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Vol. 134 — No. 47

Lake Leelanau, Michigan 49653

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Thumb reattached to G-L soccer player

By Amy Hubbell of the Enterprise staff

A 15-year-old Empire girl is recovering at C.S.. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor after surgery to reattach her left thumb.

Kira Surber was working Monday afternoon as a dock attendant at Glen Craft Marina when her thumb was severed — caught between the dock and a boat coming in from a trip on the lake.

mostly scared, especially “ I was after I heard someone say they found my thumb. ” Kira Surber, Glen Lake junior

She’s been remarkably calm and upbeat through the ordeal.

“It was stinging a little and bleeding.

I was mostly scared, especially after I heard someone say they found my thumb,” the Glen Lake junior said.

Glen Craft owner Kathy Aylsworth was in the business office when a boater in the other docked boat ran in looking for ice. A nurse, the woman found Kira’s thumb aboard the boat and immediately put it on ice.

“As soon as we learned what was happening, everyone responded quickly,” Aylsworth said. “Luckily, the people in the other boat were fast thinking.”

Surber said she was comforted by a male boater who said a prayer over her for the few minutes it took for Glen Lake EMS to responded to the 911 call made shortly after 1 p.m.

“That’s when I realized ‘This could be serious.’ That was really nice of him,” the teenager said.

Paramedics evaluated Surber and controlled her bleeding before she was transported by ambulance to Munson Medical Center. She amazed those present by walking from the dock into the ambulance.

Kira’s mother, Christy, was dressed (Concluded on Page 15)

EMPIRE TEENAGER Kira Surber in good spirits when was airlifted to Ann Arbor Monday after severing her left thumb.

‘Beautiful’

Lakeshore takes first in national contest

by Carol Thompson Enterprise intern

Now the nation has been told that Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is the most beautiful place in America.

“We know it, but now I think America and the rest of the world knows it too,” said Dusty Schultz, Lakeshore superintendent.

Good Morning America (GMA) awarded the Lakeshore with the honor on its Wednesday morning show, spurring a slew of emails, texts and phone calls among residents.

The competition began in June, when GMA viewers nominated their favorite places. Jim Madole of Grand Rapids nominated the Lakeshore, saying in his submission that “it is peaceful and serene, a place for gazing out

into the world, night or day, and realizing that the universe is truly a magical, majestic mystery, and humans are just a very small part of it all. Here at Sleeping Bear, I sit in awe and wonder at the perfection of Mother Nature.”

The show narrowed down the competition to 10 places, also including Newport R.I.; Cape Cod, Mass.; Point (Concluded on Page 15)

Lakeshore attendance up; second biggest July recorded

By Chris Olson of the Enterprise staff

Paul Staber and his staff at the Foothills Cafe have noticed an uptick in business — and that was before Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was named the most beautiful place in America.

Staber bought the Glen Arbor Township restaurant two years ago. He knows the importance of the summer tourist season in meeting wintertime expenses.

He was not surprised to hear that Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore recorded its second busiest July ever and

its best in 12 years, according to figures released from the National Park Service.

Some 416,562 patrons were estimated to have visited the Lakeshore last month — up more than 10 percent from July 2010 when 377,849 visitors were noted.

Only July 1999 was busier, bringing 453,463 visitors to the Lakeshore.

Through July, 2011, the Lakeshore has entertained 668,527 visitors, up 2.3 percent from the same period in 2010.

Many of those visitors find their way to the 37-seat Foothills Cafe, which can serve up to 180 breakfasts and lunches on its busiest days.

“I’ve heard Glen Arbor was just swarmed. I really don’t get out that much

because we’re so busy here,” he said. “I try not to go into Glen Arbor when it’s busy. There is a lot of traffic and I try to avoid it.”

Staber asks visitors to stick pins on their home towns in United States and world maps.

“So far we’ve had visitors from 46 of the 50 states. We haven’t had any visitors from North Dakota, Wyoming, West Virginia and Maine,” he said.

The world map has pins stuck in six of seven continents. “So far we haven’t had any pins from Antarctica,” Staber added.

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INSIDE Pension system eats away county finances

By Alan Campbell of the Enterprise staff

Three numbers go a long way in explaining Leelanau County’s pension problems: 8, 2.5 and 1,140,000.

The first refers to the rate of growth needed by Michigan Employee Retirement System (MERS) investments to keep the program solvent; the second number refers to a “multiplier” used to determine the level of pensions received by retired county employees.

And the big number — referring to $1,140,000 — represents a lump-sum payment required by MERS just to authorize a projection study to pinpoint how much more money would be needed for the county to scrap its traditional pension system in favor of a “defined

contribution” system similar to a 401k account in the private sector.

“We cannot even give you the information,” said Tony Radjenovoch, in explaining at a special county budget workshop Tuesday that a MERS policy requires local governments to have their pension plans at least 80 percent funded before conducting the study. He said similar requests have come from many Michigan governments; few have the capacity to raise enough money to make the switch.

“That sounds like a scam,” said County Board chair Tom Van Pelt.

It was one of the few confrontations between MERS regional manager Radjenovich, whose job it was to provide a sobering pension update, and the (Concluded on Page 15)

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obituaries BATA plans to ask voters to approve millage in November County property owners could be asked to approve an extra-voted millage for the Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) in the November election.

BATA executive director Tom Menzel confirmed last Wednesday that the authority has filed the paperwork to

Leland has three renewals on ballot Voters in Leland Township likely will have three property tax renewal requests to consider in November after the Township Board approved ballot language for one of the requests.

The board unanimously approved language last week seeking renewal of its existing “Headlee rollback” property tax millage. The millage as of today is .4398-mill and township supervisor Harry Larkin said the township is seeking to renew the millage at that same rate for 2012-2015.

“If approved by the voters the millage will generate $173,105.16 in its first year,” he said.

Larkin said this property tax would

EDWARD H. JONES Died Aug. 6, 2011

Seven candidates for three TC seats Voters in the small portion of the City of Traverse City which lies within Leelanau County will determine the fate of races for mayor and city commissioner in the November election.

Former mayor Michael Estes will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot as a candidate for mayor as well current commissioner and former Traverse City

ANDREW PFEUFER Died Aug. 10, 2011

Police Chief Ralph Soffredine.

There are seven candidates for three, 3-year commissioner seats. They are: Barbara Budros, Jim Carruthers, Robert Donick, Jeanine Easterday, David Ford, Patrick McGuire and Timothy Werner.

The 151 registered Traverse City voters in Leelanau will also help decide a referendum to repeal chapter 605 of the Traverse City Code or Ordinances which prohibits discrimination in housing, public accommodation and employment.

BETTY WALTER

Betty Walter, 85, of Naples, FL went home to Jesus on August 10, 2011 after a short illness. She was born on May 24, 1926 and lived on her parent’s farm at the west side of South Lake Leelanau.

Betty graduated Magna Cum Laude from Holy Rosary High School in 1943. She became employed as an accountant for the Brunswick Corp. in Muskegon, MI. Her next position as an accountant was at Munson Hospital in Traverse City, MI. She married her childhood sweetheart, Lee Walter on June 14, 1946. They then moved to Mt. Pleasant, MI where her husband, Lee, graduated from CMU. After retiring in 1984, they spent winters in Naples, FL and summers in Traverse City, MI. In 2009 they moved to Naples, FL full time, where their son Robert and wife Linda live.

Betty is survived by her husband, Lee; son Robert and his wife Linda; granddaughter Michelle and her husband Cyrus and great grandson Holden of Manhattan Beach, CA; and sister Helen and her husband Paul of Cadillac, MI. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 6982 S.Schomberg Rd., Cedar, MI 49621 For online condolences, please visit www.fullerfuneralhome.com.

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LAKE LEELANAU – Andrew Pfeufer, 46, of Lake Leelanau, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 with his loving wife Christina and family and friends by his side.

Andrew was born Oct. 26, 1964 and was raised on a family farm in Stone Ridge, New York. After graduating in 1982, he spent several years travelling and working in Europe, returning to N.Y.C. and then Chicago where he met his wife, Christina.

Andrew was an amazing finish carpenter, renovating many homes on the East coast including their Victorian house in Weehawken, New Jersey.

He and his wife also owned a special events floral company, Distinctive Floral Designs in N.Y.C. After 14 years in business, they relocated to Northern Michigan in 2004 to create their dream property: the Field of Flowers Farm.

A celebration of a wonderful life event will be held in his honor in October at the farm.

Memorials may be donated in his memory to the Munson Hospice House, 1105 Sixth St., Traverse City, MI 49684.

Please share thoughts and memories with Andrew’s family on their online guestbook at www.record-eagle. com/obituaries/ Arrangements are with the Martinson Funeral Home of Suttons Bay.

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NORTHPORT – Edward H. Jones, 94, of Northport peacefully passed away on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City.

A loving husband, brother, father and grandfather, Hugh Jones was also a great friend to many others. He was born on July 6, 1917 in Helston, Cornwall, England, the son of Hugh and Ida (Chegwidden) Jones. The family came to the United States in 1929 and settled in Highland Park, MI. Hugh spent the majority of his long successful career with the Ex-Cello Corporation – one filled with many accomplishments. On May 10, 1941, he married Virginia A. Ciotti. They had 46 wonderful years together, spending the last seven in Leelanau Township – the area they both loved so much.

Virginia preceded Hugh in death in 1987. Hugh’s lifelong love of cars and auto racing brought much joy to his life. He was recently recognized for 60 years active membership in the SCCA (Sports Car Club of America). Locally, he was an active member of the Twin Bay British Car Club and was instrumental in establishing the annual Flyin at the Northport Airport.

Always a strong supporter of his community, Hugh was a faithful member of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church.

Hugh is survived by his daughter, Diane L. (Paul A.) Long, daughter-inlaw, Kathleen A. Jones; a sister, Nesta Reseigh; a brother, Richard F. Jones; three grandsons, Jason K. Jones, Erick J. Jones and David M. Jones.

In addition to his wife Virginia, Hugh was preceded in death by his son, Richard H. Jones, and a sister, Dorothy Stevens.

A memorial service planned for this fall will be announced at a later date.

Memorial contributions in honor of Hugh may be directed to the Salvation Army, 1239 Barlow, Traverse City, MI, 49686; The Christian Appalachian Project Inc, attn: Honors and Memorials, PO Box 55911, Lexington, KY, 40555-5911; NARP (Native American Rights) Fund, 1506 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80302-6296; Cherryland Humane Society, 1750 Ahlberg Rd, Traverse City, MI, 49686.

Please share thoughts and memories with Hugh’s family on their online guestbook at www.record-eagle. com/obituaries/ Arrangements are with the Martinson Funeral Home of Suttons Bay. “We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.”

Godspeed dad, and know that in the hearts of the many people whose lives you touched, your spirit will live on.

supplement the township’s general fund.

The board also had two millage renewal requests for the township Fire and Rescue Department before it at the same meeting. Township Fire Chief Michael Fandel asked the board to remove those requests as the township Fire Board has not reviewed the language. The Township Board removed those items from its agenda. Clerk Jane Keen said the board will have to hold a special meeting some time before the end of the month to approve that ballot language. The deadline for townships to get a millage request on the November ballot is Aug. 30.

Fandel said the department will be seeking two property tax renewals. The first is a 1.2-mill request for department operations. This would be for 2012 and 2013, and if approved by voters would generate $472,327.98 in its first year.

The second request would combine two existing .25-mill levies for department’s capital equipment fund into one .5-mill tax. It would be levied for 2012 and 2013. Fandel did not know how much the renewal would generate in its first year.

“We need to have the fire board review these requests so it can make a recommendation to the township board,” Fandel said.

sociation (NSTA) which filed a federal complaint earlier this year over the regional bus system’s cooperative agreement with Suttons Bay. The NSTA, an organization comprised of bus manufacturers and private transportation providers, alleges that BATA’s school bus operation violates federal guidelines which ban the exclusion of the general public on buses run by the public entity.

The transportation association hired a “plant” to ride the BATA bus serving Suttons Bay to document that it was exclusive to students. No such practice was discovered.

Menzel said greater efficiencies have been realized from phasing out older buses replaced with more fuel-efficient models.

Beginning next month, BATA plans to increase its fixed route service and reduce its “dial-a-ride” offering which is not cost efficient.

“Right now, we’re at 40 percent fixed

and 60 percent dial-a-ride,” Menzel said. “We’re hoping to be a 80 to 90 percent soon, while continuing to remain ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant.”

The deadline to submit language for the Nov. 8 ballot is the end of the month.

Also expected to be determined in the November election is representatives on two county Boards of Education.

Incumbent Trustees Alan Hartwick and Maynard (Rink) Wheeler, will not be seeking reelection on the Leland Board of Education. Neither is former Glen Lake Board President Jeff Smith seeking another term. All three men will step down from their positions this fall.

Filing as candidates before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline in the Glen Lake district was Meredith Goodrick of Empire, who will run unopposed. Beth A. Richter and Christopher Lee Fortune Butz filed as candidates for the two Leland board seats.

ESTELLA W. WHITE Estella W. White, 73, of Hopewell, VA formerly of Cedar, MI passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, August 5, 2011. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Hopewell, VA. She was retired from Allied Signal Corporation in Chester, VA after twenty-five years of service.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas E. Sr. and Katherine (Skipski) Witkowski, and a brother, Thomas E. Witkowski, Jr. She is survived by her husband of fifty-three years, James Tillman White Sr.; three daughters, Robin Harris and husband James of Chester, VA, Dawn McGuire and husband Stephen Sr., Paula Duncan and husband John; two sons, James T. White Jr., and Ronald E. White, all of Hopewell, VA; daughter-in-law, Cathy White of Chester, VA; grandchildren, Jesse, Mariah and Karley White, Johnathan Pearson, Alexis, Brad and Brian Harris, Tasha, Cole and Tyler Legat, Jamie Rodri-

guez, Stephen McGuire Jr., Katie, Kristen, John Jr. and Zachary Duncan, R.J. and Ashleigh White; greatgrandchildren, Antonio Rodriguez, McKenna Tilley, Elijah Wilkins, Areanna and Dylan Harris; sister, Frances King and husband Glen; brothers, George R. Witkowski of Traverse City, MI, and Thomas P. Witkowski and wife Barbara of Cedar, MI; brother-inlaw, Ralston B. White Jr. and wife Christine of Hopewell, VA; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family received friends from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, August 8, 2011 at the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home. A funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at St. James Catholic Church. Interment followed the service in Merchants Hope Memorial Gardens in Prince George, VA. Condolences may be registered online at www.jtmorriss.com.

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Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 27 at East Leland Cemetery for George C. Edmonds of Interlochen who died June 15. He was 88.

The family was served by the Martinson Funeral Home of Suttons Bay.

seek a five-year millage for .3454 mills for 2013-2017. This is the current millage rolled back from a .35-mill levy approved by voters in 2007.

Why is BATA going to the public with a request before the current millage has expired? It’s strategy.

“I don’t want to be involved in a presidential election,” Menzel said. “It dilutes everything.”

An identical request has been submitted to the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners for consideration on the Nov. 8 election ballot. Between the two counties, Menzel said the levies will generate a combined $2,305,190 for operations.

If approved, the funding would allow BATA to continue its effort to cut operational costs while at the same time increasing its percentage of fixed-route service.

“We’ve reduced our operational cost from $55 to $45 per hour while as the same time increased out fixed route service,” Menzel said.

Ridership on the fixed-route service in Leelanau County increased by 27.8 percent in the past year. BATA runs fixed routes on either side of the peninsula. The Empire route goes from Empire to the transfer station on Hall Street in Traverse City and includes stops at Glen Arbor, The Homestead, Glen Lake School, Maple City, Cedar and Tom’s West Bay. The Northport route travels through Omena, to the Leelanau Sands Casino and Suttons Bay. A portion of the increase in ridership could also be attributed to BATA offering transportation to Suttons Bay students. Suttons Bay discontinued transportation for its “general education” students for the 2010-2011 school year. However, students ride among the general public — a fact that was lost by the National School Transportation As-

FRANK GUS PAULOS TRAVERSE CITY — Frank Gus Paulos, 92, of Traverse City and Tequesta, Fla., passed away peacefully with his daughter at his side Friday, Aug. 12, at Munson Medical Center.

Frank was born June 23, 1919, in Chicago, Ill., to the late Frank G. and Elizabeth (Pervanger) Poulos. (Frank later changed the spelling of his last name.) He married Eleanor (Parish) on Dec. 18, 1943. Together they raised two children.

Frank grew up in Irish Cork Town, Detroit, graduating from Western High School. He spent many summers on his aunt’s (ma) farm in Saline in his youth.

Frank was a lifeguard for Interlochen Arts Camp in his 20s. It was this job that was the spark to move north.

He then attended Michigan Agricultural College, where he was a member of the football team and ROTC. He left college and honorably served in the United States Army during World War II. When discharged, he returned to Michigan Agricultural College, where the president of the college granted completion of the soldiers’ educations if they were within a certain number of credits from graduating. He always regretted not walking across the podium to receive his diploma. “Walking” in his late 80s at Michigan State University was in the works, but health issues kept this from happening.

Frank also attended law school at the University of Michigan, but decided to work for the FBI instead, supporting his mother after his father passed away.

Moving to St. Ignace in 1947, he had his first Chevrolet dealership. He then moved to Plainwell/Allegan, where he also had a Chevrolet dealership, but the goal was to move to Traverse City.

Frank and Eleanor moved their family to Traverse City in November 1955, where he purchased, from

Mac MacIntosh, the Oldsmobile and Cadillac dealership on the corner of State and Cass streets. He eventually sold the dealership to Chet Swanson in 1964. Frank then owned buildings in the area and started his own commercial land company.

He was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, Economics Club and Tequesta Country Club. He was a former member of the Traverse City Golf and Country Club. Frank was very proud of his life-membership in the Elks Lodge.

Frank loved his family, valued education, was an avid reader of factual books and enjoyed watching news programs to stay current in world events.

He was a great conversationalist, loved Michigan State University and the Detroit Tigers. Frank, at age 80, was a certified instructor at the Cedar Rod and Gun Club.

Surviving Frank are his children, James F. Paulos and Catherine (Bruce) Buchan; his grandchildren, Zachary and wife, Nicole, Halley and fiancé, Nate Brandsen, and Weston (Spike) Buchan; and also his beloved dog, Molly Sue. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife of 58 years, Eleanor.

Funeral services were held on Monday, Aug. 15, at 11 a.m., with a visitation held from 9 to 11 a.m., at the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.

The family would like to thank Munson Medical Center staff, especially Tina B., R.N., and the staff at Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing for their care.

Dad, you will be missed. Our lives have been enriched because of you.

Please sign Frank’s online guestbook at www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com.

The family is being served by the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.

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By Amy Hubbell Of The Enterprise staff

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Marriages performed Zachary G. Lapointe and Jessica A. Rames — Aug. 6, in Kewadin, Antrim County.

Ryan F. Kalchik and Laura E. Bourquin — Aug. 5, in Leelanau Township.

Christopher M. Degner and Kari Bruursema — July 9, in Leland.

Ross A. Garbett and Ashley L. Waples — Aug. 6, in Elmwood Township.

Josh M. Vanriper and Ashley M. Minish — Aug. 6, in Empire.

Devon A. Hobbs and Annette M. Campbell — Aug. 6, in City of Traverse City.

Matthew C. Sieving and Lia I. Izenberg — Aug. 6, in Northport.

Deaths recorded in county

New assumed names filed in county Golden Valley Ranch; of 6444 W. Empire Hwy., Empire — By Roswell D. Jennings, 7446 S. Glen Lake Rd., Glen Lake.

Inner-Coastal Ecological Services; of 8741 S. Dunns Farm Rd., Maple City — By Michael Ulrich, 8741 S. Dunns Farm Rd., Maple City.

New Technologies; of 13700 Forest Beach Shores, Northport — By Franklin M. Lovse, 13700 Forest Beach Shores, Northport.

Loraine R. Flaska, 72, of Cleveland Township — July 22, in Cleveland Township.

Martin T. Jelinek, 88, of Leelanau Township — July 28, in Leelanau Township.

Doris K. Speclich, 82, of Novi — July 30, in Northport.

Barbara J. Stearling, 64, of Kasson Township — July 31, in Kasson Township.

Rosaline M. Kiessel, 86, of Leelanau Township — Aug. 6, in Suttons Bay Township.

Raymond J. Flaska, 88, of Kasson Township — Aug. 8, in Kasson Township.

friends of people with cancer support group (call 386-7715 for more info.): Trinity Church UCC, Nagonaba Street, Northport.

TONIGHT 6-9 p.m. — Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum LobsterFest dinner fundraiser, limited to 175 tickets (call 386-7195 for ticket info.): Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum, Lighthouse Point Road, six miles north of Northport.

7 p.m. — Northport Village Council meeting: Village hall, Nagonaba Street, Northport.

— Saving Birds Thru Habitat Speakers series presents local mushroom expert Ed Reinert (call 2713738 for ticket info.): Saving Birds Thru Habitat Discovery Center, 5020 N. Putnam Rd., Omena.

— Solon Township Board rescheduled regular meeting: Meeting room, Cedar Fire Hall, N. Kasson Street, Cedar.

FRIDAY All Day — Glen Arbor Sidewalk Sale: Participating businesses through out Glen Arbor.

9 a.m. — Walking Friends group sponsored by the Cedar Area Community Foundation, also meets on Mondays and Wednesdays: Solon Township Hall, Cedar.

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to Sue C. Stoeffel, et al, a partial interest each, Section 34, Village of Northport (this entry appears one more time).

Robert H. Bonner, trustee, to Zaida M. Bradley, Section 9, Centerville Township (valuation affidavit filed).

Wendy T. Martin, trustee, to John E. and Wendy T. Martin, Section 12, Empire Township.

John E. and Wendy T. Martin to Wendy T. Martin, trustee, Section 12, Empire Township.

Carole E. Blocher to Barry A. and Mimi E. Ransick, Unit 6, Woodstone Condominium, Glen Arbor Township (valuation affidavit filed).

August 4 Vera B. Young to Joy D. Clenet and Marion T. Collier, a partial interest, Section 24, Empire Township.

Eric W. Wriska to Luca J. Mason and Kathryn R. Verhougstraete, Section 28, Elmwood Township ($147,400).

August 5 Robert S. Saffell to Cleveland Township, Lot No. 76, Scenic Mountain View Estates, Cleveland Township.

Deborah L. Kohler to Marcella L. Rutka, Section 4, Leelanau Township ($10,000).

Douglas and Heather Dubay to Lucinda Duperon and Wayne Novak, Section 5, Solon Township.

