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Great Indoor Folk Festival ~ Feb 12, 2012
The 4th Annual Great Indoor Folk Festival takes place this Sunday, February 12 in Building 50 at the Grand Traverse Commons. The festival runs from noon to 5:30, and it is family-friendly and free, though you're encouraged to donate through "busker buckets."

There will be 6 different stages with over 50 musicians on seven different stages. read more »

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Empire Winterfest (Feb 11), �Traverse City Winter Microbrew Festival (Feb 11), Glen Arbor Winterfest (Feb 18), �Sleeping Bear Snowshoe Hikes (Every Saturday). Check the Leelanau Calendar.

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March 5, 2009

Leelanau Almanac for the Week of February 26 – March 4, 2009

Filed under: almanac,backgrounds,glen haven,history,michigan,outdoors,sleepingbeardunes,summer,weather — Andrew McFarlane @ 10:55 am

Sleeping Bear Dunesmobile by Seeking Michigan

News from the Week

This week saw the return of Sugar Loaf to the news with a report that Leelanau County is seeking stuimulus money to facilitate the resort's redevelopment (Jason has nothing on the Loaf!). Other stories from the week included Gen Netxt, a new group for young professionals in Leelanau County (is it 4 U?), unfavorable reactions at plans to combine MSU Extension & Hort Research Station budgets and then slash them (agriculture is a bright spot, so the state of Michigan will try and kill innovation), a photo of the Glen Haven Canning Co., and the 2009 Boys & Girls Basketball District Tournaments (boys start next week).

The Week's Weather

The week's weather featured more sun than most weeks in July ... though the subzero temps meant nobody was fooled!

February 26, 2009: Sunny & 30s with evening rain & snow (36/28)
February 27, 2009: Mostly cloudy, windy, light snow & low 20s (26/4)
February 28, 2009: Sunny & teens (18/-7)
March 1, 2009: Sunny & teens (16/1)
March 2, 2009: Sunny & low teens (13/-9)
March 3, 2009: Sunny & low 20s - a beautiful day that looked like this (26/-7)
March 4, 2009: Mostly sunny & 30s (39/3)

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A little Leelanau tie-in with the Obama administration is Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who is expected to be confirmed as secretary of health and human services.

The Governor is said to have a "wonkish understanding of health policy" and is the daughter of former Ohio governor, John Gilligan. The family has had a summer home in Leelanau for years and are darn nice folks.

Congratulations to Kathleen & the Gilligan family.

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Comment by Andrew McFarlane — March 2, 2009 @ 7:12 am
Girls District BB will start tonight at Northport. Leland plays Wednesday @ 7:30 vs winner with finals on Friday March 6th. I can't find info on Suttons Bay and Glen Lake's district - all I know is that they play in Kingsley!

Details coming tomorrow on the rest of Districts.

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Comment by Andrew McFarlane — March 2, 2009 @ 9:05 am