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Despicable Dems I don’t lose sleep when Trump gives Oprah Winfrey a tax cut. Billionaires and corporate America aren’t an evil force in this country.

The Democratic party is.

Adam Schiff is the most despicable politician in my lifetime. Jimmy Carter wasn’t worried about gun control and climate change.

While on the subject of climate change, this past April and early May have been the chilliest in my life. The laws of science may be absolute, but God can change the laws of science if he wants to. Maybe God can’t turn you upside down, but he can turn your world upside down, and he holds every scientist’s breath in his hands.

Greg Doornbos, Traverse City

Public Failings The past two months have provided us with important lessons about the failings of the popular belief that the public sector does everything better than the private sector. A few examples: 1) The hollowing out of the public health agencies has left us scrambling to deal with a pandemic, so we now have the highest death toll in the world from COVID-19.

2) Attacks on labor unions; a minimum wage that no longer supports one worker, let alone a family; and the shredding of the social safety net has resulted in a working-class that has not seen much of an increase in incomes, adjusting for inflation, since the 1980s. Thanks to years of tax cuts for the wealthy, neither the states nor the federal government are prepared for unemployment rates now equaling the Great Depression.

3) As we are learning in Michigan, we are not prepared for failing infrastructure either.

More than 40,000 people were evacuated from their homes in the Midland area during the worst pandemic and the worst recession of our lifetime. As our legislators continue to insist on low state taxes and cuts in public spending, our dams, roads, and bridges continue to crumble, endangering lives.

Alice Littlefield, Omena Unmasked Feelings What is it people don’t understand? My mask protects you; your mask protects me.

Mask-wearing is not a political thing, it is a health thing. Government doctors and scientists urge mask-wearing. First responders and caregivers urge you to wear masks. I care about you, so I wear a mask. Please return the favor and consider the health of all with whom you come in contact. It is responsible and right behavior. Just do it!

Lynn Larson, Traverse City Litter Has No Class I have been riding a bike and doing some trout fishing. When I see an empty can, I often pick it up. That’s partly to clean up litter and partly because I’m old enough to think that a dime is worth something. When we passed the bottle bill way back when, a dime would buy about what $.50 cents buys now.

What I wanted to tell you is that a can thrown out of a car window or discarded by a pristine trout stream is as likely to be from a local/regional craft brewery as it is to be a Bud Light or something.

So, if you believe that your consumer choice in beer is indicative of the class of citizens you belong to, you might be wrong about that.

Tim Joseph, Brethren

Government for the Few In the 19th century, oligarchy emerged, composed of men who made their fortunes through railroads, steel, oil, and financial empires. They ushered the nation into an industrial revolution that vastly expanded economic output. But they also corrupted government, suppressed wages, generated unprecedented levels of inequality and urban poverty, shut down competitors, and made out like bandits — hence the name “robber barons.” World War I and the Great Depression ended most of the robber barons’ wealth, and with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932 and Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, their power was curtailed. During FDR’s New Deal, economic inequality was reduced through the creation of the largest middle class in America.

Starting around 1980, another American oligarchy emerged. Between 1980 and 2019, the share of the nation’s total household income among the richest 1 percent more than doubled, while the earnings of the bottom 90 percent barely rose. The richest 1 percent now own as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent of households combined.

This increase in the concentration of wealth has been accompanied by a dramatic increase in political power of the superwealthy and an equally dramatic decline in the political influence of everyone else. The power shift is related to the amount of big money in politics. In the 2016 elections, the top 0.01 percent of Americans accounted for 40 percent of all campaign contributions; in contrast, in 1980 they made only 15 percent of all contributions. It is no wonder that over 80 percent of the tax cuts of 2016 went to the wealthy and cost us two trillion in deficits over 10 years.

As long as the extremely wealthy control the purse strings, there will be no substantial tax increase for them, no antitrust enforcement, and a dismantling of regulations.

Ronald Marshall, Petoskey Hate Speech isn’t Free Speech Freedom of speech is not the same as hate speech. Why do the local newspapers print or post clickbait that is delusional and aggressive? The local papers need to value the safety of the citizens. Please do not promote violence or hate in any form.

Cheri Buchbinder, Traverse City The Flood The recent news regarding the torrential rainfall in Traverse City mentioned the extensive and devastating damage, but it failed to address the underlying cause of this event – which, incidentally, was rated by the National Weather Service as a 50– to 100-year storm, i.e., a storm

of such intensity that it should occur only once every 50–100 years.

The recent extreme rainfall and flooding in the Tawas, Au Gres, and mid-Michigan areas prompted the NWS to rate theirs as a 500-year storm. The underlying cause of two storms od this caliber in the same month?

Climate change. Warmer air holds more water and increases the number and severity of storms and flooding. Climate change is here, and it is happening now. It impacts us all, either directly through flood damage or indirectly through higher insurance premiums and tax bills for repairs. Scientists agree that the main cause of climate change is increased CO2 in the atmosphere, largely from human sources.

Fortunately, there are many things we can do: Switch to green power (wind/solar) through your utility company or install your own solar panels, add insulation and stop air leaks in your home, switch to LED light bulbs, drive less, eat less red meat, buy a hybrid or electric vehicle, and contact your legislatures and urge them to support the bipartisan bill H.R. 763, The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, which puts a price on carbon at its source, encourages innovation, and returns a dividend to every American household in the form of a monthly check, which offsets small increases in the cost of gas and electricity.

These actions support our local economy, create jobs, save money, and will help reduce the root causes of worsening extreme rain. We must act now!

CONTENTS features

Crime and Rescue Map....................................7 Up North Gangland............................................10 Sleepign Bear Dunes Celebrates 50 years........14 Gear. Here......................................................18 Virtual Art.......................................................22

columns & stuff Top Ten..........................................................5

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle...................................6 Opinion.............................................................8 Weird................................................................9 Advice.......................................................26 Astro.........................................................28 Crossword..................................................29 Classifieds.................................................30

Marlene O’Connor, Suttons Bay This Never-Ending Story Will End Us Sadly, for those of us born in the pre-civil rights era, the troubling images in recent days of injustice and unrest are all too familiar. This never-ending story is, in fact, four centuries old. To me, these lifetime pieces of evidence scroll through memory like an eternal news feed: From de facto Jim Crow to Freedom Marches, to legal attempts to fix voters’ rights, to riots/uprisings in our major cities, we’ve witnessed a slow-burn of turmoil and societal discord. And that, (mostly pale) neighbors, is a large part of our problem: We’ve been casually watching it in slow motion, from a long distance.

Many of us are well quarantined from the (usually) urban homes of “their problem.”

We’re mostly content to sit back and do nothing. After all, we say to ourselves, while navigating through comfortable oblivions, the “golden age” of civil rights was a halfcentury ago!

But, at regular intervals and despite some good changes, these outward, human-driven symbols of rage persist in flaring up against the inward, still-deep rot of our shared racism.

And still the extrajudicial executions of African Americans continue — often followed by few-to-no consequences for the (now-videotaped) killers. And still the undoubted evidence — of gross income inequality, low-paying jobs, substandard housing, poor schools, high imprisonment rates, and poor minority health outcomes — continues. And still we fool ourselves that we long ago either solved all the problems or at least we tried. Many of us — who hide behind the denialist comforts of white privilege — again look in the mirror and ask ourselves, “Will this self-destructive circle be unbroken in this ‘greatest’ of nations?”

Well, if you’re one of those who believe that only “might makes right” and that reactionary violence is the easy answer, it’s perhaps more pertinent to now ask “Will we kiss goodbye to the America we all love?”

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top ten Boyne Theater to Get New Life Just as theaters around the world face uncertain futures amid a global pandemic, officials in Boyne City announced the revival of a historic 1903 theater.

Richard Bergman, owner of the Boyne City Taproom and the Boyne Theater, had worked for 18 months to develop a plan restore the theater, investing thousands of dollars and countless hours.

Ultimately, Bergman needed help, and the Boyne City Main Street program stepped in, purchasing the theater for $350,000 and taking over the project in the hopes that it will be a long-term beacon for downtown.

The project is expected to take up to five years and cost $2.1 million.

“Boyne City has a very significant longtime emotional and historical relationship with our downtown theater,” Mayor Tom Neidhamer said. “This acquisition is the first step for our community to have the opportunity to become involved in the economic redevelopment of our theater, create an economic engine in our downtown, and encourage the historic preservation of a landmark.”

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tastemakers A Big Apple Bagels Picnic

When you’re working from home, the edges of the workday are no longer hard stops — tasks start before the coffee’s brewed, it’s easy to log on and get “one more thing” done after dinner. So why not let lunch be a little freeform, too? Our advice: Pick up a packed lunch large enough to linger over and bring it to a quiet spot in your backyard or a nearby park. We set out for one of Big Apple Bagels’ Boxed Lunches, but when we popped into the Traverse City shop, we realized it has lots more than bagel boxes going on. Our party of one sprang for three stand-alone items: the Turkey Club (roast turkey, bacon, American cheese, mayo, lettuce, and tomato on a cheese bagel that managed to stay soft and chewy inside, even when toasted); the Mediterranean Bread Salad (pillowy bagel chunks atop crisp greens, with tomatoes, red onion, cucumbers, loads of salami and Provolone cheese slices, plus sun-dried tomatoes, green olives, and a side of Greek Vinaigrette dressing chock full of feta cheese bits); and a huge, fresh-baked, cake-y — not gritty — delight of a peanut butter cookie made according to manager Nancy Flees’ own recipe. Even with lots of long pauses spent staring into the trees, it took a full hour to work through exactly half that picnic — a good thing, because we got to do it all over again the next day. Salad $8, Turkey Club $7.50, cookie $1.50. Find Big Apple Bagels at 1133 W. South Airport Rd. (231) 929-9866; www.bigapplebagels.com.

