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The Girl With the Perfect Memory

Just don’t be surprised. Say you’re with your family and some friends on the sun deck at Boonedocks. It’s a Tuesday night, and Emma Cook and the Goodboy! Band launch into a sexy version of “Summertime”. You are ready to order, and the pretty blond server is smiling and nodding as everyone takes a turn asking for the perch dinner, or the burger with bacon, or the maple-flavored pork sandwich. But she isn’t writing anything down. Don’t worry! It’s just Kasey Klumpp, the girl with the perfect memory.

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Kristin Hurlin’s illustrations appear in new book Michigan Fruit

Glen Arbor artist Kristin Hurlin’s illustrations appear in the new children’s book Michigan Fruit: An Artful Coloring & Activity Book (Artful Educators, 2011). Hurlin co-authored the book with Susan Briggs. Michigan Fruit is filled with history, lore, recipes and beautiful pictures to color, including thematic farmscapes of strawberries, cherries, blueberries, apricots, peaches, plums, pears, apples, grapes, favorite fruit recipes, and a map and list of Michigan fruit festivals.

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Glen Lake Woman’s Club holds 40th annual Art Fair

The Glen Lake Woman’s Club will hold its 40th annual Art Fair on Wednesday, July 20, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Town Hall. Profits from this annual fundraiser (over $10,000 raised each year) are given to the community in the form of scholarships. The Art Fair is always on the list of “things to do” and a meeting place for our summer visitors. As usual, the Fair will feature over 90 exhibitors in various media. Criteria for artists are originality, creativity, category and sales appeal.

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The Homestead Resort spreads Wings of Wonder

Guests and club members at The Homestead will be treated to a series of free nature-based programs this summer with “The Wonders of Raptors” by Rebecca Lessard of Wings of Wonder. The programs will be offered in the Camp Tamarack amphitheatre.

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Visualize Empire

Empire boasts a thriving public beach and two unique local festivals — Asparagus Festival in May and Anchor Day (this year on Saturday, July 16). But too often the cozy village fails to sustain crowds, and commerce. Business is booming at the colorful Miser’s Hoard and at hip Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak, but what should be done about the vacancies at the hardware store, or the old Taghon’s garage and schoolhouse on the corner of M-22 and M-72.

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Manitou Music Festival welcomes Mulebone, Michael on Fire and Will Pearsall & Michael Fracasso

Celebrating its 21st season in the beautiful Leelanau Peninsula, the Manitou Music Festival presents another lineup of exciting and diverse concerts featuring: jazz, classical, blues, folk, country, celtic, bluegrass and world music in some of Michigan’s most idyllic settings. The Festival showcases regionally and nationally known artists performing in Glen Arbor.

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Yes! You CAN surf on Lake Michigan

When Frank and Beryl Skrocki packed up their three tiny kids to start an unknown life up north, they never imagined their family would own and operate one of the only surf shops in Michigan just a few years later.

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Antiques return to Glen Arbor

Many years have passed since Glen Arbor had antiques and collectibles available in town. But they will be back for one day, Saturday, Jul 23, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at The Cottage Antique Market. Midwest dealers from Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa and Illinois will sell their antique and vintage goods in the Pine Patch at The Cottage Book Shop.

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Anchor Days needs floats

This Saturday 16, July 16, is the Anchor Days festival in Empire and Paul Skinner reports that floats are needed for the parade. The theme this year is “Whatever Goes”. Gather at Johnson Park at 1.30 p.m.

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Women power in Glen Arbor

They don’t wear their sparkly Wonder Woman suits out in public, or leap tall buildings in a single bound, but the members of southern Leelanau County’s two well-known service clubs are definitely community superheroes. Both the Glen Lake Woman’s Club (GLWC) and the Glen Arbor Women’s Club offer a warm welcome to new members who are seasonal or year-round residents, provide community fellowship and enjoyable social and civic activities that greatly enhance the quality of life for the people of the Glen Lake area as a whole.

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