The Glen Arbor Arts Center is proud to announce an opportunity for our healthcare workers, therapists, and first responders. Studies show that creativity is a positive outlet for stress, and enhances mental health. In line with its mission to enrich community life through the arts, the GAAC is offering any health worker, therapist, or first responder a free, one-year individual membership for 2021.
We asked Northport resident and environmental policy guru Skip Pruss how President Joe Biden and his cabinet of environmental all stars will combat the climate crisis and what the federal government’s effort could mean for Michigan and the Great Lakes. Pruss is co-founder of 5 Lakes Energy, former board chair at the Traverse City-based nonprofit FLOW (For Love of Water) and former director of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth under former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, who is Biden’s nominee for Energy Secretary.
Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes reports that the snow accumulation ion recent days blanketed Palmer Woods with approximately 2 inches of fluff. That destination east of the Glen Lakes has a solid base to groom, and ski conditions there are excellent. However, the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail along the lakeshore received only an inch of snow. Ski conditions there are marginal.
Less than 30 protestors gathered outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on Sunday, January 17. A bulletin from the FBI warned “armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols from 16 January through at least 20 January, and at the US Capitol from 17 January through 20 January.” A flyer circulating online called for a mass of demonstrators to gather in Lansing at noon today, Jan. 17.
Congressman Jack Bergman, who represents Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, stood with Donald Trump today and voted against impeaching him for inciting the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol a week ago, January 6.
The horrific events on Wednesday, January 6, in Washington, D.C., and the pain of the past four years with Donald Trump in the White House prompted the Glen Arbor Sun to ask Bill Smith for his political analysis on a path forward. Smith is a children’s book author who wrote the acclaimed Chickadees at Night and Four a.m. December 25. He is also a retired elementary school principal who worked at Suttons Bay and Eastern Elementary. And Smith is a political moderate who has voted for both political parties. On Facebook, Smith resists the temptation to yell and instead appeals to reason and common ground. In this essay, he calls for: election reforms, both to examine claims of voter fraud and to expand the voting franchise; prosecution of rioters and riot inciters; generosity in spirit; nationwide education about modern propaganda, and allowing time to heal.
The Glen Arbor Sun spoke with David Diller, director of the Glen Lake Library (based in Empire) about the collaboration between Leelanau County libraries during COVID, special services they are offering, the importance of these libraries to the community, Diller’s favorite moments in the Glen Lake Library’s new space, and what he’s currently reading.
An inordinate amount of traffic temporarily overwhelmed the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department’s website this weekend (it’s back online now), which prompted the department to post a direct link to their COVID-19 Vaccination Information Form.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore announced today that The National Park Service issued a letter of intent on November 5 for the development of a lease for the historic Sleeping Bear Inn and Garage in Glen Haven to Balancing Environment and Rehabilitation (BEAR). BEAR formed in 2018 as a nonprofit dedicated to keeping the history and heritage of Glen Haven sustainable.
Glen Arbor’s iconic Old School house, rebuilt in 1932 and in service as a school until 1967, has been purchased by Carl Ballou, who plans to convert the iconic red brick building into a two-unit vacation rental.