire

fire pot Young boys were enthralled with the tools. Apparently they understand flint and steel from the game Minecraft. September 22, 2019 page 14 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek Mackinaw History Fred Heilman - moving to the Straits of Mackinac area

Letter #7 (I was about 10 years old) We arrived at Big Rapids at noon and Father put us in a hotel and arranged for us to stay all night and he went out on foot to where there was a German settlement and came back the next forenoon with a farmer and his team and we all piled in the wagon and drove about twelve miles north mostly through the woods, where we came to a small cabin where we unloaded and prepared for the night. The man who owned the cabin had built a larger log house for his family. Father had bought a cook stove and some other things as our goods had not arrived. By the time we got the stove set up and fire built and supper over it was getting dark. We had no beds nor mattresses only straw ticks which the farmer let us fill at his straw stack which was none too dry, but we were all tired and soon were asleep, and next morning was Sunday, so Father read from the bible and they sang a hymn and Father read a sermon and then gave us a good talk. I have often thought of that. He said, we are in a new country and though it seemed that we had come a long way, it really was not so far, it was the bad roads and lack of other conveniences that made it seem far, and this cabin is small but it is shelter and we won't be here for long, so we must all do our share, especially you two eldest boys. Help your Mother all you can in every way, she has the hardest part to do so you must work for her, get wood for her right over there (pointing). Mr. Kenitz says they hewed all the logs for his new house, there are lots of chips there, get them for Mother, then you must bring water from the creek which was near, and help her in every way you can, will you do that for us? And I, he said, will try and find a good place for us somewhere around here and build a house and we will make a home of our own. That cheered us all a lot and as he Little Traverse Museum Little Traverse

Petoskey Train Station page 14 September 22, 2019 page 15 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek

said kept us from getting homesick, but Father was several days finding a place as he was particular to get good soil, then the little board house that someone had built was not on the place and had to be torn down and moved and put up again and as it was six miles away. It took him quite a while to get ready. It was May, a nice warm spring day, our goods had arrived at Big Rapids and we moved on our new farm. It took two teams, one for most of our goods, and the other for Mother and the children and our new stove and other things and we men folk walked. The road was narrow and crooked and sometimes trees had to be cut to let the loads by. It all made a vivid impression on my mind and as I write this I am living it all over again. There was a small clearing where the house stood and all around was dense forest. There was a small creek about forty rods away for our water supply, but Henry and I each had a new ax.

Mine was red and his was blue and we would soon cut those trees down. Our nearest neighbor was one half mile Cushman House away, then there were two families within the next mile and none other for about four miles, but luckily our nearest family, Munro by name, had two boys about our age and we got along fine together. They seemed to be as glad to have us as we were to have them, but Oh how lonesome we used to get. I was about ten years old at this time as near as I can figure it out.

Letter #8 We planted all the ground that was cleared to potatoes and garden and cut down and cleared about an acre more and sewed it to roota beggies, two more families moved in and settled a mile north of us and there were three boys and two girls. Father built an addition to the end of the house fourteen feet long and same width of the house so we were comfortably taken care of. We spent summer clearing land and as more families kept coming and some settled on railroad land there were quite a few people in our neighborhood and that winter we had four months school in a little building put up for the purpose half a mile east of our home. Next year the G R & I Railroad was built to Big Rapids and then to where Reed City now is and on farther north, a sawmill was built a mile and a half north of us, then a new schoolhouse was built so we went to school in winter and cleared more land in summer to raise more crops to feed more stock, to get money to clear more land and build barns and fences and buy clothes for us growing boys and girls. And so the years slipped by and I being attached to my home was happily and quite content to let them go. Then when I was eighteen years old I suddenly awoke to the fact that I was nearly a man and ought to begin to think of a future for myself and I decided to become a telegraph operator and knew I would have to have money to learn telegraphy, so when I was nineteen years old I told Father that when the fall work was done I would go to Clam Lake (now Cadillac) to work in a Lumber Camp for the winter and next summer I would learn telegraphy. So I went to camp for the winter about Nov. 1st, l876, and came home April tenth 1877, and I found Father alone on the farm, an old man with Mother and two girls and I just could not leave them. So I used my own money for clothes and worked on the farm that summer. My vision of telegraphy was quite dim and I had another picture of a homestead up north near Straits of Mackinaw [sic], so I went into camp again near Cadillac Oct. 20th, 1877, and came home in March 1878. I was now twenty one years old and on the 1st of April I started for the North and my homestead which was a dense forest and which I was to make into a farm. I had my trunk of clothes and a double bitted ax and lots of courage and a memory for the girl I left behind.

September 22, 2019 page 16 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek

Letter #9 During the first week in April, 1878 I was saying goodbye to my many friends and places I had looked upon as my world and getting ready to go north to the end of Michigan at the Straits of Mackinaw [sic]. I did not know what I would find in my new home but I did realize that I was leaving a lot of friends and places that I had learned to love very much, but my face was set northward and north I would go.

