The Glen Arbor Sun turns 10! When a restless 18-year-old kid just out of high school began knocking on the doors of Glen Arbor businesses in June of 1996, asking for community support to start a small-town newspaper, he figured, at most, he’d pocket a few hundred bucks to help pay for his first year […]
1996: A humble beginning Fresh out of high school, and with no journalism experience, 18-year-old Jacob Wheeler decides to follow his mother’s advice and launch a summer community newspaper. Leelanau School classmate Richard Taber comes up with the generic launch name, Glen Arbor Sun, and originally intends to co-found the paper with Wheeler, but eventually […]
By Jed Jaworski Sun contributor The infamous loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald shocked the entire Great Lakes community. How could one of the largest vessels, using modern technology, simply vanish with all on board? Leelanau County experienced its own version of the Edmund Fitzgerald story in the 1890s, when the largest and most technologically advanced […]
By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor Amy Marowitz always knew she wanted to be a midwife. Yet the journey along her chosen career path has followed a circuitous route that has taken her from her native Ohio to western Leelanau County, from the bustle of Midwest academia to a remote Indian reservation, and from the […]
By Lois Beardslee Sun Contributor • Do present Native peoples as appropriate role models with whom a Native child can identify. * Don’t single out Native children, ask them to describe their families’ traditions, or their people’s cultures. * Don’t assume that you have no Native children in your class. * Don’t do or say […]
By Helen Westie Sun contributor Some residents of Empire refer to Dave Taghon as “Mr. Empire”. He certainly deserves such an appellation because he has done more for the town than any other single person. Affable and always upbeat, Dave knows everyone in town and also knows every facet of Empire history. Born in the […]
By Maggie Meyers Sun contributor Have you been surprised to notice someone walking on local trails or roads with what appear to be cross-country ski poles? What you have actually seen is a new fitness trend that is rapidly gaining steam in Glen Arbor, and beyond. Ski Walking — an off-season training technique that world-class […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun editor It’s not as if he just flew in from Paris with a “chippering trill” upon ascent and then a “burbling warble” as he descended*, but Frenchman Guillaume (pron. Gee-OHM) Hazael-Massieux will soon rule the roost at legendary La Bècasse. Guillaume is fixing up the adjacent house as his lovely wife […]
By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor Octogenarian William Bricker doesn’t typically practice inverted postures, but he does turn on its collective head some stereotypical notions of what it means to grow old in youth-obsessed America. In appearance, the white-haired, tanned Glen Arbor resident blends in with many a retiree as he negotiates his three-wheeler bike […]
By Dan Herd Sun contributor Wine touring in Leelanau County is a religious pilgrimage, involving a group, an ideal, and a passion for the process. It is for this process that we return annually to the Leelanau hills. With church bells ringing on a recent Sunday, we seven seasoned friends gather at Kejara’s Bridge in […]