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• January 15th, 2019

  Corporate Underwriters of Ice Time Announced

  Lyons Industries, a Platinum Level and seasoned, 21-year corporate sponsor of the upcoming Ice Time, views the winter arts festival as one of the signature events of our community.

  Lyons is one of five corporate underwriters of the 23rd annual winter festival that returns to the downtown on Saturday, Feb. 2.  Corporate underwriters also include Gold Level sponsors Clark Chapel - Starks Family Funeral Homes and Dowagiac Area Federal Credit Union; and Silver Level sponsors Dowsett Chiropractic Health Center, and SEMCO.

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• January 2nd, 2019

  Team of Huskies & Musher Return

  Life-size works of art will come to life Feb. 2 as the 23rd annual Ice Time Festival returns to the downtown and shop owners prepare to clear out winter merchandise.

  Event chairman and treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce Kris Soenen said Ice Time is chockfull of activities, encouraging families to enjoy Michigan’s great outdoors. New this year, the Potawatomi Zoo will present a hands-on workshop at Front Street Crossing on animal habits. Weather permitting, local youth can also build an ice castle at Beckwith Park.

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• January 2nd, 2019

  Celebrating 80 Years of Pageantry

  Eighty years of Dowagiac pageantry will be celebrated Jan. 12 as this year’s 11 contestants take the stage at Dowagiac Middle School.

  Pageant director Tracy Urbanski, office manager for Dowagiac’s Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Center, invites the public to join this year’s contestants as they step back in time to the roaring 1930s, when ballroom dances were the rage, and motion pictures depicted a time of elegance & sophistication.

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