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Lets “Relanguage” In the wake of this week’s election, it’s apparent we need to take a step back, breathe, stop shouting at each other and “relanguage.”

Regardless of what side of the political coin you land, it’s time for some decorum.

We can’t hear each other over the emotionally charged din of angry people yelling at each other in our democracy right now. And we’re so emotional and stressed out that some of us are moved to aggression. Let’s think about this: When was the last time you actually acted rationally when someone was yelling at you and attacking your belief system?

And how about a basic set of rules for honesty, integrity and ethics? Our democratic capitalist society will falter without each citizen taking personal responsibility for carrying out those principles. Without them, we start cheating each other. It becomes easy to maximize our own gains and self-interest at the expense of the other. If we don’t want to legislate those principles and create more government, then we have to start living them and insisting on personal accountability.

These principles are best applied as societal values and norms, but we seem to have become woefully complacent with accepting only lip service over authenticity.

And what’s that “relanguage,” you ask?

We’ve become so polarized by buzzwords like socialism and conservatism that we’ve lost sight of what they mean. Conservatism doesn’t mean ideological zealot any more than socialism means slavery. But we’ve allowed our present leaders to morph the true meaning of those words for their own purposes, and we haven’t done our own homework to understand what the other is really trying to say — and why.

The philosopher Karl Marx was describing what he believed would be a natural progression of the way societies would come to govern themselves when he used the term socialism — much like the way the scientist Charles Darwin described how biological organisms would evolve and change over time. Marx, being a theorist and not an empiricist, did not conceptualize the warped means by which socialism was artificially carried out in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

conscientious American citizens have participated in our sacred democratic institution of counting the vote for the election of the president of the United States; Trump and his sycophants have smeared and dragged through the mud these fine law-abiding American citizens.

Bret Albright, Traverse City The Power of Advertising Mr. Tuttle, have you told your advertising sales staff to be sure and warn their clients that “little worthwhile ever results” from their ad dollars? If they haven’t quit on you after that editorial.

Or perhaps you are wrong — advertising does work. Businesses and politicians have been doing it for quite a while now, and somehow it has not occurred to them that they are just incinerating their dollars to no purpose at all.

People do listen, they do read, and they do absorb — at least on a subliminal level — the messages that bombard them. Let’s hope that is true; then at least you’re not a total hypocrite in accepting their money to run ads in your publication.

Something Fishy It’s time somebody checked out the result changed in our recent presidential election in Michigan, Nevada, Georgia, and Wisconsin. When we went to bed Nov. 3, Trump was leading in all these states except Nevada.

When we woke up, all leads had Lynn Fifer, Traverse City disappeared, and he was behind in all these states. It’s incredible that the big cities in these states, all run by Democrats, were where the changes occurred. This smells of election fraud. I think a bunch of ballots were lost or tampered with and, instead of Trump winning them, they went to Biden.

Remember Antrim County? Lucky we had an honest county clerk who caught the faulty software error. But this software was also used in 46 other Michigan counties and many other states.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020 major Democrat-controlled cities had to do was eliminate the Trump votes in five large precincts and bingo: Biden wins. It is truly sad that we cannot have an honest election in our country.

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In fact, Marx proposed that eventually we wouldn’t need government at all, that the infrastructure would fall away.

No government. Doesn’t that sound like a Republican principal? Marx called that condition communism. Good thing he was just a philosopher.

Perhaps we should even relanguage the labels for our political parties — just back away from the buzzword abyss and reset altogether.

Let’s describe what we need as human beings and what we want to do about it in plain language. If we’re not shouting at each other, and if we’re bringing the principle of integrity to the table, we might actually be able to get on agreeably, have a true exchange of ideas, and solve a few problems.

That’s what will make our country great.

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Two northern Lower Michigan companies vying for the “Coolest Thing Made in Michigan” award in 2020 have one thing in common: Though their focus is on opposite sides of the calendar, both specialize in outdoor recreation.

Shaggy’s Copper Country Skis has been making skis in northern Michigan since 2005, starting small but developing such a solid reputation for its stylish and high-performance custom skis that growing demand prompted them to move to a factory in Boyne City in 2016.

In Manistee, a group of marine industry veterans recently came together to make a splash in the boating world. Their Thoroughbred Boat Company builds sleek, classic boats by hand, artfully combining timeless design with modern technology and engineering.

The “Coolest Thing” award is organized by the Michigan Manufacturing Association. Want to help one of our own Up North innovators win? Visit coolestthing. mimfg.org and vote by Nov. 20.

Shop, Sip, and Sup in the Cutest Christmas Village Ever We can’t promise there will be snow, but we guarantee your heart will be light at Downtown Bellaire’s 3rd annual holiday open house, where participating shops, tasting rooms, and restaurants will make it extra easy to shop, eat, and drink local, thanks to generous specials, discounts, product samples, and more. The village fun runs 10am–10pm, Saturday, Nov. 21.

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If you can get past the initial brutal realization that you just spent $52 on a bagel breakfast for a family of four, you will be justly rewarded. Fact is, Bubbie’s Bagels isn’t just any bagel shop. It’s a bagel shop that upends a Midwest-born-and-raised gal’s idea of what a bagel can be. (Revelation: Not Lender’s.) Rather, it is a paper-thin shell of exterior crunch cradling a soft and spongy interior that, even without a pat of butter, could stand alone as a scrumptious meal. And if you dress it up as Bubbie’s suggests — in this case, with a hefty layer of scallion cream cheese, a not-skimpy spread of nova lox, pickled red onions, capers, and dill (The Super Nova, $11; we added pea shoots for $1.50 more) — you’ll get both breakfast and lunch from a single bagel sandwich. Add in a pair of Stockist’s drip coffees, two pastries from Bubbie’s case, plus some free candy and an offer to babysit from the staff, well … $52 for a takeout bagel breakfast and lunch seems an exceptionally small price to pay. Find Bubbie’s at 1215 E. Front St. in Traverse City (231-252-3587). See all the bagel flavors, options, and add-ons at www.bubbiesbagelstc.com.

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Likes

From National Book Award finalist Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum comes the highly anticipated short-form collection “Likes.” Composed of nine interwoven narratives, “Likes” runs the gamut from fact to fable. From the uncomfortably close title story in which a father struggles to decode his daughter’s Instagram presence, to the fairy-world of childhood birthday parties, and onward through the intimacy of adolescence, failed relationships, and beyond, Bynum carves through her characters’ many messes in a keen exploration of the human experience. Coupling crisp prose with subtle aesthetic, Bynum expertly leads readers away from themselves, only to help them stay their course in the space between stories. A transcendent study of our current condition, “Likes” reads like a dream – and we’re willing to bet you won’t want to wake up.

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CHANCE TO MAKE ART ON MACKINAC

Applications are being accepted for the 2021 Mackinac State Historic Parks Artist-InResidence Program.

The 2- and 3-week residencies are open to writers, composers, sculptors, and visual artists. The program is dedicated to the creation of artistic works inspired by the history and beauty of Mackinac Island.

Residencies begin in early June and continue into October; the selected artists will stay in a newly remodeled studio apartment on the second floor of the Mackinac Island Visitor’s Center, which overlooks the Straits of Mackinac.

Selected artists will be expected to make one public presentation during their residency and to contribute one piece of their work to Mackinac State Historic Parks within 12 months of their residency’s end.

There is a $25 application fee. For more details and to learn how to apply, visit the artistin-residence page at www.mackinacparks.com.

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Mystery Bags of Entertainment for $5 The Traverse Area District Library is having its annual book and media sale Dec. 5, but like everything else this year, it’s real different. Instead of joining of crowds pawing through boxes and boxes of library books, DVDs, and CDs set for sale, you get to stay home and, from the comfort of your computer, go online to pick your categories of interest — say, biographies, cookbooks, and thrillers, jazz CDs, horror films, and children’s picture books. Like holiday elves, gloved volunteers will fill bags with 10 items from each of your categories (one bag per category!) and deliver the surprises to your car, which will pull up to the main library’s curb at an appointed time on Dec. 5. The cost per bag? Just $5. Pick from 23 categories at friendsofthetraverseareadistrictlibrary.wildapricot.org

Our nation’s ongoing social, cultural, and political crises might rule our daily news cycle, but that doesn’t mean your focus needs to stay as narrow. Thanks to the International Affairs Forum, everyone in northern Michigan has the opportunity to tune in to another subject, one far beyond our borders but wholly impactful on our world, the Middle East. Even better, IAF is zooming in, from Lebanon, a captivating intellect to guide us: Kim Ghattas, a 20-yearBBC journalist born and raised in Beirut, on the front lines of the Lebanese civil war.

Ghattas — who’s reported from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and her home country; covered the war between Israel and Hezbollah; and, as a correspondent based in Washington, D.C., spent six years traveling regularly with Secretary of States Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry — recently authored “Black Wave,” a gripping examination of the unraveling of the modern Middle East since 1979. Sounds like a worthwhile read for U.S. citizens in 2020, eh? The 2pm Nov. 19 event, “A Lens on War, Religion, and Culture in the Middle East: A View from Lebanon,” is free to all; donations are welcome. To watch and engage, register at www.tciaf.com

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by Stephen Tuttle • The folks doing the political polling need to change their methodology or there is no reason for the media to report their results.

Even in the states correctly predicted for Biden, the projected margin was off well beyond the margin of error. This was a far worse performance than in 2016.

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• Mail-in ballots encourage turnout and are reasonably safe and secure. There are no reliable reports of massive fraud or even minor fraud, no reports of thousands of ballots being dumped in a river or being delivered painfully late. Both parties should agree that more eligible people voting is a good thing that benefits the democratic process. Preventing it for partisan reasons is shameful.

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presidential election, and none will be flipped this year, either. Recounts, at most, change a few hundred votes — not thousands, and certainly not tens of thousands.

