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person in the eye who directly or indirectly planted the seed, who pulled the weeds, who harvested the crop, and who woke up at 3:30 that morning to load up the truck, drive into town, and set up shop with the hope that the hipsters will be out sipping their Americanos and putting their money where their mouths are. Support local farmers so one day we can afford to buy the million-dollar farms for sale in our county. Come to the downtown farmers market and buy a cucumber, put $1 into the local economy, and you will get more than $1 out.

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Remember this Titan.........................................9 Stories from the Street....................................10 Ain’t No Party Like a Paddle Party....................13 A View From the Front Lines............................14 Scrum..............................................................16 Noel Weeks, Cedar, MI Seen................................................................19

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On our vacation to northern Michigan, we visited Grayling, and I picked up a copy of the Sept. 4 Northern Express.

On page 30, I noted the comic by Ruben Bolling titled, “The True Story of President Trump.” I cannot understand how the Express would publish such a demeaning viewpoint of the president when American lives are at stake. This viewpoint is not funny and quite offensive to our men and women serving our country. Most Americans would be disgusted to see this garbage.

Dr. Douglas Hollstrom, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Real Farmers Market

Thomas Kachadurian [author of Sept. 4 Express Opinion column, “Not a Farmer’s Market”] you are right on. I, too, do not go to the farmers market in Traverse City. I go all the way to Interlochen and find great products and outstanding produce at very reasonable prices. My wife and I almost

always bought something from Flossie — she was a perfect host and vendor. The market at [The Village at Grand Traverse] Commons is also nice but is being changed to resemble the downtown market. It is well worth your time and a beautiful drive to Interlochen. The vendors down there are real farmers, and don’t forget to try the fresh-made popcorn on site. This is a true farmers market and not a craft show put on by the Traverse City Downtown Development Authority.

Tom Bielman, Traverse City

True Value

One of my fondest memories as a child was walking to the store with my mom and buying candy. I remember the good old days when I used to take a dollar and come out with two candy bars and a soda pop.

That was about 20 years ago, and a lot has changed in the economy and world since then. Inflation has happened and is still happening; your dollar bill gets you 3 to 5 percent less every year.

Everyone wants what is local, so the [Traverse City] Downtown Development Authority changed the rules of the farmers market in the recent years to give more local farmers a chance to make their businesses succeed. There is a growing demand for local produce, but farming is hard work, land prices in the area are outrageous, and the cost of production increases every year as resources become more expensive.

I am a next generation farmer in Leelanau County, and I sell my organically grown vegetables and pasture-raised pork at the downtown Traverse City Farmers Market, among other places. I do ask $1 each for cucumbers; $4 if you buy a quart that holds seven or eight. Some people scoff at the price while others happily fill their bags full.

When you shop at the farmers market you’re getting a different cucumber than the cucumber at Lucky’s or Meijer — you are getting a cucumber that is supporting the local economy. You are looking the

When has a despot ever benefited from bringing people together? The answer is never. The more division, polarization, conflict, and confrontations that a despot can encourage only solidifies his hold onto power. As a despot’s personal news network or propaganda machine warms up, more of the internally disenfranchised target population begin to firmly believe that only the despot or his family can stop the tumble into some dark abyss ... and that was the despot’s secret plan all along.

Look at the current White House administration: Senior advisor positions filled with family members, friends, ideologues, and contributors who have no experience or qualifications other than what the president says. An entire cabinet designed to eliminate every positive gain of the last 60 years. The remaining senior staff repeatedly spinning at every turn of a TV channel with their alt-facts, or their own interpretations. The overdue “firing” of fringe advocates [former White House Chief Strategist Steve] Bannon and [former Trump aide Sebastian] Gorka, who have vowed to “go to War for Trump” is frightening in and of itself. The ridicule and habitual condemnation of a free and independent press only further erodes the critical thinking that American voters need to make an informed election decision. I hope not to see this already great country jump into that dark abyss voluntarily.

John Hunter, Traverse City

Chump Change?

Predicated on an earlier Obama Administration proposal, the U.S. Department of Treasury is wrestling with whether to replace President Andrew Jackson’s portrait on the $20 bill with an image of freedom fighter Harriet Tubman.

Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin is avoiding the issue by claiming that his primary concern relates only to ensuring that American money isn’t susceptible to counterfeiting. During his Presidential campaign, Donald Trump opposed the idea of replacing Jackson’s image with Tubman’s, calling it an example of “pure political correctness.” Let’s eliminate the term “political” from the discussion, and focus only on the question of correctness.

Harriet Tubman was an American hero who was born a slave and fought for freedom for herself and the nation.

Andrew Jackson’s history includes leading a campaign to move Native Americans from their eastern homeland to areas west of the Mississippi, a move which led to the death of thousands of Native Americans on The Trail Of Tears. So who wins the correctness battle: Andrew Jackson or Harriet Tubman?

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A while ago, Clarence Kroupa cut and stacked his last cord of wood — a stack so clean and smooth you could run your hand down the face, like over your own cheek, without a splinter — and then he put his saw away and moved across town to a tidy place where he and Esther now sit on the sunporch, looking at the calm surface of Boardman Lake.

Kroupa’s old appletree.

There are lumber-era tree trunks resting in the silent silt on the bottom of the lake, somewhat eternal, like him. Clarence can tell you something about those timbers in the lake, because his grandfather used to salvage them to sell.

Truth be known, Clarence Kroupa can tell you something about most trees in this region.

Some — 20,000 or so — he invented, planted with his own hands. Some he saved from cutting – like the tall pines at Northwestern Michigan College. Some he just knows, like you’d know a person.

He’s 93 now. Clarence and I first met in 1987 or so, on a stretch of M-72 where the treetops arched over the highway. I was helping some locals stop the Department of Transportation from clearcutting the roadside. Clarence was the forestry expert who could explain the trees’ point of view.

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Clarence said that day, “Y’know, these trees, they have a very specific history.” He squinted his eyes as he estimated the age, trunk circumference, root system diameter, and condition of each tree, as if he were describing the height, weight, age, and health of a person.

A few years later, when my wife and I had kids, Clarence would drive them around his tree farm in a purple jeep without brakes. He’d tell stories as he pointed to individual trees in the woods he’d invented out of “nothing but an old 80 of played-out farmland.”

Last week, Clarence drove me into his woods again with his daughter Becky, who tends the farm with her sisters and their husbands. As he shifted the ATV into low gear and edged us past a steep drop-off, I said, “Pretty good for 93,” and Becky nodded proudly.

He narrated, as he always does, “Y’know, that tree there … ” He stopped to let me take a photo of an old stump that looked like home to 20 critters.

There’s a stump like that near my house, at the edge of an open meadow where my dog runs through the dry summer’s-end grasses, and occasionally I’ll run my hand over the texture of that old grain, smoothed to a shine by time, and it’ll remind me of Clarence.

The stories he told about the trees in that forest — like the “N” tree, which was actually two separate Elms conjoined by a connecting limb, forming the letter “N” — were a revelation, like seeing your first blue bunting or the spring’s first morel.

As I take the photo of the stump in Clarence’s woods, Becky starts to narrate its history: “Y’know, that’s an old apple tree that got covered by grapevine after it died. We used to drive around it in a car we named Bessie that my folks bought for us kids when we were about 10. Now even the vine’s gone, but look at it.” She shakes her head.

He told about the stand of jack pine, the “washout” stand, the spruce stand, the bright green section of groundcover shaped like little trees, the mossy stone where “Esther and I’ll rest one day,” and the meaning of each plant or animal in that woods.

I can’t tell whether she’s moved by the beautiful old stump or the memory of 10-year-old kids driving through the woods in a car named Bessie. Whatever her intent, she brought that tree to life just like Clarence would.

We hunted our Christmas trees with him for 23 years, the kids bouncing in their seats on the wooden wagon Clarence pulled behind his Ford tractor. Sometimes he’d have tagged a special tree for us, knowing the height and breadth that would tickle the kids. I can still recall some of those trees by the particular scratches and smudges they left on our living room ceiling.

It was one old tree out of the 20,000 Clarence had planted by hand on that tree farm. But behind the stump, green young maples were starting to get a foothold, and I said, “In 50 years this is going to be a maple forest,” as if I knew what I was talking about. They both nodded at that, both Clarence and Becky looking up at something that wasn’t there yet, but seeing it.

Always, he’d tell the stories of trees, and those stories stuck. Once, the kids spotted an “N” tree in another forest and came running. I spotted one in the hemlocks near my house.

I spotted an invisible fence line running through my woods, based only on the barbwire scars left across the tree faces, and followed the line of those barely visible scars through the woods, imagining the fence and the pasture it defined 50 years gone by. Stories make something greater.

“Y’know, it’s all just so wonderful,” Clarence said as he moved the shifter and started up again.

It would be deep autumn soon, and then it would get even more beautiful, almost beyond telling, sadly beautiful, how the trees come and then go.

Grant Parsons is a trial attorney, a native of Traverse City, with a keen interest in local politics, especially land use.

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Take on a Wingman Harboring a secret super-powered slapshot? Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha wants to pit yours against his.

The Canadian wunderkind is coming to Traverse City’s new Perfect Edge Hockey-Lacrosse shop to shoot pucks with the public inside the only Rapid Shot system in northern Michigan.

“It’s like a batting cage — but for hockey,” said Marc O’Keefe, store co-owner. Up to 30 lucky players of any age or skill level can compete with Mantha at the hour-long Sept.

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Three big bike tours cruise through northern MI on Sat., Sept. 16. The Leelanau Harvest Tour (pictured) runs through the wine country and farms of Leelanau County & then along the Lake Michigan coastline & Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. Choose from 20, 40, 65 and 100 mile routes. The Harbor Springs Cycling Classic includes scenic M-119, known as the Tunnel of Trees, and offers 20, 45 or 60 mile routes. The Big Mac Shoreline Bike Tour offers 25, 50, 75 and 85 mile circuits. For start times and more info, visit the web sites: cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org; birchwoodinn.com; mackinawchamber.com/other/bike-tour-rules-a-registration

SIP Star A big sustainability shout out to WaterFire Vineyards. The first vineyard in Antrim County, launched in 2008, has landed another first: becoming the first vineyard outside of California to achieve Sustainability in Practice (SIP) certification. The most in-depth, rigorous sustainability program available for the nation’s vineyards, SIP certification means a vineyard doesn’t observe only organic practices but also makes efforts to support its land’s biodiversity and habitat, as well as its soil, air, water, and fruit quality; and other environmental and community imperatives. Today, more than 2.6 million wines are SIP certified. Waterfirewine.com.

tastemaker Alpine Chocolat Haus Seafoam Yes, it’s September — but never fear, you’ve got a few more chances to chase after a few last summery pursuits. One of your sweetest options is the seafoam candy from the Alpine Chocolat Haus in Gaylord.

Very much its own kind of light, sugary sweet, the Chocolat Haus’ seafoam — made from a secret recipe that includes sugar, gelatin, and baking soda — offers an unusual texture and experience, as well as a distinctive brown-sugar flavor.

“It starts off airy and crunchy at first bite, kind of like a Butterfinger bar,” said Alpine Chocolat Haus staffer Keigan Dandeneau, “then it melts in your mouth like cotton candy. It’s very unique!”

You can get seafoam on its own, or covered in a robe of the Haus’ own chocolate; either way, it evokes summer memories of the shore like no other sweet can.

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As always, the disaster brought people together. We saw endless acts of heroism and selflessness. It isn’t unique to Houston any more than it was unique to New York after 9/11, or New Jersey after Sandy, or Boston after the marathon bombing. For reasons known only to sociologists and psychologists, we wait for the worst before collectively giving our best.

The Houston area will need a lot of that kindness, and for a long time. The president’s rhetorical excesses notwithstanding, we know from Katrina and Sandy and other massive natural disasters that recovery will not be fast for many people.

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The Gulf of Mexico was two degrees warmer than average this summer. The Atlantic is also warmer than average. Two degrees doesn’t sound like much, but it’s enough to

We’re going to have to start making some unpleasant decisions about how many times we’re willing, as taxpayers, to rebuild the same at-risk places.

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And Harvey isn’t likely to be the last such disaster. We’ve been told for more than two decades to expect more severe and more frequent storms. Warming ocean waters serve as both incubator and fuel for cyclonic events, including their accompanying flooding rains.

We know, for example, with as many as 100,000 homes and businesses damaged or destroyed, there aren’t enough contractors or a big enough labor pool to do this quickly.

We know that many of those impacted will not have flood insurance, or any insurance at all, and they will not be first in line for those doing the rebuilding. Contractors have little choice but to accept bigger jobs that mean more income.

We know people employed by small businesses are most likely to lose income for a longer time or lose their jobs altogether. Small is not good when recovering from a disaster.

We know that renters will wait longer than homeowners to get back into their homes; thousands are now being evicted from uninhabitable apartments. The combination of lost income and a lost residence will drive many elsewhere. And we know smaller communities will be last in line for almost everything. We’ve already heard that some small Houston-area towns will be without power for weeks.

turn a typical thunder storm into a tropical depression, a tropical depression into a tropical storm, and a tropical storm into a hurricane. Harvey might be the new normal.

(Hurricane Irma, an angry category 5 storm and feeding off those warm waters as this is being written, might already have made destructive landfall by the time you read this.)

Hurricane Harvey was just the latest example, a chapter in a lengthening book.

We’re going to have to start making some unpleasant decisions about how many times we’re willing, as taxpayers, to rebuild the same at-risk places. Do we continue to build on barrier islands and dunes that could be protection against storm surges? Do we keep draining the wetlands that could be draining flood waters? Rebuild, only to rebuild again and again?

We’ve spent billions of federal dollars rebuilding parts of flood-prone Houston multiple times just this century. New Orleans, which was built below sea level, is another Katrina waiting to happen. Parts of the southern Florida Gulf Coast now flood during normal high tides. Rising sea levels have forced the relocation of people on the Alaskan coast and on islands south of New Orleans.

The man in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t believe in climate science.

The symptoms are becoming more pronounced, but this administration continues willfully ignoring the causes, so we’d better at least be prepared for the effects.

Instead, our national flood insurance program is already in the red, the Republican’s initial budget plan actually cut funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the president reversed an Obama-era regulation requiring federal infrastructure projects to better withstand flood events — all of which will likely make things worse.

