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Sailplanes on the Frankfort Beach

July 27, 2007 – 2:07 pm

previously appeared on Michigan in Pictures
Sailplanes on the Frankfort Beach

This photo shows a sailplane being winch-launched from the beach near Frankfort in the 1930s. It is one of many photos that appears in Soaring and Gliding: The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area by Jeffery P. Sandman and Peter R. Sandman. The 127 page, oversized softcover uses archival photographs from the 1920s to the present day along with brief text passages to tell the story of the rise of the Sleeping Bear Dunes area in northwest Michigan as a soaring and gliding mecca.

Reprinted with permission from Soaring and Gliding: The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area by Jeffery P. Sandman and Peter R. Sandman. Available from the publisher online at www.arcadiapublishing.com or by calling 888-313-2665.

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Elberta Farmers Market

July 26, 2007 – 12:26 pm

Every Thursday delicious fresh local produce can be found at the Elberta Farmers Market, at the Elberta Marina Pavilion Park, M-22 and M-168. Stock up on preserves, fresh veggies and fruit, locally made products, and much more. The Farmers Market is open from 7:30 a.m. until noon from August 2nd until August 30th. From September 6th to October 18th the market is open from 9 a.m. until noon.

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July 4, 2007 – 9:05 pm

Frankfort Harbor Entry by Ken Lakebetsiebay.net is designed to help you get more out of visiting or living in the area from Frankfort to Manistee to Empire to Traverse City – and maybe further.

We like things like music, art, books, food, the wide-open outdoors and all it offers in every season  We’re interested in the growth in our area and work that’s being done to channel it into a force that makes our lives better and preserves what we love about the area. We want to learn how folks are making their living, be it on the cutting edge or in the same trades as their grandparents.

In short, we’re interesting in living in the place we love and making it better for those who are here now and who come after us.

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