• Republicans, stuck in a cult of Trump personality, seem unable to see the forest for the big tree. Except for the presidency, they had a very good election, indeed. It is likely they will maintain control of the U.S. Senate (the senate seats in Georgia will be decided in a January run-off, and Democrats must win both to reach a 5050 senate split), they picked up seats in the U.S. House, and they improved their control of state legislatures, flipping two from all-Democrat control of both houses to Republican control. They

There is almost no chance a recount will change the outcome. The margins in every late Biden victory state — Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania — will not change sufficiently during a recount.

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• Democrats have not yet figured out what Republican voters want. There were more people than just President Trump's hardcore base who voted for him, again. Immigration, civil unrest, blue-collar jobs, taxes ... though Biden won nationally, most Democrats have not yet found a path that assuages both their own orthodoxy and more moderate conservatives. If unresolved, it will be a big problem in 2022.

• We knew Donald Trump would be a sore loser who would try to use the courts if he lost; he told us as much. It's an old Trump business strategy: When a deal goes sour, use the courts in an attempt to gain some small concession so he can declare a great victory.

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• Trump's foray into the courts won't be so easy this time. Despite all the anecdotal nonsense on social media, there is thus far zero evidence of widespread fraud or any other kind of irregularities. The handful of alleged outrages, which grew exponentially into huge scandals on social media, were all minor glitches quickly resolved and involved only a few hundred ballots.

• Trump's lawyers are, first, going to have to find plaintiffs who can show harm was somehow done in the voting process or counting. Then a judge will either have to allow tens of thousands of new Trump votes that don't currently exist or disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters who cast ballots for Biden, or some combination.

Extraordinarily unlikely.

• There is almost no chance a recount will change the outcome. The margins in every late Biden victory state — Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania — will not change sufficiently during a recount. No state has ever been flipped in a recount during a

should be celebrating an extraordinary accomplishment in a year their incumbent president lost.

• President-elect Joe Biden is not a radical tool in thrall to the extremist left. He's an oldfashioned liberal of a nearly bygone era. He isn't for open borders or defunding the police or most of the Green New Deal or massive tax increases for the middle class. He'll undo much of Trump's executive orders (by the same method) that loosened environmental regulations, but most anything else will be done incrementally. Even if he was inclined to make dramatic changes, he doesn't have the votes to accomplish them.

• We're going to have to get used to election results being delayed. More than 102 million Americans availed themselves of early ballots, an unprecedented onslaught that took time to process. States that retain their early ballot rules — and all of them should — will be better prepared in 2022. So many people voted, it took a long time to count the ballots.

That's good news, not cause for concern.

• Those now advocating violence — and there are far too many of them — because their chosen candidate or candidates lost either don't respect our system of government or are just too ignorant to know any better, or both. Neither the violent rhetoric nor the threat of gunplay will change the outcome.

• The transition of power from one administration to the next is one of the most majestic moments in our system. Even when we believe the wrong candidate won, we bemoan our loss with grumbles and complaints but ultimately accept the will of all those other voters. It will be a sad part of his legacy that Donald Trump has chosen to ignore even that tradition.

The Stone Oven is conveniently located next to Lake Ann Brewing and across from a small playground and park.

By Ross Boissoneau Brian Adams saw an opportunity in his hometown. When the LA Café closed, he took up the torch, opening The Stone Oven in 2012. It appears he hit on something, as the business has continued to grow even in this year of the pandemic.

Maybe it was simply his destiny. After all, his first job was in the restaurant industry. “I lived down the road from Boone’s [Long Lake Inn in Traverse City], and got a job there at 14,” he said. Though he later began training for and received his pilot’s license, he said he always believed he’d be in the restaurant industry one way or another. He just didn’t imagine it would be in his hometown.

Though the village itself boasts only a couple hundred people, according to census data, it's just up the road from the dense shoreside populous surrounding nearby Long Lake and nearby Traverse City. Adams was confident there was a large enough population to support a restaurant.

EVERYTHING'S BETTER WITH TWO Turns out he was right. And it helped that three years after opening, he gained a new neighbor. Brewer Matt Therrien opened Lake Ann Brewing Company next door, and better yet, he had no interest in making food for his patrons.

“We knew each other. He didn’t want to have anything to do with food. I didn’t want to have anything to do with alcohol. It works good for both of us,” said Adams.

Patrons at Lake Ann Brewing are welcome (even encouraged) to purchase food from Stone Oven to enjoy with their beer.

Of course, that wouldn’t be the case if The Stone Oven wasn’t up to snuff. Adams, who is today sole owner of the eatery — he and his ex-wife opened it together in 2012 — takes pride in the fact that many of the items and ingredients are made from scratch.

Owner Brian Adams trained to be a pilot but ultimately went for his dream: owning a restaurant.

“I like to do that," he said. "If we make it, people can’t get that same thing somewhere else.”

GUEST FAVORITES Adams said the most popular items on the menu include the Thai Reuben and white chicken pizza. The former starts out Reubeny enough — the requisite corned beef and Swiss cheese on rye bread. But it’s dressed up with a spicy slaw and Thai chili aioli. The white chicken pizza includes bacon mushrooms, spinach, and red onion, all set off by a white cheddar béchamel.

More mundane, but no less delicious, the mac and cheese (with chicken or without) is a perennial favorite, as is the Friday walleye fish fry. So, too, is the Greek salad, with artichokes, beets, feta, red onions, banana peppers, and kalamata olives.

“I’ve loved salads since I was a kid, and I’m usually disappointed in the salads I get when I go out to eat, so I place a lot of emphasis on making sure the veggies are fresh and look good,” said Adams.

Adams' appreciation for fresh and tasty vegetable shows. In addition to burgers, a diverse selection of sandwiches and wraps, and nine different specialty pizzas (plus 18 toppings customers can choose from to design their own), The Stone Oven offers eight different salads, each an inspired combination of meats, cheeses, toppings, and vegetables that go well beyond the standard cucumber, tomato, and red onion mix.

DESPITE LIMITS, GROWTH After the pandemic hit, The Stone Oven went exclusively to takeout (and, of course, take-next-door to Lake Ann Brewing’s openair deck and greenspace). Even after limited indoor dining was allowed, Adams held off re-opening the interior, and he’s glad he did, especially after getting a call that a group of 16 wanted to come in (he said no).

“We didn’t have indoor dining till after

Labor Day,” he said. “We took out a third of our dining room.” Today there are only four tables inside.

The restaurant’s success can be seen from the favorable responses on social media, but really, just the fact it is still in business is a testament to its staying power.

According to the website Menu Cover Depot, 60 percent of restaurants go out of business within three years of opening. The hospitality management company The Perry Group analyzed two studies and concluded that the majority of restaurants usually fail in the first year, and 70 percent of those remaining failed within the next three to five years.

So here's The Stone Oven, eight years in, and still growing despite the pandemic.

In 2017, it expanded from 600 square feet to 1,600 square feet. That allowed for a new pizza oven, a new hood vent, and a deep fryer.

Clockwise from top left: Four must-try items on Stone Oven’s menu: the cherry chicken salad, any pizza really (classic pepperoni shown here), the Italian sandwich, and lamb gyro.

This winter Adams is looking to expand and renovate again, this time adding another hood vent and a flat top, as well as moving the pizza oven. “That will triple the size of the kitchen,” he said, not only allowing him to expand the menu but keep up with take-out demand if in-house dining remains limited.

“I wanted to [expand the menu] last year,” he said, with an aim to bring in nachos and more appetizers. “We’re limited by equipment. People tell me, ‘You should have cheese sticks or onion rings.’ I don’t want to get into expensive dinner entrees. I like to keep it at $15 or less.” A perfect price point for a good meal … and a beer.

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SEEKING OUT STRANGERS & DISAGREEMENTS IN A TIME OF DIVISION opinion BY gary howe As a dyed-in-the-wool optimistic-pessimist, I have a suspicion that most of the division we hear about in America is trumped up, both figuratively and literally.

There is simply too much that unites us as humans and as Americans for me to believe that we're really far apart as we seem. My favorite example is close to home: Most Michiganders somehow still rally around the Detroit Lions. Why? I have no idea, but we do.

I also don't know what divides us across the country. Many of us expect the worse from those not aligned with our worldview and expect only slightly better from those who share it. Americans definitely have disagreements.

Another healthy model on the national scale is the late civic friendship between Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia. Civic friendships between leaders of groups are one of the most potent ways humans get big things done. It works on the local level, too.

But in healthy, resilient, and humble communities — and by extension, countries — differences aren't cause for division.

Instead, disagreements present opportunities to come together. We're finding out right now how resilient our communities and our country really are.

Add to this the idea of consequential strangers. These are the connections we have outside of our circle of closest friends and family. Consequential strangers fall in between our intimates and total strangers.

We might not even know the person's name, but the relationship provides meaning to our lives.

According to the Pew Research Center, our trust in one other is at an all-time low in America, and we trust the government even less. Notably, higher income and more education correlate to higher levels of trust.

Other factors are clearly at play. I don't know if there is a study for this, but getting repeatedly pulled over for your skin color likely does not increase trust in government.

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What does increase trust is having comfortable access to food, a home, and the necessities of life. Not surprisingly, people across partisan lines agree these are good things. Surveys continually show that we desire similar outcomes from society. These desires are based on the need for respect, inclusion, and fairness. We also want to feel safe and free to be ourselves and have equal access to opportunities.

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So if we agree on the important things, can we find a way to build on those and get things done together in our communities — and in our state and federal governments? Strangely enough, the way we the American people have set up our local governments may offer a solution.

When two people disagree at a community level, and the community wants to move forward, we often put them on a committee together and give them a goal. The committee process works — provided the meetings are run well —because of two things: civic friendship and consequential strangers.

