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Bringing the farm to you Up North
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Contents 2 Bringing the farm to you Up North is the hot new addition to Pentwater
4 Guess who’s coming to dinner? Everybody!
Centenary Methodist’s Community Dinners reach a ‘50,000 meals served’ milestone PTW Photo by Andrew Skinner
5 Curtis’ named
2017 Citizens of the Year
6 Pentwater’s Spring Fest takes over village green June 17-18
7 Events Check the calendar
10 Library ribbon cutting June 20
11 New book gives
historical look at Pentwater homes, buildings
14 1992 time capsule opened in Pentwater
ptw Pentwater This Week • June 13, 2017 Published by Oceana’s Herald-Journal 123 State St., Hart MI 49420 © 2017 Community Media Group Published May 23 & June 13 and weekly June 27 thru Aug. 29, 2017 Distributed free at Pentwater locations. Andrew Skinner • Editor
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Welcome to Pentwater
The Garden Club of Pentwater and Neighboring Communities board welcomes all residents and visitors to join us in celebrating the beauty of nature. Pentwater and its surrounding towns provide us with natural beauty throughout the year. Rolling hills of agricultural produce and forest; plains, wetlands, lakes and rivers give us opportunities to view and enjoy a variety of wildlife, and of course, fauna and flowers throughout the seasons. This leads us to gardening and the opportunity to share a little bit about our gardeners and how we celebrated nature throughout the years. Over the last 87 years, members of this club worked to promote the knowledge and love of gardening. Our purpose has always been to beautify our communities while understanding and conserving our natural resources. From April through November, our members meet monthly for fellowship and educational presentations. We invite you, as residents or guests from out of town, to join us each month. Program topics vary each meeting. Landscape design, new plants introduced that year, using plants in cooking or decoration, or perhaps learning new ways to help preserve our environment such as understanding the importance
and methods of bee pollination are just a few of our educational presentations. In between meetings, we visit members’ gardens and other natural locations to informally share and foster our horticultural experiences. Our fundraisers benefit not only us, but the community. In May we conduct a spring plant sale during Saturday of Memorial Day weekend at Bell Park. Each year we provide plants from our own gardens and offer a featured plant such as lavender, helleborus, or this year a variety of herbs. Our gardeners are present to answer questions and eager to offer advice when solicited. In July, we host our very popular and well attended Blooming Arts Garden Walk. This event helps to showcase residents’ creative and exceptional gardens in the surrounding area. Musicians and artists add a special touch giving the viewer a unique and pleasant experience. From spring through fall, each month, we select and publicly recognize individual residents and businesses that actively demonstrate the philosophy and values of the garden club. They share with all of us the nurturing care and beauty of their home gardens, CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
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Bringing the farm to you Up North is the hot new addition to Pentwater
BY MARY BETH CRAIN PTW WRITER Take three people, all experts in their particular fields, each with an entrepreneurial dream. Put them all together, add equal helpings of enthusiasm, vision and faith, and what do you get? The Up North Farm Market and Up North Garden Center. You may have seen this new addition to the area: a large complex just off the Monroe Road east of the Pentwater exit on U.S. 31 featuring several buildings—a farm market, garden center, feed and seed building, and a structure-inprogress, which will, with a target date of Labor Day weekend, be the new headquarters of Mike Blackmer Electric and Construction. Blackmer is, in fact, the guiding light behind Up North. A long-established Hart business owner whose company has been a thriving operation for years, he nonetheless harbored, since childhood, the secret dream of having a farm market. “I grew up in Elbridge Township, where my grandpa and grandma had a pickle farm and station, and a market,” says the friendly, soft-spoken Blackmer. “Everyone knew Blackmer Store. I was raised on a farm and in the store, so it’s in my blood. I always wanted to