Dan Lidster’s vision

June 26, 2010

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A few weeks ago Dan Lidster, who lives in Eastport and serves on the EMS ambulance crew, stood up at a Township meeting and got something off his chest. He’d been over to Lakeview Cemetery, and he thought the Veterans Memorial there was a disgrace.  It was so small no one knew it was there.  […]

2010 Torch Lake Township Visitors Guide available!

June 25, 2010

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The Torch Lake Township Economic Development Partnership (otherwise known as the Business Bunch) has published a new and improved version of our Visitors Guide.  There are lots of business listings and a nice crop of Attractions, too. There is a nice big map! I don’t see how you can go wrong. The Guide is at […]

A treeful of orchids and snow in June

June 24, 2010

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Katherine sent a lovely photo and wrote:  This is a very large tree with these beautiful flowers on it and I don’t know the name of it.  I thought maybe you would.  There are several around the Eastport area and I think they are just wonderful . . .  As it happens, I do know […]

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Signs you must be Up North

June 23, 2010

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I got home after a long day in what has already been a long week–and here it is only Wednesday night!–and Katherine had kindly painted the fence. She writes: Love people’s inventiveness (is that even a word?) I was turning around to go to a garage sale I missed when I saw this sign on […]

ArtRapids! on June 26

June 21, 2010

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The 5th annual ArtRapids! fair will fill Memorial Park in Elk Rapids with a feast for your eyes and ears this Saturday. The free juried show features 65 artists, creative activities for children, live music all day, and a demonstration of watercolor techniques by juror Chuck Forman. I don’t see how you can go wrong. […]

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First day of summer my hind foot

June 21, 2010

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Here it is the Summer Solstice and instead of a bright and breezy day on the Bay we have an overcast morning without any promise at all. I am grumpy. I want a refund. However, I will settle for cheering up, and it has arrived in my mailbox right on schedule. Our Babs has been […]

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