March 18, 2016
Chamber Advertisement in the Petoskey News Today
Check out the Petoskey Chamber advertisement in today's Petoskey News Review. It is Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield and it welcomes new members, features anniversary pictures, welcome new member pictures and ribbon cutting pictures. It lists the Member Insurance Agents who offer Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Insurance. 
IN THIS ISSUE
Made in Michigan Business After Hours is 3/24!
Join us at the Stafford's Perry Hotel from 5-7 p.m. for tons of great Michigan food, drink,  prizes and more! Even a round of Michigan Trivia in the Noggin Room Pub at 7:15 p.m. Find out More!
Do you carry Michigan products? Is your business a Michigan original? Contact Nikki today!
2331-347-4150
Welcome New Members
Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency,
Kevin Bavers, Director of Advancement, 
2202 Mitchell Park Drive, Suite 4, Petoskey
Tel. (231) 347-9070. www.nmcaa.net
NCMAA has remained dedicated to strengthening communities through helping individuals and families achieve greater economic security.
Petoskey Content 
Chris Flynn, Sole Proprietor 
516 State Street, Petoskey. 
Tel. (231) 313-4122.
www.petoskeycontent.com.  Specializing in responsive website design for recreational based businesses and organizations in the Great Lakes Region.  Your website will look awesome on desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Petoskey Content knows recreation and how to best showcase your brand of fun.

Capitol Youth Strategies LLC
Jon Terry, President
1019 E. Mitchell, Petoskey.  
Tel. (231) 881-6402. 
Capitol Youth Strategies LLC provides strategic consulting to nonprofit organizations that serve kids and families.  The company works to advance policies that ensure that young people  are prepared for college and career, have access to opportunities and supports and are able to achieve success in life.
Northern Technology Services LLC
Ross Whitmore, Owner
425 Michigan Street, Unit 5, Petoskey.  
Tel. (231) 881-3123. 
www.pcproservices.net.  Commercial and Residential IT and A/V solutions provider.  At Northern Technology Services we are focused on providing technology services with the highest levels of customer satisfaction & we will do everything we can to meet your expectations.
Member News
This Weekend
Yoga Roots is offering one of their most requested workshops! Kids Art & Yoga night (a night off for you) will be offered again Friday, March 18th 6:00-8:00 PM, $20. Mark your calendars for the Mary Bea Art show March 25th 7:00 PM. Love Our Locals Winter Special of $99/month for unlimited classes is still available, now until March 31st, get it before it's gone.

Carnival Weekend at Boyne Mountain Resort, March 18th-20th. The biggest and best spring celebration in the north is back,
Carnival Weekend. Nearly every establishment offers a party with free entry to ages 21+. From Friday's Kick-off Party with Nerdvana 90s Band to the Foggy Goggles Pool Party and an evening with Chicago's Too White Crew in the Civic Center on Saturday night, the party never ends. Sunday's Last Man Standing Breakfast and Bloody Mary Bar in Stein Eriksen's will have you walking straight in time to plunge into the Slush Cup. Skim, soak, or spectate on lower McLouth starting at 1:30 p.m. Carnival Weekend isn't recommended for kids, just adults that want to act like kids!

Krazy Daze at Boyne Highlands | March 18-20
! Join Boyne Highlands for the final weekend of skiing and riding for the 2015/16 season! Celebrate spring with our something-for-everyone weekend of fun - Krazy Daze! Friday is the final night of skiing under the lights for the season, followed by an après ski party in the Zoo Bar. Saturday, there's something for every member of your family with face painting, inflatables and special races for the kids and everyone's favorite, the Ski Over The Pond competition! For the schedule of events, visit boynehighlands.com.  

It's Nub's Nob Mardi Gras time!! Join the Nub's Nob Crew on Saturday March
19th for their annual Spring Fling. This is a family event with custom contests, silly races, the Dorie Sarns Challenge, the Petoskey Steel Drum Band and the famous Soaker Cup. This is a day to enjoy the coming spring and see all of your friends at Nub's! Click here to find out more!
Next Week
Coffee @ Ten at the Crooked Tree Arts Center with Bear Creek Organic Farm on Tuesday, March 22nd. Join Bear Creek Organic Farm proprietors, Brian Bates and Anne Morningstar as they discuss their dream of striving toward a sustainable future, where the arts, education, and organically grown food enrich their community. Bear Creek Organic Farm is Petoskey's first and only 100% USDA Certified Organic farm and has gone from $0 to $120k on 1.5 acres in less than two years. Come see and hear for yourself, how it can be done! Coffee @ Ten is free and open to the public, no reservations necessary, and all lectures begin at 10 a.m. For more information, contact the Crooked Tree Arts Center at 231-347-4337 or visit www.crookedtree.org

Upcoming Poetry and Publishing workshops! Poetry Writing: Experiments in Language and the Surreal takes place on Thursday, March 24th. Leap outside the confines of writing what you know. Open your imagination via a series of in-class exercises and prompts employing dream logic, free-writing, and play with language. Publishing in Literary Journals: The Why and the How on Thursday, March 31st. Get an editor's perspective on getting your creative work out in the world via submitting poems, short stories, or creative essays to any of the several thousand literary journals in the country. Classes take place from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the lower level of the Petoskey District Library, cost is $15. Please register in advance, call (231) 348-6613 or online at CCE Registration.