have a farm market. Growing things and watching them come to fruition is very rewarding. We live in such a great county with such a variety of fruits and vegetables. I have had so many customers and farmers who have supported me in my business, and it’s neat to be able to buy from them and support them. It’s an evolving thing.” So how, when and why did Up North finally make the transition from dream to reality? Through, essentially, a fortuitous series of connections and encounters with the two other principle dream catchers—Kristy Sauser and Brad Weesies. In the garden center, Brad and Kristy take time out of their busy schedules to tell the story of Up North. Although the establishment has only been open a few weeks, the phone is constantly ringing, people are steadily arriving, 2 PENTWATER THIS WEEK
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and employees have a million questions. “What a wonderful idea,” a customer enthuses, gazing around the huge 6,200 sq. ft. nursery filled with flats, pots and hanging baskets of colorful flowers and plants, and carrying every product and accessory a garden could require. “It’s impressive!” “What’s most rewarding is seeing everybody who comes through this door,” grins Weesies. “The amazement, at the structure of the building and the quality of the merchandise.” Both Weesies and Sauser look so young, it’s hard to believe that they are co-owners, with Blackmer, of the new operation. Yet Weesies has five kids, the oldest 18, and Sauser, a wife of 22 years, has 10 and 12-year-old daughters who are cutting their work teeth at Up North, as they help around the center and market. Like Blackmer, the newbie entrepreneurs admit that Up North is the fulfillment of a long-cherished aspiration. Brad, a fourth-generation Weesies, had been working for years in the family business, Weesies Bros. Garden Centers and Landscaping. “My great-grandpa, who came over from the Netherlands, started Weesies,” he explains.“And I worked there ever since I can remember.” Brad had been promised a partnership in the business. But when that promise fell through, he decided that it was time to put his considerable experience to use in a venture of his own. “I had a family to provide for,” he says. “And I wanted to have something I could hand down to my sons. Something that they could count on in their future.” It was Mary Stiphany, wife of Bert Stiphany, the founder of Pentwater’s Harbor Design, who encouraged Weesies to pursue his idea and connected him with Blackmer. “Mike is very genuine,” Weesies observes. “He’s all about family, and he treats his employees like family. He encourages you, and he mentors you.”
Sauser, who has worked for Blackmer as a building designer since 2003, echoes Weesies’ sentiments. “To me, Mike is like a big brother. He’s great with everybody. He takes you under his wing. For him, it’s not just about work—it’s about helping you as an individual, helping you make life decisions.” Blackmer instantly tuned in to Weesies’s as-
for Mike for 14 years, and started building pole buildings in 2005. Prior to that I worked for Mike’s dad, Bob, who was president of Buildings Plus.” Since high school, Sauser had wanted to go
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sets, and his enthusiasm. “Working with my hands and growing flowers is what I love to do,” Weesies says. “And I have all the connections to all the nurseries. I knew exactly what I wanted in a greenhouse structure. “Everything inside here we grew ourselves. Trees, shrubs and perennials have to be brought in, but everything else in grown in house. We started from either a rooted cutting or seed. I and one other guy did all the planting and growing, so I can keep my prices way down. It’s kind of like rewarding people for coming. They are so thankful, to have us here in Pentwater.” As for Sauser, she’s had a long time association with the Blackmer family. “I’ve known the Blackmers all my life,” she notes. “I have a degree in architectural construction and am a licensed builder. I’ve worked
Photos: On the cover, Mike Blackmer, Kristy Sauser and Brad Weesies of Up North Garden Center and Up North Farm Market are surrounded by a variety of flowers sold in garden center’s greenhouse. Opposite page, a garden center shopper takes in the colorful sights as she makes her way through the greenhouse. This page, top, Weesies, Blackmer and Sauser arrange hanging baskets and flats of flowers. A pink Dahlia, bottom right, is in full bloom.
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Guess who’s coming to dinner? Everybody!
