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Questions for Rep. Chatfield Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, a few questions if I may: 1. Can you please supply your constituents a list of all the public health professionals, along with their curriculum vitaes, with whom you and your fellow Republicans consulted with before deciding our state should relax our stay-at-home mandates? On the surface, it looks like you were consulting your alma mater’s (Liberty University) school of public health rather than our state’s worldclass experts at, for example, the University of Michigan.

2. Will you please assure us that your fellow gun-toting white men, who are frequenting our Capitol, menacingly making their opinions known, will not start patrolling our neighborhoods, snatching masks off people, or dragging people out of their homes to force them to shop and dine out against their will? They seem to think our state has devolved into “the biggest guns make the rules.” Assure us that we have not.

3. To help protect our precious healthcare professionals, all of whom have invested in-long, extensive years of study, can you please arrange to have the aforementioned gun-toting white men sign up for an “OptOut” list that would preclude them from seeking any medical help for themselves and anyone in their family who develops COVID-19? That seems only fair to the medical community and the rest of us who are doing the vital work of staying at home and being cautious.

4. Lastly, will you please assure us that we will not see print images or videos of you joining the protestors at our Capitol in future campaign ads? It would be highly inappropriate for the people of Michigan who have suffered so much to see you capitalizing on this heartbreaking reality we find ourselves in for your own future political gain.

Carolyn Matzinger, Petoskey Shutdown; Not Lockdown Just noticed the cover of the May 4 Northern Express using the phrase “After the Lockdown.” It’s a shutdown; not a lockdown.

You’re not forced to stay in your home like Italy, China, etc. Read Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-70 (COVID-19). Anyone with a smartphone received the latest emergency alert — it had a link to the state’s website.

You may, at most, be charged with a misdemeanor if you are out and not performing an essential activity (which even includes boating, hiking, biking, and walking). So are we all going to start blithely cavorting now without any care for others by not wearing masks and social distancing? Guess we’ll know whether there is a surge coming up, as many health

experts believe will happen. And those are the same experts who had already said much about what is currently happening with the pandemic.

Go ahead and search whether it’s a right or a privilege to drive any motor vehicle. You will find that the consensus is still that it’s a privilege; you do not have a right to drive.

It is not your inalienable constitutional right. As a matter of fact, the public roads are not the individual’s constitutional right to use. The roads are for the public, not the individual. Does the public usage of roads include racing, like in New York City?

Speeding has shown a marked increase.

Head to the beaches? All of us could do well to get a lesson from Tom Foolery’s video The Great Realisation, which shows a man telling his child a story about a virus.

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Top Ten..........................................................5 Spectator/Stephen Tuttle...................................6 Opinion.............................................................8 Weird................................................................9 Advice.......................................................17 jef mort, Traverse City Crossword..................................................17 Classifieds.................................................18 Two Wrongs Aren’t Right Keli MacIntosh, I agree with your comment [Letters, May 4 issue] that people shouldn’t say anything negative about someone else. But long before John James came out with his negative ads, there were negative ads about him by his opponents. So the blame should go to the originator. I guess one could ask the same question of what his opponent has done for Michigan?

Kurt Benghauser, Traverse City Capitalize on these Changes There is a great sadness on our planet as our people suffer. While we are sequestering in our homes, our earth is taking deep and healing breaths. Our world has gone quiet. Our air has become clear. We see blue skies and stars with new clarity; our waters run clear. We see that our behavior indeed does have a huge impact on our earth. There is hope for a healthy earth if we pay attention. It’s not too late for positive change!

As our world economies open, we must go forward with a renewed desire to put in place policies that will sustain these quiet and healthy earth changes we have come to enjoy. It certainly is not the suggestion of climate activists that economies must be shut down to achieve a more livable planet. We are fortunate to have organizations like the Citizens Climate Lobby, which promotes policies based on scientific research, to give us hope. Through the cooperation we have witnessed in mitigating the spread of COVID-19, we can save the planet for our kids and grandkids.

Please call our legislators to support effective climate crisis bills that are being introduced in both the senate and the house.

Solveig Gustafson, Traverse City Return to Sender Trump’s attempt to defund the United States Postal Service is as astounding as it is frightening. We rely heavily on the USPS for mail to and from friends, paying bills, reasonably priced delivery service, and, perhaps most importantly, and increasingly, for casting our votes. Hmmm … that last one couldn’t have anything to do with why Trump wants to get rid of it, could it?

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top ten Good News: Harbor Springs Auction has been extended Thanks to an overwhelming response, the Shop & Support Harbor Springs Small Business online auction — which raised $18K for local businesses in 10 days — has been extended another week. Now, you have until May 24 to bid (or sometimes buy outright) items like a sterling silver toggle bracelet adorned with a classic Harbor Point charm from Mary Ann Archer Fine Jewelry ($220), a 20-by-24-inch framed giclee (reproduction on canvas) of your choice from the Hramiec Hoffman Gallery ($595), or even a PetSafe automatic tennis ball launcher that’ll keep your dog running while you relax. (At press time, highest bid was $70.) Find these and more than 120 more items by linking to the auction at www.harborspringschamber.com.

4 Cadillac Cinema Could be Saved A nonprofit group plans to save the GQT Cadillac 4 movie theater in downtown Cadillac after the venue closed amid a bankruptcy.

The Cadillac Footliters, a community theater group, have made an offer to purchase Cadillac’s only movie theater, noting that it plans to make the historic theater even better: It will continue to show movies — and also showcase live theater, musical performances and community events.

“We are thrilled at the prospect of saving this downtown monument of Cadillac’s rich theater history, establishing a permanent home for Footliters, and serving as an important foundation to downtown Cadillac’s imminent economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic,” the organization said in a statement.

Following a fire in their previous venue, the Footliters have not had a permanent home in three decades. The Cadillac 4 was previously called the Lyric Theatre, which opened in 1919.

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Every week, 4pm–8pm Tuesday through Saturday, in addition to an insanely delicious assortment of singular takeout dishes, The Cooks’ House offers the most on-point pandemic meal option we’ve seen: a $20 TV dinner for one. Last week was a to-diefor chicken parmesan served atop Raduno spaghetti, a mixed Loma Farm-grown green salad with rich buttermilk dressing, and a sugar cookie. The week before: Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy, roasted carrots, and a melt-in-your mouth-marshmallowy dream of a Rice Crispy treat — an arrangement that made our Hungry Man-lovin’ childhood, circa 1986, pale in comparison. The week before that it was flank steak, chimichurri, asparagus salad, and a hearty slice of lemon pound cake. Next week? We don’t know yet, but you can bet that as long as there is Netflix and a stay-at-home order, we’ll be binge-watching while binge-eating The Cooks’ House TV dinners. Stay tuned to what’s coming out of their kitchen by searching “The Cooks’ House” on Facebook or calling (231) 946-8700. Find it at 115 Wellington St. in Traverse City.

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The old adage “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” doesn’t much apply for author and epicure Bill Buford. Following his acclaimed conquest of Italian cuisine in 2006’s “Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany,” Buford set his sights on new ground to gourmandise. Fast forward 14 years, and Buford’s back on the line — but this time, his focus is French. Out this month, “Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking” chronicles how a six-month stint in Lyon grew into a full-fledged gastronomic journey as Buford enrolls at the esteemed L’Institut Bocuse, earns his keep (eventually) in a Michelin-starred kitchen, and digs through the region’s soil — all for the sake of foodie satisfaction. In this mouthwatering memoir, we learn that what grows together, goes together, told in a captivating way that’ll have readers running back for seconds.

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Artist Emergency Fund Needs Help

A fund established to help artists who have lost income amid the coronavirus crisis has distributed more than $25,000 to 50 people so far, but with summer gigs and art shows now getting canceled and a long waiting list of those in need, the fund could use some bolstering.

“The need is still great,” Amanda Kik, co-director of Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology, wrote in an email. “We have over 20 artists on the wait list, which grows each day. Artists are reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses. It is devastating to think that when we need art the most, artists are being hit hard.”

Crosshatch launched the Artist Emergency Fund for working artists in Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and Leelanau counties.

Funds are available to musicians or other artists affected by cancellations caused by the pandemic who make 33 percent or more of their income through their art. To apply for funds or to make a contribution, visit www.crosshatch.org/emergency.

