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Freedom From Smoking Clinic Charlevoix Area Hospital along with the American Lung Association wants to help you quit smoking. If you have reached the point where you are ready to be free from smoking this program will provide support, guidance and advice to help you reach your goal.This 8 session, 7 week program, conducted at Charlevoix Area Hospital beginning April 19 and ending June 7, 2010. Classes will be held on Mondays (excluding Memorial Day) from 5-6 pm in classroom B. There is no charge for this program. Let this be YOUR year to be Free From Smoking. Call 547-8672 or send an e-mail to mhines@cah.org and register today.
The Jordan Valley Community Band will start rehearsals for its summer concert season on Thursdays at 7:00 pm in the East Jordan High School band room beginning on May 20th. The concerts will be performed each Thursday evening in July at 7:00 pm in the band shell at East Jordan's Memorial Park. If you or someone you know plays an instrument or has played in the past and would like to join us, please contact Director Becky Palmiter at 582-3734, President Leslie Cunningham at 547-2145 or Secretary/Treasurer Phyllis Childs at 582-3488 to have your name added to our mailing list or if you need help finding an instrument.
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Saturday, 8:30 AM- Bird Walk and Potluck: Join us for a morning bird walk at the Martha Wagbo Farm and Education Center. Hike will start at 8:30 with a breakfast potluck to follow. Bring binoculars and bird guides if you have them. Dress for outdoor conditions. Birders of all skill levels welcome. Feel free to attend with or without a dish to pass! For more info, call 231-536-0333, or email wagbo@torchlake.com.
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7:00 p.m. We will have our guest speakers who are our Scholarship students of Ellsworth High School, Bridgett Potter & Emily Piellusck. They will be doing a video that they did on the Ellsworth Vietnam gentlemen of Ellsworth who were Glen Rubingh, Larry VanderSlik & Dan Boss. Looking forward to seeing you all.
June 17
Annual Breezeway Cruise. Starting at Boyne Mountain at 5pm for light snacks, cruise beginning at 7pm. and ending at Friske Orchards. To register please call Chamber office at 536-7351. Cost is $5.00. Dinner available at Friske.
The Charlevoix/Emmet counties United Way had a Celebration Breakfast to announce funded programs and present annual awards. Read more . . .
June 17-20
The 30th Annual Ellsworth Pig Roast will be held Thursday, June 17 through Sunday, June 20 in downtown Ellsworth. The Pig Roast kicks off on Thursday evening with the 2nd annual Breezeway Cruise from Boyne Falls through Ellsworth to Atwood. For complete details, go to www.ridethebreezeway.com.
Friday evenings events take place on the elementary school grounds and include a 50's style "drive-in" dinner and ice cream social featuring music by one-man-band Andy Barger. There will be a preview of the Great Lakes Timber Show featuring a cross-cut saw competition; grab partner and give it a try!
The evening is capped by a performance by country and gospel musician Chris Dominic of Charlevoix. Saturday brings the main day of the Pig Roast and begins with the 5K Run and Walk, Pancake Breakfast and Farmers Market. The days festivities continue with historical trolley tours aboard the Mackinac Trolley, The Grand Parade, and three performances by Great Lakes Timber Show. There is plenty for the kids to do with two inflatable obstacle courses and the free games and prizes. The main event starts at noon-the Pig Roast dinner under the tents featuring roast pork, bun, potato salad, baked beans and applesauce, beverage and choice of homemade dessert accompanied by Bit of Brass Quartet. We close the day with the 3-point shoot out and Horse Pull. To celebrate our 30th year, all entertainment admission is by donation. To close the Pig Roast on Sunday evening is the traditional community worship service held this year at Iron Horse Farms barn. For a complete schedule of events, please go to www.ellsworthpigroast.com or call Alana Haley at 231-588-6391
June 19
Will be held Saturday, June 19, raising money for breast cancer programs offered through Charlevoix Area Hospital and Northern Michigan Regional Hospital. The 8th annual ride begins in Veterans Memorial Park in Boyne City with registration at 7 a.m. for the 55-mile ride. Registration for the 7, 20 and 42-mile rides is held from 7:30 to 9 a.m.; riders start as soon as they have registered. Lunch is at 12:30 p.m. Forms are available at the Chamber.
June 20
Summer Solstice River Trip Sun, 9 AM - 11 AM Come join us to celebrate the longest day of the year and Fathers Day with a beautiful easy paddle down the lower Jordan with views of the Eagles nest. Continental Breakfast at the Watershed Center.Bring your canoes or kayaks to the Rogers Road Access. We will have 1-2 cars at the finish to take people back to pick up their vehicles after taking out below the downtown bridge.
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Four Chambers of Commerce are joining together to sponsor a Regional Business After Hours networking extravaganza at the new One Water development on the waterfront in Boyne City on Wednesday, June 23. The Business After Hours will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and will feature networking among Chamber members from Boyne City, East Jordan, Charlevoix and Petoskey. More than 200 business people are expected to attend. Admission is $5 for members of any participating Chamber, or $10 for non-members. No RSVPs are necessary.
Hors d'oeuvres will be provided by the new Café Santé restaurant, a casual, European-style bistro which is now open in the One Water development. The event will include a cash bar and entertainment by Pete Kehoe. In addition to Café Santé, One Water includes a 24-slip marina on Lake Charlevoix, Alpine Chocolat Haus, Kidd & Leavy Real Estate and administrative offices for Michigan Community Dental Clinics. A 37-room hotel will be built in the second phase of the development, which is owned by Catt Development of Gaylord.
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