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"If you don't have civic friendship, disagreements turn us into enemies, and you cannot sustain a republic among people who regard themselves as each other's enemies," said conservative Princeton professor Robert George. He often appears on stage beside his good friend, the decidedly not-conservative Harvard professor Cornel West. You can search their names for examples of their model of civic friendship.

Civic friendship is a strange term for something familiar to all of us: the norms for treating each other and the reciprocity between ourselves and our fellow citizens. It leads us to act when we see someone in need and are in a position to help. Civic friendship is the spirit that begins with our own more intimate connections, the company we keep, and the people we work with on a day-today basis to solve mutual issues at home, at work, and in our larger communities of friends, family, church, work, school, and other groups.

Consequential strangers is a term coined by author Karen L. Fingerman, who popularized the concept with author Melinda Blau in their book, "Consequential Strangers: The Power of People Who Don't Seem to Matter ... But Really Do." One of the critical benefits of consequential strangers is that they secure us in a social space. They provide opportunities for us to see the world differently while also steadying us in a world that can be topsy-turvy.

A consequential stranger in my life is a neighbor, Tom, who walks the alleys to pick up returnables. We say our hellos when we can, but not always. Our short discussions make life more interesting, and I appreciate his help. Knowing that he struggles with a handicap and trauma, without knowing the details, also helps me empathize with him and others in the same boat. I appreciate knowing that he is all right. I join my other neighbors in watching out for him; we share this sense of purpose.

World events have led us to a place where we really need to work out our issues to tackle existential problems. Our country is going to have to dig deep to do it. In my little corner of the world, I am paying closer attention to connections in my life that are modest but rich with consequential lessons.

On a larger scale, I hope we see people forming purposeful civic friendships at a local, state, and national level. In my life, this will mean seeking out people who challenge my ideas in a civically friendly way. This will definitely result in some frustration that I might be wiser to avoid. But in this time of great national division, it seems wise to take some small, uncomfortable steps. Who knows — in those steps, a solution might be found.

Gary Howe is a writer, photographer, and concerned citizen. He works at Norte as their Advocacy Director.

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NEW SEASON FOR SAFE HARBOR The stakes are high for a homeless shelter determined to make it through the season amid the pandemic.

By Patrick Sullivan At the end of March, as the pandemic descended and uncertainty raged, residents of Safe Harbor spent their last night of the season in Traverse City’s homeless shelter, which closed early out of concern that the new virus could gain a foothold and spread among the guests.

That left dozens of people on the street, without a place to stay, just as Michigan’s governor ordered the state’s residents to shelter at home. The nights were still freezing, and although the again-homeless Traverse Cityians had been issued tents and blankets, to be on the street at that time, for some, was sheer terror.

“April first — April Fool’s Day — was the day that we were shown the door,” said George Golubovskis, a fixture of and advocate for Traverse City’s homeless community. “It ended up that I got a place.

A lot of people ended up down on the Men’s Trail. It was pretty demoralizing because they had just told us, ‘No problem, we’ll stay open; we’ll do social distancing.’”

Now, seven months later, Safe Harbor is open once again, this time with measures in place that its administrators hope will stop the virus from getting inside and enable the nonprofit to provide shelter for those who need it into the spring.

A DIFFICULT CALCULATION Mike McDonald, board chair of Safe Harbor, said the decision to close the shelter early last spring — a decision made after earlier pronouncements to keep the shelter open despite the pandemic — was an extremely difficult call to make.

McDonald said the board voted to close the facility only after a lot of deliberation and information-seeking. Board members consulted with experts, including the county health department. They weighed the risks

of clients catching and spreading the virus among themselves in the shelter versus their risk of exposure outside during the still cold nights of early spring.

“It was a very difficult decision,” McDonald said. “We decided it was lower risk for the guests [if we closed and kept them] out of the shelter, rather to keep them in.”

At that point, McDonald noted, the shelter didn’t have COVID tests available to make sure everyone was healthy, and the best precautions to stop the spread of the virus hadn’t yet been agreed upon.

The availability of tests, data, and guidance from health officials and clinicians nationally and regionally has substantially increased since last March. That has enabled Safe Harbor to implement best

keeping Safe Harbor open amid COVID was its reliance on volunteer staffing, especially older volunteers, a population that's proving to be at the highest risk for death and debilitating conditions should they catch the virus. This season, things have been switched around so that Safe Harbor relies less on volunteers and more on paid staff hired through Goodwill.

BUNK BUBBLES AND MEAL WAVES On a recent morning, Ryan Hannon, Goodwill’s street outreach coordinator, was overseeing Safe Harbor and its new heated day tent, which will offer a warm place for guests to spend mornings; usually, Safe Harbor asks guests to leave the shelter at 8am.

“They’re not going into the community the same way other people are,” Halladay-Schmandt said.

“They are very focused — as they have to be — on survival.

That takes up most of their time.” practice precautions — and engender hope: McDonald said he believes Safe Harbor will not have to close early this season.

“We were very concerned about an infection getting started in that community, and I think rightfully so, at the time,” McDonald said.

McDonald especially hopes the precautions work through January and February, the time of year when the shelter is most needed and likely the period when the virus is most likely to spread in the region; the colder the weather, the more likely that increased numbers of people, homeless or not — will spend more time together inside.

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Hannon gave Northern Express a tour of the overnight facility, highlighting the safety measures that have been put in place.

The first measure begins at the front door, where a quarantine room has been placed near the entrance to divert anyone who arrives with symptoms. Right next to that is an alcove where rapid COVID tests can be performed through the Traverse Health Clinic; they will be conducted by Munson Family Practice staff. Every two weeks, a voluntary rolling testing effort will be offered available for the entire Safe Harbor population.

Safe Harbor has long provided communal evening meals to its guests. Now

the cafeteria will be limited to 28 guests per seating, so small groups of guests will be served dinner in waves.

Inside the sleeping area, the bunks have been covered in plastic sheeting to limit airflow between quests.

All of the precautions are based on Center for Disease Control guidelines for shelters and follow consultation with health department staff.

As for the day tent outside, it contains 17 large round tables, each spread out so that there at least six feet of space between them. The tables sit on a plywood floor, and on a recent morning, the air inside the tent was warm, despite the temperature outside hovering around 30F degrees outside.

Hannon said the heat is provided by Crystal Flash propane company.

The tent is open until noon each weekday.

Although erecting a common area under a tent might seem counterintuitive during the pandemic, Hannon said that Safe Harbor felt a shelter for their guests during the coldest parts of the day was truly needed since some of the usual day-time safe places — options like community meals at local churches and the day shelter at the nearby Jubilee House — have opted to stay closed this year due to the pandemic.

“The idea is at least to have coverage in the coldest periods of the day,” Hannon said.

McDonald said the safety precautions were the result of a task force that worked through multiple challenges and potential problems to find a plan that would allow the shelter to remain open, come what may. In doing so, they worked through a number of solutions and often made compromises until they could settle on one that did the most good.

A prime example: Upon first inspection, the task force determined that it would be unsafe to have guests sleeping above one another in bunk beds. Safe Harbor, they concluded, would have to remove the top

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of each bunk in order to create more space between sleeping guests.

“Their initial reaction was, ‘You’ve got to get rid of all the top bunks,” McDonald said. “Well, if we would have done that, it would have cut our capacity in half, and we just didn’t feel we could do that.” Hence, the plastic sheeting.

MacDonald said he expects to see the shelter operate at capacity this January and February. (Capacity is 72 this year; typically, it would be 82, but top bunks have been removed from beds in three smaller rooms.

In the event of an emergency, Safe Harbor could make room so three or four more people could sleep inside the facility, albeit on the floor.)

THE SIX-HOUR STRUGGLE While the new tent solves the problem of where the guests can go for part of the day, there will still be a six-hour gap where they will have to make their own way.

The tent is supervised, and Hannon said he still hopes to hire more staff to run it so that its hours can be expanded to weekend mornings. He is looking for tent attendants who can work four-and-a-halfhour shifts in the morning; the job pays $15 per hour.

Even if the hours can be expanded to include weekends, that leaves six hours in the middle of each day when Safe Harbor residents will have no place to go; in addition, many of the places they would go in a normal year — a local café or the BATA station lobby — will not be open to them this year.

“We’re concerned that they don’t have a place to go, but there is a limit to what Goodwill and Safe Harbor can do,” McDonald said.

It is these daytime hours that bring Safe Harbor into conflict with neighbors. Some complain that some of the organization's guests, after checking out in the morning, start drinking and get rowdy in the alleys behind their homes and elsewhere.

McDonald said that Safe Harbor residents are told to obey the law and to be good neighbors themselves, but there is only

so much that the Safe Harbor administration can do to manage what its guests do when not under the facility's roof.

“We emphasize [courtesy] with our guests,” McDonald said. “Probably 90 percent of our guests comply. There’s a few that don’t.

We can’t force them to do anything.”

McDonald noted that Safe Harbor meets quarterly with neighborhood groups and a Traverse City Police liaison. McDonald said neighbors are urged to call the police — not Safe Harbor — if they see illegal behavior.

“If they’re violating the law, then [the people who witness it] need to call the police, you know? Safe Harbor can’t supervise people outside of our grounds,” he said. “Keep in mind: If Safe Harbor wasn’t here, they’d be somewhere. They wouldn’t just disappear. Most of these people are from Grand Traverse County.”

Michele Howard, director of Traverse Area District Library, expects that once Safe Harbor gets up and running closer to full capacity, and once the weather gets cold enough that it’s uncomfortable to be outside, the library will fill up during those six afternoon hours when the Safe Harbor population has no place else to go.

In past years, that’s caused the library some problems, and its staff has adapted and gotten better at managing the influx.

