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Energy Innovation Act (Now) The latest news on the future of our climate has been consistently on the negative side, whether it’s from international organizations or from the most recent U.S. National Climate Assessment. But there is room for optimism: A recent bipartisan group of legislators introduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. It would basically tax carbon at its source, and the tax would be returned to households on a monthly basis. It has been projected that the plan would create jobs, lower healthcare costs, encourage consumer spending and promote energy innovation — all while reducing harmful carbon emissions. Contact our representatives and urge them to support this plan, which has been successful where implemented. We need to move on it now.

George Robson, Petoskey Good Climate News In your Dec. 3 issue, columnists Gary Howe and Stephen Tuttle brought muchneeded attention to two recent climate reports. Here’s some related breaking news, and for a change, it’s good. On Nov. 27, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, H.R. 7173, was introduced in the House of Representatives. Cosponsored by three Democrats and three Republicans, it may be the strongest and most comprehensive climate bill ever introduced by Congress. It is projected to reduce our carbon emissions by 40 percent in just 12 years, with a goal of 90 percent below 2015 levels by 2050.

The Act will put a fee on fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas that would start low and rise annually. The collected fees will be allocated in equal shares to American households as a monthly dividend to spend as they choose. It’s a market-driven approach that will unleash American innovation and technology to find ways to reduce fossil fuel use with cheaper options. This bold and bipartisan legislation is needed to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. Additional steps must also be taken, but scientists and economists agree that making fossil fuels more expensive is a crucial component and the best first step.

We needn’t look beyond our own borders (though we certainly should) to understand the urgency. Here in the United States we have our first American climate refugees; communities are being resettled in Louisiana, due to rising sea levels, and in Alaska, due to melting permafrost.

If we want a world that is safe for our children, if we want to survive as a species, we

must act now. Call Congressman Bergman and Senators Stabenow and Peters and ask them to support this legislation. Learn more at www.energyinnovationact.org.

“I believe in the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.” We might not accept or believe what the Bible says will happen in the end, but it definitely says something.

Elizabeth Dell, Traverse City

Scott Korljan, Traverse City

They Do Know, But Don’t Care Further to the poignant letter submitted

by Reverend Steven Thompson (Dec. 10 issue), I would like to comment on the Republican attempts to strip power from our newly elected officials.

I am particularly nettled because they tried the same thing in my former home state of Wisconsin. The arrogance of these actions surely reflects the arrogance we have witnessed in the White House. It’s a blatant slap in the face to voters who have already expressed their wishes on their ballots. I wonder if these Republicans ever considered that this skullduggery might just backfire on them in the future? We’ll see.

Caralee Giuntoli, Traverse City Truth and Responsibility First Someone once said, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” In a world shrunk by technology, my neighbors reside around the world, in places of famine and poverty, in refugee camps, at migrant crossings, and in places of great wealth and vast resources. To eliminate them from my sphere of concern is, in the long run, a denial of my humanity and dangerous to my prosperity and the world’s continuance.

“America First” is a very short-sighted motto. “Truth and Responsibility First” would stand us in better stead and serve to bring us closer to “peace on earth, goodwill to all.”

Lou Ann McKimmy, Rapid City How Does it End? Readers of Northern Express should be aware that the viewpoints of Rev. William Myers, who is featured as the local pastor in the monthly “Crossed” column, are not representative of historic, orthodox Christianity. Rev. Myers is ordained in a denomination that has its roots in the liberal (think theology, not politics) protestant movement that begin in the late 19th century.

Theological liberalism was an attempt to rescue the Christian faith from becoming obsolete once modern scientific man could no longer be expected to believe the miraculous stories in the Bible. Liberals (theology, not politics) discarded the supernatural elements of the Bible as the “husk” of the Christian religion in order to extract the “kernel,” the real essence of Christianity. Whether or not one agrees with this approach, the result was an entirely different religion.

In his classic book, “Christianity and Liberalism,” J. Gresham Machen makes the case that protestant liberalism discarded so much of historic Christianity that what was left was “ ... not Christianity at all, but a religion which is so entirely different from Christianity as to belong in a distinct category.”

The Dec 9. “Crossed” is case in point.

In answering the question, “How does it end?” Rev Myers writes: “I don’t know.

The Bible doesn’t say.” This is an incredible statement, given that two millennia of Christian reflection on what the Bible teaches has given a very different answer, one summarized in the Apostles Creed: “I believe in Jesus Christ ... who is seated at the right hand of God ... From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.” And,

Biblical Lessons In this crazy political season, I decided a little religion might be appropriate, so here is a short Bible study. Remember what Jesus said: “Goats on the left, sheep on the right.

(Matthew 25:33.)

Jesus also told Peter that if he wanted to catch fish, to do it from the right side of the boat. They did, and filled the boat with fish.

(John 21:6.)

He said, throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some. “When they did, they were unable to haul in the net because of the large number of fish.”

I have often wondered why it is that conservatives are called the “right” and liberals are called the “left.” By chance I stumbled on this verse in the Bible: “The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.” (Ecclesiastes: 10:2) It surely can’t get any simpler than that.

Spelling lesson: The last four letters in American are ICAN. The last four letters in Republican are ICAN. The last four letters in Democrats are RATS. End of lesson.

Doug Wickstrom, Bellaire Lame Duck Deceit Republican views that “If the Democrats were in power, they’d be doing it,” are disingenuous. It’s been decades since Democrats controlled both houses of the legislature and governor’s office in Michigan. Since the 2010 end of the Granholm administration, and through 2016, our Republican-controlled state has attempted to pass approximately 830 bills in lame duck sessions. They were successful 30 times, going so far as to benefit the incoming Snyder administration. The Emergency Manager Law was passed and signed after lame-duck. The direct result was the Flint water crisis. Environmental concerns, women’s health, right-to-work, firearm background checks, public school funding/pensions, domestic partnerships, campaign finance, recalling politicians, and many other issues concerning the rights of and the direction Michigan voters had chosen ended in these lame duck sessions.

The beneficiaries are always big businesses and private interests.

Article 4 subsection 13 of the Michigan Constitution carries only an opening date for the state legislature. This is why the lame duck exists. Attempts were made in 2015 and 2017 to end Michigan’s legislative session the Friday before the November election in evennumbered years, thereby ending these lame duck power grabs. Small wonder they never made it out of committee.

An estimated 300 bills are under consideration for 2018. With an honest state government, Michigan voters would have a way forward to amend our state constitution and eliminate these endless lame duck fiascoes. The Republican-owned 2018 session is currently dismantling citizen-led ballot initiatives and proposals that could remedy these continuing episodes of voter suppression.

With the majority of Michiganders voting for workers’ economic justice and rights, plus Proposals 1, 2, 3, etc., we will somehow end up with reproductive healthcare restrictions, lower corporate taxes, less union/voter safeguards, lower wages, wetland devastation, and a tunnel. Promises made, promises kept — just not to Michigan voters.

CONTENTS features Crime and Rescue Map......................................7

The Great Flu Pandemic of 1918.........................10 What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve.................14 Your 2018 Holiday Soundtrack........................17 The Apprentices..............................................18 Beloved Alden Bar.........................................19 This Winter: A Whiteout or a Wash?.................22 Coming to a Chimney Near You.......................25 Winter Getaways............................................26 Bells Will Be Ringing.......................................29 Short-term rentals..........................................30 Libby’s Café...................................................31 Seen..............................................................32

dates................................................33-36 music FourScore......................................................38

Nightlife.........................................................43

columns & stuff Top Ten...........................................................4

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Chef’s Notes....................................................8 Weird...............................................................9 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................39 Film................................................................40 Advice Goddess...........................................44 Crossword...................................................44 Freewill Astrology..........................................45 Classifieds..................................................46

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top ten The Future of The Bay: Under Discussion

A packed forum over the future of The Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay last week proved enthusiasm is high to see the movie venue survive. The owners hope to capitalize on that energy and are planning on meeting with an advisory group, though a followup public forum that had been scheduled for this week has been canceled.

The Bahle family announced in November that they could no longer operate the Bay, which for years has struggled to break even. They said that the Bay would close at the end of December.

That prompted community members to consider how the venue might be able to survive if it was staffed by volunteers. Many community members expressed hope that it could reopen as soon as January.

There is a link on the Bay Theatre website for anyone interested in getting notified about upcoming meetings or to request information about how to become involved.

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For the next month or so, North Peak Brewing Company has a great way for you to stay toasty warm on a wintery day. Grab a pint of The ORC, North Peak’s seasonal brown ale, and for a few moments you might even forget that baby, it’s cold outside. The ORC is named for the oats, rye, and chocolate and crystal malts it’s made with, and is as likeable as a golden retriever puppy.

It’s a perfect middle-of-the-road ale, showing off with chocolatey and caramel sweetness, and finishing with just a dash of spice from the rye. Not too light, not too dark, everything about it is just right — including its use of hops from our very own neck of the woods. The temperatures might be bitter, but your beer doesn’t have to be. $6 per pint.

Find it: North Peak Brewing Company, 400 W. Front St. in Traverse City. (231) 941-7325, www.northpeak.net

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freshwater concerts Freshwater Concerts presents guitar virtuoso, writer, musician, and producer Willy Porter on Sat., Dec. 29 at 8pm at Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City. Porter has opened for Tori Amos, Paul Simon, Jethro Tull, Sting, and Jeff Beck. 231-582-2588. $30 advance. freshwaterartgallery.com/concertCalendar.php

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THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES

Take a break from your original made-for-TV holiday rom-coms for a fun, new and festive family film that follows a brother and sister who, after accidentally stowing away on Santa’s sleigh and putting the big guy behind schedule, must band together to save Christmas. And with a trademark twinkle in his eyes, none other than the legendary Kurt Russell plays Santa. And he is so magnetic in the role and so joyful singing some merry jailhouse blues that the cheesiness and predictability almost ceases to matter. With modern CGI razzle dazzle (this isn’t a low-budget trifle) and a throwback feel to the family adventures of the 1980s and 1990s (it comes as no surprise to discover it was produced

by Chris Columbus of Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire fame), this is big-screen-on-the-smallscreen entertainment that is the perfect yuletide trimming to gather ’round this season. Streaming on Netflix.

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A Traverse City nonprofit is looking for volunteers to shovel snow.

Even a combination of sidewalk snow removal by a city-owned tractor and an ordinance that requires homeowners to clear the snow on the sidewalk in front of their house often isn’t enough to create clear pathways across town after heavy snow.

Enter Traverse City cycling nonprofit Norte, which wants to organize volunteer shovel brigades for the third winter in a row.

A Clear Path to Health is a crowd-sourced effort “to keep curb cuts, bus stops, and pedestrian bridges clear during the winter, while also raising awareness that shoveling your sidewalk is both awesome and (in many communities) the law,” according to a Norte release.

“By pledging to keep their sidewalk clear all winter and pairing awesome people with shovels to an adopted intersection in their neighborhood or near their workplace, A Clear Path to Health is about neighbors helping neighbors keep moving during our coldest months.”

For more information, visit the nonprofit’s website, www.elgruponorte.org.

Your Best Solo Christmas Ever

Local Brewers Pitching In Beer drinkers around the region can help relief efforts for the devastating Camp Fire in California by quaffing a new brew. Rare Bird Brew Pub, Monkey Fist Brewing Company, and the Filling Station Microbrewery in Traverse City, and Short’s Brewing Company in Bellaire, and Beards Brewery in Petoskey are among the 1,400 brewers nationwide brewing and serving Resilience Butte County Proud IPA. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company created the beer and shared the recipe with any brewery that wanted to serve it — with the only stipulation being that all proceeds go to the Camp Fire Relief Fund to help victims of the Camp Fire. It burned more than 153,000 acres, killed at least 85 people, and destroyed more than 13,000 homes. In response, the company established the Camp Fire Relief Fund with a $100,000 donation, aimed at long-term support for community rebuilding. Locally, most brewers anticipate they will be serving the beer by or shortly after the first of the year.

Alone this Christmas? Don’t sweat it.

First, most folks with family would rather stay home than hit the highway, only to endure another political fight with Uncle Frank. Second, the First Presbyterian Church of Boyne City hosts one of the finest Christmas traditions you’ve ever tasted: A turkey dinner “with all the fixin’s,” prepared by church members and paid for by the congregation, the public, and local groceries. Remember: You can’t choose your family, but you can choose peace, joy, and fellowship from noon to 2pm, Tuesday, Dec. 25. Those who want to pitch in for the meal can call (231) 582-7983. Want to pre-party? Christmas Eve services — a service of carols, the Christmas story, communion, and candlelight worship — are at 7 p.m. Dec. 24. Find it: 401 S Park St., Boyne City.

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THE GOOD WILL AROUND US spectator

by Stephen Tuttle “Peace on earth, goodwill toward ... ” We see and hear that phrase a lot this time of year. It’s a reasonable enough Christmas wish, at least half of which is always unfulfilled. Let’s start with the bad news.

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Regrettably, our legislative and Congressional political candidates just gave us a months-long example of ill will toward each other and the voters.

Perhaps we should have our elections in the spring so their rancid stench doesn’t demean our holidays. Now those same politicians will send out holiday press releases and a gazillion Christmas cards with their smiling families praising our wonderful traditions.

They think we’ve already forgotten their abysmal records and heinous campaigns.

That’s a lot of bad news. There is good news, too, including plenty of goodwill out there now and during the rest of the year; it just doesn’t get much publicity, or we don’t pay enough attention to it. Families, neighbors, and friends are constantly helping each other — goodwill in the form of simply doing the right thing.

We see it dramatically after our increasing number of natural disasters. Strangers now reaching out to strangers in California’s scorched earth, Houston’s latest flood, and North Carolina’s communities buried in snow. People donating time, money, and effort to help out people they’ve never met and might never meet. That isn’t seasonal goodwill; it’s year-round.

That’s pretty much the same story with organizations asking for financial assistance

Families, neighbors, and friends are constantly helping each other — goodwill in the form of simply doing the right thing.

We have a president under siege from several directions and a Congress either unable or unwilling to execute their jobs and legislate.

They have avoided fistfights only because their hands are too busy throwing mud. It’s discouraging, regardless of the season.

It would be especially nice if some year there were actually some good news to report on the “peace on earth” front. There is not.

We still have men and women in uniform at risk in Afghanistan, as we have had for 17 years, and in Iraq, as we have had for 15 years, the longest wars in our history. We also have our noses in the ever more confusing war in Syria and the unrest in Libya. We have troops in more than 100 other countries. We continue to be the largest arms dealer in the world, by far.

Our intelligence community now reports the North Koreans are constructing underground missile facilities. The Russians have increased their belligerence in the eastern Ukraine. Saudi Arabia, bristling with weaponry they’ve purchased from us, is at war with little Yemen.

Additional conflicts continue in Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, and Zimbabwe.

Various terrorist groups — there are now dozens — claiming to be some sort of Islamists, carried out attacks in 31 countries this year.

The death tolls from all this barbarism, according to Amnesty International, is somewhere north of two million, and other organizations have it as high as five million.

Everyone agrees the number of displaced persons is well into the tens of millions.

Instead of peace, we’ve just expanded the killing fields. In the 10,000 or so years of what we call organized civilization, this is the best we’ve come up with for solving disputes.

this time of year. Their needs are greater now because of the cold as much as for the holiday season. Local places of worship also provide help to congregants and others in need regardless of the time of year. That goodwill becomes more visible because of the season but more quietly extends 12 months a year. People here are being fed, clothed, and sheltered because of the goodwill of others.

Even local politicians demonstrate some civility and goodwill toward each other and their constituents. They’re more accountable, more likely to listen, and more likely to cooperate — not just because they have to but because they choose to.

Goodwill is never in short supply the closer to home we look. It’s pretty much all around us, all the time. That we associate it with a single time of year unintentionally ignores everything that happens the rest of the year.

The bell ringers and toy drives will disappear, but the good work continues.

There isn’t much we can do to foster peace on earth but continue to demand our politicians stop sending our young people off somewhere to be shot at or blown up. For the 31 percent of the world identifying as Christians, they’ll celebrate another symbolic birthday of the Prince of Peace with too little peace in too few places.

But goodwill? That’s a choice we can make, individually and collectively. We can and should celebrate the good work and goodwill being accomplished and evidenced around us every day.

Peace remains elusive. But however you celebrate this time of year, goodwill toward each other is an easy choice. The rest of the year, too.

Crime & Rescue POLICE LOOKING FOR INFO ABOUT ATTACK Antrim County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a home invasion, the mysterious appearance of marijuana, and a felonious assault that occurred over two days in September.

The case resulted in the arrests of 60-yearold Dennis Pellegrini, an East Jordan resident and his girlfriend, 49-year-old Gina Sue Yob of Hersey.

Pellegrini is accused of sticking a gun in a man’s face and questioning him about the home invasion and assault that had occurred a day earlier. He faces charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Yob faces a charge of maintaining a drug house.

A day earlier, marijuana grow operation on Alba Highway was the scene of a home invasion and violent assault, deputies said. After deputies finished investigating that scene on Sept. 4, family members at the house started to clean and discovered a large amount of marijuana inside a chest. They called police about and documented the marijuana with a photo.

The following day, Pellegrini and Yob showed up, Pellegrini put the marijuana into Yob’s truck, and Pellegrini allegedly assaulted a resident of the home, according to a Dec. 11 press release.

Investigators are still looking for information about the original home invasion and assault, which occurred on Sept. 3. Anyone with information can call the detective bureau at (231) 533-8627 ext. 0.

MISSING TEENAGERS RETURNED Two girls who were reported missing after they were last seen with a 34-year-old family friend were found and returned to their families.

The girls, ages 13 and 14, didn’t arrive at home from Cadillac Junior High School Dec. 7, prompting Cadillac Police to issue a “be-onthe-lookout” alert for the girls and a man police described as their “alleged abductor.”

The following day, the girls were spotted, and the man they were with, Cadillac resident Christopher Wagenschutz, was arrested.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources The next evening, conservation Officer Mike Hearn spotted Wagenchutz’s car near Kalkaska and tried to pull him over in the parking lot of Northland Food Center, but Wagenschutz kept going, driving slowly through the parking lot.

Kalkaska County Sheriff’s Sgt. Eric Johnson happened to be patrolling nearby, and he drove over and helped arrest Wagenschutz, who was armed with a gun but arrested without incident.

DRIVER BREAKS TELEPHON POLE A driver who couldn’t manage a curve and instead struck and broke a telephone pole was arrested for drunk driving.

Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies were called to South Cedar Road near East Popa Road in Solon Township at 6:17pm Dec. 9.

Deputies determined the driver, a 28-yearold Traverse City man, was not injured but that he had been drinking and was intoxicated. They took the driver to jail for drunk driving.

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SUICIDAL JUMPER SAVED Police, firefighters, and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a man on Manistees pier who was threatening to jump into frigid water.

They were called at 6:45pm Dec. 8 and set up a command post at the U.S. Coast Guard station.

“Intense negotiating” took place for two hours while Coast Guard rescuers launched a boat, and city police and sheriff’s deputies attempted to stay in contact with the man on the pier.

The man eventually jumped into Lake Michigan, but he was immediately rescued by the Coast Guard personnel.

The man was treated by Manistee City Fire/EMS and taken to Munson Manistee for evaluation.

MORE CHARGES FOR SEX OFFENDER A 25-year-old Grawn man with an extensive history of preying on children is accused of accosting a 15-year-old girl.

Alexander Eugene Buchanan faces a charge of accosting a child for immoral purposes. The charge carries up to four years in prison, but Buchanan is charged as a four-time habitual offender and could face up to life in prison.

Buchanan is accused of meeting the girl online and dating her over summer 2018. He offered her money, alcohol, and vaping supplies in exchange for sex acts and nude pictures, according to the charges.

Buchanan, who was a registered sex offender on parole for third-degree criminal sexual conduct, was first accused of a sex crime in 2008 and also has convictions in 2010 and 2012.

