🌱 Chargo and Garlock win St. Ignace school board seats
St. Ignace, Michigan Patch AM: a 3 min readHello St. Ignace! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Chargo and Garlock win St. Ignace school board seats
- How St. Ignace keeps Mackinac Island connected through winter
- The Great Lakes geography that makes Mackinac County a crossroads
Also on today's calendar: RODNEY CARRINGTON and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Periods of rain, with a high of 46 and low of 32 degrees.
- Thursday: Colder with a few showers, temps: high: 38, low: 32.
- Friday: Showers of rain and snow, with a high of 40 and low of 32 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Local Elections See Communities Choose Officials and Pass Millages (stignacenews.com) — Patrick Chargo and incumbent Amanda Garlock won six-year seats on the St. Ignace Area Schools board in the Nov. 3 election, defeating incumbent G. Michael Emery and challenger Dan Schummer. Trustee Cayla Massey Riordan also won an uncontested partial term, while Mackinac County voters renewed funding for meals and senior services. 
2. What Happens To Mackinac Island When The Ferries Stop For Winter (worldatlas.com) — St. Ignace becomes an essential mainland link for Mackinac Island's roughly 500 winter residents when harbor ice stops ferry service. Weather-dependent air taxis carry people and supplies across the Straits. Some winters also bring an unofficial, Christmas-tree-marked ice crossing, but no authority certifies it as safe.
3. The Counties That Touch Two Great Lakes (worldatlas.com) — Mackinac County's shores span Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, placing the St. Ignace area at a major Great Lakes crossroads. A regional geography feature traces that role through the Straits and Mackinac Bridge, alongside neighboring Chippewa County's Lake Superior and Lake Huron shorelines and the Soo Locks.
4. Mackinaw City Volleyball Cruised to Sweep in District Opener (stignacenews.com) — St. Ignace ended Mackinaw City's volleyball season with a three-set district win Nov. 5, after the Comets had swept Mackinac Island two days earlier. Mackinaw City's opening victory featured strong serving and 10 kills from Rian Esper, but St. Ignace won the next matchup 25-16, 25-10 and 25-13.
📸 Around St. Ignace
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Rodney Carrington at Kewadin Casino St. Ignace →
Kewadin Event Center, 3015 Mackinac Trail, St. Ignace
7:00 pm
Saturday November 21
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Other local events
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Art and Coffee
St Ignace Public Library, 110 W Spruce St, Saint Ignace
10:30 am -
Technology Literacy Class with Arthur
St Ignace Public Library, 110 W Spruce St, Saint Ignace
5:00 pm -
Native American Heritage-Protecting the Water
St Ignace Public Library, 110 W Spruce St, Saint Ignace
5:30 pm -
Poets and Prose
St Ignace Public Library, 110 W Spruce St, Saint Ignace
5:30 pm -
Art and Coffee
St Ignace Public Library, 110 W Spruce St, Saint Ignace
10:30 am -
RODNEY CARRINGTON →
The Event Center, 3015 Mackinac Trail, St. Ignace
8:00 pm -
Groove Candy at Kewadin Casino →
Kewadin Casino, 3015 Mackinac Trail, St. Ignace
9:00 pm
Friday November 13
Monday November 16
Wednesday November 18
Friday November 20
Saturday November 21
Friday December 4
📣 St. Ignace Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Ladies Night Out: Sweater Weather & Sparkle →
Cheboygan MI
3:00 pm -
Lee Fayssoux at Urban Bird →
Urban Bird, Cheboygan
4:30 pm -
7/8 Boys Basketball vs. Kalkaska
Harbor Springs Public Schools Harbor Springs, MI 49740
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CAAC Annual Meeting →
Cheboygan Area Public Library, The Gallery on lower level, Cheboygan
5:00 pm
Wednesday November 11
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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