• Regular Meeting of the Village Council October 2014

    VILLAGE OF ELBERTA BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING —DRAFT Minutes— October 16, 2014 • 7 PM ||| AUDIO ||| The Village of Elberta Board of Trustees held its regular meeting on Thursday, October 16, 2014, at the Community Building, 401 First Street, Elberta, Michigan. The meeting was called to order by president pro tempore Robin Rommell at approximately 7:00 p.m. Recitation of Pledge of Allegiance Present:         Joyce Gatrell, Ken Holmes, Diane Jenks, Robin Rommell Absent:           Reggie Manville Public: Mary Kalbach, Ken Bonney, Cathy Anderson, Rosemary Tanner, Andrew Bolander, Art Melendez, Don Tanner, Emily Votruba, Chad Hollenbeck, Theresa Gilbert Approval of Minutes: Regular… More

  • Special Meeting on DEP Tonight

    Special Meeting of the Elberta Village Council Monday October 27, 2014 Community Building 401 First Street 7:00 P.M. The Village of Elberta will conduct a Special Meeting on Monday October 27, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. to consider the financial status of the Village including the 2013 – 2014 audit, the amended 2014 – 2015 budget and the state-mandated Debt Elimination Plan (DEP). More

  • Interview with Charla Burgess, Head of Beer Education, Stormcloud Brewing Company

    The Alert Facebook-buttonholed Charla Burgess in between bouts of tasting beers and peaches to ask her about her new job and Frankfort’s upcoming Beer Week, October 6-11. You accepted the mission of Special Events and Beer Education Coordinator at Stormcloud. What does this entail? My mission is to develop an appreciation for craft beer—as a drink and an industry—in the community. I hope to help people learn about the history and process of brewing, but even more so the diversity of taste in beer offerings, particularly, for Stormcloud, in Belgians. Wine and food pairings have long been mainstream and respected. It’s time beer… More

  • Near Beer, Cont’d: Frankfort Beer Week

    Frankfort holds its first-ever Beer Week the second week of Hoptober, Monday through Saturday, celebrating our new deeply local beer scene (thank you, Stormcloud Brewing Company). More than a dozen restaurants will be participating, creating unique items just for this event, made with Michigan beer. Stormcloud will tap their annual Harvest Tripel, a Belgian-style libation made from fresh Empire Hops Farm hops; then at Saturday’s wrapup they’ll debut a Belgian-German Oktoberfest batch. On Tuesday come feast at Coho Café’s Beer Dinner with New Holland Brewing Company brews. On Thursday the 9th, the Garden Theater hosts The Michigan Beer Film, a… More

  • Village Seeks New Deputy Clerk

    The Village is *NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS* for the position of DEPUTY VILLAGE CLERK Elberta residency NOT required. This is a part time position, 12 – 16 FLEX TIME hours/week. Pay is $10.50 – $14.50 dependent upon education and experience. Complete job description and application available at the Village website or at the Village office. Or for more information call Robin Rommell at 231-590-0844. Application deadline is noon on September 25, 2014. http://villageofelberta.com/?p=9 More

  • Karl Manke’s Third Book: Secrets, Lies, and Dreams:

    By Janet La Rue Buck Karl Manke has written a third adventure story, and this one is set mainly in the Whitehorse region of Alaska. It is the tale of a Mormon polygamist, Jacob Mueller, his two wives, who are sisters, and their six sons. (Lena, the elder wife, has four children and Rena, two.) Like most families, this one is far from perfect. Lena’s eldest son, Sam, overcome with envy, tries to murder his superintelligent younger half-brother, Joey, who is Rena’s eldest. He is also guilty of stealing gold from his family’s precious-metal smelting operation. Meanwhile, Rena has an… More