They called the Hurricane Harvey floods 1,000-year events. But it isn’t likely to be anywhere near 1,000 years before we see another.

And then another.

Crime & Rescue KNIFE-WIELDING TEEN TASED A teenager was tased after lunging at police with a knife and threatening to kill them.

Emmet County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 18-year-old Brutus resident Cameron Moore after a police chase that began when witnesses at a party store called 911 to report a driver they suspected was armed and drunk.

When deputies arrived at the store near Pickerel Lake in Springvale Township at 1:50pm Sept. 4, Moore had driven off, Sheriff Pete Wallin said. Deputies found Moore stopped in the middle of the Seldon Road a half-hour later. He drove off, and deputies followed until Moore pulled into a private driveway and crashed into a tree.

When police approached Moore’s pickup, Moore got out and threatened officers with a knife, saying he would kill them. Moore refused to drop his weapon, Wallin said, so deputies stopped Moore with a taser and arrested him on charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, plus third-degree fleeing and eluding, and operating while intoxicated.

TWO KILLED IN CRASH Two people died after two vehicles crashed head-on on M-22 in Leelanau

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Deputies were called to the scene a half mile north of Cherry Bend Road Sept. 4 at 12:16pm.

Roy Lewis Vomastek, 85, of Marion, and Dominic Robert Holly, 26, of Mancelona, died of injuries they suffered in the crash.

Investigators determined that Holly was headed north when he inexplicably crossed the centerline and crashed head-on into the car driven

by Vomastek. Holly was pronounced dead at the scene; Vomastek died later at Munson Medical Center.

The driver of the commercial utility vehicle that also crashed into Holly’s vehicle, a 37-yearold Kingsley man, was not injured. Deputies closed the highway for four hours as they investigated.

WOMAN EJECTED IN ROLLOVER A 29-year-old Onaway woman was speeding when she lost control of her Ford Expedition, rolled over, and was

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MAN DRIVES BRONCO INTO RIVER Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 51-year-old Empire man for drunk driving after he drove a vintage Ford Bronco into the Crystal River.

Police and National Lakeshore rangers were called Sept. 3 at 8:27pm to West Crystal View Road near M-22 in Glen Arbor Township, where the vehicle was partially submerged in the shallow river.

Deputies learned that the driver intentionally drove into the river and got stuck.

He was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and received several citations from the park ranger.

BICYCLIST STRUCK AND KILLED A bicyclist travelling on a rural road was struck and killed by two cars south of Traverse City.

David Williamson was killed after he was hit by the vehicles while cycling west on Silver Pines Road Sept. 5 at 7:30pm, Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies said.

Investigators said the drivers of both vehicles stayed at the scene and cooperated. They said visibility and weather appeared to have been factors.

OVERDOSE DEATH INVESTIGATED Traverse City Police are investigating the apparent overdose death of a 29-yearold man.

Michael David Hertler was found dead by his girlfriend at his home on Ramsdell Road at noon Sept. 2. She called 911, and detectives determined the death was suspicious, Chief Jeff O’Brien said.

Investigators learned that Hertler had earlier been found unresponsive by a friend at 3am.

The friend told police that he had attempted CPR, revived Hertler, and watched him until 6am. O’Brien said it’s unclear why the friend didn’t call 911.

O’Brien said the case is under investigation as a heroin overdose, but investigators need the results of an autopsy to be certain. Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies investigated two other suspected overdoses over the same weekend, though those were not fatal.

MEN SAVED OFF BEAVER ISLAND Rescuers pulled two sailors from Lake Michigan about a half mile from the Beaver Island shore.

Charlevoix County Sheriff Charles Vondra said the island residents, 69-year-old Alan B. Vicstein and 66-year-old Keith A. Brothers, were saved after a search that involved the U.S. Coast Guard, the sheriff’s department, Beaver Island Fire/EMS, and private boats.

Vicstein survived because Brothers huddled with him and kept him awake while they were in the water, Vondra said. Vicstein was treated for hypothermia at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital after his rescue; his body temperature was 83 degrees when he was saved.

Rescuers were called at 2:45pm Sept. 3 after Vicstein’s 12.6-foot Mistral sailboat overturned.

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Ronni Lyn Arrendondo suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash and was taken to McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital, Cheboygan County Sheriff’s deputies said.

Investigators suspect alcohol was a factor in the crash, which caused the vehicle to catch fire.

POLICE: MAN INVADED HOME A woman called police when she saw neighbors screaming for help as they fled from an intruder.

Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Springville Township home at 2:10pm Sept.

5 and arrested 54-year-old Brance James Sluiter.

Sluiter is accused of knocking on the door of the home and entering when the four juveniles inside would not answer. Sluiter displayed a badge “of some sort” and took a cell phone from one of the young people, according to a press release.

Two of the juveniles fled the home, and the two others were able to force Sluiter outside. Deputies said Sluiter is an acquaintance of the victims’ family, but they did not say what they suspect Sluiter was attempting to do at the home.

Sluiter faces charges of first-degree home invasion, larceny, impersonating a peace officer to commit a crime, tampering with an electronic communications device, and felony firearm.

MAPLE CITY SHOOTING PROBED Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting that occurred at a house after a fight at a nearby bar.

Deputies were called to a Maple City home at 2am Sept. 2 to investigate a shooting. They found shotgun shells and evidence that the house, a neighboring house, and a vehicle had been struck.

A 35-year-old told deputies he’d gotten in an argument with three men at Kerby’s Bar and Grill and admitted that he assaulted one of the men before he left. A short time later, he heard gunfire and went outside to see a vehicle driving away that contained at least one of the men from the argument.

Deputies tracked down the suspects and determined that a 26-year-old Maple City man was responsible for the shotgun fire. They sent a report to prosecutors.

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The People’s Liberation Army Daily, a Chinese state-run military newspaper, has declared on its WeChat account that fewer Chinese youth are passing fitness tests to join the army because they are too fat and masturbate too much, resulting in abnormally large testicular veins. The web article cited one town’s statistics, where 56.9 percent of candidates were rejected for failing to meet physical requirements. China’s military quickly beat down the article’s assertion, saying: “The quality of our recruits is guaranteed, and the headwaters of our military will flow long and strong.”

The Entrepreneurial Spirit Police in Osnabruck, Germany, stopped a vehicle on Aug. 19 and found an unusual trove of drugs inside: Plastic bags filled with about 5,000 ecstasy pills, with a street value of about $46,000 -- all in the shape of Donald Trump’s head. The orange tablets depicted Trump’s signature sweep of hair and his rosebud mouth. An unnamed 51-year-old man and his son, 17, also had a large sum of cash and were taken into custody.

Cultural Diversity -- The Japanese funeral industry demonstrated its forward thinking on Aug. 23 when practitioners gathered for the Life Ending Industry Expo in Tokyo. Among the displays was a humanoid robot named Pepper who can conduct a Buddhist funeral, complete with chanting and tapping a drum. Pepper is a collaboration between SoftBank and Nissei Eco Co., which wrote the chanting software.

Michio Inamura, Nissei’s executive adviser, said the robot could step in when priests are not available.

-- Also at the Life Ending Industry Expo in Tokyo, four undertakers competed on stage as funeral music played to see who could best display the ancient skills of ritually dressing the dead. The Shinto religion in Japan believes that the dead are impure just after death and that dressing the body purifies the spirit. The contestants dressed live human volunteers and were observed by three judges. Rino Terai, who won the contest, said, “I practiced every day to prepare for this competition.”

-- In Iran, the education department has banned people who are considered “ugly” from being teachers. The list of conditions and features that prevent one from being a teacher includes facial moles, acne, eczema, scars and crossed eyes. Also on the list of unsavory conditions are cancer, bladder stones or color-blindness, none of which can be observed by others.

FAN-antic Jeffrey Riegel, 56, of Port Republic, New Jersey, left ‘em laughing with his obituary’s parting shot at the Philadelphia Eagles. In it, Riegel asked that eight Eagles players act as pallbearers, “so the Eagles can let me down one last time.” Riegel owned season tickets for 30 years, during which the Eagles never won a Super Bowl.

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Inexplicable An Arkansas Highway Patrol officer spotted “an unusual sight” on Aug. 23 on I-30: a black Hummer with a casket strapped to the top of it. When the officer pulled over Kevin M. Cholousky, 39, of Van Buren, Arkansas, he took off and led police on a chase along I-530, where his vehicle was eventually stopped by road spikes.

Although the casket was empty, Cholousky was charged in Pulaski County with fictitious tags, reckless driving and fleeing.

Latest Religious Messages Sonogram photos are notoriously difficult to decipher, but one couple in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, are sure theirs shows a man watching over their unborn daughter. “When they gave it to us ... Umm, to me, it’s Jesus. And it looks like Jesus,” said mom Alicia Zeek. She and father Zac Smith have two older children, both born with birth defects, and the image is putting them at ease about their third child.

“Once ... we looked at the picture, I was like -look, babe, we have nothing to worry about,” Smith said.

Least Competent Criminals -- Jocsan Feliciano Rosado, 22, was driving a stolen car on Monday, Aug. 21, when he stopped off at a Harbor Freight store in Kissimmee, Florida, to pick up a welder’s helmet for viewing the solar eclipse. As he dawdled next to the vehicle, looking up at the sun with his helmet on, members of the Orange County Sheriff ’s Office Auto Theft Unit interrupted his reverie and arrested him.

-- Adam Darrough, 29, of Little Rock, Arkansas, tried to elude officers who had arrived at his girlfriend’s house to arrest him by climbing out a back window. But when that didn’t work, he hid in her attic. Meanwhile, Erinique Hill, 20, held police at bay outside her home. Things went south for Darrough when he fell through the attic floor, and Little Rock police officers arrested him for a number of felonies, including hindering arrest.

Bright Ideas Tuffy Tuffington, 45, of San Francisco was walking his dogs, Bob and Chuck, when he came up with a way to respond non-violently to a right-wing rally at Crissy Field on Aug. 26. So he launched a Facebook page asking San Franciscans to bring dog poop to spread in the park in advance of the event. “It seemed like a little bit of civil disobedience where we didn’t have to engage with them face to face,” Tuffington said. Contributors to the project also planned to show up on Aug. 27 to “clean up the mess and hug each other.”

Court Report Jordan Wills, 22, of Dover, England, provoked the ire of Judge Simon James of the Canterbury Crown Court in Kent when he appeared before the court. Wills called the judge a prick, and when James asked him to refrain from using obscene language, Wills said, “Who are you to tell me what to do?” James replied: “Well, I am the judge ... and I need to make it clear to you and others that such behavior is not going to be tolerated.” Wills was found in contempt of court and sentenced to two weeks in jail.

Your Cold, Cold Heart A police officer on maternity leave was ticketed and fined 110 pounds after she pulled her car into a bus stop in west London to help her newborn baby, who was choking in the back seat. Rebecca Moore, 31, of Aylesbury, said her son, Riley, was “going a deep shade of red in the face, his eyes were bulging and watering, and he was trying to cough but was struggling.”

Moore appealed the fine, but the Harrow Council rejected her appeal, as did the London Tribunals. “The law about stopping in bus stops is exactly the same everywhere in London,” a council spokeswoman said. “You can’t do it.”

REMEMBER THIS TITAN Traverse City West tight end Ryan Hayes has committed to the University of Michigan, and he’s aiming for the pros.

Before he goes, local football fans are anxiously awaiting what promises to be the senior’s unforgettable final season.

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By Al Parker Watching videos of Traverse City West High School football player Ryan Hayes gets a little monotonous.

There’s the brawny tight end obliterating a defender with a massive block, shoving the would-be tackler downfield some 10 yards.

It’s like watching a snowplow clear Front Street during a snowfall. Then there’s Hayes towering over a frustrated defensive back to snag a touchdown pass. He goes up into the air and snatches the pass, looking like LeBron James snagging a rebound over a bewildered middle schooler.

At 6-foot-7, 250 pounds, Hayes has the size and strength to be a tight end for a Big Ten football team, maybe even an NFL squad. And those are goals the TC West senior recently set for himself.

“It really became real during the recruiting process,” said Hayes, who considered going to Notre Dame and Michigan State University before eventually deciding in May to attend the University of Michigan next year. A spring visit to the Ann Arbor campus made all the difference to Hayes.

“I knew right away,” he said. “I didn’t think I was going to go to Michigan, but I got there and just loved every minute.”

It didn’t hurt that Michigan officials told him he might be able to play both football and baseball for the Wolverines. Or that during the same week, top offensive-line prospect Jalen Mayfield, from Grand Rapids Catholic Central, was added to the Maizeand-Blue football fold. Whether Hayes will play tight end or be moved to tackle next year is still uncertain, but coaches are confident he is talented enough to be a standout at either position.

Hayes has been a three-sport star for the Titans — an All-State football player, the Big North Conference Basketball Player of the Year, and the league’s baseball Pitcher of the Year.

So which sport is Hayes’ favorite?

“Whatever one is in season,” he said.

“They all help me stay in shape and keep me from getting bored with any one sport.”

Perhaps not surprisingly, the athlete excels in all three sports. As a tight end last year, he caught 20 passes for 311 yards. In basketball he was a dominant post player for the Titans, averaging 12.4 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. On the mound, Hayes posted an impressive 0.475 earned run average and struck out 102 hitters in 59 innings.

He sometimes draws comparisons with TC West graduate Jake Fisher, who attended the University of Oregon, became an AllAmerican, and was the second-round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals. At 6-foot-6, 305 pounds, Fisher has had a solid NFL career as a right tackle/tight end for the Bengals.

Also like Hayes, Fisher was a tight end and baseball pitcher for the Titans.

Hayes comes from an athletic family; with both of his parents played Division 1 sports. His older brother, Conner, was a highly rated offensive lineman who signed with the University of Pittsburgh.

His mother, Sue (Nissen) Arthur, played basketball at Central Michigan University, where she was a high-scoring guard. She is second on the CMU women’s all-time scoring list and was elected to the school’s Hall of Fame in 2001. His dad, Mike, played under legendary TC Central football coach Jim Ooley before going to CMU, where he was a lineman in the 1980s.

During a recent practice session, Hayes gave up valuable time that he could spend

in the weight room to talk with the Northern Express. He’s quiet — not shy — but confident, and he prefers to talk about team goals rather than personal objectives. As a senior, he’s one of the Titans’ team leaders, but he likes to do it unobtrusively. “I lead more by example,” he said. “But in games I’m more vocal.”

