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Slow Bleed Our country’s fate balances on a knife edge.

Trump and the Republican Party represent what political theorists call an “authoritarian attempt.” The election will decide whether the attempt is successful. If Trump’s cult of personality pulls off an electoral college win, and the Supreme Court is packed, the Republic will no longer be a democracy.

“Aha,” say the conservative pundits. “The country is not a democracy.”

They are wrong because they limit the word’s meaning to the first entry in the dictionary, which is a system like that of ancient Athens, and ignores further definitions like “majority rule.” History is full of republics that weren’t democratic — like our own until all people were given the right to vote.

Republicans succeed through gerrymandering, voter suppression, and ruthless manipulation of undemocratic flaws in our system, like the electoral college and the filibuster — the latter not even in the Constitution; but just a Senate rule.

The Founders, brilliant as they were, had blind spots caused by the faults of their society: racism, misogyny, and hatred of the poor. These blind spots led to the anti-democratic aspects of our Constitution, mostly now remedied through amendment and social reform. Now the Republican party is the vehicle for a segment of our people, overrepresented by whites and evangelical Christians, to exercise minority rule over the majority. They think they are entitled to do so, but they are not.

Vote out the tyrant; save our democracy.

David Green, Honor Time to Vote In my 70+ years, I have witnessed the “character traits” of many politicians, both Democrats and Republicans. Those that come to mind include the following: being abrasive, antagonizing, amoral, apathetic, arrogant, attention-seeking, bossy, conceited, childlike, cruel, deceitful, dishonest, entitled, egocentric, fraudulent, greedy, grandiose, hateful, hostile, insulting, intolerant, jealous, know-it-all, malicious, miserly, manipulative, materialistic, misogynistic, narcissistic, obnoxious, overbearing, paranoid, pompous, predatory, prejudiced, racist, sarcastic, scornful, selfish, uncaring, uncharitable, unstable, vindictive, unforgiving, xenophobic, unkind, neurotic, or unbalanced.

Never, however, have I ever witnessed a single politician exhibiting all of them.

No major political party has ever faced this dilemma until now.

If you care about America, vote Nov. 3.

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To Everything There is a Season This is the autumn of our national discontent.

We’re experiencing waves of widespread unrest over racial-based injustice. Many of our citizens are greatly impacted by the worst recession in a century. Millions covered by the Affordable Care Act risk losing their healthcare by legal fiat. The GOP isn’t even bothering to wait for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s funeral before proceeding with hypocritical Supreme Court-packing. And, of course (with over 200,000 dead since March), America leads the free world in worst response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Soon, we won’t have to build any more walls to keep others out. Nor is it surprising others don’t want to allow us in as visitors.

Plus, we’re seeing increasing evidence of unaddressed climate change, as recently illustrated here by every forest-fire-smokehazed sunsets over Little Traverse Bay. Now we are suffering great civil distress — mostly over an assault from within by our own president against the body politic. Donald Trump spends much time, and spews many irresponsible tweets, spreading doubt and distrust concerning our time-tested system used to elect new leadership. And, as usual, few elected Republicans seem to have the simple courage of their convictions to publicly speak-out or say no.

Finally, despite utilizing it himself to vote, he questions the integrity of (COVIDsafe and time-validated) absentee/mail-in ballots. Lately, and worst of all, Trump has become the first U.S. president in history to publicly refuse to state support for a peaceful transfer of presidential power.

Therefore, before all votes are cast, a concluding question for our Republican neighbors: Regardless of what you feel about Joe Biden — or of Democratic, progressive solutions to our problems — what will it take for you to reclaim your own souls and spines in support of our shared, greatly imperiled democracy?

Thank you for considering our views.

Dottie & Frank Hawthorne, Petoskey Vote Democrat The anti-science policies of President Trump and the Republicans are killing the American people. This goes beyond COVID-19, to air and water pollution, climate change, ecosystem destruction, and more. We must elect Democrats up and down the ballot, from the president to local officials, in order to return to a safe, healthy, and thriving society.

Fred Cepela, Traverse City

To Slaughter When the cow comes trotting down the chute where the man is waiting with the hammer, the man will have that cow’s attention for a brief moment. However, it will all happen so fast, there won’t be an adrenaline rush that spoils any of the meat.

On Nov. 4, the American people who have not paid attention to what is wrong with the Electoral College just might have a sobering moment — like that cow, too little, too late.

Colin Bohash, Honor

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top ten TC CLERK HAS A MESSAGE: VOTE! Watch for some public service announcements about voting that were filmed in Traverse City and are set to air this month on television broadcast network affiliates across the state.

Traverse City Clerk Benjamin Marentette worked with the Center for Civic Design to produce four videos, each with the same message: Get out and vote.

“It’s easier than ever to be a voter,” Marentette says in one of the spots. “If you can’t get to the polls, you can vote absentee for any reason, you can vote from home, you can vote from work, you can literally vote from anywhere.”

The videos — filmed at familiar locations around Traverse City — lay out how to register and how to vote. The impetus for the videos was the successful November 2018 ballot initiative that changed Michigan’s constitution and made it easier to vote.

Perhaps the most significant message is that it is now possible to register to vote at any time by going in person to your local clerk’s office — up to and even on election day. For more information about how and when to vote, visit Michigan.gov/vote.

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Snickerdoodlz’ Pumpkin-NY Cheesecake Froyo Like crisp, brown leaves on an October lawn, autumn in the Midwest is strewn with pumpkin-flavored sundries that come in all shapes and sizes. But, at Petoskey’s new self-serve frozen yogurt shop, Snickerdoodlz (2700 Anderson Rd., Petoskey), that ubiquitous fall favorite has branched out, hitting a new height. Snickerdoodlz’ mash-up of Pumpkin and New York Cheesecake froyo has all that’s required to put a smile on any jack-o-lantern. Spicy nutmeg notes sail through the center of this combo, evoking both the fragrance and flavor of a fresh-baked baked pumpkin pie. Muting its sweetness and adding a touch of decadence is the faintly savory New York Cheesecake frozen yogurt, wrapped around the pumpkin like an ivory-colored savory scarf. For lovers of frozen treats in the fall, this is a must. (We also sampled Snickerdoodlz’ Pistachio flavor, which is stupendous with a touch of cherry sauce — or likely any one of its 49 other toppings.) This newborn establishments rotates 10 flavors (five twists) monthly, plus treats like Taiwanese Bubble Tea with Bursting Boba and smoothies. Find out more at www.snickerdoodlz.com.

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For the Love of Local Beer Big group events for the 7th Annual Frankfort Beer Week — Oct. 5–10 — might be canceled, but just for you, oneof-a-kind craft beer, food, and merch specials abound at the bars, breweries, restaurants, and retailers throughout Frankfort and neighboring Elberta. Plan your coastal attack at www.frankfortbeerweek.com.

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Black Sun

In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice marks a season of rebirth and revelry. But, while most residents rush to prepare, dissent bubbles beneath the surface of the Clarion Crow clan, as they seek their revenge on the high Sun Priest. Meanwhile, in the distant land of Cuecola, an exiled ship captain finds herself saddled with unfamiliar freight. Her charge — the strange, young Serapio — must make it to Tova on the eve of the equinox, or else forgo an ancient fate. From award-winning author Rebecca Roanhorse comes the first book of her “Between Earth and Sky” trilogy. Inspired by the customs of a world before Columbus, “Black Sun” is equal parts prophetic and political — and so utterly propulsive, the pages all but turn themselves.

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NoMi Chamber Asks Gov for Bar & Restaurant Capacity Increase

As cooling weather forces the closing of outdoor seating for the North’s bars and restaurants — many already struggling due to pandemic-induced spring closures and smaller summer crowds — the Northern Michigan Chamber Alliance has made a big ask.

It sent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer a letter requesting she expand indoor capacity to 75 percent at bars, restaurants, and meetings and banquet centers in regions 6 and 8 — if DHS data reveal the rate of positive COVID-19 tests falls below three percent over an extended period.

Manistee Area Chamber of Commerce President Stacie Bytwork — who serves as chairperson of The Alliance, which represents 16 chambers, economic development organizations, and 7,000+ member businesses from all across Northern Michigan — said working with public health partners to increase capacity limits is the Alliance’s No. 1 priority now.

“If we want to be able to visit our favorite bar and restaurant establishments in the spring, we need them to be able to generate revenue during the winter season,” she said.

In a recent Alliance survey of mostly bars and restaurants in its region, more than 70 percent of respondents affirmed that, considering staff availability and required safety procedures, they feel they could comfortably operate at a capacity of 75 percent or more.

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Big-Time Small-Town Support SAFE HARBOR NEEDS DONATIONS & VOLUNTEERS As Traverse City’s homeless shelter gears up to offer overnight indoor accommodations once again, the nonprofit has to do so without the help of its annual fundraiser.

For the past three years, Safe Harbor kicked off its winter season with a breakfast fundraiser. That event has been canceled due to the pandemic.

In the place of that, Safe Harbor is looking for donations to help pay for its winter season.

The inability to host a fundraiser comes just as circumstances have made the nonprofit’s mission more expensive — and volunteers increasingly scarce.

Changes this season include: a sizable heated tent will be placed in the parking lot for added space during guest check-in and evening hours, beds will be repositioned and fitted with protective shielding, and the facility will be professionally cleaned every day.

To make a donation or volunteer, like the three-generation family crew shown here, visit gtsafeharbor.org.

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How’s this for an incentive to get your Christmas shopping done early and locally: Glen Arbor’s “Shop-tober,” in which every $350 you spend at local restaurants and retailers during the month of October will earn you one chance to win $100 Glen Arbor Bucks. (The Bucks can be spent like cash — in Glen Arbor of course.) All you have to do? Put copies of your receipts dated Oct. 1–31 in one of the envelopes available at participating Glen Arbor stores or restaurants and get it to The Cottage Book Shop (5989 Lake St.) by Nov. 5. Winners of the Bucks drawing will be announced Nov. 10. There’s a maximum of three entries per person, and that’s probably good, because spending more than $1,050 on Christmas gifts risks spoiling your recipients, anyway. Find more information under Events at www.visitglenarbor.com.

bottoms up Bel Lago’s 2015 Pinot Noir Reserve In July 2019, Bel Lago’s 2016 Pinot Noir earned a 90-point nod from Wine Enthusiast — and with it, some more well-deserved attention to the deeply complex reds raised from our region’s terroir. Late last week, under a cloudy, rain-soaking sky, Bel Lago’s crews tackled the first day of harvest for their 2020 Pinor Noir grapes. While we anxiously await the faraway day winemaker Charles Edson lets us taste what he’s wrought from the juice of those gems, we’re sating ourselves — quite happily, we might add — with a bottle of the winery’s 2015 Pinot Noir Reserve. This vintage’s French Oak aging gives the depth of its dark cherry and plum flavors a darker, more complex layer that lingers in a way we can’t resist sipping again and again. A quiet standout with an earthy body and strong finish, this black beauty is the ideal bottle to share with one you love on a long autumn night — and a good reason to check out Bel Lago’s (nearly finished) renovated tasting room or its at-the-ready outdoor patio. Find Bel Lago at 6530 S. Lake Shore Dr., in Cedar, or order a bottle ($36 per) at www.bellago.com

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SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL spectator

by Stephen Tuttle He said scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were wrong when they first issued their mask recommendations. He resisted and contradicted their suggestion that businesses and schools should close. He denied that there were shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and made sure the person who said there were shortages was removed from her job. We now know he knew all along just how bad the pandemic was going to be but “underplayed” it to prevent “panic.”

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He’s recommended the use of hydroxychloroquine, despite there being no evidence it was safe or effective. He even suggested, right out loud, that his Coronavirus Task Force should investigate internal use of disinfectants and bleach.

He regularly contradicts Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and

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He dismissed reports from the intelligence community regarding the novel coronavirus and called their investigations into Russian meddling in our 2016 elections “fake news.” When asked if he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was sitting next to him, orchestrated the interference, he said, “I don’t know why he would.” The reports he contradicted said the evidence of Russian interference to help him was “incontrovertible.”

It seems there is no individual or institution President Donald Trump won’t demean, denigrate and belittle if they disagree with him even a little.

Infectious Diseases, who is considered the world’s foremost expert on infectious diseases. He called Fauci “wrong” after Fauci, testifying before Congress, confirmed we hadn’t done enough to lock down the country. He has referred to Dr. Fauci as an “alarmist” more than once.

He directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fast-track a vaccine, told the world that vaccine might ready by Election Day, then claimed the department had “made a mistake” when it said a vaccine would not be ready even by the first of the year. He has already had five FDA Commissioners in just under four years.

He has referred to members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as “thugs” and “criminals” and suggested some should be tried for treason.

