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were doing when, in their infinite wisdom, they created the Electoral College to ensure all the states were fairly represented.

Jack Barber, Cheboygan It’s Voting Time May everyone please read Romans 1:20–32, especially if you’re planning to vote Democrat.

The same way a getaway driver is just as guilty as the bank robber. He that has an ear to hear, let him hear.

Matt Grant, Traverse City Please Say No It puzzles me why developers are so intent on dismissing the overwhelming opposition to building mega-structures in TC, particularly after its resounding defeat last year. The 746+ newcomers who have flocked here to retire want to get away from urban landscapes. That’s our ongoing appeal — not the same tired footprint of downstate cities. Our charm and quality of life is what injects dollars into our economy, not the flash in the pan developers who leave full-bellied after tax breaks and special easements, Maybe they think the ‘old guard’ will get tired of fighting this. Hardly.

Please vote no on Prop 1.

Jane Fochtman, Traverse City Big Mac’s Big Line 5 Decision Last December, Governor Snyder’s own Pipeline Safety Advisory Board recommended shutting down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac until safety issues were resolved. Snyder instead has announced an agreement to keep its oil flowing for another decade while Enbridge builds a tunnel. The Mackinac Bridge Authority is to own the tunnel for 99 years. He appointed two new MBA members to help with this decision before he leaves office.

Canadians have rejected pipelines across their own country, so Enbridge needs our shortcut to their East coast markets. This corporate gamble with our Great Lakes is both unfair and unnecessary. Enbridge has other pipelines around the lakes. Despite Enbridge claims, Michigan only uses about 5 percent of Line 5’s oil and 2 percent of its propane liquids.

Enbridge profits while Michigan bears the risk.

A 75-year-old pipeline on life support and 99 more years of Canadian oil transport is not the way to a Pure Michigan future.

The MBA must reject tunnel ownership at its Nov. 8 meeting and call for proper regulatory review. We must elect state leaders in November who will decommission Line 5.

There are alternatives for propane supply and for pipelines, but not for clean water.

Barbara Stamiris, Traverse City College v. Popular Vote I recently ran across some interesting statistics relative to our presidential voting method. There has been considerable talk about changing from the Electoral College vote to a popular vote, particularly from the Left, especially since Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by some 1.5 million votes.

There are 3,141 counties in the United States.

Trump won 3,084 of them; Clinton won 57.

There are 62 counties in New York state. Trump won 46 of them; Clinton won 16. The five counties that make up New York City alone more than accounted for Clinton winning the popular vote (1.5 million plus) of the entire country.

Keep in mind that those five counties (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond, and Queens) make up 319 square miles, while the United States is comprised of 3,797,000 square miles!

Should 319 square miles dictate the outcome of a national election? Actually, it makes no sense to allow large, densely populated Democratic cities (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc.) to speak for the rest of the country.

Our Founding Fathers knew what they

Vote Responsibly It no longer makes sense for conservatives to maintain their Republican affiliation.

Republican leaders have abandoned conservative values, such as protecting the Constitution, fiscal responsibility, supporting families, and preserving clean air and water.

Instead, they are supporting racism, misogyny, hatred, endless war, profits of corporations above all else, and lying to get what they want.

Vote Democratic if you believe in maintaining Social Security, Medicare, and a strong middle class, healthcare for all, good schools, science, a clean environment, mitigating climate change, caring for your neighbors, and a government that is of the people, for the people, and by the people.

Please vote responsibly.

Dr. Bill Gittlen, Traverse City Letter Misrepresents In response to Mr. Ehrnst’s letter titled “Harbor Hall Misrepresents”: 1. The proposed expansion is not in a zoned residential district. It is located in a B2b mixed-use zoning district. Harbor Hall was lead to believe that the expansion would fit in the B2b zoning criteria until the City reclassified it as a boarding house, which it is not. Harbor Hall has been a substance abuse treatment facility for 44 years.

2. The proposed expansion is not three stories high; it is two stories, well within the height restrictions in B2b zoning.

3. Mr. Ehrnst’s statement that the proposed expansion is five times larger than its current size is false. The proposed Woman’s Facility is 10,000 square feet smaller than the current dilapidated warehouse and well within the setback parameters.

4. There is no 125-seat auditorium. There is a proposed 116 seat classroom in the basement level for educational lectures for clients and family members.

5. The assertion that Harbor Hall should split the present facility in half to accommodate both men and women is absurd. The men’s facility has been at capacity since the day it opened. We receive one or two calls daily from women looking for help. Our mission is to provide more, not less, care for people in need.

Last December, Harbor Hall held an open house to present our proposed plan and sent over 460 invitations to local officials and neighbors and in a six-block radius. Six people attended; Mr. Ehrnst did not. Harbor Hall has always been transparent and has an open door policy for anyone that would like to make arrangements to tour the facility. It astounds me that, to date, knowing of the proposed $15 million investment to expand Harbor Hall, not one city council member, nor the mayor, nor city manager, has ever set foot inside the doors of Harbor Hall.

Larry Rochon, Harbor Hall president, Petoskey The Society We Create I am a Democrat because I believe government has in the past and can in the future help people who work hard for a better life for themselves, their family, and community. It is not all about how much money I have in my pocket, but what kind of society we create. In the words of Hubert Humphrey: “... the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.

Marda Chahbazi, Honor Stop the Betrayal I feel betrayed by those who contaminate our peaceful, friendly region with their media

ads of lies, promoting violence, and spewing extremism and hatred. Women, reporters, people of color, those with different ideas and values are demonized because someone says that’s how to win. Religion became a weapon instead of love and compassion. When the end justifies the means, what does that say about us as a people and a country if we have to lie, cheat, and steal? Families, friends, and neighbors are not talking to each other because of politics.

End this division, turn off all media. Vote!

Beverly Christensen, Cedar Vote Your Beliefs Whether you are white, black, brown, red, pink, yellow or any color under the rainbow, now is the time to stand up and unite to show what America is really about. Do not continue to be bullied and baffled by politicians that are acting in their own self-interests. Get out and vote for what you believe in and what is best not only for now but for our children and future generations.

Let’s have leaders who display the American traits of intelligence, compassion, truth, and integrity this country was founded on and stood for. Make America Green again and lying wrong!

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

The Case that Will Not End.................................10 This is a Career that Wants Women..................13 Growing Political Leadership...........................14 The Family Business......................................15 Choose Her Own Adventure...........................17 Accidental manager. Intentional mom...............19

dates................................................22-25 music FourScore......................................................27

John Hewett, Traverse City Nightlife.........................................................29 Lunch, Ruined You have ruined my Saturday lunch ritual.

Before Oct. 13, I would eat lunch at my favorite local restaurant while reading Northern Express. Never again! Mr. Kachadurian’s opinion column so shocked me with its hatefilled, ignorant, and disorganized bile that I won’t read the NE again. (I will miss Mr. Tuttle and Mr. Smith.) Next Saturday, I’ll be reading the New York Times with my lunch.

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

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Opinion.............................................................8 Weird...............................................................9 Crossed..........................................................18 Chef’s Notes...................................................21 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................26 Diane Carlton, Traverse City Film................................................................28 Advice Goddess...........................................30 Crossword...................................................30 Lies v. Truth To some, lies are presented as truths, and Freewill Astrology.........................................31 truths portrayed as lies that fall on ears that Classifieds..................................................32 have never heard the information before, or is contradictory of their own knowledge of the subject matter at hand. To the person speaking the lies, it is their truth for which they seek some acknowledgment, understanding, and direction from spreading the information.

Whereas truth is relative to the self by upbringing, education, and experience. It is more widely accepted by all people in a society.

I fundamentally believe that everyone wants to hear the truth. There are fundamentals that we can all agree on, such as food, water, and shelter from the elements — we all need that. It’s a truth so fundamental and simple, yet overlooked by those who are in positions of decisions.

A lot of the time we overlook those very basic necessities for those who are actually in need of them; instead we focus on more laws that confine and suppress the very lives they were intended to make better. We focus on things that don’t need fixing, and ignore the very foundations which we stand on.

Finding, articulating, and enforcing your truth is probably the hardest thing you could possibly speak, because it could be so contradictory to what other people believe and what is relative to their own lives. Until we can agree on some principles of truth and lies, there will forever be a strife between those who believe lies and shun the truth.

John Haney, Traverse City Correction: The Oct. 20 article by Kristi Kates [“What’ Not Happening This Halloween”] states that Burton Jones will return with a new event, “What Nightmares May Come” in October 2019. To clarify, that production will not happen at Challenge Mountain. According to a letter from Elizabeth Looze, executive director of Challenge Mountain, “Since the retirement of Jim and Terry Baker, Challenge Mountain does not have any plans to host a nightmare type event in the future. Burton Jones is not affiliated with Challenge Mountain.”

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top ten mitch albom Best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster and musician Mitch Albom brings his new novel, “The Next Person You Meet in Heaven,” to Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC on Sat., Nov. 3 at 7pm. His novel is the sequel to “The Five People You Meet in Heaven.” Tickets are $50 and include a copy of the book. 100% of the proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sister of Northwestern Michigan. mynorthtickets.com.

4 Manistee Fire Dept. Needs World Record Help City of Manistee firefighter Fred LaPoint hopes to establish something before he retires after 40 years with the department next March: that Manistee’s station is the oldest continually operated fire hall in the nation.

LaPoint said he’s been back and forth with the Guinness Book of World Records folks, and they keep asking for more information about the building, which LaPoint believes has been continuously used as a fire department since 1889.

Trouble is, in those early days, there were no associations that certified fire departments, and the city has not kept employment records dating back that far.

LaPoint now is looking for any evidence he can get, such as an affidavit from someone who knows of a relative who worked at the Manistee Fire Department decades ago and could verify that they worked at the original station.

LaPoint is confident that if he can establish continuous use of the building as a fire hall, Manistee will get the record. There are certainly older fire halls in larger cities around the country, but they’ve not been in continuous use, or they’ve been extensively remodeled, or they’ve been repurposed.

Anyone with documentation or memories can contact LaPoint at flapoint@ manisteemi.gov or (231) 723-1549.

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Virgil Wander

Jon Snow wasn’t kidding when he warned us about winter. November is upon us, and we’re about ready to hunker down and hibernate. Notorious storyteller Leif Enger, however, just ended his decade-long writing hiatus earlier this month with the release of his his third novel, “Virgil Wander.” After a winter storm lands our eponymous narrator in the hospital, he finds himself suddenly, wholly alive. But with his memory newly compromised, Wander is forced to rely on a few friendly locals to relearn the life he nearly lost. The head trauma, however, changes Wander for good; and in a satisfyingly Pleasantville-y turn of events, the monochrome of his broken town suddenly comes up technicolor. A staff favorite at Petoskey’s McLean and Eakin, “Virgil Wander” packs enough Midwestern wistfulness to keep your cockles cozy ’till May — but, a hat and some gloves probably wouldn’t hurt, either.

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Question Popped atop Mighty Mac

A St. Ignace man found a way to make a walking tour to the top of the Mackinac Bridge especially memorable.

He proposed to his girlfriend. And she said yes.

Cord Wilson proposed to his now fiancé Emily Misner Oct. 24 while the couple were on a tower tour that Misner won in a Michigan Department of Transportation and Mackinac Bridge Authority social media photo contest.

Wilson waited until he and Misner were at the top of the tower to pop the question, according to an MDOT press release. The proposal caught Misner off guard.

“I think my first words were, ‘Are you serious?’” Misner said. “I cannot even begin to describe how amazing today was. We’ve definitely joked about ‘if we ever get married’ here and there, but I had absolutely no idea the proposal was going to happen.”

The outing was planned months ahead of time, so Wilson had time to prepare. Misner and Wilson have been together for four years and plan to wed in 2020.

stuff we love Magic Man in Traverse City Said to provide equal parts laughter and amazement, comedian, illusionist, and motivational speaker Tom Coverly will perform Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Salvation Army Community Center, 1239 Barlow St., in Traverse City. Coverly has performed for millions around the world, both as a headliner and alongside the likes of Toby Mac, Newsboys, Casting Crowns, Mercy Me, and Pop Evil, as well as for major corporations like Warner Brothers, Gerber, Amway, Sprint, Arby’s and Burger King. His show will combine stunts, sleight of hand and quick wit, mind-blowing illusions and a life-changing message as he invites audience members to participate in his artistry. This event is targeted to families and youth, kindergarten and up. While the event is free, due to limited seating, tickets are required. Tickets can be picked up at The Salvation Army Community Center.

4-H at Home Looking to keep your kids learning and playing after school and on weekends? The folks at 4-H have you covered with the new — and free — “4-H Inspire Kids to Do Activity Guide.” It provides plenty of opportunities and instruction for hands-on activities, from creating robots and making pillows to learning about the natural world and practicing yoga. But wait, there’s more: Kids of all ages can make painted fabric wall art, bake bread in a bag, even generate electricity from a lemon. Most of the activities inside don’t require adult supervision, but you might want to participate just for fun. (Unless you don’t want to build a marshmallow catapult or a windmill, and you’re totally certain you’re washing your hands the right way.) For all these and more, start at 4-H.org.

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by Stephen Tuttle Are you going to vote? Do you vote for someone or against their opponent?

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Almost everybody claims they vote for the person, not the party. Yet, more than 70 percent of voters cast ballots for candidates in a single party. Well, the candidates in that party best represent us. We vote a party line and deny it.

We also know people claim to dislike Congress. A lot. Their approval rating regularly

Still, maybe you’d rather vote against someone. Take your pick. There’s State Senator Wayne Schmidt, the Snap-on tool of special interest groups. There’s the Invertebrate Six, the Republican candidates for Grand Traverse County Commission who found a cowardly excuse to avoid facing opponents in a forum. (Sonny Wheelock was the GOP exception, and good

Maybe you don’t believe your one little vote means much. In 1960, a single changed vote in each precinct around the country would have elected Richard Nixon instead of John Kennedy.

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hovers around 20 percent. But we send back 90 percent of those we so disapprove of election after election. Apparently we believe they’re mostly bums, except our own member of Congress who must not be part of the problem.

Let’s assume you’re a conscientious voter who believes the glass is half-full, and you make your choices based on the good things a candidate might do. There is much for you to like this election cycle because we’re being promised a lot.

Republican candidates running for statewide or legislative offices either won’t raise taxes or will reduce them, will cut red tape, and they’d like to fix the roads. They’re against illegal immigration, and Bill Schuette, their gubernatorial candidate, says he’ll put an end to sanctuary cities. We’ll just ignore the fact that immigration is actually a federal responsibility.

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It should be noted here that none of the candidates of either party are the demon seeds being portrayed in the negative ads. Those ads are artless, clueless toxic waste absent much connection to reality. You should simply ignore them.

Democrats, from gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer on down, have a long to-do list: fix the roads, reduce auto insurance premiums, expand healthcare coverage, protect our water, increase funding to public education, give teachers raises ... wow. Never mind there’s not really enough money to do all that, and a likely Republican legislature won’t want to do any of that. (Maybe they’ll put some money toward roads; so many candidates have promised that they’ll likely have to do something.)

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In our congressional race, Republican incumbent Jack Bergman is promising family leave and protection for our water, and he favors legal recreational marijuana. Not very Republican of him by today’s standards, and he’d have to convince another 218 members of Congress his family-leave idea is a good one.

Matt Morgan, his Democratic opponent, has a laundry list similar to Whitmer’s, and he’s going to bring people together to find bipartisan solutions to our problems. Good luck with that.

for him.) There’s the over-reaching, overpromising Democrats.

Whatever the reason for whomever you vote for or against, we should probably keep in mind that even if elected, our legislators and congressional representatives will just be one of many and are unlikely to do anything they’ve promised in a campaign.

Maybe you’ve just given up altogether. That’s the decision most Michiganders are likely to make; voter turnout in the 2014 midterm elections was a pathetic 18 percent according to the Michigan Secretary of State’s office.

But if you decided not to vote, don’t worry: We voters will take care of that for you.

It’s nothing for you to be concerned about.

We’ll decide the issues for you. We’ll decide who’s going to guide our public schools, whether or not marijuana will be legalized, if you can more easily obtain an absentee ballot, if we’ll have an independent redistricting commission, who will represent you in Lansing and in Washington, and who will be your next governor. We’ll decide the future of schools, roads, drinking water, taxes, healthcare coverage, insurance rates, air quality ... it’s a pretty long list.