Centenary Methodist’s Community Dinners reach a ‘50,000 meals served’ milestone BY MARY BETH CRAIN PTW WRITER
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It’s another community dinner night at Pentwater’s Centenary United Methodist Church, and the social hall is, as usual, packed, with both old and young gathering for yet another free weekly meal. This evening, however, is special—it’s the final dinner of the season, and as such is somewhat bittersweet. “We’ll really miss it,” one older woman admits, as she stands in line for the picnic-style supper of hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, coleslaw, green salad and dessert. “This is something my husband and I look forward to every week—getting together with our friends and enjoying a wonderful meal. It’s a big part of our social life.” It’s not the end of the dinners, though— they’ll resume after Labor Day. They’re just on hiatus, because, as Suzanne Ritchie, one of the event’s founders, notes, “We don’t have air conditioning and the kitchen just gets too hot in the summer. So we’re taking a break until September.” Tonight’s dinner is also a break from the standard event. The meals are traditionally a sit-down affair with volunteers waiting on tables, serving hot repasts that often border on the gourmet and include everything from rolls, salad and soup to entrees, side dishes and a dessert table bulging with all manner of sweet temptations. While this picnic dinner is selfserve, with paper plates and plastic ware, the regular dinners feature linen tablecloths, china and silver flatware—important, the founders believed, to show respect for patrons, whatever their circumstances. “We feel that the way the dinner is served is as important as the food itself,” noted Karen St. Denis in a 2010 interview. St. Denis, who, with her husband Richard, spearheaded the project, was determined from the beginning to make the dinners special. “We use china plates rather than disposables. We have the linen tablecloths and the nice place settings because we want to
Pentwater residents visit while enjoying their meal Wednesday, May 31 during the weekly Pentwater Community Dinner at the Centenary Methodist Church. The free dinner program served its 50,000th meal in what was the final dinner of the season which runs Labor Day through May.
promote an atmosphere of dignity.” Although the dinners were initially planned as a project to feed the hungry and financially pressed members of Oceana County, they soon grew into a community event anticipated by everyone from families to seniors who appreciated the opportunity to get out of the house, especially during the winter months, and gather with friends. “What began as a program to feed the hungry has grown into a weekly neighborhood event where neighbors and friends meet up with each other to find out what’s new and how they can support each other,” noted Karen. “Not everyone needs a free meal; many come to donate and eat with their friends. And we have parents and grandparents, kids and grandkids.” When the St. Denises first embarked on the project, they figured a small crowd might show up to the first dinner. They were, however, in for a surprise. “We patterned our idea after Scottville United Methodist Church’s free weekly dinners,”
said Karen. “When they started out, they were only serving around 12 dinners, and over time have progressed to around 100 dinners weekly. But we started out with a bang, serving over 80 dinners the first night.” That number has grown to over 200 weekly meals. And the event recently reached a milestone: to date, Centenary UM has served over 50,000 meals, including 7,500 served to Cove women’s shelter. “When we started this ministry, we had no idea how the community would respond. It’s very gratifying to know that we’ve exceeded the ‘50,000 meals served’ milestone in only seven years,” says Richard. “People don’t just come to eat—they become involved,” observes Gloria Egermeier, who’s been volunteering at the dinners since they began.“They come to serve, and do dishes, and help with the cooking. I cooked for many years, until physical problems limited my activ-
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Curtis’ named 2017 Citizens of the Year The Pentwater Service Club recently selected Lee and Elaine Curtis of Pentwater as its Citizens of the Year for 2017. The Curtis’ will be honored in the Pentwater Homecoming Parade Saturday, Aug. 12 and at a dinner in the fall. Details will be announced at a later date.
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Pentwater’s Spring Fest takes over village green June 17-18 Pentwater’s Spring Fest arts and craft show will return to the Pentwater Village Green Saturday and Sunday, June 17-18. This two-day event is the perfect setting for a most extraordinary art and antique experience. The outdoor venue provides the perfect setting for the 100-plus craftspeople, artists and antique dealers to showcase their furniture, silver, porcelain, pottery, hand crafted woven accessories, jewelry, linens, glass art, sculptures, photography, paintings and more unique creations. For two-days, locals and visitors will appreciate their favorite returning vendors and welcome first time artists/craftspeople to the annual event. Throughout the event, refreshments and food will be available. Live music will be provided by Awe-
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some Distraction in the village green’s gazebo. Spring Fest will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 17 and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 18. For more information visit www.pentwater.org or travelinfo@pentwater.org or 231-869-4150.
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The Pentwater Artisan Learning Center will host its annual fundraising raffle of more than 60 unique handcrafted fine art items at the Pentwater Spring Fest Arts and Crafts and Fair June 17-18 on the village green. All items will be on display in the artisan center booth during the Craft Fair. Tickets ($1 each) can be purchased from members, at the Artisan Center or at the booth. Items include a Gene Davidson handcrafted rocking horse and Adirondack chair, a glass mosaic glazing ball, unique furniture, fused glass, jewelry, turned bowls, hand-knit designer items, unique pottery, a patchwork quilt and a black cherry, one-of-a-kind, table from a tree cut down in Pentwater. Artisan members make all the items. This is the only fundraiser the non-profit Artisan Center will host this year. Winning tickets for half of the items will be drawn Saturday, June 17 at 4 p.m. and the second drawing will take place Sunday, June 18 at 3 p.m. Tickets holders do not have to be present to win.