Q-Tip: How to Honor Memorial Day, 2020 This year would have marked the 50th anniversary of the longest-running free Memorial Day historical program in the United States: the North’s Fort Michilimackinac Historical Reenactment Pageant, in which 400+ “cast members” converge in Mackinac City to dramatize the 1763 Fort Michilimackinac battle between the French, British, and Native Americans. Like so many Memorial Day weekend traditions Up North, it’s canceled due to COVID-19. But honoring those who died in active military service doesn’t require a three-day pageant. Consider, if you will, taking just a moment to honor those who sacrificed far more than a few weeks of home quarantine to keep their fellow Americans safe. Here are three ideas: 1. Take in the monuments, sit a spell on the lawn, or do a remembrance walk on the nearby trails at Traverse City’s Veterans Park, located at 11th Street and Elmwood.

2. Buy a memorial brick from American Legion Post 84 to support improvements to the Otsego County War Memorial, at the northeast corner of the Otsego County building in Gaylord. Email amteitgen@gmail.com to inquire.

3. Watch (while making efforts to maintain safe distancing) the Friends of the Veterans 2020 Memorial Day parade, starting at 10am Monday, May 25, at the United Methodist Church in Bellaire and ending at Bellaire Hardware. After the parade, a ceremony will be held at the Bellaire Veterans Memorial (pictured),104 Maple Rd.

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Stuff we love Virtual Bike Events The biggest annual fundraiser for the Benzie Sunrise Rotary — Bike Benzie’s Up North Bike Fest — just hucked the hole that is COVID-19. Event chairperson Bill Kennis tells Northern Express “Our amazing sponsors still wanted to contribute to our Rotary-sponsored student programs, so we morphed the event into a virtual ride dubbed the Pandemic Pedal.” There’s no registration fee (though donations and T-shirt purchases are welcome); cyclists simply register at www.bikebenzie.org and ride any route they choose, any time between June 6 and June 30, and if they’re willing, post pictures to the event’s Facebook page to help keep the local cycling community motivated and connected. Kennis says the sponsorships and donations support long-standing programs for area youth: mentoring, scholarships, food insecurity support, and help with literacy. Another virtual cycling fundraiser rolls through Traverse City June 6 and 7: The city’s annual Less Cancer Bike Ride — this year named the Alone But Together Bike Ride — raises funds to support cancer-prevention organization Less Cancer. Registration is $25; cyclists can ride on their own one mile or 100, one day or both days; and non-cyclists can donate to support riders already registered for the cause.

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It’s always seemed a bit short of a shrift that moms — those bearers of babes, slaves to tantrum-ing tots, and saints for a lifetime — get celebrated one measly day out of 365. Thanks then to three local merchants who, the day after Mother’s Day, announced they’ll cut us kids a deal to honor Mom all month long.

Until the end of May, Bel Lago Winery, Grocers Daughter Chocolate, and BLK MRKT coffee are offering deep discounts on two Month of Mom packages: The Sweet Mama (now $75; usually $102.50) delivers five bottles of Bel Lago’s sweeter wines, a 4-piece box of Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate caramels, and 12-ounces of BLK MRKT coffee. The Smooth Mama (now $100; usually $133.50) brings five bottles of Bel Lago’s drier wines, a 4-piece box of Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate honey caramels, and 12-ounces of BLK MRKT coffee. Got a mama who’s neither sweet nor smooth? You can also customize your package with Bel Lago wines you choose.

(And if perchance any of our children are reading this, we look forward to receiving the Sweet package because it features one of our favorite summer sippers, Leelanau Primavera, a 2018 Michigan Wine Competition gold medalist and white blend that starts crisp and clean, with notes of apples and pears, but finishes sweet — much unlike yourselves as toddlers, which was a very trying time for us and most certainly the reason for our gray hairs. Love, Mom.) See all the goodies and place your order at bellago.com. ($10 flat-rate delivery fee; curbside pickup available by appointment.)

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WHO ARE WE WILLING TO KILL? spectator

by Stephen Tuttle “Who’s willing to die for liberty?” That’s what one of the protesters in Lansing barked at the crowd.

It was the wrong question. The correct question is this: “Who are you willing to kill?”

Some 45 states already have plans to open some parts of their economy this month, despite the advice of the medical experts.

Almost none meet the minimum standards suggested by the White House that now urges them to reopen.

tion of the symptoms four or five days — an improvement but no cure.

We’re still reliably told, if you’re one of those people still paying attention to science, the only solution at this point is nationwide testing, isolation of those infected, contact tracing, and the development of an effective vaccine.

But we don’t have nationwide testing. That’s been left to the states now competing with each other for lab time and supplies, and since they’re using different tests, there is no

Never mind that it has asymptomatic carriers, a wide variety of symptoms, impacts people of all ages, and is far more contagious and with a fatality rate 10 times that of seasonal flu.

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The non-binding guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and endorsed by the White House call for 14 consecutive days of diminishing COVID-19 cases or hospitalizations.

Instead, several states are opening as cases continue to increase.

The desire to restart a badly cratered economy is understandable, especially coming from politicians facing reelection. With shuttered businesses everywhere and unemployment soaring above 20 percent, the urge to act has become overwhelming. (Where in the world are those 80 percent still employed working?) But we reopen knowing full well more people will become sick, and some will die as a result. Especially considering we’ve not yet figured out this virus.

We now know this is a very tricky ailment. It appears that at least 25 percent of those infected, and perhaps as many as 50 percent, will be asymptomatic but still contagious.

We know even those exhibiting no symptoms can be infectious for up to two weeks before the symptoms present. This is why social distancing helps.

We also know people can exhibit symptoms other than fever and a dry cough. Some now suffer from something called silent hypoxia; their lungs aren’t absorbing enough oxygen even though they have neither a breathing issue nor a cough. We know that despite this being primarily a respiratory ailment, some people instead present gastrointestinal issues including vomiting and diarrhea. We know some people suffer blood clots and strokes.

We know some children, who were once believed to be nearly immune, are suffering from a coronavirus inflammatory side effect similar to toxic shock syndrome or Kawasaki Disease.

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Some virus experts now say the bug is adapting to and mutating within its human hosts causing an ever-expanding list of potential impacts.

There is nothing medical that prevents it and nothing that cures it. Even the latest attempt with an anti-viral drug called remdisivir is not a magic bullet; it might reduce the dura-

consistency. The quick tests, which provide results in minutes, have their own problems with far too many false-negative results.

States have also been left to do their own contact tracing as the federal government continues their abysmal track record with this thing. The president, who was touting his abilities as a wartime commander just a couple weeks ago, has abandoned the battlefield and headed back to the more comfortable ground of airing old grievances and just making up stuff.

Congress has been no better. They could have passed legislation mandating a coherent, nationwide pandemic response program and ordered the CDC to develop a national contact tracing program. Instead, they just keep doling out trillions of dollars we don’t actually have.

Neither the administration nor Congress ever managed to fully figure out how to make sure every state had the medical supplies and equipment they needed. Jared Kushner’s supply chain group grossly overpaid for much of what they bought, while smaller companies, who could have provided the same supplies for much less, went begging. Then they told the states they were on their own and good luck to them.

While the virus continues coursing through the country, we still have inadequate testing, inadequate contact tracing, and no federal leadership. Never mind that it has asymptomatic carriers, a wide variety of symptoms, impacts people of all ages, and is far more contagious and with a fatality rate 10 times that of seasonal flu.

So, we should ask those clamoring the most loudly to open up the economy in the name of liberty who they’d like killed. Their demands will result in people dying, so who? Their own parents or grandparents? Siblings? Spouses?

What about their children? And how many more deaths are an acceptable price?

We already have, by far, the most cases and fatalities on earth. Now we’re in a hurry to make that record even worse.

Crime & Rescue MAN FLEES POLICE ACROSS BRIDGE A domestic violence investigation in the Upper Peninsula led to a police chase that spanned the Mackinac Bridge and ended near Mackinaw City.

Mackinac County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic violence complaint at 8:20pm May 12 and learned that the suspect had fled the scene with a child.

Deputies caught up with the suspect on US2, but the driver refused to pull over, leading to a chase to the bridge’s entry point in St. Ignace, where police deployed stop strips, deflating two tires on the suspect’s car.

The suspect nonetheless continued on, driving through a toll gate and onto the bridge, where he crashed into several construction pylons. The driver crossed the bridge and exited at US-31, where officers from various departments attempted to box him in, causing the suspect to crash into a patrol car. After a second attempt to box in the driver, the suspect lost control, drove into a ditch and rolled over.

