By E. Byron Dennis Sun contributor An experience of a lifetime. When Hurricane Katrina relieved us of all our material possessions, it led us into one of the highlights of my life. At age 81, my wife of less than a year and a half, Bettylu and I were faced with the prospect of beginning […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Play ball in northern Michigan! Wuerfel Park, the new minor league ballpark in Traverse City and home of the Beach Bums, isn’t quite as glamorous as Chicago’s Wrigley Field or Detroit’s Comerica Park. The pitchers don’t throw fastballs as hard as they do in The Show, and that crafty batter […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Peter Richards was dying. He wasn’t spouting blood or hearing his last rites read to him, nor was he watching all 19 years of his young life flash before his eyes. But the Glen Arbor-raised adventurer had lost 15 pounds in just a few days and he couldn’t continue climbing […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Cookie Thatcher prefers to think of her blends of lavender soaps as “flavors,” and that makes her the new chemist in town. At her new shop, Bay Lavenders, next to Becky Thatcher Designs on Lake Street in Glen Arbor, she uses only essential oils, free of manmade perfumes, and mixes […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor They live amongst us. They drive on the same country roads. They enjoy the same sunsets. And they still play an integral role in harvesting the crops that we not merely eat, but identify with spring, summer and fall in northern Michigan. The Hispanic and Latino workers indispensable to our […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun contributing editor Another chapter in the story of ambitious young locals starting up their own business features Joel Diotte, 33, Matt Diotte, 32, Jeff Cook, 32, and Pete Stern, 36: the Frontier Group LLC. Now affiliated with ICF Energy Star Homes, the Frontier Group is constructing a spec home in the […]
Dick DeVinney of Glen Arbor aims to change this trend, in Leelanau County, at least. Three years ago, the intrepid choir director began Summer Singers, sponsored by the Glen Arbor Arts Association, as a way to offer musical participation to anyone who wanted to sing, regardless of their experience or perceived ability.
By Mary Sharry Sun contributor If someone hadn’t stopped me, I might have sacrificed my own life for the life of a certain dog when I was only nine years old. I loved dogs, abhorred inhumane treatment of them, and wept over a story about Beautiful Joe, a dog whose ears had been cut off […]
By Jane Greiner Sun contributor The Glen Lake Library in Empire aims to help make reading a year-round activity for area children. Library director David Diller said that the library has two programs starting this month which are designed to encourage kids to read as a part of their summer activities. “So much is going […]
By Josh Burrows Sun contributor Dwight D. Eisenhower was heard to remark: “God help this country when somebody sits at this desk that doesn’t know as much about the military as I do.” As the man who masterminded the single most massive invasion in history, that sets a pretty high bar for the White House’s […]