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Here's your chance to help Boyne City, win a prize and get into the spirit of the Harvest Festival season by creating and displaying scarecrows that are funny, scary, cute and most of all, original. Click here for registration form. Prizes will be awarded. Here are the rules:
* The Scarecrow Contest is open to anyone - award categories are: Business, Organization, Students/Kids, Residents/Individuals.
* Scarecrows should be between five and six feet tall and attached to lampposts or trees with twine or plastic ties. Please no wire or tape.
* Entry forms must be received by Sept. 23 to determine the location of your scarecrow.
* Entrants are responsible for installing their scarecrows beginning the week of Sept. 27 and must be completed for judging by 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30.
* Entries will be judged on originality, color, creativity, and durability.
* Entrants are responsible for removing their scarecrows by Nov. 1.
The City of Boyne City will pick up leaves Oct. 11 through Nov. 12 on Mondays and Fridays only. Residents should set bagged leaves curbside in clearly marked biodegradable bags, which are available at City Hall, Boyne City Hardware and Glen's Market. Brush will not be picked up curbside but may be brought to the North Boyne Compost Site on Robinson Street. You may haul your own leaves or brush, bagged in biodegradable bags or unbagged to the compost site, which is open seven days a week.
Every Friday and Saturday in October, from 7 to 10 p.m. at 2205 Springbrook Road, Boyne Falls. Come early and enjoy dining at the Schwenk'in Wagon, featuring great food at great prices. Attractions include the Grimm Forest, Grateful Dead Graveyard, Deadly Witches Cottage, Haunted Forest, Dragon Room, Haunted Basement and more. $10 season pass for adults, children under 12 are two for $5, (buy one get one free). Info: 582-1186 or website.
The Boyne Area Community Christmas program, which provides food and gifts for several hundred needy families each holiday season, will be holding a Caramel Apple Fund-raiser in cooperation with Alpine Chocolat Haus. Community Christmas volunteers will be making caramel apples for the fund-raiser under the supervision of apple-makers at Alpine Chocolat Haus. Area businesses will be contacted and given the opportunity to order different varieties of caramel apples (caramel, caramel with peanuts, caramel with chocolate, with chocolate and peanuts, caramel with cinnamon, caramel with pecans, caramel with chocolate and pecans). Deliveries will be made Oct. 15 and 22. All proceeds from the sale (minus the costs of supplies) will g o to the Community Christmas fund. If you are not contacted and would like to order caramel apples, call Ruth Witenski at 582-3152. Click here for an order form and fax your order to 231-582-6963 by October 13 (for 10/15 delivery) or October 20 (for 10/22).
In an effort to engage support from small businesses in Emmet and Charlevoix Counties for the United Way Campaign, Char-Em United Way is planning a “Small Business Blitz” on Wednesday, October 6.
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A free cup of coffee will reward donors to Char-Em United Way’s Small Business Blitz on Wednesday October 6.
Roast and Toast in Petoskey and Sadie and Jakes in Charlevoix will serve as “Donation Stations” for the Blitz. Small businesses or individuals dropping off a donation to United Way of $10 or more will receive a free cup of coffee in a LIVE UNITED mug (while supplies of the mugs last).
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October 2
Apples galore at the Harvest FestivalBoyne City celebrates autumn bounty at its Harvest Festival Saturday, Oct. 2. The annual event brings music, crafts and fall produce to the downtown from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Portions of Water and Lake streets will be closed to traffic. The Farmers Market will move from Veterans Park to Water and Lake streets for the event. Folk art demonstrations feature a variety of exhibitors, including a broom maker and blacksmith. There will also be an arts and crafts show. Hayrides start at 10 a.m. and there will also be children's games in the main festival area. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., four bands will be playing at the same time, spread out along four blocks of the downtown. Music 10 a.m.-1 p .m. includes The Crooked Trio jazz band, Dwain Martin, Kristin Glasgow and The Kowalske Family. From 1-4 p.m., performers featured are Michael Lee Seiler, Northern Nites, The Vermeers and Younce Guitar Duo. The scarecrow-making contest is open to residents, organizations and businesses. (See story below.) The festival is cosponsored by the Boyne City Main Street Program and the Boyne Area Chamber. For more information, call the chamber at (231) 582-6222 or visit www.boyneharvestfestival.com.
October 3
The Tannahill Weavers will perform Sunday, October 3 at 3:00 p.m. at the Boyne City Performing Arts Center, in Boyne City. The event is co-sponsored by CMU Public Radio's "Our Front Porch" concert series and CMU's University Events. The admission price is $15 per person; $5 for students and seniors over age 65. Tickets will be on sale ONLY at the door. The Tannahill Weavers' diverse repertoire embraces both the mystical quality of the Highlander's Celtic music, and the rollicking, sometimes even brawling qualities of the Lowlander's Anglo-Scots tunes. Their arrangements blend the beauty of the traditional melodies with the power of modern rhythms. The penetrating sound of the Highland bag pipes is a thread of ancient memory running through it all. "The Tannahill Weavers are one of the most popular and powerful bands to come out of Scotland," says John Sheffler, host of Our Front Porch. "The great thing about the "Weavers" is you never know while listening to them whether the ballad they're singing, or the instrumental that has the roof shaking, was one written hundreds of years ago, or last week in the motel. That's how true they are to tradition."