Lynn M. Gallagher to Martin C. and Stacey Gallagher, Section 19, Elmwood Township.

John A. Gallagher Jr. to Martin C. and Stacey Gallagher, Section 19, Elmwood Township.

Martin C. and Stacey Gallagher to John A. Gallagher Jr., Section 19, Elmwood Township.

Linda Herman, trustee, to Louis D. Herman, Section 33, Village of Suttons Bay. Louis D. and Joan Herman to Dark & Stormy, L.L.C., Section 33, Village of Suttons Bay. Bradford L. Sprouse Trust, et al, to Great Lakes Ranch Holding Company, L.L.C., Section 21, Cleveland Township.

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trustees, to Kathy L. Lievense, Unit 10, Cedar Creek Commons, Elmwood Township ($224,900).

August 2 Charles Jr. and Janet Pardee to Kenneth D. and Judy Gretke, Section 26, Solon Township ($485,000).

Russell A. Fifarek, et al, to Ronald A. Julian, Lot 9, Cedar Creek, Elmwood Township ($116,000).

August 3 Jason J. Torrey to Laura L. Torrey, Section 31, Bingham Township.

BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, to Federal National Mortgage Association, Section 28, Leland Township.

Mary D. Laman to Cornell A. Laman, Section 24, Village of Empire.

Huntington National Bank, trustee, to Sue C. Stoeffel, et al, a partial interest each, Lot 130, Northport Beach and Section 34, Village of Northport.

Huntington National Bank, trustee, to Sue C. Stoeffel, et al, a partial interest each, Lot 44, north side of Fourth Street, Village of Northport.

Huntington National Bank, trustee,

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August 1 Linda K. Cloud to John M. and Linda K. Cloud, Section 4, Empire Township.

Thomas D. and Sherry L. Swanson, trustees, to John W. and Susan Swanson, a partial interest, Lot 8, Sunset Beach, Cleveland Township.

Richard A. and Kay K. Nelson to Richard A. and Kay K. Nelson, et al, Section 27, Suttons Bay Township.

Richard A. and Kay K. Nelson to Lauri L. Normandin, Section 27, Suttons Bay Township.

Lauri L. Normandin to James B. and Lauri L. Normandin, Section 27, Suttons Bay Township.

SRB Servicing, L.L.C., to Rebecca and Jason L. Chavalia, Unit No. 27, Maplewood Commons, Kasson Township ($4,400).

Marilyn D. Johnston, trustee, to Marilyn D. Johnston, trustee, Section 13, Bingham Township.

SRB Servicing, L.L.C., to Gregory and Mary Flowers, Units 4, 5, 7, 8, 10-24, 28-35, 37-55, 57, 59 and 60, Maplewood Commons, Kasson Township ($180,950).

Joseph A. and Sharon K. Andres,

TODAY All Day — Glen Arbor Sidewalk Sale: Participating businesses through out Glen Arbor.

9 a.m. — Leelanau Clean Water water quality task force (call 2569812 for more info.): Community meeting room, lower level, county Government Center, E. Government Center Drive off of M-204, Suttons Bay Township.

9 a.m.-noon — Leelanau Farmers Market Leland (go to www.eatleelanau. org for more info.): Parking lot across from the Bluebird Restaurant, River Street, Leland.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. — Leland Sidewalk Sale: Most businesses in Leland business district.

10-11 a.m. — Overeater’s Anonymous meeting, each Thursday (call 2711060 for more info.): Leland Township Library, E. Cedar Street, Leland.

11 a.m.— Aliens in the Ecosystem bicycle tour. NPS Park Pass required (call 326-5134 ext. 328 for more info.): Meeting behind the school house at the corner of M-22 and Stormer Road, south of Empire.

11 a.m.- noon — Interactive story time at Great Lakes Children’s Museum (call 932-4526 for more info.): Great Lakes Children’s Museum, M-22, across from Elmwood Marina Park, Greilickville.

Noon — Suttons Bay-Leelanau County Rotary meeting and luncheon: The Village Inn, Suttons Bay. 1-3 p.m. — Bridge-Play & Learn class (256-2131 for more info.): Old Art Building, Cedar Street, Leland.

1:30-2:30 p.m. — Family and

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Leland sewer project stumbles out of gate Much work went into a presentation last week by the Leland Township Sewer Options Committee, and much good may come out of the committee.

However, given inaccuracies disseminated to property owners at this stage of the process, we suggest the committee toss out results of a poll it sought to use as a prime factor in determining whether to move forward with plans to greatly expand the present municipal sewer operation. In a positive development, the committee did spawn interest in construction of community treatment systems along the east side of north Lake Leelanau.

But the differences are night and day. Expansion of the present municipal system will likely require residents to hook up at costs that could exceed $22,000 each; homeowners can decide to opt out of community systems, which would be privately owned.

Those attending the meeting were eager for information, and some were surprised by what they learned — especially those who took at face value a public information letter sent to riparian owners along with a postcard ballot.

The letter listed the “estimated cost to property owners” in two parts: Their share of building the system, and a “connection” fee. The “total approximate cost” came to $14,000.

It wasn’t until the meeting that many learned — including some Sewer Options Committee members — that the connection fee did not include the cost to hook private septic tanks to the public system. That cost would average about $8,500.

Don’t blame the committee, as a report compiled by the Gosling-Czuback engineering firm was misleading on the subject.

Also, wording in the letter understated by more than half the size of the municipal sewer expansion, which was listed as ‘south shore (of north Lake Leelanau) from Duck Lake Road to the Narrows.” Instead, the district would start north of Leland, run along north Lake Leelanau to the Narrows, and then extend two miles along the west side of south Lake Leelanau.

Residents of Oxford Drive were told by a township official that they were excluded. But their property does lie within the proposed district; they missed the meeting in droves.

Wayne Wunderlich was still reeling at the size of the expansion. He’s a member of the committee, but was told he missed that particular meeting. At least one other committee member was surprised at the scope of the sewer district expansion and apparent change in cost to property owners.

All this leaves the impression of a project gone wild.

The project may have been expanded to make it economically feasible to service riparian owners with the greatest need, but no one said that at the forum. Driving the sewer expansion are two factors: environmental protection of Lake Leelanau, and the expense to pump holding tanks or build “engineered” private septic systems to service lowlying lots along the lake.

These two concerns will not go away on their own.

However, the public will need more — and, hopefully, accurate — information to determine whether to support or oppose the township plan.

(Note: Leelanau Enterprise publisher Alan Campbell resides within the proposed municipal sewer expansion)

It was a great day to be a dog It was all smiles Saturday in Northport despite overcast skies and fall-like temperatures.

Man’s best friend was front and center for the Northport Dog Parade — a relatively new event as Northport traditions are concerned — but none-the-less a great way to spend an hour or two.

David Chrobak began the parade more than 15 years ago as a way to do nothing more than have fun. His whimsical themes draw out the creative juices of community members who don costumes and take to the streets in celebration.

Chrobak’s enthusiasm is catchy. It’s not only dog lovers who get into the act. The Northport Community Band prepares a few pieces based on the theme and joins in the fun.

Chrobak, whose home has been for sale for some time, says the tradition will have to carry on without him when it sells.

Let’s hope there’s someone in the wings to continue the tradition, although it would be impossible to replace the fun-loving Chrobak.

Letters welcomed…

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Dog parade goes off without a hitch in Northport again To the Editor: A huge thank you to everyone that was involved in making this years dog parade another enjoyable success!

For all to go as smoothly, as it did on Saturday, it takes weeks of weeks of advance prep and a lot of work but the pay off in the end was fantastic.

There are too many people involved to name names, but I would like to make special mention to the Grand Traverse Band for their generous gift of the bags of goodies that all the dogs received, and of course the fire department, the police help, the judges, the drivers, the band, everyone that gave the great prizes we awarded, the list goes on and on.

Also a special thanks to Sara Mead Wall for being on the float, Sara was my encouraging sounding board 18 years ago when I first got the idea for a dog parade.

I know I could never cover everyone but to all of you that gave your time and effort I know you have to feel great for being a part of this event that brings so many smiles to so many people, and last but not least to all of the dogs and their walkers that came through once again with the really great costumes you came up with that are always so entertaining for the hundreds and hundreds of people that turned out to see the parade.

David Chrobak W. Third St., Northport

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Secrecy the key for ‘favorite’ spot

I discovered a new “secret spot” in the county. And, no, I’m not telling anyone where it is.

Leelanau County, my home for the past 23 years and birthplace for family members dating back to the late 1800s, has been discovered. Found out, if you will.

Part of me beams with pride every time I see familiar places in national magazines, on national newscasts or any of the Pure Michigan, advertisements. Ask my kids, I get verklempt (for those who didn’t watch Saturday Night Live that means driven to tears with emotion) every time I hear the mellifluous tones Michigan native Tim Allen, describing the place we are proud to call our home — Pure Michigan.

Earlier this summer, Leelanau snagged the top spot in Dr. Beach’s 5 Best Great Lakes Beaches of 2011, as identified by Stephen Leatherman, director of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research in Miami. The story received coverage in USA Today.

There was a full spread last month in Bon Apetit about the development of Leelanau as a destination for “foodies.” It included a vast array of all of the edibles for which the peninsula has propelled into prominence.

Let’s not forget Leelanau libations — more wineries than any county in the state with prize-winning pourings most anywhere. Handcrafted ciders and micro-brews.

It seems you can’t pick up a paper, flip on the telly, turn on the radio or the computer without hearing about wonderful Leelanau County.

Last week, Good Morning America ran a story about Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore’s nomination as one of the “most beautiful places in America.”

That’s not news. Anyone who has spent any time on the Leelanau Peninsula could tell you that. It seems some clown in Grand Rapids

couldn’t keep his mouth shut and enA column couraged folks to vote for Sleeping by Bear.

Voting is over.

Amy And for the first time Hubbell ever, I wasn’t rooting for Leelanau, Leelanau “Land of Delight”.

The first time I saw an M-22 sticker while on a trip downstate I thought “Cool. Someone loves the county as much as I do.” Now I figure it’s just one more person not only blabbing about my home sweet home, but pointing it out on a map. Ugh! Tourism has been the only real bright spot in the economic downturn that has otherwise cast a pall on the county since 2008. More visitors mean more people shopping in gift shops, galleries and eating at our local restaurants. That’s great for our local businesses that have a very short window of time to make enough to pay the bills. One local restaurateur reported her business is up 35 percent this year over 2010.

Praises be! That’s great. Families are able to put food on the table. College students can make enough money to pay for at least room and board.

But on the other hand, I’m hoping folks thought what other implications this designation could have on this special place we call home.

I’ve already abandoned my previous “favorite place” in the county because it’s become too popular. You won’t find me among the throngs of people edging for a parking spot at Good Harbor Beach, my neighborhood beach just two miles from my doorstep.

The lady who cuts my hair remarked on all the new people who had discovered her “spot” and wanted to know who told everybody.

I guess the good news is that Leelanau has plenty of “favorite places” and much more potential than suburban areas downstate or elsewhere in the country.

But don’t ask me my favorite place in the county. I’m not telling.

Corrections: An article published last week stated that attorneys representing the county sought to prevent an allegation that Sheriff Michael Oltersdorf tried to “fix” a traffic ticket from becoming evidence at an upcoming trial. The Sheriff’s Department and other entities are being sued by present and former deputies.

The term “fixed” was not used in court documents. In fact, the allegation was that the sheriff sought to prevent an accident report from being forwarded to the state because the accident did not result in the minimum $1,000 in damages required by statute. *** The Glen Lake Women’s Club was inadvertently omitted from a listing in the Aug. 11 Diversions section of the Enterprise.

The group meets the first Wednesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church in Burdickville. Group president is Carole Roach. All are welcome.

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Should Leland Township expand its existing sewer system to add new users?

43% — No. My septic system is working just fine.

29% — Yes, if it gets homeowners off of holding tanks.

28% — Yes. It would be good for the environment and help protect the Lake Leelanau watershed.

Next week we’ll ask readers in our online poll: Is national publicity for natural attractions like the Sleeping Bear Dunes good or bad for Leelanau County?

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Task Force for sewer should cease and desist

Float slasher deprives grandkids

'Illegals' can collect Social Security

Hoekstra running to more letters to the editor shake recent history She would never do it publicly, but incumbent U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow is smiling. GOP challenger Pete Hoekstra, not so much.

You see Mr. Hoekstra hoped to be the only “serious” candidate in the race for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination, but now he’s got company, and that’s grand news for her.

Now the Republicans will be beating each other up and spending money on a primary; money that could have been stashed away for the general election to beat her. So much for that.

Inadvertently helping to plunk the smile on Ms. Stabenow’s lips is Clark Durant, a relative unknown to modern day Michigan politics. He hopes to convert that “outsider” image into an upset win over the perceived frontfront-runner Mr. Hoekstra.

In some respects for the West Michigan former Congressman this is deja vu all over again because the Durant-Hoekstra primary could be shades of the Cox-Hoekstra primary for governor last year.

Say what?

For those of you who slept through it, Mr. Hoekstra was well on his way to nailing down the GOP nomination for governor. Attorney General Mike Cox wanted the job, too. It didn’t take long for Cox to launch attacks on Mr. Hoekstra berrating his years in Congress.

The ads worked, in part, because Mr. Hoekstra remained on the high road.

He made one rather feeble attempt to mute some of the pop in the Cox ads, but the commercial was flatter than a day-old Strohs.

Yet Hoesktra stayed up on that lofty road and was rewarded in the end by beating Mr. Cox who finished third in the governor’s race. Unfortunately for Mr. Hoekstra, one Rick Snyder finished first, leaving Mr. Hoekstra to wonder, What if?

Candidate Durant is not Mike Cox, but he will eventually have to do something to cut into his opponents lead and that usually means negative ads.

During a recent Public TV statewide appearance, the challenger broached the subject suggesting that Mr. Hoekstra was a Washington lobbyist which is

Maybe President could help with bipartisanship To the Editor: It has been widely reported that President Obama says something is wrong with the country’s politics.

Maybe if he wasn’t running for reelection since 2006, there would be more bi-partisanship.

Maybe if he didn’t blame someone else for all the problems, there would be more bi-partisanship.

Maybe if he kept some of his promises, there would be more bi-partisanship.

Maybe if he didn’t think anyone who has a different idea is racist or a terrorist, there would be more partisanship.

Maybe if he was the President of the USA instead of the President of the Democratic Party, there would be more bi-partisanship, etc.

John McCombs Highview, Traverse City

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code for nothing positive. And some Durant backer’s say their guy is “not a creation of Washington” which is a slap at Mr. H. So you can see Durant’s negative ads coming a mile away, too.

But once more, Mr. Hoekstra will not take the bait. “There is no reason to change the (positive) formula,” an insider reveals. “This will be another positive campaign.”

There’s another smile from Ms. Stabenow.

If Durant goes on the attack and there is no counter attack, Hoesktra will take some hits and if he wins the nomination his scars will remain.

Stabenow strategists will exploit that.

They will use Durant’s words to “prove” Hoekstra is not up to the job.

Yet the Hoekstra camp is confident.

It concludes Mr. D. can’t raise the money and insiders such as Edsel Ford have reportedly shared that with him.

He has little name-ID, but Mr. Snyder proved you can buy that but you need to moola to make the buy.

So the race starts out as Clark who? vs. a well known candidate who ran statewide last year. The last time Mr. Durant ran for the senate it was over 20 years ago and he lost.

Now it is Hoekstra who is smiling because he believes history is about to repeat itself.

It’s time to stop illegal fireworks To the Editor: The fireworks season on Lake Leelanau has extended what veterans with PTSD call “The worst day of the year” into what feels like a summer war zone and has made a mockery out of our local law enforcement.

With Labor Day festivities come more public (and therefore private) fireworks. Fireworks contain toxic heavy metals that pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink, the gardens we eat from and the fields that feed farm animals and wildlife.

The violent, unexpected noise of fireworks causes undue stress in humans, pets, farm animals and wildlife. Deer are reported to experience miscarriages and endangered birds are reported to flee their nest and become disoriented, often abandoning their young.

How ironic that we are allowing the destruction of the healthy, quiet natural beauty and serene lifestyle that makes this county so appealing.

It’s time for the citizens of Leelanau County to speak up and develop a plan to end the private use of illegal fireworks.

Julie Chai S. Sunnyview Rd., Traverse City

Sewer Consultants Provide Stinky Service— survey should have gone to lakeside and landside owners along proposed gray water (sewer) expansion route.

With 220 of the 359 lakeside owners surveyed returned, only 105 are interested in the gray water (sewer). Less than 48 percent of the people surveyed are interested in the gray water system (sewer). I hope this ends the gray water (sewer) consultant’s fee gravy train.

I received the survey from the Leland Township Sewer Options Task Force. I did not reside in the described Area 1 (gray water system called sewer) or 2 (community drain fields), but returned the survey anyway with “Own Elsewhere – Update Me” checked.

But luckily, we have the Leelanau Enterprise to keep us informed!

Although I was surprised to learn I was in Area 1 through Chris Olson’s reporting and front page article in the Aug. 4 issue, I was stunned to learn at the subsequent meeting that first, the survey was only sent to the 359 owner’s of lakeside property, and not to all owners of property (water and land sides) where the gray water (sewer) line would be passing since according to Tim Cypher, “state law currently states if a sewer line runs by your property, you are receiving a benefit of that service and are required to hook onto the system” and second, the consultants who have been working on this did not know how many holding tanks versus code compliant septic systems were contained in the 359 parcels receiving the survey.

I hope the fact that less than 48 percent of the people surveyed are interested in the “sewer” will put an end to this task force and consulting fee expenditure.

Katherine Draper S. Lakeshore Drive, Lake Leelanau

Local businesses helped create perfect wedding To the Editor: Hats off to Fountain Point Resort and the Leland Lodge!

We wanted to extend our appreciation to Lindy Kellogg and the entire staff at Fountain Point for their exemplary service extended to our family at our daughter, Briana, and Jesse Mitchell’s wedding in July. Their attention to detail and warm, friendly staff enabled our family and friends to witness a most memorable ceremony on beautiful Lake Leelanau.

Michelle, John and the staff at Leland Lodge added many extra touches to make sure Briana and Jesse’s reception was also a night to remember. Guests came from across the U.S., and they are still raving about the quality of food, especially the whitefish.

Since both the bride and groom are lifelong Leelanau County residents, we were thrilled that we could experience such fine facilities in our county.

Bill and Diane Conklin E. Grandview Court, Traverse City

To the Editor:

To the Editor:

Whoever was on a pontoon boat on Lime Lake on the evening of Aug. 11 just before dark and slashed our water float toy on Sugar Bay Lane, I hope you feel good about yourself(s).

This action has deprived our grandchildren of some innocent fun in the water.

Shame on you!

Kathy Stachnik S. Lime Lake Rd., Cedar

In a recent letter to the editor the writer disputes that illegals and their dependents have access to Social Security benefits because, as they stated, they do not have “correct Social Security numbers” which I believe is another way to avoid saying a fraudulent Social Security card which is within itself illegal, primarily because it can be used to establish a fraudulent identity to obtain access to other forms of fraudulent documentation, such as driver’s licenses and voter registrations.

While illegals, using someone else’s Social Security documentation, may pay into the system they can derive illegal benefits and do.

The fact that our last census never asked if you were a U.S. citizen, I believe speaks volumes, to not having a “correct Social Security number” and the current direction we are being led by those who would seek to benefit from illegal votes.

Richard Mayor Lee Point Rd, Suttons Bay

Belanger reunion lacked proper historical coverage To the Editor: As one of the descendents of Alexis Belanger, I attended the Belanger reunion on July 29, 30 and 31. I was able to see cousins that I had not seen since high school. I want to express my thanks to Bill and Sandy Belanger for making this event happen.

The Belanger family provided many war heroes and leaders over the years.

Leelanau County and beyond have been greatly influenced by this family.

I anxiously awaited the coverage by the Enterprise as I am sure were most of my cousins scattered across the country as I am confident most get the Enterprise. I was disappointed at the short article the Enterprise posted on the event.

The article left so much unsaid that could have educated Leelanau County on the history that this family brought to Leelanau. The Diversions section of your paper is wonderful and has been used to educate us on a lot of history.

Hopefully you can do something in the future to add some of the history that Bill prepared for this reunion in that section.

While I attempted, I was not able to talk to everyone so I want to send out a hello to all, including those not able to make it to the reunion. It was great seeing you all and talking about old times.

I am proud to be a part of this wonderful family. Thanks again Bill and Sandy, you made this summer one to remember for a lot of people.

John Bussey Third Ave., Manistee

St. Michael parish thankful for tent and bake sales To the Editor: On behalf of Father Jim Doherty and the parishioners of St. Michael the Archangel Church in Suttons Bay, we wish to thank the Leelanau Enterprise for their coverage and eye-catching advertising of our August Tent and Bake Sale.

We also want to thank the merchants, parishioners and community members for their cheerful and generous support of our fund-raising endeavor.

The rewards were far more than monetary. Those who gave of their time experienced a special feeling of getting to know and in many cases actually helping their neighbors.

We believe events such as this, open to the community and visitors, actually present the special personality of our area (not photographable) that people can take home with them and return to experience again.

Vic Peterson Tent & Bake Sale Chairman Stony Point Rd, Suttons Bay

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Fundraisers successful To the Editor: On Saturday, Aug 13, the Northport Lion’s Club collaborated with the Northport Best For Kids to hold a fundraiser for the Leelanau Children’s Center. The event was a Bob Milne concert paired with a chocolate auction.

The music was fabulous — Bob Milne combined his tremendous talent with a wonderful history tour that created a night to remember. The chocolate spread was beautiful and promising; those of us who ‘won’ a delicacy or two were able to keep the memory of the evening alive for a few more days.

Most of all, the generosity and kindness of the Northport spirit was ebullient.

The funds raised will support programming at Leelanau Children’s Center — Northport, where Northport children and families are growing and flourishing. Parents and staff of Leelanau Children’s Center are thankful beyond measure to the many who make our work possible.

Please thank the Northport Lions and Best For Kids members next time you see them — they are making your community a better place to live!

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Many thanks to your fine paper for the recent article regarding the Holy Rosary Concert Series and our new Concert Hall.

Your reporters, Mike Spencer and Carol Thompson, were thorough and accurate in describing what we are trying to accomplish with this new venue for classical music and the arts in general.

I am certain that the sellout we experienced for the last concert of this year’s series was due, in some part, to the excellent and accurate articles that were written. Thank you!

Standing ovations were the rule of the night for this final performance of the season.

