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News for the Week of March 24th - March 30th, 2005
Spring Guide [Mar 24, 2005]
Check our Spring Guide for a bloom report (including cherry blossoms), coming events and links to seasonal information.
Gone Skiing [Mar 25 & 26, 2005]
...for two days at Searchmont in Ontario, Canada!!
Sugar Loaf Has a New Owner [Mar 28, 2005]
Last Friday (Mar 25), Kate Wickstrom closed on the purchase of Sugar Loaf Resort. She is planning a public meeting/celebration that will also be used to to begin the formation of a council to plan the future of the Resort. You can read more about it in the Leelanau Forum.
2006 County Budget Cuts Eyed [Mar 29, 2005]
The Leelanau Enterprise reports that $474,000 in possible cuts for the 2006 budget have been identified by a special committee of the county Board of Commissioners. The list of possible cuts includes the budgets of MSU Extension, Probate and Family courts, Equalization and Planning and animal control and recycling programs. Read Possible losers in budget in the Enterprise.
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Students to Create South Fox Light Exhibit [Mar 30, 2005]
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that students from Fife Lake Elementary and Northport Public School are the newest experts on the history of the South Fox Island Lighthouse. They've teamed up with a coalition set on saving the lighthouse to establish a new exhibit at Leelanau's Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum. This is a great article that features the memories of lightkeeper Doug McCormick. Read Keeping history alive in the Record-Eagle.
The Week's Weather Was...
... sunny & 40 [Mar 24, 2005]
... mostly sunny & 40s [Mar 25, 2005]
... sunny & upper 40s (Sat & Sun) [Mar 26, 2005 &
Mar 27, 2005]
... sunny & 50s [Mar 28, 2005]
... sunny & 60! [Mar 29, 2005]
... partly sunny & 60s w/ evening thunderstorms [Mar 30, 2005]
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