Police were able to determine that the child only had minor injuries. Investigators arrested the suspect, whom they believe was under the influence of drugs.

SUSPECT JAILED FOR ASSAULTING WIFE Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 33-year-old man after he assaulted and later threatened to kill his estranged wife.

The 31-year-old woman told a Garfield Township community police officer May 10 that she’d been receiving text messages from her estranged husband, threatening to kill her, and that in April, while he was under the influence of methamphetamines, that he strangled her until she lost consciousness.

Deputies located the man, who is on parole, at a home in Fife Lake. They arrested him on felony domestic violence charges and also arrested a 34-year-old Traverse City woman, whom they found at the home, on a charge of possession of methamphetamine.

MISSING GIRL FOUND SAFE Police found a 4-year-old girl whose was reported missing by her grandmother.

Missaukee County Sheriff’s deputies were called after the 74-year-old woman noticed the child was missing from her home in Merritt at 1:50am May 6. The woman noticed that the girl was gone and that a door heading outside had been left open.

Deputies searched for almost two hours until they noticed a house nearby that had an open door. They discovered the missing girl sleeping on a couch inside. The residents of that house had been unaware of what happened until they were alerted by the deputies.

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PETOSKEY HOMICIDE INVESTIGATED Following the death of a downstate man, police in Petoskey arrested a man on homicide charges.

The investigation began late May 12, according to the Petoskey Department of Public Safety. The lone suspect was soon in jail awaiting charges.

Police did not release details about what had occurred. The suspect is from Petoskey; the deceased was visiting from Royal Oak. Police said they would release more information once an autopsy was complete and charges had been filed. They described the killing as an isolated incident.

A governor’s order in March suspended the transfer of prisoners from county jails until jails could show that they had developed safety protocols in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

Measures had already been established in midMarch at the Grand Traverse County jail, according to the sheriff’s department. Those measures met or exceeded what the state required.

State officials inspected the jail and approved Michigan Department of Corrections transfers, leading to the transfer of 12 prisoners to state custody on May 13.

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CAR WASH THEFT PROBED Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies want to find whoever broke into some vending machines and stole a substantial amount of money.

Deputies were called May 13 to investigate a larceny complaint at a car wash on West Fourth Street in Suttons Bay. Investigators determined that the theft had occurred within the past four days and that someone using special tools had been able to open the coin-operated machines without damaging them.

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LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC opinion OPENING MONDAY MAY 18

BY Tom Gutowski The federal response to the coronavirus has been less than stellar. The initial rollout of testing was botched, and our per capita rate of testing was for a long time very low, making it difficult to do contact tracing or targeted quarantining, or to get accurate numbers or reopen the economy safely.

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The Commerce Department urged American businesses to export N95 masks and other supplies to China even while shortages existed in the United States. Many healthcare workers still don’t have enough protective equipment, and various other items (e.g. swabs) have been in short supply.

Shipments of equipment ordered by states have been seized by the feds without warning.

Vulnerable populations in prisons and ICE detention centers haven’t been adequately protected. Farmers have dumped millions of gallons of milk and plowed crops under while food banks face epic demand (though a new USDA program promises a degree of relief to both). And hundreds of millions of dollars intended for small business loans went to large corporations.

Clearly, Trump bears much of the blame.

He partially dismantled the U.S. pandemic preparedness apparatus, weakening its ability to mount a timely and effective response. He ignored early warnings about pandemics in general and COVID-19 in particular, said the virus would just go away (he’s still saying it), and dithered for two months. The travel ban on China was of limited effectiveness because almost 40,000 people (mostly U.S. citizens) came here from China after it went into effect. Besides, by then the virus was already here.

Trump accused healthcare workers of stealing supplies, doled out medical equipment like it was political patronage, fired the inspector general tasked with overseeing the stimulus package, pushed an untested cure with potentially fatal side effects, mused about injecting disinfectants into coronavirus patients, and rejected the CDC’s advice on how to safely reopen the economy. He claimed unlimited authority but declined to use it, instead telling the governors that they’re on their own. Despite his endless selfcongratulation, his epitaph will likely be “I don’t take responsibility at all.”

But Trump isn’t the whole story. There are other issues that must be addressed if we are to avoid a repeat when the next infectious disease comes along.

One of these is a distrust of scientists. Many Americans have more faith in their favorite pundits than in reputable climate scientists or epidemiologists, whom they see as part of a liberal cabal. Hopefully, when this is over, it’ll be obvious that scientists are a better source of scientific information than are the likes of Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh.

Another is a reluctance to deal with impending threats that haven’t yet affected our daily lives. As with 911, warning lights were blinking red, but few paid attention.

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Success in defeating past infectious diseases — SARS, MERS, bird flu, swine flu, Ebola — bred complacency.

So, for example, we failed to stockpile a sufficient quantity of certain medical supplies, and we continued to import much of what we’d need to fight a pandemic, thus remaining vulnerable to anything that might disrupt the global supply chain — like, say, a pandemic. In 2018 a maintenance contract on stockpiled ventilators was allowed to lapse, resulting in more than 2,000 units reportedly becoming unusable.

Also not helpful is the worship of unregulated markets and the related distrust of government. Once the virus hit, instead of taking control of the production and distribution of medical supplies, Trump told governors to obtain them on their own. That prompted bidding wars that drove up the cost of some items more than tenfold.

Or consider the story of the low-cost ventilators that never were. In 2009 the government entered into a contract with a California firm to design an inexpensive ventilator that would require less training to use than existing machines. A successful prototype was developed, but a larger company that makes the costlier, more complicated machines bought the firm and killed the project. So much for the idea that market forces invariably produce the best outcome.

And then there’s the combination of our patchwork health insurance system with grotesque economic inequality. Millions didn’t have health insurance to begin with; millions more lost it when they were laid off.

And many Americans — often the same ones who are uninsured or underinsured — live one paycheck away from financial disaster.

They’re more likely to have pre-existing conditions that make them highly vulnerable, and less likely to see a doctor when they need to, to have the option of working from home, or to have enough physical space or financial resources to effectively self-quarantine. Yet it turns out that these people are the backbone of our economy.

The lessons are obvious. We need a president who’s experienced, competent, and capable of unifying the country. We need a well-funded and staffed public health infrastructure, including a comprehensive, detailed pandemic preparedness and response plan and a government willing to implement it. We need larger stockpiles of things like N95 masks; it’s obscene to ask healthcare workers to risk their lives while denying them protective equipment. And the lowest-paid workers deserve more than applause. They, too, need access to protective equipment, along with a living wage and healthcare. If “we’re all in this together” turns out to be just a feel-good slogan we’ll have learned nothing.

Tom Gutowski earned degrees in economics and history before entering the insurance industry, from which he retired a few years ago.

Not What It Looks Like On April 22, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Mayor Bruce Wilkerson was hard at work at a house he has been renovating when he smelled cigarette smoke and “heard a ruckus” outside, so he went to investigate. The former police officer found blood on the cellar door and a bag containing women’s clothing inside, but after determining there were no reports of missing women in the area, he told the Bowling Green Daily News, he went back to his work. Later, the electricity suddenly went out, so he returned to the cellar and this time found a young woman. “She said, ‘I’m hiding from someone,’” Wilkerson told police, then she ran away. Police haven’t identified her, but Wilkerson wanted to set the record straight before “a story would come out that I had a lady locked up in my cellar.”

Quick Thinking Eliza Ruth Watson, 37, raises chickens in Gray, Maine, so she’s used to seeing foxes nosing around, but as she worked in her garden on April 23, the fox she spotted didn’t run when she tried to scare it off by hollering and waving her arms. Instead, the animal lunged toward her, ready to attack. “Thinking back on it now, the fox was a mangy, stanky fox,” Watson told the Sun Journal. She responded by kicking it, but “it kept coming back, and I kept kicking it.” Finally Watson grabbed the fox around the neck, and as it fought back, she shoved it into a large pot used for scalding chickens, sealed the lid and called 911 and her husband. At the hospital, she

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Zoom Fatigue A videoconference meeting of the Vallejo, California, planning commission got a little weird on April 20 when commissioner Chris Platzer announced, “I’d like to introduce my cat,” then was seen throwing the cat off-screen.

