APPLE PEELING–cutting and then making homemade apple sauce was done by Arvon Township School students during the Great Lakes Apple Crunch. Pictured are ATS students, l-r, Avery Kahkonen, Carter Wiseman, Leila Jorgensen and Brooke Waara as they take charge of the apple peeling process.
by Melissa Newland
Arvon Township School (ATS) children are crunching their way
through October during the Great Lakes Apple Crunch event.
Students participated in the Great Lakes Apple Crunch as a way to promote National Farm to School Month. The goal of the Great
Lakes is to get 1 million crunches from apples. Students were encouraged to crunch into locally and regionally grown apples at
noon on Thursday, Oct. 13. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
TRAGIC LOSS–The Baraga County community has suffered a second tragedy just a week after another local business was lost to a structure fire. Holiday Gas Station on US-41 in L’Anse was struck by a semi-truck and trailer late Thursday night causing an explosion. A structure fire followed the explosion which emergency crews battled into the wee hours of Friday morning.
by John Raffel
“It was bad.” Those comments from L’Anse Village fire fighter Fabian Kristo came following the horrific scene at Holiday Gas Station in L’Anse late last week, which resulted in extensive structure fire to the station and surrounding vehicles and the fatal death of a 43-year-old L’Anse man, Alan Dantes Jr. The Calumet state police post state troopers responded around 11:10 p.m. Thursday night to the Holiday Gas Station for the fatal crash and a large scale structure fire. The investigation revealed a semitruck and trailer struck the gas pumps resulting in fatally wounding Dantes while he was outside filling his vehicle with gas. The crash caused an extensive structure fire to the station and surrounding vehicles. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
EARLY MORNING FIRE–Michigan State Police Calumet Post responded to a structure fire, around 1:30 a.m., at Carla’s Lakeshore Motel & Restaurant in Keweenaw Bay on Friday, Oct. 7. Multiple fire departments, police departments and emergency services were called to the scene. Hours were spent battling the blaze. Photo credit Jim Slater.
by John Raffel
The restaurant portion of Carla’s Lakeshore Motel & Restaurant was called a “total loss” by firefighters after a blaze hit it very early on Friday morning. The Calumet Michigan State Police Post said it responded to a structure fire at around 1:30 a.m on Friday at Carla’s, a popular local establishment, on U.S. 41 highway in Keweenaw Bay.
The highway, troopers said, was shut down for an extended period. It reopened at around 5:20 a.m. and was down to just one lane for
awhile. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
WPPI AWARD–L’Anse Village Manager Bob LaFave, center, accepts a WPPI award on behalf of L’Anse Electric Utility. Along side LaFave stands WPPI Energy Board Chair Jim Stawicki and WPPI Energy CEO Mike Peters.
L’Anse Electric Utility, the community’s locally owned, not-for-profit
municipal electric utility, participated in the WPPI Energy Annual Meeting on Sept. 15, 2022, in Middleton, WI. The utility is a member-owner of WPPI Energy, a not-for-profit wholesale energy provider
and joint action agency. The award recognizes an electric utility that is a member of WPPI Energy and displays excellence in advancing strategic initiatives, provides leadership and benefits to other member utilities, and supports public power and joint action. Accepting the award on behalf of the utility was L’Anse Village Manager Bob LaFave. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
L’ANSE BAPTIST CHURCH–recently welcomed its new Associate Pastor, James Wierson, along with his wife, Kayleen, and their two children, Sophia and James, ages 3 and 1, with their third child expected in October. Pastor James is a May 2022 graduate of The Master’s Seminary in Los Angeles, CA.
by Melissa Newland
L’Anse Baptist Church (LBC) recently welcomed a new Associate Pastor to its staff in July. Pastor James Wierson, a May 2022 graduate of The Master’s Seminary in Los Angeles, CA, was welcomed to the staff July 1, 2022. After visiting L’Anse in the summer of 2021, LBC
invited the Wierson family to join its flock in August 2021. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
CHALLENGED–Local law enforcement officials accepted a challenge from Sacred Heart students to play kickball last week. About 30 kids and 10 members of law enforcement enjoyed a rousing game of kick ball.
by John Raffel
The Baraga County Sheriff’s office was challenged by the Sacred Heart
School kickball last week. “So we rallied the troops and got the Michigan State Police, Baraga Village and KBIC Policers and went to the schools and had the first annual cops vs. kids kickball game,” deputy Mike Griffin said. The cops won the highly contested game. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
MARINE DEBRIS–Some trash and treasure from the Keweenaw Bay marine cleanup last week included a 100-year-old bottle from Richter Brewing Co. Escanaba and a bunch of lures.
by John Raffel
Local officials involved in the clean up event of local marinas early
last week were happy with the accomplishments with an eye cast for the future. The Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP), using funding awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program, hosted the event on Tuesday, of
last week for Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s Ojibwa Marina and the other Baraga County marinas. This was SWP’s second community marina cleanup event this year following the annual Marquette Lower Harbor Cleanup event held in August. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
TIRES AND TIRES–The cleanup event was underway at the KBIC marina around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. Lots of tires were being pulled from the water and loaded onto a trailer.
by John Raffel
The Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP), using funding awarded by
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine
Debris Program, was scheduled to host a cleanup event on Tuesday,
of this week for Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s Ojibwa Marina and the other Baraga County marinas. In a press release officials said this would be SWP’s second community marina cleanup event this
year following the annual Marquette Lower Harbor Cleanup event held in August. Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has been accidentally or deliberately released into
the Great Lakes or ocean waters. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
TARGET AREA–This is what a disc golf target area looks like, for those who are not in the know about the sport. Disc golf will be available at Constellation Farm located in Pelkie and will hold its grand opening this coming weekend, Sept. 3- 5.
by Melissa Newland
Whether a tournament veteran or someone new to the disc golf game scene, Constellation Farmstead located in Pelkie will be the place to be this coming weekend to celebrate its grand opening. Located at 30970
Tapiola Road, the disc golf course, owned by Madelin Zaycheck and her partner AJ, will be open to the public starting Saturday, Sept. 3 at sun up, going through Monday, Sept. 5 until sun down with prizes and fun for all (see schedule below for details). Madelin and AJ recently
‘bought the farm’ and moved to the area to “live simply so that others may simply live,” and have succeeded in building a “multifaceted agritourism destination combining farming, homesteading and leisure,” which includes disc golf, among other activities. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
SEATING WALL–L’Anse Waterfront Park now sports a brand new seating wall down by the marina. People will be able to sit and have a front row seat to the view and the beach.
by Teri Rowe
The new seating wall by the L’Anse Marina is completed. It’s part of the Phase II Marina Project funded by the L’Anse DDA and the Michigan DNR Waterways Fund. The ‘L’Anse, Marina Improvements Concrete Wall/Bench Project’. The seating wall offers a great place for people to sit and enjoy the view and beach. More importantly, it helps create a barrier to harden the marina against debris like logs, sand and other debris blown in from powerful storms on the lake.
The Phase II Marina Project is a $120,000.00 phase of work. The seating wall is a part of that funding, and DP Construction was the successful bidder at $14,400.00. The remainder of the funds is for the
new floating pier, engineering, and permitting. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
