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September is Library Card Sign-Up Month and the Munising Library is ramping up for it to be the most successful Sign-Up Month ever! Everyone who signs up for a card in the month of September will earn an automatic entry into our Fall Reading Gift Bag Drawing and will also receive an MSPL tote bag filled with info about all the library services and offerings. Mini drawings throughout the month for new cardholders will feature library swag, books, and other items. If you have a library card that you have not used inside the library in over 5 years, it is most likely no longer valid and will need to be renewed or replaced as well. Your new card will qualify you for the drawings too! Stop in during September and find out why a library card is the handiest item in your wallet.

All ages are invited to celebrate Alger County at a community Barn Dance, Sunday, September 22, 3-7 p.m. at the Michigan State University (MSU) North Barn in Chatham. Admission is free. The event, sponsored by Alger County Communities That Care (AC3), features square dancing with caller Jo Foley and music by Granny Fox and the Farm Hands Band.

Many of us have very fond memories of playing outside for countless hours, doing who-knows-what with our friends or playing make-believe with the most creative scenarios when we were kids. We’d wake up excited to get to playing and didn’t have a care in the world as long as we were outside or doing something fun.

With the development of the lumbering industries in that wide expanse of area between Gladstone, Rapid River, Munising and Marquette, the turn of the century saw a new settlement spring up at Trenary, which is an approximate central location between these towns. The many French-Canadian settlers soon asked for the services of a Catholic Priest. When possible or necessary, both Father Soulard from Rapid River and Father Dittman from Munising came to baptize and officiate at marriages or funerals.

Peoples State Bank is hosting a blood drive on Monday, September 23, 2024, at their downtown Munising location, 101 W Munising Avenue, right at the traffic light. Help save lives by donating blood! To schedule an appointment, call 906449-1450. Walk-ins are also welcome. Your donation can make a difference!