Later Platzer was seen drinking a beer, and after the meeting ended, city staff could still hear him making derogatory remarks about the commission, the Vallejo Times-Herald reported. In an April 25 email to the newspaper, Platzer apologized for his actions and said he has resigned from the commission. “We are all living in uncertain times, and I certainly, like many of you, am adjusting to a new normalcy,” he wrote.

Mayor Bob Sampayan said he was bothered by Platzer’s “whole demeanor during the entire meeting.” The commission had scheduled a vote to remove Platzer on April 28.

ABC News reporter Will Reeve made an internet meme come to life on April 28 when he appeared on “Good Morning America” to report on pharmacies using drones to deliver prescriptions. Looking dapper in a sport coat and open-collared shirt, Reeve no doubt thought his home setup would camouflage the fact that he wasn’t wearing pants, CNN reported. Twitter had a field day, and Reeve himself tweeted back, “I have ARRIVED ... in the most hilariously mortifying way possible.”

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Summer People A northern Michigan island ponders opening up for tourist season.

A webcam snapshot of the Emerald Isle’s first arrival on Beaver Island this spring.

By Patrick Sullivan On a sunny Friday afternoon on the first of May, the Emerald Isle, the massive 130-foot car ferry capable of carrying 294 passengers, 15 vehicles, cargo, and a semitruck, completed its 32-mile journey and pulled into port at Beaver Island on its first trip of the season.

There was plenty of freight, but just nine passengers walked ashore.

It was a fitting start to the 2020 tourism season.

Across northern Michigan, as people look toward summer and wonder how things are going to get going again, what tourism will look like, and how people can stay safe, those questions are amplified on the island because of its isolation and lack of services.

Northern Express talked to business owners, civic leaders and island residents about what they expect in the coming months.

AN EVOLUTION OF THINKING Even though that first boat only carried a handful of people, the opening of the ferry season meant an altogether new chapter for the island had begun.

“I think probably just everybody recognized this moved us into a new phase of the whole thing,” said Kathleen McNamara, St. James Township supervisor.

Indeed, sentiment on the island over the question of when — or if — visitors should arrive went from alarm and outrage at the beginning of April, to, apparently, acceptance and calm by May, at least according to the online Beaver Island forum.

On April 3, a summer resident posted on the forum that they would be arriving by private plane in a few days, that they would park in private hangar, and that they would use their own vehicle to reach their cabin, where they would stay isolated for the duration of the visit.

What followed was outrage.

One user posted: “why? why? why?--it’s posts like this that scare the heck out of me! The Island has been working hard to protect itself and the atrisk people and the care providers, health center, EMS, etc. etc. We ALL need to do what we can to keep the Island as safe as possible.”

A few commenters came to the defense of the vacation-home owner, but most who

commented expressed some level of concern or anger about the impending visit.

A month later, as the Beaver Island Boat Company ferry prepared to open its season and bring over the first visitors — initially, only people who own property on the island — the ferry’s developing plans were met on the online forum with a big, loud “meh.”

McNamara said she noticed a change in attitude on the island as summer came closer and the residents within this tourist economy have grappled with how to survive this crisis.

“I think that was probably an evolution, people adjusting to what this all means,” McNamara said. “We certainly want to be careful.

We want people to come, and certainly anybody who owns property here, they should come.”

It’s unclear when the next phase of opening up — when vacationers who’ve rented cottages or motel rooms or spots at campgrounds are able to visit — will occur. That will require new orders from Gov. Whitmer, and like everyone in the state, no one knows when to expect them.

Many residents and officials on Beaver Island hope direction happens sooner rather than later.

“I think [the restaurant and motel owners’] main concern will be to make sure that if and when they do open up, they are doing it in a safe manner,” she said.

TAKING SAFETY SERIOUSLY The scant number of people who showed up on that first boat is not a good indication in the interest people have in coming to the island right now, said Paul Cole, executive director of the Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce.

Cole said he’s been fielding 10 to 15 calls and emails every day from potential visitors who wonder how and when they might be able to come. The chamber isn’t marketing the island to tourists yet this year, he said, yet bookings are filling up for July — many from people who have never been to the island before.

There is something about Beaver Island, its remoteness, isolation, and uncrowdedness, Cole said, that is especially alluring right now, given the world’s current state.

“People, I think, are kind of looking to travel, but not necessarily get on a cruise or fly to Europe. This is a great place to be — to unwind at a social distance, take your family,

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and you can have lots of space on different beaches and be safe and enjoy it.” he said.

As long as safety is emphasized, and visitors go along with the rules, he doesn’t think a small wave of tourism will pose a danger. That’s not to say that some island residents would rather see no visitors. That’s always true, even though the island’s economy depends on tourism, but some are more reticent about outsiders now.

“I think there’s always a percentage of people in any community who are really, really, really cautious. There are some people here like that,” Cole said. “The general conversation is, we can’t completely shut down our economy.

How do we reopen in a safe way?”

What does that safety look like? There are miles of public beach, especially for those willing to hike, that will be deserted even on the island’s busiest days. The Beaver Island Boat Company has established strict rules about wearing masks and maintaining social distance.

They will limit passenger numbers to ensure the ferry does not get crowded. They are even, for the first time, allowing passengers to sit in their vehicles, inside the hold, during the voyage.

“They’ve taken in very seriously,” Cole said.

“They need to protect their staff, but it also sends the message that the people on the island are taking the precautions seriously, too.”

“PRETTY MUCH ALL QUARANTINED AT THIS POINT” The island’s two airports have adopted strict safety protocols, too, Cole said.

Angela Welke, who owns Island Airways with her husband, said they’ve taken strides to make sure passengers, pilots, and staff are safe.

“It’s totally a touch-free system. You don’t have to interact with anyone,” Welke said. “If people use common sense and take care of each other, people can start doing business in what is our new normal.”

Welke is hopeful that her small air service company will weather this crisis, despite traffic being way down. Typically, the company would transport 1,600 passengers in April. This year, it’s served 200. But May is looking up; the Island Airways phone is ringing.

The air service has managed through the down period by carrying freight, which increased this year because the boat started running later than usual — May 1 instead of mid-April — due to the virus.

“I am certainly cautiously optimistic right now,” Welke said. “I feel incredibly lucky and thankful that we happen to be an airline with freight contracts.”

There’s been a lot of confusion on the island about a decree from the townships that visitors and people returning to the island should quarantine for 14 days. It’s not clear what that means, Welke said.

“The two-week quarantine has been somewhat misunderstood here on the island. It’s a best practice, and it’s a recommendation,” she said. “This is the conversation I’ve had the most in the last six weeks: What does that mean?”

Welke said the “quarantine” is essentially a matter of what everyone in Michigan is already doing — staying at home except for going out to get necessities or enjoy some outdoor activities, all at a safe distance from others.

“We’re all pretty quarantined at this point,” she said. “It’s not like we can go down to the Shamrock and belly up to the bar.”

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“I think most [summer residents] are still coming,” said “The real big question in my mind is what the governor does on short-term rentals.”

Kohls said a remarkable system has sprung up on the island for the distribution of necessities, one that prevents contact between people and happened organically. At McDonough’s, the island grocery store, staff takes orders and payment over the phone or online, and the orders are left on tables outside the store, tagged with the names of the customers. The Shamrock offers curbside meals. The gas station — Island Energies — sells fuel, food, snacks, and alcohol over the phone, and when people pull up, the pumps get authorized, and the orders are set out. There is takeout breakfast and lunch at Dalwhinnie’s. Whiskey Point Brewing Co. opens three days a week to fill up growlers at the door. Beaver Island Transit, the county-run public transportation system, is making free

Beaver Island’s vast shoreline offers lots of space for sunbathers to remain safely separated — a draw Paul Cole, executive director of the Beaver Island Chamber recognizes.

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Kohls said he is worried about what will happen to those services when and if a lot of visitors show up.

“We may need to organize some volunteers,” Kohls said. “They are able to do those things now, but with a substantially larger population on the island, I don’t know if they can continue to do that.”

Like anywhere else, Kohl is also worried about what an outbreak of coronavirus on the island would mean for its healthcare system.

Everywhere the virus has spread, hospitals become overwhelmed and have to cut back other services.

“Compared to a lot of places, we have very limited medical resources on the island,” Kohls said. “If one if the nurse practitioners gets infected, our medical staff is down 50 percent.”

SAFEGUARDS NEED TO BE MAINTAINED Joe Moore runs “Beaver Island News on the Net,” a subscription-based online news source for the island. Before that, he was a teacher and an EMT on the island for decades.

