Thursday, December 4 2008
Monday-Friday - Weekends on Occasion
The News...
You can follow along with the latest news & photos from the Leelanau Blog or scan below for an archive of stories from Leelanau, Traverse City and Michigan over the last few months.
2008 Leelanau Gift Guide
Our Leelanau Holiday Gift Guide is updated for 2008 and features all kinds of great gifts made and sold right here in Leelanau County!
Check it out and please do what you can to shop locally this holiday season!
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The Leelanau Almanac
It's 20 degrees and snowing hard at 11:15 AM at our Leland office. The barometer is at 1009 millibars (29.8 inches) and falling with a relative humidity of 98%. There's a Winter Storm Warning in effect until tomorrow morning for 4-5" of snow today with temps in the 20s and west winds at 10-20. There's [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of November 27 - December 3, 2008
158 by jmbarclay
News from the Week
News from our abbreviated week included a few snow day & ski report resources to make your winter a little smoother, an upcoming workshop for folks considering growing hops and a video promoting next weekend's Water Festival in Traverse City.
The Week's Weather
The week's weather was again wintry - kind of [...]
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The Water Festival in Traverse City - December 12-14
The Water Festival will be held December 12-14, 2008 in Traverse City, Michigan. The latest in an ongoing series of Water Festivals will give you a chance to experience world-class Michigan musicians, speeches from water luminaries, interactive multimedia projects and presentations, artisan foods and beverages, workshops, visual art, theater and dance, children's activities and connections [...]
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Leelanau Sustainable Hops Production Workshop
Michigan State University Extension (click through for flyer) will offer a Sustainable Hops Production Workshop on December 17th, 2008 from 10-5:30 p.m. at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City (venue change!). The workshop is sponsored by The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR SARE).
There is extremely high market demand by [...]
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Leelanau Snow Day & Snow Report!
Our first major blizzard of the season has closed schools and rendered roads treacherous. As we head into the winter season, it's probably a good time to dust off some links to help you deal with winter.
The TV 9&10 School Closing Page will let you know if your school is closed or on a delay [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of November 20-26, 2008
Leland Harbor in the 70s by lelandbay1
News from the Week
Not much news except for predictions that we'll have heavier winter weather early. We also had a pair of photos of a cherry orchard in spring and late fall and another wallpaper-ready shot of apples hanging on as winter comes.
The Week's Weather
Our weather was wintry indeed!
November [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving from Leelanau.com
We at Leelanau.com hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving with safe travels and good food and company. See you on Monday!
Photo: Last apples in the orchard by Jim Sorbie.
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Leelanau Holiday Happenings
There's a lot of holiday happenings coming up - here's a list of some of them and check the Leelanau Calendar for more!
Cedar offers you a chance to Make It, Take it on Friday (Nov 28). Handmade gift kits will be available to purchase at any shop in Cedar, then you may attend a class [...]
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Merry Marketplace Christmas Arts & Crafts Show
The annual Christmas arts & crafts show will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Old Art Building in Leland at the Old Art Building in Leland. This year's Merry Marketplace features 20 local artisans with fresh and dried holiday wreaths, herbal soaps and lotions, jewelry, specialty [...]
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Photo Friday: A Tale of Two Seasons
Cher has a pair of photos that show that Leelanau cherry trees can bring the beauty in late fall as well as spring. Check 'em out "background big" by clicking the photos!
Have a great weekend!
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Winter 2009 to pile it on up front
From the "News you might have been able to write by looking out the window" department comes a report from the Traverse City Record-Eagle that the first part of this winter may pack the biggest punch. They quote meteorologist Keith Berger of the National Weather Service in Gaylord as saying:
"The last couple of years we've [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of November 13-19, 2008
The Bufka Farm by John Levanen
News from the Week
In addition to some Thanksgiving weekend events, we had Ken Scott's cool time lapse of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse and looked at the 150th anniversary of the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
The Week's Weather
Cold. Snow. Wind. These may not be a few of our favorite things, but they [...]
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Annual PJ Party & Thanksgiving Sales in Glen Arbor, Leland & Northport
The annual Glen Arbor Pajama Party & Sale is held the morning after Thanksgiving (Friday, Nov 28) from 5-7 AM and features shoppers in their PJs and bargains galore! Glen Arbor also holds their annual Tree Lighting and Carols followed by a preview of the Holiday Market Place. More information on area shops & stores [...]
