The Leelanau Community Cultural Center is sponsoring the eighth annual Fiber Festival on Friday, October 10 from 5 to 8 pm and Saturday, October 11 from 10 am to 5 pm at the Old Art Building in Leland. Artists with original fiber art will exhibit and sell their work in mediums of paper, wearable art (clothing), textile bags, weaving, art quilts, fiber sculpture, knits and yarns.
The featured artist this year is Kate Fiebing who will display a collection of costumes and puppets with wearable art, fun hats, upholstery fabric slippers, fiber paintings and other original designed items for sale.
Fiber Festival exhibitors are Brenda Fandrei, knits and crocheted purses; Frances Krupka, quilted wearable art; Linda Kustra, hand knit wearables; Marie Lamothe, art quilts; Krys Lieffers, hand-woven rugs; Ann Loveless, landscape art quilts; Pat McKean, felted bags and jewelry; Krystal Ann Miller, tapestry bags; Majel Chance Obata, handmade paper items and rugs; Chris Roosien, hand-painted yarns; Becky Ross and Julie Funk, boiled wool items; Carol Salerno, hand woven scarves;Terry Tarnow, hand designed scarves and jewelry; Mary Turak, hand knit sweaters; Amy Tyler, handspun yarns and knits; Kristen Underhill Welch, felted vessels; and Jean Wolter, felted hats and purses.
Admission is free and open to the public. Click above or call 231-256-2131 for more info!
The new m22colortour.com web site hopes to cooperatively market M-22. A feature in the Traverse City Record-Eagle relates that Rand McNally recently rated the scenic route as one of the five greatest driving tours in America and that:
The M-22 Color Tour promotion is a collaborative effort of the visitors bureaus in Benzie and Manistee counties, along with the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The three organizations pooled resources and marketing dollars to spread the word about the color route.
In addition to the Web site, the groups printed about 10,000 rack cards that are available at their respective offices, at Michigan Welcome Centers and at businesses along the route...
At a time when many folks are watching their gas gauges, one appeal of the M-22 Color Tour is that it's a one-tank trip for many in Michigan and across the Midwest. That makes it an appealing day trip or weekend getaway for those who want to savor autumnal beauty.
It certainly is a gorgeous route, as you can see from the photos in the Michigan Highway M-22 Group on Flickr - here's a slideshow for "fall" from the group which I imagine will grow as the color proceeds.
I should add that you can also find great places to stay along M-22 on our lodging page!
photo courtesy m22colortour.com
The Leelanau Enterprise reports that a recruitment day designed to answer questions about how to become a firefighter and what firemen do is scheduled for this Saturday (Sep 27) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the VFW Hall.
“To my knowledge, this is the first time the departments have been so proactive in helping the public learn more about how to become involved,” said Mike Fandel, chief of Leland Township Fire and Rescue.
Fandel said the event was open to all departments in the county, will include participants from Cedar’s Solon-Centerville Township Department, Leland/Lake Leelanau, Northport and Suttons Bay/Bingham.
For more, visit the Leland Township Fire Department web site, the Leland VFD and also Leelanau Firemen/EMS Training.
There will be a benefit concert and kickoff party for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk to Cure Diabetes. The concert features Blind Dog Hank and takes place on Friday September 26, 7:00 PM at the InsideOut Gallery in Traverse City (229 Garland St).
Everyone is welcome with a $10 donation requested at the door and all proceeds go direct to funding research to cure Juvenile Diabetes.
For more information about the show, go to www.Insideoutgallery.com, or call Geno or Peggy Miller at 231-256-7473. Click here for information about the Walk to Cure Diabetes!
Good Harbor III by Andy McFarlane
News from the Week
News from the week included stories about the passage of the Great Lakes Compact, a rundown of Leelanau County candidate forums and our September Beachcoming page where we (and you) can post news items, new sites and other observations.
The Week's Weather
We've had one of the best weeks of the summer ... or is that fall? I guess it is fall as we're seeing some really nice oranges and reds coming out but with a steady run of temps in the 70s, it's hard to tell. The apples know it's fall and just yesterday the honey crisp apples made it to the Merc.
September 18, 2008: Sunny & upper 60s (67/45)
September 19, 2008: Mostly sunny & 70s (76/51)
September 20, 2008: Partly sunny w/ very brief showers & 70s (76/60)
September 21, 2008: Mostly sunny & 70 (70/53)
September 22, 2008: Sunny & 70s (77/52)
September 23, 2008: Mostly sunny & upper 70s (80/52)
September 24, 2008: Partly sunny & upper 70s (80/56)
Click for the Leelanau news archive from September 2007 and share the Leelanau stuff you find over at Beachcombing: September 2008.