Hayes was evaluated by Scout.com, a prep football scouting website, which ranked him as the No. 3 offensive tackle prospect in the Midwest and No. 21 in the country.

“Big framed high school tight end who will project to tight end at the next level,” said the website. “Very good athlete, a threesport athlete who is coordinated, has good balance and flexibility. Used as a blocker as a tight end, so he has experience in the run game and does well in that aspect. Must learn to play tackle and continue to add weight and strength to play left tackle in the future, but has a very high ceiling as a tackle.”

But Hayes has more than strength and stamina going for him. In addition to brawn, Hayes has brains.

“He has football smarts and is a 3.7 (GPA) student,” said Titans Head Coach Tim Wooer. “He’s a quiet kid, very businesslike, and a very humble person. As a coach, it’s rewarding to have a player who is a highcharacter kid. You don’t have to worry about him getting in trouble. He’s a great student, a great person, and a hard worker.”

Last month, Hayes was named one of the Top 50 high school football players in the state (and the only one from northern Michigan), The Detroit Free Press. Earlier this year he was chosen Male Athlete of the Year by The Traverse City Record-Eagle.

“I’m not surprised at all,” said Wooer.

“Ryan’s obviously a very talented athlete and a hard worker.”

MORE TO WATCH Friday nights in the North are expected to bring some great gridiron moments this season, with players like these stealing the show: Cade Peterson, Glen Lake In the season opener last month, Peterson scored four TDs and passed for two others in a 42–21 win over Kingsley. Last season, the Lakers 6-foot-4, 176-pound quarterback threw for 2,178 yards and 22 touchdowns. A dual threat, the senior also rushed for 658 yards and seven TDs. Griffin Kelly, Frankfort The senior running back averaged almost a first down per attempt (9.2 yards per carry) for the Panthers last year. He accounted for 1,803 yards rushing, 300 yards receiving, and 29 touchdowns.

Joe Baugh, Boyne City In the season opener, Baugh scored three TDs and rushed for 118 yards in the Ramblers’ 51–13 win over Negaunee. Last season, the 5-foot-8, 180-pound fullback piled up 1,216 yards and 12 touchdowns in only eight games, averaging 6.9 yards per carry and 152 yards per game. On defense, he’s a solid safety.

Nolan “Nacho” Mitchell, Kalkaska In the Blazers 33–8 opening day victory over Pine River, Mitchell rushed for 108 yards and scored two touchdowns. He also accounted for six tackles from his safety position. Last year Mitchell scored 12 touchdowns and has twice been chosen the team’s most valuable player.

Garrett Bybee-Mullins, Forest Area As a two-way lineman, Bybee-Mullins is a stalwart for the Warriors. On defense he’s a nose tackle and recorded 75 tackles, 10 for losses, last year, along with five sacks and three forced fumbles. Those numbers earned him honors as an all-conference selection.

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By Patrick Sullivan The brutal assault of several homeless people sleeping behind a church in downtown Traverse City last July proved to Peggy Byland that perhaps the people who live on the street need better P.R. That summer, Speak Up, the small magazine, or ’zine, focused on and written by homeless individuals, that launched in Traverse City in 2014, had just stopped publication in northern Michigan. Byland, a retired elementary school English teacher, recognized that something needed to take its place.

“When we had that incident a year ago, with some of our people that were assaulted behind Central church — I think that was the catalyst for [understanding that] we have to let people know that we’re not dirt bags that people can kick or punch. We’re people.

We have rights,” Byland, who is not homeless, said. “They want people to know that they’re human, and all humans need to be treated with respect and dignity and given the opportunity to be themselves.”

Byland and a group of people who were homeless formed TC Street Voices. They published the first 100 percent local issue last fall. Next month, the publication will celebrate its first anniversary.

STORIES FROM THE STREET A homeless ’zine tells stories of life on the street and offers a steady source of income for some.

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THE VISION OF VOICES Street Voices’ editorial vision is to be more literary mag than newspaper, but it nonetheless reflects current events in the homeless community.

When Michael Conway was struck and killed by a driver on Division Street one night last October, his death shocked the homeless community. It also started a conversation about pedestrian safety in Traverse City and prompted someone to donate reflective vests, which were handed out at the Jubilee House, the Washington Street resource center operated by Grace Episcopal Church. The effort prompted a feature in the Street Voices February issue that included a series of photos of homeless individuals wearing the vests, showing solidarity with Conway, and symbolizing the importance of pedestrian safety.

This October, Byland said the first anniversary issue will focus on Safe Harbor, a wintertime homeless shelter that will open this November in its new, permanent location on Wellington Street after years of fundraising and political debate.

Though Safe Harbor has been controversial, Byland said the Street Voices writers don’t set out to write about controversy. If anything, the ’zine is meant to reflect what life is like on the street.

“We certainly have a voice that we want to be heard, but we work very hard not to offend people,” Byland said.

Byland said that, as editor, she doesn’t believe it’s her place to censor writers, but if she sees something that she thinks could be offensive, she talks to the writer and attempts to convince them to make a change. That came up recently when a writer submitted a piece that might have sounded like criticism of churchgoers who have a lot of money.

“I had an incident like that back in the spring. One of our writers submitted something and so I got back to him and I said, ‘You know, let’s look at this section right here,’” she said. “It was an attitude of having plenty — religious people are sometimes seen as people who have a lot but don’t want to give a lot. And so it was that kind of attitude.”

SPEAK UP COMES TO TOWN Although common for decades in large metro areas, a homeless “street” newspaper didn’t come to Traverse City until Bill and Deb Shaw, who had started a street paper

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in the Philippines, helped launch one here.

Their son, Matt, has published Speak Up in Charlotte since 2011; the Traverse City version was an extension of that paper.

Byland said there were two problems with Speak Up: Much of its content wasn’t local, and its publication schedule wasn’t reliable.

“There was a real gap between T.C. and Charlotte,” she said. “ … the vendors were struggling because they never had any new copy.”

When the Shaws were called out of town last summer, that spelled the end of Speak Up. The Shaws, who are missionaries, needed to go back to the Philippines for six months.

Byland, who had been recruited to run writers’ meetings for Speak Up, was concerned that the ’zine’s closure would leave a hole not only in the community but also in its vendors’ income. Even though it had published only sporadically for a couple of years, its vendors had come to depend on the income they earned from selling it.

Byland’s solution: Launch a new ’zine to replace it.

“We had nothing when we started. Not a penny. But we did have the connection with Speak Up with Matt in North Carolina. And so Matt … agreed to fund our first issue [of Street Voices], which gave us seed money,” Byland said. “Our first issue was sold out in two weeks. People were — they were hungry for a new issue. They were used to getting the ’zine and looked forward to it whenever it was published.”

TC’S STREET JOURNALISTS Laurie Koelsch and Randy Parker lived together, homeless, for seven years before they found an apartment in December 2015. They started selling Speak Up from the beginning. They were also the ’zine’s first Traverse City-based writers — and today help publish Street Voices.

In issue 10, which was published in August, Koelsch wrote about being a street vendor and how much Street Voices means to her: “One gentleman asked me if I believed in the magazine. I told him that I wholeheartedly believed it. There is so much good that comes from the sales of this street paper.

He then walked away thinking about what I had said and returned a few seconds later and purchased one to read.”

Parker writes in the same issue about the loss homelessness thrusts upon a person.

“When I lost the first storage unit, I lost photos of my dad, who died when I was

eight years old, and photos of my mother, who died when I was in my ’20s,” Parcher wrote. “I could not tell you what either of them looks like, as the memories have faded over time just trying to get to tomorrow.”

Koelsch and Parcher live together in an apartment today, but they said it was a struggle to get there, because even after they qualified for subsidized housing, it seemed impossible to find an empty apartment around Traverse City that was owned by someone willing to accept federal housing vouchers.

they left here. That’s actually how I became homeless every time. My job went away.”

When they started selling Speak Up in 2014, it was a good source of income.

They’d sell it downtown, at farmers markets and at churches. They’d set up at Front and Cass streets from 6pm until 9pm each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. They’d stop selling at 9pm because that’s when the traffic on the sidewalk turned rowdier as more bar traffic filled the street.

Parcher said he felt like they were mostly treated well sometimes felt invisible.

“One gentleman asked me if I believed in the magazine.

I told him that I whole-heartedly believed it. There is so much good that comes from the sales of this street paper.”

When they were homeless, they lived in a van in the Traverse City Walmart parking lot or parked on state land when it was warm enough. They stayed overnight at Safe Harbor when it was cold.

They predict that the need for a paper like Street Voices is only going to grow because rising housing prices in the region are going to force more people onto the street.

“There’s not enough low-income housing to get people off the streets in Traverse City,” Koelsch said.

Until recently, people could move to Buckley or Copemish, for example, and find a $300 per month apartment, but that’s no longer the case, they said.

“Now those places cost $700 even there or in Copemish,” Parcher said. “It’s $700 out there for a dump. Some friends of ours are paying $700 for a dump. I thought it should have been condemned.”

DEFYING STEREOTYPES Koelsch, who grew up in Flint and moved to Traverse City in 1970, and Parcher, who grew up in Falmouth and moved to the area around 1980, met and hit it off when they both worked for Manpower.

Parcher said one objective he has for his writing is to challenge stereotypes people hold about the homeless. He and Koelsch are examples that defy stereotype, he said.

“Homeless people often don’t live up to stereotypes,” he said. “We don’t drink. We don’t do drugs. We just ran into bad health and a lot of job choices were a bad choice because

“I actually remember one gal in particular. I’m standing there. I thought I had eye contact with her — I’m looking right in her eyes,” he said. “So I’m going, ‘The ’zine, you know, cheaper than a cup of coffee,’ and the gal jumped. She didn’t even see me until I spoke.”

Parcher’s health has deteriorated in the last couple years, and he can’t sell the paper like he used to. He’s had several major surgeries in the last year that have slowed him down.

“My legs are done. I tried to go out Friday night for Friday Night Live one night, but I just can’t do it like I used to,” he said. “We were doing really well at first, and then I had a lot of health issues that have really dragged that down.”

GOOD FOR SOME, NOT ALL Byland, who became a minister when she moved to Traverse City from Fremont in 2008, started volunteering at Safe Harbor when she recognized how much they needed overnight volunteers who are female.

“I volunteered at Safe Harbor because I’ve always had a connection with alcoholism and alcoholics. This is part of my family history, and so there’s always been a sense of, what can I do? I can’t fix. I can’t change. But I can walk alongside these people,” Byland said.

One year she worked 11 overnight shifts, a heavy-duty workload for a volunteer.

That got her very well acquainted with the homeless population, and she became manager at the Jubilee House.

Now that Street Voices is up and running and appears to be viable, Byland said the group applied for nonprofit status in August.

Each issue — typically 20 pages made up of five 8 ½-by-14-inch pieces of paper, folded in half and stapled — costs $2. Vendors pay $.50 per issue, enabling them to earn at least $1.50 for each copy sold. Often, people pay well over $2 per issue.

Ad revenue covers losses from the cost of printing because the paper costs more than 50 cents per copy to print.

There are around a dozen vendors, but that fluctuates with the seasons. Byland said some vendors have done really well.

“Our vendors, they really depend on the income,” she said. “I am amazed at how dependent they really are.”

Ryan Hannon, street outreach coordinator for Goodwill Northern Michigan, said Street Voices is a good way for people to learn more about the plight of the homeless.

“It’s one snapshot of whoever is writing, their perspective of it. There’s no way for something like that to capture it all,” Hannon said. “It’s a peek into that person’s experience, which can be enlightening, but not everybody experiences homelessness the same way.”

Hannon agreed that selling the paper is good for some people, but said it’s not for everyone. Not every person who becomes homeless wants to make that condition a part of their public identity.

“If you are a vendor, you’re out there, kind of selling yourself really, but you’re also showing the world, in real time, in interaction with them, that you are homeless or used to be. That’s a hard thing. Not everyone can do that or wants to do that or should do that,” Hannon said. “You know, homelessness, that’s a private matter, unless someone wants to be out there with it, but it’s hard for people.”

Steve Thompson, a longtime vendor who typically works midday on Front Street between Horizon Books and Red Ginger, said he likes to sell the paper, and he makes enough so that the money “takes care of my vices.”

He said he likes the chance the paper gives him to talk with people.

“They’re mostly friendly,” Thompson said. “I have a notion of myself to be selfsufficient, full of jokes, and I have a way of talking to people, so it’s generally calm.”

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AFTER SPLASH Whether you’ve paddled 1 mile or all 42 — or you prefer to gaze upon the lakes from land — everyone’s invited to celebrate the waterways themselves at the Paddle Antrim Festival’s after-bash on Saturday (tickets are $5; food and drinks purchased separately) at Short’s production facility in Elk Rapids. “It’s a great way to spend a September Saturday,” Jerdee said. “We welcome participants, families, friends, and the entire community for beverages by Short’s, Starcut Ciders, and Northwoods Soda, plus food and games.”

Live music by Distant Stars and The Sleeping Gypsies will help make a splash in downtown Elk Rapids, as the festival also will recognize the Hall of Fame paddlers who complete the entire route both days of the festival.

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By Clark Miller The fighting stopped five decades ago, but the legacy of the Vietnam War remains unclear. Perhaps Richard Nixon got one thing right: “No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.”

Gradually, though, veterans are beginning to open up about their experiences. The question is, will anyone pay attention?

Traverse City-based writer Doug Stanton makes the case that the simple act of listening to those who fought in Vietnam is long overdue and that it is becoming more urgent as veterans reach their 70s.

Stanton, twice a New York Times bestselling writer for his non-fiction accounts of war, unveils his latest work, “The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War,” when he appears at the National Writers Series at 7pm Sunday, Sept. 17.

Doors open at 6pm. The discussion will be guided by editor and author Colin Harrison.

Stanton has a clear purpose in mind as he follows the war experiences of Stan Parker, a particularly hard-charging member of an Army reconnaissance unit: “I hope the book will help people break through the reticence and maybe get them to talk about the war.

Vietnam vets haven’t been listened to.

Granted, there hasn’t always been anyone for them to talk to. Maybe it’s as simple as that.”