Then there’s the military. It has been reported that he has referred to military draftees as “suckers” and “losers.” He told an aide planning a military parade to exclude vets who suffered amputations because “nobody wants to see that.” He hired decorated combat generals to his staff with great fanfare, referring to them as “my generals.”

He most recently appointed a new coronavirus advisor who has no infectious disease experience, doesn’t believe in mask mandates, opposes school and business closures, and has spoken favorably about herd immunity.

He dismissed Gen. John Kelly as his Chief of Staff after an 18-month tenure, saying Kelly was “in over his head.” A spokesperson took it another step by saying Kelly was “totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great president.”

He refers to “herd immunity” as “herd mentality.” He claims children are “completely immune” to the novel coronavirus though almost nine percent of cases afflict those under 18, some have died, and all are contagious.

General James Mattis lasted as Secretary of Defense for two years before resigning. He was called “the world’s most overrated general” upon his departure.

When informed that the U.S. novel coronavirus death toll had exceeded 200,000, he said, “That’s a shame.”

He said a simple “I don’t believe them” when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s reported dire warnings on climate change. He even had an appointee remove any reference to it. In fact, he doesn’t believe in climate science at all and says “It’ll cool down again, you’ll see.”

He blames the fires in the West on poor management by Democratic governors, despite the fact that the land burning is mostly under federal management. He says the record-breaking heat there is just “weather.”

He has said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has the responsibility of

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… well, protecting the environment, has too many rules and regulations, so he has stripped away many via executive order. He’s reduced or eliminated emission restrictions for oil and gas exploration, including emissions of highly dangerous methane; has approved mining and fossil fuel exploration in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge; and has allowed coal operations to go back to dumping their waste slag into nearby creeks and streams.

General H.R. McMaster only lasted a year as National Security Advisor before he was shown the door and referred to as “gruff,” “condescending,” and, of course, “highly overrated.”

It seems there is no individual or institution President Donald Trump won’t demean, denigrate and belittle if they disagree with him even a little. His is a world of delusion in which there are enemies all around him in need of being struck down. He ignores the facts and science and replaces them with whatever nonsense he believes will benefit him. Currently, his idiocy is focused on destroying confidence in our election system.

When asked if he believed he knew more than experts, he said, “Yes, a lot of the time I do.”

No, he doesn’t, and our country spinning out of control — and his own positive COVID-19 test results — are proof.

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So a Democrat and a Republican go on a Cross-Country Road Trip...

Two friends’ quest for common ground in America

By Clark Miller Can we even have a civil conversation about politics anymore?

In their collaboration, “Union: A Democrat, A Republican, and a Search for Common Ground,” two law-school pals, Christopher Haugh (a professional writer and Democrat) and Jordan Blashek (a former Marine officer, entrepreneur, and Republican) hit the road together. Despite enormous political differences, they emerge 17,000 miles later better friends than ever. “Yugely” unbelievable?

See it with your own eyes: Haugh and Blashek will come together to discuss their book, “Union,” at a National Writers Series event viewable online at 7pm Sunday, Oct. 18. Neal Rubin, Detroit News columnist and creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip Gil Thorp, will host the program.

Northern Express interviewed Haugh, who was vacationing near Traverse City, and Blashek, who was at his job (director and head of talent for Schmidt Futures) in downtown New York City. (Note: “Union” takes readers up to May 2019, so the book covers neither the COVID-19 pandemic nor the recent Supreme Court vacancy.)

Express: At first, it’s just two guys driving from the East Coast to California, right?

Blashek: There was no agenda. I needed to get to Los Angeles for my sister’s wedding, and I had a job in L.A. Express: And that led to many more road trips and then to “Union.”

Haugh: By the second trip, we toyed with the idea of documentary, a traveling newspaper, all kinds of things. I have to credit Jordan. He said we should write a book.

Express: What did learn you about getting along despite your very different political perspectives?

Haugh: (laughs) Neither of us found it easy.

Both of us were convinced it would fall apart, whether on the road or not being able to agree in writing the book together. So, the book is about male friendships and learning to say “I’m angry, but you’re still my friend.”

Express: You met some interesting folks and actually drew hope from them.

Blashek: The search for common ground is much easier when you get away from politics, and you see the humanity of your fellow countrymen and women. We tried to tell those stories so we could take the temperature down.

Express: Chris, you criticized media coverage of a Trump rally you and Jordan attended in Arizona.

Haugh: Yes, and that’s a sensitive issue for me. I love the media. One of my happiest memories was as an [college] intern at The San Francisco Chronicle. But I felt there was mostly skin-deep reporting of the event, especially when Trump said something scripted on stage but also about what happened afterward in the street.

Express: There was some violence. But you’re saying that wasn’t the main story, right?

Haugh: Most of that night was not violent. We saw respectful conversation between both sides outside the rally.

Express: How did the two of you get along when it came to President Trump?

Haugh: I’m no fan of the president. Honestly, he’s a tough topic for Jordan and me. One lesson in the book is to start with values, not personalities. Finding shared values can get you past being just angry. But anyone considering going home for the holidays might think long and hard about using the word “Trump.”

Blashek: The problem is we have so many cognitive biases. The same is true on the right. I could give you a litany of examples about what horrifies Republicans about the left and drives their judgments and feelings about the Clintons, Bidens, and Obamas.

Express: So how do we understand each other in a way that protects our democracy? Much of the president’s base seems willing to go along with him, no matter what.

Blashek: It doesn’t mean all Republicans are excusing bad behavior by Trump. Most Republicans I know don’t like Trump’s tweeting, his bombastic behavior, or his violations of norms.

Express: So why do they vote for him?

Blashek: What they do like is that he’s been a stalwart in promoting conservative policies, standing up to China, supporting Israel, nominating conservative judges, and pulling troops out of the Middle East. So as far as policies, they believe he’s doing pretty well.

That’s why they’ll rationalize away some of the behaviors.

Express: What if the topic were President Trump’s statement that if he loses the election, he “will have to see” whether he’ll go along with a peaceful transition of power? [Editor’s note: Trump has since said he “will accept the results of a free and fair election.”] How would you keep that conversation productive?

Blashek: I would probably point out that a whole bunch of senior Democrats, including most of the party elites such as Hillary Clinton and Rep. James Clyburn [House Majority Whip from South Carolina], have said the same thing. And then the conversation would devolve into which side is behaving worse. But if Chris and I started by talking about how our electoral process, and specifically the peaceful transition of power, should be inviolable and upheld with the utmost integrity, we would probably have a very productive conversation about how to ensure it through policy proposals.

Express: Both of you have spoken about the emotional side of politics.

Blashek: What Chris and I found was that if we got into debates about the parties or specific politicians, we almost always ended up in arguments about which side was more objectionable. Given our two-party system, we are forced to choose one side or the other, and then we end up defending our chosen side, even if we don’t always agree with everything they do or stand for.

So, debates about Trump and Clinton, or Pelosi and McConnell nearly always ended up going off the rails, because they became a tit-for-tat disagreement about who broke norms first, or who violated our values more seriously. Those conversations just aren’t productive.

To hear more from Christopher Haugh and Jordan Blashek about their road trips and their collaborative book, “Union,” register for the free online National Writers Series event 7pm Oct. 18 at www.nationalwritersseries.org.

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BY Amy Kerr Hardin Ask a Trump supporter to specify even one policy of the president’s that has directly benefitted them. They can’t, because other than his tax cuts that solely rewarded the ultra-rich, he’s failed to successfully implement a single policy from his 2016 platform that makes America “great again.” Closing borders, putting children in cages, and his ill-conceived trade wars actually damage average Americans. His turbo-charged xenophobia has robbed our nation of some of the best and brightest from other nations. Family separation is costing us all a fortune and will continue to do so for years, let alone the price of moral reckoning.

The financial burden of his tariff boondoggle is being borne daily by the American consumer.

Why do they remain loyal?

They support Trump because he traffics in the currency of fear, intolerance, and conspiracy theories.

Meanwhile, liberals are instructed not to dehumanize those with whom they disagree — like racists, sexists, misogynists, and fascists. But in truth, progressives didn’t dehumanize them at all — they’ve been doing it to themselves.

In Michael Cohen’s new book, “Disloyal: A Memoir,” the lawyer known as Trump’s “fixer” revealed that the president claimed Black and Latino voters were “too stupid” to vote for him.

Additionally, Cohen writes that our president referred to South African apartheid as “beautiful.”

Multiple media outlets, including Fox News, reported that Trump had called fallen soldiers “losers” and “suckers.” Many of his supporters claim this is a hoax, even though they all saw him publicly denigrate a Gold Star family.

Trump makes these inflammatory statements as carefully crafted dog whistles to provide his rabid base with the hateful red meat they crave. As they vehemently deny his repulsive words, they are secretly feeling stoked by his loathsome intent.

His voters live in a world of cognitive dissonance in which they shield themselves behind false patriotism and a very wobbly deniability.

His un-American bombast is intentionally activating cells of white supremacists and terrorists that feel empowered to attack and kill people for merely not supporting their dear leader. The Department of Homeland Security has identified these false patriot groups as our nation’s biggest terror threat.

Trump apologists are quick to absolve him of any blame for these armed vigilantes. In the case of Kyle Rittenhouse — the armed punk who shot-up a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Trump voters cheered on the vigilante and raised a couple hundred thousand dollars for his legal defense fund. They called him a “hero.”

The Armed Conflict and Event Data Project (ACLED) analyzed data from nearly 8,000 Black Lives Matter protests across the nation and found that 93 percent were peaceful. Their definition of “violent” included defending against police brutality and blocking roads.

ACLED is funded in part through the U.S. State Department’s Conflict Stabilization Operation.

There have been numerous credible reports of white nationalists engaging in violence

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at BLM demonstrations. Leaked chat logs on the GroupMe app show members of the right-wing group Patriot Coalition planned armed conflict with peaceful protestors in Portland. They were training for violence and stockpiling munitions. The group continues to spread conspiracy theories about the origins of the fires out west. Similarly, in Richmond, the police found that the riots at BLM protests were instigated by supremacists.

There was no right-wing outrage when the Re-Open Michigan protest blocked traffic, including emergency vehicles, in much of Lansing. When heavily armed intruders broke into the capitol building to intimidate elected officials, it was crickets from the right. That’s hypocrisy defined. There are two standards: Armed and petulant Trump supporters get to stomp around in their camo, while BLM protestors are scorned for kneeling.

NPR recently reviewed the arrest records from BLM demonstrations and found that the vast majority of charges were for minor violations, completely unrelated to violence. Although Trump, accompanied by his cadre of white supremacists and with an assist from Fox News, would have us believe otherwise.

It’s made clear that our nation has come to an ideological impasse when a federal judge found it necessary to order the Detroit police to stop using batons, tear gas, and rubber bullets against demonstrators, medical support personnel, and legal observers. The judge further reminded cops that they may not purposely physically harm people or arrest without probable cause.

These are basic First and Fourth Amendment protections, yet we are seeing Trump supporters eager to suspend the Constitution — unless it’s protecting them.

Real heroes are stepping forward to call out Trump and his cult-like followers. Captain “Sully” Sullenberger, a true American hero, said this of Trump: “He cannot understand selflessness because he is selfish. He cannot conceive of courage because he is a coward. He cannot feel duty because he is disloyal.” That observation easily applies to current Trump supporters by proxy.

It was signature Trump base-baiting when the president pardoned and honored a convicted war criminal who had taken pictures of himself with his war kills, including a child, but fired a Naval aircraft carrier captain for attempting to save his crew during a COVID-19 outbreak.

It was a clear message to his fascist base: You can get away with murder, but don’t ever cross me.

Tacit bigotry is not a “political opinion” – it is an immoral act that demands to be called out for what it is. A vote for Trump is to espouse hatred, ignorance, and intolerance — peddling in lazy stereotypes. It reeks of moral depravity.

The white hoods are off, only to be replaced by red hats.

Amy Kerr Hardin is a retired banker, regionally known artist, and public-policy wonk. You can hear and learn more about the state of Michigan politics on her podcast, www.MichiganPolicast.com.

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Questionable Judgment Ukraine International Airlines has banned a traveler from all future flights with the carrier after the unidentified woman opened an emergency door on a Boeing 737 and went for a walk on the wing as it was waiting at a gate at Boryspil International Airport in Kyiv.

CNN reported the passenger had traveled from Antalya, Turkey, with her husband and children in the Aug. 31 incident, when other passengers heard her say she was “too hot” before she popped open the emergency exit and went outside. The airline criticized her for setting an inadequate “parental example” and threatened she may face “an exceptionally high financial penalty.” Airport security and doctors on the scene determined she was “not under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.”

