End of the Year

I hope everyone had a good 2009, and let's go for an even better 2010!

We are producing a (January-June) Village Newsletter, so look for that at Village Hall and on our website/my blog. The newsletter will no longer be produced quarterly. Instead, we will have 2 newsletters per year. The January newsletter, as stated above, will be available in print form at Village Hall and on our website/my blog shortly. The July newsletter will be mailed out with the Village taxes.

The change is due to the Roscommon County Herald News closing down production.

Full Schedule of Events for Christmas in the Village

Friday, December 4
7:00 p.m. Concert by area groups at the Roscommon High School

Saturday, December 5
8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Breakfast with Santa and a Santa’s Workshop - Roscommon High School, sponsored by the Roscommon Co-op Nursery

10:00 a.m. Cookie Walk & Greenery Sale – Good Shepherd United Methodist Church of the North, 149 West Robinson Lake Road

10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Christmas Open House – Gallimore Boarding House – Cookies and candies will be for sale, and free warm wassail will be served

Noon – 3:00 p.m. Special Postage Cancellation at the CRAF Center

Noon – 5:00 p.m. Kids Corner – Free Make & Take a craft. Sponsored by Don Nester Chevrolet Oldsmobile

Noon – 8:00 p.m.
CRAFT Show at the CRAF Center & CIV 4-Week raffle tickets
Model Train displays around the Village
Christmas Tree Silent Auction at the Richardson School House - Roscommon Elementary School Classes
Book Fair – at the CRAF Center, sponsored by the Roscommon County Literacy Council

1:00 p.m. Family Movie – sponsored by the Roscommon Cinema, admission=canned good

1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Chain Saw Carving Demonstration, 4:00 p.m. auction of carved items, 5th Street Market Parking Lot

2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Memorial Tree, inside Impact Office, sponsored by Hospice of Michigan

3:00 p.m. Family Movie – sponsored by the Roscommon Cinema, admission=canned good

Dusk Luminaries – Welcomes you down 5th and Lake Streets

4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Open House – Village Businesses
Streets are Closed, Free carriage rides starting at Chase Bank

4:00 - ? Lions Club Hot Dogs – Chase Bank, donation of a canned good or money

4:30 – 6:00 p.m. AuSable River Center – Visit the Center and enjoy refreshments and register for a door prize

5:00 p.m. Free cider and donuts in from of Impact Office. Sponsored by Nester Chevrolet.

6:30 p.m. ELECTRIC LIGHT PARADE

Village Tree Lighting, after the parade on the lawn of the CRAF Center. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be announcing the coloring contest winters. Children can visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Santa House in BC Pizza’s parking lot.

8:00 p.m. Teen Movie – sponsored by the Roscommon Cinema, admission=canned good.

Christmas in the Village

With the snow falling, it seems like a perfect time to discuss our Christmas in the Village Festival happening this weekend.

Some brief highlights:

Friday - December 4th (tonight)
7:00 p.m. - Concert by area groups - Roscommon High School Auditorium

Saturday - December 5th
(8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.) - Breakfast with Santa & Santa's Workshop - Roscommon High School
(Noon - 8:00 p.m.) - Craft Show - CRAF Center Gym
(6:30 p.m.) - Annual Electric Light Parade - Downtown Roscommon

Following the parade, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at the Gazebo to announce Coloring Contest Winners and light the tree.

After tree lighting, kids can visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Santa House by BC Pizza. Bring your camera!

I invite everybody to come to the Village of Roscommon and enjoy yourself this holday season!

For more information, call Village Hall at 989-275-5743 or check out this past week's Houghton Lake Resorter article.

Trunk or Treat

A reminder of the Trunk or Treat Halloween Event taking place this Saturday, October 31st at the Au Sable River Center from 4:00 - 6:00 pm.


"Trunk or Treat is back! Bring your ‘vehicles’ and candy to the AuSable River Center on Halloween, Saturday, October 31st, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Set-up will begin at 3:00 p.m. Call Connie at the Chamber to RSVP by October 29th, at 275-8760! If you can’t make it that afternoon, we will gladly accept donations to purchase candy for all the children. Please call the Chamber to reserve your ‘spot’ today!"

Fred's of Roscommon

Read about Fred's of Roscommon in Bowling Industry Magazine!

http://www.fredsofroscommon.com/pdf/mag_article.pdf

Roscommon Area Public Schools - School Closing

Due to illness and excessive absences, Roscommon Area Public Schools will be closed for the remainder of this week.

School will resume Monday, November 2, 2009.

MML Revenue Sharing Rally in Lansing

I will post more in the next day or two of my experience, but this website gives a great video summary and provides some great articles on what transpired last Thursday.


http://www.mml.org/advocacy/funding/capitolrally.html

Revenue Sharing Cuts

Roscommon stands to lose a good amount of money due to state revenue sharing cuts.....while a final decision has not been made, look for over 10% of our revenue sharing to be cut. The Michigan Municipal League and the various communities, including council members, employees, and managers are coming together for a common cause. I will most likely be attending, fighting for our share of the money so valuable services/projects do not have to be cut in communities, including ours. Here is more information about the event.....

Action Alert!
Rally for Public Safety & Revenue Sharing!
Join us at the State Capitol October 22
Join us in a RALLY for public safety and revenue sharing Thursday, October 22 at 11:30 am on the Capitol Building steps in Lansing!

Year after year, dollars promised to local communities have been cut. This year, the Legislature has passed a budget with some of the most severe cuts yet to revenue sharing. It is time to take a stand. We must tell legislators and the governor that we will not allow them to make local officials cut services demanded by their residents anymore!

The governor and legislators from both parties have repeatedly said that appropriately funding public safety and revenue sharing is one of their top priorities. The Legislature must find the resources to appropriately fund revenue sharing. Both chambers have passed bills to backfill cuts with new dollars. We must come together on the Capitol lawn Thursday to demand public safety and revenue sharing are appropriately funded. The safety and health of our citizens depends on it!

We expect to be joined by police and firefighters, and other local officials. There will also be media crews at the event, so we encourage you to bring your mayors, councilmembers, managers, staff, police officers, firefighters, and everyone else you can find. Be ready to talk to the media in case you are approached—and remember to use specific examples of how these cuts will hurt your community! The House and Senate will also be in session. After the rally, you can talk to your legislator about how these cuts will affect their constituents!

We promise to keep you warm with hot snacks and beverages.

Budget Workshop #2

We will be having our 2nd Budget Workshop on Monday, October 19th at 7:00 p.m. at Village Hall!

Water Tower Exterior Cleaning

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Water Tower Exterior Cleaning - October 6th & 7th

What a difference this has made to our water tower as evident from the photographs - much better impression from residents and visitors when they see this prevalent structure in the Roscommon sky!