STAN PARKER Stanton met Vietnam veteran U.S. Army Sergeant Major Stan Parker in Afghanistan in May 2005 while researching the war there.

Parker had a story to tell.

The son of a WWII vet, Parker volunteered in 1967 for the 101st Airborne.

Like his brother, he wanted to be a paratrooper. Once in Vietnam, Parker served in a reconnaissance platoon that saw intense fighting during the Tet Offensive, which began in January 1968 and lasted through late September of that year.

On the home front, dramatic television footage and casualty reports from that period reinforced opposition to the war.

Parker’s perspective as a soldier was much more personal.

Each day of Tet presented him with a stark challenge: Kill or be killed. As readers quickly learn, Parker’s platoon had plenty of chances to do both since they were routinely sent out to find and engage the enemy.

Stanton ticks off the losses among the recon platoon’s original 45 members: “Three were killed in action, 23 wounded in action once,

four were wounded twice, and four were wounded three times, totaling a 75 percent casualty rate.”

Parker is wounded twice. Both times he is eager to return to his platoon. That may seem like a suicide wish, and perhaps it was. But like soldiers in other wars, he feels a responsibility to the men in his platoon.

These are his brothers.

When he is wounded a third time, he is shipped home against his wishes. His war is over.

He finds a chilly reception when he returns to the U.S. Against all advice, he wears his uniform. That makes him a target of scorn. It was an experience he says was the most difficult part of what turned out to be his long military career.

WAR OF ATTRITION During his time in Vietnam, Parker shows enormous physical toughness.

He survives snipers, deadly traps full of hardened punji sticks, rockets, and hand-tohand knife fights. He knows that death can come at any minute and from any direction.

It is a 360-degree war.

It is also a “war of attrition.”

The idea is simple: The side that kills the most becomes the victor. (The test of whether that formula worked or failed can be measured, again, by numbers. Vietnamese military and civilian losses far outnumbered American deaths, yet the tiny country fought on.)

“We learned that Ho Chi Minh was willing to send as many young men and women as it took,” Stanton says. “They’d been fighting the French for years. War was nothing new. If I’d been a soldier in that generation, I don’t know how I would have dealt with that.”

As the Tet Offensive grinds on, we watch the mounting stress take a heavy toll on Parker and his platoon. In particular, he struggles to understand a war in which mercy is repaid with mayhem. The Viet Cong murder a starving young Vietnamese girl simply because she has accepted a can of peaches from Parker.

To them, she is a traitor. Parker becomes unglued. He mourns her death just as much as he despairs every time one of his fellow platoon members is wounded or killed.

Parker becomes an efficient killing machine, and he knows it. He observes that to survive, you need some luck. But also, you must give up sleep. And above all, you must fight. That’s what this kind of war demands.

But Stanton also makes us care about this young soldier. Parker is intelligent. He can still be shocked by the brutality he sees (and, often, is a part of). He fears that he’s become

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addicted to killing. And he remembers what he started out to be: a decent man.

Parker carefully records what he sees.

That habit, and Stanton’s research of military maps and declassified after-action reports, add telling detail throughout.

WAR “Odyssey of Echo Company,” neither shies away from the war nor does it glorify it. Stanton tells an important, gripping story that helps us understand what was expected of soldiers during the Tet Offensive, and how one soldier and his platoon dealt with almost unimaginable stress. It is an unflinching example how the “war of attrition” played out on the battlefield.

The setting is war but, as with Stanton’s other works, the underlying story is how people react to extreme hardships and how they try to make sense of it all afterwards.

“People ask me why I’ve written three books about war,” Stanton says. “It doesn’t mean I like war. It’s because war provides some of the most poignant moments when we can peer into someone’s soul. And there’s no bigger story than that.”

STANTON’S OTHER BESTSELLERS Doug Stanton’s previous outings include “Horse Soldiers,” which portrays U.S. Special Forces and CIA operatives as they help

VIETNAM WAR: AMERICAN SIDE • Nearly 2.7 million Americans served in Vietnam • Their average age was 23 years old • 58,148 were killed • 304,000 were wounded VIETNAMESE STATISTICS • 2 million civilians died (includes North and South) • 1.1 million North Vietnamese soldiers died • Between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died – 1995 report by Vietnamese government Afghani warlords resist the Taliban, and “In Harm’s Way,” which describes the sinking of the heavy cruiser the USS Indianapolis during the WWII war in the Pacific.

“Horse Soldiers,” is now being turned into a movie by Jerry Bruckheimer and an all-star cast that includes Chris Hemsworth and Michael Pena. The film is slated for release by mid-January.

Meanwhile, last month, the USS Indianapolis was located. It went down in deep, shark-infested waters after being attacked by a Japanese submarine in July 1945.

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Sept. 21 | 6 PM US/Mexico: Wall or No Wall, A Border in Turmoil Alfredo Corchado Mexico bureau chief, Dallas Morning News

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Meeting America’s Global Education Challenge – Why Our Kids Need Passports and Should Use Them Dr. Allan Goodman President and CEO, Institute of International Education

Nov. 16, 2017 | 6 PM Russia 2018: Putin’s Last Act? The Honorable John R. Beyrle U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2008-2012

Scrum!

Traverse City athletes tackle one of fall’s fiercest sports

By Al Parker

All lectures begin at 6 pm (pre-reception at 5:15 pm) at NMC’s Milliken Auditorium Tickets are $15 at door (free for current students & educators)

The Mission of the International Affairs Forum of Traverse City is to advance understanding of the world and its critical issues through education and public dialogue.

For full lecture details, membership, enewsletter subscription and more, visit tciaf.com or call 231.995.1700

Coach Therese Panian, in her striped rugby socks, explains a tackling drill to her team.

The Traverse City sky alternates between sunshine and a steady light rain as a dozen or so young women gather on a field along Franke Road.

The liquid sunshine does nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the Traverse City Girls Rugby Team as the players work on an intricate 8-player passing drill. “I made it confusing because in a game it will be confusing,” coach Therese Panian tells her players, who seem invigorated by both the light rain and their energetic coach.

The club team is mostly composed of high school players from TC West and TC Central, though students from other area schools are welcome to join the squad, which began playing this month. The team plays its home games on Sundays at the Civic Center.

Rugby may be the most complex, yet simple, game you’ll ever watch. It’s similar to American football, but played on a bigger field, or pitch, with an egg-shaped ball. There’s tackling, but no blocking or forward passes.

At its core, Rugby is one team, with the ball, running at another team defending — until the offensive team scores or loses the ball.

However, there are many rules that govern play, and this is what can be confusing. This is no place to go deep into the rule book, but here are a few basics to make rugby interesting and watchable for a first timer: SCORING Players can score in four ways. The most valuable is to score “a try,” which means touching the ball down in the opponent’s ingoal area or on their goal line. Doing so is worth five points. A conversion kick is taken from a spot in line with where the ball was grounded and is worth an additional two points. Penalties for various infractions can be used to take a kick at the goal, which is worth

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three points. A dropped goal, which occurs when a player drops the ball on the ground, then kicks it as it bounces, is worth three points if it goes through the uprights.

PASSING The ball can’t travel forward off a player’s hands. That means no forward passes or dribbling. The two ways you can advance the ball is kicking the ball or carrying the ball forward. Passes have to be either lateral or backward breaking this rule is a scrum for the opposing team.

Maybe the most commonly asked question is: What is that thing with all the players mushed together in a big blob?

That’s the scrum. On each team, eight of the 15 players, known as the forward pack, bind together — three in front, four in the middle, and one at the back. They push forward in the same formation, while the team that didn’t commit the foul puts the ball into the scrum, hoping it comes out at the back of the scrum on their side. Around 90 percent of the time, the team that puts the ball in gets the ball back.

TACKLING When one player tackles another there are three rules for the tackler: 1) Don’t tackle around the neck or above; 2) Don’t pile drive an opponent’s head into the ground like you’re spiking a football; 3) Tackle with your hands and shoulders, not just your shoulders.

Wearing shorts, T-shirts, soccer cleats, and mandatory mouthpieces, the players circle around Panian and listen intently as the third-year coach explains the next drill, an exercise designed to instill good, effective tackling habits. The drill involves the tackler using her hands and lowering a shoulder into the ball carrier, then quickly back-pedaling at full speed before repeating the tackle again and again. It goes for a full-minute and several tackles before the players switch roles.

A player practices tackling on coach Therese Panian.

As the drill continues, the players hit with a ferocity that elicits both grimaces and grins.

Paradoxically, there are plenty of laughs and hugs mixed in with the heavy hitting.

Rugby, it seems, is a surprisingly social game.

“Even when we’re playing other teams, it’s like one great family,” said Kayla Tue, a TC Central junior who was urged to try out for rugby by an exchange student. She quickly fell in love with the sport and is in her second season. “Last year I tackled a girl, really blew her out, and she just got up and said, ‘Such a good tackle.’ Everyone is very caring.”

Teammate Alexis Ritter had a similar experience last season. “I was getting out of a scrum, and I was down on the ground,” said the TC Central junior. “And a girl on the other team stopped and helped me up.”

Panian’s devotion to the rough-and-tumble sport is evidenced by a tattoo — “RUGBY” — in 2-inch block letters on her right leg above the knee. She not only coaches the high schoolers but also plays on the Traverse Bay Blues Women’s Rugby squad.

Panian is hoping that once classes begin, a few more high schoolers will join on the squad.

Anyone interested can contact her at (979) 456-9250 or tepanian@gmail.com.

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Fun fact: Longtime friends and self-proclaimed opera fans Mario Tabone, of Traverse City’s Tabone Orchards and Vineyards, and Silvio “Tony” Ciccone, of Suttons Bay’s Ciccone Vineyard and Winery, have more than “just” opera and wine in common. “Tony is Madonna’s father, and my third cousin is Britney Spears,” Tabone said. “So it’s neat that we’re friends, and that those two girls ended up being friends and professional colleagues too, you know?”

While Maddie and Brit’s pop hits might be on the opposite end of the musical spectrum from a grand aria, their Grand Traverse relatives are music aficionados who feel that music — their beloved opera especially — should be accessible to everyone. A few years ago, the two men decided that it was time to share their passion with the local community. They decided to stage an opera concert at Traverse City’s City Opera House (COH).

“We were apprehensive at first,” Tabone said. “From what we understood, the people behind the opera house back in the day were mostly lumber barons who wanted to add some class to the place, so they called it an opera house even though there wasn’t much interest in opera, or any opera shows.”

Tabone and Ciccone’s first attempt at bringing opera to the COH was in 2011. They presented a tribute to Mario Lanza, the famous Italian tenor for whom Tabone was named, calling the show the First Annual Traverse City Wine and Opera Festival. They were confident that the wine part would work in the local community; the opera part was still unknown territory.

“As I said, we were a little concerned,” Tabone said with a chuckle.

“I mean, not everyone is necessarily a paesano (a fellow countryman) in Traverse City. Some people told us it was an impossible thing to do, that we’d lose our shirts. But Tony and I just wanted to focus on the music; even though neither one of us can read a note, we love it. And it turns out everyone else liked it too, so we were pretty sure then that we’d be OK.” As the northern Michigan opera scene is somewhat sparse, Tabone and Ciccone imported musicians from Rome and Sicily, as well as from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. This year, they’re doing the same, bringing in special performers from the Bellini Opera Foundation (based in Lincoln Park, Michigan) but they’re also excited to present some local talent.

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“We have three local sopranos this year,” Tabone said. “Katrina Van Maanen, who’s a lyric coloratura — those are very rare, you know — then also soprano Constance Coulter, and Amanda Kruk, who’s a mezzo soprano. All three are from the Traverse City area.”

The three ladies will be performing as part of the 2017 festival’s tribute to Enrico Caruso, whom Tabone said is considered the greatest tenor of all time. “His era was the 1880s through 1920 or so,” he said.

“He was an Italian national, but he loved America. He ended up being a crossover artist, doing popular music as well as opera. Back then he would get paid half a million dollars to sing just one song. He raised a lot of money for the U.S. war effort doing things like that.”

From Dearborn, Michigan, the concert’s maestro and lead baritone is Dino Valle. “He’s sung with Luciano Pavarotti, is very involved with the opera scene in Detroit, and spends several months in Italy each year performing,” Tabone said. “This year, he went to Rome to sing in the Caracalla Catacombs, which is a favorite of many opera singers.”

The lead tenor will be Aaron Caruso, a graduate of Interlochen who has a strong connection to opera. “Aaron is actually a descendant of Enrico Caruso on his mother’s side,” Tabone said. Detroit Music Awards Outstanding Classical Vocalist winner Eva Evola also will be singing, alongside David Husser on piano, David Passalacqua on accordian, and Francesco Cavallini on mandolin.

The vocalists will perform a program of various operettas and pieces by Guiseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Ruggero Leoncavallo, and Gioachino Rossini, among others. They’ll sing in both Italian and Spanish, and a pair of tango dancers will accompany a portion of the show. Afterwards, guests can attend an afterglow with Tabone and Ciccone wines, plus Mediterranean food catered by Traverse City’s Olives and Wine, featuring Italian, Middle Eastern, and Greek hors d’oeuvres.

“During the afterglows, the opera stars come out and talk to the people and sign programs, and sometimes they even sing. I very much enjoy that,” Tabone said. “I also enjoy the encores, and I especially like the classic pieces, like ‘Nessun Dorma’ and ‘’O Sole Mio.’ Well, really, I enjoy just about every piece they perform. I just love the music.”

The 2017 Traverse City Wine and Opera Festival takes place on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 7pm at the City Opera House in Traverse City, 106 E. Front St. Tickets: $35+. cityoperahouse.org or call (231) 941-8082.

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1. Rachel Johnson, Allison Beers, and Amy and Gabe Schneider celebrate at the annual Traverse City Business News 40Under40 party.

2. Weston Brooks and Daniel Krolczyk celebrate at Iron Fish Distillery’s first anniversary party.

3. Traverse City band Single People played at The Little Fleet’s end of summer party.

4. Rob, Tish, and Karen from the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency visited the Pentagon while in Washington for a Neighborworks Sustainable Homeownership Program meeting.

5. Tina Schuett and Tricia Phelps were all smiles as 40Under40 winners.

6. TCBN 40Under40 winners Joel Mueller, Marta Turnbull, Michael Naughton and Fernando Meza ham it up at the 40Under40 party in Traverse City.

