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letters Brash But Righteous President Trump has a personality that is not always dignified, and he is often very brash. But let’s try to put aside our preferences for the good of our nation. The world today is ugly and there are many evil forces trying to destroy our freedoms and our way of life.

Do we want a president that is polished and politically correct — or someone who defends our God-given rights?

The right to life is the most fundamental of all rights. Murdering unborn babies by cutting them to pieces in the womb or with chemicals is about the most barbaric and despicable evil imaginable. How can anyone who fears God or cherishes life possibly vote for someone who supports this holocaust? Trump is the most prolife president of our lifetime. If he were wrong on every other issue — he’s not — this one issue would be reason enough to support him.

Trump is a staunch supporter of our Godgiven right to keep and bear arms. Next to the right to life, freedom of press, assembly, speech, and worship, this is one of the most fundamental rights, because without it, all others are in jeopardy.

Herb Friske, Petoskey The Unfairness Doctrine In the 1980 presidential election, Republicans turned the economy upside down to defeat Jimmy Carter. He was working hard to keep the national debt below $1 trillion, and Wall Street took the inflation rate to 17% to aid his opponent, Ronald Reagan. During this period, the national debt, year after year, was nearly the same as the military budget, about $400 Billion.

In 1987, the FCC under the Reagan administration ended The Fairness Doctrine, a rule requiring broadcast companies to fairly present both sides of controversial issues. This change led to the growth of such abominations of broadcast commentary as Rush Limbaugh and the growing divide between people aligned with the views of either major party.

Add to that the near absence of evident truth in our election process. This is compounded by the fact that those who are lying to us are the ones we are forced to look to for changing those regulations.

Bob Wallick, Cross Village Drowning in Water Issues What happened to Traverse City’s state of the art waste treatment plant? Another septic backup closing Central High School?

Surrounding homes?

Or was the septic issue because storm drains became plugged from all the leaf debris put out in the streets days before Thursday, Oct. 22? The rain started about 2pm Thursday, so did everyone rake in the rain on the first day the city said it was OK? Add in that the city only has a single code-enforcement person. And that the mail notice of leaf pickup had an even weaker statement this year: “Please keep leaves off the street until Thursday, Oct. 22.” No fine warning this year, but apparently nobody is getting ticketed any year. This is not the first time flooding happened in TC due to plugged wastewater drains.

And what about PFAS showing up in the water table near the airport again? Kind of demonstrates the danger of any foreign chemicals being introduced into the ground. Water flows down, massive rainfalls happened earlier this year, and again at the end of that week.

Jef Mort, Traverse City Paint Objects, Not Living Trees TC Commons is one of the best walking/ skiing/biking spots in the area. Garfield Township, Grand Traverse Conservation District, and the city of Traverse City should be proud to have such a beautiful place so close to town. So many have worked hard to keep it accessible to all and environmentally protected.

Recently I have noticed that our talented graffiti artists have really gone out on a limb up there (pun intended): The Hippie Tree and surrounding flora have been literally covered in spray paint, live leaves included.

This practice is unhealthy for the trees and shrubbery; just like us, trees need to breathe to survive. Our forests are under enough stress!

The old water tower site is a great canvas on which graffiti artists are continuing to paint, and some of that art is great. Let’s keep our expression up there where it can be appreciated.

Please keep the paint off the lungs of the tree.

BJ Ingwersen, Traverse City Tax Carbon at the Source At the same time we watched, with horror, a fire season out West reaching cataclysmic proportions, the Trump administration nominated a Supreme Court candidate who states that she does not have firm views on climate change.

The response from the White House on the fires was, of course, predictable silence —except for the usual blame cast on blue states. It is obvious, however, that this and other climatechange catastrophes need to be addressed now.

A crucial measure that Congress should be acting on, especially in light of an increasingly science-skeptical Supreme Court, is immediate progress on HR 763, which places a tax on carbon at the source. It has been implemented in other countries and has been shown to be extremely successful in reducing the use of fossil fuels and their destructive effects on the climate. But Congress needs to act now; the future of generations to come and the planet itself hangs in the balance. Contact Congress today and tell them to act on HR 763. There is no room for delay.

George Robson, Petoskey Union Man Responds As a retired union building tradesman of 39 years, I am compelled to respond to the letter-writer (Oct. 26 issue) that advised those contemplating career choices in the building trades to “run away from that nonsense,” especially since he offered no alternatives.

My wife and I are living comfortably on a 40-acre farm in northern Michigan, with no mortgage, on my pension, and with unionprovided health insurance and a 401k nest egg.

Yes, there were some slow times, but I worked out of state only once for a short period.

Yes, the building trades are not for wussies; you are sometimes out in the weather. But the trades offer a solid career for the right job seeker.

The apprenticeship is on-the-job training with some classroom work, all while drawing a paycheck, along with health insurance, a 401k and pension contributions for every hour worked. Upon reaching journeyman status, there are no student loans to pay off, and the base wage is in the $35–$40/hr range. Contrary to the letter writer’s claim, there is no “fresh supply of apprentices to replace you;” there is a ratio of apprentices to journeymen maintained on each job site, and they are brought into the program on an as-needed basis.

So for those who don’t find four years of college and years of student debt appealing, if you enjoy working with your hands, have good mechanical common sense, are willing to learn and work as part of a team, take a look at the building trades — but unlike the letter writer, join the union!

Lee Astrauckas, Mancelona That Uncomfortable Conversation As a retired bedside RN, I often had the opportunity to encourage family members of the seriously ill elderly to have an uncomfortable conversation about the patient’s true wishes for treatment. Most families thanked me after, as they admitted that they “needed that push”.

As all of us witnessed in the winter and spring the huge numbers of elderly and other patients with serious underlying health

problems being rushed into ERs, feverish and laboring for breath. So many of those patients died completely alone, being cared for by physicians and RNs in scary “protective” equipment.

I can’t help but wonder if many of those patients truly wanted the heroic treatments they received, or if there was panic all around.

I imagine a conversation occurring before rushing to the ER, such as, “Do you want me to take you to the hospital, where I probably won’t be able to stay with you, and you may feel confused about what treatments are really worthwhile? Or would you like an RN to come to your (our) home and medicate you to calm your breathing and make you very comfortable?”

Of course, the latter choice would involve a provider ordering hospice services, but this only means that, medically, you are expected to die of a chronic condition or the frailty of old age in the next six months. Hospice services can be canceled if the patient recovers; it’s not a “death panel” thing.

With the holiday season approaching, please have this difficult conversation before a panic situation occurs. Then the patient receives what he/she truly wants, and it’s just humane.

Kathleen Birdsall BSN, RN, Traverse City Who Foots the Bill?

As I write this on the eve of our national election, all around the TVC airport, a super spreader event is looming. Three C-17s carrying the paraphernalia of Donald Trump are crowding the airport. Cherryland Mall has never seen so many cars in its parking lot. To enhance the COVID-19 herd-immunity effect, willing volunteers have been bused in.

I have to wonder: Is the Trump campaign really paying for all this? I also wonder how much the residents of Grand Traverse County are on the hook for over the costs of the police and EMS personnel? Or have our Republican public officials volunteered us to cover these costs?

I hope the region carefully documents the pandemic fallout resulting from this desperate political pandering by a dysfunctional political party.

John M. Gerty, Jr., Williamsburg Dem Party Missteps Sometimes, we can learn from others.

Presidential contender [at the time of press] Joe Biden was labeled and advertised as a moderate. They said he could be trusted because he has been around for over four decades in the public eye. He has not done anything wrong. Or has he?

One of the long-standing rules for selecting the vice presidential running mate for a presidential candidate is to “do no harm.”

The second rule is to select someone who might help you win an important state that may be questionable.

So what did the “moderate” do? First, Biden selected someone who was identified as the most liberal person in the U.S. Senate — more liberal than Bernie (Sanders) and Elizabeth Warren! Second, he selected someone from California. Everyone knows California was already a safe state for the Democratic candidate. Kamala Harris could not help him in California!

So why did the moderate show poor judgment in the V.P. selection? Oddly, this poor judgment tracks with the Democratic Party’s poor judgment when it short-circuited its nomination process and anointed Joe Biden as its candidate. The Dems made a similar mistake in 2016 when they anointed Hillary as their candidate. You may recall how they cheated Bernie Sanders in that primary, too. Maybe what we have learned is the importance of letting the system work its magic and trust the people to select their candidates; not the elites.

William Deneau, Traverse City

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New Day Stocking........................................10 Spirit Eagle .........................................................12 Running Down A Dream.....................................14

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top ten PIES FOR FOOD PANTRIES A Traverse City frozen food business will donate thousands of pies to area food pantries.

Sara Lee/Chef Pierre, with the help of Goodwill Northern Michigan, is donating 500 cases of Chef Pierre pies in all flavors to food pantries of the Northwest Food Coalition.

“In the past year, we have delivered two million pounds of food into our region's emergency food system,” said Food Rescue manager Taylor Moore.

“During this month of Thanksgiving, we are grateful for the opportunity to help add delicious pies to the pantry shelves for families to enjoy.”

The company has been making pie donations to food pantries through Goodwill for two decades.

“We support the work that Food Rescue does in putting good food to good use,” said Chef Pierre Traverse City plant manager Rick Ellery. “It’s a boost to our team to know that our pies are also making their way to the tables of neighbors who otherwise might not get to enjoy pie.”

Snuggle on the Couch with Jeff Daniels The Michigan actor, writer, musician, and the most normal celebrity we know (see: “Midwest is best”) Jeff Daniels is doing a solid to bolster the COVID-19-closed City Opera House. He’s going online at 7:30pm Nov. 17 to bring you an intimate, all-ages-appropriate concert experience full of original songs, personal stories from his stage and movie career, and for an interactive bonus, a Q&A sesh with you, the audience, for up to 30 minutes after the show. (Questions must be submitted for review before the show, then will be passed along to Daniels for reply.) A single ticket, $15, enables the whole family to watch on one device. www.cityoperahouse.org

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Even if you don't know your rook from your knight, you’ll be riveted by this Netflix miniseries that transports you to the international chess circuit during the Cold War. The brilliant Anna Taylor-Joy (emma.) plays an orphaned prodigy who struggles with addiction and relationships during her journey to become the best chess player in the world. Told over the course of seven nuanced episodes that are filled with complex characters and radiant storytelling, the series takes its time to build toward something immensely satisfying.

Artfully directed and with lush production values, this is old-fashioned prestige viewing in the best sense — a real treat for grownups.

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tastemaker Fig’s Chicken Nacho

We were bereft when we discovered the 2020 closure of Fig’s Breakfast and Lunch in Lake Leelanau. We had just profiled this amazing-meals-come-out-of-small-cafés gem, its husband/ wife owners Jaimee and Bryon Figueroa, and their innovative menu (coconut French toast! Yak burgers! Celery corn chowder!) menu in September.

Alas, we shook our fists at at the sky. We cursed the COVID-19. And then, last week, we went to drink away our sorrows at Traverse City’s State Street Market bar and — lo and behold — Fig’s LIVES! This little outpost of amazingness has lost none of its game in going out for dinner. A glimpse of just three of its six sweet evening offerings: Diablo Eggs ($8, free-range chicken eggs, cayenne candied bacon, roasted black pepper, house-made hot sauce and roasted chili relish), spaghetti squash fritters ($11), and Fig’s chicken nacho ($16, shown above, with Otto’s pulled chicken, house-friend tortilla chips, hot cheddar sauce, pickled veggies, black beans, house cheese, and house hot sauce). And just like that, we — and Fig’s — were home. Find Fig's and its ever-changing menu at 329 E. State St., Traverse City, and search “Fig’s Breakfast and Lunch” on Facebook to follow its occasional weekend morning pop-ups.