October 6
In an effort to engage support from small businesses in Emmet and Charlevoix Counties for the United Way Campaign, Char-Em United Way is planning a “Small Business Blitz” on Wednesday, October 6.
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A free cup of coffee will reward donors to Char-Em United Way’s Small Business Blitz on Wednesday October 6.
Read more . . .
October 7
Boyne District Library invites children to a Runaway Garden Party on October 7 at 6:30 p.m. In addition to a reading of "The Runaway Garden," there will be prizes for all children participating in the ongoing MichiganReads reading incentive program, garden games and a special guest. Rachel Evans, Farm Bureau of Charlevoix County "4-H'er of the Year" for 2010 will be on hand to speak about gardening and engage children in hands-on activities. Rachel, 16, has been involved with various aspects of 4-H and gardening ever since she can remember, and loves to share her enthusiasm with children. To enter the reading incentive program, children can visit the library a ny time to pick up or turn in reading logs, which simply record time spent reading or being read to. Reading logs can be turned in until Oct. 7. For more information, contact Monica at (231) 582-7861, or visit www.boynelibrary.org.
October 8-10
Come camping at Young State Park for a Haunting Good Time, on October 8-10. Friday, October 8 set up and start pumpkin carving and decorating campsites. Each campsite may take 1 pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. At 7:30 p.m. Halloween Children's Bedtime Story at Mirror Pond. On Saturday, October 9 starting at 11 a.m. craft projects, 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. hayrides, 3 p.m. have your pumpkins and sites decorated for judging, 4:30 p.m. costume contest, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. trick-or-treating throughout the campground, and 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. haunted trail thru Cannibal Campground. At 9 a.m., Sunday cider and donuts will be provided. It will be a weekend of fun. For more details contact the park at 231-582-9151. Details . . .
October 9
The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra celebrates its 10th season, "Looking Back, ~ Looking Forward" with the first concert of the season, "Grand Opening." The GLCO is pleased to feature cellist, , performing Tchaikovsky's "Variations on a Rococo Theme and the dance inspired "Pulcinella Suite" by Stravinsky. Saeunn will also solo in a performance of Piazzolla's tango, "Oblivion." Praised by the New York Times as "a charismatic cellist", Saeunn has appeared as recitalist and chamber musician across the U.S., Europe, and her native Iceland. The Concert will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Boyne City High School Performing Ar t Center, and at 4 p.m. Oct. 10, 4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, Harbor Springs. Tickets are $15 for adults and students 18 and younger are admitted free, as are all active duty military. The tickets are available on Treatickets, through the GLCO web site, Chambers of Commerce in Boyne City, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Crooked Tree Art Center, and local bookstores.
October 10
The all-new Genesis Church of Boyne City will have its grand opening service celebration 10/10/10 at 11 a.m. in the Boyne City Elementary School auditorium. Jamie and Kris Woodall are the Boyne City couple beginning this new work. Over 30 Boyne City friends will be helping each Sunday. In the past five years Genesis Church has been meeting in the Petoskey Cinema with a current average attendance of nearly 200. Boyne City is the second Genesis location. They are a nondenominational Bible-teaching church and specialize in a comfortable jeans-wearing environment to build new friendships and explore spiritual things together. Services will be one hour. Each Sunday adults will experience inspiring contemporary worship bands and practical, challenging &quo t;earthy" talks from the Bible while kids enjoy a fun, energetic learning time together. Boyne City Genesis Church attendee Matt Blandford says, "I like Genesis Church because it's genuine." If you'd like to know more you can contact Jamie Woodall at 231-923-9501 (Jamie@genesiswired.com), or go to genesiswired.com and click on Locations/Boyne City.
October 16
Freshwater Studio has announced the first three concerts for its monthly music series. The Thornetta Davis Trio will perform the blues at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16. The trio has toured with Kid Rock and Bob Seger. Show your concert ticket on Oct. 16 to receive 10 percent off your dinner check at Café Santé or Red Mesa Grill. Three Michigan songwriters will perform Songwriters in the Round on Nov. 6. Featured will be Dave Boutette, Dan Bracken and Steve Tucker. December 4th brings Stephen Fearing, 2008 Songwriter of the Year winner in the Juno awards, Canada's highest musical award, for his album, "Yellow Jacket."
October 20
The public is invited to the Boyne Area Senior Center Soup Cook-off from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday ,October 20. The event features four soup samples for$1, a Polish sausage dinner for $2 and dessert for $1. Come join the fun and help pick the winning soup. The senior center is located at 411 E. Division St. in Boyne City.