(Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump) Meg Howard was crowned 2012 National Cherry Queen.
Meg Howard
Meg Howard has been crowned National Cherry Queen at Friday's Queen's Coronation Ball at the Park Place Hotel.
Howard, a 2006 Traverse City West Senior High School graduate and current Northwestern Michigan College student, takes over for 2011-12 National Cherry Queen Jordan Blaker.
Betsy Graney made a triumphant return to the Cherry Festival on Saturday, winning the women’s Fifth-Third Golden Mile. Graney was timed in 4 minutes, 42.5 seconds. Notre Dame alum Daniel Clark captured the men’s Golden Mile in 3:58.5.
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Zach Ripley and Dan Kerr waged a two-man battle in the Meijer’s Cherry Festival 15K road race Saturday. In the end, Ripley won the sprint to the finish, edging Kerr by less than a second, 48:31.93 to 48:32.35.
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Kevin Cataldo initiated the challenge. Tommy Neal answered. Neal, a Colorado resident, won the Meijer’s Cherry Festival men’s 5K road race Saturday, finishing in 15:20.26. Cataldo, a former Suttons Bay standout, was second in 15:49.61.
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Relive the 2012 National Cherry Festival through the multitude of photos taking by the Record-Eagle.
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Tom Garrisi kept people talking during the National Cherry Festival's eight-day run. When the dust cleared, there wasn't much else to be said.
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It’s been a long week for Jennifer Hart and her daughters, but they wouldn’t have it any other way.
Continued ...Olympic Trial qualifiers Daniel Clark, Kelley Miller and Betsy Graney headline the field for today's Fifth-Third Golden Mile.
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Continued ...The National Cherry Festival Ultimate Air Dogs competition Friday, July 13, in Traverse City.
Continued ...The National Cherry Festival Kids Make and Bake takes place Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Open Space. The event, sponsored by the Grand Traverse Pie Company, benefits the Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center.
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This year’s cherry harvest offers a lesson in Economics 101: tight supply and high demand means buyers are paying a lot more for the region’s signature fruit.
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A bit unconventional, maybe, but tossing a tennis ball with a lacrosse stick prodded 7-year-old Emma into the pool.
Continued ...Today's National Cherry Festival schedule
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“The Cherry Connection” at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station in Leelanau County offers National Cherry Festival-goers a glimpse behind the midway and the downtown treats to the little red fruit behind it all.
Behind the scenes with the Cherry Festival perennial favorite, Gibby's Fries.
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To call Traverse City's Mike Tiberg a veteran runner at the Cherry Festival 15K might be a bit of an understatement.
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While generations of kids may have grown up with little red boxes of raisins, Sandra Umstead’s three children might very well not even know what a raisin is.
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Soon after Ross Deye helped launch the Sylvania Striders, a light went on.
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The standard food groups change as soon as you walk through the Open Space gates.
Continued ...Reporter Lisa Perkins said this recipe, which originally called for blueberries and pecans, is a favorite Cherry Festival treat.
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Matt Moritz remembers spending happy hours at the National Cherry Festival's Special Kids Day.
Continued ...Schedule of today's events at the National Cherry Festival:
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Kahiso Erickson scanned multiple maps near the Open Space, in hopes he could mark his home with a pin.
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The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians share their cultural heritage through dance and song.
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