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Go to the Elberta Heritage Center to see this incredible show, which will be up into the fall. Photo of THEE poster, taken by me at one of Ed Higgins’s favorite summer haunts, the Elberta post office.

Upcoming

Monday September 7 Labor Day

Tuesday September 8, 9 a.m. Frank Walterhouse Government Center. Board of Commissioners Meeting. 5:30 p.m. Community Building. Gilmore Township Board Meeting

Thursday September 10, 7 p.m. Anderson/Veterans/Tot Park. Parks & Recreation Meeting. 11:26 p.m. The sky. New moon.

Friday September 11–Monday September 14, 7:30 p.m. Garden Theater. Come From Away presented by the Benzie County Players. $20.

Saturday September 12, 10 a.m.–12 noon Rainbow Bend U.S. Forest Service Manistee River Access Site. Little River Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Natural Resources Department sturgeon release.

Monday September 14, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. Benzie Shores District Library. Writing the Constitution.

Thursday September 17, 5:30 p.m. Grow Benzie. Harvest in the Hoop House. $10. 7 p.m. Community Building. Regular Village Council Meeting.

Saturday September 19, 8 a.m.–10 a.m. BVT River Rd. boat launch at Adams Rd. Benzie Audubon Fall Bird Walk with president Doug Cook.

Sunday September 20 Frankfort and various road locations. Ironman.

Monday September 21, 6:30 p.m. Community Building. Special Meeting of the Planning Commission: Public Hearing on the Zoning Ordinance and Updated Zoning Map

Saturday September 26, 7 p.m. Benzie Area History Museum. Night at the Museum Fundraising Event

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