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Leelanau News updated Wednesday February 8, 2012
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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 »

Coming Events (add your own!)
Empire Winterfest (Feb 11), ÊTraverse City Winter Microbrew Festival (Feb 11), Glen Arbor Winterfest (Feb 18), ÊSleeping Bear Snowshoe Hikes (Every Saturday). Check the Leelanau Calendar.

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Sunny & 35 at 12:50 PM

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Recent Wallpaper & Photos

June 11, 2009

Leelanau Almanac for the Week of June 4-10, 2009

Filed under: almanac,Leelanau,lighthouse,michigan,news,photo,weather — Andrew McFarlane @ 12:38 pm

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kascott_20090530_9464b by Ken Scott, Photography

Ken says that this photo of 1867 South Fox Island Lighthouse lit by a 1/2 moon is a compilation of 80 20second exposures. You can learn more about the light and efforts to preserved it from the Fox Island Lighthouse Association.

This photo is part of a series that are being sold to help raise funds for the lighthouse preservation project ... visit Ken's South Fox page for information and other photos in the series!

News from the Week

Our America's Lakeshore series continued with Behind the Dune Climb and Camping at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. We also had a nice photo of apple and cherry blossoms.

The Week's Weather

After a promising start in the 70s, the week's weather was (again) unseasonably cool. It's getting to the point where that's not cool!

June 4, 2009: Sunny & 70 (71/34)
June 5, 2009: Light rain and upper 70s (78/48)
June 6, 2009: Rain & 50s (56/39)
June 7, 2009: Rain & 50s (56/47)
June 8, 2009: Heavy rain (almost 1") & 50s (57/49)
June 9, 2009: Cloudy & 50s (58/48)
June 10, 2009: Partly sunny, light rain & 60 (62/50)

Check out the June 2008 archive, the Leelanau Almanac for the Week of May 28 - June 3, 2009 and the Leelanau Almanac for the Week of June 11-17, 2009.

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