Vote “Yes” on the Senior Millage on the Aug. 7 county wide ballot. The continuation of prevention services, as well as ongoing services are essential for an age friendly Leelanau. The last .275 millage in 2014 received overwhelming approval by the voters.
Three years ago, on Aug. 2, 2015, a derecho storm with hurricane-force, straight-line winds pummeled Glen Arbor, destroying forests, knocking out power and changed the landscape for a generation. Then the cleanup, the rebuilding and the landscaping began. For her work on the “Bitter Sweet Lane” property on Glen Lake, local landscaper and gardener extraordinaire Cre Woodard recently won an award from the Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA), which honors “those in the green industry that have demonstrated excellence, professionalism and responsible environmental standards.”
Mark Ringlever is a man of many interests and skills. He is a boat captain, a fly fisherman and he can do many things with wood. His carpentry and woodwork can be seen in private homes in Leelanau and Grand Traverse County. Recently I caught up with him in his studio at Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor. On the wall were some large drawings of fish. They, he explained, were sketches for a 12-foot-high totem pole he made for a Leelanau County residence. On another wall were prints of fish. He made these when he studied Japanese wood block printing, Moku hanga, at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. Around the studio were piles of wood in intriguing shapes and colors.
Glen Arbor Sun editor, Jacob Wheeler, was seated at the next table at Leelanau Coffee Roasters one sunny Monday recently with his shoes placed by his bare feet; a reminder of another famous Glen Arbor icon, who hardly ever wears shoes, inside or outside—Cherry Republic owner, Bob Sutherland.
On Saturday, Aug. 4 at 10:30 a.m., Leland Township Library will host Michigan food expert and author Lisa M. Rose for a hands-on, family-friendly foraging workshop.
Painters from across Michigan and the Midwest converge on Glen Arbor August 2-4 for the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 10th Plein Air Weekend.
Author Larry B. Massie will offer a Michigan history program at the Leland Township Library and Leelanau Historical Society on Wednesday, Aug. 1 at 4 p.m.
When Kasson township was organized in 1865, it was named in honor of Pam Peplinski’s great-great grandfather, and its eldest resident, Kasson Freeman, Jr., who was then 46. Many years later, the annual “Old Settlers Picnic,” held at the beginning of each August in Burdickville at Old Settlers Park, originally commemorated Kasson Freeman’s Aug. 3 birthday, which was coincidentally also the date our first white settlers, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fisher, landed on Leelanau’s coast in 1854. They decided to celebrate with a picnic, then made it an annual affair.
The 126th Old Settlers Picnic, marking its 125th anniversary (never count the day you were born) will be held Aug. 5 at 10 a.m. Lunch will be served by the Masonic Lodge includes baked beans, corn on the cob, dessert, bun with beef and coffee or lemonade for $10 per person. Service in the chapel will be at 10:30.
Historic Sleeping Bear will hold its ninth annual Port Oneida Heritage Run/walk on Saturday, Aug. 4 at the Port Oneida Farms Heritage Center/Olsen farm. The fundraiser for the nonprofit partner of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore supports preservation of the National Park’s historic structures.