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Benzie Shores District Library needs of volunteers for the annual Friends of the Library booksale. Volunteers able to do heavy lifting are needed for setup on Friday, August 16, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Setup, sales, and clean-up volunteers are needed for various shifts on Saturday, August 17.
Culture Bluffs
Lakeside Shakespeare's last performance of the season, The Comedy of Errors, takes place tonight on Tank Hill at 7 pm. On July 5, Emily Votruba interviewed Janet La Rue Buck, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Amy Daniels Moehle, and Peter Dully, on the porch of the La Rue House Bed &
Breaking
Hey everyone, the Ann Arbor Railroad Retirees gather again, for the 28th year in a row, at the Blaine Township Hall on White Owl Road August 4, to celebrate their years of service in Elberta's unique industry. All are welcome (bring food!), and the Alert encourages younger and
Breaking
Tonight, July 29, at 7 pm, enjoy the rescheduled performance of The Comedy of Errors on Tank Hill. CoE was rained out on Friday the 26th. Rain also moved Sunday night's performance of CoE from Tank Hill to the Oliver Art Center. Fortunately, everyone seems to have kept
Culture Bluffs
By Vince Hancock & Gayle Crampton Co-Editors, ThreePinesGander.com Special to the Elberta AlertYou may have noticed a drop in temperature lately. That's because The Heat just closed at the Garden Theater. Good. From our bird's-eye perspective in Bear Lake, it's bad form to
Infrastructure and Planning
By Emily Votruba At a special meeting of the Planning Commission held last night at the old Elberta Library, in peaceful coexistence with the regularly scheduled Gilmore Township Planning Commission meeting, commission members voted to recommend that an occupancy requirement of a minimum of 200 square feet per person be
Culture Bluffs
The Alert will be presenting a series of essays written by local kids for the annual Bruce Catton Awards essay contest for ninth graders. Since Lakeside Shakespeare will give a preview performance of Romeo and Juliet tonight on Tank Hill, it seems fitting to begin with this essay by Brittanie
Agriculture
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Alert readers love the writing of our area kids. If you or someone you know has a story to tell, send it our way! elberta.alert@gmail.com.
Calendar
Thursday, August 1 – Story Hour with Miss Julie Friday, August 2, 10:00 a.m. – World of Lego, ages 5-12 Monday, August 5, 10:00 a.m. – Circle Time for Infants & Toddlers Tuesday, August 6, 10:00 a.m. – Young Artists, ages 6-14 Wednesday, August 7, 10:00 a.
Community Alert
This morning the Alert received the following from Josh Mills: [T]he City of Frankfort is soliciting dedicated members of the community to serve on the newly created Downtown Development Authority (DDA). Membership shall consist of business owners, business owner representative, property owner and/or resident of the DDA corridor.
Green Elbertians
By Cheryl Gross for Plant It Wild Plant It Wild invites you to a program on forest management to improve wildlife habitat July 24, 7 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, Frankfort. Eric Ellis, of the Conservation Resource Alliance, will be speaking on private sustainable forest management, planting native flora, invasive