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The Lowdown

I am laughing!!! I just responded to a ques- “Easy One Stop Shopping’ for doctor’s appoint-
tion on Facebook. The question was...Do you We call our place “Camp David.” Because ments and tests.Anything major is two hours
remember a phrase your father would say when we built our beach house the year my son, Da- away in Marquette!
you were growing up? My answer was... “Do vid Jr. died of cancer at 32 in 2000...we named It’s true...We do have the best of both worlds!
you guys want a Backhand SMASH???” Dad our spot “In Memory” of David. Both Pam and Boomer loves it...NO LEASH! He just takes his
would famously say this when we as kids were I were still working, so we decided to rent it walks down the beach...and whatever happens...
“acting up’ in the back seat of the car!!! As I out for most of the summers until we fully re- happens! The “Cold Water Therapy” is great for
think of it...laughter came to me! I am glad that tired in 2005. People from all over the United his aging sore legs! One month down and five to
question was asked...it brought back a wonder- States were our renters...many of them put into go! Wow...the time is moving fast!!!
ful “I think funny” memory! He never did carry our guest book “perhaps the most beautiful and David Alexander
out his threat! peaceful stretch of beach, we have ever seen.” michibay@gmail.com
It’s now summer...and instead of me talking We are in a fairly isolated area of “Protected
about our paradise at Ocean Village...I thought Sand Dunes” by the State of Michigan. We had
I would tell you about our little paradise on the strict rules to abide by when we built...all un-
north shore of Lake Michigan, in Michigan’s der the “Michigan Sand Dunes Act” of the mid
Upper Peninsula. Our dream began when I pur- 1980’s.
chased a one acre lot with 100 ft. of frontage Manistique, our nearest town is small, with
on Lake Michigan about 8 miles east of Man- a population of about 3,500. Compared to OV,
istique, MI in 1992. Most people know of the our social life is minimal! Our summers most-
“Mackinac Bridge”...as you get off the north ly involve visits from family and friends...and
side of the bridge...we are located about 80 “Lot’s of Kodak moments” with grandkids on
miles to the west! From Ft Pierce, we are 1,625 the beach.We do have a fairly new hospital
miles...close to a three day drive! that offers 24 hour emergency service...and it’s

Alexander the Great, a warrior king
in ancient Greece, was born in 356 BC.
Like many people we see around us,
we could dismiss what he did and said
as “ancient history” and not applicable
today.
The reality is, people are people. They
are the same today as they were 2,300
years ago. Technology and conditions
may change but the issues we face do
not change.
Wherever we are in history, if we want
to do something, we need to try. To win
the lottery, we need to buy a ticket. If we
want to climb a mountain, we need to
go to the mountain and not wait for it to
come to us.
Today, in the 24 hour soundbite world,
it is too easy to say I can’t do it or there
is no way and that the obstacles are in-
surmountable for one person to accom-
plish. Yes, it is easy to say: I am only one
person in 8.4 billion and give up.
A much more positive position is to
say: Here is what I can do and try to
make it happen. The first step in any
successful journey is that first step - a
willingness and commitment to try and
make it happen. Yes, there may be set-
backs (taken as failures by some). That
comes with the territory. Rather than
give up, it is far better to try a new tac-
tic, a new approach and go after it again.
Persistence is a part of trying.
Jim Seymour

The new email address for Security is:
oceanvillageofficer@gmail.com