By Codi Yeager Sun contributor It’s girls’ day on the town. You choose the hairstyling studio as your destination, and the car fills with lazy summer excitement. From the eager looks upon everyone’s faces, it’s easy to tell that you are imagining how you will look in a few hours. Images of the perfect hairstyle […]
By Helen Westie Sun contributor Empire’s biggest event of the year, the Anchor Day festival, will be held, as always, during the third Saturday in July, which falls this year on July 16. The celebration commemorates the raising of the village’s famous anchor from the depths of Lake Michigan in July of 1977, and its […]
Press release One of the most-anticipated events of the summer, the Manitou Music Festival’s annual Dune Climb Concert, will be held Sunday, July 17, at 7 p.m. Free to the public, this popular event opens the Festival and is held at the base of the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb. Families are encouraged to bring chairs, […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Occasional summer resident and a lovely young woman, Sarah Armbrecht commented several years ago how thrilled she was to dig her hands into the womb of Mother Earth, and get paid for it, as part of her summer job at Wildflowers. What a wholesome way to make a living, she […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Ever so slowly the burro trudges along, down the Callejon de Los Muertos, named for the graveyard at the end of the street with the neon-lit crosses. The donkey is carrying big bags of sugar, and his owner raps on every single door with his walking stick to advertise the […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun editor You know that kid from down around Empire who’s a smart, strapping, good-looking super-athlete who’s on TV all the time? You’re thinking Liz Shimek? Well, yeah, but I’m talkin’ about the OTHER Shimek, TJ, the one who’s been to Hollywood. He’s not just on TV, he’s in movies, too. The […]
By Lois Beardslee Sun contributor Part of an ongoing series by this renowned local Indian author on Native American issues While she dipped and swished at the white five gallon bucket, Ima Pipiig fantasized about addressing the audience: “I’d like to answer that one question about Indians that has been on everybody’s lips… “Why is […]
By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor Like many horseback riders I began riding at a young age, although I started later than most. Since the day I learned what horses were I have loved them. When my parents and I drove to Traverse of Empire I would watch out the window for horses in their pastures. […]
By Jane Greiner Sun nature correspondent With recent press coverage of the cougars in our area, many people worry about the dangers of hiking the trails in the National Park, particularly if they have small children. When people asked me about it, I responded that I am much more afraid of getting lost or injured […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun editor One of Leelanau County’s landmarks is preparing for a facelift. The patriotic paint job on the Bicentennial Barn near Good Harbor is fading, but hopefully the community spirit that initiated it is not. Owner Susan Shields and painter Dennis Gerathy are hatching a plan to restore it, and they are […]