By Lois Bearslee Michigan State University Press, published 2003 Lois Beardslee, author of Lies to Live By, is an accomplished Native American artist, teacher and writer in Leelanau County. She practices many traditional art forms, including birch bark biting, quillwork, and sweetgrass basketry, as well as painting and illustration. In publishing these excerpts from Lies […]
By Torin Yeager Sun staff writer In an area populated by more than a few picturesque golf courses, it is generally not surprising when yet another large expanse of neatly tended greens appears. However, when a course is created that puts an entirely new spin on a time-honored sport, interest grows substantially.
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor A couple of new businesses have opened their doors in town — a surf shop and a doctor’s office — and as long as you play it safe, there should be no causal relationship between the two. As a matter of fact, the Glen Arbor Sun wouldn’t even mention them […]
By Thomas Benn Sun contributor Far out in the lake, the “long boats” approaching from the south look like floating logs with small knots protruding above one or both ends. Some are on a course slanting in toward shore and the Manitou Passage. Coming closer, bulk carriers over a thousand feet in length can be […]
By Helen Westie Sun contributor Barbershops and beauty salons, besides rendering services for which they are intended, have ever been places to gather all the news of a community. But at Jo Lynn’s Hair affair in Empire there is even more interesting and unusual entertainment available. Two parrots and some colorful fish comprise a mini-menagerie, […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun editor “It’s just amazing,” says Ken Hurlin. “We thought if a couple hundred came it would be great!” But around 800 people from the Glen Lake area showed up on the deck at Boondocks on Wednesday, June 23, to raise funds to support the care of Willie Hurlin. Willie (the son […]
By Jane Greiner Sun staff writer GLEN ARBOR (June 24) — A family stopping for pastries at Barb’s Bakery in Glen Arbor this morning spotted a cougar walking behind the bakery. It was moving toward the rear of the Post Office, according to Joyce Long at the Philip Heart Visitor Center. Gregory and Joanne Newman […]
By Torin Yeager Sun contributor We all enjoy watching the variety of birds we see every day at our feeders. From the common chickadees and sparrows to rose-breasted grosbeaks and orioles. What most of us don’t notice are the nighttime visitors to our feeders. The occasional raccoon or opossum might stop by, but the smallest […]
By Kate McCarty Sun contributor Every few years the Glen Lake student body has the opportunity to get to know a student from another country. During the course of the second semester of the 2003-04 school year at Glen Lake, fellow students came to know the beautiful, intelligent Theresa Holverscheid, a German student who came […]
Mary Sharry Sun contributor The goldfish I bought from the dime store never lived very long. In two or three weeks, a month at the most, after I had them home they would develop red scales. Their gills looked painfully raw. First one fish and then the other, they finally looked like carrot strips afloat […]