Boyne Citizen

Serving the Boyne community for over a century and a quarter.


  • LIONS CLUB CHRISTMAS TREE SALE at the True Value everyday. Closes at 5:30 p.m.

    December 1

  • CITY COMMISSION MEETING . . . - 7:30 p.m. City Hall

  • DDA . . . - 4 P.M. putting up the Christmas Lights Downtown. Come out and help the DDA members get ready for Community Night

    December 2

  • Wake Up East Jordan . . .
    - 8:30-9:30 A.M. Sponsored by Jordan Valley Accounting. Ribbon Cutting at 9:30 a.m. Come and check out their new location.

    December 3

  • Community Night . . .
    - Beginning at
  • 5:30- 7:30 Soup Cook-Off
  • 6:00 p.m Community Tree Lighting and Caroling
  • 6:15 P.M. Santa Parade on Main St.
  • 6:30 - 8:30 P.m. Visit/Photos/w/ Santa at the Civic Center.
    Jordan River Arts Council will be open from 1-8 P.m. Area Merchants will be open til 8 P.M.

    December 5

  • HOLIDAY GREENS WORKSHOP . . . with Alana Haley at Pine Hill Nursery. Call Alana at 231-588-6391 to register.

    December 6

  • JORDAN VALLEY COMMUNITY BAND . . . Concert at 3 P.M. at the East Jordan Community Auditorium.

    December 7

  • EAST JORDAN LIONS CLUB . . . Meeting

  • DDA . . . Meeting 5:30 p.m. City Hall

  • CHAMBER HOLIDAY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS . . . at The House on the Hill , sponsored by the East Jordan Iron Works. 5-7 p.m. In lieu of admission charge please support Care & Share and Good Samaritan with (2) canned goods from Chamber Members and (4) canned goods from Prospective Members.

  • EAST JORDAN ELEMENTARY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM . . . Grades K-1 at 7 P.M. Elementary School Gymnasium.

  • EAST JORDAN SPORTS BOOSTERS . . . Meeting 7 P.M. East Jordan High School

  • ELLSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL BAND CONCERT . . . 7 p.m. Ellsworth High School Gym.

    December 8

  • EAST JORDAN ROTARY CLUB . . . 12:15pm -Presbyterian Church

  • HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING . . . 4:00 Lakeview Manor

  • EAST JORDAN ELEMENTARY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM . . . Grades 2-3 at 7 p.m. Elementary School Gymnasium.

    December 9

  • E.J. SENIOR CENTER . . . Meeting 11:30 at the Center

  • EAST JORDAN ELEMENTARY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM . . . Grades 4-5 at 7 P.M. Elementary School Gymnasium.

  • ELLSWORTH WOODEN SHOE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL . . .
    The 5th Annual Ellsworth /Atwood Wooden Shoe Festival will be held Wednesday, December 9 from 6:00-7:30 PM at the Banks Township Hall in Ellsworth. Join Ed and Joyce Petter, Banks Township Citizens of the Year, for the lighting of our community tree and a round of traditional holiday carols. Toast the Season while you visit with friends and neighbors over warm cups of hot chocolate, cider, and cookies served by the Ellsworth Lioness Club. Little ones may make handcrafted ornaments to take home, help us to decorate the Township Hall for the Holidays and Get Twisted! with a holiday balloon sculpture or hat made by Twister Joe, Northern Michigan's Favorite Balloon artist.

    December 11

  • WAGBO PEACE CENTER . . .
    Feast And Film: a Wild Game and Local Foods Potluck and Film Showing will take place Friday, 6:00 pm at the Martha Wagbo Farm. A dish to pass is always welcome, but never required, so don't feel overly obligated to bring one! The focus for this potluck is wild game and wild food; local food is the fall-back in case people cannot obtain wild foods. The Film will start at 7:30 with a screening of the documentary Diet of Souls a movie exploring the intimate relationship between the Inuit, their arctic environment and the Animals they must hunt to survive. (Not Rated. Some Subtitles.) For more info, call Wagbo at 231-536-0333, or visit http://WagboPeaceCenter.blogpsot.com.

    December 12

  • Breakfast with Santa . . .
    9:00 am to 11:00 am Don't Miss the annual Lion and Lioness Pancake Breakfast with Santa at the Banks Township Hall. Take a photo with Santa compliments of Charlevoix State Bank.

  • FRISKE ORCHARDS . . .
    Christmas Celebration-9a.m.-3p.m. A fun filled event for all.