A 51-year-old man from St. Cloud, Minnesota, was released from the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River on Sept. 12, but as he left the facility, he decided to take with him a DoorDash delivery that had been intended for a correctional officer working there. The Star News reported the officer contacted the former inmate by phone to inquire after his $29.13 order, and the man said he thought his family had sent it to him. He was cited for theft.

crowd favorite,” executive director Patrick Lampi told the Associated Press. The bear had been hanging around the zoo, knocking over trash cans and breaking locks, and was later euthanized when it returned. Caesar’s companion alpaca, Fuzzy Charlie, escaped the attack and was unharmed. Lampi said a similar incident took place about 20 years ago; that bear was captured and relocated to Duluth, Minnesota.

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Officials in Dania Beach, Florida, recently upgraded signs welcoming visitors to their city, including a small one that has greeted drivers for years along Dania Beach Boulevard, but local activist Clive Taylor took exception, pointing out that the sign is actually in Hollywood, not Dania Beach.

“The little sign was bad enough,” Taylor, who is vice president of the Hollywood Historical Society, told the Sun Sentinel. “But to have Dania put up this mini-billboard with lights on it is wrong.” Hollywood Mayor Josh Levy says he’s confident the two towns can work together to resolve the issue.

An octogenarian in the village of ParcoulChenaud, France, set off a violent explosion in his attempt to kill an annoying fly, the BBC reported in early September. Not realizing a gas canister in his home was leaking, the man used an electric fly swatter to battle the insect and caused an explosion that destroyed his kitchen and damaged the roof of his home.

While the man was mostly unharmed, he has had to move to a local campsite while his family makes repairs to the home.

Smooth Reaction A 78-year-old Spanaway, Washington, woman was alerted by her barking dog on Sept. 20, and opened her door to find “a man,” she told KIRO, standing in front of her. As “he turned and started to leave,” the woman, identified as Sandy, said, “Oh, no, you don’t,” and picked up her shotgun and cocked it.

The alleged intruder plopped down on her porch steps and the two waited for police to arrive. “You know, I’ve got grandchildren your age!” Sandy told him. Pierce County Sheriff ’s deputies took the man into custody, but Sandy didn’t press charges.

Chutzpah Three unnamed Metro-North Railroad employees were suspended without pay on Sept. 24 for turning a storage room under New York City’s Grand Central Terminal into a man cave, complete with a television, refrigerator, microwave and futon couch, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Associated Press reported that investigators found the space after receiving an anonymous tip in February 2019 that the three -- a wireman, a carpenter foreman and an electrical foreman -- had built a secret room where they would “hang out and get drunk and party.”

Nature Caesar, a 16-year-old alpaca at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, was killed on Sept. 20 by a wild brown bear that tunneled under a fence while the facility was closed then left. Caesar, who had lived at the zoo for 15 years, was “a

Collections September 22 marked the 60th anniversary of the day 14-year-old Boy Scout Steve Jenne scored a special memento of then-Vice President Richard Nixon’s campaign visit to Jenne’s hometown of Sullivan, Illinois. Nixon took a bite of a buffalo barbecue sandwich that day, then set it down. “I looked around and thought, ‘If no one else was going to take it, I am going to take it,” Jenne told the Herald & Review, and the leftover has been in a glass jar in Jenne’s freezer ever since. In 1988, word of the sandwich earned Jenne a spot on “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson” and led his acquiring half-eaten items from Carson and fellow guest Steve Martin, as well as Tiny Tim and Henny Youngman.

Government in Action The Opa-Locka (Florida) City Commission voted 4-1 on Sept. 9 to repeal a 13-year-old ordinance that made wearing saggy pants a crime, the Miami Herald reported. Around town, visitors can see signs reading, “No ifs, ands or butts ... It’s the city law!” and showing two young men with low-riding waistbands, but Vice Mayor Chris Davis explained: “I felt it disproportionately affected a certain segment of our population, which is young African American men.” The ACLU of Florida agreed.

Frontiers of Farming Cockroach farms are not new in China, where the bugs have long been used in Chinese medicine, but a new facility near the eastern city of Jinan is gaining attention as a way to deal with food waste while producing organic protein supplements for animal feeds. In four industrial-sized hangars, Australia’s ABC News reported, rows of shelves are filled with food waste collected from restaurants through an elaborate system of pipes. A moat filled with roach-eating fish surrounds each building to keep the roaches from escaping.

“In total there are 1 billion cockroaches,” farm manager Yin Diansong said. “Every day they can eat 50 tonnes of kitchen waste.”

Said project director Li Yanrong, “If we can farm cockroaches on a large scale, we can provide protein that benefits the entire ecological cycle.”

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A PANDEMIC RECKONING Fewer people are getting arrested as a result of COVID-19 and for those that do, it is easier to get bond. That’s caused some problems over the past six months, but it’s also caused some to reconsider jail’s role in society.

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By Patrick Sullivan In one case, a man was accused of molesting a girl under the age of 13. At his preliminary hearing, the girl testified, and the evidence against the man was presented in court. Instead of awaiting trial in jail, however, the man was put on a GPS tether and allowed to await trial under house arrest.

“That’s something that, from my perspective, is very hard to explain,” said Noelle Moeggenberg, Grand Traverse County’s prosecuting attorney. “It was like: Our case just got stronger, we have evidence on the record, and then this happened.”

In another case, a man accused of domestic violence got out of jail on bond and contacted his victim afterward, a serious violation of the terms of his release. Nonetheless, after he was re-arrested, the defendant got bond again.

“That was really hard for my office to deal with, in terms of explaining to victims,” she said. “There are guidelines for the police and the courts.”

RECONSIDERING JAIL The aforementioned cases are two examples on one extreme end of the spectrum. Over the last six months, because officials are trying to keep jail populations lower and, as a result, safer during the pandemic, there are many more people arrested in Grand Traverse County who have spent less time in jail than similar cases would require yet have not posed any threat or caused additional trouble.

As a consequence, some of the measures taken in Grand Traverse County to reduce the jail population is prompting officials to reconsider who should be in jail and why. Will the circumstances of the pandemic cause the system and society to reexamine the use of jail?

“I think it already has,” Moeggenberg said. “Maybe not punishment as much, at least not in our area. I think that we get, for the most part, fair sentences up here.”

But Moeggenberg thinks that the pandemic will prompt continued reevaluation of pre-trial detention in some cases.

Of course, things were changing even before anyone heard of COVID-19, Moeggenberg said. In the last couple of years, prosecutors, judges, and policymakers in Northern Michigan and across the country increasingly have been questioning who should be in jail, especially while cases are pending and before a person has been convicted.

More and more, in nonviolent cases in recent years, judges have been freeing defendants on personal recognizance, or P.R. bonds, meaning the accused doesn’t have to pay anything to get out of jail while their case is pending. “[P.R. bonds] just got really ramped up with COVID-19,” Moeggenberg said.

Take, for example, someone who is arrested over a weekend for shoplifting or being drunk and disorderly.

Up until recently, it would have been standard for them to be held on a bond unless they could pay $50 or $100 to be released. But a lot of people under those circumstances cannot come up with $50 or $100.

“There were some people, unfortunately, who were held because they couldn’t post that money,” Moeggenberg said.

“Now, 95 percent of those people are getting P.R. bonds.”

In other, more serious cases, suspects can be released on a G.P.S. tether, unless they are deemed a threat to public safety.

A GPS tether helped in the case of the molestation defendant who was released on bond after his preliminary examination. Moggenberg said that particular defendant has a history of showing up to court, and authorities were confident that he could be kept away from children while released.

Moeggenberg added that the jail recently received a grant that pays for GPS tether monitoring so that more defendants who are awaiting trial can be subject to house arrest even if they cannot afford the costs.

“NOT GOING TO DEAL TODAY” Once the pandemic arrived in Northern Michigan, not only did the jail population have to be lowered but also trials became much more complicated for judges to hold. Jury selection for the circuit court in Grand Traverse County, for example, has been moved to the nearby Old Town Playhouse theatre. During trials, jurors are spread out throughout the courtroom. The public cannot attend; they have to watch on YouTube. And because the courts are behind and trials take much longer to occur, defendants in many cases have to be released pending trial because the judge cannot justify the delay.

Moeggenberg said that, as more and more people have been released on bond in the last six months, no-shows have become increasingly common in circuit and district court, with some bonded individuals missing court hearings slated to happen over Zoom and later claiming they were unable to get into the session through their computer, or not showing up for jail by 5pm on their appointed day, as they’d been told

to do when the judge sentenced them.

It’s human nature, in some cases, she said.

Before the pandemic, the person would have been sentenced in person by a judge and then would have immediately been taken into custody by a bailiff. When the person is sentenced online and told to report to jail that leaves them with time to think over the situation and often talk themselves out of following through.

“To some extent, there’s that element of ‘I’m not going to deal with today what I don’t have to,’” Moeggenberg said. “I think a lot of people in the system in general kind of have the mindset that ‘I’m not going to worry about it today.’”

Although Moeggenberg said she hasn’t yet looked at the overall statistics to determine whether the area’s more generous system of releasing people facing charges has prompted an increase in crime, she provided Northern Express with a list that gives a small glimpse of the situation: the cases of six people who had been released from jail under the pandemic guidelines then went on to commit new crimes, plus two who had likewise has been released and violated the conditions of their release by contacting victims.

go, places where their bench warrant from Northern Michigan will be a low priority for the police or maybe of no interest at all.

Nevertheless, Power said he understands why the criminal justice system must cut incarceration numbers during this time.

“Running the jail in the era of COVID-19 is very difficult,” Power said. “They quarantine new inmates. They’re doing everything they can to stop the virus from spreading to the inmates.”

If a defendant gets charged and convicted for absconding from bond, the maximum penalty is a four-year sentence added on to whatever other trouble they might face for the original charge.

And even a prosecutor doesn’t charge a person who absconded and is caught, that person will still face consequences for not

SECOND LINE OF OFFENSE Circuit Court Judge Thomas Power said he hadn’t noticed that there had been a large uptick in the number of defendants not showing up for virtual court.

He said those that don’t will likely get picked up by police eventually, and if they do represent a threat to public safety, the police will make it a priority to get them back.

“The theory is that they’ll be found eventually, but that’s kind of up to law enforcement,” Power said. “You put people on bond, and some people aren’t going to show up.”

Power said the situation is likely more complicated because most of the people who are in the system and then abscond are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and addiction can be a powerful incentive for them to skip out.

“People are getting picked up in Grand Traverse County,” Power said, but adds that some defendants have figured out that there are certain areas downstate where they can

showing up to jail or court, Power said.

“It’s not a positive, because they’ve probably been out doing bad things after they absconded,” he said. “They have to start over, get dried out, and back on a treatment program.”

What they were doing while out will be investigated and taken into account, he said.

who are sentenced by the judges and provide a safe environment here and take care of their needs,” he said — but allows that the reduced population numbers have enabled him to make the jail safer.

In 2019, the jail averaged a population of 140 inmates per day; since March 16, the day the lobby doors were locked to the public, the jail has seen an average daily population of 92.

In March, it was as low as 81, Barsheff said.

The lower numbers enabled jail staff to clear out a section of the jail to make an isolation wing where people brought into the jail could be screened and quarantined for 14 days if necessary.

Barsheff also said the low population numbers enabled the jail to save money; they were able to shift around staff and cover for

“I believe the judicial system as a whole is moving toward less incarceration.”

QUARANTINED IN JAIL So far, Grand Traverse County officials have been able to keep COVID-19 from its jail.

Capt. Chris Barsheff, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff ’s jail administrator, said that so far, there have been no positive novel coronavirus cases in the jail.

“We came up with a really good protocol to help mitigate the spread of the infection in the jail and, knock on wood, we haven’t had any cases yet,” Barsheff said.

He said it’s not up to him who goes to jail or who doesn’t — “From the jail end, our responsibility is to basically house inmates

vacations and people off for training without having to resort to overtime pay to cover the extra shifts. If arrests start to increase and more people are put in jail, he said he will need to hire more staff — and require the funds to do so.

While Barsheff said he understands why some people sentenced over Zoom and told to report to the jail at a certain time might take the risk and avoid showing up to be locked up, he’s witnessed some surprises, too. He remembers one man from downstate who, during his online sentencing to prison for a Grand Traverse County felony case, was told to drive up to Traverse City to turn himself in at the jail. The man showed up on time.

“That’s responsibility there,” Barsheff said.

“TOO MANY PEOPLE IN JAIL” Mark Risk, a defense attorney who helps run the drug and sobriety courts in district court, said he believes people should spend less time in jail.

“I have always believed we have too many people in jail or that jail sentences are too long,” Risk said. “I also feel we have made a lot of progress into being more thoughtful about why there needs to be a jail sentence and how long that should be. More opportunities are given to show a defendant can be selfcorrecting.”