Maybe you don’t believe your one little vote means much. In 1960, a single changed vote in each precinct around the country would have elected Richard Nixon instead of John Kennedy. In 2000, just two changed votes per precinct in Florida would have given Al Gore, not George W. Bush, the presidency.

With all the federal, state, and local elections around the country, every year there are a couple dozen or so races that end in ties and are often determined by a game of chance or a name drawn out of a hat. A single additional vote would have been decisively important.

And remember this: While you’re not voting, the people with whom you most vehemently disagree surely are. And you’ve made their votes all the more powerful.

Crime & Rescue CLOSE CALL LEADS TO ARREST A 70-year-old Holly man was arrested for drunk driving after he nearly crashed into a deputy’s patrol car.

At 9pm Oct. 22, a Leelanau County Sheriff’s sergeant was parked eight feet off the road along M-22 in Greilickville when a Nissan SUV nearly sideswiped the patrol car.

The sergeant attempted to pull over the SUV, which veered sharply to the right and struck a guardrail and a mailbox before coming to a stop.

The driver was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.

MAN ARRESTED IN BASEBALL BAT ATTACK An Alanson man was arrested after police said he used a baseball bat to assault another man in his sleep.

State police were called to a home in Emmet County’s Littlefield Township at 11:45pm Oct. 20, where a man told them that he’d had a “minor” argument earlier in the day and later woke up as he was being attacked with a baseball bat. The man told police that 55-year-old William Solomon McFall struck him in the head and face with a bat.

The man was taken by ambulance to McLaren Northern Michigan for treatment.

McFall, who left the scene before troopers arrived, was tracked down, arrested, and charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm.

Police suspect McFall had been drinking prior to the attack.

TWO KILLED IN CRASH Two 21-year-olds were killed when they were ejected from a Jeep in a crash near Cadillac.

Tustin resident Jeffery Gross II was pronounced dead at the scene, and Mesick resident Mark Hunter was airlifted to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City where he later died.

Investigators determined the men’s Jeep did not stop at a stop sign and crashed into another vehicle. Three people in the other vehicle were not seriously injured, police said.

State police were called to the intersection of M-115 and 47 Road in Clam Lake Township at 8pm Oct. 21.

“ZERO TOLERANCE” ARREST MADE A young driver who was clocked traveling 31mph over the speed limit was arrested after Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies determined he’d been drinking.

Deputies stopped a car travelling 71mph in a 40mph zone on South West Bay Shore Drive in Greilickville Oct. 21 at 1:31am.

The deputy detected an odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle and arrested the driver, a 20-year-old Maple City man, for drinking alcohol before driving, and cited an 18-year-old passenger for being a minor in possession of alcohol.

MAN DEAD AFTER CRASH WITH DEER A motorcycle driver was killed after he crashed into a deer in Antrim County.

Someone came across the crash scene on North West Torch Lake Drive in Torch Lake Township at 7:40pm Oct. 21 and called police; deputies arrived and found the driver dead at the scene.

Investigators believe the man, who was apparently not wearing a helmet, crashed after he struck a deer.

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“SUSPICIOUS” CALL LEADS TO ARREST Cadillac Police arrested a man after they checked out a suspicious vehicle complaint.

Someone called police about a man sitting in a parked car near their house for over an hour.

When officers arrived at the First Ave. location at 12:25pm Oct. 21, they found the car, circled the block, and returned to find the car, sans license plate, pulling into an alley.

They made a traffic stop and arrested the 23-year-old Cadillac man on charges of operating without a license, second-offense driving while license suspended, driving an unregistered vehicle, and resisting arrest.

MAN FACES ARSON CHARGES A seven-month investigation into an Otsego County house fire led to charges against a 35-year-old Gaylord man.

State police arrested Jason Lee Faubert Oct. 12 for one count of second-degree arson involving an unoccupied Bagley Township home that caught fire at 3am April 30.

Detectives, including the MSP Seventh District Fire Investigator, concluded the fire was intentionally set.

INDECENT EXPOSURE CASE INVESTIGATED State police arrested a man for exposing himself to a woman in a Walmart parking lot.

A 65-year-old woman called 911 back in August to report that a man had asked her for directions outside of the Walmart before he exposed his genitals to her.

Troopers launched an investigation, reviewed surveillance footage, and confirmed the woman’s account. They were able to identify the suspect’s vehicle, which had distinctive damage, and asked other police agencies to be on the lookout.

A week later, a Petoskey Department of Public Safety officer spotted the vehicle and identified the driver.

Investigators submitted a report to the Emmet County prosecutors, who charged 28-year-old Joseph Hamma with one count of indent exposure. He was arraigned Oct. 19.

Anyone who has more information about the case is asked to call the state police Gaylord post at (989) 732-2778.

DEPUTIES FREE MAND FROM RV Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies freed a man trapped under an RV after a jack collapsed.

The 32-year-old Kingsley man was repairing a tire on Oct. 18 when a jack tripped, and the RV fell on top of him. Someone inside the RV heard calls for help and called 911.

Two deputies soon arrived at the East Bay Township location and dug out space so that two jacks could be put into place and the RV could be raised. The man was pulled out and taken to Munson Medical Center, where he was treated for soreness and bruising.

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BALLOT PROPOSALS EASY AS 1, 2, 3 opinion

bY Amy Kerr Hardin Michigan voters have a once in a generation opportunity to send a strong message to Lansing next week. Three ballot proposals, each unique unto itself, and borne of their own sources, are to be determined through our electoral process.

Compared to other states, Michigan’s ballot is actually an easy read. The number of proposals on a typical California ticket is cause enough to stick a finger in one’s eye. In each precinct there, voters are handed a hefty tome. Coroners are brought in to retrieve the skeletal remains of baffled ballot casters who expired whilst deciphering the meaning and intent of the vast array of citizen-driven policy initiatives.

Mitten friends, however … count yourselves lucky. Yet, do pay heed to your three important statewide options.

We are deep into the season politicos call “the pollercoaster,” when our phones ring nonstop right up to election eve. Toward the end, it’s mostly robo calls and “push” polls — i.e., fake polls intended to sway voters: “Would you still vote for so-and-so knowing that they juggle flaming babies?”

Polling on ballot measures tends to be a little more accurate than on candidates. So let’s examine where Michigan’s proposals stand with the body politic.

Prop 1: A yes vote will legalize pot for those 21 and older. One would think that given the Republican penchant to monetize anything and everything, this would be a no brainer.

Two polls found support hovering at around 55 percent, yet local 86th district court candidate Bob Cooney and his GOP homeboy, attorney general and gubernatorial hopeful Bill Schuette, want to toss Nana in the clink for taking edibles to ease her aching knees.

They have been up front in their opposition to legalization and medicinal usage — as have law enforcement agencies, claiming it will increase traffic accidents, which it may well. But the true impetus behind police opposition lies in the lost revenues from asset forfeiture: They find some herb in your glove box, and you’ve just lost your ride at a police auction.

The Senate Fiscal Agency, the policy wizards that crunch the numbers, estimate that the state could haul in just under $300 million in tax revenues from the 10 percent excise and 6 percent sales tax on legal pot sales. Plus, there would be an additional $22 million from licensing fees to shore up budgetary shortfalls.

Problem is, that windfall might not “trickle down” to local law enforcement.

The Republican-led legislature could have voted legalization into law when it was approved for the ballot, as the constitution allows, but they just didn’t have the stomach for it. They are taking a political risk because the measure will be a major get-out-the-vote driver for progressives.

Prop 2: A yes vote on this will create a nonpartisan commission to redraw voting districts — in theory, to end gerrymandering — the practice of drawing districts shaped more like Rorschach tests than anything appropriate or

logical. It’s done with the intention of favoring one party over the other. Michigan is one of the worst states in terms of gerrymandering.

As the lines are currently drawn, the votes of Democrats don’t count in many areas.

At this time, a plurality of voters support the proposal, with 48 percent in favor, 32 percent against, and one-fifth remaining undecided.

Unfortunately, ballot measures on which voters feel uncertain tend to garner a hasty “no” vote on election day. Voter education is key to success with this measure. Democrats and Independents strongly favor the prop, but Republicans are giving it a solid thumbs down.

Colorado voters face a similar ballot question, and it is backed by none other than that state’s Chamber of Commerce. They want to clean up the mess. Not so here; Michigan’s Chamber is fighting it tooth and nail. They want to keep the GOP in a position of permanent power in Lansing.

A federal lawsuit challenging gerrymandering brought by the Michigan League of Women Voters recently revealed emails from GOP incumbents, donors, and operatives that clearly show intent to manipulate districts in their favor. The damning correspondence demonstrated complete acquiescence to the whims of Republican incumbents. They were literally choosing their voters. If the proposition fails, this lawsuit might still curb gerrymandering in Michigan.

Prop 3: A yes vote here will amend the constitution with critical reforms needed to make voting easier in Michigan. Among them are no-reason absentee ballots, easier registration, restoration of straight-party voting, and a requirement for election result audits.

A whopping 70 percent of those polled gave it the nod, with only 24 percent taking a pass on the measure. One pollster noted that “the ballot language itself sells Proposal 3.”

An opposition group, the Michigan Freedom Fund, ostensibly claim this constitutional amendment would kneecap the legislative process — making it difficult for lawmakers to make further purported improvements to the voting process. That’s Republican code for increasing suppression of votes by black and brown people, along with students and Democrats at large. Constitutional amendments are sacrosanct. They are immune to political tinkering. That’s the whole idea behind this initiative.

In short, Prop 1 is just common sense, long overdue, and a decent revenue stream. Prop 2 makes your vote actually count — democracy in action. And Prop 3 protects your ability to even cast a ballot — more democracy.

Vote yes, yes, and yes.

Nov. 6 is just days away, and all those pesky phone calls will cease … for about 3 days. Then the 2020 presidential race will ramp up.

Amy Kerr Hardin is a retired banker, a regionally known artist, and a public-policy wonk and political essayist at Democracy-Tree.com.

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You Can’t Say He Wasn’t Warned Some people can get pretty territorial about their food. So it appeared in Colleton County, South Carolina, on Sept. 29, when Ryan Dean Langdale, 19, warned his 17-yearold cousin not to eat his salt and vinegar potato chips. “Do not touch my chips, or I’ll shoot you,” Langdale told his cousin, according to a sheriff ’s incident report. The Charleston Post and Courier reported Langdale then went into another room, retrieved a rifle and “the rifle went off,” according to the sheriff ’s document. Langdale summoned help but told police his cousin had accidentally shot himself while cleaning the rifle. Officers didn’t think the story held up: The pathway of the bullet through the victim’s chest was “impossible” if he had mistakenly shot himself, said sheriff ’s Maj. J.W. Chapman. Sure enough, when the victim was questioned after undergoing surgery, he told officers the savory snacks were at the center of the dispute. Langdale surrendered on Oct. 10 and was charged with, among other crimes, attempted murder.

Compelling Explanations Yury Zhokhov, 41, a factory worker in Donetsk, Russia, was found kneeling in a field in early October with a knife handle sticking out of the top of his head. Zhokhov was conscious, and when questioned by police, he revealed he had stuck the 8-inch blade in himself. He was having trouble breathing through his nose, he explained, and hoped to make another hole he could breathe through. But the knife became stuck, and he couldn’t remove it. Odditycentral. com reports doctors at the local hospital were afraid to touch the knife for fear of killing Zhokhov or causing brain damage.

“It was horrific,” a hospital spokesperson told local media. X-rays showed the blade “exactly between the two hemispheres of the brain.” Specialists were called and Zhokhov survived the surgery without apparent brain damage, although surgeons are concerned about infection.

Just Kidding An alert (or nosy) passerby called police on Oct. 10 after seeing staff through the window of a Natwest bank in Birmingham, England, hiding and cowering under their desks. Officers arrived at the bank in hopes of catching a robber red-handed, but instead were told the workers were participating in a team-building game of hide-and-seek. West Midlands Police Chief Inspector Dave Keen tweeted that, although the incident was a misunderstanding, the citizen made “the right call,” reported Metro News.

Weird Science In Olympic National Park in Washington, the mountain goat population has baaallooned to an unnatural 700 or more animals.

The park is also becoming more popular with humans, which has led to an unsavory consequence: In their constant quest for salt and other minerals, the goats have developed a strong taste for human urine and sweat left behind by hikers and campers. Goats will lick clothing and paw at the ground where people have urinated or disposed of cooking water, making them a nuisance, according to the National Park Service. Popular Mechanics also reports that the increased likelihood of human-goat interactions has park officials worried, especially since a goat gored a hiker to death in 2010. The answer:

Park officials are tagging, blindfolding and airlifting mountain goats to nearby Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, which should be more hospitable to their needs.

Smooth Reaction On Oct. 12, an Air India Express pilot guided a Boeing 737 up and away from Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu, India -- but not ENOUGH up and away. As the plane took off shortly after midnight, it hit the top of a 5-foottall perimeter wall and destroyed a small landing guide tower. The Washington Post reported that, despite the audible collision, the pilot told the airport director the plane’s systems were functioning normally and he was continuing toward Dubai, across the Indian Ocean. “But we found some parts of the plane, like an antenna, on the ground,” the director said. Finally, about two hours into the flight, ground control convinced the pilot to return to India, where the plane landed in Mumbai. Indeed, there was a huge gash in the plane’s underbelly, and mesh fencing was wrapped around the landing gear. All 130 passengers arrived unharmed and were booked on other flights, and the pilot and co-pilot have been grounded pending a review.

Questionable Judgment Hatam Hamad, 56, a Palestinian and American dual citizen, made a name for himself on Oct. 10 as he flew from New Orleans to Heathrow Airport in London, reported Fox News. Six hours into the flight, after swigging five servings of wine, Hamad approached New Orleans TV executive Joel Vilmenay, who was sitting with his wife and two children. “This man had his penis out and exposed within 3 inches of my face,” Vilmenay said in his statement to the Uxbridge Magistrates Court prosecutor, Wendy Barrett. Vilmenay said he stood up and asked Hamad what he was doing, whereupon Hamad “responded by grunting” and exposed himself to another passenger. At that moment, Hamad “slapped (Vilmenay) in the chest with some force.” The cabin crew were alerted, and Hamad was removed to the back of the plane, where he was guarded for the remainder of the flight. Hamad, who has no previous convictions, at first denied having assaulted anyone, but later admitted his guilt, saying he had not drunk alcohol for three months but was a nervous flyer. His prison sentence was suspended, but he was ordered to pay Vilmenay $789.

The Continuing Crisis In an apparent attempt to destroy what little brainpower he had left, 26-year-old Brandon McVay of Council Bluffs, Iowa, ate a Tide Pod, prompting a trip to the hospital.

But while he was being treated in the critical care unit, McVay went on a rampage early on Oct. 4, causing thousands of dollars of damage to medical equipment, according to the Omaha World-Herald. A nurse told the responding police officer that McVay “was yelling loudly” as he broke objects in his room before proceeding to the hallway.

Keyboards, computer monitors and glass valued at more than $7,500 were found littering the hallway, where McVay was subdued by security before police arrived.

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THE CASE THAT WILL NOT END

After Patricia and Martin Knudsen’s son’s Clinch Park Marina electrocution death in 2011, they hired Geoffrey Fieger to file a lawsuit. Years later, Fieger sued them.

By Patrick Sullivan In August 2011, when Patricia and Martin Knudsen’s son, Michael, suffered a horrific electrocution death in the water at Clinch Park Marina, the couple thought they had hit the lowest point in their lives. What they didn’t yet know is that losing their son was only the beginning.

The couple sued the City of Traverse City, the marina, officials, and numerous contractors who had designed and installed the marina’s faulty electrical system, but that sprawling lawsuit was dismissed.

As that case fell apart, the Knudsens sought a second opinion; the couple’s new attorneys sued their original lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger, for legal malpractice, arguing that he overlooked a strategy that could have prevented their lawsuit from getting dismissed. The malpractice suit was also dismissed, and it is pending before the Michigan Court of Appeals.

Next, Fieger sued the Knudsens, their new attorneys, and Dean Robb, the Suttons Bay lawyer who connected Fieger and the Knudsens in the first place. Fieger’s lawsuit alleged that the defendants conspired to set him up for a malpractice case.