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Calendar of Events June 13 Tuesday
… Pickn’ in Pentwater, 7-8 p.m., Pentwater Village Green. … Yoga Flow for all levels with Rebecca Urick of Smiling Lotus Yoga, 9:15-10:15 a.m., Shelby State Bank (2nd floor) in Pentwater. Cost is $10. … Pentwater VFW Bi-weekly dinner, 4:30-7:30 p.m., 8440 N. Business US-31, in Pentwater. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-12 and children 0-5 eat free. Proceeds to support the VFW building fund.
June 15 Thursday
… Pentwater Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pentwater Village Green. … Yoga Flow for all levels with Rebecca Urick of Smiling Lotus Yoga, 9:15-10:15 a.m., Shelby State Bank (2nd floor) in Pentwater. Cost is $10.
June 17-18 Saturday-Sunday
… Spring Fest Arts & Crafts Fair, Pentwater Village Green. Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
June 19 Monday
… Pentwater Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 1
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p.m., Pentwater Village Green. … Sunset yoga and meditation with Rebecca Urick, 7-8 p.m., Charles Mears State Park beach. Cost is $10, meet near kids playset.
June 20 Tuesday
… Pickn’ in Pentwater, 7-8 p.m., Pentwater Village Green. … Yoga Flow for all levels with Rebecca Urick of Smiling Lotus Yoga, 9:15-10:15 a.m., Shelby State Bank (2nd floor) in Pentwater. Cost is $10. … Garden Club of Pentwater to host ‘Landscaping for Wildlife’ program with speaker Ronald Overton, 12:30 p.m., Centenary Methodist Church, 82 N. Hancock St., in Pentwater. …Pentwater Township Library renovation ribbon cutting, 7-9 p.m.
June 21 Wednesday
… Stand up paddle board yoga with Rebecca Urick of Smiling Lotus Yoga, 7-8 p.m., Charles Mears State Park beach paddle board rental station. Cost is $25 ($10-rental/$15 class),
June 22 Thursday
… Pentwater Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pentwater Village Green. … Pentwater Civic Band Concert, 8-9 p.m., Pentwater Village Green. … Yoga Flow for all levels with Rebecca Urick of Smiling Lotus Yoga, 9:15-10:15 a.m., Shelby State Bank (2nd floor) in Pentwater. Cost is $10.
June 24 Saturday
… Last Saturday of the Month Gallery Stroll, 5-8 p.m., hosted by the Pentwater Arts Council, downtown Pentwater.
June 25 Sunday
… Flippin’, FLyin’, Catchin’, Pancake Breakfast, 9 a.m.. to noon, Pentwater Historical Museum, Pentwater.
June 26 Monday
… … Pentwater Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pentwater Village Green. … Sunset yoga and meditation with Rebecca Urick, 7-8 p.m., Charles Mears State Park beach. Cost is $10, meet near kids playset.
Don’t Miss These Annual Events! Easter on the Green Saturday before Easter. Founder’s Day first Saturday in May Memorial Day Parade at 10 a.m., services at marina, village green and township cemetery. Garden Club of Pentwater plant sale Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Start of Summer party first Sunday in June. Spring Fest arts and crafts fair third weekend in June. Community-wide garage sale second Saturday in June. Pentwater Civic Band Concerts Each Thursday, 8 p.m., village green, last Thursday in June, through Labor Day. Fusion Fashion Show last Friday in June, on the village green, 8 p.m. Fireworks over Lake Michigan July 3 each year. Fine arts fair second Saturday in July. Garden Stroll and “Blooming Arts” third Saturday in July. Pentwater Homecoming second full weekend in August (Weekends start Thursdays). MSU Tailgate Party The Saturday of Homecoming, behind the Village Pub. Pentwater Fall Festival Fourth weekend in September. Oktoberfest Second Saturday in October. Halloween on the Green Saturday before Halloween. Spooktaclular Halloween Parade Saturday before Halloween. Festival of Lights Saturday after Thanksgiving at the village green. Lighting of the community Christmas Tree and visits with Santa. Christmas Craft Fair First Saturday in December at the school.
