Letter to the Editor This July Fourth we celebrated the variety of opportunities that make us unique as a country, and feel it is important to remember the responsibilities that come with those opportunities. The law allows us to celebrate with our own personal fireworks, and that has resulted in both some beautiful displays and […]
Glen Arbor will never be a bikers’ paradise until there is a safe route into and around the village. The tone of the article “Glen Arbor a bikers’ paradise”, with its emphasis on economic benefit and little concern about biker safety, borders on callousness.
Nearly 10 years ago, in August 2005, this community newspaper published a celebratory feature story titled “Old Cowboy, New Tricks”, about the late Bill Bricker. In 2011, online commenters using anonymous email addresses suddenly began to allege that Bricker had sexually molested them and other underage boys. The accusations of pedophilia became more and more serious, and seemed to coincide with the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal.
Maybe it’s true—the third time is a charm. Though my first two M22 Challenges—the first in 2011, my second in ’13—were fantastic experiences, this year’s event proved especially rewarding. Not just because I made it to the podium—a first in my seven years of racing!—but because I felt so strong throughout this 22-mile run-bike-paddle race. Is there anything better than a race where everything just clicks?
Matt and Keegan Myers’ M-22 brand is back in the news, but for the wrong reasons. The iconic logo, of course, graces t-shirts, hats, coffee cups, bumper stickers, wine, and other items sold at retail stores in Traverse City and in Glen Arbor. The Myers brothers, who live on Old Mission Peninsula and run the annual M-22 Challenge, have made a killing since trademarking the logo about a decade ago. Sales reached $2 million this year, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Next Tuesday is Election Day, albeit an “off-year” election. Nevertheless, Leelanau County voters can continue to support Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) public transit by voting in favor of a millage that would begin in 2013 and continue through 2017.
The Glen Arbor Art Association’s Manitou Music Festival Committee sent out the following letter to solicit feedback for future festivals. Each year the Manitou Music Festival Committee strives to present some of the best Michigan talent at our annual Dune Climb Concert. This year we decided to ask Dune Climb fans to add to our list of contenders.
Here are some reasons you may not want to come to Leelanau County: It’s out of your way. No matter where you are going, Leelanau County is not on the way unless you are in Leelanau County already, in which case you must either go back the way you came or get seriously wet. This has to do with the nature of peninsulas and there is nothing to be done about it.
This letter represents the views of an informal group of citizens who are concerned about the impact that your sewage system is having on Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Frankly, I was quite disgusted by the activities and views presented in the article “Fishing for school pride” (Glen Arbor Sun, June 16). For starters, wildlife does not consist of “amazing resources to take advantage of.” What a near-sighted, disrespectful and wasteful view of the abundant life forms in beautiful Leelanau. What would our county’s woods, meadows and waters be without the deer, foxes, coyotes, eagles, fish, ducks, geese, and so on? These beings are fascinating in that they all have their very own “life agendas” to carry out … not easy to do when humans harass them for sport.