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Leelanau School students walk out to protest Climate Change
NewsStudent activist Liam Bottoms led Leelanau School students to join in the worldwide walkout to protest against global climate change on Thursday, Sept. 20. Millions of Students and many adults from around the world walked out of schools and workplaces to demand immediate action against climate change. The walkout was planned ahead of the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Action Summit which will be held on September 23.
Chemical engineering, carafes, and Laurentide wine
NewsSusan Braymer is passionate about what she does. And what she does during the vast majority of her waking hours is run her and her husband Bill’s Laurentide winery in Leelanau County. Opened in 2012, Laurentide is the culmination of shared dreams for doing something in the wine business that started bubbling many years ago. Wine is part of Susan and Bill’s love story, on the table at celebrations, guiding their vacation destinations, and a source of endless learning and conversations.
ShareCare provides a lifeline for Leelanau seniors
NewsEmpire residents Reuben and Mary Ann Chapman benefit greatly from ShareCare, a nonprofit that links Leelanau County seniors to the services they need to live independently and well. Rueben, who lives with Parkinson’s disease, gets rides about once a month to doctors in Traverse City. Mary Ann drives him for the major appointments to learn what he needs, but ShareCare helps with the routine visits.
Sleeping Bear Gateways Council aims to help National Lakeshore manage growing pains
NewsThe Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and surrounding communities are suffering growing pains as we’ve become a prime destination for tourists from all over the world. Conscious of these growing pains, a new group called the Sleeping Bear Gateways Council is stepping forward to facilitate dialogue between the National Lakeshore, local business leaders and civic leaders.
Dawn’s Bliss
NewsLinda Alice Dewey’s painting “Dawn’s Bliss” reminds us that the water is still warm, and those foggy early mornings offer the best opportunity for a paddle on a placid lake.
“After School Art” program offers equal access to arts programs
NewsIt’s back to school for the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s (GAAC) popular After School Art program, which begins Tuesday, September 24.
Climb the Mackinac Bridge, support Leelanau Christian Neighbors
NewsLeelanau Christian Neighbors is auctioning off one pass for two people to experience a once-in-a-lifetime climb of the 552-foot tower of the Mackinac Bridge as part of the Mackinac Bridge Authority’s limited Tower Tour. As of press time, bidding was at $350. Bidding ends on Sept. 29. Click here to bid in the auction: LeelanauChristianNeighbors.org/auction.
A racing mind: Thompson Racing Fabrication welds Empire Hill Climb
NewsAt the Empire Hill Climb on Saturday, Sept. 14, look for cars sporting the blue Thompson Racing Fabrication (TRF) logo as they zoom up Wilco Road. This is the sixth annual race in downtown Empire (it took place from 1964 until 1980 before taking a 34-year hiatus). Runs begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 5:30 p.m.
Glen Lake Library shows Yarn
NewsKnitting and crocheting, long dismissed as home hobby and granny-craft, are at the forefront of the current revolution in fiber arts. As part of its “Fiber Without Borders” exhibition, the Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) will host a screening of the 2016 documentary Yarn,and audience talk-back discussion on Sept. 19 at 7 pm at the Empire Township Hall, 10088 W. Front St., Empire.Yarn is presented in collaboration with the Glen Lake Community Library.
Dune Dogs slumber: Dotti and Bill Thompson reflect on 26 years in Glen Arbor
NewsThe sign on the porch wall of Dotti and Bill Thompson’s White Gull Inn says “Downers Grove There’s No Place Like Home.” That can be interpreted as both a bit of nostalgia and a message. It harkens back to 1993 when they left Downers Grove for good and made Glen Arbor their home. Bill’s roots around here go way back to 1925 when his relatives “took the boat up from Chicago to the big dock at Glen Haven and walked to their cottage on Sleeping Bear Bay.” So Bill’s dad was already coming here as a boy before it was Bill’s turn to visit “Aunt Madge”. Then Dotti chimes in, “I came first in 1959 when we were dating.” It was obviously just a matter of time before the Thompsons made Glen Arbor their “home,” and Downers Grove a place to visit.