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At their Annual

Recognition

Breakfast the Otsego

County United Way announce

that this year $96,676 will be

allocate as a community invest-

ment in partner agencies and

funded programs.PHOTOBY JIM AKANS

HIDDEN TREASURES

Positive News,

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By Jim Akans

Each year, the Volunteer

Center of Otsego County honors

and recognizes the outstanding

community service of individu-

als, organizations, families,

groups and businesses at a very

special Spirit Awards ceremony.

This Celebration of Stars will

take place this year next

Saturday, April 20th, at the

Knights of Columbus Hall,

which is located at 2573

Wilkinson Road just a few miles

east of Gaylord.

WTCM Radio show host, Rita

Melotti, will emcee the program

and during the dinner prior the

awards presentation there will

be music provided by David

Woodworth. An auction will

also take place during the

evening, featuring items such asfour rounds of golf (with a horse

carriage ride) at the Grand Hotel

on Mackinac Island, a Kayak trip

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Inside... By Jim AkansThis Friday and Saturday, April 12th

and 13th, the 6th Annual Chef s

Challenge event, a fundraiser for the

non-profit Challenge Mountain of

Walloon Hills, Inc., will be taking place

at Boyne Mountain Resort in Boyne

Falls. The weekend kicks off on Friday

evening with the Future Chefs compe-

tition starting at 6 pm in the Vienna

Room of the Grand Lodge. High school

student teams will prepare appetizers

and pastries that will be evaluated by

panel of celebrity judges and a PeoplesChoice award will voted on by atten-

dees. Event attendees will also have a

wonderful opportunity to enjoy fantas-

tic food, friends, and mingle with the

celebrity chefs and the panel of judges.

On Saturday there will be a series of

food seminars and demonstrations at

the Boyne Mountain Civic Center from

9 am until noon, free for the public to

attend. The Taste of Michigan chef

With approximately

4,000 square feet of

fully stocked resale space, and

new inventory arriving daily,

customers can shop for just

about anything starting with any

letter in the alphabet at A-2-Z

Resale in Gaylord.PHOTOBY JIM AKANS

STORY

PAGE 5

REAL ESTATE

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Rivertown Auto Group has officially

opened their new facility in Cheboygan.

Featuring a huge inventory of previously-

owned cars, trucks and SUVs, RivertownAuto Group specializes in making financ-

ing easy, regardless of the purchasers

credit history.

Jim Wright states that the companys

slogan, Nobody Sells for Less and

Financing Made Easy was on right on

target for the hundreds of satisfied cus-

tomers purchasing vehicles at their for-

mer Petoskey location. We offer financ-

ing for customers at all levels and that

includes our buy here and pay here

option, and we even have interest rates

starting as low as 3.9 percent. We have

guaranteed credit approval for our cus-

tomers; from good credit to challenged

credit.He adds, We have a large inventory of

pre-owned vehicles, typically around 100

cars, trucks and SUVs at any given time.

Each vehicle is rigorously inspected

before the sale.

Rivertown Auto Group also has a

three-bay service garage for just about

any type of service and detailing needs.

The Rivertown Auto Group team, which

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By Jim Akans

Conveniently located near the corner of US 131 and M-75

in Boyne Falls - Boyne Village Market (and Nicos Pizza &

Grinders) offers just about anything area shoppers need or

desire; from everyday items to the wonderfully unique.

Frank Saco, who manages the store, relates, We are really

two stores in one, with the wide variety of food, beverage,

deli, household and even sporting good items at Boyne

Village Market, and the delicious Nicos Pizza & Grinders

shop with items that are made using our own family recipe.

Our goal is to offer just about anything area shoppers are

looking for, including unique items not found in bigger

stores. People who walk into our store for the first time

almost always look around and say Wow!

Of course, Boyne Village Market shoppers will find tradi-

tional selections such as milk, bread, pop, beer and otherconvenience items. But they will also discover a huge selec-

tion of wines and liquors, cigars, a fabulous deli with a vari-

ety of Russian, middle eastern and Italian meats, salads and

sandwiches and more.

In every department, notes Saco, we try to include

something different that shoppers would not typically

expect to find. We even marinate our own olives, and create

our own humus, potato salads and sandwiches. We have

established a connection with local farmers and try to sup-

port local first. Starting the last week of April, we will have

an Outdoor Garden Center at this location featuring flowers,

plants, topsoil, mulch and more.

Boyne Village Market is owned by Franks brother Mark

Saco, who also owns several other stores in Michigan

including shops in Kalkaska and East Jordan. Nicos Pizza is

named after Marks son, and features a unique family recipe.

Frank recalls, My brother worked on that recipe for a

long time until he got it right. We use only fresh ingredients.

The flavor is really, really good and pricing is very competi-

tive. Just about everything is made from scratch.

He adds, We are a family market. We employ 15 people

here and work hard to support our local clients as much as

possible through the variety of products we offer. Our goal is

to offer personalized interaction with our customers, have

great quality, offer local farmers market goods in season,

and have a large variety of items for our customers conven-

ience.

