Looking forward to seeing everyone at today's festival!
Saturday, October 3, 2009
A Very Special Thank You to All Our Experience Sturgis- The Electric City Festival 2009 Contributors!
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Be sure to check out all the great 'experiences' happening at local Sturgis businesses and organizations today!
Friday, October 2, 2009
T.O.P.S. Group Leads Walk of History
Sturgis Journal
STURGIS | CLUB NEWS
Walking is good exercise, and one reason TOPS is hosting it at Experience Sturgis Saturday, but TOPS is offering more! While participants exercise their body, they can have the added bonus of exercising their minds by remembering the past or learning about the town as they walk, said Pat Quirn of TOPS.
Participants should register at 8:30 a.m. at the fire station from where the group will leave from at 9:00 a.m. Each walker will get a copy of Mary Lou Falkenstein's, narration of "The Way it Was."
The way Mary Lou remembers several blocks of Sturgis:
In the parking lot, south of the fire station, was Sturgis' first equivalent to the Dairy Queen, where you could buy an ice cream cone on the sidewalk without even getting off your bike.
The fire station has undergone several add-ons over the years as the town grew and there was a need for more trucks and equipment.
Across the street, Bandholtz Paint (which was originally on Pleasant Street in the parking lot north of Crusader Arms,) was all homes and businesses lining Nottawa.
The most famous hamburgers in town were to be found at Hanselman's "Castle Quik" just north of the present paint store. You could order your burger at a sidewalk window, pay for it, and be on you way.
Next to the fire station was the First Presbyterian Church, but now houses the public library and the Sturgis city offices.
The second block north holds what was Union Elementary School which later became Sturgis Junior High and High School and now Sturgis Central Commons.
Across the street where the Sturges-Young Auditorium is, was once residential homes, up to what was then a Christian Science Church.
Beyond that, on the east side, was Bing's Restaurant and Judy's Beauty Shop.
Then there was the Stone Bait Shop where you could buy anything you needed for hunting, fishing, etc.
Next, was City Dairy where Boland Tire is now.
Across the street was mostly residential, but there was Leister's Electric Shop and Royer's Auto Shop.
Crossing the tracks, on the east we find a store that was Zimmerman's Grocery Store.
On the corner of Main and Nottowa, was Jack's Auto and on down was the old New York Central Railroad Station which now houses the historical society's museum and the chamber of commerce office.
Where the gazebo stands, there used to be a water tank for the trains.
There was a wealth of businesses on the south side of the tracks. Starting at the corner of Nottawa and Hatch, where the party store is, there was a coal yard where the trains unloaded coal for the public to buy. Next, was Blue & Gilham's Feed and Grain where farmers could get most of their supplies.
Then came the freight station and stockyard where animals were shipped and received.
As we go down Clay Street, we come to the Sturgis Journal building, which was originally on the corner of Chicago and Jefferson.
The empty lot on the corner of Chicago Road and Clay our Carnegie Library once stood.
STURGIS | CLUB NEWS
Walking is good exercise, and one reason TOPS is hosting it at Experience Sturgis Saturday, but TOPS is offering more! While participants exercise their body, they can have the added bonus of exercising their minds by remembering the past or learning about the town as they walk, said Pat Quirn of TOPS.
Participants should register at 8:30 a.m. at the fire station from where the group will leave from at 9:00 a.m. Each walker will get a copy of Mary Lou Falkenstein's, narration of "The Way it Was."
The way Mary Lou remembers several blocks of Sturgis:
In the parking lot, south of the fire station, was Sturgis' first equivalent to the Dairy Queen, where you could buy an ice cream cone on the sidewalk without even getting off your bike.
The fire station has undergone several add-ons over the years as the town grew and there was a need for more trucks and equipment.
Across the street, Bandholtz Paint (which was originally on Pleasant Street in the parking lot north of Crusader Arms,) was all homes and businesses lining Nottawa.
The most famous hamburgers in town were to be found at Hanselman's "Castle Quik" just north of the present paint store. You could order your burger at a sidewalk window, pay for it, and be on you way.
Next to the fire station was the First Presbyterian Church, but now houses the public library and the Sturgis city offices.
The second block north holds what was Union Elementary School which later became Sturgis Junior High and High School and now Sturgis Central Commons.
Across the street where the Sturges-Young Auditorium is, was once residential homes, up to what was then a Christian Science Church.
Beyond that, on the east side, was Bing's Restaurant and Judy's Beauty Shop.
Then there was the Stone Bait Shop where you could buy anything you needed for hunting, fishing, etc.
Next, was City Dairy where Boland Tire is now.
