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Once again it is time to think of Spring Flowers and the City of East Jordan DDA Flower Boxes on Main Street. Last year you did a great job of planting and maintaining a "Flower Box" on Main Street. They looked great. The time, energy and money invested in them was greatly appreciated by everyone. Are you willing and able to adopt a planter this year? Do you want the same one as last year? We hope that all spring planting can take place by Thursday, May 24th, which is the Thursday prior to Memorial Day Weekend. If you are interested in planting and maintaining a "Flower Box" please contact Tom Teske at (231) 536-4428 or mobile (734) 604-6872
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May 1
May 2
Charlevoix Area Hospital's next "Wellness Wednesday" $12 cholesterol screening will be from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. The Wellness Wednesday Health Screens include: Total Cholesterol, HDL, ratio, and Glucose levels, Body Mass Index (BMI) score, Fat Percentage, and a Blood Pressure reading. No fasting is required. However, if you are fasting an LDL and triglyceride reading can also be obtained. Cost for the service is $12. Participants will also receive a blood pressure log and pedometer as well as all test results at the time of the screen. A Registered Nurse will adapt health consultation and educational materials to individual results. Appointments can be made in advance by calling the office of Community Health Education at Charlevoix Area Hospital: (231) 547-8906 or by email: mailto:kjacobsen@cah.org Walk-ins are always welcome.
RELAY FOR LIFE OF CHARLEVOIX COUNTY OPEN HOUSE - KICK OFF MEETING
May 2nd 6:30 pm Eagles Lodge - Boyne City, MI Please join us to learn more about Relay For Life. For more information contact Owen Welsh at 231-675-3644.
May 3
May 5
Saturday Bus Service. Beginning May 5th. Service hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Service times may be extended from time to time to provide transportation for our local community events and festivals. Advanced reservations are suggested; same day calls will be accommodated as scheduling allows. Call 582-6900 for more information or to make ride reservations.
Spring American Girl Doll Dessert Tea Party & Movie. Saturday, May 5th the tea is at 1:30 PM at the East Jordan High School Cafeteria. $3 per person - bring your own tea cup. Free door prize ticket with admission. Free Movie - 2:45 PM "Barbie and the Three Musketeers"
10th Annual Open House featuring our ride and drive at Work 'N Play Shop. 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Refreshments, Prizes, Treats for Kids, In Store Promotions and the Stehl Rep will be there for demos.
May 6
10th Annual Dinner & Live Auction Celebration. Sunday, May 6, 2012. Browse the auction at 12:30 PM and dinner at 1:30 PM. Held at the Emmet County Community Building located at the Emmet County Fairgrounds - Petoskey.
May 7
May 8
May 9
Charlevoix Area Hospital will be hosting its first annual 1.5 mile "Charlevoix Area Hospital School Nurse 5210 Family Fun Run" on Saturday, June 9, 2012. The 5210 theme promotes 5 fruits and vegetables, no more than 2 hours of screen time, 1 hour of physical activity, and 0 sugary drinks per day. The fun run will begin at 9am with registration starting at 8am. There will be a $15.00 pre-registration fee ($20.00 after May 18) for each family which includes a healthy, colorful breakfast and opportunities to try fun activities including Karate, Yoga, and Dance after the walk. Local area high school students will have a "face painting" booth and each family will take home a cherry or grape tomato plant. Local author and cartoonist, Dick Evans will read from his new book "Discover the Magic of Rainbows" which promotes colorful, healthy eating. He will also conduct fun, informal classes on the "art of cartooning". All proceeds from this event will benefit the "Charlevoix Area Hospital School Nurse Program" which currently employees four full-time school nurses who cover Bellaire, Boyne Concord, Boyne Falls, Central Lake, Charlevoix, East Jordan, Ellsworth, NW Academy, and St. Mary's School in Charlevoix. Please visit cah.org to pre-register online or call or email Kathy Jacobsen RN at (231) 547-8906, mailto:kjacobsen@cah.org