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Good News: Music is in the (Even Outdoor!) Air As the curve continues to drop, the opportunities to take in live music at some of our favorite summer spaces are rising in number. Lavender Hill Farm near Boyne City has announced it’ll kick off its summer season July 11 (www. lavenderhillfarm.com); the Boyne Area Chamber will start its Evenings at the Gazebo shows on July 15, extending the 6:30pm Wednesdays series for 10 shows (www.boynechamber.com); Harbor Springs’ Street Musique, hosted by its Chamber Foundation and the Blissfest Music Organization, will run 6:30-8:30pm on Thursday nights, July 2-Aug. 20 (www.harborspringschamber.com); Gaylord’s Big Ticket Festival, usually held in June, is now on for Sept. 4–6 (www.bigticketfestival.com); and Grand Traverse Pavilions Concerts on the Lawn, while not being held on its lawn this summer, will be broadcast live from WCCW-107.5 FM, so you can tune in from your lawn. Traverse Symphony Orchestra’s brass quintet kicked off the Pavilions’ first Radio-Retro show Thursday, June 4; Pavilions’ Community Engagement Officer Deborah Allen tells us the completed schedule of 7pm Thursday performances is forthcoming as they figure out how many musicians they can safely fit six feet apart in the studio. You can see the bulk of the schedule on Grand Traverse Pavilions’ Facebook page.

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THE VAST OF NIGHT

One of the year’s best films has quietly dropped on Amazon, and it’s the perfect summer thrill. A low-budget sci-fi indie, it doesn’t have any big-name talent attached, but after watching it you’ll no doubt expect to see big things from its cast and crew—it feels like that much of a discovery.

A nostalgic throwback to the eerie suspense and imagination of The Twilight Zone, The Vast of the Night is set in smalltown New Mexico in the 1950s and follows two teenagers, switchboard operator Fay and radio DJ Everett, as they discover and investigate a strange broadcast signal coming over the air and telephone lines. Shot in black and white with some of the most inventive camerawork and exciting rat-a-tat dialogue in recent memory, you’ll be completely riveted by the freshness of its retro charms.

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Controversial Township Park Opens for the Summer

Camp Sea Gull, a former girls camp turned township park whose genesis sparked a bitter fight among neighbors in Charlevoix County’s Hayes Township, is opening to the public this summer.

The opening includes a boat launch, a feature of the park that perhaps drew the most concern from opponents who worried that easy access to Lake Charlevoix could make the lake too crowded.

The township announced on Facebook June 3 that the park is open for the season: “Small Craft Launch open at Hayes Township Camp Sea Gull. With very limited turning radius in the lower parking area, the launch is now available for small craft to launch at the park. Be safe and enjoy this beautiful weather.”

Northern Express profiled just how ugly the fight over the park became in its March 17, 2018, edition. Check out: “Camp Chasm in Charlevoix: A project to turn a one-time girls’ camp into a township park has thrown Hayes Township into turmoil.”

Q-Tip: How to be a Bona Fide Shipwreck Spotter High lake levels have churned up the shoreline at the Sleeping Bear Dunes, bringing to light shipwrecks and artifacts within the Manitou Passage State Underwater Preserve, much to the delight and astonishment of beach walkers. “You may see part of a wreckage one day, and then the next it’s buried again,” said Laura Quackenbush, former curator and historian at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, who still volunteers at the park.

“That is what’s cool: It is dynamic and always changing. Everyone walking the beach gets to discover it anew — a piece of history right in front of them.”

Many of these maritime remnants, left Photo courtesy of Laura Quackenbush from an era when the Manitou Passage was the major conduit of commerce on the Great Lakes, have been documented. Yet some are revealing themselves for the very first time.

If you believe you’ve come upon a new piece of wreckage, the local nonprofit Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes and Michigan DNR Underwater Archaeologist Wayne Lusardi want your help as a “citizen scientist.” Without moving the artifact, take a photo, get GPS coordinates from your phone, and fill out an official Beach Wreckage Documentation Form available at friendsofsleepingbear.org/tracking-shipwrecks/. Remember: All shipwrecks are cultural resources that are protected by state and, in the park, federal laws. If you see any shipwreck fragments, they must remain there for the next beach buccaneers to “discover.” (We won’t tell them you found it first.)

Bonus treasure: Want to dig deeper into the dynamic yet unspoiled gem that is Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore? Turn to P. 14 for an insider’s peek into the new book celebrating the park’s 50th anniversary, “The Life of the Sleeping Bear: Views and Stories from Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive.”

Stuff we love Treatin’ Yo’ Neighbor Leland’s Kristin MacKenzie Hussey wants your help to show local businesses that people love them, now more than ever. “My love language is gift-giving, that is how I show people I care about them and am thinking of them,” she says.

That’s why the painter-designer created the Brighter Days Donation Drive, which The “Treat Yourself” Bundle. Photo courtesy of Ryan Hussey offers folks the opportunity to buy three different gift bundles she created with goods from some of her most beloved local artisans — items like face masks made by Rabbit & Roses, coffee roasted by Blk/Mrkt, soap made by Thistle + Grey, polymer clay earrings made by Sweet Fern Co., scrunchies made by Rabbit & Roses, and more.

Hussey’s original designs will also be a part of each package. After six years in the wedding stationary business, she recently launched Kristin MacKenzie Design, a curated collection of products featuring her hand-painted artwork — work she says is “about sharing joy with others.”

The good deed doesn’t stop there: Every bundle buyer has the opportunity to donate an additional bundle to brighten up the day of a Leland business owner of their choice.

Eager to see and share the joy? Head over to www.KristinMacKenzie.com to take advantage of the presale, which runs through June 21.

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You’ve got to hand it to Traverse City’s Cuppa Joe. Among the first-bold businesses to plant its flag in Building 50 when Traverse City’s old state hospital was beginning its transformation into The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, Cuppa Joe has weathered a Starbucks moving in a few hundred yards from its drive-thru location at the southwest corner of Front St. and Garfield Road, and, nearly three months into the not-so-business friendly pandemic, saw its Building 50 location flooded after recent storms. But does the temporary inability to bake its famous blueberry-lime scones get Cuppa Joe down? Nope. In fact, owner Sandy Daley just told us she’s opening a third Cuppa Joe location in Traverse City in just a few weeks — an east-side sit-down spot in the former Breakaway Cafe & Coffee Bar space at Four Mile Road and US-31. To celebrate, we hit up Joe’s drive-thru and ordered up our favorite way to start a sunny summer morning: Cuppa Joe’s rich and smooth cold-brew coffee — dressed to impress with sugar-free coconut syrup, many drizzles of chocolate, and whipped cream — quickly transported to a bayside perch at Bryant Park, just a two-minute drive north. $4.51 and worth every calorie. www.cuppajoetc.com

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by Stephen Tuttle Apparently we have to go over a couple of related items. Again.

Your speech is not protected by the First Amendment on social media platforms. There is no widespread, short-spread, or any spread of fraud surrounding mail-in ballots.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2017 that a North Carolina law denying some individuals access to all social media platforms is a violation of the First Amendment’s right to free speech. That did not apply to individual social media companies.

The key here is this: It was the government doing the banning, and that runs afoul of the First Amendment, “Congress shall make no law ... ” That has long been held to mean any government entity, at all levels. Social media, which is most definitely not the government, is under no such restriction.

and women at the state and local levels who work very hard and very successfully to prevent fraud. And there are safeguards aplenty.

Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas are the only states remaining that will require some reason for requesting a mail-in ballot during the 2020 election cycle; every other state will permit mail-in ballots by request.

While 11 of those states are doing so temporarily because of the coronavirus, it’s permanent in the other 34. In fact, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, and Hawai’i now hold all of their elections by mail.

So there should be plenty of evidence of the widespread fraud Trump claims. Remember when he convened the Voter Fraud Commission with great fanfare in 2017? They met once and then scurried off. They could still be looking for the fraud that doesn’t exist.

There is no evidence vote-by-mail is prone, or even vulnerable, to massive fraud. None. Trump’s accusations are an insult to the men and women at the state and local levels who work very hard and very successfully to prevent fraud. And there are safeguards aplenty.

President Trump, angry because Twitter finally put a fact-check notation on one of his endless tweets of misinformation, wants to undo a 1996 law that gives social media platforms exemptions from defamation and libel exposure. He thinks he should be able to sue most anyone who ever criticizes or contradicts him, or at least threaten to sue. And, as always, he believes there’s a conspiracy to stifle his supporters online.

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The naive logic of the law back then was that the internet, especially the growing social media segment, would be the unfettered location for all information, sort of an international campfire around which we would all exchange pleasantries. Since social media platforms were creating none of the content, they were held harmless for it.

And, of course, despite his bluster and executive orders, the president can’t just arbitrarily make Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the rest bow to his wishes. Changes to how they do business would require public hearings before both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), not to mention Congressional approval for a new law. It won’t happen.

It’s more likely Senate Republicans will launch committee hearings dedicated to the notion that there is bias on social media and declare something definitely should be done about it, and then they’ll move along.

Oregon has mailed 100 million ballots since 2000 and found 12 incidents of fraud. There were 33 million ballots mailed in the 2016 national election, and virtually no fraud found. Justin Levitt, a law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles researched mailin voting records from 2000 to 2014 and found 31 incidents of intentional fraud.

The biggest mail-in ballot fraud in memory happened in 2018 when a Republican operative in North Carolina orchestrated a bizarre scheme that required a do-over in the Congressional election in which his scam took place. Election officials became suspicious when at least one precinct counted more absentee ballots cast for one candidate than there were registered voters.

There isn’t even any evidence that mail-in ballots help one party more than another. We know the demographic most likely to avail themselves of the privilege are older voters.

There is evidence that mail-in ballots increase turnout; several studies indicate voteby-mail increases participation by as much as five percent.

Eliminating mail-in ballots, as the president has suggested, will disenfranchise a significant chunk of the voting population, and it’s hard to see how decreased turnout helps the country.

It was one of Trump’s frequent hyperbolic Twitter rants that started all of this: yet another unfounded claim that mail-in ballots are awash in fraud. Maybe it provides a useful distraction for him, but it grows tiresome.

Neither the president nor Congress is going to find a way to muzzle social media since that would violate the First Amendment. There is not now, nor is there likely to be widespread voter fraud using mail-in ballots because the men and women overseeing our elections will continue to make sure it doesn’t happen.

