Lifestyles

Gifts From Santa Raffle Tickets now on sale

CASPIAN — The Caspian Progressive Men, in conjunction with the Iron County Golden K, will again be selling Gifts From Santa Raffle tickets, a fundraiser that has been done for the past 28 years. Proceeds from the raffle will be used to provide the almost 200 residents at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Iron River Care Center and Boyington House with a practical Christmas gift during their annual Christmas party. Tickets are $5 each. The Men notes the prizes are great, with most being $100 in cash. To support the project, make checks payable to the Caspian Progressive Men ...

Be warned of drained batteries

Dear Heloise: I wanted to write in response to the suggestion from Mary M., about hearing-aid batteries and her keeping them in an empty medicine bottle. One of the reasons why hearing-aid batteries are separated onto a cardboard sheet is to keep the ends of the batteries from touching each ...

Marriage has lost its get-up-and-go

Dear Annie: I’ve been married only a few short years. My husband and I used to go out and have fun; we’d do things like day trips to the beach or going out to eat, just to get out of the house. Over the past few years, he has decided that his favorite pastime is sitting on the sofa. If I ...

Foxy Loxy ladies meet Wednesday

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Foxy Loxy Red Hat group will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Holiday Kitchen in Iron Mountain.

Fall Festival on Sunday at American Martyrs Church

KINGSFORD — American Martyrs Catholic Church in Kingsford will host its annual Fall Festival on Sunday at the parish hall, 908 W. Sagola Ave. in Kingsford. They will be serving their famous chicken dinner with all the trimmings from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children 6 through 12 and ages 5 and younger are free. They will also have basket and cash raffles. Basket raffle tickets will be sold for $1 each and cash raffle tickets are $2 each or three for $5. First prize is $1,000, second is $5,000, third is $250, fourth is $150 and fifth ...

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