Risk said he is not aware of any statistics that show more crimes have been committed because there are fewer people in jail.

“I’m guessing that if there is a second offense while someone is on bond, the police will go and pick someone up. The seriousness of the offense should also come into play,” he said. “The more danger posed to the public, the more likely the court would take action.”

Risk agreed that the measures taken during the pandemic are continuing a trend that had already started.

“I believe the judicial system as a whole is moving toward less incarceration,” he said. “A giant step was taken with the implementation of the treatment courts.”

For example, he said, not long ago, 80 percent of the participants who go into sobriety court today would in the past have been charged with a felony — something that would require spending at least 30 and up to 93 days in jail upfront.

Today, people in that situation in Grand Traverse County don’t spend that time in jail, and sobriety court has a 93 percent graduation rate, he said.

Philip Settles, another Traverse City defense attorney, said he doesn’t have stats but doesn’t think that having fewer people in jail today is resulting in more crime. He also thinks that a lot of times, people don’t show up for court during the pandemic because a lot of them do have trouble getting online and logging in.

“I do not think that the lesser jail population means more crimes are being committed,” Settles said. “My opinion is based upon the number of bond and probation violations going down or staying steady. I am guessing that people really, really do not want to be in jail.”

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Sowing the Seeds of Sovereignty Little Traverse Bay Band’s Ziibimijwang Farm is growing ancestral food for the health of its tribe and the Up North community

Story and photos by Eric Cox The Little Traverse Bay Band (LTBB) of Odawa Indians is using its green thumb to press a tribal hot-button issue: food sovereignty.

The tribe’s mission to become food independent took root four years ago at Ziibimijwang Farm, a 300-acre former pumpkin farm a few miles west of Carp Lake, near the tip of the mitt.

The project was conceived in 2015 when tribal leaders realized their citizens’ need for healthier, locally grown food, as well as knowledge about ancestral food production and preservation methods.

Stimulating the LTBB’s plan: an alarming rise of diabetes and pre-diabetic diagnoses within the tribe. With these challenges in mind, the LTBB set out to improve the tribe’s diet not by newfangled diets or exercise but by getting back to the foundational basics of generations before: farming, gardening, and cooking.

GAME CHANGER According to Joe VanAlstine, LTBB’s director of food distribution and chairman of the farm board, most of the credit for bringing to life the tribe’s vision for the farm goes to Farm Manager Kafui OKai Adjei, whom everyone refers to as “KK.” KK, an immigrant from Ghana with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture, is a well-known figure in Northern Michigan farm circles, according to VanAlstine, a U.S. Navy veteran and trained welder. For 14 years, KK served as the ag manager for Pondhill Farm, a sprawling

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Top photo: Ziibimijwang Farm Manager Kafui OKai Adjei, whom everyone refers to as “KK,” inspects rows of winter vegetables at the LTBB’s 300-acre farm near Carp Lake.

First square photo, starting at left: Ziibimijwang Farm Marketing Manager Rosebud Bear Schneider scorches corn, a traditional corn preservation method used by Odawa Indians.

Second square photo: A farm employee holds freshly harvested red and yellow beets, a favorite of the farm’s customers.

Third square photo: Joe VanAlstine holds a gete okosomin squash, a traditional food among the Odawas.

Fourth square photo: Odawa pole beans, another variety of traditional tribal food, are also being reestablished at Ziibimijwang Farm.

destination north of Harbor Springs that’s home to a thriving working farm, brewery, winery, cafe, market, and many public and private events.

But when VanAlstine initially approached KK about the job, KK wasn’t interested; he wanted to remain at Pond Hill Farm. And Ziibimijwang Farm — a 300-acre swath, of which only 100 are tillable — was in a precarious position.

Only three years old, its first two farm managers were gone. And while it had earned enough to pay for its $600,000 purchase price, hundreds of thousands more were needed to repair and add infrastructure; install irrigation, greenhouses, and hoop houses; and buy a new tractor and other machinery.

Knowing the farm operation couldn’t continue asking for money from the LTBB tribal council, which had so far financed the operation, VanAlstine pinned all hopes on KK. He believed KK’s expertise and experience could help the farm sell enough produce to finally break even, if not push it into the black. So VanAlstine did the one thing he could do: He showed KK Ziibimijwang’s gorgeous, sprawling … potential. “ … when we brought him out here, he saw the place and changed his mind [about staying at Pond Hill],” said VanAlstine.

OBSTACLES, ORGANICS & ULTIMATE GOALS KK’s reputation opened the doors the LTBB desperately needed to enter — particularly those of regional farmers markets. And with a growing list of farmers markets at which to vend their goods, KK and VanAlstine saw their luck turning for the better — even in the face of the pandemic.

“It’s had a dramatic effect on the farm, for sure,” said Van Alstine. “But, overall we’re not down that much from last year’s numbers.”

That should come as no surprise, given the obvious quality of the farm’s produce. A tour of the 100 acres reveals a large “Three Sisters Garden,” the siblings being staples of traditional Odawa cuisine: corn, beans, and squash.

Rows of towering, golden sunflowers flank beds of massive, orange-pink squash.

Mounded dirt is crowned by stalks of corn whose ears are studded with brightly colored kernels, some black as coal and others ruby red. A short crop of bright purple lettuce runs neatly along a 50-yard grassy strip.

Nearby, pumpkins wait for harvest in a field, and the green tops of carrots, still rooted in the sandy soil, await a gentle pull.

Though not officially certified as a USDA organic farm, all production at Ziibimijwang is done without chemical fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides.

Even this late in the season, the farm is producing goods that will bolster its bottom line while adding fresher, more nutritional options for LTBB citizens. Ultimately, VanAlstine said, the tribe wants to be able to feed its own citizens by itself — without the help of the federal or state government.

That belief, which was embraced by the LTBB about six years ago, crystallized earlier this year when the pandemic struck. The situation brought supply chains into sharp focus worldwide, cementing the tribe’s resolve to push toward food sovereignty, locally, in spite of challenging times.

It seems to be working. A few weeks ago, VanAlstine and others at the farm distributed free food boxes to about 200 local tribal families. A variety of fresh produce — all grown at Ziibimijwang Farm — and other items comprised the boxes.

“People do like our produce, especially KK’s carrots and beets,” VanAlstine said.

“Some think we’re a little pricey, but we try to make them understand that we have to make money to sustain the farm. Of course, a lot of people do understand. But, I think they do genuinely like our produce.”

PRESERVING HISTORY & PRODUCE Fresh vegetables are great in season. But VanAlstine said another facet of the farm involves reviving ancestral food preservation methods. Scorched corn, for example, is corn on the cob that’s blackened over a fire.

Then the blackened kernels are cut off the cob and further dried, preserving them for future use in soups, etc.

“We’re having to relearn a lot of this stuff, and a lot of it is trial and error,” he said. “But they learned it somehow, so we can, too.

According to VanAlstine, knowledge of such food preservation practices is critical to sustaining the tribal culture and an important part of getting back to the simpler, healthier diets Odawa Indians have strayed from over the decades.

In fact, he, KK, and other partners in the farm’s growing future are working to resurrect some of the native vegetables once used by Odawa ancestors. While always aiming for heirloom variety vegetables, the team is also propagating and harvesting ingredients that have all but disappeared, such as pole beans, squash, different corn varieties, and wild rice.

To find out more about Ziibimijwang Farm and keep up with its current produce and events, search “Ziibimijwang Farm” on Facebook.

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CULTIVATING UNCERTAINTY How COVID-19 is affecting migrant workers Up North — and our agricultural economy

By Todd VanSickle Cherry Bay Orchards president Mark Miezio remembers getting a phone call on Labor Day weekend that he hopes he never receives again.

“It was a very terrifying thing to get that phone call that one of our new workers tested positive for COVID-19,” he said.

Cherry Bay Orchards holds 4,000 acres throughout the state. Most of the farmland is located near Suttons Bay in Leelanau County, and is largely devoted to cherries, with some apples and pears. The farm depends on a migrant labor force that swells to more than 80 workers during certain seasons.

“If we have a case or know this pandemic comes through our operation, we need to be ready to shut down,” Miezio said. “We’re going to get through it, and I think that was the biggest risk and [reason for] sleepless nights during cherry harvest.”

Fortunately, Cherry Orchards was well equipped to deal with such a situation. It already had been screening its employees, which may have prevented an outbreak.

Workers were also able to continue working in isolated environments.

“We had to get [the man with COVID-19] his own transportation, and we found some projects that he could work on by himself, not around other people,” Miezio said. “We had housing units available that we had set up for this issue.”

The COVID-19 positive employee had been living with four other people in housing provided by the orchard.

“We understood what our protocols were,” Miezio said. “The one gentleman had a 10-day isolation. And the other people that were living with him had 14 days of isolation after their last interaction with him.”

The president said the quarantine recently ended, and none of the workers are showing any symptoms.

UNTRACKED According to Bob Wheaton of Michigan

Department of Health and Human Services, the state does not track migrant COVID-19 cases specifically.

“I am not aware of any comprehensive accounting of positive tests just for migrant workers,” he said.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused uncertainty and confusion for the agricultural industry, with the economic fate of migrant workers hanging in the balance and farmers left to incur costs and navigate through the evolving executive orders.

CHANGING NUMBERS & NAVIGATION It is estimated that more than 60,000 migrant workers are needed throughout the year to support Michigan businesses in a variety of industries. About 25,000 of those migrant workers are needed in agriculture, according to Wheaton.

“The number of U.S. workers migrating to work in Michigan is down compared to previous years,” said Elyse Walter of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth.

“We will probably see a lot of fruit left on the trees. We’re still having farmers call daily that we are turning down. We just don’t have enough human resources to help them.”

“Year to date, we are about $54,000 or more for COVID-related costs,” the orchard president said. “I just know those numbers because we just finished some of that accounting work.”

Cherry Bay Orchards, however, fared well. Not only did its COVID-positive employee recover, it had protections in place that successfully prevented the virus’ spread among its vital employees. It also received a $50,000 State of Michigan grant to help offset costs related to the pandemic. Not all agricultural businesses have been so lucky — or proactive.

Wheaton said the state is trying to do its part where it can. Migrant Program Specialists have distributed facemasks and COVID-19 information to migrant workers and their families, as well as PPE kits purchased through donations by the Regional Migrant Resource Councils. The staff has also worked to enable COVID-19 testing of agricultural workers as well as to provide supportive services to those workers who test positive.

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Most migrant farmworkers come from “supply states” that are identified by the U.S. Department of Labor. The five supply states and territories identified are Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, and Puerto Rico.

Yet Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Georgia are among the top 10 states with the most COVID-19 cases. (California leads the way with 800,273 cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. migrant workers generally stay for the duration of the season, with some workers arriving as early as February to begin the planting season and staying as late as midNovember, often transitioning from farm to farm as the harvest season goes on. The average stays for migrant workers range from four months to nine months, while foreign workers typically stay for shorter periods — generally 30–120 days, but some staying up to 10 months.

However, effective August 19, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security issued an

emergency rule change allowing agricultural employers to submit a petition to the USDOL requesting a temporary extension of stay for H-2A workers, an effort which could extend their H-2A temporary employment visas up to 3 years.

Of course, navigating through the laws and evolving executive orders can be timeconsuming and challenging for farmers and migrant workers who are already dealing with demanding deadlines and production schedules.

“There’s been so much legislation and stuff, it’s kind of tough to figure out exactly where you fall into some of these things,” Miezio said.

LOCAL SUPPORT Arlene Resource Management is a family owned-and-operated farm labor contractor that handles the red tape for farmers who need migrant workers. It has partnered with several farms in Michigan, assisting them with the H-2A program, which allows agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring nonimmigrant foreign workers to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature.

The management company also provides transportation, training, housing, and now compliance work related to COVID-19 executive orders.

“We are focused on compliance with the new order,” Arlene Resource Management Manager Beth VanDrie said. “Michigan has stricter laws than most states. It’s kind of been up to us, with a little bit of help from [Michigan Department of Agricultural and Rural Development], to navigate, with trying to figure out what exactly the order is dictating.”

She added that Arlene Resource Management is located in Manton and works hand-in-hand with Dutchman Farms, a longtime Christmas tree grower also located in Manton.

Together, Dutchman Farms and Arlene Resource Management have a combined 485 migrant workers. To date, none of the

workers have tested positive for COVID-19, said VanDrie. After a worker tests negative twice, he or she no longer has to be tested, the manager added.

“We’re doing what we needs to be done, and it’s been protecting the health and well-being of our employees, which is predominantly our goal,” VanDrie said.