Carl Donakowski was truly a “Poet of the Cello,” with his repeat performance of a concert last given by him at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The pianist, Zhihua Tang, was a star in her own right — magnificent is not too strong a word for her performance.

What a great night in our beautiful (sold out) “Sala Koncertowa” (Small Concert Hall)! We look forward to presenting a possibly expanded Series for the 2012 Summer Concert Series.

Thanks to all our patrons and friends.

Don Dezenski E. Narlock Road, Cedar

pouses to the philosophy of long-term planning and likened the teacher recall to “kicking (the budget problem) can down the road.”

“It’s going to be tough next year and more dramatic cuts will need to be made,” he said.

While other members said they, too, preferred working with a long-term goal, the reality of school finance in Michigan allows them little opportunity to look ahead.

“There is no such thing as long term planning any more,” Trustee Alan Hartwick said.

No action was taken on the issue, meaning the teachers will be asked to expand their class schedules when school opens after Labor Day. In other business during the twohour meeting the board: • Adopted a resolution to amend its cafeteria benefits plan to allow pre-tax health insurance contributions and “dependant care”.

• Approved the resignation of Bruce Randall, K-12 Spanish teacher at Lake Leelanau St. Mary. Randall had provided instruction to students at the private school for the past four years.

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To the Editor:

The return of two teachers to the classroom drew debate among members of the Leland Board of Education.

Superintendent Jason Stowe announced his recommendation at Monday’s monthly meeting for the recall of two teachers who were among those included in “reduction notices” issued in April.

Stowe intends to recall middle and high school English instructor Jeannie Gross, whose position was reduced to 5/8ths this spring, for two additional class periods daily. She will be providing art instruction in the lower elementary, hours that had been reduced in the spring. Also slated for recall for a couple hours a day is Jenifer Zywicki, who teaches middle school science and math applications.

Both teachers’ hours were expected to be cut as a result of a $110 reduction in per pupil foundation allowance by the state of Michigan. The cuts are expected to result in an estimated shortfall of $160,000 for the 2011-2012 school year.

Stowe supported the return of the teachers, which equals “half” of a teaching position, citing the recently ratified contract with the Leland Education Association. The pact, good for the 20112012 and 2012-2013 school years, freezes compensation and lane increased for instructors and calls for teachers to contribute $100 per pay period toward health benefits.

The previous contract included no contribution from the district’s 36 teachers.

Recalling the teachers will cost the school district about $40,000. But the money would be well spent according to most board members who cited the ability to reduce the size of middle school science classes from more than 30 to less than 20.

But not all members agreed with the proposal, which was included with Stowe’s report. It was not an official action item on the board meeting agenda.

Trustee Rink Wheeler, whose term of office will expire this fall, expressed frustration.

“I would rather stick with the plan we had in place,” said Wheeler, who said he takes his position as board treasurer very seriously. “It reflects on my role to provide (budget) oversight and bring out those issues which concern me financially.”

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Nearly $1 million in federal grant funding has been awarded to The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay for installation of a new storm drain system in the Village of Suttons Bay. Village officials say plans for a new stormwater runoff system dovetail perfectly with plans to improve Front Street and the St. Joseph Avenue (M-22) “streetscape” in downtown Suttons Bay. Much of that planning effort, too, was underwritten by grant funding fostered under The Grand Vision, a regional planning effort that has been under way for several years.

In all, the Elmwood Township-based Watershed Center will receive some $2.2 million from the federal Environmental Protection Agency under a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to improve several water runoff systems throughout the region.

Some $768,000 of the grant will be used for a runoff system at East Bay Park in Traverse City; and $533,000 will be used to manage sediment during a project to remove the Boardman dams in Grand Traverse County.

But the largest single amount, $987,000, will be used to design and construct improved stormwater runoff systems at three sites in the Village of Suttons Bay. The new systems will filter and manage the flow of water into Suttons Bay at the ends of Grove and Madison streets, and the old coal dock in the village’s marina complex.

Watershed Center program director Sarah U’Ren, a Suttons Bay Township resident, is credited with writing the grant proposal that garnered the $2.2 million in federal money.

“I had already been working closely with the village’s St. Joseph Avenue ‘streetscape’ committee, its Front Street improvement committee, and a committee that is now working on a new master plan for the village marina,” U’Ren explained. “As we were looking at various concepts for those parts of the village, it became clear to me that these projects would be an excellent fit for some grant funding that I knew was going to be available.”

Village manager Wally Delamater noted that the money flowing through the Watershed Center to the village is just the latest, and not necessarily the biggest, amount of grant funding that village officials believe they might receive for their proposed projects.

Indeed, much of the planning effort itself was underwritten with a $20,000 grant the village received last year through the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments, acting under the auspices of The Grand Vision.

VILLAGE MANAGER Wally Delamater, left, talks with Sarah U’Ren of the Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay about plans to use nearly $1 million in grant funding to improve draininage into Suttons Bay. Conceptual plans the village had put on paper for both Front Street and St. Joseph Avenue with grant funding also influenced the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to modify its plans to make more than $1 million in improvements to St. Joseph Avenue (M-22) between Race Street (M-204) and Dumas Road.

Because of the village’s earlier planning effort, MDOT will now install a “traffic calming” median strip and new turning lanes on M-22 near the northern entrance to the village’s downtown district, and take into consideration plans to extend the non-motorized Leelanau Trail north through the village and across M-22 to Dumas Road.

“The fact that MDOT is agreeing to all this has put us in a good position to acquire even more grant funding,” Delamater said.

The village has also applied for another $380,000 grant from MDOT for “nonmotorized enhancements” such as sidewalks and lighting along the state right-of-way, plus another $300,000 from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund.

“It’s possible, because of the planning we did earlier, that we could leverage nearly $3 million in grant funding for these projects while the local match — the amount the village would pay — would end up being around $40,000,” Delamater said. “We can already count on nearly $2 million coming in, so we’re off to a great start,” he said.

U’Ren said that engineering studies will be finalized by this winter and construction on the new stormwater runoff systems will begin in the spring.

She said the project will likely be completed in 2013.

Founded in 1990, the Watershed Center’s mission is to advocate for clean water in Grand Traverse Bay and protect its 1,000 square-mile watershed. Among many other tasks, the organization oversees water quality testing at numerous public bathing beaches throughout the region including several in Leelanau County.

U’Ren said that a recent test at South Shore Beach in the Village of Suttons Bay briefly showed unacceptable levels of E. coli bacteria. She said the new

Commission OKs marijuana ordinance language

By Eric Carlson Of The Enterprise staff

The Village of Suttons Bay now has zoning ordinance language in place to regulate the use of medical marijuana within village limits — but officials agree that revisions may be forthcoming.

Last week, the village’s Planning Commission finalized work on the marijuana ordinance amendment to meet a six month deadline imposed by the Village Council, but did not explicitly recommend the amendment for adoption, according to the village’s staff planner Kathy Egan. The deadline was imposed as part of a moratorium on the establishment of medical marijuana facilities in the village until new zoning ordinance language could be drafted.

Since Michigan voters legalized the use of medical marijuana two years ago, a series of court rulings and legal opinions issued on the subject have complicated efforts by local municipalities to regulate the production, sale and use of medical marijuana, and turned the regulations into a moving target, officials say.

Nonetheless, the Village Council this week voted 6-1 to adopt language that would restrict the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries or “collectives” to village’s “Industrial/ Warehouse” district, located primarily near Eckerle Road at the southern end

of the village.

“The way it’s drafted is just too restrictive,” said Village Council trustee Jim Munro, who also serves on the village Planning Commission.

“There are only two families who own much of the property in that district, and my understanding is they have no intention of letting anyone sell marijuana there.”

Munro voted alone against adoption of the amendment at the Village Council’s regular monthly meeting Monday, Aug. 15. A motion made by trustee Karl Bahle and supported by trustee John Bumgartner carried in a 6-1 vote of the council.

The amendment will formally become law in the Village of Suttons Bay after it published in the Leelanau Enterprise.

The village’s new zoning ordinance provision also indicates that registered medical marijuana patients may grow their own marijuana in their home or an accessory building as outlined in state law. The local regulations for “primary caregiver facilities” allow such establishments only in the village’s warehouse/industrial district, however.

The village’s regulations differ from those recommended for adoption recently in Suttons Bay Township and neighboring Bingham Township.

In areas outside the village limits in the two townships, a limited number of medical marijuana patients could be served by providers growing mari-

juana on their residential property, but the drug must be delivered to the patient at their own residence, not through a dispensary or “collective.”

In other business at its regular monthly meeting this week, the Suttons Bay Village Council also: • Agreed to expend $2,965 with one of three bidders on a project to evaluate traffic speed on St. Mary’s Avenue.

The engineering firm Prein & Newhof of Grand Rapids was low bidder on the project. The vote to hire the firm was 6-1 with Munro opposed. He said he believes the Village Council should consider installing radar speed signs on the street.

• Listened to concerns expressed by several citizens about a conceptual plan to improve Front Street that would route the Leelanau Trail too close to a bed and breakfast inn and private residences on Front Street.

Guest House owner Tom Kleinfelter and local residents Harry and Sharon Brandt said they hoped the village would take their concerns into consideration as plans to improve Front Street are finalized.

• Learned that village manager Wally Delamater is applying for additional grant funding for projects throughout the village. Delamater said he will apply for another $10,000 “community growth grant” from the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments and a $3,000 tree planting grant from Consumers Power.

stormwater systems will dramatically decrease the likelihood that advisories will need to be posted at public beaches in Suttons Bay in the future. Starting Monday the Watershed Center will also begin taking regular water samples at the village’s Marina Park Beach to document the difference in water quality between this year and after the new system is installed, she said.

The “green infrastructure” systems under consideration include bioretention basins, porous pavement and underground storage. Each of the water filtration systems emphasizes treatment of runoff through natural filtration rather than direct discharge to surface water, according to a Watershed Center news release.

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St. Mary gets veteran hoop coach out of retirement School officials hope Bruder can rebuild program

By Mike Spencer Of The Enterprise staff

Bob Bruder is a head boys basketball coach again.

The former Fenton High player and legendary coach came out of retirement to coach the St. Mary Eagles.

“What I bring to the program is defense,” said Bruder, a former Central Michigan basketball player.

“But if you ask me about my team, I’m just meeting them for the first time myself so I can’t tell you anything about them.”

Bruder, who made Lake Leelanau his home after retiring as coach at Fenton a decade ago, hadn’t stepped a foot inside the school’s gymnasium until Monday when school officials hosted a meet-and-greet the new coach.

“I’m a lifer,” said Bruder, who was asked by his neighbor Dave Popa to take over the program. “I really missed working with the kids.

It’s a lot of fun.”

Bruder said he’d take the job on one condition — that Popa be on his coaching staff.

The former girls hoop and softball coach accepted the call.

“When Bob got the job, he came home and put a sign on my porch ‘Congratulations! New assistant coach,”’ Popa said.

Bruder had a storybook athletic career at Fenton and went on play basketball at Central Michigan University. He scored three points for the Chippewas in a NCAA regional final loss in 1966.

After his playing days, he coached two seasons at Memphis before becoming one of Genesee County’s greatest prep coaches. Bruder posted a staggering 370-170 record as the boys basketball coach and laid claim to nine regional titles and seven league championships.

“I’ve never had any big kids, but I’ve had a lot of hard workers,” said Bruder, who has had only one losing

BOB BRUDER is the new head boys basketball coach at St. Mary. Bruder was in the gymnasium this week for a meet-and-greet with some of the players. season (1-19). “We had a mold of 6-foot-1, 6-2 players who could run and jump and were very athletic.”

St. Mary athletic officials are hoping Bruder can turn around a program that has struggled of late and has lacked coaching stability.

“Bob has a great background. We were very fortunate to get him,” said Paula Korson, interim St. Mary athletic director. “We’re looking for stability and we’re hoping he can rebuild our program and help mentor other coaches underneath him.

“He’s retired, but you can see here tonight that he is excited to be back with the kids.”

Popa, a longtime basketball timer at St. Mary, is looking forward to picking up some coaching tips sitting next to Bruder.

He’s also hoping Bruder can get the boys playing together as a team.

“I think sometimes in past years, there was too much individuality,” Popa said. “I think he can mold the team.

“Win or lose, I think he’s going to get kids to do what they are supposed to do.”

Bruder actually came out of retirement last winter, helping a former player at Traverse City St. Francis. He admitted that he probably would not have gotten out of high school coaching had it not been for two knee replacements.

“My last year of coaching at Fenton, I was hurting so bad walking up and down the floor that I just couldn’t take it anymore,” he said.

In addition to his one year at St. Francis, Bruder also helped work with some kids at Strongheart Recreation Center in Peshabestown.

In addition to his successes on the hardcourt, Bruder has had success in the classroom with his players.

“Every year we were in the top five for the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan for grade points,” Bruder said. “I like to have kids that are smart out there on the floor.”

Fall high school sports ready for new season

QUARTERBACKS FOR Suttons Bay look for a receiver in practice as head coach Joe Trudeau observes. The Norsemen open their season next Friday, Aug. 26 at Alma vs. Royal Oak Shrine Catholic, however, some fall sports will start before then.

The start of the high school football season is a week away, with Suttons Bay playing on the road at Alma against Royal Oak Shrine Catholic and Glen Lake at East Jordan.

While the gridders are preparing for the openers, other fall sports are ready to go.

In cross country, Suttons Bay, St. Mary, Leland and Glen Lake will compete Saturday, Aug. 20, in the Glen Lake Invitational. The Norsemen and Comets are also at the Cadillac Invitational on Tuesday, Aug. 23.

Volleyball gets into full swing on Saturday, Aug. 20 as Northport, Suttons Bay and Leland start their seasons.

Northport hosts its own invitational.

The Wildcats also play Tuesday, Aug. 23 at the Frankfort Invitational.

Suttons Bay is in the Pellston Invitational on Saturday and the Bear Lake Invitational on Thursday, Aug. 25. Glen Lake is idle until Wednesday, Aug. 23 when it travels to Traverse City St. Francis.

Leland is going to the Battle Creek St. Phillip Tournament on Saturday and the Northview Invitatonal on Tuesday, Aug. 23.

In boys soccer, Leland hosts the Boynton Invitational Tourament on Saturday, Aug. 20, starting at 9 a.m.

This year’s tournament field will

include Manistee, Charlevoix, Reed City and Leland. The Comets also are at Harbor Light Christian on Tuesday, Aug. 23.

Northport opens its season Tuesday, Aug. 23 at Cadillac Heritage Christian.

Glen Lake’s girls opening golf match at Manistee has been delayed until Monday. The Glen Lake co-op tennis team starts Saturday, Aug. 27 in the Traverse City West Invitational.

FOOTBALL PLAYERS stretch before the start of Monday’s practice session at Suttons Bay.

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CHRIS FISHER, a Leland native, talks about his strategy after winning the 93-mile bike race.

Leland native returns for big road win

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Chris Fisher won the top pro division and some cash Sunday in the Michigan State Championship Road Race.

But the 42-year-old Leland native didn’t get the commemorative state championship he earned for completing the 93-mile course in 3 hours, 48 minutes and 1 second.

Fisher will have to wait till next year to claim both.

“It would have been nice to be state champ and get the jersey, it’s a nice one,” said Fisher, who rides for Priority Health Systems. “But it is what it is.”

Fisher, who retired from pro racing in 2003 but is on the comeback trail, won the six-lap event in the CherryRoubiax State Championship. Because his primary residency is Salisbury, Conn. where he teaches and coaches at a preparatory school, he could not be crowned champ under Michigan Bike Racing Association rules.

Fisher also has a summer home in Maple City.

“Chris definitely deserves to be state champ, he earned it today,” said Tim Barrons, Cherry-Robiaux media director and cyclist.

Fisher, who was among 18 firstplace finishers on Sunday, was clearly the most emotional racer to cross the finish line in downtown Cedar near the fire hall.

“I was really, really happy,” said Fisher, who was quick to credit his two teammates Alex Vanias and Andrew Florian for his win in the Pro Men Category 1-2. “But it was very emotional.

“I had my two boys, wife, mom and dad, stepmom and cousins watching.”

Fisher, who had been one of the leaders throughout each lap on 15.5mile loop, had to sprint to the finish line to win the long race.

He nudged Paul Martin of Team Panther in a near-photo finish and Sven Bauman of BMC Actionline, who was a second back.

“There was a little cat-and-mouse going on the last lap,” Fisher admitted.

“Paul attacked on every hill on the last lap and I followed him.”

Right before the last turn near the Cedar Rustic Inn, Fisher got on Martin’s wheel and put the pedal to the metal so to speak.

Fisher then passed Martin with 200 meters to go on the barrier side of the road.

“I was pretty confident that it was the right place to be,” Fisher said. “I have a little more speed and Martin typically has a little more power.

“I was just hoping that he wasn’t going to pinch me off. He was very respectful and I came through and everything worked out.”

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gearing up for its inaugural season.

Registration is now underway for the program which will replace the Grand Traverse Soccer League and is affiliated with the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association.

Registration fees begin at $45 for a full year for children Under-6 to $120 per year for the U-14 group. Half-year sessions run from $25 to $70 for the same groups, respectively.

Further information is available at www.lcsoccerclub.com. *** Season athletic passes for the 20112012 school year go on sale Monday at Glen Lake High School.

Tickets for high school Laker sporting events are $5 per person or a maximum of $20 per family.

Middle school admission is $3 per person/ $12 per family.

Punch passes, which include 15 punches to be used anytime throughout the year, are $40.

Leland native returns for big road win Continued from Page 9 Lowell’s Amy Stauffer, 35, claimed the Women’s Pro 1-2 Cat. in 3:02.30.

She nudged out Meghan Lapeta of Downer Groves, Ill., and Susan Vigland of Hagerty Racing in Traverse City for the top honor.

“It’s nice to come to someone else’s town and do good,” Stauffer said.

“Susan put in a hard effort. She just felt she went out a little early at the end, but you never know until you try.”

Stauffer said the Cedar course was a good one.

“I loved it,” she said. “It was definitely a challenging course, a lot of climbing obviously.

“But I was happy with my performance.”

Stauffer, who was staying with her aunt in Cedar, thought she had a good chance to win her second straight state title.

“You never know until the end, but sprinting is my forte,” she said. “I felt I had the advantage coming into a flat sprint.

“I knew if I just hung in with everybody on those climbs, that I’d have a good chance.”

The state championship race, which culminated three days of racing in the area, was a downer for Greilickville’s Norm Licht.

The orthopedic surgeon, competing in the Masters 45-plus Cat 1-4 for Hagerty, crashed and burned on the first loop going downhill on Bodus Road bewtween Townline and Schomberg. He said he was hit from behind and ended up among eight cyclists who hit the pavement unexpectedly.

“I saw all horsepower up the road and I thought I’d get on that,” Licht said. “The next thing you know a guy’s on my wheel and I got hit from behind and on my right shoulder.

It was like bang, down.”

Licht picked himself up, got on a buddy’s bike and tried to complete another loop before officially dropping out of race.

“I was racing on someone else’s bike,” he said. “It didn’t fit and I didn’t have the same horsepower and I got gapped again.”

Licht, who busted up his shoulder four years ago in a race in the Upper Peninsula, was going to be the man for Hagerty in that race. Instead he got a huge skin rash.

“I’m fine,” Licht said. “I just think everyone was nervous.

“It’s too bad, but there’s nothing you can do.”

“Norm was our go-to guy for today,” Dan Hofstra, who led Hagerty with a second place finish.

“Unfortunately, when he got knocked out it was Plan B and that wasn’t

really set in stone.”

“We wanted to protect Norm so he didn’t have to do any extra work. But things happen.”

Hofstra finished in 2:37.30, a second behind Dan Klein of the Lathrup Industries Team.

“This course doesn’t favor me,” Klein admitted. “So on the last lap, I just sat back and let someone else attack. I bridged back to the group on the final climbs.

“It was a great race. I figured I had a pretty good shot in a sprint as long as there were only four or five guys and not the entire field.”

“I tried to dump Klein on the second to last corner, but it didn’t work,” said Hofstra, who earned the 50-andover state champ jersey for his efforts.

Although Steve Broglio, of Smart Cycling, was in the fourth group starting group, the 36-year-old was the first to the finish line.

The Masters 35-plus winner raced a shorter course, four laps and finished in 2:32.33. Although he had broken away at Sugar Loaf with a lap and a half to go, he had no idea who was behind im.

“I was getting a little nervous. I saw somebody chasing, but there was so much mixing that I didn’t know if he was in our group,” Broglio said. “I was just giving it everything I had to stay away. It worked out in my favor.”

Other winners on Sunday were Grent Goettz, Maumee Valley Wheelmen, Cat 3 men, 2:41.04; Nick Mathis, GRBC, Cat 4 men, 1:55.57; Fred Anderson, West Michigan Coast Riders, Masters 55-plus, 2:03.21; Bryce Nuiver, West Michigan, Cat 5 men (under-35), 2:00.50; Winston Benedict, Cat 5 men (35-and-over), 2:03.04; Tiffany Bangma, Miller Energy, Women’s Cat 3, 2:12.59; and Kaitlyn Patterson, Women Cat 4, 2:12.36.

Among the junior champs were: Brandon George, Priority Health, men 17-18, 1:2807; Janelle Cole, West Michigan, women 15-16, 1:30.37; Seth Downes, men 15-16, 1:28.08; Anna Kreslins, Priority Health, women 13-14, 43.49; Chloe Reeves, Priority Health, women 10-12, 0:56.42; Logan Zueger, KMK, men 13-14, 41.03; Nick McKey, West Michigan, men 10-12, 45.04.

Overall racers and organizers were pleased with the final event.

“Cedar was a great venue, the community and the race seemed to be a good fit,” said Barrons. “I loved the fact that Pleva’s came out and sold hot dogs and brats to the racers.

“The residents also came out in force to help us volunteer. It was a fun and safe day what more could you ask for!”

All sports season passes are $65 for adults, $25 for students or $100 per family.

Glen Lake district residents who are 60 years of age are eligible for the “golden years” pass which entitle the holder to enter school events free of charge.

School events include home athletic contests and away Northwest Conference athletic contests — excluding post-season tournaments.

Further information is available by calling 334-3061, ext. 505.

Patriot Day golf raises $500 for foundation The Leelanau Club hosted its annual Big Hog Scramble and Pig Roast on Sunday and raised more than $500 for the folds of honor foundation, which raises scholarship money for children and spouses of wounded and fallen veterans.

The event was a Patriot Golf Day event, in conjunction with a national campaign by the PGA of America to raise funds for the foundation.