  • Atwood Christmas Celebration . . .
    Round out the day with Sleigh rides, Open Houses, Snow Sculptures and more at Friske's, Royal Farms, Atwood Hardware

    December 14

  • EAST JORDAN MUSIC BOOSTERS . . . 6 p.m. EJHS Cafeteria

  • EAST JORDAN 6th GRADE, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL HOLIDAY CONCERT . . . EJHS Gym 7 p.m.

  • ELLSWORTH K-12 CHRISTMAS PROGRAM . . . 7 p.m. Ellsworth High School Gym

    December 15

  • EAST JORDAN ROTARY CLUB . . . 12:15pm -Presbyterian Church (CHRISTMAS PARTY at Grey Gables)

  • EBENEZER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM . . . Ellsworth Christian Reformed Church 6:30 p.m.

  • CITY OF EAST JORDAN COMMISSION MEETING . . . 7 p.m. at City Hall

    December 16

  • EAST JORDAN RESCHEDULED CHRISTMAS PROGRAM . . . Grades 4-5 at 7 P.M. Elementary School Gymnasium.

    December 17

  • FRIENDS OF THE JORDAN . . . Meeting 7 p.m.

    December 20

  • EAST JORDAN SNO-MOBILE CLUB . . .
    Santa will visit during breakfast 9 a.m.- 11 a.m. at the Sno-Mobile Clubhouse Free-plus kids 12 and under who are there to visit with Santa will get a free breakfast

  • JORDAN VALLEY LIBRARY FRIENDS . . .
    Featuring the movie "Santa Buddies" at the East Jordan Community Auditorium. Free admission

  • UNITED METHODIST CHURCH EAST JORDAN . . . Christmas Sunday and Sunday School Childrens Program

  • FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EAST JORDAN . . . Children's Christmas Pageant 9:30 a.m.

  • LIGHTHOUSE MISSIONARY CHURCH . . . Rescheduled for Sunday 8:30am and 10:45am.

    December 21

  • RAVEN HILL DISCOVERY CENTER . . .
    Raven Hill will celebrate the Winter Solstice on Monday, December 21, 2009 during the regularly scheduled open hours of noon to 4 pm. There will be activities having to do with time and timepieces from different time periods. Visitors can make a sundial for telling time and investigate a water clock and use a perpetual calendar to figure out what day their birthday falls on in any future year! Glowing luminaries will be found close to the Center and a bonfire will provide warmth and a place to roast marshmallows outdoors. Visitors can come back inside for cider or hot chocolate and other treats, all in honor of the Winter Solstice. Raven Hill Discovery Center's fieldstone replica of the Bluestones of Stonehenge are usually the center of the celebration at Raven Hill, but this year the Celebration will focus closer to the Center for those who can't make the trip to the Ancient World.

    Visitors are encouraged to pay the general admission fee of $8, especially if they plan to play in the museum and visit the animals. There will also be demonstrations of hot glass bead making during the day. For those interested in a bigger adventure, visitors can bring snowshoes or cross country skis and visit the Center's Ancient World to see the Center's Bluestones and other objects there from ancient cultures.

  • EAST JORDAN LIONS CLUB . . . Meeting

  • EAST JORDAN GARDEN CLUB . . . 1:30 p.m.at the Jordan River Watershed

    December 21-January 1

  • East Jordan Public Schools . . . Christmas Break

    December 22

  • EAST JORDAN ROTARY CLUB . . . 12:15 pm -Presbyterian Church

  • ECUMENICAL CAROLING . . . 7-8 p.m. Meet at the United Methodist Church in East Jordan. Hot Chocolate will be served.

    December 23

  • JORDAN VALLEY DISTRICT LIBRARY . . . Meeting 6:30 p.m. Community Room

    December 24

  • ST.JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH . . . Christmas Eve Mass 4 P.M.

  • Evangelical Lutheran Church East Jordan . . . Christmas Eve Candlelight Service - 5:00 p.m.

  • FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH . . . Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 5 p.m. Child care provided.

  • UNITED METHODIST CHURCH . . . Christmas Eve Candlelight Service with Choir Cantata 5:30 p.m.

  • Lighthouse Missionary Church, East Jordan . . . Christmas Eve Service - 7:00 P.M.

    December 25

  • ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH . . . Christmas Mass 11 A.M..

  • CHRISTMAS DINNER . . .
    You are invited for Christmas Dinner from 1-3 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, East Jordan. Donations accepted.

    December 27

  • SUNDAY BREAKFAST . . . East Jordan Sno-Mobile Club , Mt. Bliss Rd. 7:00 a.m. - Noon

    December 28

  • RAVEN HILL DISCOVERY . . . Open House 12 - 4 p.m

    December 29

  • EAST JORDAN ROTARY CLUB . . . 12:15pm -Presbyterian Church (No meeting due to holiday)