Horton Bay resident Marie Kring gives viewers an inside look at a century of life just before her 100th birthday. Read more at petoskeynews.com.
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The famous Budweiser Clydesdale team of eight horses entertained the public with a hook-up demonstration and paraded around the parking lot, stopping often for photographs Wednesday, July 16 at the Emmet County Fairgrounds. This particular team is based out of St. Louis, and is one of five traveling teams that spend about 10 months a year making public appearances. A sixth team lives permanently at Orlando, Fla.
When Maggie Van Wagoner was teaching high school art, she tried to incorporate new art forms every year. One of those forms was Ukrainian-style pysanky eggs, and more than 20 years later she's still doing them. She explained to The Graphic the process of dying the eggs and what she enjoys about it. For more, visit www.thegraphicweekly.com.
This pork loin roulade stuffed with apple sausage cornbread stuffing is plated with roasted vegetables by Rob Sargent, chef of Sage restaurant in Odawa Casino Resort in Petoskey. By first butterflying the pork loin, the presentation is bumped up notch by the pinwheel effect of the stuffing inside. A little olive oil drizzled on the platter, along with the vibrant and rich colors of the roasted vegetables, makes for a stunning presentation. Find the recipe online at www.thegraphicweekly.com.
Watch the ball drop and revelers at Crooked Tree Arts Center in downtown Petoskey welcome 2012 with a flash mob dance.
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater of Chicago hosted a master class for Crooked Tree Arts Centers pre-professional ballet students on Sunday, March 7. The master class also served as Michigan's only audition for the Deeply Rooted Summer Dance Intensive Artistic director, Kevin Iega Jeff conducted the class. Joining him were Associate Artistic Director, Gary Abbott and Dance Education Director, Kathleen Turner.
Petoskey News-Review photographer recently cruised Little Traverse Bay near Harbor Springs by ice boat with Harbor Springs resident Kevin Meier.
Check out this brief clip of Kid Rock at Boyne Mountain Aug. 15. For more Northern Michigan entertainment news visit www.thegraphicweekly.com
What's your Bliss? Petoskey News-Review Staff Writer Noah Fowle shoots video at Blissfest in Cross Village, MI.
On Aug. 14 and 15, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians hosted its 19th annual Odawa Homecoming Pow Wow in Harbor Springs. Dancers from all over the country impressed spectators with competition dances in the categories of traditional, grass, chicken, jingle and fancy.
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Charlevoix County's chief assistant prosecutor Shaynee Fanara describes prosecutor John Jarema's alleged lying, bullying and vindictive behavior on Wednesday, April 11, at the Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners regular meeting.
Brek-N-Ridge Farm, located at 7359 South Lakeshore Drive, M-119, in Harbor Springs. Farm instructors offer lessons, boarding, training and rehab services. Horsemanship lessons are offered to those ages 7 and up. This is Emmet County's premier indoor riding arena. Instructors are Karin Reid Offield and Kate Etherly. For more information, call (231) 242-0012, visit www.breknridgefarm.com or email lessontime@yahoo.com
The Ironworker Festival in Mackinaw City took place Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 14-15, behind the Mackinaw City High School. Events included in this video are rod tying, rivet toss, spud throw and the World Champion Column Climb.
On Thursday, May 21, 2009, St. Francis Xavier fourth-grade students got a chance to be part of history by reenacting what a typical school day would have been like for children in 1895, as part of the One-Room School House Program St. Francis has been putting on for the past 24 years. Read more Northern Michigan news at www.petoskeynews.com.
Charlevoix Elementary School principal Dick Swenor celebrated a successful month of reading with students and staff by slipping down a slide covered in shaving cream into a pool of jello March 31. Swenor is retiring at the end of the school year. This marks his final March Into Reading event.
Families are in the process of planting rows of lettuce, corn and other vegetables in plots provided by Pond Hill Farm in Harbor Springs. Even those who have never successfully grown plants before will have the chance to watch their seedlings thrive. At a rate of $20-$35 per year families can grow their own produce.
