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FishPass as Simpsons episode?

This past week at the Central Neighborhood Association meeting, the FishPass (proposed at the current Union Street dam site in Traverse City) became part of the discussion and someone requested, “I need to know more about FishPass.”

It dawned on me later that the best way to explain this $20 million public project on city park property was an old episode from The Simpsons: “Marge vs. the Monorail,” written by a young Conan O’Brien. The now latenight TV host once said that episode, about how the fictional Springfield community gets bamboozled into a public works project it didn’t actually need, was his favorite that he had written for the show.

“Marge vs. the Monorail” has its very own section on Wikipedia; go look at the plotline and replace “monorail” with “FishPass.”

Like Mark Twain once said, “History may not repeat itself. But it rhymes.”

George Golubovskis, Traverse City Empire Beach Destroyed Going to the beach in Empire? You might be horrified by the changes. We were. Because nothing says welcome to “the most beautiful place in America” like mounds of big, rough, jagged rocks piled to the waterline in a wall that makes access all but impossible — except for one small entry at the north end. What was once a friendly, lovely beach area is now an eyesore hellscape resembling The Princess Bride’s Cliffs of Insanity. Lewis Carroll had a term for this: uglification.

The south end is now cut off entirely, unless you favor broken bones or being dashed against the rocks. Don’t dare think of exercising your legal right to stroll happily along the shore to the high waterline. In the Michigan case of Glass v. Goeckel, the Supreme Court ruled that landowners on private beachfront property are not allowed to restrict anyone from walking within the public trust of the beach. The doctrine holds that the state keeps certain important public resources in trust and must ensure that these resources will always be available for public use. This doctrine applies to the Great Lakes. Good luck accessing the shoreline here any longer.

The rationale is erosion control, but looking at the “new” beach area, the intent is clear: to corral the 99 percent (aka public) into a small restricted area of beach and prevent them from walking the shoreline. The lake will eventually reclaim her beach, at which point the once sandy, natural beach will be a hazardous underwater pile of jagged boulders.

We came to leave the last handful of our beloved dog’s ashes on the beach where we had once enjoyed joyful walks with her. It was heartbreaking. The message of this massive engineering project is clear: Go break a leg at the most unfriendly beach in America.

Elizabeth P., Traverse City Working Board of Commissioners There are critical issues essential to the growth, health, and welfare of Leelanau County. They include anti-racism education, broadband internet service, a septic ordinance, kindness, and respect for peers and presenters.

Commissioners Wil Bunek, Melinda

Lautner, Debra Rushton, and Rick Robbins have made it a point to no longer discuss these critical issues and have tabled them. Why? The BOC must work for their constituents’ best interests. The above BOC members’ biases and self-serving actions consistently contradict their oath of office and commitment to serve the residents of Leelanau County.

Maureen F., Bingham Twp The More Things Change …

In December, I the below letter to Northern Express in response to Jack Segal’s column about issues in the Middle East. “[The Mideast is] a region of deep divisions, ancient rivalries, etc. … but in my 65 years on this planet, the current Mideast situation is probably the calmest I’ve ever observed.

“I think Jack’s being a bit too harsh in his criticism of some positive progress on one the longest running and thorniest global issues in human history. Given a choice between progress and perfection, I’ll take progress, especially in the Mideast. Let’s not get overly concerned with who gets the credit — or the blame.”

An update, as excerpted from a recent article in the Wall Street Journal: “As the latest war between Hamas and Israel enters its second week, the narrative is following a familiar script. Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities, Israel retaliates by bombing the source of the rockets in Gaza, Hamas plays up the civilian casualties, and the world leans on Israel to stop defending itself.”

Isn’t it sad how quickly things are returning to normal again?

John M., Traverse City Pay Attention: Redistricting In 2018, 61 percent of Michigan voters approved Proposal 2, a constitutional amendment to establish a commission of citizens with exclusive authority to adopt district boundaries for the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives and U.S. Congress, every 10 years. As a result, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) was formed. It consists of four Republicans, four Democrats, and five independents — 13 everyday citizens who applied and were randomly selected.

Why is this important? Because this is the first time in Michigan’s history that average citizens like us have a chance to voice our opinions about how our districts are drawn.

Any prior political or geographical advantages are off the table; this is a clean slate.

The MICRC is required to inform citizens about redistricting, as well as solicit information from the public prior to redrawing maps. The districts will comply with the Voting Rights Act and other federal laws, be reasonably compact, reflect consideration of county, city, and township boundaries, and shall not provide a disproportionate advantage or disadvantage to any political party, elected official, or candidate.

Districts shall also reflect the state’s diverse population and communities of interest.

Communities of interest may include, but shall not be limited to, populations that share cultural or historical characteristics or economic interests. Communities of interest do not include relationships with political parties, incumbents, or political candidates.

It is a broad term, but some examples are neighborhoods, tourist areas, tribal lands.

Make your voice heard! Public comments on the MICRC website — www.michigan.gov/ micrc/ — are welcome at any time.

Debbie P., Cheboygan

Led by Lies Why are we constantly being subjected to big lies? The big lie that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent and stolen from the big loser! The big lie that the 2020 election process in Michigan was not free and fair and now requires 39 legislative measures to protect the process from problems that did not happen. The big lie that the people in Michigan desperately need the Enbridge Line 5 to remain open or they will freeze to death next winter or our auto fuel prices will rise astronomically. All of these big lies are simply propaganda totally devoid of facts and based in fear.

The most troubling fact about this preponderance of lies is that they are being spread by officials who have been elected to represent us. I hesitate to refer to them as leaders because they have steadfastly refused to accept the responsibility demanded of leaders: to tell the truth, even if it may not be the message the people they lead want to hear.

So far in 2021, the elected officials that we sent to Washington and Lansing from northern Michigan have decided to choose party politics over their responsibilities to provide aid in helping us overcome the combination of a major public health crisis and an economic catastrophe. They have either voted no in Washington, D.C., to getting meaningful aid to those in need or have arbitrarily held up distribution of funds in Lansing that were allocated to economic relief.

Finally, we are faced with the lies being spread about the 65-year-old Line 5 pipeline that flows under the Mackinac Straits. The high potential for this pipeline to cause a catastrophic leak into the Great Lakes ecosystem is reason enough to shut it down until a safer alternative can be constructed.

Gov. Whitmer has plans in place to ensure that the relatively small amount of propane used for home heating in the Eastern Upper Peninsula can be cost-effectively replaced by rail or highway tankers with no major cost increase to those consumers.

The price of fuel at the gas stations in Michigan will not suffer as refineries in the U.S. have plenty of high-grade crude oil from fracking and other enhanced oil recovery processes. Any increase we might see at the pump will be due to good old-fashioned free-market-capitalismdriven demand increases as we move out of the pandemic economic slowdown.

Lies and fear should not be allowed to reign over voters in Northern Michigan.

We need to hold our elected officials in Washington and Lansing accountable to telling us the truth and listening to what we want, and not help the BIG LOSER get his revenge at the expense of our democracy!

John H., Manistee

Nothing for Free

In response to the May 17 letter “Who Pays for Your Choice?” author Mark G. denounces having to pay medical bills for those who choose not to get vaccinated and become ill with COVID-19, calling it “pure socialism.” He obviously didn’t mind having “pure socialism” pay for his shot.

Lee A., Mancelona Correction: Thanks to readers James Shannahan and Jeffery Nixon who alerted us that in the May 17 feature in “The North’s Workforce Housing Crisis Just Got Worse,” we inadvertently cut off the legend showing the counties represented in the Home Ownership Demand graph. The full graph available in the online version of the story at www.northernexpress.com.

CONTENTS features Timberrrrr......................................................10

Find Your Flow...............................................12 U.P. Bound....................................................14 Running Down A Dream...............................18

columns & stuff Top Ten.........................................................5 Spectator/Stephen Tuttle................................6 Opinion..........................................................7 Weird............................................................8 Dates........................................................19 Advice......................................................24 Crossword..................................................25 Astrology.....................................................25 Classifieds................................................26

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Big Step Forward for Proposed Manistee Beachfront Hotel The latest on the contentious development of the proposed Hampton Inn near First Street Beach in Manistee: It’s moving forward, confirms city planning assistant Nancy Baker — despite a last-ditch effort by a group of Manistee residents who have written dozens of letters and, less than a week before a special planning commission meeting to discuss the planned unit development application, launched a petition asking city officials to postpone their vote.

The Manistee Planning commission approved the application at the May 20 hearing.

Plans for the 101 S. Lakeshore Dr. property, where the longtime Lakeshore Motel now sits, call for a five-story structure, with 101 rooms, top-floor restaurant, an outdoor spa, patio, firepits, and recreation area.

Plans for the proposed hotel previously called for 108 rooms, a rooftop bar, and a larger sign — all of which Suburban Inns, the Michigan-based company that will own and operate the hotel, adjusted in the revised site plan.

Critics of the development have cited concerns regarding traffic, parking, blocked water views, pressure on the city sewer system, and light pollution.

The developers of the project produced a video (screenshot above) that was released to the public the day before the hearing by the Manistee Area Chamber of Commerce, which supports the development. The video used virtual reality software and scanning technology that, said the chamber in a news release, “captures the size and outline of the existing trees, and gives the view real-life sight lines of the proposed project,” showing viewers how the hotel would appear from a variety of different vantage points. You can watch the video here: streamable.com/uvhogf

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Seems only fair to offer folks three fun options for their three-day weekend. The petite but always innovative Village of Walloon Lake is rising to the challenge with a trifecta of fine art, very fine food and wine specials, and an appropriately wild waterside bash. First, the village’s Wet Paint Art Show, 10am-5pm May 29 and May 30, brings the finished work of local and national artists to Village Green park, where you can also bid on a custom painted pig (proceeds benefit Walloon Lakes Conservancy and Trust) or watch award-winning artist Noel Skiba as she paints a piece live. Over at Tommy’s Walloon, the annual “Rock Out with Your Dock Out” summer kickoff party will be in full force from 9am to 9pm May 29–May 31, with Dock Bar drink specials, games, popcorn, prizes, sidewalk sales, and more. Care to slip into summer in a more quiet fashion? Stroll over to the historic Walloon Lake Inn for the first Walloon Wine Time of the summer Monday, May 31, and take advantage of your last chance to enjoy the inn’s offseason deal, three courses for $50. Dinner reservations: (231) 535-2999

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While Justice Sleeps

When we meet Avery Keene, she’s barely holding her head above water. A talented Capitol Hill legal clerk, Avery must adhere to the demands of her high-profile position while simultaneously handling an exigent homelife. That is, until the infamous Howard Wynn, a curmudgeonly Supreme Court Justice and potential swing-vote on multiple issues, slips into a coma and appoints Avery his legal guardian. Forced headfirst into the political pool, Avery must learn to tread the waters of Washington — lest she uncover information she was never meant to find. From political powerhouse and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams comes debut crime drama, “While Justice Sleeps.” Fast-paced and tightly plotted, this complex thriller has earned Abrams comparisons to masterful suspense writer Dan Brown and, rightly so, a third book on her shelf of bestsellers.

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Stockist Cold Brew Coffee

Those in a business ruled by deadlines that barrel at you like an oncoming train tend to live or die by their morning (and afternoon and, more frequently than we’d ever admit to our family physician, evening) coffee. Mostly, we die — pot by acidic, stained pot. Those days we unchain from the desk and treat ourselves to a tumbler’s full from a real coffee shop are rare but prized.

Also prized but increasingly — and oh so excitingly — less rare: warm, sunny May days and evenings that feel more like summer than spring, and cans of Stockist Cold Brew Coffee you can stockpile in your fridge. Each inky sip of this northern Michiganmade joe is, much unlike our hot- or cold-brewed attempts at home, the epitome of smooth and strong. Those with or coveting hair on their chest usually prefer it straight; those who love the true flavor of coffee but crave a bit of edge-softening balance will want to pour it over plenty of ice and add just a bit of creamy oat milk. Either way, a single can is an ideal wakeup call to seize any summer-like day. To catch that oncoming train, however, you might try two. Stock up at Bubbie’s Bagels in Traverse City, Lakeview Hill Farm in Leelanau, or email stockistcoffeecompany@gmail.com

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The Brew Bus is an exciting and unique way to explore Traverse City. Whether you enjoy beer, wine, or just want to experience the area, the Brew Bus can take you there!

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Mega Fun in Mancelona for Memorial Day Weekend

Don’t ever doubt the can-do attitude of Mancelona. Or the multitude of ways it finds to celebrate its annual Bass Festival, its 65th this year. Like a mini Cherry Festival (only 35 miles northwest of Traverse City and dedicated to fish rather than fruit) this five-day party features a Mancelona kid and pet parade, a Grand Parade, a classic car and bike show, a daily crafters market and cornhole tourney, a beverage tent (sponsored by Budweiser and Cox Distributors) that opens at noon daily, and a carnival midway complete with Ferris wheel, bumper cars, games, and all the salty, sugary, fatty treats you can make in a booth.