That last twist is what’s so baffling to the Knudsens. Patricia Knudsen works in the shipping and receiving department at Munson Medical Center. Martin Knudsen works as a machinist. They live in the woods outside of Mancelona.

Fieger filed his lawsuit against the Knudens, their attorneys, and Robb in Wayne County. As the litigation grew to contain over 1,000 pages of motions and

a dime. Nobody,” Knudsen said. “I’m like, what do you want from me? I live in the middle of nowhere. Do you want my dog?

My camper? What? We’re simple people.”

NO MONEY, NO CHANCE Despite everything, Patricia Knudsen, who was Michael’s stepmom and part of his life since he was five years old, said she believes they have achieved something

“It’s the whole lack of due process for us as a family — we kind of got lost in the shuffle,” she said. “The only rights people have is what they can afford.

Without money, you don’t have a voice, in a way.” notices and documents, it was transferred — despite Fieger’s objections — to Grand Traverse County, where the Knudsens were dismissed from the suit earlier this year. It’s been a confusing and painful whirlwind for the couple, who have never received any compensation for their son’s death at age 18.

“We paid for the funeral. Nobody paid

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important since his death.

The publicity about their son’s death — and about the injuries suffered by his friend, Zachary Kott-Millard — from jumping into electrified waters at the marina spurred marinas across the state to make certain their electrical systems were up to code.

That’s a significant step forward, Knudsen

said, because more than anything else, she doesn’t want what happened to her son to happen to anyone else.

But the legal experience left the couple disillusioned.

“It’s the whole lack of due process for us as a family — we kind of got lost in the shuffle,” she said. “The only rights people have is what they can afford. Without money, you don’t have a voice, in a way.”

What makes them most upset, the couple said, is that they never had their day in court, and the city and the marina were never held accountable for mistakes that led to their son’s death.

Since they were dismissed from the lawsuit filed against them by Fieger, she said they are moving on with their lives. They hold a celebration of Michael’s life every August, a large get-together with friends and family. They planted a tree near a fire pit on their property one year after Michael died, and now the growth of that tree marks the passage of time.

Still, Knudsen said she hopes the Court of Appeals reopens the Fieger malpractice case.

“I would hope that Fieger would be brought to trial here. I mean, he treated everybody so poorly,” she said. “He asked to

come in, and he made such a storm in our lives, and then he walked away, and he left us kind of feeling helpless.”

“I WILL FIGHT THIS TO THE END” In the days following Michael Knudsen’s death, a friend told Patricia Knudsen that she should call Robb, the Suttons Bay attorney and a storied civil rights activist.

Robb, who was then in his late 80s and not able to handle the case himself, connected them with Fieger, a combative lawyer from Detroit who is perhaps most famous for representing Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a pathologist who supported the rights of terminally ill people to die by physicianassisted suicide. Fieger, a one-time Democratic candidate for governor remains a familiar face across the state through is television ads.

Knudsen said they went with Fieger because they knew he would be brash and loud and bring attention to the dangers that took their son.

“He asked to help us and met with us and said, ‘I will fight to the end,’” she said.

As the case progressed and rulings were not going their way, Knudsen said she decided they should seek a second opinion.

Robb helped out again. He connected the Knudsens with Richard Goodman, another prominent Detroit attorney, who looked over the case and determined that Fieger missed a strategy that could have advanced the lawsuit despite governmental immunity: suing under maritime law.

Once the Knudsens fired Fieger and filed a malpractice lawsuit, they said they saw another side of Fieger.

“We became the enemy, and then the fight was on,” Knudsen said.

Feiger has a different take on what transpired. He insists he was the victim of a conspiracy, and he makes no apologies for suing the still-grieving couple.

“Who cares?” he said, raising his voice in a telephone interview when asked why he would sue the Knudsens. “They wanted to sue me.”

Fieger insists that the couple was manipulated by Robb and Goodman to sue him.

According to Fieger’s lawsuit, he was discharged as the plaintiffs’ attorney in November 2015. Fieger claims he was strung along throughout 2015 as Robb and Goodman conspired to come up with a way to make him pay the damages in the case.

Fieger argued in his lawsuit that the defendants “grossly compromised the underlying cases in order to falsely construct a legal malpractice case” against him.

“Instead of acting in a timely manner in order to press and preserve the putative claims on behalf of party-plaintiffs in the underlying cases, the Goodman and Robb defendants sat back for one and a half years, bided their time and intentionally allowed the underlying cases to run aground as they schemed against Fieger — who, they reasoned, would not find a sympathetic audience in Grand Traverse County and would be able to satisfy any judgement which might be entered.”

THE MALPRACTICE LAWSUIT Robb, the Knudsens, and their new lawyers argued that they merely sought a second opinion when their case wasn’t going well, and they deny that there was a conspiracy against Fieger.

The Knudsen’s lawyers in the malpractice case, Goodman and Kathleen Kalahar, did not return messages seeking comment.

The malpractice suit was filed in February 2016. Goodman and Kalahar argued that Fieger should have realized from the outset that Traverse City and Clinch Park Marina

would get out of the suit under governmental immunity, and that he should have filed the lawsuit under maritime law because the injuries occurred in “navigable waters.”

In response to the malpractice case, lawyers for Fieger argued that the maritime law claim was a “legal sham” because docks are legally considered extensions of land, and maritime law didn’t apply. They also argued that Robb and Goodman had plenty of time to make a maritime claim themselves if they thought that was the best strategy, but that they never made that move.

Fieger said in the Northern Express interview that the fact that Robb, his cocouncil in the original lawsuit, was not named in the malpractice lawsuit is evidence that Robb conspired against him.

Robb, who is 94 years old, denied that in an interview from a bed at Munson Medical Center in early October. He said he acted out of a duty to his clients, the Knudsens.

Robb’s wife, Cindy Robb, said her husband helped with the malpractice suit because, even though he had been friends with Fieger for decades, he felt he had a duty to serve the interests of the Knudsens.

Ultimately, Circuit Court Judge Thomas Power dismissed the malpractice case, but he did so before the central question over maritime law could be sorted out.

Power also dismissed the case with misgivings about a court rule that absolves attorneys of responsibility as long as they exercise “judgement” in coming up with a case strategy.

From the bench, Power criticized the court rule under which Fieger’s malpractice case was dismissed, calling it a gift to lawyers from a conservative Gov. John Engler- appointed state Supreme Court.

“While I think the rule is impossible to justify in any intellectually honest way … it’s the law of the land,” Power said at one of the hearings.

Traverse City attorney Grant Parsons, who represents Robb in Fieger’s lawsuit, said he believes Power applied the rule too broadly.

“In this case, what [Fieger] did was, he missed a winning theory of the case,” Parsons said. “It’s not a judgement when you say, ‘I think I’m going to make a case that I’m going to lose.’”

diagnosed with macular degeneration and was going blind.

“The last thing I needed or wanted was to be accused of being a co-conspirator against you,” Robb wrote.

Robb told Fieger he was disappointed with the way Fieger handled the original case, and that he was heartbroken that the family members and surviving victim never got a day in court before the lawsuits were dismissed.

“I am sugar-coating this when I say I am incredibly disappointed in your handling and the outcome of the Knudsen Millard case … ” Robb wrote. “As for me, this was the last case of my career.”

“YOU AND ME AND MONEY” The acrimony between Robb and Fieger peaked in January 2017, when Robb travelled to Detroit to be questioned by Fieger. Fieger participated in the deposition through a remote video hook-up.

The deposition started plainly enough.

Robb explained that he used to work with Goodman’s father, Ernest, and that’s how he found the attorney who would review Fieger’s handling of the original case.

Through his questioning, Fieger accused Robb of trying to use the electrocution case to get one last big paycheck for himself.

Fieger questioned Robb aggressively: “When you wanted to get money in what you thought was your final case, and I couldn’t get it for you because the law was against us, you … called and said what can I do to get money, didn’t you?”

Robb said he was just trying to help his clients: “You know, you and me and money are quite different, Geoff, so we better get that settled. You are all about money. I’m not.”

Fieger countered that, if that was true, then why had Robb “insisted” on a 40 percent finder’s fee for handing the case over to Fieger. Robb disputed that and insisted the 40 percent fee was Fieger’s idea.

Robb testified that Fieger approached him at a cocktail party having heard about the Clinch Park Marina death and asked him about the case, saying that he’d handled a similar one in Florida and reached a $25 million settlement.

“You offered that, Geoff. … You came up to me and solicited the case when you heard about it, and you said you would give me the 40 percent fee and pay all the costs,” Robb said.

Cindy Robb said that her husband never asked for money in the case, and that Robb has no fee agreement — and stands to earn no money — in the malpractice lawsuit.

Fieger denied that he solicited the case and insists that Robb was only in it for the money.

Fieger said it is unfortunate that a lifelong friendship ended this way, but he said he couldn’t let it go because he believed what Robb did was wrong; it doesn’t matter that Robb is 94 years old.

“I don’t care if Dean Robb is four years old or 114 years old,” Fieger said. “It’s shocking. He should be brought before the state bar.”

Cindy Robb said she believes she understands why Fieger is so upset.

“They’d been family friends for Fieger’s whole life, and before Dean did this [helped out with the malpractice case], we talked about it, and he said, ‘You know, I have a

“I don’t care if Dean Robb is four years old or 114 years old,” Fieger said. “It’s shocking.

He should be brought before the state bar.”

“THE LAST CASE OF MY CAREER” This case started out as a tragic instance of death and injury suffered by two teenagers who unknowingly jumped into electrified waters and were electrocuted.

Over the years, however, the lawsuits would become defined by the relationship between Fieger and Robb.

Robb, who started practicing law in Detroit in 1949, was close friends with Fieger’s father, Bernard, early in his career.

The families vacationed together when Geoffrey Fieger was a child, Cindy Robb said, and Robb served as a mentor to Fieger when he started out as an attorney.

There is an email Robb wrote to Fieger in March 2016 that is included as an exhibit in one of the filings in Fieger’s lawsuit that demonstrates just how strained the relationship had gotten following the failed civil lawsuit and the malpractice suit.

In the email, Robb explained that he had just turned 92 and had recently been

responsibility to these clients before anyone else,’” Cindy Robb said. “The depth of [Fieger’s] anger is basically reflective of the depths of his hurt.”

Parsons, who was present at the deposition, said he believed Fieger bullied Robb, but he also believed Robb was able to hold his own.

“To see Dean rise up, at the age of 92, 93, and have the heart and the passion to respond to him and stand up to him, I was pretty damn proud to be with Dean,” Parsons said. “It was his final case, and I’ll tell you what, he was good to the bitter end.”

FALLOUT OF TORT REFORM There might be another reason why this case got so ugly: It is increasingly difficult to win lawsuits in Michigan, and that has left attorneys in some cases only able to go after each other.

Tort reform has made it almost impossible to win damages in a personal injury or death case in Michigan, said downstate personal injury attorney Eric Steinberg, who is not involved in the Knudsen case.

The first changes came in the mid-1980s when it became harder to win medical malpractice lawsuits in Michigan. Tort reform ramped up in the 1990s under Gov. Engler, however, Steinberg said.

A major tort reform bill passed in 1996 was followed by waves of decisions from a conservative state Supreme Court that have made it challenging to even win lost wages or cover medical bills in personal injury cases, he said.

“Defendants and insurance companies won every single time, and that’s sort of shaped the personal injury landscape ever since,” Steinberg said. “You’re limited in terms of what you can get in compensation for the harm it’s caused for the rest of your life.”

Steinberg believes tort reform — in particular, governmental immunity — is responsible for how bad the roads have gotten in the state. Local governments are no longer liable for bad roads, so in some places they’ve just been let go.

“The broadening of governmental immunity has taken municipalities off the hook,” he said. “They don’t really have the threat of any type of financial responsibility through liability. … You almost have to prove that they intentionally did something wrong, which is an extremely difficult burden to prove.”

This summer, after Power dismissed Fieger’s case against the Knudsens and their son’s estate, and ordered Fieger to pay sanctions for attorney fees and costs that totaled over $130,000 for the case brought against the estate, Fieger sought to have Power disqualified from the case.

At the hearing over whether he should disqualify himself, Power refused to do so and said of Fieger’s case: “If there’s ever a frivolous lawsuit … in which it’s intended for the purposes of harassing and … pestering the other side, instead of because of a legitimate legal grievance, this is it.”

Parsons called Fieger’s lawsuit hypocritical, because attorneys routinely sue other attorneys; it’s not supposed to be personal.

“Anybody, including Geoffrey Fieger, can make a mistake,” Parsons said. “When [his opponents] do exactly what he does for a living, which is to sue people and have insurance companies pay, he attacks them, and I don’t get it. It seems to me a betrayal of everything he stands for.”

Fieger called Parsons an “idiot” and disputed that that’s how the legal profession works.

“No, it’s not,” Fieger said. “It’s what he does.

I don’t do that. It’s what scumbag attorneys do. It’s not what Geoffrey Fieger does.”

Northern Express Weekly • october 29, 2018 • 11

“THIS IS A CAREER THAT WANTS WOMEN”

Northern Express works the midnight shift at the GT County Jail with Corrections Deputy Alison Sumerix

By Molly Korroch Grand Traverse County Corrections Deputy Alison Sumerix works the midnight shift. The front office is quiet, and the parking lot outside is almost empty. Deputies draw their shifts based on seniority, and Sumerix has only been a corrections officer for three years. She’s one of six female deputies at the Grand Traverse County Jail. There are 22 male deputies.

“You get used to it if you’re a midnight-er.

You get used to being a vampire or a zombie or whatever you want to call it,” she said.

Seated high on a swivel chair in the front office, her calm demeanor and humor are as much a part of her uniform as the thick black belt around her waist where her deputy’s tools hang: keys, a pair of handcuffs, a gun in its leather holster.

“Our female inmate population has jumped significantly,” said Administrative Sergeant Brian Newcomb, who is in charge of hiring. With that increase comes a rising demand for female deputies. The department needs women to perform functions like pat downs and strip searches on female inmates.

“A good 50-50 mix would be great for us,” said Newcomb of his deputies.

Better yet would be more deputies — of any gender — who operate like Sumerix does. Last year, Sumerix earned the Grand Traverse County Sheriff ’s Office Corrections Division Employee of the Year Award. In her letter of commendation she’s lauded as highly sought after and hardworking, a deputy who continuously searches for opportunities to help, rarely misses shifts, and has earned the respect of all ranks — her fellow deputies, department sergeants, and captain included.

Sure, these are qualities managers seek across all professions; but corrections doesn’t enjoy the typical workplace challenges.

Every day, Sumerix is brought into

the lives of people going through extreme hardship. She sees people withdrawing from alcohol, cocaine, and heroin, among other destructive drugs. In the last two years, the jail has start keeping Narcan — a drug used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses — in the jail. Inmates in the Grand Traverse County jail have tried to hurt themselves; some have succeeded. The ability to handle all situations with strength, grace, and respect is critical to surviving the job. To be successful, said Sergeant Newcomb, it comes down to “life experience”— how a person interacts with other people, how they handle stressful situations, and how they feel about working with people who might have committed heinous crimes.

Sumerix did not expect her life experiences to bring her to the corrections department. “I started in a very different place,” she said.

After graduating from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in family community services, she moved to the Traverse City area to work at a Montessori school then transitioned to Children’s Protective Services where she worked for twelve years.

Working for CPS was both physically and emotionally grueling. “I was always worrying that I would find one of my clients dead or beaten the next day,” said Sumerix.

The constant exposure to negativity got to be too much: “I didn’t like who I was becoming.”

However, she felt like she could make a particular difference in the cases involving law enforcement, so she decided to try corrections. She still uses a lot of her social work training today. These methods represent a new school of thought in corrections.

While working for CPS, she said learned how to talk with people who didn’t want her there. “I spent 12 years in a profession where

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the only thing I had when I entered a house with potentially dangerous people — with weapons, with mental health issues, or just anger that I was there — all I had was my mouth. So, I got really good at talking to people.”

Sumerix believes that taking a few minutes to talk with someone and figure out the root of an issue is often the most effective way to solve a problem. It could be that an inmate is suffering from something invisible like severe depression, autism, or a bipolar disorder. To that end, she and three others — including Sergeant Newcomb and the head of the department, Captain Todd Ritter — recently traveled to Houston, Texas, for training in a new program focusing on inmates’ mental health.

