Stone Skipping Hall of Fame

Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Hall of Fame Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Karl Rabe (krabe@comcast.net / 734.730.0168)
October 8, 2017

RUSS “ROCK BOTTOM” BYARS INDUCTED INTO THE MACKINAC ISLAND STONE SKIPPING HALL OF FAME

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – Stone Skipping legend Russ “Rock Bottom” Byars was inducted into the Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Hall of Fame in a special induction ceremony held Saturday, September 23rd on the banks of the Allegheny River in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Shortly after, Russ succumbed to cancer on October 6, 2017.

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Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Hall of Fame Press Release
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May 1, 2017

GRAND HOTEL, RYBA’S FUDGE AND HOTEL IROQUOIS INDUCTED INTO THE MACKINAC ISLAND STONE SKIPPING HALL OF FAME

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – In a Hall of Fame first, three Mackinac Island businesses were inducted into the Stone Skipping Hall of Fame Saturday at the annual Mackinac Island Stone Skipping and Gerplunking Club’s Winter Rules Committee meeting at the Heathers Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. “We are excited to welcome these three legendary ambassadors of the sport to the Hall of Fame”, said Hall of Fame Director Karl Rabe.

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Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Hall of Fame Press Release
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April 6, 2013

RONALD “BUD” COOPER AND MARILYN BLACK INDUCTED INTO THE MACKINAC ISLAND STONE SKIPPING HALL OF FAME

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – Stone Skipping legends Ronald “Bud” Cooper and Marilyn Black were inducted into the Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Hall of Fame at the organization’s annual induction ceremony staged at the Mackinac Island Stone Skipping and Gerplunking Club’s annual Winter Rules Committee meeting on Saturday April 6, 2013 at the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. “We are excited to welcome these two great ambassadors of the sport to the Hall of Fame”, said Hall of Fame Director Karl Rabe.

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Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Hall of Fame Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2011

W. T. “BILL” RABE AND COMMANDER E. M. TELLEFSON, RET. INDUCTED INTO THE MACKINAC ISLAND STONE SKIPPING HALL OF FAME

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – Stone Skipping legends W. T. “Bill” Rabe and Commander E. M. Tellefson, Ret. were inducted into the Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Hall of Fame at the organization’s annual induction ceremony staged as part of the Mackinac Island Stone Skipping and Gerplunking Club’s annual Winter Rules Committee meeting on Saturday February 5, 2001 at The Heather’s Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. “We are thrilled and inspired to kick-off the Stone Skipping Hall of Fame with these two legends”, says Hall of Fame director Karl Rabe, “Together they played a key role in turning this pastime into a sport in North America.”

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