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OBITUARIES |DEATHS OF LOCAL INTEREST

Gay Ellen ChristiansenJuly 1, 1930 - October 11, 2013

DEATH NOTICES |OF LOCAL INTEREST

COMMUNITY CALENDAR |RECURRING EVENTS IN OUR AREA

BULLETIN BOARD |UPCOMING EVENTS IN OUR AREA

TODAYGovernmentLUDINGTON CITY Council, 6:30

p.m., Ludington City Hall, 400 S. Harrison St.

PENTWATER VILLAGE Council, 6 p.m., Community Hall, 327 S. Hancock St.

FREE SOIL Village Council, 7 p.m., Free Soil Fire Hall

EventsJAM SESSION, 7 - 9 p.m. Lud-

ington Area Center for the Arts, $3 members, $5 non-members

COMMUNITYA.A., 8 p.m. open meeting

Grace Episcopal Church, 301 N. James St., Ludington, 845-7901; 8 p.m. closed meeting, Mason County Reformed Church, Scot-tville

“SCIENCE IN Art” exhibit, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Manierre Daw-son Art Gallery, WSCC, 3000 N. Stiles Road, Scottville

LET’S PLAY 3:30 p.m., Creative Kids 4 p.m., Ludington Library, 217 E. Ludington Ave.

THE WRITE People, 1 p.m., Scot-tville Library, 204 E. State St.

ADULT SUPPORT group on grief and loss, 1:30-3 p.m., Briny Building, 50 Filer St., Ste. 210, Manistee

PROMISE SEEKERS men’s group, 5:30-6:30 Hart United Methodist Church, 308 State St., Hart. John Huizenga, (231) 873-0418

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, 6 p.m., Our Savior Lutheran Church, 765 W. U.S. 10, Scot-tville. Carol 425-3693

WEIGHT WATCHERS, 6 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 220 N. Jebavy Drive, Ludington

COAST CLUB, weigh-in 6 p.m., meeting 6:30 p.m., Oakview Medical Care Facility, 1001 Di-ana St.

MONDAY NIGHT knit and cro-chet, 6-8 p.m. Nautical Yarn, 108 S. Rath Ave., Ludington

WATER AEROBICS, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Donald C. Baldwin Com-munity Pool, Ludington. $4

SONS OF the Shepherd (SOS) chapter 2600, Christian Motor-cyclists Association, 6:30 p.m., Pizza Hut, 5953 W. U.S. 10, Lud-ington

PTSD SUPPORT group, 6:30-7:30 p.m. American Legion, 318 N. James St. Ludington

FREE LINE dance lessons, 7-9 p.m., St. Joseph Parish Club, 249 6th St., Manistee

AL-ANON MEETING, 8 p.m., Mason County Reformed Church, Scottville, Candy 845-7901

TUESDAYGovernmentEDEN TOWNSHIP Board, 7:30

p.m., Eden Township Hall, 3369 E. Hawley Road, Custer

MASON COUNTY Planning Commission, 7 p.m., 102 E. Fifth St., Scottville, 757-9272

PERE MARQUETTE Township Planning Commission, 6:30 p.m., Township Hall, 1699 S.

Pere Marquette Hwy. SHERMAN TOWNSHIP Board,

7:30 p.m., Sherman Township Hall, 3854 Main St., Fountain

SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP Board, 8 p.m., Sheridan Township Hall, 6407 E. Dewey Road, Fountain

EventsINTERVIEWING AND Job De-

scription Writing training pro-gram, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 751, Schoenherr Campus Center, WSCC, 3000 N. Stiles, Scottville

CommunityINTERDENOMINATIONAL

MEN’S prayer breakfast, 7 a.m., House of Flavors, 402 W. Lud-ington Ave., Ludington

WHITEHALL INDUSTRIES retir-ees, 8:30 a.m., Brenda’s Harbor Cafe, 5275 W. U.S. 10, Ludington

JACKSON VIBRATORS retirees, 9 a.m., Brenda’s Harbor Cafe, 316 S. James St., Ludington

“SCIENCE IN Art” exhibit, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Manierre Daw-son Art Gallery, WSCC, 3000 N. Stiles Road, Scottville

MOBILE FOOD pantry, 10 a.m., Cornerstone Baptist Church, 121 Nelson Road, Ludington

PRESCHOOL STORY time, 10 a.m., Creative Kids 4 p.m., Book Club, 4 p.m., Ludington library, 217 E. Ludington Ave., Luding-ton. 843-8465

STORY HOUR, 11 a.m., Pent-water Township Library, 402

E. ParkA.A. NOON open meeting,

Community Church, 109 N. Har-rison St.; 8 p.m. open meeting, Emanuel Lutheran Church, 501 E. Danaher St., Ludington; 6 p.m. Walhalla Fire Barn, U.S. 10, Walhalla

OPTIMIST CLUB, noon, Ameri-can Legion Hall, 318 N. James St., Ludington

GARDEN CLUB of Pentwater guest speaker Connie Han-sen, 1 p.m., Centenary United Methodist, 82 S. Hancock St., Pentwater. $10 for club mem-bers, $18 for non-members.