There is no evidence vote-by-mail is prone, or even vulnerable, to massive fraud. None.

Trump’s accusations are an insult to the men

Your online rants are safe, and your mail-in ballot is secure. After all, even the president votes by mail.

Crime & Rescue FATHER CHARGED WITH BEATING SON Deputies arrested a 30-year-old Traverse City man after his son was found with marks on his neck and bruised eyes.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in Blair Township May 30 after the five-year-old boy’s grandfather called police.

The boy’s uncle had heard screaming and yelling from a room where the suspect and his son were; the suspect then left on a bicycle. Deputies tracked him down and arrested him at the Pantry Shelf in Grawn.

Deputies said the man resisted and suffered a head injury while being arrested.

The suspect faces charges of child abuse, resisting arrest, and assault with intent to do great bodily harm.

MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING State police arrested a 63-year-old downstate man for third-offense drunk driving in Roscommon County.

At 2:30am May 30, on M-55 in Prudenville, troopers made a traffic stop because of an equipment violation, according to a press release.

Thomas John Deweese, of Milford, showed signs of intoxications and refused to perform sobriety tests.

Deweese was arrested for third-offense drunk driving, third-offense driving with a suspended license, and refusing a breath test. A passenger was citing for having open intoxicants in the car.

POLICE: MAN STABBED ROOMMATE Boyne City Police arrested a 58-year-old man on an attempted murder charge after he allegedly stabbed his roommate amid an argument over money and possible eviction.

Police responded to a report of a man with a knife who was breaking windows at a residence on Wilson Street at 11:55am June 2.

When they arrived, police found the suspect, still holding the knife, restrained by bystanders; they also found a 37-year-old man who had suffered stab wounds. The man was treated at the scene by EMTs. The suspect is accused of stabbing the man and causing damage to the building and vehicles.

The man faces charges of attempted murder, malicious destruction of property, and being a fourtime habitual offender.

ELDERLY MAN KILLED IN CRASH A 94-year-old Lansing man was killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash.

State police responded at 6pm May 30 to the scene of the crash on Stoney Corners Road in Missaukee County’s Riverside Township.

by patrick sullivan psullivan@northernexpress.com

Police identified the deceased as Gerald Kincaid.

He was alone in his vehicle. Investigators determined that Kincaid failed to make a curve while driving a Ford Fusion, left the road, drove the car into an embankment, and rolled it several times.

Alcohol was not involved, but Kincaid was not wearing a seatbelt, police said. Kincaid was airlifted to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City where he died of his injuries.

LARCENY SUSPECT PICKED UP Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies responded after a woman reported that she’d confronted two men who were breaking into her car.

The woman was at the Speedway gas station on US-31 South, near South Airport Road, at 4:50 am May 28 when she saw the men trying to break into her car and confronted them.

One ran off while the other took off in his own vehicle; the woman called police.

A deputy tracked down the suspect’s vehicle and pulled him over on Franke Road.

The 26-year-old Blair Township man was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs, possession of a firearm while intoxicated, and possession of an unregistered handgun. The attempted larceny from an auto case was still under investigation at press time.

where someone had broken through the front door, taken several items, and fled on foot.

Investigators got a description of the suspect from the security company and, a short time later, a sergeant spotted someone who matched the description walking north on M-22.

The man was stopped and was found to be in possession of items from the store, deputies said. The 44-year-old faces charges of breaking and entering, larceny, and being an habitual offender.

BREAK-IN SUSPECT ARRESTED Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Suttons Bay man who had been spotted on surveillance breaking into a store.

Deputies were called at 3:47am June 4 to an alarm at a business on M-22, in Elmwood Township,

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BY Isiah Smith, Jr. Benjamin Franklin was a serious chess player who was captivated by the game’s metaphorical possibilities. During the American Revolution, Franklin was playing chess when his French opponent put Franklin’s king in check. The rules required Franklin to protect the king, but instead, he ignored the check and moved another piece.

His astonished opponent objected, “Sir, you’re in check!”

“I see that,” Franklin replied. “But I shall not defend him. If he was a good king, like yours, he would deserve the protection of his subjects; he is a tyrant and has cost them already more than he is worth. Take him, if you please, I can do without him, and fight out the rest of the battle without him.”

His opponent replied, “In chess, we do not take the king.”

Undeterred, Franklin replied, “In America we do.”

This story appears in David Shenk’s history of chess, “The Immortal Game.” As we await the Supreme Court’s decision on executive privilege, Franklin’s idiosyncratic response acquires special resonance.

Chess is a game with rigid rules; any attempt to break them destroys the game and renders it invalid. In college, however, my friends and I changed one annoying rule: Black pieces moved first. We felt empowered. However, the rule reversal did not improve my game; I continued to compile an enviable record of losses.

Maurice Ashley, an African American grandmaster (GM) of chess, is devoted to injecting chess into inner-city schools. He writes in “Chess for Success” that among its many cognitive benefits, chess develops the capacity to foresee and understand the consequences of one’s actions. (More politicians should play chess).

GM Ashley writes how he escaped poverty through chess. He recites research that indicates chess develops logical thinking, sharpens problem-solving skills, and improves concentration and focus. Seasoned chess players are therefore not easily conned; they trust scientists, not politicians. They would wear protective masks as a civic duty. Chess masters are unlikely to drink disinfectant because they respect the scientific method.

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The pandemic has chess into a sanctuary of calm. It can be played inside, anytime, on a computer, against opponents across the globe.

So I’ve taken my losses into cyberspace.

In life, as in chess, practice pays dividends.

Study and practice improve one’s skills. Of course, one can play the game simply for fun, but why remain mired in mediocrity? You’re never too old to learn.

As GM Ashley shows, chess improves thinking and comprehension.

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Life and chess share paradoxes. In chess, the powerful king is actually the weakest piece on the board. He derives his power from the “inferior” pieces, whose sole responsibility is to protect the king.

Remove all the pieces from the board except the king, and the king becomes powerless and essentially worthless.

Even the lowest, most dispensable piece, the pawn, possesses potential power exceeding the king’s; if the pawn journeys from one end of the board to the other, it can become any piece it desires — even the game’s most powerful piece, the queen.

And so it is in life. A nation’s leader derives his powers from the will of the people.

Without the acquiescence of the citizens (i.e., pawns), a leader becomes just another man subject to natural laws.

Like other games, chess reveals the player’s character. A slovenly, careless person plays a game reflecting those qualities.

A chess game can seem to last forever.

Inevitably, like life, however, the game ends.

In “Chess Story,” Stefan Zweig wrote that chess “eschews the tyranny of chance and awards victory only to the intellectual, or certain types of intellectual gift.” In other words, success comes only to those who earn it; Daddy’s money or political influence doesn’t bring success. You fail or succeed on your own merit.

There are no trust funds in chess.

Grandmaster Garry Kasparov, my online instructor, was the victor of the World Chess Championship each year from 1985 to 2000, longer than anyone not named Emanuel Lasker. In “Life Imitates Chess,” Kasparov writes that in chess, as in life, one cannot win if one does not prepare.

And as every beginner chess player knows, lowly pawns, unified and well played, defeat the king every time.

While writing this column last week, all hell broke loose; it seemed like everywhere I looked, chaos loomed, and fear and dread blanketed the land. Man’s inhumanity to man seemed more prevalent than ever.

My Minneapolis relatives grieved for their city, their people. Violence and anger raged across the land. A venal, dishonest woman sullied Central Park’s grandeur.

Martin Luther King’s dream seemed remote and unattainable.

An ancient game might seem an unlikely vehicle to carry hope; however, within those 32 pieces and 64 squares, a promise may lurk. People of all different races, ages, creeds, and colors play this game peacefully.

Bitterly fought games end with handshakes.

In that small gesture lies hope.

Perhaps.

Isiah Smith, Jr. is a retired government attorney.

Government in Action In 2013, Chad Dearth of Overland Park, Kansas, purchased his dream car, a 1964 Chevy Impala, and got an “antique” license plate for it. Since then, he has sold the car and moved to a new neighborhood, but earlier this year he received word that seven to 10 collection letters a day were arriving at his old address from state turnpike authorities up and down the East Coast. That’s when Dearth learned that Kansas is one of a few states that assign identical numbers to different categories of specialty license plates, and his old antique plate number matched the number on a commercial semi truck -- the one photographed by one of the authorities demanding payment for toll violations. Lee Ann Phelps, vehicle services manager for the Kansas Department of Revenue, told Fox4 she doesn’t know why the state uses identical numbers, but there are about 625,000 plates in the state that share a number. Kansas has issued a new license for the truck, but in the meantime, the bills continue. Dearth most recently got a letter from the Delaware Turnpike Authority seeking $479.

Green Eggs, No Ham A.K. Shihabudheen of Malappuram, India, and his wife cracked an egg from one of their chickens about nine months ago and were surprised to see a dark green yolk, rather than the standard yellow. “All the eggs which the hen laid ... were this kind,” Shihabudheen told The News Minute, “and so we started to incubate the eggs. Out of the six chicks which hatched from these eggs, a few have started to lay eggs and those yolks are also green in color.” The eggs taste like other eggs and cause no health problems, the family said. Experts from Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University suspect the feed given to the birds may be behind the phenomenon, according to Dr. S. Sankaralingam, but Shihabudheen says he gives all his birds the same feed.

Monkey Business Egyptian talk show host Lobna Asal abruptly fled the studio mid-interview on May 27 after being attacked by the monkey brought to the set by her interview subject, actor Ibrahim El-Samman, United Press International reported. Appearing on Egyptian channel Al Hayat, the monkey costarred with El-Samman on his latest project, and at first settled in Asal’s lap for several minutes, calmly listening to the conversation, but then jumped down and attacked her legs.

As she ran off, another person arrived to wrangle the primate.

Another Job Threatened Massachusetts-based Boston Dynamics has partnered with the New Zealand robotics company Rocos to develop a robotic dog, Spot, to herd sheep. “The age of autonomous robots is upon us,” Rocos chief executive David Inggs told United Press International.