Live music starts in the beverage tent every night at 7pm, and oh, there’s a Mancelona Rotary BBQ Chicken Dinner and even a free pancake breakfast (plus sausage and eggs) for the entire community of Mancelona. The fun begins when the midway opens at 5pm, Thursday, May 27, and doesn’t quit until 4pm Monday afternoon. See the daily schedule and all details at www.mancelonabassfest.com.

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Buying Local with the Least Effort Possible

It’s farmers market season across the North.

And we love that. But we’ll be honest: Sometimes the early morning market hours of local farmers and slow-to-rise-on-Saturday folks like us do not jive. Weekend nooners, however, have a secret weapon in Suttons Bay: MI Market, a small shop packed with heaps of the goodies you’d find at your local farmers market — 60 percent of them grown or produced in Grand Traverse and Leelanau regions, and 100 percent of them made in Michigan — and some, like Michigan beer and wine, you won’t. It’s open Monday through Saturday at hours even the laziest among us can handle, 9:30am–6pm. We recommend shopping on Saturdays for the $5 quarts of homemade soup, but you don’t even have to have to bother with any effort up and down the aisles; MI Market has its own $32+ CSA of all-local staples (bread, cheese, greens, milk, and butter or jam) and online shopping. However you get your goodies there, consider making your life even easier this summer by tossing in a bag of Mama Suds Automatic Dishwashing Powder. We tried it because our dishwasher is lazier than us and found it worked better than the big plastic, environmentally unfriendly stuff we’ve been using for years. Made with safe ingredients, vegan, and 100 percent biodegradable, it’s rated A by the Environmental Working Group, gentle on septic systems, and, of course, made in Michigan. $11.50 gets you 60–90 loads. Find MI Market at 321 N. St. Joseph St., www.mimarketsuttonsbay.com.

Classic Memorial Day Parade Returns to Harbor Springs After the year we (and, OK, the whole world) has had, the opportunity to honor the American spirit and those who sacrificed their lives to defend it seems especially important.

That’s why we’re so glad, after so many Main Streets across America remained quiet and empty last Memorial Day, that one of the North’s will be enlivened with a parade honoring our fallen members of the military. The Harbor Springs Memorial Day Parade will begin its march up the city’s Main Street at 10am, Monday, May 31, and end at the waterfront at 11am with a ceremony organized by the Smith-Hoover American Legion Post 281. As it has for many years, the parade will include the Legion’s Drum & Bugle Corps and will be preceeded by another sweet tradition, the Legion’s annual Memorial Day Breakfast (7am–9am at the Legion building at the corner of State and Third Streets), featuring scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy, coffee, orange juice, and a big ol’ helping of American pride.

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DOUBLE TROUBLE

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by Stephen Tuttle At least two local school districts find themselves trying to find a punishment or resolution or intervention that is a fitting response to what has been reported as a sickeningly racist and misogynistic online chat among students at three local high schools.

The desire to enslave minority students, including some mentioned by name, was among the most heinous comments. They did not, however, intend for their targets to ever see the exchanges nor did they intend to act on their words; this wasn’t a case of social media or online bullying.

That does not excuse the ugliness of their thinking or the emotional distress they’ve caused now that their exchanges have been exposed. But it helped mitigate the worst potential consequences.

Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Noelle Moeggenberg declined to prosecute

Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market.” They might then understand their behavior was neither harmless nor the least bit amusing.

Speaking of things that aren’t really amusing, our Republican friends in Arizona are busily solidifying their reputation as the most delusional of the political outliers, a significant accomplishment considering the current GOP landscape.

Republicans in their state senate are currently orchestrating what may be the least credible recount in history. They are convinced, absent much of even a hint of evidence, there were shenanigans aplenty in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, during the 2020 presidential election. So they’ve decided they will recount the 2.1 million ballots, a significant sampling of which have already been recounted and audited.

The solution is not so simple, and the instinctive reflex demanding punishment might not help.

Suspension or expulsion are closer to a surrender than a productive resolution. because she could find nothing criminal.

The First Amendment protects even the most offensive speech if it is not directly threatening. The 1969 Supreme Court decision in Tinker v. Des Moines held that “ ... students do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”

The courts have also acknowledged minors do not enjoy the same rights as adults and have indicated a school cannot have the same permissive approach to free speech as a public location that can serve as a soapbox for expression. That’s why they’ve made exceptions for “disruptive” speech in a necessarily controlled environment like a classroom. Dealing with offensive speech gets even trickier when it involves students outside the schoolhouse gate, as was the case here.

The solution is not so simple, and the instinctive reflex demanding punishment might not help. Suspension or expulsion are closer to a surrender than a productive resolution. Sending the students elsewhere eliminates even the possibility of any kind of useful intervention by the school.

There are important and necessary privacy rules in place here, and we might never know what, if any punishment, local school districts have meted out to their involved students, all of whom are minors.

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If not, somebody might start by trying to find out where and how these teens developed their racial and gender animus.

They might force the offenders to sit down face-to-face with the kids they targeted and other minority students who were targeted by association. Or maybe they should be forced to read Walter Johnson’s “Soul by

Enter their hired experts, a company calling itself Cyber Ninjas. Never mind that Cyber Ninjas have zero experience with elections, or election recounts, or election voting machines. And never mind they surrendered any pretense of objectivity when many of the workers they hired showed up wearing the red MAGA hats. Never mind that the courts, GOP election officials, and the Republicancontrolled Maricopa County board of supervisors have all verified the legitimacy of the vote tally.

Among the recounters’ requests was ultraviolet scanning they believed would detect bamboo paper, or chinese watermarks.

Why would they want to detect bamboo?

Well, to prove the ballots fraudulently came from China because, as we all know, all things coming from China contain traces of bamboo. (While it’s true that bamboo is sometimes used to make paper, it’s unlikely the Chinese involved in a voting conspiracy in the U.S. would be foolish enough to use it to counterfeit our ballots.)

The recount, which has now been droning on for three weeks, has been temporarily halted because its location, the Arizona Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum, is needed for a series of high school graduation ceremonies. So, the ballots have been put in boxes, loaded into semis, and moved to what was allegedly a secure location in what was allegedly a secure operation, which will be repeated in reverse when the graduations are over.

With little oversight and even less understanding of Arizona elections, the recount partisans continue on in near secrecy, searching for electoral silver bullets they will have to create themselves.

FIRST AMENDMENT CONFUSION

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by Amy Kerr Hardin It’s amusing to watch folks on the far right clutch their pearls over their favorite orange leader being banned from social media, claiming it’s a “free speech” issue. They may want to Google “First Amendment” sometime to attempt to find the elusive constitutional protection they claim. It’s no surprise that those who so thoroughly misunderstand the Second Amendment might find themselves befuddled by the First — the amendment that was so important, it got top billing.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R–Colorado) put her Constitutional ignorance on full display when she recently Tweeted this: “I guess Facebook thinks the first amendment only applies to leftists.”

Unfortunately, there are plenty of Americans across the political spectrum that are confused about what constitutes protected speech. The First Amendment applies only to government bodies, including public schools, restricting speech. Social media outlets can ban anyone from their platform. They are privately-held entities. Think of it as like throwing out a disruptive customer — something we’ve seen plenty of over the past year.

In our zeal to curtail hate speech, we sometimes forget another important aspect of the First Amendment. In a 2017 ruling, the Supreme Court found that simply saying something hateful remains protected speech. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, “States must prove more than the mere utterance of threatening words — some level of intent is required.” It must be proven to be a “true threat.” This is the standard prosecutors must follow when deciding to press charges. Hateful and hurtful speech rarely rises to the level of criminal recourse.

All eyes are on Traverse City Area Public Schools as they attempt to navigate the minefield of often conflicting and overlapping policies and statutes governing hate speech, electronic or not. No school district wants to be a test kitchen for constitutional law.

To believe the path is clear and obvious is to misunderstand the complexities presented.

These anti-bullying laws and policies are new on the books and have not been put through the kind of vigorous legal scrutiny that will eventually hone them — and preferably keep them in step with the First Amendment.

There are a couple of important actions pending before the judiciary on the topic of free speech in public schools.

A case that went before the United States Supreme Court for oral arguments last month involves the use of social media and free speech. It was brought by a 14-year-old high schooler who dropped a number of precision F-bombs on her school after being bypassed for the softball team and the varsity cheer squad. Her posting occurred off campus, but the school took disciplinary action against her when another student shared her post with a school coach.

Dubbed the “mean girl” case, a ruling is likely months away, but the oral arguments were illuminating as to how the high court was leaning. ACLU lawyer Witold Walczak argues

that if schools can police students’ online speech, it will bleed over into censoring cultural, political, and religious communications. The justices expressed unease over the potential chilling effect on student free speech. Justice Samuel Alito said, “I’m quite concerned about the effect of this on, on freedom of speech. I think we need clear lines.”

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Comment from the high court did acknowledge that online bullying is a serious problem and might be a piece of the student speech issue. However, there is Supreme Court precedent that indicates the threats must be not only directed at the target but also credible.

As to whether the courts would be willing to extend that to school policy positions remains untested for now.

Another interesting case is working its way through the federal courts. A popular white teacher was disciplined for hanging a Black Lives Matter banner outside her classroom door at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida, a predominately black school, whose school colors are blue and gray — Confederate colors — and whose teams are named the Generals.

She did so to demonstrate that her classroom is a safe space for her students in the wake of one of them being killed by police. The district ordered her to remove the banner, claiming it violated school policy prohibiting employees from on-campus “political speech.” This beloved teacher refused and was subsequently reassigned to non-teaching duties.

A lawsuit was filed on her behalf by the Southern Poverty Law Center asserting the school district had violated her First Amendment rights. Though typically, public schools have measurable say over permissible employee speech, this case may be seminal to redefining some of those boundaries.

Rachel Arnow-Richman, a professor of labor law at the University of Florida, points out that a 2006 Supreme Court ruling endorsed governmental power to partially restrict public sector workers’ speech. However, a conflicting Florida law saidthat school districts are prohibited from infringing on employee Constitutional rights.

That’s not the only conflict. Richman describes the problem thusly: “That’s to say, this general rule that public employees do not speak for themselves but speak for the government and lack First Amendment protections is at odds, I would say, with our societal interest in wanting teachers to have leeway to communicate and teach students about current issues, bringing to bear their expertise as educators.”

Interpreting and protecting the First Amendment is fraught with uncertainty, but the least we can do as Americans is resist the temptation to morph our understanding of the Constitution to fit policy goals.

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

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Family Values You let your grown son, his girlfriend and their child move into your house, and what thanks do you get in return? For a 43-year-old Lone Rock, Wisconsin, woman, “Happy Mother’s Day” was expressed with a shock to the neck from a Taser wielded by her 22-year-old son, Andrew Peterson.

According to The Smoking Gun, Peterson became upset on May 9 because he couldn’t find his phone, so he stunned his mother, then left her home with 20-year-old Colleen Parker and their child. Peterson was arrested for the shocking assault; Parker also was arrested for allegedly punching Peterson’s mom in the face earlier in the week.

Awesome!

Four-year-old Noah of Brooklyn, New York, knows nautical nonsense when he sees it, so he went all-in on SpongeBob SquarePants Popsicles, ordering 918 of them from Amazon in April without his mom knowing. When 51 cases arrived at his aunt’s home, his mom panicked: Jennifer Bryant is a social work graduate student at NYU and has two other boys, The Washington Post reported. She couldn’t pay the $2,618.85 bill, and Amazon wouldn’t take the frozen confections back. A family friend set up a GoFundMe page, raising more than $11,000, which Noah’s mom said will go toward his education. Noah is on the autism spectrum, and his mom hopes to send him to a special school. Amazon is working with the family to donate to a private charity of their choice, and as for the treats? They’ve mostly melted.

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Government in Action Since 1989, Mauro Morandi, now 81, has been the caretaker of Budelli, an otherwise uninhabited island in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia. He stumbled into the job when his catamaran broke down near the island and he learned that its caretaker was getting ready to retire, The Guardian reported.

Now known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, Morandi lives in a former World War II shelter and keeps things tidy on the island, clearing paths and keeping beaches clean for day-trippers who visit. But ownership of the island has passed to La Maddalena national park authorities, who are evicting Morandi and turning the small isle into an environmental education destination. “I have given up the fight,” Morandi said. “I’ll be living in the outskirts of the main town (on neighboring island La Maddalena), so will just go there for shopping and the rest of the time keep myself to myself. ... I’ll still see the sea.”