This year, because of the pandemic, there is a two-hour limit for visits to the library.

(That’s more generous than a lot of libraries in the state, Howard said. Many have not opened at all; others offer only drive-up service; others still have visit time limits of one-half hour or one hour.)

The time limit so far has not really been enforced, but Howard said it will be if it becomes necessary.

One of the challenges that comes with the homeless population is keeping intoxicated people out of the library. It’s not a part of the job that most librarians sign up for or expect, but it’s become a necessary part of the day.

Howard said TADL has made room in its budget this year to hire a door greeter who can work afternoon shifts; that way intoxicated patrons can be spotted on their way in and

asked to leave before they get settled.

“It’s something all libraries deal with,” Howard said. “It’s not the most glorious part of the job, but it’s part of being a part of the community.”

ULTIMATE GOAL: A PERMANENT HOME Ashley Halladay-Schmandt, director of Northwest Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness, an agency that works across 10 counties to find permanent housing, said that across the region, shelters and health departments have worked to make sure the homeless guests they serve remain healthy.

So far, there hasn’t been a COVID case among the 10-county homeless population the coalition serves.

“As of last week, we’ve done over 400 tests of people who are unsheltered or who are staying in shelters right now, and everyone had zero positives, so we know that what we're doing now to help mitigate the spread is working,” Halladay-Schmandt said.

She admits, however, that keeping homeless people and families safe will get far more challenging as the population responds to freezing temperatures and moves from makeshift camps in the woods to shelters, but she said homeless people tend to stick together and tend not to interact with a lot of other people, making them less vulnerable than an average person.

“They’re not going into the community the same way other people are,” HalladaySchmandt said. “They are very focused — as they have to be — on survival. That takes up most of their time.”

Still, she said her ultimate focus remains on finding permanent housing for people who don’t have it. Despite the shortage of housing that’s been going on for years, Halladay-Schmandt said there still hasn’t been much progress made.

“I’m not confident that we’re going to have enough permanent housing solutions for folks, because it keeps getting harder,” Halladay-Schmandt said. “The rental market in our community doesn’t seem to be catching up with the need.”

Some progress has been made this year,

however, she said. They’ve found housing for 13 individuals in Traverse City, plus housing for another 13 families, all since March. She said that was spurred by something called the “100-day Challenge,” a push to find housing for 20 families by Dec. 1. Halladay-Schmandt said she believes that goal is within reach right now because the challenge has gotten several agencies to work together.

The pandemic has made her field of work more difficult, but it’s also added a sense of urgency, she said.

“I think it’s weighing on people, especially people on the front lines of this work,” HalladaySchmandt said. “We know every winter how hard it is to be homeless, but I think this year is just creating a different urgency among people.”

“WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER” Dan Buron, CEO of Goodwill Industries, said that he believes one of the factors that will have the most impact on whether the virus takes root in the homeless population is how prevalent the virus becomes in the community at large. If there is a massive outbreak in the Traverse City area this winter, that will very likely put the homeless population at greater risk.

“We’re all kind of in this together. It’s just the way it is,” Buron said. “They have a responsibility, as we have a responsibility to each other.”

The responsibility is a great one, because if Safe Harbor is forced to close this year, say in January or February, the consequence will almost certainly be lost lives.

Golubovskis noted that a woman who had been staying at Safe Harbor last March died of exposure on the street just days after the shelter closed.

“The fact of the matter was, we were outside, and Danielle Cornish died a few days later,” he said.

Cornish, 41, died of exposure on April 5.

“I didn’t know her. I knew of her,” Golubovskis said. “She was for me the George Floyd of the homeless community here in Traverse City. … It always happens in the shoulder season. It seems like every shoulder season, someone dies in the street.”

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IS BIRD STILL THE WORD? The North's biggest purveyor of pasture-raised turkeys takes on the strangest Thanksgiving yet.

By Ross Boissoneau At Thanksgiving, thoughts always turn to the big bird. Not the yellow one from Sesame Street but the bronze and buttered breast-side-up one on a platter that’s the centerpiece of so many family gatherings each November.

This year, the pandemic has altered so much of what’s been considered normal. Large crowds are out, and at many Thanksgiving celebrations, the number of guests gathered for the traditional feast is likely to be downsized across the nation — transforming from multiple tables of friends and extended family to, well … maybe a quarantine co-pod, an immediate nuclear clan or couple, or even an intimate table (or couch) for one.

With less need for an easy-to-cook 12-pound entree that serves 24 eaters, does that mean the turkeys of Turkey Day 2020 have gone the way of the dodo?

At Duerksen Turkey Farm in Mancelona this summer, owners Rick and Sue Duerksen initially feared the answer would be yes.

“That was a concern of ours — would the wholesalers want smaller ones?” said Rick Duerksen.

The couple, who have owned the farm

since 1979 — Rick grew up in the business, and he and Sue bought the farm together — raise several thousand birds each year.

Rest assured, raising several thousand turkeys is not a business with a quick turnaround. The orders for fresh turkeys are set a year in advance, and those birds are raised until just before Thanksgiving, when they're slaughtered right before the holiday; come autumn, there is no way to change the size of the birds roaming their pastures, readying for T-day.

And nope, bumping up the harvest date so the birds can't get any bigger isn't an option, said Rick: “We can’t harvest sooner, or we couldn’t sell them as fresh.”

Likely, the Duerkson's commitment to quality is what saved their turkey day.

Rather than cancel orders outright, buyers of Duerkson's birds simply stayed with the couple's freshly frozen birds, and those who required smaller portions simply opted for various cuts instead of a whole turkey. In fact, that was what a number of their wholesale accounts downstate specified, he said. “They wanted a lot of bone-in breasts, thighs, and legs.”

While the pandemic has had a crushing impact on many businesses, and a few others

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have seen an increase in business, for the Duerksens, strangely, it’s been pretty much business as usual. Rick said sales spiked a bit in March and April before returning to more average levels.

One difference is a modern change to how the farm does business. In addition to selling their turkeys at farm markets throughout the region in summer and at various retailers downstate and throughout the region (Grain Train in Petoskey, Oryana in Traverse City, Martin’s Market in Charlevoix, and Willow Meats in Cadillac), the couple began offering their turkey for sale on their website, with delivery available within 50 miles of the farm.

“It’s the convenience of online shopping.

People can stay home and shop,” said Sue Duerksen.

That's a long way from the Duerksen family's tradition, which goes back to the mid-40s. That’s when Rick’s maternal grandmother began raising turkeys, starting with 100 birds — a far cry from Rick and Sue's thousands. But the couple has always evolved with the times.

Their business actually centered for a time on sales of fertilized turkey eggs. The Duerksons would artificially inseminate

their hens and then sell the fertilized eggs to Janssen Farms Hatchery, in Zeeland, where the poults (young turkeys) were born before being sent to other facilities to grow and be processed.

But then Janssen Farms was sold to a German company and soon closed, leaving the Duerksens at a crossroads. “For three or four years, there were no turkeys. I did construction,” said Rick.

By 2007, the couple contemplated getting back into farming. They looked at which animals they could raise — goats, sheep, alpacas — before turning back to the animal they knew best. Rick ran the numbers and saw a growing demand for non-red meat, and soon they were back in the turkey business.

They capitalized on another trend, too.

Seeing the increasing awareness of how much better meat tastes and how much healthier animals are for humans when those animals are allowed to roam and eat wild food rather than a singular diet of chicken feed, the couple fenced in 16 of the farm’s 44 acres for pasture-raised turkeys.

Rick noted the significant difference between pasture-raised and free-range: “Freerange means they have access to [the outdoors].

Pasture-raised means they go to the pasture and stay there,” depending on the weather.

“On nice days, they go out. Right now [a raw, blustery day], they're inside. Every couple of weeks, we move them to a different pasture.”

To prime the pasture for pecking, the couple cleared trees and brush and seeded the acreage. To keep out predators — mostly foxes and coyotes — they used a series of fences and electrical lines. As for winged predators, they simply avoid them until the young turkeys can stave them off.

“We put them out at 10 weeks. Then they’re too big for predator birds."

“Studies show … a bird able to be out and run around is higher in Omega-3s,” he continued. Omega-3 fatty acids are important components of the membranes that surround each cell of the body. “Inside [a coop, chickens are] breathing ammonia.

They also may peck at each other, so you can have a mortality problem.”

Perhaps not surprisingly, these modern farmers also expanded the variety of turkey products they bring to market, meaning no matter how big (or small) your Thanksgiving Day dinner might be this year, you're covered.

“We’ve become aware of what’s out there," said Rick. And more importantly, they've responded: With turkey dogs, turkey jerky, turkey burgers — “It’s not scraps.

It’s all breast and thigh," he noted proudly — turkey breakfast sausage, bone-in and boneless breasts, smoked sliced deli turkey, Canadian bacon, Italian turkey sausage, and bacon and cheddar brats, the Duerksons now offer 30 different turkey products.

That’s something to be thankful for; as of press time, the Duerkson’s whole turkeys are sold out. Many of their turkey products remain, however — and Christmas turkeys will be ready by Dec. 1.

WITH ALL THAT, WHO NEEDS LEFTOVERS? For Big Bird Adherents Turkey Tips and Tricks Sue Duerksen said her mantra for cooking a turkey is “low and slow.” For the first hour, she said she recommends a temperature of 375 to 400, then turning it down to 325.

“We like to use an electric roaster,” she said, noting that using one keeps the oven free for warming and/or cooking the side dishes.

(Before cooking, you want to prep the bird. “Rinse it, pat it dry, and smear it with butter. I put lemon and cranberries in the cavity for moisture and flavor,” said Sue.) The length of time a bird cooks in the roaster or oven depends on the size, of course. But regardless of how big the bird or long the cooking, it's critical that you're certain the bird has reached an internal temperature of at least 165 degrees.

