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National Coho Festival

August 20, 2008 – 10:20 am

The National Coho Festival, held in Honor, runs this Thursday-Sunday (Aug 21-24, 2008). The festival features a wide variety of entertainment, food & drink, kids events like a rubber duck race and games, contests and of course the parade at 2 PM on Saturday. Much more at the link below!

The National Coho Festival web site explains that Coho Salmon were introduced to the state of Michigan in April, 1966 with the first planting from the Platte River Fish Hatchery, located just east of Honor.

Three local men soon developed the idea of having a festival to promote the Coho Salmon and Benzie County. The first festival was held October 7 -15, 1967…

The second festival was held in September of 1968 and was considered a great success. By this time the National Coho Salmon Festival, Inc. was an official organization. In 1968, the first National Coho Queen, Claudia Eberly, was selected.

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Blocking The View

August 18, 2008 – 7:50 pm

Blocking The View, photo by jbnuthatch.

jbnuthatch writes Channel marker base on the northern stub pier of Frankfort Harbor. The channel is the entrance into Betsie Bay - a.k.a. Lake Betsie

Sorry posting has been light this month - too much fun stuff to do outside!
Speaking of lighthouses, if you haven't already, take a look at The Town Between Two Lighthouses video!

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Tribute to Gwen Frostic

August 4, 2008 – 8:35 pm

A very well produced short film by Steve Palackdharry, narrated by Huel Perkins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH23Sqb3Rvo

He writes:

A short tribute film on Gwen Frostic, the legendary Michigan artist who died on April 25, 2001 - the day before her 95th birthday. Frostic was owner and president of a multi-million publishing company in Benzonia, Michigan. As a child, she contracted polio and it affected her walk and her speech. But it never affected her ability to create intricate designs faithful to nature. She continued to work until days before died. The interview with Frostic that I did for this film was done six months before her death.

Visit Steve Palackdharry's website for more about his work and Gwen Frostic Prints for more about this Benzie legend and her work.

You can also see the presses in action in this video.

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Otter Creek aka Esch Road Beach

July 11, 2008 – 7:33 am

Empire Bluff from Esch Road (Otter Creek) , photo by jsorbieus.

For my money, one of the world's best beaches is Otter Creek in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The park calls it Esch Road Beach and it's the site of the former logging village of Aral. (we'll tell you the story of Aral someday).

The photo is part of Jim's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore set (slideshow) and like all his photos, it's available "biggie-sized" to grace your desktop!

Here's Otter Creek/Esch Rd Beach on the betsiebay.net map!

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Green Cuisine in Honor

July 7, 2008 – 8:10 am

On Wednesday, July 16th from 5-8 PM, the 3rd annual Green Cuisine takes place at Food for Thought (10704 Oviatt Rd in Honor). Green Cuisine features wine from a number of the wineries of the Old Mission and Leelanau Peninsulas along with food from some of the region's artisan food producers. Wine, chocolate, hummus, breads, cheeses, pastries, fresh fruits and more will be available foryour culinary delight. This year Shorts Brewery will even make the trip from Bellaire!

One of the neatest things about this event is that it's a "zero-waste" event. Organizers Tim & Kathy Young set a goal to have all the waste generated from the event to be either reusable, recyclable or compostable. It's been such a sucess that 800 attendees last year generated less than one ounce of waste!

Another great bonus is that the amazingly talented Seth Bernard & Daisy May Erlewine will be performing. Get all the details by calling 231-326-5444 or visiting foodforthought.net.

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Josh White Jr. at the Betsie Bay Inn

July 1, 2008 – 7:01 am

On Friday July 11th the Betsie Bay Inn & Restaurant in Frankfort will host Josh White Jr. from 8-10 PM. Josh is the son of legendary folk & blues player Josh White and a fantastic musician in his own right. If you can, you should go. Visit their site or call the Betsie Bay Inn at (231) 352-8090 for details!

Here's a video of Josh playing a little song high above the Michigan countryside with fellow guitarist Mike Ball and pilot Scott Lorenz of Westwind Balloon Company:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2vCCc1Kr6w

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The Betsie Valley Trail in Benzie County

June 30, 2008 – 11:07 am

The Betsie Valley Trail is a 22 mile long, hard surfaced trail. The asphalt portion is six miles long and goes from Frankfort, through Elberta, along Crystal Lake to Beulah - perfect for biking, rollerblading and walking. From Beulah to Thompsonville the trail cuts through woods and farms. This portion is 13 miles long and is a compacted aggregate surface that is great for mountain biking and all kinds of pedestrian uses (it's. Friends of the Betsie Valley Trail's great trail tour page (with photos) begins:

The Betsie Valley Trail is built on the bed of the former Ann Arbor Railroad, which carried freight and passengers from Toledo through Ann Arbor, Owosso, Cadillac, Thompsonville and Beulah to Frankfort and Elberta. From 1892 until 1982 the freight cars were carried across Lake Michigan on car ferries to Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Passenger service was discontinued in 1951 and freight service in 1985. The railroad was abandoned in 1994 and, in 1998, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) bought the rail corridor. Benzie County and the Friends of the Betsie Valley Trail have been working with the DNR since 1992 to build the Trail.

You can even ride the trail one way if you make reservations with the Benzie Bus service who will take you, your friends and bikes to any spot on the trail for $2 ($1 for seniors). For info and reservations call 231-325-3000 or visit BenzieBus.com. Here's the Betsie Valley Trail map and you can also check it out on the betsiebay.net map!

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Frankfort's Garden Theater - reopening July 5, 2008 (or so)

June 25, 2008 – 10:41 pm

garden opening, photo by kenlake

The Garden Theater is under new ownership and said to be opening July 5th!

From the Garden Theater web site:

The Garden Theater located in downtown Frankfort Michigan was
built in 1924 and with a few small exceptions has been in continuous
operation since that time. In June this year, The Garden was
purchased by a group of community members with the intent of
renovating the building. The new ownership will continue to show
first run movies and also hopes to expand with independent films,
foreign cinema, live theater and live music.

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Come to Vacationland … and the Elberta Summer Solstice Festival!

June 13, 2008 – 7:49 am

The Elberta Summer Solstice Festival takes place next Saturday (June 21st, 2008) from 2 PM - Midnight at Elberta Waterfront Park

Activities start at 2pm and include local food vendors, kids games, pony rides, bull-train. The beer tent is open from 4pm-Midnight and features brews from Shorts Brewery of Bellaire and music by "Rusty Blaides".

You can check out Waterfront Park on our betsiebay.net map and listen to some music from Rusty Blaides at their MySpace.

About the photo: Joy took this photo titled "~Vacationland" at Elberta's Trick Dog Gallery.