Weird Science Angie Yen, 27, of Brisbane, Australia, had her tonsils removed on April 19, a simple surgery that went smoothly, News. com reported. But on April 28, as she got ready for work, she started singing in the shower and noticed something unusual about her voice. “I was singing in a different sound and also talking words in a funny accent,” Yen said. She called a friend, who agreed that her accent suddenly sounded Irish and told her about FAS, foreign accent syndrome. Yen went to the hospital, but doctors told her to go home and see if the new accent would disappear in a few days.

Nearly two weeks later, the brogue remains, and Yen is scheduled for an MRI and a visit with a neurologist. “I’m very lucky to have very supportive friends and family,” she said.

“If they find something hopefully there is a cure or treatment for it.”

Lost and Found Parker Hanson, a pitcher at Augustana College in Illinois,] was born without a left hand, but he adapted over the years so that he could still play his favorite game. On May 3, Hanson realized that the backpack he had left in his car, which contained his prosthetic arm and some of its attachments, had been stolen. Hanson told the Argus Leader that he had lost hope of finding the expensive prosthetic and had started to focus on fundraising for a new one when he received a text on May 11. Nate Riddle and Tim Kachel, who work at Millennium Recycling Inc. in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, found the arm as they sorted recycling materials. “I recognized it instantly,” said Kachel, who had heard about the theft on the news. “I was jumping up and down screaming ‘Stop!’” While Hanson is happy to have it back, he said the arm is “pretty banged up” and unusable. Shriners Children’s Twin Cities has stepped up to provide Hanson with a new arm free of charge, and his fundraising money will be donated to help other amputees get their own prosthetics. “If I can help impact some kid’s life for a positive, then that’s what I’ll take out of this whole experience,” Hanson said.

Smile for the Camera The Colonial Pipeline shutdown and subsequent gas shortage has produced its fair share of hysteria-fueled incidents in the Southeast, but Jesse Smith, 25, of Griffin, Georgia, may have set the bar. Police there were able to track down and arrest the wouldbe thief after he attempted to steal gas from a U-Haul truck on May 12 by drilling holes in its tank, resulting in a huge hazardous materials mess ... and no looted gas. WSBTV reported that Smith was long gone by the time his handiwork was discovered, but security cameras in the U-Haul lot caught Smith walking around the trucks, and a camera trained on the area behind the KFC where Smith parked his own truck caught his hopeful arrival and the walk of shame that followed his failed gas heist.

Meanwhile in Florida It wasn’t a desire to relive her glory days that led 28-year-old Audrey Nicole Francisquini to pose as a student and trespass at American Senior High School in Hialeah, Florida, on May 10; it was the yen for Instagram followers. The Miami-Dade Schools Police Department reported that Francisquini arrived at the school around 8:30 a.m. and blended in with the students by wearing a backpack and carrying a skateboard and a painting.

According to Click Orlando, the wannabe social media mogul said she was looking for the registration office when confronted by security, but she was later found outside a classroom handing out flyers with her Instagram handle printed on them. This time Francisquini fled, but police used her flyers and footage from the school’s security cameras to identify and arrest her on charges of felony trespassing, interfering at an educational institution and resisting an officer without violence.

By Anna Faller For acclaimed author Mary Doria Russell, moral dilemma is a must when it comes to good writing. “I like gray areas,” she said, “and characters who do the right thing, and then find out it wasn’t as simple as they thought.”

In her newest novel, “The Women of the Copper Country,” that “gray area” is the name of the game. Set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula during the mining industry-boom of the 1910s, “The Women of the Copper Country” surrounds the infamous Annie Klobuchar-Clemenc and her year-long crusade against corporate injustice.

“People always ask writers, ‘Where do you get your ideas?’” Russell said. “All of my books are different, so the story of how I come to write each one is different.”

In the case of “The Women of the Copper Country,” the idea came “out of left field,” so to speak. “One afternoon, I sat down at three o’clock to wait for a four o’clock ballgame,” said Russell, “and while I was waiting, I started flipping through the channels. That’s when I came across the PBS documentary “Red Metal,” which is about the 1913 miner’s strike in the copper country of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.”

At the center of that strike was Annie Clemenc.

Hailed as the U.P.’s own “Joan of Arc,” Clemenc was a walking contradiction of the era’s expectations. She was 25 when the strike began, and although she was married, she had yet to bear children — an anomaly among most women of her age. She also happened to be 6 feet, 3 inches tall. Add to that the lines of male miners she led in the fight against their employers, and “Big Annie” Clemenc was hard to miss. “[She stood] head and shoulders above the crowd,” said Russell. “And I thought, ‘A miner’s strike with a woman out front? How did that work?’”

In a nutshell, Clemenc — and likely the rest of the copper country’s less vocal women — had simply had enough. “I think she was tired of the funerals,” saidRussell. At the time of the strike, an average of one miner per week was killed on the clock. “That’s killed,” she added. “Not merely crippled and discarded.”

But the real straw that broke Clemenc’s back, suspects Russell, was the death of a miner named Solomon Kivisto, a non-union worker and the last man to die in the mines prior to the protest. “Given the timing of Solomon Kivisto’s death, I believe that when Annie Clemenc heard about his accident, something snapped in her,” said Russell.

“I think [she was] tired of waiting to find out who would be widowed this week and destitute the next.”

So, in July of 1913, Clemenc, accompanied by the Women’s Auxiliary of the Western Federation of Miners Local 15, set out to do what their men could not: incite a general strike against the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, the largest and most powerful copper mining company in the world. “[As] I’m sitting there in my living room, waiting for the ballgame,” said Russell, “my first inkling that I was being drawn in was when I thought, ‘Whoa! I’ve got a heroine!’” But a proper protagonist must have an opponent.

Enter James MacNaughton. Also known as the Czar of the Copper Country, MacNaughton was the third and lastknown president of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. He also shared in the then commonly held attitude that too many immigrants might undermine American values and, as such, took it upon himself to “civilize” his predominantly immigrant workforce.

“He acknowledged their effort, but did

Disappear into the U.P.’s Copper Mines this Summer Ahead of her May 26 conversation with local audiences, author Maria Doria Russell takes readers back in time with one of Michigan’s foremost (and forgotten) labor leaders, Big Annie Clemenc not trust them,” said Russell. “He was very concerned that they would be susceptible to outside agitators who were attempting to organize the mine workers, and he vowed that grass would grow in the streets of Calumet before he recognized their union.”

“Benevolent” dictator that he was, MacNaughton was also a man of his word. “[He] never gave an inch to the employment of Calumet and Hecla,” said Russell, “and during the strike he did whatever he could to kill the union.” Several months and an army of strikebreakers later, MacNaughton ultimately overwhelmed Clemenc’s revolt.

“He beat the union,” said Russell, “and he shrugged off the price that women and children paid for his triumph.”

As for “Big Annie”? When the strike finally ended in 1914, Annie Clemenc’s name was seemingly cast away alongside her efforts; and she never spoke a word of her part in the protest. So when the headlines about her and her role as a labor activist were replaced by those promoting preparation for the war, Clemenc, “like so many other powerhouse women of the early labor movement,” said Russell, “was largely forgotten.”

Her story, however, certainly wasn’t, and neither were those of the women who marched alongside her. “The literary gods don’t drop a story like that into a writer’s lap unless it needs to be told,” saidRussell. “This novel is a celebration of their legacy and a vow to carry on their work.”

Still, the past all too often sets future precedent, and The Women of the Copper Country is no exception. “People often dismiss the past by saying, ‘That’s history,’” said Russell. “But one of the things that a book like “The Women of the Copper Country” can do is demonstrate that some things never change.” Fast forward a full century, and we still face much of the same injustice — xenophobia, for example, and financial inequity — that the women of the copper country rebelled against to abolish.

“But we can learn from the women and the men and children who marched,” saidRussell. “It is our turn now to know our place in history to stand up for what’s right the way the ordinary women of the copper country did in 1913. Now it’s our turn to carry the flag.”

Meet the Interviewer: Kendra Carr Broadcast and performing artist Kendra Carr is the host of Interlochen Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and “Our Global Neighborhood.”

Carr, a graduate of Cottey College’s Theatre Arts program, has appeared on countless stages, both in West Michigan and Traverse City, including the Old Town Playhouse. Carr also holds an undergraduate degree in Special Education from Western Michigan University, and prior to pursuing a broadcast career, worked with Oceana’s Home Partnership, focusing on emergency re-housing. She transitioned to radio in 2016, where she began her broadcast career with Bayview Broadcasting in Ludington. She’s been with IPR since 2019.

Experience the Event Critically acclaimed author Mary Doria Russell will join the National Writers Series for a free, virtual event at 7pm Wednesday, May 26, to discuss her seventh novel, “The Women of the Copper Country.” The book was originally published in April 2019 and is available for preorder at Horizon Books (with a 20 percent NWS discount). Guest host for the event is IPR host and performance artist, Kendra Carr. Register free at: nationalwritersseries.org

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Heavy machinery carries hardwood logs to be debarked and cut into boards of varying lengths at AJD Forest Products. (Photo: Todd VanSickle)

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You’ve probably seen the high demand for lumber and its skyrocketing prices of late. Or maybe, like folks driving along M-72 between Williamsburg and Kalkaska in the last year, you noticed a large swath of forest has vanished. With mega South American company Arauco’s opening of a giant plant in Grayling in 2018, and Michigan Lumber and Wood Fiber Inc. of Comins, Michigan constructing a state-of-the-art sawmill on Georgia Pacific’s old campus near Gaylord this year, and local lumber retailers pricing their supply higher and higher we had to wonder: Is there a timber boom on? And if so, can Northern Michigan handle it? Northern Express looks into the state of the state’s forest industry — home to more than 1/3 of manufacturing jobs in the U.P. and, at last count, driving $891 million into to the state’s economy from U.P. and northern Lower Michigan alone.

By Todd VanSickle AJD Forest Products, located just south of Grayling, vibrates with activity from 6am to 3:30pm five days a week. Outside the mill, the buzzing saws and the rumbling of heavy machinery carrying large logs to be debarked resonate throughout the body while the smell of freshly cut wood hangs in the air. Inside the facility, a host of workers sort through rough-cut hardwood boards of varying lengths zipping along conveyor belts high and low. At the end of the line, the boards are bundled, stacked, and loaded onto tractor-trailers and shipped out to customers or kilns to be dried.

The facility is busy, but in one corner of the building, a machine that was installed during the height of the pandemic sits idle.

“We don’t have enough workers,” AJD General Manager Tim Neff said. “If we had the workers here, this machine would be running.”

As pandemic restrictions ease and businesses re-open, lumber orders are returning to normal, but prices are skyrocketing, especially for soft lumber like pine.

In 2019, a 2-by-4 stud commonly used in building was priced around $5 a board. Now, the price is twice as much — and it continues to increase.

Lumber prices are up 67 percent since January and up 340 percent from a year ago, according to Random Lengths, a

wood-products-industry tracking firm. It is estimated that the price increase has added more than $35,000 to the price of an average new single-family home and almost $13,000 to the market value of an average new multifamily home, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the rising lumber prices have made such an impact, cut wood has achieved a near Kardashianlevel fame as Internet-meme fodder. Images of small bags of sawdust selling for $1.2 million aside, the actual but still exorbitant prices for lumber are no laughing matter for homebuilders.

John Packard, who was shopping at Home Depot in Traverse City in April, told Northern Express he’d had plans to build a small home on a piece of property in Kalkaska, but lumber prices impelled him to postpone.

“It is going to cost me more, like $20,000 more, just in lumber,” he said. “I think I’ll wait until things return to normal.”

MANY TREES, TOO FEW LABORERS Will prices return to normal, however?

That depends on who you’re asking, and where they place the blame. Some experts point to low interest rates and a booming housing market for the rising prices.

Neff says the lumber industry sees a different culprit: a broken supply chain and sheer lack of workers.

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“That supply chain, if it’s empty, takes a long time to fill it up, and that’s where we’re at now,” Neff said. “It was pretty depleted.”

During the start of the pandemic, some sawmills and logging operations, especially in the southern United States, were not deemed essential. Meanwhile, more and more people were unemployed or working from home and taking on homeimprovement projects like building decks and other renovations. The demand for lumber went up, but the supply wasn’t being replenished at the same rate. The uncertainty forced retailers to cut back on orders.

Orders at AJD — which mainly focuses on hardwood species like red oak — fell by more than 80 percent.

“April of last year we were staring at a pretty bleak situation,” Neff said.

Before April, however, AJD’s production had been on track for a record-breaking year.

