By Michael Murphy Sun contributor “Landscape Stonemasonry is an All Generations Event.” ¬— a Chinese Proverb Stone is a substance conspicuously linked to the history of the human race. It has provided shelter from the elements, protection from enemies, housed goddesses and gods and reflected the wealth of nations. Stone has been used for tools, […]
By Bill Dungjen Sun contributor My son is seven years old. He has successfully completed his first grade year at Glen Lake School. This summer, his grandest plans include making his own independent fortune as a lemonade salesman. One hot afternoon, he asked if he could set up the lemonade stand that his mother bought […]
Press release The Spectrum Brass Quintet will play a concert at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church in Burdickville on the east shore of Big Glen Lake on Friday, August 21 at 7 p.m. as part of Chamber Music North’s village concert series. Founded in the fall of 2008, the Spectrum Brass Quintet is dedicated […]
From staff reports On the right, with the gun, is William M. Walker Jr., a General Manager of United Delco, General Motors Corporation, at his retirement Banquet October 25th, 1972, at the Latin Quarter in Detroit, Michigan. He is being presented with a purportedly mutant two-headed fish. It was told he caught this monster on […]
From staff reports The Empire Sleeping Bear Eagles have signed a contract with the Kelly Miller Circus for an all-new show this summer. The circus will roll into town on Wednesday, August 19, following a one-year hiatus. Everyone is invited to come out and watch the animals being unloaded and fed, and the elephants raising […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun editor You smell the Seafood Stew just inside the door, and the hunger you brought now grips you in earnest. The conversations from the various rooms, the clinking of glasses, the whooshing of waiters in and out of the adjacent kitchen doors, and tonight’s hostess Janice Fink, all welcome you into […]
Press release Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak of Empire held its second annual SBX Up North Skim Competition on Sunday August 2. The competition was held at North Bar Lake. The event was to be held the day before but weather forced the postponement until Sunday. There were 30 competitors of all ages from as […]
Press release The weather cooperated with a blue-sky day as 707 people participated in the third annual Running Bear 5K Race held on July 28 in Glen Arbor. Two hundred and five children participated in the kid’s one-half mile run, cheered on by an enthused gallery of grandparents, parents and siblings. The race has turned […]
Press release The Glen Arbor Art Association will host its first annual Plein Air Paint Out and Bounty of the County on Saturday, August 15 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Artists begin their day at the historic Thoreson Farm (three miles north of Glen Arbor off M-22) where they will have their canvases or papers stamped […]
By Lindsay Simmons Sun contributor Jan Shoemaker’s good friend once told her, “It’s hard to be human.” This resonated with Shoemaker, especially because a majority of her work has been loosely based on that simple statement of truth. A large portion of her time is spent teaching high school, but Shoemaker is also an essayist. […]