Mike and Paula Kelly of Suttons Bay took home the top prize of the day by shooting the lowest score in the twoperson scramble with a 5-under par 66.

Finishing a stroke back in second-place was the two-person team of Dave and Drew Schaub.

• Nancy Farese of Suttons Bay shot a net 63 to grab a four-stroke lead in the A flight after the first round of the Thursday Morning Leelanau Club ladies league championship. In the B flight, Pat Murphy of Suttons Bay leads by two after shooting a net 77.

• After the second round of the Friday Morning Men’s League Championship, Mike Cherry holds a one-stroke lead over Bob Johnson and Rob Witte. In the B Flight, Tom Stretlien leads by 5 strokes over Tom Sullivan. While in the C Flight, Bill Wofershein holds a nine-stroke edge over Ron Tonneberger. The final round will be played Friday, Aug. 19.

• Doreen Dean, Suzanne Franko, Shirley Franko and Pam Sullivan won a game of crossover in the Tuesday Women’s League at Sugar Loaf the Old Course.

The team had a 112 score, finishing a stroke ahead Fay and Christine Greeno, Dianne Palmer and Marge Pickell.

Linda Cherne birdie holes Nos. 3 and 4. Mary Kent Ireland and Candy Sutfin also birdied No. 4.

• Jamie Cary won the Leland Country Club men’s day low net with a 33.5 score. Bob Pisor was closest to the pin on No. 6 and John Fitzpatrick was closest on No. 11. Stephen VonJen had the longest drive.

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Veteran leaving Glen Arbor fire dept.

A longtime member of the Glen Lake Fire Department was commended for her work as Glen Arbor officials said goodbye to her this week.

The Glen Arbor Township Board unanimously adopted a resolution saluting Dena Smith, who is leaving her fulltime position with the department to take a job as the founding executive director of the West Michigan Center for EMS,

Disaster and Operational Medicine in Kalamazoo. She will be leaving at the end of the month.

Smith, a resident of Suttons Bay, joined the department in February 2004 and worked as a paramedic and “well beyond” — coordinating training activities and administration of many aspects of department business and coordinating special events such as the pancake breakfast, open houses and the department’s annual 9-11 memorial service.

“We’re sad to see her leave. It’s safe to

Northport planners discuss taking over state roads The Northport Village Planning Commission talked about taking over maintenance of the state roads in the village and the possibility of re-routing trucks around a short stretch of Main and Waukazoo.

Commision Chairman Bill Collins brought up the subject last week during a 40-minute meeting. The Commission spent nearly 30 minutes on the topic.

Collins said village leaders had talked with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) a couple years back about the possible takeover on sections of M-22 and M-201, however, it got turned down. The village currently maintains all the other roads in the village.

“It allows you to do things along the road that you can’t do if MDOT controls it, in terms of streetscape and things of that nature,” Collins said.

Collins also said he’d like to see the re-routing of truck traffic off Main and Waukazoo streets and have northbound traffic continue on Shabwasung (M-201) one block to Nagonaba Street and then head east to Mill Street before going north out of town.

Currently the state trunk line turns east from Shabwasung on Main for a block and then north on Waukazoo through several businesses before stopping at Nagonaba. M-201 traffic then turns east for a short block and then back west on Mill Street.

“I’d like to see traffic go north one more black to Nagonaba and not come through two extra turns along Waukazoo,” Collins said.

Phil Mikesell, village council representative on the Planning Commission said he’d like to know what the cost would be to maintain the state roadway and whether or not the state would reimburse the village some money for doing their job.

Administrator Coordinator Greg King said MDOT currently pays the Leelanau County Road Commission for doing the maintenance of the state roads in the village and the village also receives state revenue sharing money from gas taxes for village road maintenance.

“My only comment is that if you redirect the traffic, it would be very detrimental to all the businesses,” commission member Christine Verdon said. “And I think they would object to the traffic being directed away from the middle of the village and skirting the village.

“It would cause the same thing to happen to Northport that happened to Lake Leelanau. There are restaurants and other retail business that would be completely overlooked.”

Collins agreed that businesses would have to be contacted for their input, but he did note that many truckers already bypass Main and Waukazoo.

Collins said the village takeover of state roads is a separate issue than re-

routing traffic from the business district.

“Taking over state roads would allow us to do other things like streetscape,” he said.

Planning Commission member Ben Walraven, who is in the process of building a new business on Waukazoo, said he would be hurt by the re-routing.

“I was banking on traffic driving by and going to the lighthouse,” he said.

“And particularly for me, with a new business, it’s real important for me to get people driving by.

“We were going to try to have some summer activity, and not just inside the building, to attract people’s attention and make them think there’s something interesting to stop and go inside. I would be concerned about losing that traffic.”

Walraven is, however, in favor of improving the streetscape on Waukazoo.

He is also concerned about the safety of foot traffic at the corner of Main and Waukazoo because the traffic going into town on Main is going fast, downhill.

“For better control of traffic, I think it’s a good idea,” Walraven said of rerouting traffic. “People don’t know what to do at that intersection.

“There’s two stop signs and a yield, so they all stop.”

While it was MDOT’s idea to have Northport takeover the roads a couple years back, King said MDOT is in a state of confusion with cutbacks and changes in their various programs.

“They are in the same boat as a lot of people are, their coffers aren’t very deep,” he said. “And they’ve got everybody yanking at them to take care of roads.”

King said he got a call from an MDOT spokeswoman recently saying that there’s going to be new state signage put at the village entrances.

“She asked if we wanted to maintain state championship signs with soccer and basketball and the historical comments we have,” King said. “I said that I would think so.”

The MDOT woman said it would be against MDOT rules because after 20 years, you have to take them down. King told her that he would not be in favor of that. The MDOT spokeswoman said she would take that to her boss and get back with King.

King also brought up the issue of the yield signs in the village causing some concerns and she said she’d look into that.

“So we might resolve the issue with the yield signs regardless of what we do,” he said.

The Planning Commission also set a public meeting for Sept. 14 for a special use permit for a short term rental in the 100 block of West Fourth Street.

Joe King recently purchased the home on Fourth Street and presented Administrative Coordinator Greg King (no relation) with a site plan.

“He’s in the rental business, that’s where he’s made his money,” Greg King said. “He’s understands about being an absentee landlord.”

DENA SMITH was commended by resolution this week for her work in the Glen Lake Fire Department. Smith, who is taking a job downstate at the end of this month, is pictured here with Glen Arbor Township Supervisor John Soderholm, who presented her with the resolution at Tuesday’s monthly township board meeting.

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say the entire department is afraid about who is going to pick up the ball where she left off,” township Supervisor John Soderholm said. “We thank you for your service and wish you the very best in the future.”

Smith will be retaining her home in Suttons Bay and will continue to participate in department activities as time permits.

The departure of Smith will need to be addressed in the fire department’s 2012 budget, preparation of which is just beginning.

“Dena did a lot of work that she wasn’t compensated for,” Chief John Dodson said. “We will probably have to examine how the administrative work will be addressed in the new budget.”

The board will meet in special session at 9 a.m. Aug. 31 at the public safety building for its audit report and to begin discussion about the 2012 fire department budget.

In related public safety issues, the board approved a request from Don Strachan, a American Heart Association certified instructor to hold a “handsonly” educational CPR training Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Garden.

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No autopsy results were available as of press time Wednesday.

Published reports indicate additional children live in the home. Calls to the Tribal Prosecutor regarding the status of the children were not answered Wednesday.

The FBI is investigating because the incident took place on tribal lands. If criminal charges result, they would likely be issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Grand Rapids.

Montana man’s sex charges reduced A 22-year-old Big Sky, Mont. man is scheduled to be back in the county on Aug. 26 to plead guilty to two lesser felony sex crimes following a conference with attorneys and 13th Circuit Court Judge Philip E. Rodgers Jr. on Monday.

Matthew C. Hall had been facing three counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct causing injury, until Hall’s lawyer James Hunt, county Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Doug Donaldson met in chambers.

Donaldson has offered a plea arrangement to Hall, plead guilty to two counts of gross indecency between a man and woman, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and Donaldson will drop the three felony counts, each of which have a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Circuit Court proceedings Jerry J. Callaway, 22, C/O Leelanau County Jail, Suttons Bay — Pleaded guilty to four counts of probation violation; court accepts plea; sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 26.

Joshua Caslmon, 28, 115 N. Mill St., Northport — Sentenced for larceny in a building; to serve six months in jail with credit for 50 days served; $200 fine; $350 court costs; $68 state minimum fee; $130 state crime victims fund; $927 additional restitution; $50 state crime victims fund; two years probation.

Joshua E. Claypool, 26, 12924 S. Regal St., Traverse City — Pleaded guilty under a plea bargain arrangement to third offense domestic violence; court accepts plea; sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 26.

Christopher L. Seymour, 55, C/O Leelanau County Jail, Suttons Bay — Sentenced for two counts of probation violation; he received the same sentence for both counts, with both sentences to be served concurrently; to serve one year in jail with credit for 5-½ months served; must serve three months in jail, then eligible for Community Corrections; $200 court costs; probation continued.

Dustin T. Popa, 22, 530 St. Joseph St., Lake Leelanau — Sentenced for maintaining a drug house and inappropriate use of Xanax; sentencing for both counts to be served concurrently; to serve six months in jail with credit for two days served; Work Release to be granted after serving 30 days; $300 fine; $1,200 court costs; $136 state minimum fee; $130 state crime victims fund; three years probation.

Richard C. Robertson, 21, 6707 Beeman Rd., Empire — Pleaded guilty under a plea bargain arrangement to two counts of gross indecency between a man and a woman; court accepts plea; sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 26; bond continued.

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After coming out of the status conference Rodgers wrote on the latest disposition sheet for Hall that the defendant is to plead to two counts of gross indecency in a new file. “No conditional plea and no promises regarding sex offender registration have been made,” Rodgers wrote.

Donaldson said the matter is being referred back to the 86th District Court. Hall is scheduled to appear on Aug. 26 and plead guilty to the two gross indecency charges.

“The three first degree criminal sexual conduct charges will remain until he has pleaded to the other two charges. Once that happens and the plea is accepted by the court, I will drop the original charges,” he said.

Donaldson decided to seek a plea agreement with Hall after the results of a new DNA test requested in June confirmed that traces of DNA from both Hall and William D. M. Hamilton, 23, of St. Clair Shores were found in the two 17-year-old victims.

Hamilton had reached a plea arrangement with Donaldson in December 2010. He pleaded guilty to attempted tampering with evidence and agreed to testify against Hall. In exchange Donaldson dropped the original charge of tampering with evidence.

The original charges against both Hall and Hamilton stem from an activities that took place on July 4-5, 2009. Hall, Hamilton and a third man who was not charged in this matter,

met the two 17-year-old girls in Traverse City on July 4, 2009 at the National Cherry Festival midway and exchanged cell phone numbers.

According to court documents, the girls and one of the girl’s parents had traveled to Traverse City from a campground in Centerville Township to watch a fireworks display. The men and victims communicated at different times through out the evening by cell phone through text messages and voice calls about meeting up later that night.

The girls returned to the campground with the parents, and later on invited Hall, Hamilton and third man to come to their campsite. The girls had taken a mix of over the counter and prescription drugs earlier in the evening. The men arrived late in the evening on July 4 and met with the two girls at the campground’s beach.

There the girls consumed alcohol provided by the men and became incapacitated.

It was at this point that Hall allegedly committed sexual acts on the girls. Hamilton took photos of Hall’s interaction with the girls. The men left soon after and left the victims on the beach. They were found by the parents later on the morning of July 5, partially clothed, and taken to Munson Medical Center where tests confirmed injuries to the girls.

Empire man faces 5 years in prison for ‘gross indecency’ A 21-year-old Empire man could spend five years in prison pleading guilty Monday to two counts of gross indecency between a man and a woman.

Richard C. Robertson of 6707 Beeman Rd., Empire, pleaded guilty to the two felony charges in exchange for dropping two original charges of third degree criminal sexual conduct that carry maximum penalties of 15 years in prison. Robertson now faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $2,500. County prosecutor Joseph T. Hubbell authorized the plea deal.

Robertson said he had not been

promised anything or coerced into accepting the plea deal in response to questions posed by Circuit Court Judge Philip E. Rodgers Jr. Hubbell said he had talked with the victim who gave her blessing to the lesser charges.

Before accepting the agreement Rodgers reviewed facts in the case with Robertson. On May 15 the victim was sleeping in Robertson’ home.

Robertson said they were friends since high school, but not in a physical sense.

As she was sleeping Robertson said he committed an act of sexual intercourse with the victim although she had not given him permission to do so.

Fife Lake man hurt in two-car crash A Fife Lake man was hospitalized after a two-car collision last week at M-72 and Bugai Road.

Allen Barkovich, 41, of Fife Lake was eastbound on M-72 about 12:30 p.m. Aug. 11 when he crashed into another eastbound vehicle in front on him driven by Ralph E. Mallory, 59,

of Traverse City, Undersheriff Scott Wooters said.

Barkovich was transported to Munson Medical Center where he remained until his discharge Tuesday.

The accident remains under investigation, Wooters said.

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G-A hears dredging district request ment of about $1,765 for the marina or $8,825 over a 5-year period. Each individual property owner could be taxes at $39.22 per year or $196.10 over the same period of time.

“This approach would insure that everyone pays their fair share of maintaining this channel as a navigable passageway,” Faulstich said.

No action was taken on the proposal.

Although board members suggested that any special assessment district would likely have to include those portions of Empire and Kasson Townships which also border the Glen Lakes.

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By Chris Olson Of The Enterprise staff

A Bingham Township man wants the county Road Commission to pay for the first of two moves he made on a sprinkler line on his property during an on-going road improvement project on Lakeview Road.

At its meeting Tuesday afternoon, Erik Larsen of 7938 S. Lakeview Rd. said he was trying to be a good citizen.

Road Commission workers were marking how far into Larsen’s yard they would need for paving improvements to Lakeview Road.

Larsen said he was told by workers to move the sprinkler line just beyond a red dashed line they had made along his yard, which turned out to be about 14 feet off the center line of the road.

He called the company that installed the sprinkler system and two days later a crew moved the sprinkler line back to where Larsen said he was told by the Road Commission workers.

When commission Manager Herb

Cradduck came to look over the work on Lakeview Road, told Larsen the line was wrong and he would need to move his sprinkler line back another two feet.

Moving the sprinkler the first time cost $155; moving it a second time cost $429. Larsen said the move required relocating other water lines.

“I’m asking to be reimbursed for sprinkler heads the first time the wrong distance as told to me by Road Commission workers,” Larsen said.

The Road Commission referred the matter to Cradduck and engineer James C. Johnson for a decision. Chairman Lee A. Bowen said typically the Road Commission has not compensated property owners for underground sprinkler systems that sit within the public road rights-of-way that have been damaged by Road Commission work.

Cradduck said typically the Road Commission does not encourage placement of anything within the public rights-of-way. But, Cradduck said since people seem to ignore the commission’s rules, maybe the use should be

allowed and the commission should charge a fee. “We should allow it and get paid for it,” he said.

Johnson said sprinkler system contractors often ignore the Road Commission rules and install systems in public rights-of-way. Johnson also said placing the sprinklers off a road’s shoulders does have an advantage for road maintenance.

“If they were to place the sprinklers out of the right-of-way, odds are the sprinklers would throw water out onto the edge of the pavement. This would cause the water to soak in and break up the pavement, causing damage to the shoulder. By placing the sprinklers at the edge of the road and guiding the water in, the pavement stays dry and the property owner gets better coverage of his or her lawn,” he said.

In other business, the commission: • Discussed a the placement of wood fencing within the M-209 public rightof-way in Glen Haven. Bowen said the Road Commission had heard from Glen Arbor Township supervisor John

Soderholm that a few township residents were upset by the placement of the fence in the 209 right-of-way.

Bowen said the fencing is part of a plan for improvement to the Glen Haven area that the National Park Service presented to the Road Commission in 2008 for review. The commission approved the improvements in 2009 and the park service had to wait until the Michigan Department of Transportation also approved the work before any work could start. The improvements were done last summer and fall. The state owns the 209 rightsof-way, but has given all responsibility for the road’s maintenance to the Road Commission. “I for one think it’s good the improvements the park service has made to the lakeshore,” Bowen said.

• Heard a reminder from Johnson that the State Highway Commission will be meeting at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City on Aug. 25. Johnson will attend for the Road Commission.

Bingham working to resolve resident’s park issues ship’s insurance underwriter would likely pay for most of the training, and that if Park and Bunek complete the training as expected, all five members of the planning commission would have done so.

• Heard from township staff planner Kathy Egan that an effort to eradicate the invasive weed phragmites on the Lake Michigan shoreline was slated to resume this week. She said the Leelanau Conservation District had reported good success in eradicating the weed last year, but that another application of herbicide was indicated.

She said affected property owners had been notified.

• Heard from township zoning administrator Steve Patmore that the township’s zoning board of appeals will meet Monday evening to consider a request for a dimensional variance from the zoning ordinance for a township property owner.

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Bingham Township officials are continuing to address complaints from a township resident who lives next to the township’s Hendryx Park on the West Grand Traverse Bay waterfront on Lee Point Road.

Last month, after a group of volunteers completed a project to improve the tiny waterfront park, neighboring property owner Sharon Lee “Shelly” Schellenberg threatened to sue the township for encroaching on her property. Schellenberg has sued the township several times before over a variety of complex zoning and planning issues involving her neighbors.

“We did our best to correct all the issues Mrs. Schellenberg addressed in her letter to us last month,” township supervisor Ross Ard said, “but we have since received another letter from her that brings up more issues that weren’t mentioned in her first letter.”

In a July 28 letter to Schellenberg, Ard reported that he asked a surveyor to take another look at the park property and, indeed, there was a discrepancy in how the property lines were marked — and that the discrepancy was corrected. In addition, Ard noted that some mulch volunteers had placed

on the ground extended about 16 inches onto Schellenberg’s property, but had been removed, and that a four inch-thick tree that was one her property had been cut down but would be replaced.

In a July 29 letter to Ard, Schellenberg brought up a number of additional issues, including her observation that portable toilets at the park did not meet setback requirements of the township’s zoning ordinance and that, in fact, several trees had been cut down, among other allegations.

Township resident Tom Fleming of the township’s Parks & Recreation Committee helped lead the volunteer effort. He was out of town this week.

“As soon as Tom (Fleming) returns, we will take another look at the park together and try to address some of Mrs. Schellenberg’s additional concerns,” Ard said.

In other business at its regular monthly meeting Monday evening, the Bingham Township Board also: • Authorized planning commission members Mike Park and Will Bunek to attend a six day Citizen Planners course offered by Michigan State University at a cost of $350 each.

Township board trustee Midge Werner, who represents the board on the planning commission, noted that the town-

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launch site into Fisher Lake for skiing, boating and fishing, especially when Glen Lake is windy.”

With this in mind, the association has requested help from the township in the form of an annual contribution of $4,000 to cover one-half the estimated $40,000 cost to dredge the channel every five years.

To fund the remainder, the association has asked for the establishment of a special assessment district to include properties along the lake as well as Crystal Harbor Marina, which has 45 slips accessing the channel.

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Creation of a special assessment district to fund future dredging of the channel between Big Fisher and Big Glen Lake has been suggested to Glen Arbor Township.

George Faulstich approached the Township Board this week on behalf of the Fisher Lake Association, an informal organization designed to measure the channel and arrange, in coordination with the township and the Glen Lake Dredging Committee, to dredge the channel as necessary and to raise the funds required to support the channel dredging.

In the past 10 years, Faulstich said that property owners on both Fisher Lakes have taken on the responsibility of dredging the channel on two occasions — first in 2006 and then again in 2010.

The first effort cost the property owners $68,719 including $35,519 in legal costs necessary to get the required riparian approval. Of this, the Glen Lake Association contributed $`16,000 and the township $4,000. However, the balance of $49,000 was paid for by the property owners on the Fisher Lakes.

The second dredging, last November, cost $35,007. This work was completed with a grant from the State of Michigan for $12,750 and a township contribution of $702. Again, the $19,754 balance, was covered by property owners.

Faulstich said although Fisher Lake property owners have benefited by the channel remaining navigable, they are not the only ones who benefit.

“The channel is … a public thoroughfare, not a private ‘road’,” Faulstich said.

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What a picnic.

Nearly 800 people helped to $146,797, with most going directly toward farm and natural lands protection, at the Leelanau Conservancy’s annual Friends Picnic held earlier this month on the Rex Dobson Farm in Bingham Township.

Attendees filled tents where they dined and bid on a variety of offerings. As usual, the star power of Mario Batali, television chef and staunch Leelanau Conservancy supporter, helped raise the most money.

Batali, who owns a home and summers in Leelanau County, upped the ante this year. In the past, he has entertained guests by preparing a meal and dining with them in Leelanau County. This year he offered to provide a weekend in New York that will include stops at his hand-selected dining venues.

The top bid of $61,000 came from an anonymous phone bidder from the Detroit area, according to Carolyn Faught, Conservancy communication director.

According to Batali, “It goes to show that even in tough times, Americans, in this case Michiganders, are willing to go to great lengths to chip in to save the natural beauty as well as farm functionality of their magnificant state.”

The money is needed as the Conser-

vancy is seeking to raise a $1.5 million local match for federal grants on five farm projects in the county.

Awards were given out at the Picnic. Business partners were Empire Catering, Cammie Buehler and Andy Schudich, as well as Tom and Marsha Buehler, owners of the Cherry Basket Farm in Omena.

“The farm is home of Empire Catering, and the Buehlers have hosted many of our events there, including past Mario Batali auction dinners,” Faught said.

Named “volunteers of the year” were all Conservancy docents.

“We paid tribute to these invaluable hike leaders, past and present, who do so much to communicate our mission and spend countless hours in their role,” Faught added.

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— Suttons Bay Board of Education meeting: Meeting area, upper level, Suttons Bay Elementary School, S. Elm Street, Suttons Bay. TUESDAY 9 a.m. — Big Top Tent Raising for Kelly Miller Circus: Empire Eagles property, off of M-72 and Gilbert Road, Kasson Township.

9 a.m.-1 p.m. — Leelanau Farmers Market Glen Arbor (go to www.eatleelanau.org for more info.): Township hall parking lot, off of M-22, Glen Arbor.

11 a.m.-noon — Interactive story time, repeats on Thursdays: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, M-22, Greilickville.

11:30 a.m. — Senior lunch at the Friendship Community Center (call 271-3314 for cost and reservation info.): Friendship Community Center, Broadway Street, Suttons Bay. Noon — Alcoholics Anonymous meeting (call 256-9724 for more info.): Basement, St. Mary Church, St. Marys Street, Lake Leelanau.