“We’d had a great production year in 2019,” Neff said. “And we were running ahead of that production rate for the first three months of 2020. And then, the pandemic hit, and we ended the year, like, 75 percent of what we would expect.”

Neff described the situation as something they had to navigate week to week, but said the company forged on and continued to fill orders with whatever inventory they had in the yard. The production manager said the company didn’t have any layoffs but did trim the schedule to 32-hour weeks, with

employees taking one day of unemployment, instead of their normal 45-hour workweeks.

“It was better than nothing,” Neff said.

The company began rebounding around November and is now almost at full capacity. In fact, employees are now working overtime, and AJD is looking for a handful of new employees.

“The additional people would allow us to put more production through the mill by running saws that are idle today,” Neff said.

If the facility were able to run at full production, even some of the positions currently filled — such as truck driver — could expand to add more employees in those roles.

That’s a big “if,” however. Although ADJ offers competitive wages and benefits, the production manager said he’s finding it hard to find employees. Mainly, because so many other companies are trying to hire, too — not only other sawmills but various businesses, like restaurants and stores. He added that extended unemployment benefits have also hampered their hiring process.

AJD employs 50 full-time workers and contracts about six private logging operations that have numerous employees.

One of Neff ’s main concerns is having enough people to run the mill.

“If we didn’t have orders, the worry would be orders — well, we’ve got orders to be running at full capacity,” Neff said. “But we can’t run at full capacity, because we don’t have enough people.”

Complicating matters: Many customers are now doubling their orders, Neff said.

“From our industrial lumber customers, when they place an order, what we’re used to seeing, they are now doubling that,” Neff said. “And it’s only double that because everybody wants to be in the queue sooner.”

The wait time is not only affecting the lumber but everything else is taking longer to reach its destination.

“Outside of logs, everything we order has a longer lead time to get it here than it had before the pandemic,” Neff said. “Saws that we used to order might take three to four weeks, now it’s an eight- to ten-week wait.”

Since 1979, the company has sourced timber within a 100-mile radius of its facility.

Neff said there is an ample supply of lumber in Northern Michigan.

A CAREFUL BALANCE “The log supply will be there,” Neff said.

“The standing timber is actually growing faster than it’s being harvested, and it has for years and years. The concern gets into if it’s not a working forest — if it’s not a managed forest.”

The production manager said AJD works closely with the Department of Natural Resources Forestry unit to ensure sustainability.

Dave Neumann, of the Department of Natural Resources, is a forest market and utilization specialist. He said the DNR manages about 4.1 million acres of forestland and puts up 55,000 acres of timber for sale each year.

“But last year, I think we struggled to make 50,000 acres available for sale, because of the restrictions and the health and safety guidelines of the governor’s executive orders,” Neumann said. “We weren’t able to go to work in the offices all of last year, except in very limited circumstances. Many of our staff was working from home. We were able to put up timber, but we had to be very careful to keep workers safe — and the public safe — during that process so that had an impact on our ability to put up timber for sale.”

The stands are put up for auction and the winning bidders have two to three years to harvest the timber.

The revenue from timber sales goes back into the forest development fund, which is used for preparing additional timber sales and managing state forest activities, including wildlife habitat.

Neumann spent seven years of his DNR career as a silviculturist, a specialist position in Lansing that focuses on forest management and providing guidance on how to grow trees.

“We reforest about 5,000 acres a year,” Neumann said. “We end up planting about five million seeds a year. But not last year — we struggled to plant three million because of the impacts of the pandemic.”

The majority of the timber that is harvested does not need to be replanted, he added. The majority of it, like oaks, maples, and beeches regenerate naturally from seed or from sprouts. However, 95 percent of conifer species, like red and jack pines, are replanted. The difference is noticeable when loggers harvest an area: A pine plantation is almost clear-cut while a hardwood forest is thinned out.

It takes about two to three years from the time a timber stand is harvested to when the trees are replanted, according to Neumann.

The DNR’s forest management ensures that the timber industry remains sustainable on public lands. However, 70 percent of the forestlands in Michigan are privately owned and there is no forest practice legislation or requirements for landowners when it comes to logging. The fate of the land and trees is left up to the private landowner.

On occasion, AJD gets complaints

AJD Forest Products Production Manager Tim Neff looks at bundles of boards that will eventually be stacked and shipped to a kiln to be dried. (Photo: Todd VanSickle)

from adjacent landowners about logging operations, but says they follow the guidelines and prescription handed down by the DNR. “It’s more a visual complaint, because most of the land is being managed for sustainability. So, that’s not a big issue; it’s the optics, the visual impact,” Neff said.

The DNR forest specialist reaffirmed the department’s commitment to sustainability.

“We are certified on our two forest certification systems, both of which require that we document and maintain prompt reforestation and we are in compliance with sustainability,” Neumann said. “The No. 1 criteria is that we don’t harvest more than we are currently growing. There’s not much risk that the state forest land that is administered by the DNR is going to run out of timber.

There’s a positive outlook for the forest products industry in Michigan.”

The forest products industry makes up about five percent of all manufacturing jobs in the state but is a much more important employer in the Upper Peninsula, where it accounts for 30 percent of all manufacturing jobs.

“The forest products industry is important — more important in rural areas than urban areas,” Neumann said.

Neff, too, is optimistic about the future of the logging industry in Northern Michigan, but is knocking on wood in hopes that AJD will soon get the employees they need.

“The company’s been around long enough that we know there’s ups and downs,” Neff said. “The important thing is to keep your technology up to date and improve it when you can. And don’t be overextended so you can get through the rougher stretches of the economy.”

RISING FROM THE ASHES & AUTOMATING Tim Bills is the owner of Michigan Lumber and Wood Fiber in Mio. A couple of years ago the company’s sawmill was lost to a “catastrophic” fire, the owner said.

Currently, he is in the process of rebuilding the mill, but in the meantime, the company

has stayed active in the lumber industry.

“I buy standing timber, and I have logging, chipping crews, and log trucks,” Bills said. “I sell to other sawmills while mine is under construction and being rebuilt.”

All throughout the pandemic, Bills says his company has remained busy and hasn’t seen a slowdown. He buys standing timber, mostly hardwood, from both public and private landowners. In spite of rising lumber costs, he hasn’t seen an influx of private landowners wanting to sell their trees.

“I am not really seeing a flood of landowners reaching out to us wanting to sell their timber. Right now, it’s got national attention because of the price of it,” Bills said.

“You would think landowners would be wise to it and would be reaching out and trying to sell their timber, but we’re not getting overwhelmed.”

Bills said when private landowners have their property logged, he gets a variety of requests. His company provides consultation and gives advice based on the property owner’s goals.

“You have people that may inherit the land and then they just want to get all the money they can out of it,” Bills said. “We’ll still go in and give our recommendation for the proper way to manage the forest and how to harvest.

And sometimes, people just don’t care. They just want all the trees cut. They want to get all the money they can, and that’s certainly their right to do so. But, again, we will always try and coach them into the best forestry practices that are sustainable and healthy.”

He says hasn’t seen a bigger demand from sawmills to cut down more conifers despite the rising prices.

Bills first got into the business when he was 19 years old when he bought a semitruck to haul wood. Over the past 30 years, he has had a hand in many aspects of the business. At one point when his sawmill was operational, he employed about 70 workers, with a competitive wage and benefits, he said. However, he doesn’t see the company having as many employees in the future. He plans to automate the operation as much as

possible because maintaining a large staff and getting people to work five days a week has been too challenging.

“We were a very profitable operation then, but it was appalling trying to get people to come to work,” Bills said, who expects one of his sawmills back up and running in the next couple of weeks.

Being in the lumber industry in northern Michigan is very advantageous to stakeholders like Michigan Lumber and Wood Fiber and AJD, who both sell wood chips to Arauco, which produces composite panels, plywood, millwork, and lumber and wood pulp to companies like Sauder Woodworking.

Arauco operates multiple production facilities in both North and South America and ships to more than 3,500 destinations throughout North America. The company opened its Grayling facility in April of 2019.

The $450 million plant is a 820,000-squarefoot facility that staffs more than 200 fulltime employees and houses North America’s largest-capacity, continuous single-line particleboard press. The mill has a total production capacity of 452 million square feet on a 3/4-inch basis, according to www. woodworkingnetwork.com. The company did not respond to multiple interview requests for this story.

If other companies in the region are any indication, it’s likely Arauco is also enjoying the present market. “They didn’t come here and build that plant on a wing and a prayer and hope that there’s enough trees to support it for five years,” Bills said.

Other companies in the area also make it more profitable for logging and sawmill operations, including the Grayling Generating Station, the Cadillac power plant, Weyerhaeuser, and Georgia Pacific, to name a few.

“There’s probably no better place in the world right now to be in the logging and lumbering sawmill business than in northern lower Michigan,” Bills said. “We got outlets for our percent utilization for trees. Nothing goes to waste.”

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Find Your Flow

Post-snow and pre-summer trickle, now’s the time to hit Northern Michigan’s waterfalls

By Lynda Wheatley & Kristi Kates

Michigan’s moniker — the Great Lakes State — is no misnomer. The five fabulous lakes surrounding our two peninsulas are the biggest and prettiest freshwater beauties in the world. But maybe a little like your favorite celebrity, lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior sometimes feel like everybody’s beloved — as in, everybody in the nation and, sometimes, the world.

For those locals who long to lose themselves by beautiful but lesser-known waters — especially in a post-pandemic summer that’s likely to unleash even more outdoors adventurers than most years before — steer yourself to one of the state’s lesserknown but plentiful (and vertical) waters.

More than 200 named waterfalls are here, some hidden deep in our forests and others just a short pathway’s walk from a parking lot.

Though none are impossible to find, you’ll likely discover at trail’s end that few other people make the effort. If you ask us, that alone is worth the trip. Here’s eight to try: AGATE FALLS The grand staircase entryway to a mermaid’s ball, perhaps? That’s one impression you might get when you see Agate Falls, with its many-layered “stairs”

and rooster tails of descending water.

Located in Ontonagon County on the river of the same name, these falls drop 39 feet over erosion-resistant sandstone, offering picture-perfect views from a variety of angles, including from a railroad bridge that spans the water.

TAHQUAMENON FALLS One of the largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi River, Tahquamenon might be the most famous waterfall in the state. Its wide falls pour 50,000 gallons of water per second over its flat top, luring thousands of Upper Peninsula vacationers to its misty banks each summer and inspiring poets past and present to memorialize it. Mention of Tahquamenon Falls appear in Longfellow’s famed poem, “The Song of Hiawatha,” and in a song by Petoskey-raised Grammynominated indie-folk-electronica musician Sufjan Stevens. As for that red tint to the water — it’s not iron, as many think; it actually originates from the tannins in the cedar swamp waters that feed the falls.

MUNISING FALLS Located in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, in the western Upper Peninsula, Munising Falls drop 50 feet over a cliff, making a pretty image with a surprisingly small amount of water. Here, the frame is

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what really makes the picture; the falls are surrounded by striking sandstone rocks, as well as plenty of foliage and trails that are fairly easy to hike. In the winter, the falls freeze into a grand ice column reminiscent of an icicle fit for a giant, which means aweinspiring photos every season of the year.

One note before you go: The Munising Falls Visitor Center is undergoing major rehab work and will remain closed this year, so plan your trip to Pictured Rocks and the falls (located just outside of town) before you go.

BOND FALLS Also on the Ontonagon River is Bond Falls, which, as the name suggests, would make a dramatic exit for any super spy. These falls got their start the usual way but gained even more power when a nearby dam funneled more water into its environs. You can often spot Brook trout where the falls end, and you can enjoy the vistas from a picnic area below the dam and the waterfall. Less well-known than nearby Agate Falls, Bond Falls used to be considered the Ontonagon’s secret falls, but as word about their beauty has gotten out, many make a point to hit both Bond and Agate falls in a single trip.

MINERS FALLS The Miners River in Munising gives way to Miners Falls partway through its journey,

Top left: Sable Falls, located about one mile west of Grand Marais, tumbles 75 feet over a cascading slope of Munising and Jacobsville sandstone formations on its way to Lake Superior.

The best viewing is from the bottom of a long staircase of 168 steps. The trail from the parking area to this staircase is a short one. The trail continues past the falls for a short walk to a rock beach where Sable Creek flows into Lake Superior. Courtesy National Park Service.

Top right: Munising Falls is easily reached. Located within the city limits of Munising, where Washington Street becomes Sand Point Road, near Munising Memorial Hospital, the falls are accessible via a paved 800-foot trail along Munising Creek to the base of the falls. Two sets of stairs lead to platforms for additional views of the 50-foot waterfall. Courtesy National Park Service.

and the falls take up several different levels that can be viewed from two different platforms. This waterfall is especially pretty in the springtime as it’s surrounded by a wide variety of blooming wildflowers.

