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Father and Son Baseball Pilgrimage Turns 13
NewsMy son Jacob and I have been attending worship services at the Church of Baseball for 13 years now. We started by seeing the Cubbies in the afternoon and the White Sox at night on the same day in 1989 when the scheduling allowed both teams to be at home at the same time. You could just hop on the Elevated train outside Wrigley Field and be at Comiskey Park in half an hour.
LUXURIOUS LE BEAR RESORT A GIVEN ON LAKE STREET
Investigative ArticleBy Jacob Wheeler Sun editor All eyes are on quaint Glen Arbor. Two summers from now a gigantic, $40 million luxury resort including 14 fractional-ownership condominiums will occupy the pristine land by the boat ramp on Lake Street where Le Bear restaurant and a couple giant parking lots are today. Current restaurant owners Janet Niewold […]
Fire Hall Debate Heats Up
Letter to editor/OpinionBy Darren Mohn Sun Contributor August 6th is the date of the Primary Election, and on that ballot Glen Arbor voters will be asked to approve a new $1,760,000 Public Safety Building. As usual, Glen Arbor’s residents have a variety of views on the subject. Built in 1952, the existing fire hall housed some modest […]
DUNEGRASS FESTIVAL DANCES INTO TENTH YEAR
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RUMBLES ON ICE MOUNTAIN
Investigative ArticleBy Chase Edwards Sun staff writer On a warm July day in Northern Michigan’s rural Mecosta County an Amish carriage drives by the Ice Mountain spring water plant. The simple black carriage juxtaposed against the $100 million bottling facility, a Nestle subsidiary that pumps 400 gallons of spring water per minute and bottles it for […]
“These Calories can do you no harm”
Business FeatureBy M. Leth-Soerensen Sun contributor There is a little green gingerbread building in the midst of Glen Arbor with its door beckoning you to enter. The signs posted announce tea and pastries, and you are visiting “Thyme Out”. You walk into a lovely space filled with delicate pastries, cakes, tortes and other edibles as well […]
UNDERATED MICHIGAN WINES
Food/Organic LivingBy Ian Richardson Sun contributor I think Michigan wines have gotten a bad rap. Often I hear “That’s a pretty good Michigan wine” or I am asked, “How do Michigan wines compare to those from California?” and I wonder, “How does an apple compare to a banana?” To compare Michigan wines to California wines makes […]
LEARNING HOW TO PLAY GOLF
Sports/AdventureBy Lee Houtteman Sun Contributor At our Learning Center at Bay Meadows we get a lot of people who are just starting out in golf. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing a new golfer take up the game the correct way…. WITH A LESSON. Having taught golf now for close to 17 years to […]
CLOSE TO HOME: GROUND ZERO PEACE POLE PRODUCED LOCALLY
Business FeatureBy Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Six weeks from now all of America, and the entire world, will stop and remember that awful day last Fall that changed our lives forever, shattering the bubble of security for many, and stealing a loved one or a friend from tens of thousands.
WILDERNESS, DUNES RESTRICTED IN PARK’S PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
Investigative ArticleBy Jacob Wheeler Sun Editor No, the National Park Service will not close the dune climb. But the areas of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore open to the public will likely undergo major changes in late 2003, when the final version of the NPS General Management Plan is published. The National Park recently held […]