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Scottville Celebrating Fall 2015

A special publication of the Ludington

Daily News

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September 11 — Lunch and jam session, noon, Scottville

Senior Center, Main Street, Scottville

12 — MCCEF Golf Classic, registration opens at noon, shotgun start at 1 p.m., Lakeside Links, 5369 W. Chauvez Road, Ludington. Registration information at www.mcced-foundation.org

14 — Parks and Recreation Board, 6 p.m., Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main St.

16-20 — Scottville Harvest Festival events (see schedule on pages 6-7)

17 — Taste of Home Cooking School, 7 p.m. WSCC Rec center

17 — Constitution Day activities, noon-2 p.m. Schoenherr Campus Center, West Shore Community College, Stiles Road, Scottville

21 — Scottville City Commission, 5:30 p.m., Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main St.

21 — Mason County Central School Board, 7 p.m., Scottville High School board room

24 — Arthur Benjamin, mathemagician, 7:30 p.m. Center Stage Theater, West Shore Community College, Stiles Road, Scottville

October3-4 — Havenshire Celtic Faire, 10 a.m.-dusk,

1829 W. Victory Drive, Scottville $2


6 — Scottville Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m., Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main St.

9 — Lunch and jam session, noon, Scottville Senior Center, Main Street, Scottville

12 — Parks and Recreation Board, 6 p.m.,

Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main St.14 — Scottville DDA, 8 a.m., Scottville City

Hall, 105 N. Main St.



November2 — Scottville City Commission, 5:30 p.m.,

Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main St.

3 — Scottville Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m., Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main St.

9 — Parks and Recreation Board, 6 p.m., Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main St.

11 — Scottville DDA, 8 a.m., Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main St.


16 — Mason County Central School Board, 7 p.m., Scottville Upper Elementary cafeteria

December1 — Scottville Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m.,

Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main St.


9 — Scottville DDA, 8 a.m., Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main St.



CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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town Development Au-thority is looking ahead to positive changes.

After separating from the Michigan Main Street Program at the end of June, Scottville’s DDA board plans to reorga-nize, refocus efforts and do some rebranding as it moves forward.

“While having to end the Scottville Main Street program was a difficult decision, the Scottville DDA board now has an incredible opportunity to take another look at what community members and business owners want for

Scottville,” said Melissa Keefer, Scottville DDA events and marketing as-sistant.

Re-organi-zation will be done all the way down to rewrit-ing the mission and vi-sion

statements for the Scot-tville DDA.

The board met in a work session to start the process and plans to

schedule public meet-ings, allowing the com-munity’s input to help form the new vision statement.

As a kickoff to the re-vitalization, the Scott-ville DDA board will have a large chalkboard at various locations during Scottville Harvest Festi-val, on which the public can write what they love about Scottville and what they would love to see in Scottville. Feedback on the chalkboard will be used during planning for the future of the DDA.

Scottville’s DDA Board selected Keefer Aug. 13

for the position. It is new to the city

following the loss of its Main Street designation and its full-time Main Street Manager Heather

DeVries, when funding for a full-time position was no longer available.

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Festival full of events old

and new

BY PATTI KLEVORNNEWS EDITOR

SCOTTVILLE — The 2015 Scottville Harvest Festival’s theme is “Cele-brating Our Heritage.”

It will feature tradi-tional activities people have come to expect, a Schmidt Amusements carnival, queen’s contest, grand parade, pedal pull and so much more.

This year’s grand mar-shal is Mason County Central Schools.

“They’re all excited,” said Scottville City Man-ager Amy Williams. “They are going to try to rep-resent all areas of the school.”

The Ludington Area Jaycees, which organizes the Ludington Area Free-dom Festival Grand Pa-rade on July 4, is helping organize the Harvest Fes-tival Grand Parade in ad-dition organizing the 5k Running of the Clowns.

Ox roastThe ox roast is always

one of the most well-at-tended events.

On Thursday evening, Sept. 17, it serves as a kind of kickoff to the weekend festival.

The GatheringNew this year is the

Gathering — local mer-chandise and food — offered in the area just south of Cole’s Antiques Villa.

“It’s a pretty cool idea,” Williams said.

The hope is to bring people to North Main Street, to businesses like Cole’s Antiques Villa and Miller’s Marketplace.

