This week’s bouquets go to:

From: Melissa Bonifas-Ness, president, Escanaba Kiwanis Club

The Escanaba Kiwanis Club would like to thank everyone involved in making the 2024 Home and Garden Show and Pancake Days an excellent success, especially our show sponsor, American Metal Roofs of Northern Wisconsin.

This year a huge army of volunteers assisted in our set-up and tear-down, service of our pancake meal and 50/50 ticket sales. They include members of RSVP, the Eskymo hockey team, Boy Scout Troops 411, 410 and 408, Dennis LaMarche and Will Carne, along with family and friends of Kiwanis.

We also appreciate the work of Rebecca Krans of the MSU Extension and the Master Gardeners for the excellent Smart Gardening presentations held throughout the weekend, the Escanaba Key Club for the hot dogs provided for family night, the UP Steam and Gas Association for their excellent display, demonstrations and tractor rides and Jennie Bagley Brown of Moonlight Entertainment who provided DJ music and karaoke for our family night event.

We always receive excellent support from local media and this year was no exception with thanks going to RRN, WYKX/WDBC, TV6, TV19 and the Daily Press.

We also received much appreciated contributions from the following local businesses:

Escanaba Public Library, Escanaba McDonalds, Norway Springs, Jasper Sugar Bush, DS Tech and UP State Bank. Additional thanks to Escanaba Moving Systems who has stored our pancake supplies for many years.

For the second year, Ness Contracting has sponsored a children’s scavenger hunt, providing prizes for all participants and a Razor electric scooter as a grand prize.

Thank you also to the vendors and community members who have supported us so well for the past 67 years. We’ll see you at next year’s show April 4-6, 2025.

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Each Saturday the Daily Press salutes individuals and groups from our area who have had a very positive impact on the way we live.

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