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The photo is lakemichigan4 by Mr. McGladdery. Have a great weekend!

The Leelanau Enterprise talked to Brad Lutz regarding the listing of Sugar Loaf:

Lutz told the Enterprise on Wednesday morning that his “option to purchase” Sugar Loaf Resort from Wickstrom remains in force, and that he was still in the “due diligence” phase of his efforts to acquire the resort. Even though Wickstrom decided to list the property for sale after Lutz signed an agreement with her, he said "nothing has changed from my perspective."

Read Sugar Loaf listed for sale: Omena man still interested in the Enterprise.

Puttin' the Stud in Studebaker by Andy McFarlane

News from the Week

The news this week was mostly events. Except for the Sugar Loaf Mountain listing that appeared in the MLS of course.

The Week's Weather

The weather was pretty cold for the most part but we did have a rare (for this winter) sunny weekend that hopefully took the edge off some people's cabin fever.

February 21, 2008: Partly sunny & teens (21/9)
February 22, 2008: Light snow, then afternoon sun & 20s (27/6)
February 23, 2008: Sunny & 30 - gorgeous! (32/1)
February 24, 2008: Sunny & low 30s - see above!! (32/12)
February 25, 2008: Flurries and 30s (36/30)
February 26, 2008: Light snow, falling temps and breezy (32/17)
February 27, 2008: Flurries & teens (18/8)

Click for the Leelanau news archive from February 2007.

(updated Thursday, Feb 28)

Glen Lake pulled off a hat trick by beating Suttons Bay for the third time this year with a 56-50 victory on Monday (see Record-Eagle story). Last night against Charlevoix the Lakers lost a 74-73 thriller (story coming soon we hope!).

In Class D action Leland followed up a 72-31 victory over Northport on Monday with a 79-42 defeat of Beaver Island. Lake Leelanau St Mary likewise rolled into Friday's final with a 79-24 victory over Leelanau School on Monday and 69-16 triumph over Grand Traverse Academy.

Our 2008 Tournament coverage continues...

I was chatting with Rob Serbin yesterday and he let me know that Sugar Loaf Resort has been listed on the MLS (for the low-low price of $5.7 million):

Michigan's famous Olympic mountain ski resort located in beautiful Leelanau county. This 478 acre (8 Parcel development) includes 144,000 Square foot lodge and hotel facility, airport, vacant land and much more!!

It's listed through the TheNetworkAgents.com and they direct questions about the state of the resort to Kate Wickstrom's attorney Joseph Quandt. According to the comment below, the listing is through Carolyn Collins at cjcollins.net (you can get it through the other link too).

I think it's important to note that right now, the fact that it's been listed probably doesn't mean a whole lot in regards to the Brad Lutz bid for the resort. Thanks also to Lex and everyone who emailed it over and stay tuned to our Sugar Loaf coverage (and look for something in tonight's Enterprise).

Celtic rock group The Young Dubliners return to the area after a long hiatus to play a pre-St. Patrick's Day Celebration the concert at the Inside Out Gallery. The concert takes place this Sunday (March 2) at 7 PM and tickets are $15 in advance.

The Young Dubliners are a great band that really rocked when they came to Interlochen several years ago and I have no doubt that fans of Irish music, folk and rock will thoroughly enjoy this show.

More about the band at youngdubliners.com and at their MySpace page.

The annual Winter Carnival for the Leelanau Children's Center will be held this Saturday (Mar 1) from Noon - 3 pm in the big gym at Leland Public School. There will be lots of fun games for kids, prizes, raffle and a tasty lunch! All are welcome!

For more information call LCC at 256-7841.

Learn more about this great program at the Leelanau Children's Center web site.

The photo is North Lake Leelanau by greencottage. He has a lot more very cool photos from Leelanau County that he's added to our Leelanau(dot)com group on Flickr.

Hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy the outdoors!

The Northwest Michigan Ballet Theatre will present the full-length original ballet "Hansel and Gretel" this Sunday (Feb 24) at 3 PM at the Northport Community Arts Center. The ballet is based on the Classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale of two Bavarian children who neglect their chores and are sent by their mother into the forest to collect berries for supper.

"Hansel and Gretel" features original choreography by Thomas Morrell, artistic director of the Northwest Michigan Ballet Theatre, with music from the Engelbert Humperdinck opera score of the same name. The cast of 23 dancers includes students ages 10-18 as well as five adults in guest roles. General admission tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children 12 and under or seniors. Tickets may be reserved by phoning Ballet, Etc. at 929-2787 or purchased at the door.

Photo credit: Pointe by huxleyesque

Snow in your hair by lpwines (from Gills Pier Winery)

News from the Week

The week began with Valentines Day and a card showing the fashions of 1912. In addition to posts on the upcoming Northport Winter Carnival and the musical group Barefoot Tango, we started our post on the 2008 boys and girls basketball tournaments which we'll keep updating as long as Leelanau teams are in the chase. We also had a feature on the February 20th eclipse and Ed Hahnenberg's Lake Leelanau observatory. Although we didn't get clear skies up here for the eclipse, but other parts of Michigan had a great view - check out photos of the eclipse at Michigan in Pictures!

The Week's Weather

The week featured lots of snow and chilly temps punctuated by an ice storm and even some sun!

February 14, 2008: Mostly cloudy, lots of snow and 20 (23/19)
February 15, 2008: Cloudy, flurries and single digits (19/1)
February 16, 2008: Partly sunny & 20s (30/1)
February 17, 2008: Ice storm, snow and crazy temps (42/19)
February 18, 2008: Flurries & 20s (30/18)
February 19, 2008: Light snow and teens with heavy overnight snow - up to 1' in places! (18/10)
February 20, 2008: Some sun, some snow & teens (17/8)

Click for the Leelanau news archive from February 2007.