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Yoga classes offered this summer A pair of unique yoga classes will take place in Pentwater throughout the summer. Instructor Rebecca Urick of Smiling Lotus Yoga will offer a yoga on Stand up paddle boards class Wednesdays from 7-8 p.m. June 21 through Aug. 16 and meets at the Charles Mears State Park beach paddle board rental station. Class space is limited to first come first serve. Cost is $25 ($10-rental/$15 class). Urick will also host a sunset yoga and meditation class at the Charles Mears State Park beach Mondays from June 19 through Aug. 28 from 7-8
p.m. The group meets by the kids playset. Class will begin with gentle yoga to open the body and prepare for colorful and transformative meditation. Transformational meditation is the process of fueling yourself despite life constantly trying to deplete. Learn techniques to increase your vibrational level and keep you connected to infinite energy. Cost of the class is $10. Smiling Lotus Yoga will also offer a free yoga class on the village green Saturday, June 24 from 9-10 a.m. All skill levels are welcome.
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Pentwater Farmer’s Market underway Village green to host Monday and Thursday markets The farmer’s market in Pentwater is back again for another fabulous season featuring the best products local farmers have to offer each Monday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Sept. 4 on Pentwater’s famed village green. This season’s expanded list of vendors includes many long time favorites plus new vendors offering local wines, goat cheese, herbs, lilac starter plants and more. You can find the finest in everything local at the Pentwater Farmer’s Market from organic produce to baked goods, pasta, beef, pork, lamb, chicken, eggs, honey, soaps, trees and wool. Stop by and enjoy a cup of coffee and be sure to leave time for lunch and shopping by the waterfront in beautiful downtown Pentwater.
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Library ribbon cutting June 20 The Pentwater Township Library is set to open its doors Monday, June 19 to the public following the completion of its “Project Refresh” renovation. The library will celebrate its new look Tuesday, June 20 during a ribbon cutting set for 7 p.m. at the building’s parking lot enterence. The library closed in early March so new wiring, cabling for computers and plumbing could be installed. The renovation has changed the library’s interior layout and includes painting, new carpeting, new furnishings, a new public rest room and a more robust wi-fi network. “Everything has gone pretty smooth,” Pentwater Township Library Director Mary Barker said. “It’s been amazing to see it (the transition) happen.” Prior to the renovation project, library patrons were allowed to check out materials and were given a due date of June 6. Barker said that through the past three months no one has attempted to return books in the library’s drop-off box. “We would like people to hold on to library materials until we reopen,” Barker added.
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Pentwater Gallery Strolls move to Saturdays First stroll of the summer set for June 24
The Pentwater Arts Council and six Pentwater art galleries will once again host a series of gallery strolls, occurring this year on the last Saturday of June, July and August. This month’s stroll will take place June 24 from 5-8 p.m. Participating galleries include Jilly’s, Petri Gallery on Hancock, Petri Gallery on
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An upcoming program called “Landscaping for Wildlife” will be presented during the Garden Club of Pentwater Tuesday, June 20 meeting at 12:30 p.m. Speaker Ronald Overton of Grand Ledge will discuss the eight structural and plant components that help make a habitat attractive to wildlife and the environmental paradigms required such as biodiversity, native plants, insects and reducing use of chemicals and poisons. Overton is an Advanced Master Gardener, Conservation Steward, volunteer coordinator at W.J.Beal Botanical Garden of MSU and president of the Looking Glass Garden Club. The Garden Club of Pentwater invites the public to this free event at the Centenary Methodist Church, 82 N. Hancock St., in Pentwater.
