Shave and a Haircut How Quickly the Need In- Luce County Camp- Creased Across the Board,” Ground Fills in One Salons Can Open Today; U.P
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Final e quarantine birthdays, page 8 Dan bets on cross country, Newberry News page 9 Vol. 135, No. 03 U.S.P.S. No. 383980 newberry-news.com June 10, 2020 $1.25 Today’s Weather 74/49 Tomorrow 61/41 Newberry, Michigan Briefs Community Action food distribution Community Action will hold the quarterly TEFAP distribution today, June 10 at the center. Steve Stiffler Distribution hours are 1 to 3 p.m. Participants can line up along John Street but Feeding must leave the intersections open. Food includes mostly America, shelf stable goods. Sign up is open to all ages. Volun- feeding teers are needed beginning at 9 a.m. Luce County Annual Car Show By Carol Stiffler canceled On Monday, June 8, the The Feeding America difficult decision was made truck rolled into Newberry to cancel the 27th annual on Wednesday, June 1, car- Tahquamenon Valley Mid- rying 450 boxes of dairy summer Classic Car Show, and 450 boxes of produce to previously scheduled for Carol Stiffler feed local families in need. July 17-18. This is due to Ken Estelle, CEO of Megan Francowiak at Carla’s Curls R Us gave Thomas Stiffler his first professional haircut in 2019, seen in constantly-changing Covid- Feeding America of West 19 guidelines that have this photo. As the Upper Peninsula moves into phase 5 in Michigan’s Safe Start plan, salons can reopen. Michigan, drove the truck to made planning for crowds, town himself and assisted sanitation stations, etc. un- with the distribution, which predictable. The annual he said is one of the larger event is planned to continue distribution spots in the U.P. next year. “We were surprised at Shave and a haircut how quickly the need in- Luce County Camp- creased across the board,” ground fills in one Salons can open today; U.P. enters phase 5 Estelle said. Typically, economic woes morning build slowly and lead to a By Carol Stiffler to be considered. How will bus transportation be vi- The Luce County Camp- gradual increased need. But able if kids have to sit one per seat, every other ground, located on North with a sudden state lock- As the coronavirus continues to lessen its grip on seat? How will kids eat lunch if no more than 50 of Manistique Lake, opened down and unemployment the state, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has promoted them are allowed in the lunchroom at a time? for the season on Thursday, benefits that took a long regions 6 and 8 to phase five of the state’s pandemic These are issues Tahquamenon Area Schools Su- June 4, and filled to capacity time to unravel, the need for recovery plan. Region 6 includes perintendent and High School Princi- that same morning. food assistance basically counties in the northern lower penin- pal Stacy Price has to contend with A line of would-be doubled overnight. sula, and region 8 is the entire Upper as the district prepares to return to campers and RVs filled the Estelle said Feeding Peninsula. classroom teaching on Tuesday, Sep- drive to the campground, America typically assisted There are six phases to the MI tember 8. where Luce County Parks about 200 local households Safe Start plan, with phase six occur- “There have been meetings for and Recreation Director Ben on distribution days last ring when the pandemic is over. weeks,” she said. “How all this will Rahilly assisted on scene. year. This year, they were In phase 5, we can meet indoors in look is up in the air.” “It took less than two feeding between 400 and groups of 50 or less, go to the The district will study CDC and hours from the time we 500 households at each movies and hair salons, and school local health department guidelines to opened the gate to when we visit, and supplies were can resume. Modifications for safety see how schools will be impacted. helped the last customer,” often exhausted before the will be required in each case - salon Foggers will be used to disinfect; he said. “Everyone that was line of recipients had been chairs must be 6 feet apart, and there will be no buffet line in the in line got a spot. The satisfied. masks are still required in public cafeteria, and safety will be the top campers were great and “Families in the U.P. were buildings. priority. everything went so Shannon Dewitt harder hit,” Estelle said. People are eager for a professional “My goal is to have things as close smooth.” “The U.P. is a clear priority haircut, to say the least. Shannon Dewitt, owner of to normal as possible,” Price said. “I know