August 2024

Celebrating 19 Years of Service: The Annual Fish Fry for Veterans

For the last 19 years, on the last Friday of July, the Vietnam Veterans of Alger County Chapter 237, along with the American Legion and the Munising City Band, have served up a fish fry lunch for the veterans of Michigan Veterans Home D.J. Jacobetti in Marquette. Each year, an anonymous donor purchases fish from Vanlandschoot and Sons Fishery. Altran donates a bus to transport some of the volunteers each year, and the driver, Don Wyatt, also donates his time to drive the bus. Next year will mark the Fish Fry’s 20th year! The event is a summer favorite for Jacobetti veterans, loved ones, and staff that the volunteers and sponsors also look forward to each year.
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Creating Connections and Wellness: Our First Annual Mental Health Camping Retreat

“The Get Away Drop In Center”, located at 226 West Superior Street in Munising, is a nonprofit organization that is committed to providing an atmosphere of acceptance where individuals feel needed and grow in self-worth, dignity and self-respect through social and recreational activities, peer support, community resources and promoting self-advocacy. Our vision is to welcome people with past or present mental health issues to a safe, supportive environment and break the stigma on mental health in our community.
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How do I use a TENS unit?

Q: I’ve been having intermittent pain on the outer hip area and along the thigh for several weeks, worse when I’m walking up even a gradual slope or on a level surface. I was telling a friend about it and he suggested I buy a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) unit, which can be obtained without a prescription. It arrived in the mail a few days ago, but the instructions that came with it are very brief and not very useful. Can you help me use it correctly?
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Rewriting the Script: From Transactional to Relational Prayer

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others (Matthew 6:5) It is not uncommon during Thanksgiving for someone to offer a prayer. Usually, it is the most religious person in the family. Those who are not particularly religious brace themselves for what comes next. They pray (ironically) that the prayer won’t turn into a sermon because the sermon is directed at them. Who wants someone to preach at them? The prayer is not so much a prayer but a mini-sermon disguised as a prayer.
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Munising School Public Library News

Did you know that you can become a sustaining donor to the Munising Library? Show your love of the library by clicking on the donate button on the MSPL website, msplonline.org. It’s easy to select the monthly donation option and use your credit card, debit card or PayPal account to get your sustaining donation started. For as little a $5.00 a month you can help the library grow our collection and continue to have great services and programs. Need more info about financial donations? Call the library at 906-387-2125.
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Family-owned fish market VanLandshoot & Sons, Inc. introduces new shipping services

In 1914, Philip VanLandshoot started a small family-run fish market that has grown and endured for 110 years. One of only 13 fisheries left on the five Great Lakes, VanLandshoot & Sons offers sustainably sourced, 100% wild caught fresh Lake Superior whitefish. After five generations, under the experience of Philip’s great-great grandsons, Dennis and Paul, they have expanded operations to offer new shipping services.
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Dianne Fleck

Dianne Fleck, age 74, of Munising, died following a brief illness on Tuesday morning, July 16, 2024 under the loving care of Fred, her family, and North Woods Hospice. She was born on April 24, 1950, in Munising to loving parents Adolph “Duff” and Amelia “Amy” (Wenzel) Fleck.
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