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New book gives historical look at Pentwater homes, buildings Historic Home Tours book on-sale at Pentwater Historical Society Museum
The Pentwater Historical Society recently announced the publication of an all-new Pentwater Historic Home Tours book. The 52-page book features full color photos and accounts of the historical homes and downtown structures. The buildings range in architectural styles from the Classic American farmhouse to ornate examples of Victorian homes. Stories have been drawn Vander Zwart from both official records and folklore. They present many little known tidbits about the homes and the families who lived in them. Today’s casual visitor would never expect that this quaint village on the shore of Lake Michigan has had more than its share of unexpected wild adventures, tragic fires, family strife, unsolved mysteries, murderous feuds, epidemics, heroic deeds, plans gone awry, lurking scam artists and even an attempt at a tar and feathering. Every story offers the reader a colorful insight into the history of this lumbering hot spot founded by Charles Mears “The Lumber Baron of West Michigan.” Amy Vander Zwart, the author and photographer, is well acquainted with Pentwater having spent many summers here as a child. Vander Zwart and her husband recently purchased an older home in the village and, upon finding all sorts of old papers and objects in the house, became interested in its past history which led her to digging into the well documented photo and historical archives at the Pentwa-
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ter Historical Society Museum. She found not only a wealth of information about her home but lots of interesting stories, news articles and old photos of homes, people and events in the village and decided to collect, photograph and write the stories that became the Home Tour Book. The book includes an easy to follow guide map that shows the route of three different, informative, historical walking, or driving tours. For easy reference, each tour segment is colorcoded. The numbers on the map cross-reference the pages associated with each home or business. The starting point is at the historical society’s museum but the map is clear enough that users may jump in at any spot. Pentwater Historic Home Tours can be purchased for $10 at the museum. For those that wish to have the books mailed, there will be a $3 per book shipping and handling charge.
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Flippin,’ Flyin,’ Catchin’ Pancake Breakfast The Pentwater Historical Society will host its third 3 annual pancake breakfast with Chris Cakes of Michigan from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, June 25. Most breakfast pancakes are served to you on a plate but not here! Chris Cakes of Michigan throws them and flips them high in the air—and you get to catch them (on a plate). Sometimes they are gently tossed (to the youngsters) and then there are those that are torpedoed at you – seven in a row—fast. Can you catch them? The crowd erupts into laughter. Sometimes you’re too close and sometimes you are too far away, nonetheless, it’s fun. Not only has Chris Cakes served four presidents and 16 governors they have also set the Guinness World Record of most pancakes made in an hour and highest tossed and caught pancakes. Tickets to this fun for the whole family event are $8 for adults and $5 for children (under 2 years old eat for free). Tickets may be purchased at the Pentwater Historical Museum, 85 S. Rutledge, in Pentwater; Decors By Sandra; and Pentwater Fair Trade or by calling Deb Deward at 869-2230, Sue Castor at 869-2069 or Joan Gehringer 869-2323. Tickets may be purchased at the breakfast for $9 adults and $6 for children (under 2 years old eat for free). The historical society anticipates it will be a bright, sunny day Sunday, June 25 but in case of rain the pancake breakfast will be moved to the Pentwater Friendship Center, 310 Rush St., Pentwater. 12 PENTWATER THIS WEEK
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Pentwater Chamber of Commerce Director Eva Gregwer, far left, is joined by Doc. Brown (Michelle Angell-Powell) and Marty McFly (John Negal) during the opening of the 1992 Pentwater Elementary School time capsule Sunday evening, May 28 on the Pentwater Village Green. Above, an American flag featuring initials from the Pentwater Class of 1999 and 2000. Below, Rachel Griffis’ writing from the time capsule. Bottom center, notes from Trisha Betzler’s second grade class.