The East Jordan High School Girls Soccer Team needs help meeting their funding goal. Due to budget cuts, in order to have a team this year, they needed to raise the funds to do it. The team was blessed with two large donations, but still needs to raise $1,000 by the end of the school year to pay for their season. A fundraising Dinner and Auction will be held Wednesday, May 9 from 6:00 to 8:00pm at Murray's Restaurant in East Jordan. The team will serve as hostesses, bus tables and offer a silent auction. This years' East Jordan Rotary Exchange student is Javiera Rodriguez from Chile. Javi has been an avid soccer player her entire life and is a member of the soccer team. In honor of her home country Murray's will be offering traditional Chilean Soccer Match Fare including Beef Empanadas, a Chilean Hot Dog and Carbonata Stew for dinner and Rice Pudding and Sopapillas for dessert. For each of these menu items purchased, Murray's will donate a portion to the team. The soccer team will also be running a Car, Cans and Cookie Fundraiser later in the month. This fundraiser will include a car wash and cookie sale by donation and also a can drive. The team is also accepting sponsorships. To become a sponsor or for more information, contact Alana at 231-360-0676.
May 10
May 12
Families in northern Michigan are invited to join Raven Hill Discovery Center staff and volunteers on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from noon to 4 pm, when the Center will offer FREE ADMISSION and special activities for families. Visitors can explore the hands-on museum and hold or pet the animals, as well as participate in a special project by designing their own Personal or Family Flag. Learn about the history and meaning of the Presidential Flag and see the High Flying Flags that will soon be flying in the Center's new Warren Loranger Great Room. Families are also encouraged to dress for the outdoors so they can enjoy the Music Garden, Jurassic Park Walk, Schoolhouse, Tree House and other outdoor exhibits.
Rogers Family Homestead Preserve Work Bee 9am - 3pm
Recommended for adults // Rogers Preserve (located just outside of East Jordan) Located less than half a mile from downtown East Jordan, the 148-acre Rogers Preserve protects over a mile of Jordan River frontage and has a one and a half mile trail system. We're looking for volunteers to help us do trail work, clean up some old farm debris, remove barbed wire fencing, and plant native trees and shrubs along the river. Come for the whole day, or just an hour or two - it's up to you. The Martha Wagbo Center's noon potluck is just a mile down the road, so you may want to plan that into your day! For more information, contact Doug Fuller at 231-344-1009 or mailto:doug@landtrust.org. This is a program of the 2012 Plant Heritage Week and is presented by the Little Traverse Conservancy. For a full list of events this week, visit http://www. natureiscalling.org.
Mother/Daughter Banquet will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 6PM at the East Jordan High School. Nominations for "Mother of the Year" will be accepted until April 30, 2012. Please send a brier (200 words or less) summary of why you feel they deserve this honor to: East Jordan Lions Club, P.O. Box 845, East Jordan, MI 49727
The last Back Porch Coffeehouse for the season will be held Saturday, May 12th at the Charlevoix Senior Center building, and will feature Kelly Shively and Norm Hausler! Kelly Shively and Norm Hausler are a pair of seasoned musicians who have played with many Northern Michigan musicians and also on their own, as solo singer/instrumentalists. Kelly brings her original songs of family and home, along with her interpretations of traditional mountain and Celtic music. Norm’s deep baritone voice lends itself to country classics and provides a wonderful harmony for Kelly’s soprano vocals. Norm is enjoying learning to accompany Kelly with “mountain modal” tunings on his guitar, while Kelly surprises with turns on her fiddle, harp, banjo and a variety of other instruments. You never know what tunes and arrangements these two will offer...but you are sure to smile and hum along.
Suggested donations are $5/person, $10/ family- all donations are for the scheduled performers. Light refreshments are available at no charge… cookie donations are always welcome! The musical evening is for all ages. Kelly and Norm will play from 7 to 8:30 p.m., followed by a circle jam session- musicians and poets of all ages are welcome to join in.