The dog can be controlled remotely as it guides sheep through mountainous and difficult terrain, according to the company.

“It just needs to walk with intent toward the sheep and they seem to respond,” said Richard Stinear, Rocos chief technology officer. In other words, they act like sheep.

Bird Brain Security agencies in India thought they may have captured a Pakistani spy after

villagers in Manyari, a border town in the disputed region of Kashmir, delivered the courier to police, but the mole wasn’t a mole at all; it was a pigeon. According to Sky News, Kathua Police Superintendent Shailendra Mishra said the bird flew into a home on May 24 and a “ring was seen attached to one of its legs with some numbers on it ... Some called it a coded message.” Authorities are trying to decipher the message, as pigeons have been used for espionage in the disputed region in the past.

Meanwhile, the BBC reports that a Pakistani man named Habibullah is claiming the pigeon is his, and the number on the ring is his mobile phone number. Habibullah, who lives just a few miles from the India/ Pakistan border, has asked for the pigeon’s return and told local media India should “refrain from victimizing innocent birds.”

The Allure of Junk Food San Diego police responding to a burglar alarm at a Wells Fargo bank in Chollas View, California, around 3:30 a.m. on May 27, found a broken window by the bank’s drivethru. Alarm company personnel told officers surveillance cameras showed a man inside the bank’s break room, using the microwave.

Police gained entry to the bank and arrested the unnamed man, who told KGTV he had gone into the bank only to warm up his Hot Pockets. Asked if the Hot Pockets were worth the arrest, the man said, “Hell yeah it was worth it.”

City Parks and Recreation employee Zach Morris was cleaning up storm damage in Wynne, Arkansas, at the city’s sports complex on May 24 when he noticed that someone had broken into the concession stand. “The whole place was just looted,” Morris told WREG. The stand had been fully stocked for games scheduled before COVID-19 lockdowns began, and thieves helped themselves to drinks and candy, even taking the time to prepare nachos and popcorn before they left. Police are hoping the culprits will confess. “The right thing to do is take responsibility for the mistakes you made,” Morris said.

Latest Sightings UFO hunter Scott Waring discovered what he believes to be the “entrance to an alien base” on Earth on May 13 by studying Google Earth. According to the Mirror, Waring said the base doesn’t fit in with its surroundings on a “small and uninhabited island in Indonesia” and “aliens would love to have a hidden base” in such a secluded location. Using a Google Earth tool, he measured the opening, which is about 66 feet across -- big enough, he said, to “get a lot of alien ships in there.” One commenter on Waring’s YouTube channel praised his finding: “My gut tells me this is 100% legit.

Good job man!”

Florida Police in Miramar, Florida, are still trying to identify a man who was caught on surveillance video ransacking Miramar High School on May 25. The suspect spent nearly 24 hours destroying computers, painting graffiti on the walls and flooding areas of the school, the Miami Herald reported -- all while stark naked, except for headphones.

School officials put the cost of the damages at about $100,000.

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UP NORTH GANGLAND Robert Knapp’s book about northern Michigan’s mob history seeks to sort out legend from fact.

By Patrick Sullivan As a professor at University of California Berkley, Robert Knapp spent decades researching and teaching ancient Roman history.

In retirement, however, he wanted to return to his own roots. He bought an old cabin near Clare, Michigan, not far from where he grew up, and started spending time there.

The place lacked plumbing and electricity, but its rustic charm suited Knapp, gave him time to think.

It wasn’t long before his mind began turning around an old family story he recalled from his childhood. Rather than ponder it and cast it aside like so many of us do, the old professor did what he’d done throughout his career. He began researching.

But unlike excavating the dark and dusty texts and bronze tablets of ancient Rome, this time around, Knapp began uncovering leads to a much more recent (though, at times, no less dark) local history. What emerged was his new book, “Gangsters Up North: Mobsters, Mafia, and Racketeers in Michigan’s Vacationland.”

Northern Express caught up with Knapp to talk with him about his book’s investigation into northern Michigan’s history of underground gambling, bootlegging, baby farms, and murder — and how some of our best gangster tales might be the ones that never happened.

Northern Express: You spent a lifetime researching ancient history in your academic career. Was piecing together the history of gangsters Up North very different from delving into ancient history?

Robert Knapp: It was not different terms of the process, but it was completely different in terms of sources. Ancient history has a finite amount of sources — written history, things on stone, things on bronze, statues, so on. There is not much new being produced — only by some chance discovery. However, in researching gangsters I got to use things that were constantly being created by people in the 20th century, and there were many people I could talk to. Letters I could read, journals, newspapers I could read — none of this exists when you’re doing ancient history.

So, the type of source is completely different from the type of source that I was used to, but the methodology remains the same.

Express: It seems like, though, that there were not a lot of accurate contemporary accounts of gangsters Up North from that era — the ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s — and you had to sort of delve into darkness to get what little information could be found.

Knapp: Well, that’s true. That is to say, there was nothing written about this before, extensively. There were a number of people who had done very good work that I could rely on — Rick Wiles of Petoskey,

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for example, has written a number of pieces in magazines and a couple of books that are very, very good about individual parts of Michigan gangsters. But basically, I just started county by county and called up the historical societies, called up libraries, asked if they knew of anybody that has any interest in gangsters. Talked to local historical societies. And I got a lot of leads that way.

So then I could talk to people who directed me to other people and there were a lot of interviews that went on. When it came time to put it together, it turned out there was a lot of information.

Express: The book starts with a long account of all of the places in northern Michigan that claim Al Capone sightings that could not possibly be true. There are so many of them. As you note in the book, Capone would have had to have spent most of the 1920s in northern Michigan for all of them to be true, personally delivering cases of bootleg liquor. Why did all of these stories proliferate?

Knapp: I think there are a number of reasons. One is that in the ’30s, sightings of gangsters were very widespread. It was something that you read about in the paper every day. Dillinger was seen here. Capone was seen there. So, people had it in their minds that they might see a gangster. They might see a black Cadillac pulling up to a cabin at Spider Lake and assume then,

well, that must be Al Capone, because of the black Cadillac. I think a second tangent to that is that people really enjoyed telling their kids and grandkids that they had exposure to a gangster. There’s a lot of, “My father told me,” “My grandfather told me,” “My aunt told me” stories. And I think a lot of these folks just made them up, quite frankly, although that irritates my sources.

Then there is the business angle. If you can tie yourself to a gangster, that’s good for business now.

Express: I’m interested in the Al Capone story in Leelanau County, which comes from the well-known local historian Larry Wakefield, and which you thoroughly debunk in your book. Do you think local historians are typically more interested in getting a good story than they are about making sure that what they write is true?

Knapp: I think in that case, he wanted to believe. All of us, us historians, have succumbed to this. We want to believe a historic event because we like the story, and we try to prove it, and I think that’s what happened to Larry — that he really believed some guy’s story that Al Capone was there, and he was just determined to show that it was true. Even good historians can get wrapped up in a story that they want to be true.

Express: As you worked on the book, did you ever worry that you’d have to spend too

much time debunking legends rather than telling actual stories?

Knapp: No, actually, because I think that the untrue stories are just as interesting as the true stories, because it shows that people have this relationship with gangsters. Even if they’ve never met one, they still have this relationship. And so how that works itself out in terms of local stories, I found fascinating.

There are tunnels everywhere. That’s part of the narrative. If you see a gangster, then you’re going to say that there are tunnels.

Express: Can you tell me a little more about the Edward Brooks baby farm in Benzie County? I thought I was pretty up on things around here, and I’ve never heard of that.

Knapp: This all came from looking at John Dillinger. And then I pursued Billie Frechette, one of his molls, probably his most famous one — except for the one that got him shot — and when I did my research, I would take a person, and just start searching.

I just start pulling up newspaper stories, and there she was in Michigan [having taken her baby to Benzie County]. And then I started investigating baby farms and learned that they were places where mothers took illegitimate children to be disposed of, frankly. Allegedly, orphans could be adopted or sold to someone, or they could just be allowed to die, as with the farm there in Benzie, with all of the graves of little babies that were dug up. Brooks was ultimately brought to court in Cadillac, but he was never convicted of anything, so there’s no criminal proof. But people knew that this baby farm existed. It was in the papers, so it wasn’t any secret.

Express: I thought the stories you told about the grand old casinos in Harbor Springs, Petoskey and Charlevoix were fascinating.

Knapp: I really have to credit Rick Wiles for getting me started on those angles. He’s done a lot of work on the Club Manitou [in Petoskey], and he put me in touch with the Charlevoix Historical Society, which helped me a lot with the Colonial Club and John Cook. And again, once I get a name like John Cook, I can go to the newspapers and discover a lot more about what this guy was all about. And in Harbor Springs, the Club Ramona — I mean, it’s fascinating that it was an independent casino but just happened to be right next to a nongambling, large, fancy resort, so the resort could claim that it was completely clean, but people only had to walk 100 yards to the place where they could have gambled all they wanted.

Express: Which of the stories from northwest Lower Michigan do you think is the most interesting?

Knapp: I actually have to say that [the Al Capone story at] Heart’s Ease in Leelanau is one that jumps out, just because the story was so thoroughly grounded, and yet with careful investigation, showed that it couldn’t have happened. I think that if I had to choose one of these places to visit, I think I would have chosen the Club Ramona in Harbor Springs. I think that was the fanciest of the places. I have to say that I was not able to talk to anyone who had actually been inside any of those places. That’s not too surprising.

They would have had to have been born around 1915 or 1920 and also have been Up North. It would have been fun to talk to someone who had actually seen it alive, but I couldn’t do that.

Express: What about the Wertheimer kidnapping at Mullet Lake? That story was surprising.

Knapp: The Wertheimer brothers were completely new to me. I had run into their name very briefly when I was dealing with the gamblers in Detroit, but I hadn’t associated it with Cheboygan. And again, I just started tracing the name, and I quickly discovered that this was a Cheboygan person. Rick Wiles has since written a really nice piece on the Wertheimers, but before that, there really wasn’t anything. I went up to Cheboygan and talked to the people at the genealogy society, very nice people, but nobody had written about the Wertheimers. So that was really a find. I’d say my two biggest finds were the Wertheimers and John Hamilton, a native of Sault Ste. Marie.