1992 time capsule opened in Pentwater BY AMANDA DODGE PTW WRITER “We just got back from 1992,” John Nagel, dressed as Marty McFly from the 80s movie Back to the Future, announced to the hundreds of people that had gathered on the Pentwater Village Green Sunday, May 28. All were present to watch Nagel, Eva Gregwer and Michelle Angell-Powell open a time capsule that was buried 25 years ago by the elementary students of Pentwater schools. “Let’s pop the cap on this bad boy,” Angell-Powell, dressed as Doctor Emmett Brown, exclaimed. The seal on the capsule, had been broken before the evening’s festivities had begun, so AngellPowell and Gregwer were able to easily open it and remove the contents. First they removed a small American Flag that had the initials of the school’s class of 1999 and 14 PENTWATER THIS WEEK
2000, who were in fifth and sixth grade at the time, inside the stars of the flag. Then they pulled out some photographs of many of the children that have grown up and remained a vital part of Pentwater and its downtown. Next was homework from Mary Stiphany’s fourth grade class, dated Sept. 16, 1992. Amongst the homework were
math papers and cursive practice. As Angell-Powell and Gregwer continued to remove items representing kindergarten through sixth grade at Pentwater, their art, their writings, their thoughts on the future, when one large rolled up piece of poster board stood out. Upon it, Trisha Betzler’s second grade class wrote about what life in 1992 was like. Gregwer read
aloud each line and who wrote it. “There is much political and social change,” Gregwer said that these words belonged Betzler, then she read the students’ comments. “We are building a new playground... Math is fun...This is our playground. We spent $40,000 on, don’t tear it down...The world is happy...School is fun.” Gregwer said after the capsule was opened that the items would be mounted on a board and would be on display to coincide with Pentwater’s current sesquicentennial and the filling of a new time capsule that is set to be opened in 50 years, on Pentwater’s bi-centennial. See the Pentwater Chamber of Commerce’s website and Facebook page for more information on where to view the time capsule’s contents. JUNE 13 - JUNE 27
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Pentwater residents and visitors traveled back in time Sunday, May 28 during a showing of “Back to the Future” — the first of what organizers hope becomes a new Pentwater tradition “Movies on the Green.” Movies on the Green will take place Sunday evenings, July 2-Sept. 3 at dusk.
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ity. My husband, Jerry, is still in the kitchen— he and his committee have peeled over 5,000 pounds of potatoes over the years! We have a new couple who were so appreciative of the experience that they’re now lending their services doing dishes. We have a wonderful, committed group of people.” As many as three dozen volunteers from Centenary and St. James Episcopal Church participate in the dinners, serving and doing various other tasks. “It couldn’t happen without the dedication of the volunteers,” says the church’s pastor, Melanie Young. Suzanne Ritchie and her husband George, who have been active for years in the Pentwater community, are also dedicated volunteers. “We helped start the dinners,” Suzanne recalls. “I went with Karen to Scottville and saw how they did it, and we came back and implemented the idea here. I helped with all phases of the cooking, and George has been a dishwasher since day one.” “My area of expertise,” George wryly observes. “We never thought it would grow like this,” Suzanne reflects. “At first we didn’t know how we’d pay for it. But Karen is an expert at creating recipes and utilizing food. And donations have covered most of the expenses.” The community dinner, which is served Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m., runs from September through May. There is no charge, although people are welcome to donate whatever they feel they can afford.
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Weesies also has big plans for the garden center. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 “Our greenhouse will double by next spring,” he estimates. “I would love to start our own into architectural design. “I started drawing in landscape division too. There are so many new Hart High’s drafting program,” she remembers. houses and cottages going up in the area, and “Unfortunately they’ve taken those programs everybody needs some sort of landscaping. out of the curriculum. But I was lucky. I went to One company can’t fulfill all the needs.” Baker for architectural construction, and then Meanwhile, he’s thrilled to be in charge of an did my college internship for Bob at Buildings enterprise that brings so much satisfaction and Plus. From there I went to Blackmer Electric and joy to the community. Construction.” “I love meeting people,” he says. “And I love She loved working for Mike. But like him, she helping them. I alhad a secret dream. And ways will do as much little did either of them as is humanly posknow that it was the sible to get a product same one. for someone. That’s “I’d always wanted the most challengto have a farm market,” ing thing about this she admits. “Actually, I business for me. Bealways wanted to be a cause it’s really hard veterinarian, but that when I can’t accomdidn’t materialize. I live modate them. I hate on a farm in Crystal Valsaying no to anyone.” ley and we have a lot of The rewards, howanimals. This is also my ever, certainly out24th