They include convictions for attacking a girl in a stairwell when he was a student at Traverse City West and charges of having sex with a 12-yearold girl.

DNR: MAN ILLEGALLY SHOT BULL ELK A 60-year-old Taylor resident is accused of poaching a bull elk in Otsego County, south of Vanderbilt.

Dispatchers received a tip about the elk’s killing at 9:50am Dec. 8, sparking a Department of Natural Resources investigation A state police trooper and sheriff’s deputy soon located the elk’s carcass, the suspect, and his crossbow.

The suspect faces a misdemeanor charge that is punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a fine of $2,000. The man also faces losing his hunting privileges for 15 years and having to pay over $5,000 in restitution.

Investigators are also trying to solve the killing of two bull elk whose carcasses were found Nov. 17 in Montmorency County, about seven miles north of Atlanta. Investigators believe the animals were shot Nov. 15.

Anyone with information regarding the November elk poaching should call the DNR Gaylord Customer Service Center at (989) 732-3541 or the 24-hour DNR Report All Poaching line at (800) 292-7800.

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Customers often ask me for recipes and ideas that’ll add a little excitement to their salmon. To keep it simple yet flavorful, I recommend trying a glaze made from Fustini’s balsamic vinegars. A gastrique — a reduction of vinegar and honey that can be infused with other flavors — makes a great glaze, a garnish for meat, and even a dessert sauce. Fustini’s Sicilian Lemon Balsamic Vinegar is a quality ingredient for your gastrique, glaze, or reduction, and a creative way to add lemon flavor to your salmon.

This recipe in particular is a favorite in our cooking classes. You can add crushed red pepper, minced garlic, or fresh thyme to customize your glaze. Don’t love lemon? Feel free to experiment with other flavors of Fustini’s vinegars to make your own favorite flavor combination.

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Seems Like an Honest Mistake John Stevenson of Inverclyde, Scotland, hit a bump in his plans to vacation in the United States on Dec. 3 when his visa was denied after he declared himself a terrorist while filling out a Department of Homeland Security online form commonly known as ESTA. One of the questions on the form asks, “Are you a terrorist?” Stevenson, 70, told The Independent that the website “must have jumped from No to Yes without me knowing,” adding that the site kept timing out and crashing as he and his wife, Marion, tried to answer the questions. “I even called the border control in the U.S. and gave them my passport details,” he said. “They looked up my ESTA number and said, ‘You’re a terrorist.’

The only time I’ve been in court was for jury service. Marion is sick about it. ... I don’t know why that question is on the form in the first place.” (UPDATE: United Airlines refunded the Stevensons’ airline tickets and gifted them two free flights to New York once their visa troubles are all worked out.)

Armed and Clumsy A shopper at a Buckeye, Arizona, Walmart was in the meat department on Nov. 27 when his semiautomatic handgun, which he had positioned for a quick draw in the waistband of his sweatpants, began to slip. As he tried to reposition it, he told Buckeye police, it discharged, striking the gunslinger in his privacies. AZCentral reported the unnamed shopper was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and no one else was hurt. However, police did file a charge of unlawful discharge of a firearm.

Least Competent Criminals -- A successful heist at an electronics retail store requires careful planning and attention to detail -- a fact that appears to have escaped three men in North Raleigh, North Carolina, on Nov. 12. That night, the News and Observer reported, an employee of the store called 911 to report that three men had entered the store with semi-automatic weapons and ordered workers into the stockroom. One of them was carrying a cardboard box, officers learned, which he used to load up mobile phones and smart watches. The men also filled two crates with merchandise, which totaled more than $26,000. When the robbers left through the back door, they took the crates with them, but forgot the cardboard box which, serendipitously, sported a shipping label with an address on it. Police used the address, along with a mug shot from a previous crime that matched an image in the store’s surveillance video, to track down Brian Lamonte Clark, 22, and arrest him for robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery.

-- The Lucardo Escape Rooms in Manchester, England, were the site of a misguided break-in on Nov. 29 when two thieves ransacked a fake bank vault as if it were the real thing. The Manchester Evening News reported that more than 50 surveillance cameras captured the duo’s antics as they broke into fake safes and opened drawers that held only puzzles. “They must be Manchester’s stupidest burglars,” said Lucardo director Ian Pownall, 26. The business lost about 100 pounds in cash, but damage amounted to about 1,000 pounds -- not to mention lost revenue while the business cleans up. “We’re a small, family-owned business, so even a couple of thousand pounds will have an effect on us, particularly before Christmas,” Pownall said.

‘Scuuuuse Me! -- At the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton, England, there was more in the air than just the sharp projectiles tossed by competitors on Nov. 16. According to Reuters, former two-time champion Gary Anderson, 47, from Scotland, prevailed over Wesley Harms, 34, from the Netherlands to reach the quarter finals, but Harms had a gripe: He said he was affected by the “fragrant smell” Anderson had emitted as they played. “It’ll take me two nights to lose this smell from my nose,” Harms told a Dutch television station. Anderson objected, saying the smell came “from the table side,” laying the blame on spectators. “If the boy thinks I’ve farted he’s 1,010 percent wrong,” Anderson declared. “If somebody has done that they need to see a doctor. ... He says it was me, but I would admit it.”

-- Shanetta Yvette Wilson, 37, was standing in line at a Dollar General store in Dania Beach, Florida, on Nov. 25 when the urge struck and she let one rip. John Walker, who was standing nearby, was offended and complained about “the defendant farting loudly,” according to the resulting Broward Sheriff ’s office complaint, so Wilson pulled out a small folding knife, opened it and threatened to “gut” Walker as she moved toward him. The Miami Herald reported that police called to the scene tracked down Wilson and charged her with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.

Government in Action Yoshitaka Sakurada, 68, a 22-year member of Japan’s parliament, was named by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in October to two new posts: cybersecurity and Olympics minister for the country. But according to Reuters, at a committee meeting on Nov. 14, when a member of the opposition asked Sakurada a “gotcha” question about his computer literacy, he admitted: “I’ve never used a computer! ...

I’ve always directed my staff and secretaries to do that kind of thing.” He assured the lawmaker there would be no problems. Mmm-hmm.

Update In The Hague, Netherlands, motivational speaker Emile Ratelband, 69, will not turn 50 on his next birthday, as he had hoped.

As reported earlier, Ratelband petitioned the court in November for an age change, saying he feels discriminated against both in the career realm and on Tinder. But the Associated Press reported that on Dec. 3, a Dutch court rejected his plea to become 49, saying he did not convince judges that he had been discriminated against and that “Mr. Ratelband is at liberty to feel 20 years younger than his real age and to act accordingly,” but noting that changing his age would nullify any number of records from public registers.

Ratelband hopes to appeal.

Scrooged An unnamed substitute teacher in Montville, New Jersey, won’t be returning to Cedar Hill School after revealing a sacred secret to first-grade students there on Nov. 29.

Superintendent Rene Rovtar told NJ.com that the sub got into a debate with a student about whether Santa is real. That’s when the 6-yearolds started quizzing her about the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy and Elf on a Shelf, and the teacher “proceeded to debunk all of it,” Rovtar said. Parents reported doing “damage control” after the kids returned home from school, and the sub is no longer welcome in the district.

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THE GREAT FLU PANDEMIC OF 1918 With war raging overseas and the Spanish flu ramping up at home, two northern Michigan counties engage in a bitter battle, casting blame and cutting ties in an effort to protect their own.

By Patrick Sullivan Imagine driving north from Traverse City, attempting to head into Leelanau County through Greilickville, but at the Grand Traverse County line, police have put up a blockade.

Leelanau County has been quarantined, and you face a choice: Turn back, or get arrested.

That might sound like a scene from a dystopian work of fiction, but it actually happened here during a panic caused by the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.

Leelanau officials had petitioned the state to quarantine their county after 200 to 300 new cases of flu sprung up in early January 1919. They blamed the outbreak on Traverse City and wanted to sever all ties until the disease went away. That meant, in order to travel into Leelanau County, a person had to agree to be detained for four days to show they were flu-free.

The closure underscored the bitterness between the two localities.

“We are satisfied that the disease was brought into Leelanau county from Traverse City and [Grand] Traverse county, and we are damned sore about it,” one Leelanau County official said.

That prompted an editor in Traverse City to accuse Leelanau officials of “passing the buck.” The editor noted: “Some time ago, when the contagion had eased up a bit in Leelanau and was serious in Grand Traverse, there was a big double wedding and dance in the sister county. It was permitted by the health officials. Directly afterward, influenza broke out in that vicinity and spread rapidly.”

How did things get so bad? If you think today’s political climate is toxic and frightening, just look back 100 years ago as a war raging across Europe took untold numbers of lives, while a mysterious strain of flu emerged to cut down people at home.

BROUGHT BACK IN A BLACK CASKET The year 1918 would have been an, uncertain and frightening time to be alive even before the dark specter of the flu arose.

It began with the United States’ participation in World War I, which quickly ramped up as more soldiers were conscribed, trained, and sent to Europe to fight.

February brought news of the sinking of the Tuscania, sunk by a German torpedo as it carried American troops to Europe. Of the 210 who died, one was Clarence Allen of Traverse City.

But in what might have been a bad omen, many of the region’s first casualties were victims of disease, not war.

In an April 11 headline, “WAR STRIKES LEELANAU AT HOME,” the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported how Emil Priest, a recent recruit, had died of pneumonia at Fort Custer, an army base that had opened near Battle Creek a year earlier. Priest, of Lake Leelanau, was in perfect health just before he died at age 22.

Six days later, the newspaper reported that concerns were growing about the health of soldiers at Fort Custer, which saw 72 new influenza cases in one week. The “medical men,” the newspaper reported, were growing concerned because they had no means to treat the flu and lacked a good understanding

must have realized that many of the young men they were sending off to the war wouldn’t return home. On Feb. 27, the newspaper grimly announced an event to celebrate six recruits who were called up to leave the following week, along with 350 others that were scheduled to depart in the coming month: “Traverse City and Grand Traverse county are going to pay homage to their soldiers and soldier heros, before they go away to war, instead of after they are brought back in a black casket to sleep the eternal sleep.”

CONCERN OVER THE FLU GROWS By the spring of 1918, with the brunt of the flu outbreak still months away, health officers already seemed to be on alert.

“We are satisfied that the disease was brought into Leelanau county from Traverse City and [Grand] Traverse county, and we are damned sore about it,” one Leelanau County official said. of how it spread — or how to stop it.

On April 24, the newspaper reported that another soldier from Traverse City had died, again in the United States. This time it was pneumonia; it struck down Hanley Wilhelm at a Naval base near Boston. He was the eighth Traverse City man to die in the war.

Three days later the paper reported the death of Karl F. Umlor, the first Traverse City man to die in actual fighting.

Page through the front pages of the Record-Eagle in late 1918 and early 1919, and the universal hardship and sacrifice the war brought home is undeniable. If there wasn’t a column pestering residents to purchase liberty bonds (or else face public shame), there were announcements of new restrictions intended to conserve resources for the war effort.

For instance, in 1918, residents of Traverse City were ordered to observe “meatless Tuesdays” and “wheat-less Wednesdays,” and to severely restrict consumption of sugar. By order of the police chief, Tuesday night parties were banned. Fuel shortages prompted government-mandated limits on business operating hours — restrictions enforced by police.

Early that year, Traverse City residents

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Army officials issued a warning to soldiers and citizens about, among other things, sneezing. They warned that sneezing spreads respiratory diseases like pneumonia, measles, meningitis, tuberculosis, and influenza. Their message: People should decide not to sneeze.

“All of these diseases mentioned are spread or communicated in the same way — through the transfer of nasal and mouth secretions,” the Record-Eagle reported. “The sickness rates could be cut to the minimum if the soldiers, and the general public as well, stopped promiscuous coughing, sneezing and spitting.”

When the flu season returned in the fall, it returned with a vengeance. What’s considered the second wave of the pandemic is believed to have first appeared at Camp Devens, an Army base near Boston. Soon breakouts surged across the country.

At Fort Custer, a conduit for northern Michigan soldiers heading to war, 1,000 cases of flu appeared overnight.

Like so much of the reporting on the flu outbreak, the Record-Eagle’s first story on this development was hopeful and reassuring, almost naively so: “Fortunately, the disease seems to be of the mild type. While the victims suffer considerably in the early stages,

they show rapid improvement and not a death has occurred from the disease as yet.”

The next day, however, a bleaker reality took over. The newspaper ran a wire story from New York that reported the illness — the “Spanish” flu — had swept through military bases and big cities and, in fact, 30,000 cases and 1,912 deaths had been recorded.

Disconcerting though the news of the Spanish flu was, it was likely overshadowed; newspaper front pages were already full of death and destruction in war. The RecordEagle’s own front page included “Today’s Casualty List,” a daily tally of those Michigan members of the military who had died in action, died from wounds, died of accidents or other causes, were wounded severely, or were missing in action. The list often included dozens of names.

So, on Oct. 8, when the newspaper’s frontpage headline read “INFLUENZA MAY VISIT THIS CITY,” the story was crowded out by war stories, and likely didn’t register as a warning equal to the suffering the area’s residents were about to endure.

Two days later, the newspaper announced that the disease had arrived in Traverse City.

Ten people had fallen ill, and the writer sounded a cautious alarm: “While Traverse City has a few cases of Spanish influenza, and the state board of health does not consider the situation serious, it seems that something should be done by local health authorities to take every possible precaution against an epidemic, such has caused so many deaths and so much suffering in southern Michigan cities.”

A VULNERABLE POPULACE JOINS THE PARADE It wasn’t until Oct. 24 that area’s first flu death — a 14-year-old Buckley boy — was reported. Schools in Buckley were closed, and public gatherings postponed.

The next day, the paper reported that the son of James Frederick Munson, then the head of Traverse City State Hospital and the namesake of Munson Medical Center, died of the flu in New York at the age of 37.

Two days later, under a notice titled “CITIZENS!” it was announced that pool and billiard halls would be asked to close and that shoppers were asked to “keep moving” while in stores with other people.

Nevertheless, the war continued to overshadow the health concerns at home.

While war stories were headlined at the top of the page, in bold capital letters two inches tall and spanning all five columns, flu stories

remained small and secondary.

That was especially true on Nov. 8, when the allied victory over Germany was announced. No amount of concern over the spread of deadly germs would stop people from pouring into the streets to celebrate this news.

Police led a parade down Front Street that included “practically every motor car in Grand Traverse” and thousands took to the streets.

So perhaps it wasn’t a surprise when only a few days later the Record-Eagle reported that 50 new cases of the flu had been diagnosed on Old Mission. The article noted that the lesson of the outbreak is that citizens needed to remain cautious, something they had failed to do during the Armistice celebrations.

By Nov. 20, two on Old Mission had died.

A week later, an outbreak in Maple City. Two days after that, news came that the disease had reached Cedar.

TWO DEATHS FOR EVERY BIRTH In early December, with roughly 25 people suffering of the flu in Traverse City, the city’s health officer urged citizens to be cautious. But questions arose about whether people — the ill and those taking care of them — were being cautious enough.

A special wing at the State Hospital had

been set up to care for flu patients so that they could be isolated from others.

A review by the Red Cross showed the agency had discovered some disturbing staff behavior.

The Record-Eagle reported: “For instance, it is asserted that, although the disease has a serious grip on the State Hospital to the extent that the institution has been placed under quarantine, the quarantine is repeatedly broken by certain employees who spend their evening patronizing theatres, dance halls, billiard parlors, etc.

“There are, it is stated, about thirty cases of influenza at the State Hospital. During the working hours, attaches wear anti-flu masks and exercise caution to prevent spread of the disease. When night arrives, some of them slip off their masks and go down town, where they mingle freely with the crowds with total disregard for the safety of others.”

That wasn’t all.

In homes where some flu sufferers lived in quarantine, the rules of quarantine were lax, and some people allowed visitors.

A half-dozen Red Cross canvassers spent almost a week in Traverse City going doorto-door, attempting to get an accurate count of the number of sick and making note of deficiencies.

While the canvassers found hundreds of

cases and determined that many people were not getting treatment because of its cost, they helped people get medical care and made sure that houses where people were ill were marked and that those living in those houses observed quarantine rules. That was thought of as the best way to halt the disease’s spread.

The county’s health officer, Dr. E.L. Thirlby, attended a conference on the flu in Chicago and returned with some ideas about how to stanch his spread. Unfortunately, according to the Dec. 14 Record-Eagle, he also learned that “the entire medical profession is in the dark as to proper methods of combating it.”

That said, he reported that he learned about the importance of handwashing, a fluprevention means still employed today.

“It is urged that hands be washed always before sitting down for a meal, and after rising,” Thirlby said.

Two days later, the paper reported that there had just been three more deaths in town and 100 new cases reported.

A day later, the paper reported — under the sub-headline “Epidemic Extends Tentacles to Practically all Sections of Grand Traverse Region” — that the flu had moved into Kingsley.

Even as two more dead were reported on Dec. 18, it was thought that that grip of the flu might be receding. The next day, Dr. Thirlby

said the epidemic was improving, even as residents learned of 59 recent flu deaths in Petoskey.

The next day, the newspaper had to walk back some of its reporting on the spread of the flu into Kingsley. While there had been an outbreak, and the board of health had closed the schools and churches, businesses had not closed.

In the coming days, things got worse. On Dec. 26, a headline read “LOCAL SITUATION GROWS ALARMING DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS.” The article said that the Red Cross had made “the most urgent call for human aid in the history of Traverse City. … Human helpers are needed to care for families fighting pneumonia and influenza.”

The next day, a story quoted Dr. Thirlby, who wanted to calm things down. He said: “The influenza and pneumonia situation in Traverse City is not as serious as wild stories now circulating would indicate.”

On Jan. 4, however, the paper reported that the first two days of the new year saw an additional nine flu fatalities, following 34 in December. Those 34 deaths earned Traverse City an unprecedented statistic in 1918, according to the newspaper: an average two deaths for every birth.

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THE LEELANAU BARRICADES On Jan. 17, the state police announced they were going to protect Leelanau County.

The move came after a meeting in Lake Leelanau between state officials and every township health officer and every doctor in the county.

After months of outbreaks throughout the region, it’s hard to imagine how anymore could have said with straight faces that they believed all of the 200 to 300 new cases had originated in Traverse City, but that was the rationale for closing the border between the counties: Grand Traverse County had not protected itself, so Leelanau County needed to be protected against Grand Traverse County.

Over the next few days, state health officials conducted a “secret investigation” in Grand Traverse County, according to the Record-Eagle.

At its conclusion, the state health department director addressed officials in Traverse City: “Gentleman: you well know why I am here. You know that you have not handled the situation properly in Traverse City, and if you had, there would have been no occasion for my presence. … You have tried to make a joke of the State Board of Health. You have laughed at us and ignored our suggestions and orders.”

Then he said something even more remarkable, since it was not true that any measures taken by local officials in 1918

would have prevented the spread of the disease: “Had you followed our instructions, you would have been free of influenza.”

On Jan. 20, state officials announced that they had surveyed residents of Traverse City and discovered there were five times as many flu cases as had been reported to the state.

Dr. Thirlby resigned amid the criticism.

While he defended the actions he took to ensure that the ailing were in quarantine, he admitted that he had neglected to fully report the conditions in Traverse City to the state.

By early February, cases were waning, and death rates were dropping. Instead of war casualty reports, the Record-Eagle’s front page lead with “The ‘Flu’ Situation.” On Feb. 3, there were 12 homes still in quarantine and a total of 21 old and new cases. By Feb. 7, there were just four quarantined houses and four existing cases.

It’s unclear what good the quarantine of Leelanau County served. It was lifted Feb. 5 by order of the state board of health.