SENIOR CENTER duplicate bridge, 1 p.m., Ludington Area Senior Center, 308 S. Rowe St., Ludington

HOSPICE VOLUNTEER train-ing, 1-5 p.m. Hospice office 5177 W. U.S. 10 in Ludington (next to Standard Lumber)

PINOCHLE, 1:30 p.m., Sher-man Oaks Manor, 700 Sher-man Oaks Drive, Ludington

HEART & Hands Quilt group, 2-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m., Fellowship Hall of Community Church, 109 N. Harrison St., Ludington

TAKE OFF Pounds Sensibly Chapter Mi-1538 (TOPS). 5-5:45 p.m. weigh in, meeting from 6-6:45 p.m., St. John’s Luther-an Church, 209 N. Rowe St., Ludington

VOLUNTEER APPRECIA-TION Dinner, 6 p.m., Hexagon House, 760 6th St., Pentwater

HARBOR HOSPICE drop-in grief support series “Coping with Loss,” 6-7 p.m., Luding-ton library, 217 E. Ludington Ave., Ludington. 231-854-5060

BOARD OF Ludington Area Arts Council, 6:30 p.m., Lud-ington Area Center for the Arts, 107 S. Harrison St., Lud-ington

LUDINGTON LUCKY Losers, 6 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30 p.m. meet-ing, Mason-Lake Intermedi-ate School, 2130 W. U.S. 10, Ludington.

JUST COUNTRY Kickin’ line dancing group, 6:30-7 p.m. les-sons, 7-9 p.m. dancing, VFW Post, 1211 28th St., Manistee Kathy Scarlata, (231) 889-0020

COVE, COMMUNITIES Over-coming Violent Encounters support group for victims of domestic violence or abuse, 6:30 p.m., COVE, Ludington. 843-2541

SONS OF American Legion, 7 p.m., Edwin H. Ewing Post 76 American Legion, 318 N. James St., Ludington

PROSE WRITING Workshop, 7-8:30 p.m. Judith Minty Writers Room, Ludington Area Center for the Arts, 107 S. Harrison St. $5

In need of homesBooBoo is about 2 years old, weighs 40 pounds, and is a lov-ing and trusting dog. He could be an ambassador for pit bulls because he is the opposite of what everyone is afraid of. Visit him at the shelter and consider taking him in. He is available for adoption from Oceana County Animal Control. Call (231) 861-5395. Ask about possible adoption transportation assistance if you are not in the area.

Saveena is shy at first but will soon make you her favorite per-son. She is housebroken, has all her shots, and is available for adoption from Mason County Animal Control where you can also adopt a friendly male Lab/American Stafforshire mix, a Chihuahua, or one of numerous kittens and cats, including two older cats already fixed. MCAC, located behind Walmart, is open Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday from 9 a.m.to noon and Wednesday and Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. Call 843-8644 for more information.

MCCOA to meetThe Mason County

Council on Aging meeting is at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 at Tallman Senior Cen-ter.

Meet arts center director

Ludington Area Cen-ter for the Arts members, patrons and the general public are invited to meet Corinn VanWyck, LACA’s new executive director, at a reception scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. in the Main Gallery.In addi-tion, awards for this year’s Garden Wars will be pre-sented. Plans are to share good wine, good chocolate and good conversation.

‘Climate Denial,’ tribute to Sherryl Martin topics Thursday

Videographer and blog-ger Peter Sinclair will be the keynote speaker for the annual meeting of the local environmental education group, A Few Friends for the Environ-ment of this World (AF-FEW), Thursday, Oct. 17 at Jamesport Brewing Co.’s Red’s Room.

Social time is 6 to 7 p.m. AFFEW will provide light appetizers. Drinks and en-tree will be available for purchase.

A year-end report and election of officers takes place at 7. There will also be a tribute to Sherryl Mar-tin, a board member who died unexpectedly last month.

At 7:30 Sinclair will speak. He has been seek-ing out leading scientists and telling their stories to a larger audience in his youtube series “Climate Denial Crock of the Week,” and “This is Not Cool” for the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media.

Sinclair is a long-time advocate of environmen-tal awareness and energy alternatives. An award-winning graphic artist, il-lustrator, and animator, he runs Greenman Stu-dio from his home in Mid-land, and has been invited to give presentations to the American Geophysi-cal Union, as well as docu-menting science research teams in the Northern Cascades glaciers, and the Greenland Ice sheet.

RSVP to MakeADiffer-ence@AFFEW.org with how many are coming. For more information about the group, visit its website www.affew.org its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/groups/75664430871/.

Traveling Michigan Vietnam Wall

CUSTER — Rick Sher-man, owner of Johnny’s of Custer, has arranged for the traveling Michi-gan Vietnam Wall to be on display in Johnny’s Back Room Saturday and Sun-day, Oct. 19 and 20. The wall will be open to the public at 1 p.m. each day,

free of charge.On Oct. 19 the 24-foot

wall will arrive at Johnny’s around 11:30 a.m. It will come in on U.S. 10 from the east. The public is in-vited to line the route and show support. There is a 1 p.m. ceremony on Sat-urday as well as the free viewings.

