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M-204 at the bridge in the Village of Lake Leelanau
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The sponsors on Pages 7-10 made recognition to National Cherry Month possible
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Natural Resource Education & Information Plant Sales Erosion Control Permits No-till Drill Rental Site Visits - Ag, Forestry, Wildlife Habitat Plant, Disease & Insect Identification Local Food Products & Animal Deterrents Invasive Plant Species Control
121 N St. Joseph Street P.O. Box 205 Lake Leelanau
Corner of M-204 & 641
2-7-13CS
Enjoy a taste of Leelanau!
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Lake Leelanau Office 116 E. Philip St. Lake Leelanau
WATER TREATMENT
If you are looking for Water Treatment Equipment with built in “Green Technology” that saves water and salt with each regeneration, then look no further.
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800-248-PURE (7873)
"Serving Traverse City & Leelanau areas for over 25 years"
ORTHPORT Building Supply NORTHPORT, MICHIGAN 49670 386-5231
“Michigan-made Artisan Foods”
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Locally Owned. Family Owned. Community Based. www.toms-foodmarkets.com
CHERRY STOP PRODUCTS
Your Full Service, Old Style Lumber Yard 40 years of professional service under the same ownership & management. www.NorthportBuildingSupply.com
There’s a reason we’ll never run out of trees. We put them back after we use them.
(231) 929-3990 • 800-286-7209 215 E. Front St. • Traverse City
LaCross Farms & Receiving Grower & Purchaser of Quality Fruits CEDAR
SUTTONS BAY
Your Friends in the Fruit Business TRY OUR TART CHERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE “Nature’s pain reliever” (800) (231)
271-3514
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Build responsibly. Use resources that are renewable. Try Wood. ost of the natural resources people rely on aren’t being replaced. In fact, they can’t be replaced. Fortunately, that’s not the case with trees. Lumber companies plant well over 100 million seedlings every year to replenish forests that provide products people need every day. Understanding that managing a resource as precious as trees isn’t just a business, it’s a responsibility. If you put things back, they’ll always be there when you need them.
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Cooperative We serve electricity to 5,000 members in Leelanau County with our 75 years of experience. Commitment to Community: Our 51 employees volunteer throughout the area.
486-9200 or 1-800-442-8616
WELL DRILLING
& CRANE SERVICE
Commercial • Agricultural Residential Irrigation Pump Sales & Service Well Repair
(231) 228-5678
Thursday, February 7, 2013
CHERRY C Eighty degrees is good for spring break, but not if you’re a cherry grower and you haven’t left Leelanau County. And so it was that the 2012 cherry crop — the one that was coming as stock was low and demand was growing — never came to be. Those in the cherry industry hung their heads for maybe a couple weeks or so while spring’s frosts gave way to summer’s warmth. Grieving ended quickly. Trees, bearing only leaves, needed to be sprayed.
Certified Contractor 233 E. Kasson Rd.
HOW MANY BAKED GOODS CAN WE PUT CHERRIES IN? Muffins Black Forest Cake Scones Cinnamon Rolls Cupcakes Cherry Pecan Bread Turnovers (Great with your Chicken Salad!) Cookies
Oh ~ and PIE!
BRAMER
Auto Supply, Inc. Retail • Wholesale New • Rebuilt
New • Used PARTS “Since 1951”
SUTTONS BAY 357 St. Mary’s
271-6665
(231) 839-8660 Toll free (877) 999-7888
TRAVERSE CITY
Corner of S. Airport & Cass Rd.
4363 South Morey Rd, Lake City, MI 49651
947-3830
www.voelkerimplement.com
Our Best. Chimoski Bakery of Suttons Bay 108 W. Broadway St., Next to the Post Office
231-271-2207
When your insurance needs to work for you.
Expect it.
New Cherry Tanks • Powdercoating Re-Conditioning Used Tanks Repair Service • Custom Built Forks
www.chimoskibakery.com
CHIMOSKI FARMS OF SUTTONS BAY ■
9954 North Long Lake Rd. • Traverse City Ph. (231) 947-6557 • Fx. (231) 947-5152
www.bonek.com
Leelanau County is one of the largest tart cherry processing counties in the state. Northwest Michigan produces almost half of the U.S. supply of tart cherries year after year. Over the past fi ve years the cherry industry has been working hard to re-create the image of tart cherries as today’s hottest new Superfruit. After years of investing in health benefit research, today it’s clear that cherries have powerful antiinflammatory properties that are all natural and good for you.
Offering Services In • Plant Protection Products • Fertilizer • Seed • Scouting
More importantly cherries are part of the fabric of Leelanau County. From blossom time (around Mother’s Day) to harvest (July) growers work hard to cultivate and grow their crop. Their goal… to deliver to you the very best fruit they can – packed with Antioxidants and Anthocyanins for good health. For more information on the health benefits of tart cherries and some great recipes check out our website www.choosecherries.com and don’t forget to eat your cherries today! Special thanks to Leelanau Enterprise for their Salute to Cherries!
Brian Wernstrom, Terry Schulz, Tiffany Steimel, Leo Skowronski, Art Eggler, Helen Inman, Steve Merchant, Aaron Spinniken, Bill Calhoun
Serving six counties in Northwest Michigan
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271-6216
231-271-3623
231.938.2811
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COMEBACK Great expectations moved to great consternation as shakers saw little light. Temporary fixes patched together family budgets for another year. While the cherry crop was lost, cherry trees are healthy and stand ready to deliver a new crop this summer. Hopefully a bumper crop — something the industry has not sought in many, many years. The stars have moved little in the last year, and remain aligned in favor of the cherry industry. Cherries, in our humble opinion, are the healthiest fruit among a bushel full that seek the title.