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Like a lot of traditional events Up North, this year’s Traverse City Beer Week, Nov. 13–20, will have a new look — namely, smaller crowds bellying up to the bar, a digital passport that nabs you super savings on beer and food, and (far more rewarding than a lecture from your spouse), a prize for sipping suds at five or more participating TCBW businesses! Choose between a beer-week T-shirt or a TC fanny pack. (Yup, a fanny pack. For drinking local beer. True story.) The only thing making this deal even sweeter? If you skip driving and stay the night at a local hotel, you’ll be entered to win all sorts of prizes; the grand one is a beer lover’s vacation package loaded with gift certificates for lodging and … more beer. Reveal the miracle at www.traversecity.com.

Stuff we love Pedaling for a Filling Thanksgiving For All

If you’ve got a bicycle, a lock, a mask, $25+, and an itch to ensure NoMi families in need get a proper Turkey Day feast, it’s time to get cranking. For the third year in a row, Norte is bringing home the NYC-originated bike event Cranksgiving, and it works like this: You — alone or with a team, in costume or not — will check in at your region’s check-in point between 11am and noon, Saturday, Nov. 22, where you’ll receive a grocery list, a set of instructions, and a joyous sendoff to spend the next two hours cycling (a leisurely 2–3 miles or a Turkeytrimming 5–6) and shopping before returning with all the items on your list. Norte and Food Rescue will take it from there, delivering the goods to Northwest Food Coalition pantries in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau counties. Registration is free; you spend only a minimum of $25 to buy the food for families. Learn more and register at elgruponorte.org/cranksgiving.

BOYNE CITY WINS “MAIN STREET USA” A shout-out to Boyne City: It’s one of three only locales in the nation to win this year’s Main Street USA award in honor of its downtown revitalization.

A panel of community development professionals selected Boyne City for turning their previously industrial downtown into a thriving destination.

“Boyne City’s inspiring transformation serves as a model for downtowns looking to appeal to tourists while investing in the quality of life of year-round residents,” said Patrice Frey, National Main Street Center president and CEO. “Boyne City Main Street has demonstrated the power of community engagement, strategic business development, and public and private partnerships to revitalize Main Street.”

Boyne City won the award because measures like streetscape development, a new boardwalk and marina, and the installation of public art have enhanced access to natural resources and improved the sense of place downtown. The city also touts a strong schedule of events including outdoor music and food festivals.

The city’s Main Street Program is credited with seeing 91 new businesses open since its inception in 2003 and the development of workforce housing.

Other winners were downtown Tupelo and the Kendall Whittier Main Street district in Tulsa.

8 bottoms up Petoskey fog An offshoot of Lake Charlevoix Coffee Company in Boyne City, North Perk Coffee in downtown Petoskey has a great neighborhood vibe enhanced by reasonable music at a conversational volume. Hardwood floors opposite a vintage tin ceiling railed with track lighting make this friendly little java stop a warm and welcoming retreat as winter winds build. North Perk, whose beans are roasted in Boyne City, relies on the formidable strength of its rich and varied coffee game, but it was a tasty-mellow hot tea drink that warmed our bellies. Originated in Vancouver, the classic tea latte, London Fog, gets a new regionally appropriate name at North Perk — the Petoskey Fog. While the name is changed, the drink’s basic ingredients are in place, high quality, and executed perfectly. Earl Grey tea, vanilla syrup, and steamed whole milk combine to make an uber-smooth and creamy, not-too-sweet cup of comfort. The tea’s faint bergamot notes rise like ghosts from the beige mix, mingling a hint of vanilla dancing around with the silky milk, offering simple satisfaction on a shivering, showering, or snowy day. Find it at North Perk Coffee, 308 Howard St. (231) 753-2053, www.northperkcoffee.com.

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We won't be getting any more annoying, intrusive, and unwanted texts from Amy from the Biden campaign, David from the Trump campaign, Emily from MoveOn, or the rest who constantly invaded our phones.

At least we could just click off the robocalls when we didn't recognize the number, but there is no escaping the texts. (And, nope, responding with STOP does not necessarily make them stop.)

Mercifully, the mailers have also stopped. If you're a resident of Grand Traverse County, you were subjected to a blizzard of mail from Dan O'Neill and, especially, his opponent, Jon Roth. Did they think maybe the 10th piece would convince us? Then what about the 15th piece? To be fair, the majority of that insanity

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This had to be the most divisive, dishonest, and destructive campaign cycle in modern history. No lie was too outrageous, and no insult off-limits. If we listened to the advertising, we'd believe Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and both John James and Gary Peters in our own senate race were all going to destroy our healthcare system, all made the pandemic worse, and all fomented civil unrest and violence. The unprecedented bombardment of electronic messaging might not have influenced anybody or changed even a single vote, and it cost a fortune.

In fact, this was the most expensive election cycle in history, and it wasn't even close.

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The obscene spending doesn't even include some 5,000 various statewide and legislative races in 44 states. With party control of legislatures at stake in several states, candidates, their parties, and outside groups will have spent at least another $1 billion.

We were not immune to the spending orgy here in Michigan.

The presidential candidates and their various acolytes spent at least $80 million here on television advertising, most of it for Biden.

And both were nearly ubiquitous with online advertising.

"The Center for Responsive Politics, which keeps track of such things, pegs total spending for the presidential and congressional campaigns at a stupefying $14 billion. That's $14,000,000,000 — twice what was spent in 2016." came from third parties, not the campaigns themselves. Still, it was beyond annoying and stupidly expensive.

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of dark-money contributions. So far, only five states have taken that step. Congress has done nothing.

The Center for Responsive Politics, which keeps track of such things, pegs total spending for the presidential and congressional campaigns at a stupefying $14 billion. That's $14,000,000,000 — twice what was spent in 2016. About $6.6 billion of that was spent on the presidential race; the rest in congressional races. That vast majority, nearly two-thirds, was spent by third parties, not the candidate's official campaigns.

Ten individuals alone contributed a whopping $640 million to campaigns and third-party organizations this year.

So-called dark money made up a large chunk of that campaign spending. Let's say a politically active group creates For Us, technically a charity that can accept any amount of money from anybody. Then they make contributions to one or more PACs. The PACs must report they received the contribution from For Us, but For Us need not disclose who gave them the money or how much. That's the dark money.

Supreme Court decisions have paved the way for dark money but also made it clear Congress or the states can require disclosure

Both Gary Peters and John James raised and spent $20 million, and outside groups supporting one or the other spent another $40 million — double what was spent just two years ago in the Stabenow/James senate race. And we have at least two multi-milliondollar U.S. House races: the third and sixth congressional districts.

Even the aforementioned Roth/O'Neill race for a freshman seat in the legislature was a million-dollar campaign.

You might be wondering if all this money could have been put to better use. That's especially true, given the messages being delivered for all that spending became little more than mindnumbing gibberish. What started early in the cycle as an annoyance ultimately became an insulting absurdity. There was never a time when the mute button on our remotes got a heavier workout.

Of course, all that money could be used elsewhere for any number of causes any number of people believe are important.

But the people who contribute money to campaigns and groups supporting candidates believe they are giving to a worthy cause, too.

That little worthwhile ever results doesn't diminish the intent of the contribution.

There have been complaints about “buying elections” for more than two centuries. And it's true enough that big money contributors likely expect something in return for their political investment, maybe legislation or a favorable ruling from federal regulators.

There isn't much we can do about the spending since the courts have equated money with free speech. State legislatures or Congress could pour some sunlight on the process, but that would expose their dark money donors.

Instead, money is a constant in our election system. The only change is the ever-increasing price tag.

Enjoy a full turkey dinner inside Bay Harbor’s The Sagamore Room — or take it to go.

Turkey, sides, pie, and even a gingerbread-house kit are all available to go from Shanty Creek, with plenty of pickup options.

Cap off all the free holiday fun in Walloon Lake’s quint village with dinner by the giant fire inside Barrel Back’s expansive restaurant Wednesday, Nov. 25.

New Turkey Day Traditions

Who wants to fight hordes of shoppers (or relatives) anyway? Embrace the opportunity for a safe, easy, and altogether different Thanksgiving in 2020.

By Ross Boissoneau It’s the (second) most wonderful time of the year. For many people, the chance to gather round the table with a bevy of friends and family to give thanks for the year ranks only behind Christmas Day for joy and merriment.

Only this year it’s — different. The rise of the pandemic and other associated ills mean two things: One, most people are already looking forward to a better year in 2021 (we hope).

Second, the gatherings this Thanksgiving are going to look and feel different for most people. Smaller tables with fewer people gathering together. No large contingents shopping together Thanksgiving night or on Black Friday. Yet, despite so many things altered, that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate, give thanks for what we do have, and maybe try out some new traditions.

Like, well … that turkey dinner. While there won’t be throngs packed together in restaurants or around your Aunt Rosie’s dining room (and living room and basement) tables, there are plenty of ways for you to have your turkey and take part in reconfigured but less cramped holiday fun all around northern Michigan.

Bay Harbor A great place to give thanks: the tony Inn at Bay Harbor, where you can enjoy a

full turkey dinner — the big bird, mashed potatoes, dressing (aka stuffing, if you prefer), and all the rest while drinking in views of the Little Traverse Bay’s November horizon. This year’s dinner in The Sagamore Room will offer expanded hours from noon to 5pm to allow for proper social distancing, so you can enjoy your traditional mean without worry. Still worried?

Get your dinner to go instead. Call (231) 4394117 to reserve and arrange pickup.

Bellaire At Shanty Creek Resort, you also can get your turkey and all the fixings to go, easy as pie (your choice of apple, cherry or pumpkin) and take home the evening’s entertainment. The resort’s annual Gingerbread House has been converted from an onsite experience to a homebased version this year; that means you can grab a to-go kit, which includes one gingerbread house, icing, and candy. Reserve your house no later than Nov. 21 for pickup between 1pm and 4pm the following Tuesday, Nov. 24; Wednesday, Nov. 25; or Friday, Nov. 27).

Thompsonville Looking for a full weekend of holiday fun?

Check out Thanksgiving Reconnect Weekend at Crystal Mountain Resort. Thanksgiving dinner to go is available 10am to 5pm on Thanksgiving day. Then, 6pm to 9pm Friday, you can head back to enjoy a festive tour through Crystal’s resort village, where each

stop offers activities, food and beverage, and retail sales. Collect five or more “tail stop” stamps, and you can win a prize. All weekend long you can run your own 5K Turkey Vulture Trot; cost is $20 and all proceeds go to North Sky Raptor Sanctuary. Finally, you’re invited to attend the resort’s village Christmas tree lighting against an audio backdrop of festive holiday music at 5:30pm Saturday.

Walloon If it’s ho-ho-holiday tree lighting you’re after, there are several places around the region to get your twinkle on. Kicking it all off will be the tree lighting in Walloon Lake on Wednesday, with live music from the Petoskey Steel Drum Band, live reindeer, and a visit from those crazy Clauses. Free hot chocolate from Sweet Tooth Ice Cream Shop, snowmankit making with Tommy's Walloon, and a cash bar are also available from 6pm to 9pm in the Walloon Lake Village.

Harbor Springs In Harbor Springs, there activities all day on Saturday, from movies to reindeer, and maybe even an elf or two. Letters to Santa can be dropped off in one of the area drop boxes. At 6pm, you can help revelers celebrate a century-old tradition at the annual Christmas tree lighting, complete with carols, all while masked and safely distanced. And while the annual chili dinner

has been canceled, there will be plenty of cookies to fill your belly.

Suttons Bay Suttons Bay merchants are collaborating with Northern Lumber to create a life-size “Letters to Santa” mailbox, which will be decorated in the seasonal spirit and set outside Bahle’s. Letters to Santa “kits” will also be handed out to the kids at school and local businesses. Letters will have prompts so kids can specify what they hope for, what they are grateful for, and any questions they may have for Santa. Since the kids won’t be able to sit on Santa’s lap this year, responses from the North Pole to one of the questions will be sent to the kids in return.