Directions to the Senior Center building: From US-31 on the south end of Charlevoix, turn west onto Carpenter St. (between the Pizza Hut and Flap Jack Shack). Continue .7 mile on Carpenter to the corner of Norwood Rd. The Senior Center is the large white building on the left of the intersection. Parking is available both in front and behind the Center. The facility is fully accessible. Contact: 231-622-2944. Please respond to this number or this e-mail if you have received this message in error or wish to be removed from our contact list. We hope you can join us for another warm evening of community and music, and we hope you will share this information with others who may be interested.
May 13
Opening of the "Annual Scholarship Show"
Mother's Day Wildflower Walk 3-4:30pm
Recommended for all ages // Ransom Nature Preserve (located between Petoskey and Charlevoix) Not only for mothers - bring the whole family to celebrate the newness and fresh air of spring. Join botanist Roger Knutson on a moderate hike through the 1˝ miles of hilly trails at the Ransom Nature Preserve with great views of Lake Michigan. Roger will guide us through the wonders of Northern Michigan flowers and open our eyes to the beauty we see but can't always name. For more information, contact Cacia Lesh at 231-344-1000 or mailto:cacia@landtrust.org. $5 suggested donation. This is a program of the 2012 Plant Heritage Week and is presented by the Little Traverse Conservancy. For a full list of events this week, visit http://www.natureiscalling.org.
May 14
May 15
May 17
24th Annual Boyne City Police and East Jordan Police Departments. D.A.R.E. Association Benefit Golf Outing & Dinner.Thursday, May 17, 2012: Golf the, 12:30 p.m. Shotgun & dinner: Stein Eriksen's, 5:30 p.m. Hole-in-one winner receives at least $5,000 in cash and prizes! Sponsored by Korthase-Flinn Insurance. For more information 231-582-6611 between 8 a.m. & 4 p.m.
May 18
May 14-20
As spring arrives it's time to "take action" and get our homes, businesses and community ready to greet visitors. The city of East Jordan will hold the 2nd annual citywide clean up event.
May 18-20
Mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, big sisters, aunts plus their daughters, sisters and granddaughters ages 7 to 17 are invited to an activity-packed weekend at the 2nd annual Mother & Daughter Weekend at Camp Daggett, Friday, May 18 through Sunday, May 20. Again, there will be wonderful activities including smores and singing around the campfire, high ropes activities, bracelet weaving, scrapbooking, Petoskey buddy stones and jewelry, book reviews by McLean & Eakin, an in-house beauty afternoon provided by Talulu Beauty Lounge (some charges apply), a pontoon boat ride, karaoke and great food. Cost is $150 for mother/daughter, plus $50 for each additional daughter. Space is limited and registration is on a first come first served basis. Fee includes lodging, food and all activities, unless otherwise noted. For additional information, contact Kathy Bardins at 231-487-1188. To register, please contact Jen Tarquini at Camp Daggett, 231-347-9742.
May 19
May 23
May 25-26
26 miles of garage sales and special offers along the Breezeway (County Road C-48). Treasures Galore, something for everyone. Flyer . . .
Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM & Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM
The United Methodist Women (U.M.W.) will be having their "Basement" Sale at the Church on Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to Noon.
May 26
The East Jordan 6th & 7th Grade Students will be holding a fundraising event on Saturday, May 26th during the Garage Sales Across the Breezeway. They will be having a concession stand in Memorial Park from 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM selling hot dogs, walking tacos and drinks. Stop in for lunch while your out shopping at the East Jordan Sidewalk Sales or shopping at the many garage sales in town.
May 28
May 29
Yoga, 7:00 - 8:30 PM. If anyone is interested in Yoga, they may contact the Yoga Instructor, Lisa Hepner directly at (231) 373-4249 or email: hepnerlj@yahoo.com for details.
May 30
May 31