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Traverse City Record-Eagle - 150 years old!
This month the Traverse City Record-Eagle celebrates its 150th anniversary (check that link for their 40 page commemorative issue):
Traverse City, 1858: Rutted, muddy streets framed by wooden store fronts that touted dry goods and hardware. Saw blades screeched as they ripped into virgin white pine. American Indians camped on the mouth of the Boardman River.
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Suttons Bay Holiday Open House
Village shops and businesses in Suttons Bay will be open this Sunday (Nov 23) from noon to 4 PM for their annual Holiday Open House. They would like to thank their customers for their patronage through the year with refreshments and activities during this traditionally festive afternoon.
More about the village and merchants from the Suttons [...]
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Leland Drama presents "Fools" this weekend
This weekend only (November 15th & 16th), Leland Public School presents "Fools" by Neil Simon. It's the story of Leon Tolchinsky, an ambitious young school teacher who arrives in the village of Kulyenchikov and discovers that the town is suffering under a 200-year curse of stupidity.
Performances are Saturday at 2 PM & 7 PM and [...]
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Time-lapse of South Manitou Island Lighthouse
Ken Scott has produced this cool time-lapse video of the re-lighting of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse (complete with a soundtrack from mobygratis). Read more about this from the Re-Light the Lighthouse page and from Leelanau.com and thanks to Jim Stamm for pointing it out to me!
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of November 6-12, 2008
dark skies green waters fall hills Homestead ridge by 1Cher
News from the Week
This week we took a look at Veterans Day in Leelanau, possible changes coming at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a benefit showing of the water documentary For Love of Water and a nice photo from Greg Jollife.
The Week's Weather
The week started [...]
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For Love of Water (FLOW) Benefit
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation (MCWC) is holding a fund-raiser and reception this Sunday (Nov 16) in Traverse City to launch a campaign to protect the public trust in the waters of the Great Lakes Basin. MCWC will be showing the film FLOW: For Love of Water (trailer below), an award-winning documentary investigation into what [...]
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Changes coming at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
The article Changes coming to Sleeping Bear? in the Record-Eagle looks at some proposed plans for the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore when the Sleeping Bear Dunes General Management Plan is adopted.
Federal officials want to add some trails and campgrounds to the park to improve recreational opportunities, as well as set aside 45 percent of [...]
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Veterans Day Celebrations, Leelanau County Veterans
Veteran's Day is tomorrow (Tuesday, November 11) and there are a few events to honor veterans taking place in Leelanau County. The Leelanau Enterprise reports that the official Leelanau Veterans Day Observance will take place at 11 AM at the Government Center and also that:
The Leelanau Community Cultural Center will host an event Tuesday starting [...]
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Photo Friday: Wave/Rock/Pyre/Clouds by Greg Jollife
Here's a summery photo for you all on maybe the last summery day of the year. It's from Greg Jollife, owner of the Jolli Lodge. Click it for a bigger view!
He has a great photo site that you should be visiting regularly.
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Scroogical, Off Broadway, in Northport!
The Northport Community Art Center will be presenting $croogical, a new musical by the well-known composer and musician, Kirby Shaw. $croogical is based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol - the story about Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Marley, and all the others.
Kirby Shaw’s music and his wife Markita’s libretto bring this engaging story up-to-date [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of October 30 - November 5, 2008
Church Steeple in Maple City by Jim Sorbie
News from the Week
In addition to the results from the 2008 Election, we checked out Leelanau County's economic rating (good), November fall color (still amazingly good), the Leland Regional Mock Election (simply amazing) and the Ghost at the Grand Traverse Lighthouse.
The Week's Weather
Fall Color Report (Nov 5): We [...]
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2008 Leelanau County Election Results
Results for county and township offices have yet to be certified but it appears that the County Board will add three new faces Republicans James Schaub Sr. and Dick Schmuckal and Democrat David Marshall.
On the wider stage, Leelanau native Dan Scripps (D) is headed to the State House of Representatives with a 10,000 vote victory [...]
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Leelanau County's economic rating
Fitch Affirms Leelanau County, Michigan's LTGOs at 'AA-' from MarketWatch is kind of a dry topic, but it does say something about our region's economic outlook. It discusses the $6.3 million Law Enforcement Center Bonds which are secured by the county's general obligation pledge:
The 'AA-' rating reflects the county's stable financial results, strong general fund [...]