More Tree Lightings • Leland’s tree light takes place Friday, with a parade, caroling and treats.

• In Charlevoix, Friday’s festivities include holiday crafts, photo fun, and a parade.

• In Frankfort, the community tree lighting on Saturday will feature Mr. and Mrs. S. Claus.

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Crime Report, Halloween Edition Nathan Garisto, 26, of Largo, Florida, was arrested on Oct. 19 on a domestic battery charge. The Smoking Gun reported that Garisto was "heavily intoxicated while engaged in a verbal argument with his girlfriend," according to police. He refused to leave after his girlfriend asked him to, instead throwing "a pumpkin and all insides of the pumpkin at the subject." Garisto maintains he threw the pumpkin at the door, not at the girlfriend. He was released on bond and ordered to have no contact with the victim.

Sweet Love Sugar Good, 49, who manages a Dunkin' donuts store in Edmond, Oklahoma, knew a good man when she saw one ... every morning at 7:15 as he collected his sausage, egg and cheese croissant at her drive-thru. After a year of friendly commercial exchanges, The New York Times reported, Good finally got up the nerve to hand John Thompson, 45, her business card along with his food and coffee. Two years later, on Oct. 13, Good and Thompson tied the knot at the place that brought them together: the Dunkin' drive-thru. "We knew we wanted to share it with the Dunkin' family," Good said. She stood at her spot in the window and Thompson drove up in his red truck, where former pastor Colby Taylor was waiting for them. Taylor kept the ceremony short, as other customers were lined up behind Thompson, but at the end, Good came outside and Thompson got out of his truck for their first kiss as regulars, friends and family cheered them on. "Our story wasn't glamour," Good said, "but it was true romance."

Bright Idea In Littleton, New Hampshire, a Hillsborough County grand jury filed indictments against Lisa Landon, 33, in early October, the Union Leader reported. Landon was scheduled in court for three different cases in November and December 2019, involving drug possession and stalking. To avoid going to jail, Landon impersonated a prosecutor, using the court's electronic system to file fake documents dropping the charges against her.

A state forensic officer noticed last November that the charges were dropped and wondered if a scheduled competency evaluation on Landon should proceed, which tipped off court officials. While she was at it, Landon allegedly filed an order on behalf of a relative to halt guardianship proceedings involving Landon's child. She's been charged with one count of false impersonation and six counts of falsifying physical evidence.

Cue the Lawyers Nightmares really do come true: On Oct. 24, as Leonard Shoulders, 33, waited at a bus stop in the Bronx, New York, the sidewalk beneath him gave way and he dropped into a decrepit basement full of rats, Fox News reported. Bystanders alerted authorities, and Shoulders was rescued from the dark hole about 30 minutes later, with injuries including a broken arm, broken leg and scraped face.

New York's Department of Buildings said the basement beneath the sidewalk was poorly maintained, and the building was closed until repairs can be made.

The Meth Made Me Do It Traffic slowed to a crawl and people got out of their cars on a busy roadway in Chongqing, China, on Oct. 17, hoping to collect banknotes that were raining down from the sky. As it turned out, the money wasn't coming from heaven, but from an unnamed 29-year-old man who was tripping on methamphetamine

in his 30-story-high apartment overlooking the street. As he showered passersby with money, police arrived and took him into custody, and he was receiving treatment, according to The Guardian.

Florida A woman who would not leave a St. Petersburg, Florida, Mobil gas station was arrested for trespassing on Oct. 14, The Smoking Gun reported. But that's not the weird part. Melinda Lynn Guerrero, 33, was also charged with providing a false name to law enforcement after she repeatedly said her name was "My butt just farted." Officers were familiar with Guerrero from a series of arrests over several years, and her last name is tattooed on her back, so ... They noted she may have been under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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Election Snafu Nikolai Loktev, 58, the incumbent mayor of Povalikhino in Russia, asked the woman who cleans the city hall to add her name to the ballot as a formality, in order to comply with a regulation that elections must have two or more candidates. In a twist of fate, however, Marina Udgodskaya received 62% of the vote, compared to Loktev's 34%, on Sept. 28. "I didn't think people would actually vote for me," Udgodskaya said, according to the BBC. But one village shopkeeper explained: "If we could have voted against all we would have done, but we had the option to vote for Marina, so we did. I think she'll cope. The whole village will help." Loktev is sporting a stiff upper lip: "I'm not upset. People voted for her, so let her do her job."

Family Values On Oct. 8, as an Advent Health worker checked visitors' temperatures at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, she noticed a woman removing something from the stroller she was pushing and place it in the bushes outside the entrance to the park. The woman then proceeded through the checkpoint and into the park. The witness alerted authorities, who found a purse and, inside, a handgun. The woman, Marcia Temple of Georgia, returned to the spot and told the officer the purse was hers, but threw her 6-year-old son under the bus: "I had told my son to hold it for me and stand right here while I go get my brother. He put it down, and messed with the plants and I put them back, but I didn't know he put it down and I didn't know he left it over here."

Unfortunately for Temple, security cameras captured her planting the purse in the bushes, ClickOrlando.com reported. Orange County deputies said the firearm was fully loaded, and Temple did not have a concealed weapons permit for either Florida or Georgia. She was charged with carrying a concealed firearm.

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A LONG AND WINDING

Kathleen Stocking: daughter of Pierce Stocking, author, and environmentalist.

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As the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore turns 50, Northern Express talks to the daughter of the namesake of the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive.

By Patrick Sullivan Kathleen Stocking’s name might sound familiar to anyone who’s lived in northern Michigan for a while. She’s written books of essays about the region that have won nationwide acclaim, notably the well-reviewed “Letters from the Leelanau.”

Her last name might sound familiar for another reason, too. That’s because her father, Pat, better known today his formal name, Pierce, built a scenic drive in the 1960s near

the shore of Lake Michigan that’s become one of the jewels of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, which this year celebrates its 50th year.

Kathleen Stocking never saw a penny from the sale of her father’s land to the U.S. government all those years ago (and neither did her father, at least not in a meaningful way), but today she doesn’t resent that the land was taken forcefully and her family’s legacy was turned into a national attraction. She said she’s glad the way things worked out, though

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she cannot believe how much has changed in the years since her childhood in Glen Arbor.

OLD FASHIONED VALUES

Even though Stocking grew up in a rural home, the daughter of conservative parents who worked the land, Stocking said she was never saddled with notions of what the traditional role for females in society should be.

“My father grew up on a pioneer homestead, and he had eight brothers and sisters and they

all worked,” Stocking said. “There was no sense that because you’re female you’re gonna sit here in this little chair and learn how to crochet, you were going to haul water from the well, and you were gonna do whatever.”

Stocking grew up around sisters. Since no brothers survived childbirth, Stocking said that she became the “designated boy” in the family.

That role came with some perks. “I didn’t have to wear dresses,” she said. “We had workhorses for the mill, and eventually we got riding horses, so my job was to take care of the horses for the mill. I had outside jobs. I could stack wood. I could shovel the walks.”

Her father had grown up near Cadillac and struggled during the Great Depression, when jobs at the lumber mill vanished and he had to work with his parents on a subsistence farm to survive. He was arrested once for poaching a deer, she said.

As the Depression waned, Stocking’s father learned to work heavy through the Civilian Conservation Corps. He was not educated, but he was smart, and he worked hard.

Stocking’s father met her mother, Eleanore, around that time, after she’d taken a job as a teacher at a one-room schoolhouse in Hoxeyville.

“He would come over every morning and start a fire in the woodstove in the school so she could come into a warm classroom,” Stocking said. “And they fell in love and got married.”

Eventually, her father became a lumberman in his own right, and his business took off.

“Every time he would buy a piece of property to cut the trees, he would keep the property and then sometimes develop it, and sometimes sell it,” she said. “And that’s how he made money.”

Stocking recalls accompanying her father into the woods while he worked and how naturally the dangerous, difficult work came to him. When her father instructed Stocking to sit still at a certain spot in the woods until he returned, she said she knew it was a matter of survival.

“And then I would hear, ‘Timber,’ and the tree would come down, and the whole earth would shudder,” she said. “It was like I understood without being told that it was a matter of life and death that I stay there, even though he didn’t try to scare me.”

Stocking got another kind of education growing up in post-war Leelanau County. As she got older, she came to understand that her family was well off, much more so than other families — such as those of the men who worked at her father’s mill.

“I was very struck by the fact that my family had lots of nice clothes and books and bicycles and a beautiful home on a hill above Lake Michigan, and that the children of the mill hands lived in shacks that were heated with wood and weren’t always warm, and they didn’t always have enough to eat,” she said.

A SLEEPING BEAR STIRS

For years around Glen Arbor, there was talk of something coming, but how life on the land they knew would change, and when, nobody knew. Stocking’s father knew more about the land's value than most, so, beginning in the early 1960s, he decided to do something about it.

“He sees the federal surveyors coming in when he’s out in the woods, and he asked what’s going on, and they say, ‘Oh, there’s gonna be a national park here someday,’” Stocking said.

“So, because he already owned a lot of land, he just bought up more. He thought, ‘Well, they’re gonna buy my land.’ But he didn't think it was going to take 20 years from surveyor’s stakes to the national park.”

In that sense, the Stocking family had a different relationship with the federal government than many other residents, property owners who had bought and developed land in a place they loved and wanted to hold onto.

Stocking said that as she watched the process unfold, it struck her that much of the ill-feeling toward the park stemmed from the tone-deafness of the government agents who arrived to acquire the land.

“People were objecting to the national park because they were losing their homes,” she said. “The guy in charge of land acquisition was a former bomber pilot. He was really aggressive. So, I mean, not only were they losing their homes, but they had to deal with a fairly ruthless federal government institution of eminent domain.”

There is another reason why Stocking is at peace with the way the government turned her father’s land into a park, even if that transaction also got ugly in the end. She said that she always knew that, even though he was a lumberman, he wanted to see the land preserved.

“I think he was really an environmentalist,” she said. “He loved the land. He had to make money in lumber, but he loved the wilderness.

He loved the woods.”

SCHOOL WITH THE WEATHERMEN

Stocking may have come from a well-off family, and she led a privileged life growing up in Leelanau County, but privilege looked different in the 1950s compared to today. He mother dried out Wonder Bread bags so that Stocking and her siblings could wear them over their socks, in their boots, to keep their feet dry.

After a bucolic childhood in northern Michigan, though, Stocking attended the University of Michigan in the mid-1960s, where she was catapulted into a turbulent time in American history and met truly privileged young people.

Her recognition of class differences that had formed when she was a child in Glen Arbor crystalized to make her something of a radical once she got to school.

She ended up living with a group called the Weather Underground, an insurgent group of students who became famous for their actions against the Vietnam War. “They became very violent, you know,” she recalled. “They started out running a children’s daycare in the basement of the Quaker church, and [then] they became more and more radical.”

Stocking said that even then, she was more reporter than actor; more of an observer than a revolutionary.

“They started out as students. But because of the war in Vietnam and because of the shooting of people in the South, everybody became more and more radical,” she said. “I always ended up where things were happening.

But in retrospect, I think I was always more of a writer than what you call an activist or a participant. I wanted to see what was happening and why; I didn’t necessarily want to make things happen.”

Today, she said she’s astonished at how fast her world went from long pleated skirts and saving yourself for marriage to Vietnam protests and the credo “make love, not war.”

Still, even though in some ways the antiwar movement was progressive then, Stocking said she also found it to be chauvinistic, and after she ended up moving in with the Weathermen, some of the tactics and the overall mood made her feel uncomfortable.

People she lived with came back from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago beaten and wounded. Others would soon blow themselves up on failed attempts at domestic terrorism. Ultimately, though, Stocking said, she was treated as a country bumkin.

