Calendar

09/16/2010 (Thursday)
7:00 p.m.

Monthly Program
at the Historic Elk Rapids Township Hall, 401 River Street (across from the tennis courts)

Program:	"Lighthouses of the Grand Traverse Region"

Presenter:	Stef Staley, Executive Director, Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum
	Our new sound system will increase your listening pleasure!

Join Grand Traverse Lighthouse, Executive Director Stef Staley for a presentation about Lighthouses of the Grand Traverse Region. Sailors and their vessels have plied the Grand Traverse area for centuries relying on lighthouses to guide them safely through the trecherous shoals and shallow areas of the Lake Michigan shoreline. Lighthouses, shipping and shipwrecks are an important part of our local maritime history. Highlights of the program will include Grand Traverse Light, Mission Pt. Light, South Manitou Island Light, North Manitou Shoal Crib Light, North Manitou Island Light, Charlevoix Light, and South Fox Island Light and their direct impact on the local community. Shipwrecks surrounding these lighthouses will also be an intregal part of this presentation.

Admission Fee:	$5.00 donation for adults, $2.00 donation for students (under age 18) is requested at the door for these programs. Children are free. All proceeds benefit the Elk Rapids Area Historical Society.

10/21/2010 (Thursday)

Potluck Dinner, Annual Meeting & Program
at the Historic Elk Rapids Township Hall, 401 River Street (across from the tennis courts)

6:00 p.m., Potluck Dinner followed by a brief Annual Meeting.
7:00 p.m., GLENN NEUMANN presents the monthly program:

	"Curtain Call"
	Our new sound system will increase your listening pleasure!

This program is a PowerPoint presentation that features many old photos and the history of the businesses on the scenic stage curtain in the Historic Elk Rapids Township Hall. Neumann is locally known for his many amusing anecdotes. He has written about and lectured extensively on several topics. Glenn always brings the subject to life with a delightful style.

Admission Fee:	If coming for dinner, annual meeting and program: just bring a dish to pass! If coming for the program only: A $5.00 donation for adults, $2.00 donation for students is requested at the door.

11/11/2010 (Thursday)
7:00 p.m.

Monthly Program
at the Historic Elk Rapids Township Hall, 401 River Street (across from the tennis courts)

Program:	"An Ecological History of Grand Traverse Bay"

Presenter:	Tom Kelly, Inland Seas Education Association
	Our new sound system will increase your listening pleasure!

An Ecological History of Grand Traverse Bay is a program that tells the story of the changing environment of the Grand Traverse Bay region, from the glaciers to the present day. There are many stories to be told, from the immense continental glaciers of the late Pleistocene to the tiny zebra mussels and other invader species that have transformed the Bay in the last few decades. The effects of lumbering, fishing, damming, farming and urbanization are included, as is a peak through the curtain into the future ecology of the Bay.

Admission Fee:	$5.00 donation for adults, $2.00 donation for students (under age 18) is requested at the door for these programs. Children are free. All proceeds benefit the Elk Rapids Area Historical Society.