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A fascinating vari-ety of artists and thepatrons of the artshave a welcoming home inheart of downtown Gaylordthrough the ongoing efforts ofthis dedicated, talented groupof board volunteers and com-munity members, and theCommunity Arts Center locatedat 125 E. Main Street in down-town Gaylord.PHOTO BY JIM AKANS.

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Sports and

EventsThursday, January 9, 2014

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By Heather DeLong

A new glass wall was installed at the

Gaylord Community Center on

December 22nd that will provide handi-

cap access for watching games.

The Community Center is open seven

days a week and is the center of activity

in the county. It serves as the central

site for many of the countys athletic

events and is home to most a dult ath-

letic leagues and classes, including

Zumba, mens basketball, womens vol-

leyball, co-ed volleyball and tennis.

Another outstanding attribute of the

Community Center is the Bear

Basketball League for youth. Bear

Basketball brings more than 400 boys

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By Heather DeLong

The 21st Annual Winter Fest in

Mackinaw City is approaching and the

weather couldnt be more cooperative.

A celebration full of snow sculpting,

sleigh rides, outhouse races, poker

walk, ice-skating, arts and crafts, chili

cook-off, euchre tournament and

more awaits you!

Join in on the party at OReillys

Irish Pub and Dixie Saloon, and take

part in the Ice Fishing tournament on

Paradise Lake. Registration for ice

fishing is located at Paradise Lake

Marina in Carp Lake and the warming

station will be at the Pancake Chef.

Games for kids, teens and adults will

be played on East Central Avenue. You

cant make the snow disappear, so

why not plan for it?

The Mackinaw Pepsi International

Outhouse Races return with the first

place prize at $1,000 cash. Scheduled

at 2 pm on Saturday, January 18th, on

the Sheplers Lot located on Huron

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The American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Gaylord Area Branch will be hosting a Get Acquainted!

event on January 15 from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the

Gaylord Area Council for the Arts (GACA) gallery at 125 E.

Main Street in Gaylord. The event is open to anyone who

wants to learn more about what AAUW is and what the

Gaylord Area Branch does in our local community.

We are excited to share what we do with the Otsego

County community, said Membership VP, Jane Sekora. It

will be a great time to chat with current members, enjoy

some refreshments, and learn how we work towards our mis-

sion of encouraging women to continue their education.

Attendees will learn about AAUW and what the group does.

They will also meet current AAUW members and learn what

the group has to offer.

AAUW is a nationwide organization that advances equity

for women and girls through advocacy, education, philan-

thropy, and research. The Gaylord Area Branch does this in a

number of ways including raising money for scholarships for

women continuing their educations, honoring local women

at the annual Woman

Making History luncheon,

celebrating graduating high

school seniors at a fall event,

and sponsoring programs toinspire girls to pursue edu-

cational goals.

For more information

about the AAUW Gaylord

Area Branch or about the

Get Acquainted! event, go

to http://gaylord-

mi.aauw.net/ or send an

email to

[email protected].

CHEBOYGAN - Just before Christmas, the

Bishop Baraga Catholic School Student Council

made a $200 donation to the St. Thomas Food

Pantry. Student Council President Ella Wright pre-

sented a $200 check to Lowell Beethem of the

Food Pantry. Money for the donation was raised

by the Schools students paying $1.00 each to wear

jeans to school on Fridays.

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and girls each year to the Community

Center gymnasium. Youth also attend

classes and training camps for gymnastics,

tennis and basketball there. Its also a pop-

ular place for kids to hang out after school

to get involved in games such as basketball,tennis, table games and more outdoors

when weather permits.

The stone building was the old Gaylord

High School gymnasium and didnt have

the best handicap accommodations for

everyone to enjoy the games, and the new

wall installation will allow for that. Monies

received for the wall include a $500 grant

from Wal-Mart and a $1,750 grant from

Otsego County Foundation. The wall took

two days to completely install and was fin-

ished on December 23rd.

If you get the chance to stop by to watcha game or join a league, check out the new

glass wall at Gaylord Community Center!

For any questions, call the Community

Center at (989) 732-6521

To contact Heather DeLong for any com-

ments questions or concerns, send an email

to [email protected]

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Winterfest Continued...house races begin with a Parade of Pottys

you have to witness. Races are open to

adult and junior teams with rules that

apply. Visit

www.mackinawouthouserace.com or call

231-436-5493 to learn more about the race

or to become a participant.

The Chili Cook Off Competition will run

from 11 am to 1 pm at JRs Tailgate Pub

located at 101 East Central Avenue. Show

up to sample and vote f or the best recipe.

Registration to enter your chili recipe is lim-

ited due to space requirements so act

quickly and call the Chamber of Commerce

at 231-436-5574 for your chance to enter.

The cook off is held by the Legion annually

and requires that taste testers ha ve a Winter

Fest Button upon request.