One state health official, Dr. S.R. Hill, though, told the Record-Eagle that he believed the quarantine was a success: “When the quarantine was put on, there was a danger of an alarming epidemic. It is only due to the fact that authorities in Leelanau county went after the disease with a hammer and tongs that they succeeded in checking it. I can safely say that conditions there have improved 95 per cent since the county was quarantined.”

The Life — and Flu Death — of the Leelanau County Hermit The lives of very few flu victims warranted examination on the front page of the Record-Eagle during the flu pandemic of 1918. Reporting on the disease was mostly straightforward and stuck to the facts. One exception was a Dec. 12 profile on the death of a legendary Leelanau County eccentric, a man whose notoriety has faded from history today, but who was apparently a fixture of the region at the time of his death. Here is the newspaper’s account of the life of Roch Tybushewsky.

May your obituary never read the same.

Roch Tybushewsky, the Leelanau county recluse, who is known to every tourist who has been up this way in the last twenty years, is dead. The mysterious old settler died yesterday of Spanish influenza, according to word reaching Traverse City. The passing of Roch removes from the county a human landmark and a psychological enigma.

Roch had two important distinctions: He was a real hermit and a recognized authority on the history of eastern Europe. He was a Pole, born in Plock, near Warsaw, and had lived for the past several years near Omena, with his family. His family consisted of a long-horned steer, a cow, and a calf.

Roch was a genuine, dyed-in-the-wool recluse. From 27 stony acres of state land in Leelanau county, he eked out his meager existence, in the shape of a few ears of corn and potatoes. He homesteaded his little patch of ground and owned it by virtue of five years’ occupancy. For years he ploughed his fields with a crooked stick, as he had learned to do in Russia, many, many years ago. His big steer had pulled a primitive implement of cultivation, and Roch had ignored the modern appliances for farming.

The 73 years of his existence embody a pathetic story. His struggle has been one of hardship and never-ending disappointment. His mother died when he was an infant, and his stepmother refused to care for the baby boy. Until he was 10 years old he lived with his mother’s parents. They died when he was 10, and he was sent to live with some of his father’s people. The next seven years of his life he described as a living hell. He was beaten, taught to drink vodka and made to steal.

At the age of 17 he was working for $30 a year, minus 25 per cent for taxes. It was a condition that the young Pole, with a deeper understanding of life, could not endure. He decided to go forth into the world. For two years he labored in the German coal mines of Saarbruck, in Alsace-Lorraine, until he had saved enough to come to America. In 1865 he landed in New York. From there he went to Detroit, and from Detroit he walked to Alpena, where he had friends.

In the next few years he saved $300 and entered a convent in Indianapolis, where he perfected a knowledge of four languages, Polish, Russian, German and English. For years he then taught school in Polish settlements. His eyesight failing, he was compelled to abandon his work. He wandered to this section of Michigan, grasped an opportunity presented to homestead his little patch of stony land, and since that time has been successfully tilling the soil through a primitive process of development.

The seemingly inevitable woman is a character in his rather pitiful story. It is a subject of which he spoke only under pressure. She was Polish, and she was one of the bright lights of his baneful existence in Poland. He loved her – that is certain. And he promised her that he would send for her when he had made his fortune in America. He did succeed after several years in this country – and he wrote for her. But she had married another. It was another drop in his cup of bitterness.

He was a remarkable old character. Residents of this section and the thousands of tourists who annually come to the Grand Traverse region will miss him.

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By Ross Boissoneau For many, going out on the town is the only way to ring in the New Year. Champagne at midnight, party favors, music, maybe even fireworks. So where to go and what exactly to do? We gathered some unique options from across the region.

Bluebird It may be too cold for a riverwalk, but the views are so delightful at the Bluebird in Leland. Start with a buffet dinner at 7pm with catfish boudreaux, BBQ ribs, chicken piccata, pork potstickers, and more. Then groove to the soulful sounds of Soul Patch, with their trademark mix of everything from world beat and jazz to rockabilly and ska.

All-inclusive dinner and music tickets are $40 per person in advance by calling 231256-9081 or $50 each at the door. Music and champagne tickets are $10 per person at the door starting at 9.

Garland Resort The rural resort outside Lewiston is offering a New Year’s Eve extravaganza at with a Crab & Prime Rib Buffet at $44.95 per person. Reservations are required. Live entertainment from 9pm-midnight features the Brenda Loomis Band, with a $20 cover, which includes snacks and champagne toast; admission for those at the buffet is $10. And if you’re staying over or just starting over, everyone is welcome to kick off the New Year with an All-Day Bloody Mary Bar New Years day while watching football in Antlers Bar. Back to the Jazz Age Manistee bills itself the Victorian Port City, but to celebrate the new year you can go a bit

further into the 20th century with the Roaring ’20s great Gatsby party at the Ramsdell Theatre.

There’s even a poem for the affair: “Come as a flapper or come as you are Dress as a gangster or silent screen star Its going to be fun no matter the dress Just bring yourself and we’ll do the rest.”

The festivities begin at 8pm, and features the music of Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers. Hors d’oeuvres, party favors, noisemakers, the de rigeur champagne toast at midnight, and prohibition-era cocktails round things out. Tickets are $50; go to www. mynorthtickets.com.

Cherry T-Ball The annual downtown Traverse City festivities features a large replica of the unofficial city fruit being dropped to the ground at the stroke of midnight. It’s a tradition started a decade ago by a group of Traverse City-area residents as a way to celebrate and give back. In the last ten years it’s raised nearly $110,000 for local non-profits.

The large cherry drops from the sky at the intersection of Park and Front Streets. The gates open at 10pm and the event ends at 12:20am. Everyone is welcome to this familyfriendly event, with a suggested donation of $3 per person. Typically between 8,000 and 12,000 attend, which also offers a DJ for dancing in the streets, and there are even fireworks at midnight (weather permitting).

Crooked Tree Arts Center The adults can’t have all the fun. Crooked Tree Arts Center and the Petoskey District Library are joining forces for the annual, fun-for-all-ages New Year’s Eve at the Arts Center. Ring in 2019 with live music on five

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Doing New Year’s Eve?

stages, enjoy arts and crafts, magic shows, pottery, karaoke, a free pizza buffet, cookies & cocoa, refreshments, and the “Midnight at 9” ball drop on Mitchell Street!

The fun takes place from 5pm to 9pm. It features live music from 1,000 Watt Prophets, Indigo Moon, The Real Ingredients, The Third Degree, and more.

Tickets are $10 for adults (over 18), $5 students (2–18), and free for the little ones under 2. Go to www.mynorthtickets.com.

Grand Traverse Resort and Spa Dinner at Serie Restaurant & Lounge features a one-night-only menu with wine pairings from its award-winning wine list.

Local musician John Pomeroy will perform live music. Seating is limited.

For those looking for a little more action, resort guests and Club Members are invited to a special celebration in the newly-remodeled Governors’ Ballroom. The space will be set up with a variety of retrostyle arcade games, a rocking DJ, and other activities. Light appetizers will be available, as will a cash bar. This is exclusively for guests and Club Members; admission to the party is complimentary.

Actually there is a third option, this one for the little ones. The Kids’ New Year’s Eve Party is an option for children ages 6–12, and includes activities like crafts, games, swimming, and a balloon drop at midnight. Licensed daycare is also available.

Registration is $40 per child for guests ($30 per child for Club Members).

For information on all three, go to www. grandtraverseresort.com.

Mackinac Island Talk about a winter wonderland.

Mackinac Island shakes off its seasonal slumber with several places reopening for the holiday season, including the Lilac Tree Inn. Otherwise closed for the winter, the hotel opens for the weekend, and it generally sells out for the next year shortly after the clock strikes midnight. There are a few restaurants open, and mingling locals and visitors become fast friends. Then, there’s the official New Year’s Eve drop: a large stuffed turtle wrapped in lights, lowered from the Lilac Tree roof, complete with anticipatory countdown. For more information, go to www.lilactree.com.

Charlevoix So you’ve got the turtle drop and the Cherry T-Ball drop. But what about — a bridge drop? Yep, that’s the case in Charlevoix.

The drawbridge in the middle of town will be lowered to the timing of the countdown to 2019. There are also fireworks displays at both 9pm and midnight, but the fun starts long before that with s’mores around bonfires at East Park in the afternoon, a free family movie, and the snowman-building contest.

Celebrate & Ski Of course, many revelers like to take to the slopes. Most of the ski and snowboard resorts offer special amenities and activities for New Year’s Eve. Such as: Shanty Creek Resort The sprawling resort outside Bellaire offers a host of activities for all ages. For the younger set, Kids’ Night Out in the Bellaire Room runs 6–10pm, with games, arts and crafts, dancing and snacks. On the other hand, maybe the whole family wants

to party together, at the Prime Rib & Crab Legs Dinner Show in the Lakeview Hotel’s Grand Ballroom. It begins at 6:30pm and features dinner, a ventriloquist/magic show, then dancing with a DJ. Adults $60, children 6–12 $25, 5 and under free. Reservations are required. Call 231.533.3000 ext. 7084.

The Lakeview Restaurant offers a more low-key approach, Ivan’s at Schuss Village has a $10 cover, and the River Bistro at Cedar River Village offers dinner, game room and eight TVs. And everyone can enjoy the fireworks display over Summit Mountain at midnight.

Treetops Resort Heading to Gaylord? Treetops offers three different parties, four dinner buffets, and tons of winter activities. Start with the Family Party in the Convention Center from 8pm-12:30am. DJ Mike V will be playing dance music for all ages, there’s a photo booth, party favors, even an elf on stilts making the craziest and coolest balloon animals you’ve ever seen. Adult kids can enjoy a cash bar while the kiddos get age-appropriate snacks and drinks.

Tickets: 21+, $20; age 13–20, $15; age 6–12, $10; 5 and under, free.

The Grown-Up Party at the Top of the Hill in Legends funs from 9:30pm to 12:30am with live entertainment by Strait Shooters.

Enjoy party favors, a champagne toast, a bonfire just outside with s’mores & fireworks at a cost of $25 per person. Last, the Hunter’s New Year’s Party is the perfect answer if you’re not a crowd person. After dinner, Hunter’s Grille becomes a private New Year’s Party with solo acoustic act Charlie Reager. This party is exclusive – entry only comes with the Platinum & Diamond Buffets. Enjoy party favors, live music, a Veuve Clicquot toast, bonfire, s’mores & front row seats to the fireworks at midnight. For reservations or more information, go to www.treetops.com.

Caberfae Peaks Looking for some slopeside fun in Cadillac? Enjoy music, dancing and drinks in the Blackmer Lodge at Caberfae from 8 pm to 2am. Best of all, there’s no cover charge, so come on down.

Crystal Mountain There’s something for pretty much everyone here on New Year’s Eve. There’s dinner at the Thistle Pub & Grille ($58 per person) or a buffet at the Wild tomato (adults $32, kids 7-12 $18, 6 and under $11), or the New Year’s Eve Family Fun Party And Buffet in Hudson Bay in the upper level of the Crystal Center. The buffet is open 6-8, family fun including face painting, crafts and games beginning at 7pm, with a live DJ starting at 8pm. Ages 13+, $35 per person; 7–12, $25; 6 and Under, $15. After 9pm, it’s

just $10 per person.

The New Year’s Eve adult party runs 8pm to 1am for $79 per couple. It features live music and tasty treats in Northwest Territories at the Crystal Center. Cocktails and Dancing, 10pm–1am ($15 cover charge for dance party only), with a complimentary champagne toast at midnight, and, yes, fireworks!

Reservations are required for all; call 855998-5359.

Don’t miss the torchlight parade, starting at 11:45pm. Everyone with a valid season pass or lift ticket is welcome to participate. It starts at the top of Cheers at 11:45pm. To carry a torch, you must be 16 years of age and you must sign up at the Snowsports Desk on Dec. 31.

Nub’s Nob Heading north to Harbor Springs? You can ring in the New Year at the bottom of the Green Lift on Monday, December 31, 2018 at 6 p.m. The Nub’s Nob Ski Patrol and the Winter Sports School skiers will make two runs down Smokey with flares in hand creating a beautiful light display. With the sun dipping below the horizon at 7:09, the nighttime starts early, making this a great family event for little ones who might not be able to stay up until midnight. Free of charge and no ticket required.

Boyne Mountain/Boyne Highlands Don’t forget the Boynes! The New Year’s Eve Family Splashtacular at Boyne Mountain in Boyne Falls features special pricing at Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark, plus two slices of pizza and two free refills of pop. Children ages 10 and under must be accompanied by a ticketed adult.

There’s also a family dinner buffet from 5 to 9pm in Matterhorn in the Civic Center and Eriksen’s Dinner Party at 5pm & 8:15pm with a jazz trio from 5 to 1. Kids get their own celebration and pizza party at Helga Haus Children’s Center (adjacent to Civic Center). Crafts, games, pizza dinner, late night movie, and the annual Torchlight Parade and fireworks display. Child care including all activities and pizza dinner is $60 per child.

Reservations recommended; call 231.549.7274 Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs isn’t to be left out, not with its own Torch Light Parade and fireworks display. Plus a bonfire s’mores at the Main Lodge from 6pm9pm, zipline adventure tours 10am & 1pm, Horseback Trail Rides, Pony Rides and Twin Zip Rides – and that’s all before nighttime! It’s offering a New Year’s Eve buffet in the main dining room, with the parade starting at 9:30pm. The Zoo Bar New Year’s Eve Party features the Chris Calleja Band, 9pm–1am and a New Year’s Eve Teen Party is at the Day Lodge from 10pm to 12:30am. Call 888-436-2296 for pricing and reservations.

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By Ross Boissoneau No matter how many times we’ve heard “Deck the Halls” or “Winter Wonderland,” each year sees artists trying to (re)capture the holiday spirit by putting their stamp on songs of the season. The appeal of holiday music crosses all genres, from country to pop, big band to new age. And as long as it doesn’t get too treacly, the more the merrier, right? Right?

Pentatonix Christmas Is Here Perhaps this group is an acquired taste. This is the third(!) Pentatonix Christmas recording, and maybe the group should have stopped at two. Some of the cuts are interesting and engaging in a vacuum, but the end result sounds more like “Hey, look what we can do with our voices!” rather than engaging the music and its spirit. It’s also relentlessly upbeat, so much so that the listener starts to long for a tender ballad for a change of pace.

John Legend A Legendary Christmas “What Christmas Means to Me” kicks off this festive, fun recording with flair. Legend even enlists Stevie Wonder for a cameo on harmonica.

Esperanza Spalding duets with him on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” The recording features both classics and new compositions.

Seems John Legend can do no wrong, as this is a winner for sure.

Martina McBride It’s the Holiday Season Country star McBride plays it straight with a studio production right out of pop’s golden age.

The orchestral stylings, complete with strings and woodwinds, find their way to classics like “Winter Wonderland” and “Home for the Holiday” as well as kids’ favorites like “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and “Rudolph.”

She wisely refrains from treating the latter

as novelties, and though she’s been dubbed a country artist, she’s just as comfortable with grown-up pop. Henry Mancini would approve.

Ingrid Michaelson Songs For The Season Indie-pop singer Ingrid Michaelson mixes her approaches to a program of mostly familiar fare.

Her breathy voice is oddly, perfectly suited to both “Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter” with a ’30s-sounding orchestra and “Mele Kalikimaka” with ukulele and clarinet. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” gets a poignant treatment, and Michaelson’s take on “Auld Lang Syne” alone is worth the price of admission.

The Mavericks Hey! Merry Christmas!

If the holidays are a time to make merry, the Mavericks are the band of choice. Fusing rockabilly, Latin grooves, folk, swing and blues, the Grammy winners up the ante by including eight originals alongside two Yule favorites. The first five songs are winners before “It’s Christmas Without You” falls flat. The title track could be from bands Asleep at the Wheel or Roomful of Blues, proof enough of this band’s versatility.

Eric Clapton Happy Xmas Slowhand fans were ready to pick this up as soon as it was released in mid-October. Clapton’s takes on “Home for the Holidays” and an

original treatment of “Jingle Bells” are first-rate, but much of the rest is just a bit too honky-tonk.

Course, if that’s the Clapton you prefer, then this set of both well-known and little-known holiday tunes may be just what you ordered.

only two new cuts. But you cannot go wrong with “The 12 Days of Christmas” — either their highly original version or the new 2018 remix.

Who else would sing a song of snowy delights with an ode to the rains of Africa?

Brett Eldredge Glow Apparently the trend this holiday season is for the big production, with strings and orchestra, as demonstrated by McBride and Michaelson.

And by country crooner Brett Eldredge, who delivers one of the best traditional Christmas collections of this (or any) year. Especially enjoyable are “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “Christmas Time Is Here,” the latter dripping with nostalgia. Make sure you get the Deluxe package, with 18 songs, as opposed to 11 on the non-deluxe version.

Old 97s Love the Holiday The alt-country band foregoes the traditional route, instead opting for a set of holiday originals. OK, “Auld Lang Syne” makes an appearance, and a quartet of traditional bonus tracks round out the recording, but for the most part, it’s a set of twangy Americana songs that pack a Christmasy crunch.

Lindsay Stirling Warmer in the Winter Violinist and occasional vocalist Lindsay Stirling presents a varied program of big band, orchestral, pop, bluegrass and electronica, sometimes all together. “Carol of the Bells” gets a stipped-down Trans-Siberian approach, with big beats and Stirling’s violin, while “Warmer in the Winter” features Trombone Shorty.

Straight No Chaser Holiday Spirits (10th Anniversary Edition) A capella stars Straight No Chaser’s latest features

Antonn Walker A Soulful Christmas Detroit’s own Antonn Walker gives the holiday season a soulful spin. “Mary Did You Know” and “The Christmas Song” are maybe the best bets here, but the entire recording deserves a listen. Available online only — go to nimbitmusic.com/antonnwalker.

Engelbert Humperdinck Warmest Christmas Wishes About what you’d expect.

Smooth orchestrations and Humperdinck’s similarly silky voice ride to the edge of syrup and schmaltz but seldom go over the line.

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By Molly Korroch Last winter, Scott Cramton and Nathan Ely made headlines by completing Michigan’s first-ever winemaking apprenticeship program through a partnership between Northwest Michigan Works! and St. Ambrose Cellars of Beulah. Cramton and Ely have been crafting beer, wine, and mead for St. Ambrose Cellars for four and five years, respectively. Northern Express tapped their well-schooled taste buds for suggestions on what libations to serve or bring this season.

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MEAD St. Ambrose Cellars began as a honey farm, Sleeping Bear Farms, with only a couple of beehives. Today, with mead as the cellars’ headlining libation, they’re up to 7,000. At its core, mead is merely fermented honey.

At St. Ambrose Cellars, they make both the traditional still mead and an unconventional carbonated draft mead. And let’s just say, when it comes to mead recommendations, the guys are a bit partial.

St. Ambrose Cellars Star Thistle Ambrosia For a classic taste or as an introduction to mead, Cramton and Ely recommend trying St. Ambrose Cellars’ own Star Thistle Ambrosia, made entirely from Michigan’s popular Star Thistle honey. While mead is traditionally a very sweet, somewhat syrupy drink, Star Thistle Ambrosia is on the dryer end of the spectrum — and one that makes a delicious aperitif when served with contrasting sharp, dry cheeses and mellow fruit.

St. Ambrose Cellars Black Madonna Black Madonna is amongst St. Ambrose’s drafted meads. A carbonated mead that’s sweet and tart with a playful touch of sour blackberries, it’s a completely original combination unique to St. Ambrose Cellars, said Ely. St. Ambrose Cellars Wild Ginger A spicier alternative to sparkling wine, Wild Ginger draft mead is bubbly and fruity with a pronounced ginger zing and notes of citrus: “It’s basically like drinking an

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alcoholic ginger [ale],” says Ely. And really, what more could we want in a ginger drink?