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Fall color hanging on in November!
I'm amazed at how well the color is holding up through the fall. Click to see this picture bigger and check out a slideshow of fall color on November 1st in Leland.
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Leland Regional Mock Election
Yesterday Leland School hosted the regional mock election that features students speaking on behalf of the candidates followed by the candidates themselves or their reps. TV 7&4 has a video report from the election:
Candidates running for state and national positions came from Lansing and Washington to Leland... trying to win student votes. And one by [...]
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Ghost at the Grand Traverse Lighthouse
Ghost at the Light from MyNorth.com tells the tale of Captain Peter Nelson, Danish sailor and keeper of the Grand Traverse Lighthouse, who some believe roams the light 113 years after his death. It's written by Nelson's great-great-great-granddaughter Emily Betz Tyra and begins:
Stef Staley, the no-nonsense executive director of the lighthouse museum, is waiting inside. [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of October 23-29, 2008
Bufka Farm by Jennifer_4444
News from the Week
News from the week was basically events except for Suttons Bay's soccer run. The Norsemen had a great regional opener, crushing Big Rapids, but they fell 1-0 to #3 Muskegon Catholic Central. Congratulations on a great season!
The Week's Weather
Fall Color Report (Oct 29): We are past peak around the [...]
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Morning Light - dinner & benefit movie at The Bay Theatre
Traverse Area Community Sailing (TACS) presents the premier showing of Disney's Morning Light on Thursday, November 13 @ 6 p.m. at The Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay with dinner across the street at The Village Inn.
The film the story of a group of intrepid and determined young men and women, on the cusp of adulthood, [...]
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Leelanau Vintners Toast the Season Wine Trail Tour
The annual Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association Toast the Season wine trail tour is held on 2 separate weekends in November. A few tickets remain for both the November 8-9 weekend and there are also tickets for the November 15 & 16 weekend - get them while they last!
It's a great chance to experience the wineries [...]
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Get your Grand Vision Scorecard in today!
There's just two days left to fill out your Grand Vision Scorecard and weigh in on how you think our region should grow. Leelanau.com developed the web site for The Grand Vision, and we feel it's critically important that everyone take a little time to think about how our region will accommodate the tens of [...]
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Leland Fall Frenzy - Saturday, October 25th
Leland is decorated for the season, the big salmon are in the Carp (Leland) River and the Leland Michigan Chamber of Commerce invites you to the annual Leland Fall Frenzy this Saturday (October 25) from 10 AM - 5 PM!
Many businesses will offer season-end clearance sale prices and there will be local apple cider and [...]
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Suttons Bay advances to regional soccer final
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that the Suttons Bay Norsemen soccer team blitzed Big Rapids Crossroads 7-0 in the regional semifinals on last night.
The Norsemen, now 19-2-1 and ranked 5th in the state will face #3 ranked Muskegon Catholic Central (18-2-2) on Saturday at 4 PM at Muskegon Western Michigan Christian.
Way to go [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of October 16-22, 2008
.dunes and clouds... by ojoyous1
News from the Week
Our top story is a complete video of the Leelanau Candidate Forum that you can watch online. Other stories included the release of Leelanau author Lynn Rae Perkins' new book Cardboard Piano, the upcoming International Animation Festival at the State, 10,000 pop bottles at Kilcherman Farms and a [...]
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10,000 Bottles of pop on the wall at Kilcherman Farms
The photo is 10000 Bottles and Patricia writes:
We had a chance to chat with Phyllis Kilcherman about her husband's pop bottle collection that is now at 10,000! Each bottle is unique.
The Kilcherman's own Christmas Cove Farm in Northport, MI at 11573 N. Kilcherman Rd. They've been there since 1955! In addition to seeing their pop [...]
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Leelanau County Candidate Forum video
The Leelanau Enterprise and Up North 2 have posted the complete video from Leelanau County Candidate Forum.
Click to view it!
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Time for the Sleeping Bear Dunes to step it up?
Traverse City Record-Eagle writer Bill O'Brien asks the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to Shed the 60s mindset. He notes that although the region's tourism industry is bearing up well under tough times, Lakeshore visitor numbers have dropped two years in a row and are at the lowest level in 20 years.
Those who've been around [...]