Celebrate Easter at Chandler's - A Restaurant!
  Offering classic Easter brunch items, including ham, salmon, lamb and more, with a Chandler's twist.  Our friend, the Easter Bunny, will also be paying a visit! View our full brunch menu and Easter additions. Reservations are recommended.  To reserve your table, please call 231-347-2981 or book online.
Upcoming
Last Wine Dinner of the season! Be sure to reserve your seat for Thursday, April 14th at Petoskey Farms Vineyard & Winery. We will be pairing new wines not yet released including our best selling off-dry red wine, Daily Bread! This 4 course dinner includes wine at every course: Appetizer: Caprese Bruschetta and Mushroom Garlic Bruschetta; Salad: Spring Salad with asparagus, peas, wild ramps, shaved parmesan cheese with lemon herb vinaigrette; Entree: Flank Steak with chimichurri sauce, roasted fingerling potatoes and chef's choice of vegetable; Dessert: Lemon Cheesy Tart. Dinner served at 6:30pm, $50 per person, Reservations Call 231-290-9463

Retaining and Attracting Talent on Thursday, April 14th
 from 11:30 a.m. To 1:00 p.m. In the Library Conference Rooms 1 & 2 at North Central Michigan College. This business meeting will focus on keeping and finding qualified talent for your company. We will look at the factors facing businesses over the next five years in finding great new employees and keeping the strong employees your company currently employs. 
Networks Northwest will provide the facts of our population changes in Emmet and Charlevoix counties, which contribute to issues in finding and retaining good talent. Find out more at North Central Michigan College's Corporate and Community Education to reserve your place at the meeting. Call (231) 348-6613. 

Start your Spring with music!
 Bring your friends and family to enjoy unforgettable sounds from GLCO's April Sunday Series Brass and Woodwind ensembles on April 17th at 4:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Boyne City that will brighten your day! Performance includes sounds from Mozart, Milhaud, Joplin, Scheidt/Jones, Van Vactor, Hindemith, Renwick and Gottschalk. A free will donation will be taken at the door. This program is made possible due to generous support provided by Carolyn Klender. For more information, please contact the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra office at (231) 487-0010.

Mark your calendar for Friday April 22nd and the annual Instant Wine Cellar fundraiser supporting Volunteer Connections,
a web-based volunteer matching program with over 80 agencies offering volunteer opportunities. The event will be at The Perry Hotel from 7 to 10pm.  This fun packed evening includes music, silent auction, food, balloon pop for prizes, Rochambeau (Rock/Paper/Scissors) contest, and the big raffle drawings for the wine and craft beer that will make an Instant Wine Cellar for some lucky participants. If interested in donating to or volunteering at the event, you can call the office at 21-487-1006 or log in and respond to our need on Volunteer Connections.

'The Mighty Mac: An Icon in Michigan' is the next Essence of Emmet program on April 27th,
from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Community Building at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey. The story of one of Michigan's most recognized and beloved landmarks, will be the topic of the Essence of Emmet historical collaborative's Spring 2016 program. This is a free public event. On this evening, several speakers will offer insights and background on the Mighty Mac, and the public may have the opportunity to hear from several people who worked on the bridge's construction, during a Q & A session. For more information contact Beth Anne Eckerle at (231) 348-1704 or email beckerle@emmetcounty.org.

Registrations are now open for the Camp Daggett Mother and Daughter Weekend, Friday through Sunday, May 13th-15th.
Mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, big sisters, aunts plus their daughters, sisters and granddaughters age 7-17 are invited to an activity-packed weekend at the 5th annual Mother & Daughter Weekend at Camp Daggett. Again, there will be wonderful activities and great food. Cost is $150 for mother/daughter, plus $50 for each additional family member.  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 231-439-6399 or kbardins@ncmich.edu. To register, please contact Grace Ketchum at Camp Daggett, 231-347-9742. To learn more about Camp Daggett, visit www.campdaggett.org.

The inaugural Stafford's Top of Michigan Community Marathon is scheduled for Saturday, May 28th.
The marathon starts in Charlevoix and follows Little Traverse Wheelway along Lake Michigan, with the finish line in Harbor Springs. A pre-race dinner will be offered in Charlevoix on Friday night, and free shuttle service is available. A 10K Run and 10K non-competitive walk will begin in Petoskey and will finish in Harbor Springs. The event will benefit the Petoskey High School Track and Cross Country Teams, as well as Top of Michigan Trails Council. Online registration: www.active.com (search CHARLEVOIX COMMUNITY).
On Going
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Holy Week Schedule: Sunday, March 20th - 8:00am Palm Sunday Rite I Eucharist, 10:00am Palm Sunday Rite II Eucharist. Wednesday, March 23rd -6:00pm Seder Meal/Service. Thursday, March 24th - 11:30am Maundy Thursday - 1928 Service - Stripping of the Altar, 7:00pm Maundy Thursday Joint Service at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church. Friday, March 25th GOOD FRIDAY -The Three Hours, 12:30pm Stations of the Cross, 1:00pm Good Friday Liturgy. Saturday, March 26th - 7:00pm The Great Vigil of Easter. Sunday, March 27th - 8:00am Easter Sunday Rite I Eucharist, 10:00am Easter Sunday Rite II Eucharist.

