By Fred Tasker Sun contributor In a study overlooking the peaceful Crystal River in Glen Arbor, Frank Robert Westie sat for five years writing some of the most horrific air combat scenes of World War II — as part of a searing, anti-war novel called Ash Wednesday ’45. The best-selling novel, built around the firebombing […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor The Leelanau County rain gods were generous last month, bestowing gifts on the Glen Lakes and the Crystal River for all to enjoy. As a result, for the first time in years canoers and kayakers were actually able to shoot through the culverts under the county roads on the Crystal […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun editor The colossal Le Bear Luxury Residential Club & Spa is welcoming owners/guests into their new “digs” at the end of Lake Street on Sleeping Bear Bay. Peggy Whiting, Director of Member Services and Chief Concierge, reports that 6 residences along the north side of the new resort are completed and […]
From staff reports A seventy-five year-old wise man full of lessons for its many children, yet still boasting ageless enthusiasm. The Leelanau School, the fine institute of learning, located on quite possibly the most beautiful campus in the world, is celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year on the banks of Sleeping Bear Bay, one mile […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun editor Hungry? My, oh my, did you come to the right town! Now just let yer’ belt out a notch, sit yer’self down, and check out these comestibles, my friends. Hot Dogs? Yeah, we got ‘em. You gotch’er hot dog special down at Bear Paw Pizza and Subs, just look at […]
By Jacob R. Wheeler Sun editor It began with a simple proposition: “If you can get her running, she’s yours,” were the words the late Suzanne Wilson offered Crispin Campbell, setting the stage for his memorable west coast road trip 11 years ago in her 1979 Dodge Extended MaxiVan — affectionately known around northern Michigan […]
By Jane Greiner Sun staff writer Sometimes I am startled by the advances in technology that have become available to ordinary folk like us. My new digital camera is an example. I am in awe of the power this moderately priced piece of equipment has put into my hands.
By Ashlea Turner Sun staff writer For asparagus lovers, a drizzly spring day was fitting for the 1st Annual Empire Asparagus Festival held last Saturday, May 22nd. Folks from all over the region came to celebrate the town’s new favorite vegetable, asparagus. At the climax of the asparagus harvest season, Empire partied for hours with […]
By Jacob R. Wheeler Sun editor Taped to my refrigerator, in an apartment far from northern Michigan, is a postcard-sized Suzanne Wilson watercolor of the lighthouse on South Manitou Island. The old white tower looks down on a serene beach setting. Spruce trees creep up to the water’s edge, and I can almost visualize Suzanne […]
By Jacob R. Wheeler Sun editor As the sparkplug behind community events, the eternal optimist and the spiritual aid at any time of day or night, Grace Cochran left an indelible mark on the local community as well as on Christian Scientists all over the country. Grace passed away on December 29 in her home […]