4:30 and 7:30 p.m. — Kelly Miller Circus Show: Empire Eagles property, off of M-72 and Gilbert Road, Kasson Township.

6:30 p.m. — Empire Food Pantry: Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, Burdickville Road, Burdickville.

6:30-7:30 p.m. — SMART recovery group for addictive behaviors (call 883-7009 for more info.): Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library, Suttons Bay. 7 p.m. — Empire Village Council meeting: Township hall, Front Street, Empire.

WEDNESDAY 10 a.m.-noon — Toddler time at Great Lake Children’s Museum, repeats on Fridays (call 932-4526 for more info.): Great Lakes Children’s Museum, M-22, across from Elmwood Marina Park, Greilickville.

10:30-11:30 a.m. — Leland Library Story Time (call 256-9152 for more info.): Leland Township Library, Cedar Street, Leland.

Noon — Alcoholic Anonymous meeting (call 256-9724 for more info.): St. Marys Church basement, S. St. Marys Drive, Lake Leelanau.

5 p.m. — Discovering the Changing Landscape: Port Oneida Rural Historic District bicycle tour. NPS Park Pass required (call 326-5134 ext. 328 for more info.): Meet at the corner of M-22 and Basch Road, north of Glen Arbor.

NEXT THURSDAY 5 p.m. — Elmwood Township Marina Committee meeting: Township hall, Lincoln Road west of Cherry Bend Road.

7 p.m. — Leelanau Township Planning Commission meeting: Township hall, Nagonaba Street, Northport.

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9 a.m.-1 p.m. — Leelanau Farmers Market Northport (go to www.eatleelanau.org for more info.): The Depot, corner of Rose and Nagonaba streets, Northport.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. — Leland Sidewalk Sale: Most businesses in Leland business district.

10 a.m. — Women’s Hiking Group: Mary Valpey home, 11646 E. Bellanger Woods Dr., about three miles north of Suttons Bay off of M-22.

10:30 a.m. — Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library Summer Reading Program presents What in the World are you Eating? (call 2713512 for more info.): Suttons BayBingham District Library, Suttons Bay. 11 a.m. — Stories for school age children presents: Leelanau Township Library, Nagonaba Street, Northport.

1 p.m. — Leelanau Duplicate Bridge Club weekly event (call 2718778 for more info.): Keswick United Methodist Church, Center Highway (CR 633), three miles south of Suttons Bay. 3:30 p.m. — NASA Astronaut Greg Johnson to talk about his experiences on the shuttle Endeavor: Empire Township Hall, Front Street, Empire.

5-7 p.m. — Open reception for Interpretation of Leelanau: Paintings at the Old Art Building by Angela Saxon, sponsored by the Leelanau Historical Society: Old Art Buidling, Cedar Street, Leland.

7 p.m. — Northport Music in the Park presents in concert Claudia Schmidt Funtet: Pavilion, Marina Park, Northport.

SATURDAY All Day — Glen Arbor Sidewalk Sale: Participating businesses through out Glen Arbor.

8 a.m. — Registration of the third annual Ed and Irene Fleis Education Fund Golf Outing, with shotgun start at 9 a.m. (call 228-2040 for more info): Sugar Loaf The Old Course, Townline Road, Sugar Loaf.

9 a.m.-1 p.m. — Leelanau Farmers Market Empire (go to www.eatleelanau.org for more info.): Open space, next to Empire Post Office, Front Street, Empire.

— Leelanau Farmers Market Suttons Bay (go to www.eatleelanau.org for more info.): North Park, where M-22 and M-204 meet, waterside.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. — Eyaawing Expressive Cultural Series presentation

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demonstration: Eyaawing Museum and Cultural Center, M-22, Peshabestown.

10:30 a.m. — Overeaters Anonymous: Lower level, Suttons BayBingham District Library, Suttons Bay. 1 p.m. — Grand Entry for the 2011 Grand Traverse Band Pow Wow: Pow Wow Grounds, off of Stallman Road, Peshabestown.

7 p.m. — Grand Entry for the 2011 Grand Traverse Band Pow Wow: Pow Wow Grounds, off of Stallman Road, Peshabestown.

8 p.m. — Northport Community Band Sousa Concert with special guest conductor retired Col. John R. Bourgeois (call 386-5001 for ticket info.): Northport Community Arts Center inside Northport Public School, Wing Street, Northport.

SUNDAY 9 a.m.-1 p.m. — Leelanau Farmers Market Lake Leelanau (go to www.eatleelanau.org for more info.): Parking lot across from NJ Grocery, N. St. Joseph Street, Lake Leelanau.

Noon — Grand Entry for the 2011 Grand Traverse Band Pow Wow: Pow Wow Grounds, off of Stallman Road, Peshabestown.

MONDAY 1-3 p.m. — Make It Mondays activity: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, M-22, Greilickville.

— Leelanau Baby Pantry (call 271-3671 for more info.): Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lincoln Street, Suttons Bay. 1:30-3:30 p.m. — County Commission on Aging presents a community open house on Stop Only Sugar (SOS) Diet with Dr. Thomas Lammy: Community meeting room, county Government Center, E. Government Center Drive off of M-204, Suttons Bay Township.

2-6 p.m. — Leelanau Christian Neighbors Food Pantry-Suttons Bay distribution: Suttons Bay Middle School, South Elm Street, Suttons Bay. 3-7 p.m. — Leelanau Christian Neighbors Food Pantry-Northport distribution: St. Gertrude’s Church, 709 Warren St., Northport.

5 p.m. — Alcoholics Anonymous meeting: Kateri Tekawitha Church, M-22, Peshawbestown.

7 p.m. — A.A. meeting: Leland Methodist Church, Leland.

— Al Anon meeting: Leland Methodist Church, Leland.

— Bingham Township Zoning Board of Appeals public hearing for a side-yard setback variance for Jeff and Jill Haag; Township hall, corner

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Accident Continued from Page 1 for an outing at Empire beach with her 11-month-old son, Andrew, when she received a call from her husband, Ryan, Kira’s stepfather.

“Lance Aylsworth (a Glen Craft employee) called Ryan. All I heard was that Kira had cut her hand. I scooped up Andrew and headed for Munson,” Christy Surber said.

It wasn’t until she arrived at Munson that Christy learned the extent of her daughter’s injury. A hand specialist told the Surbers that had the injury been to an 80-year-old, surgeons probably wouldn’t encourage reattachment. However, because of the girl’s age, it was worth a try.

Kira was accompanied by two physician in the air ambulance who flew her to the University of Michigan.

“They were able to give me pain medication and keep me laughing. They were funny,” the teenager said.

Christy Surber left her younger child at home with her in-laws who were conveniently in town for a visit and drove immediately to the Ann Arbor hospital.

“I was still in my bathing suit,” she said. “Luckily, we have family down there were able to bring me some clothes.”

U of M surgeons were not encouraged with the situation during their initial evaluation. They changed their position after talking with Kira’s biological father.

“He lost two of his fingers when he was 12 in a lawn mower accident,” Kira explained.

Doctors reattached the girl’s thumb during a 3-hour surgery Monday night.

In addition to pain medications, the teenager is taking Heparin, a blood thinner, to encourage the reattachment of blood vessels and reestablish blood supply.

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basis.

“The first three days are critical,” her mother said. “Right now, the thumb is very pink and looks good. We’ll know a lot more around day five.”

Meanwhile, the community is talking about how Kira walked into the ambulance on her own and texted her coworkers from Munson to apologize about leaving them shorthanded. The Glen Lake soccer player also contacted her NorthStar Soccer Club coach from Munson to let him know she wouldn’t make it to practice that night.

High school coach Meg Murphy is confident in the teenager’s ability to bounce back.

“Kira is tough and has a great attitude,” Murphy said. “ I know that she will get through this and she will be back on the soccer field in no time.”

The Surber girls will be happy regardless of what happens with the reattached digit.

“You don’t use your hands in soccer anyway … so (losing a thumb) is perfect,” the teenager said, jockingly.

Christy Surber has had time to think while watching her daughter’s ordeal.

“When your child is sick, you just want them better,” she said. “Losing a thumb is not going to change how smart or how beautiful she is.”

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wonderful asset.”

Cross country skiing and snowshoeing are listed on GMA’s Outdoor Activity Guide to Sleeping Bear, along with climbing the dunes, hiking, kayaking and exploring South Manitou Island. The story published announcing the Lakeshore’s win also recommended local shops and featured Mario Batali posing near one of his favorite County restaurant’s, Hearth & Vine in Suttons Bay. But the Lakeshore doesn’t deserve all the credit, said Shultz. Some should be reserved for the communities surrounding the national park.

“We all know it in this area and we have the pleasure of living and working in this beautiful area and having national notoriety is kudos to everybody,” Schultz said. “It’s the entire area that makes this very significant.”

Shultz, who’s been at Sleeping Bear Dunes for 10 years, has her own favorite places within the Lakeshore. Glen Haven and the view from the Empire Bluff Trail top her list as “two magnificent spots.”

Jewell’s favorite is Pyramid Point.

“I don’t think people realize, even people who live in Michigan, how beautiful this area is and what we have to offer,” Jewell said. “So now everyone will know.”

To see GMA’s video of the Lakeshore and the winning announcement go to abcnews.go.com/GMA

Lakeshore attendance Continued from Page 1 Marshall said businesses have been, well, busy.

“Even for Glen Arbor, this July was just crazy busy,” he said. “Two of our restaurants, the Foothills Cafe and Art’s Tavern, both reported having some of their ‘best days ever’ as far as numbers and business. The retail business owners said they are getting lots of people in their stores. They aren’t buying the higher end stuff, but are buying the middle to low-end items.”

Lakeshore Superintendent Dusty Shultz said ideal summer weather helped boost visitation. “As long as we have great weather like we did in July, we will always get great numbers,” she said. “It’s great to see people enjoying the resources of the park.”

Visitation was up at most sites around the Lakeshore. Vehicle counts taken at the dune climb, Stocking Scenic Drive,

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Lakeshore takes first Continued from Page 1 Reyes, Calif.; Aspen, Colo.; Sedona, Ariz.; Destin, Fla.; Asheville, N.C.; Lanikai Beach, Hawaii and Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. The show sent reporters to video each spectacular scene and talk to local officials and visitors.

Viewers then voted for their favorite places and chose the Lakeshore.

“It’s such a wonderful thing for the region to be recognized on a national level as being such a wonderful destination to visit,” said Jamie Jewell, vice president of sales and marketing at The Homestead Resort in Glen Arbor. “And we get to live here.”

Jewell is the secretary of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitors Bureau, which produces Manitou magazine. Since last week when GMA announced the Lakeshore as part of the top 10 there have been 2,000 inquiries for copies of the magazine.

“We’ve seen web traffic to the Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitors Bureau site increase dramatically,” Jewell said.

The Lakeshore website has also been lit up.

“I am so very thrilled that this happened to this area,” Shultz said.

Shultz expects an increase in visitation for autumn colors.

“There’s a lot of beautiful weather left this year,” Shultz said. “I think the aspect of this being a year-round park ... it’s a

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at Esch Road and the mouth of the Platte River all showed positive jumps. Dune climb vehicle counts increased 7.4 percent from 25,029 in July 2010 to 26,873 for last month. The number of vehicles traveling Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive jumped nearly 10 percent in the past year, from 25,000 to 27,404. Vehicle counts at Esch Road in Benzie County increased 15.6 percent, and vehicle counts at the mouth of the Platte River bounced up 22.6 percent to 29,302.

Traditional camping was also popular in the Lakeshore. Tent overnight stays jumped 24 percent from 13,100 in July 2010 to 16,269 last month. However, RV overnight stays, perhaps affected by high gas prices, decreased by 10 percent from 11,924 last year to 10,734 for July 2011.

The Lakeshore’s biggtest attraction is its Philip A. Hart Visitor Center in Empire, where July attendance increased 7.3 percent to 50,525 visitors.

Continued from Page 1 Leelanau County Board of Commissioners. Instead, most exchanges were simply met with disappointment as commissioners learned the sad state of a county pension account that counts as members virtually all its employees, part and full-time.

How bad are the pension finances?

That depends whether the raw numbers provided by Radjenovich, a Lake Leelanau resident, are reviewed on their own, or in comparison with the rest of the state. Then again, being in good company on a sinking ship offers limited consolation.

As of Dec. 31, the Leelanau County retirement account with MERS showed $18.8 million in liabilities and $13.9 million in assets. It’s funded at 73.7 percent of liabilities. The funding shortfall has likely increased since then, as the Dow Jones stock market average has fallen 1.5 percent this year. The unfunded liability climbed slightly from $4.7 million on Dec. 31, 2009, to $4.9 million one year later.

Commissioners feel mounting pressure from expected sharp increases in county funding needed to keep the retirement account afloat. The average age for a county employee is 48.3 years; early retirement packages approved by past County Boards in the 1990’s reduced the eligible retirement age to 50. The number of retirees and beneficiaries receiving benefits increased from 42 in 2009 to 47 in 2010. As recently as 2005, benefits were only distributed to 30 people.

“That’s my fear, in the next 10 years (county contributions are) going to get bigger and bigger,” said commissioner James Schaub.

In 2012, the county will be required to pay $741,672 into the system — an amount that includes $258,780 needed to begin chipping away at the unfunded liability. The level of contribution to the retirement system represents up to 20 percent of an employee’s wage in one category.

Leelanau County is not alone.

Indeed, the pension of the Leelanau County Road Commission, the only

Determining a county pension Here’s how the present Leelanau County retirement system sets benefit levels for employees. In this example, let’s say an employee making $50,000 retired at the age of 60 after 30 years of service.

• A “multiplyer” of 2.5 is applied to the number of years of service.

Multiplyers are different throughout the state as determined by local govother government in the county enrolled in MERS, is 54.4 percent funded.

Grand Traverse County is carrying $40 million in unfunded liability; its system is only 49.8 percent funded.

Then again, few municipalities in Michigan are fully funded. The average across the state is 75.5 percent; MERS is carrying an unfunded liability of $8.5 billion.

Two questions were raised continually by commissioners: How did it get this bad, and how can future costs be curtailed?

Historically, MERS has anticipated an 8 percent return from investments.

During the last decade, investments have only brought a 5.7 percent average return — meaning that municipalities making annual payments were, in essence, losing ground, Radjenovich said.

Leelanau County has added to its problems by heaping on future benefits without paying up front to cover them.

For instance, cost of living increases to beneficiaries were approved for five straight years at the start of the decade.

The county joined MERS in 1968 with a 1.5 “multiplier,” a number that is multiplied by the years of service to determine a percentage used to calculate retirement benefits. The multiplier is now 2.5.

Most county employees contribute only marginally toward their retirement. Those represented by the Teamster’s union, emergency service dispatchers and other workers under the “General” category contribute 2.52

ernments, or local governments and employee unions.

• In this case, the result is 2.5 times 30, which equals 70. That’s the percentage of a retiree’s wage that he or she will receive.

• Multiplying the 70 percent by $50,000 would create an annual pension level of $35,000.

percent of their payroll. Sheriff’s Office employees pay .9 percent to 1.0 percent. And county department heads and elected officials do not contribute.

Although commissioners expressed an interest, switching to a defined contribution system would be difficult. The county would need to come up with more than $5 million to pay off its unfunded liability, and gain authorization by a vote of electors, Radjenovich said. He pledged to ask his bosses to waive the minimum funding level needed to authorize a projection study, the first step in the process.

A more easily attainable answer would be to create a “two-tier” system in which new employees would receive a much smaller benefit package — up to 60 percent less than present workers.

Other options may become available as state Legislators, cognizant of the growing unfunded liability carried in MERS accounts, are expected to consider changes to the retirement system in the fall, said Radjenovich. MERS was created by the Legislature in 1945.

Radjenovich appeared before the board as part of its budget process.

Commissioners seem ready to tackle the problem, but did not authorize further studies or meetings to discuss the topic. They did leave the hearing with much more knowledge about the impending storm.

“If we wanted to get serious about getting a hold of this locally, we could set forth a 5- or 7-year plan,” said commissioner Melinda Lautner.

County Board approves higher wages for non-union workers Non-union county workers will soon be receiving a lump-sum check in the mail, the result of a retro-active pay raise approved Tuesday by the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners.

Commissioners, acting near the end of nearly 6 1/2 hours of meetings, offered little discussion before voting on a motion to increase the wages of workers not under a union contract by 2 1/2 percent effective Jan. 1, 2011.

But that’s not the entire story, as wage scales have grown increasingly complex for county employees split into five unions and a group that is not unionized.

Non-union county employees, who vary in jobs from 9-1-1 dispatchers to department heads such as the county clerk and treasurer, were provided 3.5 percent pay increases in 2009, and a 2 percent “allotment” in 2010 that did not affect their base scales. No salary increases were approved with the 2011 budget for non-union workers.

The County Board reversed that decision with a unanimous vote that, essentially, increased wage scales to reflect the 2 percent allotment provided in 2010 and increased the scales by another .5 percent starting Jan. 1.

The raise further complicates wage scales for employees that have changed all over the map since 2009, when all employees except Teamsters — unionized workers in the County Building — were provided 3.5 percent increases to base pay. Teamsters members were given 2 percent base pay increases, plus 1.5 percent “allotments.” But Teamsters went on to receive 2 percent pay increases in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

In fact, all county employees received 2 percent pay hikes in 2010 — some to base pay, some as “allotments.” Members of two sheriff’s dep-

uties unions received 2 percent allotments on top of 3.5 percent base pay increases in 2011, according to a handout provided at the meeting. Contracts are still under negotiation for two other deputies’ unions.

Earlier on Tuesday, during a budget hearing, county officials discussed the pragmatic and philosophical sides of how much to offer employees in wage increases.

The pay hikes will cost the county about $56,000 this year, a figure that does not include overtime paid to dispatchers. It may also serve as notice to union negotiators as to the County Board’s goals in future wage talks.

Commissioner Richard Schmuckal asked county clerk Michelle Crocker

questions, seeking direction. “For my employees who aren’t part of the union, there is something to be said about being fair,” she replied.

Administrator Eric Cline said the county needs to provide salaries high enough to attract talented employees.

“I think over time as wage freezes go on, it starts to eat at moral.”

Commissioner Melinda Lautner brought up another concern as union wages climb. “I think we’re (non-union employees) soon going to passed up by people who work under them,” she said.

Excluded from the round of nonunion wage increases was building officer Glen Dempsey, who was hired in January.

County told to pay extra legal fees Commissioners narrowly voted Tuesday against appealing a judge’s order that forces the county to pay an additional $1,975 to defend a lawsuit they started against the county Prosecutor.

Complicating the issue: Prosecutor Joseph T. Hubbell was defended by his brother, Daniel S. Hubbell.

The lawsuit is distantly related to a civil suit brought by a group of deputies against the county Sheriff’s office, claiming in part that deputy James Kiessel was fired without the benefit of a Veteran’s Preference Hearing. Kiessel demanded and received the hearing, at which Joseph Hubbell ruled for Kiessel.

County attorneys in turn appealed in an effort to overturn Hubbell’s decision — and lost.

Adding insult to injury, Daniel Hubbell submitted a bill for his legal services that exceeded $5,000. The

County Board had allocated only $1,500 for the prosecutor’s defense. Dan Hubbell sought his full compensation in a suit he filed against the county, which was represented by Richard D. McNulty of the Cohl, Stoker & Toskey law firm.

In a ruling issued Friday, District Court Judge Michael S. Stepka ordered the county to compensate Hubbell $3,475 for his services. Not owed, Stepka ruled, as hours billed by Hubbell prior to the county action, travel time and calls handled from the media.

Voting to accept Stepka’s ruling were commissioners David Shiflett, Jean Watkoski, David Marshall and James Schaub. Seeking an appeal were Melinda Lautner, Richard Schmuckal and chair Thomas Van Pelt.

But commissioners did have the last say, voting unanimously to follow the suggestion of Lautner to deduct the legal expenses from the Prosecutor’s budget.

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New health care plan comes with a price

By Chris Olson and Alan Campbell Both of the Enterprise staff

Leelanau County will soon be host to only the third physician in Michigan enrolled in a national health program designed to strengthen the relationships between doctors and their patients.

But the program, in its 10th year and much more prevalent along the East Coast and in Texas, comes with a hefty price for many household budgets — $1,500 annually per patient, an amount not covered by health insurance.

“This is very difficult for me emotionally,” said Dr. Philip Siemer, a founding physician of the Suttons Bay Medical Clinic with Dr. Thomas Lammy, “A lot of the patients I take care of, I’ve had for years.

“Because the program is so involved, I can’t see 1,800 patients, I can only see 400 patients ... basically, it’s going to allow me to spend more time with people, and to do more of the things I was trained to do.”

One of the most difficult parts of the transition has been combating misinformation, Siemer said.

Jo Paquette, a patient advocate working for MDVIP at Suttons Bay Medical Clinic, agrees.

“I’ve heard from different people that Dr. Siemer is doing this ‘just to make more money,’ or that patients who don’t join will just be cut loose.

Both of those statements are wrong,” Paquette said.

Before a doctor joins MDVIP, individual plans are put in place to assure patients who opt out of the service continue to receive medical care from another doctor, Paquette said.

“We were ready to sign up Dr. Siemer last year, but we saw there weren’t a lot of options for his patients that wouldn’t be joining our group. So we halted the process and told him he needed to have a contingency plan in place,” she continued.

Many of Siemer’s patients will likely be switched to Dr. Jessica Paquette, who will start at Suttons Bay Medical Clinic next month. She is not related to patient advocate Jo Paquette. Lammy is not accepting new patients.

Dr. Paquette had a family practice at Bay Mills Health Center in Brimley after receiving a doctorate of osteopathic medicine from Michigan State University in 2002. She is married and has two children. Margaret Hall, a family nurse practitioner and the wife of Dr. Steven Hall, a dentist with the Suttons Bay Dental Clinic, will also join the Suttons Bay Medical Medical Center.

Physician assistant Michelle MacDonald has left the Suttons Bay center to help run a new medical clinic opening in Lake Leelanau (see

related story below). She will be joined by a group of four doctors from Grand Traverse County in opening a clinic in a building that formerly housed the Provemont Family Care practice of Dr. Dona Alba.

The trend of charging a fee for more access to doctors — commonly called medical concierge service, although Siemer cringes at the name — is moving across the nation amidst cuts in health care reimbursement. MDVIP is the largest service of its kind in the United States with more than 5,000 member physicians.