“You can see when it’s done when the legs fall away from the bone. Take it out, tent it with foil, and let it rest for 20 or 30 minutes,” she advised.

For Non-Traditionalists Not-your-usual turkey dinner ideas In addition to an online shopping cart, the Duerkson Turkey Farm website (www.duerksonturkeyfarm. com) features several fun and different recipes, from Cajun Turkey Pasta to Thai Grilled Turkey Pizza to Turkey Stuffed Mushroom Caps. (Pressed for a favorite, Sue said her favorite is the Pulled Turkey On A Bun.)

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By Jillian Manning Hold my beer (and my wine) because autumn is cider time. Truly, could there be a better place to enjoy cider than the apple Mecca of northern Michigan? You probably know one of the farmers whose apples made it into your glass. You get all the inside jokes that cider makers include when naming their latest product. And best of all, you don’t have to go far to find an incredible cidery — or retailer that carries its bounty.

We spoke to seven Michigan cidermakers from across the region to get their take on the perfect beverage to pair with Thanksgiving dinner. From seasonal offerings to fan favorites, this list has everything you need to fill the holiday-beverage cooler … or your own fridge.

Bee Well Mead & Cider Bellaire Featured Cider: The Conservancy Cider, a bottle-conditioned heritage cider from 2018 providing a bright, tannic structure and a crisp mouthfeel. Fermented cold and slow during the Polar Vortex of 2018–2019, the Conservancy Cider is a celebration of the fall harvest and all the labor, love, and energy that went into caring for these apples.

Pairs Well With: Roasted turkey or game hen, homemade stuffing and gravy, and, of course, pecan pie. Says Tony Colombo, head of sales for Bee Well, the Conservancy Cider refreshes the palate after every bite of that famous Thanksgiving meal.

Where to Find It: The Conservancy can be found in 750 ml bottles at the Bee Well tasting room in Bellaire and the Grand Traverse Distillery tasting room in downtown Traverse City.

Northern Natural Cider House and Winery Kaleva Featured Cider: The Northern Star, Northern Natural's flagship hard cider. Not only is every one of NN's hard ciders made with locally sourced organic apples from Manistee and Leelanau counties but the Northern Star in particular is made with an ale yeast, so it is sulfite and sugar-free, a rare set of libation bonuses that might well stave off a morning-after headache in those prone to hangovers from even a glass of alcohol. More reason to set your course for The Northern Star: It's won multiple gold medals at the World Cider Championship competitions.

Pairs Well With: Cheeses, squash soup, and — how convenient — turkey.

Where to Find It: At your local Meijer and year-round at the Kaleva tasting room (along with nine other hard ciders on tap).

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Resort Pike Cidery and Winery Petoskey Featured Cider: Apple-Cranberry Hard Cider, a semi-dry blend of crisp apples and tart cranberries with just the right touch of sugar. Expertly crafted by our cidermaker to be refreshing and delicious, said Dustin Stabile, Resort Pike's wine and cidermaker.

Pairs Well With: Smoked Thanksgiving turkey or any apple or pumpkin pie. The fresh apple taste will dance on your palate when paired with a smokey turkey, and the tartness of the cranberries is a nice complement to the sweet cinnamon and sugars in either pie so well, it will leave you wanting another bite ... and sip ... and bite ... and sip ...

Where to Find It: The Resort Pike tasting room, at the corner of Resort Pike and Williams Road in Petoskey.

St. Ambrose Cellars Beulah Featured Cider: XR Cyser, St. Ambrose's flagship cyser product, which is made with both honey and apple cider. Along with smooth star thistle honey, which bears distinct floral notes, and a crisp apple flavor, it incorporates both cinnamon and maple syrup to make it a kind of “apple pie in a bottle,” according to Aaron Dexter, St. Ambrose marketing director.

Pairs Well With: Braised pork chops and XR Cyser are a great combination. One of their fans used XR to make glazed shallots as well. The cyser is popular year-round but the honey, apple, cinnamon, and maple syrup flavors are a big hit in the holiday season.

Where to Find It: XR Cyser is available year-round from stores (see website for details) and St. Ambrose's tasting room in Beulah.

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Tandem Ciders Suttons Bay Featured Cider: Smackintosh, made from McIntosh, an apple discovered in Ontario in the 19th century. McIntosh is well suited to our cold climate, said Dan Young, co-founder of Tandem. It produces deep red apples with a distinctive flavor — one strong enough to carry through the fermentation process, leaving a celebration of fall in your glass.

Pairs Well With: Indian or Thai food, or any flavors that need a bit of cooling and complementing. Smackintosh always pairs well with pork, whether it’s used to braise a pork shoulder or to wash down a pulled-pork sandwich.

Where to Find It: Smackintosh is available year-round in 16-ounce cans and 750ml bottles throughout Michigan. Young notes that one of the best places to try it, however, is next to one of the fires at the Tandem tasting room.

Townline Ciderworks Williamsburg Featured Cider: South Farm Select is one of the few cider blends in the area made from what is known as heritage apple varieties. "When we started Townline Ciderworks, we made the decision that this type of cider will be an important part of our business and fully committed by planting over 4,000 heritage apple varietal trees and producing several ciders using these apples," said Kristie Altonen, co-owner of Townline Ciderworks.

Pairs Well With: Rich and creamy pasta dishes, charcuterie, grilled chicken, and pulled pork tacos.

Where to Find It: Currently, South Farm Select is only available at Townline's tasting room.

Two K Farms Suttons Bay Featured Cider: The 2018 Golden Russet, which has notes of banana, baked spice, and ripe apple aromas. It is a delightful well-balanced single varietal cider. The origins of Golden Russet are not clear, but it arose in upstate New York in the 19th century, possibly derived from an English russet variety.

Pairs Well With: Pork and roast turkey or a white-fleshed fish like whitefish. It also works well with fall vegetables like squash, potatoes, and Brussels sprouts.

Where to Find It: Golden Russet is available at the Beverage Company, the Little Fleet, and the Blue Goat, as well as Two K's tasting room, perched on a small hill overlooking golden fields and, in the distance, West Grand Traverse Bay.

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---------------------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.

---------------------TC BEER WEEK: Nov. 13-20. 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

---------------------THE GREAT PETOSKEY TAKE OUT: Nov. 13-22. Because of COVID-19, the Petoskey Chamber created this new event which focuses on people ordering take-out from area restaurants in a safe way to support the restaurants & staff. Enjoy family meals, dinner or lunch specials at great prices. petoskeychamber.com

---------------------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

---------------------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.

---------------------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

nov 15

sunday

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

---------------------HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE 2020 VIRTUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

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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-cookie-story-exchange

---------------------LADIES WEEKEND OUT: (See Sat., Nov. 14) ---------------------TC BEER WEEK: (See Sat., Nov. 14) ----------------------

14-22 send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

THE GREAT PETOSKEY TAKE OUT: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

nov 16

monday

NCMC ONLINE HISTORY TALK: 7pm. Safe Ashore: The 1940 Armistice Day Storm.

Unequalled in wind velocity by any other recorded storm on the Great Lakes, the Armistice Storm was born on the west coast, where it toppled a suspension bridge before ripping towards the Great Lakes. When it hit Lake Michigan, it roared at 125 mph, & slammed into several freighters.

Ric Mixter was the first to create a documentary on this storm, featuring two survivors aboard the doomed freighter Novadoc. Free. ncmclifelonglearning.com/event-4021916

---------------------HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE 2020 VIRTUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

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The 2020 Toy Trot 5K is happening Sat., Nov. 21 at 122 S. Mitchell St., Cadillac (starting on Lake St. by pavilion).

Register now: $35 for 18 & up, and $25 for under 18. This is the ninth year this race has been held and it benefits Toys for Tots of Wexford and Missaukee counties. racewire.com/register.php?id=11788

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& discovery activities. $5. natureiscalling.org/ preschool-peepers-schedule

COFFEE HOURS WITH STATE SEN. WAYNE SCHMIDT, R-TC: 11am-noon, Cafe Sante, Boyne City. For constituents throughout the 37th Senate District. senatorwayneschmidt.com

THE GREAT PETOSKEY TAKE OUT: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

nov 17

tuesday

NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES & PARALLEL 45 THEATRE: “THE THANKSGIVING PLAY”: 7pm. Featuring a conversation with award-winning playwright Larissa FastHorse.

This contemporary satire explores the beloved national holiday & asks, “How does one celebrate Thanksgiving & Native American Heritage Month at the same time?” Online. $12 per person. mynorthtickets.com/events/the-thanksgiving-play-presented-by-the-national-writersseries-parallel-45-theatre-11-17-2020

---------------------HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------JEFF DANIELS: ONLINE & UNPLUGGED: 7:30pm. A virtual event, join Emmy award-winning actor, director, singer/songwriter Jeff Daniels for an intimate concert experience full of original songs & personal stories from his stage & movie career that only he can tell. Stick around after the live virtual performance for a 15-30 min. audience Q&A following the show. The questions submitted will be reviewed, with some then passed along to Jeff for reply. $15. crowdcast. io/e/jeffdanielscityoperanov17/register

---------------------NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE 2020 VIRTUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------PEEPERS: TERRIFIC TURKEYS: 10-11am, Boardman River Nature Center, outside, TC. For ages 3-5. Featuring stories, crafts, music

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---------------------TC BEER WEEK: (See Sat., Nov. 14) ---------------------CONNECTING WOMEN IN BUSINESS: 11:30am. Virtual Meeting on Remo. Amanda Agati, senior vice president, managing director & chief investment strategist for PNC Financial Services will be providing a look at key indicators impacting the 2021 economy. Topic is: “What a long strange trip it’s been…”; the path forward for investors in 2021. petoskeychamber.com

---------------------THE GREAT PETOSKEY TAKE OUT: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------EVENINGS UNDER THE STARS: LEONIDS METEOR SHOWER: 5:30pm, Headlands International Dark Sky Park, Mackinaw City. $5/person. facebook.com/events/2698775100216774

nov 18

wednesday

HOCKEY, EPIC CONFRONTATION: CANADA VS. RUSSIA: 6:30pm via Zoom. Join author Greg Franke as he describes the drama & excitement of this huge rivalry during the Cold War. Registration required. Once you register you will receive an email with further instructions. Free. tadl.org/hockey

---------------------HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------TCNEWTECH RECONNECT EVENT: 3-7pm.