WINE If you’re stressing about matching your wine to your dish, don’t. “Sometimes food and wine pairings can be overthought,” says Cramton. “It’s more a personal thing.” Ely agrees: “It’s very subjective.” In fact, one of the most important courses the pair took for their certification was a sensory evaluation class where they learned exactly how subjective perceived scent can be. Cramton and Ely had to go around a room smelling unmarked vials of artificially made scents so that they could develop their noses and learn to recognize certain elements in an effort to learn skills like food pairing.

Of course, you don’t have to go through this amount of trouble to find something you enjoy with a particular meal or dish. Cramton and Ely recommend developing a relationship with the folks at your local wine store. They will get to know your palate over time and be able to select wines specifically for you — and within your preferred price range.

St. Ambrose Cellars’ 2016 Cabernet Franc The pair consider St. Ambrose Cellars’ Cabernet Franc an ideal all-purpose table wine. It boasts a silky texture with cherry, blackberry, and clove notes and a light body that doesn’t distract. “It would be great at Christmas dinner with almost anything you’d be eating,” says Cramton.

Shady Lane 2017 Pinot Gris Shady Lane’s first vintage of Pinot Gris is one of Cramton and Ely’s favorites. With notes of pear, green melon, and chamomile, it’s a very bright wine made with summer in mind, but the pair said it’s particularly delicious in winter when paired with creamy Raclette, from Leelanau Cheese. Another great pairing is smoked Gouda, or fresh goat cheese from Idyll Farms.

Two Lads 2015 Sparkling Rosé Cramton and Ely suggested this dry rosé, which rounds off its sweet strawberry start with a clean and lightly tart lime finish,

The state’s first winemaking apprentices pick the must-have meads, wines, and beers for your holiday table making it a great partner for strong flavors like smoked whitefish, Manchego cheese, or any dish featuring cranberries.

BEER Ely — a self-described resident beer nerd — recommends St. Ambrose’s White Beard’s Delight for the holiday season. A Belgian white beer with lots of winter flavors like orange, coriander, and nutmeg, it’s made with special roasted wheat. Added oat flakes contribute specific proteins that give the beer a very creamy, full texture. However, if you’re going to put this one on your shopping list, then you must go directly to St. Ambrose Cellars to purchase it; it’s not yet available for distribution. If you’re unable to get to Beulah before the holidays, then Ely recommends one of these other local brews — any of which would be delicious with aromatic and spicy food.

Lake Ann Brewing Co. Duncan Idaho IPA This beer from Lake Ann Brewing Co. is, what Ely refers to as a very “drinkable IPA.” It’s made with Idaho 7 and Eldorado hops, which give it hints of stone fruit and grapefruit with a light and spicy finish. 7.3% ABV Filling Station Microbrewery Hopper Car Double New England IPA This one comes from Traverse City’s The Filling Station Microbrewery. This beer is brewed first with Chinook, Citra, and Galaxy hops and then finished with Amarillo hops.

Citra and Galaxy hops give this beer a nose packed with florals, oranges, and lemon. Ely calls it an “exceptionally smooth and round” beer. 9.2% ABV This Stormcloud Brewing Thirty-One Planes Double IPA is part of an ongoing brewing experiment, this iteration is made mostly with Simcoe hops and a “touch of Columbus hops.” Ely calls it a year-round staple that’s surprisingly smooth and wellbalanced between hops and malt. It has a piney taste with hints of black pepper and lemon. 8% ABV

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In October, Minor bought the Alden Bar and Grille, a Torch Lake landmark where locals have long mingled over drinks and dinners. Minor owns a number of businesses across Michigan, including the high successful Clam Lake Beer Co. in Cadillac.

In keeping with that theme, “The AB” will soon be rebranded into the Torch Lake Beer Company, according to Morris, who will serve as general manager.

“There are a lot of changes coming,” said Morris. “A lot of things are up in the air. We’re in the process of meeting with architects.”

Despite its Beer Company name, there won’t be any brewing going on at the site.

It’s possible that an assortment of beers could be brewed at the Cadillac facility and, perhaps, brought to Alden, but that has to be explored.

Owned for more than 16 years by Walt and Dee Owens, “The AB” draws guests from all over the Torch Lake area. The prime location, just across the street from the waterfront, offers many possibilities, according to Morris.

But now Morris and Minor are focused on building a relationship with locals.

They understand that, while visitors are always welcome, it’s local clientele who are the foundation of any successful business.

“We really want to focus on the locals,” Morris explained. “We’re reaching out to build relationships … . We are all about the established community and are committed to being involved in the community.”

“Our motto is employ local, feed local, and build relationships locally with the community,” he continued. “Whether it’s with local clubs, events, benefits or organizations. It’s who we are.”

Some changes are inevitable and they might include changing the interior and relocating the bar area in order to incorporate customer seating that would offer a view of the lake. They’ll also consider new signage and remodeling the exterior, pending input from their architects.

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When Owens and his wife, Dee, bought the bar in 2001, it had a reputation as a comfortable neighborhood tavern where summer visitors and locals mingled over drinks with a light bar menu. They continued that legacy until 2008, when they developed a plan to turn it into more of a family-oriented eatery that also happened to serve alcohol.

Owens used to joke that “The AB,” with 32 employees in the summer, used to be the largest employer in Alden, the little village that hugs the east shore of Torch Lake.

In 2010, the AB underwent a major expansion that more than doubled the size of the place, from 1,300 square feet to 3,300 square feet. The kitchen went from 40 to 800 square feet, and the deck seating tripled from five tables to 15. Before Owens bought the AB, it had been a bar. Before that it was a store and restaurant combined.

“All in all, we’re excited about the opportunity,” said Morris. “We think the Torch Lake Beer Company will be great for Alden.”

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National Weather Service meteorologist Sabrina Jauernic checks on weather data streaming to her computer from a recently launched weather balloon.

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This Winter: Northern Express taps three winter weather experts and a balloon in the sky to find out how much snow the region can expect this winter.

By Todd VanSickle On a cold, snowy December morning at 6 am, National Weather Service meteorologist Sabrina Jauernic puts on her coat and gloves to walk about 200 yards to a building that resembles a small observatory. It houses several hydrogen tanks that are used to fill weather balloons twice a day balloons that collect various data that help meteorologists forecast the weather.

The National Weather Service of Gaylord is one of 92 locations that launch weather balloons daily across the United States. In Michigan, there are only two locations — Gaylord and Detroit.

“In Florida, they wouldn’t be wearing gloves,” she said as she prepared to fill the balloon with hydrogen. Each time she spoke, her warm breath was visible as it came in contact with the crisp morning air.

Attached to the end of the balloon is a device called a radiosonde; it looks similar to a video game controller. It collects data like relative humidity, air pressure, and various wind information.

The balloon will float up 100,000 feet, or about 19 miles, and expand to the size of a two-car garage. Eventually, it will burst, and the radiosonde will fall back to earth tethered to a small parachute. Only a small percentage of the devices are recovered, but long before the

balloon meets its demise, the data is transmitted back to the Gaylord National Weather Service office where Jauernic records it.

“We have a successful flight,” she said, as a computer alerts her with two dings, and data streams in to one of seven computer monitors displaying radar and satellite imaging, and spread sheets and graphs.

Most meteorologists, like Jauernic, agree that northern Michigan will experience a milder winter this season due to a weak El Nino.

“As far as this upcoming season, since we’re going into a weak El Nino, there stands a good chance we’ll be a little warmer and drier than normal, which means we could be a tad bit below normal for snowfall. But remember, a below-normal snowfall for Gaylord could still mean 130 inches of snow, since normal is about 140,” Jauernic said. “That is quite a bit. There are only a few other locations in the entire U.S. that get more than we do for the winter season.”

As of Dec. 10, Gaylord had received 26.6 inches of snow.

Predicting the weather is most accurate two to three days out, especially for the northern Michigan region, which has a lot of factors to take into consideration.

“The accuracy will begin to decrease [more than a few days out],” Jauernic said.

“There is more noise. There are potentially more things that can go wrong.”

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One of the most difficult challenges of forecasting weather in northern Michigan is lake effect snow. The first thing you need for lake effect snow is a relatively warm lake surface. The cold air picks up moisture in the form of water vapor and rises high enough to condense the moisture into little liquid droplets that eventually fall back to earth as snow.

“Relatively warm doesn’t mean you can go swimming in it and it feels like a bath tub,” Jauernic said. “Warm could mean upper 40s.

It’s warm relative to the air crossing over it. … The bigger the temperature difference, the more snow.”

As of late November, the lake temperatures were in the 40s. As long as the lakes remain unfrozen and open, there is a chance of lake effect snow.

7&4 News meteorologist Joe Charlevoix said the struggle is real when it comes to predicting the weather for northern Michigan, especially long-term forecasts.

“We cover the largest area east of the Mississippi of any television station, from a geographical standpoint,” Charlevoix said.

“I have 26 counties to forecast for. It is a very diverse area to forecast, because you have Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior all in play. And I have three minutes to tell all of the weather. It can be a bit of a challenge.”

Nevertheless, he said that the early snow

and cold the northwest lower region received so far is contrary to what he’s predicting for the duration of the winter. “It has been very unseasonably cold and very cloudy.”

As of December, Traverse City was running a bit below normal for snowfall.

The official snowfall total is measured near Munson Medical Center. As of Dec. 10, the snowfall was at 11.2 inches.

Other places, like Sault St. Marie and Petoskey, are well above average. Petoskey has received 28.2 inches of snow this year, while Sault St. Marie is already at 39.1 inches.

“The Grand Traverse area, Gaylord, and south are running below normal, and I expect that trend to continue into winter,” Charlevoix said.

Though technology has improved for predicting the weather, Charlevoix said some still relay on other methods.

“My grandma put a lot of stock into [the Farmer’s Almanac]. She would read me what it would do that week,” Charlevoix said. “I don’t put a lot of stock into it myself. I am not saying it is completely wrong or a joke — I am not saying that. They have their way of doing it. … It is pretty generic.”

Charlevoix doesn’t worry too much about being 100 percent accurate when predicting the weather — Michiganders have come to expect the unexpected when it comes to the weather — but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t

hear it when he’s wrong.

“For northern Michigan, most people are kind and understanding,” Charlevoix said.

“People will write in, but it is not very often.

You would think it would be more often.

There is hate mail. I have a folder of viewer emails over the years, most are positive others are not. Sometimes we deserve it.”

Charlevoix said it might be easier to determine who will become the next meteorologist rather than how much snow northern Michigan will get this year. He knew from an early age that he was going to be a weatherman, and he is not alone.

“I was drawing weather maps in kindergarten for show and tell,” Charlevoix said. “I just had a fascination with the weather from a very young age. I remember getting caught in a pretty bad thunderstorm with my mother, and I remember that vividly. So, it was just what I wanted to do.”

For Jauernic, she remembers sitting on the porch in Missouri with her grandfather watching thunderstorms as a way to overcome her fear of the booming sound of thunder.

“It is crazy,” Charlevoix said. “The people who stick with this job, almost every single one, it is something they got when they were very young.”

Scott Dickson has worked for the National Weather Service for 15 years. He knew he wanted to be a weatherman from a very young age, after tornado sirens started wailing and his mother told him to get in the tub with a mattress over him in southern Illinois. Instead he snuck outside and sat on a parked car’s hood and watched the tornado.

“I [saw] a wedge. It was amazing,” Dickson said. “At that point I said, I got to know how that happens.”

All three meteorologists agreed that their love for the weather started with thunderstorms or tornadoes, but forecasting snow in northern Michigan has grown on them.

Despite his last name, Charlevoix actually grew up in the Upper Pennisula, in the town of Norway, on the Wisconsin border. He has lived in places in the U.P. that have seen more than 300 inches of snow a year.

“I swear to the good lord it is my last name. My dad is the sheriff in Dickinson county, and the prisoners there call it the

Charlevoix Chateau,” he said. “My name was never an issue until I moved into lower Michigan, where Charlevoix is a town and a lake. Everyone thinks it is a stage name.

The truth is that it is my last name, and I am proud of that. If I lived in Nebraska, nobody would care.”

He recalls his grandpa, who was a snow plow driver, telling stories about the legendary winter of 1978.

“There was a lot of snow — he said cars were buried,” Charlevoix said.

But don’t expect to see anything this

season like that winter, he added.

“You can always be surprised, but I really don’t think so,” he said. “Even though we are a little cold and have had a little snow. We are certainly going to get snow and have storms, but I still think, when you add things up at the end of the year, we are going to come in above normal temperature and — by a fairly wide margin — come in below normal snowfall. I do believe we are going to have a much dryer than normal winter in regard to snowfall.”

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Coming to a Chimney Near You Bellaire resident grows the beard, dons the suit, tells the stories

By Ross Boissoneau Jeffery Schatzer isn’t Santa Claus. At least, for most of the year he isn’t. He’s a cleanshaven writer who now makes Bellaire his home after working in Indianapolis and Midland. But as the days shorten, the beard starts to grow, and by the time December rolls around, Schatzer is in full ho-ho-ho mode.

The whole thing started with a joke.

A friend called him in 1996 and said they should go to Santa school together. Schatzer agreed, thinking the experience would be good for a few laughs. At the time, he was living in Indianapolis, so he headed north to Midland, where the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School had moved 20 years before, after decades in Albion, New York.

The school details the history of Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus, proper dress and use of makeup (including professional wig and beard applications), tips for radio and television interviews, plus singing, voice, and presentation skills, including Santa Sign Language. But Schatzer said the best part was meeting and interacting with other Santas.

“The school is secondary. It’s primarily for interacting with others who do this.

When I went to Santa school, I got a lot of good stories,” he said.

Schatzer was only 47 when he first went to Santa school, so yes, that beard application did come in handy. Since then, he’s grown into the role. “The older you get and practice, you become really wily,” he said with a chuckle. Plus: “I look how I look.”

The Santa school was fun, but it was a Santa job at the Indianapolis School for the Blind that brought home for Schatzer the importance of what he was doing and who he was portraying. “You steer away from gifts. You paint a picture of the Christmas party. It changed my life,” he said.

“It’s like with senior citizens. I tell seniors how they made Christmas so nice, and they light up like a Christmas tree.”

Of course, playing the jolly old elf with children comes with its own challenges.

“How you deal with a child who tells you something, maybe abuse, or has lost a pet or family member or ‘My dad told me Santa isn’t coming this year.’ It’s not all gloom and doom, but you have to prepare your mind.”

As an example, he said that for a child with health challenges, he might say, ‘“I can’t fix your body, but I can love you.’ What I get to

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On the other hand, Schatzer said he sometimes gets children who try to outfox Santa by asking for a million dollars. That’s where the wily comes in. First he asks the child if he could have half, to which the child almost always readily agrees. Then he bargains him down from there: $100,000, then $50,000, all the way down to $100. Then Schatzer gives the child $100 — in play money.

When he is at events where there are lines of children waiting to see Santa, Schatzer said he’s so focused on the child he’s with that he’s not scoping out those down the line.

So he was surprised one time when suddenly in front of his was an adult caregiver accompanying two adults with learning disabilities. He was introduced to Joey and Amy and immediately called Joey by his first name. Joey was stunned Santa knew him by name. “Are you kidding? Everybody knows Joey,” said Santa Schatzer. That broke the ice, and the words came tumbling out.

Schatzer also has an ace in the hole. A speechwriter by trade, Schatzer said that skill played perfectly into his Santa role.

“When I started doing this in the ’90s, I wanted to have something folks could have

and be reminded of the visit.”

That led to him writing his first Santa book, “The Bird in Santa’s Beard.” It’s the story of a lost sparrow who warms himself in Santa’s fluffy beard. But things get complicated when Santa discovers eggs in his beard, meaning he can’t go visit with the kids. That’s when he enlists some helpers, solving the mystery of how and why there are so many Santas.

He followed that up with “The Elves in Santa’s Workshop” and “The Bump on Santa’s Noggin,” and — for grownups or those on their way there — “Santa Christmas Journal ~ Making a List, Checking It Twice.”

Schatzer has also written a history series, “Professor Tuesday’s Awesome Adventures in History” and other books, as well as scholastic exercises designed to reading assessments.

And this is one Santa who makes sure to keep up with the latest technological advancements, whether that’s a video of Santa in his workshop or wallpaper of Santa’s sleigh against the full moon — with reindeer photobombing it — and a link to a reindeer cam. He’s even got a naughty or nice app on his phone. Because, after all, he is the real Santa.

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Winter Weekend Getaways

Old Man Winter has always been a friend to northern Michigan, and this year, he started the party early. Instead of letting those extra winter days stretch dreadfully before you while you pout beneath an electric blanket, get out there and embrace them. Our beautiful neck of the woods is full of extrordinary nooks and crannies just waiting to be discovered.

Here, eight Up North escapes to warm up the long winter ahead:

a snowmobile rental shop. After you’ve experienced the great outdoors, enjoy the year-round heated indoor pool and hot tub, or take a drive to the nearby towns of Petoskey or Harbor Springs for dining, shopping, and outstanding eats.

End your day by stargazing at the outdoor fire pit. Bonus: Crooked River Lodge is offering holiday packages and will have ski packages available after the first of the year. Get room availability and info on their website, www.staffords.com/ crooked-river-lodge

Crooked River Lodge Situated smack dab between Petoskey and Harbor Springs sits Stafford’s Crooked River Lodge and Suites. This northern Michigan gem has it going on. Walk into the warm and cozy lobby, adorned with knotty pine and stunning stonework, and feel yourself slip into vacay mode.

The lodge is equipped with snowshoes for guests to use and offers a walking trail lit seasonally with twinkle lights for added ambiance. If you are more of the fast and furious type, never fear, the lodge is located next to snowmobile trails and

Neahtawanta Inn Look toward the wintery skies on Old Mission Peninsula, and you might be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of one of the snowy owls or bald eagles that OMP neighbors often spot on quiet evenings. Neahtawanta Inn, nestled in the woods and just a stone’s skip from the water, is the perfect perch to watch for these winged wonders — or to feather your own nest. Located near Bowers Harbor, this nature-centered bed and breakfast offers yoga and meditation classes, vegetarian (primarily organic) meals, gorgeous views of Grand Traverse Bay and access to all that

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is Old Mission Peninsula. Enjoy the inn’s impressive library and fireplace, nap and relax, or get out there and hit the wine trail for a few hours. Ice skate at Bowers Harbor, hike the trails at Old Mission Lighthouse Park, or grab a bite to eat at one of the Peninsula’s many delectable restaurants.

The peaceful vibe of the inn will still be there for you when you return. Off-season rates and small-group hosting are available. www.neahtawantainn.com

Edgewater Inn Nestled right on Round Lake in the charming town of Charlevoix is Edgewater Inn. Take advantage of a quieter season and affordable winter rates with the whole family.

The kids can cannonball into the indoor heated pool while you relax in the hot tub or take a sauna. Enjoy cocktails and dinner at the French Quarter New Orleans Bistro, conveniently located on site. This delish and family friendly restaurant offers views of the beautiful Round Lake, as well as Charlevoix’s infamous drawbridge. For those that want to embrace the great outdoors, you are just minutes from Mt. McSauba Recreation Area, home to skiing, ice skating and sledding

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Bells Will Be Ringing

Meet some angels behind the Salvation Army bells

By Al Parker From its humble beginnings in 1891 in San Francisco, the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign has grown into one of the most recognizable charitable efforts in the nation.

Last year it raised $144.5 million that went to support an array of community programs.

And it wouldn’t be possible without the 25,000 bell ringers who are dedicated to raising funds that stay in their community.

The Northern Express talked to members of this bundled-up bucket brigade who volunteer their time — sometimes an hour, sometimes several hours — to lend a helping hand to their northern Michigan neighbors.

‘I GET A LOT OF REPEAT CUSTOMERS’ Sixty years ago, a five-year-old shared a Salvation Army bell ringing assignment with his Grandpa, who taught the lad how to keep his feet a bit warmer by stuffing corrugated cardboard inside his boots.