Moore’s brother, Neil Feck, died of the COVID-19 virus in April, shortly after returning home to Traverse City from a cruise.

Moore said he probably takes the virus more seriously than some others because it hit so close to home. It was a scary thing to watch: His brother returned from Florida having had a great time, and a week later he was on a ventilator at Munson Medical Center.

“I’m not a liberal, but I am certainly not a farright person saying ‘Open this place up,’” he said.

“I’m a person who believes in sciences and math.”

Moore, who is 69 and considers himself atrisk for complications, was concerned about the virus back in March and decided for the first time in years not to cover the island’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations for his online publication.

“I just said, ‘Why would I expose myself to that?’”.

Moore estimates the party weekend saw about a third of the people it usually does; like him, many people were concerned about exposure to the virus.

Moore said he’s not too concerned about summer people returning to the island because he said he believes that the officials from the two townships have done a great job getting prepared for it.

What he’s worried about is what might happen as the summer season develops and people start to get casual about the virus and let down their guard.

“My biggest concern is that somebody won’t know that they carry the virus, and they come over this summer, and things get loose — not like they are now — and we get hit,” he said.

“My concern is only about how people actually do the self-distancing.”

NEED TO BE TOGETHER IN THE WOODS Unlike most big northern Michigan events, the Beaver Island Music Festival has not been canceled. Organizers will reconsider the July event on June 1, and at that point decide to call it off or to carry on with plans — with the caveat that it could be cancelled at the

last minute, said Carol Burton, the festival’s executive director.

“We just think that people need hope. We need hope and for us to be together in the woods,” Burton said. “We’re going to take a wait-and-see approach. We don’t see any harm in waiting to see what happens.”

Burton, who with her husband also runs St. James Boat Shop and four vacation rental properties, said that the quarantine is especially tough for a place like Beaver Island because tourism is its economic engine.

“The basic fact is we can’t survive if we don’t have an economy. We can’t just survive on what’s here,” she said.

Take vacation rentals — Burton estimates she and her husband have already lost $15,000–$20,000 in revenue as people sheltered at home in March, April, and now May. She hopes to be able to resume vacation rentals in June. She can’t imagine what it would mean if she lost July and August.

“It could force people to leave the island.

Some people rely on that income to live here, and it could be seriously impactful. We’re hoping the restaurants can open again. I know they are seriously hurting as well,” she said.

“This may not impact us this summer, but this fall and winter, it will be devastating if we can’t get back to business.”

Burton said that her four rental properties are booked pretty well through the summer, and that so far, there have been no cancellations for June, July, or August. She believes it makes sense that even amid the scariness of the crisis, people would want to get to a place like Beaver Island, because it’s not crowded, and it’s not hard to stay isolated.

“That is a benefit of Beaver Island — it’s very easy to stay away from people here and still enjoy the outdoors,” she said. “I just think we definitely are a unique place, and we’ve really done our job well of taking precautions, and I think we’re still going to be a great place to visit — and even more so this summer. And it’s important to support all our tourist places.”

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TOY MUSEUM CLOSED Whatever word comes from the governor’s office in the coming weeks, one famous island attraction will remain closed.

“I’m not going to be open this summer,” said Mary Scholl, owner of the Beavery Island Toy Museum & Store on Paradise Bay, an institution of antique toys, oddities, and artwork set amid an old house and sprawling garden.

For one thing, Scholl said she could never keep her inventory of tens of thousands of small toys sterilized with crowds of tiny hands coming through every day. For another thing, she doesn’t like her chances if she gets the virus.

“I’m 81, and if I got sick, that would be the end of the store, so we’ll let this year go by,” Scholl said. “I’ll just huddle back in the garden and stay there, put a sign on the door: ‘Stay Away.’”

Have a story idea or tip about what’s happening on in your northern Michigan neighborhood or town? Email Northern Express reporter Pat Sullivan at psullivan@northernexpress.com.

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THE ESSENTIAL U.P. BREWSKI TOUR

By Craig Manning “We love beer. You love beer. Let’s get together.”

That motto is inscribed on many cans of beer cranked out of Blackrocks Brewing in Marquette, one of the largest breweries in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It’s a particularly resonant thought right now, when the idea of “getting together” and toasting over a pint seems like a far-off, fond memory.

Eventually, though, Michigan’s COVID-19 curve will arc back downward.

The stay-at-home orders will lift. People will come out of their houses and go back to work, back to gathering with friends and loved ones, back to the things that make life beautiful. When that time comes, surely we’ll all be ready for a few big adventures.

Here’s one worth waiting for: a far-ranging U.P. road trip, spanning 10 of our favorite Yooper breweries.

STOP 1: Les Cheneaux Distillers, 172 South Meridian Street, Cedarville The Brewery: We know what you’re thinking: a distillery is an odd place to start a brewery tour. But the slogan of Les Cheneaux Distillers is “Distillers Who Brew,” and this micro-distillery doubles as a micro-brewery. Previously a hardware store, the Cedarville tasting room boasts an approachable industrial-style setting with a large bar and plenty of seating space for social distancing.

The Beer: Try a taste of Les Cheneaux Distillers’ Straits-brands spirits — they make vodka, gin, and whiskey — or order from the menu of 30-plus handcrafted cocktails. If you’d prefer to stay a beer purist for your U.P. brewski tour, Les Cheneaux has 12 regularly available brews on tap, plus the odd seasonal or experimental beer. The flagship is the Buoy Tipper Blonde, a blonde pilsner ale that boasts both a fuller body and a higher alcohol content (7.3 percent ABV) than the

average pilsner-style beer. A big fan favorite, though, is the Moon Over Mackinac, a refreshing wheat beer with hints of orange and coriander. And if you’re hungry, Les Cheneaux Distillers also serves a full menu of salads, small plates, paninis, pizzas, and entrees. Try the Bavarian pretzels with the beer cheese, which is made in house with the Moon Over Mackinac wheat beer.

If You Can’t Wait: Can’t wait for the stayat-home order to lift to try out what Les Cheneaux Distillers have to offer? Visit www.lescheneauxdistillers.com/whereto-buy to find a shop near you that stocks Straits spirits.

STOP 2: Soo Brewing Company, 223 Portage Avenue, Sault Ste. Marie The Brewery: Opened in 2011 by a veteran homebrewer by the name of Ray Bauer, Soo Brewing Company touts a communityminded mission: to produce beer that local folks can be proud of, to make quality beer affordable so that everyone can enjoy it, to treat employees like family and pay them a livable wage, and to pour profits back into the local community wherever possible. This ethically-driven, family-minded approach makes Soo Brewing an easy brewery to root for – especially given the tap list of interesting, globally-inspired beers.

The Beer: A flight of beers at Soo Brewing Company can feel a bit like a flight around the world, given the wide variety of styles the Bauer brews and the range of different international brewing traditions he draws from. Belgian tripels, English browns, Irish reds, and German lagers are all in regular rotation. We might recommend the Prodigy, a Belgian tripel brewed in honor of Soo Brewing’s ninth anniversary that carries a potent 9 percent ABV. If You Can’t Wait: If you find yourself in the Sault Ste. Marie area anytime soon, Soo Brewing Company is still offering growlers and howlers to go during the lockdown.

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Otherwise, you might have to wait until summer to try Soo Brewing beers; the brewery doesn’t distribute bottles or cans throughout the state.

STOP 3: Tahquamenon Falls Brewery & Pub, 24019 U.P.per Falls Drive, Paradise The Brewery: If you’re heading U.P. to Tahquamenon Falls State Park to do some hiking and sightseeing, then this brewery is a must. The brewpub is actually inside the state park — you’ll find it right next to the gift shop — making it one of the most conveniently-placed breweries in the state.

After all, who wouldn’t go for a refreshing, ice-cold pint of beer and a pub-grub lunch after a nice long hike in the woods? Since the brewery was built on a historical logging campsite — called Camp 33 — there’s a rugged, woodsy charm to the place that makes it entirely unique from the typically more modern craft brewery setting.

The Beer: Brewer Lark Ludlow keeps the four taps at Tahquamenon Falls Brewery & Pub full with a rotation of onsite-brewed microbrews. If you’re there in August, look for the Blueberry Wheat Ale, a fresh and fruity seasonal treat. Other popular beers include forest-appropriate varieties like the Black Bear Stout, the PorcU.P.ine Pale Ale, the Lumberjack Lager, and the Bird’s Eye Maple. If you have an appetite, try the brewpub cheese soU.P., a popular staple among regulars.

