By James Coleman Sun contributor This piece was originally published in the Norwich Bulletin and submitted to the Glen Arbor Sun by Mr. Coleman, a close friend of Norman Wheeler, a local poet who runs the Beach Bards Bonfire, which meets every Friday at dusk from June 20 until Labor Day weekend on the Leelanau […]
By Marge Barrett Sun contributor Amidst all the stories Colonel Thomas J. Barrett could tell about flying military planes and jet fighters from 1934 to 1962, he likes to recall the day he flew with Orville Wright. While stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base just after the end of the Second World War, Tom was […]
By Jacob R. Wheeler Sun Editor Go ahead man, punch that alarm. Snooze another half hour. ‘Cause even if you jumped out of the sleeping bag now and took off pedaling down the road as fast as you could, you wouldn’t catch him. Nope. Not until Derek Prechtl decides to pull over on the side […]
By Jacob R. Wheeler Sun Editor Nancy Wright and Janet Niewold are not finished. In fact, they have just begun another project that will keep their names embedded in the local Who’s Who list. The jovial ladies who ran Le Bear Restaurant on beautiful Sleeping Bear Bay for 12 years decided not to slip off […]
By Jane Greiner Sun staff writer There’s nothing like a couple of 50 degree days in a row to give you the urge to get outside for a Spring Walkabout. I use the term broadly to include anything from putting on hiking shoes and taking a real walk to grabbing a rake and clearing some […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun Editor No, you can’t buy the pouches of Bugler roll-it-yourself tobacco. And no, the Coca Cola in the big red cooler behind you does not include cocaine as an ingredient. But nearly everything else at the refurnished General Store in Glen Haven is accurately reminiscent of the 1920s.
By Tim Sutherland Sun feature writer Imagine Billy Joel and Elton John together in concert, with over 100 million records sold between them – number 1 hits too numerous to mention and two of the greatest piano players of our time. Legends, icons, megastars, and there they were on stage together at The Palace of […]
By Linda Jo Scott Sun contributor It was 8:00 on a Monday morning just south of Cleveland, and I had two hours to wait until getting together with a college friend and then driving back to Michigan. My son and daughter-in-law were off to work; I’d already spent nine days with the “grand dogs” and […]
By Grace Dickinson Johnson Sun contributor It was a good day for the Ghost Supper in Peshawbestown, Leelanau County. The early evening clouds were leaden and hung low in the sky. The late fall air was crisp and very still. Indian people in this land of the Ottawa and Chippewa were remembering their dead today. […]
By Ian Richardson Sun contributor Across the board in the Leelanau Peninsula the 2002 vintage looks like a great one, with all the wineries bringing in great fruit in large quantities. This year’s grape crop benefited from a long, warm growing season with rain falling right when the grapes needed it the most. While late […]