“These are very well off, coddled children of the very wealthy. And I had grown up in northern Michigan, so they figured I was in northern Michigan stump-jumper [hillbilly],” Stocking said. “And I knew how to cook and clean. I cleaned and cooked, prepared the meals, and did the shopping and cleaned this funny little house, it was the size of a doll’s house, in exchange for my rent. Because they’d always had servants, they treated me like a servant.”

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A lasting legacy of Kathleen Stocking’s father: The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive, seen here from the No. 11 Overlook, which showcases Empire Bluffs, Lake Michigan, and North Bar Lake. Photo courtesy of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

“EARLY DAYS” AT THE RECORD-EAGLE

After her time at U-M, and her brush with the Weathermen, Stocking moved to New York and worked for Women’s Day magazine.

She worked on things like features on how to construct a teeter-totter at home, complete with instructions.

When she returned to northern Michigan, she attempted to freelance at the Traverse City Record-Eagle, and she discovered that it didn’t matter where she was — national magazine or small daily newspaper — female writers were expected to produce female writing.

“I started out at the Record-Eagle a thousand years ago,” Stocking said. “First, I started in 1975, freelancing for them and doing profiles. And then it was early days, so they didn't really have female reporters. They put me on ‘society news.’”

The paper might have been backward, Stocking said, but fortunately for her, it had an editor who was ahead of his time. Ed Klein

always wanted to ask more questions and write deeper stories, but often all her editors wanted was something short. Instead of an expose on tribal fishing rights, she said, they wanted seven inches of copy.

Then came a career-changing story — a woman in Kalkaska had murdered her husband in 1978, and in what was at the time a novel defense, the woman claimed that she was made homicidal by years of spousal abuse.

Stocking covered the case and interviewed the woman, Jeannette Smith, in jail. At the same time, laws were murky about certain press freedoms, and when the Kalkaska prosecutor demanded the Record-Eagle turn over Stocking’s notes on the case, threatening her with jail if she didn’t, the newspaper caved and handed over the notes.

Meanwhile, Stocking had been contacted by some downstate papers who wanted her to do some freelance work for them in northern Michigan.

“I think he was really an environmentalist,” she said. “He loved the land. He had to make money in lumber, but he loved the wilderness.

He loved the woods.” was from New York, and he was progressive, she said.

“He was definitely not prejudiced against women,” she said. “He hired me because he liked my feature writing. And I kept doing features when I was in society news. … And I did the club news. And I had no experience in journalism. I had to learn how to write in the third person.”

Later, Stocking got a shot at covering real news after she pestered her editors to get more meaningful news assignments.

“I was a thorn in their side,” she recalled.

“Every time we had a staff meeting, I think it was every week or every two weeks, I said, ‘Oh, you know, give me something to do, because obituaries and weddings… The copy room said my weddings were like something out of Salvador Dali.”

When another reporter left, she got a shot at covering Kalkaska and Antrim counties, a big opportunity for an ambitious writer stuck on the society page. She got an ultimatum from an editor, though: “Kathy, you have two weeks.

If you can take [the] beat and do it well, you have a job. If not, you will have none.”

She said she thrived on the hard news beat, and even appreciated covering government meetings, because while they may seem boring on the surface, there was always something happening; always a question to look into.

Still, the work frustrated her. She said she

“I just became bored. I wanted to do ‘why.’

‘Why’ was what interested me, and all of the things that were complicated,” Stocking said.

LIFE AS A WRITER

In those days, a person could make a good living as a freelance journalist, though Stocking said even then that she would often put so much work into a story that she wouldn’t even want to calculate what her hourly rate might be.

“The Detroit News paid me $1,500 to do a cover piece for their magazine on Michigan Indians,” she recalled. “Well, if I never left my house and made three phone calls, I would have made money. But I went and talked to as many people as I could, whether it was Detroit or Copper Harbor, and I had to know. I had to know. I wanted to know.”

Still, that freelance work proved fruitful, because it got her attention and eventually a job at the Detroit Monthly magazine, this time writing essays.

She got some books of essays out of the library and read them and realized she could do that; realized maybe that was what she should be doing.

“I thought, ‘Oh yeah. I can do this. I can do this easily,’” she said.

She was there for a decade and wrote many of the pieces that would win her acclaim in her published collections of essays about life Up

North; then the magazine changed and became more conservative. Her editor was fired, and so did Stocking's job.

For the next decade, she continued to make a living as a writer, winning awards and landing grants for writing projects. She said between 1979 and 1989, she earned $200,000 that way, which was enough to live on.

Soon, though, another tidal wave of political change swept over her life. Those grants and awards vanished as the 1980s progressed and a new wave of Republicans sought to cut taxes and eliminate government programs.

“And then all of that money dried up,” she said. “There used to be a Michigan Council of the Arts. I remember my first grant for $10,000 for creative nonfiction. Basically, they just sent you the money and said, "show us when you’re done.”

A decade later, the grants came with strings attached. Stocking said she saw the writing on the wall.

“The last grant was a for about $10,000, but it required that I teach at-risk kids at TBA, and I figured out that I was I was making about a dollar an hour and I had produce another book,” Stocking said. “So, I to did it. And then I thought, ‘No, I’m not ever doing this again.’”

Stocking made another life change. She moved to California and worked in the prison system. She traveled to El Salvador. And then she signed up for the Peace Corps, where she did two stints, in Romania and Thailand.

She returned to Traverse City 10 years ago, and today she still writes books of essays about the Leelanau Peninsula. Currently, she’s working on one called “Dogs and Islands.”

LOOKING BACK AT SLEEPING BEAR

Today, Stocking, a mother of three successful adult children, lives in an apartment in Traverse City overlooking the Boardman River. She visits the national park, but usually only if she’s got out-of-town company.

Back when she was in her 20s, after she returned to Leelanau following school and New York City, she helped operate the scenic drive as a private business for her father. The scenic drive itself was a response to the park and the aggressive posture of the government.

When the government finally got around to assessing his land, Stocking said they low-balled her father, leaving him with few good options.

“They offered him a bad price. … And they said, ‘Oh, you don’t like this? Well, we’ll condemn you, and we'll take you to court,’” she said.

Meanwhile, he had to pay taxes but couldn’t sell or develop any of the land. He applied to Empire Township to have the land rezoned recreational, and he built the road that would be his namesake.

“Then he put in a scenic drive and charged, I don't know, a dollar and a half, two bucks a car, so that he could make money to pay his taxes while this was all winding its way through the courts,” Stocking said. “In the process, he discovered he really liked making parks.”

And she said that’s what he was going to do, finally, when the government settled and agreed to pay him $3.5 million for the land in the mid-'70s. He was going to put the money in a trust and build a park on 5,000 acres of land near Kingsley and create his own park, Stocking said.

Then, she said, his life took a tragic turn.

“He died the day after he got his $3.5 million settlement,” she said. The official cause of death, she said, was a heart attack.

There was talk, early on, that Pierce Stocking would even lose his claim to the scenic drive he created, but Kathleen Stocking said that, fortunately, that did not transpire. There was talk about naming the drive after Senator Patrick McNamara, who had introduced the bill in Congress.

“They wanted it to be the McNamara Scenic Drive,” she said. “Well, the local people all rose up and said, ‘Oh no. Pat Stocking built that. That should have his name on it.’”

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Eagle Spirit

Roberta Shalifoe and a dance company of historic, healing proportions

In the Company of Dancers Story and photos by Eric Cox Roberta Shalifoe’s pride in her Native American ancestry is never in doubt, but it’s also never more clear than when she talks about her love of “fancy dancing.”

The 31-year-old Petoskey resident, a member of the Little River Band of Odawa Indians, is a force of cultural continuation, working tirelessly to advance public understanding of native culture and customs by sharing both her knowledge and talent.

Fancy dancing, which Shalifoe performs and interprets today through her dance company, Eagle Spirit Dancers, originally took hold among Native Americans in the early 1900s. Those early dancers weren’t simply entertaining themselves; they were making a cultural and political statement.

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Shalifoe’s Eagle Spirit Dance company, founded in 2017, has, like so many other public gathering-related businesses, been sidelined by the pandemic. Yet, she’s continuing to work toward developing her business and pursuing opportunities to present her cultural enrichment and interpretation programs.

She hopes to reestablish her dance fitness classes sometime soon, giving participants a small taste of fancy dance, related music, and of course, aerobic dance instruction.

To find out more about Shalifoe’s Eagle Spirit Dance Company or her fancy dancing cultural exhibitions, email her at eaglewoman1989@outlook.com.

STEPPING BACK In 1883, you see, the United States had outlawed traditional Indian dances, which were typically performed by medicine men and in religious ceremonies. So, undeterred by the federal prohibition, natives took their traditional dances underground, out of public view.

But a few decades later, some western natives developed dances that skirted the law, not only bringing them into public view, but welcoming it by adding to the movements colorful clothing adorned with bells, feathered bustles, and other decorations. The performances were met with great fanfare and led to the events being known as fancy dances, often performed at “Wild West” shows and for visitors to Indian reservations.

Native American women began fancy dancing in the late 1930s, at first donning the same regalia as men. Dancing among tribal women grow more popular until the 1950s, when its notoriety plummeted — only to reemerge in the 1960s as the women’s “fancy shawl dance.”

BECOMING WHO WE ARE Today, Shalifoe and others across the nation practice the six different forms of traditional fancy dancing at pow-wows and other cultural exhibitions. Shalifoe’s presentations conclude with interpretation of the event, explaining the cultural significance of the dances, their meaning and the symbolism of the beautifully vivid clothing.

“I love putting on my regalia,” a smiling Shalifoe told Northern Express. “It makes me feel like a super hero!”

Don’t get Shalifoe wrong. She’s quick to point out that, while she may sometimes feel like a super hero per se, the fancy dance regalia is in no way a costume.

“We’re not dressing up as someone else, which is what you do when you put on a costume,” she said. “We’re dressing up as ourselves — who we are as indigenous people. There’s a big difference there. That’s why we don’t call our dress a costume. We refer to it as regalia.”

Neither the regalia or the dances are ever taught to anyone outside the tribe, she said, though her Eagle Spirit Dance company did — pre-pandemic and in a dance-for-fitness setting — offer classes that mimicked some of the fancy dance choreography. But again, Shalifoe stressed the proprietary nature of fancy dancing, and the need to keep it exclusively within tribal culture.

The jingle dress regalia — a bright ensemble featuring a crimson paisley dress laden with small brass bells, leggings, gauntlets and moccasins featuring intricately embroidered bead work, an onyx choker and more — and related dancing is all

healing-oriented, Shalifoe said.

The healing aspect is critical, she said.

“The most important part of jingle dress is the teaching behind it,” she explained. “Basically, that dress and the intention behind is for healing. When we design and sew each part of our dress, we put that healing — our healing energy — and all of our healing intention into that. And those very same feelings and intentions appear not only in the dress, but especially when we are dancing.”

The small bells or “jingles” attached to the dress do their part in the healing process as well, she explained. “They send off a sound, a frequency — a healing frequency. The energy I’m sending off with the dancing and the jingles goes out into the universe, putting out love, healing, and positive vibrations — and that all comes back to me.”

GENERATIONAL TIES Shalifoe said tribal elders play an enormous role in passing down the traditions of both creating regalia and dancing, guiding younger generations and instilling in them their own cultural knowledge and, with it, a pride associated with a difficult, but honorable heritage.

Relying on guidance and assistance from tribal elders, Shalifoe said she made about 95 percent of her jingle dress and fancy shawl dress. “I had help with bead work,” she said. “It’s a lot of work. And I’m not as well-equipped as some of the grandmothers who teach us how to do that. “[Grandmothers] play a huge role in helping us and teaching us and passing down teachings so we can continue these traditions,” Shalifoe said. “It’s a big deal. Their teachings have a ripple effect.

They teach us, and we teach the future generations.”

For Shalifoe, the history and movements of the dances, the rich symbolism in her opulent self-made clothing and the ancestral context and meaning of fancy dancing generally create a gravity that seems to genuinely awe and inspire her.