A true “public enemy,” raised in Sault Ste. Marie. I had no idea. I pursued that because I investigated what I considered to be a fake story of John Dillinger in the Upper Peninsula.

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Express: And in that case, it turned out [that Dillinger actually had] been there.

Knapp: In that case it turned out he’d truly been there. But even in that episode, there was an example of how people came to make up stories. Because as I note in the book, a man was arrested in Sault Ste. Marie because he looked like John Dillinger.

Express: Just a couple of days before the actual Dillinger showed up.

Knapp: Yeah. Yeah. So that could have happened many times. And everybody that knew that this person had been arrested could say that they knew that John Dillinger was there. So, I assumed it was another story.

But it wasn’t another story. He was actually there. So that was fun.

Express: Tell me about the only murder in the book that takes place in northern Michigan.

Knapp: This is what got me started on my whole gangster thing. In May of 1938, my father was working in a drug store across from the Doherty Hotel in Clare, and, as he told it, heard gunshots. And it turned out, it was this murder. So, he and my grandmother, who both lived in Clare, both remembered this, and … we were told this story. And as I began to focus on Clare while living in the cabin there, I thought, “Well, I’m going to find out more about this story.” And sure enough, it turned out to be a fascinating story of an oil deal gone bad, combined with a big gangster deal gone bad, that ended up with this guy getting plugged in the bar of the Doherty Hotel in 1938. That’s how I got started.

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Express: There aren’t many mentions of Traverse City in your book — the only thing in Grand Traverse County is a supposed visit that Al Capone almost certainly didn’t make to a resort on Spider Lake. What did all the gangsters have against spending time in Traverse City?

Knapp: I was very frustrated with Traverse City. I was sure there had to be at least stories, but I couldn’t reach any person that was interested in this sort of thing and so might have collected stories. So, I would expect that there are stories, and maybe when people read the book or think about it, they’ll come up with the stories. Because I don’t think Traverse City was some kind of island. Of course, it wasn’t as wealthy as Charlevoix or Petoskey or Harbor Springs, in terms of resorters and therefore the presence of gambling, but still, there should be more there, and I hope that somebody will come forward and tell me.

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An Ojibwe family by their canoe about 1900. Photo courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society.

Maggie Jackson and her sister Mary Westman (Odawa) making black ash baskets near Glen Haven. Maggie Jackson, Mary Westman, and her daughter Clara are identified in the 1920 Census as “Basket Makers.” Photo courtesy Empire Area Museum.

Sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore

celebrates 50 years We’re celebrating the people who made it possible.

By Lynda Wheatley You might say credit for the Sleeping Bear Dunes goes not to man but to Wisconsin — the Wisconsin ice sheet, that is.

The most recent in a 2.6 million-year span of glaciation cycles surging forth then shrinking back, the Wisconsin began nearly 80,000 years ago, then slowly melted away.

Left in its wake: a sublime landscape of towering dunes and cobalt waters, and a fertile earth that would spring forth 8,000 years of ecological wonders.

In light of such an epic span, 50 years as the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore might not seem such a big deal. But think of how much the world around those 71,000 acres has changed since 1970. And how, under the protection and guidance of the National Park Service and all who hold the Lakeshore dear, this one-of-a-kind place has endured.

With the understanding that no environment can withstand all change, we take a moment this summer to stand in awe of a small corner of the world where man and nature seem to have struck a fairer balance — and to credit those people who recognized its true worth first, allowing all of us to have a place like The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to protect.

Here, select excerpts and images from the book Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes produced to honor the 50th anniversary of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, “The Life of the Sleeping Bear: Views and Stories from Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive”:

The First People Are Still Here

The roots of the Anishinaabek run deep into the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. For these Native American people, the land and waters are populated with the spirits of their ancestors. The Anishinaabek continue to cherish, respect, and use the natural resources here.

Anishinaabek is the name of the culturally related peoples, including the Odawa and Ojibwa, who lived in much of the Great Lakes region before the arrival

of Europeans. Three federally recognized Anishinaabek tribes — the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the Little River Band of Odawa, and the Little Traverse Bands of Odawa Indians — serve their members in the counties near the National Lakeshore. Two more – the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and the Bay Mills Indian Community — are headquartered in the Upper Peninsula but also have treaty rights here.

weather communities in northern Michigan and smaller winter camps farther south in the Lower Peninsula where the climate was more temperate and game more abundant.

The Anishinaabek established extensive social and trade networks on the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and beyond.

Reliance on Natural Resources To this day, the Anishinaabek rely on the land, lakes, and wetlands to provide resources for food, shelter, and clothing in

Visitors of all races and ethnicities look with awe upon the towering, wind-scoured dunes and forests of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. For the Anishinaabek, the Lakeshore endures as a sacred place.

Ancient History Ancestors of modern American Indians arrived in northwestern Michigan at least 8,000 years ago, following plants and animals into the region as glaciers receded from the most recent ice age. A few artifacts found on National Lakeshore land have been dated by archeologists to about 5,000 years ago.

More numerous here are Middle and Late Woodland Indian sites that date from 1,500600 years before present. Time has erased most physical evidence of these first peoples, since only objects such as stone tools, pottery sherds, and copper can endure in this cold, moist environment. Objects made from organic materials—birch bark containers, fiber fishnets, furs, woven storage bags, spear handles, and the like—decompose and return to the earth more quickly.

Over the millennia, Anishinaabek moved through this land in small groups.

They hunted, gathered, and fished, often using the Lake Michigan as their highway as they canoed along the shores. Their movements were seasonal, with warm-

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every season. In late winter and early spring, the sap of sugar maple trees is gathered and boiled for maple sugar—historically a welcome source of energy after a long winter of dwindling food sources. There follows a seasonal menu of wild leeks and other edible greens and berries, along with a pharmacy of medicinal herbs that grow in the forests, dunes, and wetlands. In season, nuts mature on the beech trees, and bark from birch and basswood is harvested for shelter and rope.

Wetlands offer a wealth of food and materials. The native cattail, alone, was a rich resource, providing leaves for mats, pollen for food and medicine, and roots for food.

The region’s lake-tempered climate extends the growing season for plantings such as the traditional corn, squash, and beans. Plat maps from an 1851 survey show several garden locations close to Anishinaabek settlements near what are now Leland and Omena on the Leelanau Peninsula.

Fishing is still a mainstay, and was absolutely critical for survival historically.

Fish were a vital protein source that could

be smoke-dried and stored for future use.

Camps were set up near river mouths and off-shore shoals in the spring and during the fall spawning of whitefish and lake trout. Streams and inland lakes teemed with a variety of cold, freshwater species. The people harvested fish by using spears, hook and line, gaffing, and netting; practices that still continue for tribal members.

The More Recent Past In the last half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth century, Odawa and Ojibwa families in the Sleeping Bear Dunes area worked for wages while continuing to harvest natural resources to provide for their families. White fishermen joined them in commercial fishing off-shore. Fresh fish were packed and sent off on the steamships calling at Glen Haven. Many Odawa men took jobs in the woods and lumber mills.

Local census records from the early 1900s include numerous local names with ethnic identity listed as “Indian.”

The Odawa Westman, Jackson, and Sam families all worked for Glen Haven entrepreneur D.H. Day. Elizabeth Westman was born in Glen Haven around 1905. In a 1975 interview, she recalled that about 30 Odawa families lived in the vicinity. The men and boys worked at the Glen Haven dock and the lumber mill on Little Glen Lake. Families made maple syrup and candy in the spring and worked as sharecroppers on Day’s land. Women created and sold baskets; children picked berries to sell at the Glen Haven dock and the Glen Lakes resort community. As early as 1880, the Westman family purchased property near what is now Westman Road, and founded a small community where they and several other Odawa families continued to reside after the local lumber mills closed.

First People Today The Anishinaabek maintain a strong presence in Northern Michigan. The region’s tribes have fought in court to retain their treaty rights. They are active political,

economic, and cultural participants in their local communities, and at the state and federal level. Tribal governments provide social services and economic development and sustain their cultural heritage. The Inland Consent Decree of 2007 re-affirmed that tribal members may engage in hunting, fishing, and gathering activities on tribal lands and lands that are open to the public for those activities. Tribal natural resource professionals work closely with state, the National Lakeshore, and other federal agencies to manage these resources.

The tribal communities actively preserve Anishinaabe traditional knowledge— the vast reservoir of practices and beliefs passed down through the generations. They remember the ways of animals and plants, the contours of the land, and the ways of the water and winds. This legacy also carries the understanding that they share a responsibility to preserve and protect the natural resources that sustained their people through the ages.

Visitors of all races and ethnicities look with awe upon the towering, wind-scoured dunes and forests of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. For the Anishinaabek, the Lakeshore endures as a sacred place.

It is no wonder that visitors continue to appreciate and adapt the original legend the Anishinaabek bestowed on these lofty dunes animating them with the powerful spirit of mokwa, a mother bear, and her devotion to her cubs.

PIERCE STOCKING AND THE ORIGINAL DRIVE

The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive has been in place for so long that it seems almost part of the landscape, snaking uphill and down, through forest and dune. But it wasn’t always this way. As recently as the early 20th century, humans could only reach the Sleeping Bear Plateau on foot or horseback.

Then, in the 1950s, a local lumberman and land speculator named Pierce Stocking began picking up hints that the federal government was looking at the area for a possible National Park. Stocking, who

already owned substantial property, began quietly buying up parcels of the “worthless” sand with an eye toward eventually selling it to the government. In time, he came to own about 10,000 acres, making him one of the largest private land owners in what would become Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

But there was no quick profit in this enterprise. Legislation to create the National Lakeshore was extensively debated by Congress. The first bill was introduced in 1959, but by the middle of the 1960s a succession of similar legislation had gone nowhere. Stocking decided to put his land to use.

his private park and visitors experienced the Sleeping Bear Dunes through his vision of the Scenic Drive. Ironically, the long process of setting a fair price for the government purchase of Stocking’s land also was resolved in 1976. The payment came within days of his death.