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Lynne Rae Perkins release party for The Cardboard Piano
The world-wide release party for Newbery Award-winning author and Leelanau resident Lynne Rae Perkins will Newbery award winner Lynne Rae Perkins' newest children's book, "The Cardboard Piano" takes place at 5 PM this Saturday (Oct 18) at Brilliant Books of Suttons Bay.
The children's picture book is about two friends and their love of the [...]
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International Animation Festival at the State Theatre
The Art Place, a non-profit animation and film studio in Traverse City, is sponsoring a local celebration of the 6th annual International Animation Day at the State Theatre on Tuesday, October 28th. The family friendly program starts at 6:30 pm and admission is free for everyone.
The festival will include the premiere screening of The Cardboard [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of October 9-15, 2008
Mawby Sunset by Andy McFarlane
News from the Week
We didn't really have any news to speak of this week, but did have a sweet photo of fall color from John Levenan.
The Week's Weather
Fall Color Report (Oct 14): We are at about 80% color - just about peak in some places and peak in others. We should [...]
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Fall color (at 55) on M-22
The photo is Driving into Leland. It was taken by John Levenan and yes, he's been warned about that driving and photography thing.
Click to check it out bigger.
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Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner
The Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual membership dinner next Thursday (Oct 23) at 6 PM at the Eagle's Ridge Conference Center in Peshawbestown.
The evening features the Citizen of the Year award, election of officers, live and silent auctions. Tickets are $45 per person or $80 per couple and reservations are required.
For [...]
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Leelanau Halloween Events!
One of the annual Halloween highlights (my kids are already getting excited for it) is the Empire Eagles' Field of Screams Haunted Hayride held Friday & Saturday the two weekends before Halloween (Oct 17 & 18 and 24 & 25) on M-72 just east of Gilbert Road. (more info)
Other Halloween events include:
Haunted Lighthouse at the [...]
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Suttons Bay School Fall Food Festival
Sally over at the Leelanau Chamber notes that the Suttons Bay School Health Team is sponsoring a Fall Food Festival tomorrow (Friday, October 10th) from 5-7 pm in the High School Skylight and commons area.
Silvertree, Samuel’s, Stone House Bread, Hansen’s and Green Leaf café will be joining many of our local farmers to provide Food [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of October 2-8, 2008
A nice day for a ride in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore by cyoas55
News from the Week
The top story of the week was the official relighting of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse on October 4, 2008. I'm lucky enough to be able to see it shining every morning as I head to work and [...]
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The Grand Vision - October 7-28, 2008
Today begins a 3 week period in which year-round and seasonal residents from all across the region will fill out "The Grand Vision Scorecard", a survey designed by The Grand Vision to establish a long-term vision for the next 50+ years of development in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties.
The Leelanau County [...]
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Light from the South Manitou Island Lighthouse
The South Manitou Island Lighthouse was officially re-lit October 4, 2008 at 8 PM.
We will be linking to more photos and such as they are posted. You can click the photo to the right for a slideshow of the new lamp in action from Geoff Niessink!
Details about this historic event.
The photo above is Relight by [...]
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Leelanau's wine trail featured in USA Today
Article courtesy lpwines.com...
In today's USA Today, wine writer Jerry Shriver and travel editor Chris Gray have profiled four up-and-coming wine regions in Off the beaten wine trail. The four are New York's Hudson Valley, Hill Country in Texas, the Eastern Townships, Quebec and yes, Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula!
The state's 56 wineries — six opened in the [...]
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South Manitou Island Lighthouse shines again on Saturday!
Special from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (with photo "Installing the Fesnel Lens" by Dave Hooper - slideshow):
This weekend, the South Manitou Island Lighthouse will shine for the first time in 50 years. Thanks to a partnership with Manitou Islands Memorial Society, Manitou Island Transit, and Electro-Optics Technology, Incorporated, the National Park Service at [...]
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The Leelanau Almanac for the Week of September 25 - October 1, 2008
Traverse Bay sunset from the Madeline by Jim Sorbie
News from the Week
Stories we looked at this week include the new M-22 Fall Color cooperative marketing site and a bunch of events. Big news today though about the relighting of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse on Saturday!
The Week's Weather
Fall color stalled this week at 40-50% color. [...]
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Beachcombing: October 2008
The photo is Cairn by jowo, who notes that there are photos of this dating back to 2006.