She said she spent a good part of her youth attending pow-wows and participating in creative and cultural endeavors in and around the tribe. But, in spite of often being in the spotlight herself, Shalifoe said she’s “grateful and very proud of the resilience of my people.”

No, donning the regalia and practicing the fancy dances does not make her a super hero. But, for Shalifoe it’s gratifying to carry on such cherished tribal traditions, while enhancing the public’s awareness of Native American cultural customs.

“I feel so authentic in my true nature as an Anishnaabe woman,” she said. “I created my clothing to align with my spiritual identity.

So that is truly all of me coming out through the work I put into that regalia.”

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Running Down a Dream Benzie's Hunter Jones is aiming to be the fastest man in Michigan.

He's a high school sophomore.

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By Craig Manning If one were to describe Hunter Jones in three words, it would be tough to think of a better phrase than “fast as lightning.”

A student-athlete at Benzie Central High School, Jones is just a few months into his sophomore year but he’s already the fastest runner in the history of the school’s cross country program. This fall, at a season-opening meet held on his home turf, Jones shattered the Benzie Central school record for the standard high school cross country distance of 5,000 meters (3.1 miles), reaching the finish line in 15 minutes flat. For those keeping track, Jones’ speed calculates to a 4:50 per-mile pace.

FAST TIMES IN MICHIGAN

Jones’ sophomore season debut was not only good enough to get him a school record (he bested the mark previously set by 1999 Benzie grad Jake Flynn, who ran a 15:12), but also put him in the rarified air of the fastest male runners in Michigan history. He’s since run even faster: when Northern Express talked to Jones ahead of his final meet of the season — the state finals, scheduled for Saturday, November 7 — his personal record (PR) was sitting at 14:56.00.

Prior to this year, only five Michigan high school boys had ever broken 15 minutes in the 5K – the most recent of which was Grand Blanc’s Grant Fisher, who ran a 14:52 in 2014.

Heading into this weekend’s state finals, four Michigan runners have broken the 15-minute mark this season alone: Jones, Hartland’s Riley Hough (14:48), Ann Arbor Skyline’s Hobbs Kessler (14:53), and Fremont’s Nathan Walker (14.56.5).

Perhaps there’s something in the water this season, or maybe it’s the fact that Michigan cross-country runners came into this fall about as fresh as they could be. Historically, most athletes who score standout times during cross-country season in the fall also run track in the spring. This year, with COVID-19 binning the entirety of the Michigan track

and field season, Jones — and likely the other blazing fast runners hitting historic times this season — had six months or more between athletic seasons to train hard, build up speed and endurance, and get ready for crosscountry.

“COVID came, and it kind of ruined everything,” Jones said of the track season that never was. “We had our first week of practice, but then everything went away. Instead, we had our regular workout plans, and we just kept training. Not as a team, obviously, but I kept training on my own. And I think it actually really benefitted me. It didn't affect me physically [not to have a track season], and I've gotten a lot stronger from how much work I've done.”

Even amongst his lightning-fast brethren, Jones is unique. Hough is a junior, but the other two runners to crack 15 minutes this season are both wrapping up their final high school cross-country seasons. Jones is hitting these times as a 10th grader who theoretically has two full cross country seasons left in his high school career. And, as Benzie Central’s head boys cross-country coach Asa Kelly notes, Jones hasn’t even had a high school track season yet. There’s much ground left for him to cover.

LOFTY GOALS With a lengthy runway still in front of him, every hope, dream, and goal is on the table for Jones; he’s certainly got plenty of them on the brain. Goal No. 1 is to become a four-time state champion in cross-country. Goal No. 2 is to win a national championship title. Goal No. 3 is to run the fastest 5K time in Michigan history.

He’s well on his way to the first goal. Last fall, Jones won the Lower Peninsula Division 3 state cross-country title as a freshman, crossing the finish line in 15:45. Going into the state meet this year, his PR is 34 seconds faster than then next fastest runner in Division 3. If he manages the four-peat, he’ll be just the third Michigan runner to do it, and the second from

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the more competitive Lower Peninsula.

As for Jones’ national championship goals, those depend in part on what happens next with the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the novel coronavirus, this year’s national championship high school cross-country races — including the Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals and Nike Cross Nationals — have been canceled. Jones and Kelly are both crossing their fingers in hopes that those opportunities will be back on the table next fall, or at least by the fall of 2022.

The third goal — of becoming Michigan’s fastest male high school cross country runner in history — might be the biggest hurdle of all. That record currently belongs to Rockford High School legend Dathan Ritzenhein, who ran a 14:10.4 to win the Lower Peninsula Division 1 state meet his senior year (he also won the state title as a junior, finishing in 15:05).

CHASING THE GREATS Hitting the Ritzenhein mark is a tall order.

When Ritzenhein set the record in 2000, he obliterated the previous state high school record — set just two years earlier by his fellow Rockford alum (and former teammate) Jason Hartman — by more than 40 seconds.

Hartman’s 14:51.0 time remained the second fastest in state history until Hough surpassed it this year, which means no high school boy in Michigan has ever even gotten within even half a minute of the Ritzenhein record.

Jones and Kelly both know the full implications of what chasing Ritzenhein means. After setting the state record, the former Rockford standout went on to win arguably the most famous Foot Locker national championship title ever contested. The race, which took place on December 9, 2000, in Florida, drew an intense level of interest from the national running community for bringing together three of the highest-achieving high school runners in recent memory: Ritzenhein, Alan Webb of Reston, Virginia, and Ryan Hall of Big Bear Lake, California. All three

were future Olympians and future American recordholders.

Webb still holds the record for the fastest American mile (3:46.91), while Hall owns the record in the half-marathon (59:43); Ritzenhein set the American high-water mark for the 5K in 2009, running a 12:56.27, but the record fell the following year. Despite the stiff competition, Ritzenhein demolished the field, winning the race in 14:35 — 20 seconds ahead of the second-place Webb. He has since been regarded, in many circles, as the greatest male high school cross-country athlete in American history — a heavy mantle that Jones is at least implicitly chasing as he eyes the Michigan record.

But again, the aces up Jones’ sleeve aren’t only his speed but also his age and the amount of time he still has to drop his times.

Ritzenhein didn’t break 15 minutes until his junior year, and when he did, his season record (14:54) was close to what Jones is doing as a sophomore. Already being at that level in 10th grade effectively gives Jones an extra season to work with as he seeks to shave 46 seconds (or more) off his current PR. “Hunter is definitely ahead of [Dathan] right now,” said Kelly. “I've talked to Dathan a few times, and he's definitely well aware of who Hunter is and what Hunter is doing. Dathan made a big jump in mileage over his last few years, and that's when he really started to make the drops [in his times]. He didn't consistently get under 15 minutes until senior year, but he put in some serious mileage toward the end of his career when he was ready to do that. That's kind of the plan, long-term, with Hunter too: to add about 10 miles a year [to his weekly training], so he’ll probably be pushing into the 70-miles-a-week range his senior year. We just don't want to throw too much too soon at a young guy. We’ll build him up slowly.”

A CHALLENGING ROAD Both Jones and Kelly know that there are roadblocks that could get in the way.

For one thing, Kelly notes that, “knock on

wood, except for a couple of things here and there, [Jones] has been really healthy” — acknowledging how injuries can sideline promising athletes, derail their progression, and put their goals out of reach.

For another, COVID-19 remains a big question mark: While this year’s cross country season has been able to go forward, it hasn’t necessarily done so unimpeded. Races that used to be run with larger groups have been broken up into more heats and spread across more hours or days, with each individual heat capped at just 70 runners. Benzie school district leaders have shied away from longdistance travel for their students and athletes, which has kept Jones from facing any of his downstate rivals head-to-head.

And COVID-19 cases have disrupted team training and struck too close to home for comfort: when Northern Expressspoke to Jones and Kelly for this article, Benzie Central Schools had just closed school buildings for several days — and canceled all athletic practices — in response to four positive cases at the high school.

Even something as simple as weather might ultimately prove to be a factor in Jones’ quest for a state record. Kelly recalls that, when Ritzenhein ran a 14:10 at states in 2000, he did so on a “bone-dry” day with mild temperatures, compared to the cold, rainy, snowy weather that often plagues the early November state cross country finals in Michigan.

It’s challenges like these that make distance running as much of a mental sport as it is a physical one. The sport’s most successful athletes learn to put their doubts and difficulties out of mind, lock in on their pace, and keep running hard no matter how much it hurts. At the end of the day, what might prove to be Jones’ biggest asset as a runner is his uncanny ability to do just that — an ability that’s been tested this year by smaller races and minimal competition, which served to ignite his adrenaline and push him out of his comfort zone.

“The great thing with Hunter is that he can thrive off any race,” said Kelly. “His fastest race this year, he was over two minutes ahead of the next guy. So he can do it any way he needs to.

He’s exceptional when he has competition, but he's great at racing the clock when he has to.”

For Jones, that skill is as learned as any element of his speed or physical fitness. He’s been running cross-country since second grade, and he’s spent an unfathomable number of hours running alone on the roads and trails of Benzie County. Years of racing himself and of learning to push his body to and past the absolute limit to hit a new PR, have given him the grit he needs to chase down just

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about anyone or anything — perhaps even the memory of a 20-years-ago Dathan Ritzenhein.

“I try to race the clock and try to race myself,” Jones explained. “I try to have the mental attitude that I can still go faster. Because there is another guy somewhere that can run faster than me, so I have to try as hard as I can to do this.”

A REGION OF SPEED While Hunter Jones is the fastest man in northern Michigan, he’s not the only local runner who has been drawing attention — or laying down extremely impressive times — throughout the fall 2020 season.

One of the few people to push Jones in a race this season was Traverse City Central High School senior Drew Seabase, who stuck to Jones like glue during the first two-and-a-half miles of the season opener at Benzie Central. Seabase finished the race in 15:15 — still his season best and PR, but good enough for the fifth fastest time in the state heading into finals weekend.

And not far behind Seabase is Traverse City Central junior Luke Vanhuizen, with a pre-states PR of 15:30.

Speaking of Traverse City Central, the girls cross-country team is the favorite to top the overall team standings at this weekend’s Lower Peninsula Division 1 state championships. If that happens, it will be the second time in 15 years that the Trojan girls have won a state title, and the second career win for Coach Lisa Taylor* (Central’s girls last won states in 2008).

Much like Hunter Jones, the Trojans’ No. 1 runner is aiming for all-time statewide glory.

Junior Julia Flynn has a PR and season best of 16:51.3 heading into state championship weekend and is the odds-on favorite to win the Lower Peninsula Division 1 title. More than running for the Division 1 win, though, Flynn is racing against the clock in hopes of besting Abby VanderKooi, a likely LP Division 3 champ from Muskegon Western Michigan Christian and the only female runner in the state with a better time than Flynn this season.

Already, both Flynn and VanderKooi have beaten the previous all-time Michigan record for high school girls cross-country: 16:52.1, set by Lansing Catholic runner Olivia Theis in 2017. VanderKooi’s pre-finals best, 16:48.8, has Flynn sitting at No. 2 all-time in the state record books — for now. *Both Taylor and Bryan Burns, head coaches for the Traverse City Central girls and boys cross country teams, both declined to comment or have their athletes comment for this story, wishing to keep their runners focused on the last two races of the season.

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What became known as “The Trial of the Chicago 7," was essentially the newly sworn-in Nixon administration’s attempt to put the “radical left” on trial following the upheaval at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago when, with the whole world watching, confrontations between police and demonstrators occurred, and violence broke out at the hands of the police. It’s a trial with so much grandstanding and innate drama that if it weren’t a true story, you would think Sorkin was playing far too heavy of a hand.

Now, I don’t think I need to spell out the immense parallels to our current time, and neither does Sorkin.

