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The Shepherd JournalVol 1. No. 1 | April 25, 2007 | PREMIERE ISSUE



Contents

The ShepherdJournal

Publisher: Jon Morgan

Contact Information

Email: [email protected]

Postal Mail:

The Shepherd Journal P.O. Box 532Shepherd, MI 48883

Website:

http://www.historicshepherd.com

News

3 First of several planned competitions are Underway

3 Beard Contest Information

4 Ladies, start your sewing machines!

4 Help tell the Story about this year’s Maple Syrup Festival

5 Carnival Tickets going on sale in May

5 Planning Committee adds three new events to Schedule

5 Sesquicentennial Calendar coming Soon

Catalog

7 T-Shirt

7 Polo Shirts

8 Regular Sweatshirts

8 Hooded Sweatshirts

9 Order your family banner today!



News

Participants

1. Harold Metcalf

2. Dick Switzer

3. Dan Coughlin

4. Jim Bush

5. Jim Ramon

6. Justin Ramon

7. Ron Fields

8. Steve Davidson

9. David Travis

10. Merlene Koutz, Sr.

11. Roger Bragg

12. Dave Whitney

13. Dennis Oyster

14. Josh Parks15. Tim Willoughby

16. Ray Ford

17. Kent Roth

18. Greg Bartman

19. John Johnson

20. Kirk Stevens

Categories1. Longest beard

2. Best looking

3. Most colorful

4. Longest moustache

5. The scruffiest lookingbeard

Beard Contest Information21. Kevin Jerome

22. Roy Balcom

First of several planned competitions are

Underway Two major contests have already been started in

conjunction with the sesquicentennial: the Beard Contestand the Dress Contest. Both contests began in the winterand are still open to new participants. The Beard Contestwas kicked off with a registration night in January duringwhich several gentlemen subjected themselves to closescrutiny by judges Kristi Bush, Debbie McLoughlin, JulieSalisbury and Heather Wolf. They were thorough but didn’ttake themselves too seriously.

The Dress Contest is also underway with participants

entering dresses in both a homemade and a store purchasedcategory. Winners will be awarded excellent prizes, butin the end both contests are designed to be a fun way tocelebrate Shepherd’s Sesquicentennial.

Other competitions during Sesquicentennial weekendinclude a tractor pull, lawn tractor pull, and a horse pull.



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Ladies, start your sewing

machines!

The following are the guidelines for the DressContest. Contact Michelle Davidson at (989)828-6810 or by email at [email protected] more information or if you have questions. Anyone who has selected a dress to purchase or started working on a dress please send a note tothe committee via [email protected] or call (989) 828-4038 to let us know how you are doing.

1. The Dress Contest is open to all woman in the com-munity of any age.

2. Dresses that are entered should be from 1857, theyear of Shepherd’s birth. They can be in the styleof day dresses, gowns, work dresses or other attirefrom that period only.

3. Contestants are asked to wear their dress to thecontest judging at 2 p.m. in the Village Park onSaturday, August 18. Contestants are also invitedto walk during the community parade on Sunday,August 19 at 1:30 p.m. while wearing their dress.

4. Dresses entered can be hand made or storeboughten. “Hand made” refers to any dress thatwas created from entirely from scratch at home bythe contestant. “Store boughten” referes to anydress that was purchased off the rack at a store oronline.

5. Dresses will be voted upon in two divisions: Home-made or Store purchased. Categories for prizes willconsist of Most Detailed, Best Looking, and Sim-plest.

Help tell the Story about this

year’s Maple Syrup Festival

HistoricShepherd.com is looking for individualsfrom around the community who would like tocontribute to online coverage of next week’sMaple Syrup Festival. You should attend amajority of the events and have reliable accessto the Internet.

You can post to the Historic Shepherd blog athttp://historicshepherd.blogspot.com or submitthe address of your personal site. Coverage of the Maple Syrup Festival could include highlightsand lowpoints, survival tips, memories fromprevious festivals, and how Shepherd haschanged over the past years. Photos are alsoencouraged.

To register as an official HistoricShepherd.com

blogger, send email to Jon Morgan at [email protected] or call (989) 828-4038.Include the address of your existing blog if you’dprefer to post articles on your own site.

6. Registration for the contest is open until Friday,

August 10th



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Carnival Tickets going on sale in

May Advance tickets for the Sesquicentennial

Carnival rides are going on sale soon for $10 apiece in May. During the Sesquicentennial theywill be $15 a piece. The carnival will be locatedat the parking lot in front of Highland Plastics.

Tickets will be available at the Village office,First Bank of Shepherd, and the Isabella Bankand Trust. You can also order them via theSesquicentennial website.

For more information contact Gina Ross at989-828-5278 or send email to [email protected].

Planning Committee adds three

new events to ScheduleThe planning committee approved the

addition of three new events to the Shepherd

Sesquicentennial schedule. These events werea Pie Baking contest, Road Apple Bingo, and aPhoto Slide show.

The Photo Slide show will be presented onThursday, August 16 immediately following theopening ceremonies and the ice cream social.Judging for the pie baking contest will take placeon Friday.

Sesquicentennial Calendar coming

SoonResidents of Central Michigan will be able to

keep track of important dates while learning

about the Village of Shepherd’s past. Each monthin the 18 month commemorative calendar offersa unique glimpse at Shepherd during its earliestdays. A timeline highlighting key events inShepherd’s rich 150 year history is also includedin the calendar.

For more information, contact Patti Sandelby phone at 989-828-5534 or via email [email protected].

Participants in the the Road Apple bingo gamewill be able to buy squares of land on Saturday.Starting at 7 p.m., one or more horses will beallowed to roam free in this section of the field.

Participants win when their square is hit withhorse manure, sometimes referred to as “roadapples.”



Catalog


T-Shirt $15

S

M L XL

Polo Shirts$25

SM L XL



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Regular Sweatshirts$27

SM L XL

Hooded Sweatshirts$27

S

M L XL

Sesquicentennial apparel will be available for

sale at the Village of Shepherd office, Evan

Drugs, Three Wishes, Curves, and on the

Sesquicentennial website.

Or contact Michelle and Steve Davidson at 989-

828-6810 or [email protected] for ordering

details.



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Order your family banner today! Shepherd residents are invited to order an

official Shepherd Sesquicentennial family banneras a part of the upcoming celebration in August.The banners will display the Sesquicentenniallogo, your family’s name, and the year whenyour family first lived in Shepherd. Each bannerwill cost $100.

The banners are made out of a durablesunbrella fabric and are the same size as theMaple Syrup Festival banners.

The banners will be hung up along Shepherd’sMain Street around Mid-August. You will beable to take home your banner after theSesquicentennial is over.

For more information, contact Lee Coughlin at989-828-6712 or [email protected].

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