When ownership passed to the National Lakeshore, officials considered removing the roadway and letting the dunes return to their original, wilderness condition. They eventually decided, as Stocking had, that the public needed an easy way to access and enjoy the unique and beautiful dunescape.

Building the First Scenic Drive By all accounts, Stocking had a deep affection for the forests and dunes of the area.

Through many years of cutting and hauling timber, he had acquired the experience and equipment to build roads through remote lands. Now, he set his crews to work creating a tourist attraction.

In 1967, Stocking opened the first version of the scenic drive: an unpaved 14-mile road winding through the dunes and providing spectacular views, steep hills, twisting turns, and pleasant picnic areas. Its route was similar to that of the present drive but extended farther north into some of the open dune fields.

As an entrance to his park, Stocking created a landscaped area called the “Great Lakes Gardens” along the road just south of the Dune Climb. It featured ponds in the shape of the five Great Lakes with field stone borders and lush plantings of roses and other flowers. Stocking named the whole attraction the Sleeping Bear Dunes Park and charged an entrance fee of $2.75 per car.

Building the Present Scenic Drive So, the main portions of the drive remained open under National Lakeshore management, with only the loops through the most vulnerable dune areas closed to traffic.

In 1984, the drive was closed temporarily to be widened, rerouted and repaved. In honor of Pierce Stocking’s pioneering vision, the scenic drive was renamed for him.

Today, the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive extends for just over 7 miles—about half its original length—and features a dozen stops that provide awe-inspiring views along with a sense of the region’s geology, history, and ecology. The unique picnic areas remain, as does much of the original alignment through the forest. Stocking’s covered bridge, a feature of the original drive, was badly damaged by porcupines. It was rebuilt and enlarged by the National Park Service.

Creation of the National Lakeshore In 1970, three years after Stocking opened his park, President Richard Nixon signed the law creating Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. It would be another six years before the National Park Service acquired enough land to formally dedicate the National Lakeshore and open it to the public.

Through all that time, up until his death in 1976, Pierce Stocking continued to operate

Pierce Stocking, Visionary Pierce Stocking had been born in 1908, just as Michigan’s first timber-cutting era was coming to an end. By the time he entered the industry, many forests were well into their second growth. Stocking managed his forests in a sustainable and sensitive manner. He also came to love the beauty of the landscape and to see its potential for recreation and tourism.

More than 50 years have passed since the bulldozers cut that first lane up the hill behind “Great Lakes Gardens.” It is unlikely that today’s much loved scenic drive would exist

Above: Pierce Stocking worked at a Civilian Conservation Corps in Cadillac, Michigan, during the Great Depression.

The skills he learned there helped him construct the 7-mile drive that now bears his name. Drawing by Oliver Uberti, the Park’s 2013 artist-in-residence, who produced the original art for 11 interpretive wayside signs along the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive. Image courtesy of National Park Service.

Left: Snapshot from the original Pierce Stocking Drive.

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without Pierce Stocking. Certainly, the drive through the dunes is nowhere to be found in early National Lakeshore proposals, which envisioned other scenic roads in the hills around Glen Lake and on the high country between Crystal and Platte Lakes.

So, give credit to the National Park Service for seeing the public benefit in Stocking’s vision. And save a good bit of that credit for Pierce Stocking himself—the man who built the first “parkway” in the Sleeping Bear Dunes.

D. H. DAY

David Henry Day was a visionary, a promoter, and a community leader who played a central role in the development of Northern Michigan. He lived in Glen Haven from 1878 until his death in 1928—a span of years in which the village evolved from a steamship fueling station to a tourist destination.

Day was born in Ogdensburg, New York, on the St. Lawrence River, in 1851.

He arrived in Glen Haven as a 27-year-old shipping agent. According to a National Park Service historian, he was responsible for everything from “tedious paperwork to more challenging tasks like securing the ship lines, which were flung onto the dock any time of day or night.”

Over the next five decades, Day would come to own the whole town and much of the surrounding countryside. One obituary lauded him as “The King of Glen Haven.”

He was seen as a pioneer in sustainable forestry, agriculture, and tourism. He headed the local school board, owned a sawmill and general store, built roads, put in the local telegraph line, and was the first chairman of the Michigan State Parks Commission, all while living above the store in Glen Haven

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Mr. and Mrs. D.H. Day, in motoring costumes, out for a drive in the early 1900s. Day was an early promotor of motoring and of road-building, seeing their potential to stimulate tourism. Photo courtesy National Park Service.

D.H. Day’s General Store in Glen Haven. He lived above it, with his wife and family, never moving to his farm.

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with his wife, Eva, and their children.

Three years after his arrival in Glen Haven, Day learned that his employer, the Northern Transit Company, was planning to sell its local assets. He borrowed money to buy the company town of Glen Haven and two steamships.

He soon sold the ships but kept on buying land. By 1910, he owned some 5,000 acres, including the 400-acre “Oswagotchie” Farm and extensive woodlands around Little Glen Lake. He managed these woodlands to be sustainably harvested, among the first in Michigan to do so, and they eventually became known as “Day Forest”.

He farmed some of the cleared timberlands, planting cherry trees and building a canning factory in Glen Haven to get his fruit to urban markets. In the 1920s, he donated land for a state park on Sleeping Bear Bay and lined up investors to convert much of the Day Forest property into a million-dollar resort with a golf course, airstrip, and 125 high-end estate sites.

That last dream never came to full fruition.

D.H. Day died in 1928, and the partners in the project lost their investment with the onset of the Great Depression the next year.

His name is memorialized in the National Lakeshore in a historical marker at the D.H. Day Campground, on the property he donated in 1920 for creation of a state park.

Oswagotchie While most farms in the Sleeping Bear Dunes area were small homesteads whose owners struggled to make a living, Oswagotchie was an exception. After acquiring the partially developed property in the 1880s, Day cleared additional land and built a farmhouse, the large barn, a pig barn and a bull barn.

In time, the main barn had milking space for 200 prized dairy cows, and the farm also had 400 pigs. By about 1910, he had 5,000 cherry and apple trees. Day’s general store in Glen Haven sold milk, meat, and produce from the farm.

Day himself never lived on the farm, instead staying with his wife and children in quarters above the store he owned in Glen Haven. The farmhouse was rented to a hired manager. Day often walked the three miles round trip from the store to the farm to observe the operation.

In the 1920s, he built a canning factory in Glen Haven using the facility to process cherries, raspberries, and peaches from his farm and from other growers in the area.

The canning business helped the community survive the Great Depression. The cannery building is now used by the National Lakeshore as a museum for historic boats.

The D.H. Day barn has been cited as

one of the 50 most significant buildings in Michigan. The 1993 reference book “Buildings of Michigan” describes it as follows: The magnificent 116-foot-long dairy barn, with its poured concrete silo, octagonal cupolas with bell roofs, and a vaulted and ogee roof with slightly flared eaves to permit water

drainage, is both picturesque and functional.

D.H. Day died in 1928. His wife, Eva, died eight years later. The farm passed to other owners, and remains in private hands.

An agreement with National park Service requires the owner to retain the buildings’ historic exteriors.

About the Book

“The Life of the Sleeping Bear,” edited by Jerry Peterson and Kathy Cole, is a photographic tour of the park that tells the park’s history — geologic, ecologic, maritime, and more. Packed with photos, maps, infographics, and details even Bob Sutherland, president of Cherry Republic in Glen Arbor, was surprised to learn: “I’ve been living in the grasp of the Sleeping Bear Dunes all my life and I didn’t know half the information packed in this guidebook.

Did I find this book valuable? Yes Engrossing? Yes. Beautiful? Yes. Full of history and fact? Yes!” All profits from the books sales will go to support the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes’ mission: Protecting resources and heightening visitor experiences in partnership with Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. To learn more about the organization and order the book, visit www.FriendsofSleepingBear.org.

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Sure, you might need to splurge on a new piece of gear … or two … or six, but c’mon, it’s practically a good deed, man. Investing in some new toys for yourself is actually a very impactful way to boost our region’s economy whilst supporting your own health and well-being. (Feel free to cite that fact for your spouse. You’re welcome.) But you don’t have to believe us. Take it from the local retailers who shared their picks for the must-have gear of summer 2020 — and the best destination to use ‘em.

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If you’re feeling particularly adventurous, Kosinski says you might embark toward the big water, round Leffingwell Point, and head north in search of the Metropolis, a shipwreck of a 125-foot schooner that went down in shallow water in 1886. The extra speed and power of the Mirage Eclipse even makes a ride all the way up to Old Mission Lighthouse doable.

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Don Orr Ski n’ Beach Haus (890 Munson Avenue) for the ParadisePad, an ideal piece of gear for a lengthy beach day with family or friends. This simple foam pad is 15 feet long and 5 feet wide, but it’s capable of holding up to 1,800 pounds afloat (and doing so with more stability than any inflatable raft). Jeff Swanson, who owns Don Orr, says the pad is consistently one of the shop’s most popular products in the summertime. It’s priced at $549.

Here: Don Orr is located right across the street from the Traverse City State Park beach, making the “here” part of the equation, in this case, particularly easy. And in a summer where beachgoers will likely be weighing the competing impulses of wanting to cool off on hot days and wanting to stay as socially distant as possible from other people, the ParadisePad could prove to be an especially useful piece of equipment for treks to those busier beaches around the region. Rather than trying to find a spot in the sand to call your own, take the pad out into the water and create a floating oasis where you and your crew can enjoy one another’s company without worrying about the summer crowds. It’s almost like spending a day on a boat — minus the hefty price tag of an actual boat.

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Keeping your beverage of choice cool and secure outdoors has never been so easy.

Here: Wiesen has an idea for your next trek, completely built around the Yeti Rambler Bottle Sling. While you’re visiting the Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District, she recommends renting a bike for the day at The Cyclery and picking up a bottle of M22 wine. Stow the wine in your bottle sling, climb onto the bike, pick up takeout from a local Glen Arbor restaurant — the beloved Art’s Tavern is less than a quarter-mile down the road — and then hop on the nearby Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail for a bike ride capped off with a world-class picnic and a well-deserved glass of your favorite white or red.