Siemer said some physicians are charging up to $5,000 or more for concierge service, reducing their patient lists to the wealthy. Siemer is hoping his patients consider the preventive care aspect of the more moderately-priced MDVIP program in making their decisions.

Patients staying with Siemer will have 24-hour access to their doctor, have access to longer appointments, and undergo an extensive physical with lengthy consultation that will last 90 minutes or longer. Siemer said to keep up with insurance and government reimbursements, today he only spends 8-10 minutes on average with each of his patients. Consequently, the level of care he provides — and provided by other physicians, for that matter — has diluted, Siemer said.

“The only way to have it make sense fiscally was to have more patients, but spend less time with them. That is not why I got into medicine ... on most weeks I would spend part of Saturday and Sunday just catching up on paperwork. I always felt kind of rushed when I was meeting with patients and that is not how you want to feel when you’re talking to someone about their health,” he said.

Changes approved in the federal Affordable Health Care Act will squeeze family care physicians even more, Siemer believes, through smaller reimbursements to medical providers and reduced patient services authorized by Medicare and Medicaid. He’s also not a fan of pressures used by private health insurance companies to reduce their costs.

“It’s going to get worse, as far as I see, for awhile. For the next two years the two political parties are going to throw hand grenades at each other,” he said.

Siemer, an advocate for preventative medicine, said MDVIP may help revive the role of family physicians after its savings become better known.

MDVIP patients spend 60 percent less time hospitalized. He said the comprehensive physical exam (Concluded on Page 2)

DR. PHILIP SIEMER has joined with a national company, MDVIP, which limits the number of patients he may have, but improves the quality of service he may provide.

Health dept. fees going up

By Alan Campbell Of The Enterprise staff

Residents of Benzie will likely face higher fees for services including required septic tank inspections to pay for their county’s greater share of the 2012 budget of the Benzie-Leelanau County Health Department.

Fees charged in Leelanau County will likely also increase — but at a lesser rate — as Leelanau commissioners have raised no objections publicly over a request to increase by 3.1 percent their county’s contribution toward the two-county health department budget.

Benzie commissioners, however, have stated their intentions in committee meetings against

funding a proposed 2.92 percent increase sought from their county, Benzie-Leelanau Health Department director Bill Crawford said.

The health department, whose 2012 budget will begin Oct. 1, has asked Leelanau County to increase its funding from $257,697 to $265,428.

It also asked Benzie to increase its contribution from $190,605 to $196,323.

The difference in rate increases is reflective of changes in county populations included in the 2010 Census. Combined, the two member counties provide 20 percent of the health department’s income.

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Lake Leelanau Creekside Clinic opens next week

By Amy Hubbell Of The Enterprise staff

Michelle MacDonald spent the first six months of this year working fulltime as a physician’s assistant (PA) at an urgent care facility in Traverse City.

Beginning next week, the Northport mother of two will be able to serve people in her county as a PA in a new practice in Lake Leelanau. She will join the staff of the Creekside Clinic at 49 North Eagle Highway, the former office of Dr. Dona Alba, which closed this spring.

“I didn’t realize how much I missed working in family practice after leaving Suttons Bay Medical Clinic,” said MacDonald, who also worked at the now-closed Leelanau Memorial Health Center in Northport. “I miss working and helping people in the community which I live in.”

MacDonald earned her physician assistant master’s degree from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1999.

Most recently, she was affiliated with the Suttons Bay Medical Clinic, but moved on in January 2011 to work fulltime in Traverse City.

A relatively new development in the health care field, physician assistants are playing an even more integral role in health care. As the number of primary care physicians across the country shrinks, PAs are filling the void, specifi-

cally in rural areas. The first graduating class in 1967 was from Duke University, now there are more than 70,000 PAs across the country working in medical and surgical specialities.

“Our training resembles that of a mini-medical school, actually our clinical rotations were side by side with medical students,” MacDonald said.

She will work under the supervision of Drs. Michael Carroll and Douglas Spence, who established Creekside Clinic in Traverse City in 2005.

“I met with the doctors (Carroll and Spence) and was very impressed with their office and their commitment to family practice,” MacDonald said. “…

I think it’s a perfect match.”

Carroll agrees.

“Michelle has a sterling reputation.

We’re so fortunate to have someone like her to work with,” he said.

Electronic medical records will play a pivotal role in the daily communication between the doctors and MacDonald.

“We’ll be able to review records in real time and consultant one another,” Carroll said. “Michelle will have some degree of independence which is not uncommon but will be in close communication with us.”

The Creekside Clinic practice also includes Drs. Jennifer Lyon and Sarah Bancroft, who are board certified in sports medicine. All the doctors will be

CREEKSIDE CLINIC of Traverse City is opening a Lake Leelanau office. Pictured from left are Drs. Jennifer Lyon, Douglas Spence, physician assistant Michelle MacDonald and Dr. Michael Carroll. playing a supporting role in the Lake Leelanau office as needed to fill in for MacDonald.

So, at a time when there is so much uncertainty in the field of medical services, why expand?

“There is a lot of uncertainty, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t put out

a quality product,” Carroll said.

Like MacDonald, both doctors have young children. Carroll has three children, Henry, 10, P.J., 8, and Mary Kate, 5. Spence has two children Douglas, 9, and Wave, 5.

“Their commitment to family practice and my commitment to the com-

munity will be great for Leelanau County,” MacDonald said. “Plus the drive will be shorter from Northport and the new office will be close to St. Mary school where my children are.”

MacDonald and her husband, Tom, have two children, Finn, 11, and Mary, 8.

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Continued from Page 1 the more populated county, providing 58 percent of the counties’ share. Benzie is growing faster than Leelanau, reducing the difference from 56 percent to 44 percent.

Benzie commissioners have not always agreed to pay more to health department coffers — resulting in a higher septic tank inspection fee to make up the difference. Septic tank inspections are required when a property changes hands in Benzie; they are not required in Leelanau.

Crawford said the 2012 budget will likely result in an expansion in the number of services with higher fees charged to Benzie residents, including for vacant land evaluations, to make up the difference. Vacant land evaluations, conducted to determine a property’s ability to handle a septic field, now cost $470.

As an example, Crawford said inspection fees are usually increased from 2-3 percent each year on Nov. 1; the percentage increase could reach 7 percent for Benzie residents. “ We have to come up with that decision in September before we go to the (Benzie-Leelanau) Board of Health,” Crawford said.

The Benzie County fiscal year begins Oct. 1, which means commissioners there are wrapping up budget deliberations. Leelanau County’s budget runs on a calendar year.

The federal government is the largest source of funds for the health department’s budget of $2,376,000 — providing about 39 percent, or about $930,000.

Inspections account for $270,000, and the state of Michigan contributes $210,000.

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“I fully expect there will be cuts to staffing,” Crawford told the Leelanau County Board. He is planning on a reduction in state funds of at least $10,000.

The long-time health director spoke on several subjects while before commissioners, including: • A lack of leads in an effort to find renters to share the cost of paying for and operating the Connie Binsfeld building, built through a shell non-profit organization created by the health department to work with Leland Township to sell construction bonds. The township has since extricated itself from ownership of the building, which has lost tenants through the years. A request by the health department for the township to nix a zoning covenant restricting rental to non-profits and government agencies has fallen on death ears.

But in today’s real estate market, finding renters of any type has proven difficult.

“It wasn’t like they were rushing forward with for-profit businesses,” he said.

Crawford said the Binsfeld building is eating a $45,000 hole in the health department’s budget every year, although he did not appear ready to abandon it.

“That’s money that isn’t spent to improve the health of the community,” he added. “We feel strongly we need to have a community presence in the center of the county.”

• Several leads that are developing in a break-in at the Binsfeld building. Stolen were laptop computers, a projector, briefcases and two radios valued at $3,500 apiece. After going 15 years without a

break-in, the department has incurred three in the last year. One occurred in a building housing the Benzie arm of the department.

“I expect our (insurance) premiums to go up,” he said.

The only silver lining, Crawford said, was that no personal information about clients was compromised. The laptops were used to access restricted information on a different hard drive.

“Theoretically, they could have gotten (information on the laptops) by request,” he said.

Crawford used levity to take some of the string out of two unrelated issues: “If I could have found (the thieves), I could have made them pay rent.”

• An ongoing discussion within the Board of Health to lessen the restrictions on private septic system on poorly-drained soils. In 2002, the department relaxed a restriction requiring four feet of good soil over drain fields in the case of existing homes. The depth was reduced to two feet. However, four feet of good soil is still required for new construction.

Recently, the department has been pushed to allow engineered septic systems where applicable. Crawford authorized a survey of the 2,500 properties around Lake Leelanau — where 60 percent of the holding tanks in the county can be found — to determine how many are large enough to host an engineered system.

While he did not openly endorse an effort by Leland Township to provide municipal sewer service to riparian properties, he said, “generally, we are supportive of sewers...”

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“We go through 22 different items in the physical exam. It will give us a more comprehensive understanding of each patient’s state of health and gives us the baseline to set up a plan to either continue his or her good health, or to

improve his or her health,” he said.

Informational letters were sent to his patients in May explaining the change.

So far about 200 of Siemer’s patients have signed up with MDVIP; enrollment will be cut off at 400 patients.

MDVIP will receive one-third of the annual enrollment fee, while Siemer

will receive two-thirds, Paquette said.

“But out of his part he has to cover the additional costs for being part of the MDVIP network,” she said.

The switch may also allow Siemer to have a life outside of his office.

“Right now, I have 1,800 patients for which I am responsible,” he said.

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By Eric Carlson Of The Enterprise staff

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You live in Leelanau County because: “This is the best escape from the city there is. I’d much rather spend my time here than East Lansing.”

Last good movie you saw: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part two. “I grew up with Harry Potter and read all the books.”

Last good book you read: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. “It’s about bullying in high school.”

If you could trade places with one person for a day, who would it be?: Scooby Doo. “I like to solve mysteries.”

Things you lose sleep over: Money and schoolwork.

If you could change one thing in Leelanau County, it would be: “People doing 45 on M-22. I think there should be a law that you have to drive the speed limit or pull over.”

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The Board of the Suttons Bay Bingham Fire and Rescue Authority last week held a one-hour closed session to discuss progress — or, perhaps, a lack of progress — being made with firefighters who are seeking to unionize the Suttons BayBingham Fire and Rescue Department.

“Obviously, I cannot discuss any specifics about what happened in our closed session,” said Suttons Bay Township supervisor Rich Bahle, who also serves as president of the Fire and Rescue Authority board. “I can tell you that we are now getting into some of the economics of the union’s proposal — actual dollar figures — and that this entire process is taking quite a bit longer than we expected.”

He said that a committee of fire board members, including himself and Suttons Bay-Bingham fire chief Jim Porter, have been meeting regularly with union officials since last year.

A closed session held at last week’s regular monthly meeting of the Suttons Bay-Bingham Fire and Rescue Authority was intended to bring the entire board up to speed on what has been going on with the union negotiations – all of which have also been held behind closed doors so far.

Bahle said that another negotiation session with union officials had been slated for Aug. 11, but that union officials had requested those talks be postponed until Aug. 24 due to scheduling conflicts.

In September 2010, Suttons BayBingham’s firefighters and emergency medical personnel voted to join a union — shortly after voters in the two townships combined approved a 2.3-mill property tax levy to support the department’s $900,000 annual budget through 2013.

In December, 2010, a committee of local firefighters as well as downstate union officials from the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) began holding a series of negotiating sessions with representatives of the Suttons Bay-Bingham Fire and Rescue Authority which oversees the fire and rescue department.

Union members include the department’s nine professional firefighters and emergency medical personnel.

In December 2010 union and fire authority officials alike said they expected to finalize a three-year contract between the authority and the union within six months.

Discussions have been under way for nearly nine months.

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of the Village of Suttons Bay which has yet to be developed and includes West Grand Traverse Bay water frontage.

Bahle said that because of deadlines for placing issues on the November 2011 ballot, the issue would be discussed immediately with the township’s Parks and Recreation Committee. A special meeting of the township board could be scheduled to discuss a ballot proposal prior to the board’s next regular monthly meeting on Sept. 14.

Township clerk Sandra VanHuystee, who brought up the idea of a new millage proposal for parks at last week’s meeting, said she would look into whether other issues will be included on the November 2011 ballot by the county, school districts or other units of government. She noted that the cost of conducting an election should also be a factor in the township board’s decision on whether to place a millage proposal on the ballot.

Treasurer Herman said she believed that any extra-voted millage should be applied to real property only, not to personal property because that generally puts a greater burden on local business owners.

Herman estimated that a quarter-mill tax imposed only on real property in Suttons Bay Township would bring in $53,740 in tax revenues in the first year of the levy.

No decision has been made on how many years the new tax would be levied if approved by voters – or even if the township board will ask voters to consider approving the tax increase.

Herman said that on a “homestead� property with a taxable value of $100,000, a quarter-mill extra-voted levy would add $25 to the annual tax bill.

In other business related to parks at its Aug. 10 meeting, the Suttons Bay Township Board: • Authorize Drozdalski to apply for a $3,000 grant from Consumer’s Energy

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The northernmost 20 acres of the property will be developed to include tennis courts, soccer fields, a pavilion and other amenities. The southern portion of the property will remain mostly natural with walking trails and wildlife viewing areas.

The park property also includes ponds and a part of Leo Creek which feeds Suttons Bay and Lake Michigan. The natural features of the park prompted the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund to pay $270,000 of the $555,000 purchase price for the property.

The family of the late Ralph Herman sold the property to the township for use as a park in keeping with his dying wishes. Much of the additional cost of acquiring the property, cleaning it up and beginning development have been covered through a variety of grant sources and private fundraising. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we do put a millage proposal on a ballot this fall, we should make sure the money can be used for all of our parks, not just Herman Park,â&#x20AC;? said township supervisor Rich Bahle.

The rest of the board agreed by consensus.

The township also owns and operates Steimel Park on the Stony Point waterfront, as well Graham Green Park in Peshawbestown, along with several other smaller park properties. In addition, the township owns more than 40 acres of park property known as the 45th Parallel Park on M-22 just north

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The Suttons Bay Township Board may again ask township voters to approve a quarter-mill property tax increase to help pay for the townshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expanding parks programs.

Some 60 percent of Suttons Bay Township voters rejected a similar ballot initiative in the November 2010 General Election â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but township officials say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping for a better result in November 2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are now beginning to see real progress being made at Herman Park and are asking about it,â&#x20AC;? said township treasurer Kathy Herman, whose husband is distantly related to the family for whom the park is named. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the time may be right to ask voters again whether theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be willing to contribute a modest amount to supporting their townshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parks.

In recent weeks, construction has begun on the first phase of development of Herman Community Park, a 126-acre parcel located just south of the Suttons Bay Public Schools campus on Herman Road along County Road 633 (Center Highway).

It was estimated that phase one of the Herman Park development project would cost more than $357,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but the township had only $220,000 available in its coffers for the project.

Almost all of that money has come from state and local grant sources as well as a private fundraising campaign.

Township trustee Bill Drozdalski, who serves on the townshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parks and Recreation Commission and has also played a key role in an independent fundraising campaign, noted that less than $5,000 was raised by the private fundraising group through its booth at this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Suttons Bay Art Fair, but that an anonymous donor had agreed to match the amount raised. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So far, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been using a lot of volunteers to clean up our park properties and keep the grass mowed,â&#x20AC;?

Drozdalski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, I agree it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt to ask taxpayers one more time if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to help pay to maintain their parks, particularly because so many people are noticing development at Herman Park.â&#x20AC;?

Late last month, township officials formally broke ground for development at Herman Park. Since then, earthmovers, bulldozers and other heavy equipment from Team Elmers have been on the scene building a parking lot and preparing the ground for additional amenities.

Drozdalski and Suttons Bay Townshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff planner Kathy Egan also serve on the Leelanau County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority which has used thousands of dollars in federal and state grant funding to assess the park property for contamination

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Officials of the Charter Township of Elmwood plan to hire an independent auditing firm that might help find a way out of the township’s continuing obligation to fund a financially troubled septage treatment plant in neighboring Grand Traverse County.

At the township board’s regular monthly meeting last week, township supervisor Jack Kelly shared with the public and fellow board members a “scope of work” document that he and township attorney Jim Young drafted which has been sent to several local auditing firms that might be interested in bidding on the project.

The project would involve an audit of financial and legal documents outlining the township’s complex relationship with Grand Traverse County, its Board of Public Works, and four other townships involved in financing the septage treatment plant. The plant has lost money ever since it was constructed. Design flaws led to a massive spill of septage shortly after the plant went into operation in the summer of 2005.

Kelly suggested that the board could authorize him to select an auditing firm as soon as bids come in. He also suggested that he could call a special meet-

ing for the board to decide which auditing firm to hire. Alternatively, he said, the decision on hiring an auditor could wait until next month’s regular township board meeting.

“What’s the rush?” asked township trustee Don Gallagher.

“We want to get started on this as soon as possible,” Kelly said. “The board of public works does not have the will to raise user fees even though that’s what’s supposed to be funding the plant — and we’re looking at red ink as far as the eye can see. The township’s good faith and credit are on the line.”

Township trustee Dave Darga said he was not in favor of holding a special meeting but believed the board should wait until next month’s regular meeting to decide which auditing firm to hire.

A motion to that effect by clerk Connie Preston carried in a 7-0 vote of the board.

During a public comment opportunity at the meeting, zoning board of appeals member Tony Ansorge noted that he’d filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Grand Traverse Board of Public Works seeking copies of all documents that obligated Elmwood Township to help pay for the septage treatment plant.

Ansorge said the township is a party to five separate contracts related to the

plant.

“The contracts say this facility was to be paid for through user fees,” Ansorge said. “The Board of Public Works said it would set rates sufficient to cover expenses for the plant, and if the BPW had done what it said it would do, we would not be here.”

Earlier this year, Grand Traverse county officials settled a lawsuit with an engineering firm responsible for the plant’s faulty design, but the $750,000 has yet to be disbursed. Meanwhile, the state of Michigan has notified local governments that their practice of “loaning” money to the Department of Public Works to keep the plant’s finances afloat violates state regulations. Also, the State of Michigan has adopted a new law to reorganize Boards of Public Works that could affect how such treatment plants are run and may ask township supervisors to serve on a newly reorganized Board of Public Works.

“There is such a level of complexity here that we just don’t have the professional expertise to decide on a course of action,” Kelly told the township board at their regular monthly meeting Aug. 8.

“When I look at Elmwood’s $235,000 in shortfalls over the next six years, it seems reasonable to spend a little money now to hire someone who can sort some of this out for us.”

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The Leelanau Township Board approved extending a moratorium on land use permit applications for any medical marijuana dispensaries another six months.

In a phone report from supervisor James Neve he said the board approved extending the moratorium until March 2012.

“It was set to expire on Sept. 12 and we were acting on a request from the township Planning Commission,” he said.

The planning commission is working with its consultants to come up with language to guide where medical marijuana dispensaries should go in the township.

Neve said part of the challenge is what is and isn’t allowed as far as regulating these businesses changes on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis.

“I think what this shows is that legislating by referendum is not the best form

of government,” Neve said.

In other business, the board: • Approved setting a public hearing for Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. in the township hall to take public input on the eradication zones suggested by the county Soil Conservation District for eliminating the invasive species version of phragmites. Neve said the public hearing is required by the state before any spraying of an herbicide to eliminate the plant is allowed.

• Renewed its health insurance plan with Priority Health. The premium for 2011 will be $75,667. Neve said the township adopted a Health Saving Accounts (HSA) plan for all of its full time employees last year. The township saved about $14,000 by switching to the HSA plan from a traditional health insurance plan.

“We used $12,400 of those savings to front-load each employees HSA to cover their deductible and any other expense,” Neve said. The premium for last

year was $63,147, but if you add in the $12,400 the township used to supplement the HSAs, the township spent $75,547.

“That means our overall spending on the health insurance plan premium dropped $448.80,” Neve said. The board will not be front loading any of the employees HSA for this year.

• Approved switching the township Zoning Administrator position pay from salary to hourly wage. For 2009-10 Zoning Administrator Deb Serwin received $27,868 in an annual salary. For the current fiscal year she will be paid $24.36 an hour. She will be in her township office two days a week and serve about 10 hours a week. The board also approved Serwin’s annual request for a leave of absence from mid October to mid May. Neve said the leave was approved on the condition Serwin make herself available for phone calls and return for zoning or planning meetings as required.

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• Scheduled a public hearing at the Sept. 12 meeting, allowing waterfront property owners in the township to “show cause” why they should not be included in a phragmites eradication effort as specified in a township ordinance. Kelly said he’d heard from Leelanau Conservation District officials who are managing a project to wipe out the invasive weed, and the program was 85 percent successful last year, requiring more herbicide spraying this year. Kelly said consideration is being given to expanding the program to portions of south Lake Leelanau in Elmwood Township, as well as Cedar Lake.

•Accepted Kelly’s nomination of AvondaleLane resident John Riegling to fill a vacancy on the township’s zoning board of appeals – a body that has not met in more than two years, according to Kelly. A vacancy for an alternate member of the zoning board of appeals remains unfilled.

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The Elmwood Township Board last week took action on several issues that are expected to result in improvements at the township’s marina.

In unanimous 7-0 votes at its regular monthly meeting on Aug. 8, the board: • Agreed to accept some $42,180 in grant funding from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to help pay for installation of a third boat sewage pumpout facility on a dock at the marina.

The estimated cost of acquiring and installing the additional system is $52,000 with money flowing through the township’s Marina Fund.

• Agreed to ask consultant Heather Harris-Brady of the Gourdie-Fraser engineering firm to apply for a grant from the Great Lakes Fisheries Trust that would underwrite construction of a fishing pier at the marina. The board autho-

rized a payment of $1,035 for HarrisBrady’s services plus an additional $600 if renderings and maps are required.

• Agreed to hire Harris-Brady to proceed with the second phase of a process to identify firms capable of putting together a new and detailed master plan for the township marina. Managing that process will cost the township around $3,000. Bids from design firms were being reviewed by the Marina Committee today, Aug. 18, with the township board making a final decision on the design consultant at its next regular monthly meeting on Sept. 12.

Agreed to expend $1,283 for Consumer’s Energy to upgrade lighting at the marina’s boat launch ramp.

In other business at last week’s meeting, the board of the Charter Township of Elmwood also: • Renewed a routine, annual franchise agreement with Consumer’s Energy, allowing the power company to utilize township rights-of-way for utilities.

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Tribe prepares for Pow Wow

By Eric Carlson Of The Enterprise staff

Tribal elder Howard Raphael and his cousin Glenn Petoskey took some time last week to scope out the Pow Wow grounds on the reservation of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Peshawbestown.