That memory never faded for the boy, Tom Mountz, now marking his 25th holiday season as a bell ringer at his regular duty post outside Horizon Books in Traverse City.

He’s there most every Thursday from 4pm to 6pm and enjoys seeing the same friendly faces each year.

“I get a lot of repeat customers,” said Mountz, who retired in April after a career with the National Park Service. “It’s something I look forward to every year and it’s really a love-fest at times. I can count on seeing the same folks every year.”

Mountz makes the weekly drive to Traverse City from his home about five miles south of Empire. Over the years he’s seen quite a few generous gifts, but one incident stands out when Mountz actually discouraged a visitor from donating.

“I saw this guy come out of the U&I [Lounge], and he was staggering,” said Mountz. “He came down to Horizon, opened his wallet and took out $20 and put it in the bucket. Then he put in another $20, then another. Finally I realized he was going to put his whole paycheck into the bucket, and I just had to cut him off. I was worried about the poor guy’s family.”

Many donors share with Mountz that they

once needed help from the Salvation Army and now they are glad to share their good fortune with those who need some support.

“People, especially young people, are pretty generous,” he said. “Even if they don’t have a lot, they’re willing to share.”

‘THE COLD GETS A LITTLE NASTY AT TIMES’ Once the Salvation Army bell ringing campaign begins, it’s pretty easy to find Tim Kubek.

Six days a week, from 10am to 6pm, Kubek can be located at his sometimeschilly duty post outside the Oleson’s market in Petoskey. No matter the weather, the 65-year-old Alanson man is there greeting shoppers and sharing good cheer.

“The cold gets a little nasty at times,” he said with a laugh. “But that’s OK — I just keep warm by talking with people and keep moving around.”

Kubek, a cousin of former New York Yankees shortstop and baseball broadcaster Tony Kubek, has been a bell ringer for five years. “I volunteered one year and it just grew on me,” he said.

So has Kubek ever received anything unusual in his bucket?

“No, a $100 bill here or there, but nothing too amazing,” he said. “Of course, Saturday and Sunday are our busy days. And we always have our regulars who stop by to say hello and make a donation. It’s always great to see them.”

Kubek is one of the Salvation Army volunteers who serve Antrim, Emmet, and Charlevoix counties. Their goal is to raise $100,000 this holiday season, according to Development Director Amy Evans. “The need is quite steep this year,” she said. “The money stays local, it goes right back into the community.

“IT’S VERY SATISFYING.” For a town the size of Elk Rapids, savvy ringers know that the prime location is the local grocery.

“The Village Market is a must-do on weekends,” explained Tom Stephenson, who’s in his fourth winter as a bell ringer.

“We’re always at the Village Market. Rick

Young, the owner, is a big supporter.”

Stephenson is not only a volunteer, but he helps organize other Rotary Club members who serve as ringers. And there are more than a dozen Elk Rapids High School students, members of the Rotary’s Interact Club, who volunteer as ringers. In fact, over the Thanksgiving weekend the teens raised more than $800 for the Salvation Army.

“They did a great job,” said Stephenson.

Sometimes the wintry winds come howling off of Lake Michigan, making for some frigid ringing during the two-hour shifts. So does Stephenson have any tips on how to battle the cold?

“I’m a deer hunter, so I have all the gear I need,” he said. “But it starts with keeping your feet warm with good boots. We work in two-person teams, so when it’s really bitter cold, one can take a break, get a cup of coffee or some hot soup.”

Another type of warmth comes from the generosity of the Elk Rapids donors, some of whom have been known to tuck a $100 bill in the kettle.

“It’s very satisfying,” said Stephenson.

“The Salvation Army does a great job here.

A lot of people tell us they’re grateful for what we’re doing. Elk Rapids is a very giving community.”

‘A GOOD WAY TO HELP PEOPLE’ Gaylord’s Don Storing is a self-described “semi-pro bell ringer.”

He’s been a volunteer in the bell and bucket brigade for about 15 years, after his wife Mardee got him involved in the Salvation Army effort. She had been a bell ringer and eventually he took up the activity too.

“It’s a good way to help people in the community,” said the 68-year-old who graduated from Gaylord High and Michigan State University before doing a four-year stint in the U.S. Air Force. He worked in the communications industry in the Detroit area, eventually launching his own business, which he sold in the late 1990s. He and Mardee moved back to Gaylord in 1997.

He’s been stationed outside the WalMart, Walgreens and other locations, but his favorite bell ringing site is at the Family Fare

Market on Gaylord’s Main Street. It’s a former Glen’s Market and Storing worked there as a teen, so there’s a sentimental attachment.

And there’s another nice feature.

“I prefer to ring at Family Fare because you can stand inside,” said Storing, who suffers from Renaud’s Disease, a vascular condition that makes his hands and extremities very sensitive to cold weather.

It’s not an ideal condition for a bell ringer, but Storing shrugs it off and dresses in layers.

“Even at Family Fare, that wind can come blasting in,” he said. “But I wear long sleeve t-shirt, a sweatshirt and a leather coat.”

So why would someone sensitive to low temperatures leave his warm home to spend hours out in the cold?

“Mardee and I have been so fortunate in our lives,” he explained. “When you look at the big picture, it’s our way of giving back.

I feel that those of us who have been lucky, kind of owe it to the community.”

Storing wants donors to know that gifts of any size are welcome in his bucket.

“They shouldn’t feel that they have to give $5, $10 or $20,” he said. “For a $1 that bell ringer is just as grateful, even if they just put change in there.”

Ringers, he said, go through slumps too and it’s a little depressing.

“I rang four times last year. At one of them for an hour not a single person stopped,” he said. “There are times like that.

But then the next five people might come up and put $5 in. And it gets to you.”

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE KETTLE AND THE CASH? The kettle is securely locked onto the stand, and only Salvation Army staff may remove it. When a new ringer arrives, they are given the bell. If no one comes to replace a ringer or collect the equipment at the end of the day, ringers simply place the bell next to the kettle, and leave. Volunteers are not responsible for standing guard over the kettle once their shift is finished.

New this year, you can ask Amazon Alexa to donate by saying, “Alexa donate to the Salvation Army” and then specifying the amount. You can also donate any amount by texting KETTLES to 91999.

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ARE THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS PURPOSELY TURNING SLOW?

Short-term rental group says Traverse City is dragging its heels; city says it’s simply due diligence

By Craig Manning For more than two years, city officials in Traverse City have been debating whether to make changes to a 25-year-old ordinance that regulates home rentals. As written, the ordinance substantially restricts the ability of city homeowners to rent out their properties on a short-term basis. Since January, an informal lobby group called Responsible Home Sharing – Traverse City has been leading the charge in the fight against these city regulations. However, group leader Dave Durbin says that he and his fellow homeowners have little to show for their efforts thus far.

“We don’t know where this issue stands right now,” Durbin said. “I’m not sure anybody does.”

As platforms like Airbnb and VRBO have become prominent across the country and around the world, Traverse City’s ordinance has largely halted their adoption locally.

The Responsible Home Sharing group wants to eliminate the city’s two-pronged approach to regulating short-term rentals. One prong is vacation homes, defined as situations where guests are renting out entire homes, apartment units, condos, or townhouses. The other category is tourist homes, which are similar to bed and breakfasts: The homeowner can offer individual rooms for rent, but not their entire house or property. Within Traverse City’s city limits, vacation rentals are illegal, while tourist homes are heavily restricted.

The city currently requires licenses for all tourist homes and allows only one tourist home to operate in a 1,000-foot radius. This rule limits the number of tourist homes within the City of Traverse City to about 20. The city ordinance also requires all tourist home stays to be “hosted,” which means the homeowner must be present to host the guests. “Unhosted stays,” or situations in which an owner vacates and rents out part or all of his home, are expressly prohibited within the city limits.

According to Durbin, debates over these policies have raged in local government since at least November 2016. With no sign of resolution or forward momentum.

“I started out by talking with the City Commission,” Durbin said. “They told me I had to go to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission formed an ad hoc committee to explore the issue. Then it went back to the full Planning Commission. They made their proposal and sent it to the City Commission. The City Commission decided to form an ad hoc committee, too. And now the ad hoc has sent it back to the full City Commission, for clarification on unhosted stays.”

Durbin had hoped progress was close in the late summer. The City Commission had found issues with the Planning Commission’s proposal, which would have added numerous difficult-to-enforce complications into the mix. For instance, the Planning Commission wanted to limit the number of nights per year that homeowners could rent, as well as the number of guests allowed in each home. To explore simpler options, the City Commission formed an ad hoc committee of City Commissioners Howard, Brian McGillivary, and Richard Lewis. However, now that the ad hoc committee has sent the matter back to the City Commission, Durbin is no longer optimistic about the next steps.

“It’s curious what forces are at work here says Durbin. But when you get this far into something like this, when it’s taken this long, you have to start asking, ‘What is really going on here?’ I think the public and our group deserve some answers at this point.”

McGillivary says that much of the confusion is due to the fact that no part of Traverse City’s current ordinance references vacation homes or un-hosted stays. As a result, the commissions have focused on getting an updated tourist home proposal down on paper; legalizing vacation homes requires a more complicated process, including “a separate amendment that was never part of

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the original tourist home ordinance” and a zoning change. McGillivary says that the City Commission cannot adopt a zoning change without sending the matter back to the Planning Commission for a public hearing.

“At the last meeting, my understanding was that the [City Commission] ad hoc will draft a memo to the City Commission and report out on the tourist home ordinance, which involves hosted stays,” McGillivary said. ‘The memo will also address whether or not the City Commission wants to make a request to the Planning Commission to review and hold a public hearing on an amendment to allow unhosted stays.”

A public hearing would likely highlight the arguments of both Durbin’s group and the critics of vacation homes and unhosted stays.

One outspoken opponent is Cyndi Ruzak, who owns and operates the Gray Hare Inn Vineyard Bed and Breakfast on Old Mission Peninsula. Since Ruzak lives and works on the Peninsula, she wouldn’t be directly affected by any changes commissioners make to the City of Traverse City ordinance. However, a similar debate is playing out on Old Mission, and she says the proliferation of short-term home rentals on the Peninsula has negatively impacted her business.

Ruzak expects that, eventually, Durbin and his group will win their battle with the local government. She cites the challenges of monitoring local rentals and enforcing restrictions, noting that the Peninsula has become a hotbed for Airbnb rentals despite the fact that those rentals are not technically permitted by township ordinance. She believes homeowners should be allowed to rent out their homes, with one notable caveat: They need to play by the same rules as local hotels and B&Bs. “The problem here is you have a bunch of people that are having to play by different rules,” Ruzak said. “There are mechanisms already in place at the government level to do most of what people want to do. But a lot

of the people that want to do these Airbnb rentals don’t want to go through what is a relatively simple process of going to the township, applying for a special land use permit, and paying $500 to create a legitimate bed and breakfast business. They just want to do whatever they want to do.”

To establish a legal B&B, Ruzak says that she and her husband not only needed to obtain an SUP, but also had to give up a portion of their Principal Residence Exemption, resulting in higher property taxes.

Ruzak believes that, for the sake of fairness, homeowners wishing to rent out their houses via Airbnb or VRBO should face similar sacrifices. She also wants people like Durbin to pay fees to support organizations like Pure Michigan and Traverse City Tourism.

“B&Bs and hotels, we are the ones that have spent a lot of money over the years promoting the area,” she said. “Pure Michigan and Traverse City Tourism have had to spend a lot of money to get people here, and we’ve paid fees to support their marketing efforts. Now there are people who are saying, ‘Hey, I want to make money on this.’ And they haven’t paid their dues.”

Durbin says that he has floated the idea of homeowners paying fees to Traverse City Tourism in exchange for the right to operate tourist or vacation homes. Most of the members of his group are amenable to the idea. However, Durbin says there is not currently a structure in place that would even permit homeowners to become part of the Traverse City Tourism network.

“We would contribute, but we’re not allowed to,” Durbin said. “TC Tourism has certain parameters you must meet to be included. I think it’s 10 bedrooms you have to have. So there’s no way for us to do it. It’s also worth noting that we already pay a lot of taxes on our primary residences, and that we are paying fees to Airbnb and VRBO, and they are marketing our homes and our area, too.”

Reborn Café Thriving — Inside car Dealership

Cheboygan’s Libby’s Café in Overdrive

By Ross Boissoneau If the food and service are good, restaurants can thrive in most any location.

But in an auto dealership? Well, yes. At Fernelius Toyota and Chrysler in Cheboygan, that’s exactly where you’ll find Libby’s Café.

Owner Dave Fernelius came up with the novel idea, but that doesn’t mean it was easy pull off. When he decided to update his dealership several years ago, he and his wife, Alice, traveled to across the state and nation, looking for innovations that would help set the Cheboygan operation apart from the competition. Among the ideas was opening a small restaurant for customers and staff. “We serve a large region,” said Fernelius. If customers needed to have their car serviced and would be on-site for a couple hours, he thought a restaurant would give them someplace to grab a bite while they waited.

Fernelius had just the person in mind: Libby Davis, the proprietor of Cheboygan’s Libby’s Café. But when he approached her about opening a restaurant there, he was rebuffed. Davis had tired of running her own restaurant and being in charge of all the myriad details that go along with owning a business. She enjoyed the creativity of baking and cooking and the relationships with her staff and customers, but she wanted out. So she shut down her restaurant and went to work at Pier M33 on the Cheboygan, a restaurant with docking on the Cheboygan River, where she could leave at the end of her shift without any worries. “I needed to find a job where I could punch in and punch out,” said Davis.

So Fernelius went ahead with his plan, but without Davis. “We built a café in the middle [of the dealership], but we didn’t have the right fit.”

While Davis enjoyed working at her new job, she remembered Fernelius’s idea. And Fernelius remembered her. “When they

heard I left the Pier, they said, ‘We waited.

Now make it happen.’”

Thus, Libby’s Café at Fernelius. “It turned out to be the craziest, best idea,” said Davis.

How crazy? The restaurant is open even when the dealership is not, for Sunday brunch. How best? “It’s packed every day,” said Davis.

The restaurant isn’t the only innovation at Fernelius. The dealership also boasts a large, two-sided gas fireplace, a large flat-screen TV, and even a workout room, complete with locker rooms. But the restaurant really sets it apart.

The menu includes a complete selection of breakfast items, from oatmeal to eggs, pancakes, French toast and waffles. A crowd favorite: Libby’s salmon avocado toast, with dill, capers, cream cheese, and huge chunks of salmon and avocado. A variety of quiches, omelettes, and acai bowls. Lunch means a host of sandwiches, paninis, even Libby’s street tacos (taco-seasoned chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, cheddar and avocado on a warm softshell, served with black bean salsa, sour cream, and corn chips). Ever-changing but always hearty soups — from a mug-full to a soup-sampler flight and a selection of salads rounds things out.

But wait, as the commercials say, there’s more. Libby’s is renowned for its pies, which typically fly out the door.

The success is due to several factors, from the food to the captive audience, its reputation, even the novelty. But Davis said the key is the quality of her staff. “It’s my help. You can teach people to make soup, but you can’t teach how to be kind and polite.”

While it might seem an opportune place for the sales staff to do business, Fernelius declared café customers off-limits. “Mr. Fernelius made it clear to the salespeople that no deals [are done] there. If you do a deal in the café, you get written up,” said Davis.

That doesn’t mean it’s not a useful tool

for getting people in the door. Or as a perk for someone getting service or buying a car.

Of course, you don’t have to be getting a car serviced to take advantage of the café’s comestibles. Davis said there are several regulars who stop in daily, for a cup of coffee and a slice of pie, or for lunch. In fact, Davis said there’s often a line for lunch. Not bad for a place with a capacity of 70. In an auto dealership.

Clockwise from top left: One day, many quiche choices: Lorraine, pizza, BLT, and for good measure, an artichoke, spinach, salmon, dill, capers, scallion and cream cheese quiche. Alice Fernelius and Libby Davis (on right). Libby’s sweet potato chili (shown here), famous chicken pot pie soup, and bean and kielbasa soups are favorites among the lunch crowd.

Libby’s new chicken and waffle sandwich is crispy fried chicken breast, Havarti cheese, candied bacon, and maple vinaigrette on two buttermilk waffles.

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7. Rebecca Whitehead Machiela and Gabe Marzonie looking … good? At the Jolly Pumpkin Ugly Sweater Party in TC. 8. Traverse City Mayor Jim Carruthers joins Ruth Blick of Salvation Army, Grand Traverse County Commissioner Carol Crawford, Tom’s Markets’ Jane Deering-Zimmerman, and Mary Vollink, Susie Afton, Tom Mountz, and Jeff Russell during the Red Kettle Campaign Kickoff in TC.

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FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: Interlochen Public Library. Gift quality, good as new books. tadl.org/ interlochen

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BREAKFAST WITH SANTA: 9am, GT Resort & Spa, Governors’ Hall, Acme. Featuring a family-friendly buffet; Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick, who will be on hand for photos & to visit with children; face painting, balloon artists, DJ music, a caricaturist, Christmas cookie design station & more. $0-25.50/ person. grandtraverseresort.com/breakfastwithsanta

---------------------HOLIDAY ARTS & CRAFTS BOUTIQUE: Up North Arts, Cadillac. upnorthartsinc.com OH CHRISTMAS TREE!: 9am-noon, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Craft a tree from vintage book pages. RSVP. Free. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

NITE OWL SHUTTLE

---------------------25 CENT MOVIES: 10am, The Lyric, Harbor Springs. Today features “Home Alone.” lyricharborsprings.org

---------------------COOKIE WALK & CRAFT FAIR: 10am-4pm, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Interlochen.

Cookies will be $7/lb. Lunch will consist of 8 soups, bread & cookie choice. Beverages are free. The Craft Fair includes 16-20 crafters & a silent auction of crafter donated items. Proceeds donated to local community & international projects. Free.

---------------------MAKE A GIFT SERIES: FELTED WOOL COOKIE CUTTER ORNAMENT: 10am-noon, Interlochen Public Library. For adults. Register: 231-276-6767. Free. tadl.org/interlochen

---------------------SLIFCO ELECTRIC CHRISTKINDLMARKT IN VILLAGE AT BAY HARBOR: 10am-7pm.

On Dec. 15-16 The Village at Bay Harbor will be transformed into a village of Christmas lights, shops, drink & song that creates the ambiance of olde world Germany, modeled after traditional holiday markets sprinkled across Europe. Includes the Santa Fun Run at 10am on Sat., Dec. 15: 3K for adults & 1K for kids. bayharbor.com

---------------------WREATH MAKING & HIKE: 10am-noon, Round Lake Nature Preserve, Harbor Springs.

Featuring local artist & florist Katie Brines & Little Traverse Conservancy staff. Pre-register: 231-347-0991. Free. landtrust.org

---------------------AUTHORS SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. 11am-1pm: David Stendel will sign his book “Just Call Me Spaz.” 1-3pm: Beverly J. Porter & Jan Bower will sign their book “One Amazing Night.” 3-5pm: Heather Shumaker will sign her book “Saving Arcadia.” 5-7pm: Wendy Webb will sign her book “Daughters of the Lake.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------SHOP, DROP & JINGLE: 11am-5pm, Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. Includes on-site artists, the Elk Rapids High School choir, poetry readings & sales. Free.

---------------------CHARLEVOIX ELKS HOOP SHOOT: 12:30pm, Charlevoix Elementary School. A free throw contest for boys & girls youth ages 8-13. Free.

---------------------“THE NUTCRACKER BALLET”: 2pm & 7pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Presented by Company Dance Traverse & Dance Arts Academy.

Featuring guest artists Sarah Wolff & Francis Lawrence. $20-$29. danceartstraverse.com/ the-nutcracker.html

---------------------FROST: A WINTER SHOW OF DANCE: 2pm & 7pm, TC Central High School Auditorium.

