Help for Willie is Ripe in the Land of the Sleeping Bear

By Norm Wheeler Sun editor “It’s just amazing,” says Ken Hurlin. “We thought if a couple hundred came it would be great!” But around 800 people from the Glen Lake area showed up on the deck at Boondocks on Wednesday, June 23, to raise funds to support the care of Willie Hurlin. Willie (the son […]

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It’s not a myth! Cougar seen in Glen Arbor

By Jane Greiner Sun staff writer GLEN ARBOR (June 24) — A family stopping for pastries at Barb’s Bakery in Glen Arbor this morning spotted a cougar walking behind the bakery. It was moving toward the rear of the Post Office, according to Joyce Long at the Philip Heart Visitor Center. Gregory and Joanne Newman […]

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Nighttime visitors: the legacy of the flying squirrel

By Torin Yeager Sun contributor We all enjoy watching the variety of birds we see every day at our feeders. From the common chickadees and sparrows to rose-breasted grosbeaks and orioles. What most of us don’t notice are the nighttime visitors to our feeders. The occasional raccoon or opossum might stop by, but the smallest […]

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“Eine Lebenserfahrung”: Exchange student’s view on her stay in northern Michigan

By Kate McCarty Sun contributor Every few years the Glen Lake student body has the opportunity to get to know a student from another country. During the course of the second semester of the 2003-04 school year at Glen Lake, fellow students came to know the beautiful, intelligent Theresa Holverscheid, a German student who came […]

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Water Play

Mary Sharry Sun contributor The goldfish I bought from the dime store never lived very long. In two or three weeks, a month at the most, after I had them home they would develop red scales. Their gills looked painfully raw. First one fish and then the other, they finally looked like carrot strips afloat […]

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Glen Arbor remembers World War II pilot, best-selling author

By Fred Tasker Sun contributor In a study overlooking the peaceful Crystal River in Glen Arbor, Frank Robert Westie sat for five years writing some of the most horrific air combat scenes of World War II — as part of a searing, anti-war novel called Ash Wednesday ’45. The best-selling novel, built around the firebombing […]

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River, lake water levels high as cats’ backs

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor The Leelanau County rain gods were generous last month, bestowing gifts on the Glen Lakes and the Crystal River for all to enjoy. As a result, for the first time in years canoers and kayakers were actually able to shoot through the culverts under the county roads on the Crystal […]

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Le Bear awakens as an eager staff welcomes guests

By Norm Wheeler Sun editor The colossal Le Bear Luxury Residential Club & Spa is welcoming owners/guests into their new “digs” at the end of Lake Street on Sleeping Bear Bay. Peggy Whiting, Director of Member Services and Chief Concierge, reports that 6 residences along the north side of the new resort are completed and […]

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The Leelanau School to celebrate 75th Anniversary

From staff reports A seventy-five year-old wise man full of lessons for its many children, yet still boasting ageless enthusiasm. The Leelanau School, the fine institute of learning, located on quite possibly the most beautiful campus in the world, is celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year on the banks of Sleeping Bear Bay, one mile […]

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Hotdogs are Ripe in the Land of the Sleeping Bear

By Norm Wheeler Sun editor Hungry? My, oh my, did you come to the right town! Now just let yer’ belt out a notch, sit yer’self down, and check out these comestibles, my friends. Hot Dogs? Yeah, we got ‘em. You gotch’er hot dog special down at Bear Paw Pizza and Subs, just look at […]

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