things for us.” Salon One Eleven in Newberry, says her phone has won’t be as they were prior to March 13, 2020, but Wellness Centers Last week’s food stop been ringing “off the hook” since news broke that teachers need to do what they know how to do with remain closed brought 23,000 pounds of professional cuts can resume today. students in front of them in the safest way possible.” For the safety of mem- food and cost about $3,500 “I will be happy to get back to normal life here That part will never change, Price said. “What has bers, patients, staff and the - costs that were covered by really soon,” Dewitt said. During her mandated time changed is what is the safest,” she said. community, the Helen New- an assisting agency. But the off, she enjoyed her family, worked around her Some safety standards make reopening impracti- berry Joy Hospital Wellness retail value of all that food house, and says she didn’t worry about her job. cal, at least for now. Centers in Newberry and was about $50,000, and was “People are always going to need haircuts,” she That’s the case at Fred Dunkeld’s Tahqua-Land Curtis will remain closed worth about $100 per said. “I knew this would pass eventually.” Theater, which can technically reopen but only at until further notice. household. Now comes the potentially tricky job of fixing all 25% capacity. With 140 seats in the theater, he’d be Current memberships will Needing help and accept- those quarantine haircuts people managed at home. limited to less than 40 guests, and they’d have to be placed on hold and will ing it are two different Even more tricky is the discussion of resuming squeeze by too close to the concession stand. resume when the center re- things, though. school, where so many individual components need See REOPEN, page 2 opens. See FOOD, page 2 You voted Now that the Upper When Newberry was Celery City Peninsula is in phase 5 of Michigan’s Safe Start plan, By Sterling McGinn About 38,000 celery plants were schools can technically raised by McFarlane and planted in resume. Exactly how is Over 100 years ago, Newberry the garden. The small but good still under discussion, and was widely known for its choicest crop raised in the 1886-87 season safety will be the top and crisp celery. For more than 60 proved celery could be grown in priority. years, Newberry’s celery was the muck lands of Newberry. shipped all over the country and In 1887, the Newberry Celery We asked on Facebook: If served at some of the finest hotels and Improvement Company Lim- coronavirus cases remain and train dining cars. ited was formed with W. O. Strong, at this level, would you be In 1885, John H. Sherman, su- W.C. McMillan, Wetmore Hunt comfortable sending your perintendent of the Peninsular and S. B. Wight as the managers. Courtesy of Sterling McGinn children to school in the Land Company and first president The company constructed build- fall? of the Village of Newberry, exper- J.G. VanTuyl, far left, is seen standing in the trenches in this photo of ings for the head gardeners and a With 380 votes, you said: imented in celery growing. He the former OK Celery fields in Newberry. storehouse for wintering the crops. tried several vegetables and se- One year later, eight and a half cured 100 celery plants from De- According to an article in the first The land company cleared, acres of celery were planted. A NO troit. edition of the Newberry News stumped and installed fencing on heavy frost and grasshoppers dam- The first attempt was not suc- dated June 10, 1886, “W.O. Strong, the eastern end of town along the aged a large portion of the celery. 25% YES cessful. The horses used to plow land commissioner, has ventured Detroit Mackinac and Marquette The following year saw a more the fields had to wear boards fas- upon an enterprise which will, un- Railroad. The article also stated, successful growing season. 75% tened to their feet to keep from doubtedly prove a success finan- “C. McFarlane, the company’s pro- See CELERY, page 12 sinking to their knees. Eventually cially and otherwise not only to the fessional gardener, is putting in a plan of systematic ditching was company, but also to the village of celery plants, which were raised in designed and the ground drained. Newberry.” hotbeds near the Newberry Hotel.” News 2 June 10, 2020 If winter comes, can spring be far behind? - Percy Bysshe Shelley Carol Stiffler Fred Dunkeld stands next to the ticket booth in his Tahqua-Land Theater, where he hasn’t shown a movie in months. REOPEN, continued “The only way I could maintain a six-foot distance is to keep people lined up on the sidewalk,” Dunkeld said.