As a result, Sumerix and one other deputy will be designated as “CIRT” — Crisis Intervention Response Team — officers. Once CIRT is fully implemented, Sumerix will wear a different uniform to distinguish her from the other deputies. The program in Houston found that a polo and khakis are far more approachable than a gun and badge.

“Community Mental Health (CMH) is actually putting a caseworker in here 40 hours a week, so that mental health services are more accessible to these people,” says Sumerix, who adds that blurring the lines between corrections and social work can only help, though much will depend on the future decisions of the county’s adhoc committee regarding mental health programs for inmates.

Sergeant Newcomb says that inmates know that when Deputy Sumerix says no — it means no. “I treat them with respect, I have a good sense of humor, and I’m honest with them,” said Sumerix. Mutual respect between inmates and the deputies is a big one: “If you treat someone with respect,

Corrections Deputy Alison Sumerix

you’re going to get it return — unless the person is a total jerk,” she admitted.

Most importantly, she’s never afraid or intimidated. She refers to the male deputies as her big brothers. The deputies are a huge support to each other, and she said she doesn’t understand why more women don’t apply to be corrections officers.

“I think it’s a great job. I get to laugh every day!” To her, what makes this job difficult for a woman is the same as what makes it difficult for a man. While she’s quick to establish that, in her experience, corrections is not a boys’ club, she does acknowledge that, man or woman, working as a corrections officer is tough. But for women, “It takes a special person, because it’s not easy,” she said. “Law enforcement isn’t easy. But, if you have thick skin, if you are a strong independent woman, this is a great place to make a difference.”

Growing Political Leadership, One Woman at a Time

By Kristi Kates “We never thought it would grow this fast,” said Sondra Shaw-Hardy. “We have over 2,600 on our Facebook page alone.”

Never underestimate the power of strong, determined women.

Shaw-Hardy is a board member of Woman2WomanTC (W2W), a local organization that actively supports and encourages women to get involved in leadership roles and public office. The group also works to promote a progressive public policy agenda, with a special emphasis on issues that are especially relevant to women.

W2W first formed their group to support Hillary Clinton’s run for president in 2016.

“But we didn’t disband. We kept going, even after Mr. Trump was elected,” ShawHardy said. “His lack of civility and treatment of women needed to be addressed, so we strove to help get more women into office.”

HOW THEY WORK On a basic level, the group meets once a month to plan events, compare notes on ongoing projects, and socialize.

“But really, there’s always something going on,” Shaw-Hardy said. “Most recently, with election season coming up, we’ve been focusing on endorsing candidates. They come in and chat, and we do a Q&A with them so we can all learn more. All of us are individually working or volunteering for candidates.”

Shaw-Hardy is currently working for Matt Morgan (a democrat running for Michigan’s 1st congressional district) and Dan O’Neil (a democrat running for state representative). “They may not be women, but they’re very strong on women’s issues,” she said.

The organization also promotes more women taking on government roles right here in northern Michigan, something Carol Crawford, chairwoman of the board of commissioners of Grand Traverse County, spoke about at a recent W2W event at Kirkbride Hall to showcase women running for office.

“The Woman2Woman organization is great because, regardless of political affiliation, it says ‘we support you,’” said Crawford. “I initially ran [for the county board] because I looked at who was on it, and it was several older men and one older woman, and I thought, we need more diversity and more young people.”

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Crawford added, you’re “closest to the people,” something that’s pivotal to governmental growth.

“At the legislative level, you get more removed from the community,” she said.

“One of the main reasons I haven’t run as state representative for our district is because you have to spend half of your time in Lansing, away from the people, and I don’t like that.”

She additionally pointed out that it’s difficult in general for women in political positions, which is why organizations like W2W are vital.

“You have to have a tough shell if you’re going to take on a government role, especially as a woman and even more so if you’re a woman with a family, in the current political climate,” Crawford said. “It’s tough to be in the public eye, it’s tough to be constantly criticized, and no matter what you do, half of it is going to be ‘wrong.’”

ALL POLITICAL LEANINGS WELCOME Longstanding differences of opinion and party stances also often get in the way of things functioning smoothly in politics, so, of added importance to W2W is remaining nonpartisan.

“I definitely want to emphasize that aspect,” Shaw-Hardy said. “I get so pleased when I see Democrats and Republicans working well together. And you really have to look at those of us in W2W who are registered Republicans — we’re Milliken Republicans. He was strong on the environment, and his wife was strong on women’s issues. The Republican Party has changed a lot since then and is much more extreme, with many issues not being addressed in a humane way, so we’re trying to reach people who are on the fence, and are trying to push them more toward the left side in a civil way.”

Why doesn’t Shaw-Hardy simply change parties?

“I just keep hoping the Republican party will reform,” she said.

“There are millions of women who probably voted Republican because their husbands or families voted Republican but later become upset with Trump. We’re hoping to get them to not vote for things that would carry out current Republican methods. We don’t need that kind of Republicanism.

“We’re focused on relating more to people than party,” Shaw-Hardy continued, “and we’re still united around the issues.

Trump has galvanized people beyond party

A recent Woman2WomanTC event at Kirkbride Hall in September 2018 to showcase women running for county commission. W2W board members (from left to right): Sondra Shaw Hardy on the far left, Marilyn Jaquish third from the left, Ann McPhail fourth from the left, Marcy Lindberg second from the right, and Board Chair Christie Minervini on the far right.

affiliations and bickering. There are greater lessons for our country in all of this.”

“We definitely aim to be nonpartisan,” said Christie Minervini, president of the W2W board of directors. “But that being said, unless you’re a moderate Republican, a lot of your values may not line up with our more progressive agenda.” (Full disclosure: Minervini contributes to Northern Express as a guest columnist.)

Minervini — who said she aligns politically as independent — added that she got involved with the organization because of her concerns about gender equality issues.

“I believe that women make excellent leaders, and I feel we need a little boost to get more women to take on those roles,” she said. “So we encourage women to get on board appointments as a precursor to running for office. But primarily, we’re really focusing on the issues, not the politics. We want to promote candidates with progressive values, and I’d also like to see us partner with other similar organizations who share our views, like the League of Women Voters. There’s a lot we can do to build our base our more.”

OUTREACH Another big part of Woman2WomanTC’s goals are to get more young people involved in government and their communities, as well as women overall.

“After the 2018 elections, there will still be a huge job ahead, especially regarding the presidency,” Shaw-Hardy said. “Even if Trump were to be impeached, our current vice president, next in line, is even more radical on the issues. So we need to get more young people in here. It’s exciting to me to see my granddaughters getting involved in politics, because this man currently residing in the White House has scared them to death.

“Maybe we’ll do some more things on a national level as time goes on; I’m not sure how all of this will unfold. But I do know we’re not going to go away.”

For more information, visit woman2womantc. com, email them at woman2womantc@ gmail.com, or search W2WPUBLICPAGE on Facebook.

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THE FAMILY BUSINESS Now Run by Women

By Ross Boissoneau Sons following their fathers into the family business is trope as old as time.

But daughters joining their mothers? Thanks in no small part to some postwar revolution and several decades of advancement in women’s rights, we’re seeing generations of women not only rising through the ranks but also blazing their own trails. We caught up with several mothers and daughters to find out why they teamed up, what makes them — and their business — tick, and how their work impacts their relationship.

Donna Gundle-Krieg & Ellie Krieg DEK Real Estate Donna Gundle-Krieg decided she’d had enough. After years of vacationing at Shanty Creek Resort, she told her husband, Dennis, that they were done going back downstate.

She began working in Up North real estate. But three years of selling for someone else convinced her that she’d be better served by opening her own brokerage. She put her husband to work, and then she enlisted her No. 1 hire, daughter Ellie.

“My husband and I moved to Mancelona, and that is where I now do most of my business,” Gundle-Krieg said. “I love the community and have sold over 100 houses there in the past couple of years.”

Meanwhile, what of the daughter she persuaded to join her? “I was working as a paralegal when my mom decided to start her own brokerage and approached me about becoming a licensed Realtor. I saw her passion for the business and loved the idea of being my own boss, so joining her was a no-brainer,” said Ellie Krieg.

What makes their partnership even more interesting is that they’ve each carved out their own region in which to concentrate. Donna primarily sells in the Mancelona area, while daughter Ellie works Traverse City and Interlochen. “We each cover different geographic areas, so we’re pretty independent of each other, but are able to help each other out when needed,” said Ellie.

In a business where there are numerous large brokerages, many of which are national franchises, doing business as a small three-person operation (Dennis is also licensed as both a Realtor and a builder) is a challenge. “It can be difficult to compete with the big-name brokers in town,” admitted Ellie, “but many people love that we are a small family business.”

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Angie, Jackie, and Sophie Cranney Archer Full Throttle If it’s tough competing with several others in an area, then what’s it like to go up against the world? Angie Cranney owns and operates her own Harbor Springs archery business, but while she maintains a small storefront, the bulk of her business is online. So Archer Full Throttle is not only competing against the large sporting goods stores in the region, but every other retailer that’s online.

She came to the business through her own interest in archery and hunting, and daughters Jackie and Sophie share her zeal. And subsequently the online business as well. “Both my daughters are involved. Jackie is now at school at Northern Michigan University, but she still shoots and competes,” said Angie.

Both daughters are certified archers and instructors. Jackie has earned her Level 2 archery instructional certification, while Sophie has her level 1 and will take her level 2 when she turns 17 in January.

Angie comes by her vocation after a lifetime of hunting. “I grew up next to Fred Bear,” she said. She took her degree in merchandising management and after years of experience in corporate marketing and sales, found her true calling by following her passion. And having daughters do the same has helped too.

“Social media has been a challenge [for me]. My wonderful younger daughter [Sophie] will do the updates on Facebook. Instagram is all her.”

“We have a decent following,” said Sophie, who said she first started helping with the family business when she was a “little, little girl. I came to enjoy it.”

She said shooting is for her both pleasurable and relaxing. “The feeling when you’re shooting is peaceful. I’ve done it since I can remember.”

Sister Jackie is similarly enthusiastic, about both the business and archery. “I love what my mom does. It’s awesome,” she said. “I don’t remember how old I was when I started shooting.”

The business has grown by leaps and bounds. “It started out small; ;last year we did just under $2 million,” said Angie.

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Betty Jacobs, Ashley Parkes, Kellie Parkes Kellie’s Hallmark For Kellie Parkes, the decision to go into retail was based on an tip about an opportunity from a veteran of the industry. Both she and her husband had been in the financial industry, and decided that they wanted to remain in Manistee after leaving their jobs. Parkes learned the local Hallmark shop might be available through an inside source: her mom had worked there for years, and told Kellie that the owners were looking to sell.

“My husband and I were looking for a reason to stay here,” said Parkes. Hallmark corporate also wanted to maintain a presence in Manistee, hopefully a larger one than the previous 1,500 square foot storefront.

Turned out the former JC Penney store was available, and at 7,500 square feet, it was plenty large enough. Too big, as it turned out, and in 2009 Parke moved the operation again, to a location on the west end of River street that seemed just right at 3,500 square feet.

All this time, her mother, Betty, continued to work at the store. “Mom never left,” she said with a laugh. “She has a knack for doing displays and organizing products.”

They were joined by Kellie’s daughter, Ashley, making it, for a time, three generations of mothers and daughters. “My daughter worked for me in high school and college,” said Parkes. After graduation, Ashley left to work for Steelcase in Grand Rapids.

“It’s been fun,” said Parkes of working with her daughter and her mother, though she noted Betty has been on an extended hiatus. “She’s 79 and slowing down. She hasn’t been here in about a year — she’s recovering from back surgery. She misses it.”

Dr. Susan Noble & Dr. Brittany Lister Northwestern Michigan Dermatology Brittany Lister grew up watching her mom work. “I saw from mom’s perspective how much she enjoyed her job. She was a smart, professional woman. She was intellectually stimulated and came home happy from work. I was always really proud of her,” Lister said.

So she decided to follow in her mom’s footsteps — “I had some of the same interests: science, medicine, anatomy,” she said — and today Dr. Lister is on staff at Northwestern Michigan Dermatology alongside her mom, Dr. Susan Noble. “We are both board-certified dermatologists.”

“It’s like a dream come true,” said Noble. “It’s something I never requested or planned for.

When she was figuring out what specialty she wanted, I think she tried to like every other specialty. But she loved dermatology.”

Lister agreed. “I wasn’t interested in dermatology, but it fit my interests and abilities. You have a long-term relationship with patients and do some surgery. I love it.”

Noble also lauded her partners at the practice for welcoming her daughter with open arms. “I wanted her to get into a good practice that wouldn’t take advantage of her.”

She said the mother-daughter dynamic allows them to freely interact and consult with one another. “She knows all the latest, and I have the experience. We complement one another.”

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Maybe International Day of the Girl — Oct. 11 — slipped by you this year. Local STEM enthusiasts over at Traverse City’s Quarkmine Space, however, celebrated with a day of tech: Girl Powered. Inside the space, late elementary and early middle school girls wander from station to station, making bead bracelets that spell out their initials in binary code, battle robots, and build circuits.

The workshop, part of a program that advocates for and advances girls in robotics, reflects a rising trend around the country — and the world — to provide girls and young women unique and confidence-building education opportunities outside of the classroom. A report from the World Bank finds that empowering young women in education leads to stronger economies.

Several of the girls at the Quarkmine event are members of the RoboRunners, a local competitive robotics team, which designs, builds, and drives robots at competitions around the country.

The RoboRunners are easily identifiable in their blue team jerseys. They stick together in smaller pairs and trios as they walk around the room quietly giggling and eyeing each of the possible activities. Then — whether they’ve chosen to build circuits or fight robots — they zoom in immediately on the task at hand like a predator pouncing on its prey.

Quarkmine’s owner and robotics coach, Philip Leete, has two daughters. His older daughter, Madelyn, is a member of the all-girl elementary robotics team. He impresses upon his team the value of showing up to workshops and events like these simply so that they can be seen by other girls. The thinking: If newer girls see someone like themselves competing, then they’re more likely to participate. But, the RoboRunners don’t see it that way. They aren’t shouldering some invisible duty for women of the future. To them, robotics is fun combined with competition — a team sport like any other.

When asked if she thinks having girls in science is important, Lizzy Eickenroth, a local seventh grader and RoboRunners member, shrugs her shoulders.

“It’s most important that they do something they like,” she says. “It doesn’t matter how many boys there are.”

A case in point is Eickenroth’s eighth grade teammate, Valerie Marinello, “There used to be a lot of guys on our team,” she says as she manipulates ozobots, which are tiny robots

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that follow a path drawn by a marker. “Now there are only two.”

Like many girls who join the team, Eickenroth and Marinello are completely invested in RoboRunners, says Leete. Team practices are two hours long, and Leete, who coaches both girls and boys, suggests the demands are often easier for girls: “In competitive robotics, to be good you have to be a team player. You have to be able to compromise, play to your strengths, listen well, and focus. Girls — from a very young age — naturally do that better.”

What else can girls do to expand their horizons Up North? Turns out, lots: Tackle the Greatest of Outdoors Craig Mosher, founder and president of the board at Right Tree, is father to two daughters.

“There are lots of programs for after disaster strikes, but not many for before,” he says. Right Tree is a summer program in Elk Rapids that is designed specifically for girls to discover their own self-worth and to learn that they aren’t alone in the world as they grapple with the side effects of growing up. Right Tree hosts a variety of programs, from camping at Sleeping Bear to cooking lessons or backpacking Pictured Rocks.

Girls are led by college women on trips and activities in northwest Michigan. Right Tree even offers “adventure rentals” for a suggested donation. Your family can rent tandem bikes, metal detectors, stand-up paddle boards, and other equipment for outdoor activities. All proceeds of the rentals go “back into our programs to improve the lives of girls.” Mosher would love to expand to year-round programming, but for now, keep a look out on the website for next summer’s opportunities.www.righttree.org Sail into Science Young Women in STEM is a summer program run by the Inland Seas Education Association in Suttons Bay since 1995.