Presented by Design Dance Company. $15, $20. designdancestudio.com

Ski with Santa on Christmas! From 9am-4:30pm on Tues., Dec. 25 you can hit the slopes of Schuss Mountain at Shanty Creek Resorts, Bellaire for FREE! Please bring donations of non-perishable food items, gently-used winter clothing and/or household items to benefit local food pantries. shantycreek.com

“THE NUTCRACKER”: 3pm & 7pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor.

Celebrate the holiday season with the ballet dancers of CTAC’s School of Ballet. Matinee: $25 adults, $5 students, $50 reserved. Evening: $25 adults, $10 students, $50 reserved. crookedtree.org

---------------------WINTER SOUNDS: 5pm, Michigan Legacy Art Park, forest amphitheater, Thompsonville. An outdoor holiday concert featuring Benzie Central High School Chamber Choir. Also enjoy a short winter hike, bonfire, & hot cocoa. Bring blankets or camp chairs to sit on. Suggested $10 donation. michlegacyartpark.org/events/ winter-songs

---------------------A CHRISTMAS KEEPSAKE: 6pm, E-Free Church, Gaylord. Enjoy holiday humor, seasonal stories & memories. Free.

---------------------SANTA VISITS THE ROCK: 6pm, The Rock of Kingsley. Includes a photo op with Santa for a suggested $5 donation. Christmas treats, crafts for kids & gift basket silent auction. facebook.com/pg/therockofkingsleyMI/events

---------------------“A WOMAN CALLED TRUTH”: 7pm, OTP Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. Presented by the OTP Young Company. The story of Sojourner Truth, who escaped slavery to become a popular & respected advocate for abolition & women’s rights. $15 adults, $8 under 18 (plus fees). oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------TSO’S HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Guest conductor Lonnie Klein returns to the podium, joined by NMC Children’s Choir & Grand Traverse Chorale. Tickets start at $28.

Students and First-time attendees eligible for a 50% discount. traversesymphony.org/concert/ home-for-the-holidays

---------------------“THE LION IN WINTER”: 8pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. A modern-day classic about sibling rivalry, adultery & dungeons. $15 adults; $12 students (18 & under). ltct.org HELL ON HEELS - CHRISTMAS SPECTACU-

LAR: 8-10pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. A lip syncing, dancing, & singing show with drag queens. Featuring host MercedesBenz-Over with stars Kelly Ann Jefferies & Vajojo Visage. $10 advance; $15 night of. mynorthtickets.com

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26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: Carnegie Library, TC. Presented by the Northern Michigan Railroad Club with proceeds benefitting the Great Lakes Children’s Museum.

Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., 12-4pm. $5/person; $30/family, festival pass.

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---------------------MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING: CARPENTERS’ CHRISTMAS: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. Starring Michelle Berting Brett. Enjoy holiday songs & classic Carpenters’ hits. $15, $25, $30. lrcr.com

---------------------SISTER’S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. From the author of Late Nite Catechism, it’s “CSI: Bethlehem.”

Retelling the story of the nativity, as only Sister can, this is a hilarious holiday production. Tickets: $37.50, $25. cityoperahouse.org/sisterschristmas-catechism

---------------------TENNESSEE CRYSTAL CHRISTMAS: 8pm, Leelanau Sands Casino Showroom, Peshawbestown. Country stars Crystal Gayle & Lee Greenwood will sing holiday favorites. Tickets: $65, $50, $40. startickets.com

dec 16

sunday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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---------------------BREAKFAST WITH SANTA: 10am-noon, Great Wolf Lodge, TC. Enjoy a breakfast buffet with Santa & his reindeer & the Great Wolf Lodge characters. $26 adults, $19 ages 11-15, $13 ages 4-10 & free for 3 & under. Reserve your spot: 231-534-9047.

Details at BENZIEBUS.COM

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SLIFCO ELECTRIC CHRISTKINDLMARKT IN VILLAGE AT BAY HARBOR: 11am-3pm.

(See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------FREE CHRISTMAS BUFFET: The Blue Pelican Inn, Central Lake. Held at 11:30am, 1pm & 2:30pm. Donations to the Central Lake Community Food Pantry appreciated. Reserve your spot: 231-544-2583.

---------------------AUTHOR SIGNING: Horizon Books, TC. 126pm: Karl Manke will sign his book “Harsen’s Island Revenge.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------“THE NUTCRACKER BALLET”: 1pm & 5:30pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Presented by Company Dance Traverse & Dance Arts Academy.

Featuring guest artists Sarah Wolff & Francis Lawrence. $20-$29. danceartstraverse.com/ the-nutcracker.html

---------------------“A WOMAN CALLED TRUTH”: 2pm, OTP Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. Presented by the OTP Young Company. The story of Sojourner Truth, who escaped slavery to become a popular & respected advocate for abolition & women’s rights. $15 adults, $8 under 18 (plus fees). oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------“THE NUTCRACKER”: 3pm only. Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. See Sat., Dec. 15 for the rest of description.

---------------------TSO’S HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: 3pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Guest conductor Lonnie Klein returns to the podium, joined by NMC Children’s Choir & Grand Traverse Chorale. Tickets start at $28.

Students & First-time attendees eligible for a 50% discount. traversesymphony.org/concert/ home-for-the-holidays

---------------------JINGLE BELL RUN: 5pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Annual festive 5K through downtown TC neighborhoods, presented by the TC Track Club. Features a non-competitive, costume jog through decorated TC, followed by Christmas cookies & hot chocolate. $25 adults/$15 students. tctrackclub.com

dec 17

monday

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---------------------AUTHOR SIGNING: 10am-6pm, Horizon Books, TC. Karl Manke will sign his book “Harsen’s Island Revenge.”

---------------------HERE:SAY PRESENTS: IN 3S: 7pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Performers take the stage to tell true, first-person stories of threes. Suggested $7 donation at door. Find on Facebook.

dec 18

tuesday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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---------------------CARDIAC SUPPORT GROUP: 2pm, MCHC, rooms A&B, TC. Share, learn, support & connect with others experiencing the effects of cardiovascular disease. 935-8560. munsonhealthcare.org

---------------------CTAC SCHOOL OF MUSIC WINTER COLLAGE: 6pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Theater, Petoskey. Featuring performances from the School of Music’s strings, ukulele, jazz & rock programs, & concluding with a combined performance by students from all four programs. Free. crookedtree.org

A CAPPELLA HARMONY: 6:30-8pm, GT Commons, TC. Enjoy songs of the season performed by the Grand Traverse Show Chorus, Cherry Capital Men’s Chorus, Sashay Quartet & Northern Exposure Quartet. There will also be a sing-a-long. Donation.

PAGETURNERS BOOK CLUB: Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. This group meets at 6:30pm on the third Thurs. of the month. This month’s book selection is “The Tuscan Child” by Rhys Bowen. Free. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

HOLIDAY MUSIC FOR BAND: 7:30pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Featuring the NMC Concert Band. $12 adults, $7 students & seniors. mynorthtickets.com

GREAT LAKES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: HANDEL’S MESSIAH: 7pm, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Petoskey. mynorthtickets. com/events/messiah-st-francis-xavier-church

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dec 19

wednesday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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---------------------CLIMATE MEET & GREET: 6-8pm, Left Foot Charley, TC. Interested in climate solutions?

Meet local Citizens Climate Lobby volunteers ask questions, share ideas & learn how to get involved. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------TC RIDES TO SEE THE LIGHTS: Join Norte for a short but slow winter-y community bicycle ride through TC neighborhoods to see the Christmas lights. Norte will also be hosting a food drive for The Father Fred Foundation.

Please bring a couple cans of food. Meet at Rare Bird at 6pm for this 4 mile ride. Bring lights. Free. elgruponorte.org/lights

---------------------FREE CONCERT: MADRIGAL SINGERS PETOSKEY HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS: 7pm, East Jordan Community Auditorium.

dec 20

thursday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------AUTHORS SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. Noon-2pm: Virginia Johnson will sign her book “Ira’s Farm: Growing Up on a Self-Sustaining Farm in the 1930’s & 1940’s.” 2-4pm: Karen Rieser will sign her book “Aiden’s Tree.” horizonbooks.com

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dec 21

friday

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FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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25 CENT KIDS MATINEES: 10am, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring “The Polar Express.” stateandbijou.org/calendar

---------------------26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE : Leland Township Library. Stop by between 10am-5pm for sweets courtesy of The Friends of Leland Township Library. Free. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 10am: Story Hour: “Christmas.” 11am: Michael Khouri will present his book “From Hiss to Bliss: A Cat Named Tom Finds His Forever Home.” 12-2pm: Robert Downes will sign his book “Biking Northern Michigan.” 2-4pm: Amalia Celeste Fernand will sign her book “Nature Explorers Michigan Wildlife: A Coloring Field Guide.” 4-6pm: Tim Rappleye will sign his book “Hobey Baker: Upon Further Review.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------TC SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS DINNER COMMUNITY MEAL: 11:30am-1:30pm, The Salvation Army, TC. Free. centralusa.salvationarmy.org/TraverseCity/allevents

---------------------CELEBRATE WINTER SOLSTICE: 12-4pm, Raven Hill Discovery Center, East Jordan.

Indoors, the focus will be on ancient calendars & timepieces with family activities planned. Guided trips out to Stonehenge in Raven Hill’s Ancient World are available on request. Anyone interested in a guided snowshoe or cross-country ski adventure should call ahead to book a time for a family or group outing. miravenhill.org

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CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE: 1-4pm, 510 Depot View Dr., Ste. 11, TC. Enjoy a merry SwingShift and the Stars Christmas Open House.

13TH ANNUAL WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION: 7pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Featuring live music by Harper and the Midwest Kind, who creates roots music with the harmonica & didgeridoo. Presented

by Blissfest. $15. blissfest.org

BENZIE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5pm, The Garden Theater, Frankfort. $5/person admission with a gift for the gift exchange, OR $10 without a gift.

GREAT LAKES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: HANDEL’S MESSIAH: SOLD OUT: 7pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------------------------------------------------LANDOWNER WORKSHOP: INVASIVE PESTS THREATENING THE FORESTS: 5pm, Petoskey District Library. Featuring Amber Neils from the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development, Pesticide & Plant Pest Management Division. Pre-register: 231-347-0991. Free. landtrust.org

---------------------SEEDS’ WINTER SOLSTICE POTLUCK & DANCE PARTY: Historic Barns Park, Cathedral Barn, TC. Featuring live music

by The Ol’ Microtones. Dinner at 5pm; short program at 7pm; live music at 7:30pm. $20 for dinner or bring a dish to pass. Or just join after at 7pm for music & dancing - admission, $5. Find on Facebook.

---------------------NORTHLAND WEAVERS & FIBER ARTS GUILD: 5:30pm, TC Senior Center. Members will display their latest projects. There will be a holiday gift exchange for those who wish to participate. Please bring a snack to share.

Free. northlandweaversguild.com

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------------------------------------------HEIKKI LUNTA PARTY: 7:30pm, Treetops Resort, Gaylord. Party of the Snow Gods. The weekly celebration carries on the tradition of asking for abundant snowfall. Enjoy a big bonfire, entertainment by Tommy Tropic, s’mores, hot chocolate, a tube-pulling contest, & more.

Free. treetops.com

---------------------WINTER SOLSTICE PARTY: 7:30-10:30pm, Village Arts Building, Northport. Presented by the Northport Arts Association. Enjoy brews from The Mitten, ciders from Tandem & live music by the Broom Closet Boys. $15. northportartsassociation.org

---------------------BEAU SOIR - A SOLSTICE CONCERT: 8pm, Old Art Building, Leland. The featured classical musicians will include Dr. Mezraq Ramli on oboe, Leslie Deppe on flute, Kramer Milan on percussion, & David Husser on piano. There will also be poetry & storytelling directed by Susan Oliver & performed by Scott Craig & Carol Bawden. $30. mynorthtickets.com

dec 22

saturday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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25 CENT KIDS MATINEES: 10am, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring “The Polar Express.” stateandbijou.org/calendar

---------------------26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------25 CENT MOVIES: 11am, The Lyric, Harbor Springs. Today features “The Polar Express.”

---------------------THE HOLIDAYS AT BOYNE HIGHLANDS: 11am, Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs. Featuring the Blessing of the Skis & Snowboards & much more. boynehighlands.com

---------------------AUTHORS SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. 12-2pm: Michelle White will sign her book “On a Pit & a Prayer.” 2-4pm: Chris Convissor will sign his book “Saving Vincent.” 4-6pm: Mark Stormzand will sign his book “Stormy Outside: The Adventures & Misadventures of a Forester & His Dog.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------FULL MOON FEAST: FROSTY MOON: 6pm, Martha Wagbo Farm & Education Center, East Jordan. Bring a dish to pass & something to share at open mic. facebook.com/ marthawagbofarm

---------------------SANTA SKATE: 6:30-8:30pm, Petoskey Ice Arena. Unlimited skating with Santa as well as cookies & hot beverages. $2 extra for skate rental. $10. Petoskeyicearena.com

---------------------BLISSFEST FOLK & ROOTS MINI-CONCERT SERIES: 7-9pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Enjoy folk rock with The River Dogs. $10 advance; $15 night of. redskystage.com

---------------------TANNENBAUM BLITZEN: 6-10pm, Ivan’s Café, Shanty Creek, Bellaire. Enjoy a community pasta buffet, torchlight parade down the face of Schuss Mountain, Christmas carols around the tree, Christmas cookie decorating & a visit from Santa. Adults $13, children 5-12 $8, children 4 & under free.

Fireworks over Schuss Mountain immediately following. shantycreek.com

dec 23

sunday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: 12-5pm, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. blackstarfarms.com/snowshoes-vines-wines

---------------------CANCER FREE-DOMS SUPPORT GROUP: 12:15pm, West Side Community Church, TC. For all of those affected by cancer. Learn about individual resources, emotional support, treatment research & review, hugs, recipes, love & support.

Held every other Sun. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------THE HOLIDAYS AT BOYNE HIGHLANDS: 6pm, Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs. Featuring the Christmas tree lighting, Santa Claus & much more. boynehighlands.com

---------------------BREATHE OWL BREATHE & SAMANTHA COOPER: 7-9pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey.

Enjoy spirit rock with rhythms & stories. $10 advance; $15 night of. redskystage.com

dec 24

monday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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25 CENT KIDS MATINEES: 10am, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring “The Polar Express.” stateandbijou.org/calendar

dec 25

tuesday

SKI FREE WITH SANTA: 9am-4:30pm, Shanty Creek Resorts, Schuss Mountain, Bellaire. Please bring donations of non-perishable food items, gently-used winter clothing &/or household items to benefit local food pantries. shantycreek.com/event/ski-freesanta-2

---------------------FREE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER: 1-3pm, East Jordan United Methodist Church.

231-536-2161.

dec 26

wednesday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------25 CENT CLASSIC MATINEES: 10:30am, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring “Meet Me in St. Louis.”

---------------------FREEZE FEST: 11am-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Enjoy indoor ice & snow fun, science & art. Museum admission. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: 12-5pm, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. blackstarfarms.com/snowshoes-vines-wines

---------------------RANGER-LED SNOWSHOE HIKE: 1pm, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire. Meet at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center. Snowshoes will be loaned at no charge to participants who do not have their own. Reservations required: 231-326-4700, ext. 5010.

Free; need park entrance pass.

---------------------HEIKKI LUNTA PARTY: (See Fri., Dec. 21)

dec 27

thursday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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25 CENT KIDS MATINEES: 10am, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring “Elf.” stateandbijou.org/calendar

---------------------26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------WINTER WEATHER WATCH: 11am-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Make a ribbon wind watcher & yard stick snow gauge to help you observe weather conditions all winter long. Museum admission. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: (See Weds., Dec. 26)

---------------------HOLIDAY GRIEF CARE: 2-5pm, Michael’s Place, 1212 Veterans Dr., TC. Info: 947-6453 or GoodGrief@MyMichaelsPlace.net. Free. mymichaelsplace.net/holiday-grief-care

---------------------A CHILDREN’S WINTER SPECTACULAR: 4-6pm, Castle Farms, Charlevoix. Enjoy a visit & performance by the Snow Queen & Ice

Princess. Get creative at the hot cocoa bar & decorate your own sugar cookies. There will also be a take-home Olaf craft. $15 per child; each child ticket includes one adult. Extra adult tickets are $5. castlefarms.com/events/achildrens-winter-spectacular

dec 28

friday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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FEED THE BIRDS: 11am-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Design your own birdfeeder using recycled items & birdseed.

Museum admission. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: (See Weds., Dec. 26)

---------------------RANGER-LED SNOWSHOE HIKE: (See Weds., Dec. 26)

---------------------HEIKKI LUNTA PARTY: (See Fri., Dec. 21) ---------------------THE SECOND CITY: DYSFUNCTIONAL HOLIDAY REVUE: SOLD OUT: 8-10pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor.

Enjoy a dose of seasonal satire. The wait list is open... call 231-439-2610 to be added. $45, $40, $35. greatlakescfa.org

dec 29

saturday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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25 CENT KIDS MATINEES: 10am, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring “Elf.” stateandbijou.org/calendar

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BIG GROUP / SMALL WORKS ART SHOW: Runs through Jan. at Higher Art Gallery, TC. Over 40 artists, with nearly 200 small, affordable original works to choose from. higherartgallery.com

helping hands

FRIENDS’ 14TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY MITTEN TREE: Donate new mittens, scarves & hats. Accepted through Jan. 7 at Interlochen Public Library to benefit those in need within the Interlochen area. tadl.org/interlochen

---------------------HOLIDAY ART MARKET: Runs through Dec. 22 at Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Hours: 11am-3pm, Tuesday thru Friday; & 12-2pm on Saturday. Closed Sunday & Monday. Free. gaylordarts.org

---------------------ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE: Coldwell Banker, 633 Willow St., Bellaire. Held to stock local food pantries. Runs through Dec. 15. Drop off your unopened non-perishables. Open Mon. through Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm.

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Giggles

NORMAN KLINE PAINTINGS: Martha’s Kitchen, Suttons Bay. Runs through Jan. A reception will be held on Tues., Dec. 18 from 5:30-8pm.

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - PANGNIRTUNG WEAVINGS FROM THE DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER’S COLLECan evening of wine and comedy TION: Runs through Jan 20. Featuring weavings from the Inuit art collection, by the artists of the Pangnirtung Weaving Cooperative.

- HOMAGE: INSPIRED BY OUTSTANDING CANADIAN WOMEN: Runs through Jan. 20.

This exhibition features 40 framed neckpieces created as a celebration & tribute to Canadian women, past & present by jewelry artist Donald Stuart.

- THE ART OF: THE OTHER TRAVERSE CITY: Runs through Dec. 30. Local photographer Alan Newton will focus his lens on the opioid crisis affecting the TC region & beyond.

Featuring about 11 portraits of people who are addicts in recovery, emergency responders, judges, families who have lost children, & others, along with their written stories based on interviews conducted by Newton.

- VISIONS OF AMERICAN LIFE: PAINTINGS FROM THE MANOOGIAN COLLECTION, 1850-1950: Runs through Jan. 20. From the Detroit Institute of Arts, this exhibition features 40 works by late-19th & early-20th century artists capturing American life, culture & identity in that time. Here:Say Storytelling & the Front Street Writers have produced & recorded short stories to accompany these artworks. Hours: 10am-5pm, Mon.-Sat.; 1-5pm, Sun,; & 10am8pm, Thurs. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------HARVEST FOOD & SUPPLY DRIVE: Help support women & children at the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan’s (WRCNM) Safe Home who are seeking safety from domestic abuse. Donations include non-perishable foods, grocery gift cards, household goods & personal care items. Bring to the WRCNM main office at 423 Porter St. in Petoskey; Gold Mine Resale Shops in Petoskey; & WRCNM offices in Cheboygan, Gaylord & Mancelona.

231-347-1572.