Help us keep track of what's happening by commenting with news stories you find, observations of the natural world, events you participated in (or are looking forward to) and other comments. You can also check in on the [...]
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Annual Fall for Art in Leelanau Gallery Tour
The 3rd annual Annual Fall for Art in Leelanau Gallery Tour is held Columbus Day weekend and offers a chance to take a driving tour through the county while visiting 19 galleries featuring the work of area artists (list of participating galleries on the Fall for Art web site).
Start your tour by picking up a [...]
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Fiber Festival 2008
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 [...]
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Fall Color on M-22
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, [...]
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Leelanau Fire Department Recruitment Day
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 [...]
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Walk to Cure Diabetes Kickoff & Concert
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 [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of September 18-24, 2008
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 [...]
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Great Lakes Compact awaiting Presidential signature
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 [...]
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Election 2008: Leelanau Candidate Forums
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 [...]
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Beachcombing: September 2008
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 [...]
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Barns of Leelanau Township
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 [...]
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1st annual Cherry-Roubaix Old Town Criterium
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 [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of September 11-17, 2008
Patti Waterski II by Andy McFarlane
News from the Week
Stories from the week included an update on the 2008 grape harvest, the future of Dunegrass and some cool photos from the Enterprise and elsewhere of waterspouts over Lake Michigan that you MUST check out.
The Week's Weather
After a really rainy weekend, the weather has shaped up nicely [...]
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Getting ready for 2008 Leelanau grape harvest
Post courtesy Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association:
Bill O'Brien of the Traverse-City Record Eagle has a nice piece on this year's grape harvest in Northern Michigan. It looks to be another good year for winemakers and wine lovers alike.
Northern Michigan vineyards are quiet these days, the fruit soaking up late summer sunshine, even as the region's [...]
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Waterspouts over Lake Michigan
This photo is a detail of this photo. Cherie Scott had a spectacular picture of one of these waterspouts that you can see in the Enterprise - click to check it out!
You can see more photos of waterspouts on Lake Michigan from NOAA, where they explain:
Waterspouts are somewhat common over the Great Lakes in the [...]
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The Future of Dunegrass
Folks may be aware that this year's Sleeping Bear Dunegrass & Blues Festival ran into major financial difficulties. The Leelanau Enterprise has an article that about the plans of the family of Dunegrass founder Mike Vanderberg, who owns the Dunegrass name:
Amelia Vanderberg, 25, of Empire, whose band ABNC performed at Dunegrass this year, said the [...]
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2008 Leland Heritage Celebration
On Saturday, September 20, the village of Leland hosts their annuual Leland Heritage Celebration.
Events include Wood Boats on the Wall at the Leelanau Historical Museum, Fishtown Fest, the Van's Garage Classic Car Show, a Leland Historic Building art show at the Old Art Building and more. For the first time ever, the Leelanau Conservancy will [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of September 5 - 11, 2008
On the Bridge to Barb's by Pentax K1000 Gal
News from the Week
This week we took a look at The Grand Vision, a citizen-led transportation and land use study. Check it out for some cool videos of what people are thinking about how growth can (and should) impact outdoor recreation, community, housing, jobs and agriculture. The [...]
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September 2008
Hey, look out! Fall is coming down the road!! Post color reports from your area in the comments below along with cool fall photos, events or whatever other observations you have.
The photo is by Jim Sorbie and is part of his Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore set of photos!
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Leelanau Harvest Tour bicycle ride
On Sunday, September 21 the The Cherry Capital Cycling Club will host the annual Leelanau Harvest Tour. It's an annual bicycle road ride that drew 1,000 riders last year and is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. To honor this milestone, a bluegrass band will perform at the end of the ride and special surprises [...]
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Leelanau Vintner's Harvest Stompede Race & Wine Tour
If you're looking for a reason to get back to Leelanau this fall - or a fun way to spend the weekend if you live here - consider the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association's annual Harvest Stompede Vineyard Run & Walk and Wine Tour over the weekend of September 20 & 21. It's considered one of [...]
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Glen Arbor BBQ & Brew - Saturday, September 13th
The Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce will hold its first annual "BBQ & Brew" event on Saturday (Sept 13) from Noon - 4 pm under the tent across from Cottonseed & the Totem Shop in Glen Arbor.
There will be a BBQ Chicken contest featuring area chefs and the event will feature microbrews from Shorts Brewing [...]
