DNRE Offers Basic Archery Instructor Courses in Delta, Eaton, Genesee, Kalamazoo, Kent, Livingston and Otsego Counties

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment today announced it will offer free eight-hour basic archery instructor (BAI) courses for physical education teachers who wish to join the DNRE’s Archery in the Schools program. Classes are scheduled for the following dates and locations:

Gladwin Area Friends of the Theatre will hold their annual Swiss Steak Dinner at the Gladwin Eagles Club, 101 N. State Street, on Saturday Sept. 25. The dinner will be served from 4:30 to 7 p.m. with Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, coleslaw, bread, desserts and beverages. Price is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children under 10. Come and let GAFT Executive Board & volunteers cook and serve your dinner. Your contributions will be used to help with the purchase of new microphones to enhance our Summer Musicals. If you have any questions, call (989) 426-5571.

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Landowners and resource professionals discuss how soil types impact forestry management decisions at a past event hosted by Huron Pines.

Wildlife habitat improvement opportunities go on display in Ogemaw County with the help of Huron Pines.

Would you like to see your property thrive with wildlife and shine with natural beauty? Learn how to make the best of your acreage through practices that range from the very simple to the more complex, from the very short-term to the long-term.

Changes you can start with include something as simple as allowing an area to naturally regenerate for wildlife habitat. Or, you can go as far as developing a Forest Stewardship Plan that outlines tree plantings, wildlife areas, and rotational tree cuttings for income. Opportunities are available to learn about and participate in cost-share programs that benefit wildlife in the Rifle River area.

Beginning Oct. 1, the $10 Recreation Passport replaces the state park sticker for access into all state parks, recreation areas and boat launches. To get the Recreation Passport, Michigan residents can check “YES” on their license plate renewal forms. The Recreation Passport also helps preserve forest campgrounds and trails, historic and cultural sites in state parks, and local parks. Where can $10 take you? Visit www.michigan.gov/recreationpassport for more information.

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St. Joseph Health System in collaboration with NE Michigan Community Partnership is presenting an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) on Sept. 20 and 21.  The two day workshop is for community members interested in learning the skills to competently and confidently intervene with a person at risk for suicide.

The Bay Area Big Band Orchestra will be performing on Friday, September 24 at Camp Grayling’s Officers Club. This will be a dinner show, doors open at 5:30 p.m. Bringing to life an era of big bands and ballroom dancing, the Bay Area Big Band generates an electricity and excitement guaranteed to bring you out of your seat. The swinging sounds of jazz, one of America’s purist art forms, is the foundation of this group.

S.O.S. - Help Is On The Way

BY JIM SMITH

New partnership in Grayling means more options for troubled mortgage holders.

Times are tough, tougher perhaps than at any time since the Great Depression.  Unemployment is at historically high rates through out the country and more families than ever before, in our country’s history are threatened with the loss of their largest investment, their homes.  Without belaboring the conditions that got us to this point, there is help available. There is also risk involved. 

Harrisville State Park to Host Fourth Annual Hunter Education Weekend Sept. 11-12