Bonus: One of the trails to the falls is on the way to Miners Castle Rock, so you can enjoy both sights in one trip.

SABLE FALLS One mile west of Grand Marais, you’ll find Sable Falls, tumbling 75 feet over cliffs and stone formations as it makes its way to Lake Superior a half-mile away. Climb up a couple hundred steps to the main viewing platform, and you’ll be rewarded with beautiful views: three tiers of falls in all, decorated with a hazy mist; a boardwalk allows you to take in both the lower and

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MANABEZHO FALLS Part of the Presque Isle River, Manabezho Falls makes its way through its little corner of the Porcupine Mountains State Park as the largest of the waterfalls on the river, dropping 25 feet. Said to be named after a spirit god of the Ojibway people, the Manabezho is best representative of table or shelf falls, featuring water that cascades from its flattop surface directly to the pool below. Many branches overhanging the edges of this fall make for striking shadows in photos.

OCQUEOC FALLS There’s only one major publicly owned waterfall in the Lower Peninsula, and Ocqueoc is it. Located in Presque Isle on the Ocqueoc River — one of the few rivers in the Lower Peninsula to flow northward — you can access the falls via the Bicentennial Pathway hiking trail. The shallow falls flow over limestone and sometimes show off a rusty tone similar to Tahquamenon but unlike those much faster and more furious falls, Ocqueoc is a favorite place for wading in the water.

For more information on waterfalls in Michigan, visit www.nps.gov.

AN UNDERWATER WATERFALL?

A training and research vessel called The Pride of Michigan was plying the waters off the shore of Mackinac Island back in 2007, taking soundings (a way to measure the depth of the water) when the crew made an unusual discovery: a 10,000-year-old waterfall formation embedded along an ancient and nowsubmerged river called The Mackinac Channel, a body of water that once flowed through the Straits’ current location, before lakes Huron and Michigan existed.

Further investigation showed that water flowed from west to east along the channel and then plunged 100 feet from a limestone cliff. Niagara Falls, by comparison, has a drop of 167 feet; so this waterfall would’ve been a fairly substantial one back in its day.

Today, “Mackinac Falls,” as it’s known, is a submerged geological formation, frozen underwater much like it was when it was absorbed under the waters of Lake Huron.

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THE LES CHENEAUX ISLANDS Les Cheneaux means “the channels,” and that’s exactly what you’ll find weaving in and out among this picturesque grouping of three dozen small islands along the Upper Peninsula’s Lake Huron shoreline, 30 miles northeast of Mackinac Island. Nearby mainland towns Cedarville and Hessel

offer lodging, shopping, restaurants, and marinas, making either the perfect place to set up base for your boating or kayaking adventure. Pack up your sunscreen, beverage, and lunch, and get ready to explore an alphabetical list of watery wilderness, beginning with Alligator Island and Bear Island and continuing to Rover Island, Strongs Island, and Winona Island.

More information: www.lescheneaux.org KITCH-ITI-KIPI Michigan’s largest freshwater spring’s name actually means “big cold water,” and Kitchiti-kipi originally was called “The Mirror of Heaven” by the early Native Americans. One look will tell you why: Its glassy oval pool is about 40 feet deep, emerald green at its furthest depths, and so clear that the fish appear to be suspended in nothing. Step onto the observation raft (you can pull it across the pool yourself with a cable), and you’ll be able to look

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over the side or through the viewing windows to see mineral-encrusted tree branches and shifting colors caused by the spring’s constantly moving currents of sand. It’s mystical, beautiful, and it must be seen in-person; all you need to see it is a Michigan State Parks vehicle permit. More information: michigan.gov/dnr LAKENENLAND SCULPTURE PARK At this park of quirky and extremely creative scrap iron sculptures by craftsman Tom Lakenen, you can choose to walk or drive through the 37-acre sculpture yard.

We recommend you pack a picnic lunch and take your time exploring. In addition to all the eclectic art to see — alligators, space aliens, fantastical wildlife, giant metal flowers, and much more crafted from metal scrap, rebar, and assorted doohickeys — Lakenenland has a lot to do.

Enjoy your lunch under “a massive timberframed pavilion (with the coolest table and

fireplace you’ve ever seen”) or spread out on the picnic grounds, drop at line at the two fishing ponds, hit the playground for kiddos, do the bog walk, and — if you’ve got energy to spare — take a hike; you’ll find direct access to the North Country Trail here, too: www.lakenenland.com MINERS CASTLE ROCK You’ve probably heard of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. But if you haven’t yet visited Miners Castle Rock, about six miles east of Munising, you’re missing out.

This is a fairly easy-to-access U.P. spot with an enormous payoff: a paved trail leads to three separate overlook points (some stairs are involved) showcasing broad vistas across Lake Superior and out to Grand Island. These are fantastic spots for photo opportunities, and if you’re lucky you might even see a bald eagle. More information: www.exploremunising.com

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GLASS BOTTOM SHIPWRECK TOURS If you’ve ever wanted to see some of the massive shipwrecks of Lake Superior but don’t have the skills or the interest in diving, these tours are the answer. Float above the lake’s “underwater museum,” and you’ll travel back through the days of American shipping history by way of a two-hour trek on a glass-bottom boat that affords remarkable views of shipwreck sites, including a fully intact wooden sailing ship that was built before the Civil War and now resides only a few feet below the water’s surface. Each tour includes full historical narration, plus topside views that include the East Channel Lighthouse and the rocks and caves of Grand Island. More information: www.shipwrecktours.com MOUNT ARVON Mount Arvon is said to be the highest natural point in the state of Michigan, with an elevation of 1,979.238 feet. Access to this rugged mountain has been improved over the past several years; the logging road has been graded, and blue signs direct visitors up to a parking area from which they can walk the remaining 2 miles to the pinnacle. Most vehicles can handle the road, but you can hike it if you’re prepped for a trek of 16 miles (8 miles in; 8 back). The longer hike is worth it; you’ll spend most of it in deep, passing by a couple of breathtaking waterfalls and a beaver pond where area moose frequently stop. At the top, some of the trees have been cleared near the northwest corner, providing a great view over Lake Superior’s Huron Bay and the Keweenaw Peninsula. This is definitely one to tick off of your bucket list of Michigan sights. Make sure you open the steel mailbox at the summit, so that you can mark your visit by signing the logbook inside. More information: www.michigan. org (search Mount Arvon) and www. baragacounty.org.

THE MYSTERY SPOT St. Ignace’s longtime tourist attraction The Mystery Spot claims to be a place where “gravity is a little different.” The jury’s out on that claim, but this place definitely captures the essence of roadside Americana. Take the Mystery Spot tour, put your skepticism aside, and simply enjoy the optical illusions and the cheerful staff as tall people appear to be shorter, balls roll uphill, and chairs (that you can sit on!) balance on two legs along the walls. You might be able to figure out the tricks if you think about it, but the whole experience is still a heck of a lot of fun. If feats of the imagination prove too much for you, you can go for feats of skill and daring instead; a minigolf course and ziplining were added at The Mystery Spot in recent years, and both are open now. More information: www. mysteryspotstignace.com PIERS GORGE Two levels of Piers Gorge exist for the Upper Peninsula adventurer. The rapids themselves, a fast-moving section of the Menominee River, feature 10-foot drops like Misicot Falls and rough water sections dubbed with names like Volkswagen and Hell Hole. They call it “Mother Nature’s roller coaster,” and this part of the Gorge is perfect if you enjoy the adrenaline rush of crashing across the water on a kayak or guided raft tour. Prefer to peruse the wildlife in a less wild way? You can still enjoy the Gorge from its shores, via an extensive network of hiking trails and modern footbridges, all with gorgeous views of the rapids, plus opportunities to see osprey and waterfowl. More information: www. michigan.org (search Piers Gorge) or www. michiganrafts.com

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RUNNING DOWN A DREAM We go under the hood with four revheads who’ve made their auto obsessions their life’s work

MIKE & DAWN FISHER

MFD Classic Motors Traverse City What do you do when your car collecting habit gets a bit out of control? If you’re Mike and Dawn Fisher, you showcase the cars in a facility that doubles as an event space.

The husband-and-wife team founded MFD Classic Motors in 2010 not only to store their own collection of vintage road and race cars but also to provide space for others to do the same.

With inventory like that, they saw their Traverse City building as capable of being far more than a high-end vehicle storage facility. They began hosting events there as well. “Cars and coffee — that’s what a lot of car owners like,” said Mike Fisher.

But they didn’t stop there. Auto seminars were a natural. And then, so were life events.

“Wakes, weddings — people want something different — [events for] single moms.”

Like so many other activities, the COVID pandemic brought such endeavors to a halt. Fisher is hopeful that as the pandemic recedes, they can once again host events of all sorts.

Fisher said he and Dawn both grew up as self-described car nuts. They both love to drive vintage race cars, sometimes against one another — her in a Lotus, him in an Austin Healy. No word on their head-to-head record.

Fisher describes their personal collection as eclectic. It includes a 1948 Allard, an English sports car. Allard was a London-based low-volume manufacturer which produced fewer than 2,000 cars from 1945 through 1958. Fisher said only three vehicles like his were produced. Their rest of their collection includes everything from Lamborghini and a Ferrari to a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia and an Avanti, a vehicle based on the Studebaker Avanti, which was produced between 1965 and 2006.

The building also hosts some detailing work as well as light mechanical. “We don’t have a full-service garage,” he noted.

Nope, it’s still primarily a full-service storage facility, one Fisher said houses about 65 to 70 vehicles. The roster changes as vehicles are sold, while others pull their vehicles out to drive for the summer or on trips. As some go, others come in.

Although events aren’t part of MFD’s immediate summer plans, you can follow any changes on MFD Classic Motors’ Facebook page. Car owners interested in year-round, seasonal, or even temporary storage while on a driving tour can call (231) 947-3850, www. mfdclassicmotors.com.

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Classic Instruments, Boyne City You can go home again. John McLeod is living proof. He’s also evidence you can have a second, even a third act.

The owner of Classic Instruments in Boyne City came by his enthusiasm for autos honestly enough, as his grandfather and father had both worked in the industry. His dad, a pattern-maker for cars in the ’70s, a time that facet of the industry was disappearing, saw the writing on the wall, and made a career and life change.

Because he loved the outdoors, he moved his family north to Boyne City, where he began a successful nursery and floral shop. Though John worked at his father’s nursery, he inherited his dad’s still-revving passion for cars and wanted to make his career in the auto industry, attending Chrysler Tech School after graduating from high school. But he soon he found his love of cars didn’t translate to working at a dealership. “I decided the dealership world was not for me,” he said.

So he followed in his great-grandfather’s footsteps. “He’d been a cop,” McLeod said.

McLeod attended the police academy, then got a job offer he never expected or wanted, from his hometown of Boyne City. “That was the last place I wanted to be,” he said. “I wanted to be in the narcotics team downstate.”

He accepted the job to get some experience but planned to seek a policing job elsewhere.

That’s when Boyne City’s Mike Stowe — “another big gearhead,” as McLeod describes him — asked McLeod to do some work for him. Soon McLeod was working two full-time jobs: one in law enforcement; the other restoring and building hot rods for Stowe at his Great Lakes Motor Works. “I fell in love with it.”

In 2001 Stowe helped McLeod purchase Classic Instruments, an Oregon company that made gauges and other related parts for automobiles and boats. The pals flew to Oregon, loaded up the equipment, moved it to Boyne City and opened it in McLeod’s garage. Today it’s housed in an 8,000-square-foot building, and McLeod has 11 employees. It continues to grow, even through the pandemic, or perhaps because of it: He believes the increased number of people spending more time at home lead to more car enthusiasts working in their garages.

Despite his passion for the car business, McLeod couldn’t get policing — or Boyne City — out of his system. He still works part-time for the Boyne City Police Department, and he combines his twin passions by hosting a fundraiser each year for the police department.

Last year, it morphed from just being a car show at his facility to a poker run, and it was so successful he plans to do the same this year on July 31.

Learn more about Classic Instruments at www.classicinstruments.com.

GR Auto, Traverse City What TJ Maxx is for housewares and clothes hounds, the newly opened GR Auto of Traverse City is for classic car lovers. Whether you’re dying to buy or just want to ogle at an ever-changing inventory, owner Cory Wade’s GR Auto of Traverse City is your happy place.

A consignment sale shop with clients from around the region and the country, the business is fast-moving, with cars continually coming in and going out. The inventory may one day have a high-end Porsche or classic Cadillac, the next a vintage Ford truck or a Thing by Volkswagen.

“It’s continually revolving,” said Wade.