7. Bruce Byl, Wendy Kosch, Gov. Snyder, Gary Kosch, and Mary Byl in the early morning hours during the Mackinac Bridge Labor Day walk.

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FORESTRY FIELD DAY: 9am-3pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts. Join area landowners for an indoor presentation in the morning, & a field tour of some of Interlochen’s nearly 1,000 acres.

Register: 231-256-9783 or kama.ross@ macd.org. For directions & an area map, visit interlochen.org. $5.

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HARVEST STOMPEDE & RACE: Featuring a 5K run/walk or 7-mile run race through Leelanau’s vineyards starting at 9am at Ciccone Vineyard, followed by a self-guided wine tour along the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail with world class wines & culinary delights from 11am-6pm. Tickets (doesn’t include race) are $40 & include a souvenir wine glass & a special wine pour & food pairing at each of 22 participating wineries along the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. lpwines.com

-------------------THE RED DRESSER FALL BARN MARKET: 9am-3pm, Rainbow of Hope Farm, Kingsley. Featuring over 50 artists’ work. A portion of the proceeds & all parking fees support Rainbow of Hope Farm. 929-8150 or tammy@thereddressertc.com. Free/$2 parking. thereddressertc.com

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TRAVERSE CITY MUSIC BOOSTERS’ USED INSTRUMENT SALE: TC West Middle School. If you have an instrument to sell, drop it off between 9am & 11:30am. Appraisers will be available. Return between 4-5pm to pick up your check or your unsold instrument. TC Music Boosters keeps 15% of all sales to fund student scholarships & music classroom minigrants. If you would like to buy an instrument, shop from 1-4pm. 933-7570.

-------------------AAUW FALL KICKOFF BRUNCH: 9:30am, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. $10 donation. Prospective members welcome. aauwtc.org

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“CLASSIC PADDLE, SAIL & ROW BOAT SHOW”: 10am-4pm, Discovery Center & Pier, TC. Hosted by the Maritime Heritage Alliance. Featuring an in-water display of the MHA fleet of classic boats, dock tours of the in water craft, dry land viewing of classic small craft, sea shanties & Celtic music, & more. maritimeheritagealliance.org

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FIRST ANNUAL DREW KOSTIC MEMORIAL 5K TOUGH RUN: 10:30am, Twisted Trails Off Road Park, 19405 Read Rd., Copemish. Funds raised benefit the NMC Chapter of Student Veterans of America & 22-2-NONE, two local organizations offering free services for veterans. Check-in: 8:4510:15am; Opening ceremony: 10:30am; Race: 11am. facebook.com/DK5KRun

SEPTEMBER ACCESS - TC ART TREK: 11am, Downtown TC. Check out the all-accessible Art Trek, a walkable path around Downtown TC, & its many works of public art. RSVP & registration required. eventbrite.com

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-------------------ADVENTURAMA!: 12pm, Right Brain Brewery, TC. A game of strategy played atop bicycles on the neighborhood streets & trails of TC. Part scavenger hunt, part urban expedition, part kids-on-bikes fundraiser, part geocaching & part costume contest.

Presented by Norte. Info: elgruponorte.org/ adventurama/ $50 donation/squad.

send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

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WALKING TOUR OF OLD INDIAN TRAIL MARKERS: Join Woody Unruh, founder of the Friends of the Old Indian Trail organization & member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, as he takes you on a three-mile walking tour, which highlights two of the area’s markers. Meet Woody at the southwest corner of Cass & Lake Ave, TC at 1pm. Register: 922-4911. Free.

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ANACHRONISMS & KNICKERS: RESEARCH FOR WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION: 1:30-3pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom. Local author Kenn Grimes will lead a discussion & answer questions about the methods & resources used to write historical fiction. petoskeylibrary.org

-------------------BOOK LAUNCH PARTY: 2-4pm, Horizon Books, TC. With David Q. Hall, of “Death Comes to the Rector.” horizonbooks.com

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WAREHOUSE DISTRICT RISING - A BLOCK PARTY ON GARLAND STREET: 3-10pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Celebrate the renaissance of the neighborhood! Featuring live music by Miriam Pico, The Whistle Stop Revue, & The Ragbirds.

Bay Area Recycling for Charities will help as this aims to be a zero-waste event. BARC, FLOW & Blackbird Arts will benefit from event proceeds. Ages 21+: $15 advance; $25 gate. Includes beer token. Under 21: $10 advance; $15 gate. Find on Facebook.

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NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT: Centre Ice Arena, TC. Different days have various starting times. $10. centreice.org

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ROCK N JAM COMMUNITY PLAY-ALONG: 4:30-8pm, The Rock, Kingsley. Bring an instrument or listen in. 231-276-0230.

-------------------BACK PORCH COFFEEHOUSE SERIES: 7pm, Charlevoix Senior Center. Featuring Robin Lee Berry, known for her songwriting, singing & instrumental music. 231-6222944. Suggested donation: $10.

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GOOD ON PAPER IMPROV SEASON 8 PREMIERE!: 8pm, West Bay Beach Resort, View, TC. Featuring 90 minutes of comedy based on audience suggestions. $10/person. Find on Facebook.

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Dockside classic boats are just one part of the Leland Heritage Festival taking place on Sat., Sept. 16 from 11am-3pm.

There will also be high-steppin’ verve with Duck Soup, Van’s Classic Car Exhibit, Fishtown Scavenger Hunt & more. Free. lelandmi.com

HERE COME THE MUMMIES - SOLD OUT!: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. A 5,000 year old Egyptian rock band.

Tickets start at $20. lrcr.com

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GT PAVILIONS FOUNDATION 2017 GRANDPARENTS DAY BRUNCH & BENEFIT: City Opera

House, TC. Featuring live music by nationally acclaimed pianist Robin Spielberg.

Brunch starts at noon; performance at 1pm. $22.50; $17.50 for students & seniors. cityoperahouse.org/grand-traverse-pavilions

-------------------HARVEST STOMPEDE WINE TOUR: 125pm. Featuring a self-guided wine & food tour along the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. Tickets are $40 & include a souvenir wine glass & wine pour & food pairing at each of 22 participating wineries along the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. lpwines. com/events/harvest-stompede

-------------------NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT: (See Sat., Sept. 9)

-------------------“WHO BURNED CENTRAL LAKE HIGH?”: 4:30pm, Otsego County Sportsplex, Gaylord. This murder mystery dinner theatre is presented by Gaylord Community Productions. $25. gaylordcommunityproductions.org

-------------------KEVIN JOHNSON AT THE VOICE BOX SESSIONS: 7pm, Cycling Salamander Gallery, Charlevoix. Presented by Real People Media. An open mic follows. 231.838.6460.

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-------------------PETOSKEY IMPROV TROUPE COMEDY SHOW: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey.

Tickets: $10 advance; $15 night of. Students, $8. 12 & under, $5. Available at Northern Michigan Artists Market. 231-4870000. redskystage.com

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16TH ANNIVERSARY 9-11 MEMORIAL CEREMONY: 8:30am, Grand Traverse 9-11 Memorial Park, 897 Parsons Rd., TC. Presented by the Grand Traverse Metro Fire Department.

-------------------NORTHERN MICHIGAN RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETING: Noon, Harrington’s By the Bay, TC. Please arrive no later than 11:45am if you are ordering lunch. Guest speaker will be John Kessel, discussing mold in the home.

Email: chris.realtor@ymail.com to RSVP.

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“AGE MATTERS”: 1pm, Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen. Dr. Mary Beth Hardwicke will discuss common ailments that occur as one ages, present ideas for their prevention & answer general questions. Advanced registration required. 922-4911. Free.

-------------------NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT: (See Sat., Sept. 9)

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AUDITIONS: 4-6pm, Old Town Playhouse, MainStage, TC. For “Robin Hood.” Open to students ages 9 to 18. Presented by the Old Town Playhouse Young Company. oldtownplayhouse.com

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS - LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN: 6pm, Cass Rd. & Grandview Parkway in the public lot (near the tunnel), TC. 1.5 mile run. $25 registration includes a t-shirt. Proceeds benefit athletes of Michigan Special Olympics. Onsite registration from 5-5:45pm. firstgiving.com/miletr/TC17

-------------------DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP: 7pm, McLaren Northern Michigan, John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion & Dialysis Center, Petoskey. “How can I help my hurting feet?” With guest speaker Ken Gokee from Teter Orthotics and Prosthetics Inc. (800) 248-6777. mclaren.org

-------------------GT HUMANISTS PRESENT REDISTRICTING 101: 7pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Featuring Linda Maginity of Voters Not Politicians. 231-313-7214.

KEN BURNS: “THE VIETNAM WAR” FILM SERIES PREVIEW: 7pm, Carnegie Building, Petoskey. Petoskey District Library & WCMU Public Media will host a discussion & hour-long film preview of “The Vietnam War.” 231.758.3144. Free.

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GRASS RIVER FALL WILDFLOWER WALK: 10am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Donations requested. grassriver.org

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LIVING ON: LOSS OF SPOUSE: Noon, Hospice of Michigan, 10850 E. Traverse Hwy., Suite 1155, TC. Held the second Tues. of each month. Grief & loss topics are addressed in a supportive, caring & nonjudgmental environment. 929-1557. Free. hom.org

-------------------MUNSON HOSPICE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: 3pm, Samaritas Senior Living Facility, Acme. Held the second Tues. of every month. munsonhomehealth.org

-------------------NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT: (See Sat., Sept. 9)

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DEBTORS ANONYMOUS MEETING: 6:30pm, Cowell Family Cancer Center, Rm B-031, TC. Recovery meeting for those with money problems: compulsive shopping, credit card debt, chronic underearning, vagueness about money, etc. More info, call John: (973) 476-7384. Free.

-------------------TC CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: 6:30-8:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Share neighborhood issues with your neighbors. All Central Neighborhood residents welcome. Free.

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FREE PRUNING WORKSHOP FOR HOMEOWNERS: 9am-12:30pm, Elk Rapids Village Hall. Tree education workshop led by MSU’s David Roberts, PhD, that will teach the correct way to prune trees & shrubs for their long-term health & vitality.

RSVP: Email Info@ReLeafMichigan.org or call 1-800-642-7353. If you have hand pruners, please bring them. Afterwards, join an “Ask the Arborist” session from 1212:30pm. Free. ReLeafMichigan.org

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#@IT HAPPENS, THEN WHAT?: Noon, Leelanau County Government Center, lower level. “Leelanau County Septic System: Water Quality & Public Health Implications.”

Presented by League of Women Voters Leelanau County & Leelanau Clean Water. lwvleelanau.org

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ANTRIM AREA WOMEN DEMS MEETING: Noon, Blue Pelican, Central Lake. Professor of Biological Sciences & Environment & Sustainability at WMU Dr. Steve Kohler. RSVP: chrisandglennh@gmail.com. $12.50.

-------------------EMMET COUNTY SENIOR EXPO: 124pm, Emmet County Community Center, Petoskey. Featuring educational speakers, an exercise demonstration, music & more.

231-439-9361.

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STROKE CLUB LEARNS ABOUT NEUROHOSPITALIST PROGRAM: 2:304:30pm, The Presbyterian Church, TC. Munson Medical Center neurohospitalist Glen Ackerman, M.D. will be the speaker for the Grand Traverse Area Stroke Club. munsonhealthcare.org/strokeclub

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Otsego County Sportsplex, Gaylord. $5 Gaylord Chamber of Commerce members; $10 not-yet members. 989-732-6333.

-------------------“WINDIGO MOON” BOOK RELEASE PARTY W/ AUTHOR ROBERT DOWNES: 6-8pm, St. Ambrose Cellars, Beulah. Featuring music by The Jim Moore Experience & a digital slide presentation.

-------------------LOCAL FOOD ALLIANCE POTLUCK MEETING: 6pm, Bluestem Farm, East Jordan. Plan events for the fall. Bring a dish to pass. Find ‘Local Food Alliance of Northern Michigan’ on Facebook.

-------------------OFF THE PAGE PRESENTS JACK DRISCOLL: 7pm, Darcy Library of Beulah.

Author Jack Driscoll will speak. His newest book, “The Goat Fish and the Lover’s Knot,” is a collection of ten stories set in Michigan’s northern lower peninsula. (231) 882-4111 or (231) 882-4037. Free.

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MINOR 6: 1pm, First Congregational Church, TC. Grand Traverse Musicale presents this jazz/funk band. Free. gtmusicale.org

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PETOSKEY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Odawa Casino, Sage, Petoskey.

231-347-4150. $7 members; $12 not-yet members.

-------------------PADDLE ANTRIM FESTIVAL: 5:307:30pm: Paddler check-in & boat drop off at Ellsworth River Park. 5:30-8pm: Kick Off Party at Ellsworth Community Park. paddleantrim.com

-------------------SEPT. BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:307:30pm, Martinson Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Leelanau, Suttons Bay. Hosted by Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. Find on Facebook.

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EXPERIENCE INTERLOCHEN Sept. 7, 28, Oct. 12 and Nov. 9 Artists from Interlochen at Kirkbride Hall Sept. 15 The Making of a Musical: The Journey That Saved Curious George A workshop detailing the creation of the musical about how the famed monkey helped his creators escape Nazi Germany.

Sept 29 iLuminate A mixture of dance, hip-hop and human light show.

Oct. 6 Interlochen “Collage”

BOOK RELEASE EVENT FOR “WINDIGO MOON” BY AUTHOR ROBERT DOWNES: 6pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Featuring a presentation on “Life in Native America 400 Years Ago.” mcleanandeakin.com

Oct. 14 Broadway’s Next Hit Musical The world’s only completely improvised full-blown musical theatre performance.

NATIVE TREE HIKE: 6:30-8:30pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. With District Forester Kama Ross. Free. natureiscalling.org

Oct. 19 Juilliard String Quartet

A FICTION READING WITH CHRIS MINNICK & PAUL STEBLETON: 7pm, Landmark Books, TC. Chris Minnick will read from his recently published novel, “Ferment” & award winning poet Paul Stebleton will read from his soon to be published novel, “Bill’s Thumbnail Sex Manual.” 922-7225.

Nov. 3-4 A Streetcar Named Desire Interlochen Arts Academy Theatre Co.

