The Leelanau Historical Museum is taking registrations for their 16th annual excursion to North Manitou Island on Saturday, September 9, 2006. The trip includes transportation to and from the island and guided tours of the Island. Normally, you have to take an overnight trip and this (plus the fact that you'll learn a TON about the history of the island) makes it a great opportunity.
The fee is $45 each person, $40 for members of the Leelanau Historical Society. To register, call the Leelanau Historical Museum at 231-256-7475.
North Bar Lake by Jim Sorbie
News from the Week
The top story from the week was a Leelanau Enterprise report that Suttons Bay and Northport can’t act fast enough to cope with "structural" issues and are willing to commit to explore more radical collaborative efforts, such as consolidation. There's a lot more. Not much else in the way of news, but we did have a nice photo and some information about the Glen Lake Canning Co and an NPR radio feature that visited Leelanau County.
The Week's Weather
With the exception of Saturday, the last week has been great with lots of sun and temps in the mid to upper 70s. The nights have been getting into the 50s and the lakes, while still very nice for swimming, are cooling off a bit.
August 17, 2006: Partly sunny & upper 70s (79Ëš/56Ëš)
August 18, 2006: Mostly cloudy & upper 70s (79Ëš/63Ëš)
August 19, 2006: Mostly cloudy, rain & mid 70s (75Ëš/62Ëš)
August 20, 2006: Mostly sunny & upper 70s (78Ëš/54Ëš)
August 21, 2006: Mostly sunny & upper 70s (80Ëš/52Ëš)
August 22, 2006: Mostly sunny & upper 70s (82Ëš/55Ëš)
August 23, 2006: Early clouds, midday rain, afternoon sun & low 70s (74Ëš/54Ëš)
Click for the Leelanau news archive from August 18th - August 24th, 2005!
The family movie "Millions" will be projected onto the Telford Barn as a fundraiser for the Chiapas Water Project on Wednesday, August 30th at 7:30. It is an outdoor event and the movie (with Little Rascals short) will be shown at sundown. Please dress accordingly and bring blankets/lawn chairs!
It's a fundraiser to construct potable water systems in Mayan communities in Chiapas and Veritas Investment Management has agreed to match donations up to $1000.00.
The old Telford Farm is located on E Winberie Lane (off 651 northwest of Cedar). For more information call Jody Treter at 877-825-2262.
You may also wish to visit the Telford farm and Chiapas Water Project web sites!
Elderhostel Nature Photography Leelanau Pt. 2, photo by penny7442
Here's a great photo of the old Canning Company in Glen Haven. It is now part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and home to the park's Historic Boat Collection. Here are hours and information from the park's web site.
Open
May 20, 2006 thru September 4, 2006 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Daily.
Location
At the bend in the road in the historic village of Glen Haven, off of M-109/M-209.
Special Programs
Volunteer staff available for impromptu interpretive talks.
Exhibits
Historic boat collection including vessels, motors and equipment.
Available Facilities
Picnic tables are available adjacent to the parking area and restrooms are located next to the Glen Haven General Store.
NPR has a nice feature on the recent vacation by a couple radio producers who came to Leelanau County to celebrate their anniversary. They visit the Sleeping Bear Dunes, Jolli Lodge, the Bluebird and do some kayaking on Lake Michigan.
Read/listen to 100 Bucks of Gas: Eating Cherry Pie on the Way to Sleeping Bear from NPR. You can also click the photo to the right for more great photos from Greg Jolliffe.
Thanks Joel (a Jolli Lodge fan) for the tip!
The Leelanau Enterprise reports that Suttons Bay and Northport can’t act fast enough to cope with "structural" issues that could mean the end of a system that has guided Leelanau County schools for the past 50 years. The article says:
The urgency could be heard in the voices of interim Suttons Bay Superintendent James Leyndyke and Northport Superintendent/Principal Ty Wessell.
"We are losing 35 to 50 students each year and are expected to do this in each of the next four years," said Leyndyke, hired this spring after the departure of former school head Tom Harwood. "We’ll be broke within 2 1/2 years if we keep going down the road we’re going."
The story continues to say that while reps from Suttons Bay and Northport appeared willing to commit to explore more radical collaborative efforts, such as consolidation, their counterparts from Leland and Glen Lake would not commit until reaffirming their positions with their respective school boards.
Read Schools sound urgent appeals in the Leelanau Enterprise
DragOnFly by Andrew McFarlane
News from the Week
The top story was (I guess) a couple week old feature on Leelanau's & Michigan's wine and wine tourism industry from the Chicago Tribune. It has some great information on how the wine business is growing, talks to some folks in the biz and includes the tidbit that nearly half of the Michigan wines sold come from Leelanau County.
In addition to a lot of stories about events (be sure to read the Pow Wow article because there's some interesting links) there was a nice profile of the village of Maple City from the Glen Arbor Sun.
The Week's Weather
There was a lot of sun, enough wind to kick up some decent-sized body surfing waves and nights cool enough for great sleeping. All in all, about what you can expect for mid to late August (which is for my money the best time of the summer).
August 11, 2006: Sunny & low 70s (73Ëš/58Ëš)
August 12, 2006: Sunny & upper 70s (78Ëš/50Ëš)
August 13, 2006: Sunny & low 80s (82Ëš/53Ëš)
August 13, 2006: Early clouds, then sunny, breezy & upper 70s (78Ëš/66Ëš)
August 14, 2006: Early clouds, then sunny, breezy & upper 70s (78Ëš/66Ëš)
August 15, 2006: Sunny, breezy & upper 70s (77Ëš/57Ëš)
August 16, 2006: Mostly sunny & low 80s (82Ëš/48Ëš)
Click for the Leelanau news archive from August 11th - August 17th, 2005!
There will be a benefit concert on Saturday, August 19th at 7:30 pm outdoors in back of Lake Street Studios. The concert will feature the music of Los Gatos, the Ann Arbor Latin jazz group that specializes in the music of Cal Tjader, the late San Francisco vibes player who sparked the 1950’s mambo craze.
Lake Street Studios web site
This Saturday (Aug 19) the Northport Community Arts Center will host Musica Mundi, a five piece Latin/World Jazz Ensemble. You will hear authentic South American and African intruments and a variety of musical styles.
Visit the Northport Community Arts Center and/or Musica Mundi's web page.
A couple of weeks ago, the Chicago Tribune had a great article about Michigan's (and Leelanau's) wine industry that begins:
Forty-five degrees north latitude is an imaginary line encircling the earth that runs just a few miles south of this quiet Lake Michigan town. The line's claim to fame is its position, pretty much halfway between the equator and North Pole.
Here on the Leelanau Peninsula, though, the 45th parallel means something more. Folks are quick to tell you the line crosses some of the world's top wine regions: Bordeaux and Burgundy in France, Italy's Piedmont, the Willamette Valley of Oregon and ... northwest Michigan.
The article is very detailed and provides a lot of information on Michigan's $100 million wine and wine tourism industry, including the fact that nearly half the wines sold come from Leelanau (something I was unaware of).
Photo credit: Net Covered Vineyard by Mike Field, part of a great set of photos of Leelanau & Old Mission Wineries & Vineyards.
Wreck of the Jennie and Annie washes up on Sleeping Bear Point