Art ShowAlso new will be the Ma-

son County Art Show, with the work of local artists on display in vari-ous Scottville business-es.

Mason County Family Events is holding a con-test with voting Monday, Sept. 14 through Friday, Sept 18. The winners will be announced at 10.45 a.m. Saturday, Sept 18 at the Scottville Clown Band Shell just prior to the princess contest.

Artwork and priz-es will be displayed through Sept. 26 so ev-eryone can see who won.

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Celebrating Our HeritageMason County Central is this year’s Harvest Festival parade grand marshal

Carnival rides are a mainstay at the festival.

The ox roast takes a team of volunteers each year, with community members lin-ing up for the community gathering/meal.

DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTOS

JEFF KIESSEL | DAILY NEWSMason County Central Middle School students talk to new Principal Jeff Tuka on the first day back to school.

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Scottville Harvest FestivalThursday, September 17

Friday, September 18

3-10 P.M. — Schmidt Amusements Midway3-10 P.M. — Pixie’s Ponies4-8 P.M. — Car show - West Parking Lot, Historic PM Motoring Club

5 P.M. — Pie social at Scottville United Methodist Church

6 P.M. — Ox roast, West Parking Lot6 P.M. — Seating, water and games provided by Victory Baptist Church in West

PARKING LOT7 P.M. — Queen’s Coronation at the Clown Band Shell

8-10 P.M. — Teen Dance in the Entertainment Tent

BUSINESS HOURS MCFE – Art Show in local businesses, maps available at Holden’s

10 A.M.-4 p.m. — Quilt show and sale at Scottville Senior Center

NOON-10 P.M. — Schmidt Amusements MIDWAYNOON-10 P.M. — Pixie’s Ponies6 P.M. — Kids Parade8 P.M. — Entertainment tent opens9 P.M.-1 a.m. — Smoke & Mirrors – Entertainment Tent


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2015 schedule of eventsSaturday, September 19

ALL DAY Annual Softball Tourna-ment – McPhail Field

8 A.M. — Registration for Running of the Clowns – Scottville Riverside Park

9 A.M.-3 p.m. — Farmer’s Market & Craft Fair – 202 N Main Street, Mill-er’s Marketplace

9 A.M.-5 p.m. — The Gathering (lo-cal merchandise & food) south of Cole’s Antiques Villa, N. Main

10 A.M. — Running of the Clowns – Scottville Riverside Park

10 A.M.-4 p.m. — Quilt Show & Sale – Scottville Senior Center

10 A.M. — Lyle Taylor Memorial Horseshoe Tournament – Optimist Grounds

10:45 A.M. — Announcement of Art Show Winners, Scottville Clown Band Shell

11 A.M. — Princess Contest – Scottville Clown Band Shell

11 A.M.-4 p.m. — Soup & Sandwich Lunch at Scottville United Methodist Church

NOON-10 P.M. — Schmidt Amusements

MIDWAYNOON-10 P.M. — Pixie’s Ponies1 P.M. — Grand ParadeFOLLOWING PARADE Scottville Clown Band – Entertainment Tent

FOLLOWING PARADE Petting Zoo – Lot south of Holden’s Home Emporium

FOLLOWING PARADE Kids Pedal Pull – Front of the Optimist Hall, West Parking Lot

9 P.M.-1 a.m. — Shot Man Band– Entertainment Tent

BY ANDREW COOPERDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

SCOTTVILLE — Harvest Festival attendees can pur-chase a variety of hand-craft-ed items when an annual fa-vorite returns to Scottville this year.

Sandy’s Quilters, a charity quilt group, meets each Mon-day at the Scottville Senior Center, 104 S. Main St. The group hosts its annual quilt show and sale between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 and Saturday, Sept. 19. Pro-ceeds go to fabrics and bat-ting for quilts handmade and donated by Sandy’s Quilters. Visitors can purchase a vari-ety of items including quilts, pot holders, table runners and purses.