“We are fortunate enough to be too large for a local facility to handle so the state stepped in and has been giving us free testing. It’s free right now, but we’ll see what happens down the line.”

She added that the workers are paid for their time for the testing, but it comes at an expense for the farmers.

“It’s a lot of paperwork on top of trying to get normal agricultural jobs done, which is already a challenge in itself,” VanDrie said. “We need trails on every employee.”

She estimates that the testing alone takes about an hour per person. “We have to stop what we’re doing out in the field and pull people off orchards,” said. “Out in the Williamsburg area and the Bear Lake area, from all over the state — we have to make sure that they get tested on the required schedule, which is a loss of production and is expensive. I would say even the paperwork in the office; the time trying to understand the compliance is an expense.”

Although the workers’ health is a priority, VanDrie believes some of the executive orders don’t fully make sense.

“Wearing masks when you are by yourself trimming in a tree field is a little absurd, but we do our best to navigate those orders,” she said.

More concerning is the potential for prices to increase for agriculture goods, VanDrie said.

“I definitely think that the price of agriculture goods is going to keep going up,” she said.

VanDrie explained that a large number of migrant laborers that typically travel from Florida and other states didn’t come this year, and farmers are still scrambling for workers.

“People are more concerned with traveling state to state. Those kinds of workers are just not available this year. So, I think that’s going to have a huge impact,” VanDrie said. “We will probably see a lot of fruit left on the trees.

We’re still having farmers call daily that we are turning down. We just don’t have enough human resources to help them.”

At Cherry Bay Orchards, the president said many college students filled the gaps in the beginning of the pandemic when other tourism businesses like restaurants and hotels were not deemed essential and had to remain closed.

“It is not a trend I expect to continue,” he said.

JUST ANOTHER INDUSTRY UNKNOWN Lewis McColley is the owner of Uncle Bill’s Farm, a 60-acre farm on Elk Lake Road in Williamsburg. The farm mainly grows strawberries, asparagus, peaches, cherries, and plums.

Uncle Bill’s Farm has only about two or three migrant workers; they are contracted through Arlene Resource Management. McColley,

who relies heavily on those workers, said he started to worry when they hadn’t arrived for the season at a time when the U.S. and Mexico border was closed. However, he was reassured

by VanDrie that they would arrive.

“I think they were a week late. That was in May,” McColley said. “It wasn’t as bad as it could have been. It was good that they kept [the border] open, or I would have been out of business. It is just the uncertainty. There’s enough uncertainty in farming, and with this thrown into the mix, it just makes it that much more tough.”

McColley said Arlene Resource Management handles all of the protocols put into place by executive orders, which helps alleviate some stress. The management group makes sure other farmers’ migrant housing is compliant but it also has added quarantine housing at their farm in Manton, another way farmers and workers receive safe support.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDARD) typically has three major types of housing inspections. The first is a preoccupancy/licensure inspection to ensure the housing provider has done due diligence to provide safe and wholesome housing.

The second is a follow-up on the implementation of corrective action plans documenting that the housing provider has made the corrections needed to be in compliance with Part 124 of the public health code.

Third, MDARD conducts occupancy inspections in support of in-season compliance with housing rules. This year, MDARD inspectors are also conducting COVID-19 outreach visits. During these visits, MDARD reviews COVID -19 mitigation plans and postings required under Executive Order 2020137, and it makes observations of whether or not workers are practicing social distancing and wearing PPE. Farmers with Arlene Resource Management signed a contract for their migrant workers prior to the season and before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. An agreed price and term was set, leaving the COVID-19 expenses for things like PPE on the management company this year. VanDrie is hopeful that they will qualify for a grant through the State of Michigan to help off set any expenses.

Cherry Bay Orchard has seen one other silver lining in its business during the pandemic: More people stayed at home baking.

“There was a resurgence in people baking, and so all of a sudden there was a little bit of a spike in sales,” Miezio said.

As far as the price of agricultural goods rising, he thinks that there are more factors than just COVID-19 protocols. He points to the trade war with China, wildfires out West, and poor weather conditions to name a few.

He is uncertain what the future holds but remains optimistic.

“I hope a vaccine is in place by next year, and our labor force is healthy and ready,” Miezo said. “Also, I hope we get better as a society.

That’s a big hope.”

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So here we are, with The Last Shift, a fast-food tragicomedy of quotidian struggles, which might otherwise have appeared only on the radar of film festivals and specialty markets, getting a shot at a wider audience. And while it’s very much a universal story of the workingclass poor and the dying of the American Dream, it’s also very much a Michigan story, set in Albion, in fact, and crafted by Michigan filmmaker Andrew Cohn, whose background in documentary film (see his Emmy-winning Medora) offers us nuance in a film that could’ve easily taken a more clichÊd route.

It starts with Stanley (Jenkins), a former star athlete who started working a graveyard shift at the local chicken-and-fish joint back in 1971 and then ‌ just never left. But after nearly 40 years of cleaning the grill and dealing with drive-through drunks, he’s about to retire, leaving with a final check from his $13.50 hourly wage and not much else.

His plan: to leave the flophouse he shares with dreg roommates and head to Florida to take care of his ailing mother. But first, he has to train his replacement on one final shift.

Said replacement is Jevon (Shane Paul McGhie), a smart young Black man with a healthy disrespect for authority and knack for finding himself in trouble. He’s also on probation for his latest minor offense — vandalizing a local monument — and employment is part of the stipulations of his release. And with a girlfriend and baby at home, he knows he needs to do something, and the job at Oscar’s Chicken and Fish is, well ‌ better than nothing.

But that’s not how Stanley approaches the job.

Stan has pride in his work and takes training Jevon seriously. Stanley has been tricked into caring, tricked into thinking that his work matters. Jevon, on the other hand, sees no nobility in the work; he sees it for what it is — the exploitation of labor. And despite Stanley’s age and experience, Jevon is one to express his opinions, and he’s gonna speak up.

What at first unfolds as a standard workplace comedy diverges to discussions of inequality and race, though Stan balks at the suggestion of white privilege. See, Stan is a guy who thinks he’s not racist. He has a black female supervisor he’s respectful of, and he admires the work ethic of the Hispanic-immigrant prep cook, but hey, when he had the chance during a tragic incident in his past, he failed to stand up for a Black student, and not much has changed for Stan since then. He might be able to offer Jevon insights into people’s condiments choices, but there’s not much else introspection. He even fails to see — in many cringe-worthy moments — that “Stan the Man� whom customers cheer for is not in on the joke, he is the joke.

There really isn’t much to Stanley, and it’s to Jenkins’ credit, consummate actor that he is, that he’s able to bring so much out of this thinly written character. Both he and McGhie bring an inner life to their characters that isn’t necessarily in the script.

What I appreciated most about this film is that Cohn portrays the eventual “bond� between Jevon and Stanley for what it is — superficial at best. Neither person walks away from the shift having learned a Green Book-style lesson about the other. They ultimately remain distant and on very separate paths, even though they’re

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both pawns in a capitalist system that pits them against each other rather than the true source of their oppression.

This is a realistic, and, yes, a bit grim look at the lives of the working poor that doesn’t try to tie things up nicely with a bow. There aren’t dramatic revelations or the realization of longheld regrets. Stan has given 40 years of his life to a restaurant that doesn’t care about him.

He did his work and thought that would be enough, and perhaps he still does, because to think otherwise would be too upsetting.

But I don’t want you to think it’s all despairing.

The Last Shift does roll along with a certain levity and breeziness, as well as some heartfelt moments. And when it comes to its messaging, it’s subtle and low-key, something I appreciated most about the film. Nevertheless, in this current moment, it doesn’t feel like it goes far enough. Because while I originally saw this film back in January at the Sundance Film Festival, in the midst of COVID-19 and cries of what heroes “essential workers� are, the film just hits differently.

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KAJILLIONAIRE Quirky indie darling and multihyphenate (performance artist/author/ singer/writer/director) Miranda July returns to filmmaking with her first new film in over nine years. Here, the award-winning director of Me and You and Everyone We Know does not stray far from her uniquely offbeat and eccentric brand of storytelling — a style that, for as original, inspired, and brilliant it can be, can also come off as pretentious, unbearable, and twee. Kajillionaire illustrates these disparate notions of July’s work by starting off as a frustrating and even maddening watch requiring a great deal of patience, only to blossom into something that packs an emotional wallop. Kajillionaire is a “dramedy,� but don’t expect any laugh-out-loud roars; you’ll be more mildly amused by the absurdity of the world July’s characters so fully inhabit. The setting is a whimsical Los Angeles, and the characters are a family of con artists (Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger), which seems too generous of a title, given how little success they have in their field.

Working on their latest scheme, they meet a woman named Melanie (Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin), an outsider who upends their world, revealing a hopeful message that (almost) erases any audience discomfort by focusing on the beauty of human connection.

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COLORS BY THE LAKE: 10am-5pm, Oct. 3-4. This event is during peak leaf changing “Colors” season & is located in Village Green Park, overlooking Walloon Lake. The show artists are selected through a review of their work by a panel of qualified experts. The top artists in their categories are selected according to their skill & quality of work. daniellesblueribbonevents.com

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12TH ANNUAL AUTUMN BREEZEWAY CRUISES: Held Sept. 26, Oct. 3 & Oct. 10.

The “Breezeway,” a rural ride along C-48 from Atwood through Ellsworth & East Jordan, & ending in Boyne Falls, boasts scenic overlooks, great motorcycle & bicycle rides, recreational amenities galore, working farms & orchards, artist galleries & studios, resale shops, lodging facilities, retail & service businesses & a selection of dining choices along the route. ridethebreezeway.com

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GOOD FIGHT 5K: Also known as the Remembrance Run, this year this run will go virtual.

Presented by the TC Track Club. Benefits the Munson Healthcare Foundation’s Women’s Cancer Fund. Registration runs through Oct. 4. Complete your virtual 5K any day/time/ place between Oct. 4 through Oct. 16. $35. runsignup.com/Race/MI/TraverseCity/RemembranceRun

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: GRAPE STOMP: Run a 5K or half marathon any time between Oct. 1-31. runsignup.com/Race/MI/TraverseCity/MichiganHarvestRun?mc_ cid=72816f6914&mc_eid=aabc289af4

---------------------VIRTUAL MACKINAC ISLAND FORT 2 FORT FIVE MILE CHALLENGE: Run or walk your race wherever or whenever you like. Or go to Mackinac Island to run the official course, which will be marked October 3, the “official” virtual race day. $40. runmackinac.com

---------------------VIRTUAL SLEEPING BEAR MARATHON, HALF MARATHON & 5K: Run the race course any time. Starts & finishes in Empire, taking runners by the Dune Climb, past Little Glen Lake & through the village of Glen Arbor, with views of the Manitou Islands & Sleeping Bear Dunes. Must register by Sept. 27. Marathon: $95; half marathon: $75; 5K: $40. runsignup. com/Race/MI/Empire/SleepingBear

---------------------ZOMBIE RUN (VIRTUAL): During the month of Oct., participants can run or walk a 5K anywhere & at any time. All registered participants will receive a ZR gaiter & a commemorative 2020 race bib. Gaiters & race bibs will be available for pick up at Right Brain Brewery in Oct. All event proceeds support TART Trails. $20 kids; $25 adults. tczombierun.com

---------------------LEIF ERICKSSON DAY ROW & RUN: 9am.

A boat/foot race celebrating Viking explorer Leif Eriksson & the Scandinavian people who traversed hills & seas to new lands. Proceeds go to the Rayder Den Food Pantry, helping Charlevoix students experiencing food insecurity. Row starts at Depot Beach. Run starts at Ferry Beach. $35. active.com/charlevoix-mi/ running/distance-running-races/leif-erikssonday-row-and-run-2020?fbclid=IwAR1_UnCvlDeU2CtcUmmjMyMJOmBto612RqAMJU9c3nu_dtOjpcHKJRCSu7s

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GRAND TRAVERSE TAKES A GIRL MOUNTAIN BIKING DAY: 9:45am, Vasa Single Track parking lot, off of Supply Rd., TC. All girls & their families are welcome to ride. There are five distances available: 1/2 mile loop, 3 miles, 8 miles, 11 miles & 13 miles. Free. elgruponorte.org/girls/?mc_cid=11c2c1767f&mc_ eid=df24b9efb4

11TH GREAT LAKE PUMPKIN PATCH CELEBRATION: Boyer Glassworks, Harbor Springs, Oct. 3-10. Live glass-blowing demonstrations will be held daily. threepinesstudio. com/boyer.html

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---------------------FALL SALE & HAPPY APPLE DAYS: 10am6pm, Downtown TC. downtowntc.com/happyapple-days

---------------------BENZIE COUNTY FALL FESTIVAL: 11am2:30pm, Beulah Village Park. Enjoy a sidewalk art contest, facemask & Halloween trick or treat bag decorating, pony rides, horse drawn wagon rides, Park & Shine Car Show, & visit the haunted Darcy Library. clcba.org/event/ fall-festival

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---------------------YOUTH VOTER REGISTRATION RALLY: 11am-1pm, Charlevoix’s East Park. Sponsored

by Youth Vote MI. facebook.com/youthvotemi

---------------------AUTHOR VISIT: BRANDON KROUPA: 122pm, Horizon Books, TC. Brandon is the author of “The Seventh Year” & “The Snowball Effect.” horizonbooks.com/event/author-visitbrandon-kroupa

---------------------OTSEGO RESORT’S ANNUAL WINE & CHEESE FALL COLOR TOUR: 2-4pm, Otsego Resort, Gaylord. Held Oct. 3 & Oct. 17.

