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The Grand Haven Lighthouse Conservancy is hoping to get a boost from Tip-A-Few Tavern owner Steve Vink, who will soon be raising funds for the group in charge of maintaining the local lighthouses.
Vink said the tavern, 10 Franklin Ave., will match the first $500 donated during its fundraiser, which is expected to last through the summer.
"We're going to put shelves up made from the old Tip-A-Few bar, and we're going to have carved boats that (U.S. Coast Guard retiree) T.J. Thompson carved, and some lighthouses and buoy tenders and some fish tugs," Vink said. "We're going to show everyone what went on in this port and we're going to have it on display up there." Thompson said he is glad to be involved in the fundraiser since he has a history with working on lighthouses on the Great Lakes. "I go way back with lighthouses when they were manned, and I know what happens to them," Thompson said. Thompson said if people don't maintain the lighthouses, they will become a "ghetto on the waterfront." This latest fundraising venture comes on the heels of the creation of an endowment fund by the Fritz family at the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation. Grand Haven City Councilman Mike Fritz and his brother, Dave Fritz, donated memorial contributions in the name of their late father, David Fritz Sr., to set up the endowment fund.
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