If You Can’t Wait: Unfortunately, Tahquamenon Falls Brewery & Pub is closed at the moment and doesn’t distribute its small-batch beer beyond the confines of the state park. Keep an eye on the official website, tahquamenonfallsbrewery.com, for U.P.dates on reopening.

STOP 4: Ore Dock Brewing Company, 114 Spring Street, Marquette The Brewery: Marquette doesn’t get enough credit as a world-class beer town, but

it absolutely is one. You could easily spend a few nights just exploring the various different drinking joints in this small city, which is both a popular retirement destination and a vibrant college town (home to Northern Michigan University). Ore Dock is one of several great breweries in the area, touting its “SU.P.erior Sourced” beers. Marquette is a port city right on the water, making it easy for brewers to draw beer’s most important ingredient directly from the biggest Great Lake.

The Beer: Ore Dock primarily brews in the Belgian, English, and American styles.

The brewery’s signature beer is probably the Reclamation IPA, a hoppy and malty IPA that won a gold medal at the 2014 Beverage Tasting Institute World Beer Championships.

Other flagships include the Ore Dock Porter, the Fresh Coast Belgian IPA, and the Dream Weaver Belgian-Style Artisanal Amber. Ore Dock also makes Break Water, the U.P.’s first Lake SU.P.erior-sourced hard seltzer.

If You Can’t Wait: Unlike some other U.P. breweries, Ore Dock does distribute bottles of its beer to stores throughout the state. While the brewery’s online beer locator tool — find it at ore-dock.com/beer-locator — doesn’t identify any distribution locations outside of the U.P., we know for a fact we’ve found Ore Dock brews a time or two at Traverse City’s Beverage Company.

STOP 5: SU.P.erior Culture, 717 North 3rd Street, Marquette The Brewery: Is it a brewery if its biggest specialty is kombucha? In the case of SU.P.erior Culture, the answer is yes. This offthe-wall Marquette establishment is willing to make just about any fermentable beverage.

Their website touts “a rotating variety of nano-brewed beers, hand-pressed ciders, infused sake, fire cider, kimchi, jun, as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic kombucha.”

The all-small-batch nature of the operation means that every visit to SU.P.erior Culture is unpredictable and unique.

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The Beer: Again, it’s not all beer! At the moment, SU.P.erior Culture’s tap list includes a chocolate porter, a mandarin sage pale ale, and a hemp root beer, as well as a cayenne ginger mead, a hopped cider, and an array of non-alcoholic kombucha flavors ranging from blueberry basil to grapefruit hibiscus. If you’re one of those beer drinkers who generally tries to pick out the wildest, weirdest, most creative brew on the menu, SU.P.erior Culture is the place for you.

If You Can’t Wait: The good news is that SU.P.erior Culture does do a bit of distribution. The bad news is it’s all in the U.P.. Check the locator tool at sU.P.eriorculturemqt.com/retailers to find the nearest SU.P.erior Culture retailer.

STOP 6: Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette, 424 North Third Street, Marquette The Brewery: Opened in 2010, Blackrocks Brewery is proof that good things can come out of an economic downturn. The founders were homebrewers who decided to go allin on craft beer as the Great Recession devastated the industries in which they used to work. Their gamble paid off: today, Blackrocks — which gets its name from the dark-hued rocky cliffs of Marquette’s Presque Isle Park — is the second-largest brewery in the U.P. in terms of production volume. What started as a one-barrel nanobrewing operation in a small yellow house has expanded to a 20-barrel brewery that distributes throughout the state. The pub itself is still situated in that same quaint yellow house, though, giving Blackrocks a uniquely homey atmosphere.

The Beer: The signature brew at Blackrocks is the 51K IP=A, a well-balanced American IPA with tons of hops and delicious notes of grapefruit and apricot. If your go-to beer is Bell’s Two Hearted, you’ll love the 51K. We might actually prefer the MyKiss, another American IPA with slightly higher alcohol content and a slightly juicier character. Other Blackrocks classics include the Coconut Brown, a creamy brown ale with deep coconut flavors; and the Honey Lav, a summer seasonal wheat ale brewed with honey and lavender.

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If You Can’t Wait: You’re in luck!

Blackrocks distributes around the state. It’s easy to find their signature beers at local grocery stores and party shops.

STOP 7: Barrel + Beam, 260 Northwoods Road, Marquette The Brewery: Barrel + Beam opened in January 2018, making it one of the newer breweries on this list. It’s also among the most unique, focused exclusively on the brewing of farmhouse ales. Farmhouse ales are a rather broad category, but are usually characterized by funky, earthy, natural flavors. In the old days, a farmhouse ale was just the beer that farmers made with ingredients exclusively from their farm. True to this tradition, Barrel + Beam sources 100 percent of its ingredients from Michigan, including grain, hops, yeast, water, and fresh fruit. The brewery then ages its beers in oak wine barrels (sometimes alongside Michigan fruit) and “bottle conditions” the beers to achieve “champagne-like carbonation.”

The Beer: For a prototypical example of the farmhouse ale style, try the Terre A Terre, a French-style Saison with spicy, herbal, and fruity notes and a dry, high-carbonation finish.

For something a little more adventurous, we’d recommend the Pawberry, a tart and flavorful raspberry wild ale.

If You Can’t Wait: You can find Barrel + Beam ales at various northern Michigan stores, including the Beverage Company in Traverse City, Boyne County Provisions in Boyne City, and Scooby’s Bottle Shop in Petoskey. Check barrelandbeam.com/whatson-tap for a beer locator.

STOP 8: Keweenaw Brewing Company, 408 Shelden Avenue, Houghton The Brewery: With a 50-barrel brewhouse system and distribution throughout Michigan (as well as parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota), Keweenaw Brewing Company is the biggest craft brewery in the U.P.per Peninsula. Known by locals as “The KBC,” this brewery is known for its spacious and welcoming taproom experience.

The 3,400-square-foot taproom features two bars, living-room-style seating areas

(including a cluster of cozy couches and chairs around a fireplace), and an outdoor seating deck. There’s no food service (save complimentary roasted peanuts), but KBC encourages customers to bring food in or have it delivered directly to the taproom. To top it all off, pints here are only $3 apiece.

The Beer: The KBC is mainly known for crafting simple, straightforward beers that feel as familiar as the cozy taproom location. Think of them as the beer version of comfort food. The three flagships are the Red Jacket Amber, an extremely drinkable Oktoberfest-style ale; the Widow Maker, a smooth, malty, molasses-tinged black ale with a light-bodied 5.2 percent ABV; and the Pickaxe Blonde Ale, an easy-drinking golden ale perfect for all-day enjoyment.

Our favorite, though, might be the Borealis Broo, an amber ale with a relaxing infusion of cold-brew coffee.

If You Can’t Wait: As with Blackrocks, KBC’s flagship beers are all relatively easy to find in northern Michigan stores.

STOP 9: Cold Iron Brewing, 104 South Lowell Street, Ironwood The Brewery: If you’re U.P. for a bit of a drive, Cold Iron Brewing in Ironwood is worth a few hours in the car. Located just a stone’s throw from the Michigan-Wisconsin border, this brewery has a true far-north ethos. The heritage of Ironwood is as an iron mining town, though the area is better known today as a destination for outdoor recreation enthusiasts.

Downhill ski resorts and cross-country ski trails abound, and everything from biking to kayaking is popular in the warmer months. The Cold Iron Brewing homepage even includes a list of nearby rivers, trails, parks, and ski resorts, complete with estimates for how long it will take to reach those destinations from the brewery’s front door.

The Beer: Cold Iron Brewing concocts everything on-site in small batches, which means the tap list varies a bit more than your average brewery. The flagship is the Drift North IPA, a hop-forward American-style IPA that will be enjoyable and approachable for any hophead. However, because it’s a small-batch brewery, Cold Iron has been known to get experimental a time or two

over the years. Look out for fun creations like the Ginger Lemon Pale or the Drift South Jalapeno Pale Ale. If You Can’t Wait: Cold Iron Brewing’s status as a small-batch brewery means you won’t be finding any of their beers in stores.

You’ll just have to wait for your summer trek to the U.P.!