Wade’s branch is one of three: The original started in Grand Rapids, hence the name. There’s also one in Detroit. Together, the three make up one of the largest car consignment operations in the country. “We sell 1,200 to 1,400 a year,” he noted. And all its inventory is onsite. “Everything we offer is in one of our locations,” he said.

Like many other specialty shops, business actually increased during the pandemic. “We were up 25 to 30 percent in 2020. And we’ve broken all our 2020 records [so far] in 2021,” he said.

If you’re serious about buying, be warned: There are more hungry buyers than sellers right now. “Inventory is easy to sell,” he said. “But inventory is not keeping up with demand. My job is to keep up the inventory.”

Learn more about all locations and the inventory of GR Auto Gallery at www.grautogallery.com.

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may 22

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31ST ANNUAL ZOO-DEMACK: Registrations will be limited to ensure social distancing at start, lunch & post ride finish line. All registrants will be asked to register for a starting wave time beginning at 8am to spread out the starting line. The bike ride starts at Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs & spans 51 miles along Lake Michigan on a paved road with very little automobile traffic.

Riders pedal through rolling countryside & trillium covered forests, along sandy beaches, & are surrounded by breathtaking views of Lake Michigan from 400’ high bluffs. Legs Inn won’t open until June, but will provide a grab & go lunch for riders.

The Crossings & The Depot Bar & Grill are planning the annual welcome reception for the riders as they ride through the finish line. See web site for more info. $75. zoo-de-mack.com

---------------------A WALK WITH THE BIRDS: 7:30am, Lavender Hill Farm, Boyne City. Join avid birder Scott Castelein to explore the diverse habitats of Lavender Hill Farm with the possibility of seeing various sparrows, raptors, ducks, woodpeckers & other small passerine species. Free. lavenderhillfarm.com/calendar/a-walk-with-thebirds-at-lavender-hill-farm-2

---------------------TAILS TO TRAILS IN PERSON 5K FUN RUN/WALK: If you want to complete this 5K IN PERSON instead of remote, head to the Vasa Pathway, May 22 or May 23 between 10am & noon. TART Trails staff & event sponsors will be on-site with treats for humans & pets. You must wear a mask & practice safe distancing. You can also complete the 5K run/walk remotely from May 14-23. $20/person; $40/family. traversetrails.org/tails-to-trails-four-paw-5k-registration

---------------------4.5 ON THE 45TH: 9am, 400 W. Main St., Gaylord. Starts at the new trailhead in downtown Gaylord & heads north on the Iron Belle Trail to just past Congdon Rd. & back. There will also be a 2 mile run which starts at the same location & heads north to Fairview Rd. & back. $25 for 4.5 mile run; $20 for 2 mile run.

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---------------------GRNA EVENTS: Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. 9am-noon: Spring Stewardship Day. Help freshen up the Grass River Center & grounds in preparation for the busy summer & fall seasons. Pre-register: stewardship@grassriver.org.

10am-1pm: Volunteer Open House. GRNA will have current volunteers on the lawn outside the Grass River Center at different stations representing the different types of volunteer jobs available, including stewardship, education, citizen science, events, & administration. 11am-1pm: Virtual Butterfly Monitoring Training: Hosted by Kalamazoo Nature Center staff. Free; donations appreciated.

Pre-register: naturecenter.doubleknot.com/event/ butterfly-monitor-training/2806390. grassriver.org

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NORTE TUNEUP AT THE SENIOR CENTER: 9am-1pm, Grand Traverse County Senior Center, TC. If you’re a Senior Center member & have a bike that could use some care, bring it to the Senior Center. Norte mechanics will get you rolling a little smoother or help diagnose the problem if it’s a little more serious. Free. elgruponorte.org/theme_event/tuneup

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---------------------SWEETWATER EVENING GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE: 9am-1pm, Bayside Park, Acme. Perennial flowers, herbs, ferns, veggie plants & garden-related crafts. Club members will answer your garden questions & talk about community events. 938-9611. Free.

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GT CONSERVATION DISTRICT’S ANNUAL NATIVE PLANT SALE: 10am-3pm, Boardman River Nature Center, outside, TC. Over 70 species of native plants will be available to purchase on a first-come, first-served basis, & plant experts will be on-site to help answer questions about what plants would work best in your landscape. natureiscalling.org/native-plant-sale

---------------------OUTDOOR CRAFT & VENDOR SHOW: 10am-3pm, The Village at GT Commons, Front Lawn, TC. thevillagetc.com/outdoor-craft-vendor-show-3

---------------------WOMEN’S MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE: 10amnoon, Tanton Family Working Forest Reserve, Petoskey. Join in on this new mountain bike enhanced trail system. All levels welcome, but some biking experience recommended. Your ride can be as short as 3 miles or as long as 6 miles. Bring your own bike & helmet. Register. landtrust.org/ events/womens-mountain-bike-ride

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R-A-B BIKE SWAP PRE-SALE: TART Trails’ Recycle a Bicycle program has so many bikes in stock that they are having a pre-sale. Stop by the R-A-B Workshop, 1220 Woodmere Ave., TC, any time between 11am-2pm on Sat., May 22 to be the first to view & purchase the bike swap inventory. The R-A-B Pre-sale is for anyone who wants to sell &/or purchase an unused or out-grown bicycle or bike accessory. The funds raised during the pre-sale will go towards the Recycle-a-Bicycle program to continue to provide necessary active transportation to economically disadvantaged individuals & families. fb.me/e/3tRbQbaHy

---------------------SCOOBY DOO-WOP TWO-WOP: 1pm or 3pm.

Mashup Rock & Roll Musical presents a sequel to their Scooby Doo-Wop, a live, drive-in theatre adventure. This Covid-safe performance allows for the audience to stay safely in their cars while they enjoy live dance & performance & get to be a part of the mystery by solving puzzles & clues through their smart phone. Limited spots are available & must be reserved in advance. The show will begin at the Old Town Playhouse, TC parking lot & then will move to one other location. $32 per car. mashuprockandrollmusical.com/product/scoobydoo-wop-two-wop

---------------------VIEWLANDS TOUR WITH RAYMOND GAYNOR: 1-3pm, Offield Family Viewlands

Races are popping up in northern Michigan again! The North Mitten Half Marathon, 10K and 5K returns on Sun., May 30 at Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville, starting and finishing at the white slope side tent near the Crystal Clipper chairlift. With the half beginning at 8am, the 10K at 8:30am, and the 5K at 9am, waves will be added in 10-minute increments as needed to ensure social distancing requirements. www.crystalmountain.com/event/ north-mitten/ Search the rest of ‘Dates’ to find other races near you!

Working Forest Reserve, Harbor Springs. Over the past year, Harbor Springs photographer Raymond Gaynor has been documenting the Little Traverse Conservancy’s Offield Family Viewlands. Gaynor’s photographs are currently on exhibit in the Crooked Tree Arts Center’s Bonfield Gallery, Petoskey. This walking tour provides insight into the artist’s perspective & process as he captures the way nature conserves itself through a process of growth & rebirth. Register; tour is limited to 25 participants.

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---------------------PLAY TENNIS MIDWEST!: 6pm. A free & fun way to try tennis, May 21-23. If you don’t have a racquet, one will be provided to you

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---------------------GALLERY TOUR WITH SCOTT LEIPSKI: 4pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Join artist Scott Leipski for a guided tour of his solo exhibition. Registration required. Free. crookedtree. org/events/traverse-city

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CADILLAC FOOTLITERS AUDITIONS: For “Love, Loss, and What I Wore.”

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OTP AUDITIONS: 6:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, MainStage, TC. Old Town Playhouse is holding auditions for “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!” This celebration of the conundrum known as ‘the relationship’ has roles for two women & two men. Performances will be July 23, 24, 29 & Aug. 6 in the Theatre Under the Tent. oldtownplayhouse.com/getinvolved/auditions.html

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NORTHWEST MICHIGAN WORKS! VIRTUAL HIRING EVENT: Hundreds of jobs in a variety of industries will be featured at this event. Includes two sessions & more than 50 employers from around northwest MI. The first session will run from 10:30am12:30pm & will feature jobs in hospitality, retail & healthcare. The second session will run from 12:30-2:30pm & will feature construction, manufacturing & outdoor seasonal jobs. Register.

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---------------------CONNECTING WOMEN IN BUSINESS VIRTUAL EVENT: Hannah Sanderson will talk about the new Char-Em Career Tech program giving students skills & employment. Virtual networking will take place from 11:30am-noon. The presentation will run from 12-12:30pm. Networking will then resume until 1pm. Cost is $20 for CWIB members & $25 for all others. Your registration will include a $10 Mim’s Mediterranean Grill gift card. Held via Remo. petoskeychamber.com/events/details/ cwib-virtual-event-may-25-2021-24469

---------------------35TH ANNUAL PARKINSON’S SUMMER FORUM: 12:30-2:30pm. Parkinson’s Network North & the Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation present this free educational event via a virtual format. For those with Parkinson’s disease, caregivers, & professionals, check out the speakers lined up for this two day forum. parkinsonsnetworknorth.org

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may 26

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NWS PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH MARY DORIA RUSSELL: 7pm. Held via Zoom. The National Writers Series presents an evening of

virtual conversation with the New York Times bestselling & award-winning author of “The Sparrow,” “Children of God,” “A Thread of Grace,” “Dreamers of the Day,” “Doc,” and “Epitaph, Mary Doria Russell.” Discuss her latest book, “Children of the Copper Country,” which takes place in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The guest host will be Kendra Carr, the host of Interlochen Public Radio’s All Things Considered and Our Global Neighborhood. Free (donations accepted). nationalwritersseries.org/upcoming-events

---------------------CHAMBER WINFLUENCE: MENTAL HEALTH SERIES: 9am. 10 Tools for Fostering Mental Health & Well-being. Held via Remo featuring Julia Kyle, LMSW, MBA. Director, Behavioral Health Strategy and Planning BCBSM/BCN. Register.

Free. petoskeychamber.com/events/details/winfluence-mental-health-series10-tools-for-fostering-mental-health-and-wellbeing-24457

---------------------35TH ANNUAL PARKINSON’S SUMMER FORUM: (See Tues., May 25)

---------------------“RAISE YOUR VIBRATION”: 2pm. Free online webinar with Sally Littleton. Rapidly heal emotional blocks featuring Reiki & Tapping techniques & more. Register. 231-632-2840. enlightenmentreiki.mykajabi.com/WebinarRegistration-Page

---------------------VIRTUAL BUSINESS AFTER HOURS NETWORKING EVENT: 5pm. Presented by Gaylord Area Chamber of Commerce. Held via Remo. $5. gaylordchamber.com/events/details/virtual-business-after-hours-4855

---------------------CHEF LOGHAN CALL OF PLANTED CUISINETWO PART SERIES, VIA ZOOM: 6:30pm. Understanding the Basic Elements of Flavor for Home Cooking (with cooking demonstration), Part Two. Free. tadl.org/event/chef-loghan-call-withplanted-cuisine-two-part-series-via-zoom

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VIRTUAL 2021 BAYSHORE MARATHON: Featuring a marathon, half marathon & 10K. Register. The dates to complete this virtual event are Thurs., May 27 to Mon., May 31. bayshoremarathon.org

---------------------65TH ANNUAL MANCELONA BASS FESTIVAL: May 27-31. Featuring a Classic Car Show, Grand Parade, Crafters Market, Cornhole Tournament, Mancelona Kid & Pet Parade & more. mancelonabassfest.org

---------------------GALLERY TOUR WITH RAYMOND GAYNOR: 5pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Galleries, Petoskey. Join artist Raymond Gaynor for a gallery tour of his solo exhibition “A Land’s Conservancy.” Register. Free. crookedtree.org/ events/petoskey

---------------------KINGSLEY’S PLANNING TO PLAY: A COMMUNITY PARKS PROJECT: Join the Village of Kingsley, the Civic Center South Board of Directors, & Kingsley Branch Library for three community input sessions as part of the “Kingsley’s Planning to Play: a Community Park Project!” Each session is on a Thursday, beginning at 6pm. On May 27 meet at Civic Center South. On June 3 meet at Brownson Park. On June 10 meet at Civic Center South. If you cannot make the meetings but would like to provide input, look for voting boards in the Library lobby beginning May 21. Info: 231-2635484. Free. facebook.com/TADLKingsley

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RED DRESSER VINTAGE & MAKER’S MARKET: 4pm. A two-day Vintage Flea & Makers Market at the Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, TC. Featuring over 100 vendors, gourmet food trucks & live music. Friday entry allows for free Sat. re-entry. $10/person. thereddressertc.com

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5K: 9am. A combination of paved roads, dirt roads & trails. Starts & finishes at the white slope side tent near the Crystal Clipper chairlift.