year as a 4-H leader. weigh the rough My girls have a rabbitry, patches. and we show rabbits Krisry Sauser of Up North Farm Markert and Up North Garden Center stands with one of the market’s “I’m so happy to miniature horses as two lambs and two Kune Kune pigs graze nearby. Visitors to Up North may visit with throughout the state. the market’s rotating livestock animals for free. be finally doing this,” They’re definitely not for he emphasizes. “My eating! food plot seeds, deer magnet products and kids have a future now that I have my name on “I love working with flowers and with aniother things. We’ll hit deer bait really heavy in something. It gives you peace of mind, knowmals, and when the idea for Up North came the fall. And we’re going to have gift baskets ing that your kids won’t have to struggle. “ about and I was in charge of designing the featuring Michigan products starting in the As for Blackmer, his elation shows all over buildings, I told Mike that I’d always wanted fall, along with Christmas trees, wreaths and his face as he walks around the market, saying to have a farm market and a petting zoo. So hello to everyone and delighting in their praise we joined forces. He and I are partners in the garlands.” Sauser is particularly excited about another of the new venture. market, and the three of us are partners in the plan as well. “As a business owner you want to say hi, garden center.” “We’re going to have a cut flower garden, so thanks for coming,” he muses. “But more than The zoo is the first thing you see as you pull people can cut their own blooms. I also want to half a dozen times, people have said to me, in to the driveway of 3960 W. Monroe Rd. On have a vegetable garden, with things like cu- ‘Don’t thank us. Thank you—we’ve needed a a fenced in lawn in front of the market, two cumbers, squash and tomatoes. It’s educational place like this for so long.’” miniature horses, two lambs, and two unusual for many people who don’t garden—it gives He surveys the premises with pride. “I’m looking tan-colored pigs with large ears and them an introduction to it.” ecstatic that we’re open,” he beams. “I’m very dark stripes saunter around, stopping now and In addition, there will be yet another exciting pleased with how it turned out. It’s very close then to graze. feature for the kiddies—a playground, schedto how I envisioned it.” “The pigs are Kune Kune pigs,” Sauser exuled to open later this summer. Then, with characteristic modesty, he adds, plains.“The Kune Kune is a small pig that grazes Is Up North everything Sauser dreamed of? “This place came together so quickly because on grass. We wanted a petting zoo for both kids “Absolutely,” she enthuses. “Everybody likes a lot of our friends and employees put a lot and adults, because believe it or not, many peoUp North. And I’m thrilled that I’m not sitting of time into it, most non-compensated. We ple have never seen a farm animal. We’re going in front of a computer all day. It’s such a unique couldn’t have done it without them. Good to rotate the animals every two to three weeks. In addition to the horses, lambs and pigs, we’ll place—while there are other farm markets, employees are so important. What’s made my have mini-steer, goats and donkeys. And you feed stores and garden centers, we’re the only business so great is having great people workplace in the area that has everything. Plus a ing for me.” don’t have to pay anything—it’s all free.” The market, she stresses, is a farm market, petting zoo.” 18 PENTWATER THIS WEEK
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colorful window box displays and container gardens. As a good neighbor, we annually support college scholarships given through Michigan Garden Club of which we are a member. Locally we purchase trees for village streets and provide for support of area parks and preserves. Helping individuals or families in need has always been a priority for the club by donating financially or through food donations. In addition, we formally recognized and supported those who protect us and our wonderful resources, our military. We dedicated a Blue Star Memorial at the Oceana County Courthouse in Hart. Our members appreciate the support we received over the years from the wonderful citizens of Pentwater and neighboring communities. We look forward to continue helping beautify our towns and share gardening expertise with our neighbors and young people. Doing our part to educate and help preserve the wildlife and those wonderful rolling hills, natural forests, wetlands and waterways is an investment in the future. Please join us as we “Share and Care, Laugh and Learn” in this wonderful world of west Michigan. Welcome to our garden club!
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The Pentwater Women’s Club awarded $16,000 in scholarships to seven graduating Pentwater High School seniors and to two women returning to West Shore Community College this year. During the May 23 Pentwater High School Honors Assembly, the seven high school students were each awarded $2,000. Students receiving scholarships, seated left to right, are Jake Quinn, Jacob Whitford, Anna Hofmann, Linnea McDonough, Jill Miller, Raven Millard and Grace Alvesteffer. They were joined by women’s club members, in back, corresponding secretary Juanita Pierman, Deborah Atchetee, Ways and Means Chair Vicki Poplstein, President Sally Ouweneel, Scholarship Chair Kathy Davis and Nancy Mertes. The two WSCC students will receive their scholarships later this summer.
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