Local Personality – Page 74

Liz Shimek: From small town to Big Ten

By Chase Edwards Sun staff writer This summer Liz Shimek is living in a dorm at Michigan State University, taking summer school classes and preparing herself for her first season of Big Ten basketball. She misses her mother’s home cooking, her high school friends and scrimmaging on the cement slab, down near the silo on […]

August 15, 2002/by editor

ARTHUR AND HELEN HUEY SHAPED GLEN ARBOR IN “MAJOR” WAY

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By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Rooms at The Homestead used to cost $5 per night. No, really! And lakefront property cost only $8 per square foot before the BIG BANG hit Glen Arbor. Sounds like a daydream? It is – in a cozy condominium in Suttons Bay where Arthur and Helen Huey spend their days, […]

August 15, 2002/by editor

Riding the Black Horse Carriage LLC with Tom Cyr

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By Norm Wheeler Sun editor Max and Maria, the two kids, climb up onto the seat next to teamster Tom Cyr, who gives the reins a touch before letting the kids hold them. We jolt into motion as the eager geldings Buster and Stash clip clop down M-22, cut over to Lake Street past the […]

August 15, 2002/by editor

Local Perma-Fudgie Writes Book on Summer People

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By Jane Greiner Sun staff writer Author Aaron Stander visited with the Empire Book Club to talk about his new book, “Summer People.” Stander, who was himself one of the local summer people, now lives year-round on campus at the Interlochen Arts Academy where he consults and teaches creative writing. He is a bike rider […]

August 15, 2002/by editor

Dawn Provides Pets with Tender Care

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by Norm Wheeler Sun editor “I’m writing a book called the Personal Adventures of a Pet Sitter,” announces Dawn Fitch, owner and CEO of Dawn’s Tender Care Pet Sitting. You see Dawn all the time, walking a pooch along M-22 or making the rounds in her red truck. It’s hard at first to get the […]

July 18, 2002/by editor

SAYING GOODBYE TO JACK SHARRY

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June 5, 1929-July 1, 2002 By Mary Sharry Loving wife We do not let go of the person, but only the body, and so it is with our farewell to Jack Sharry. What remains is a presence within each of us who felt loved by him and love for him, and who shared in the […]

July 18, 2002/by editor

Jane Bulliss: A Glen Arbor Township Treasure(r)

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By Janis Duwe Sun contributor Did you know Jane? You did if you were: a property owner in Glen Arbor since 1998 (Township Treasurer), belonged to the Glen Arbor Women’s Club (Treasurer), worked on the Glen Arbor Smorgasbord (Co-chair), shopped at Tiny Treasures in the 90’s, a member of the Citizen Advisory Council for the […]