Boyne Village Market and Nicos Pizza & Grinders is locate

at 2055 US 131, just north of M-75 in Boyne Falls. The

Market can be reached at (231) 549-2950 and Nicos at (231)

549-2952.

Boyne Village Market offers

wide variety from theeveryday to the unique

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Chefs Challenge Continued...competitions at the Civic Center will take place

from 11 am to 4 pm, and will feature three com-

petitive categories: College and University;

Professional Center-of-the-Plate; and Michigan

Desserts. Teams will p repare an entre paired with

a Michigan wine and micro-brew. Teams will be

judged by both the attendees who award the

"People's Choice Award" and a select panel of

judges who determine the "Chop Challenge" com-

petitors.

The Chop Challenge, will feature the top four

teams selected by the judges f rom the Taste of

Michigan competition, and it will take place on

Saturday from 2:30 to 4 pm. The top team will walk

away with the highly coveted Taste of Michigan

award. Be sure to save some room, as the Dessert

Challenge will take place from 4:30 to 6 pm.

The Annual Chefs Challenge event is designed

to raise both funds and awareness for Challenge

Mountain a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization

providing adaptive outdoor recreational opportu-

nities, free of charge, to people with special needs

and their families. For more than 25 years,

Challenge Mountain has been dedicated to pro-

viding a venue for sports, outdoor recreation, and

leisure skills to those with physical disabilities or

mental challenges.

Of course, Chefs Challenge also showcases

Michigan food and drink products and their cre-

ative applications in a meal. It is an excellent

opportunity for Michigan establishments to show-

case their talents and gain valuable exposure while

raising funds for Challenge Mountain.

Tasting tickets for the Friday, April 12th event

are available for $10. Tickets for Saturday are

available for $30 and include all Seminars and 8

tasting tickets for Taste of Michigan and "Chop

Challenge. Additional Taste of Michigan tickets

are available at four for $15 and eight for $25.

Tickets for the Dessert Challenge are $5, and a

cash bar will be available. To purchase

tickets, and for a complete seminar

schedule and list of this years partici-

pants, visit www.chefs-challenge.com.

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Rivertown Auto Continued...includes Wright, Mike James and salesman Zeke Eberly, are

all long-time Northern Michigan residents.

Their new facility is located at 989 VFW Road (at the cor-

ner of Straits Hwy. and VFW Road) south of downtown

Cheboygan about a half mile south of Walmart.

Wright states, This is a great location. We chose

Cheboygan because we feel it is growing community. The

easy financing options we offer are something that just was-

nt available to vehicle shoppers in this community. We

encourage people to come down and check out our inven-

tory.

Rivertown Auto Group is open Monday through Friday

from 9 am to 6 pm, and Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm. They

can be reached at (231) 627-6700 or visit their website at

www.RiverAuto.net.

for two down the Boyne or Sturgeon

River, Avalanche Bay passes, overnight

accommodations at Odawa Casino

(plus dinner for two), and lots of gift

certificates to area restaurants and

shops.But what really makes the Spirit

Awards evening shine is the

Celebration of Stars, which will get

underway about 7 pm next Saturday

evening. Each year award recipients

are selected from nominations submit-

ted by community members, which

are reviewed by a volunteer panel

composed of a diverse group of area

residents and a representative from the

Volunteer Center. This year, as usual,

several nominations were received and

reviewed.

The 2013 Spirit of Volunteerism

Award winners, who will be honored at

this years ceremony, are:

Senior Category; Rosie Warner

Adult Category; Renee Campbell

Youth Category; Shannon Wiltse

Family Category; Al & Sandy Glasby

Service Club/Organization Category;

Crossroads Industries

Business Category;

Hospice of Michigan

Be a part of recognizing these

extraordinary individuals and organi-

zations at the 2013 Spirit Awards

Celebration of Stars event. Doors

will open at the Knight of Columbus

Hall on April 20th at 5 pm, dinner will

be served at 6 p m and the recognition

event will start at 7 pm.

Tickets are $30 per person, or eight

for $200 - and can be purchased by

calling Jennifer Russell at the Volunteer

Center at (989) 705-8584 or emailing

[email protected]. The

Volunteer Center is located inside the

Otsego County United Way building at

116 East Fifth Street in Gaylord.

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By Jim Akans

At the onset of the Otsego County United

Ways Day of Caring community projects

event this past September, Board President

Thomas Mammoser observed to the gather-

ing of volunteers that This is not your

grandfathers United Way, encapsulating theorganizations goal of addressing the needs

of the community today in order to create a

better community future. That emphasis is

built around three primary areas; education,

income and health, and tailored to the needs

of the community through input from com-

munity leaders, localized research data, and

citizen input. Recent studies utilized by the

organization include the Otsego County

Quality of Life Assessment, Health

Assessment, Kids Count and Census Data.

Otsego County United Way executive

director, Lorraine Manary states, People

remember when the United Way was strictly

the funding source for agencies providing

our social safety net. But the Otsego CountyUnited Way does more than fund programs;

we work closely with community leaders to

identify areas of impact, by looking for those

places where we can come together and

make a difference now to better everyones

future in the community.