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-------------------MELISSA BLOCK - WCMU 50TH ANNIVERSARY: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. NPR special correspondent Melissa Block will speak at this anniversary celebration.

Reserve your spot. Free. cityoperahouse. org/wcmu-melissa-block

Nov. 16-17, Dec. 1-2 Tuck Everlasting Interlochen Arts Academy Theatre Co. Dec. 7-9 The Nutcracker Interlochen Arts Academy Dance Co. Dec. 15 Sounds of the Season

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PADDLE ANTRIM FESTIVAL: 8am, Antrim County.

Today includes the paddler check-in, safety brief, launch, lunch & block party.

For locations & info visit paddleantrim.com

-------------------DETROIT RED WINGS TRAINING CAMP: 9am, Centre Ice Arena, TC. $10-$30. centreice.org

tickets.interlochen.org 800.681.5920

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STORY HOUR: 10am, Horizon Books, TC. “Doggies”: Hear stories & do activities & a craft. horizonbooks.com

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STORYTIME AT LELAND TOWNSHIP LIBRARY: 10:30am. Stories & play designed to promote joy & growth in literacy. Children ages 0-6 & their caregivers welcomed. Free. lelandlibrary.org

-------------------MEET THE ARTISTS: 5-8pm, Stafford’s Gallery of Art & History, Petoskey. Featuring Luciano, international photographer & Glory Wood, colorist artist with impressionistic & abstract style. staffords.com/staffords-art-gallery

-------------------NORTHPORT FOLLIES: 7pm, Northport Community Arts Center Auditorium. Showcasing local talent & local humor to help raise money for the Northport Promise. $10 adults, $5 students 12-18.

-------------------SWING SHIFT & THE STARS: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Million Dollar Challenge Dance-off for Charity. Sept. charities Pathfinder, PCUPS, Spark in the Dark, St. Max’s & TC Skating Clu. Reserved seating starts at $30. cityoperahouse.org/swingshift-sep

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“WAIT UNTIL DARK”: 7:30-9:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. This thriller was recently adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the hit 1966 Broadway play by Frederick Knott. $28 adults, $15 under 18. oldtownplayhouse.com

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THE MAKING OF A MUSICAL: THE JOURNEY THAT SAVED CURIOUS GEORGE: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Go behind the scenes with Nicky Phillips & Jen Shuber, the writers of this new musical. $18 full, $16 senior, $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

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NORTHERN LIGHTS FUN RUN 5K: 8pm, Munson Medical Center, Parking Lot K, TC. Hosted by the Thomas Judd Care Center to raise awareness of the HIV care & prevention program in northern Michigan. $20. runsignup.com/Race/MI/TraverseCity/ThomasJuddCareCenter5K

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PADDLE ANTRIM FESTIVAL: 6:45am, Antrim County. Today includes the Ohio Street Launch, Final Bash Celebration & more.

For locations & info visit paddleantrim.com

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BIG MAC SHORELINE BIKE TOUR: Mackinaw Chamber of Commerce, Mackinaw City. Scenic shoreline tour for all skill levels.

Choose from 25, 50, 75 & 85 mile circuits.

Start between 7am & 9am. Those who participate in bike tour can be in the ride across the Mighty Mackinac Bridge on Sun., Sept.

17; line up at the Fort Michilimackinac parking lot at 6:30am. mackinawchamber.com

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EMPIRE HILL CLIMB REVIVAL: 7am7:30pm, Downtown Empire. The Parc Expose will be in downtown Empire, letting spectators get up close with the race cars before they make their way up the hill. empirehillclimb.com

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HARBOR SPRINGS CYCLING CLASSIC: Birchwood Inn, Harbor Springs. A leisurely bike ride along some of the most scenic roads of northern MI. The routes include M-119, known as the “Tunnel of Trees”; plus a new route along the paved bike trails with a stop at the Top of Michigan Trails Council building. Four routes to choose from, refreshment stops & lunch at the finish. Start between 7:30am & 9:30am. birchwoodinn. com/hscyclingclassic.html

-------------------LEELANAU HARVEST TOUR: 8am, Suttons Bay High School. Featuring 20, 40, 65 & 100 mile biking routes. Start times vary.

Featuring a post-ride Harvest Lunch. cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org

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ADOPT-A-BEACH CLEAN-UP: 9am, Bryant Park Beach, TC. Hosted by The Watershed Center & FLOW in honor of International Coastal Cleanup Day. Register. greatlakesadopt.org

-------------------ADOPT-A-BEACH CLEAN-UP: 9am, TC State Park Beach. Hosted by The Watershed Center & FLOW in honor of International Coastal Cleanup Day. Register. greatlakesadopt.org

-------------------DETROIT RED WINGS TRAINING CAMP: 9am, Centre Ice Arena, TC. A DRW Alumni & Celebrity Game will also be held at 7pm. $10-$30. centreice.org

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VETERANS FOR PEACE MEETING: 10am, Horizon Books, lower level, TC. Discussion & planning for International Day of Peace, 9/24...

Peace walk follows at noon. Free. Vfp50.org

-------------------JOB WINSLOW CHAPTER, NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MEETING: 11am, Elks Lodge, TC. Speaker Lorraine Anderson will present “Suffrage City 18701920.” 946-6337. jobwinslow.michdar.net

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LELAND HERITAGE FESTIVAL: 11am3pm, Leland. Featuring dockside classic boats, high-steppin’ verve with Duck Soup, Van’s Classic Car Exhibit, Fishtown Scavenger Hunt & more. Free. lelandmi.com

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KENNY OLSON ROCK-N-HOLE™ GOLF TOURNAMENT & ROCK BASH: The tournament will be held at Elmbrook Golf Course, TC at 11:30am. Rock n roll attire encouraged.

There will be nine awards for costumes & eight awards for golf at the Awards Luncheon with emcee Rick Coates. The Rock Bash will be held at Streeters, Ground Zero, TC with a silent auction to benefit Mid-Michigan Honor Flight at 7pm; & music by Kenny Olson & Friends at 8pm, featuring special guests & a surprise finale. Info: 946-9180. elmbrookgolf. com/events/kennyo-rock-n-hole-golf-tourney

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HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 12-2pm: Sandy Carlson will sign her book “Tales of the Lost Schooner.” 2-4pm: Susan Defreitas will sign her book “Hot Season.” 4-6pm: Presentation of “The Belle of Two Arbors” with author Paul Dimond. horizonbooks.com

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CHARLEVOIX CAMEL CUP: 3-7pm, Elks Club, Charlevoix. Watch 24 wooden camel cutouts race to the finish line. Proceeds benefit fireworks for the Bridge Drop on New Year’s Eve. bridgedrop.com/camel-cup

-------------------PADDLE ANTRIM FINAL BASH: 3pm, Short’s Brewing Company Production Facility, 211 Industrial Park, Elk Rapids. Enjoy food from Pearl’s New Orleans Kitchen, beverages (Short’s brews, Starcut Ciders, & Northwood Sodas), live music by Distant Stars & The Sleeping Gypsies, & games. $5; 12 & under free. Find on Facebook.

-------------------HONOR ALL SCHOOL REUNION: 4pm, Platte River Elementary Gym, Honor. Bring your own table service & a self-addressed, stamped envelope. 946-2626. Donation of $5/person.

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Petoskey. Enjoy northern MI bluegrass with Steel and Wood. Tickets: $10 advance; $15 night of. Students, $8; 12 & under, $5. redskystage.com

-------------------THE SPINNERS - SOLD OUT!: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. Michigan’s own R&B legends. Tickets start $20. lrcr.com

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DETROIT RED WINGS TRAINING CAMP: (See Fri., Sept. 15)

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3RD ANNUAL DSUPNORTH BUDDY WALK: Noon, F&M Park, TC. Presented by the Down Syndrome Association of Northwest Michigan. Highlights include the signature walk along Grand Traverse Bay, picnic lunch, silent auction & several fun activities. This annual fundraiser is a community event to kick off National Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October. $5 before 9/17; $7 on 9/17. events.bytepro.net/ DsUpNorth

-------------------AUTUMN FEST CLASSIC CAR & MOTORCYCLE SHOW: 12-4pm, Tom’s Food Market Parking Lot, Interlochen. Presented by the Interlochen Area Chamber of Commerce.

Registration at 10am. $10 advance, $15 day of. interlochenchamber.org/autumn-fest.html

-------------------HOW IT WORKS IN AL-ANON: Fridays, 10am, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC.

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TC PATHS TO RECOVERY: Weds., noon, St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, TC. Al-Anon meeting.

-------------------ARGENTINE TANGO PRACTICA/MILONGA: Wednesdays, 7-10pm through Oct. 25.

Houdini School of Music & Dance, Boyne City. 231-675-2935.

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GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOUR: Mon., 2-4pm, Perry Hannah Memorial at 6th & Union, TC. A 2 hour, 2-mile walk through TC’s historic neighborhoods. Emphasis is put on the 1840’s through the early twentieth century.

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KNITTING GROUP: Tuesdays, 1-3pm, Sept. 12 - Nov. 28. Benzonia Public Library, Benzonia. Knit simple, fun projects or work on your own projects. benzonialibrary.org

CORY TRÉPANIER’S “INTO THE ARCTIC”: 1pm, State Theatre, TC. A special screening will be held with Trépanier present. Free.

“WAIT UNTIL DARK”: 2-4pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. This thriller was recently adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the hit 1966 Broadway play by Frederick Knott. $28 adults, $15 under 18. oldtownplayhouse.com

-------------------HURRICANE HARVEY BENEFIT DOG WALK: 2pm, GT County Civic Center, TC. Presented by the Woofers Adventure Club.

Beneficiary is Corridor Rescue, Inc., a nonprofit street dog rescue group in Houston, Texas. 231-409-0732. $15 minimum donation requested.

-------------------AN AFTERNOON WITH AN AUTHOR: 3pm, Cellar 152, Elk Rapids. Featuring suspense/thriller novelist Lawrence Earle Johnson. Lawrence is the author of “Death Sine,” set in Marquette. Presented by Elk Rapids Library. Free. elkrapidslibrary.org

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BRAHMS + SIBELIUS: 3pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium.

Featuring the Traverse Sympony Orchestra & Yevgeny Kutik. Tickets start at $23.50. traversesymphony.org/concert/brahms-sibelius

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NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. An Evening with Doug Stanton. Author of “In Harm’s Way” & “Horse Soldiers,” Stanton will talk about his new book, “The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle of Echo Company to Survive the Vietnam War,” with his editor, Colin Harrison, author of eight acclaimed novels. $35.50 reserved seats. cityoperahouse.org/nws-doug-stanton

“WAIT UNTIL DARK”: (See Fri., Sept. 15)

YOGA AT MICHAEL’S PLACE: Open to those grieving the loss of a loved one & to those for whom death & grief are a part of their job. Held the second & fourth Thurs-

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ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (ACA): Thursdays, 5:30-7pm, basement of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. For those who seek to address the residual effects of having been raised in dysfunctional household. adultchildren.org

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BLISSFEST FOLK & ROOTS MINI-CONCERT SERIES: 7:30pm, Red Sky Stage,

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BENZONIA-CHRONIC PAIN PATH WORKSHOP: Fridays, 12:30-3pm, Sept. 15 - Oct. 20. Benzie Community Resource Center, Benzonia. Provides those with chronic pain information, skills & techniques for better self-management of their chronic disease.

Register. 1-800-442-1713. aaanm.org

6TH ANNUAL TC WINE & OPERA FESTIVAL: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Presents “A Tribute to Enrico Caruso.” Featuring the Bellini Opera Group, including Neapolitan songs, arias from operas & operetta, & Tango dancers. Tickets start at $25. cityoperahouse.org/ traverse-city-wine-and-opera-festival

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days of each month from 12-12:45pm.

Michael’s Place, 1212 Veterans Dr., TC. Free. 947-6453.

MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN GATHER: 6:30pm, on the new moon or the Weds. prior to one, through Oct. Gather to share medicines, plant knowledge & stories. Please email wisewomengather@gmail for more info.

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--------------------------------------MUNSON HOSPICE GRIEF RECOVERY: Mondays, 1pm, Sept. 11 - Oct. 30. Join a friendly environment where grief & loss is understood. Call 800-252-2065 or send an email to hospicebereavement@mhc.net to reserve your spot today. munsonhomehealth.org

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QUIET TIME- GUIDED MEDITATION: Tues., 4pm, Munson Hospice House, TC. Enjoy a relaxing environment where you can push your pain & anxieties away. 800-2522065 or munsonhomehealth.org

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TRAVERSE CITY-DIABETES PATH WORKSHOP: Sundays, 2-4:30pm, Sept. 10 - Oct. 15. Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan, TC. A program which provides those with pre-diabetes or diabetes & family caregivers information, skills & techniques for better self-management of their chronic condition.

Register. 1-800-442-1713. aaanm.org

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VASA DOMINGOS: Sundays, 11:45am, Sept. 10 - Oct. 29. Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort, TC. A weekly group ride for families where you ride bikes on dirt, explore the woods, build confidence & more. Choose from 2, 4, 7 or 15 mile routes. elgruponorte.org

-------------------ALDEN FARMERS MARKET: Thurs., 4-7pm, Tennis Court Park, Alden.

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CHARLEVOIX FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 8am-1pm, 408 Bridge St., Charlevoix. charlevoixmainstreet.org/farmers-market

-------------------DOWNTOWN GAYLORD FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9:30am, Downtown Gaylord Pavilion. Find on Facebook.

-------------------DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8:30am-1pm, 400 block of Howard St. between Mitchell & Michigan streets. petoskeychamber.com

-------------------OLD TOWN EMMET FARM MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-1pm, Sept. 2 - Oct. 7. Corner of Emmet & Fulton streets, Petoskey. oldtownemmetfarmmarket.com

ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-12pm, Elk Rapids Chamber, 305 US 31. elkrapidschamber.org

-------------------SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET, TC: Saturdays, 7:30am-12pm; Wednesdays, 8am-12pm. Lot B, across from Clinch Park, TC. downtowntc.com

-------------------THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC FARMERS MARKET: Mondays, 12-4pm on The Piazza, The Village at GT Commons, TC. thevillagetc.com

art

“BUSTED”: Michigan Artists Gallery, TC. Artist Leanne Schnepp has created a series of busts of women from famous paintings. Runs through the fall. michiganartistsgallery.com

-------------------“PAINT THE TOWN”: Jordan River Arts Center, East Jordan. This exhibit features the towns & villages of Antrim & Charlevoix counties as depicted through the people, places & things that make them unique.

