Leelanau County News and Latest Info
ELEANOR MILLER was honored Thursday, July 24, by the Genuine Leelanau Charitable Fund at a party picnic at the farm of Kim Creamer and Tim Murtaugh on Pobuda Road. Miller received a proclamation from the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners as the 2008 4-H leader of the year. She also received a check [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Genuine Leelanau Charitable Fund honors Miller”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/08/03/genuine-leelanau-charitable-fund-honors-miller/” });
BLAKE MIKESELL of Suttons Bay became an Eagle Scout this month during a Boy Scout Troop 33 ceremony in Traverse City. Mikesell’s community service project involved working with Saving Birds Through Habitat in Omena to improve wild bird habitat by clearing pond edges, transplanting marsh plant life, building new perches, and cleaning existing bird [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Mikesell Eagle Scout”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/08/03/mikesell-eagle-scout/” });
STAFF SGT. Matthew Leach is pictured talking with a boy and patrolling a street in Iraq with fellow soldiers as part of his current tour of duty. Leach, 26, and a 2001 graduate of Glen Lake High School, is stationed at Fort Bragg and is an MP with the 18th Airborne Corps headquarters who provides [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Matthew Leach in Iraq”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/08/03/matthew-leach-in-iraq/” });
FRIENDS of the Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library will sell six small quilts based on children’s books during a book sale being held in conjunction with the Suttons Bay Art Fair on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1-2. The quilt pictured, created for the Friends group by local quilter Sue Darnold, is based on The Snow [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Quilts to be sold at art fair”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/07/26/quilts-to-be-sold-at-art-fair/” });
MARSHA BUEHLER (left) and Allice Littlefield visit an auction table during Saturday's Promise Pledge Picnic at Marina Park in Northport. Between donations and sales of food, auction items and Northport Promise merchandise, more than $11,000 was raised. A net total isn’t yet available. Music was performed during the three-hour "old fashioned picnic" by North Bay [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “More than $11,000 raised at Saturday's Promise Pledge Picnic”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/07/12/more-than-11000-raised-at-saturdays-promise-pledge-picnic/” });
FORMER SUTTONS BAY golfers (from left) Max Evans, Drew Palmer and Nate Kelly were honored at the Traverse City Junior Golf Association 2008 Scholarship Tournament and Dinner at Traverse City Golf and Country Club Monday night. Evans was the recipient of the Brett Anable Memorial Scholarship and will be attending Ferris State as part of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Former Suttons Bay Golfers honored”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/07/05/former-suttons-bay-golfers-honored/” });
ABBIE CHRISTIANSEN (front row, left) and Sara Wiesen (front row, right) received $1,000 scholarship checks during the Prospector Club's dinner meeting at the Leland Lodge Thursday, June 26. The club also gave a scholarship to Sara McNew, who couldn't attend the dinner because she's in France participating in a student exchange program. All three students [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Prospector Club awards scholarships”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/07/04/prospector-club-awards-scholarships/” });
THE WINNERS of the second annual Leelanau Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing played June 11 celebrate their title last week. Pictured are Paul Bardenhagen, Pete Bardenhagen, Ron Novak and Don Both. The event was held at The Leelanau Club at Bahle Farms and included more than 90 golfers and 40 sponsors.
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OMENA NATIVE Heidi Hallett-Treece (left) displays the Mary Stanton Award that she recently received from Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan. The award was established in honor of Mary Stanton (right), who is also an Omena native, to annually recognize a person who personifies the spirit of Goodwill and its mission. Hallett-Treece is the owner of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Omena native Heidi Hallett-Treece receives award”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/06/10/omena-native-heidi-hallett-treece-receives-award/” });
Philanthropic and Educational Organization (PEO Sisterhood) members from Leelanau County last month attended the 89th annual convention of the Michigan chapter of the group at Saginaw Valley State University. They are (from left) Brenda Ehle, Connie Eisenhart, Mary Scott, Penny Gordon and Ginger Campbell. P.E.O. is an international organization for women.
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