Pat Cornish

Pat Cornish will absolutely hate this bio, but the truth must be reported: She is a legend in the Munising area. Selfless, generous and seemingly incapable of ignoring someone in need, Cornish has raised approximately a gajillion dollars for local individuals and families — an unofficial figure, but probably not much of an exaggeration.

Cornish has served as a trustee on the Munising Moose Lodge board and as president of the Wetmore Community Club. She has also been involved with MPACK, helping ensure students at Munising Public Schools have access to nutritious food and other basic essentials. If there is a fundraiser to organize, a family to help or a community need to meet, chances are Cornish is already working on it — quietly, of course, and preferably without anyone giving her credit.

Her famously kind nature has only one known limit: moles attempting to destroy her flower beds. The moles are treated ethically, of course, but Pat has been known to use a few highly unkind words while strongly encouraging them to take their underground shenanigans somewhere else.

Cornish is, quite simply, the perfect person to write this column. She is a phenomenal human being, and Team Beacon loves her very much — even if publishing this bio makes her a little mad at us.