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Recognizing Our Donors
Fresnel Beacon
($10,000 and up)
Fred and Charlene Kanicki
Consumers Energy Foundation
Friends of Tawas Point Lighthouse and State Park
Lighthouse Board
($5000 to $9,999.99)
United States Gypsum Company
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Inspector
($1000 to $4999.99)
In Memory of Butch Babcock
In Honor of Dennis M. Browne
Katherine Duffy
Gold Bond Building Products/National Gypsum
Cathy and Ralph Hancox
David & Edith Sommers
In Memory of Gary Ulman
WM
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Head Keeper
($500 to $999.99)
In Memory of Bill Havel
Huron Community Bank
Kalitta Air
Arthur and Mary Resnick
The Straits Corporation
 In memory of Clarence "Clem" & Gladys StroemerÂ
Mary Ann & Edward Wojahn
In memory of Bud and Betty Zimmel
First Assistant Keeper
($250 to $499.99)
Bernard Building Center, Hale
East Tawas State Dock Boaters 2022Â
In Memory of the Brown Girls
In memory of Edward Cole
In Honor of the Iosco County Humane Society
Barry and Mary Latarte
Neiman's Family Market
In Memory of Caroline McDonald
In Honor of Joe Oldenburg
In Honor of the Papenfus Family
Quota of Iosco
Rustydog, Inc,
Village Chocolatier
Second Assistant Keeper
($150 - $249.99)
Ascension St. Joseph
Jim Brownell and Sammie Metevia (Tawas Bay Pizza Company)
Colvin's Plumbing and Heating
Covenant HealthCare
In Memory of Marvin E. and Janice Curry
In Memory of Bill & Helen Donnenwerth, Jim and Joan Thorpe
Klenow's Market
Richard Lutz
Tony and Carol Piazza
Rose City RV of the Tawases
In honor of Tricia and Trevor Szymanski
Donations:
Anonymous
Shirley Bullard
In Memory of Ed Cole
Dave DeRosia
Carol Erickson
In Memory of Carmen Hawkins
In Memory of Carolyn McDonald
Sherry & Brian Laskowski
Tawas United Methodist Church
Tina Light
Kathleen Murtha
Shooterz LLC
Maureen and Marc ShreemanÂ
Corporate Sponsors
November 9, 2024 update:
A bid by Nathan Smith Builders LLC has been accepted by the Board and the contract has been signed. Construction will begin the week of November 11 with an estimated completion by the end of the year.
Excavation work complete
A good view of the placement
Getting ready....
....for the concreate truck...
...for the footings.
Not the best day to work outside!
Work continues
Base in place
Temporary pathway
Just ahead of the start of the road project, the contractor was able to move equipment to the site.