So on the 5th day of April 1878 Father took me and my trunk and my double bitted ax to Reed City and I took the train for Petoskey, then the end of the GR & I Railroad, and arrived about five o'clock P.M. Well one could stand at the depot and see every building in the place and I had never seen so much water in my life before. And just think next day I would ride on a real steamboat north on Lake Michigan, East through the Straits of Mackinaw to Lake Huron and into the mouth of the Cheboygan River to Cheboygan itself. What a trip that would be and was I excited, well I guess so and to think I was to be so cruelly disappointed, but when the morning came it was all changed. Next morning when I came downstairs at the Cushman House to breakfast I was told that the Menominee was out there and would probably not come in for the wind was blowing a gale right in shore and no protection. And so it was, the boat waited about an hour and then sailed away on her course, well I was very much discouraged and said so, and asked if there was no other way to go. Then a young man came to me and said, a man came from Cheboygan yesterday with a team bringing the mail and was going back today so if you are alone he can take you. I said let's see him at once, so away we went to the barn where he was hitching his team to a spring wagon and when I asked him he said one small man and one small trunk, yes I can take you. So I got up with him and we drove to the post office for the mail then to the hotel for my trunk, and then on our way. Now you can take any good road map and follow our course by way of Bay View, Conway, Alanson, Brutus, where we took dinner and fed the horses. Those towns were not there, no railroad was there, only dense forest. At Brutus one house to accommodate the stage line that went between Petoskey and Cheboygan with the mail and an occasional passenger like myself, then we passed Northeasterly between Burt and Douglas Lakes and by the high springs to Riggsville settlement. Well I had heard that it was only seven miles from Riggsville to where I wanted to go so I had him take my trunk to a house, and parted company with my friend the mail carrier, and started along a trail road on foot, and no grass grew under my feet on that trip, and just at sundown I arrived at Mr. Munro's place near Munro Lake about a mile from my homestead and was I tired, and this was Saturday night and I had spent the whole day getting about thirty miles from Petoskey. Until now I have not seen my place. I now start to construct my house.

Fred Heilman originally owned the big red square on the corner of Heilman and Levering Rd. Later he sold most of it, holding on to 40 acres in this 1902 map. page 16 September 22, 2019 page 17 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek Health Concerns in the News EEE Kills Three in Southern Half of State

The virus EEE goes in surges and recedes in a cycle. This year has seen an increase in human cases. Michigan has recorded seven cases in the southern part of the state. While hopefully it won’t spread this far north, our drought may keep the mosquitoes in the south, here are the symptoms that appear 4 - 10 days after a bite: • headache • high fever The female cattail mosquito is a vicious biter, capable of penetrating This is the mosquito that bites humans, • chills clothing. They also are strong fliers, it is commonly known as the cattail • vomiting able to travel up to five miles. mosquito. Notice the black and white legs. It is a complex life cycle. One mosquito, Culiseta melanura, feeds on birds spreading the virus into the bird population. Another species of mosquito, Coquillettidia perturbans commonly called the cattail mosquito, feeds on birds and also horses and humans. This second species has a restricted habitat of cedar or red maple swampy areas and bogs. We see these mosquitoes with the white and black legs mostly in June. Like Lyme disease, where there is a vaccine for dogs but not humans, there is a vaccine for horses but not for humans. Sepsis Awareness Sepsis is the third leading cause of death in the United States, but few Americans know the signs and symptoms.

McClaren Press Release What is Sepsis? Sepsis is the body’s life-threatening response to an infection. Without the right treatment, sepsis can cause organ failure, amputation, and death. More than 1.7 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with sepsis every year – that’s one person every 20 seconds. Thousands of lives can be saved each year by simply raising awareness of its symptoms. Early recognition and treatment are key.

Who is at risk? Anyone with an infection can become septic. The risks are higher in babies, young children, the elderly, people with weakened immune systems, and those who suffer from a severe burn, wound, diabetes, AIDS, cancer, and kidney or liver disease.

What are the symptoms? Remember that with sepsis TIME matters when identifying symptoms.

• Temperature – higher or lower than normal • Infection – May have signs and symptoms of an infection • Mental decline – confused, sleepy, difficult to rouse • Extremely ill – “I feel like I might die,” severe pain or discomfort

What can you do to prevent or detect sepsis? • Get vaccinated against the flu, pneumonia, and any other infection that can lead to sepsis. Talk to your provider for more information. • Prevent infections that can lead to sepsis by cleaning scrapes and wounds, and washing or sanitizing your hands routinely. • If you have an infection, look for the signs of sepsis. If signs of sepsis are present, call your doctor or go to the emergency room immediately. This is a medical emergency. It is important to say, “I am concerned about sepsis.” September 22, 2019 page 18 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek

Lake Superior Temperature Has Increased 2°C

The Washington Post’s Chris Mooney and John Muyskens report from “Uruguay on a blob of warm water that covers 130,000 square miles of ocean that has led to strange things like a mass clam die off. . . . A Washington Post analysis of multiple temperature data sets found numerous locations around the globe that have warmed by at least 2°C over the past century. That’s a number that scientists and policymakers have identified as a red line if the planet is to avoid catastrophic and irreversible consequences.”

Lake Superior has reached that limit. Despite its huge size the lake’s summer surface temperature has risen 2°C over the last 30 years, says a faculty member at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. What is worse is the lake is one of the fastest warming lakes in the world. leading to less and less ice cover. This in turn leads to warmer summer waters. The lake is also hosting blue-green algae on its south shore - the poisonous kind we hear of in Lake Erie.

Read the entire article here https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/lake-superior-fast-warming-1.5277713

Race Correlates with Pregnancy Deaths

Scientists May Have Found a Key to the Common Cold

Scientific American magazine announced the research results that may hold the key to the cold. Inactivating a particular protein in human cells and mice provided immunity to a range of viruses, but an effective treatment is still a long way off. By Simon Makin on September 17, 2019

page 18 September 22, 2019 page 19 Mackinaw News by Sandy Planisek Lobbyist spending on Michigan state-wide elected officials

The top three recipients received more than any individuals in the past. They are:

1. Rep. Brandt Iden, Republican from Oshtemo Township, $5,682 Chairman of Ways and Means 2. Rep. Jim Lilly, Republican from Park Township, $5,325 Vice-chairman of Ways and Means 3. Rep. Lee Chatfield, Republican from Levering, $4,142 Speaker of the House

Source: Michigan Campaign Finance Network at http://mcfn.org/node/7358/record-amounts-of-free-food-for-some- lawmakers

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