The grounds had been freshly mowed in anticipation of this weekend’s traditional Jingtamok (Pow Wow), to which everyone — native and non-native alike — is invited.

“We’ll be tending the sacred fire for the Pow Wow and wanted to make sure everything is set up the way it’s supposed to be,” Petoskey explained.

The lighting of the sacred fire is one of the first things that occurs at a Pow Wow, and the fire is tended continuously throughout the two-day event.

“You need to use the fire to warm up the drums,” Petoskey said. “The drums don’t sound right if the skins aren’t stretched the right way, and you need just the right amount of heat to do that.”

In addition to tending the sacred fire, Raphael and Petoskey will also be in charge of about a dozen young men who will also serve as fire tenders and general helpers throughout the Pow Wow. “We’ll be showing these boys how to be warriors – in a good way,” Petoskey said. “Being a warrior doesn’t always mean being a fighter. It

means being ready to sacrifice for your people and to help them in any way you can.”

The boys will also help seat elders at the Pow Wow as well as do general cleanup and provide overnight security at the Pow Wow grounds. Raphael and Petoskey were also scoping out where their tents will be located in relation to a sweat lodge tucked up into ravine near the Pow Wow grounds.

“Too many tribal members have forgotten the old ways,” said Raphael.

“It’s good to be able to help our young people understand more about our traditions. Pow Wows are just a way for people to come together, and it’s important to remember that just having fun together is a big part of the tradition.”

As usual, the Pow Wow will be preceded by the tribe’s annual Health Fair for tribal members at the Strongheart Center near the Pow Wow grounds. The 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. event on Friday will include a variety of activities and demonstrations related to the tribe’s health programs.

Then, at 5 p.m. on Friday, a community feast will be held near the Pow Wow grounds, with tribal members sharing food prepared at home.

Officially, the Pow Wow begins on Saturday, Aug. 20 at 1 p.m., when the first of three “grand entries” occurs on the Pow Wow grounds. The grand entry is when drummers and singers in the center of the Pow Wow grounds

TRIBAL ELDER Howard Raphael, right, and his cousin Glenn Petoskey inspect a fire ring and fuel available for the sacred fire they will tend for this weekend’s Peshawbestown Pow Wow. Petoskey’s dog “Baby” accompanied the men. herald the entry of dancers wearing a variety of traditional and colorful regalia.

Grand entries will also be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday and at noon on Sunday.

The master of ceremonies at this year’s event will be Tribal Chairman Derek Bailey. The arena director will be Steve Schwander. This year’s featured drummers and singers, known as the “Host drum,” will be a group known as “Str8 Across” from

Menominee, Wis. “Invited drums” will include the Grand Traverse Band’s own Medicine Lodge Singers plus the group “Ribbon Town.”

The Pow Wow grounds are located about four miles north of the Village of Suttons Bay off M-22. Signs were being posted throughout the community. Those heading north on M-22 past Suttons Bay should turn left on Stallman Road and then right at the

Medicine Lodge, following signs to a parking area near the Pow Wow grounds.

Dozens of vendors offering traditional Native American foods and handcrafts will be on hand with items for sale near the Pow Wow grounds beginning Saturday morning.

The Pow Wow is billed as a “drug and alcohol free event.”

Admission to the Pow Wow is free and everyone is invited.

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By Eric Carlson Of The Enterprise staff

The Tribal Chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Derek Bailey, traveled downstate to Holland last week to meet with another head of state, U.S. President Barack Obama.

Bailey had been invited by the White House to attend an address by President Obama on Thursday at the Johnson Controls facility in Holland.

The president’s speech highlighted the key role that innovative technologies will play in helping automakers achieve new fuel economy standards and spur economic growth.

In 2010, at President Obama’s invitation, Bailey became a member of the president’s 15-member National Advisory Council on Indian Education. The two leaders had met briefly during Obama’s 2009 visit to Michigan.

“It was definitely a privilege to

again meet with President Obama during one of his visits to Michigan,” Bailey told the Enterprise this week.

“I sincerely appreciate the outreach from the Obama administration to the Grand Traverse Band.”

Bailey said he was especially impressed with statements the president made about the need for everyone to work together to make America stronger.

“I also appreciated his comment about not putting ‘party before Country,’” Bailey added.

Bailey’s visit to Holland last week to hear Obama’s speech was followed by a photo opportunity and a chance for the Tribal Chairman to chat briefly with the president.

Bailey was sworn in as Tribal Chairman in 2008 and is the youngest chairman in the tribe’s history. He holds a Master of Social Work degree from Grand Valley State University.

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• $30,000 to Northport Public School for its Indian Education Program.

• $80,000 to Suttons Bay Public Schools for the district’s Indian Education Program.

• $11,000 to Northport Public School to provide students in grades 6-12 with laptop computers.

• $8,000 to the Suttons BayBingham District Library for electrical work and other improvements to the library building.

• $28,743 to Suttons Bay Public Schools for its Anishnabemowin (Native American language) program.

• $15,903 to Suttons Bay Township for a non-profit Neighborhood Assistance Ministry program providing financial support to needy families.

•$25,000 to the Suttons BayBingham Fire and Rescue Authority to fund fire and rescue training.

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DEREK BAILEY, Tribal Chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, shakes hands with President Barack Obama in Holland last week.

Units of government and nonprofit organizations in Leelanau County will receive about 35 percent of the $748,774 being distributed by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians as part of a courtordered casino revenue sharing agreement.

Tribal officials announced the semiannual “2-percent” allocations – required under a 1993 federal court consent decree — during a ceremony that included traditional Native American drumming and singing at a media event last week at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme.

Twice annually, the tribe is required to distribute two percent of the revenue it derives from slot machines to local units of government or nonprofit organizations that apply for the money through their local unit of government. The tribe owns and operates the Leelanau Sands Casino in Peshawbestown and the Turtle Creek Casino in Grand Traverse County.

Because the casinos are located on sovereign tribal lands, the tribe pays no local property taxes on them.

In an Aug. 10 news release, tribal officials said the Tribal Council deter-

mined during a special session on July 27 which organizations would receive allocations. The tribe had received 89 applications outlining some $2.5 million in requests from throughout its six-county service area. The amount available for summer payout was to be distributed to 34 applicants.

The $748,774 being distributed is up about three-tenths of one-percent from the amount distributed this time last year, indicating that the amount of revenue the tribe is earning from slot machines is up slightly since last year.

Between winter payouts in 2010 and 2011, allocations increased by roughly three percent. Since the 2-percent allocations began in 1994, the tribe has allocated some $27,251,767 to hundreds of local organizations.

Following are the tribe’s summer allocations to units of government and nonprofit organizations in Leelanau County: • $63,875 as part of a governmentto-government contract with Leelanau

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Judge’s wife faces ‘super’ drunk charges Stocking said the State Court Administration office in Gaylord will appoint a judge from outside the district to hear the case.

“The case will be heard in Leelanau County, but a judge from outside the district will oversee it,” she said.

If Stowe is found guilty of the misdemeanor charge, she faces a maximum penalty of six months in jail, a $700 fine, 15 days community service work, must attend rehabilitative programs, pay the costs of prosecution and reimburse the government for emergency responses costs.

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Court documents show that on Aug. 6 Stowe was driving on Cherry Bend Road in Elmwood Township when she was pulled over by a county Sheriff’s Department sergeant. After he detected signs of intoxication, Stowe allegedly failed field sobriety tests.

Datamaster breathlyzer tests taken at the county Jail showed results of .23 and .24 blood alcohol content, which is three times the legal limit of .08.

All of the judges in the 86th District Court have declared a conflict of interest as she is the wife of a colleague.

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According to documents, Facebook chat between Ruth and the Traverse City man indicated that injuries to the victim were to be substantial.

A review of Ruth’s court files show he has 13 prior convictions, mainly misdemeanor offenses. If he is found or pleads guilty to the charge, the maximum penalty is 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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A Traverse City man could spend 10 years in prison after allegedly conspiring to beat-up another man for $1,200.

David J. Ruth, 34, of 1910 Brimley Rd., Traverse City, was arraigned Friday by county Magistrate Judge Norene Kastys on a felony charge of conspiracy to commit assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 26 at 2:30 p.m. He remains lodged in the county Jail after failing to post 10 percent of a $500,000 bond.

of not guilty entered on his behalf to driving while license suspended; a pretrial conference is scheduled for Aug. 26 at 1 p.m.; bond continued.

Austin T. Johnson, 19, 190 S. Shore Dr., Suttons Bay — Pleaded guilty under deferred sentencing rules to possession of marijuana; to perform three days of community service work in lieu of serving six days in jail; $100 fine; $800 costs; $75 state crime victims fund; $53 state judicial fee; not to consume nor be in possession of any alcohol or illegal drugs; must obtain a substance abuse assessment and follow all recommendations; to take and pass four times monthly random drug testing; to take and pass discretionary alcohol and or drug screenings; must provide list of prescription medications to probation officers; one year probation; if defendant meets all sentencing and probation requirements, this charge will be dropped.

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Tiffany R. Cox, 25, 5380 Sylvan Ct., Honor — Arraigned for third offense felony drunk driving and second offense driving while license suspended; a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 26 at 2:45 p.m.; bond continued.

Vance C. Peck, 47, 9319 Bingham Rd., Traverse City — Sentenced for selling/furnishing alcohol to a minor; to perform six days of community service work in lieu of serving 12 days in jail; $100 fine; $200 costs; $48 state judicial fee; to take and pass twice monthly random drug testing; to take and pass discretionary alcohol and drug screenings; one year probation.

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Bernard A. Brow, 77, 12570 N. Cathead Point Rd., Northport — Stood mute with a plea of not guilty entered on his behalf to driving with open intoxicant in a motor vehicle; pretrial conference is scheduled for Aug. 26 at 1 p.m.; bond continued.

Kevin S. Nemitz, 49, 10201 S. Tower Rd., Maple City — Arraigned for third offense felony drunk driving and fourth degree fleeing and eluding a police office; a preliminary hearing is scheduled for tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.; bond continued.

Lisa K. Hill, 50, 6200 E. Amore Rd., Lake Leelanau — Pleaded guilty to driving while license suspended; $100 fine; $100 court costs; $75 state crime victims fund; $53 state judicial fee.

David J. Ruth, 34, 1910 Brimley Rd., Traverse City — Arraigned for conspiracy to commit assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder; a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 26 at 2:30 p.m.; bond continued.

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Cynthia M. Stowe, 49, of 9524 Echo Valley Dr., Traverse City appeared before county Magistrate Judge Norene Kastys Friday to plead not guilty to a charge of drunk driving with blood alcohol content of .17 or greater. She is free on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond. A pretrial conference was scheduled for yesterday at 1 p.m.

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Sheri L. Ritter, 52, 319 W. Meinrad St., Lake Leelanau — Dog at large; $5 fine, $98 costs.

Garrett W. Bassett, 18, 8900 E. Pleasant Hill Dr., Suttons Bay — No proof of insurance; $25 fine and costs.

Lake Ann Hardwoods, 17437 Almira Rd., Lake Ann — Commercial vehicle defective equipment, $200 fine, $150 costs; no annual inspection report, $60 fine, $60 costs.

Taylor J. Ellenberger, 17, 8448 S. Maple City Rd., Maple City — Expired registration; $8 fine, $62 costs.

Jeffrey L. Taber, 46, 2997 S. Center Hwy., Suttons Bay — 65 in 55 mph zone, reduced from 73; $7 fine, $103 costs.

Holly Sorenson, 71, 10070 W. Niagara St., P.O. Box 8, Empire — 65 in 55 mph zone; $7 fine, $103 costs.

Joshua A. Cole, 23, 4315 Manhattan W., Traverse City — Violation of basic speed law, failed to stop within assured clear distance; $8 fine, $137 costs.

Daniel Gorman, 41, 529 Montcliare Dr., SE, Albuquercue, N.M. — 60 in 55 mph zone; $6 fine, $94 costs.

Michael A. Ray, 17, 4590 Stoneliegh Rd., Bloomfield Hills — 65 in 55 mph zone; $7 fine, $103 costs.

Sara M. King, 22, 2524 Hammond Rd. E., Traverse City — Failed to yield rightof-way; $8 fine, $112 costs.

Susanne C. Pilath, 52, 934 St. Michaels Highland, Suttons Bay — 70 in 55 mph zone, reduced from 76; $9 fine, $121 costs.

Bruce R. Bisballe, 57, 43 Greenbrier St., Grosse Pointe — 45 in 40 mph zone, reduced from 55; $6 fine, $94 costs.

Alise Else, 27, 210 W. 8th St., Apt. 2,

Traverse City — Expired registration; $8 fine, $82 costs.

Eric C. Holzapfel, 65, 7315 Indian Hill rd., Cincinnati — Towing skier without observer in boat; $40 fine, $108 costs.

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EACH RESIDENCE WILL BE ALLOWED: (must be bagged) • No more than 15 bags or equivalent per household • One large white good or appliance; i.e. water heater, dryer etc.

• Furniture, electronics, TVs, monitors, etc.

• Refrigerators, freezers or air-conditioners must have Freon removed and be tagged by a certified technician. Any unit not properly tagged will not be removed!

• Paint cans that are OPEN AND DRY ONLY! • 2 car or truck tires-per residence ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THE FOLLOWING: • Liquids (even in containers, are not allowed) • Yard Waste, clippings, brush, leaves • Chemicals or toxic substances • Batteries, florescent light ballasts • Construction Waste QUESTIONS:

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Link Construction Company, 8152 Deadstream Rd., Honor — Commercial vehicle defective equipment; $200 fine, $150 costs.

Geoffrey M. Foster, 17, 5799 E. Gallivan Rd., Cedar — 70 in 55 mph zone; $9 fine, $121 costs.

Chad M. Twocrow, 18, 10037 E. Fort Rd., Suttons Bay — Expired registration; $8 fine, $82 costs.

Jack B. Deering, 27, P.O. Box 43e, Maple City — No proof of registration; fine and costs suspended.

Benny Lopez Jr., 21, 716 N. Ransom St., Northport — 50 in 45 mph zone, reduced from 58; $6 fine, $94 costs.

Dennis R. Riday, 64, 207 N. Maple St., Bowling Green, Ohio — No personal flotation device on child under the age of six; $25 fine, $70 costs.

SVEC Construction, Inc., 2748 Garfield Rd. N., Ste. 18, Traverse City — Commercial vehicle defective equipment; $200 fine, $150 costs.

Stanz Dozer Service, Dunns Farm Road, Maple City — Commercial vehicle defective equipment, $200 fine, $150 costs; no annual inspection reports, $60 fine, $60 costs.

Jennifer Carlson, 49, 1730 Pelican Cove — GL 358, Sarasota, Fla. — Improper parking; $85 fine and costs.

Nancy D. Wright, 63, 7377 W. Day Forest Rd., Empire — 65 in 55 mph zone, reduced from 74; $7 fine, $103 costs.

Gertrude A. Shorter, 61, 195 E. Traverse Hwy., Maple City — 45 in 40 mph zone, reduced from 55; $6 fine $94 costs.

Matthew L. Galla, 17, 1555 E. Narlock Rd., Cedar — Violation of local control ordinance, jumping from the Glen Lake Narrows bridge; $15 fine, $108 costs.

Lisa K. Hill, 50, 6200 E. Amore Rd., Lake Leelanau — 30 in 25 mph zone, reduced from 40; $6 fine, $94 costs.

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PRO CYCLISTS in the State Championship Road Race strap on their helmets following the national anthem in downtown Cedar.

FANS LINE the west side of Kasson in downtown Cedar waiting for cyclists to come through.

Ride in Cedar draws crowd, praise A VOLUNTEER at the intersection of Kasson and Bellinger Roads in Cedar points the direction at the start of the Women’s Cat 3 race.

TOM PLEVA, owner of Pleva's Meats of Cedar, grills some cherry brats under a tent near the start/finish line.

“It was a lot of fun riding in the populated areas,” Barrons said. “It seems like a lot of people came out to see what was happening.

“And the volunteers and police and fire personnel were just awesome.”

Barrons, who competed and finished all three races over the weekend, admitted he was tired.

“I was worried I’d get dropped, but I didn’t,” he said. “It was a lot of fun racing and organizing the event.

“And it was fun hearing so many people cheering along the roads.

Without them, we’re just out riding our bikes by ourselves.”

Although there were a number of scrapes and falls over weekend, Barrons said it was good one. In fact, the charity ride on Saturday scraped together over $6,000 for Munson’s Women’s Cancer Fund.

RUBY HOGAN, 6, left, and Finn, 8, of Cedar man a lemonade stand on Sullivan Road at the Feed Station for cyclists.

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Hundreds of cyclists rode in and out of Cedar all day Sunday trying to claim a state championship.

While dozens of cyclists took their divisions and speciallydesigned commemorative jerseys and left town after the State Championship Road Race, the big winner may have been Cedar and Leelanau County.

Many riders, numbering almost 500, were in town for the first time.

“I thought it was a great boost for Cedar and the community,” said Tom Pleva, owner of Pleva’s Meats and a race sponsor.

Pleva ran a concession tent near the finish line while his business stayed open at the other end of town.

“From what I understand, a lot of folks weren’t from the area and they were trying my product as well as experiencing the hills for the first time,” Pleva said. “And a lot of these people are coming back.”

The Cherry Robiaux, which hosted the state championship Sunday along with sprints, a charity ride and a Criterium on Friday and Saturday in Traverse City, has a two-year commitment from the Michigan Bike Race Association to host the state road race again next summer.

“I think it was great for the community and although there were a some logistic issues, I thought it went well,” he said.

Pleva also had a tent at the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Food & Music Festival on Saturday said business was better on Sunday in Cedar.

“Maybe the weather had something to do with it on Saturday,” he said. “But Sunday was a nice extra boost for business.”

Pleva sold cherry brats and homemade hot dogs, a family recipe over 100 years old.

Tim Barrons, media director and cyclist, said Sunday’s event went off with very few hitches.

“I think it was a success allaround,” Barrons said. “And Sunday’s race was a culmination of the year in cycling and a lot of racers left with a good impression.

“It was a challenging course.”

Barrons said cyclists were happy with the spectator support and volunteers along the course.

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A dog day afternoon in Northport Sixty-seven dogs and their owners took to the streets of Northport Saturday for the annual Dog Parade.

The Gone With the Wind-themed event featured Civil War era costumes and music by the Northport Community Band.

“I think the overcast day may have had an effect, the crowd was bigger than ever so I

SARAH MEAD Wall joined friend David Chrobak for the first time in several years at Saturday’s Dog Parade in Northport. The duo worked together in the early days of the parade.

TUCKER, the ‘mayor of Omena’, made an appearance in Northport and was named the “most political” entry in Saturday’s dog parade. He is accompanied by owner, Bob Joyce and driver, Roche Featherstone.

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JOAN KALCHIK TenBrock of Omena was all gussied-up with her pooch in the Dog Parade.

think a lot of dogs that might have been in the parade just watched instead of dressing up,” organizer David Chrobak said.

He and Sara Mead Wall, who encouraged Chrobak to organize the event more than 15 years ago, gave a tribute to Woody’s Settlin’ Inn which was recently “gone with the wind”. The longtime watering hole was razed last month. The sign that hung outside the inn was on their float.

“It just all seemed to fall into place with the gone with the wind theme,” Chrobak said.

“The Fish Queens” doled out awards in many categories including parade “king and queen”, “best use of blood” and “most political.”

Numerous local businesses donated gift certificates and every dog received a gift bag from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians which included a biscuit, collapsible water dish and bottle of water.

The Wine, Food & Music Festival sponsored on the same day in Northport attracted 1,200 participants. (see picture, page 15)

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Sleeping Bear Heritage trail starts with groundbreaking

By Carol Thompson Enterprise intern

Packs of cyclists biking along M-109 on Friday set a perfect scene for the groundbreaking of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail (SBHT).

The riders passed the Dune Clumb during a ceremonial first dig for a multi-use trail that will eventually connect the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore from Empire to Good Harbor Bay and give Lakeshore visitors a healthy, safe and environmentally-friendly way to travel between park attractions.

The ceremony signified the beginning of construction of the first segment of the trail stretching from the Dune Climb to Glen Arbor and was an opportunity for involved speakers to talk about the trail, the work that’s gone into it and what will come of the endeavor.

A large group of community members, representatives from involved organizations and campaign sponsors spilled out from under the tent to hear Lakeshore superintendent Dusty Schultz, Tom Nixon of the Leelanau Scenic Heritage Route Committee, midwest regional deputy director Patricia Trap from the National Park Service, Bob Sutherland from Cherry Republic and Sen. Carl Levin speak.

“If anything could dramatize the need for this ... it was the number of bicyclists on the road this morning,” Levin said.

For Levin, offering a safe way for people to enjoy the Lakeshore’s scenic shoreline while continuing to mind the environment is an important step.

“We want to protect our wilderness, but we want to have access and safety to it,” Levin said.

Theresa Sullivan, of Empire, attended the ceremony to show her support of the trail and the Lakeshore. She’s a member of Sole Sisters, a walking group that meets every day to walk on the trails around Empire and only has six more miles to go on the Betsie Valley Trail in Benzie County until she’s walked the entire thing.

When she first heard about the trail, Sullivan was disappointed that it wasn’t going to be more “natural.”

“The more I read, I’m convinced it will benefit more people if it’s paved,” Sullivan said.

Others at the ceremony didn’t agree and wore green T-shirts advocating the use of crushed limestone on the entire trail instead of asphalt. Some also handed out flyers, which said limestone is simpler to maintain, less slippery and would slow bikers to a safer speed.

But according to the plan, the trail surfaces will be mostly paved, boardwalk in wet areas and crushed limestone in historic areas like Glen Haven and Port Oneida and suitable for walkers, bikers, strollers and wheelchairs.

SEN. CARL LEVIN tosses dirt into the air at the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail groundbreaking ceremony at the Dune Climb.

“Just looking at all the bikers on the road today, I think it will be a phenomenal success,” Sullivan said.

Many of the bikers in Leelanau County on Friday were part of the League of Michigan Bicyclists’ Shoreline West Bicycle Tour, which had 502 riders participating in tours along Lake Michigan.

Chris Ferlinc and Bill Cashel of Cleveland, Ohio were part of the tour and stopped at the Dune Climb just after the ceremony. Although they hadn’t heard before about the SBHT, both were enthusiastic about the plan because it would give bikers a place to ride away from cars.

“Any trail is a good trail,” Ferlinc said.

