I was raised in Shelby by Republicans. In the 1960s my father, Robert R. Wheeler, was the Republican chairman of Michigan’s Ninth Congressional District, stretching from Grand Haven to Traverse City up the shore of Lake Michigan. Republican activism ran in the family: my grandfather Neil Wheeler had been elected state representative in Lansing for one term (two years) in the 1930s.
In the realm of really-hard-acts-to-follow resides the 1960 classic To Kill A Mockingbird. Author Harper Lee wrote a singular novel — singular from the standpoints of quality and quantity. All that changes July 13-14 at midnight when Lee’s next novel, Go Set A Watchman, is released by publisher HarperCollins. The arrival of Go Set A Watchman is reason for celebration, according to one Glen Arbor reader.