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Fall in Alger County
Munising - It appears the the winter grasp has its clutches in Alger County, This past week seen lots of warm weather, with a few days of chilly temperatures, but the old man is just around the corner.

Boat arrives on December 25, 2004/ Photo by Jake Verbunker

Moving the ice aside as it passes the Old East Channel Light House, the Coal Boat Oglebay Norton Marine heads into Munising Bay with a load of Coal for the Neenah Paper Mill, its last load of the season.

Gas Prices settle in Alger County
Alger County - Service stations across the Upper Peninsula have increased in Gasoline prices at the pump. Alger County has never been immune to price gouging, but gas prices have rose to a keen 3.50 per gallon during the last days of November.

Munising:

The following students have been named to the first quarter honor roll at Munising Middle/High School for the 2011-12 academic year (* denotes 4.0 grade-point average).

Grade 12 - *Rachel Anthony, Kori Baij, Ryan Barr, Zachary Boucher, Mikel Cercone, Jeff Corey, Cortne Cornish, Dylan Cromell, David Decet, Kevin Gamelin *Emily Graves, Brenden Hannah, Nick Hinsa, *Shelby Holmes, Andrew Kelto, Zac LeVeque, Ryan Lindstrom, Brett Mosier, Keegan Nebel, Courtney Petosky, Joseph Richardson, *Courtney Riley, Cody Sadler, *Jarett Sadler, Tyler Sanderson, Ray Schierschmidt, Kailee Thiessen and Abby Woodaz.

Grade 11 - Rebecca Anthony, Joseph Brogan, Kaitlyn Coy, Ashley Cromell, Emily DesJardins, Mitchell Erickson, *Evelyn Gendron, Jenna Hach, *Katie Immel, Savana Lare, Kendra Leffel, Josie Lindquist, Daniel MacArthur, Molly Matson, *Megan McLaren, Stephanie Nieman, Joseph Paquette, Abigale Schertz, Morgan Sontag, Sheena Sowa, Ian Stampfly and Sara Sutherland.

Grade 10 - Noah Ackerman, Anna Baij, Jared Baij, Terri-Jo Bond, Ciera Bradley, Sabrina Brown, *Diana Charboneau, Henry Cobb, Sadie Cornish, Alana Dwight, Kacie Ekberg, Lauren Gahagan, Jeffrey Gennick, Cody Hayes, Michael Johnson, *Jesse Lassila, Sam MacArthur, Ariana Martineau, Megan Murray, Chase Nebel, Bryce Peterson, Laura Richard, Jacob Schramm, Alyssa St.Amour, Sean Tesch, Megan Watson and Christopher Yang.

Grade 9 - Garrett Blank, *Paige Brogan, Marguerite Davis, Karlee Decet, Alexis Downing, Shaun Flynn, Kaila Francis, Adele Gendron, David Harris, Michelle Hazel, Alex Hill, Colin Immel, Matthew Johnson, Austin Kelto, Michael Kolbus, Jason Lindbeck, Courtney Livermore, Monica Livermore, Izaak Mahoski, Amanda Marinoff, Lily Robinson, Joel Schramm, Kendal Syers, Tristen Thorson, Katherine Wendt and Ryan Wood.

Grade 8 - Brent Brock, *Sara Charboneau, Darby Coyne, Allyson Fitzgibbon, *Morgan Flynn, Rachel Flynn, Brett Hannah, Abigail Holcomb, Brett Johnson, Taylor Kahlstorf, Elicia Kleeman, Jordan Koenig, Alexis Matson, *Ian McInnis, Nicholas Miron, *Isabelle Nebel, Via Ouellette-Ballas, Alexandra Paquette, Hailee Petosky, Tyler Rushford, *Hunter Sadler, *Sarah Schultz, Deidre Segerstrom, Sean Sutherland, Taylor Swartz, Mason Syers, Quintin Tarasan, Cassandra Wendt, Trevor Witty and Jonathan Yang.

Grade 7 - Jason Biddinger, *Peyton Bonevelle, Amber Borror, Abigail Brown, Corey Cotey, Evan Cromell, *Bailey Downs, Jared Immel, Marissa Immel, Brianna Jacobson, *Alex Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Kylee Kidder, *Frankie Mattson, *Sydney McInnis, *Jared Mosier, Joseph Mosier, Courtney Murdock, Autymn Paulson, Melissa Rider, Whitney Riley, Jillian Schramm, Cassandra Sneller, Kayleigh St. Martin, Courtney Steinhoff, Talon Steinhoff, Kyle Welters and Kayla Yell.

Area residents wanting to cut their own Christmas tree can do so on the Hiawatha National Forest.

Tree tags cost $5 and are available at any district ranger office, where information is also provided on tree cutting guidelines, information regarding cutting areas, and suggestions for flame-proofing your tree.

For more information, contact the U.S. Forest Service at Manistique at 341-5666, on Wednesdays only; Munising at 387-2512; Rapid River at 474-6442; St Ignace at 643-7900; or Sault Ste Marie at 635-5311, on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday only).