Tiki Night 'wonderful'

From Ginger Nickloy (Coxeter), Wolverine Lake:

The village of Wolverine Lake has a great history of improving the quality of life through the efforts of volunteers. This year’s Tiki Night was even greater thanks to the Friends of the Fireworks (group). The addition of the Grand Princess Riverboat to the 25th anniversary of Tiki Night was a wonderful opportunity for all residents to appreciate the “Main Street” of our community and the unique quality of life we all enjoy.

In addition to providing a fund-raiser for the outstanding fireworks display we have come to expect annually, it also helped create an opportunity for residents to entertain and for neighbors to connect. Planning and coordinating the logistics for this program was obviously complicated and time consuming, and took many hours from many volunteers to plan, promote, sell tickets, coordinate boarding and parking, and host over 20 cruises to appeal to all ages (seniors, kids, teens, young adults, etc.) Without minimizing the work of several volunteers, I think special recognition needs to be given to Mike and Mary Stack and John and Linda Blankenship for their efforts in making everything worked smoothly and was enjoyable for everyone.

I enjoyed three of the cruises and commend the Friends of the Fireworks and all the volunteers — especially the Stacks and Blankenships — for their creativity and ongoing dedication to the enjoyment in our village.