---------------------THE GIVING TREE: This tree at McLean & Eakin Booksellers,featuring: Petoskey is decorated with ornaments representing the ages of children at the Safe Home, the domestic abuse shelter serving families in Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet & Otsego counties. Shoppers may select an ornament on the tree which will help guide them in their purchase of an age-appropriate book or gift to donate & place under the tree. mcleanandeakin.com

ongoing

“FISHTOWN IN LIGHTS”: Leland. Fishtown’s shanty rooftops are lit in celebration of the first 12 years of saving Fishtown — nightly from Dec. 15 – Jan. 6 from 5-10pm.

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SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: (See Weds., Dec. 26)

DETOX YOGA FLOW: Thursdays, 6pm through Dec. 27. Press On Juice, TC. Involves juicy twists & poses to help eliminate toxins from the body. Bring your own mat. Email: townsendsar.yoga@yahoo.com with questions. eventbrite.com

THE HOLIDAYS AT BOYNE HIGHLANDS: Noon, Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs. Featuring the Holiday Rail Jam, Snowman Making Contest & much more. boynehighlands.com

RUN SABADOS: Run on the Civic Center Park track every Sat. at 9am until Preserve Northwestern Michigan College is seeking comments Hickory/Mt. Holiday opens.

Meet at the Norte Wheelhouse, TC. elgruponorte.org from the public about the College in preparation for its

26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------------------------------------------------HEIKKI LUNTA PARTY: (See Fri., Dec. 21) ---------------------FRESHWATER CONCERT: WILLY PORTER: 8pm, Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City.

Guitar virtuoso Willy Porter has opened for Tori Amos, Paul Simon, Jethro Tull, Sting, & Jeff Beck. 231-582-2588. $30 advance. freshwaterartgallery.com/concertCalendar.php

dec 30

sunday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: (See Weds., Dec. 26)

---------------------VIRIDIAN STRING TRIO CONCERT: 7-8:30pm, The Music House Museum, Williamsburg. $15 adults, $5 students. musichouse.org/upcoming-events

---------------------HEIKKI LUNTA PARTY: (See Fri., Dec. 21)

PUBLIC NO TICE

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periodic evaluation SNOWSHOE SUNDAYS: Sundays, 12-5pm, by its regional accrediting agency.

Dec. 23 - Mar. 3, Rove Estate Vineyard & TastThe College will host a visit on March 11-13, 2019, ing Room, TC. Bring your showshoes or skis. from a team of peer reviewers representing the Higher roveestate.com

Deadline for Dates information - - - - - - - - - - -accredited - - - - - - by - -HLC - - since - 1961. Comments must be in writing and must address substantive matters related is Tuesday for the to the quality of the institution or its academic programs.

---------------------Submit comments to the HLC online:following week.

- - - - - - - - - - -Learning - - - - - Commission.

- - - - - - The team will review the

BOYNE CITY INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon, City Hall, Boyne City. institution’s ongoing ability to meet HLC’s Criteria for Dec. 15 features live music by Lena Wilson.

Accreditation. Northwestern Michigan College has been Dec. 22 features live music by Kirby Snively.

GAYLORD DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 10am-2pm, The Alpine Plaza, main hallway, Gaylord.

THE VILLAGE @ GT COMMONS, TC INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 10am-2pm. Held inside the Mercato. Enjoy hlcommission.org/Student-Resources/third-party-comment.html local fresh produce, eggs, farm fresh cheese, local meats & more.

or

Submit comments to the HLC by mail: Third-Party Comment on Northwestern Michigan College WINTERHigher MEMBER EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Learning Commission Center, Frankfort. Runs through Jan. 4. oliver230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500 artcenterfrankfort.org - - - - -Chicago, - - - - -IL-60604-1411 -----------

art

“JUST GREAT ART”: City Opera House, TC. Presented by the Plein Air Painters of Northwest Runs through Jan. 2; AllMI.comments must beMon.-Fri., received 10am-5pm. cityoperahouse.org

by January 31, 2019.

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dec 24

monday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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25 CENT KIDS MATINEES: 10am, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring “The Polar Express.” stateandbijou.org/calendar Featuring Super Greek Food in a Relaxed Atmosphere

“Where Friends Gather”

dec 25

TUESDAY NIGHT tuesday

TRIVIA

SKI FREE WITH SANTA: 9am-4:30pm, Shanty Creek at 8pm 2012 Resorts,starts Schuss Mountain, WIN GIFT Bellaire. Please bring donations of CERTIFICATES! non-perishable food items, gently-used winter 214 E&/or Fronthousehold St • Downtown Traverse clothing items to benefitCity local food pantries.231-946-8932 shantycreek.com/event/ski-freesanta-2

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BAGELS HAND-CRAFTED

FREE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER: 1-3pm, East Jordan United Methodist Church.

231-536-2161.

dec 26

wednesday

O N LY A T Y O U R N E I G H B O R H O O D B I G A P P L E B A G E L S ®

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------25 CENT CLASSIC MATINEES: 10:30am, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring “Meet Me in St. Louis.”

---------------------FREEZE FEST: 11am-3pm, Great Lakes 1133 S. Airport Rd. W., TC. Traverse City • indoor (231) 929-9866 Children’s Museum, Enjoy ice & www.bigapplebagels.com snow fun, science & art. Museum admission.

WIFI greatlakeskids.org

---------------------SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: 12-5pm, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. blackstarfarms.com/snowshoes-vines-wines

---------------------RANGER-LED SNOWSHOE HIKE: 1pm, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire. Meet at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center. Snowshoes will be loaned at no charge to participants who do not have their own. Reservations required: 231-326-4700, ext. 5010.

Free; need park entrance pass.

---------------------HEIKKI LUNTA PARTY: (See Fri., Dec. 21)

dec 27

thursday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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25 CENT KIDS MATINEES: 10am, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring “Elf.” stateandbijou.org/calendar

---------------------26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------WINTER WEATHER WATCH: 11am-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Make a ribbon wind watcher & yard stick snow gauge to help you observe weather conditions all winter long. Museum admission. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: (See Weds., Dec. 26)

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Princess. Get creative at the hot cocoa bar & decorate your own sugar cookies. There will , Decper 17child; also be a take-home Olaf craft. $15 each child ticket includes one adult.

Extra Ladies Night adult tickets are $5. castlefarms.com/events/a$1 off drinks & $5 martinis childrens-winter-spectacular w/ Jukebox

Mon

Tues, Dec 18 - $2 well drinks & shots OPEN MIC W/HOST CHRIS STERR

decWed, Dec 19friday - Get it in the can for $1 28 with DJ Coven

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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Thurs, Dec 20ANNUAL - DJ RyanFESTIVAL Zuker OF 26TH

TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

- - - Fri - -, Dec - - 21 - --Happy - - - Hour: - Jazz North FEED THE BIRDS: 11am-3pm, Great Lakes then: Psycho & Skin Marshall (no cover) Children’s Museum, TC. Design your own birdfeeder using recycled items & birdseed.

Sat, Dec 22 Museum admission. greatlakeskids.org

BioMassive - - - - - -Sun - -, Dec - - 23 - -- Karaoke ---------SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: (See Weds., Dec. 26) , Dec 24 - Closing at 9pm Closed RANGER-LED SNOWSHOE HIKE: (See Weds., Dec. 26)

- - - - -Mon ----------------Tues, Dec 25 - Merry Christmas!

---------------------HEIKKI LUNTA PARTY: Fri., Wed, Dec 26 - Get it(See in the canDec. for 21) $1 - - - - - - - - -with - - DJ - -DR- - - - - - - - THE SECOND CITY: DYSFUNCTIONAL HOLIDAY REVUE: SOLD 8-10pm, Thurs, Dec 27 OUT: - DJ Fasel Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor.

Enjoy Fri, Daecdose 28 - of seasonal satire. The wait list is open... call 231-439-2610 to be added. $45, $40, $35. greatlakescfa.org

Happy Hour: Blue Footed Booby then: DJ Prim

Sat, Dec 29- DJ Deacon Jonze

dec 29

saturday

Sun, Dec 30 - HEAD FOR THE HILLS LIVE SHOW

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY

THEN: KARAOKE BOOK SALE: (See Sat.,

15) 941-1930 downtownDec. TC unionstreetstation/myspace.com

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25 CENT KIDS MATINEES: 10am, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring “Elf.” stateandbijou.org/calendar

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helping hands

FRIENDS’ 14TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY MITTEN TREE: Donate new mittens, scarves & hats. Accepted through Jan. 7 at Interlochen Public Library to benefit those in need within the Interlochen area. tadl.org/interlochen

---------------------ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE: Coldwell Banker, 633 Willow St., Bellaire. Held to stock local food pantries. Runs through Dec. 15. Drop off your unopened non-perishables. Open Mon. through Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm.

---------------------HARVEST FOOD & SUPPLY DRIVE: Help support women & children at the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan’s (WRCNM) Safe Home who are seeking safety from domestic abuse. Donations include non-perishable foods, grocery gift cards, household goods & personal care items. Bring to the WRCNM main office at 423 Porter St. in Petoskey; Gold Mine Resale Shops in Petoskey; & WRCNM offices in Cheboygan, Gaylord & Mancelona.

231-347-1572.

---------------------THE GIVING TREE: This tree at McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey is decorated with ornaments representing the ages of children at the Safe Home, the domestic abuse shelter serving families in Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet & Otsego counties. Shoppers may select an ornament on the tree which will help guide them in their purchase of an age-appropriate book or gift to donate & place under the tree. mcleanandeakin.com

ongoing

“FISHTOWN IN LIGHTS”: Leland. Fishtown’s shanty rooftops are lit in celebration of the first 12 years of saving Fishtown — nightly from Dec. 15 – Jan. 6 from 5-10pm.

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SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: (See Weds., Dec. 26)

DETOX YOGA FLOW: Thursdays, 6pm through Dec. 27. Press On Juice, TC. Involves juicy twists & poses to help eliminate toxins from the body. Bring your own mat. Email: townsendsar.yoga@yahoo.com with questions. eventbrite.com

THE HOLIDAYS AT BOYNE HIGHLANDS: Noon, Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs. Featuring the Holiday Rail Jam, Snowman Making Contest & much more. boynehighlands.com

RUN SABADOS: Run on the Civic Center Park track every Sat. at 9am until Preserve Hickory/Mt. Holiday opens. Meet at the Norte Wheelhouse, TC. elgruponorte.org

26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------------------------------------------------HEIKKI LUNTA PARTY: (See Fri., Dec. 21) ---------------------FRESHWATER CONCERT: WILLY PORTER: 8pm, Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City.

Guitar virtuoso Willy Porter has opened for Tori Amos, Paul Simon, Jethro Tull, Sting, & Jeff Beck. 231-582-2588. $30 advance. freshwaterartgallery.com/concertCalendar.php

dec 30

sunday

FRIENDS OF IPL HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

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26TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRAINS: (See Sat., Dec. 15)

---------------------SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: (See Weds., Dec. 26)

---------------------VIRIDIAN STRING TRIO CONCERT: 7-8:30pm, The Music House Museum, Williamsburg. $15 adults, $5 students. musichouse.org/upcoming-events

HOLIDAY GRIEF CARE: 2-5pm, Michael’s Place, 1212 Veterans Dr., TC. Info: 947-6453 HEIKKI PARTY: (See Fri., Dec. Kenneth Gum, Ashley Rossman,DO DO Alicia Eby, MD Robert Foote, OD OD David Felger, OD 21) Gum, MDMDAshley Rossman, Eby, MD LUNTA Robert Foote, David Felger, OD orKenneth GoodGrief@MyMichaelsPlace.net.

Free.Alicia Ophthalmologist Ophthalmologist Ophthalmologist Ophthalmologist Optometrist Optometrist mymichaelsplace.net/holiday-grief-care Ophthalmologist Ophthalmologist Optometrist Optometrist

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A CHILDREN’S WINTER SPECTACULAR: 231.935.8101 TRAVERSECITY CITY 231.258.7695 KALKASKA 4-6pm, Castle Farms, Charlevoix.

Enjoy||a231.258.7695 231.935.8101 TRAVERSE KALKASKA| WWW.TCEYE.NET | WWW.TCEYE.NET visit & performance by the Snow Queen & Ice

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BIG GROUP / SMALL WORKS ART SHOW: Runs through Jan. at Higher Art Gallery, TC. Over 40 artists, with nearly 200 small, affordable original works to choose from. higherartgallery.com

---------------------HOLIDAY ART MARKET: Runs through Dec. 22 at Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Hours: 11am-3pm, Tuesday thru Friday; & 12-2pm on Saturday. Closed Sunday & Monday. Free. gaylordarts.org

---------------------NORMAN KLINE PAINTINGS: Martha’s Kitchen, Suttons Bay. Runs through Jan. A reception will be held on Tues., Dec. 18 from 5:30-8pm.

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - PANGNIRTUNG WEAVINGS FROM THE DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER’S COLLECTION: Runs through Jan 20. Featuring weavings from the Inuit art collection, by the artists of the Pangnirtung Weaving Cooperative.

- HOMAGE: INSPIRED BY OUTSTANDING CANADIAN WOMEN: Runs through Jan. 20.

This exhibition features 40 framed neckpieces created as a celebration & tribute to Canadian women, past & present by jewelry artist Donald Stuart.

- THE ART OF: THE OTHER TRAVERSE CITY: Runs through Dec. 30. Local photographer Alan Newton will focus his lens on the opioid crisis affecting the TC region & beyond.

Featuring about 11 portraits of people who are addicts in recovery, emergency responders, judges, families who have lost children, & others, along with their written stories based on interviews conducted by Newton.

- VISIONS OF AMERICAN LIFE: PAINTINGS FROM THE MANOOGIAN COLLECTION, 1850-1950: Runs through Jan. 20. From the Detroit Institute of Arts, this exhibition features 40 works by late-19th & early-20th century artists capturing American life, culture & identity in that time. Here:Say Storytelling & the Front Street Writers have produced & recorded short stories to accompany these artworks. Hours: 10am-5pm, Mon.-Sat.; 1-5pm, Sun,; & 10am8pm, Thurs. dennosmuseum.org

------------------------------------------SNOWSHOE SUNDAYS: Sundays, 12-5pm, Dec. 23 - Mar. 3, Rove Estate Vineyard & Tasting Room, TC. Bring your showshoes or skis. roveestate.com

---------------------BOYNE CITY INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon, City Hall, Boyne City.

Dec. 15 features live music by Lena Wilson.

Dec. 22 features live music by Kirby Snively.

---------------------GAYLORD DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 10am-2pm, The Alpine Plaza, main hallway, Gaylord.

---------------------THE VILLAGE @ GT COMMONS, TC INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 10am-2pm. Held inside the Mercato. Enjoy local fresh produce, eggs, farm fresh cheese, local meats & more.

art

WINTER MEMBER EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Runs through Jan. 4. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

---------------------“JUST GREAT ART”: City Opera House, TC. Presented by the Plein Air Painters of Northwest MI. Runs through Jan. 2; Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. cityoperahouse.org

Deadline for Dates information is Tuesday for the following week.

Happy Hour!

Tracy Arrington is inspired by the array of precious metals and gemstones she uses in her jewelry. As she plays with these materials, she develops new designs that are striking, wearable, and distinctive.

1/2 OFF ALL ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

Mon-Fri (Cantina Only) 3pm-6pm & 9pm to close

“Art, in any form, is a very personal statement. A piece of handcrafted jewelry should speak to you, light up your eyes, and give you confidence in your own special beauty.”

In The Village at Grand Traverse Commons 231.932.0775 | sanctuary tc.com

Lansing, Mt. Pleasant and two locations in Traverse City.

new year’s eve

One Card Celebration Three Restaurants CITY PArK GrILL

A la Carte Dinner 5–7pm Three-course Dinner 5–10pm A la Carte in the Bar All Night Reservations: 231.347.0101

receive a free $20 gift card for every $100 gift card purchase. wineguysgroup.com city park grill | roast & toast | palette bistro

offer valid thru 12/24/18

New Year’s Eve Bash Jakey Thomas & Distant Stars 9:30pm

PALeTTe BISTrO Three-course Feature Dinner A la Carte in the Bar All Night Seven-course New Year’s Eve Dinner Reservations: 231.348.3321

downtown petoskey

Northern Express Weekly • december 17/24, 2018 • 37

CUSTOM HOME ON OVER 20 ACRES This artisan built home is an incredible property, privately located off a scenic country road in beautiful Leelanau County. Complete with small creek greeting you along the property as you arrive home, this one of a kind 4 BR / 3.5 BA home boasts 3 levels with two separate complete living spaces. Rent out the lower level for extra income! In house workshop, pastoral setting, and custom tile work throughout! $659,000 MLS 1855025 LOG HOME ON 5.5 ACRES Beautifully wooded & open parcel in Glen Arbor township with this Blue Chip built Log Home boasting over 3300 square feet of finished living space. Newly finished hardwood floors, large stone fireplace in the great room, and open concept living. Main level master suite, complete with matching log bedroom furniture!

Wrap around deck and juliet balcony off the guest room. Brand new, larger septic system installed in 2018! $549,900 MLS 1853016 BIG GLEN LAKE FRONTAGE Over 4,200 square feet of finished living space in this beautifully appointed cottage on 60’ of private frontage on Big Glen Lake. Opportunities like this don’t come around every day, and this one won’t last long! Have the ability to accommodate a large group of family or friends, with two full levels with 4 large bedrooms and 3.5 baths. Gas and wood options in the fireplaces, two kitchens, two living areas, two dining rooms, and more! Space galore! $1,149,000 MLS 1851262 LAKE MICHIGAN WATERFRONT Magical location on a sandy Lake Michigan beach with views of Manitou and Fox Island. 100’ of private beach frontage situated at the end of a private road. 4 BR / 4 BA, 3,511 square feet of Up North charm, with features such as reclaimed barn beams, natural stone fireplace(s), and rough sawn Cedar. Beautiful finishes throughout! Large rooms and more! A must see! $979,000 MLS 1845062

FOURSCORE by kristi kates

James Newton Howard – The Nutcracker and the Four Realms – Disney

The unique take on the classic “Nutcracker” story (the 2018 film version starring Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, and Morgan Freeman) deserved an equally unique score, and it definitely got that, thanks to Howard’s work. Opening with the sweeping title track, the score meanders beautifully through the entire storyline, with orchestral highlights including “Clara Finds the Key,” the rampaging “Bridge Fight,” and “Queen Clara,” plus a gorgeous duet in the pairing of Andrea Bocelli and son Matteo performing “Fall on Me.”

Gwen Stefani – You Make it Feel Like Christmas – Interscope

UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS CALLING ALL HUNTERS! Completely unobstructed 180 degree views from this hunting lodge on 15 Acres!

See all of Big Glen Lake in it’s entirety, the Narrows Bridge, Sleeping Bear Point and Lake Michigan, from almost every room in this house!

Main floor living at its finest! Floor to ceiling, natural stone fireplace, large open concept kitchen, laundry room, and master suite, with large master bath and walk-in shower. 2.5 car finished garage. $629,000 MLS 1854720

Stefani ups the ante on the holiday by releasing a special deluxe edition of this set that includes five new tracks, including two original holiday tunes penned by Stefani (the winsome “Secret Santa” and “Cheer for the Elves,” a nod to Santa’s little helpers). Her covers of Christmas classics are also nicely on point, with both “Winter Wonderland” and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” adding in buoyant horns; her duets with Mon Laferte (“Feliz Navidad”) and her significant other, Blake Shelton (the title track) add plenty of holiday cheer to this fun audio treat.

231-334-2758

www.serbinrealestate.com

Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas (Remixed and Expanded Edition) – Fantasy Records

Kids of any age will appreciate this beautifully remastered edition of what is one of the most recognizable holiday soundtracks of all time, outside of the usual Christmas carols. In addition to full versions of many of the tunes that were included in the classic “Charlie Brown Christmas” TV special, you’ll also find three delightful bonus holiday tracks (Halloween/Thanksgiving) that weren’t available on the original 1965 vinyl album, and an accompanying digital booklet to maximize your Charlie Brown holiday fun.