He doesn’t dwell on the timeliness, because he realizes that this is, and will, sadly, probably always be relevant. Part history lesson, part courtroom epic, part actor’s showpiece, Sorkin takes the weighty subject matter and turns it into slick — perhaps too slick — entertainment. Because with its overwhelming blend of impassioned speeches, murder’s row cast, righteous indignation, playful humor, and the giddy prowess of the writing, it’s almost too enjoyable of a watch — all too easy to digest with its broad strokes.

In a dazzling opening montage, the audience gets its requisite primer of the turbulence of the 1960s while also being introduced to the men who will be on trial. And with that comes an intro to the very broad spectrum of their differing political philosophies.

There’s Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne) and Rennie Davis (Alex Sharp) with the Students for a Democratic Society, who, with their button-downs, college degrees, and clean-cut looks, believe they can work within the system to reach their goals.

Then there’s the middle-aged family man David Dellinger (John Carroll Lynch), a conscious objector, and Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), who was only in Chicago for a few hours. We also have Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin of the Youth International Party, aka Yippies, who, with their long hair and shaggy style, want nothing less than total revolution — political and cultural. Finally, there’s John Froines and Lee Weiner, small players who don’t really know how they were included with these titans of organizing but quip that it’s just an “honor to be nominated.”

The trial is a complete circus, an utter farce, with a petty and capricious judge (Frank Langella) who is more inept than any recent Supreme Court nominee. On the defense are attorneys William Kunstler (the perfect elder statesman, Mark Rylance) and Leonard Wineglass (Ben Shenkman).

The opposing side has Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s somewhat sympathetic federal prosecutor, who realizes that even though he doesn’t have much a case, he will still have to do the new Attorney General’s bidding to the best of his abilities.

The bulk of the dramatic tension comes from the opposing sides of Hoffman and Hayden. The more Hoffman wants to turn the courtroom to chaos, the more Hayden wants to rein it in, until a deeply compelling flashback reveals what happened that night in August 1968.

This is truly a dream ensemble, with all players at

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the top of their game, taking verbal sparring to new heights. It’s scenery-chewing after scenery-chewing performance, and even with the abundance of characters, they all get a moment, even if there is not enough room for each to be fully developed.

Cohen is the perfect jester as Hoffman — like, a serious Oscar contender.

That all the actors get to spout superb Sorkin dialogue also helps; there are plenty of dramatic speeches to go around. But Sorkin is also behind the camera (his second time directing), and with rote and uninspired camerawork, once again shows he is not as adept at cinematic language as he is at English.

The film was originally supposed to be directed

by Steven Spielberg. Under Sorkin, things come together a little too neatly and conclusions come a little too clearly. And don’t even get me started on the sentimentality creep of its toothless portrayal of Gordon-Levitt’s prosecutor. This is a romanticized vision of democracy and justice. Yet for all its highminded ideals, it fails to go very deep and so, amounts to not much.

Because if the script tells us anything, it’s that it operates from the underlying idea that believes wellwritten, intelligent, and cogent arguments can still change hearts and minds. And as comforting as that idea might be, right now, it just doesn’t ring as true.

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Hubie halloween Love him or hate him, Adam Sandler is Adam Sandler. And with his exclusive Netflix deal, he has been able to bring together his funny friends for man a ridiculous romp. It’s both this sense of freedom and fun that makes the stakes feel so low here. Because as much as his body of work can be a source of contempt, there really is still such love and goodwill behind him. And in his latest, a Halloween whodunit and horror movie sendup, he taps into his silly and sweet side to make some fine family fare for the spooky szn. We’re talking “Monster Mash” playing and 90s familyadventure-vibing enjoyment. Filled with classic Sandler shtick and shenanigans, this story of oddball outsiders and puerile humor is set in Salem, Massachusetts, and centers on Sandler’s Hubie Dubois, a descendent of those who tried to put a stop to the town’s infamous witch hunts. Hubie carries on that protective torch, acting as the town’s self-appointed hall monitor. With Salem’s epic Halloween celebration approaching, Hubie is “working” overtime to keep everyone safe. Sure, there’s not a lot to the story, and it certainly feels like it was written in the span of one afternoon, but it also has a warmhearted message.

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HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: 1045 Rasho Rd., TC. Challenge yourself on the original course anytime from Dec. 4-6 & still get your finisher medal & event souvenir. A classic, European style turf grass course awaits you with optional knee high barriers including straw bales, fallen logs, wood fence & stone fence. Traverse over grass or snow & ice, wooded dirt trails, & farmland running terrain.

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---------------------DINOSAURS WITH PALEO JOE: 11am.

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---------------------ZONTA CLUB OF PETOSKEY’S 48TH ANNUAL FASHION SHOW GOES VIRTUAL: 1-2pm. Featuring fashions from area retailers & the opportunity for ticket-holders to win a diamond jewelry piece from Arlington Jewelers.

Register online or mail a check to: Zonta Fashion Show, 807 Howard St., Petoskey, MI 49770.

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nov 08

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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS ZOOM INFO MEETING: 4pm.

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SCAVENGER HUNT & HIKE WITH GIRL SCOUTS: 3:30pm. All girls & caregivers are invited to join Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore for a guided walk & scavenger hunt through the trails at Timbers Recreation area, TC. Caregivers can talk with staff while girls walk the trails. Dress warm. RSVP through the ticket link. Free. form.jotform.com/202927049740154?fbclid=IwAR3AmUaWPQZ4TSmGEP 5z62OUqCMwQtBW0s1YKLj4siNZ1Wrd5YHDvJ5NSJ4

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nov 09

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COFFEE HOURS WITH STATE SEN. WAYNE SCHMIDT, R-TC: 10-11am,

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nov 10

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ASIST WORKSHOP: 8am4:30pm, Odawa Hotel, Community Room, Petoskey. A two-day workshop in suicide intervention skills. Sponsored

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---------------------PEEPERS: SLEEPY ANIMALS: 10-11am, Boardman River Nature Center, outside, TC. For ages 3-5. This nature program includes stories, crafts, music & discovery activities. $5. natureiscalling.org/preschool-peepers-schedule

---------------------VIRTUAL 45TH ANNUAL MARINERS MEMORIAL SERVICE: Noon, via a Zoom webinar from the courtyard of NMC’s Great Lakes campus. The memorial service is held to remember & honor mariners who have perished on the Great Lakes & oceans & is sponsored by the Student Propeller Club, Port 150, of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy. nmc.zoom. us/j/94889366773#success

---------------------GREAT LAKES WATER STUDIES INSTITUTE @ AAUW: 5:30pm. Education & Outreach Coordinator Constanza Hazelwood, Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, NMC will discuss the state of freshwater & how students in the area are learning about this valuable resource. Presented by the American Association of University Women via Zoom. Free. us02web. zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqcuyuqjMrGtJjV2PbIMU82wJ7HKAMay-3

---------------------NWS: AN EVENING WITH ROBERT GILES: NOW VIRTUAL EVENT: 7pm. Former Akron Beacon Journal editor Bob Giles will recount The Kent State shootings & how his reporters were able to get it right. His new book, “When Truth Mattered,” takes you inside the turmoil of the newsroom when bullets exploded on May 4, 1970, leaving four students dead & nine wounded. Free. cityoperahouse.org/nws-robert-giles

---------------------THE EDMUND FITZGERALD INVESTIGATIONS: VIRTUAL: 7-8pm. Shipwreck historian Ric Mixter is one of only a handful of people who have personally visited the Fitz, the Great Lakes largest shipwreck, resting in two major pieces on the bottom of Lake Superior just over the Canadian border. Mixter dove 550 feet down in a tiny submarine to explore the site for over an hour. Ric’s lecture includes footage of the building of the ship near Detroit, along with interviews from the men who worked at the shipyard, plus much more. Free. ncmclifelonglearning.com/event-4021929/Registration

The Sweetwater Warblers (Rachael Davis, Lindsay Lou and May Erlewine) bring you a virtual folk concert on Sat., Nov. 14 at 7pm. Presented by Gopherwood Concerts. Please donate $20-$50 as your ticket. crowdcast. io/e/sweet-water-warblers-at/register

nov 11

Wednesday

VIRTUAL VETERANS DAY CEREMONY: Held via Zoom.

9am: Opening remarks by Student Veterans of America President Alex Swainston & NMC President Nick Nissley. 9:15am: Posting the colors, playing of “Taps” & three volleys by VFW Cherryland Post 2780. 9:20am: Coining Ceremony for VFW Veterans. 9:25am: Closing remarks by POC, Military & Veteran Services/Advisor Scott Herzberg. nmc.zoom. us/j/93088013765

---------------------FREE SERVICES FOR VETERANS: 11am7:30pm: Free dental screenings, oral cancer screenings, & dental education. 11am-3pm: Free meal & flu shots. 6:30-7:30pm: Free meal.

VFW Hall – Cherryland Post 270, TC. 946-7317.

---------------------ASIST WORKSHOP: 8am-4:30pm, Odawa Hotel, Community Room, Petoskey. A two-day workshop in suicide intervention skills. Sponsored by Kiersten’s Ride & Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation. To register, email your name, cell #, role in community, & county you live in to: KierstensRide@outlook.com.

---------------------DRIVE THRU VETERANS BREAKFAST: 8-10am, North Central Michigan College, library parking lot, Petoskey. For the first 200 vehicles of local veterans. 231-439-6321.

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---------------------LEELANAU COMMUNITY READ AUTHOR TALK WITH ERIN BARTELS: Hosted by Leelanau County libraries. Read the 2020 Michigan Notable Book “We Hope For Better Things” by Erin Bartels & participate in shared, informal Zoom discussions led by retired teacher Norm Wheeler. A Q & A with author Erin Bartels will be held on Zoom on Weds., Nov. 11 at 7pm.

The following week will offer two discussion sessions - one on Weds., Nov. 18 at 2pm & then on Thurs., Nov. 19 at 7pm. Contact your local Leelanau County library to register & receive the Zoom meeting details. Free. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------NIGHT SKY STORYTELLING: NARRATIVE OF THE NIGHT SKY: 7-9pm, Offield Family Viewlands Working Forest Reserve, Harbor Springs. This program is designed to coincide with the peak of the Taurid Meteor Shower. Free. landtrust.org

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nov 12

thursday

LADIES WEEKEND OUT: Harbor Springs, Nov. 12-15.

Get your passport at any participating business over these four days, make purchases, get them initialed at the shops & make a wish list for your loved ones. Turn in your passport at the Harbor Springs Chamber of Commerce & be eligible for prize drawings.

---------------------SHOP YOUR COMMUNITY DAYS: Downtown TC, Nov. 12-14. When you shop, 5% of your purchase amount will be donated to one of 35 charities of your choice.

---------------------BOOKS ‘N BRIE BOOK CLUB: 2:30pm, Alden District Library. Enjoy the company of fellow book lovers while discussing “The Paragon Hotel” by Lyndsay Faye. Masks are required & social distancing will be observed. 231-3314318. Free.

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--------------------“A CENTURY OF GENDER JUSTICE ACTIVISM”: 7pm. With Caroline Heldman, Ph.d., chair of Critical Theory & Social Justice Department, chair of Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies at Occidental College. Hosted by Shilo Smith, NMC psychology instructor, Heldman will present a timeline of the last century of gender justice activism with a focus on progress & pitfalls. Held via Zoom. nmc.edu

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nov 13

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TC BEER WEEK: Nov. 1320. A self-guided tour featuring northern Michigan breweries & restaurants. You can track your tour in a Beer Week app & enter to win prizes. traversecity.com/tcbw

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CHILDREN’S BOOK READING WITH MARY WAHR: 1pm, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. Mary does a live reading of her latest children’s book, “Just Beachy.” ramsdelltheatre.org/programs/#happening

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$10 craft pitchers. withTues jukebox (closing at 8pm) - 4-8pm: The Pocket

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HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: (See Sat., Nov. 7)

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NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE 2020 VIRTUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 7)

LADIES WEEKEND OUT: (See Thurs., Nov. 12) SHOP YOUR COMMUNITY DAYS: (See Thurs., Nov. 12)

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VASA TRAIL RUN SOLD OUT: 9am. Event is limited to 225 people. Rolling start with small waves to keep participants distanced & safe. 5K, 10K & 25K run through the Vasa Head Trail. Register. runvasa.com

---------------------HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: (See Sat., Nov. 7)

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14TH ANNUAL POWER OF THE PURSE - VIRTUAL: 7-9pm. Silent auction, live raffle.

