Traverse City Record-Eagle - 150 years old!
November, 150 years ago, a businessman named Morgan Bates printed the initial edition of the Grand Traverse Herald. Click through for more and also information of the State Theatre's related movie offerings!
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Traverse City, 1858: Rutted, muddy streets framed by wooden store fronts that touted dry goods and hardware. Saw blades screeched as they ripped into virgin white pine. American Indians camped on the mouth of the Boardman River.
And that November, 150 years ago, a businessman named Morgan Bates printed the initial edition of the Grand Traverse Herald. In doing so, he helped give birth to the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
In celebration of this milestone, the State Theatre is presenting five newspaper-themed movies. Citizen Kane and Newsies have already played. Tonight you can see Deadline - U.S.A., Wednesday is The Year of Living Dangerously and Thursday is All the President's Men.
It's 30 degrees with under cloudy skies with flurries at 10:45 AM at our Leland office. The barometer is at 1032 millibars (30.5 inches) and rising with a relative humidity of 58%. We have about 2" of snow on the ground - nothing like the 9" that was possible, but respectable for November. The forecast for today calls for cloudy skies with 1-2" of snow possible and highs in the low 30s. Expect snow overnight (only an inch or so) with southwest winds picking up to 20-30 MPH. More wind, snow and 30s is expected on Wednesday. Snow is likely Thursday along with some very strong northwest winds and snow is possible Friday as well.
November 13, 2008: Light rain & 40s (50/44)
November 14, 2008: Heavy rain & 40s (50/40)
November 15, 2008: Rain/snow mix and 30s (42/32)
November 16, 2008: Flurries & low 30s (34/30)
November 17, 2008: Snow (2"), wind & 20s (31/25)
Weather Underground is just about as old as the internet (the first net weather service) and is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sometimes the above banner will show personal weather system data from Leland, sometimes from Leelanau Coffee and sometimes it comes from a vineyard on Old Mission (it tells you which in the top left of the page it links to).
Bouy 45002 in Lake Michigan is located halfway between North Manitou Island and Washington Island in Lake Michigan. It provides wind and wave data. Also check out Michigan Sea Grant Coastwatch for water temps (the "early evening" images in their archive will give you a better idea of actual temps during peaks swimming hours ... in seasons where you might actually want to swim!).
Village shops and businesses in Suttons Bay will be open this Sunday (Nov 23) from noon to 4 PM for their annual Holiday Open House. They would like to thank their customers for their patronage through the year with refreshments and activities during this traditionally festive afternoon.
This weekend only (November 15th & 16th), Leland Public School presents "Fools" by Neil Simon. It's the story of Leon Tolchinsky, an ambitious young school teacher who arrives in the village of Kulyenchikov and discovers that the town is suffering under a 200-year curse of stupidity.
Performances are Saturday at 2 PM & 7 PM and Sunday at 7 PM. Tickets are available at the door or in advance by calling 256-9857.
The week started on a high note with a record high on November 6 of 72 degrees. Things proceeded south (or is that north?) from there and we saw some snow over the weekend and haven't seen much of the sun, who apparently needs some time apart from us.
November 6, 2008: Light rain & 70 (72/51) Record High!
November 7, 2008: Partly sunny & 60 (61/39)
November 8, 2008: Rain & 40s (45/35)
November 9, 2008: Light snow & 30s (37/29)
November 10, 2008: Cloudy, flurries & 30s (37/30)
November 11, 2008: Flurries/sprinkles & 30s (39/31)
November 12, 208: Cloudy, light rain & 40s (44/34)
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation (MCWC) is holding a fund-raiser and reception this Sunday (Nov 16) in Traverse City to launch a campaign to protect the public trust in the waters of the Great Lakes Basin. MCWC will be showing the film FLOW: For Love of Water (trailer below), an award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. On hand will be filmmaker Irena Salina along with former Governor Milliken, Terry Swier, Jim Olson and Dave Dempsey.
FLOW will be shown on November 16, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. at the State Theater in Traverse City with a reception immediately following at the Opera House. At the reception, there will be a panel for Q&A’s, music provided by Chris Campbell and Jimmy Olson, drinks, and hors d'oeuvres.
Tickets to the event are $15 for single and $25 for couple. Purchase of reception ticket includes reserved ticket to the film. Tickets are available at www.cityoperahouse.org or 231.941.8082.
Federal officials want to add some trails and campgrounds to the park to improve recreational opportunities, as well as set aside 45 percent of the lakeshore as wilderness zones where no county roads exist. The new management plan is expected to be adopted by year's end.
One planned trail is called the Bay-to-Bay Trail and would stretch along 35 miles of shoreline from Platte Bay to Good Harbor Bay, although no specific path is yet determined. It would include a simple hiking path with intermittent campgrounds so hikers could complete multi-day trips, said Tom Ulrich, deputy park superintendent.
The article also touches on a possible non-motorized bike trail would run parallel to M-22 and M-109 through the length of the lakeshore, near the highways but not along the shoulder. The trail would be made of crushed limestone and likely would be built in phases. Most of the concerns they quote in the article have to to with rights of existng property owners - I'm curious as to what your concerns and hopes are.
Veteran's Day is tomorrow (Tuesday, November 11) and there are a few events to honor veterans taking place in Leelanau County. The Leelanau Enterprise reports that the official Leelanau Veterans Day Observance will take place at 11 AM at the Government Center and also that:
The Leelanau Community Cultural Center will host an event Tuesday starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Old Art Building in Leland that will focus on the Vietnam War. Center director Judy Livingston said she is looking for Vietnam veterans who would be willing to talk about their experiences in the war. “This will be a respectful presentation with people being invited to talk about their experiences in somewhat broad, general terms,” Livingston said.
Tim Keenan, president of Vets for Peace in Traverse City, is the program moderator. The discussion will have three general themes:
Eighteen-year-old men either volunteered or were drafted to serve in Vietnam. What did you do at that time, and would you do the same if you were 18 years old these days?
What experiences in the military service altered your views on people of other races and nationalities?
How many years did you serve in the military and how would you describe your time in the service?
Finally, Leonard Overmeyer of Overmyer Historicals and author of Forest Haven Soldiers has some great Civil War history and photos including information about the "Lakeshore Tigers" at his web site.
Here's a summery photo for you all on maybe the last summery day of the year. It's from Greg Jollife, owner of the Jolli Lodge. Click it for a bigger view!
He has a great photo site that you should be visiting regularly.
This month the Traverse City Record-Eagle celebrates its 150th anniversary (check that link for their 40 page commemorative issue):
This weekend only (November 15th & 16th), 