Held on the Brazen platform. For job seekers looking for career opportunities in northwest lower Michigan. app.brazenconnect.com/a/ Michigan/e/anQpw

NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE 2020 VIRTUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------TIP OF THE MITT SCORE OFFERS FREE WEBINAR: 8:30-10am. Offered to the business community re. business credit basics for start-up businesses. Register in advance. Click on ‘Take A Workshop.’ tipofthemitt.score.org

---------------------TC BEER WEEK: (See Sat., Nov. 14) ---------------------DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION FORUM: Noon. Presented by the League of Women Voters Leelanau County. Held via Zoom. For info, email: lwvleelanau@gmail.com. Featuring Northern Michigan 3E & Northwest Michigan United for Racial Equity. 231-313-0359. Free.

---------------------THE GREAT PETOSKEY TAKE OUT: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

nov 19

thursday

STORIES @ HOME: TELLING TALL TALES: 11am.

“How the Birch Tree Got its Burns.” Also enjoy a short craft. Log on to www.greatlakeskids.org/offerings to get a supply list & to participate.

---------------------HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE 2020 VIRTUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------GET CRAFTY @ HOME: 1pm. Unbelievable Weave-Able. Weave a colorful mat for the table with fall colors & crazy patterns. Log on to www. greatlakeskids.org/offerings to get a supply list & to participate.

TC BEER WEEK: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------THE GREAT PETOSKEY TAKE OUT: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

nov 20

friday

DOWNTOWN TC TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY: This event will be done as a broadcast. Prepare for the event with Michigan This Morning broadcasts on 9&10 News & Local 32 from 5-9am, The FOUR from 4-5pm, & the 9&10 News broadcast from 5-6:30pm. Watch Santa light up downtown TC from the comfort of your own living room live during the 9&10 News & Local 32 6pm news broadcast.

---------------------HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE 2020 VIRTUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------TC BEER WEEK: (See Sat., Nov. 14) ---------------------THE GREAT PETOSKEY TAKE OUT: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

nov 21

saturday

EARLIER THAN THE BIRD: 7-11am, Downtown Boyne City. Wear pajamas & shop deals. Stop at the Sunset Park Log Cabin before you shop as the first 125 shoppers in line will receive a free gift & a buyer’s guide. boynechamber.com

---------------------HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------2020 TOY TROT 5K: 9am. 122 S. Mitchell St. (starting on Lake St. by pavillion), Cadillac.

Benefits Toys for Tots of Wexford & Missaukee counties. $25-$35. racewire.com/register. php?id=11788

---------------------NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE 2020 VIRTUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

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BENZIE COUNTY DEMOCRATS MONTHLY MEETING: 9:30am, Benzie County Democratic Party Headquarters, 9930 Honor Hwy., Honor. Meetings on third Saturday of the month, with 9:30am coffee klatch, 10am community announcements, followed by featured speaker.

Free. benziedemocrats.com

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DOWNTOWN BELLAIRE 3RD ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: 10am-10pm. Participating shops, tasting rooms & restaurants will have specials, discounts, product samples & much more.

---------------------MODEL RAILROAD ZOOM MEETING: 10am1pm. National Model Railroad Association North Central Region Division 2 Monthly Zoom Meeting. Will include a presentation on model railroading & a show & tell. For login & password contact: info@ncrdivision2.groups.io Free.

---------------------SUTTONS BAY SATURDAY: Each participating merchant will donate up to 10% of their sales to an area non-profit (selected by you). suttonsbayarea.com/suttons-bay-saturday-holiday-open-house

---------------------GARY JULIANO - MEET THE ARTIST: 11am1pm, The Flying Pig, Bellaire. Join local landscape painter Gary Juliano as he displays his technique & answers questions.

---------------------THE GREAT PETOSKEY TAKE OUT: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------DOWNTOWN STROLLING LIGHT PARADE: 5-9pm, Downtown TC. Twelve non-profit organizations will be scattered throughout down-

town TC, each displaying their own rendition of the popular holiday song “Twelve Days of Christmas.” Vote for your favorite entry on-site & online.

Proceeds will benefit the Downtown Relief Fund & participating non-profits. Each vote will cost $1 with the option of a larger donation. The winning entry will be the Honorary Grand Marshall of the 2021 Downtown Traverse City Light Parade. downtowntc.com/downtown-light-parade

original one-act play. Finalists are paired with national theater mentors, win $100 & see their play performed on the City Opera House stage.

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

GOPHERWOOD CONCERT: LUKE WINSLOW-KING: 7pm. A Cadillac native singer/ songwriter, Luke broadcasts from Spain, with an evening of songs & stories, new & old. $15. crowdcast.io/e/gopherwood-presents-luke/regi ster?fbclid=IwAR0hEDtVLwJaZHKfjEGXd8Yel 5vpf8KA-Kksk1jlbgw_JpyMnaF8DXPbgZE

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sunday

3RD ANNUAL CRANKSGIVING: Part bicycle ride, part food drive to benefit local charities & families as they prepare for Thanksgiving. Decide if you want to team up or ride alone. Register. Check the list of food items to collect. Commit at least one act of random kindness. Check in between 11am-noon at either the Wheelhouse in TC or the Chain Hub (Rotary Park) in Elk Rapids. Presented by Norte & Food Rescue of Northwest Michigan. At least $25 for food items. elgruponorte.org/cranksgiving/?mc_ cid=d187e4c7cf&mc_eid=df24b9efb4

---------------------HYBRID VIRTUAL FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE 2020 VIRTUAL TOUR: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

---------------------THE GREAT PETOSKEY TAKE OUT: (See Sat., Nov. 14)

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

---------------------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

---------------------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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CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR 10TH ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL: Regional high school students are invited to submit an

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

---------------------BOYNE CITY INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon through May 15. City Hall Lobby, Boyne City. petoskeyarea.com/eventdetail/boyne-city-indoor-farmers-market-1

---------------------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

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

---------------------ART DE TROIS FEMMES HOLIDAY ART SHOW: Ledbetter Gallery, TC. Presented by Vada Color & Ledbetter Gallery. Featuring artists Katherine Corden, Dani Knoph & Katie Lowran. 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, sculptures, and ceramics. Runs through Dec. 4.

Hours: Mon. - Fri.: 10am-4:30pm; Sat.: 10am4pm; Sun.: Closed. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

---------------------OPEN CALL FOR “THOSE WHO TEACH”: Deadline to apply is 1/15/21. Exhibit featuring the artwork of Michigan’s Visual Art Educators. higherartgallery.com/calls-for-art

---------------------CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF THE ARTS, CHARLEVOIX - 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 CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE MARKET: Charlevoix Circle of Arts hosts its annual Circle mARkeT, Nov. 19 - Jan. 2, featuring over 40 local artists’ & makers’ handmade items, original art & locally produced specialty treats.

To celebrate the mARkeT opening on Thurs., Nov. 19, Charlevoix Circle of Arts will be offering extended hours from 4-7pm, with several prize giveaways throughout the day. Open: Mon.-Fri., 11am-4pm; Sat., 11am-3pm; *Wed. & Thurs. mornings from 10-11am are reserved for vulnerable patrons. CharlevoixCircle.org

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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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

---------------------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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Inexplicable Firefighters with Essex County (England) Fire and Rescue Service were called to a derelict laundromat in Epping on Oct. 30, where three young men had become trapped inside an industrial-sized tumble dryer. Two of them had climbed all the way into the dryer, while the third had managed to get his ankles trapped in the door. Firefighters were joined

by Essex Police, a medical helicopter and the ambulance service as they employed "a lot of heavy equipment" to free the men, watch manager Glenn Jackson told Sky News. No word on what they were looking for in there.

Rise of the Machines A thief in Lippstadt, Germany, was foiled by his own booty on Oct. 27 as he tried to make off with a robotic lawnmower. The Associated Press reported that the robot sent a message to the owner's smartphone, alerting the man that it had been flipped upside down. When the owner went to investigate, he saw the thief with the robot under his arm. Police said the thief then dropped the lawnmower and fled.

Craig Hershoff of Miami has invented a robot to help people like himself who may have difficulty using the special contact lenses they wear for vision problems that can't be helped with regular contacts. The Cliara Lens Robot can insert and remove the lenses by voice activation. "It really helps with dexterity," Hershoff told WPLG, especially for elderly or disabled people. The robot is being tested in a clinical trial in Boston, and he hopes to have FDA clearance on it early next year.

Fans of the Caledonian Thistle soccer team in Inverness, Scotland, were frustrated as they watched a broadcast of the club's Oct. 24 game against rival Ayr United when the new robotic cameras programmed to follow the ball around the pitch focused instead on the bald head of one of the game's linesmen. The team had proudly announced a week earlier that it would be replacing human camera operators with a new system "with in-built, AI, ball-tracking technology" to stream live HD footage of home games to season ticket holders and fans who purchased the service.

IFLScience reported that while many fans complained, others "saw this as a bonus, given the usual quality of performance."

