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    • Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Update - With the city of Port Huron's refusal to accept the transfer of the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, the Museum has enlisted the aid of St. Clair County. On July 1, county commissioners toured the lighthouse and grounds and all indications are that they appear to be ready to accept it from ... - Continued...#
    • Heceta Head Relit - Just a quick update to let everyone know the Heceta Head lighthouse lens has been put back into service. Florida based Lighthouse Lamp, Inc. was in charge of the $22,000 restoration. The money was funded entirely through visitor's donations to the historic lighthouse in Oregon. There is a story at ... - Continued...#
    • Bodie Lighthouse Repairs Funded - Finally. After having funding for repairs eliminated at the last minute from previous federal budgets (even though it had been earmarked), Bodie Lighthouse in North Carolina will receive the full $3 million needed for its restoration. The money is included in the fiscal year 2009 Omnibus Budget Bill, the National ... - Continued...#

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Lighthouse Lover Bails Out Tour »

By Sue Clark on Jun 30, 2009 in The Light Side | 0 Comments

So let’s say that you, along with fourteen others, have paid your money (a year in advance) to a tour organizer for a seven lighthouse dream trip to the Orkney Islands, and are anticipating it with all the enthusiasm of a dedicated pharologist. But then the unthinkable happens, and six months later the organizer backs out. What do you do?
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Lighthouses As Art »

By Sue Clark on Jun 5, 2009 in The Light Side | 2 Comments

When we think of lighthouses in art, our minds naturally tend to photographs and paintings. But rarely do we ever think of statues and art and lighthouses in the same breath. After all, lighthouses are statues of a sort.
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Calling All Lighthouse Keepers »

By Sue Clark on Jun 2, 2009 in The Light Side | 0 Comments

Are you a former lighthouse keeper from Cape Lookout Lighthouse? Or a former member of one of the three life saving stations on the cape? Or a descendant of one? Or served at the site as a Coast Guardsman? If so you might want to plan a visit to a celebration honoring these people at Cape Lookout National Seashore (NC) this fall.
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Learning and Lighthouses »

By Sue Clark on May 31, 2009 in The Light Side | 0 Comments

Old Mission LighthouseOnce again, lighthouses provide a comprehensive learning experience for students. This time at Brendel Elementary School in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Combining history, geography, science and old fashioned creativity, fourth graders used everything from Pringles cans to toothpicks to build their favorite Michigan lighthouse.
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Iowa Has A Lighthouse? »

By Sue Clark on May 12, 2009 in The Light Side | 0 Comments

Why, yes it does. Even though Iowa is landlocked, and better noted for its cornfields, their citizens shouldn’t be denied a lighthouse. And even though they have one, a mostly decorative lighthouse at Weed’s Park in Muscatine, IA, it’s been unlit for quite some time. That is, until its dimness inspired an Eagle Scout to be to take it on.
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Ready, Set, Row - To the Lighthouse »

By Sue Clark on Apr 28, 2009 in The Light Side | 0 Comments

To most US lighthouse lovers, a Lighthouse Challenge means Signing up to visit and/or climb several lighthouses in a weekend, gaining a token at each one. At the end, you turn your tokens in for a certificate or small prize. Not so in Great Britain. The Eddystone Challenge, sponsored by the Mayflower Offshore Rowing Club gives new meaning to the word Challenge.
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Will It Lens? »

By Sue Clark on Apr 12, 2009 in The Light Side | 0 Comments

Okay, we know the staff at Google, the search engine people, are innovative. But did we know they have way too much time on their hands? Either that, or they get to take extraordinarily long lunch breaks. At their official blog, not a personal one but official,  they’ve posted the results of taking a Fresnel lens, aimed it so the sunlight is concentrated, and see what they could burn. Or cook. It was lunch hour after all.
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Lighthouse Director Charged With Theft »

By Sue Clark on Apr 5, 2009 in The Light Side | 0 Comments

The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office arrested Sharon Jones, 57, of Port Ewen, Saturday and charged her with a felony count of third-degree grand larceny. Deputies allege that Jones, who is the acting director and treasurer of the commission, withdrew $5,736.55 from the organization’s bank account and used the funds to pay personal debts.
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Historic Lighthouse To Be Moved »

By Sue Clark on Apr 1, 2009 in News, The Light Side | 0 Comments

Whaleback LighthouseToday was April 1. In the U.S., it’s commonly known as April Fool’s Day. It’s also the day I take everything I read with more than the usual grain of salt. But this story is too big to keep. And it does come from one of the most respected author, photographer and historian in the lighthouse world, Jeremy D’Entremont, of New England Lighthouses.
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Can’t See Sunset? Build a Lighthouse »

By Sue Clark on Mar 17, 2009 in The Light Side | 0 Comments

Cheboygan Crib LighthouseBetween a new bridge built over Interstate 55 in Illinois and trees that have grown too tall, a couple decided to take matters into their own hands and build a lighthouse to see the sunset once again. A little spit of land on Lake Springfield provided a perfect spot to build the structure fashioned after the old Cheboygan Crib Lighthouse (pictured at right).
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