Being happy in Our Town is easy – The Voice

BEING HAPPY IN OUR CITY IS EASY: A pleasant place to live, wherever you go you see a smile from everyone you meet. Neighborhoods with flower gardens, green grass and our American flag waving in the breeze are a beautiful sight. Our lake, blue and wavy, is a gift to us every day. Business owners and their employees greet visitors with a smile as they stop by to shop or eat. Our festivals, our churches, our schools, our city government and our city employees make life here a pleasant place. Nowhere else is better. A reason to celebrate each day we have the pleasure of living here. So let’s be happy and smile!

IC FAMILY & FRIENDS SUMMER FESTIVAL JULY 13: Come to Anchorville, Dixie Highway and Church Road and enjoy some down time. On a Saturday, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church is hosting the festival from 1-11 p.m. There will be music, food, games, a craft show and more. Blankets with Care will also be there. For more information, call the church office at 586-725-3051. The ABHS Class of 1974 will be there, so come meet them!

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1974 CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY: At the Immaculate Conception Festival in Anchorville, Dixie Highway and Church Road. Wear red and white to honor the graduating class of 1974 of Anchor Bay High School. Meet the Tars of 1974!

SPAGHETTI DINNER ON JULY 13: St. John’s Lutheran Church, 51161 Maria, corner Green, will serve another delicious meal between 4 and 7 p.m. Our town is invited to dine in a friendly, nice and decorated space. The price of dinner is $10 for adults and $5 for children. The menu includes pasta with sauce with or without meat, additional main course, salad, garlic toast, dessert and drink. Be there with friends and don’t miss it. Yummy!

JULY 19 VFW STEAK-OUT: Grill a New York strip steak over hot coals outdoors. Enter the Cove between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., pay an $18 fee per person, then head outside. The coals will be ready for guests to grill their meat to perfection. Then enter the Cove and enjoy baked potatoes, salad, dinner rolls, and dessert while enjoying a dinner with friends. VFW Post 7573 is located at 35011 23 Mile.

VBS WILL BE HELD JULY 23-25: Two of the oldest churches in our city have been co-hosting Vacation Bible School for over 40 years. The churches have backyards near the buildings, making this endeavor perfect for the children, teachers and volunteers. Please register your children by July 19 by calling one of the following numbers: First Congregational Church, 36233 Alfred, 586-725-0909 and/or St. John’s Lutheran Church, 51161 Maria, 586-725-6801. The program is titled: Camp Firelight, a summer camp. “An Adventure with God.” Young people ages 3 to 6 are invited. Days begin at 9 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church with Bible stories, games, snacks, and plenty of songs to sing with Mrs. C. Note: The churches have been in the same locations since the 1860’s.

VBS RUNS JULY 29-AUGUST 2: Christ, the King Lutheran Church, 29920 23 Mile, Chesterfield, is offering a program called “WildLIVE, Showcasing Christ’s Character” in its Vacation Bible School this summer. From 9:30 a.m. to noon, children ages 3 to 7 are invited. To register young people, please call or text Sandy at 810-335-1442. Children will experience Bible stories, puppet shows, crafts, games, bounce houses, outdoor activities, singing and snacks.

SHIRLEY INVITES CASINO PLAYERS JULY 30: Contact Shirley at 586-531-1934 and join friends for a day of vacation. Departure is at 8 a.m., guests are asked to arrive at the Lowes parking lot, 27990 23 Mile, Chesterfield, by 7:45 a.m. The ride to Firekeepers in Battle Creek on a Bianco motorcoach is $50 per person, which includes transportation, driver gratuity, movie, light snack and bottled water on the way home. Note: The casino offers a $20 card game and a $5 meal coupon. When you reach 55 points, stop by the kiosk and you might get another $10 to play with. Departure from the casino is at 4:30 p.m., arrival home around 7:30 p.m.

AUGUST 8-10: OUR TOWN ANTIQUES FLEA MARKET: An annual event that begins at the “tip of our state’s thumb,” travelers and shoppers can visit sights along the way. Here in Our Town, the New Baltimore Lions Club’s Relay For Life team is participating with a sale on the grounds of Our Town’s City Hall on Green from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Readers are invited to donate items other than clothing for sale and bring them to either of two locations: 51145 Clay or 53530 Grace. Dubbed the “Antique Yard Sale Trail,” residents living along M-25 along Lake Huron to Port Huron and then M-29, following the St. Clair River to Lake St. Clair to Our Town, will be holding sales on both sides of the road. Driving the entire route can be an experience of meeting interesting people, sellers and shoppers, and also finding some really great bargains. For more information contact Flo at 586-725-4690 and see you at the local sale.

SEPTEMBER 21ST FUNDRAISER AT GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH: This is a scrapbooking event. Early registration is requested by August 21st at [email protected] or by phone at 586-703-5983. Early bird fee is $25, after that it is $30. The fee is non-refundable, all proceeds go to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. The event runs from 10am-4pm. Enjoy crafts, lunch, dessert, refreshments, vendors, a basket party, prizes, and the grand prize is a weekend at the Four Season Inn in Emmet.

OCT 5 NHHS ALUMNI BANQUET: An annual event where New Haven High School graduates, specifically from the classes of 1999 and 1974, are invited to Zuccaro’s Banquets & Catering in Chesterfield on Gratiot to celebrate their 25th and 50th anniversaries. A fundraiser for the scholarship fund. For tickets and information, email [email protected].

ORDERS FOR BRICKS/PAVERS ARE NOW ACCEPTED: The bricks already buried in the ground beneath Our Town’s 160-foot flagpole in Burke Park can be viewed daily. If readers and friends would like to order new ones, pick up an order form at either the New Baltimore City Hall on Green or the MacDonald Public Library on Main. Project Manager Ron Earle, a member of the New Baltimore Lions Club, will take your order form and have the words on it engraved into a brick/paver. Proceeds of $125 each will be used to maintain the flag and pole, which have been buried deep in the ground since 2016 and were dedicated on October 15, 2016, with a huge, heavy flag hanging from it for the first time. It was a historic day in Our Town and we had the New Baltimore Lions Club having the strength and courage to make it happen. A massive project that has become a major visitor attraction. Come by and be amazed.

DONATIONS TO ST. MARY’S PANTRY ARE WELCOME: The PANTRY is located on Main Street at Base and is open Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Donations of the following items are welcome: Sloppy Joe Mix, granola bars, soap, saltine crackers, egg noodles, juice, and for babies, diapers sizes 4, 5 and 6 and wipes. Thank you!

DONATIONS OF DRINK CONTAINERS ACCEPTED: Bring clean, empty containers to the Premier Health Club at Premier Mall in Chesterfield on Saturdays between 10 a.m. and noon. A member of the New Baltimore Lions Club will be on site in a pickup truck to accept your donations. Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester will benefit from donations to support their work and also allow blind children to attend summer camp.

FROM “THE JOY OF TRIVIA” BY BERNIE SMITH: George Frideric Handel (1685-1789), the great German composer of oratorios, operas and other serious compositions, had a father who wanted him to be a lawyer. Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), a Polish composer and pianist, had a beard on only one side of his face and said, “It doesn’t matter; the audience only sees my right side.” The oldest musical instrument is probably the flute, which was originally made from bamboo or other hollow wood or from the hollow leg bones of birds. Cave dwellers made and played them. And one more thing: In art, the most perfect hand ever painted is the right hand of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

To report updates about your service organization, call Bette Carrothers at 586-725-8051 or email her at [email protected].

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