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Petoskey appreciates
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4-The Sentinel, Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Co
ments
Over the past few months I have been deal~
ing with my own mortality. I have undergone
multiple surgeries since October, 2014, and
am disabled enough so that I am housebound
most of the time. I will be 70 years of age in a
few days. I don't know if others do this, but I
have been doing my own inventory and remi~
niscing about events in my life. I shared with
Barry a few days ago that in reminiscing and
one's thoughts return to specific things one
should pay attention. My thoughts continuous~
ly returned to recall moments, people and
events that took place during our life living in
UAnse and Baraga areas.
In my reminiscing a lot of names came to
mind, many of whom have left this world, such
as Eddie Nevela, Emil Karschney and
Katherine Liimatainen. I thought about all the
men I sat and drank coffee with early in the
morning at the Night Owl, the jokes and sto~
ries I heard. I thought about the guys I fished
With in Keweenaw and Huron Bay searching
for whitefish. Emil let me walk through his
property to Pine Point in the spring and even
though the fishing was great the peace and
quietness was even greater. Deer hunting and
fishing with Don Lehman.
I got to be an employee of The IJAnse
Sentinel driving down to Eagle River, WI and
picking up the papers early in the morning
and delivering bundles of papers throughout
the area. Each trip was a blessing to me and
the great number of people delivering the
paper introduced me to.
I recall my employment in 1978 with the
Keweenaw Bay Tribe and how my fellow
employees "schooled" me. I was fortunate to
work for the Tribal Education Department
and New Day where my "education" contin~
ued. I was asked to be a part of the planning
committee for the pow-wow in 1978 when the
U.S. Congress returned our religious rights to
us and the feelings of gratefulness that swept
over me in that first Grand Entry.
Looking back there are things I wish I had
done differently or could do over. I apologize to
anyone I may have injured. I am inspired to
write this and send it this morning to express
my love and appreciation for all of you. You
touched my life in ways you may not even real~
ize. I am a better man for knowing you and
learning from you. You taught me about
humaneness and the importance of enjoying
the moment. You helped me focus on what has
become my life's vocation and we feel fortu~
nate to be involved in something so meaning~
ful. If you type my name (Warren Petoskey)
into your computer search engine some refer~
ences should appear.
I want to thank everyone for making my life
fuller, more meaningful and complete. We
miss you all. We look forward to coming to the
Keweenaw Bay Pow-wow each year (we have
only missed three since 1978) and camping. If
you happen to fie passing thrOligh the camp~
ground stop at our campsite and have some
coffee, so we can visit. Thank you all for help~
ing us down life's path.
--Warren "Don" and
Barbara Petoskey
Charlevoix, MI