Celebrating local leaders and best, the University of Michigan Club of the Manistee Area met at Portage Point Inn on Wednesday June 15, 2011 for their Annual Dinner Meeting.

The recent accomplishments of three area Alumni were recognized by the Club.  For their individual achievements, the Club acknowledged Mary Wahr, Kim Carlson and Cameron Clark.   Wahr’s fractal art work has been included in two national exhibits and will be presented in a Bridges exhibit in Portugal later this year. Carlson has been actively involved in a critically needed inner-city health clinic program in Detroit.  Clark was honored as one of three finalists for Outstanding Administrator of 2010 by the Michigan Association of Public School Academies.

Included in the program were the three local scholarship recipients: Chelsea Lister, Ludington High School; Zak Payne, Manistee High School; and Joe Guerra, Mesick High School.  

Scholarship recipients, seated left to right: Joe Guerra, Chelsea Lister and Zak Payne.

Local Alumni Honorees, standing left to right: Cameron Clark, Mary Wahr and Kim Carlson.

Below, Cathy Webster presents a U-M Scholarship to Chelsea Lister at the Ludington High School Honors Event.

On Friday October 15, 2010 President Dave Wild accepted an Award of Excellence for Student Relations at one of the Alumni Association’s Homecoming events on behalf of the Club.  During the past year the Manistee Club has promoted student activities, programs, and recruitment efforts which garnered the Club the Outstanding recognition.   Everyone deserves a pat on the back for this group effort.  Thanks to all who helped with the student events that included; bringing the Solar Car Team to Manistee for the 4^th of July parade, the student send off picnic, establishing high school contacts for potential students, a pizza gathering over the holiday break.