Four stations located on the Tribute Course.

Two tastings per station with one paired small bite per station. $48. otsegoclub.com/event/ annual-fall-color-tour-2

---------------------VALLEY VIEW BREW FEST: Stop by Valley View Farm, East Jordan from 3-6pm to pick up your orders & check out the silent auction.

This year’s event is contactless due to COVID-19. valleyviewbrewfest.com

---------------------HALLOWEEN AT CAMP PET-O-SE-GA: Camp Petosega, Alanson. Campers can decorate their campsites & enjoy site-to-site trick or treating. Roads will be closed from 4:309:15pm to allow for safe trick or treating. The best decorated site will be judged at 3pm by park staff. Trick or treating, hot dogs, chips & drinks available, beginning at 5pm at the main office & the haunted trail will run from 8-9pm.

Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------ONE-NIGHT RETURN OF ACME DRIVE IN MOVIE THEATER: Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg. Featuring “Grease.” Gates will open at 5pm & movie begins after dusk. Admission is free; donations welcome. acmefallfestival.org

---------------------GOPHERWOOD CONCERTS PRESENTS CROSSCUT KINGS: DIRECT TO YOUR LIVING ROOM SEASON: 7pm. Jim Bonney (guitars, vocals) & Charlie “Hipps” Witthoeft (harmonicas, vocals) bring their blend of oldschool acoustic blues, roots renditions of modern songs, as well as their own original songs.

They’ve opened for The Crane Wives, along with Laith Al Saadi, & Rick Estrin & the Nightcats. gopherwoodconcerts.org

---------------------HAUNTED TRAIL AT THE GHOST FARM OF KINGSLEY: 7-11pm, Feast or Famine Haunted Trail. $15. 5010 Pierce Rd., Kingsley.

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---------------------ASYLUM AFTER DARK EXPERIENCE: SOLD OUT: Step back in time at TC’s slightly creepy formal psychiatric hospital at Cottage #30, which is still in its original state, at “Asylum After Dark” tours. As you are guided through four floors, see what it was like for residents of the old state hospital & those who cared for them. Enjoy a bonfire afterwards. Held at various times throughout the evening starting at 7:30pm, Oct. 1-3 & Oct. 8-9. $45/person or $80/couple. thevillagetc. com/tour

---------------------FILM FAVORITE MOVIES: “DAVE”: 7:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. $5. thebaytheatre.com

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Musician Seth Bernard, along with Curator of Education Jason Dake will kick off The Live & Local Concert Series presented by Dennos Museum Center and held virtually via Zoom on Thurs., Oct. 8 at 7pm. During this wideranging program of song and discussion, Bernard will share some of his latest tunes and welcome questions about music, agriculture, community empowerment and more. Registration is pay what you can: $0-$15 and must be completed by 5pm on Oct. 8. After you complete the registration, a member of Dennos staff will email you the details to join on Zoom. shop.dennosmuseum.org/product/live-local-with-seth-bernard/1538 FILMS ON THE FIELD: “ONWARD”: 8pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. Moviegoers will purchase a seating area for $50 in advance which will allow them up to a maximum of six people within a 12’ x 12’ area on the field. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters/2020/09/11/films-on-the-field

oct 04

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COLORS BY THE LAKE: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

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RUN MICHIGAN CHEAP PETOSKEY: 10am, East Park, Petoskey. Featuring a half marathon ($35), 10K ($30), 5K & 5K Walk ($25). Also featuring virtual races. Prices increase after Sept.

26. runningintheusa.com/details/78450

---------------------GOOD FIGHT 5K: (See Sat., Oct. 3) ---------------------FALL CHAIRLIFT RIDES: 11am-3pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Enjoy panoramic views of three counties during the peak of the fall color season. Purchase tickets at the base of the Crystal Clipper. 8 & under free with paying adult. $5/person. Find on Facebook.

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MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: GRAPE STOMP: (See Sat., Oct. 3) VASA DOMINGOS: DOMINGOS GOES TO THE COMMONS: 11:45am. Presented by Norte. Free. elgruponorte.org/dirt/ domingos/?mc_cid=ab343a7b6f&mc_ eid=df24b9efb4

---------------------ZOMBIE RUN (VIRTUAL): (See Sat., Oct. 3) ---------------------11TH GREAT LAKE PUMPKIN PATCH CELEBRATION: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

FILM FAVORITE MOVIES: “DAVE”: 4:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. $5. thebaytheatre.com

oct 05

monday

7TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT BEER WEEK: Oct. 5-10. Enjoy beer, food & merchandise specials at participating locations in Frankfort & Elberta. frankfortbeerweek.com

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: GRAPE STOMP: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------ZOMBIE RUN (VIRTUAL): (See Sat., Oct. 3) ---------------------11TH GREAT LAKE PUMPKIN PATCH CELEBRATION: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

oct 06

tuesday

NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: AN EVENING WITH KATE WALBERT: 7pm. Kate Walbert, a National Book Award nominee, presents “She Was Like That,” a career-spanning collection of new & selected stories. In these 12 stories, Kate delves into the hearts & minds of women. Guest host is Shannon Kleiber, an author, producer of “To the Best of Our Knowledge,” a former Washington Post staff writer & columnist, & author of two non-fiction books.

Free. bit.ly/NWSFallSeason

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: GRAPE STOMP: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

ZOMBIE RUN (VIRTUAL): (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------PEEPERS: AWESOME AUTUMN: 10-11am, Boardman River Nature Center, outside, TC. For ages 3-5. Includes stories, crafts, music & discovery activities. Pre-register. $5. natureiscalling.org/preschool-peepers-program

---------------------11TH GREAT LAKE PUMPKIN PATCH CELEBRATION: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------FALL LEAF WALK: 3-4pm, Offield Family Viewlands, Harbor Springs. Register. ncmclifelonglearning.com/event-3993726

---------------------7TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT BEER WEEK: (See Mon., Oct. 5)

---------------------DESIGNING WITH WOODY ORNAMENTALS - VIRTUAL EVENT: Brian Zimmerman of Four Season Nursery, TC will speak on Designing with Woody Ornamentals at the meeting of the Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan. The meeting will be a Zoom presentation that begins at 6pm. You can register by clicking on the Events tab at mganm.org. $5 donation for non-members is appreciated.

oct 07

wednesday

NORTHERN MICHIGAN WALKS TO SCHOOL DAY: Even if you go to school virtually, count a walk as part of your day. If you’re taking the school bus, that stroll to the bus stop counts. The school with the most participants will be awarded The Most Walk-Tastic.

Register. elgruponorte.org/walkday/commit

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: GRAPE STOMP: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS LEELANAU COUNTY FORUM: “Election 2020 - Voting Rights Reforms in Action.” Held at noon via Zoom. The featured speaker will be Christopher Thomas, Michigan’s recently retired elections director. my.lwv.org/michigan/leelanaucounty/calendar

---------------------ZOMBIE RUN (VIRTUAL): (See Sat., Oct. 3) ---------------------11TH GREAT LAKE PUMPKIN PATCH CELEBRATION: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------7TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT BEER WEEK: (See Mon., Oct. 5)

oct 08

thursday

MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: GRAPE STOMP: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

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TRAVERSE CITY SCHOOL BOARD FORUM: 7-8:30pm. The League of Women Voters Grand Traverse Area will present a virtual candidate forum on The Traverse City School Board of Education. Tune into the forum live on Community TV 189 or view them on the League of Women Voters Grand Traverse Area’s Facebook page. The Forum will also be available for viewing “On Demand” on the Traverse Area Community Media web site (tacm.tv) & on Facebook until after the election. Questions may be addressed to the candidates by submitting in advance of the forum: info@lwvgta.org. Free.

---------------------ZOMBIE RUN (VIRTUAL): (See Sat., Oct. 3) ---------------------11TH GREAT LAKE PUMPKIN PATCH CELEBRATION: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------RED WHEELBARROW READING: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, The Writing House. Watch live online. Free. live.interlochen.org/writing-house-webcam

---------------------7TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT BEER WEEK: (See Mon., Oct. 5)

ASYLUM AFTER DARK EXPERIENCE: SOLD OUT: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

oct 09

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NMC FALL SUMMIT: GLOBAL ISSUES, LOCAL IMPACTS: 9:30am-noon, Livestream. Join experts & thought leaders for presentations & discussions on the impact COVID-19 has had on NMC’s global community. Art & music, social justice, global education & health will be examined. Register. $39. nmc.edu/resources/ extended-education/find-a-class/adult-classes/ language-culture.html

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: GRAPE STOMP: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------FALL CHAIRLIFT RIDES: 4-6pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Enjoy panoramic views of three counties during the peak of the fall color season. Purchase tickets at the base of the Crystal Clipper. 8 & under free with paying adult. $5/person. Find on Facebook.

---------------------ZOMBIE RUN (VIRTUAL): (See Sat., Oct. 3) ---------------------11TH GREAT LAKE PUMPKIN PATCH CELEBRATION: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------FRESHWATER SUMMIT: The 13th Annual Freshwater Summit will be a series of virtual sessions held in Oct. The Good Harbor Bay research session is Oct. 9 from 10-11:30am.

Presentations include how quagga mussels have re-engineered Lake Michigan, lake trout & whitefish spawning selection, & avian botulism near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Free. gtbay.org/events/2020-freshwater-summit

---------------------7TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT BEER WEEK: (See Mon., Oct. 5) SOCIALLY DISTANCED ART OPENING/ COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER FOR “CITIZENS COPING” EXHIBIT: 4-5pm, 5-6pm, 6-7pm & 7-8pm. Higher Art Gallery, TC. Your $12 ticket fee goes 100% towards one of three local non-profit organizations of your choosing: Women’s Resource Center, Father Fred Food Pantry, or FLOW (For Love of Water). mynorthtickets.com/events/citizens-copingexhibit-10-9-2020

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BIDDING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OCT 8TH Join us for our virtual auction and support the chamber, events, and local business... charityauction.bid/bellairechamber2020

---------------------HAUNTED TRAIL AT THE GHOST FARM OF KINGSLEY: 7-11pm, Feast or Famine Haunted Trail. 5010 Pierce Rd., Kingsley. $15.

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---------------------ASYLUM AFTER DARK EXPERIENCE: SOLD OUT: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------FILM FAVORITE MOVIES: “THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE”: 7:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. $5. thebaytheatre.com

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“STITCHED LINES”: 10am4pm, Oct. 10-11, Old Art Building, Leland. Featuring the art quilts of Colleen Kole. oldartbuilding.com

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12TH ANNUAL AUTUMN CRUISES: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

BREEZEWAY

---------------------DOODLE ART DAY: 1-3pm, Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. Held in the Cottage Gallery every second Sat. of the month. twistedfishgallery. com/event/doodle-day-in-the-cottage-gallery-21

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: GRAPE STOMP: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------ART2ART LEELANAU: 10am-6pm. Featuring a fiber exhibit at the Old Art Building, Leland, & pottery on M-22 & Bohemian Rd., Cleveland Township Hall, Cedar.

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ZOMBIE RUN (VIRTUAL): (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------4TH ANNUAL STIGGTOBERFEST: 4-9pm, Stiggs Brewery Co., Boyne City. Featuring a social distancing dining tent, Oktoberfest inspired food specials, six new beer releases, fire pits, social distancing games & live music from the Lonely Lovers. petoskeyarea.com/ event-detail/4th-annual-stiggtoberfest

---------------------11TH GREAT LAKE PUMPKIN PATCH CELEBRATION: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------7TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT BEER WEEK: (See Mon., Oct. 5)

---------------------SOCIALLY DISTANCED ART OPENING/ COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER FOR “CITIZENS COPING” EXHIBIT: (See Fri., Oct. 9)

---------------------HALLOWEEN AT (See Sat., Oct. 3)

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---------------------HAUNTED TRAIL AT THE GHOST FARM OF KINGSLEY: 7-11pm, Feast or Famine Haunted Trail. 5010 Pierce Rd., Kingsley. $15.

