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Glen Lake grads open ZeroHour Gaming

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor A little more than a year ago, Dustin Sielaff and Jason Lewis, (Glen Lake class of 1998), were just getting their bearings as new business owners on Traverse City’s west side. Fourteen months and a move across town later, the pair has established themselves as the twenty-something, low-key proprietors of […]

LOST in Leelanau

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor It was just over a year ago, on one of those warm spring days when the sun had heated the earth sufficiently to release smells of freshly-plowed dirt and flowering trees. The scents drifted past my nose on a warm breeze, as dog Lucy and I walked across a short […]

Center Gallery opens with clay-based art

from staff reports Pottery has returned to the Lake Street Studios after a hiatus of half a decade. And for the first time, ever, it is on display at the Center Gallery in Glen Arbor. Thirty-two-year-old Matthew McGovern, a native of Vermont who has also lived in Maine, California, Wisconsin and South Africa, and just […]

A Rose by any other name

By Helen Westie Sun contributor Kay and Tom Rose are two extraordinary Empire citizens … well, as all know … they are an integral part of the town’s activities. Both Kay and Tom are devoted, indefatigable workers for their favorite organizations: Tom for the Empire Lions Club and Kay for the Leelanau County Democratic Party. […]

Glen Arbor to host Girls Night Out

Thursday, June 21 will mark the first Girls Night Out, presented by the Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce. The event, to be held at the Glen Arbor town hall from 6-9 p.m., will showcase area businesses specificaly catering to women. Local women and visitors alike are invited to sample the local fare, and to bring […]

Park volunteers lend a hand

By Jane Greiner Sun contributor Eleanor Comings, a retired teacher from Frankfort, is approaching her ten thousandth hour of volunteer work at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (the local branch of the National Park Service), a fact that she didn’t readily share. She was more comfortable talking about her work. “I started because I […]

Travels in the present

By Holly Wren Spaulding Sun contributor I took a road trip recently, driving out of Cedar on a hot and humid afternoon, the sort of day that had me wondering why we’d be going anywhere other than the beach. I was traveling with two Irish friends, which is important to this story because often the […]

Living in Two Worlds

By Steve Goldman Sun contributor “Dad? How much longer?” For what seems like the millionth time, I try to patiently answer the question. “We’re in Cadillac, we’ve got another hour and a half,” or “we’re at M-37, so we’ve got another hour” have become stock answers over the years as I attempt to reassure my […]

Corrections, notes:

In our coverage of the Oberschulte family and the recent sale of the Totem Shop in the May 24 edition of the Glen Arbor Sun, (stories: “What the spring brought” and “A fashionista returns to her roots”) we incorrectly reported that Diana and Marc Oberschulte have retired, and that their daughter Ann has inherited the […]

Asparagus Festival … Hers and His

Last year Empire’s Heidi Skinner (l) donned the asparagus stalk and lovely lipstick for the village’s annual festival the weekend before Memorial Day. This year it was her husband Paul (r). Who wins the beauty contest?