Runs through Oct. 8. Hours are Tues.-Sun., 1-4pm. jordanriverarts.com

-------------------“THE SEASONS OF SUE BOLT”: Runs through Sept. 23, Charlevoix Circle of Arts. charlevoixcircle.com

-------------------OIL AND WATER ART EXHIBIT: Through Sept. 22 at Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. Featuring the work of Alan Maciag, Charles Murphy & Paul LaPorte. twistedfishgallery.com

-------------------THE CATS-ON THE PROWL: A SUPERIOR ADVENTURE: City Opera House, TC. An exhibit of landscape paintings of the eastern shore of Lake Superior, Canada by five artists from Leelanau County: Jane Ditri, Mary Fuscaldo, Candace Petersen, Sue Quinlan & Barbara Reich. Exhibit is open 10am-5pm, M-F through Oct. 30. Call 941-8082 for more info.

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LAKE STREET STUDIOS, CENTER GALLERY, GLEN ARBOR: “THE LIGHT OF LEELANAU: REFLECTION, REFRACTION, SURFACE”: This exhibition of new oil paintings by Mark Meyer runs through Sept. 14.

“ROCK, SCISSORS, PAPER”: Featuring the work of ceramic sculptor Julie Kradel, artist Beth Bricker & contemporary quilt & mixed media collage artist Sarah BearupNeal. An opening reception will be held on Fri., Sept. 15 from 6-8pm, & the exhibit will run through Oct. 8. 231-334-3179. lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com

-------------------HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - “SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT”: Through Sept. 22. Solo exhibit featuring works in oil, gouache, acrylic & collage by Carol C. Spaulding. Hours: 11am-3pm Sun. - Tues; 11am-7pm Weds. - Sat. higherartgallery.com - CALL FOR ART: Higher Art Gallery is accepting submissions for consideration for the “Give the Gift of Art” holiday show. Free to apply, all mediums accepted. To apply & for criteria visit: higherartgallery.com. Deadline to apply is Oct. 15. 231-252-4616.

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THREE PINES STUDIO, CROSS VILLAGE: THREE VILLAGE ARTS XII: SUMMER PLEIN AIR PAINTINGS 2017: THROUGH Sept. 12.

THE ART OF THE BOOK: All media exhibition in support of the Harbor Springs Festival of the Book. An opening reception will be held on Sat., Sept. 16 from 2-7pm. Runs through Nov. 1. threepinesstudio.com

CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - CTAC SUMMER ARTISANS MARKET: Fridays, 9am-1pm, Bidwell Plaza. Artisans will sell their work & provide demonstrations.

- “OUR NATIONAL PARKS” JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: Held in honor of Ansel Adams & the 100th Anniversary of our National Parks. Runs through Sept. 9.

- THROUGH THE LENS: ANSEL ADAMS - HIS WORK, INSPIRATION & LEGACY: Runs through Sept. 30 in Bonfield & Gilbert Galleries. Featuring 47 iconic images of Ansel Adams & 1 portrait of Ansel Adams by James Alinder. crookedtree.org

STUNNING HOMES. GLORIOUS VISTAS. HELPING CHILDREN.

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - “PRACTICE, RHYTHM, & RITUAL: MEDITATIVE MINIMALISM”: Through Sept. 30.

Four Michigan artists will exhibit works in a variety of media & forms. They include Lydia Boda, Nathan Lareau, Brian Schorn & Deanna Hergt-Wilmott. crookedtree.org

-------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - MYTHS & MORTALS: THE MIXED MEDIA SCULPTURE OF SALLY ROGERS: Through Sept. 9.

- THREE DECADES OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING: PAINTINGS BY DAVID PAUL GRATH: Through Sept. 9.

- DIANE CARR: SPIRAL GESTURES AND A JESTER: Through Oct. 1.

- CORY TRÉPANIER’S “INTO THE ARCTIC”: The Canadian North on Canvas and Film. Runs Sept. 17 - Dec. 31. dennosmuseum.org

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LOOK WHAT YOU MADE TAYLOR SWIFT DO Taylor Swift debuted her new single, “Look What You Made Me Do,” at last weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards, to gasps and laughs from the audience both present and online. We’re talking Taylor Swift, who resurfaced with very little pre-promotion after nearly a year spent primarily out of the spotlight. Swift’s new album, Reputation, will arrive in outlets on Nov. 10, but in the meantime, there’s that single, a much darker version of Swift than has been heard to date, and its accompanying video, which features a plethora of “old Taylors” (Swift herself, thanks to some skilled video editing) ranging from her early country music days to last summer’s romance with actor Tom Hiddleston …

Also appearing at this year’s VMAs were performers Kendrick Lamar, Miley Cyrus, Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd, Gucci Mane, Post Malone, Julia Michaels, Khalid, and Logic, alongside VMAs host Katy Perry, who spent most of the evening cranking through a series of awkwardly scripted skits. The big winner for 2017 was Lamar, who earned six Moon People (the MTV award, formerly called the Moonman, was renamed this year) including Video of the Year and Best Male Hip-Hop Artist. Also snagging awards were Sheeran (Artist of the Year); Khalid (Best New Artist); P!nk, who

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BY KRISTI KATES

won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award; and Lil Uzi Vert, whose “XO Tour Llif3” was named Song of the Summer …

Demi Lovato made some noise of her own last month with the release of her brand new single, “Sorry Not Sorry,” and now she’s just announced via social media that the single is only one track of what will be her latest full-length album. Lovato’s Tell Me You Love Me is set to hit outlets on Sept.

29; it will be her sixth album and the followup to her 2015 album, Confident …

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, and the legendary Patti Smith are among those performing at this year’s upcoming Pathway to Paris concert, the special musical event that aims at drawing attention to innovative solutions for climate change issues. This year’s event will take place at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on Nov. 5, specifically timed to happen on the night before the COP23, the climate change conference at the United Nations …

LINK OF THE WEEK U2 had some cameras running during the European leg of their 2017 Joshua Tree tour to capture some footage used for a new music video. The clip, for the band’s new single “The Blackout,” just surfaced on U2’s official Facebook page, and will serve as prepromotion for its upcoming new album,

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Home-baked Bread & Pies Homemade Jams & Jellies Local Honey & Maple Syrup Ice Cream & Donuts Cherry Products & Wines ON M-72 JUST 3.5 MILES WEST OF TC 231-947-1689•gallaghersfarmmarkettc.com OPEN DAILY 8am - 6pm

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Songs of Experience, which is expected this fall. Check out “The Blackout,” available for viewing now at facebook.com/u2 …

THE BUZZ The Blue Bridge Music Festival, also in Grand Rapids, will take place Sept. 29–30 as part of the ArtPrize event, with sets from The Bootstrap Boys, Jesse Ray, MOODS, and The Great Ones …

Grand Rapids singer-songwriter Nordy has released his new psychedelicfolk album, L’appel du Video (a play on the French term “the call of the void”) …

GR quartet All is Well has a new album out too: its first full-length set, Someday I Swear …

Adam Ant and special guest Glam Skanks are heading for The Sound Board at The Motor City Casino Hotel in Detroit on Sept. 15 …

Kid Rock is set to open his new Made in Detroit restaurant “soon,” on the Woodward Avenue side of Little Caesars Arena … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

Comments, questions, rants, raves, suggestions on this column? Send ’em to Kristi at modernrocker@gmail.com.

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Manistee, Wexford & Missaukee BOATHOUSE GRILLE, MANISTEE 9/16 -- Shenanigans, 7-10

CADILLAC SANDS RESORT, SANDBAR NITECLUB Sat -- Dance videos, Phattrax DJs, 9

LITTLE RIVER CASINO RESORT, MANISTEE 9/9 -- Here Come The Mummies - SOLD OUT!, 8 9/16 -- The Spinners - SOLD OUT!, 8

Grand Traverse & Kalkaska BUD'S, INTERLOCHEN Thu -- Jim Hawley, 5-8 FANTASY'S, TC Mon. - Sat. -- Adult entertainment w/ DJ, 7-close GT DISTILLERY, TASTING ROOM, TC Fri -- Younce Guitar Duo, 7-9:30 GT RESORT & SPA, LOBBY BAR, ACME 9/9 -- Jim Hawley, 7-11 Fri,Sat -- Blake Elliott, 7-11

LITTLE BOHEMIA, TC Tue -- TC Celtic, 7-9

Thu -- G-Snacks, 7-9 Fri -- Rob Coonrod, 7-9 Grand Rapids’ Fancy Bread seeks to “genre-bend indie jam, slacker rock, & psychedelia, rooted in Americana.” Two of the three members in the trio started Fancy Bread in GR while sharing a pitcher of Short’s Brewing Co.’s Soft Parade. You can find them at Short’s on Sat., Sept. 16 from 8:30-11.

MONKEY FIST BREWING CO., TC 9/13 -- Brett Mitchell, 7 9/15 -- One Hot Robot, 9

THE FILLING STATION MICROBREWERY, THE PLATFORM, TC 9/9 -- Kat Orlando & Larry, 8-11

PARK PLACE HOTEL, BEACON LOUNGE, TC Thu,Fri,Sat -- Tom Kaufmann, 8:30

THE PARLOR, TC 9/12 -- Clint Weaner, 8 9/13 -- Wink, 7:30 9/14 -- Vinyl Night w/ Dave Graves, 8

HAWTHORNE VINEYARDS, TC 9/10 -- Rhett Betty, 3

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KILKENNY'S, TC 9/8-9 -- One Hot Robot, 9:30 9/15-16 -- Sweet J Band, 9:30 Tue -- Levi Britton, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8 Thu -- 2 Bays DJs, 9:30 Sun -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7-9

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From Seattle hails Grieves, the double-threat rapper and producer who evolves in unique ways on each album. This time around, he’s working with Swedish producer Chords to add a more sleek, modern feel to his tracks, which are permeated with glossy synths and expressive horn sections. Lead singles “RX” and “Postcards” alternate Grieves’ soulful beats with more solemn commentary on mental health issues; guest apperances from Davey Jones and Paris Alexa add balance.

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The Nashville guitar duo returns with a striking hour-long set (their eighth album since 2003) that is quite the in-depth listening experience. Every note is saturated with emotion, several with added contributions from different ears, including those of Interpol/ Jónsi cohort Peter Katis and European orchestra collaborator Roman Vinuesa. (The Budapest Art Choir also makes an appearance.) It’s an introspective and often serious set (dedicated to a lost nephew) with a lot of self-reflection themes running throughout.

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Country music often casts a wide net over crossover genres, and Nelson makes the most of that fusion by combining his country roots with psychedelic surf-rock experiments. Recorded in one of Janis Joplin’s old houses in San Francisco, the set opens with the guitar-heavy “Set Me on a Cloud,” which showcases Nelson’s instrumental abilities.

“Forget About George” shows his ability to set his life experiences to song, albeit through sometimes strident vocals. Yes, he’s Willie Nelson’s son, but he’s definitely on his own road (again).

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by meg weichman

TULIP FEVER ingrid goes west

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Based on a bestselling book, with an Oscar-winning cast and lush period melodrama, Harvey Weinstein’s Tulip Fever had award-contender written all over it. But behind the pedigree, not all was as it seemed.

See, Tulip Fever was never destined to reach full bloom. No, my friends, it began to wilt long before it even arrived on screen.

Filmed back in 2014, Tulip Fever has languished for years, its announced release date repeatedly pushed back, which is usually a very clear sign this is a property where the bouquet is foul, not floral. But finally arriving, buried in the dead zone of a Labor Day Weekend that was the lowest grossing since the 1990s, and against equally forgettable content, well, here we are.

Set in 17th century Amsterdam, this is a story of romance, art, deception, and the lucrative flower bulb market. Yes, the action is set against the backdrop of what might be the world’s first major bubble burst, the rabid speculation on tulips that swept the Netherlands in the 1630s. But that fascinating bit of history is not really our focus here. No, we aren’t that lucky; the focus is instead on Sophia (Oscar winner Alicia Vikander), an orphan girl married off to a wealthy older widower, Cornelis Zandvoort (Oscar Winner Christoph Waltz).

Cornelis remarries with the goal of producing an heir. Because Cornelis saved her from a life of poverty, Sophia desperately wants to give him the baby they’ve been trying for — despite a passionless life together, as demonstrated in a sequence that highlights Cornelis’ nightly urinating routine. But he’s not really a bad guy. In fact, he turns out to be the film’s most likeable character (though I don’t think I can ever again hear the phrase “little soldier” without my skin crawling). Nevertheless, something is just missing for Sophia.

That something missing turns out to Jan Van Loos (Dan DeHaan), an artist brought into the couple’s house to paint their portrait. I don’t really know if what she was looking for was any man under the age of 30 to appear in her home, or if there is something particular that attended her to Jan, but the film does little to make a distinction. They barely speak a word to each other, we never learn anything about Jan, and in something probably best set to some ’90s pop, they both simultaneously decide they love each other and run into the streets AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, only to miss each other.

With DeHaan looking particularly anemic — like a poor man’s baby Leo

DiCaprio — and Vikander, in nearly full-on robotic “ex machina” mode, their affair has no sparks — nada, zip, zero. Midway through the film with a romance this lifeless, you’re already over it, and then bad things start to happen to the characters. It’s a bummer.

Yet for trying to channel prestige middlebrow drama so hard (think Merchant Ivory), this is a surprisingly bawdy affair with gratuitous though mostly very clinical sex. This is just the beginning of the film’s tonal mess, which even hits slapstick levels when Sophia cooks up a scheme with her maid, Maria (Granger Holliday), pregnant with her missing boyfriend’s baby, that not even Lucy and Ethel would think up.

Oh, and Maria: She actually narrates the film, and is one of the film’s many overstuffed plotlines — a plot that essentially revolves around ridiculous happenstance and characters that lack both depth and chemistry.

Matthew Morrison, Jack O’Connell (nearly unrecognizable, lucky for him), Zack Galifinackis (by far the biggest WTF moment), Cara Delevigne (pairing her again with DeHaan — too early for a Valerian joke?), and Dame freakin’ Judi Dench all make up the bizarro cast of characters that seem to pop up without reason, making you wonder if you missed something. What you missed, however, can no doubt be found on the cutting room floor at some point in this film’s three-year journey to screen.

