Local bakery and distillery join forces for a special Mardi Gras debut
January 21, 2021
Old-fashioned barrels of locally made bourbon and home-grown, whiskey-aged pecans loaded onto an antique truck will get a Louisiana-style send-off Friday, celebrating a new King Cake flavor from Cannata’s Family Bakeries.
A brass band and socially distanced Second Line will mark the debut of Cannata’s “Ti-Can Pecan” King Cake, a unique addition to Cannata’s award-winning King Cakes, specially made for this year’s Carnival season.
“Carnival is very different this year, and that means a lot more people will be giving away King Cakes and hosting small King Cake parties,” said Vince Cannata, president of South Louisiana’s oldest family-owned bakery. “Our bakers created the new Ti-Kan Pecan King Cake using our traditional recipe, with an extra added kick. Traditional parades won’t be happening for Mardi Gras this year. But we can give people a little something to celebrate, al
Marilyn Jean McKelvey, 76, of Montpelier, passed away on Dec. 8, 2020, at Hillside Country Living in Bryan.
She was born on Jan. 22, 1944, in Angola, Indiana, to Waldo D. and Mildred J. (Dewire) Johnson. Marilyn graduated from Edon High School in 1962. While in high school she worked as a lifeguard at the Montpelier Public Pool and in 1961 she had the honor of being Ms. Montpelier Mardi Gras Queen. On June 21, 1963, she married Keith Roger McKelvey in Angola and he survives. In the early 1980âs she went back to school and obtained her LPN degree from Northwest State Community College.
Marilyn retired from Bryan Medical Group as a float nurse for various Doctors in the group. Prior to that she worked for Montpelier Exempted Village Schools as a high school secretary. For a brief time, Marilyn worked at Chase Brass and Copper in Holiday City and at
Russell Bernard
MUNISING, MI – Russell Lloyd Bernard, aka “Russ” passed away December 3, 2020 at his winter home in Panama City Beach Florida, with his precious wife Bonnie at his side. Being born August 22, 1929, Russ lived a good long life. He’d turned 91 this past summer.
Most people in Munising knew Russ as the friendly meat cutter from Hub’s SuperValue where he’d worked for 30 years not only serving the public but endearing himself to everyone who met him. Everybody liked Russ. He was an outgoing kind and gentle man. After retiring he often had little garage sales at his home, more to meet and visit with people than to disperse his old treasures. He just liked being around people.