Donate to your favorite virtual waiter & 40% of the proceeds support the small business of their choice. Tickets: otsegounitedway.com.

989-732-8929. $15-$50.

---------------------NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE 2020 VIRTUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 7)

---------------------HOMEBUYER EDUCATION: 9am-4pm. This workshop will answer questions & give you the tools you need to become a homeowner. Held via Zoom. nmcaa.force.com/NMCAACFT/NWSHOP__TrainingCenterCPS

---------------------LADIES WEEKEND OUT: (See Thurs., Nov. 12)

---------------------GOPHERWOOD CONCERTS: THE SWEET WATER WARBLERS - ONLINE: 7pm. Enjoy this folk trio comprised of Rachael Davis, Lindsay Lou & May Erlewine. $20-$50. crowdcast. io/e/sweet-water-warblers-at/register

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--------------------TC BEER WEEK: (See Fri., Nov. 13) ---------------------DOODLE ART DAY: 1-3pm, Twisted Fish, Cottage Gallery, Elk Rapids. Held the second Sat. of each month. Free. twistedfishgallery.com/ event/doodle-day-in-the-cottage-gallery-22

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NOVEMBER ACCESS: SCULPTURE TOUR AT DENNOS MUSEUM: 1pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Cost is $5 & includes full access to the exhibits after the tour as well as a spot in the “Make Your Own Sculpture Class” led by Jason Dake from Dennos & Jane Kittendorf from Arts for All. artsforallnmi.org

Happy Hour

Sat MarchSat 21 -14th: The Urban Isaac Sturgeons Ryder Band (No Covers)

$2 well drinks • $2 domestic draft beer $2.50 domestic bottle beer • $5 Hornito Margaritas Mon 3pm-6pm: $1 chips & salsa then during the game: $1 wings (6 minimum) • Tues 3-6: $1 pulled pork enchiladas • Wed 3-6: $5 potato basket Thurs 3-6: $5 pretzels w/ beer cheese - During NFL games 2 pulled pork sliders $6 • Fri 3-6: $5 fried veggie basket (cauliflower or mushrooms) • Sun - $6 Kettle One Bloody Mary and $4 mimosa • All day: fried pickles

Sun 15th: Sunday SIN (service Marchindustry 22 night)

$1 off all KARAOKE drinks if you work in the service industry. ( 10pm-2am) Entertainment: karaoke (10pm-2am) 941-1930 downtown TC check us out at unionstreetstationtc.net

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HOLIDAY COOKIE STORY EXCHANGE VIA ZOOM: 1pm. Everyone makes a holiday sweet, shares what the end result should look like, exchanges the recipe & tells the stories behind the holiday concoctions. After you register, you will receive further instructions on how to send in your recipe that will be made into a booklet for each participant who shares on the day of the event as well as instructions on how to join the event. Free. tadl.org/event/holiday-cookiestory-exchange

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HELPING HANDS 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), Band-Aids, 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

---------------------RAISING FUNDS FOR HOMELESS PETS: From Oct. 16 - Nov. 15, Pets Naturally, S. Airport Rd., TC will sell copies of “River Love – The True Story of a Wayward Sheltie, a Woman, and a Magical Place Called Rivershire” by local author Tricia Frey for $20, half of which will be donated to Cherryland Humane Society.

Pets Naturally will also include a $5 coupon for added value. triciafrey.com

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PET ASSISTANCE: If you need assistance with meeting your pet’s needs, Hoop’s Pet Food Pantry can help. They will be at the Square Deal Country Store on Woodmere Ave., TC every Weds., 2:30-5:30pm & Sat., 12-3pm, offering pet supplies donated by your friends, neighbors & community businesses. If you’d like to make a donation, food & supplies can be dropped at the store during business hours. facebook.com/Squaredealcs

Ongoing

CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR 10TH ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL: Regional high school students are invited to submit an original one-act play. Finalists are paired with

---------------------BELLAIRE WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Held on Fridays from 10am-2pm. Located at both Bee Well & Terrain in downtown Bellaire.

---------------------INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: The Village at GT Commons, The Mercato, TC. Saturdays through April, 10am-2pm. thevillagetc.com/ indoor-farmers-market-7-2-2-2-2-2

---------------------LET’S WALK TOGETHER: Presented by Norte.

Connecting, moving together & learning about the expanding walking infrastructure in TC. Approx. 1-3 miles, 30-45 minutes. Meet at Hull Park, TC every Sat. at 9am. elgruponorte.org

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ART DE TROIS FEMMES HOLIDAY ART SHOW: Ledbetter Gallery, TC. Presented by Vada Color & Ledbetter Gallery. Featuring artists Katherine Corden, Dani Knoph & Katie Lowran. An opening reception will be held on Sat., Nov. 7 from 12-6pm. The show runs through Nov. Ledbetter Gallery is open Mon. through Fri., 9am-4pm or by appointment.

Free. vadacolor.com

---------------------“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

---------------------ARTIST APPRECIATION EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Dedicated to artists who have donated their work or time to OAC’s annual summer fundraising galas for the past few years. With twenty-two regional artists participating, the exhibition features everything from oil, acrylic, and watercolor painting, to fiber art, to sculptures, and ceramics. Runs through Dec. 4. Hours: Mon. - Fri.: 10am-4:30pm; Sat.: 10am4pm; Sun.: Closed. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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CALL FOR ARTISTS - NORTHPORT ARTS ASSOCIATION HOLIDAY ARTS MARKET ONLINE: Submit application(s), descriptions & photos of art by Nov. 11 through the NAA website. The market will run Nov. 14 - Dec. 13. northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/11/14/online-holiday-arts-market

---------------------ELEMENTAL SHOW: Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. Featuring the work of Barbara Bushey, Nancy McCray, Dawn Swaim, Shanna Robinson, Steve Toornman & Carrie Strand Tebeau. Michigan artists explore their relationship to air, earth, fire, water & wood. Open Fridays & Saturdays through Nov. 7 from 1-4pm. jordanriverarts.com

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Deadline is Dec. 11. cityoperahouse.org/ypfentry-deadline

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TUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 7)

MARY WAHR: “RETROSPECTIVE” ART SHOW: Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee, Oct. 16 - Nov. 13. Featuring drawing, painting, printmaking, paper casting, scratchboards, & collage. ci.ovationtix.com/35295/production/1032716

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 1928-2012. 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

---------------------VIRTUAL GLEN ARBOR HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE: Shop artisans online this year, Nov. 7 - Dec. 18. facebook.com/glenarborholidaymarketplace

---------------------ALL MEDIA OPEN CALL TO MICHIGAN ARTISTS: Submit to: re | ART: reject, reflect, refine, remark, a juried fine arts exhibit. Artists are invited to comment visually on the many shifts taking place in our current experience, as change opens a path to rethink, revisit, reunite, recharge, reevaluate, redefine, etc. Juror will award cash prizes. Deadline for entry is Jan. 10 at noon. charlevoixcircle.org/juried-exhibit

---------------------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/ctac-petoskey/ collective-impulse-new-work-ruth-bardensteinjean-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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GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER, GLEN ARBOR: - GAAC OUTDOOR GALLERY: CALL FOR ENTRIES: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions for its 2021 Outdoor Gallery. The exhibition space is the south & west exterior walls of the GAAC’s building at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Original work by a single artist will be selected by a jury, & exhibited from May 2021 to April 2022. Deadline for submissions is February 25, 2021. Open to all media, the selected work will be eye-catching, compelling, colorful & communicate the spirit of the Glen Arbor Arts Center with fresh originality. The selected exhibitor’s original work will be enlarged & reproduced on five, separate, 5 foot x 5 foot square outdoor panels for one year. A $500 prize will be awarded to the selected artist. Submissions are on-line only. To apply visit GlenArborArt.org & click on ARTIST/Calls For Entry. glenarborart.org/exhibits/current-exhibits - SMALL WORKS HOLIDAY EXHIBITION: An exhibition of original art – painting, photography, fiber, mixed media, jewelry & more. Featuring art work 12” x 12” & smaller, all priced at $150 or less. Runs Nov. 13 - Dec. 17. The GAAC is open daily, 11am – 2pm. glenarborart.org

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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 peer-reviewed at novice, intermediate, advanced & master levels. This exhibition highlights 2020’s award-winning works in each level. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traversecity/traverse-area-camera-club-competitionshow-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 through Nov. 13. This exhibition explores collaboration, collectivity & togetherness through

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: t’s important to have a boyfriend who shows interest in your point of view, ideally beyond, “Are your arm restraints a little tight?”

But before we start measuring you for your “Handmaid’s Tale” bonnet, consider whether there’s a non-creepy, non-control freakish reason the guy wants to choose the dining establishment and the entertainment. Is he some extreme foodie who pores over restaurant reviews and follows chefs like other guys follow baseball players, while you’re simply a chick who likes to eat out?

By the way, I’ve personally horrified some waitresses who’ve overheard me asking my boyfriend to tell me what I should order. I do this not because I am some shell of a person and have no opinions but because I got tired of having food envy when our dinners came. I realized my boyfriend is some sort of culinary sniffer dog, using mere words on a menu to divine the tastiest, most exciting entree, much like tracking dogs use an old sweatshirt to sniff their way to a buried dead body.

However, save for the few areas one’s partner has special expertise, there are things in a relationship that can be outsourced, and your decision-making should not be one of them.

You create who you are through your choices, and if you make no choices, there’s no “you.”

The elimination by a partner of the need for you to have an opinion could be the beginnings of “coercive control.” This is a term by sociologist Evan Stark for an insidious form of subjugation in a relationship that an abuser uses to dominate and control their partner. It’s a gradual psychological hostage-taking, breaking down a person’s independent self, their concept of reality, and their ability to make decisions for themselves.

Victims of coercive control suffer “perspecticide,”

BY Amy Alkon which Stark describes as a loss of the ability to “know what you know.” This comes through their gradual isolation from friends and family and losing touch with their opinions, desires, and values, including their ability to discern what is right and wrong. Their abuser (who research finds can be male or female) often resorts to intimate partner violence when coercive control of their victim fails, like if he or she shows a flash of independent thought.

In a healthy relationship, a person does not get erased, their perspective never taken into account. Healthy relationships are interdependent. Though one partner might not agree with the other’s every belief and idea, they generally respect each other’s thinking and are open to their suggestions. Marriage researcher John Gottman describes this as partners accepting each other’s “influence.”

This mutual influencing seems to make for more satisfying romantic partnerships with more staying power, explains Gottman: “Men who allow their wives to influence them have happier marriages and are less likely to divorce than men who resist their wives’ influence. Statistically speaking, when a man is not willing to share power with his partner, there is an 81 percent chance his marriage will self-destruct.”

Women tend to be higher in a “pleaser” personality trait, “agreeableness,” which, on a positive note, manifests in being warm, kind, generous, and motivated to have positive interactions with others. On a darker note, it can make a woman with a dominant partner more likely to do as she’s told. That said, your feelings are not the boss of you, and you can simply decide to override them and assert yourself: Have opinions, make decisions, and stand up for yourself.

Accordingly, your interactions with this man should be driven by the understanding that you are his equal in the relationship, not his subordinate. To see whether he’s up for an equal partnership — a girlfriend rather than a female serf — tell him you don’t think it’s healthy for you or the relationship for him to make all the decisions. Going forward, you want shared responsibility for decision-making. For your part in this, you need to take responsibility: Assert yourself by asserting your opinions and desires when there are decisions to be made.