“What they’re going to do is they’re raising mon-ey and showcasing some of the fanciest and best (quilt-

ed items),” said Marcia Viss-cher, senior center director. “The purpose is to purchase more supplies to make more charity quilts for the upcom-ing year. They make charity quilts for children’s homes, camps, COVE... Every time there’s a fire, a family gets a quilt. (They also) give them to the Red Cross. I bet you

they complete four to six a week. There are people that lay the quilts out and put the batting in them and then there are people who stitch them together and some-body else will tie the quilts and others will sew the bind-ing on the edges... they do it like a regular assembly line. There can be anywhere from

eight to 10 or 20 people or more that come to do this.”

Sandy’s Quilters also pro-vides quilts for Eagle Vil-lage in Evart, a camp for kids raised as foster children or by their grandparents, as well as Alzheimer’s chari-ties, Hospice of Michigan and Habitat for Humanity. In

their latest project, they col-lected supplies to make sew-ing kits for girls in Haiti so that they could learn a skill.

Many senior center regu-lars are participants in the quilt group but the age range varies greatly.

“We have a lot of seniors, but we also have quilters

that are not even boomers... even one gal who brings a baby,” Visscher said.

Also participating in the quilt drive, though not di-rectly benefiting from the fundraising effort, is the charity group Country Quil-ters, which will provide the raffle quilt.


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Candidates wanted for Scottville Harvest Festival Queen contestContest changes

include essay portion

SCOTTVILLE — Com-mittee members are look-ing for Mason County women, 16-20 years old,

interested in represent-ing Scottville’s Harvest Festival and the City of Scottville as queen. The winners chosen will pos-sess community service, poise, and leadership.

Two winners will be crowned and receive scholarships as part of the reward — the Har-

vest Festival Queen ($500 from the Ludington & Scottville Area Cham-ber of Commerce) and the first runner-up ($250 scholarship from West Shore Bank.) The queen will be responsible for a minimum of four appear-ances throughout her reigning year.

The 2015 competition has been modified due to the late start to the school year and an essay contest will be used to help deter-mine the top five finalists.

DETAILSEssays are due Monday,

Sept. 14 at 5 p.m. either

by e-mail ([email protected]) or dropped off to Scottville City Hall.

Essay requirements are as follows:

• Must be 500 words or less • Essay is typed (12 point,

Arial font, double spaced) • At the top of the page in-

clude full name, address, phone,

email, age, date of birth, school, and grade.

• Use proper grammar (punc-tuation, sentence structure, and spelling)

• Describe accomplishments and interests (such as commu-nity, charity, school, sport, and club activities).

• Explain why you want to be Harvest Festival Queen.

• Explain what you would do for Scottville over the next year.


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SCORESHARE THE ✔ Are you an avid high

school sports fan?

✔ Are you a parent of a high school athlete?

✔ Go to lots of local high school games?

✔ Got a smart phone?

When you’re at a game, send us a tweet with the sport you’re watching and the

score at @SportsLDN and we’ll send it out for those following the

scores on our website, LudingtonDailyNews.com.If interested, call David

Bossick, 845-5181, ext. 312.


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A concern for our schools has, and always will be, the safety of students.

Over the past several months and through in-definitely, all of the school districts in Mason Coun-ty, along with local law en-forcement and emergency management have formed a safety planning team re-ferred to as the Mason County School Safety Plan-ning Team.

This team was put togeth-er to enhance school safety plans and procedures and continue to protect our communities children in the

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One safety strategy the-School Safety Planning Team will be implementing across the county is the AL-ICE Training Program. ALICE

is a set of proactive strate-gies that increase chances of survival during an active shooter event. The concepts of Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate offer different response options, which are based on research from past school violence incidents.

A principle of ALICE is to utilize technology and in-formation in a in a manner that allows staff and stu-dents to make informed de-cisions in a crisis, remove as many people as possible from the danger, and pro-vide realistic training for

staff. In addition to implement-

ing the ALICE program, the MCSSPT will be enhancing other areas of school safety including emergency policy and procedures, building safety enhancements, co-ordinating drills and train-ings, and continued collab-oration between school and emergency responders.

Throughout the ALICE implementation process and our increased safety endeavors, Mason County Central Schools will contin-ue communicating with you as parents.

Mason County Central SchoolsMaking safety a priority through ALICE trainings

A principle of ALICE is to utilize technology and information in a in a manner that allows staff and students to make informed decisions in a crisis, remove as many people as possible from the danger, and provide realistic training for staff.

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