After approval by the region's 8 governors, the premiers of Quebec and Ontario, the US Senate and the US House of Representatives of the Great Lakes Basin Compact, all that remains is the signature of President Bush to make it law. It's being touted as permanent protection for the Great Lakes. However, as the Detroit Free Press reports, not everyone is cheering this:
Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee, wrote a letter to the House on Monday asking members to turn the compact down because he said it has loopholes that could allow limitless amounts of bottled water to be exported beyond the Great Lakes basin. The compact exempts water in containers smaller than 5.7 gallons from the prohibitions on diversion.
Stupak said he also was concerned that compact language makes water a product under trade laws, which prevent restrictions on trade. "This compact ... falls short of its intended goal," he said in a statement.
Legal experts said those fears are unfounded and that there are ways each state can regulate water bottling, as Michigan does. For any new withdrawal of water for bottling, Michigan requires the bottler to get a permit if it plans to take more than 200,000 gallons per day. Whether a bottler gets a permit depends on the effect of the withdrawal on nearby streams and fish.
In his reaction, Great Lakes expert Dave Dempsey says that while the law represents years of hard work, it may make the Lakes more vulnerable rather than less as it legally defines water in bottles as a commodity under US law.
Photo credit: Empire Bluff view #2 by trekguy (part of his Crystal Lake Vacation set and taken on the day "The Tree" fell).
In 4 October candidate forums planned - Election 2008, the Leelanau Enterprise reports on forums and meetings with commission, township, county and state House candidates planned for October. They are helping to organize two. The first is an October 7 forum for county candidates at the Elmwood Township Hall (that will appear on TV2 at a later date and also streamed to leelanaunews.com.
Expected to attend are county commission candidates James A. Schaub Jr. (R) and Victor Walter (D) from District No. 2, which includes parts of Elmwood and Bingham townships; Jackie Freeman (D) and Richard Schmuckal (R) from District No. 3, which includes Suttons Bay and Bingham townships; David Marshall (D) and Dan Semple (R) from District No. 6, which includes Cleveland, Glen Arbor and Empire townships; and Traci Cruz (D) and Melinda Lautner (R) from District No. 7, which includes Solon and Kasson townships.
Also expected are register of deeds candidates Susan Boyd (D) from Suttons Bay and Sue Stoffel (R) from Northport.
Other forums below (add your comments with clarifications and other forums):
- Grand Traverse League of Women Voters candidate forum for commission and state House candidates at the Leelanau County Government Center (Oct 20) Note that their site says it's at SB School!
- TV 7&4/Leelanau Enterprise town hall forum with 101st State House District candidates in the Glen Arbor Township Hall (Oct 28)
- GT/Leelanau League of Women Voters forum for Leelanau Township trustee and supervisor candidates at the Leelanau Township Fire Hall (Oct 29).
- Regional Student Mock Election at Leland School (details coming)
- The Center for Michigan has a great statewide listing of Michigan candidate forums and meetings
I was wandering along the Lake Michigan shore yesterday, thinking about ways to make Leelanau.com a more fun, interesting, useful and engaging website. One thought that struck me as I wandered past all kinds of things that had washed ashore was how many things there are to talk about and how hard it is to find a way to present (and preserve) them all before they wash away.
I thought that beachcombing might be a pretty good metaphor and that maybe all of you could help by commenting with news stories you find, observations of the natural world, events you participated in (or are looking forward to) and other comments.
Photo: Rock Courtship by jimflix who writes: She gives chase while he, instinctively, inevitably, pursues.
Sharon McMachen Kalchik will speak about the barns of Leelanau Township at 7 PM next Thursday (Sep 25) at the Trinity Church of The United Church of Christ in Northport (103 N Warren Street).
Her talk is sponsored by the Northport Area Heritage Association and based on the photos she took in 2005 when she set out to photograph Leelanau Township's remaining barns. She'll have two large albums of barn photos to browse through as well as some matted barn photos on display. She's also planning to show a DVD she made with Northport resident Kelli Charter featuring lots of color photos of the area.=.
The photo is Leelanau by jeff lamb, who has a ton more great photos of Leelanau barns.
The Cherry Capital Cycling Club and Hagerty Cycling Team host the inaugural Cherry-Roubaix Old Town Criterium this Saturday (Sep 20). The Cherry-Roubaix pays homage to the Paris-Roubaix, one of the oldest cycling races in the world. It will feature professional riders going really fast through the streets of Traverse City and should be a great time!
The event kicks off with free races for kids at 3:30 with competition beginning at 4 PM. The start and finish will be in front of the Firefly Lounge on Cass St in Traverse City.
Looks like it will be great fun and you can get all the info right here and in this article in the Record-Eagle.
