10:53 AM Aug 8, 2011
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Fireworks cap off a ‘glorious week’ for Coast Guard Festival

Despite rain on Tuesday and during the morning on Saturday, organizers of the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival said this year's event was a success. "Everything went as planned with the exception of the weather, but you can't control that,' Mike Smith, Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival executive director, said. Smith said the threat of rain and thunderstorms caused them to cancel some of the opening night events on Tuesday, but they were able to be rescheduled.
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8:01 AM Aug 8, 2011

Today's forecast

Today: Patchy fog before 10 a.m. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. North northwest wind around 6 mph. Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. West wind between 7 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
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7:20 AM Aug 9, 2011
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Rain doesn’t stop festival's big Saturday

The unexpected rain showers Saturday morning that lasted into the early afternoon didn't stop the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival Grand Parade. But the TV meteorologists that braved the parade route got their fair share of heckling from the wet crowd. "On target? Not so much today!' Grand Haven resident Belinda Clark shouted to the WZZM-TV "On Target Weather' van as it passed her on Seventh Street at Pennoyer Avenue.
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6:00 AM Aug 6, 2011

Weekend forecast

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. East northeast wind between 3 and 5 mph. Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. North northwest wind between 3 and 8 mph. Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Light wind becoming south southwest between 13 and 16 mph. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
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1:30 PM Aug 6, 2011

Susan Picking to perform in Grand Haven on Tuesday

Singer-songwriter Susan Leigh Picking, a former Grand Haven resident, will be performing at the "Tuesdays in the Park Series' on Aug. 9. Picking, and her accompanists Kaja Lill and Johnathon Swainston, will be performing from 7-8:30 p.m. at Grand Haven's Central Park. The concert is part of Picking's concert tour to promote her new CD, "Wonder in the Wonder,' which will be released later this month.
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12:00 PM Aug 6, 2011

Loutit District Library’s Pirate Festival begins Monday

The fifth annual Michigan Pirate Festival will be centered at Loutit District Library next week. The festival features a loud blast on the first day as black powder specialist Tony Osterberg fires a time-period cannon and small arms in Grand Haven's Central Park at 6 p.m. Monday. This demonstration will be repeated at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Additionally, the pirate sail in will take place on Friday at 6 p.m. near Waterfront Stadium. The Michigan Pirate Festival in Central Park event begins, Saturday, August 13, 10 a.m. and lasts until 7 p.m.
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11:54 AM Aug 6, 2011
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Honoring the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard

Maura Krueger sat in the front row of the U.S. Coast Guard National Memorial Service clutching the hands of her husband, Dave, and son, Matt - who sat on each side of her. The three were there to honor their son and brother, Lt. Sean Krueger, who died while serving in the Coast Guard. "It means a great deal,' Maura said.
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8:00 AM Aug 6, 2011
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Latest ‘Walk of History’ points note origins of festival fireworks, memorial service

Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara, vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, noted the contrast of the 11th and 12th points for "The Walk of Coast Guard History' installed this year. The 11th point identifies the first fireworks show over Dewey Hill, shot off on Aug. 3, 1940; and the 12th point recognizes the first Coast Guard memorial service held in Grand Haven on Aug. 4, 1939.
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6:56 AM Aug 9, 2011
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Emergency crews douse wildfire on Dewey Hill

Firefighters had to put out an unexpected light show next to the Grand Haven Musical Fountain on Dewey Hill on Friday night. According to Sgt. Mike Ercole of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety, crews from Ferrysburg, Grand Haven and the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department Marine Patrol were dispatched at about 10 p.m. on a report of a 50-by-50-foot wildfire on the hill. Ercole said the likely cause of the fire was because of fireworks that were set off in the area, but they aren't sure who launched the fireworks.
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5:16 PM Aug 5, 2011
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Ex-Calif. girl named Coast Guard City USA Youth Ambassador

The newest youth ambassador for Coast Guard City USA is a California girl transplanted to Spring Lake. Elizabeth McLaughlin, 18, was announced the winner of the annual scholarship program during the Walk of History presentation in front of Grand Haven City Hall on Friday afternoon. The announcement was originally scheduled to take place prior to the Coast Guard Festival Street Dance on Tuesday night, but it was postponed along with the dance because of the stormy weather forecast for that evening.
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