Honor, Frankfort & Onekama Building Supply Your Exclusive Design Sales Center for all your pole building needs. POLE BUILDINGS ARE A NATURAL FOR USE ON THE FARM, THE RANCH, OR ORCHARD. FOR LIVESTOCK HOUSING..STORAGE FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT, FEED, OR CROPS. Bring your ideas to Honor, Onekama, or Frankfort Building Supply and their experts will put together a plan and give you a quote. It’s not too early to get that pole building project started.
The other fruits can’t have it. The cherry industry is poised for a comeback.
Send Receiving Station Proudly serving area growers Jeff & Nita Send
271-3282 or 642-1900 2866 S. Lee Point Rd. Suttons Bay
Honor, Onekama, Frankfort Building Supply can provide you with the right material for your project and even work with a well known, local contractor from planning to project completion.
Riske, Brown & Associates Specializing in Group Health, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability Benefits for Businesses
Dotty Brown Serving the community for 27 years
231-271-4040 ext. 103 or 1-800-523-2006 5046 S. West Bay Shore Drive, Ste. D • Suttons Bay
Honor, Onekama, Frankfort Building Supply..Providing agriculture what they need, when they need it at the best price possible.
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Supporting Our Cherry Growers Contact Cory Dean 1645 S. Airport Rd. Traverse City, MI 49686-4707
231-947-8480
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231 271 2990
Member FDIC Equal Housing Lender
Located in the Hansen Plaza, Suttons Bay
Need Posts and Wire?
Blarney Castle is a three-generation family business serving Northern Michigan families for more than 75 years. We are dedicated to providing honest, friendly, and consistent service to our customers.
We peel our own posts. They are kiln dried before pressure treating and have a Lifetime Warranty.
We have 7’ to 22’ posts in stock, diameters range from 3” to 8”. All types of woven and smooth wire for fence and trellis available. Truckload pricing available upon request.
Call
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PRODUCTS Propane, Fuel Oil, Bulk Fuels, and Lubricants
Serving Growers in Northwest Michigan since 1939
Proudly providing services to agricultural, residential, industrial, and commercial customers.
Quality service & products for local farmers for over 75 years
For local, reliable service call
231.947.5085
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Alpers Tree Sales
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Louis Gelder & Sons Company 1769 Dewey Ave. Benton Harbor, MI 49022
If it grows fruit We sell it
Jean M. Alpers and Chris Alpers 231 • 271 • 4030 cell 231 • 633 • 8358 E-mail: alperstree@aol.com Suttons Bay
Runge Industries
271-3855
Mortgage Loan Officer (231) 271-1759 kharing@nwbank.com Apply online at nwbank.com
www.gelder-eq.com bruce@gelder-eq.com
Member FDIC
Since 1910
Cherry Bay Orchards, Inc.
Chemical Sales 7661 E. Horn Rd. Lake Leelanau
Karol Haring
NMLS 675723
Bruce Gelder 269-934-9900 Ext 16 269-934-9910 Fax 269-921-4577 Mobile 800-426-3276
Just call Karol!
Michelle’s Miracle, Inc. MICHELLE’S MIRACLE TART CHERRY DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS Discover the power of tart cherries! Tart Montmorency Cherry Concentrate:
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Suttons Bay
www.MichellesMiracle.com
271-8278
1-800-939-3199
Financing your
Productive Future.
• Consulting • Full Line of Orchard Chemistry • Soil and Leaf Analysis • Orchard Supplies • Animal Health & Feed • Custom Blending of Crop Nutrients • 28% Liquid Nitrogen • Spreaders and Tender Units with Delivery Service • Custom Applied Fumigation Matt Lyons ............. Crop Consultant Kevin Herman ......... Crop Consultant Jason Jablon .......... Crop Consultant Derrek Kulpa........... Crop Consultant Jim Lautner ........... Office Supervisor Mark Denslow .. Operations Supervisor Chem/Fert Coordinator Gary Schaub ....Chem/Fert Jeff Layman.. Sales/Operations Manager
• Equipment Loans • Tax & Accounting Services • Leasing Services • Crop Insurance • Operating Loans
Traverse City • 231-946-5710 www.greenstonefcs.com
Northern Building Supply
We supply Crushed Stone • Washed Stone • Road Gravel Washed Sand • Agricultural Lime • Rip Rap to the Leelanau, Benzie, and Grand Traverse Area. We deliver for large and small projects. www.kassonsandandgravel.com 10282 S. Pierce Rd. Maple City, MI 49664
231-228-5455
STALLMAN CHEMICALS
Salutes our
Leelanau County farmers! 1480 S. West Bay Shore Dr., Suttons Bay www.northernbuildingsupply.com
271-0010
Stone, Lime and Sand
Suppliers of Fertilizers & Orchard Chemicals Suttons Bay
271-3473
(231) 946-5836 6766 E. Traverse Highway (M-72 west) Traverse City
Specializing in fertilizers, Fruit & Vegetable Sprays BEAR LAKE WAREHOUSE 1-800-468-6641
Distributors PAUL MALLON (231) 930-7122
AL CLARKE (231) 510-4161
STACIE NELSON (231) 590-3691