“This is our fifth anniversary,” said Debbie Elliott co-owner of White Bear Maple Products & Gifts. “Everyone standing in line gets a coupon, there is anything from $5 off an item to a $50 gift certificate they can win.”

The store also held an hourly gift basket drawing with a myriad of store products inside. The event also saw the final appearance of Croatian Chicken for the year, which will be retiring for the season but returning in the spring.

“It started off a bit slow,” said Elliot. “Though we have been here for five years, some people still don’t know we are here.”

White Bear Maple Products & Gifts is located in Ishpeming next to Huron Mountain Bakery, and is open: Saturday 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m -5 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m -5 p.m., Thursday 11 a.m -6 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.-7 p.m. The store’s products can also be found at www.etsy.com/shop/WhiteBearMaple.

Croatian Chicken serves up slow cooked rotisserie chicken during its last event of the year, the fifth anniversary celebration of White Bear Maple Products & Gifts. (Journal photo by Antonio Anderson)

Antonio Anderson can be reached at 906-228-2500, extension 550. His email address is