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100 YEARS AGO

100 YEARS AGO

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100 YEARS AGO Just as the Record & Clarion does today, so too did the Gladwin County Record publish kids’ letters to Santa Claus 100 years ago. From the December 7, 1922 paper, letters from Gladwin County children included: “Dear Santa Claus, I am a little boy, seven years old.
Dauphinoise Potatoes

Dauphinoise Potatoes

Dauphinoise Potatoes

PREP TIME: 20 MINS COOK TIME: 1 HRS ADDITIONAL TIME: 15 MINS TOTAL TIME: 1 HRS 35 MINS 2 tbsp unsalted butter 1 tbsp minced garlic 1 tbsp all-purpose flour 1 ½ cups heavy cream 1 cup whole milk 1 ½ tsp kosher salt 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, sliced 1/8-inch thick with peel ½ tsp chopped fresh...

Gladwin Area Community Band plans Christmas concert

GLADWIN The Gladwin Area Community Band, which made its public debut this past spring, invites the community to its Christmas concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18. The event will be held at the Gladwin High School cafetorium, 1400 N. Spring St. in Gladwin.
BJSHS Sophomore Maya VanSickle and her Links partner, senior George Killian, share a laugh while they work with Halloween decorations.

BJSHS Sophomore Maya VanSickle and her Links partner, senior George Killian, share a laugh while they work with Halloween decorations.

In Beaverton’s Links Program, everybody wins

BEAVERTON You could call them mentors. You could call them buddies. Participants in Beaverton Schools’ new Links program are equal parts confidant, listening ear and older sibling. But they’re one hundred percent friend.
Health Department introduces a new REFRESH program

Health Department introduces a new REFRESH program

Health Department introduces a new REFRESH program

CENTRAL MICHIGAN Central Michigan District Health Department (CMDHD) is dedicated to reducing the effects of hygiene poverty in our district’s schools. Hygiene poverty is the inability to afford basic hygiene and personal grooming products that most people take for granted.
Kiwanis Club is ringing bells for Salvation Army

Kiwanis Club is ringing bells for Salvation Army

Kiwanis Club is ringing bells for Salvation Army

GLADWIN The Gladwin Kiwanis Club and friends will be ringing bells for Salvation Army again this year at the follwing locations: Family Fare, Ace Hardware, Save-A-Lot and the Gladwin Post Office.
Gladwin to hold Christmas light decoration contest

Gladwin to hold Christmas light decoration contest

Gladwin to hold Christmas light decoration contest

GLADWIN The City of Gladwin will once again be holding a home decoration Christmas light contest this year. Judging for the contest will take place through December 19, by Gladwin City Council members.
Darcy Hite lunch/dinner benefit comes to Pale Blue, Dec. 11

Darcy Hite lunch/dinner benefit comes to Pale Blue, Dec. 11

Darcy Hite lunch/dinner benefit comes to Pale Blue, Dec. 11

GLADWIN There will be a spaghetti lunch and dinner benefit held in Gladwin for local teacher Darcy Hite and her family as they battle breast cancer. The benefit will take place from 12-6 p.m. at Pale Blue at the Stone House on Sunday, December 11.
State budget boosts Clare- Gladwin CTE Expansion

State budget boosts Clare- Gladwin CTE Expansion

State budget boosts Clare-Gladwin CTE Expansion

CLARE/GLADWIN COUNTIES Local students enrolled in the Clare-Gladwin Career & Technical Education program stand to benefit significantly with the passage of the new state budget for fiscal year 2023.