Mackinaw City, Mich. — For cooking enthusiasts who have done it all, theres now another learning opportunity coming your way. From 6:00 pm 8:00 pm on July 7, July 14, July 21, or July 28 its your turn to cook from the hearth colonial-style. Colonial cooking classes are being offered for the first time at the authentically reconstructed Langlade House in Colonial Michilimackinac, a reconstructed 1770s fort and fur trading village. Each session begins with an introduction to using the Dutch oven, including cleaning, assembly, and heating. A separate menu will be prepared during each session. The menu will include a main course such as a soup or stew and a baked dessert. Participants will prepare everything from scratch, from cutting, husking to baking using all historically accurate cooking tools and ingredients. Read more at www.petoskeynews.com
A man and woman, whose names have not yet been released by police, were seriously injured Tuesday, July 28, in a two-vehicle accident along US 31 near Resort Pike Road in Petoskey. According to Officer Todd Troxel with the Petoskey Department of Public Safety, the accident occurred shortly after 4 pm when a woman traveling northbound on Resort Pike Road in a silver Honda Odyssey, with Missouri plates, failed to yield for a Charlevoix man who was driving a Ford F-250 truck eastbound toward Petoskey on US 31. As a result, Troxel said the truck's front end hit the driver side of the Odyssey, causing the vehicle to roll multiple times.
Playing mandolin, Michala Jamison, 13, of Traverse City (left) and Lindsay Boyajian, 11, of Cedar playing fiddle, warm the hearts of the audience with a special duet at the annual Fiddlers Jamboree Saturday, March 5, at the Harvest Barn Church in East Jordan.
Check out the sloppy action from the Boyne Falls Polish Festival Mud Run in August 2009.
Suki is a 9-year-old Pembroke Welsh Corgi owned by Jodie Adams of Boyne City, MI. She will compete in the 8" height division of the American Kennel Club (AKC) National Agility Championship Friday-Sunday, March 28-30 in Tulsa, Okla. There will 138 8" height division entries from across the country, but overall there will be about 700 contestants. Go to www.petoskeynews.com for more.
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Fried sage leaves are an easy way to add some pop to presentation, noted Rob Sargent, chef of Sage restaurant in Odawa Casino Resort in Petoskey. Heat oil in a large skillet or frying pan until it's hot. To test temperature, dip a sage leaf into the oil; it should start to fry immediately. Move the leaves around as they cook, but be careful to not overcook the leaves; they finish in less than a minute. Use to garnish any dish from meats and vegetables to sides. Find a video of the technique at www.thegraphicweekly.com.
The Boyne Meets Broadway dinner and show hosted by the Boyne City High School students took place Nov. 20-21 at the Boyne City Performing Arts Center.
The 30th annual Blissfest took place Friday through Sunday, July 9-11, at the festival farm near Cross Village, MI. These clips feature the music of Green Tea and a look at some camping, dancing and fun from Saturday.
This will be Australias second Olympic Games fielding a snowboarding team, having also competed in the 2006 Torino Games. Watch as we interview Australian team members, including Ben Mates who competed in 2006 games in Torino, Italy; Nathan Johnstone who is ranked no. 2 in World Cup standings, under Shaun White of the United States; Holly Crawford; and coach, Andrew Burton. Also featured is team Japan's coach, Tadashige Jibu. For more information on how to catch the Olympic fever at Otsego Club, call 800-752-5510 or visit www.otsegoclub.com. For more coverage of the Olympic stay in Gaylord, visit www.gaylordheraldtimes.com.
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Keegan LaBlance scored on a runner with 2 seconds remaining Friday, Jan. 29 lifting Charlevoix to a thrilling Lake Michigan Conference victory.
A petoskeynews.com production. Innovative, creative and awe-inspiring — or some might call them just plain whacky. These are some words that describe Petoskey High School's tediously assembled machines which are competing March 27 at Lake Superior State University against East Jordan and Mackinaw City high schools, among others, in the state finals of the 2008 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.This nationwide engineering contest, which has three divisions for junior high, high school and college students, is inspired by Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Rube Goldberg.
East Jordan Public Schools students celebrating 2010 homecoming festivities Friday and Saturday Oct. 8-9 with a pep assembly followed by a football showdown with Elk Rapids and a half-time crowning of student royalty.