For those local residents, who are not traveling over spring break and for visitors to beautiful Northern Michigan, the anticipation is building at Raven Hill Discovery Center.
  This year, the excitement is all about trains!  "Trains & Things" invites visitors to explore railroad memorabilia and get involved with some engineering challenges. The exhibit runs daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting Saturday, March 28th through Wednesday, April 20th.  The exhibit is open to the public.  The hands-on museum and animals will also be available for visitors to explore and the outdoor exhibits will be open.  General admission is $10 per person. Can't make it during regular hours? Have other questions? Call 231.536.3369 or email info@ravenhilldiscoverycenter.org  

First Presbyterian Church (501 E. Mitchell St. in downtown) begins Holy Week with their Palm Sunday service on March 20th at 9:45 a.m.
Other Holy Week services include: Maundy Thursday, March 24th at 7 p.m; Good Friday Community Service, March 25th at 12:30 p.m. held at Petoskey United Methodist Church with Pastor Ryan preaching and Owen James leading the choir; Easter Sunrise Service, March 27th at 7:15 a.m. (meet at the clock tower at the Petoskey Waterfront) and our Easter Sanctuary Service at 9:45 a.m. All are welcome, so please join us!

The City of Petoskey will begin collecting small yard wastes (materials raked from yards, flowers, shrub clippings, etc.) weekly, every Thursday, beginning April 7
, through May 26, 2016.Please do not place small yard wastes loosely along streets or curb-and-gutter lines as they could be washed into storm sewers. Instead, place them in open, reusable containers that weigh less than 50 pounds. Such containers will be left behind by collectors. Please have yard waste placed within curb-lawn areas of rights-of-way no later than 8:00 A.M. on the day of collection. Grass clippings will not be picked up by collectors but can be delivered along with other small yard waste to the south side of Sheridan Street, directly across from the City's Public Works facility.
Of Special Note
The forecast this spring is refreshing and sunny at The Spa! Our spring treatment, Lavender Dream is like a fresh breeze that begins with an invigorating lavender and hibiscus mineral bath soak. The citrus grass salt scrub is reminiscent of a freshly mown lawn and sets the stage for the prickly pear cactus toning wrap. A final application of hello yellow shea butter is guaranteed to bring new life into your skin. Book your Lavender Dream experience today, call 855.687.9817.

Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity is in need of local artists!
We are in need of artists who are willing to donate their time and talent to paint small furniture items such as chairs, stools, and small benches!  These items will be auctioned off at our annual Raise the Roof fundraiser to raise funds to serve families in need of safe, decent, and affordable housing.  To see examples of items, please visit our website at www.northwestmihabitat.org.  For more information, please contact Eden Haven at eden@northwestmihabitat.org or (231)348-6926 ext. 103.

Symons General Store is now offering Symons Gourmet to go!
  Find easy to grab and ready to eat foods to go including fresh salads, Chandler's - A Restaurant sushi rolls, artesian cheese and charcuterie plates, soups and more!  These items are offered daily and found in the cooler near the deli.  Make your next meal delicious and easy!  www.symonsgeneralstore.com

The Northern Michigan Chorale has been chosen by MacGregor Cares to be in the running for a $500 donation.
  We are a non-profit community chorus, founded in 1982, with a membership drawing from all over northern Michigan. Your support in our fundraising efforts would be appreciated. Please go to www.macgregorplumbing.com/macgregor-cares/vote-for-a-group and click on the Northern Michigan Chorale.  You may VOTE once a day until March 31st.  Thank you.

Etta's says - Don't miss our winter lunch specials
.  Monday, Wednesday & Saturday specials are a French Dip Sandwich and chips or a Hot Beef Sandwich with green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy on Etta's home-made bread for only $7.75.  Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday the special is a Hot Turkey Sandwich for only $7.75 Etta's Winter Lunch Specials.  Friday is FISH FRY and the special is sautéed PERCH and Gulf Shrimp with Steak Fries and Coleslaw for only $10.00. Tel. (231) 487-8811. 891 W. Conway Rd. Harbor Springs.

It's ALMOST Spring and with the new season approaching, and The Quiet Moose is happy to announce a fresh new look for the QuietMoose.com.
We are over-the-moon excited about the inspirational design of our new site and all of the great new features and ways to connect with you. Check out our Portfolio for our latest projects that we are so proud to showcase. Take a peek at the New Arrivals, from the Homepage, to see some of the latest products now on display in our showroom. Incredible things are happening at The Quiet Moose in 2016 and we want you to be an integral part of everything we are doing. See for yourself, visit http://www.QuietMoose.com.
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401 E. Mitchell St. Petoskey, MI 49770