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As the Downtown Development Though the snow Authority has, in recent months, be• is apparently still gun to move seriously towards plan• EJ Lions to on order, the ning the demolition of the deteriorat• hold annual holiday season ing buildings located on the cornerof arrived in Boyne Main and Mill in the hopes of mak• ing the property more marketable, City on Friday tree sales viable investors turned up with pro• The East Jordan Lions Club anyway, with the posals that just may give the build• will hold its annual Christmas annual Santa ings new life. tree sales every weekend Parade. According to East Jordan city ad• through Dec. 16. The sales Afterwards, kids ministrator David White, reporting at will be held at the corner of lined up for a the recent regular city commission Mill and Main streets on Fri• chance to visit meeting, two investors have been se• day and Saturday, Nov. 30 and with St. Nick at the riously pursuing the properties, with Dec. 1, Friday and Saturday, Wolverine-Dilworth one. Bob and Liz Kroondyk of Boyne Dec. 7-8, and Friday, Saturday, City, having already submitted an of• Hotel. Here, and Sunday, Dec. 14-16. fer with the intention of creating re• Zachary Legato of Hours on Fridays will be from tail space with apartments above. The 3-5 p.m., Saturdays from 9:30 Boyne City is second proposal, put forth by Boyne a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday Dec. clearly delighted City builders Floyd and Todd Wright, 16 from 9:30-5 p.m. to have a face to has not yet culminated in a monetary Local delivery is available. face moment with offer, but is serious enough to have For more information, cal! Jeff the jolly old elf. lined up potential tenants for retail/ Argetsinger at 582-2770, Don business space. Peters at 536-7534, or Jim Through either proposal, total in• Shepard at 536-7679. vestment in the property could total approximately $1 million, said White. Holiday craft Please see INVESTORS on page 4 show set for Dec. 1 in Boyne City The 23rd annual Holiday A new chapter Hobbycraft show will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Satur• day, Dec. 1 in the Boyne City • Local resident Scott MacKenzie hired as the new High School gym, and will feature 85 crafters and artisans director of the Boyne City Chamber of Commerce this year, with all manner of After an extensive search which MacKenzie, said Miller. "I think successful antique business, produc• crafts, ornaments, home deco• included statewide advertising and we're all very excited about the pos• ing over $250,000 in annual retail rations and more for sale. turned up more than 90 applicants, the sibilities that are there." sales. The Child Study Club will Boyne City Chamber of Commerce In addition to going through the It was in North Carolina, too, that be on hand with free board of directors has hired a famil• actual hiring process, the committee MacKenzie became involved in • giftwrapping in a classroom iar local face as the organization's actually worked also to revise the job grassroots community organizing across from the high school new executive director. description for the director's position. through neighborhood organizations, media center, donations are Last week, the board offered the "What we did was gather job descrip• culminating with a stint as president welcome. position to Scott MacKenzie, who tions from other chambers," Miller of the Glenwood Neighborhood As• The event is sponsored by many will recognize as the chairper• said. They were, she added, "all over sociation. The experience opened the the Boyne City Foundation For son of the recent successful Boyne the place" in terms of what they re• door to involvement on the steering Educational Excellence. For Creative Playground project. quired; the committee simply "picked committee and later chairperson for more information, call Shirley MacKenzie accepted the job, and is the things we felt were important the Greensboro Civic Entrepreneur Howie at 582-7087. due to start full-time on Jan. 7, replac• here. Approved by the chamber Initiative, which worked to bring to• ing former director Debbie Thomp• board, the job description calls for a gether community leaders from di• son, who in September resigned af• director to be "more out in the com• verse backgrounds in order to facili• Hunter lost in ter ten years on the job. munity" now than previously. tate understanding and conflict reso• Jordan Valley "He's a great people person," said "Scott's job is going to be more face lution. board president Nannette Miller. to face contact with members," said In 1999, MacKenzie's wife, Jane, turns up "He's sharp, he's got good commu• Miller. 'There will be more working took a position as the executive di• nication skills. I think he's going to with groups, attending other groups' rector of Northern Homes Commu• unharmed do a great job." meetings." The intention, she said, nity Development Association in East Hiring MacKenzie came as the cul• is "to make it a more proactive, vi• Jordan, bringing the family nortri. The United States Coast mination of the efforts of a commit• able position." Settling in Boyne City, MacKenzie Guard along with other local tee formed for the specific purpose of MacKenzie, for his part, is no pursued avenues that kept him in search agencies were called a director search. stranger to working in the public eye. community outreach, including work• out Nov. 20 to search for a The committee, which included Currently employed at Wagbo Peace ing as the Charlevoix Area Commu• downstate man who became chamber members Miller, Greg Center in East Jordan as the coordi• nity Pool's pool auction coordinator lost while deer hunting near Blackall, Bob Huff, Pete Friedrich, nator of the center's Multi-Farm and chairing the Boyne Area Play• the Jordan Valley. and Liz Kroondyk; DDA member Community Supported Agriculture ground effort, as well as his position The Antrim County Jody Adams; and Boyne City assis• program, MacKenzie has a long his• at Wagbo. Gathering and disseminating information will be a big part Sheriff's Department was tant city clerk Josette Lory, reviewed tory of community outreach. A na• And though he hadn't specifically called at approximately 6:20 of Scott MacKenzie's job as director of the Boyne City 97 resumes, some coming from as far tive Michigander, MacKenzie re• targeted working in a chamber, of p.m. that evening by Glenn Chamber of Commerce. Pictured here at the chamber's away as Hawaii and South Carolina, turned with his family to his home commerce position, when the job of Maples of Ironton who said his down 10 seven Window Talk feature, Mackenzie said that he plans to narrowing the-field state in 1999, after living and work• director opened up in Boyne City the son, Timothy Maples, also of conduct a thorough survey of area residents and businesses. viable applicants. From there, the ing for several years in North Caro• time just seemed right. Ironton, had failed to return to committee pared the list down to three lina. There, he was the director of 'There's such a wonderful poten• and the community." consensus with various populations their designated meeting place candidates who were interviewed in education and student services at a tial for this chamber with all the as• Though the chamber position puts involved before projects are under• after dark. After a two hour early November. Narrowing the list chi Idren's home and worked as a pro• sets of the environment, industry and a lot on his plate, MacKenzie has spe• taken, and at the present time, he feels searchTimothy was found by down to "the seven was easy," said gram coordinator for the Salvation business," said MacKenzie, "and the cific steps in mind to move forward, that there will soon be much to be un• a passing motorist walking Millerlater. ."To the [final] three was Army Boys and Girls' Club; he also strong, proud community we've got. including conducting a-thorough sur• dertaken. north on M-66. hard." gained valuable experience in entre- There's a great history in the Boyne vey of chamber members, non-cham• "We really want people to get on He was found to be un• preneurship, purchasing a "fledgling" The board is, though, "100 percent" area." The goal, he said, is to "pull it ber members, and the community at harmed. antique shop and nurturing it into a see CHAMBER on page 7 behind the decision - to hire all together, strengthening business large. It's crucial, he said, to build Page 2 NOVEMBER 28. 2001 "Fin? ADE HEBE! Sacred Sparks ROUTED WOOD SIGNS Great Gift Idea BROOKS • Many Sizes & Styles CHRISTMAS UPHOLSTERY • We'll Ship For You $35 ART FOR SALE Polly's • Free Gift Wrapping and up "100% SATISFACTION 5070 Mt.