Bright Ideas Two passengers traveling together on an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Miami on Oct. 30 were removed before taking off after one of the women attempted to sneak from coach into first class and hide in the footwell of her friend's seat, Fox News reported. The flight had already been delayed because of a catering issue, according to a witness, who said, "Apparently the plan was for this woman's friend to remain there the entire flight ... (as a stunt to) drive viewers to their YouTube channel." Flight attendants discovered the plot when they noticed an empty seat in coach, and the plane returned to the gate so the friends could be removed.

The witness reported an unrelated passenger was also removed after he "cussed out" a flight attendant over the delay.

An unnamed man from Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty in a Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, court on Sept. 10 to citations including walking in restricted thermal areas of Yellowstone National Park after park rangers found him with a cooking pot and a burlap sack containing two whole chickens near a hot spring. Witnesses tipped off rangers on Aug. 7 that a group of 10 people, including a child,

were seen hiking toward Shoshone Geyser Basin carrying cooking pots, EastIdahoNews. com reported. The man was ordered to pay fines and has been banned from Yellowstone for two years.

Government in Action The San Diego City Council blocked funding last summer for its controversial smart streetlights program, which features not only streetlights but also a video surveillance system that has been used by the San Diego Police Department, and on Sept. 9, Mayor Kevin Faulconer ordered the cameras turned off. But Voice of San Diego reported the cameras and streetlights are connected to the same power supply, so turning them off would have left the city in the dark. Florida-based Ubicquia owns the underlying technology, but the company has been reluctant to work with the city because of unpaid bills amounting to $771,000. Meanwhile, the cameras are still recording and storing footage for five days.

Awesome!

Julie McSorley of San Luis Obispo, California, and her friend Liz Cottriel were enjoying a sunny day of kayaking and whalewatching at Avila Beach on Nov. 2 when they were overturned by a humpback that got too close while feeding. "I saw the big pool of fish, the big bait ball come up out of the water. ...

All of a sudden, I lifted up and I was in the water," McSorley told KMPH. "I thought it was gonna land on me," Cottriel said. Other paddleboarders and kayakers came to their rescue, thinking the whale may have bitten the women, but it merely pushed them underwater. "We got back to the car, I was shaking my shirt and a bunch of fish came out of my shirt," Cottriel said.

Loyola University graduate Brianna Hill went into labor within minutes of sitting down to take the Illinois bar exam on Oct. 5, but "I didn't think about it because I was in the test," she told NBC5 in Chicago. Hill continued and finished the first part of the test, then gave birth to a healthy son hours later at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, Illinois. She tackled the second part of the exam the next day, from the hospital, breastfeeding during breaks. The whole experience was "definitely a little crazy," she said. She'll find out if she passed in December.

I Knew I Forgot Something Deputies of the Anderson (Tennessee) County Sheriff 's Office responded to a report of a stolen log splitter in Marlow on Oct. 22, and discovered a severed finger among items left at the scene. Hugh Seeber, 50, later appeared at a local medical center with a missing finger, WATE reported, and was taken to UT Medical Center in Knoxville, where Anderson County Det. Sean Flynn met him with the severed digit.

Seeber was charged with felony theft.

The Foreign Press Police in Boa Vista, Brazil, raided the home of prominent Sen. Chico Rodrigues on Oct. 14 as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption and found the senator hiding the equivalent of $5,400 in his underwear.

Rodrigues, 69, a close ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, who campaigned in 2018 on an anti-corruption platform, had no explanation for the money in his underwear, but claimed innocence, The Guardian reported. Brazilians quickly shared the news on social media, many commenting that the incident would go down "in the anals of history."

The reel

by meg weichman

ON THE ROCKS

National Treasure Bill Murray reunites with his Oscar-winning Lost in Translation director, Sophia Coppola, for a film that definitely channels their previous work together. This time they explore the relationship of an older man and his grown daughter; not an older man and a young female stranger. But this spiritual sequel, if you will, is much lighter on its feet, putting the magnetism and charisma of Murray to resplendent use.

Part fairy tale, part caper, On the Rocks sparkles with the winsome appeal of champagne-fueled screwball romps of the 1930s. You cannot help but be charmed by this story of a grown daughter and her eccentric playboy father. It’s breezy and easy-going, and thanks to the smartness of its writing, it doesn’t sacrifice emotion.

Said daughter is Laura, played by Rashida Jones.

Laura seems to have it all: a gorgeous husband (Marlon Wayans) who adores her, two adorable daughters, and a book deal. Yet her days are spent in a monotonous cycle of staring at a blank page that doesn’t seem to want to write itself, shuttling her daughters to and from their schools and activities, and trying to schedule time with her husband, who has grown busier and busier with a new work venture.

Sure, these are the problems of beautiful rich people, but that privilege is acknowledged and never grows grotesque — even if their multimillion-dollar SoHo loft prominently displays a Bernie Sanders sticker. 'Cause while the setting certainly teeters on lifestyle porn, the malaise feels universal and incredibly real.

Then, one day after her husband returns from a business trip, Laura finds another woman’s toiletries in his suitcase. And while this hard-working family man has a reasonable explanation, Laura lets her mind spiral.

Enter dear old dad, Felix. A globetrotting art dealer and all-around bon vivant, Felix is back in the city, and after Laura confides in him about her suspicions, Felix sees this as a chance for the two of them to have an adventure together, and so the sleuthing shenanigans begin.

When referring to his grown daughter as cutie, kiddo, shorty, or little lady, Felix says it in such a way that it never comes across with even the slightest hint of smarminess. And even while he spouts vaguely sexist theories and shamelessly flirts with nearly any female who will listen, he remains undeniably lovable. It’s something to behold and something only Murray can get away with.

Felix knows all the best places, has clearly seen a thing or two, and is always ready to share his advice and knowledge. The best place to have an affair in New York? The Plaza; it has four entrances. He is also a real Renaissance man, prone to serenading his fellow bargoers as they quietly fall under his spell. I mean he even diffuses a tense situation with the cops, only to have them pushing his car by the end of the interaction.

Laura, on the other hand, is the responsible one, the buzzkill. But when Felix picks her up in his vintage Alfa Romeo (with caviar packed for the road, natch) for a night of tailing her husband, how can she not want to leave the kids with a sitter and take on the town with her Dad.

And so Murray guides us through a New York that exists in a magical realm, one that falls somewhere between the place we’ve visited and one that lives only in our dreams. There’s a certain energy in the streets that glitters in a way only New York City can, with Coppola perfectly capturing in her gauzy lens the melancholic beauty of a night out on the town.

Filmed in some of New York’s most iconic and sophisticated locations — like Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle, or the table at the Oak Room where Bogart proposed to Bacall — you will ache for the city, its cramped tables, loud noise, streets lined with trash, and all.

It’s almost gossamer-light, but Coppola, daughter of a commanding figure (Francis Ford) herself, elevates it. And Jones, the daughter of another charismatic icon (Quincy Jones), takes a standard straight man role and imbues it with complexities. It’s not as easy to appreciate her work when up against the showy and oh-soeasy-to-love Murray, but that’s what makes hers such a marvelous performance.

This is ultimately Laura’s story, and as the film moves towards its conclusion, it doesn’t shy from the hard stuff, diving into relationship dynamics and truths neither of them want to confront, and to poignant effect.

Yet, while the film crackles with emotion, feeling, and affection, by the end, On the Rocks fizzles its way out. You’ll wish there was just a little more to it. But what is there is gentle, honest, and true, and pretty darn hard to resist. Available on AppleTV+ Meg Weichman is a perma-intern at the Traverse City Film Festival and a trained film archivist.

trial of chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin returns to the pleasurable comforts of legal proceedings (see also A Few Good Men; "To Kill a Mockingbird," on Broadway; The Social Network) to bring one of our nation’s most notorious trials to screen. 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, where, with the whole world watching, confrontations between police and demonstrators occurred, and violence broke out at the hands of the police. And 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. 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. With its overwhelming blend of impassioned speeches, murder’s row cast (Eddie Redmayne, Mark Rylance, Jeremy Strong, Sacha Baron Cohen, et al), righteous indignation, and playful humor, it’s almost too enjoyable of a watch: easy to digest, with broad strokes and unimaginative direction.

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: There are people you can share a home with who do not do a slew of annoying things, and they’re those who are continuing their tenure on our planet in an urn.

As a failed romantic (aka human-nature realist), I think there’s a right time to move in with another person, such as my boyfriend of 18 years, and it’s never. That said, in my financial dream world, I’d be into our buying houses next door to each other. Of course, this sort of thing is less practical for a couple with kids because a substantial part of parenting involves finding your children so annoying in the moment that you take steps to civilize them.

And let’s be honest, all children are irritating (loud, sticky, and often unbelievably tedious), save for those frozen in mute adorableness in photographs, my favorite kind.

There’s often financial pressure to live together, especially in urban elitevilles where a grim little closet pretending to be an apartment rents for the price of a gleaming penthouse in any city in the Midwest. Unfortunately, though sharing an apartment saves big on rent, it can cost a couple their relationship if they end up going at each other like rats in an undersized cage.