STOP 10: U.P.per Hand Brewery, 3525 Airport Road, Escanaba The Brewery: Established in 2014, U.P.per Hand Brewery was founded by Michigan beer royalty. Larry Bell of Bell’s Brewery also owns U.P.per Hand, which is technically a division of the gargantuan Bell’s Brewery.

While Bell’s has operated in the Kalamazoo area since 1985, Larry Bell had long dreamed of opening a separate brewery in the U.P..

Rather than just acting as a second taproom location for Bell’s, though, U.P.per Hand operates its own 20-barrel brewing system and creates brews that stand on their own.

The brewery also exudes the U.P. lifestyle, with a rustic, off-the-beaten-path taproom that’s tucked into the woods and situated on five acres of land where customers are encouraged to hike or walk their dogs. The taproom’s outdoor patio is dog-friendly, too, and you can bet the space gets used a lot, sine U.P.per Hand hosts outdoor release parties and events even in the dead of winter.

The Beer: U.P.per Hand’s flagship beers are inspired by U.P. ideals and iconography, from the Yooper Ale (a light-bodied American pale ale with packaging that features images of the Mackinac Bridge) to the Escanaba Black Beer (a dark, malty, roasty black ale perfect for campfires or long hikes in the woods).

There’s even a seasonal amber lager called the “Deer Camp,” which is intended for precisely what its name implies. If you find yourself at the taproom, make sure to try the Sisu Stout, a draft-only imperial stout aged nine months in bourbon barrels.

If You Can’t Wait: The good news is that U.P.per Hand Brewery cans and distributes most of its beers. The bad news is that none of that distribution goes south of the bridge.

So, if you want to sample U.P.per Hand beers before the brewery reopens, you’ll need to make the trek over the Mackinac Straits!

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WATERFRONT STEALS U.P. lakeshore, riverbank, or island oasis — where to buy a little waterside getaway for less, right now

By Ross Boissoneau Michigan’s Upper Peninsula offers plenty of wide-open spaces. And for those longing to cast a line or drift on an inner tube, the waterfront options are often more affordable than down below the bridge. Best of all, you could own your own place and be on the water by summer.

Or if you want, you could pitch a tent on your new waterfront property while you plan and build your own. That’s because there’s plenty of vacant property available as well.

But you might want to hurry. With real estate opening up for business, things are ready to pop, including those vacant waterfront parcels. “We haven’t had this kind of interest in vacant land since 2006,” said John Griffin, a Realtor in Cedarville who’s been in the business more than 40 years.

Cast your eyes north for some of the sweetest waterfront getaways.

Big LaSalle Island, Cedarville Want to get away from it all? Does the prospect of island life sound enticing? The Les Cheneaux Islands in Lake Huron off Hessel and Cedarville offer privacy and water all around. This two-bedroom, one-bath, 912-square foot home overlooks the bay. It features a wraparound open deck, large waterfront windows, and an open floor plan. Built in 1995, it got some updates (windows, appliances) in the last couple years. Includes a dock. $165,000.

Listing 19-654, at 911 S Big LaSalle Island, Cedarville, by John Griffin, (906) 484-2022.

Marquette Island, Cedarville Love wildlife? Try this property — all 13 acres of it, with squirrels, rabbits, deer, ducks, and geese for watching or hunting. Located across from Dollar Island, this is also a perfect place for fishing. The waterfront complex, just a short swim from the mainland, includes a main cottage, with original log cabin; a guest cottage; washing machine shed; shower building; tool shed; composting toilet, and an outhouse. Don’t forget the dock and deer blind, and a hiking trail that meanders up a ridge, through hardwoods and beautiful pines.

Bonus: There also are options for tying up your boat and keeping your car on the mainland.

Call him at (906) 484-2022.

860 square feet; $100,000.

Listing 19-973 at 1505 S Pleasant Ave., Marquette Island, Cedarville, by John Griffin, (906) 484-2022.

Ishpeming Life has been teaching us some lessons — like don’t put off treasured times with your family. This one-bedroom, one-bath cabin with a sandy beach could be yours by the Fourth of July, perfect for the kids to play and with an easy launch for your fishing boat, canoe, kayak, or paddleboard. It has a huge deck and a 12-by-12-foot sauna right at the water’s edge. The woodstove will chase the chill away on those frosty mornings. Nearby year-round residents have been keeping this section of the “Red Road” clear through the winter, but you’re also not far from Snowmobile Trail 14.

534 square feet, $120,000. 2661 Co Rd., Ishpeming.

Listed with Frida Waara, RE/MAX 1st Realty, (906) 360-9765.

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Naubinway Looking for a seasonal resting place on a quiet sand beach? Just 45 minutes west of the Mackinac Bridge, this cabin is your place for endless summer vacations and family fun.

Windows around the deck offer a view of Lake Michigan and the beach. One bedroom on the upper level; a second bedroom on the lower level can sleep five. The great room has a cathedral ceiling, wood-burning fireplace, and tongue-and-groove fir flooring. This classic beach cabin has baseboard electric heat to drive off the morning chill. Great deck to entertain or watch the lake change its moods.

1,344 square feet, $175,000. W12375 W. Beach Rd, Naubinway.

Listed with Bruce Gustafson, Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors, (906) 287-0913.

Trout Lake Turn-key cabin on the Carp River, which leads to both Trout Lake and Frenchman’s Lake for great fishing and boating. This two-bedroom, one-bath home features Douglas Fir flooring, tongue-and-groove walls, an attached garage, and a detached garage for your toys. Complete with appliances, furniture, TV, lawnmowers, canoe, and even some art and accessories.

884 square feet, $120,000. Located at 33302 W. Birch Shores Dr., Trout Lake.

Listed with Kristine McCraren, Cummings-McCraney, (906) 630-1834.

Eckerman Fish, hunt, hike, ski, snowmobile, or just relax on the deck at this cabin on the beautiful Tahquamenon River. Near Paradise and Whitefish Point, this two-bedroom, two-bath home is on a secluded parcel surrounded by huge white pines. Includes a 30-by-40-foot pole barn with a 14-by-30-foot loft. Fabulous deck and stairs to the river. Parcel has 150 feet of frontage on the river.

900 square feet, $159,900. Located at 36059 W Tahqua Trail, Eckerman.

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P-51C bomber escort, built in the 1940s and powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin engine. “Ina the Macon Belle,” in the foreground, was named and flown by Lt. Col. Lee Archer.

(Art courtesy of Willie Jones Jr.)

Master Sergeant Willie Jones Jr.

Patriot. Artist. Visual historian.

Meet Traverse City’s exacting Willie Jones Jr.

By Al Parker You can’t hardly swing an easel in northern Michigan without hitting an artist painting a landscape, crafting jewelry, or creating a piece of pottery.

But you have to look far and wide to find one who creates vivid images of military aircraft any better than retired U.S. Air Force veteran Willie Jones Jr. of Traverse City.

And we’re betting he’s one of the very few whose creative juices were inspired by a legendary sports television show.

Launched in the early 1960s, ABC’s The Wide World of Sports showcased sports from around the globe that were rarely televised.

The 90-minute program featured two or three events per show, all less common competitive pastimes like hurling, rodeo, curling, jaialai, wrist wrestling, surfing, powerlifting, demolition derby, slow-pitch softball, barrel jump, and badminton.

But it was the roaring, racing dragsters that captured the imagination of young Jones in his hometown of Greenwood, Mississippi.

“I started drawing the cars at five,” said the soft-spoken 59-year-old with a wry smile.

“I saw those dragsters on The Wide World of Sports and decided I’d try to draw cars.”

And he’s been drawing — mostly with pencils and graphite on paper — ever since. Those cars eventually led him to other subjects, including portraits and, in recent decades, aircraft.

Nineteen-year-old Jones enlisted in the Air Force and did his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. “I grew up wanting to be in the military,” he said. “My mom used to say ‘You owe what you have to the soldiers.’”

After basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, he learned on the job for a truck transportation position, eventually serving at K.I. Sawyer AFB in Marquette, Michigan, where he met his wife, Melanie. They’ve been married for 37 years.

Jones’ military career — spanning 1981 to 2006 — took him to several locations around the world, including Montana, Germany, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He retired as a master sergeant with an impressive collection of medals.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Jones’ drawing pencils were inspired by the roar of another engine during his Air Force years: military

aircraft. Not limiting himself to sketching modern planes, he drew warbirds from both World War I and World War II. His works caught the attention of other airmen, and soon he was doing special commissions for retirement ceremonies and other events.

