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Daily Archives: April 26th, 2007

St. Mary beats G-L, S-B for 'Classic' title

The umpire indicates the "out" sign after Glen Lake's Kyle Klumpp applied the tag to St. Mary runner Ryan Korson at second base in the Leelanau Classic Saturday.
If St. Mary were David — and some comparisons to the Biblical story seem appropriate — then Goliath was slain twice over the weekend.
Smaller St. Mary took on [...]

Lakers hold up well against bigger schools

Glen Lake showed that smaller schools can more than hold their own when going against larger track programs.
Laker track athletes posted several first-place finishes for the boys’ and girls’ teams at the Benzie Central Invitational last Thursday. The girls took third place out of nine teams, with Pine River the overall winner. The boys finished [...]

Asparagus Fest to host Empire bike race

The fourth annual Empire Asparagus Festival will have a new event this year: a bicycle road race within the village.
At its meeting Tuesday, the Empire Village Council unanimously approved a request from resident Derek Prechtl to close Beaver Creek Road on Saturday, May 20 for the duration of the inaugural Empire Asparagus Festival Criterium. Prechtl, [...]

143 inches is the charm

Pair win tiebreaker, share the top prize in snowfall contest
Snowfall in 2006-07 was a lot like the winter of 2005-06.
In fact, they were exact.
Both winters officially produced 143 inches of snow, as recorded at the county Road Commission’s Suttons Bay garage. Six entrants correctly guessed 143 inches in the Leelanau Enterprise snowfall contest, which ended [...]

Young anglers set for derby

The Kentucky Derby may attract a few more people, but how many of those horse fans go home with a catch of the day?
The Scott Brow Fishing Derby - set for Saturday in Northport, a full week ahead of the horse race -  has become a staple for children and their parents who have come [...]

Lakers win Classic

The second annual Leelanau Classic softball tournament was Glen Lake’s for the taking. And take it they did.

S-B posts top-3 track finishes

Suttons Bay’s boys’ and girls’ track teams competed at Manton Monday and Onekama Friday, and returned home with several individual champions and top-3 team finishes.

An 'alarming' drill: School lockdown

An armed gunman walks into the lobby of a local school with one goal in mind: to take lives. It’s becoming an all-too-familiar scenario nationwide.
County schools have plans in place to respond. Officers from the county Sheriff’s Department and Grand Traverse Band, in conjunction with the county office of Emergency Management, have also been preparing [...]

Book store in Northport plans writing workshop

Dog Ears book store in Northport will host a writing workshop Friday with author Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli.
The workshop, scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m., will be held at Dog Ears new location, 106 Waukazoo. The title of the workshop is “Let’s Talk Fiction Writing” and will feature Buzzelli, a published novelist and journalist who has [...]

Ferry service operator Shepler to give talk

Bill Shepler of Shepler's Ferry Service of Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island and St. Ignace will be the guest speaker at a seminar being held next month by the Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce.

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