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Sleeping Bear Dunes announces kids artwork contest for 2018 park pass
Upcoming EventFor the third year, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is conducting an artwork contest to select an image for the front of the park’s Annual Park Entrance Pass. The focus of the contest centers around the Every Kid in a Park program, which has the central goal of connecting fourth graders with the great outdoors and inspiring them to become future environmental stewards, ready to preserve and protect national parks and other public lands for years to come. For this reason, the art contest is open to anyone 12 years of age or younger.
Sleeping Bear Dunes receives field trip grant from National Park Foundation
NewsSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was selected to receive a 2017 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation (NPF), the official charity of America’s national parks. This grant will allow fourth grade classes the opportunity to explore the National Lakeshore on a snowshoeing adventure for free and learn about winter ecology, snow science, and more in a hands-on, experiential format. This grant, part of the NPF’s Open OutDoors for Kids program, supports the Every Kid in a Park program.
Glen Arbor Wines: where the two peninsulas meet
Business Feature, Local PersonalityLissa Edwards can remember Glen Arbor before it had sidewalks, or much asphalt. “Everything smelled like hot sand and sumac,” she laughs, over a glass of Chardonnay. “Every once in a while a certain smell takes me back to those days. I spent every summer in Glen Arbor in the 1960s. This town is deep in my DNA.”
Empire Area Museum celebrates Heritage Day
Historical Feature, Upcoming EventThe Empire Area Museum Complex celebrates Heritage Day at the museum on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 1-4 p.m. A repeat feature this year include the fantastic collection of handmade Faberge type eggs made in Empire in the 1970s by Helen Witt. A must see.
Forest Haven Cemetery, buried in the woods, sealed by the storm
Historical Feature, Investigative ArticleAt one time, it was lovely and serene. “We begin in a peaceful place in the woods among the tall timber and wildflowers of Leelanau County,” wrote author Leonard G. Overmyer in his 1999 book Forest Haven Soldiers: The Civil War Veterans of Glen Lake & Surrounding Leelanau. “A site, by Forest Haven Road and M-22, where lies the old Glen Arbor Township Cemetery. It was used primarily in the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s for the early pioneers of the area. This quiet location holds the final resting-place of several Civil War soldiers.”
Country doctors: introducing Empire new physicians
Business Feature, Local PersonalityDrs. Cyrus Ghaemi and Katie Krezoski-Evans have joined Dr. Nicole Fliss at Munson Healthcare’s family practice in Empire, which serves infants to elders. We posed the following questions to Krezoski-Evans and Ghaemi in order to get to know them.
Born in Mexico, raised in America, a “Dreamer” embraces Leelanau County
Investigative Article, Local PersonalityThe current administration’s threats to repeal protections for immigrants brought to the United States as children, and who have few memories of their native countries, could hurt people like Gloria, who grew up in Leelanau County since age 11.
Will Sleeping Bear Dunes set visitor record again in 2017?
Investigative Article, Talk of the TownWill Sleeping Bear Dunes break last year’s record for annual visitors to our National Park? 1,683,553 people visited Sleeping Bear in 2016, smashing the previous record of 1,535,633 set in 2015. The visitation tally in 2017 is more than 26,000 people ahead of last year’s pace, following a strong April and September, and a monster July.
Glen Arbor’s choice: the park or the pines?
Investigative Article, Sports/AdventureWork began late this summer to implement the Glen Arbor Park improvement plan which was presented to the township earlier this year and approved by voters Aug. 8. The plan includes removal of many oak trees—some of which have already been taken out—and the two signature pine trees which frame either end of the tennis courts.
Bitter is back with Empire Hops & Harvest Festival
Upcoming EventFeaturing Northern Michigan food and drinks, live performances, and more, the Empire Hops & Farvest Festival, Saturday, Oct. 7 from noon until 10 p.m., celebrates the beautiful and bitter hop plant. We’ll be celebrating all day in downtown Empire in the big tent on Front Street.