Catch Us If You Can fishing contest enters two more contestants

By Theresa Ekdom HOUGHTON LAKE—Jack

Metzger, of Otisville, caught the second tagged fish in this year’s Catch Us if You Can fishing contest sponsored by the Houghton Lake Area Tourism Bureau.

“The first fish I caught was this bass,” Metzger said. “I knew a tagged fish meant something was going on. My grandparents knew about the contest.”

Kim Laverty of Kalkaska is also entered into the contest. Kim’s family has quite the history in Houghton Lake. His grandparents once owned the property where the south DNR fish launch is now located. His dad helped build the Pines Theater. The cabins his family built now reside in the Houghton Lake Historical Village. And now, Kim, of Kalkaska, has some history of his own – as an angler who caught a tagged fish in the Houghton Lake Area Tourism Bureau’s Catch Us If You Can fishing contest.

Kim was up for the second weekend of Tip Up Town and walked straight out from Bobcat field to 13 or 14 feet of water where he caught a number of fish, including the tagged largemouth bass.

Jack and Kim registered their fish at Lyman’s on the Lake in Houghton Lake, where they received a $50 gas card and were entered into the contest. The tagged fish made them eligible for a chance to win a grand prize of $100,000 and a new Lund boat from Spicer’s Boat City. There is a guaranteed major prize of $1000 cash. The second-place prize is a Mark Martin Ice Fishing School valued at $500. A prize packet will be awarded to a third angler sponsored by Pioneer Hills Marine.

The contest runs year-around, ending on March 15 each year, and beginning again March 16. More than 100 tagged fish are swimming in Houghton Lake, Higgins Lake, and Lake St. Helen. Anglers can bring their tagged fish in for verification at Lyman’s on the Lake in Houghton Lake, Korbinski’s Marine in Prudenville; The Sports Barn in

Away We Go

Continued from page 2 B bowed legs, I eventually trudged up the hill to the pickup truck. During this time, my mind analyzed all the areas on my body that were agitated and imagined the kaleidoscope of shadows that would be appearing on the sections of my skin, located in my posterior regions. Even after a few days removed from the event, my voice still seemed to be an octave higher.

Higgins Lake, or in St. Helen at The Minnow Bucket at Exit 222 or Trails Inn.

For more information on the contest, please contact the HLATB office at 1-989-422-2002, 1-800-676-5330 or email info@ visithoughtonlake.com. Contest rules are found on www.visithoughtonlake. com.

Sheriff’s Auxiliary Bowl-a-thon success

By Donna Thoma

REGION- The fifth annual Sheriff's Auxiliary Bowl-a-thon deemed a success! The event was held at the Hi-Skore Lanes in West Branch, Saturday, Feb. 18. Sixteen teams totaling 80 bowlers donned costumes depicting individuals from the movie Grease. Pink ladies and T-Birds were the primary themes.

The Gutter Greaser team of Kristina Whitman, Shelly Burns Jim Musselman, Randy Hose and Jim Hejnal won Best Dressed Team for the second year in a row, and Jeanne Cavanaugh of Roscommon, won Best Dressed Individual. Leanne Thomas was the winner of the 50/50 raffle.

Eighty donations of products and services from businesses and individuals were offered as raffle items. They ranged from baskets of goodies to an Emojo Wildcat 21”

▪ See BOWL-A-THON on page 11 B

Kirtland’s Warbler Weekend

ROSCOMMON- The Kirtland’s Warbler Weekend is back June 2-3 in beautiful downtown Roscommon.

The weekend starts with a bird banding demonstration on Fri. June 2 from 7-9 a.m. at the Marguerite Gahagan

Nature Preserve, 585 Southline Rd., Roscommon, MI 48653.

Later at Gahagan, is the Kirtland’s Warbler Festival Home Opener from 5-8 p.m. The evening will include a nature hike, beer and wine tasting, and appetizers. The keynote speaker will be Greg Bodker presenting Birdwatching and Birding.

On Sat. June 3 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. is the Kirtland’s Warbler Festival at the CRAF Center, 606 Lake Street, Roscommon, Michigan. The festival is an educational celebration of the Kirtland's Warbler, its habitat, and the communities located in the jack pine ecosystem. There will be a Kids’ Tent, Kirtland’s Warbler tours, nature presentations, featured artist Marie Rust, featured author Lori Taylor, live animals, Kirtland’s Warbler migration game for kids, children’s story time, and much more!

Copyright © Kevin Stone

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How did the leprechaun go to the moon?

In a sham-rocket

Why do leprechauns hate running?

They’d rather jig than jog!

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Irish.

Irish who?

Irish, I could find a 4-leaf clover

Did you see the ice and snow melting?

I thaw

A man walked into a bar in New York and asked the barmaid for a beer and a packet of peanuts.

‘Oh. You must be Irish’, she replied.

The man was clearly offended and responded, ‘The cheek of you. Just because I order a drink you assume that I’m Irish.

If I ordered Spaghetti, would that make me Italian?!’

‘No’ she replied. ‘But this is a post office…'”

An Irishman goes to the doctor, who after examining him says

“You have some problems with your heart, but if you take these tablets, I think it will be okay.” So, the doctor gives the man the tablets and the patient asks,

“Do I have to take them every day?”

“No,” replies the doctor, “take one on the Monday, skip the Tuesday, take one on the Wednesday, skip the Thursday and go on like that.”

Two weeks later the doctor is walking down the street, and he sees the patient’s wife.

“Hello Mrs. Murphy,” he says, “how is your husband?”

“Oh, he died of a heart attack,” says Mrs. Murphy.

“I’m very sorry to hear that,” says the doctor, “I thought if he took those tablets, he would be alright.”

“Oh, the tablets were fine,” says Mrs. Murphy, “It was all the bloody skipping that killed him!”

Kids call it spring break – but what do some parents call it?

Spring broke