Participants get to sail aboard a schooner and learn about sailing, the lakes, and science. They observe weather patterns, determine the lake’s thermal structure, and learn about general limnology, which is the study of the biological, chemical, and physical features of freshwater entities. “Small groups of girls complete research projects,” says Jeanie Williams, who is the Inland Seas Lead Scientist and Education Specialist. Students can even use an ROV—an underwater robot—to assist in their research and gathering samples. Each trip is three days long and is for students from eigth grade to

post-graduation seniors. Get more information on the 2019 season, pricing, and sign ups on their website at www.schoolship.org.

Ride North, Young Gal More Girls on Bikes is an aptly named initiative within Norte!, a “bike-centric, youthfocused advocacy organization” in Traverse City. Outreach Director Melissa Socia says, “Historically in all of our programs, the number of boys to girls has been three to one, so we saw a definite need to recruit girls into the program.”

Since the introduction of the initiative, Norte! has seen the number of girl participants triple — specifically with their mountain bike team, where kids aged from first through twelfth grade get to learn about mountain biking and ride at parks around the city. “We’re trying to find programs and situations that welcome the girls and make them feel like they need to be here, too,” says Socia. Visit their website to find information on upcoming programing, including their “A Very Grrrrls Iceman” event on Saturday, November 3, 2018.

Pilot Your Own Course Kate Hauch is the president of the brand new Traverse City-based chapter of Women in Aviation, an international organization with the goal of diversifying those in aviation careers. The chapter recently hosted a program called “Girls in Aviation” and are looking to find new ways to include young women in aviation via programs, such as a visit to the North Flight Aero Med Hangar and school outreach. For more information, visit their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/NMCchapter/ or email Hauch directly at kmhauch@gmail.com.

Build Robots Moms Ellen Kosmowski and Bobbi Rogers Krause are starting their own robotics team out of Manistee Catholic Central. While neither has a daughter, they are passionate about educating their sons how to listen to and advocate for their female peers. Krause, who is a software engineer for Quicken Loans said, “My sons are going to be the men that women of the future have to work with.”

When deciding on teams, they divided the kids randomly. One team is all girls, and they are excited to see how the program develops, and to start modeling best practices on how we as people should treat each other. Both Kosmowski and Krause agree that boys need to learn how to listen, and girls need to learn how to effectively advocate for themselves.

Is the existence of suffering compatible with a merciful God? Bill’s statement In July of 1997, our family went to visit my wife’s folks for vacation. Oelwein, where they live, is a small town. Margie’s folks live next to the hospital; and when a helicopter comes, it’s a big deal. Half the town gathers to watch, and Margie’s dad — like me, a Presbyterian minister — runs to help. As we were leaving, the helicopter came. Since her dad wasn’t home, Margie suggested, facetiously: “Why don’t you see what’s going on?”

Rev. Dr. William C. Myers Shortly after we returned home, the phone rang. One Senior Pastor of the families from Margie’s dad’s church had been in a at Presbyterian bad accident. Their three-year-old son, Jordan, had been Church of taken by helicopter to the University of Iowa Hospitals. I Traverse City was asked to go and care for his family.

This was Thursday afternoon. I stayed with Jordan’s family until late that night as he lay unresponsive in the Pediatric ICU, waiting for surgery.

Friday morning, the call came from the social worker: Jordan had died. I was asked again to go to be with his family. I waited with Jordan’s family until mid-afternoon as A LOCAL PASTOR they waited and wept. When the doctors were finished with their son, we had a brief memorial service.

Perhaps it was their overwhelming grief.

Perhaps it was my anger at a God who would allow such suffering. Perhaps it was because I had my own little boy, the same age as Jordan. Whatever the reason, I thought long and hard for many months about leaving ministry. I’d had enough of trying to explain why a merciful God would allow such suffering.

Children should not suffer and die, but they do. So, 20 years later, why am I still in ministry? Faith. Not my faith, but the faith of the families I serve — especially those who grieve the death their children. Their faith in the goodness and mercy of God, in spite of their suffering, sustains my own. Their lives bear witness to this truth: Nothing “will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39)

Scott’s statement The “problem of suffering” is a classic critique of Christianity: God cannot be all-powerful, and merciful, while presiding over a world that includes suffering. Determined believers will imagine ways that suffering might be part of a divine plan — God is testing us, shaping us, etc. — but these are thin rationalizations. Others brush off the paradox as part of God’s incomprehensibility. But the core observation Scott Blair stands that the existence of extensive, arbitrary suffering on Blair is a conearth represents a problem with the coherence of the Chrissultant in the tian story. The incoherence is even more stark in the biblical wastewater treatliteralists’ conception, which includes suffering directly ment field and inflicted by God — eternal torment of the nonfaithful, the president of the drowning of humanity in the ark story, and other atrocities Grand Traverse Humanists. endorsed or perpetrated by him.

Modern lives in developed countries are wonderfully comfortable compared to what was usual throughout history. For millennia, the majority of humans suffered horribly and died young. This is still the case for many in the world, and if we extend our circle of ATHEIST DEBATE concern to animals, suffering remains the overwhelming norm. Nature counters the geometric growth potential of populations with starvation, predation, and disease. Nature, unlike the god of Christianity, makes no pretense of being just or merciful.

Why is there suffering? Physical pain, fear, loneliness, and hunger are evolved responses. They emerged and persist in us because they motivate us to avoid or address their causes, thereby increasing our chances for longer life and reproductive success. Pain causes us to take weight off an injured limb, fear has us avoid threats, loneliness moves us to seek the safety and support of others. The fact of suffering fits seamlessly into a naturalistic understanding of reality while it undermines the faith-dependent notion of a merciful, omnipotent creator.

Humanists recognize that while nature is indifferent to suffering, people are not. We can apply our ever-increasing capacity to understand nature, and our evolution-given sense of compassion, to reduce suffering. And it is on us to do so, as no supernatural force protects us from it.

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Scott’s reply An acquaintance is a former pastor and former Christian. He relates an experience similar to Bill’s, but it ends differently: Jerry’s faith had been softening. It was a turning point for him when a parishioner called him after her brother had been gravely injured in a motorcycle accident. Jerry felt the parishioner’s anguish and consoled her as much as he was able, but he knew the woman’s expectation was that he pray with her. Jerry didn’t pray. He was desperate to for her sake, but in his state of inner transition, Jerry couldn’t bear the inauthenticity. From that point forward, he owned his atheism and never returned to the ministry. One can only soften or give meaning to suffering by drawing from religion as long as the illusion holds. That is a fragile place to be.

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Bills’s reply Suffering is a part of life. On this, Scott and I agree. Some suffering serves to protect, even redeem. Isn’t this what Scott is saying? “Pain causes us to take weight off an injured limb, fear has us avoid threats, loneliness moves us to seek the safety and support of others.” Because of suffering, or the threat of suffering, we seek a better life. How does this undermine the notion of a merciful, omnipotent creator? Isn’t “redemptive suffering” contrary to the laws of nature, where the rule is eat or be eaten? A merciful Creator helps us look at suffering in a new way. But what of suffering arising from the evil we do. Scott suggests, unlike nature, people are not indifferent to suffering, but he offers no answer to the unnecessary and indiscriminate suffering we reasonable and compassionate people inflict on others. Christians, however, do. We call it Sin. Our merciful God even has an answer for that: the cross. Maybe our merciful God knows a little more about suffering than Scott wants to believe

Agree statement Scott and Bill agree suffering occurs in life and is often outside of the sufferers’ control. One of our fortunate elements, or blessings, as human beings is our capacity for compassion. Compassion can lead to actions that reduce suffering and bring comfort where there is pain.

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By Ross Boissoneau Amber Buist had pretty much seen it all.

A veteran of the music industry, she’d been a performer and worked behind the scenes in marketing and management. Her husband is also an experienced performer, having worked with numerous artists in Nashville and at its Grand Ole Opry.

So when their daughter, Savannah, and her friend Katie Larson started to find fame as The Accidentals, she knew they would have to have someone looking after their various business interests. So she has helped shepherd their career as one of the band’s managers. And please, don’t use the term “momager.”

“My official title is co-manager,” Buist said, noting that she’s part of a team, each with their area of expertise and responsibility. “I handle the touring side of things, logistics, marketing, branding, press.” Others include a booking agent in Nashville, a label rep, and a legal representative.

“There’s a lot of people on the team. That’s the key.”

Buist has managed other bands, and her history in the music industry has provided her with both artistic and personal success. “My husband, Rick, and I met playing music. I was in the music business, in Nashville, by 18. I worked in the studio, was an artist [a vocalist], worked in management. He was with George Strait, Terri Clark, and the Grand Ole Opry.”

When Rick’s father began having health issues in the early 2000s, the family moved to the Traverse City area to help out with his business, TE Technology. They wanted to make sure the company, which manufactures cooling assemblies for various industries — laboratories, telecommunications, the aerospace industry, and the like — didn’t falter.

They thought they’d help out and then move on after a couple years. But life happened.

“I had Sav and was pregnant with our second. It’s gorgeous here, and easy to raise kids,” she said. “We wanted to protect the [TE Technology] employees, and discovered the best way was to buy the company.”

They’ve been here ever since. “It’s still doing well, and it’s been good for us, she said.

Over the years, in addition to keeping up with her music, Buist has held a number of positions in a variety of businesses. She earned a master’s degree in public administration, worked in social services, managed a company, and ran a travel agency.

She and Rick also opened their home to foster care, and after overseeing some 50 children, they adopted their last foster child, giving them three children: Savannah, Caden, and Ella.

When The Accidentals decided they wanted to tour, they approached Buist about going on the road with them. “Katie and Savannah approached me about touring. They were 15 and 16 and wanted to tour for the summer, and they needed a driver,” Buist said with a laugh.

So Buist left her job in emergency services with the state, and they packed up and drove all over the Midwest, doing 41 shows in 32 days.

“We wanted to make sure they could see a clear picture of how brutal it can be.”

The job is not without its pitfalls — literally.

Buist is recovering from a torn ACL she suffered when coming off a stage. “I’ve been off the road since July. I’m trying to get it back together,” she said.

Then there’s the fact that, as Savannah’s mother, her managerial job can be given short shrift. “I’m offended when I’m referred to on the road as a parent. When that gets confused with my work life, it takes away [from my professional role with the band]. Just because I gave birth, I didn’t lose my skills.

“After six years I’m tired of it,” she said of being thought of simply as a performer’s mom.

“They’re 23. There’s no parenting here. I work.

It’s an intense job. It goes far beyond being a parent. I feel it’s sexist.

“I took it on because I believed in them. We put together a team. There’s a lot of incredible minds at the table, and that includes Sav and Katie and Michael [percussionist Micheal Dause, the third member of the band, who joined in 2014].”

Buist said while the three have received accolades for their music, they’re also cognizant that it is their job, and they need to treat it as such. “They function like a business. Their work ethic is off the charts.”

The group is releasing its upcoming song “Heavy Flag” independently. It is described as a call-to-action song about the cost of societal apathy and people’s ability to impact situations, especially through voting. “They’ve toured the United States three times,” said Buist. “Seeing so many people makes you nationally aware.”

She said the song stems from their touring experience in general and was written while Savannah had a book open to the photo of the marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima during World War II. “The weight of that flag being both physical and psychological struck me as a powerful statement,” Savannah says on the group’s website. The song will be released Nov. 2, just in time for the midterm elections.

Keep up on the latest releases and tour information at www.theaccidentalsmusic.com.

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oct 27 nosmuseum.org

DENNOS MUSEUM HOLIDAY ART FAIR: 10am-5pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Featuring fine arts & crafts from 45 MI artists, Christmas & Chanukah gifts, arts & crafts kits & more. den-

---------------------ALDEN MEN’S CLUB’S BREAKFAST/BUSINESS MEETING: 8am, Alden United Methodist Church, downtown Alden. 231-252-2329.

---------------------10TH ANNUAL TC ZOMBIE 5K RUN: 9am, Right Brain Brewery, TC. Proceeds benefit TART Trails. Have fun in your scariest zombie attire. $30 adults/$20 18 & under. tczombierun.com

---------------------EAST EXTRAVAGANZA CRAFT SHOW: 9am-3:30pm, East Middle School, TC.

---------------------VFW CRAFT SHOW: 9am-3pm, VFW Cherryland Post 2780, TC. A fundraiser for Veterans Emergency Fund.

---------------------PETOSKEY DOWNTOWN TRICK OR TREATING: 9:45am-noon, Central Elementary School, Petoskey. The Costume Parade starts at 10am.

---------------------DOWNTOWN HALLOWEEN WALK: 1011:30am. Trick or treat in Downtown TC.

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 12-2pm: Harry J. Grether will sign his book “Lessons From an Imperfect World.” 2-4pm: Mary Roessler will sign her book, “The Surprising Spring of Cyndarria Rose Thornwell.” 4-6pm: Valerie Winans will sign her book “Road Trip with Remington Beagle: Michigan to Alaska and Back.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------JACK O’LANTERN WALK: Held at dusk through Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey. Bring an already carved pumpkin between noon6pm to Pennsylvania Park & help line the sidewalks.

---------------------SPOOKTACULAR SATURDAYS: 2pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Enjoy wagon rides, caramel apples, a petting zoo, pumpkin carving & much more. After dusk choose between the Family Friendly Spooky Trail Walk or terrifying Haunted Trail. crystalmountain.com

---------------------DOG COSTUME PARTY: 3-5pm, Charlevoix Area Humane Society, Boyne City. Featuring a doggie costume contest. Free, but donations welcome.

---------------------FIRE IN THE HAUNTED VALLEY: 3pm, Otsego Resort, Gaylord. Enjoy a hayride, bonfire, cider & donuts, pumpkin painting & more. Fees for some food & pumpkin painting. otsegoclub.com

HAUNTED SCHOONER: 3:30-5:30pm, Discovery Pier, TC. Presented by Maritime Heritage Alliance. Schooner Madeline will turn into a spirit schooner. Meet pirates, a ghostly crew, & learn about maritime history. Free.

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---------------------HALLOWEEN BASH: 5-11pm, Starry Night Barn & Studios, Suttons Bay. No entry fee.

Donations welcome. Hot dog bar, chili & beverages for purchase. Bring a goulish dish to share. Donate a carved pumpkin for the jacko-lantern raffle & contest. All proceeds benefit Leelanau Montessori Public School.

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send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

HALLOWEEN PARTY: 5-7pm, Otsego County Sportsplex, Gaylord. Open swim party, open skate party with free rentals, face painting, costume contest, & more. 989-7313546. $10/family.

---------------------HAUNTED HALLOWEEN AT PCL: 6:30-8pm, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. 7th annual Halloween event with a haunted library, pumpkin walk & stories in the woods. This family friendly evening is co-sponsored by PCL & the OMPS PTO. Free. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

---------------------THE ART OF: PERSPECTIVE: 6:30-8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Join author & activist Larry Plamondon for an in-depth look at the stories between the paintings in the exhibition, “Visions of American Life: Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, 1850-1940,” organized & toured by the Detroit Institute of Arts. Free. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------HALLOWEEN COUNTRY DANCE: 7-10pm, Summit City Grange, Kingsley. Live music by the Straight Forward Band. Snacks provided.

Donation. 231-263-4499.

---------------------HALLOWEEN DANCE & COSTUME PARTY: 7pm, The Rock of Kingsley. For 6th-12th graders. “Come as you aren’t,” but appropriately attired, to win prizes for best purchased & homemade costumes. Enjoy music, dancing & treats. $3 per person. facebook.com/pg/ therockofkingsleyMI/events

---------------------TWO COMEDIES BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. “The Actor’s Nightmare” & “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You.” $17 plus fees. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------MT. HOLIDAY HALLOWEEN PARTY: 8pm, Mt. Holiday, TC. For ages 21+. Featuring costume prizes & a DJ for dancing. Benefits Mt. Holiday Ski Area. $18 advance; $25 door. mynorthtickets.com

oct 28

sunday

GRAND WEDDING EXPO: 11am-4pm, Castle Farms, Charlevoix. Featuring a Grand Finale Fashion Show presented by Petoskey

NEED A LOCAL ATTORNEY? Find one in our Attorney Directory at www.GTLABA.org

Are you an attorney but not a GTLA Bar member?

Join Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Antrim Bar Association to be in the Attorney Directory and for other benefits.

Spend your Halloween at a benefit concert for the Manna Food Project, Antrim, Charlevoix and Emmet, and hear some great acoustic folk music by Indigo Moon (pictured), Caroline Barlow, Robin Lee Berry, Pam Luce, Kelly Shively and Melissa Welke.