Today, more than 40 of his works are in the U.S. Air Force Art Collection and on display at The Pentagon and at several air bases, including Scott Air Force Base in southern Illinois and Pope Field at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. To qualify for the USAF Art Collection, Jones had to submit slides of his art to a panel of judges.

Out of 155 entries, only 11 were chosen, and Jones was among them.

“That was really something,” he said with a smile.

His drawings have also been shown at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.

Before Jones even begins drawing an aircraft, he launches an exhaustive research project to learn everything he can about the plane, its background, its pilot, and more.

That means examining dozens of photos and pouring over books and internet resources.

“I use a lot of different references to put the military aircraft together,” he explained. “It’s painstaking at times. But when I do a piece of work, if it’s historically significant, it has to be exactly right. I have to get it right.”

That’s exactly what happened with one of his best sellers, The Memphis Belle, a B-17 bomber that was the subject of two motion pictures.

The aircraft was one of the first U.S. Bombers to complete 25 combat missions during World War II. It’s now on display at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

“World War II aircraft art is popular as of late,” said Jones, whose favorite WWII plane to draw is the P-51 Mustang. “The Mustang is a beautiful aircraft. It’s sleek, with that nose cone and the bubble canopy. There are smooth, clear lines on ’em. It’s very well constructed and was far advanced. It had a better engine that the [British] Spitfire and could go faster and further.”

He’s done several different versions of the P-51 Mustang, including one dubbed “Moonbeam Swine,” another “Gruesome Twosome” flown by Tuskegee Airmen, and “Cripes A Mighty,” piloted

by Major George E. Freddy Jr. In addition to the aircraft, he does realistic portraits, capturing the personalities of

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Jones’ portrait of Angela Bassett

Hollywood stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Angelina Jolie, Mila Kunis, Angela Bassett, Elizabeth Taylor and Sandra Bullock.

He’s also done portraits of some favorite military figures, including Tuskegee Airmen, Lt. General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and Gen. John C. Meyer.

Meyer’s name is not well-known to the general public and the years may have dimmed his legacy a bit, but he remains a hero to Jones.

“He was a Lt. Colonel in England in December of 1944,” explained Jones. “It was New Year’s Eve, and his unit wanted to celebrate.

But Col. Meyer believed the Germans were about to attack, so he ordered his men to stay sober and be ready. It wasn’t a popular choice.

His men wanted to celebrate on New Year’s Eve, but he stood by his decision.”

Sure enough, early the next day, on Jan. 1, several German fighter planes roared from the sky. The German military leaders thought the Americans would be hungover from celebrating and launched the aerial attack.

But Meyer and his pilots were poised and ready. He took off under fire leading his men into aerial combat and causing the German planes to turn back. His efforts earned him the Distinguished Service Cross.

Ironically, a vehicle accident left Meyer

Col. Meyer (photo)

with a severe leg injury that ended his flying career. In all he flew 200 combat missions, scoring 24 aerial victories. Later he had a number of important assignments, including commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command. He retired in 1974 and suffered a fatal heart attack on Dec. 2, 1975. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

Jones typically works on three or four drawings at the same time. He has a parttime job in the mornings, which leaves his afternoons free for drawing. Working from photos, he creates a grid system that helps him maintain precision and accuracy. “I started doing them freehand, but the proportions would be off,” he explained. “The grid is very light, and I erase it when I’m done.”

He’s just finished drawings of a couple of modern aircraft, an F-18, and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter. “Matching the orange for the helicopter wasn’t easy,” he said. “I had to blend a subtle red with orange to get it just right.”

Want to see more prints of Jones’ works?

He maintains a virtual gallery at www.ebaystores.com/Jones-Aero-Art-andGalleries

the ADViCE GOddESS The Son-In-Law Also Rises

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: I’m meeting my girlfriend’s parents for the first time (for dinner at their house), and I’m absolutely terrified. Is there a way to win them over? Should I just compliment the hell out of their daughter? She’s the first woman I’ve seriously thought about marrying, so I really want her parents to like me.

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: Your “blowing smoke” in, um, a sun-free direction — like by “complimenting the hell out of ” your girlfriend to her parents — is likely to be about as well-received as trying to shove a whole hookah lounge up there.

“Jonesin” Crosswords "Off the Rack" --if you're playing Scrabble, they work. by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1 Garbage-carrying boat 5 Singer Dylan 8 Catcher Yogi 13 Two-door car 14 “Who Do You Think You ___?” (genealogy-based series) 15 “Late Night with Seth Meyers” writer Ruffin 16 Gets a bluegrass instrumentalist (off the J)?

19 Joined up on Zoom, e.g.

20 “What ___ I thinking?”

21 Spill the ___ (gossip) 22 3-D exam 23 “Ratatouille” rat and namesakes 25 Mrs. Garrett on “The Facts of Life” 29 Relics for mom’s sister (off the Q)?

32 “Tour” grp.

33 “Addams Family” cousin 34 Debonair 35 They’re pointed out on an airplane 37 Taj ___ 39 Detached 41 Shar-pei shout 42 ___ Soundsystem 44 Warning at an all-bird nude beach (off the X)?

49 Winter transport 50 “Mansfield Park” novelist 51 “I Ching” concept 52 Be choosy 53 Contented sound 54 Ending with Wisconsin 55 Wine cocktail for someone who puts lines on the road (off the Z)?

61 By themselves 62 Playing card with a letter 63 Step in a game of hangman 64 Jacques Cousteau’s realm 65 ___ boom bah 66 It might get you an answer

DOWN 1 Recover from a pub crawl, say

2 Like innovative technology 3 Greek wedding exclamation 4 Chinese sculptor and activist Ai ___ 5 Some band members 6 Heavenly sphere 7 Down at the final buzzer 8 ___ California (Mexican state) 9 Guitar-heavy alt-rock genre 10 MLB stat 11 In medias ___ 12 Gallery stuff 13 “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” character?

17 “Anything you want!”

18 Hornet home 24 Back muscle, for short 25 Bumper sticker symbol depicted in yellow on a blue background 26 One with a home in both Nome and Rome, perhaps 27 Neighbor of Ore. 28 Enzyme suffix 30 Got ready to take off 31 “black-” or “mixed-” follower, on TV 36 Bride’s reply 37 Compilations on cassettes 38 Become visible 39 Happy moments 40 Zero, on the pitch 41 “Mm-hmmm” 43 Subject at the beginning of Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” 45 Scruff of the neck 46 Hindu precepts 47 In the heavens 48 Attendees 52 “___ for takeout” (sign in some restaurants) 55 ___ Luis (Brazilian seaport) 56 “No Scrubs” R&B trio 57 Fish eggs 58 Get ___ groove 59 Geol. or chem.

60 You, to Caesar (found in GRATUITY)

Luckily, there’s a guide for how to win over the girlfriend’s parents, and it’s an anthropology textbook: specifically, the section on what biological anthropologist Robert Trivers terms “parent-offspring conflict.” Parents want the best for their kids, but their definition of “best” and their kids’ definition tend to part company -- along the lines of parents’ genetic self-interest. Any investment by a parent in one of their kids (increasing that kid’s chances to survive and mate) diminishes the parent’s ability to invest in their other kids or in their

BY Amy Alkon own mating efforts to have future offspring to pass on their genes.

Accordingly, if a woman’s looking for a man for herself, research by evolutionary social psychologist Shelli L. Dubbs suggests she’s likely to favor “traits that suggest genetic quality,” like being physically attractive. However, if the woman’s assessing a man for her daughter, she (along with her husband) will likely prioritize “characteristics that suggest high parental investment.” In short, parents are wondering about the guy dating their daughter: “Hey, buster, you gonna stick around and pay the mortgage, or will we have to cover it because your paycheck keeps getting tangled up in strippers’ G-strings?”

Even if you don’t have the greatest job now, potential matters. If you’re hardworking and have solid plans for the future, and if there’s a natural point in conversation to reflect that, go for it. In general, let the things you say tell them you’re a stable dude who cares about their daughter and values the person she is. That said, avoid laying it on too thick, because talk is cheap and the harder you seem to be working to be liked, the less likable you’ll be. Ultimately, go with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s maxim, “Action is character.” Be kind, be considerate, be loving, and don’t light your farts on fire.

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