At their Annual Recognition Breakfast

event held at Wisconsin Street Hall on March

27th, the 2013 United Way partner agencies

and funded programs were announced. This

year, $96,676 will be allocate by the Otsego

County United Way as a community invest-

ment, funding that is primarily made possi-

ble through donations received from busi-

nesses and individuals in their annual

Campaign fundraiser, which was chaired by

Joe Wambold in 2012.

The 2013 United Way partner agencies and

funded programs will be:

- Catholic Human Services; Counseling

Services

- Child Welfare Alliance; Educational and

Health Services

- Community Mediation Services

- First Call For Help; Housing Support

- Friendship Housing Center; Housing

Support

- Otsego County Judicial System;

Alternative Education Support Program

- Otsego County Food Pantry

- Volunteer Center; Lunch Buddies

Program and Road to Recovery Cancer

Patient Support Program- The Salvation Army; Housing/Rental

Assistance

- Womens Resource Center of Northern

Michigan; Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault

Programs

Manary states, The United Way continues

to be involved at the community level, work-

ing on joint projects that are aimed at

addressing education, income and health

that are specific to the Board-developed

goals.

At the breakfast meeting, new

Board members were introduced,

which are John Makranyi of

Raymond James & Associates and

Susan Hellenberg of B.J.s Restaurant

and Catering. A transition is also in

progress from outgoing Board presi-

dent, Thomas Mammoser to incom-

ing Board president Barb Switalski.

Manary highlighted that a new

Literacy League is in development.

It is designed to address literacy

in early grade levels, she explains.

We are working with representatives

from the library, education, day care

facilitiesanyone working with area

youth to determine where they can

best utilize volunteers to assist in the

area of literacy. Our plans are to start

the literacy league by this summerand to have as many as 75 volunteers

on our team.

Manary notes that she is already in

the process of putting together a cam-

paign committee to raise funds for 2014

allocations, and that committee will

begin working this summer. She encourages

local individuals who would be interested in

joining the committee to give her a call.

The focus of the United Way is on com-

munity impact, she affirms. We encourage

individuals and businesses to get involved,

which they can do in so many ways. That

may be through financial donations, through

volunteerism or through advocating. It can

be as simple as donating five dollars, giving

five hours of time, or telling five friends

about the work the United Way is doing in

this community.

For additional information, please call the

Otsego County United Way at (989) 732-8929

or visit www.otsegounitedway.org.

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Choosing a locally owned store

generates almost four times as

much economic benefit for the

surrounding region as shopping at

a chain, a new study has conclud-

ed. The analysis also found that

eating at a local restaurant pro-

duces more than twice the local

economic impact of dining at a

chain restaurant.

The research firm Civic

Economics analyzed data from fif-

teen independent retailers and

seven independent restaurants, all

located in Salt Lake City, and com-

pared their impact on the local

economy with four chain retail

stores (Barnes & Noble, Home

Depot, Office Max, and Target) and

three national restaurant chains

(Darden, McDonalds, and P.F.

Changs).

The study found that the local

retailers return an average of 52

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or other loved one diagnosed with cancer.

The six-week program is called CLIMB,

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Moments of Bravery. Through CLIMB, art and

play activities help children to understand and

develop coping skills. This free community

service is funded by McLaren Northern

Michigan Foundation.

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express the complex feelings they may experi-

ence during this difficult time. If there is a child

who may benefit from support in navigating

their way through a loved ones cancer diagno-

sis, please know this resource is available, said

Amy L. Juneau, an oncology social worker at

McLaren Northern Michigan.

Through CLIMB, children will learn:

Cancer is not their fault.

They are not alone.

About cancer and treatment options.

How to express their feelings.

How to manage anger.

How to communicate effectively

with loved ones with cancer.

The program will take place from 5:30 to 7

p.m. on Mondays, April 15, 22, 29 and May 6,

13 and 20 at the Community Health Education

Center (CHEC) located across the parking lot

from the main entrance to McLaren Northern

Michigan.

CLIMB was developed by The Childrens

Treehouse Foundation, a non-profit founda-

tion dedicated to the emotional support of

children who have parents or grandparents

with cancer.

For more information or to enroll a child in

the CLIMB program, please contact Amy

Juneau, at 231.487.4015.

About McLaren Northern

Michigan

McLaren Northern Michigan,

a subsidiary of McLaren Health

Care, is a 202-bed, regional

referral center located in

Petoskey, serving residents in 22

counties across northern lower

Michigan and the eastern part

of the Upper Peninsula. A medical staff of nearly

200 physicians represents nearly all medical and

surgical specialties, enabling full-service care

with an emphasis on heart, cancer,

orthopaedics, and neuroscience services.

Additional information can be found at north-

ernhealth.org.


CLIMB Program begins next weekProgram offers emotional support to children

who have a loved one diagnosed with cancer

Health & Wellness

MARRIAGE COUNSELING FAMILY COUNSELING

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