Also meet Joanne Schmidt Galloway, who is running for representative for Michigan’s 107th House District. Held at Red Sky Stage, Petoskey at 8pm. Donation at the door. redskystage.com

Bridal. castlefarms.com/events/2018-grandwedding-expo

movie: “The Big Picture Rethinking Dyslexia.”

A panel discussion will follow. Free.

DENNOS MUSEUM HOLIDAY ART FAIR: 1-5pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Featuring fine arts & crafts from 45 MI artists, Christmas & Chanukah gifts, arts & crafts kits & more. dennosmuseum.org

“PEACEABLE KINGDOM” BOOK LAUNCH CELEBRATION: 2-4pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Join local writers & visual artists in this launch of a community collection of paintings, poetry, sculptures, essays, fiction & plays, all exploring the meaning of peace in an un-peaceable world. Free. Find on Facebook.

------------------------------------------NATIONAL DYSLEXIA AWARENESS: 1pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Learn the myths, stigmas & truth about dyslexia. Join the GT Dyslexia Association in viewing a free

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Hannert will take you on a visit to Glaciers, Denali, a Tlinglit first-nation community, Juneau, Ketchikan, & Vancouver - British Columbia.

231-331-4318. Free.

---------------------FREE SCREENING OF “SAVING SNOW”: 2pm, The Garden Theater, Frankfort. Co-hosted by Benzie Conservation District & Citizens’ Climate Lobby. This is a documentary about the economic impact of climate change on winter sports industries. Jim MacInnes (Crystal Mountain) & Nicola Philpott (Citizens’ Climate Lobby) will talk about the strategies that are being used to solve the climate crisis. Free.

Find on Facebook.

---------------------LIVE ON STAGE THE ILLUSIONIST TOM COVERLY: 2-4pm, The Salvation Army, TC. Enjoy this Christian illusionist, comedian & motivational speaker. This event is targeted to families, school age children & teens (must be in at least kindergarten to attend). Tickets can be picked up at The Salvation Army Community Center, 1239 Barlow St., TC. Free/ticketed event. Find on Facebook.

---------------------TWO COMEDIES BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. “The Actor’s Nightmare” & “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You.” $17 plus fees. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------GREAT LAKES CINEMA SERIES: “YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: 4pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Enjoy a Halloween classic from 1974 starring Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn & Marty Feldman. 231-439-2610.

Free; tickets required. greatlakescfa.org

---------------------THE CUMMINGS QUARTET CONCERT: 4pm, Charlevoix Circle of Arts. Featuring Chas Helge. Performing “Cello Quintet” by Franz Schubert & “The Bird” by Franz Joseph Haydn. Free. charlevoixcircle.com

---------------------HALLOWEEN THEMED CEMETERY WALKING TOURS: 5-6:30pm, TC. Start just inside the cemetery off Eighth St., across from the fire station. Bring a flashlight. Free; donations appreciated. traversehistory.wordpress.com

oct 29

monday

HALLOWEEN THEMED CEMETERY WALKING TOURS: (See Sun., Oct. 28)

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THE EDMUND FITZGERALD: THE STORIES-THE SONG: 6:30pm, Benzonia Public Library, Mills Community House, Benzonia. A storytelling, musical program about the loss of a Great Lakes ship, its crew, & the song that told its haunting tale. Hear “The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald” played by Mike Fornes.

Free. benzonialibrary.org

oct 30

tuesday

BENZIE COUNTY SUMMIT: 9am-4pm, Grow Benzie, Benzonia. Bringing together local government officials, the public & community stakeholders. networksnorthwest.org

---------------------CLIMATE, COFFEE & CONVERSATION: 9:30-11:30am, GT Pie Co., Alcove Room, 525 W. Front St., TC. Everything You Need to Know about Climate Change Solutions.

Hosted by Grand Traverse Chapter, Citizens’ Climate Lobby. 922-7437.

---------------------FOLLOW YOUR PASSION - MAKE HEART CENTERED DECISIONS: 6pm, Notably Natural, TC. Introductory Coaching Class with Certified Holistic Health & Life Coach Julie Raborn. RSVP: 929-1100. Free.

OVERDOSE CLINIC: 6pm, Traverse Area District Library, Thirlby Room, TC. HarmReductionMichigan presents their monthly overdose recognition & response training.

Learn to save the life of a possible overdose victim with the drug Naloxone. You will also leave with a package of the antidote to keep for an overdose emergency. Pre-registration is helpful. Free. harmreductionmi.org

oct 31

wednesday

HALLOWEEN IN HARBOR SPRINGS: A Halloween Parade down Main St. starts at 1:15pm. The Harbor Springs DDA is sponsoring a Tots’ Trick or Treat at 2pm for ages 5 & under.

A Halloween Party will take place at the Sk8 park from 3-8pm. Trick or treating runs from 6-8pm in Harbor Springs.

---------------------BOOKS PROGRAM & DISCUSSION: 2pm, Leland Township Library. Featuring readings, discussions & interpretive questions with leader Norm Wheeler. Includes writings by Sigmund Freud, Anton Chekhov, Isak Dinesen & Mary Lavin. Materials will be provided ahead of time... stop by the front desk at the library to pick them up. Free. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------TRICK OR TREAT AT THE GOVERNMENTAL CENTER: 3-5pm, County and City Offices invite you to join in free community Halloween fun. Trick or treat at the Governmental Center, 400 Boardman Ave., 1st floor, TC. Haunted walk, police & fire trucks, candy & more. grandtraverse.org

---------------------10TH ANNUAL TRUNK ‘R TREAT: 4-5pm, The Village at Bay Harbor. Merchants, Bay Harbor residents, emergency response & area businesses will pass out treats. Main Street will be closed & lined up with vehicles & GEMs with trunks filled with goodies.

---------------------HALLOWEEN OPEN HOUSE, ER FIRE DEPARTMENT: 5-8pm, Elk Rapids Fire Department. Free candy, coffee, cider & donuts.

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Change, will be held. RSVP to Karen Long, klong@leelanaucd.org or 231-256-9783 by Oct. 30. Free. leelanaucd.org

---------------------INVEST CHEBOYGAN COUNTY: A BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION: 5:30pm, Cheboygan Opera House. Entrepreneurs: Pitch your business plan for a chance at $18,000 in startup funds plus more. northernlakes.net/ upcoming-events

---------------------OFF THE WALL MOVIE NIGHT: Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Dinner, 6pm; movie, 7pm. Sign up for potluck at the library. Free. aldenlib.info/calendar.html

---------------------FAMILIES AGAINST NARCOTICS MONTHLY FORUM MEETING: 6:30pm, Central United Methodist Church, TC. Meets the first Thursday of every month. This is a community event & support group for those concerned about opioid addiction in our area, & especially for the families involved. This month the speakers will be Judge Phillips, GT Prosecutor Cooney & Attorney Mark Risk. They will present a program about the Grand Traverse County Drug Court. Free. familiesagainstnarcotics.org

---------------------ARTISTS FROM INTERLOCHEN: SEARS & SEARS: 7:30pm, Kirkbride Hall, The Village at GT Commons, TC. TC jazz saxophonists Bill & Laurie Sears present a mix of jazz standards & songs from the Great American Songbook. They will be joined by Paul Keller & Ellen Rowe. $25 full; $11 youth. tickets. interlochen.org

---------------------TWO COMEDIES BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG: (See Sat., Oct. 27)

nov 02

friday

“SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS”: 7pm, HERTH, Elk Rapids.

Presented by the Elk Rapids Players. 7b47b2018.brownpapertickets.com

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HALLOWEEN OPEN HOUSE, MILTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT: 5-8pm, Milton Fire Dept., Kewadin. Treats for kids, sit in the fire truck, fire prevention info for all, & ask about the “Knox Box” program.

“THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME”: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Phoenix Theatre.

Presented by the Interlochen Arts Academy Theatre Co. $18 full, $16 senior, $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

TRUNK OR TREAT: 5-8pm, Old School Park, Mackinaw City. Deck your trunk in creative flair to give out treats. Meet local police & firemen who will be on site with equipment to show off.

PETOSKEY FILM SERIES: 7:30pm, Petoskey District Library, Carnegie Building. Featuring “Mr. Holmes.” Donations appreciated. facebook.com/petoskeyfilm

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TRUNK OR TREAT AT BLUE PELICAN: 5-8pm, Blue Pelican, Central Lake.

GAYLORD E-FREE CHURCH HARVEST FESTIVAL: 5:30-7:30pm, 1649 M-32 East, Gaylord. Food, games & fun. Free.

---------------------HALLOWEEN NIGHT BENEFIT CONCERT: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Featuring Indigo Moon, Caroline Barlow, Robin Lee Berry, Pam Luce, Kelly Shively & Melissa Welke.

Also meet Joanne Schmidt Galloway, who is running for representative for Michigan’s 107th House District. Donations at the door benefit the Manna Food Project, Antrim, Charlevoix & Emmet. redskystage.com

nov 01

thursday

CLIMATE CHANGE HIGHLIGHTED AT LEELANAU CONSERVATION DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING: 4-7pm, Leelanau County Government Center, lower level Community Room, Suttons Bay. An election of officers, summary of the year’s accomplishments, & a presentation by Joe VanderMeulen, publisher & science journalist with Nature

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TWO COMEDIES BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG: (See Sat., Oct. 27)

THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. This group brings a mix of vintage Americana sounds. Their latest single is “I Decided.” Tickets: $15 students, $26.50-$41.50 other tickets. cityoperahouse.org

nov 03

saturday

“SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS”: (See Fri., Nov. 2)

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SHOP YOUR COMMUNITY DAY FOR TART TRAILS: Support downtown TC merchants & community trails on Shop Your Community Day. Participating stores will donate 15% of your purchase to the organization of your choice. traversetrails. org/event/shopyourcommunityday

---------------------2018 BELL’S ICEMAN COMETH CHALLENGE: 9am, Downtown Kalkaska. A 30 mile point-to-point mountain bike race from Kalkaska to TC. iceman.com/events

2018 MEIJER SLUSH CUP: SOLD OUT: 9am, Timber Ridge Resort, TC. iceman.com/ events

---------------------36TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY GIFT FAIR: 10am3pm, Bellaire High School. 231-533-6023.

---------------------SOUTH ARM ORV CLUB TRAIL RIDE: 10am, Chandler Hills Stage Area, Boyne Falls.

You will travel to Indian River where you will have a potluck lunch by the marina. Bring a dish to pass or $5. RSVP: 231-536-7124.

---------------------TREETOPS TRIFECTA: 10am, Treetops North Resort, Gaylord. A weekend of trail running. Today features a 5K at 10am & a 1K Hill Climb at 4pm. greatlakesendurance.com

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 11am-1pm: Carrie Pearson will sign her book “Stretch to the Sun.” 1-3pm: Chris Smith will sign his book “Small Water Waterfowling.” 3-5pm: Jennifer Weil will sign her book “The Coral Tree.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------WOMEN’S HISTORY PROJECT OF NW MICHIGAN ANNUAL MEETING: 11:30am, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. Valerie Marvin, historian & curator of the Michigan State Capital, will speak on “Women in the Capital: From Librarians to Lawmakers.” Catered lunch by Centre Street Café. Reservations required by Oct. 31: sansep19@earthlink.net or 703-597-7925. $15 members, $20 nonmembers. whpnm.org

---------------------FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP: Noon, Espresso Bay, Downtown TC. You may want to bring French-English dictionaries, a notebook, relevant smartphone apps, or a French-themed item to share. Free. bit.ly/ FrenchGroupTCMeetup

---------------------“THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME”: 2pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Phoenix Theatre. Presented by the Interlochen Arts Academy Theatre Co. $18 full, $16 senior, $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------2018 MEIJER SNO-CONE: 3pm, Timber Ridge Resort, TC. iceman.com/events

---------------------LIVE ART FOR TART: 5pm, Right Brain Brewery, TC. Featuring a live painting exhibition & silent auction to benefit TART Trails.

Several artists, including Right Brain’s beer label artist, Andy Tyra, will create works live for the crowd. Live music from Andrew Brown Jazz Manouche Trio. $5 suggested donation. traversetrails.org/event/live-art-for-tart

---------------------AARON STANDER BOOK LAUNCH: 6pm, Brilliant Books, TC. A book release party for “The Center Cannot Hold,” Aaron Stander’s 10th Ray Elkins book. Free. brilliant-books.net

---------------------3RD ANNUAL MURDER MYSTERY: 6:30pm, Jordan Valley Barn, East Jordan. Join Bellaire Community In Action for “Murder at the Deadwood Saloon.” Tickets include dinner, a drink ticket & a part in this year’s mystery. $50/person, $90/couple. squareup.com/store/ bellaire-community-in-action

---------------------MITCH ALBOM: 7pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Mitch brings his new novel, “The Next Person You Meet in Heaven,” to Milliken Auditorium, while supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan. Tickets are $50 & include a copy of the book. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------“THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME”: (See Fri., Nov. 2)

---------------------BLISSFEST COMMUNITY DANCE: 7:30pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Calling by Cynthia Donahey & Jan Fowler & live music by Harbor HoeDown. All dances are taught. Dances may include squares, contras, lines, triplets, circles & waltzes. $5/person, $7/couple, $10/family. blissfest.org

TWO COMEDIES BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG: (See Sat., Oct. 27)

---------------------DREW HASTINGS - STORIES FOR GROWNUPS, VOL. 1: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. This veteran comedian brings his storytelling & selections from his upcoming book. $30. cityoperahouse.org

---------------------LAMB’S RETREAT SONGWRITER CONCERT: 8pm, Birchwood Inn, Harbor Springs.

Featuring Steve Poltz, Chuck Brodsky, Kate MacLeod, Amy Rigby & Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. Hosted by John D. Lamb. 231-5262151. $15.

nov 04

sunday

“SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS”: 2pm, HERTH, Elk Rapids. Presented by the Elk Rapids Players.

7b47b2018.brownpapertickets.com

---------------------TREETOPS TRIFECTA: 9am, Treetops North Resort, Gaylord. A weekend of trail running.

Today features a half marathon. greatlakesendurance.com

---------------------FOOD RESCUE’S EMPTY BOWLS EVENT: 11am-2pm, Hagerty Center, TC. Enjoy soup & breads from 35 area restaurants, live music

by Drive South, choose an artisan bowl from the hundreds made by area artists, & more.

Benefits Food Rescue of Northwest Michigan.

Tickets: $20 or $75 for a family of four. 6 & under, free. goodwillnmi.org/2017/01/emptybowls

---------------------CHARLEVOIX RESTAURANT WEEK: Nov. 4-10. Featuring unique menus & specials at participating restaurants. charlevoixmainstreet. org/restaurant-week

VETERANS & ACTIVE DUTY DINNER: 124pm, Elks Lodge #323, TC. Free for veterans & $10 for non-veterans.

---------------------TRAVERSE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING: 1pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Held in conjunction with “Visions of American Life: Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, 1850-1940.” TAHS board member Fred Anderson will present a program about the history of City Opera House in TC. Free. dennosmuseum.org

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NORTE PB&J RIDE: 2pm, Norte Wheelhouse, TC. Enjoy a chit-chatty paced ride & back to the Wheelhouse for a locally sourced PB&J bar. Free. elgruponorte.org

Team Bob’s Heating Cooling Plumbing, which is on the corner of S. Airport Rd. & Park St., TC. Donations can also be dropped off at the current Team Bob’s office, 2282 Cass Rd., TC, between the hours of 7:30am-4:30pm, Mon.Fri. teambobs.com

“IT’S PERSONAL” GROUP SHOW: Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. Featuring figurative work, from canvas to clay by Shanny Brooke & five other artists. Runs through Nov. Hours: 10am-5pm, Mon.-Sat. through Nov. 5; then Tues.-Sat. twistedfishgallery.com

STORY STEW: Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Held every Thurs. at 10am with the fourth Thurs. offering free books for kids, courtesy of Born to Read & Twilight Rotary. Includes stories, crafts & songs for little ones. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

“JUST GREAT ART”: City Opera House, TC. Presented by the Plein Air Painters of Northwest MI. Runs Nov. 2 - Jan. 2, Mon.Fri., 10am-5pm. An opening reception will be held on Weds., Nov. 7 from 5-7pm. cityoperahouse.org

HAUNTED TRAIL: Held on Fridays & Saturdays through Oct. 27, 7-11pm at Ghost Farm of Kingsley. hauntedtraverse.com

“NATURE’S PALETTE”: Runs through Dec. 1 at The Botanic Garden, Visitor Center at Historic Barns Park, TC. Featuring paintings of 12 local artists, who often paint together plein air. thebotanicgarden.org

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---------------------GLCO SUNDAY SERIES RECITAL: L’HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT: 4-6pm, First Congregational Church of Charlevoix. Join the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra for an afternoon of Russian music featuring L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) by Stravinsky. Free will donation. glcorchestra.org

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ANDA UNION: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Hailing from differing ethnic nomadic cultures, this band unites tribal & music traditions from all over Inner Mongolia. Tickets: $27 advance, $30 door. $24 museum members plus a $2 processing fee. dennosmuseum.org

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9TH ANNUAL WARM-UP WITH TEAM BOB’S COAT DRIVE: New & gently used winter apparel of all sizes will be accepted to be donated to The Father Fred Foundation for families in need. Located at the future home of

BOYNE CITY INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon. Held in the main lobby & training room of the City Facilities Building, which is located across the street from the summer market location in Veterans Park.