Jessie J – This Christmas Day – Lava Music

For her fifth studio album, British pop diva Jessie J has chosen to record this Christmas effort, a decently upbeat collection of seasonal tunes that Jessie reportedly recorded in only two weeks, in between tour dates earlier this year. You’ll only find one original song — the pleasant-enough title track, on which Jessie wrote the lyrics — but it’s her soulful singing approach (and smart collaboration choices with the likes of Babyface and Boyz II Men) that make her covers stand out, from the zingy “Man with the Bag” to the Darkchildproduced “Jingle Bell Rock.”

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MODERN

SANTA KASKADE IS BACK WITH HOLIDAY TUNES

DJ Kaskade

ROCK

BY KRISTI KATES

DJ extraordinaire Kaskade presented his first holiday collection of tracks last year, and now he’s returned with another set for this December, simply titled Kaskade Christmas 2018. Kaskade puts some excellent new spins on many of your favorite familiar holiday tunes — think house, future-dance, and trip-hop on classics like “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “Jingle Bells,” and “Santa Baby.”

It’s a funky-fresh way to bring classic holiday music into today …

For its upcoming North American tour, Brooklyn-based indie-folk band The Lone Bellow is expanding upon a fan-favorite happening at its live shows: a short acoustic bit, mid-set, featuring the three bandmates singing around one microphone. For the tour, they’re doing just that — building each show around one microphone for a focus that’s all about the songs. Those songs, in particular, will heavily pull from their brand new EP, Restless, which was just released this past October on Descendant Records, along with its first single, “Pink Rabbit” …

Want a unique spring vacation trip that brings out the best of your nerdiness?

Check out the Jonathan Coulton-helmed JoCo Cruise, happening March 9–16 2019.

Coulton and crew charter an entire cruise

ship for this special event, which will feature tabletop gaming, writer/crafter workshops, karaoke, comedy performances, a “Fez and Tiara” social party, and musical performances from the big-indie-name likes of Aimee Mann, They Might Be Giants, and of course, Coulton himself. Get all the nerdy details and your tickets at www.jococruise.com …

Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) is back with his first official solo album of new original indie-folk songs, a project he took on while his main band is on a temporary hiatus. Called Warm, the album is reminiscent of a more downtempo, chilled version of Wilco, with folky melodies, rootsy production, and of course, plenty of Tweedy’s strummed and picked guitar riffs.

Among the tracks on Tweedy’s set are “From Far Away,” “Don’t Forget,” and the pseudo-title track “Warm (When the Sun Has Died).” It’s an emotional effort that highlights Tweedy’s songwriting skills, and it’s out now on dBpm Records. Tweedy is already promoting the set with some low-key gigs, including his recent album release show in Chicago just a couple of weeks ago …

LINK OF THE WEEK The Electric Forest Festival has taken over two full weekends in Rothbury, Michigan, for the past several years, but for

2019, the fest is being reduced to one weekend only. Tickets for that weekend (June 27–30) are on sale now. Get ’em before they sell out at www.electricforestfestival.com …

THE BUZZ Port Huron roots/Americana band Gasoline Gypsies is currently promoting its brand new Vagabundos EP (named after their nickname for their fans) with a tour of Michigan and Indiana venues …

Ferndale’s Escaping Pavement, another Americana outfit with more bluegrass influences, is touring, too, making stops at campgrounds and parks while trekking across

the U.S. …

Get set for a Michigan-to-Illinois roadtrip this spring — The Rolling Stones will take over Chicago’s Soldier Field on June 21 as part of its upcoming 2019 No Filter tour …

Great news for Michiganians and, well, pretty much anyone else who uses an Amazon Echo device; Apple Music and Amazon are finally working together to get the former’s music onto Amazon’s players … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

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With all of its poufy powdered wigs, stiff and corseted costumes, and grand palace setting, the early 1700s set of The Favourite looks to be the definition of a stuffy period piece. But appearances can be deceiving, and after you’ve seen The Favourite, stuffy is about the very last word that will come to mind. So while this pitch black tragi-comedy from the bracingly inventive mind of Yorgos Lanthimos is set in a time of pomp and circumstance it couldn’t feel more fresh.

is driven by self-preservation and the need for survival, and she is an interesting match for the cruel but honest Sarah as the two vie for Queen Anne’s love and manipulate her to get what they want. And what transpires between the two is savage. They can be petty, jealous, and treacherous, and while their schemes often sting, it is a wickedly wonderful thing. Think of it as a Jane Austen novel, had she only been a lot less inhibited and a lot more depraved.

It’s All About Eve by way of Barry Lyndon, with a dose of carnal knowledge. And while bawdy could be one of my least favorite words of all times, it certainly does the trick her — and to utterly hilarious satirical effect. I laughed so vigorously (nearly cackling) so many times at both the sheer absurdity and the seething intelligence, that I could not have been more delighted by the bad behavior of nearly all the characters. If watching witty wordplay and smart people manipulate and scheme is a “favourite” pastime of yours, consider this the film for you.

But it’s not all fun and games. Thanks to the trio of powerhouse performances, the film wounds not only with its words but also with its emotions. Weisz and Stone are characteristically stellar. They will bewitch you, and you should expect them to receive some serious Oscar attention. But it is British TV stalwart Olivia Colman (tapped to play the next Elizabeth II in the upcoming season of Netflix’s The Crown), who steals the show, managing to be both completely despicable and utterly sympathetic.

Based in true history — the key word here being “based” — The Favourite takes us inside the reign of England’s Queen Anne (Olivia Coleman). But unlike your adaptations of your Elizabeths or your Victorias, this is a queen the likes of which you have never seen.

She wails and flails, is constantly in pain, often confused, always craving attention, has 17 pet rabbits, and sits around eating cake despite being terribly afflicted with gout.

But she has Sarah Marlborough (Rachel Weisz), her closest confidante and lifelong friend (and maybe something more, if you catch my drift) to keep her in check and make sure she doesn’t go out looking like a badger.

And for all intents and purposes the Duchess of Marlborough, aka the Mistress of Robes, the highest position a woman could obtain at court, is basically running the country, stepping in for Queen Anne when it counts.

And what a glorious thing it is to watch.

Sarah is in about as perfect a situation as can be, masterminding a war with France and enjoying the Queen’s near undivided affections. But all that changes upon the arrival of her fallen cousin, Abigail (Emma Stone), at court. A noblewoman whose father gambled her away, Abigail comes to ask her distant cousin Sarah for help. Abigail is given a job as a lowly scullery maid, and behind the overly cheery disposition you can sense the wheels spinning in her brain.

Through some cunning happenstance, Abigail soon makes herself indispensible to the queen, winning favor and rising fast. Abigail

The power dynamics are uniquely female, and it’s not pettiness; it’s true artistry, with a complexity to not only each character but also to their relationships with one another. In The Favourite, the women run the show, while in a welcome role reversal, the men run around like chickens with their necks cut off. And no one more so than wigged dandy Nicholas Holt (Mad Max: Fury Road), who plays opposition leader Harley and is bloody brilliant at it.

And it’s all so gorgeously stylized, with dreamy costumes and fabulous production design. But the cinematography keeps things interesting and new with its masterful use of natural lighting and constant unexpected and inventive touches, like the use of fish-eye lenses, or moments of divine anachronism, like one of the film’s best scenes, which feature breakdancing at court, and not only is it absolutely absurd and riotous, it gives way to absolute heartbreak.

For those not familiar with Yorgos Lanthimos’ often outré oeuvre (see The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer), here he manages to hold things together without completely going off the rails until the very bitter end.

In fact, this might be the closest thing he ever does to a “crowd pleaser.” And while it is definitely not a crowd pleaser by any stretch of the imagination, getting to watch such fabulous actresses in such gratifyingly complicated roles be so very good at being so very wicked is its own marvelously pleasing thing to behold.

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the ADViCE GOddESS “Jonesin” Crosswords "It's Not Unusual"--the phrase makes it. by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1 Little drinks 5 TV monitoring gp.

8 Waits 13 Muscle problem 14 Jazz legend Fitzgerald 15 Fail to be 16 Lubricant used at the front and rear of an automobile drivetrain 18 Cuba ___ (rum drink) 19 Artistic interpretation of one’s feelings, maybe 21 Alfonso Ribeiro-hosted show featuring viewer submissions, for short 22 Ward of “Gone Girl” 23 “Claws” network 24 “Matilda the Musical” songwriter Minchin 27 Lover 29 “___ Believer” (Monkees song) 31 It may be half-baked 33 Cedar alternative 36 Bisected 40 It contains numerators and denominators within numerators and denominators 43 Skier’s spot 44 Clean up some topiary 45 ___ gin fizz 46 Lamentable 48 Family member, briefly 50 PGA VIP Ernie 51 Place to chill out 54 Lemon zest source 57 “Death ___ Funeral” (2007 or 2010 film) 59 Snarky social media response to an undeserved boast (and this puzzle’s theme) 64 Heart chambers 65 Eddie Murphy’s role in “Beverly Hills Cop” 67 Adrien of “The Pianist” 68 Adjust, as banjo strings 69 Dory helped find him 70 Heavy items dropped in cartoons 71 ___-Pekka Salonen (conductor soon to lead the San Francisco Symphony) 72 Cable channel since 1979

DOWN 1 Rocksteady precursor 2 “Never Tear Us Apart” band 3 Global extremity 4 Ancient stone slab (anagram of TESLA) 5 State of change 6 Snippets, like those shown on 21-Across 7 Core group 8 Vinegar variety 9 Spring bloom 10 Credit counterpart 11 “The Smartest Guys in the Room” company 12 Cardiologist’s dilator 14 Heighten 17 Excruciatingly loud, in sheet music 20 Roth of “Inglourious Basterds” 24 Nervous spasms 25 “Rebel Yell” singer Billy 26 Inbox item 28 “thank u, ___” (Ariana Grande song) 30 Farm residents?

32 Venmo and Hinge, e.g.

34 Egypt’s cont.

35 Kardashian matriarch 37 Scrabble piece 38 Sheared stuff 39 They’re “on” in binary 41 They’re always in February 42 Good-natured 47 “___ Poetry Jam” 49 Double ___ (Oreo variety) 51 Q-Tip ends 52 Ancient city in Jordan 53 With an ___ distinction 55 Bring delight to 56 High-end Toyota 58 Make good (for) 60 Six Flags attraction 61 TV “Warrior Princess” played by Lucy Lawless 62 Acapulco accolades 63 1996 veep candidate 66 Hither and ___

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Things That Go Bump In The Knight

Girls Just Wanna Have Funding?

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: I’m confused. Does treating women as equals mean not doing those things that would previously have been considered chivalrous, like opening doors and giving a woman your coat? What’s now considered polite, and what’s considered offensive?

— Bewildered : The response by some women these days to men’s well-intentioned acts must tempt at least a few men to swing entirely in the other direction: “Let’s see...I could open the car door for my date — or start to drive off and let her throw herself across the hood and hang on.”

To these women, chivalry is “benevolent sexism,” affectionate but patronizing sexism — a way of treating women that suggests they are in need of men’s help and protection.

It involves things like opening doors and offering to carry a heavy item for a female colleague and being the one who runs for the car in a downpour — instead of handing the girlfriend the keys and announcing, “I’ll just wait here under the awning!”

Research has found that benevolent sexism can be undermining to women — even leading them to feel less competent at their job. However, complicating things a bit, new research by social psychologists Pelin Gul and Tom R. Kupfer finds that women — including women with strong feminist beliefs — are attracted to men with benevolently sexist attitudes and behaviors despite (!) finding these men “patronizing and undermining.”

The researchers theorize that what women are actually attracted to is the underlying signal of benevolently sexist behavior — that “a man is willing to invest” (in them and any children they might have together).

Frankly, even I engage in benevolent, uh, something or other — like by holding the door open for any person, male or female, coming up to an entrance behind me -- simply because it’s nice for one human to look out for another. Or, as my mother would put it, it’s genteel. Ultimately, your best bet is behaving as genteelly as you would if you had no idea about benevolent sexism. Most women will probably appreciate it — even if a few of them say “Thank you...that’s very nice of you!” in language more along the lines of “Screw off, you medieval turd!”

BY Amy Alkon

: I’m a 34-year-old man, newly single after a relationship that started in college.

Though I love the work I do running a small nonprofit, I don’t make tons of money.

I’m worried that my inability to “provide” in any sort of lavish way will make it hard for me to attract post-college women. Do I need to win the lottery?

— Making A Difference : It is best if the dream date you’re proposing isn’t all in the presentation: “We have reservations tonight at a cozy new hot spot -- my studio apartment with the heat that won’t shut off. Dress tropical!”

I do often write about how women evolved to prefer male partners with high status -- men with the ability to “provide” (like by being a hotshot spearmeister who regularly brings home the bison, earning others’ respect and loyalty). However, what’s important to note — and what has some bearing on your chances with the ladies — is that ancestral humans lacked anything resembling “wealth” (portable, conservable assets).

Though no modern woman wants a man who lives paycheck advance to paycheck advance, there’s hope for you — from research on one of the few cultures today in which men aren’t the primary earners. Political scientist Nechumi Yaffe looked at ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel — a community in which the men spend all day hunched over studying the Torah and the women are the breadwinners.

Yaffe finds that, as in other cultures, the men the ultra-Orthodox women prefer as mates are those who are the best in their “field” — which, in this community, comes out of the level of “religious devotion and piety” the men show. In other words, though men’s status is a vital mating asset across cultures, “how status is achieved may be culturally specific.”

As for you, I’m guessing you don’t work at a nonprofit because you hit your head and forgot to become a cold corporate tool. You’re surely part of a community that shares your beliefs about the importance of making a difference.

Chances are, many of the women in your world don’t want some money-worshipping hedge fund buttknuckle.

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DEC 17- DEC 30

BY ROB BREZSNY

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Studies show that the best

possible solution to the problem of homelessness is to provide cheap or free living spaces for the homeless. Not only is it the most effective way of helping the people involved; in the long run, it’s also the least expensive. Is there a comparable problem in your personal life? A chronic difficulty that you keep putting band-aids on but that never gets much better? I’m happy to inform you that 2019 will be a favorable time to dig down to find deeper, more fundamental solutions; to finally fix a troublesome issue rather than just addressing its symptoms.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many people

in Iceland write poems, but only a few publish them. There’s even a term for those who put their creations away in a drawer rather than seeking an audience: skúffuskáld, literally translated as “drawer-poet.” Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life, Aquarius? Do you produce some good thing but never share it? Is there a part of you that you’re proud of but keep secret? Is there an aspect of your ongoing adventures that’s meaningful but mostly private? If so, 2019 will be the year you might want to change your mind about it.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): Scientists at

Goldsmiths University in London did a study to determine the catchiest pop song ever recorded.

After extensive research in which they evaluated an array of factors, they decided that Queen’s “We Are the Champions” is the song that more people love to sing than any other. This triumphant tune happens to be your theme song in 2019. I suggest you learn the lyrics and melody, and sing it once every day. It should help you build on the natural confidencebuilding influences that will be streaming into your life.

key to an artist’s uniqueness and originality, even if they were as-yet immature. I’m expanding his suggestion and applying it to all of you Crabs during the next ten months, even if you’re not strictly an artist. Watch carefully what your community seems to misunderstand about the new trends you’re pursuing, and work hard to ripen them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1891, a 29-year-

old British mother named Constance Garnett decided she would study the Russian language and become a translator. She learned fast.

During the next forty years, she produced English translations of 71 Russian literary books, including works by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, and Chekhov. Many had never before been rendered in English. I see 2019 as a Constance Garnett-type year for you, Leo. Any late-blooming potential you might possess could enter a period of rapid maturation. Awash in enthusiasm and ambition, you’ll have the power to launch a new phase of development that could animate and motivate you for a long time.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’ll be bold and

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Consumer Reports

says that between 1975 and 2008, the average number of products for sale in a supermarket rose from about 9,000 to nearly 47,000. The glut is holding steady. Years ago you selected from among three or four brands of soup and shampoo. Nowadays you may be faced with twenty varieties of each. I suspect that 2019 will bring a comparable expansion in some of your life choices, Aries—especially when you’re deciding what to do with your future and who your allies should be. This could be both a problem and a blessing. For best results, opt for choices that have all three of these qualities: fun, usefulness, and meaningfulness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): People have been

trying to convert ordinary metals into gold since at least 300 AD. At that time, an Egyptian alchemist named Zosimos of Panopolis unsuccessfully mixed sulfur and mercury in the hope of performing such magic. Fourteen centuries later, seminal scientist Isaac Newton also failed in his efforts to produce gold from cheap metal.

But now let’s fast forward to twentieth-century chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, a distinguished researcher who won a share of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1951. He and his team did an experiment with bismuth, an element that’s immediately adjacent to lead on the periodical table. By using a particle accelerator, they literally transmuted a small quantity of bismuth into gold. I propose that we make this your teaching story for 2019. May it inspire you to seek transformations that have never before been possible.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): United States

President Donald Trump wants to build a concrete and fenced wall between Mexico and America, hoping to slow down the flow of immigrants across the border. Meanwhile, twelve Northern African countries are collaborating to build a 4,750-mile-long wall of drought-resistant trees at the border of the Sahara, hoping to stop the desert from swallowing up farmland. During the coming year, I’ll be rooting for you to draw inspiration from the latter, not the former. Erecting new boundaries will be healthy for you—if it’s done out of love and for the sake of your health, not out of fear and divisiveness.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian

poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau advised artists to notice the aspects of their work that critics didn’t like—and then cultivate those precise aspects. He regarded the disparaged or misconstrued elements as being

predict that 2019 will be a nurturing chapter in your story; a time when you will feel loved and supported to a greater degree than usual; a phase when you will be more at home in your body and more at peace with your fate than you have in a long time. I have chosen an appropriate blessing to bestow upon you, written by the poet Claire Wahmanholm. Speak her words as if they were your own. “On Earth I am held, honeysuckled not just by honeysuckle but by everything—marigolds, bog after bog of small sundews, the cold smell of spruce.”

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Be very, very careful

what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out.” This advice is sometimes attributed to sixteenth-century politician and cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Now I’m offering it to you as one of your important themes in 2019. Here’s how you can best take it to heart. First, be extremely discerning about what ideas, theories, and opinions you allow to flow into your imagination. Make sure they’re based on objective facts and make sure they’re good for you. Second, be aggressive about purging old ideas, theories, and opinions from your head, especially if they’re outmoded, unfounded, or toxic.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Memorize this

quote by author Peter Newton and keep it close to your awareness during the coming months: “No remorse. No if-onlys. Just the alertness of being.” Here’s another useful maxim, this one from author Mignon McLaughlin: “Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.” Shall we make it a lucky three mottoes to live by in 2019? This one’s by author A. A. Milne: “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

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

1920, most American women didn’t have the right to vote. For that matter, few had ever been candidates for public office. There were exceptions. In 1866, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the first to seek a seat in Congress. In 1875, Victoria Woodhull ran for president. Susanna Salter became the first woman mayor in 1887. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Sagittarius, 2019 will be a Stanton-Woodhull-Salter type of year for you. You’re likely to be ahead of your time and primed to innovate. You’ll have the courage and resourcefulness necessary to try seemingly unlikely and unprecedented feats, and you’ll have a knack for ushering the future into the present.

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Dear Terri, For over 35 years, you have graced the airwaves across Northern Michigan as the voice of KLT. You are in our hearts, our homes, at work, in our cars…playing the soundtrack to our ‘every day’. Thank you for your compassion, sincere commitment and dedication to helping others and for your love of all things Northern Michigan.

You are an official member in EACH of our families.

Congratulations and we look forward to the next 35 years , You will always be : THE legendary voice of Northern Michigan!

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