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News for the Week of August 5th - August 11th, 2004
Sleeping Bear Dunegrass & Blues Festival [08.05.04]
The Sleeping Bear Dunegrass & Blues Festival will be held in Empire this Friday & Saturday, Aug (6 & 7). There's camping Friday night and a lineup that includes local favorites like Cabin Fever and guests including Greensky Bluegrass, Grasshoppah and the Jah Kings.
Visit the Dunegrass home page for more.
Conservancy Business Partner of the Year [08.06.04]
From the "shameless plug" department, Leelanau Communications, Inc. was named the 2004 Business Partner of the Year by the Leelanau Conservancy. They're a great organization that has accomplished wonderful things in Leelanau County and we're happy to be able to assist them!
Northport Red, White & the Blues Wine & Food Festival [08.09.04]
The Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce sponsors its annual food and wine festival this Saturday (Aug 14) from noon to 6 PM at Haserot Park (next to the marina in Northport). The event features live blues, great food, area wines and a winery gift store featuring goods from all the participating wineries.
Glen Lake Library Book Sale & Silent Auction [08.10.04]
The Glen Lake Community Library holds their annual book sale & silent auction of vintage books August 11th - 13th at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. It opens with a Preview Party on the 11th from 7-9 PM and continues Thursday & Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Power Outages: Our Own Darn Fault [08.11.04]
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that Monday's daylong power outage was the result of a pole carrying a primary electric distribution line breaking. A Consumers Power representative was quoted as saying "It is one of the problems they face on a peninsula...Because the lines run up one way, we don't have a lot of alternative ways to re-route and restore it during repairs". Read the story.
The Week's Weather Was...
... sunny & 70 [08.05.04]
... sunny & 70 [08.06.04]
... sunny & 70s (Sat & Sun) [08.07.04 &
08.08.04]
... heavy am rain & upper 70s (w/ daylong power outage) [08.09.04]
... mostly cloudy, rain & 60s [08.10.04]
... mostly cloudy, rain & 50s [08.11.04]
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