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A few events coming up in Lapeer County
May 31, June 1 & 2 Hadley Township community-wide garage sale
June 1, 2, 3 - Art & History Festival, Chatfield School Campus, hosted by Sunrise Kiwanis
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- Get to know your camera
- One more time, freedom for whom?
- Local candidates for the Aug. 7 primary
- Airport. Tomorrow.
- John Nugent to run for Michigan House
- Easy Striders in gear
- Team Chimeras wraps up awesome FIRST Robotics season
- Movie night at the Airport
- Wild Lapeer tomorrow
- Pancake Breakfast at Dupont-Lapeer Airport May 19, pint-sized plane debuts to delight kids
- Bridge work on M-24 in Lapeer starts Monday
- Michiganders blocked from vote
- Quilts! Art! Food! Tomorrow
- Whoosh! Lapeer area 5th grader heads to IronKids competition
- Butterflies abound
- Gallery 194 offers painting workshop
- Young Eagles learn about flight at Dupont-Lapeer Airport
- Wild Lapeer happening May 5
- Ponzi proceedings inflict more pain, Lapeer County seeks to recoup lost funds
- County valuation declines 6 percent
- Blankie Project sends love to veterans, Alzheimer’s patients
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- After citizen presses for answers, Lapeer City revises FOIA fee
- Lapeer City gives the nod to extended TIFA plan, property acquisition for industrial park among the objectives
- Put your thinking caps on: 3rd annual Lloyd G. Copeman award
- Getting behind regional economic possibilities
- Quest success makes IFT request easy
- City commissioners in the dark
- Hadley residents reduce, re-use, recycle – events coming up
- Hadley roads getting some more love
- Public hearings at Lapeer City tonight
- politics, politics
- Soil & Sed plan would focus on educating community
- infrastructure
- New Central Dispatch system moving along
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Tag Archives: elite feet
Easy Striders in gear
The Easy Striders group for beginning and intermediate runners and walkers is in gear. The group gets together every Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m., meeting up at Elite Feet at its new location on M-24 in Lapeer. The Easy Striders … Continue reading
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Tagged Easy Striders, elite feet, running, southern links trail, walking
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Easy Striders – on the move
Yesterday morning, the Easy Striders met up at Elite Feet. Everyone sort of naturally split up into three groups accommodating those who wanted to run, those who were run/walking, and walkers. And it was, again, a really enjoyable time with … Continue reading
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Tagged Easy Striders, elite feet, running, walking
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Easy Striders!
There’s just no excuse. It’s too much fun getting with other people who like to walk or run. Good conversation, good inspiration, tips, laughs, support – staying healthy while you’re at it. So in that spirit, the new Easy Striders … Continue reading
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Tagged Easy Striders, elite feet, running, walking
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get a move on
A couple of things coming up that’ll get you in gear. First up, we have the Indoor Mini-Triathlon at the Lapeer Community Center. That’s happening on March 18. There’s just a few spots left last I heard. People can participate … Continue reading
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Tagged Easy Striders, elite feet, Lapeer Community Center
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night run
That’s just because it’s cool. So Elite Feet had their Fun Run tonight to benefit the Stone Soup Food Pantry in Lapeer. Runners (and walkers) brought $5 worth of non-perishable food or a cash donation. I called my friend Lori … Continue reading
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Tagged elite feet, food pantry
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christmas cacti
The holidays are seriously coming into bloom now. Had our office party tonight, which was actually very nice, and I had the opportunity to chat with several people with whom I usually only have time for those fly-by greetings. Fun … Continue reading
my kicks
Yep, those are my much-loved New Balance lightweight trail running kicks. I went running this morning with Vicki and Dale. Doug also ran a mile with us before heading off to meet yet another running buddy. When I trundled out … Continue reading
small business saturday
Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day. This was a no-brainer for me. Not only did I have to work, but mixing it up with a crowd of, shall we say, very focused shoppers holds no appeal for me whatsoever. So, … Continue reading
Posted in art, business, community, economy, Lapeer, Michigan
Tagged elite feet, Gallery 194
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synergy
Got in 3.1 miles with the 2nd Wind runners at Elite Feet this morning. Way, way cool to have the support of this group. This is just part of the group in these pics, since others were still out running. … Continue reading
wild lapeer
running wild Okay, hands down, for me, the coolest part of Wild Lapeer this year: people “running wild” in the first ever Elite Feet Wild Lapeer run/walk event. Great to see those folks come running, jogging, or trudging for the … Continue reading
