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Public comments welcome as National Park hires new Sleeping Bear superintendent

Acting superintendent (and previously the deputy superintendent) Tom Ulrich has reportedly made it to the final round of interviews for the position of superintendent of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The identities and number of his competitors is not publicly known. Citizens of the Sleeping Bear region are encouraged to share their thoughts about the next superintendent with National Park Midwest Regional director Cameron Sholly.

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Researcher to discuss bats and White-Nose Syndrome at Sleeping Bear Dunes

Did you know that bats are the longest-lived mammals in the Great Lakes region or that bats have larger babies, relative to the size of the mother, than any other kind of mammal? You can learn more at a public program about Michigan’s bats and threats they face at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on April 9.

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Northern Michigan authors remember Jim Harrison

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor The Glen Arbor Sun reached out to several local writers who knew famed author Jim Harrison, who passed away on Saturday at age 78. Harrison lived for 35 years near Lake Leelanau before he moved to Livingston, Montana, and wintered in Arizona. Harrison’s best-selling novellas, novels and poetry about the […]

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League of Women Voters examine Seasonal Worker Housing for Michigan Agriculture

From staff reports On Wednesday, April 13, at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center on 6686 South Center Highway, a forum entitled “Seasonal Worker Housing For Michigan Agriculture” will be held. The presenters are Connee Canfield, farmer, migrant housing developer and site manager for SunRISE migrant worker apartments in Hartford, Mich.; Majed […]

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Q&A: Interview with Jim Harrison — August 15, 1997

Recently, the Glen Arbor Sun was fortunate enough to speak to renowned local author and poet Jim Harrison, who lives with his family on a farm in Northern Michigan. Harrison has published a collection of novellas, Legends of the Fall; novels: Wolf, A good Day to Die, Farmer, Warlock, Sundog and Dalva; and collections of […]

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InstaMeets at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Join rangers this month for the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore’s first ever InstaMeet!What is an InstaMeet?It’s a fun event where Instagram users (IGers) meet up, take photos, and get to know each other! However, you do not have to be an Instagram user to join in the fun!Anyone is welcome to participate in these ranger-led hikes.Participants are encouraged to bring a camera or a phone to capture images during the hike.

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League of Women Voters examines early childhood intervention, public health

From staff reports On Wednesday, April 6, at noon at the Leelanau County Government Center the League of Women Voters Leelanau County will host a forum entitled “Early Childhood Intervention Improves Public Health”. Presenters will include Robin Hornkohl, Early Childhood Specialist at the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District and Shen Chefalo, author of Garbage […]

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One hundred flower bouquets in 2016

From staff reports Honor, Mich., painter Lauren Everett Finn set a goal of painting 100 flower bouquets in 2016. She saw the project as a way to challenge herself by imposing limits on her subject matter. Finn discusses this project at the next “Talk About Art” interview, Sunday, March 20, 2 p.m. at the Glen […]

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Turtlenecks perform next Empire Emergency Fund concert

From staff reports The next Empire Area Emergency Fund concert will feature the Turtlenecks (Michael Sullivan, Steve Carey, Norm Wheeler) with special guest vocalist Wes Ivankovich and take place at Art’s Tavern on Sunday, March 20, from 4-6 p.m.

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Glen Arbor Art Association Mostly Music Series examines 70 Years of Jazz

From staff reports The Glen Arbor Art Association’s “Mostly Music Series” will examine 70 Years of Jazz – Bebop and Beyond on Sunday, March 13 at 7 p.m. Back in the 1970s, Bob Foskett saw a need for a music history course that dealt specifically with Jazz when he discovered that most music history classes, […]

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