It will not climb the mountain. 13.1: $85. 10K: $55. 5K: $42. Prices increase after May 25. runsignup.com/Race/MI/Thompsonville/NorthMittenHalfMarathon10K5K

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65TH ANNUAL MANCELONA BASS FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., May 27)

VIRTUAL 2021 BAYSHORE MARATHON: (See Thurs., May 27)

GREAT LAKES HUMANE SOCIETY ANNUAL BARN SALE: 9am-2pm, 7246 East Harry’s Rd., TC. Everything from yard equipment & sporting goods to antiques & books, local art & quilts. All proceeds benefit Great Lakes Humane Society. greatlakeshs.com

---------------------SAMANTHA PURZE: ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PRESENTATION: Noon, Glen Arbor Arts Center. Indiana potter, Samantha Purze, talks about her residency. She is developing a series of ceramic vessels that use map-like drawings on the surface to talk about personal connection, & her visual travels. facebook.com/ events/513476406301376

---------------------GODDESS MEDITATIONS®: 7:30pm. Bring peace, relaxation & balance into your life at Higher Self Bookstore, TC & on Zoom. Only $4.44 & replays included. Register: 941-5805.

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may 29

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STAFFORD’S TOP OF MICHIGAN FESTIVAL OF RACES: Half marathon, 10K & 5K. Half: 7:30am; 10K: 8:30am; 5K: 9am. The course is primarily run along the Little Traverse Wheelway. This year it will be run as out & backs, starting & finishing in Petoskey’s Waterfront Park. $30, $45, $65. active.com/ petoskey-mi/running/distance-running-races/ top-of-michigan-festival-of-races-2021

---------------------WET PAINT ART SHOW: May 29-30. Village Green Park, Walloon Lake. This event will also feature a quick draw plein air competition at 5pm on Sat. in front of the Marina.

---------------------VIRTUAL 2021 BAYSHORE MARATHON: (See Thurs., May 27)

---------------------65TH ANNUAL MANCELONA BASS FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., May 27)

---------------------FRIENDS OF INTERLOCHEN PUBLIC LIBRARY PLANT & FLOWER SALE FUNDRAISER: 9am-2pm, Ric’s Corner, Interlochen Plaza. 231-276-6767.

---------------------GREAT LAKES HUMANE SOCIETY ANNUAL BARN SALE: (See Fri., May 28)

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HARBOR SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET W/ “MUSIC AT THE MARKET” W/ MELISSA WELKE: 9am-1pm, Main St., Downtown Harbor Springs. Held Saturdays, May 29 - Oct. 16; & Wednesdays, June 2 - Aug. 25, 9am-1pm. harborspringsfarmersmarket.org

---------------------RED DRESSER VINTAGE & MAKER’S MARKET: 9am. A two-day Vintage Flea & Makers Market at the Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, TC. Featuring over 100 vendors, gourmet food trucks & live music. Friday entry allows for free Saturday re-entry. $10/person. thereddressertc.com

---------------------ELK RAPIDS ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW: 10am-4pm. Over 50 vendors on River St. in downtown Elk Rapids. elkrapidschamber.org/ arts-crafts-show

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NORTH MITTEN HALF MARATHON, 10K & 5K: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. 13.1: 8am; 10K: 8:30am;

------------------------------------------WET PAINT ART SHOW: (See Sat., May 29) ---------------------CHALK YOUR WALK 2021: 12-1pm, Festival Square, Cheboygan. Join the Sidewalk Chalk Project in celebration of 10 years of chalking positive messages. Grab some chalk & leave a word or two of hope, love, peace & understanding. Free. facebook.com/ events/179062917362082

---------------------VIRTUAL 2021 BAYSHORE MARATHON: (See Thurs., May 27)

---------------------GAAC DEDICATES NEW OUTDOOR GALLERY PANELS: 1pm, Glen Arbor Arts Center.

A ceremony to dedicate the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s new Outdoor Gallery exhibition. It will celebrate the work of TC artist Pam Spicer. Five of Spicer’s paintings have been reproduced on 5-foot-square, weather-resistant aluminum panels by Image360 of TC. The panels will be installed on the GAAC’s south & west exterior walls. Spicer’s work remains in place through April 2022. The panels will be available for purchase in spring 2022. glenarborart.org/events/ outdoor-gallery-exhibit-dedication-pam-spicer

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TRAVERSE CITY UNCORKED: Featuring selfguided tours of more than 40 area wineries while offering incentives, hotel discounts & a chance to win prizes. The event will feature a digital passport where guests can check into Traverse Wine Coast locations throughout the month of May. With five check-ins they are eligible to choose from an Uncorked t-shirt or TC wine-related gift items. The passports can be redeemed at the TC Visitor Center. Guests staying at participating hotels will also be entered to win a wine-themed TC vacation. The winner of the TC Uncorked grand prize will be announced in early June.

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---------------------ROSÉ ALL MAY WITH LEELANAU PENINSULA WINE TRAIL: For an advance ticket purchase price of $35, ticket holders can enjoy a 3 oz. glass of rosé at each of the 21 participating wineries in an event-themed souvenir glass. mynorthtickets.com/events/ros-allmay-5-1-2021

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---------------------ACCEPTING BOAT AUCTION DONATIONS: Maritime Heritage Alliance is now accepting donations of watercraft & nautical gear for the upcoming June 5th Boat Auction & Garage Sale.

Call to schedule: 946-2647 or visit online. maritimeheritagealliance.org/annual-boat-auction

---------------------DISABILITY NETWORK MEN’S GROUP: ZOOM MEETINGS: Mondays, 10am through May 24. disabilitynetwork.org/events

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DISABILITY NETWORK PEER ADVOCACY GROUP: ZOOM MEETINGS: Thursdays, 2pm through May 27. disabilitynetwork.org/events

---------------------DISABILITY NETWORK WOMEN’S GROUP, SHARING HERSTORY: ZOOM MEETINGS: Mondays, 11am through May 24. disabilitynetwork.org/events

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BLOOMS & BIRDS: WILDFLOWER WALK: Tuesdays, 10am-noon, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Go for a relaxing stroll on the trails with GRNA docents Julie Hurd & Phil Jarvi to find & identify the beautiful & unique wildflowers. grassriver.org

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FANTASTIC FRIDAYS: A weekly celebration of students walking & rolling to school in northern Michigan. They are fun community actions to encourage elementary & middle school students to actively move themselves to school.

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STAY HOME, STAY SAFE – AN ARTFUL COLLABORATION: Old Art Building, Leland.

Over 350 middle & high school art students from around Leelanau County are currently utilizing paper maché masks to create artworks that reflect their individual responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. An exhibit of these works will run from May 16-27. oldartbuilding.com

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

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CAAC’S 2021 VIRTUAL YOUTH ART SHOW: The Cheboygan Area Arts Council announces its second annual Virtual Youth Art Show. It will be hosted on the Cheboygan Opera House website & promoted online & around town. The CAAC brings work from over 100+ youth art students each year. Homeschoolers & students from Bishop Baraga, Cheboygan Area High, Middle, & Elementary schools are displaying their best work. To submit artwork, fill out this form: https://bit.ly/3aadQKX. Questions?

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NORTHPORT VILLAGE ARTS BUILDING MEMBERS’ EXHIBIT: Northport Village Arts Building.

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - EGAN FRANKS HOLZHAUSEN: NEVER THOUGHT TWICE: Runs through June 26 in the Atrium Gallery. All works were made with

upcycled materials, including old paintings discarded or abandoned in a community studio, scrap wood, & leftover paint from other projects or one-off samples from big box stores. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/eganfranks-holzhausen-never-thought-twice - A LAND’S CONSERVANCY: RECLAIMING NATURE: Runs through June 1. Over the past year, Harbor Springs photographer Raymond Gaynor has been documenting the Little Traverse Conservancy’s Offield Family Viewlands.

Gaynor’s images capture the way nature conserves itself through a process of growth & rebirth. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/lands-conservancy-reclaiming-nature-raymond-gaynor - GREAT: REFLECTIONS ON THE GREAT LAKES: This exhibition asks Great Lakes-area artists to share original works of art that reflect on the theme “Great.” Juried by artist Susan Moran.

Runs through June 1. crookedtree.org/event/ctacpetoskey/great-reflections-great-lakes - “KIDS ON COMMUNITY”: Youth artists were invited to submit artwork in response to the theme of “Community.” Fun, thoughtful & creative interpretations by Michigan youth (grades 3 - 12) are included in this online image gallery.

Runs through June 30, 2021. crookedtree.org/ event/ctac-petoskey-ctac-online/kids-community-online-exhibit - THE COLLECTIVE IMPULSE - ONLINE EXHIBIT: Runs through Aug. Featuring the work of artists Ruth Bardenstein, Jean Buescher & Susan Moran. The three artists met in Ann Arbor &, over time, have nurtured both personal & creative connections. They regularly share & critique one another’s work & together visit gallery & museum exhibitions. The exhibition was hosted at the Crooked Tree Arts Center - Petoskey from Sept.

21 through Dec. 18, 2020. This online publication shares work from the exhibition. crookedtree.org/ event/ctac-petoskey-ctac-traverse-city-ctac-online/collective-impulse-online - YOUNG @ ART: Youth Art Show 2021 CTACPetoskey (Online). Runs through June 11. See the creative work of young artists working in the Char-Em ISD region. Over 1800 submissions are included. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey-ctac-online/young-art-youth-art-show2021-ctac-petoskey-online-0

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - ESSENTIAL CARGO: EXPLORATIONS IN HAND-BUILT CERAMIC: Ceramicist Scott A. Leipski creates work from recurring memories & an obsession with his own youth. He uses hand-built techniques, bold colors, & nontraditional ceramic textures. Runs May 24 - July 24. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traverse-city/essential-cargo-explorations-hand-built-ceramic - PASSIONATE REALITY: LIFE IN FULL COLOR: THROUGH THE IMAGINATIVE COLORS & BOLD BRUSh strokes of six northern Michigan artists, Passionate Reality: Life in Full Color presents a world that is full of life, energy, vibrancy & passion. The exhibition includes work by artists Brenda Clark, Susan Glass, Debra Howard, Colleen Shull, Pam Spicer & Jennifer Tobias. Runs May 24 - July 24. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traverse-city/ passionate-reality-life-full-color

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GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER, GLEN ARBOR: - FEED ME! A WORD FEAST: Feed Me! is part of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s exhibition “Food Is Art/Art Is Food,” which runs May 28 – Aug. 19 in the GAAC gallery. These works will be performed or read outdoors on Fri., June 11 at 7 pm. Each writer may read up to five minutes. No pre-registration is required. Poets will be added to the evening’s readers list on a firstcome basis. Feed Me! is open to all writers & poets, both children & adults, of any experience or skill level. glenarborart.org - FOOD IS ART / ART IS FOOD: This juried exhibition features the work of 23 exhibitors who have approached the theme of food as a way to talk about feeding mind, body & spirit. It runs May 28 - Aug. 19. GAAC is closed on Sundays. glenarborart.org/events/exhibit-food-is-art-art-is-food - SMALL WORKS HOLIDAY EXHIBITION CALL FOR ENTRY: Through Oct. 1. A showcase of 2D + 3D work that offers small, original art at affordable prices, $150 or less. The exhibi-

tion takes place Nov. 5 – Dec. 16. Exhibition registration is now open. For more info go to GlenArborArt.org/ARTISTS, & click on the Call For Entry tab. glenarborart.org/artists/calls-for-entry/2021small-works-holiday-exhibition-prospectus - A CELEBRATION: THE PAINTINGS OF AMY L. CLARK-CARELS: Runs May 3 - Aug. 31. Featuring many paintings of local landmarks — from Alligator Hill to interior scenes from the historic Sleeping Bear Inn. glenarborart.org - MINI MASTERPIECES: Outdoor exhibit. Tiny works will be hung on trees along the GAAC’s gravel walkway from Lake Street to the gallery & in the GAAC’s Grove behind the building. This self-guided experience runs through May 26.

Mini Masterpieces are 3” x 3” canvases illustrated & painted by children in Leelanau County. glenarborart.org - MANITOU MUSIC POSTER COMPETITION - CALL FOR ENTRY: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions of original paintings for its 2022 Manitou Music poster competition. The deadline for online submissions is Sept. 16. Open to all current GAAC members. Each year, the GAAC selects an original painting for this limited edition poster. It is sold through the GAAC & at selected shops & art galleries in Leelanau County. glenarborart.org/artist-opportunities/manitou-music-poster-competition - CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT CALL-FOR-ENTRIES: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is moving art outdoors. The Clothesline Exhibit, July 24 – Aug. 27, is an open-air exhibition of small work.