I’m not sure if the dialogue is just that bad, or if it’s a product of the re-editing, but I have to believe playwright Tom Stoppard, working with Deborah Moggach at adapting her own novel, is capable of more than this foundational relationship-development exchange: “What are you looking at?” “What am I looking at?”

Tulipmania though, that did spark my interest — fortunes to be made and lost over something as fleeting as a flower. And I also found myself intrigued by the brief behindthe-scenes look into the portraiture process of the time. So if director Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl) succeeded in one area, it’s probably the sense of place and time.

It feels like it could look right at times, but then at others — like in the brothels where much of the tulip trade occurred — it seems as hokey as the scenes riding through Pirates of the Caribbean. So really it’s a mixed bag, but one thing is certainly clear, this was not a wise investment.

Meg Weichman is a perma-intern at the Traverse City Film Festival and a trained film archivist.

aking aim at the Instagram generation, Ingrid Goes West is a black comedy that hits the right balance of light and dark. With great performances from its stellar cast; a funny, sharp, Sundance-winning script with painfully accurate observations; and assured debut direction, it’s a hilarious ofthe-moment movie that manages to be funny even when it hits a little too close to home. The film follows Ingrid (Aubrey Plaza), a delusional social-media-obsessed young woman who moves out to Los Angeles after #bestlife influencer and L.A. resident Taylor (Elizabeth Olsen) innocently replies to a comment Ingrid leaves on her post. Using some pretty ingenious stalking and imitation, Ingrid is able to infiltrate Taylor’s life and is suddenly spending weekends in Joshua Tree, shopping at the trendiest boutiques, and eating the best avocado toast in town with her new bestie, Taylor. Things of course take a turn you will see coming, but you don’t exactly know where it’s going to go from there, and you never stop rooting for our hapless, tragic hero. Without descending to the level of cartoonery, the scathing and insightful social commentary on modern life gives you plenty of food for thought about the perils of living your life on your smartphone.

When it comes to delivering a satisfying conclusion, however, it doesn’t exactly succeed in making the pointed commentary it thinks it does. But by story’s end you’ll take the entertaining and twisted fun over a hard-earned lesson anyway.

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teven Soderbergh makes a triumphant return to Hollywood with a real humdinger of comedic caper — a film coincidentally not that far removed from his biggest commercial success, Ocean’s 11. So yes, it’s another heist movie — and who doesn’t like a heist movie? — but this time around Soderbergh has not only given it a Southern little-guy twist but also infused it with a sweet spirit he certainly isn’t known for but really nails. It’s like a feel-good crowd-pleaser, without being “feel-good.” We begin in West Virginia, where divorced dad Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) loses his job and is also dealt the news that his ex (Katie Holmes) is planning to move their daughter across state lines. His bartender brother, Clyde (Adam Driver), who lost his arm fighting overseas, has always thought the family was cursed, but Jimmy is ready to put an end to all that superstitious talk and change their luck in a big way. See, the job he was fired from was working on a massive NASCAR stadium, and thanks to his inside knowledge, he devises a plan involving pneumatic tubes, sinkholes, a vault full of cash, prison breaks, and explosives to rob said stadium on the biggest race day of the year. The heist is elaborate, intricately and deftly plotted, and you’ll find yourself as involved by the criminal proceedings as the preparations for his daughter’s big pageant (which would you believe it, is set to happen on the same day). The characters are great and the filmmaking dynamite, balancing an ultra cool ‘70s vibe with chicken-fried buoyancy. There’s an alchemy at play here, the way cast, director, and story come together. But it’s Soderbergh’s effortless skill that demonstrates there was nothing really lucky about this accomplishment. Only that considering his former retirement, we’re just lucky we get to see it.

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s great as the potential for imaginative possibilities and satire, and as much as one might appreciate the artistry in emoji communication, please do not give The Emoji Movie the benefit of the doubt. Trust your instincts on this one, and see it for what it is: a soulless, inane, and just plain stupid film made

by Sony in the sinister service of promoting its electronics and consumerist interests. Much like Inside Out (the foremost of the films this one blatantly rips off) took you inside your head, The Emoji Movie takes you inside your phone and into the world of Textopolis, where Emojis live, work, and play. Our focus is on a “Meh” Emoji named Gene, voiced with the utmost indifference

by T.J. Miller. Gene is ready to make his first official appearance on preteen boy Alex’s phone but can somehow express more than one emotion, so he’s deemed a malfunction. What follows is his attempt to escape the bots sent to delete him and fix his error in the Cloud. But what really follows is a tour de product placement as you visit Spotify, Instagram, Dropbox, and even play a game of Candy Crush. Yet as bad as it is, this all remains fairly watchable, which is where the darkness at the heart of The Emoji Movie starts to creep in. While I wish I could say this has brought the bar in animated children’s fare to a new low, when you think about it, it really seems more like par for the course in a world where The Angry Birds not only got a movie but a sequel too. I don’t know what the answer is about the state of kids animated entertainment these days. I only know that we all deserve better.

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23 Downed Russian space station 24 Turn 25 “Lord of the Rings” actress Tyler 28 The amount of electricity needed to power a fried chicken container?

35 Without any guarantees 37 Fifth column abbr.?

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: This annoying guy at my gym keeps asking me out. I’m always polite, saying, “Would love to, but sorry, I’m really busy.”

And then I move to another part of the gym.

I’d go at a different time, but unfortunately, he’s always there in the hours I can work out.

What should I say so he gets the hint and leaves me alone?

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: There are people -- some of them men -who won’t take no for an answer. But you haven’t tried no -- or any of the variations: “Nuh-uh,” “Are you crazy?” or “The only way you’re ever getting into my pants is if you’re trying on ladies clothing at Goodwill.”

Women have a tendency to be hinty and otherwise indirect in telling a guy they aren’t interested. As personal security expert Gavin de Becker puts it in “The Gift of Fear”: “Rejecting women often say less than they mean,” and “men often hear less than what is said.” Men’s poor, um, hearing actually seems to be an evolutionary design feature. Research by evolutionary psychologists Martie Haselton and David Buss suggests that men evolved to be poor guessers about women’s sexual interest in them -- erring on the side of assuming a woman’s interested when they have no definitive sign that she isn’t (as in adult variations on “off my case, toilet face!”).

As Buss explains the likely benefit from this “sexual overperception bias,” it leads men “to believe that a woman is sexually interested in them in response to ambiguous cues such as a smile or going to a bar alone,” and thus functions to keep men from “missing sexual opportunities.” (Or -- in somewhat less scientific terms -- it gives a man a chance at passing his genetic material on to the next generation instead of into an old tube sock.)

You don’t have to be cruel, but something a little more hope-crushing than “I’d love to” would be a start. Saying you’re “busy” doesn’t cut it, as it suggests that all that’s keeping the guy from getting into your ladybusiness are scheduling conflicts. The most effective rejection is a direct one -- like this one I suggested in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck”: “Thanks so much. I’m really flattered, but I’m sorry to say that I’m just not interested.” Though “I’m flattered” might seem condescending, it softens the blow -- without being misleading.

It suggests that you believe the person you’re rejecting has some merits, as opposed to

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: You can’t always find your one and only, but you can sometimes find your threequarters and only.

It isn’t a surprise that this guy, in calculating his height, added in the vintage ottoman he was standing on when he took the photo.

While there are breast men, leg men, butt men, and even toe men, in female preferences for men’s appearance, across cultures, there’s one thing that really, really matters, and it’s height. (Guilty: I’ve joked about getting one of those amusement park signs to post over my bed, “Must be this tall to ride this ride.”)

Research by evolutionary social psychologist Gert Stulp suggests that women, in general, find it “unacceptable” to be taller than the man they’re with and prefer to be substantially shorter (ideally a whole 8 inches shorter; so, say, 5’6” to a man’s 6’2”). As for why women evolved to prefer taller men, though being tall doesn’t always mean being stronger (and thus better able to protect a woman), tallness points to physical health. (If a man’s body is riddled with parasites, his metabolic resources get invested in battling the little buggers instead of upward growth.)

In modern times, some men try to cheat their way taller, with dating profile fudgery, shoes with built-in “lifts,” and strong hair gel (the essential ingredient in a towering pompadour). However, a short man isn’t necessarily short on self-worth. According to Stulp and his colleagues, shorter men’s dissatisfaction with their height seems linked to the general preference by women for taller men. This makes sense, considering how bad it feels to know your partner doesn’t find you all that attractive. But since that isn’t a problem here, let him know. And you might also keep in mind that good things do, as they say, “come in small packages”: gum, Shetland ponies…and, hey, Ron Jeremy is a short dude. (Uh, not all over.)

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(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the coming weeks, you might want to read the last few pages of a book before you decide to actually dive in and devour the whole thing. I also suggest you take what I just said as a useful metaphor to apply in other areas. In general, it might be wise to surmise the probable outcomes of games, adventures, and experiments before you get totally involved. Try this fun exercise: Imagine you are a psychic prophet as you evaluate the long-range prospects of any influences that are vying to play a role in your future.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): You know that

“patch of bothersome weeds” growing right in the middle of your life? Is it really a patch of bothersome weeds? Or is it perhaps a plot of cultivated blooms that once pleased you but has now turned into a puzzling irrelevancy? Or how about this possibility: Is it a chunk of languishing beauty that might flourish and please you again if it were cared for better? Those are excellent questions for you to pose in the coming days, Pisces.

According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, it’s time for you to decide on the future of this quizzical presence.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Two animals

are pictured prominently on Australia’s coat of arms: the kangaroo and the large flightless bird known as the emu. One of the reasons they were chosen is that both creatures rarely walk backward. They move forward or not at all. Australia’s founders wanted this to symbolize the nation’s pledge to never look back, to remain focused on advancing toward the future.

The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to make a similar commitment, Aries. Is there a new symbol you might adopt to inspire your intention?

is an animated sitcom that will soon begin its 29th consecutive year on TV. During its run, it has told over 600 stories. The creators of another animated sitcom, South Park, once did an episode entitled “Simpsons Already Did It,” which referenced their feelings that it was hard to come up with new tales because their rival had already used so many good ones.

I bring this up, Taurus, because I suspect your life story will soon be spinning out novel plots that have never before been seen, not even on The Simpsons or South Park. You could and should be the Best Storyteller of the Month.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Love won’t

exactly be free in the coming weeks, but there should be some good deals. And I’m not referring to risky black-market stuff obtained in back alleys, either. I mean straightforward liaisons and intriguing intimacy at a reasonable cost. So if you’re comfortably mated, I suggest you invest in a campaign to bring more comedy and adventure into your collaborative efforts. If you’re single, wipe that love-starved look off your face and do some exuberant window-shopping.

If you’re neither comfortably mated nor single, money may temporarily be able to buy you a bit more happiness.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The current state

of your fate reminds me of the sweet confusion alluded to in Octavio Paz’s poem “Between Going and Staying”: “All is visible and elusive, all is near and can’t be touched.” For another clue t o the raw truth of your life right now, I’ll quote the poet William Wordsworth. He spoke of “fleeting moods of shadowy exultation.” Is the aura described by Paz and Wordsworth a problem that you should try to fix? Is it detrimental to your heroic quest? I don’t think do. Just the opposite, really: I hope you can hang out for a while in this pregnant mystery -- between the yes and the no, between the dark and the light, between the dream and the reality. It will help you learn what you’ve been too restless to tune in to in the past.

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VIRGO

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): ): The Simpsons

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The imminent future

will be a favorable time for refurbished models and revived originals. They are likely to be more fun and interesting the second time around. I suspect that this will also be an auspicious phase

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Dear Dr. Astrology:

I’m feeling lost, but am also feeling very close to finding my new direction. It hurts! It would be so helpful if I could just catch a glimpse of that new direction. I’d be able to better endure the pain and confusion if I could get a tangible sense of the future happiness that my pain and confusion are preparing me for. Can you offer me any free advice? -Lost Libra.” Dear Libra: The pain and confusion come from the dying of the old ways. They need to die a bit more before the new direction will reveal itself clearly. I predict that will happen soon -- no later than October 1.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Welcome to

“Compose Your Own Oracle,” a special edition of Free Will Astrology. Departing from tradition, I’m temporarily stepping aside so you can have the freedom to write the exact horoscope you want. Normally, you might be in danger of falling victim to presumptuous arrogance if you imagined you could wield complete control over how your destiny unfolds. But in the days ahead, that rule won’t be as unyielding, because cosmic forces will be giving you more slack than usual. Fate and karma, which frequently impel you to act according to patterns that were set in place long ago, are giving you at least a partial respite. To get the maximum benefit out of “Compose Your Own Oracle,” identify three plot developments you’d like to weave into a self-fulfilling prophecy for your immediate future. Then start weaving.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Almost

two-thirds of us confess that if we are alone, we might sip milk directly from the carton rather than first pouring it into a glass.

Fourteen percent of us have used milk as part of our sexual activities. One out of every five of us admit that we have “borrowed” someone else’s milk from the fridge at work. Most shockingly, four percent of us brag that we have blown milk out our noses on purpose. I expect that in the next two weeks, you Sagittarians will exceed all these norms. Not just because you’ll be in the mood to engage in mischievous experiments and playful adventures with milk, but because you’re likely to have a loosey-goosey relationship with almost everything.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The

coming weeks will an excellent time for you to raise funds in support of political prisoners, or to volunteer at a soup kitchen, or to donate blood at a blood bank. In fact, any charitable service you perform for people you don’t know will be excellent for your physical and mental health. You can also generate vivid blessings for yourself by being extra thoughtful, kind, and generous toward people you care for. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when unselfish acts will yield maximum selfish benefits.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In his novel The

Jungle, muckraker Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) exposed the abominable hygiene and working conditions of the meat-packing industry. The uproar that followed led to corrective legislation by the U.S. Congress. Sinclair remained devoted to serving the public good throughout his career. He liked to say that the term “social justice” was inscribed on his heart. Drawing from his inspiration, Aquarius, I suggest you decide what your soul’s main motto is -- and imagine that it is written on your heart. Now is a perfect moment time to clarify your life’s purpose, and intensify your commitment to it; to devote even more practical, tender zeal to fulfilling the reason you were born.

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