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Hot Air Balloon Festival Activities:

5 K. Glow Trail Run – Pancake Breakfast

SAGANING EAGLES LANDING PLAYERS CLUB at the Arts and Crafts Show

Antique Appraisal – Art for a Cause

Balloon Flights, weather permitting – Sunrise and Sunset Balloon Glow

Live music – Balloon Release Ceremony

Twister Joe- Balloon Artist – Children’s Bounce House

Magical Entertainment – Children’s Bird House Workshop

Classic Car Show – Antique Snowmobile Exhibit

Fall Harvest Cook-off – Pony Rides Petting Zoo

Pet Show – Wine Tasting and A Taste of Hale

2017 Season

A Return to Grace: Luther’s Life and Legacy           

Bay City     Sunday, September 24    

11:00 A.M.  –  4:45 P.M.

500 years ago, Martin Luther triggered a seismic upheaval that rocked the western world–with an impact that continues to reverberate to this day. This entertaining new film follows the great adventure story of Luther’s life, packed with political intrigue, kidnappings, secret hideouts, and life-or-death showdowns.

Registration Deadline: Sept. 11

If you are interested in participating in this trip, please contact us at:  (989) 362-3006 or online click below:

 Twisted Artist Personalized Initial String Art Class

We will have past class boards fully nailed and ready to go if you were not interested in doing the vintage camper.

Other class boards available are:  The Vintage Camper, Seashell Seahorse, Lighthouse,  “LOVE”, “FAMILY”,  “YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE”,  State of Michigan and Puppy Love.  All boards are $35 per board, which comes fully prepared for stringing.

Art Prize and Meijer Gardens   

Grand Rapids          Wed. & Thurs., September 27 and 28

Art Prize, which is the world’s largest art competition with over 1500 artists from 46 states and 56 countries, gives the largest art money awards in the world. You will view art of all varieties in the central downtown area: 6-7 exhibition centers, the DeVos Convention Center display, and the Grand Rapids Art Museum. All are near our Holiday Inn hotel, which also has an indoor pool and hot tub. The hotel is right across the street from the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum and the Grand Rapid Public Museum, which you may also wish to visit. On the second day, we will visit Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, where you will experience masterpieces of art and nature that will delight your senses at one of the nation’s premier horticultural display gardens and sculpture parks. You will be able to see an indoor Rodin Sculpture Exhibit. We will also take an outdoor tram tour of Meijers Gardens and Sculpture Park and for those of you who want to walk around the new Japanese Garden.

Registration Deadline: Sept. 11

If you are interested in participating in this trip, please contact us at:  (989) 362-3006 or online click below:

The United Fund will kick off its 2017 campaign drive on Friday morning at the Tawas Area Chamber of Commerce with a three-hour live radio broadcast on WKJC 104.7 with Kevin Allen.

The United Fund Board of Directors have again set a goal of raising $20,000.
Children and families in the three communities will benefit from the local drive that runs through the end of the year. Nearly all of those funds are being distributed to the 14 local agencies United Fund supports.

Those agencies are Hale Youth Activities, Huron Hockey and Skating Association, St. Joseph Health System’s hospice program, Iosco Habitat for Humanity, Catholic Human Services Inc., Child and Family Services of Northeast Michigan, Tawas Area Education Foundation, Hale Area Education Foundation, Shelter Inc., Mitten Bay Council Girl Scouts of America, Lake Huron Council Boy Scouts of America, Iosco County Chapter American Red Cross, Iosco County 4-H and Tawas FISH, Inc.
All contributions to the organization are fully deductible on federal income tax returns for those who itemize deductions, according to T-W-H United Fund President John Lorenz.
The local United Way Board of Directors is made up of all volunteers. The United Fund thermometer will be erected at the Tawas Area Chamber of Commerce.
Donations may be made to Tawas-Whittemore-Hale United Fund, P.O. Box 28, East Tawas, MI 48730.

2017 Season