---------------------INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: Sundays, 9am-2pm through Oct. 28. Interlochen Corners, parking lot behind Ric’s Grocery Store, Interlochen. facebook.com/InterlochenFarmersMarket

---------------------SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Weds. & Sat., 7:30am-noon through Oct. Sara Hardy Farmers Market Lot, TC. Local produce, baked goods, flowers & plants. downtowntc.com

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DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EXHIBIT: Higher Art Gallery, TC. Featuring over 32 artists from all over the region & world celebrating the Mexican cultural holiday known as Day of the Dead.

Runs through Nov. 23. higherartgallery.com

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“OUR CHANGING CLIMATE: KNITTING THE NARRATIVE”: Runs through Oct. at NCMC, Library, Petoskey. A group of nine women from NCMC combined their knitting & art talents with their concern about the environment to create a series of long, knit works where changing color represents the daily high temperatures for one year. ncmich.edu

---------------------“SPACES UNCHARTED”: Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. Runs through Nov. 11.

Featuring MI fiber artists Jill Ault, Barbara Bushey, Susie Krage, Nancy McRay, Leon Nash, Marilyn Prucka, Shanna Robinson, Dolores Slowinski & Sherri Smith. Special Gallery Talk with Shanna Robinson, Marilyn Prucka & Nancy McRay on Sun., Nov. 4 at 2pm. Open daily, 1-4pm. jordanriverarts.com

---------------------LANDSCAPES INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION: Runs through Nov. 23 at Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Featuring the work of Linda Beeman, Carolyn Damstra, Susana Green, Jane Kramer, Thomas Tomasek, Lynn Uhlmann

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The College will host a visit on March 11-13, 2019, from a team of peer reviewers representing the Higher Learning Commission. The team will review the institution’s ongoing ability to meet HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation. Northwestern Michigan College has been accredited by HLC since 1961. Comments must be in writing and must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution or its academic programs.

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& Catherine VanVoorhis. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4:30pm; Sat., 10am-4pm; & Sun., 124pm. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

---------------------MICHIGAN PRINTMAKING: Charlevoix Circle of Arts, Charlevoix. Sixteen MI artists have been invited to represent traditional & contemporary methods of printmaking in the exhibit “Block-Paper-Ink.” This exhibit runs through Nov. 3. Open Mon. - Sat., 11am-5pm. charlevoixcircle.com

---------------------NORTHPORT ARTS ASSOCIATION’S 2ND ANNIVERSARY MEMBERS EXHIBIT & SALE: Village Arts Building, Northport. Held Oct. 20-27, 12-4pm. 231-386-9798.

---------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - “WOVEN TOGETHER: THE FIBER WORK OF SHERRI SMITH”: Sherri’s exhibition features work from her most recent series, “Astronomy,” which investigates science & mathematics. Runs through Nov. 17.

- “WOVEN TOGETHER: BEYOND THE INFLUENCE OF SHERRI SMITH”: An exhibit of works created by a selection of 14 artists who completed their MFA degrees under Sherri Smith at the University of Michigan’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. Runs through Nov. 17.

- “TESTAMENTS: CTAC FACULTY SHOW”: Atrium Gallery. Includes the work of 13 CTAC instructors. Runs through Dec. 1. A reception will be held on Thurs., Nov. 29 from 5:30-7pm. crookedtree.org

GAYLORD AREA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, GAYLORD: - ARTFUL AFTERNOONS: Wednesdays, 1-3pm through Nov. 14. Join other art enthusiasts to view art related videos & discuss art themes throughout the world.

- JURIED FINE ART EXHIBIT: Runs through Nov. 3 during gallery hours of 11am-3pm, Tues. through Fri. & 12-2pm, Sat. - THE CREATIVE CROWD: Join local artists working on their own projects & enjoying the company of others. Every Thurs. from 11:30am-2:30pm. Bring your own project, supplies & lunch, if desired. gaylordarts.org

---------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - 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.

- 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.

- 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. Hours: 10am-5pm, Mon.-Sat.; 1-5pm, Sun,; & 10am-8pm, Thurs. dennosmuseum.org

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DEEP THOUGHTS WITH LYNCH AND BADALAMENTI Fresh from the “unexpected bands” category: a team-up of Twin Peaks’ cocreator David Lynch and composer Angelo Badalamenti, which resulted in a little known musical duo named Thought Gang.

Turns out, that duo recorded an album together in the early ’90s. Now that album, simply called Thought Gang, is set to be released Nov. 2 on Sacred Bones Records. Its 12 tracks will include one that features bass player Reggie Hamilton, and another called “Woodcutters from Fiery Ships”…

Also out now is Jim James’ (My Morning Jacket) new album Uniform Clarity, a direct follow-up to his critically lauded, complex solo album from earlier this year, Uniform Distortion. The new album — equally eclectic and diverse in tone, even in its pared-down state — includes acoustic takes on songs from the first 2018 album, plus two new tracks, and was recorded with Grammy Award winning producer Shawn Everett.

The album is available at all the usual outlets via ATO Records …

You can catch Fleetwood Mac this week at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit (Oct. 30), where the band will perform one of its first shows without longtime guitarist Lindsay Buckingham. He’s left the band to pursue his

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solo work; most of his guitar parts will be taken over by new member Mike Campbell. The Detroit stop is one of 52 dates on Fleetwood’s current North American tour, which also includes stops in Cleveland, Milwaukee, Chicago, and Tulsa …

If you’d rather head out to sea, check out the 2019 edition of Scottish band Belle and Sebastian’s curated music festival, The Boaty Weekender, which mixes up a giant stack of indie and alternative rock and pop acts and plops them all on a boat for you to enjoy during a four-day cruise through the Mediterranean Sea. Each band will play multiple sets on the cruise’s five stages, in addition to Q&A sessions, panels, theme parties, merch and food, and of course plenty of dancing. The lineup for the 2019 floating fest will include Camera Obscura, Django Django, Nilufer Yanya, Mogwai, and, of course, B&S. Nab tickets and info at www. theboatyweekender.com …

LINK OF THE WEEK Shakira has just ended her lengthy El Dorado tour, which took the Colombian singer through the U.S., Europe, and Canada, and she took the time to post a two-minute video to thank her fans for all of their support throughout the trek. Check out her thoughtful message at her official website, www.shakira.com …

THE BUZZ Loads of concerts on the schedule this week: Jermaine Dupri, Bone Crusher, Da Brat, Anthony Hamilton, and XScape are all taking the big stage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit for a massive concert experience on Oct. 31 …

Good Charlotte will rock The Fillmore, also in Detroit, Nov. 1…

Mayday Parade, with special guests William Ryan Key and This Wild Life, will

play the Royal Oak Music Theater in Royal Oak, Michigan, on Nov. 2 …

The Magic Stick on Detroit’s Woodward Avenue will be rockin’ with the alt-rock/emo sounds of Saves the Day (and opening act An Horse) Nov. 4 … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

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

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Written and produced by Villagers’ Conor O’Brien in his own studio in Dublin, Ireland, the five-piece outfit (including O’Brien, of course) throw off those lifejackets on this collection and plunge right in to some sounds that are quite different from their last album. Jittery and impatient but with an appeal showcasing their enthusiasm for experiments, the tracklisting veers heavily towards synths and away from guitars on standouts like “A Trick of the Light,” the interlocked harmonies of “Long Time Waiting,” and the EDM/dance-inspired opener, “Again.”

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On tracks like “Love You Back,” the vocals are an icy glaze atop those guitars; tunes like “Holding Out” and the churning “Dark Saturday” encapsulate the band’s more rock side. And the interesting blender mashup of sounds reminiscent of both ’70s prog-rock and vintage sci-fi television show themes is a don’t miss on “Now or Never Now.”

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At times you might think you’ve stumbled across some long-hidden Billy Corgan/Smashing Pumpkins track — but it’s just Silversun Pickups bringing that grungy, distorted-guitars ’90s sound into the modern age. With Dave Cooley again behind the boards, opener “There’s No Secrets This Year” upscales the band’s propellant sound (arguably better than first official single “Panic Switch”), while other highlights include the edgy “Sort Of” and the collegetrend throwback-pop sounds of “Surrounded.”

The reel the old man and the gun

by meg weichman

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The Old Man and the Gun, aka the film that Robert Redford claims will be his final screen performance. And if he’s gonna go out (believe me, I’ve already started a change.org petition in opposition), I guess we should be glad he’s doing it on his own terms and with a film he’s proud of. So while it would be impossible for one film to truly put a defining cap on a career as remarkable as his, this affectionate, thoughtful, and lovely little film comes pretty darn close.

In the interest of full disclosure, Robert Redford has been my absolute favorite actor since I was 11 years old. (I know, strange kid.) So while my objectivity here might only be so-so, I think this also helps me see why this is such a fitting swan song — a wonderful and wistful ode to his career and his innate charms Based on a “mostly” true story, this breezy and laid back treasure is about Forrest Tucker, a kindly gentleman bank robber, who has escaped prison 16 times and now finds himself in the twilight of his life. Unlike your Dillingers or your Jesse Jameses, he’s a bank robber who might never have even loaded his gun; his weapon is his charm. And Redford is the devilish rascal perfect for the part. With a twinkle in his eyes, a smile that still makes you weak the knees, and wearing a finely tailored suit (has anyone ever looked better in suits?), the wrinkles and age lines seem to fade, and he’s that movie star once again. And in every frame it’s all too apparent they just don’t make movie stars like him anymore.

After one of Forrest’s robberies occurs right under the nose of a listless Dallas cop, the embarrassed John Hunt (a mellow and melancholy Casey Affleck) vows to track down this polite bandit, finding reinvigorated interest in his own career and eventually coming to an admiration of sorts for this man who lives his life on his own terms.

With Hunt hot on the trail, the media eventually picks up the story, and Forrest and friends (his co-conspirators, played by Danny Glover and Tom Waits) are dubbed The Over-the-Hill Gang and become sensations not for their successful crime spree but their advanced age.

Still, this isn’t a let-the-AARP-jokes-fly kind of movie. This is the kind of film where Tom Waits tells a random story about a Christmas

in his youth because it would be a crime to not let him. Where the camera lingers on interesting signs or kids painting a fence ala Tom Sawyer. And where Redford, the Sundance Kid himself, has a line about never having ridden a horse before. It’s gently amusing and sweet and something special.

Director David Lowery, whose filmmaking talent cannot be denied after the trio of Ain’t Them Body Saints, A Ghost Story, and the underrated delight that was Pete’s Dragon, moves fluidly between genres. From a Disney children’s movie to more experimental art house fare, there’s a certain timelessness that unites his work.

Here he takes both an elegiac and old-school approach. This is a film made in the spirit of Redford’s 1970s classics like Jeremiah Johnson, and it’s even got the grainy 16mm visuals to go with it. There’s also the slower pace, which lets you savor each warm, understated moment.

And when Forrest Tucker isn’t robbing banks, he’s wooing a beguiling Sissy Spacek (complete with her weird pony tale — I wouldn’t have it any other way), who plays Jewel, a woman he meets on the side of the road, mid-heist. She’s a widowed ranch owner, and when Redford and Spacek are together, the film is perhaps at its best. It’s a tender romance between two adults who have lived their lives and know who they are, and it’s a pleasure to see them so smitten.

You wish their dates would go on forever; their connection is so easy, lived in, and real.

More of a character study than anything, this is a heist movie driven not by trumped up tension and suspense, but by the adventure of life and its inescapable tick of time: who we are, who we were, who we might have been.

And it all comes full circle with a supremely satisfying ending that takes on a bit of Hollywood magic that could come only from Redford himself — the Hollywood outlaw who refused to just be the matinee idol they wanted him to be, wearing that trademark grin on his face until the bittersweet end.

So before I overstay my welcome by continuing to wax poetic about the many lowkey joys to behold here, I’ll end it with this: Don’t go, Bob. Please don’t go.

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

n their remarkable new film First Man, Damien Chazelle, the Oscar-winning director of La La Land, and La La Land star, Ryan Gosling, here as Neil Armstrong, give us a incredibly grounded look into the man we all know of and yet really know nothing about.

Part character study, part domestic drama, it’s incredibly intimate (the POV is limited largely to Neil’s) in scope for a story about something that’s really as epic as it can get. Incredibly immersive and with impressionist imagery, this a profoundly feeling work that while largely chronological doesn’t follow a simple trajectory or a typical hero’s arc. Covering events from 1961 to 1969, we vividly experience Armstrong’s path to becoming the first man to walk on the moon, from his early days in the Gemini and then Apollo programs, to the tragedies that defined his life along the way.

Offering a change in perspective is what Armstrong cites as what he believes is the benefit of space exploration. And First Man is an entirely new way of seeing this monumental moment of our history that has come to stand for so much for both our country and humanity. And as much as you may want to be comforted by the warm feelings of this great human achievement, Chazelle eschews this easy nostalgic treatment. This is not a rah-rah, feelgood escape to the by gone days when we dared to gaze into the heavens, though those feelings will certainly come. But the film is much more concerned with offering us a new perspective on ourselves, our place in this world, and through that it gives us a glimpse of something else we’ve lost sight of: hope.

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ou wouldn’t be alone if you thought this tragic Cinderella story didn’t need to be brought to the screen for the fourth time. And by an untested first-time director directing himself in the starring role at that. But once you’ve seen A Star is Born, you’ll thank your lucky stars you did. With rapturous music and remarkable performances from director/star Bradley Cooper and a luminous Lady Gaga, Cooper has modernized the studio romance, making a film with a soul of indie and the heart of classical Hollywood melodrama. For those not familiar with this ultimate Hollywood myth, it’s the showbiz story of a male star whose career is on its way down discovering and then falling for a female star on the rise. And in these iconic archetypes we have a nearly unrecognizable Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine, an outlaw rocker who’s some kind of rugged relic of Americana. He still plays to arenas, but it’s only a matter of time until his chronic tinnitus and alcoholism catches up with him.

And then we have Lady Gaga’s Ally. Wearing painted on hair and tape eyebrows, she captivates Mr. Maine with her performance of “La Vie en Rose” at a drag show performance he happens to stumble into on night. He invites her to perform with him at his next concert and from there her music career takes off just as their romance does. But of course it’s not all sunshine and roses for long, and their tender love and the electric music they make together gives way to raw and ugly and all too real pain.

Putting you through the emotional wringer, from its soul-stirring highs to its soul-crushing lows, somehow by the end you’re just grateful for the opportunity to have experienced it.