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As for what makes a relationship work, cohabitational or otherwise, there’s this notion that couples who have happy, lasting partnerships love each other more than those who break up. Sorry, romantics! Sure, when a relationship is brand-new, affection and lust make for a big heart-shaped airbag against annoyance and resentment. However, in “The Power of Bad,� science journalist John Tierney and social psychologist Roy Baumeister explain that, over time, the sweet, tender things each partner says and does matter far less than how a couple deals with “the negative stuff -- their doubts, their frustrations, their problems.�

Their book centers on what researchers call the “negativity bias�: how we pay far more attention to negative information, emotions, and experiences than positive and give the negative stuff far more weight. The negativity bias is especially toxic in heterosexual relationships, due to some general sex differences in

BY Amy Alkon personality and emotional orientation, summed up by researchers as “female demand/ male withdrawal.� “Female demand� is driven by how women tend to be higher in the personality trait of “neuroticism,� which involves a tendency to react with negative emotions. People high in neuroticism see the world through mudcovered glasses: They’re anxious, moody, easily irritated, and perceive intentional slights in incidents others shrug off as the small frustrations of life. Basically, high neuroticism is the personality trait of picky complainers: “You loaded the dishwasher all wrong!� “You’re feeding the baby all wrong!�

And then the inevitable, “You’re climbing out the window and running down the street screaming all wrong!�

Regarding “male withdrawal� (lest you dudes start feeling all smugly superior), men tend to respond to relationship conflicts by going emotionally comatose, experiencing an emotional systems overload that clinical psychologist Robert Levenson and other researchers call “flooding.� In short, men are more likely to get overwhelmed by emotion and simply shut down. Not surprisingly, same-sex couples are less predisposed to plunge into a negativity spiral. Tierney and Baumeister explain, “If it’s two men, they’re less likely to initiate a complaint; if it’s two women, they’re less likely to withdraw after being criticized.�

That said, simply being human -- in a job, a friendship, or a relationship -- makes us prone to go negative. That’s important to understand in light of research by psychologist John Gottman surveying couples who’d just gotten married and looking at which couples were divorced six years later. What mattered were not the positive, loving sentiments couples expressed but how they responded to conflict.

Citing this research, Tierney and Baumeister explain: “Being able to hold your tongue rather than say something nasty or spiteful will do much more for your relationship than a good word or deed.� (Love is not blind, but love can choose to throw on a blindfold.)

When I got together with my boyfriend, I made a pact with myself to never speak to him like I’ve forgotten I love him. This has helped me avoid going ugly over the years, but I have to give living apart a good bit of the credit. Psychologist Erich Fromm wrote, “Mature love says: ‘I need you because I love you.’� Cohabiting love says: “I need you to take out the trash because I’ll get 20-to-life for electrocuting you in the bathtub.�

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NOV 16 - NOV 22

BY ROB BREZSNY

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

To convey the spirit of the coming weeks, I'm offering you wisdom from two women who were wise about the art of slow and steady progress. First, here's author Iris Murdoch: "One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better." Your second piece of insight about the wonders of prudent, piecemeal triumph comes from activist and author Helen Keller: "I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Sagittarian

statesman Winston Churchill said that he was always ready to learn—even though there were times when he didn't enjoy being taught.

That might be a useful motto for you to adopt i n the coming months. By my estimates, 2021 could turn out to bring a rather spectacular learning spurt—and a key boost to your life-long education. If you choose to take advantage of the cosmic potentials, you could make dramatic enhancements to your knowledge and skill set. As Churchill' s message suggests, not all of your new repertoire will come easily and pleasantly. But I bet that at least 80 percent of it will.

Start planning!

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In accordance with upcoming astrological indicators, I've got some good advice for you courtesy of your fellow Capricorn David Bowie.

You'll be well-served to keep it in mind between now and January 1, 2021. “Go a little bit out of your depth," counseled Bowie. "And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.” For extra inspiration, I'll add another prompt from the creator of Ziggy Stardust: “Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you’re pretty much on the way out.” In that spirit, my dear Capricorn, please take measures to expand your sense of wonder during the next six weeks. Make sure you're on your way in.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Most of us

aren't brilliant virtuosos like, say, Leonardo da Vinci or Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie. On the other hand, every one of us has a singular amalgam of potentials that is unique in the history of the world—an exceptional flair or an idiosyncratic mastery or a distinctive blend of talents. In my astrological opinion, you Aquarians will have unprecedented opportunities to develop and ripen this golden and glorious aspect of yourself in 2021. And now is a good time to begin making plans. I encourage you to launch your year-long Festival of Becoming by writing down a description of your special genius.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): In 1969, humans

flew a spaceship to the moon and landed on it for the first time. In 1970, the state of Alabama finally made it legal for interracial couples to get married. That's a dramatic example of how we humans may be mature and strong in some ways even as we remain backward and undeveloped in other ways.

According to my astrological analysis, the coming months will be a highly favorable time for the immature and unseasoned parts of you to ripen. I encourage you to get started!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Back in 1974,

poet Allen Ginsberg and his "spirit wife," Aries poet Anne Waldman, were roommates at the newly established Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. The school's founder asked these two luminaries to create a poetics program, and thus was born the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Waldman described its ruling principle to be the "outrider" tradition, with a mandate to explore all that was iconoclastic, freethinking, and irreverent. The goal of teachers and students alike was to avoid safe and predictable work so as to commune with wild spiritual powers, "keep the energies dancing," and court eternal surprise. I think that would be a healthy approach for you to flirt with during the next few weeks.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Any legal actions

you take are more likely to be successful if you initiate them between now and the solstice than if you'd begin them at other times. The

same is true for any contracts you sign or agreements you make: They have a better chance to thrive than they would at other times. Other activities with more kismet than usual during the coming weeks: efforts to cultivate synergy and symbiosis; attempts to turn power struggles into more cooperative ventures; a push to foster greater equality in hierarchal situations; and ethical moves to get access to and benefit from other people's resources.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Never follow an

expert off a precipice. Nor a teacher. Nor an attractive invitation. Nor a symbol of truth nor a vibrant ideal nor a tempting gift. In fact, never follow anything off a precipice, no matter how authoritative or sexy or appealing it might be. On the other hand, if any of those influences are headed in the direction of a beautiful bridge that can enable you to get to the other side of a precipice, you should definitely consider following them. Be on the alert for such lucky opportunities in the coming weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Malidoma Patrice Somé was born into the Dagara tribe of Burkina Faso. After being initiated into the Dagara's spiritual mysteries, he emigrated to America, where he has taught a unique blend of modern and traditional ideas. One of his key themes is the hardship that Westerners' souls endure because of the destructive impact of the machine world upon the spiritual world. He says there is "an indigenous person within each of us" that longs to cultivate the awareness and understanding enjoyed by indigenous people: a reverence for nature, a vital relationship with ancestors, and a receptivity to learn from the intelligence of animals. How's your inner indigenous person doing? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to enhance your ability to commune with and nurture that vital source.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Psychologists have

identified a quality they call NFD: "need for drama." Those who possess it may be inclined to seek or even instigate turmoil out of a quest for excitement. After all, bringing a dose of chaos into one's life can cure feelings of boredom or powerlessness. "I'm important enough to rouse a Big Mess!" may be the subconscious battle cry. I'll urge you Leos to studiously and diligently avoid fostering NFD in the coming weeks. In my astrological opinion, you will have a blessed series of interesting experiences if and only if you shed any attraction you might have to histrionic craziness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "Give up the

notion that you must be sure of what you are doing," wrote philosopher Baruch Spinoza.

"Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure." Spinoza's thoughts will be a great meditation for you in the coming weeks. If you go chasing phantom hopes, longing for absolute certainty and iron confidence, you'll waste your energy. But if you identify what is most genuine and true and essential about you, and you rely on it to guide you, you can't possibly fail.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "A little bad taste

is like a nice splash of paprika," said Libran fashion writer Diana Vreeland. "We all need a splash of bad taste," she continued. "It's hearty, it's healthy, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. Having no taste is what I'm against." I understand that her perspective might be hard to sell to you refined Librans. But I think it's good advice right now. Whatever's lacking in your world, whatever might be off-kilter, can be cured by a dash of good, funky earthiness. Dare to be a bit messy and unruly.

“Jonesin” Crosswords "Leg Work" --keep on counting!

ACROSS 1 1990s Disney show with characters from "The Jungle Book" 9 Clear music holder 15 Prozac maker 16 Enter, as data 17 They have two legs each 19 Icon used in Twitch chat to express feelings 20 Uganda's Idi 21 Being, Roman-style 22 "Tiny Alice" dramatist Edward 25 Active chemical in cannabis 28 "Parklife" group 29 The heavens, for Olympians 32 They have four legs each 37 Broadcast studio sign 38 Key to get out?

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40 They have six legs each 43 "Here are the words on the label ..."

44 State with a three-word capital 45 Abbr. in a job posting 46 Charlie of "Hot Shots!"

48 Singer with the EPs "BLQ Velvet" and "PRINCESS" 52 "Transformers" actor LaBeouf 54 Abbr. on marked-down clothes 55 They have eight legs each 61 Like a difficult battle 62 Comedian Sarah who once wrote "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard" 63 "Game of Thrones" actress Williams 64 Followed DOWN 1 Tiny laugh 2 Class reunion attendees 3 Cars for execs 4 Make happy 5 Mathematical ratio

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7 French 101 pronoun 8 "All the news that's fit to print" initials 9 Sevastopol resident 10 Metric prefix for "tenth" 11 "Call Me Irresponsible" lyricist Sammy 12 City southwest of Tulsa 13 Sample of wine 14 Methyl ending 18 Actress Issa 22 Olympic flame lighter in Atlanta 23 Winter Games vehicles 24 Rudely abrupt 25 "Is ___ fact?"

26 Poet Gil Scott-___ 27 Advanced very slowly 28 Daft, in Derby 30 You are here 31 Van Gogh's brother 32 "Holy moly!"

33 Maternally related 34 ___ profundo (lowest vocal range) 35 Morning TV host Kelly 36 Like some angles 41 Tiny ear bone 42 "American Gods" actor McShane 47 It might go over your head 48 Shimerman of "Deep Space Nine" 49 Streisand's "Funny Girl" role 50 Levy again 51 Bond, for example 52 Downhill runners 53 Hindu festival of colors 54 Maui, for one 55 Rum ___ Tugger ("Cats" cat) 56 Bitter brew, briefly 57 Athens X 58 One-hit wonder band behind "How Bizarre" 59 "When the Rain Begins to Fall" singer Zadora 60 Einstein's birth city

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