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Don’t make it easy for the Sheriff to stop Always nice to see fun people along the route
you ... your front lights are to be used for
docking only. White lights in front after dark
(and any kind of LED lights other than your
navigation lights will also get you a ticket)
....causes confusion to boats around you on

the direction you are heading in the dark.

Plant in Lake St. Clair’s Flower King Cont. from page 48
full sun
spot, then Nick retired in 1956 and moved to
have a lot
of patience Anchor Bay Drive on the North Chan-
June 08
nel to pursue his love for fishing. His
July 13
grandchildren recall looking into his
August 9
live box off his dock to view pike,
Sept. 01
muskie, and sturgeon. Then, too,
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there was the fine perch fishing he did

with his grandchildren in the warm summer

months. He always had fresh smoked fish for any

visitors who stopped in to say hello. He also was Each year, with the sponsorship Dahlia

an avid ice fisherman. of the New Baltimore Farmers Tuber

Nick’s family keeps his legacy alive with the Market, the Koenig family holds

beautiful dahlia garden at the entrance to New a Dahlia growing contest where

Baltimore’s waterfront park on Lake St. Clair. people like me received a free

tuber in June, then patiently

awaited the first bloom in September.

Nick’s granddaughter gave me a tip… when

you see 3 leaves and then the leader in the mid-

dle, snip off the leader. This will help to establish

the plant more. We had ample rain last sea-

son and a lot of sun, so I really didn’t do much

more than fertilize one time... but unfortunately,

I showed up to the awards for the “best bloom”

contest at the September 24 New Baltimore

Great granddaughters judge Farmers Market without a bloom yet. The family
2017 Dahlias said we should get our tubers in mid-May latest
to enjoy in September.
Ava, Katie and Megan
Lakeside

Gardens

closed in

the mid-70’s.

The nursery

covered 10

acres at its

peak and

October 1 Was worth the wait was located
... last blooming flowers where 23
October 25 of the season October 25 Cont. pg. 83

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