Across the street was mostly residential, but there was Leister's Electric Shop and Royer's Auto Shop.
Crossing the tracks, on the east we find a store that was Zimmerman's Grocery Store.
On the corner of Main and Nottowa, was Jack's Auto and on down was the old New York Central Railroad Station which now houses the historical society's museum and the chamber of commerce office.
Where the gazebo stands, there used to be a water tank for the trains.
There was a wealth of businesses on the south side of the tracks. Starting at the corner of Nottawa and Hatch, where the party store is, there was a coal yard where the trains unloaded coal for the public to buy. Next, was Blue & Gilham's Feed and Grain where farmers could get most of their supplies.
Then came the freight station and stockyard where animals were shipped and received.
As we go down Clay Street, we come to the Sturgis Journal building, which was originally on the corner of Chicago and Jefferson.
The empty lot on the corner of Chicago Road and Clay our Carnegie Library once stood.
Great Lakes Chocolate & Coffee
ROSALIE CURRIER/STURGIS JOURNAL
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Saturday a Great Chance to Experience Sturgis!
Sturgis Journal
OUR VIEW
Visitors to Sturgis Saturday are in for a great treat. The third-annual Experience Sturgis Festival is shaping up to be the biggest, yet with something for everyone.
Officially slated from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., the festival will incorporate the present, celebrate the past and bring the community together.
This year, the history of seven bussinesses were highlighted in the Journal and make up this year's History Walk. Those businesses include: First United Methodist Church, St. John's Episcopal Church, Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce, Sturgis Fire Department, the law firm of Bird, Svendsen, Brothers, Scheske & Pattison, Great Lakes Chocolate & Coffee and the Sturgis Journal.
The Journal will host its 150th anniversary celebration, also from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., in our parking lot. The event will include a 65-foot inflatable obstacle course for children, a bounce house, clowns, face-painting, live music, free food, and tours of the Journal facility.
Just a few blocks away downtown, visitors can join for breakfast at the Sturgis Fire Department; take part in the Sturgis Walk, or kids can sign up for the Chalk It Up Contest.
The Sturgis Middle School band will perform at the official festival opening at 10:00 a.m., tours of the Sturgis Historical Museum will be offered and the Strand Theatre will show "From Moccasins to Main Street," in a single showing at 10:30 a.m.
There will be a "So Ugly It's Cute" dog contest, a fashion show, a celebrity cake walk, performances by the State Line Cloggers and 2nd Grade Singers from Sturgis Public Schools.
Corner Cafe will host a biscuit baking competition, the Sturgis High School Band will perform and the local Lion's Club is hosting a bicycle-decorating contest.
This is only a sampling of events taking place.
We hope everyone in the Journal's readership area will visit Sturgis on Saturday and experience all the community has to offer.
We also invite everyone to help us celebrate 150 years bringing you the best in local news coverage.
OUR VIEW
Visitors to Sturgis Saturday are in for a great treat. The third-annual Experience Sturgis Festival is shaping up to be the biggest, yet with something for everyone.
Officially slated from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., the festival will incorporate the present, celebrate the past and bring the community together.
This year, the history of seven bussinesses were highlighted in the Journal and make up this year's History Walk. Those businesses include: First United Methodist Church, St. John's Episcopal Church, Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce, Sturgis Fire Department, the law firm of Bird, Svendsen, Brothers, Scheske & Pattison, Great Lakes Chocolate & Coffee and the Sturgis Journal.
The Journal will host its 150th anniversary celebration, also from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., in our parking lot. The event will include a 65-foot inflatable obstacle course for children, a bounce house, clowns, face-painting, live music, free food, and tours of the Journal facility.
Just a few blocks away downtown, visitors can join for breakfast at the Sturgis Fire Department; take part in the Sturgis Walk, or kids can sign up for the Chalk It Up Contest.
The Sturgis Middle School band will perform at the official festival opening at 10:00 a.m., tours of the Sturgis Historical Museum will be offered and the Strand Theatre will show "From Moccasins to Main Street," in a single showing at 10:30 a.m.
There will be a "So Ugly It's Cute" dog contest, a fashion show, a celebrity cake walk, performances by the State Line Cloggers and 2nd Grade Singers from Sturgis Public Schools.
Corner Cafe will host a biscuit baking competition, the Sturgis High School Band will perform and the local Lion's Club is hosting a bicycle-decorating contest.
This is only a sampling of events taking place.
We hope everyone in the Journal's readership area will visit Sturgis on Saturday and experience all the community has to offer.
We also invite everyone to help us celebrate 150 years bringing you the best in local news coverage.
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