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Gear: Stand-up paddleboarding has been all the rage in northern Michigan for several years now, but what about stand-up pedal boarding? Traverse City’s Backcountry North is offering just that in the form of the Hobie Mirage Eclipse, an innovative cross between a paddleboard, a bicycle, and an elliptical. Use the pedals on the board to activate a powerful fin propulsion system that will push you through the water faster than even the fastest standup paddleboarder can go. Small levers on the handlebars make steering easy, and the width of the board holds it stable — even on wavier days or with a dog riding along.

Backcountry carries both a 10.5-foot version ($1,799) and a 12-foot design ($1,899) at each of its Traverse City stores (2820 US-31 South; 227 East Front Street). The business is also currently offering free no-contact kayak and paddleboard delivery throughout much of Michigan.

Here: Where should your first pedal boarding extravaganza take place?

Backcountry Co-owner Stephen Kosinski recommends the “sandy, swimmable Haserot Beach on Old Mission Peninsula,” which he

the outfitte harbor sprinr of gs Gear: If you’re in the market for a state-of-the-art kayak, head to The Outfitter of Harbor Springs (153 East Main Street). In particular, co-owner Josh Baker likes the Hobie MiraPro Pro Angler 14 Fishing Kayak, which retails at $4,799.

The kayak comes equipped with a similar pedal fin propulsion system to Hobie’s stand-up pedalboards and pairs it with an elevated vantage seat, six horizontal rod lockers, built-in tackle compartments (with enough tackle storage “to empty a store,” according to Hobie), and even a stable non-skid deck for standing up and sight fishing. It’s essentially a full-bodied fishing boat in kayak form – perfect for anglers who want to turn their fishing outings into quieter, stealthier, and more physically demanding adventures.

Here: The Outfitter is located just a couple blocks from the shores of Little Traverse Bay. Baker recommends launching your new MiraPro Angler 14 at the nearby harbor and fishing for bass along the shoreline, or perhaps heading deeper into the bay in search of lake trout or salmon.

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Here: The Norco Fluid HT 1 is the type of mountain bike built for a flow-style trail – a type of biking trail that the Mountain Bicycling Association defines as “a terrain-induced roller coaster experience.”

Fortunately, Leelanau County got Michigan’s first flow-style trail north of Grand Rapids in 2018, inside the 721-acre Palmer Woods Forest Reserve. The Palmer Woods Trail is a 30-minute drive from Suttons Bay Bikes, but Wierzba says it’s worth the trip. The trail’s banked turns, jumps, and thrilling terrain would be enjoyable aboard any well-built mountain bike, but the Norco Fluid is ideally suited. “This bike helps to tackle these jumps and bumps with its wider tires and longer travel suspension,” Wierzba said. Cyclists are welcome to test one out at Suttons Bay Bikes.

Gear: Looking to take a load off and enjoy some lazy summer afternoon relaxation? Swing by Petoskey’s Bearcub Outfitters (321 E Lake St.) and pick up the ENO Double Nest Hammock, priced at $69.99. Big enough for two but still easy to bundle up and stuff into a travel-sized compression sack, this hammock is durable, breathable, fast-drying, easy to set up, available in a slew of colors, and most of all, comfortable! Whether you’re planning a camping trip or setting up a spot in the backyard for some summer reading, the ENO Double Nest is the perfect hammock for the job.

Here: We asked the folks at Bearcub Outfitters where to take the ENO Double Nest Hammock for a maiden voyage, and they had just the place(s!): a trio of new hammock lounges dotted along the Little Traverse Wheelway. There are currently three such lounges, at Magnus Park, Mineral Well Park, and Bayfront Park, respectively.

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By Ross Boissoneau The shuttering of Michigan’s economy had perhaps its greatest impact on our restaurants, retail, and — that equally necessary but often forgotten backbone of the North — the arts. Many of the former were able to provide takeout or delivery, but music, dance, and the visual and dramatic arts were relegated entirely to the cyberworld.

As the economy slowly reopens, some galleries and organizations are carefully opening their doors, while others maintain their distance, eschewing the real world — at least for now — for the virtual one.

If you, like us, have tired of watching the world almost entirely through the news and social media, start your summer with a plan to add an alternative view, one interpreted through the eyes and hearts of artists and cued up to keep you thinking, appreciating, and inspired.

Here, a look at how many of the region’s galleries and arts organizations have and are working to deliver your recommended dose of art and culture this season.

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER Traverse City After a virtual exhibit of student work devoted to pets, the museum is offering two new virtual exhibits open to all ages. The first is themed “Lost & Found in My Backyard.”

Respondents were to share a photograph of something lost or found in their back yard, whether a view, a piece of nature, or anything else in sight. The other is entitled “Patterns of Domesticity.” Contributors were

to share a unique pattern found indoors, anything from the tiles on the floor to dishes, bedding, or anything else in the home. “Our staff has been impressed with the creative content generated by participants, and we look forward to inviting more submissions, virtual or otherwise, in future programs and events,” said Craig Hadley, executive director.

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HIGHER ART GALLERY Traverse City It’s the first thing you see on the gallery’s website: “Shop art from home.” If that’s not inducement enough, under the gallery’s name is a button labeled “Shop Now.” It takes you to the myriad collections gallery owner Shanny Brooke has posted online.

Not content to merely exhibit through the virtual world, Brooke has staged what she estimates to be 85 percent of her planned show “The Woodland” in the gallery’s front window. That way, passersby can get an upclose and personal view of the show. Brooke also brought in some oak logs from her yard to use as props for what she calls a whimsical and imaginative show.

JULIE KRADEL Twisted Fish is offering virtual sales. For virus, but hope this show symbolizes we those purchasing art, it’s CYNTHIA offering curbside MARKS are coming out of that,” said gallery owner service, even delivery to local areas. Streit Sue Ann Round. The show, featuring six said when the gallery opens, it will include ceramic artists, instead opened on the LEANNE SCHNAPP measures such as masks, plexiglass barriers gallery’s Facebook page and for in-person and hand-sanitizer stations, and its grounds visitors six at a time, following all protocols.

MICHELLE TOCK YORK are still open for those who might want to Unfortunately, in the real world, a guest stop in and bring a picnic lunch. “As we bumped Leanne Schnepp’s “Zemyna: Mother move forward we’ll think of ways to share Nature,” sending it tumbling to the floor and creative expression outside.” shattering. Round said Schnepp’s reaction was extraordinary: “Please, please, please, do not worry. No one died. It can be mended.

TVEDTEN FINE ART And if it can’t, I will make something else.”

Harbor Springs Owner Margaret Tvedten opened an Instagram account to complement Facebook CROOKED TREE ART GALLERY and the gallery website, offering interested Petoskey/Traverse City parties a glimpse of what they’ll find at the Since the Stay Home order, the gallery. She said that’s as far into the virtual organization has launched CTAC Online world as she’s venturing, though the website (crookedtree.org/online) where people also offers a panoramic tour. As the gallery can find information about upcoming opens with its regular summer hours, Tvedten virtual events and classes, as well as said she believes clients and visitors will be online exhibitions. Crooked Tree has been responsible, wearing masks and keeping presenting its free lecture series, Coffee @ mindful of social distancing. She said the Ten, live via Zoom and has been hosting gallery’s emphasis on fine art and what she weekly virtual meetups for its Artist Guild calls its “off the beaten path” location already members, an opportunity for artists to militate against large crowds. In celebration make new connections and talk about issues of its 25th year, Tvedten is hosting weekly affecting their art. shows by individual artists, beginning July 3.

Its annual juried photography exhibition was scheduled to open in the Traverse City gallery in early April, but surprise, MICHIGAN ARTISTS GALLERY it went online as well, where it can — and Traverse City should, we looked! — be viewed through The May show “Out of the Woods: June 16. PHOTO2020 artwork is available Mammals, Memories and Mud” was to for purchase, and all proceeds go directly coincide with the downtown Traverse City to the artists. CTAC’s annual Dart for Art Art Walk. The best-laid plans, right? “We fundraiser will take place virtually as well, named the exhibit before we knew we were with streaming live events, including artist headed ‘into the woods’ with this major demos and performances, virtual door

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TWISTED FISH GALLERY Elk Rapids Manager Lynn Streit said Twisted Fish is bowing to the inevitable this summer, eschewing the lavish openings the gallery is known for. “We’re very uncomfortable promoting any public gatherings. We had to cancel shows and classes. It’s been a real sore spot in our hearts to have to do that,” she said. While not doing virtual shows,

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SUBMIT & PARTICIPATE WITH YOUR OWN ART ART EXPLOSION Similar to the famous Art Prize competition in Grand Rapids, the Great Northern Art Explosion is a multiday public art exhibition in Grayling.

It is being hosted by AuSable Artisan Village in partnership with Kirtland Community College. Its mission is to showcase Grayling as an art destination, create visibility for the creative talent in northern Michigan, and activate the downtown Grayling area by using local space and resources to host a multi-day, public art event. Registration is open to any artist at least 18 years old through July 10. Grand prize is $8,000, with three other $1,000 prizes. Artists do not have to live in Northern Michigan to participate. Works submitted may be in any medium: drawing, printing, installation, painting, photography, digital art, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art (textiles and material, glass, wood, metal, ceramics, mosaic, paper or other techniques). For more information, go to ArtExplosion.org.

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ARTS FOR ALL Traverse City According to Grace Hudson, the mission of Arts for All of Northern Michigan has always been about adapting. “We’re doing that now more than ever,” said the executive director of the organization, which promotes access and inclusive opportunities for children and adults with and without disabilities to experience and grow through the arts.

It hosted its spring dance virtually, via Zoom, with a live DJ, and another is planned this week, June 8. Then, in a direct effort to connect with the community, the organization mailed members free miniwatercolor kits and paired with three instructional videos it created with Arts for All’s teaching artists. The organization isn’t stopping there; see the sidebar AT RIGHT and stay tuned to the organization’s continuously updated at-home art resource page for cool at-home projects you can do.