Play with the cards youre dealt in the

Euchre Tournament for $5 (with a Winter

Fest button) from 1 to 3 pm! Mancinos of

Mackinaw City at 717 South Nicolet Streethis hosting this event for participants 18

and older. Register at 11 am til noon and

call Diane Fry for more information at 231-

436-7474 for more information.

The Snow Sculpting competition, upon

weather permission, will kick off next

Thursday, January 16th and continue

through the 18th. Prizes will be awarded

following the judging on Saturday at 1:30

pm. Local sculptors are welcome to register

until January 14th, also the sculpting event

cancel date. For weather updates on snow

sculpting and ice fishing, call the Mackinaw

City Chamber Office at 888-455-8100 or

visit www.mackinawchamber.com.

For a complete list of Winter Fest events,

visit www.mackinawcity.com/winter-fest-

2014.

What are you waiting for! Purchase your

$3 Winter Fest button at the Chamber of

Commerce Office. The snow is here to stay

for the winter season, and the Winter Fest

will have you shoveling your way to

Mackinaw City!

To contact Heather DeLong for any com-

ments, questions or concerns, send an email

to [email protected].

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By Jim Akans

For those who havent visited Angels at

Work Resale for a while, plenty has been

changing at the store including an expansion

of their furniture items, redesigned display

areas, and several new repurposed items

for sale that feature unique ways to utilize

common household goods. Examples

include mason jar oil lamps, chalkboards

made from old cribs, wonderful garden

accessories made from old windows and

screen doors, and much more. Angels at

Work Resale has also recently opened aPinterest/DIY (do it yourself) area for shop-

pers to browse and explore their creative tal-

ents.

Customers tell us they love these unique,

one-of-kind items, relates Theresa Lauber,

owner of Angels at Work Resale. They also

tell us how much they enjoy shopping here.

The cleanliness of our store, the variety of

our inventory, and our very reasonable

prices are a pleasant surprise. They feel very

comfortableits a warm, home-style atmos-

phere.

Indeed, the wide array of items offered at

Angels at Work Resale are presented in sever-

al comfortable rooms throughout the 2,400

square foot facility, each focusing on a tar-

geted range of goods, providing an effortless

way to browse items of interest.

We offer quality, thoroughly cleaned

clothing at very reasonable prices, notes

Lauber.

We also have even more furniture, house

wares, tools, books, shoes, belts and acces-

sories, a wide assortment of knickknacks,

antiques, and much more.

But thats not all thats happening at

Angels at Work Resale. The store also offers

weekly specials with 50 percent off on specif-

ic clothing items identified by colored

tagsand their inventory of those items

changes every week.

Those who donate items to Angels at Work

Resale receive a 25-percent discount card for

purchases that is valid for 30 days from the

time of their donation. The store does not

offer consignment sales.

Angels at Work Resale is located at 1523 S.

Otsego Avenue (U.S. 27 South) in Gaylord.

They are open Monday through Saturdays

from 10 am to 5 pm. For additional informa-

tion, please call (989) 448-8615.

By Yvonne Stegall

With Christmas out of the way, many of us are trying to fig-

ure out how we are going to pay off all those credit card bills

from all of that shopping and still be able to eat. If you are

one of the families lucky enough to have had someone off

work for a couple weeks for holiday shutdowns, you may be

suffering even more right now. But there is help. Whether

you need assistance in getting food for your household, or

just need a cheap place to shop, Oscoda County has many

places that can help you.

For food Mio has a couple wonderful discount stores.

Discount Foods is a bent and dent store that is open 7 days a

week, located right in town next to the Shell station at 210 N.

Morenci. They have a little bit of everything, and more than

just food. Some items are outdated, so if you're picky you

will need to check expiration dates. They carry lots of cereal,

canned goods, household items, milk, bread, spices, makeup

and more. There is also Country Corners, a nd Amish owned

bulk foods store located at 1284 W. Kittle in Mio. They are

open Monday to Saturday, closed on Sunday. They also carry

bent and dent groceries, household items, crafty stuff, lots of

books, supplements and a wonderful variety of bulk foods

and spices, for reasonable prices. As well, they often have

bacon or lunch meats, eggs, and other cold grocery items.

And they have the best selection of cheese in the area.

If you can't afford food at all, many of the community

churches have food pantries. More information on them can

be gotten by contacting Oscoda County DHS or Love, Inc. in

Fairview.

If you need clothing, furniture, or other household items

not food, Mio is home to a couple resale shops that are sure

to have what you are looking for. On Morenci, next to Rite

Aid, is Strawberry Patch. Strawberry Patch has a lot of

clothes, books and more. They have a off back room where

you can also get clothes for $4 a bag. Then there is Finders

Keepers on 8th St, just west of Family Dollar. Also a thrift

store, Finders Keepers has a lot of clothing for all ages, tons

of books, furniture, shoes, and household items.

