Skimmin’ Up North

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Press release Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak of Empire held its second annual SBX Up North Skim Competition on Sunday August 2. The competition was held at North Bar Lake. The event was to be held the day before but weather forced the postponement until Sunday. There were 30 competitors of all ages from as […]

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Third Running Bear Race a huge success

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Press release The weather cooperated with a blue-sky day as 707 people participated in the third annual Running Bear 5K Race held on July 28 in Glen Arbor. Two hundred and five children participated in the kid’s one-half mile run, cheered on by an enthused gallery of grandparents, parents and siblings. The race has turned […]

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Glen Lake girls bring the world’s sport home

By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor Sports fans worldwide adore the game of soccer (football, by its true name), but in northern Michigan, you won’t find people skipping summer grill parties to watch the World Cup. Has the world’s sport passed us by? Not so fast. Girl’s soccer at Glen Lake school is on the rise […]

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Biking: the enjoyable and economical choice

By Forest Mullins Sun contributor When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.” —H.G. Wells More and more locals are choosing to pedal past the pumps as they replace their automobiles for bicycles. Over the last six months Americans have been driving less as […]

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Sudsy’s Sports Shorts

By Tim Sutherland Sun sports guru “WE LOVE OUR TIGERS!” They are the heart and soul of our Michigan pro sports teams. From the beginning of the 20th century, when Ty Cobb terrorized American League teams with his hitting and base running, to the present day stars like Justin Verlander and Magglio Ordoñez, we live […]

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Wrapping the Fall Classic

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor How fitting that on the very night in October the Boston Red Sox captured their second World Series championship in four years Alex Rodriguez, the most talked-about and highest paid athlete in America, shunned the New York Yankees and opted for free agency. The old guard is in disarray, and […]

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The fight to save Tiger Stadium

From staff reports September is just around the corner, and for the second year in a row, our beloved Detroit Tigers are eyeing the playoffs, and if the pitching holds up, another trip to the World Series (they haven’t done that since 1934-35!). But while baseball’s all the rage downtown at stylish Comerica Park, her […]

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Fleet-of-foot Treece boasts Olympic dreams

By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor On my first day as a cross-country runner at Glen Lake High School two years ago I was told that, without a doubt, Marissa Treece was going to win the race. I assumed that just meant she was “pretty good”. So I watched that race. Indeed, Marissa was the first […]

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Fighting off the bear with Internet technology

By Carol Purcell Sun contributor One beautiful week last September I headed to the Upper Peninsula for a solitary camping trip. The Hurricane River Campground is a small campground reached by dirt roads, 12 miles west of Grand Marais, right on Lake Superior in the Pictured Rocks. It has 11 sites, one water spigot and […]

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Soccer, Mom?

By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor As the crackling of a frenetic workday fizzles into late afternoon, witness a scene familiar to many soccer families in Leelanau: rush home from work, gather up scattered cleats, knee-high socks, uniform, shin guards, soccer ball, water bottle, nutritious snack, then head back out the door to get to […]

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