Traverse City Record-Eagle

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July 23, 2012

Cheers: 07/23/2012

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  • To the Michigan Natural Resources Land Trust Fund for awarding $6 million in grants to northwestern Lower Michigan recreation and land preservation projects. Among them: $2.9 million to Leland Township to help purchase the 104-acre Clay Cliffs between Lake Michigan and North Lake Leelanau; $862,500 to Acme Township's Waterfront Park Project to acquire about 337 feet of frontage along East Grand Traverse Bay; and $300,000 to the Historic Barns and Botanical Garden project at the Grand Traverse Commons.
  • To the more than dozen volunteers from the Northwest Michigan Engine and Thresher Club who removed 2,000 feet of mini-train track and signs from Clinch Park in preparation for the train's move to The Buckley Old Engine Show grounds. The club hopes to have the move completed and the train on display in time for the Aug. 16-19 engine show.
  • To TART Trails for its ribbon cutting Friday to celebrate the paving of the final stretch of the Leelanau Trail between Lakeview Hills and Revold Road.
  • To the Northern Chapter Harley Owners Group for their 20th annual Ride for Father Fred fund raiser Sunday. Proceeds go to the Father Fred Foundation's back-to-school program.
  • To the Inland Seas Education Association and its executive director, Tom Kelly, for bringing back the Classic Boat Show to the nonprofit's education center in Suttons Bay after an eight-year hiatus. This year's event honored the memory of Mark Pleune, the Classic Boat Show co-founder who died in April. ISEA was founded by Kelly in 1989. Its schoolship draws 4,000 students a year from around the region, state and Midwest. The show was an annual gathering for 25 years until 2004.
  • To the League of Women Voters Grand Traverse Area for the public forum it will host Wednesday for the four non-partisan candidates vying for probate judge in Grand Traverse County in the Aug. 7 primary. The forum is schedule from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the McGuire Community Room of the Traverse Area District Library at 610 Woodmere Avenue.
  • To Omena on its 160th birthday celebration Saturday sponsored by the village's historical society and its preservation association. The festivities were to include an all-day yard sale, a parade, games and live and silent auctions.
  • To Omena, a woof, meow and a neigh for adding mirth to this year's election season. Its light-hearted mayor's election Friday pitted 19 pets — dogs, cats and two horses — all vying to be mayor. A $1 donation equaled one vote. Results were scheduled to be announced at Saturday's 160th birthday celebration. Three-year incumbent Tucker Joyce, 10, a laid-back golden retriever, decided not to run.

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