• Short and Sweet: December Council Meeting

    VILLAGE OF ELBERTA BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING —Minutes— December 18, 2014 • 7 PM ||| AUDIO ||| The Village of Elberta Board of Trustees held a regular meeting on Thursday, December 18, 2014, at the Community Building, 401 First Street, Elberta, Michigan. The meeting was called to order by president Diane Jenks at 7:05 p.m. Recitation of Pledge of Allegiance Present:         Joyce Gatrell, Ken Holmes, Diane Jenks, Holly O’Dwyer, Bill Soper Absent:           Jean Sikes, vacant seat Public: Lois Schram, Cathy Anderson, Richard Jenkins, Emily Votruba, Ken Bonney Approval of Agenda Motion by Soper, seconded by O’Dwyer, to approve the agenda as… More

  • Whoville in E-ville Contest

    Announcing! The first annual Whoville Holiday Decorating contest, sponsored by Shear Class Salon and Day Spa. Who in Elberta will come up with the greatest house and lawn decor to brighten up our midwinter? Submit your $10 entrance fee to Shear Class. The Overall Best Decor winner gets the whole kitty (and by kitty I mean money). The Best “Grinch/WhoVille” decoration gets a $50 gift certificate from Shear Class! Come on, everybody, and let’s give Ken and Lois Holmes a run for their money. I’m already voting for Fred McConnell.—Emily Votruba More

  • “Do We Want to Remain a Village? I Think It’s Worth It”—Diane Jenks

    VILLAGE OF ELBERTA BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING —DRAFT Minutes— November 20, 2014 • 7 PM ||| AUDIO ||| The newly elected Village of Elberta Board of Trustees held its first regular meeting on Thursday, November 20, 2014, at the Community Building, 401 First Street, Elberta, Michigan. The meeting was called to order by president Diane Jenks at 7:08 p.m. Recitation of Pledge of Allegiance Present:         Ken Holmes, Diane Jenks, Holly O’Dwyer, Bill Soper Absent:           Joyce Gatrell, Jean Sikes More

  • Midterm Election 2014! Wolves, Drugs, Fire

    UPDATE: View up-to the minute election results (as available) from the various Benzie townships here, and the final official Benzie County results page here. UPDATE: From Aubrey Parker: “BENZIE COUNTY: We’re hoping to do LIVE election results again tonight like we brought you in 2013, but we need your help! All you need to do is go to your polling place at 8pm after the election has closed and get the final tallies. I can email you a link to a spreadsheet where you can input the numbers. So easy and super awesome to have LIVE data!” According to Parker, who… More

  • Op-ed: Re-elect Don Tanner

    I sent the following letter to the Record-Patriot for publication this week. The Record-Patriot accepts political letters to the editor limited to 100 words. Below that is a longer version. These are my opinions and are not meant to be the Alert‘s official stance on this candidate or this race. I’ll accept and post letters regarding any candidate or issue relevant to Elberta or Gilmore Township, of any length, as long as the text doesn’t contain profanity, hate language, or incitements to violence. Just send them to elberta.alert@gmail.com, subject line “letter to the editor.”—Emily Votruba Don Tanner Works Hard Now for Benzie’s… More

  • Revising the DEP: Special Meeting of the Village Council October 27, 2014

    VILLAGE OF ELBERTA BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING —DRAFT Minutes TO COME— October 27, 2014 • 7 PM ||| AUDIO ||| Revised DEP Cover Letter from Chris Olson Audit Analysis and Projections Revised DEP Resolution of Adoption More