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Experience Port Oneida Fair, Aug. 12-13

Step back in time to 1916 during this year’s Port Oneida Fair to help celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service. History comes alive at six historic sites during the annual Fair at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to the many popular demonstrations, animals, and exhibits, the Fair will feature a chicken dinner on Friday, Aug. 12, and end with solar viewing and an astronomy party on Saturday night, Aug. 13. This two-day special event is free. Discover the new presentations and activities for 2016 throughout the Fair. Participants need only purchase the Park Entrance Pass or have an Annual Pass displayed in their vehicle to join in the fun.

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Authentic M-22 sign auctioned live at Library Preview Party

An official M-22 highway road sign will help the Friends of the Glen Lake Community Library raise funds for the Library at the Wednesday, Aug. 10 Preview Party at the Glen Arbor Township Hall beginning at 7 p.m. The sign will be one of many other items included in the Live Auction that starts at 7:30 p.m. An original Celeste Crouch watercolor, as well as first edition books and author-signed books with Michigan significance, will also be auctioned.

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A Sleeping Bear tour for everyone

By foot or by paddle? With new kayaking tours by All About Water and hiking and biking options hosted by sbd Tours, anyone with a will to work for their wonderful view of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore can have their pick of adventures.

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Port Oneida Heritage Run returns Aug. 6

From staff reports Run or walk to support the preservation of farms and other historic structures in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear will host its seventh annual Port Oneida Heritage Run on Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Charles and Hattie Olsen Farm, located at 3164 W Harbor Hwy (M-22) in […]

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Before and After the Storm (a photo essay)

This photo essay looks back at the devastation caused by the storm on Aug. 2, 2015, that ravaged Glen Arbor and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and where we are today.

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Memories of the Storm

I found out about the storm from the owners of the cabin that my wife and I had reserved for the end of August. Our Central Ohio media hadn’t picked up on this news, so I went to the Internet to see what was up. The photos were dramatic, but I figured that it was limited to a small area, nothing that would keep us from making the trip.

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One year after the storm

Leelanau County residents and those visiting our shores a year ago definitely know where they were when the storm hit. Where they took shelter, what they saw, and how they helped others in the minutes, hours and days after the megastorm pummeled Glen Arbor and the Sleeping Bear Dunes minutes after 4 p.m. last August 2 is now part of our personal narrative.

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Storm Art

What happens to the urge to make art about the landscape when the landscape changes dramatically? When the natural world brings about a storm that uproots old trees and rearranges them into insurmountable tangles? Or, paints the sky in eerie hues of green and black? Or, throws a spanner into the picture-worthy perfection depicted on so many canvases?

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Leelanau Conservancy holds picnic, silent auction Aug. 4

The Leelanau Conservancy welcomes everyone to attend its annual Friends Picnic and Auction on Thursday, Aug. 4. The event will be held at the Kalchik-Newton Farm overlooking the Manitou Islands, located along Jelinek Road in Leelanau Township.

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Northern Home + Table Show returns

Center Gallery hosts the inaugural Northern Home + Table Show Aug. 5-11 at the gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. A reception to open this group show is Aug. 5, 6-8 p.m.

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