Summer bike tours offered at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

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LoFrom staff reports Superintendent Dusty Shultz announces the continuation in 2010 of summer bike tours at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. As part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), Interpretive Park Ranger Ryan Locke will lead bicycle tours that focus on how invasive species are affecting our native plants and animals here on the […]

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To pave or not to pave the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail?

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Some citizens prefer compact earth or crushed limestone to asphalt By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor With at least one fundraising meeting under the belt, and checks already committed by local private-sector philanthropists, the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail appears to be on a momentous course for success. According to Tom Ulrich, Deputy Superintendent of the Sleeping […]

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Running in the family

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By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor I used to call myself an avid runner, but after hearing about Norm Plumstead, I think I’ll call myself an avid couch potato now. Plumstead has lived in Empire’s “New Neighborhood” for seven years, he is a father, husband and Honor State Bank employee, and he recently raced 100 miles. […]

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Second annual M-22 Challenge

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The M-22 Challenge triathlon returned for a second tour on Saturday as 300 athletes biked 17 miles around the Glen Lakes, ran up the Dune Climb and back (2 miles), and paddled 2 miles into the morning fog on Little Glen Lake. Check out our live videos below of the bikers at the starting gate, […]

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Re-challenging Sleeping Bear

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From staff reports The M-22 Challenge triathlon returns for a second year, and on Saturday, June 12 beginning at 9 a.m., 300 contestants will bike around the Glen Lakes, run up the Dune Climb, and paddle Little Glen Lake. This year the finish line has been moved back on land, 15 feet from the water […]

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A new angle on afternoon sports

By Joe Blondia Sun contributor Students at The Leelanau School have taken advantage this spring of the unique outdoor opportunities in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore surrounding their campus. The “Field and Stream” sports group has fished many local lakes in the evenings after class. They have also taken a charter fishing trip aboard […]

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Spring pilgrimage: Play ball!

By Sudsy Cheroot Sun sports guru “For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.” For many years, legendary Detroit Tigers radio announcer Ernie Harwell used […]

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Glen Arbor holds WinterFest

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Glen Arbor will heat up (well, kind of) for WinterFest 2010, to be held on Saturday, Feb. 13. A Perch Fishing Contest is scheduled for 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. And don’t miss the Chili Cook-off on the deck at Boone Docks, from noon until the chili is gone … and winter hibernation resumes. The […]

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Hoop dreams

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From staff reports The Glen Arbor Township Hall’s original basketball backboards have been retired. The Gordon family of Northwood Drive paid for new, retractable backboards and hoops to be installed in advance of their daughter’s town hall wedding ceremony and reception on Jan. 16. Retired Hall of Fame Coach Don Miller and Cherry Republic czar […]

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County tennis co-op program serves aces

By Tim Sutherland Sun sports nut The Leelanau County high school tennis co-op program is one of the coolest stories to hit the Glen Arbor sports scene since the glory days (both of them) of the WAG softball team. There are many reasons why we’re blessed to live in Leelanau County. One of the penultimate […]

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