Douglas Lake eNews - November 2 2022

DLIA’s On-line Store Now Open

The on-line store officially opened on November 1. This is a great place to get gifts for Douglas Lake fans or a little something for yourself! Featured items include a new book by our own Holly Gedert showcasing the loons of Maple Bay, the 2023 official Douglas Lake calendar, warm weather clothing, and great stocking stuffers.

Here is the link and it will also be on the Douglas Lake website:

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you have difficulties with the website. The store will close on December 15 to allow time for holiday shipping.
Kelly Davis
Merchandise Manager
615-308-9086

VOTE!! Election Day is Tuesday November 8, 2022

November has a number of important dates to celebrate – Thanksgiving Day, Veterans Day (if you’re old enough, you know this as Armistice Day – remember the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) and, taking second place to none, Election Day. No matter where you are on November 8, you should be dropping by your polling place and assuring that your choices of candidates and propositions are recorded – unless you’re like millions of others, and have already voted by absentee ballot. This is not only your civic obligation, but an indication of your active participation in choices of governance in our democracy.

Get out and vote. Your choices matter.

Alert from Village of Pellston: Pellston Master Plan

Date: Nov 01, 2022

The Village of Pellston is in the process of updating its Master Plan and it needs and values community input. Please take the time to complete the online survey that can be accessed at the link below. Your feedback is very important to the Village! You do not need to be a resident of the Village of Pellston to participate in the survey. (The Village extended the deadline to increase community participation in the planning process, so ignore the response deadline mentioned in the Survey.)

Village of Pellston Master Plan Survey 2022 (surveymonkey.com)

Straits Area Services: Together, Putting Abilities to Work

Straits Area Services (SAS), is a private, non-profit, Community Rehabilitation Organization that empowers people with developmental disabilities to realize their full potential. SAS has been in business since 1976 providing community integration, supported employment, skill building, rehabilitative training, business support, work enclaves, and more, to their clients and to the Cheboygan community. Some of you may already know about the good work this organization does. But SAS is special and deserves to be featured every now and then.
SAS is located at 1320 West State Street in Cheboygan.
They offer secure shredding services for 19.5 cents/pound, with a $5.00 minimum. Here’s the solution to getting rid of those old bank statements, tax records and other personal and confidential materials, you’ve been storing in the pole barn or taking up valuable cottage space. All materials destroyed at their facility are taken to the Emmet County Recycling Center. They also make delightful Michigan (Lower and Upper Peninsulas) cookie cutters.

Check out their web site for more details at

SAStogether.org

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