LOVE, GILDA

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f you love Gilda Radner, you’ll love Love, Gilda. And if you’re only somewhat familiar with her life and body of work, you’re bound to walk away from this film with an understanding of what made Radner not only such a beloved comedian and performer but also such a radiant soul. Taking us through her all-too-brief life, first-time director Lisa Dapolito employs a mostly conventional biographical concept with one key difference: The film is narrated

by Gilda herself, using archival tapes that function as an intimate audio diary of sorts. A warm and introspective person outside of her iconic characters emerges as Gilda personally walks you through her battles with celebrity, body image, relationships, and finally, and tragically, cancer. Along with Gilda’s reminisces, there are, of course, interviews with those who loved and worked with Gilda. You get Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, and Laraine Newman. But no, you won’t hear from Bill Murray, an absence among other key players in Gilda’s story that are most notably and definitely felt. But what’s not missing are the highlights of her career — plenty of clips that are a joy to behold and help you see why the cult of Gilda still goes strong. Produced in collaboration with the Radner estate, it’s mostly a surface look at her life and struggles and doesn’t offer any social or historical context. Instead, Love, Gilda’s power comes purely from its subject. The evidence of the magic she made and the chance to get to feel for a brief moment what it might have been like to be in her presence.

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ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 10/27 -- Andre Villoch, 7-9 10/29 -- Poets Meet Musicians: "Ghost Stories,” 7 11/3 -- Acoustic Anniversary Party w/ TC Celtic, Zeke & Corbin Manikas, 1-10 FANTASY'S, TC Mon. - Sat. -- Adult entertainment w/ DJ, 7-close GT DISTILLERY, TC Fri. – Younce Guitar Duo, 7-9:30 KILKENNY'S, TC 10/27 -- Halloween Bash w/ One Hot Robot, 9:30 11/2-3 – Honesty & The Liars Tue -- Levi Britton, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8 Sun. -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7-9 LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC 10/29 -- Open Mic Night w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9 PARK PLACE HOTEL, TC BEACON LOUNGE: Thurs,Fri,Sat — Tom Kaufmann, 8:30

RARE BIRD BREWPUB, TC 10/27 -- Biomassive: Now That's What I Call a 90's Party, 10 10/31 -- DJ Ladybird, 9-11:30 SAIL INN BAR & GRILL, TC Thurs. & Sat. -- Phattrax DJs & Karaoke, 9 STREETERS, GROUND ZERO, TC 10/27 -- Halloween Ball w/ DJ Ricky T & Sweet N Low, 7 10/27 -- Halloween Headbangers Ball w/ Returned From Ashes, Derailed, Katharsys Theory & Graves Crossing, 7 11/2 -- JOHN 5, 7 THE DISH CAFE, TC Tues, Sat -- Matt Smith, 5-7 THE LITTLE FLEET, TC 10/27 -- Futuristic Sci-Fi Halloween Bash w/ DJ, 7 Wed -- Tiki Night w/ DJ, 3 THE PARLOR, TC 10/31 -- Rob Coonrod, 8

CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY 10/27 -- Galactic Sherpas' 10th Annual Halloween Bash, 10 11/2 -- Annex Karaoke, 10 11/3 -- Novemberfest w/ Sean Bielby, 4-7

THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 10/27 -- Halloweekend w/ Charlie Millard Band, 6 Wed -- Jazz Jam, 6-10 UNION STREET STATION, TC 10/27 -- Soul Patch, 10 10/28 -- Head for the Hills Live Show; then Karaoke, 5 10/29 -- Jukebox, 10 10/30 -- Comedy Collective, 8-9:30; then Open Mic w/ Matt McCalpin, 8 10/31 -- DJ Fasel, 10 11/1 -- Darwin Project, 10 11/2 -- Happy Hour w/ Wink Solo; then LGB, 5 11/3 -- Bell's Iceman After Party w/ Orbitsuns, 9 11/4 -- Karaoke, 10 WEST BAY BEACH HOLIDAY INN RESORT, TC 10/27,11/3 -- DJ Motaz @ View, 10 11/1 -- The Jeff Haas Trio w/ Don Julin & Nancy Stagnitta, 6-8:30

Otsego, Crawford & Central ALPINE TAVERN & EATERY, GAYLORD Sat -- Live Music, 6-9

Emmet & Cheboygan PIERSON'S, HARBOR SPRINGS 10/27 -- Jelly Roll Blues Band, 9

LEO’S NEIGHBORHOOD TAVERN, PETOSKEY Thurs — Karaoke w/ DJ Micheal Williford, 10 Fri – TRANSMIT, Techno-Funk-Electro DJs, 10 Sun — DJ Johnnie Walker, 9

SIDE DOOR SALOON, PETOSKEY 11/3 – The Great Gatsby Party Sat. – Karaoke, 8

Leelanau & Benzie DICK’S POUR HOUSE, LAKE LEELANAU Sat. — Karaoke, 10-2 LAKE ANN BREWING CO. 10/30 -- John Kumjian & Sandy Blumenfeld, 6:30 LEELANAU SANDS CASINO, PESHAWBESTOWN 10/27 – Ron Getz, 8 SHOWROOM: 10/30 -- Polski Chix, noon

LUMBERJACK'S BAR & GRILL, HONOR Fri & Sat -- Phattrax DJs & Karaoke, 9

THE CABBAGE SHED, ELBERTA 10/27 -- Wild West Halloween w/ K. Jones & The Benzie Playboys, 9 Thu -- Open Mic Night, 8-11

ST. AMBROSE CELLARS, BEULAH 10/27 -- Halloween Bash w/ Jack Pine Savage, 11-10 11/1 -- Open Mic Night, 6-10 Fri,Sat -- Live Music, 6

THE HAYLOFT INN, TC Thu -- Roundup Radio Show Open Mic Night, 8

STORMCLOUD BREWING FRANKFORT 11/3 -- Blake Elliott, 8-9

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THE PLATTE RIVER INN, HONOR 11/2 -- Lynn Callihan, 7 VILLA MARINE, FRANKFORT 11/2 -- Cheryl Wolfram, 9:30

Antrim & Charlevoix CELLAR 152, ELK RAPIDS 10/27 -- Dos Hippies, 6-9 ETHANOLOGY, ELK RAPIDS 10/27 – Halloween Bash w/ Jack & The Bear 11/3 -- Dede and the Dream, 8-10 RED MESA GRILL, BOYNE CITY 10/27 -- Halloween Extravaganza w/ Dave Cisco, 6-10 10/30 -- Oni & Noeli, 6-9

BENNETHUM’S NORTHERN INN, GAYLORD 10/30 – Randy Reszka

KNOT JUST A BAR, BAY HARBOR Mon,Tues,Thurs — Live music

SHANTY CREEK RESORTS, BELLAIRE IVAN’S: 10/27 -- Halloween Party w/ Feel Good, 7:30 SHORT'S BREWING CO., BELLAIRE 10/27 -- Short's Halloween Party w/ The North 41, 9 11/2 -- Get Out the Vote Tour w/ The Accidentals, Kate Pillsbury & Emilee Petersmark Music, & Seth Bernard, 8:30-11

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: A man asked me for my number at an event, saying he wanted to take me to dinner. I told him I’d just ended a relationship and wasn’t ready to date. Of course, he then said it’d be a business dinner, and I consented and wrote my number down.

I feel that I had bad boundaries and wish a) he hadn’t been so forward and b) I hadn’t given my number. How could I handle this better in the future? I’m a pretty assertive woman, so my collapsing under pressure was disturbing.

— Jell-O

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: This is like your telling somebody who wants you to dog-sit “Sorry, I’m allergic to dogs” and having them come back with “Actually, he identifies as a parrot.”

To understand why you — “a pretty assertive woman” — basically defaulted to smileyface emoji mode when the poo emoji better fit the bill, it helps to know a few things about the psychology of personality. There are five major domains of personality that drive how a person acts — and they tend to be fairly stable across time and situations. These include conscientiousness — which reflects a person’s level of self-control and sense of responsibility to others. Another is extroversion — reflecting where a person falls on a spectrum from outgoingness to seeing social events as a form of torture that should have been banned by the Geneva Conventions.

Researchers find that women across cultures — whether rating their own personality or being rated by others — consistently come out higher than men in one of these personality domains: “agreeableness.” This is a “nice girl/nice guy” personality trait that plays out in kindness, generosity, warmth and a strong motivation to have positive interactions with others.

It makes sense that women — on average, smaller and weaker than men — would be higher in agreeableness. Psychologist Joyce Benenson, who researches sex differences from infancy on, believes that women’s tendency to default to polite acquiescence in the face of conflict is an evolved tactic to reduce their chances of being physically harmed.

As a woman, it’s likely you’re a high scorer in the agreeableness department. However, as anthropologist Jerome Barkow points out, “biology is destiny only if we ignore it.”

Recognizing your propensity to be “nice” allows you to preplan to act in your best interest — have

prepared answers for creative pursuers like this guy. For example: 1. You’re not ready to date. 2.

You’re happy to take a phone call to see whether there might be a business opportunity. This should help you separate potentially lucrative business propositions from tarted-up versions of “There’s a very important meeting you simply must attend...in my pants.”

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— Stick Figure

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: There is an unorthodox but excuse-proof way to get yourself back to the gym: Hire a psychopath to chase you there with an ax.

If, however, the psychopaths in your area are busy servicing their regular clients, you might try rethinking the power you give your feelings over your behavior. The fact that you have a feeling — “Waah...I don’t wanna go to the gym” — is not reason to listen to it and obey it as if you were its feudal serf.

Consider that unless there’s a national disaster or a wizard turns you into a decorative porch owl, you are physically capable of getting to the gym.

Make a pledge to yourself that no matter how unmotivated you are to go there, you will just go.

This “just do it” method, giving yourself no choice in the matter, is important, because according to studies by psychologist Phillippa Lally and others, repetition leads to habit acquisition. To unpack what this means, behaviors you repeat become automatic — meaning you eventually just do them mindlessly; deciding whether to do them is no longer part of the process.

To kick off the campaign for the new gymgoing you, do this robo-gymgoing thing every day for two weeks, and then you can pull back to whatever your normal gym schedule would be. Give yourself a sense of accomplishment by monitoring your behavior. Check off days you go work out on a goal attainment app, or just color them in on a calendar. Giving yourself visual evidence of your progress should help you stay motivated during that time period before the physical results start to show. Kind of a bummer when you tell people you’ve been going to the gym and their response is, “And doing 20 sets of I’m not getting out of this car?”

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DOWN 1 “___ T for Teen” 2 Aboriginal name for Australia’s Ayers Rock 3 Parsley bit 4 Do horribly 5 Closely monitored hosp. area 6 Juliet, for one 7 Mineralogist with a scale 8 Number of times the Milwaukee Brewers have appeared in the World Series 9 Not fixed 10 Sport involving horses 11 Friendly, like some relatives 12 “Jackie Brown” actress Grier 13 It’s made with warm fermentation 18 “___: Ragnarok” 19 Adequate 24 Vitamin also known as PABA 25 Early morning 27 “Once upon ___ ...”

28 Clip hedges 29 1912 Nobel Peace Prize winner Root 30 Trio of trios 31 “Everybody gets a car!” impresario 32 “Mr. Show” costar David 33 “English Toffee” candy bar 34 Carpenter or Ride, e.g.

38 Dale’s cartoon pal 39 Pack of cards 41 Soundly defeated 42 Pointer, for one 44 They’ll look over W-2s 45 Something stored in the cloud?

49 Los ___, California 50 As scheduled 51 Like a game for the record books, perhaps 53 They can be fine or graphic 54 Like a worn tire 55 Night, in Nice 56 Getaway spot 57 Bunch 58 House support 59 Artist’s selection

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He was an emancipated spirit who regarded the natural world as the only church he needed.

In an eruption of ecstatic appreciation, he once testified that “Life is a joyous dance through daffodils beneath cerulean blue skies and then, then what? I forget what happens next.” And yet the truth is, Abbey was more than a wild-hearted Dionysian explorer in the wilderness. He found the discipline and diligence to write 23 books! I mention this, Aquarius, because now is a perfect time for you to be like the disciplined and diligent and productive version of Abbey.

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Piscean visual artist Anne Truitt (1921–2004), creating her work was high adventure. She testified that artists like her had “to catapult themselves wholly, without holding back one bit, into a course of action without having any idea where they will end up.

They are like riders who gallop into the night, eagerly leaning on their horse’s neck, peering into a blinding rain.” Whether or not you’re an artist, Pisces, I suspect your life in the coming weeks may feel like the process she described. And that’s a good thing!

A fun thing! Enjoy your ride.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have officially

arrived at the heart of the most therapeutic phase of your cycle. Congratulations! It’s an excellent time to fix what’s wrong, hurt, or distorted. You will attract more help than you can imagine if you summon an aggressive approach toward finding antidotes and cures. A good way to set the tone for your aggressive determination to feel better is to heed this advice from poet Maya Angelou: “Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.”

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astrology is to be aware of the potential shortcomings of your sign so you can outwit and overcome them. That’s why I think that eventually you’ll evolve to the point where you won’t be a bit flustered when blessings arrive. And the immediate future will bring you excellent opportunities to upgrade your response to good fortune.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Each of us needs

something of an island in her life,” said poet John Keats. “If not an actual island, at least some place, or space in time, in which to be herself, free to cultivate her differences from others.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Leo, you’ll be wise to spend extra time on your own island in the next two weeks. Solitude is unlikely to breed unpleasant loneliness, but will instead inspire creative power and evoke inner strength. If you don’t have an island yet, go in search!

(P.S.: I translated Keats’ pronouns into the feminine gender.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’m rooting for

you to engage in experimental intimacy, Virgo.

I hope you’ll have an affinity for sweet blends and incandescent mixtures and arousing juxtapositions. To get in the right mood for this playful work, you could read love poetry and listen to uplifting songs that potentize your urge to merge. Here are a few lyrical passages to get you warmed up. 1. “Your flesh quivers against mine like moonlight on the sea.” —Julio Cortázar 2.

“When she smiles like that she is as beautiful as all my secrets.

—Anne Carson 3. “My soul is alight with your infinitude of stars . . . The flowers of your garden blossom in my body.” — Rabindranath Tagore 4. “I can only find you by looking deeper, that’s how love leads us into the world.” —Anne Michaels

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Of course I want

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): U2’s singer Bono, born under the sign of Taurus, says that all of us suffer from the sense that something’s missing from our lives. We imagine that we lack an essential quality or experience, and its absence makes us feel sad and insufficient. French philosopher Blaise Pascal referred to this emptiness as “a God-shaped hole.” Bono adds that “you can never completely fill that hole,” but you may find partial fixes through love and sex, creative expression, family, meaningful work, parenting, activism, and spiritual devotion.

I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I have a strong suspicion that in the coming weeks you will have more power to fill your God-shaped hole than you’ve had in a long time.

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desires are clichés, right? Ready to wear, one size fits all. I doubt if it’s even possible to have an original desire anymore.” So says a character in Gemini author Tobias Wolff’s short story “Sanity.”

Your assignment in the coming weeks, Gemini, is to refute and rebel against this notion. The cosmic rhythms will work in your favor to the degree that you cultivate innovative yearnings and unique urges. I hope you’ll make it your goal to have the experiences necessary to stir up an outbreak of original desires.

you to have more money. I’d love for you to buy experiences that expand your mind, deepen your emotional intelligence, and foster your ability to create inspiring forms of togetherness. My soul would celebrate if you got access to new wealth that enabled you to go in quest of spiritual fun and educational adventures. On the other hand, I wouldn’t be thrilled about you spending extra cash on trivial desires or fancy junk you don’t really need. Here’s why I feel this way: to the extent that you seek more money to pursue your most righteous cravings, you’re likely to get more money.

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

poet Rainer Maria Rilke suggested that we cultivate an alertness for the ever-present possibility of germination and gestation. On a regular basis, he advised, we should send probes down into the darkness, into our unconscious minds, to explore for early signs of awakening. And when we discover the forces of renewal stirring there in the depths, we should be humble and reverent toward them, understanding that they are as-yet beyond the reach of our ability to understand. We shouldn’t seek to explain and define them at first, but simply devote ourselves to nurturing them. Everything I just said is your top assignment in the coming weeks.

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typical member of the Cancerian tribe, you’re skilled at responding constructively when things go wrong. Your intelligence rises up hot and strong when you get sick or rejected or burned.

But if you’re a classic Crab, you have less savvy in dealing with triumphs. You may sputter when faced with splashy joy, smart praise, or lucky breaks. But everything I just said is meant to be a challenge, not a curse. One of the best reasons to study

a phase of your cycle when your influence is at a peak. People are more receptive than usual to your ideas and more likely to want the same things you do. Given these conditions, I think the best information I can offer you is the following meditation by Capricorn activist Martin Luther King Jr. “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”

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