Tues
Today's National Cherry Festival schedule
9 a.m.
Heritage Day. Native American arts, crafts and traditional foods on display and for sale. A look back in history of the Grand Traverse Region. Visit the festival open space for the Native American Pow Wow; grand entry is at noon. Festival Open Space Park West at Grandview Parkway and Union Street.
9 a.m.
Million Dollar Hole-In-One Golf Contest. Bay Meadows Golf Course; 5550 Bay Meadows Drive.
10 a.m.
Cherry Classic Film Series screening "Some Like It Hot." Traverse City State Theatre - 233 E. Front Street. Free admission.
10 a.m.
Cherry Connection: Bringing Together Festival, Farm, and Fruit. Visit a research farm and orchard in Leelanau County for guided tours, exhibits, cherry product samples, petting zoo, hands-on experiments, kids poster coloring contest and other activities. Michigan State University Horticultural Research Station; 6686 S. Center Highway in Leelanau County.
10 a.m.
Kids' Pet Show. Registration from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Entries are open to live pets, and categories include ugliest mutt, best-dressed pet, most unusual pet, fat cat, pet and owner look alike and best-dressed ensemble. Event open to kids 5 to 10 years old. Animals must be under control by the participant. No fee required. F&M Park at Railroad and Washington streets.
11 a.m.
"A Walk Through Festival History" Gallery Exhibit & Festival Vintage Films. InsideOut Gallery, 229 Garland Street
11:30 a.m.
Heritage Day Old Fashion Picnic. A picnic will be served from 11:30 am to 1:30 p.m. Features favorite games such as a potato sack race, cherries on a spoon race, tug-of-war and more. Hannah Park; Corner of Sixth and Union Streets.
Noon
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians Pow Wow. Festival Open Space Park North at Grandview Parkway and Union Street
1 p.m.
Kids' Cherry Pie Eating Contest. Register at F&M Park starting at 12:30pm. F&M Park at Railroad and Washington Streets; 201 Railroad Ave.
1:30 p.m.
Cherry Industry Program and Awards. Michigan State University Northwestern Michigan Horticultural Research Station, 6686 S. Center Highway.
7 p.m.
Detroit Red Wing Development Camp - Cherry Scrimmage. Watch Detroit Red Wing prospects in their "Cherry" Scrimmage! For more details, click here or contact Centre ICE at (231) 933-7465.
7 p.m.
Seniors Pinochle Tournament. No reservations necessary. Must be 50 and older. Door prizes and more. Traverse City Senior Center, Front and Barlow Streets
8 p.m.
HEAT!! Teen Event. The event will last from 8-11 p.m. near the volleyball courts. Entertainment features music through Northern D.J. Connection, and a hands-on opportunity to participate in firefighter agility tests and driving simulators, home escape obstacle course, and a "distracted driving" simulator. Attendees must be between the ages of 16 to 20. Admission is free.
8 p.m.
Lay's Cherry Blast Free Stage - LoCash Cowboys. Open Space Park Central, corner of Grandview Parkway and Union Streets.
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Today at the Cherry Festival: 07/10/2012
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Traverse City schools officials prepare for bond
Traverse City Area Public Schools officials said they’ve learned from last year’s failed bond campaign and hear loud-and-clear what voters want in a 2013 capital improvement project proposal.
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Utility cuts trees beyond easements, property owners say
Lynn Tilson is trying to save 374 of her red pines from the chainsaw. Michigan Electric Transmission Company marked the trees for removal, beyond the 50-foot easement Tilson believes the utility has on either side of its power lines.
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Conservancy offers farmers a shorter-term option for land
For the last 30 summers, Dennis and Barb Dean traveled from their Alaska home to tend to their sweet and tart cherry orchards in Williamsburg.
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Elk Rapids now has authorized baccalaureate school
Elk Rapids Middle School is being recognized for adopting a world-renowned education style, and other local districts are prepared to follow suit, thanks in part to a $3 million Kellogg Foundation grant.
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BATA bus struck during three-vehicle accident
A Bay Area Transportation Agency bus was damaged in a three-vehicle collision at the intersection of Three Mile and Hammond Road.
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Benzie County home destroyed in fire
Benzonia Township Fire Department Chief John Hanmer said units responded to the fire on Thursday at about 11 a.m. He said no one was inside the Cook Road home and the occupants were at work.
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Eligibility issues cut short TC St. Francis baseball season
St. Francis High School’s baseball team’s season prematurely ended.
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Memorial Day-related services in Traverse City region
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FINAL: Evansville 4, Beach Bums 1
Evansville completed a doubleheader sweep of the Traverse City Beach Bums by winning the nightcap 4-1 at Wuerfel Park tonight.
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Prep sports scoreboard: 05/23/2013
A roundup of high school sports results from across northern Michigan:
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FINAL: Evansville 6, Beach Bums 5
The Beach Bums' comeback bid fell just short in game one of a doubleheader today against Evansville, as the Otters won 6-5 in seven innings.
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Accused stalker faces more charges
A Grawn man who already is facing stalking charges is accused of breaking into the home of the female victim and attempting to take her dog.
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END 4TH: Evansville 6, Beach Bums 1
Evansville scored four runs in the top of the fourth inning to give itself a 6-1 lead over the Traverse City Beach Bums in game one of a doubleheader today at Wuerfel Park.
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Victory for medical marijuana patients
Medical marijuana patients and advocates scored a victory after the state’s top court issued a decision on a long-running Grand Traverse County case.
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Parking lot argument chills Bardon's
Robin Bisel and Jean Cline licked ice cream cones at Bardon’s Wonder Freeze off Front Street and wondered how they’d maneuver through traffic when finished with their treats.
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Presidential Scholar has struggled with illness
Nicole “Niki” Tubacki doesn't remember much about her early childhood except for swinging outside in the sun.
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Man said to trade drugs for sex
A man arrested in Leelanau County for violating probation is accused of trading drugs for sexual favors with young women in Missaukee County.
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Car crashes into rocks near house
A Glen Arbor woman told deputies she fell asleep before she ran a stop sign and crashed her vehicle into a row of boulders near an Empire Township home.
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Local educators honored
The Outstanding Educator Award, sponsored by the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District, the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce and TBA Credit Union, is given annually to a handful of public, private and parochial educators in the Grand Traverse region.
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Man enters guilty plea in assault
A man accused of beating his live-in girlfriend in East Bay Township pleaded guilty to assault charges.
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Memorial Day-related services in Traverse City region
Memorial Day-related services and programs in the Traverse City region:
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Clearing the Record: 05/23/2013
Because of a clerk’s error, an incorrect address was listed in a news brief in the Sunday Record-Eagle.
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Beach Bums rained out
Tonight's Traverse City Beach Bums vs. Evansville Otters Frontier League baseball game has been postponed due to rainy weather.
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Traverse City steps up parking enforcement
Barb Meredith recently had an expensive downtown Traverse City breakfast, but not from anything on the restaurant’s menu.
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Snyder, GOP lawmakers agree to budget targets
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders of the GOP majority in the Legislature reached a budget agreement Tuesday for next fiscal year that doesn’t include an expansion of government health insurance for low income-adults and puts Michigan’s unexpected surplus toward funding roads and K-12 education.
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