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Running in the family
Local Personality, Sports/AdventureBy 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. […]
Opposes Sleeping Bear bike trail
Letter to editor/OpinionDear editor, With fundraising beginning by TART Trails for the Leelanau Scenic Heritage Trailway project, it’s time for people to learn the true nature of the project before they give their money. The route goes from the Leelanau-Benzie county line at Manning Road south of Empire to Good Harbor Bay at County Road 651 north […]
Come celebrate the Fourth!
Photo Spread, Upcoming Event“Mayor” Tim Barr asks you to please keep your kids out of the streets, and for those riding in floats, to please throw candy away from the moving vehicles (and over the white lines), during this year’s Fourth of July parade. Let’s have fun, and keep things safe! • Saturday, July 3 at 10 a.m., […]
Meet the Grand Marshals
Local Personality, Upcoming EventBy Michael Buhler Sun editor Lou Batori claims to be running out of steam. “As you age, your energy depletes by 5 percent each year, so I’m in negative territory now,” he chuckles. But this 99-year-old Glen Arbor resident is actually full of vigor, skiing virtually every day last winter at Crystal Mountain, and riding […]
“Fracking” gas companies target northern Michigan
Investigative ArticleBy Eartha Melzer Sun contributor As natural gas companies prepare to prospect in northern Michigan, experts are warning landowners to be careful about selling off mineral rights. When the state took in an all-time record $178 million in a mineral rights auction back in May, it became apparent that natural gas companies see new opportunities […]
Missing Ernie
Historical Feature, Poetry/EssayBy Jack Lane Sun contributor We have all written a sort of eulogy to Ernie Harwell in our minds. While driving down roads, listening to other baseball announcers sing their operas … while sitting at the beach, drinking in the waves and wind and feeling there was just a little piece of summer missing … […]
Dance and laugh to Three Men and a Tenor
Upcoming EventFrom staff reports Three Men and a Tenor, an internationally renowned comedic vocal music sensation, will bring a high-energy, hilarious, vocal music show to Thoreson Farm north of Glen Arbor in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District, on Saturday, June 26 at 7 p.m. This concert is the main ingredient of the Glen Arbor Art […]
With a hoe in his hand
Historical Feature, Local PersonalityBy F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor On a bright June afternoon, a first glimpse of Irwin “Irv” Beck, Jr. reveals the 82-year-old sailing along on his red Farm-all tractor, as proud as a mariner, through the furrowed expanse of his 10 acres in Empire Twp. It’s the middle of strawberry season, and Irv is taking […]
Bobby Jones wails the blues on Arizona Princess
Local PersonalityBy Norm Wheeler Sun editor (Editor’s Note: Bobby’s CD was released back in 2008, and the Sun apologizes for the delay in trumpeting the coolness of his musical project in his own hometown’s paper!) There comes a time in the life of any amateur musician who has picked with a band or two over the […]
Michigan women artists collaborate for multimedia event
Upcoming EventFrom staff reports The multimedia event, LORE will take place on Friday, June 18 at the historic Mills Community House Theater located at 891 Michigan Avenue in the village of nearby Benzonia. LORE will feature creative work by seven emerging and established Michigan women artists. The exhibit takes inspiration from their personal stories and includes […]