BY JEFF GOYT
     Being an election year, there has been reference to good, bad and great leaders and there has been many promising the people, if they get elected, they will be a great leader. In school we have been told or have read of great leaders in our nation in the past.
     We have [...]

     In three or four days, we celebrate a special day, that being Mother’s Day. There are two important females in all sportsmen’s lives; those are their Mother and their Wives. Both have to be the most forgiving persons in the world.
     Growing up, I watched many a day, which my mother stayed home, taking [...]

CLARE – Blaine Bailer grew up around hunting, fishing and trapping.
“My grandpa was a trapper,” he said. “That’s what he did for a living. And my dad owned a gun shop in Coleman and did work for Jay’s. I grew up around Jay’s, I was always here.”
Bailer said that his family ate everything they hunted, [...]

 
CLARE – Friends of Clare County Parks and Recreation are hosting a May 30 gala at Jay’s Sporting Goods.
Proceeds will aid in maintaining the all-seasons extension of the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail from Clare city limits to west of Farwell.
Friends will use money raised at the major fund raiser to keep the trail clean and mowed, [...]

Lethal force OKed against wolves that attack pets, livestock
 
By TIM WEATHERHEAD
Capital News Service
 
                LANSING – Great Lakes gray wolves will come off the federal endangered species list on May 4, which will allow Michigan livestock and pet owners to use lethal force against wolves that attack their animals.
                “These producers wanted to be empowered [...]

CLARE- Bob Bonham, Clare City Director of Public Works took a snowmobile trip around the perimeter of Lake Superior last winter with a friend.
The eight day trip encompassed 1,580 miles, going from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
“The first leg of the trip was to WaWa, Ontario, ” Bonham said.
He said he [...]