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Growth Happens … Let's Decide How
In just over a month, residents of Leelanau County (also also Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Wexford counties) will be asked to help decide the next 50+ years of transportation and land use development in our region through a project involving community, government, business and citizens known as The Grand Vision.
Leelanau.com has been [...]
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2008 Traverse Epicurean Classic
The annual Epicurean Classic takes place next Thursday - Saturday (Sep 11-13) at the Great Lakes Culinary Institute in Traverse City. It's really an amazing celebration of the culinary arts that brings in nationally known chefs and offers great tasting tents and parties. Over on Absolute Michigan we're giving away 2 free passes for Friday [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of August 28 - September 3, 2008
Leland River by John Levanen
News from the Week
The news is basically that we returned from a summer break - stay tuned!
The Week's Weather
We had probably the nicest Labor Day Weekend I can remember - sunny & 80s (even into the 90s). Things have cooled down some but we're still in one of the best times [...]
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MLUI Hosts Bill McKibben - September 7, 2008
The Michigan Land Use Institute hosts award winning author Bill McKibben whose work includes The End of Nature and the new Deep Economy to explain how doing simple things like eating more local food, living in more vibrant urban communities, investing locally, and enjoying our own area's entertainment and culture can be a big part [...]
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South Manitou Memories by Grace Dickinson
The Glen Arbor Sun has a nice feature by photographer Grace Dickinson that begins:
There’s something about an island that lures the traveler from the mainland and beckons the voyager on a passing vessel. Times on South Manitou Island were spent within a mist of great natural beauty.
My sister, Terry Dickinson, and Sandy Holds were best [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of August 21-28, 2008 (plus a little more)
Isadore Farm (2) by smartee_martee
News from the Week
The Enterprise reports that a Munson Medical Center and Michigan State University have announced the establishment of a new medical education campus in northern Michigan.
Marty Hogan (aka smartee_martee) takes special care to document Michigan's vanishing farms, homes and other structures. I've long been a fan of his work [...]
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Labor Day Fireworks in Suttons Bay
The village of Suttons Bay will have a fireworks display over Marina Park on the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend (August 30 - rain day Aug 31).
For information about the talent show, call 271-4404 or check out the Suttons Bay Area Chamber of Commerce web site.
This year the Suttons Bay Chamber is sending out a [...]
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Call for artwork for the 2009 Manitou Music Festival Poster
Pictured is the 2008 Manitou Music Festival Poster with an oil painting by Margo Burian of the Kelderhouse Farm located in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
The Glen Arbor Art Association invites artists to submit original art entries for the 2009 Manitou Music Festival poster. The hugely popular limited edition posters are sold at the [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of August 14-20, 2008
Skimming by Andy McFarlane
News from the Week
Here are some stories that caught our eye:
The Grand Vision is a citizen-led land use and transportation study that will help to guide future growth in our region for the next 50+ years. Next Tuesday (Aug 26) from 6-7:30 PM at the county Government Center between Lake Leelanau & [...]
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Grand Traverse Lighthouse Lobsterfest Benefit
The Leelanau Enterprise reports that the Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum will host their annual Lobster Fest Fundraiser on Thursday, August 21st. The event benefits the lighthouse foundation restoration project and features a dinner with fresh Maine lobster (or chicken), redskin potatoes, corn on the cob, cherry cobbler, slaw, coffee, iced tea, beer or wine. With [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of August 7-13, 2008
Suttons Bay by Pierre Bourgault
News from the Week
The Enterprise reports that the new lens for the South Manitou Island Lighthouse is expected in the area in mid-August. (just heard that this will be LATE August)
You might see Halle Berry in Fishtown, filming a movie called October Squall. Then again, you might see her buying some [...]
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Fallen Friend on Empire Bluffs
Todd was up on the Empire Bluffs yesterday and saw that this iconic tree had split (view larger). Here's a view of the tree still standing the night before from Todd and another on our Backgrounds page.
There's also a discussion of the tree in the Seeping Bear Dunes photo group on Flickr.
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Woolsey Airport Fly In & Breakfast
The annual fly-in and breakfast at Woolsey Memorial Airport (four miles north of Northport on County Road 629) will be held this Saturday (Aug 16) from 8 AM - noon. You may also drive-in of course and the breakfast fee is $8 adults ($4 children). In addition to small planes, there are also [...]