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OLIVER ART CENTER Frankfort The order to close came down during installation of a new exhibition, “Make Mine Abstract!” Gallery Executive Director Mercedes Michalowski said the staff decided to keep installing in the hopes that the work would be viewed by the public eventually. When they heard it would be a lengthy shutdown, the decision was made to create an online tour of the 168 works in the exhibition and an online photo album in order for people to view — and possibly purchase — the artwork on display. So far, “The virtual tour has over 1,400 views, which is incredible,” said Michalowski.

Since the shutdown, Oliver Art Center has also been creating online content for its community through activities such as coloring sheets, word games, and even art book-themed story time videos. In addition, an online Facebook group created by OAC has attracted over 100 members to share current work, creative ideas, information for artists and families, and more.

RAMSDELL THEATRE Manistee The epicenter of the arts and culture in Manistee has, like so many other venues, been forced to cancel or postpone numerous shows and events, from concerts to workshops, exhibits, and the inaugural Ramsdell Theatre Camp. But it did host a one-time virtual performance of “Escanaba In Da Moonlight.”

Through what it’s dubbed the Video Vault, the Ramsdell is offering an interview with Mary Wahr, whose exhibition on fractal art is now ongoing virtually, with the live portion now scheduled for fall. Executive Director Xavier Verna is also regularly updating its social media presence on Facebook and Instagram.

GLEN ARBOR ART CENTER Glen Arbor The pandemic has fostered greater interest in birds for those relegated to home., which makes “New Views: Birdlandia” a well-timed exhibit. It features 2D and 3D work that explores birds in a variety of media: acrylics, oil, textiles, paper, pencil, and many others. In addition to the virtual tour, the site (www.GlenArborArt.com) offers interviews with bird and birding enthusiasts, as well as links to other sites of interest to birders, such as the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Grand Traverse Audubon Club and more.

WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS Several arts organizations have teamed up to offer a series of videos on the topics of wellness and art and culture. Every Wednesday, a teaching artist from one of the participating groups — Arts for All of Northern Michigan, Art Rapids, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Glen Arbor Arts Center, Oliver Arts Center and Parallel 45 Theatre Company — will share on various facets of health, healing and/ or the arts. The goal of the project is to provide community wellness through creative opportunities like working with clay, improvisation, painting and other artistic outlets. While the programs are free, there will be a virtual tip jar to support the artists providing the content. Research has shown participation in the arts can decrease stress and anxiety, increase positive outlook, and strengthen the immune system. To sign up, go to one of the organizations’ Facebook page. It runs through July 1.

NORTHPORT PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT The call for artists is open until June 30 for the 8th Annual Northport Plein Air Paint Out event. Given the pandemic, the artists will not be gathering, but painting “plein air from there,” which could be … well, anywhere. The paint days will take place July 25–26. It will be followed by the VIP Virtual Exhibit and Sale, 4pm–5:30pm July 27. VIP access to the sale is $10, with limited availability.

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Take a woman who called in to a radio show when I was being interviewed about my advice on cellphone manners. She compared people staring into their cellphones to the pod people from “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and called it “antisocial” to be texting in public.

Like this woman, we often assume we know what’s best for other people, especially when whatever that is presents a lovely frame for our own moral and intellectual superiority.

But as I wrote in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck,” unless you’re such an obliviously wandering phone zombie that it “causes me to swerve into oncoming traffic to avoid running you down, it really isn’t up to me to dictate whether you text your days away or spend them reading Good Books Approved by the Reviewing Staff of The New Yorker.”

Also, texting in public isn’t “antisocial.” It’s socializing with somebody who isn’t in our immediate environment. And being social, whether in person or with someone miles away via a tiny wireless “window” in our palm, is something we crave.

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BY Amy Alkon and working together. In this context, cooperation means sometimes putting aside our self-interest to act in the interest of others. Friendship and the emotional bonds that result suggest that our friends’ interests have become in our self-interest, and this, in turn, suggests our friends can rely on us when the chips are down.

Human cooperation is a psychological adaptation, an evolved solution to recurring problems that impinged on survival and reproduction. Cooperation is basically, “United we stand; divided we fall” (and maybe get eaten by something with sharp fangs).

Psychiatrist and evolutionary researcher Randolph Nesse explains that our emotions act as our survival and mating support staff, pushing us to behave in evolutionarily optimal ways. Feelgood emotions like joy, excitement, and love motivate us to keep doing what we’re doing so we can keep those feelings coming. Feelbad emotions like depression and fear, and loneliness when we feel isolated, drive us to change what we’re doing so we can stop feeling so crappy.

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It’s associated with substantial mental and physical health costs, including impaired reasoning and self-control, fragmented sleep, diminished immunity to disease, and increased risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.

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In other words, social connection feels good because it’s a sort of insurance policy for our emotional and physical well-being that we evolved to maintain.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to novelist Octavia E.

Butler, “Positive obsession is about not being able to stop just because you’re afraid and full of doubts.” That’s what I wish for you in the coming weeks, Gemini: positive obsession. It’s also what I expect! My analysis of the astrological omens suggests that you will have the pluck and craftiness necessary to veer away from murky, disturbing versions of obsession.

Instead, you’ll embrace the exhilarating kind of obsession that buoys your spirit in moments of uncertainty. I foresee you making progress on your most important labor of love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) According

to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re primed to navigate your way through a sweetly gritty, tenderly transformative, epically meaningful turning point in the history of your relationship with your favorite collaborator or collaborators. If that sounds too intense, you could at least accomplish an interesting, stimulating, educational shift in the way you fit together with your best ally or allies. It’s up to you, Sagittarius. How much love and intimacy and synergy can you handle? I won’t judge you harshly if you’d prefer to seek the milder version of deepening right now. Besides, you’ll probably get a chance to go further later this year.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lake Elsinore

is a city in southwestern California. Last spring, torrential rains there caused a “superbloom” of poppies. Millions of the golden-orange wildflowers covered many acres of Walker Canyon. They attracted another outbreak of beauty: thousands of painted lady butterflies, which came to visit.

The magnificent explosion was so vast, it was visible from a satellite high above the earth. I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re experiencing a metaphorical superbloom of your own right now, Aquarius. I hope you will find constructive ways to channel that gorgeous fertility.

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According to Lucumi priestess Luisah Teish, “Sometimes the ancestors deem certain information so important that they send it to the subconscious mind without being consciously asked.” It’s my belief that all of us, whether or not we’re members of the Lucumi religion, can be in touch with the spirits of our ancestors if we would like to be—and receive useful guidance and insight from them. The coming weeks will be a time when you Pisceans are especially likely to enjoy this breakthrough. It’s more likely to happen if you have an intention to instigate it, but it may come to pass even if you don’t seek it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): During her 90

years on the planet, actor and singer Marlene Dietrich reinvented herself numerous times. She had superb insight into the nature of shifting rhythms, and a knack for gauging the right moment to adapt and transform. Good timing, she said, came naturally to people like her, as well as for “aerialists, jugglers, diplomats, publicists, generals, prize-fighters, revolutionists, financiers, and lovers.” I would add one further category to her list: the Aries tribe. Make maximum use of your talent in the coming weeks.

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theologian Frederick Buechner writes, “There is treasure buried in the field of every one of our days, even the bleakest or dullest, and it is our business to keep our eyes peeled for it.” In

alignment with current astrological potentials, Taurus, I’ll name that as your key theme. More than usual, breakthroughs and revelations and catalysts are likely to be available to you in the midst of the daily slog—even when you’re feeling bored. Make it your business to be on high alert for them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): William Thomson,

also known as Lord Kelvin (1824–1907), was a Cancerian physicist and mathematician who contributed to the understanding of thermodynamics and other areas of scientific and engineering knowledge. Despite his considerable intelligence, however, he was myopic about the possibility that humans might one day fly through the air while seated inside of machines.

In a 1902 interview—a year before the Wright Brothers’ breakthrough experiment—he declared, “No aeroplane will ever be successful.” I suspect you could be on the verge of passing through a Lord Kelvin phase, Cancerian. You may at times be highly insightful and at other times curiously mistaken. So I urge you to be humbly confident and confidently humble!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Author Marianne

Williamson tells us, “Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.” And what exactly does it mean to “give up the stories of your past”? Here’s what I think: 1. Don’t assume that experiences you’ve had before will be repeated in the future. 2. Don’t assume that your ideas about the nature of your destiny will always be true. 3. Even good things that have happened before may be small and limited compared to the good things that could happen for you in the years to come. 4. Fully embrace the truth that the inherent nature of existence is endless transformation—which is why it’s right and natural for you to ceaselessly outgrow the old plot lines of your life story and embrace new ones.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Philosopher and

astrologer Marsilio Ficino wrote, “Mortals ask God for good things every day, but they never pray that they may make good use of them.” I hope that in the coming weeks, you Virgos will disprove that cynical view of human beings. As I see it, you will be more likely than usual to actually receive the blessings you ask for. And I hope—in fact, I predict—that when you receive the blessings, you will then aggressively seek the help of God or Life or your deepest wisdom to make good use of them.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I was hiking under a

blue sky in a favorite natural location: the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, just north of San Francisco, where sublime vistas provide views of ocean and mountain. Although I was in a good mood, at one point I spied empty Budweiser cans amidst the wild jewelflowers. “What kind of nature-hater was so careless as to despoil this wonderland”? I fumed. For a few moments I was consumed with rage and forgot where I was. By the time I recovered my bearings, the bobcat and red-tailed hawk I’d previously been observing had disappeared. That made me sad.

My anger was justified but wasteful, irrelevant, and distracting.

It caused me to lose touch with some glorious beauty. Don’t be like me in the coming days, Libra. Keep your eyes on the prize.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I have more

memories than if I were a thousand years old,” wrote poet Charles Baudelaire. Was he bragging or complaining? Did the weight of his past feel like a burden or did it exhilarate him and dynamize his creative powers? I’m hoping that in the coming weeks your explorations of your past will feel far more like the latter—a gift and blessing that helps you understand aspects of your history that have always been mysterious or murky.

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