Learn how you can keep more money from your timber

harvest at this two part workshop January 23 presented bySusan Metcalfe of Metcalfe Forestry LLC & Burns Timber Tax

Service

Paying taxes is a nasty business in the forestry world, but

luckily, Susan is here to help! During the first hour of our

workshop, Susan will be discussing a range of topics involv-

ing your potential taxes on the money earned by buying and

selling timber, and how to keep more money in your pocket

& pay less in tax. This talk will also cover myths common in

the forestry and accounting communities, explain about the

capital gains treatment of the purchase and sale of timber,

give valuable tips on how some loggers can drastically

reduce their regular income and tax liability, and how some

landowners can pay no tax on their timber sale revenue.

How can I save money on my forested acreage? Is there

some kind of tax incentive program I can enroll in? In the

second hour of our discussion, Lora Freer will be discussingthe Qualified Forest Program and the Commercial Forest Act.

These two programs are meant to reduce taxes for forest land

owners that make an effort to manage their woodlands for

anything ranging from timber production, to wildlife habitat,

to recreation, and much more. Tax reduction programs are

presented by District Forester Lora Freer of Ogemaw &

Oscoda Conservation Districts.

This workshop will be held Thursday January 23rd from

5:30pm-7:30pm at the AuSable River Center, 211 N. Main St.

in Roscommon. For more information or to RSVP, please

contact Brittany Mauricette, District Forester for the Otsego

Conservation District and Roscommon Conservation

District. Call 989-732-4021 or e-mail bmauricette@otsego-

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By James Conway

When you got married, you and your part-

ner probably discussed all sorts of things,

from the Mercedes you wished you were driv-ing to how many kids you wanted and where

you wanted to be in twenty years. If you

havent already found out, time and circum-

stances can change those plans almost from

moment to moment. One of the most impor-

tant things you can do for yourself, your

spouse and your children is to make sure that

the discussion of plans, goals and dreams

never stops. Your family can work as a team to

meet goals and handle setbacks. While you

might find that you cant get everything you

wanted starting out, you just might find, to

quote a Sixties rocker, you get what you need.

Here are some things to keep in mind.

1. Things do change. The important thing isto keep the ball rolling in a positive direction,

even if its a new one. You might find after a

couple of years that you hate the job that was

going to be your lifelong occupation. You

might have twins. A thousand things can hap-

pen, so dont look upon obstacles or the unex-

pected as failures, but as challenges and

opportunities.

2. Keep the conversation going. If there is a

single thing that can cause problems in a marriage or in a family, it is the gradual ero-

sion of communication over

time. Jobs become more

demanding and stressful, the

needs of children intervene,

expectations become written

in stone. Even if you cant

have a family dinner every

night of the week, schedule at

least one night when all

screens are off, the answer-

ing machine is on and you

have a family roundtable

where everyone can update

everyone else on whats going

on in their lives, and in their

heads.

3. Start a Book of the

Family. If you look in your

family Bible or Baby book,

you may just find that the last

thing you wrote down aboutanyone in your family was

the day they were born and

how much they weighed.

Keep a yearly scrapbook (or

special box) of photographs,

kids drawings, awards, arti-

cles and so on, plus a diary

for which someone takes the

responsibility to chronicle

the family perhaps once a week at the fami-

ly meeting. Be as high or as low tech as you

want, but make sure that every year at holiday

time you have something to look back on and

be thankful for.

4. Coordinate your lives. Every once in a

while, or every day, one or more family mem-

bers can find themselves working at cross

purposes to everyone else, whether its need-

ing to be picked up from soccer practice or

considering a job transfer from across the

country. These are family decisions, and

should be discussed and worked out in such a

way that everyone can participate, even if it

means making compromises. Some of the

best lessons you can teach your children is

that things dont happen just by magic, and

that many of the things they want require

work and sacrifice. This doesnt mean empha-

sizing that you worked like a slave for five

hours to buy that Barbie doll. It means thateveryone bands together to solve problems

and help each other meet new challenges.

5. Learn, accept, and evolve. If you make

the effort over time to communicate, chroni-

cle and coordinate your familys lives, dreams

and goals in both the short and long term,

you may find that this step comes naturally.

Every generation contributes new ideas andinformation that you can either close out or

be open to. If you shut down your ability to

learn something new about the world, about

a family member or about others, youre shut-

ting down the engine that keeps your family

going. Follow the old adage of accepting the

inevitability of change with grace and wis-

dom. Your daughter may give up champi-

onship tennis for medicine, you son may

abandon the law for auto mechanics. With

luck, these things may not come as a surprise,

but once youve processed all the pros and

cons, accept change and incorporate it into

your family celebration. Holding onto the

past is absolutely the best way of shutting out

the future.

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