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Spectators line up for Little League
Dozens of spectators showed up for Houghton Lake Little League action in the fields on Old US-27 behind the Michigan State Police Post recently. See more Little League photos in the current issue of the Roscommon County Voice.
~ Photo by Mark Constance ... more | | |
| Mama and the goslings
A Canadian Goose and her goslings waddle toward the pond on County Road 100, just before the Roscommon Elementary School.
~ Photo taken Saturday by Mark Constance ... more | | |
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| TUT Board selects 2013 button winners
HOUGHTON LAKE - THe Houghton Lake Area Chamber of Commerce met Friday evening and selected the winner of its annual button contest for Tip Up Town 2013.
Winner of this year's contest was 15-year-old Katie Harrison of Ishpeming with a square rendering of an elephant and an ice shanty. Harrison's grandparents live ... more | | |
| Paint the town purple
ROSCOMMON COUNTY - The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life invites Roscommon County residents, businesses, and organizations to “Paint The Town Purple” – purple being the signature color of Relay For Life – to show support for the fight against cancer.
Join us as we transform the community into a “Purple Paradise”! Show your support by wearing purple ... more | | |
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| Michaeleen 'Mikey' Marie Smith
Michaeleen “Mikey” Marie Smith, age 68, of Roscommon passed away May 14, 2012 at home.
Michaeleen was born in Trenton on July 2, 1943 to Daniel Patrick and Betty Ann (McGowan) Regan. She married Carlos William Smith on March 18, 1970 in New Haven. She lived in Roscommon since 1972 moving from Richmond.
She studied and worked ... more | | |
| Louise H. Case
Louise H. Case - October 11, 1920 ~ May 8, 2012
Louise H. Case, age 91, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at her home in St. Helen surrounded by her loving family.
Louise had lived in St. Helen since 1997 previously of Flint, MI and Bowie, TX. ... more | | |
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| Bucks win JPC matchup
HOUGHTON LAKE – May has brought the best weather of the golf season, and for Houghton Lake, brought out its best conference outing.
But it was Roscommon who came out on top of the event, finishing first with a score of 326.
Alex Gojcaj let all golfers with a score of 77. Other competitors on the Bucks squad included ... more | | |
| Bobcats shoot best of season
LAKE CITY - Last Friday Houghton Lake Golf took on some new competition at the Terry Thompson Invitation held at Missaukee Golf Club in Lake City. 
The tournament had a total of 15 teams several of which Houghton Lake and Roscommon will see later this year at Districts or Regionals. ... more | | |
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| A country boy's trip to the hospital
rong>By Slim Randles
We hadn’t seen our pal, Steve the cowboy, at the philosophy counter at the Mule Barn truck stop for a while. After a week’s absence, he showed back up for his daily ration of caffeine, and it was obvious he’d lost some weight, if not attitude.
“Hospital ... more | | |
| Garden catalogs a rite of Spring
Editor’s note: This is a new column we are going to try out for a couple of months. Unlike our other columns, it isn't local, but we thought some people might find it interesting. Starting next week I’ll post them every Monday. Please let me know what you think.
Thank you for reading! -- Mark
By Slim Randles
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