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---------------------FILM FAVORITE MOVIES: “THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE”: (See Fri., Oct. 9)

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“STITCHED LINES”: (See Sat., Oct. 10)

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ART2ART LEELANAU: 10am-4pm. Featuring a fiber exhibit at the Old Art Building, Leland, & pottery on M-22 & Bohemian Rd., Cleveland Township Hall, Cedar.

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: GRAPE STOMP: (See Sat., Oct. 3)

---------------------FALL CHAIRLIFT RIDES: 11am-3pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Enjoy panoramic views of three counties during the peak of the fall color season. Purchase tickets at the base of the Crystal Clipper. 8 & under free with paying adult. $5/person. Find on Facebook.

---------------------ZOMBIE RUN (VIRTUAL): (See Sat., Oct. 3) ---------------------FILM FAVORITE MOVIES: “THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE”: 4:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. $5. thebaytheatre.com

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HUNT FOR THE REDS OF OCTOBER: Explore & discover great red wines of Leelanau Peninsula. Takes place weekdays during Oct. Tickets are $25 per person, includes a souvenir wine glass, a complimentary red wine pour at each of more than 20 participating wineries offering diverse red wines, & a $5 donation to the American Red Cross. mynorthtickets.com/events/hunt-for-the-redsof-october-10-1-2020-76983

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“30 BIGS IN 30 DAYS”: Big Brothers Big Sisters (Bigs) is looking for 30 volunteer mentors during Oct. The need for men & women ages 16-86 is great as Bigs continues to see an increase in children who would greatly benefit from a mentor. Volunteer mentors are needed in all five counties in northwestern MI: Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Kalkaska & Grand Traverse, & who come from all walks of life & all backgrounds.

There are 6,000 children in the region in need of a mentor. Bigs & Littles are invited to meet in person, or through Bigs’ Virtual Mentoring program for four to six hours a month. A Bigs’ mentoring information session will be held on Zoom on Oct. 15 from 5:30-6pm. Reservations requested: Krista.Goldman@bigsupnorth.com. bigsupnorth.com/volunteer

---------------------BASKETS OF BOUNTY HOLIDAY DONATION DRIVE FOR AREA SENIORS: The Grand Traverse County Commission on Aging

is seeking: paper towels, Kleenex, toilet paper, flushable wipes, lip balm (Chapstick), BandAids, shampoo/conditioner combo, body lotion, body wash, toothpaste, toothbrushes, liquid hand soap, dish soap, laundry detergent (smaller containers), assorted puzzle books (new), hand sanitizer & wipes, & cat & dog treats. Donations are tax deductible. Please make checks payable to: Grand Traverse County Commission on Aging. Cash donations are also accepted. All donations will be accepted through Weds., Nov. 25 at the Commission on Aging office located at 520 W. Front St., TC. Donations can be left in the front entrance area until the office opens to public. grandtraverse.org

---------------------EXPLORE EAST BAY: Runs through Nov. 1.

This new, free, eight-week outdoor walking program invites you to explore eight featured parks in East Bay Township & improve your physical health. Participants will record their daily steps & walking minutes. Each week the program will feature one park in East Bay as part of a weekly photo contest. Sign up. http:// eastbaytwp.org/exploreeastbay/

---------------------“LIGHT THE PATH TO A HAPPY KID”: A free virtual learning opportunity for parents presented by TCAPS. Featuring a keynote from Jessica Minahan, a nationally recognized speaker on child anxiety. Offering practical advice for parents looking to support their child’s social & emotional health & wellbeing. Runs for five Tuesdays, from Sept. 15 - Oct. 13. The time for Sept. 15 is 6:30-8:30pm. The other Tuesdays run from 7-7:45pm. This event is livestreamed.

Register to receive your link to the virtual workshop sessions. sites.google.com/tcapsstudent. net/light-the-way-to-a-happy-kid-e/home

---------------------FALL MOUNTAIN BIKE COLOR TOUR: Saturdays, 10am, Oct. 3-31, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Ride the sections of the Peak2Peak race course & Betsie River Pathway at a leisurely tour pace. $29/person; includes rental bike & helmet. $19 for Peak Members. $10 if you bring your own bike. crystalmountain.com/event/fall-color-tour

---------------------GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOURS OF TC: Perry Hannah Plaza, TC. Held on Sundays through Oct. 11 at 2pm. A two and a half hour, two mile stroll through the historic neighborhoods & waterfront of TC. The tour is free; gratuities are appreciated. Limited to two groups of 10 people. There will also be tours by appointment for groups of four or more: 10am-3pm, Mon. - Sat. Call 946-4800. walktchistory.com

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MONDAY SOUL YOGA FLOW: Mondays, 8am, Oct. 5-26. Bodies in Motion Studio, TC. A 60-minute Vinyasa Flow class. Restore your body through the connection to movement & breath. Donation based class. Must signup on Eventbrite before class. Mask must be worn to your mat & any walking around areas. eventbrite.com/e/monday-soul-flow-tickets121535914191?fbclid=IwAR3G9-cD7EAP0ZdNPoxc6Ek_cGK8E7qO_MmMNfQaG_vdatbJ0uNew_f0ymo

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SCENIC CHAIRLIFT RIDES @ SHANTY CREEK: Saturdays, 11am-4pm, Oct. 3-17.

Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire. Enjoy a kaleidoscope of color from Shanty Creek’s chairlift, high atop Schuss Mountain. Tickets: $25; includes the entire chair, up to four guests. shantycreek.com/product/fall-color-chairlift-rides

---------------------SUNRISE YOGA FLOW: Tuesdays, 7:30am, Bodies in Motion Studio, TC. A Vinyasa Flow session. Move & restore your body through movement & breath. Donation based class.

Bring your own mat. Must sign-up on Eventbrite before class to reserve your spot. Must wear mask to your mat. eventbrite.com/e/sunrise-yoga-flow-tickets-121534670471?fbclid=IwAR28A U0z1ec4ZY4AB-FAwrEMvelJMtW_9HiMOnI5_ uU8MEFynscRk_5GzPU

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TCAPS ANNOUNCES NEW FREE MEAL DISTRIBUTION SITE: Free meal distribution

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will be offered once per week on Saturdays at TC West Middle School. Meals for families participating in the UpNorth Virtual program & children within the community can receive an entire week’s worth of meal components each Sat. from 8-9am. Students returning to face-to face instruction will receive daily meals at their school. You can pick up weekend meals on Saturdays from 9-10am. Please complete a meal request form each week by noon on Fridays. tcaps.net/about/ departments/food--nutrition-services/menus

---------------------YOGA HIKE: Tuesdays, 9am through Oct. 13. Four-week series of brisk fall hikes interspersed with yoga, breath work & meditation.

Held at Veronica Valley County Park, 4243 S. Lake Leelanau Dr., Lake Leelanau. yogaonthebeachnmi.com/schedule

art

NORTHERN MI ARTISTS INVITED TO SUBMIT WORK FOR NEW WING OF HOSPITAL: McLaren Northern Michigan is on schedule to open a new wing on the Petoskey campus next summer, 2021 & is looking for art. Artists can submit their pieces of art through Oct. 26.

Many mediums will be considered, & artwork will be chosen based on its therapeutic properties. Join a virtual information session for artists on Oct. 7 at 7pm. Visit the web site for more info. distinctiveartsource.com/call-forartists-mclaren-northern-michigan-foundation

---------------------ROLL & STROLL FOR ARTS FOR ALL OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: Downtown TC. This all-inclusive & accessible Art Walk runs Oct. 1-15.

View local art work. Take photos of five of the 10 art pieces. Use the hashtags #RollAndStroll, #a4anomi, & tag @artsforallofnorthernmichigan when you post the photos. If you don’t have social media, send your photos to: admin@artsforallnmi. org. Register. artsforallnmi.org

---------------------“DON’T MISS THE BOAT”: Harbor Springs History Museum. Presented by the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society. This exhibit highlights the historic ferries of Little Traverse Bay & features original watercolors & giclees by local artist William Talmadge Hall. Runs through the summer of 2021. Hours: Tues.Sat., 11am-3pm. harborspringshistory.org/ history-museum-exhibits

---------------------“PAINT OUTSIDE THE LINES”: Bonobo Winery, TC. This art exhibit by Christi Dreese showcases her abstract style & oil landscapes.

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“POWER TOOLS EXHIBIT” & “ART IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUS | A POSTCARD RESPONSE”: Glen Arbor Arts Center. Power Tools is a multifaceted, juried exhibition built on the belief that the arts provide us with powerful tools of expression. The work of 17 artists will be exhibited. Art In A Time Of Coronavirus is an exhibition of 97 hand-built postcards [4” x 6”] that present the maker’s personal response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Postcards were created from paper, polymer clay, fabric, recycled & mixed media materials by 33 people. Glen Arbor Arts Center is open daily from 11am–2pm. glenarborart.org

---------------------“TIME WITH EAGLES”: Charlevoix Circle of Arts. A collection of images by Charlevoix photographer Bill Dietrich. Half of his images were taken in Charlevoix, while others were taken in the Pacific Northwest in Skagit Valley on the Skagit River where he attended an eagle photography workshop in Seattle & La Conner, Washington.

Runs through Oct. charlevoixcircle.org

---------------------2020 VIRTUAL MEMBERSHIP SHOW: Presented by Jordan River Arts Council. Includes all media. Runs through Oct. 3. jordanriverarts.com

---------------------ANNUAL ALL MEDIA JURIED EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Runs through Oct. 23. This year’s juror is Eden Ünlüata - Foley, MFA, MA, associate professor of visual arts at West Shore Community College. Eden Ünlüata - Foley’s process involves deciding what

themes are present in the submitted work, & then deciding which theme each work most associates with & best exemplifies. A total of 105 works were submitted for jurying. From those works, he selected ten works that will equally divide the $2,000 total award. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

---------------------BELLAIRE DOWNTOWN TO DISPLAY DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART OUTDOOR EXHIBITS: Will be displayed through late fall, 2020. bellairemichigan.com/images/DIA_Final_Art_map.pdf

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - THE COLLECTIVE IMPULSE: NEW WORK

BY RUTH BARDENSTEIN, JEAN BUESCHER BARTLETT & SUSAN MORAN: Runs through Dec. 18, Gilbert Gallery. These three artists met in Ann Arbor &, over time, have nurtured both personal & creative connections. They regularly share & critique one another’s work & together visit gallery & museum exhibitions. crookedtree.org/event/ctacpetoskey/collective-impulse-new-work-ruthbardenstein-jean-buescher-bartlett-and-susan - CALL & RESPONSE: Held in Bonfield Gallery. This exhibit recognizes the many ways works of art can spark conversation, action & aid in the processing of ideas, feelings, experiences & events. Original work in a variety of media will be on display. Runs through Dec. 18. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-online-ctacpetoskey/call-and-response

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - TRAVERSE AREA CAMERA CLUB COMPETITION SHOW 2020: Runs through Nov. 13, Carnegie Rotunda. Each spring the Traverse Area Camera Club hosts a photography competition for club members. Photographs are peerreviewed at novice, intermediate, advanced & master levels. This exhibition highlights 2020’s award-winning works in each level. crookedtree. org/event/ctac-traverse-city/traverse-area-camera-club-competition-show-2020 - COLOR CATCHERS: KATHLEEN CARPENTER, MARILYN HOOGSTRATEN, KATHY SILBERNAGEL, BABS YOUNG: Held in Gallery. Color Catchers invites you to appreciate the impact & mystery of color through the work of these photographers. crookedtree.org ONE, TOGETHER EXHIBITION: Runs Sept.

28 - Nov. 13. This exhibition explores collaboration, collectivity & togetherness through creative practice. crookedtree.org/event/ctactraverse-city/one-together-exhibition

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - MATHIAS J. ALTEN: AN AMERICAN ARTIST AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY: The German-born American Impressionist Mathias Joseph Alten, often referred to as the Dean of Michigan painters, is regarded as one of the most celebrated regionalist artists to have worked in the United States. Runs through Jan. 31. dennosmuseum.org/art/upcoming-exhibitions/index.html - MICHIGAN MODERN: AN ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY: This exhibit celebrates Michigan’s modern architectural design history from 19282012. It is comprised of over 50 photographs by James Haefner primarily for the State Historic Preservation Office as part of their Michigan Modern Project, & featured in the book by State Historic Preservation Officer Brian Conway, titled “Michigan Modern: An Architectural Legacy.” Runs through Jan. 31. dennosmuseum.org/ art/upcoming-exhibitions/index.html

---------------------HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - OUT OF CONTEXT: OBJECTS REDEFINED: The Assemblage of Gary Carlson.