This is how you create a healthy relationship instead of a two-person totalitarian state — complete with a “Gulag Sweet Home” needlepoint and where mundane questions like, “How was your day?” kick off your Soviet show trial.

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BY ROB BREZSNY

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I hold a beast, an angel,

and a madman in me," wrote Scorpio poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) in a letter to a friend. That sounds like a lot of energy to manage! And he didn't always do a good job at it — although he did at times tap into his primal wellspring to create some interesting poetry. I'm going to use Thomas's words in your horoscope, because I think that in the coming weeks you can be a subtle, refined, and mature blend of a beast, angel, and madperson. Be your wisest wild self, dear Scorpio!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Activist

and author Rebecca Solnit writes, "The grounds of my hope have always been that history is wilder than our imagination of it and that the unexpected shows up far more regularly than we ever dream." In my astrological estimation, her grounds for hope should also be yours in the coming weeks. The future is more wide-open than you might think. The apparent limitations of the past are at least temporarily suspended and irrelevant. Your fate is purged of some of your old conditioning and the inertia of tradition. I encourage you to make a break for freedom. Head in the direction of the Beautiful Unknown.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The famous Leaning Tower of Pisa doesn't stand straight, but tilts at an angle. Why? The soil it was built on is soft on one side. So the marble-and-limestone structure began to tip even before it was finished. That's the weird news.

The good news is that the tower has remained standing for more than eight centuries—and has stayed intact even though four major earthquakes have rolled through the area. Why? A research team of engineers determined it's because of the soft foundation soil, which prevents the tower from resonating violently with the temblors. So the very factor that makes it odd is what keeps it strong. Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life? I believe there is. Now is a good time to acknowledge this blessing—and enhance your use of it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Even if you

tend to pay more attention to what's going wrong than what's going right, I ask you to change your attitude for the next three weeks.

Even if you believe that cynicism is an intelligent perspective and a positive attitude is a wasteful indulgence, I encourage you to suspend those beliefs. As an experiment—and in accordance with astrological potentials—I invite you to adopt the words of activist Helen Keller as your keynote: "Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the world at a standstill. The consequence of pessimism in the life of a nation is the same as in the life of the individual. Pessimism kills the instinct that urges people to struggle against poverty, ignorance and crime, and dries up all the fountains of joy in the world."

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Researchers

in the UK found that 62 percent of the adult population brags that they've read classic books that they have not in fact read. Why? Mostly to impress others. George Orwell's 1984 is the top-rated book for fake claims, followed by Tolstoy's War and Peace, James Joyce's Ulysses, and the Bible.

I hope you won't engage in anything like that type of behavior during the weeks ahead. In my opinion, it's even more crucial than usual for you to be honest and authentic about who you are and what you do. Lying about it might seem to be to your advantage in the short run, but I guarantee it won't be.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): (March 21-April

19): "Love can’t always do work," wrote novelist Iris Murdoch. "Sometimes it just has to look into the darkness." From what I can tell, you've been doing that recently: looking into the darkness for love's sake. That's a good thing! You have been the beneficiary of the blessings that come through the contemplation of mysteries and enigmas. You've been recalibrating your capacity to feel love and tenderness in the midst of uncertainty.

I suspect that it will soon be time to shift course, however.

You're almost ready to engage in the intimate work that has been made possible by your time looking into the darkness.

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

20): Author Barbara Kingsolver says, "Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say."

That's always valuable advice, but it'll be especially useful to keep in mind during the coming weeks. You're probably going to feel more pressure than usual to tell others what they wish you would tell them; you may experience some guilt or worry about being different from their expectations of you. Here's the good news: I'm pretty certain you can be true to yourself without seeming like a jerk to anyone or damaging your longterm interests. So you might as well say and do exactly what's real and genuine.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "The violets in

the mountains have broken the rocks," wrote playwright Tennessee Williams. I think that's a poetic but accurate description of the feat you've been working on lately, Gemini. You're gently smashing through stony obstructions. You've been calling on your irrepressible will to enjoy life as you have outsmarted the rugged, jagged difficulties. You're relying on beauty and love to power your efforts to escape a seemingly no-win situation. Congratulations! Keep up the good work!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian

rapper Vince Staples says, "I feel like it’s impossible to be completely yourself." Why? Because ideally we're always outgrowing who we have become; we're moving beyond the successes we have already achieved. There is no final, whole, ideal "self" to inhabit and express—only more and more of our selfness to create. Staples suggests we'd get bored if we reached a mythical point where we had figured out exactly who we are and embodied it with utter purity. We always have a mandate to transform into a new version of our mystery. Sounds like fun! Everything I just said, Cancerian, is an empowering meditation for you right now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "I am my own sanctuary

and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life." Singer-songwriter Lady Gaga said that, and now I offer it to you to use as your motto. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it's a fabulous time to be your own sanctuary. I invite you to rebirth yourself at least twice between now and the end of November. What's the first step you'll take to get started?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The National

Football League is a giant socialist enterprise. It earns billions of dollars of revenue, and shares it equally with each of its 32 teams. So the team in Green Bay, Wisconsin, population 105,000, receives the same payout as the team in Chicago, population 2.7 million. I advocate a comparable approach for you in the coming weeks. Just for now, distribute your blessings and attention and favors as evenly as possible, showing no favoritism toward a particular child or friend or pet or loved one or influence. Be an impartial observer, as well. Try to restrain biases and preferential treatment as you act with even-handed fair-mindedness. Don't worry: You can eventually go back to being a subjective partisan if you want. For the foreseeable future, your well-being requires cordial neutrality.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Who is to decide

between 'Let it be' and 'Force it'?" asked Libran author Katherine Mansfield. I mention this because you're now hanging out in the limbo zone between "Let it be" and "Force it." But very soon—I'm sure you'll have a clear intuition about when—you'll figure out how to make a decisive move that synthesizes the two. You will find a way to include elements of both "Let it be" and "Force it."

“Jonesin” Crosswords "Going dim" --turn down for what?

ACROSS 1 Actress Anna who left "Mom" after season 7 6 Carry through the air 10 Lose it 14 The "fifth taste" 15 Penne ___ vodka 16 Cuban greeting 17 Yoda, for one 19 Caught in ___ (trapped) 20 Letter opener, for short?

21 Grub 22 Language that gave us "robot" and "howitzer" 23 Not out of the question 25 Written companion to a Twitch stream 26 It might obscure identity 31 Lithe 34 "Frozen 2" character 35 Sorento maker 36 Francis's title 37 Nonstick brand 38 TV Batman Adam 39 Kentucky-born boxer 40 Chancellor Helmut 42 Team that won the most World Series in the 2010s 44 Creator of another crater, maybe 47 Got out quick 48 "Cocoon" Oscar winner Don 51 Part of a black suit 53 Insightful 55 Tony of "Veep" 57 Overly formal 58 Question from someone who just resurfaced (like me after running "best of" puzzles?)

60 Carbonated drink 61 Israeli Golda 62 "___ Dragon" (2016 Disney remake) 63 One "A" of AAA 64 Just say no 65 Flavoring for Greek cookies

by Matt Jones

DOWN 1 Apple variety from Japan 2 "FoxTrot" cartoonist Bill 3 "On the Media" medium 4 Worthy of copying 5 ___City (classic computer game) 6 Nut and bolt spacer 7 Part of SATB 8 Went quickly 9 Goo in a prehistoric pit 10 2019 Zachary Levi film 11 Reply to "No offense" 12 Jim's counterpart in recent "SNL" cold opens 13 Garden route 18 "Get ___" (GSN show of 2020) 22 Kitschy plant from the mint family 24 Diner staple letters 25 Items stuck in some car changers 27 Kingdom 28 Nightmarish street 29 Central idea 30 Uber ___ (delivery service) 31 Luxury resorts (remember those?)

32 Lemminglike rodent 33 Entertaining displays of ineptitude 37 Symbol of the golden ratio 38 Emmy-winning 2019 HBO miniseries 40 One of an elephant's four 41 Like one 42 Took advantage of, as a system 43 It may get crushed 45 Gary who's 13 days younger than Gary Numan 46 Danish, for example 49 Dominican Republic neighbor 50 "It's nobody ___ business" 51 Adoption agcy.

52 They do it for a living 53 "This is exciting" 54 Comedian and "Love Island" narrator Stirling 56 Caesar's "to be" 58 Target of early-2000s U.N. inspections 59 Drink with a high IBU

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NEW LISTING! Unique Northern Michigan lakefront home.

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Floor-to-ceiling, natural Michigan wood burning CHERRY KNOLL Oneyard of athat kindbacks property 113 acres w/ a stone, large main home, rentalfireplace home, multi-level decks inFARMS! spacious up toona creek. w/ Heatilator vents.

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Massive kitchen w/ painted wainscotOpen floor plan. Master with cozy reading area, 2 closets, slider Finished family room w/ woodstove.

Detached garage has complete studio, kitchen, workshop, ing, opens to covered front porch.

Formal dining room w/ bay window, original trim/wood wainscotout to deck. Maple crown molding in kitchen & hall. Hickory Large flooring onlevel floor.large Family room in patio, 1970 on main floor, w/ slatepit 1&ing. ½bamboo baths &master its own deck.

2main docks, deck on was mainadded lakeside deck,f/pbon-fire insuite main bedrooms.

Built in armoire & house, hearth, ofbedroom. gentle sloping valley/woods.

Adorable playhouse, dollhouseconducive & wishing to well fish. &dresser multiple sets of stairs.

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HUMIFIED COMPOST - FALL SALE - up to 40% off Builds Soil Up To 60 Years! 1040% OFF Bulk Orders and Spreading! 231360-0243

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MEDICARE AND OBAMACARE HELP I am a local PH, BCBSM cert agent and am ready and willing to help! 616-218-4600 7 weeks

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JOIN US AT OUR ON-SITE JOB FAIRS! Tuesday, November 10th: 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm Saturday, November 21st: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. This is your chance to interview with hiring managers! View our job board to review all of our available positions and apply online today! http://www.crystalmountain. com/jobs

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PROFESSIONAL PAINTING SERVICES Interior & Exterior Painting Services. Deck Power washing/Staining. 231-499-6844

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NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE Seeking Math Instructor- Adjunct Faculty.

This instructor will be responsible for teaching a live stream course over Zoom at several set times per week in the Math Department. Master’s degree with 18 graduate credits in Mathematics required. nmc.edu/nondiscrimination. https://jobs. silkroad.com/NMC/Careers/jobs/1284

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE A local printing company is growing again!

Looking for upbeat, customer focused people to expand our team! Positions available for our customer service crew.

Positive attitude and ability to exceed expectations a must. Great pay and flexible hours. Part time position available. Send resumes to: frontoffice@kwikprintcopy.com

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MICHIGAN MEDICARE MEDICAID ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR (MMAP) The Area Agency on Aging of NW MI is seeking a part time coordinator to lead our (MMAP) program. Key duties include overseeing program performance and informing MMAP sites and counselors of policies, procedures and standards. To qualify for this role, you should possess considerable knowledge of the functions, structure and organization of the Medicare and Medicaid programs as well as Medicaid eligibility. Prior human services experience, maintain current MMAP Counseling certification, bachelor’s degree preferred. mcronin@aaanm.org

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640 ACRE HUNT CLUB OR RURAL RETREAT Membership in hunt club in Curran Mi. Or, your getaway place; $55,000, 10 members, 640 acres, 2 lakes-trout & bass, 4000 sq ft modern lodge, 30 blinds, miles of foot trails, members have private bedrooms, guest rooms and guest cabins, dues are $3670 yearly, high speed fiber optics, work from where you play. Open year round. Facebook: Birch Creek Hunt Club.

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