GLADWIN â If you were in downtown Gladwin between 4:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. on December 18 through December 23, you may have seen a group of people strolling along caroling. The Dickens Downtown event hosted by the Gladwin County Chamber of Commerce featured a host lamplighter each evening. The lamplighter dressed in Victorian attire, lit the lights in each of the lanterns from the Country Corner Bulk Foods store to Riverwalk Place and back to the Hall-Kokotovich Funeral Home.Â
The host lamplighters were Cory Barz, Chamber Board Member and Chair; Sydney Compton, Miss Beaverton; Bret Robertson, owner of Gladwin Family Pharmacy; President Tim Hood, Mid Michigan College; Bob Balzer, Chamber Board Member and Gladwin County EDC Director; and Lara Steele, realtor for 989 Real Estate.Â