Runs through Oct. 5. higherartgallery.com - OPEN CALL FOR “THOSE WHO TEACH”: Deadline to apply is 1/15/21. Exhibit featuring the artwork of Michigan’s Visual Art Educators. higherartgallery.com/calls-for-art - OPEN CALL FOR ART: “TREE OF ART”: Create anything to help decorate a white tree with white lights. It does not need to be related to the holidays. Deadline is Nov. 10. The show will run Nov. 23 - Jan. 1. See web site for more details. higherartgallery.com

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: Pursuing a relationship with this guy is like sentencing yourself to live out the rest of your days stuck in that “distracted boyfriend” meme.

Understanding your situation starts with a peek into book publishing. Unbeknownst to most people, the most profitable area in publishing is the romance and erotica genre. Most romance novels have pretty much the same theme: a high-status man, often wildly wealthy, who has shown he can’t be tamed but who, nevertheless, eventually is — by the irresistible beauty and specialness of one particular woman. This genre is literary catnip for the ladies, earning $1.5 billion in 2015, while the next best-earning book genre, mystery and crime, brought in a measly $730 million.

It turns out art reflects life — or rather, how women wish their romantic lives would play out. Evolutionary psychologist Catherine Salmon explains that, in romance novels, “in the end, the heroine is typically the one in control,” while the hero is “a slave to his passion/love for her.” She references romance novel bloggers Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan, who, hilariously, refer to the heroine’s hold over the hero as the power of the “magic hoo hoo.” Once the hero has this particular hoo, “he desires no other,” writes Salmon. Or, as some researchers put it, a “dad” is being molded out of the ashes of a confirmed “cad.”

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Salmon explains that women’s longing to be irresistibly desired emerges from evolution’s effect on female emotions, pushing women — who, unlike men, can get pregnant from sex — to be commitment-centric. This “female desire to be irresistible” is ultimately a desire by a woman “to be secure in the belief that her choice of mate is the right one and that he will never stray.” As for the power and prevalence of this desire, Salmon notes previous research finds that more than half of female sexual fantasies revolve around “the desire to be sexually irresistible,” and this desire seems to be “at the heart of the bodice-ripper style of romance and fantasies of submission.”

Now, it’s within the realm of possibility that this guy only thinks he wants to keep it casual, and he’ll come around and become your Mr. One And Only. Research suggests men can sometimes be triggered into committing

BY Amy Alkon when they sense they have competition, like through your dating other guys. It’s likewise possible this wouldn’t change anything; he might simply be in the thick of his sexual safari years. So, applying the old 80/20 equation to your situation, 80 percent of success in love is showing up; however, the other 20 percent is making sure you aren’t showing up to hookup hell in a wedding dress.

Ex To Grind

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: I’m seeing this new guy, but his exgirlfriend is absolutely awful: rude, unfriendly, and less-than-intelligent.

It makes me question his judgment. If he’s interested in a girl like that, I’m not sure I want to be with him.

— Legitimate Fear?

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: Really good sex can keep a man from seeing the romantic hellshow he’s in, especially when the thinking cap he automatically reaches for comes from a small square package marked “Trojan.”

We assume someone’s romantic partners are a result of carefully reasoned choices.

In fact, many people meet someone, have sex with them, want more sex, and end up in a relationship — totally bypassing any assessment of whether this might be a ruinous idea. Eventually, the initial hotsex fog recedes a little, and their partner’s terrible qualities become increasingly apparent. Time to break up, right? Well, there’s a problem.

Psychologist Daniel Kahneman explains that we tend to be “loss aversive”: deeply disturbed by potential losses (more than we’re excited by possible gains). We often succumb to the “sunk cost fallacy”: irrationally deciding to continue investing time, money, and/or energy in what we know is a losing gambit, based on the investment we’ve already made (that is, “sunk” into it in the past). However, that prior investment is gone. The rational approach is seeing whether future investment would pay off sufficiently and, if not, cutting our losses (perhaps while waving a forlorn goodbye to all the days, months, or — gulp!

— years we wasted).

To determine how active a role your man’s judgment played in his previous entanglement, ask him about what he values, in general and in a partner, and then ask what draws him to you. You should see whether he’s with you for reasons you respect or whether you’re just a random variation on the nasty, kitten-eating sexbots of what might be called “Cinder” (Tinder when a guy’s penis repeatedly picks emotional arsonists who’ll burn his mental wellness to the ground).

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ACROSS 1 ___ Bator (Mongolia’s capital) 5 Part of a war plane 11 Italian or Swiss summit 14 Fantasy sports option 15 Qatar’s leaned 16 ___ Paulo (Brazil’s most populous city) 17 Bathrooms brimming with lawn clippings?

19 Fashion world star Anna 20 Words prior to “touche” or “tureen” 21 Obvious disdain 23 Wheat bread Pitt took in 2020 26 Appomattox initials 29 Country musician Axetone 30 Just ___, skip and jump away 31 Scandinavian fans of Wiggum’s kid (in Simpsonsiana)?

34 Quantity of bricks?

35 Two from Tijuana 36 Stir (up) 37 British artist William with a 1745 portrait of him and his pug dog 39 Hands out 43 Bangkok bankroll 44 Utmost ordinal 45 Wood that flavors bourbon 46 Thousand-dollar bills that fly and roost?

50 1052, to Tacitus 51 Last half of a tiny food contaminant (first half is, um, you know ...)

52 “Two Virgins” musician Yoko 53 Folks who Owen Meany films, say 54 Pang or misgiving 56 Military turndown 59 Big poet for java 60 Location of what you’ll ditch from all long solutions (and from Across and Down listings) for this all to work 66 Yahoo’s was in 1996, for short 67 Start to unite?

68 Pinocchio, notoriously 69 Brand Ides 70 “Grande” Arizona attraction 71 Vigorous

DOWN 1 It usually starts with “wee wee wee” 2 Hawaii’s Mauna ___ 3 Off-road transport, for short 4 “Ixnay” (or a conundrum in a tube?)

5 POTUS known for his feat 6 Jason’s mythical craft 7 Road tripe quorum 8 “I dunno,” in day books 9 ___ for “igloo” 10 Mama of 1960s pop 11 Part of ASAP 12 Hill who sang “Doo Wop (That Tee-heeing)” 13 Toepieces of discussion 18 “___ Gang” (film shorts with kid “Rascals”) 22 Potful at cook-offs 23 “Right hand on holy book” situation 24 “Buzz off, fly!”

25 Capitol Hill gp.

27 Took a jump 28 Bad guys pursuing peace, man 31 Latvian-born artist Marek 32 Mila’s “That ‘70s Show” costar (now husband) 33 Code and sea-lemon, for two 35 Transylvanian count, informally 38 Bubbling, in a way 40 Pro tour sport 41 Unworldly sort 42 Things worn to go downhill fast 46 Fined without fault 47 Hour for a British cuppa, traditionally 48 Gaucho’s grasslands 49 How you might wax nostalgic 50 Works of art on walls 53 Auction node 55 Meanly, in nouns (abbr.)

57 City full of fjords 58 Prompt jaws to drop 61 UFC fighting classification, for short 62 Holm of filmdom 63 Quick shot of brandy 64 Williams with a “Mortal City” album 65 Cook bacon, in a way

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BY ROB BREZSNY

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran author Ursula K. Le Guin said

that we don’t just naturally know how to create our destinies. It takes research and hard work. “All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them,” she wrote. “We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how. If we don’t, our lives get made up for us by other people.” I bring this to your attention, Libra, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to upgrade and refine your mastery of these essential powers. What can you do to enhance your capacity to invent your life? Which teachers and information sources might be helpful?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You

Sagittarians periodically go through phases when you specialize in stirring up fresh intuitions.

I mean, you’re always one of the zodiac’s Intuition Champions, but during these special times, your flow becomes an overflow. You have a knack for seeking and finding visions of the interesting future; you get excited by possibilities that are on the frontiers of your confidence. From what I can tell, your life in recent weeks has been bringing you these delights—and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Take maximum advantage. Aggressively gather in the gifts being offered by your inner teacher.

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

on my expert knowledge of healing language and imaginative psychology, I have formulated a mantra for you to use in the next six weeks.

I suggest you say it five times after you wake up, and again at mid-day, and before dinner, and before sleep. It should help keep you intimately aligned with the dynamic groove that the cosmos will be conspiring to provide for you. For best results, picture yourself as glowing inside with the qualities named in the mantra. Here it is: StrongBrightFree ClearBoldBrisk DeepNimbleKind AdroitSteadyWarm.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Grammy

Museum in Los Angeles features displays that extol the musicians who’ve won Grammy Awards over the years. A few years ago, a distinctly unfamous musician named Paz Dylan made professional-looking fake posters touting his own magnificent accomplishments, and managed to sneakily hang them on the museum walls. They remained there for a month before anyone noticed. I’m going to encourage you to engage in similar gamesmanship in the coming weeks, Aquarius. It’ll be a favorable time to use ingenuity and unconventional approaches to boost your confidence and enhance your reputation.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): “Relationships

never stop being a work in progress,” writes author Nora Roberts. That’s bad news and good news. It’s bad news because even for the most loving bond, you must tirelessly persist in the challenging task of reinventing the ways the two of you fit together. It’s good news because few activities can make you more emotionally intelligent and soulfully wise than continually reinventing the ways the two of you fit together. I bring these thoughts to your attention because the coming weeks will be a fertile time for such daunting and rewarding work.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “A person’s best

ally is someone who takes care of herself,” says actress Susan Clark. I heartily agree. The people with whom you can cultivate the most resilient bonds and most interesting synergy are those who have a high degree of self-sufficiency—those who take rigorous responsibility for themselves and treat themselves with tender compassion. In the coming weeks, Aries, I think it’s especially important for you to emphasize relationships with allies who fit that description. Bonus! Their exemplary self-care will influence you to vigorously attend to your own self-care.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to

my reading of the astrological potentials, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to take a vacation in reverse. What’s that?

It’s when you devote yourself to renewing and reinvigorating your relationship with the work you love.

You intensify your excitement for the vocation or job or longterm quest that teaches you important life lessons. You apply

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yourself with sublime enthusiasm to honing the discipline you need to fulfill the assignments you came to earth to accomplish.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “If you are not

having fun you are doing something wrong,” said comedian Groucho Marx. He was exaggerating so as to drive home his humorous point, but his idea contains some truth—and will be especially applicable to you in the immediate future. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have a temporary exemption from feeling frantically dour and unpleasantly dutiful.

As crazy as the world is right now, you have a cosmic mandate to enjoy more playtime and amusement than usual. The rest of us are depending on you to provide us with doses of casual cheer.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark,” writes Cancerian author Rebecca Solnit, adding, “That’s where the most important things come from.” I think this is good advice for you in the coming weeks. What exactly does it mean? How and why should you do what she advises? My first suggestion is to reframe your conception of the unknown and the dark. Imagine them as the source of everything new; as the place from which the future comes; as the origin of creative changes. Then instruct your imagination to be adventurous as it explores brewing possibilities in the dark and the unknown.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “If something comes

to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality,” wrote author Norman Cousins. Whether or not you believe the “immortality” part of his formulation, I’m sure you understand how fabulous it is when you help activate beauty and vitality in someone. You may even feel that inspiring people to unleash their dormant potential is one of the most noble pleasures possible. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Leo, because I suspect that you now have exceptional power to perform services like these for your allies, friends, and loved ones. I dare you to make it one of your top priorities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The messiah will come when we don’t need him any more,” said author Franz Kafka. In that spirit, and in alignment with current astrological omens, I will tell you that the precise help you wish you could attract into your life will show up as soon as you make initial efforts to provide that help to yourself. Here are some additional nuances: The gift or blessing you think you need most will be offered to you by fate once you begin giving that gift or blessing to yourself. A rescuer will arrive not too long after you take steps to rescue yourself. You’ll finally figure out how to make practical use of a key lesson as you’re teaching that lesson to someone you care for.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1984, hip hop

group Run-DMC was the first to achieve a gold record in their genre, meaning they sold more than 500,000 albums. Their next album sold over a million. They were pioneers. In 1986, legendary producer Rick Rubin encouraged them to do a remake of “Walk This Way,” a song by the hard rock band Aerosomith. The members of Run-DMC didn’t want to do it; they felt the tune was in a genre too unlike their own. But Rubin eventually convinced them, and the cross-pollination was phenomenally successful.

The Run-DMC-meets-Aerosmith collaboration launched a new genre that sold very well. The song was later voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In this spirit, and in accordance with current cosmic rhythms, I urge you to try a bold hybrid or two yourself, Scorpio: blends of elements or influences that may seem a bit improbable. They could ultimately yield big dividends.

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