This year’s theme, Wild Friends, challenges makers of all skills to create an unframed painting, drawing, photograph or collage on a single 5” x 7” sheet of paper around this theme. Each work will be placed in a sealed plastic envelope & pinned to a clothesline in front of the GAAC

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HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - “NATURE - SACRED & PROFANE”: A 2 person exhibit featuring gallery mainstay, Kristen Egan & her sculptures comprised of gourd, wood & clay, along with lathe-based wood sculptor, Derek Weidman. Runs May 23 - June 26. higherartgallery.com - ALTERNATING VIEWS: 3 person show featuring local artists: Ken Scott - photography; Julie Kradel - clay sculpture; Molly Davis - mixed media paintings. The exhibit runs during open gallery hours from May 15-30. higherartgallery.com - CALL FOR ARTISTS: Artists’ submissions will be considered for participation in “Artists for Wings of Wonder.” This exhibit/fundraiser will be comprised MAINLY of invited artists, many of whom are indigenous artists, members of Project Civilartzation & a handful of artwork from artists who submit work for consideration. Deadline for submissions is Aug. 1. higherartgallery. com/calls-for-art?utm_campaign=76e0e3f8783d-4933-886f-8bca34912c32&utm_ source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=eb482774c704-42f1-b837-d0ffd856d02c

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But consider that people who don’t lie their way through life might see lies in an online dating profile as sort of Spanx-type fibbies: a way to game an unfair system, a la, “I’m so much younger than my real age, and the hot young women I want would see that -- uh, if only I could get around their searches where they cut out my age group.”

Getting a realistic sense of a man’s true character probably takes listening and watching over time, especially when he doesn’t know you’re doing it. That should help you avoid missing out on good guys who occasionally retrofit the truth with a little Spandex. And you’ll know to ditch those who are ethically iffy — or worse: for example, some other 48-year-old dude who has the firm body of a man half his age — and if he keeps it in his basement freezer, no one will be the wiser

: I’m a senior in college, and the woman I recently started seeing is a sophomore. My buddies told me she has a “reputation,” as in, she’s hooked up with half the men’s soccer team. She’s beautiful and intelligent, and I don’t understand why she has the low self-esteem to behave that way.

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: Turn the tables, and imagine a guy who’s hooked up with half the cheerleading squad. Your first thought: “Dude must have a huge...” (and correct me if I’m wrong) “...set of mommy issues.”

There’s a pervasive stereotype (held by both men and women) that women who engage in casual sex have low self-esteem, explains evolutionary social psychologist Jaimie Arona Krems. The underlying assumption: Women who have casual sex don’t really want it; they’re just settling for it. However, Krems and her colleagues find that this insulting stereotype persists even when women are “explicitly described as choosing to have casual sex.”

The researchers surveyed participants (about their own self-esteem and their perception of others’) using the generally accepted definition of selfesteem: “feeling good about oneself and having a solid sense of one’s self-worth.” The stereotype — that women have casual sex because their self-worth is in the dumpster — “appears to be unfounded.” (Women’s “sexual behavior was not significantly correlated with their self-esteem.”)

They speculate that the stereotype might stem from evolutionary “mismatch”: our living in a modern world with a sometimes-outdated psychological operating system. The psychology guiding us today evolved back when locked knees were the only reliable birth control. It would’ve served ancestral women with high mate value — those with their pick of men — to hold out for commitment before having sex (and possibly offspring) with a man. Thus, we might have “default assumptions that women pursue casual sex only when committed sex is unavailable to them.” (In simple terms, despite all the birth control technology of today, the dial of human psychology is still set to “slut shaming.”)

As for your situation, assuming the rumors aren’t just “guy-perbole,” maybe your girlfriend worked her way through the soccer boys not because she’s a human broken toy but because she’s hot, enjoys sex, and wanted some naked fun while looking for her Mr. Boyfriend. What does this say about her? Well, after the initial steamy phase of the relationship, the sort of animal she’s most like in bed probably won’t be shrink-wrapped supermarket salmon.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A blogger named Valentine

Cassius reports, “A tiny old woman came into the deli where I work and ordered a ‘wonderful turkey sandwich.’ When asked what she wanted on the sandwich other than turkey, she said ‘all of your most wonderful toppings.’” Here’s my response to that: The tiny old woman’s approach usually isn’t very effective. It’s almost always preferable to be very specific in knowing what you want and asking for it. But given the current astrological omens, I’ll make an exception for you in the next three weeks. I think you should be like the tiny old woman: Ask life, fate, people, spirits, and gods to bring you all of their most wonderful toppings.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Author James Frey writes, “I used to think I was tough, but then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile and I wore thick armor. And I hurt people so they couldn’t hurt me.

And I thought that was what being tough was, but it isn’t.” I agree with Frey. The behavior he describes has nothing to do with being tough. So what does? That’s important for you to think about, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to be tough in the best senses of the word. Here are my definitions: Being tough means never letting people disrespect you or abuse you, even as you cultivate empathy for how wounded everyone is.

Being tough means loving yourself with such unconditional grace that you never act unkind out of a neurotic need to over-defend yourself. Being tough means being a compassionate truth-teller.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Here’s the definition of an emotional support animal: “a companion animal that provides therapeutic benefit to a person with a mental or psychiatric disability.” I don’t mean to be flippant, but I think every one of us has at least one mental or psychiatric disability that would benefit from the company of an emotional support animal. If you were ever going to acquire such an ally, the coming weeks would be prime time to do so. I encourage you to also seek out other kinds of help and guidance and stimulation that you’d benefit from having. It’s the resource-gathering phase of your cycle. (PS: Cesar Chavez said: “You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.”)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Fragile intensity or intense fragility? Ferocious gentleness or gentle ferocity? Vulnerable strength or strong vulnerability? I suspect these will be some of the paradoxical themes with which you’ll be delicately wrestling in the coming days. Other possibilities: sensitive audacity or audacious sensitivity; fluidic fire or fiery fluidity; crazy wisdom or wise craziness; penetrating softness or soft penetration; shaky poise or poised shakiness. My advice is to regard rich complexities like these as blessings, not confusions or inconveniences.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I am tired

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Birds that

live in cities have come up with an ingenious adaptation. They use humans’ abandoned cigarette butts to build their nests. Somehow they discovered that nicotine is an insectide that dispels pests like fleas, lice, and mites. Given your current astrological aspects, I’m guessing you could make metaphorically comparable adjustments in your own life. Are there ways you could use scraps and discards to your benefit?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A blogger

named Raven testifies, “My heart is a toddler throwing a tantrum in a store and my brain is the parent who continues to shop.” I’m pleased to inform you, Aquarius, that your heart will NOT act like that toddler in the coming weeks. In fact, I believe your heart will be like a sage elder with growing wisdom in the arts intimacy and tenderness. In my vision of your life, your heart will guide you better than maybe it ever has. Now here’s a message to your brain: Listen to your heart!

of trying to hold things together that cannot be held,” testifies Cancerian novelist Erin Morgenstern. “Tired of trying to control what cannot be controlled.” Here’s good news for her and all Cancerians. You have cosmic permission to surrender—to no longer try to hold things together that can’t be held or try to control what can’t be controlled. Maybe in a few weeks you will have gained so much relaxed new wisdom that you’ll be inspired to make fresh attempts at holding together and controlling. But that’s not for you to worry and wonder about right now. Your assignment is to nurture your psychological and spiritual health by letting go.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Philosopher Georges

Bataille wrote, “The lesson of Wuthering Heights, of Greek tragedy and, ultimately, of all religions, is that there is an instinctive tendency towards divine intoxication which the rational world of calculation cannot bear. This tendency is the opposite of Good. Good is based on common interest, which entails consideration of the future.” I’m going to dissent from Bataille’s view. I agree that we all have an instinctive longing for divine intoxication, but I believe that the rational world needs us to periodically fulfill our longing for divine intoxication. In fact, the rational world grows stale and begins to decay without these interludes. So the truth is that divine intoxication is crucial for the common good. I’m telling you this, Leo, because I think the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to claim a healthy dose of divine intoxication.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo actor

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): The Voyager

1 space probe, launched by NASA in 1977, is now more than 14 billion miles from Earth.

In contrast, the farthest humans have ever penetrated into the ground is 7.62 miles. It’s the Kola Superdeep Borehole in northwest Russia. Metaphorically speaking, these facts provide an evocative metaphor for the following truth: Most humans feel more confident and expansive about exploring the outer world than their inner realms. But I hope that in the coming weeks you will buck that trend, as you break all previous records for curious and luxurious exploration into your deepest psychic depths.

Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) won the most prestigious awards possible for her work in films, TV, and theater: Oscars, Emmys, and a Tony. She was intelligent, talented, and beautiful.

Life was a challenge when she was growing up, though. She testified, “I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn’t shut up.” If you have a sleeping lion inside you, Virgo, I expect it to wake up soon. And if your inner lion is already wide awake and you have a decent relationship with it, I suspect it may soon begin to come into its fuller glory.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran author

ARIES (March 21-April 19): ”Open your mouth only if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence,” declares an Arab proverb. That’s a high standard to aspire to. Even at our very best, when we’re soaring with articulate vitality, it’s hard to be more beautiful than silence for more than, say, 50 percent of the time. But here’s a nice surprise: You could exceed that benchmark during the next three weeks.

You’re primed to be extra expressive and interesting. When you speak, you could be more beautiful than silence as much as 80 percent of the time.

Antonio Tabucchi described the frame of mind I recommend for you in the coming days. I hope you’ll be eager to embrace his far-reaching empathy. Like him, I trust you will expand your capacity to regard the whole world as your home.

Here’s Tabucchi’s declaration: “Like a blazing comet, I’ve traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear. I’ve been a man, a woman, an old person, a little girl, I’ve been the crowds on the grand boulevards of the capital cities of the West, I’ve been the serene Buddha of the East. I’ve been the sun and the moon.”

“Jonesin” Crosswords "That Tracks"--and yeah, it's a bit of a stretch. by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1 Deceptive maneuver 6 Wine bar choice 9 Bolivia’s constitutional capital 14 Singer Lennox 15 Zamboni surface 16 Thees and ___ 17 *Oldest of the five original MTV VJs, and host of the KISS “unmasking” special 19 Gridiron kicks 20 “Next one’s on me” 21 “Bali ___” (“South Pacific” song) 22 A long time 24 “Pericles, Prince of ___” 26 Angry Birds box that goes boom 28 *American Samoa village which is home to the territory’s only movie theater 31 Until this moment 33 “Monty Python and the Holy ___” 35 “Robin Hood: ___ in Tights” 36 Elephant-snatching bird of myth 38 Amazed acronym in chats 39 News station 40 Track and field athletes during the Tokyo Olympics (and a hint to the starred theme answers) 44 T as in testing?

45 “Hazy” beer variety 46 Installation in a bar, maybe 47 Line up a cornhole bag 48 Goes around 50 Game with numbered balls 54 *1997 Hanson chart-topper 56 Word before cow or horse 58 Prison film weapon 59 “We Have the Meats” advertiser 61 Big flightless bird 63 Carbon compound suffix 64 Harmon of “Rizzoli & Isles” 66 *Program you might use in a smartphone emulator (otherwise, they’d run on their own) 69 “___ say more?”

70 Get the picture 71 Missile monitoring gp.

72 Air Force student 73 Possessed 74 Final Oldsmobile model

DOWN 1 Tex-Mex offering 2 Takes pleasure in 3 Harm 4 “Boyz N the Hood” actress Long 5 Silicon Valley industry, briefly 6 Ascendant 7 “Foucault’s Pendulum” author Umberto 8 Prohibit 9 Twin city to Minneapolis 10 ___ Peak, Kilimanjaro’s highest point (and Swahili for “freedom”) 11 Buyer and user 12 Wagon wheel groove 13 Curvy letter 18 “Call Me ___” (Mayim Bialik sitcom) 23 Puzzling riddle 25 Chilling 27 USC athletes 29 Not so much 30 Printer fluid 32 Over the ___ 34 ___ Darya (central Asian river) 37 “It looks like you’re writing a letter” Microsoft helper 39 How-to presentations 40 Quick haircut 41 Rooted (through) 42 Dermal opening 43 ‘70s-’80s “Club” mentioned in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” 44 Tim ___ (Australian cookie) 48 “Whatever happens, happens” 49 Leaked slowly 51 “___ here!” (“Poltergeist” catchphrase) 52 Musical ineptitude 53 Be extra, with “it” 55 Wedding cake figurine, maybe 57 Fuse box unit 60 Broad band?

62 Arm bone 64 Mandela’s former org.

65 Org. for teachers 67 Shepherd’s pie bit 68 ISP your grandparents might still use

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