Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
PREPARING TO take inside freshly barbecued pieces of a 200-pound hog at Saturday's Mercer Sno-Goer's Winter Blast are, from left, Chad Koenecke of Albany, Wis., and Mark Thorpe of Mercer. The event was held at the club's groomer barn near the Mercer Community Center. See story on Page 5.
By P.J. GLISSON
MERCER - Snowmobiles may have outnumbered other vehicles Saturday in the parking lot next to the Mercer Sno-Goers' groomer barn as club members threw their annual Winter Blast.
The event began at 8 a.m. with a three-hour pancake breakfast, which transitioned to a pig roast that lasted for several more hours.
Meanwhile, raffles, Sno-Goers merchandise sales, and children's activities took place steadily until live music began in the late afternoon.
Although the barn was already lively in the afternoon, club member Terri Dibelius of Mercer said, "We'll have...