Genealogy topic for Pentwater Women’s Club

PENTWATER — The Pentwater Women’s Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Fri-day, Oct. 11 at the Cen-tenary United Methodist Church in Pentwater. The guest speaker will be Kar-en Urich. Urich will speak on genealogy. Hostesses for the meeting are Diana Hooyman, chairperson, and Pat Fitch, Kristin For-ester, Janet Nelson, Judy Primozich, and Loretta Attridge.

Sable Dunes Audubon to meet

PENTWATER — The Sa-ble Dunes Audubon Soci-ety meets Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Friend-ship Center, Rush and Park streets in Pentwater.

There will be a social time with refreshments followed by the program, “Gull Identification” by ecologist and contribu-tor to the Ludington Dai-ly News “Natural World,” Dave Dister. Guests are welcome. www.sable-dunesaudubon.com

Pentwater Lake Association monthly meeting

PENTWATER — The Pentwater Lake Asso-ciation board holds its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 at the Community Hall, 327 S. Hancock St.

All members are invited to attend. For additional information, contact Presi-dent Joe Primozich at 869-8681.

4-H clover sale going on now

National 4-H Council in partnership with Tractor Supply is selling paper clo-vers at the store at 4572 W. US 10 to support 4-H programs.

Customers are asked to donate $1 for a clover at the checkout. All funds go to local 4-H groups. The sale is going on now through Oct. 20.

Business After HoursThe Ludington & Scot-

tville Area Chamber of Commerce Business af-ter hours takes place 5-7 p.m. Oct. 23 at AM Galler-ies, 115 W. Ludington Ave. Sponsors are AM Galleries, Best Choice Market and Carlos Alvarado Law PC. Music and beverages by Pour Soul Society - home brew club.

Cost is $5 for chamber members $10 for non-members.

Gay Ellen Christiansen, 83, of Longfellow Towers, Ludington, passed away on Friday, Oct. 11. Gay was born on July 1, 1930, in Muskegon, the daughter of Glen and Eva (Hughes) Morse, and married Clar-ence “Clay” Christiansen on May 23, 1952. Clay pre-ceded her in death in 1994. Together they operated Scottville Floor Covering for many years. Gay also worked at Fosters Mar-ket in Scottville and at the Scottville Variety Store un-til her retirement.

Along with her husband Clay; she was also preced-ed in death by her parents; her sister, Doris Scanlon; and her brother, James Morse. Gay will be great-ly missed by her children, Sue (Phil) Adamski, Cin-

dy Christiansen, and Jody (Darren) McCarthy; ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three sisters-in-law.

A Memorial Service will be held for Gay at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Mason County Re-formed Church, with visi-tation beginning at 2 p.m. Those who wish to make a memorial contribution are asked to consider her fam-ily to assist with expenses. Please visit Gay’s personal memory page at www.ste-phensfuneralhome.net to read her complete obitu-ary, sign her guestbook, or to leave a memory of Gay for her family. Funer-al arrangements are being cared for by Wyman Funer-al & Cremation Services – Stephens Funeral Home.

• Lillian L. Hanson, 78, Manistee died Oct. 11. Johnson Funeral Home of Manistee.

Flying monkey among exhibit pieces ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) —

Far from Kansas, far from any yellow brick road and all the way to Maine, fans of “The Wizard of Oz” can catch a peek of Dorothy’s blue gingham dress, a pair of her ruby slippers and even a flying monkey.

A new exhibit that opened Saturday at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland features those items and more from the world’s larg-est Wizard of Oz collection. The 107-piece display in-cludes props from various Wizard of Oz movies, rare first-print copies of the origi-nal Wizard of Oz book, mov-

ie posters and an array of Oz memorabilia.

The exhibit, which runs through March, will give fans a sense of all things Oz, starting with L. Frank Baum’s 1900 book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” said Willard Carroll, a film-maker from nearby Camden who owns the items with his longtime partner. Carroll, 57, has amassed more than 100,000 Oz items since he first became enthralled with the story at age 10.

The Wizard of Oz story has endured for more than a century and is enjoying a re-surgence this year with the

release of the 1939 movie in 3-D and the approach of the movie’s 75th anniversa-ry. “Oz the Great and Pow-erful,” a prequel to the 1939 film that explores the origins of the wizard, was released this year, and the hit musical “Wicked” continues to run on Broadway.

“It’s one of these pop cul-ture things that really has held on,” Carroll said. “There are times it’s spiked, and it’s spiking now because of the 75th anniversary.”

The story of Oz originat-ed with Baum’s book, which spawned numerous mov-ies and stage productions, a

radio series, animated car-toons and spinoff products such as toys, dolls, puzzles and even wallpaper panels. It’s best known, of course, from the 1939 “The Wizard of Oz” movie, whose color, music and fantasy storytell-ing captured the fascination of moviegoers.

Maine resident Hamilton Meserve, son of the late Mar-garet Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West, said his mother would be thrilled to see the exhibit.

“This exhibit is a celebra-tion of a great movie that Mother was privileged to be part of,” he said.

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