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Leelanau Sidewalk Sales
It's the season for sidewalk sales in Leelanau County:
Suttons Bay's Sidewalk Sale takes place this Friday & Saturday (Aug 8 & 9). More about the shops and stores at the Suttons Bay web site.
The village of Glen Arbor hosts its annual Sidewalk Sale next Thursday - Saturday (Aug 14-16). Visit the Glen Lake Chamber of [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of July 31 - August 6, 2008
Sweet and Delicious! by Pentax K1000 Gal
News from the Week
The Record-Eagle has complete election results for Leelanau County and also reports that Ray Franz of Onekama narrowly edged Leelanau resident Mike McManus in the 101st District Republican primary. It was just 9 votes, so there will probably be more to come on this story.
If you [...]
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August 2008
The photo is From the Empire Bluffs by chuckmason and it's one of the Leelanau views that I don't know if I ever get enough of. Be sure to click to see it bigger!
Crazy that I'd pick a photo from the Empire Bluffs that doesn't include "the Tree" on the very week that the tree [...]
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Port Oneida Fair - August 8 & 9, 2008
The annual Port Oneida Fair takes place this weekend (Aug 8 & 9, 2008) in the Port Oneida District of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The event is billed as a celebration of rural arts and culture and features exhibits and demonstrations at five farms and the Port Oneida Schoolhouse.
With demonstrations of Native American [...]
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Suttons Bay Art Festival
Leelanau County's largest art fair takes place every year at Suttons Bay Marina Park on the first weekend of August - that's this weekend! (August 2 & 3 2008). It features 100+ juried artists in all media along with community groups, food vendors and a children's area.
More at the Suttons Bay Art Festival web [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of July 24-30, 2008
ShugarTime-2, photo by jakphoto
News & such
While weren't updating every day during the summer, we did compile a few stories from last week.
With the August primary election just a week away, it might be time to head over to the Michigan Land Use Institute to read the responses of County Commissioner candidates to five important questions [...]
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2008 Traverse City Film Festival
Leelanau.com is a sponsor of the annual Traverse City Film Festival. We do this because it's one of the coolest events in our area year after year. Through the work of hundreds of volunteers, our area is able to host a film festival that can stand eye to eye with almost any in the world.
I [...]
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Leelanau Peninsula Wine & Food Festival
The annual Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Wine & Food Festival will be held Saturday, August 9 from noon to 6 PM at Haserot Park in Northport. The event features wines from the Leelanau and Old Mission Peninsulas, food from area restaurants and music by Leelanau County's own Fabulous Horn Dogs. Your admission includes souvenir [...]
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2008 Suttons Bay Jazzfest
The annual Suttons Bay Jazzfest takes place this Saturday, July 26 at Marina Park in Suttons Bay. The event features fine wines and food from the Leelanau Peninsula and world-class jazz music. This year's lineup includes hris Copeland Big Band Featuring Harry Goldson and Claudia Schmidt, Tad Weed Trio, Betty Joplin Quartet, Cooper, Hay, Van [...]
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Leelanau Almanac for the Week of July 17-23, 2008
Serenity by Stacy Niedzwieck (click photo for wallpaper-sized image)
We're not doing daily news & weather updates until fall, but you can check weather for the week from Weather Underground and here's a few stories & photos that that caught our eye last week:
Taste of Dehli from the Record-Eagle tells the story of New Dehli natives [...]
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Annie Gallup in Glen Arbor
The Glen Arbor Art Association welcomes singer/songwriter Annie Gallup to the Studio Stage/Lake Street Studios (in case of rain, location is Glen Arbor Town Hall) this Wednesday (July 23) at 8 PM. Head over to the Glen Arbor Art Association web site or call 334-6112 for details!
Annie grew up in Michigan and taught herself to [...]
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For the rest of the summer Leelanau.com will go to a summer schedule. That means that some days we'll update the site and this blog and other days we won't.
We will of course continue to post our weekly email newsletter (sign up on our home page) and you can check events in the Leelanau Calendar [...]
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Sugar Loaf Resort Updates, Forum & News
Latest news on Sugar Loaf from the Leelanau Blog
Our News Archive has lots of stories about the fate of Sugar Loaf - click to view them! You can also read Leelanau Enterprise Sugar Loaf news.
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The Weather is now posted in the Leelanau Almanac!
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