Sutherland also spoke about safety when he addressed the crowd. His fiveyear-old son Colebrook had just learned to ride a bicycle, a skill he displayed during his father’s speech, but didn’t have a lot of safe places to practice riding. Sutherland said he looks forward to the day his sons can ride safely on the SBHT. Levin commended the democratic process used to make decisions about the trail, which allowed community members the opportunity to discuss trail plans.

TRAIL SUPPORTERS line up for a ceremonial A CROWD gathered under and around a tent at first dig at the site of the Sleeping Bear Heritage the Dune Climb on Friday for the Sleeping Bear Trail.

Heritage Trail groundbreaking ceremony.

Last Monday, the Village of Empire planning commission held a public input meeting where village residents could discuss where the trail should run through Empire.

“We were just going through ideas and thoughts of criteria that might be considered when looking for a route or routes,” said planning commission member Leonard Marszalek.

Traffic, biker safety and speed were all points of discussion, but people were enthusiastic about the trail and

hoped it would attract people to the village.

“There were no negative comments at all,” Marszalek said. “There was a general attitude of making Empire a bike-friendly village.”

No firm route was identified, and comments are still being accepted until the end of August, when the planning commission will begin putting the comments together. In late September, Marszalek expects to take the report to the village council and make a decision

in spring or summer next year.

With the trail beginning in Empire near the Lakeshore visitor center, Marszalek hopes it will bring more business to the area’s stores and the visitor center. It will also promote exercise and environmentally-friendly travel through the destinations along Lake Michigan.

“It’s two communities connecting and all the Lakeshore in between,” Marszalek said.

Port Oneida Fair shows off life in the 1800s

DELANEY ROBESON, of Linden, tries using a “pencil sharpener” tool at the Port Oneida Fair to make a part for a chair leg.

The 10th annual Port Oneida Fair took place this weekend, drawing crowds despite cool, cloudy weather and threatening showers. Musicians and artisans showed off their trades to visiting families, who learned all about life in the late 1800s.

Leonard Thoreson, who grew up on Thoreson Farm, sat outside the Thoreson granary during the fair showing visitors a scrapbook with pictures of his family and telling the story of his grandparents’ emigration from Norway. Although he’s a regular at the fair, this year was Thoreson’s first time teaching about the site.

“I thought it would be nice if people know a little history of what went on,” Thoreson said.

The music was a big attraction for some visitors, like Denise Kay of East Lansing who came to the fair with her husband, their two children and a group of friends with their children. They took a carriage ride, learned about beekeeping and espe-

DEREK YATES of Empire planes a piece of cedar wood to make a stave for a wooden barrel. cially enjoyed the livestock. Kay’s daughter now has her mind set on owning a duck, just like the one she saw at the fair.

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Schmidt’s Funtet back for Northport park series

By Carol Thompson Enterprise intern

The Claudia Schmidt Funtet will be making another appearance in Northport on Friday night, entertaining the crowd at the marina with a fusion of jazz and folk. She'll also be performing Saturday at the Traverse City Wine & Art Festival. (see story, page 15) Schmidt has played many times at Northport’s Music in the Park series, where she said the crowd is always cordial and civilized.

“I do love the Northport marina gig,” said Schmidt, who is in the processs of moving from Traverse City to Minneapolis, Minn. “It’s one of my favorites of the summer.”

That’s saying something. Schmidt estimates she’s on the road for most of the year, and has played in gigs across the country. She tours playing solo folk and jazz gigs, and occasionally meets up with the Funtet in Michigan. The Funtet is made of some fundamental musicians playing guitar, mandolin, drums and bass.

At most performances, Schmidt sticks to either folk or jazz music to try and please the audiences. If she were hired by a folk music society she wouldn’t show up in a sequined dress and sing bebop.

“You kind of have to vibe out who-

ever’s promoting the show and find out what they want,” Schmidt said.

Spoken word is often an element of Schmidt’s performance. She said it developed in folk, but it’s present in the old jazz scene. It’s just part of what she does.

Schmidt doesn’t like the narrow categorizing of music, and generally sneaks a little bit of both jazz and folk into her performances. The way people try to fit music into narrow categories infuriates her.

“I’m trying to stretch people’s ears a little bit,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt doesn’t have any specific influences, and said she takes more inspiration from sounds than individual songs or musicians. She looks for musical moments in everyday life, which can happen any time.

“I’ve always been more of a sponge than a specialist,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt began her singing career in a local choir when she was five years old, and has never looked back. In fact, when she was out of high school she ran away with a theatre group until she made it to the Windy City.

In the early 70s, Schmidt moved to Chicago for a day job and happened to walk into a lively folk music scene within a year.

“I found myself quitting my day job and turning to music,” Schmidt said. “It

THE CLAUDIA SCHMIDT FUNTET will be performing on Friday night at 7 p.m. in Northport as part of the Music in the Park series. was kind of serendipitous.”

Considering her passion for performing and schedule full of gigs, she made the right decision.

“Performing suits me,” Schmidt said. “It’s my natural habitat.”

Schmidt’s been performing for so long that she can be really in the moment during a show and doesn’t have to rely on props or a "shtick" to get her through. She can focus on the times when everything clicks, when the

audience is engaged and she’s energetic. It rarely clicks for a whole show, but it can happen anywhere.

Schmidt tries to get her audience involved in her shows by getting them to chime in on songs or participate. She tries to be inviting and give every performance really good energy for the crowd.

“I encourage active listening,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt is moving to Minneapolis because she spends so much time on

the road going to shows in that part of the country.

“It’s just more in the middle of where my work is,” Schmidt said.

She couldn’t justify spending all the gas money and wants to keep herself in business.

“Less in the tank, more in the bank,” Schmidt said.

Claudia Schmidt and the Funtet will be performing at Marina Park on Bay Street in Northport on Friday at 7 p.m.

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Lake Leelanau from 9:30 to 2 a.m.

• Karaoke at the Western Avenue Bar & Grill in Glen Arbor from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 19: • Micki Free performs at the Leelanau Sands Casino at 8 p.m.

• Claudia Schmidt Funtet plays jazz at Music in the Park in Marina Park in Northport at 7 p.m.

• Karaoke at the Western Avenue Bar & Grill in Glen Arbor from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

• Karaoke at the Cedar Tavern from 9:30 to 2 a.m.

• DJ Mr. Markis plays at the Elements Lounge in Peshawbestown from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

Aug. 23: • Open Mic Night at O’Keefe’s Firehouse Pub in Suttons Bay at 10 p.m.

Aug. 20: • Chico & The Other Band featuring Ruby John at the Elements Lounge in Peshawbestown • Karaoke at Kerby’s Bar and Grill in Maple City at 9 p.m.

• Karaoke at Dick’s Pour House in

Aug. 25: • 45th Parallel Polka Band plays at the Elements Lounge in Peshawbestown from 1 to 5 p.m.

Aug. 26: • New Third Coast plays folk and bluegrass at Music in the Park in Marina Park in Northport at 7 p.m.

• DJ Mr. Markis plays at the Elements Lounge in Peshawbestown from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

• Karaoke at the Western Avenue Bar & Grill in Glen Arbor from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

• Karaoke at the Cedar Tavern from 9:30 to 2 a.m.

Aug. 27: • Karaoke at Kerby’s Bar and Grill in Maple City at 9 p.m.

• Karaoke at Dick’s Pour House in Lake Leelanau from 9:30 to 2 a.m.

• Karaoke at the Western Avenue Bar & Grill in Glen Arbor from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Aug. 30: • Open Mic Night at O’Keefe’s Firehouse Pub in Suttons Bay at 10 p.m.

Sept. 2: • Leo Creek Band plays classic rock at Music in the Park in Marina Park in Northport at 7 p.m.

• DJ Mr. Markis plays at the Elements Lounge in Peshawbestown from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

Sept. 4: • Lake Leelanau Barbecue and Blues Festival starts at noon in Lake Leelanau.

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Leelanau Township Notice to the Public Board Proceedings TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011 LEELANAU TOWNSHIP LIBRARY 119 E. NAGONABA ST NORTHPORT, MI 49670 7:00PM Supervisor Neve called the meeting to order at 7:00PM. Board members present: Jim Neve, Denise Dunn, Deb Van Pelt, Ed Reinsch, and Gary Fredrickson.

Three citizens were present. Also present three staff members.

Public Comment was heard Ross Arena, Steve Bailey and Mike Berendsohn.

Agenda set as presented.

Approved minutes of July 12, 2011 regular Board Meeting as presented.

Current bills were approved in the amount of $54,998.28.

Reports were heard from Fire Department; Mike Berendsohn for Hugh Cook, NEMS; Mike Berendsohn for Pat Burguard, and Planning Commission; Ed Reinsch.

Approved the renewal of the Priority Health – HMO Health Savings Account plan.

Approved changing the Zoning Administrator position from salaried to hourly status and establishing office hours effective August 28, 2011.

Approved leave of absence for the Zoning Administrator.

Approved Ordinance #3 of 2011 an Ordinance to amend Ordinance #1 of 2011 Medical Marihuana Moratorium Ordinance.

Approved a quote from Tru Green for one application of lawn fertilizer and weed control at the Leelanau Township Cemetery, Omena Cemetery, Township Hall/Library, ballfield, Peterson Park and Woolsey Airport terminal area.

Approved establishing a Phragmites Australis eradication zone on the Leelanau Township shorelines of Lake Michigan, Grand Traverse Bay, Northport Bay and Omena Bay. Approved a special Leelanau Township Board meeting at 10:00am on Thursday, September 1, 2011 at the township hall for the purpose of holding a public hearing to provide an opportunity for township shoreline property owners to show cause why their property should not be included in the Phragmites Australis eradication zone.

Public Comment Mike Berendsohn.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:49PM. Deb Van Pelt Leelanau Township Clerk

Leelanau Township Notice to the Public TOWNSHIP OF LEELANAU COUNTY OF LEELANAU, STATE OF MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NO. #3 OF 2011 ADOPTED: AUGUST 9, 2011 EFFECTIVE: 1 DAY AFTER PUBLICATION FOLLOWING ADOPTION An ordinance to amend Leelanau Township Ordinance No. 2011-1 so as to extend the moratorium imposed thereunder on the cultivation, storage, sale and/or distribution of marihuana for medical purposes within the Township of Leelanau.

THE TOWNSHIP OF LEELANAU, LEELANAU COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDAINS: SECTION I AMENDMENT OF SECTION II Section II of Leelanau Township Ordinance No. 2011-1 is hereby amended by the amendment of subsections “H” and “I” thereof and by the addition of a new subsection “J” to read as follows: H. Since the adoption of this Ordinance in its original form, the Township has proceeded with diligence to review this matter.

I. That, notwithstanding this, the Township of Leelanau through its Township Board finds that it is in the best interest of the Township that it have further time to study this matter and to prepare and adopt an ordinance or ordinances to accomplish the above goals, such additional time to not exceed the time period prescribed herein.

J. Leelanau Township through its Township Board also deems it prudent and desirable to temporarily defer any consideration or action taken by any Township official and/or agent regarding rezoning, special land use, site plan, land use permit, certificate of occupancy and other proposals, submissions and applications pertaining to medical marihuana land uses.

SECTION II AMENDMENT OF SECTION IV Subsection “A” of Section IV of Leelanau Township Ordinance No. 2011-1 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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A. Based on the findings set forth above, and for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, the Township hereby prohibits the cultivation, storage, sale and/or distribution of marihuana for medical purposes and provides that any Township permits, licenses and approvals including, but not limited to, building permits, land use permits and certificates of occupancy for such uses, be deferred during the period of time that this Ordinance remains in effect, as specified in Section VII set forth herein.

SECTION III AMENDMENT OF SECTION VII Section VII entitled “EXPIRATION OF ORDINANCE” of Leelanau Township Ordinance No. 2011-1 is hereby amended to read as follows: Except as otherwise provided herein, this Ordinance and the moratorium imposed thereunder shall expire upon (1) March 13, 2012 or (2) the effective date of a new Township ordinance or ordinances addressing this matter, whichever occurs first. Prior to the expiration of this Ordinance and moratorium, the Township Board may, by resolution, extend the Ordinance and moratorium for up to an additional ninety (90) days (i.e., up to June 11, 2012) to allow sufficient time to adopt a new Township ordinance or ordinances addressing this matter. A notice of extension shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the Township following adoption of such a resolution.

SECTION IV SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable and if any clause, sentence, word, section or provision is declared void or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any portion of the Ordinance other than said part or portion thereof.

SECTION V EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect one day following publication after adoption. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.

Deborah VanPelt, Clerk Township of Leelanau

Charter Township of Elmwood Notice to the Public NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITH FRONTAGE ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN, WEST GRAND TRAVERSE BAY, ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP Please take note that the Township Board of the Charter Township of Elmwood will conduct a public hearing on September 12, 2011 at approximately 6:00 p.m. at the Elmwood Township Hall, 10090 E. Lincoln Road, Traverse City, Michigan. The purpose of the public hearing is to allow affected property owners in Elmwood Township with frontage along Lake Michigan, Grand Traverse Bay the opportunity to show cause as to why their property should not be included in the Phragmites Eradication Zone for 2011. All properties with frontage along Grand Traverse Bay have been tentatively identified for inclusion in the Phragmites eradication zone; however, only those properties actually containing Phragmites will be treated. The basis for exclusion from the eradication zone is as follows: A) Due to the isolation of the parcel in relation to other parcels, the minor nature of the Phragmites infestation on the parcel, or other similar environmental or location-related factors, exclusion of the parcel from the Phragmites eradication zone will not have a detrimental impact on the effectiveness of Phragmites treatment in the Township, or B) The owner of the parcel (or multiple owners of parcels) has obtained a permit from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment (MDNRE) or other appropriate state or county agency to treat the Phragmites.

Before a property is excluded from the Township program on this basis, however, the property owner(s) shall provide confirmation that the property owner(s) has obtained the necessary permit from the MDNRE for treatment, or from any other appropriate state or county agency, or has written confirmation from the MDNRE or other appropriate agency that a permit is not required. The cost of treatment within the Phragmites Eradication Zone for 2011 is expected to be paid in full by either the Township or by a Federal Grant being handled through the MDNRE and the Leelanau Conservation District.

Jack Kelly, Supervisor Connie Preston, Clerk 18+25

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Public Notice LEELANAU COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Elaine MacKenzie, who lived at 5572 MacFarlane Road, Glen Arbor Michigan, 49636, died June 14th, 2011. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against Elaine MacKenzie, the Howard J. MacKenzie and Elaine K. MacKenzie Joint Tenancy Trust, dated March 2nd, 2006, will be forever barred unless presented to the Successor Trustee, Robert MacKenzie, 6743 N. Greenview Ave., Chicago, IL 60626, within 4 months of this publication.

Charter Township of Elmwood Notice to the Public Please take note that the Township Board of the Charter Township of Elmwood at its regular meeting held on August 8, 2011 adopted Ordinance #2011-6. The ordinance is a renewal of the Consumer’s Energy Franchise ordinance. The ordinance will become effective on August 18, 2011. It is available for review at the Elmwood Township Office located at 10090 E. Lincoln Road, Traverse City, 49684. It is also available on the township’s website, leelanau.cc/elmwoodtwp. asp under ordinances and plans.

Connie Preston Clerk

Empire Township Notice to the Public Board Minutes The following is a synopsis of the August 9, 2011 regular meeting of the Empire Township Board. A complete copy of the minutes may be obtained by contacting the Clerk at 231-326-5349.

Supervisor Bolton called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Members present: Neiswonger, Manning, and Noonan.

Absent: Deering. Minutes of the 7-1211 regular meeting were approved.

Discussion: 1) Board discussed that the outhouses at the campground need to be pumped more regularly. 2) Planning Commission will meet next month to review possible actions re the MI Medical Marihuana Act. Actions approved by motions: 1) Amended 2011/2012 budget. 2) Paid monthly bills.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:07 p.m.

Submitted by Christine M. Neiswonger, Clerk Approved by William B. Bolton, Supervisor

THE LEELANAU Peninsula Wine, Food & Music Festival drew about 1,200 people. The annual event was held Saturday at Haserot Park in Northport. Grey skies and chilly temperatures made for comfortable conditions to sip any of the dozens of varieties of wines from 12 vineyards from the Leelanau and Old Mission Peninsulas as well as beer and hard cider.

Leelanau County wines to be feted in TC festival Leelanau County wines will be front and center Saturday at the third annual Traverse City Wine & Art Festival.

The festival, to be held on the front lawn of the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, will be held rain or shine from 3 to 10 p.m.

“I do a lot of events across the state and the Traverse City Wine & Art Festival is phenomenal,” said Dan Matthies, owner of Chateau Fontaine in Lake Leelanau. “The organizers

create a comfortable and manageable atmosphere for all.”

True to its name, the event will showcase art in many forms. A wide range of high quality Michigan art will be available for purchase and appreciation. The festival will feature music from Claudia Schmidt, Shout Sister Shout and Steppin’ In It. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

Further information is available at www.traversecitywinefestival.com.

Bingham Township Notice to the Public The Bingham Township Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a Public Hearing and consider the following request on Monday, August 22, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bingham Township Hall, 7171 S Center Highway, Traverse City, MI 49684: Request by Jeff and Jill Haag, 10221 E. Bingham Rd, Traverse City, MI 49684, for a variance of the Side Yard Setback to construct an addition to the single family home at 10221 E. Bingham Rd, Traverse City, MI 49684 Property Number 45-001-028-03640.

ZBA Case No. 11-001 The application may be reviewed at the Suttons Bay – Bingham Office of Planning & Zoning, 321 N. St. Joseph Street, Suttons Bay during regular office hours. Written comments will be received until the time of the hearing in person or by mail to Bingham Township, 7171 S. Center Highway, Traverse City, MI 49684, or by fax to (231) 922-0228.

Peggy Core Bingham Township Clerk

Leland Township Planning Commission Notice to the Public PUBLIC HEARING Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.

Leland Township Office 112 W. Philip St. Lake Leelanau, MI 49653 Insignia Holdings requests a major change to a Special Land Use permit for a Planned Unit Development on Main Street in Leland, as required by Leland Township Zoning Ordinance Section 6.08.A.2. The property tax ID is 009-730201-00. The property is zoned C-1.

Details may be reviewed at the Leland Township Office, (231) 2567546. Comments will be accepted during the public hearing. Prior to the public hearing, comments may be sent to Planning Commission, P.O. Box 1112, Leland, MI 49654; faxed to (231) 256-2465, or emailed to depclerk@ lelandtownship.com.

Jane M. Keen, Leland Township Clerk

A KITEBOARDER tries to take advantage of cool temperatures and strong winds on Northport Bay Saturday. The conditions kept most water lovers on land.

Leelanau County Notice to the Public NOTICE OF SPECIAL SESSION There will be a Special Session of the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners on Monday, August 22, 2011, at 11:30 A.M., at the United States District Court, Courtroom 499, Federal Building, 110 Michigan Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503.

THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WILL BE: To attend the Settlement Conference pursuant to the order of the United States District Court of the Western District of Michigan in the case of Kiessel, et al v Leelanau county Sheriff Michael Oltersdorf, et al, File No. 1:09vs-179, and take any necessary action related to the above lawsuit.

Leelanau County will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities upon twenty-four (24) hours notice to Leelanau County. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Leelanau County Clerk by calling as follows: Michelle L. Crocker Leelanau County Clerk 231/256-9824

Campround toilets to get pumped more Rustic toilets at the township campground will be pumped more often after discussion last week by the Empire Township Board.

Board members agreed during its Tuesday’s monthly meeting that increased use of the 60-site campground coupled with this summer’s hot weather conditions have resulted in odor issues.

“We used to have them pumped just once a year, now twice a year,” township Clerk Christine Neiswonger said. “We’re going to have to do it more frequently.”

Use of the township campground, located near the Empire airport on Osborn Road, has jumped significantly since the former Sleepy Bear Campground (now Indigo Bluffs) eliminated tent sites. The community, which caters directly to users of recreational vehicles, is located south of Empire along M-72.

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Bird habitat group gets DNR grant for improvements

By LESLIE DISCH Phone/fax: 386-5686 email: phen.omena.2@gmail.com * * *

Congratulations to Savings Bird Thru Habitat (SBTH), which has been awarded $30,000 in funds through a grant from the Department of Natural Resources for habitat improvement on their property and the adjacent Charter Sanctuary. In order to secure the grant, they must demonstrate $10,500 as inkind match through volunteer hours. Please call our office at 231271-3738 or email bobolink3@prodigy.net to sign up to help.

Most of the work will be removing invasive species, but there will also be trail improvements. Even an hour now and then will be appreciated.

The August program for the Savings Birds Thru Habitat Speaker Series is Ed Reinert, an expert on local mushrooms. He will be speaking tonight at 7 p.m. at the Habitat Discovery Center on Putnam Road. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the door.

Making a dramatic come-back, Rick Bryan and his team won the Northport Salmon Slam last Saturday, Aug. 13.

This is just one year after receiving the Omena News Dubious Achievement Award for his performance in the 2010 event. Congratulations to the crew aboard the Carol Dee who hauled in a 23 pound 7 ounce salmon. In addition to Rick, the team included Captain Jim

Munoz, his grandson, First Mate Michael, Rick’s wife Trish Bryan, and Dick Mileham of Cincinnati and Leland. The prizes were awarded at Haserot Park by Riz Anderson, who organized the event.

The Bryans also recently enjoyed a visit from Mark and Sarah Banker and their two children, Luke and Claire.

Mark is the Director of Development for the American Chestnut Foundation, and Rick, who has a small chestnut orchard, invited him to look at his trees and at the American Chestnut Trees on the Villa Marquette property in Omena. Howard Kalchik was kind enough to guide the tour. Rick has known Mark, a former biologist for Ruffed Grouse Society, for many years through their mutual connection with the RGS. Ann Marie Mitchell is back from a fabulous trip to Croatia. Ann is 100 percent Croatian and had never been there. Her son Matt planned his European trip around a one-month stay in Croatia, and she joined him for almost two weeks for what she called “the trip of a lifetime.” She was reluctant to leave Omena in the summer, but immediately discovered summer on the coast of Dalmatia’s Adriatic Sea. Her first stop was Split, where they stayed in old town just outside the walls of Diocletian’s Palace. The weather was in the 90’s, so they spent the heat of the day at the “beach”

Empire Lions Club auction/sale a success

By BILL THOMPSON Phone 334-4486 Fax 334-3546 email: BThomp9264@aol.com * * *

The middle of August and we’re still going strong. Still a lot of people in the area.

The Empire Lions Club Auction/ yard sale was a real success. The collectables were real popular and the auction went very well.

In the say it loud and say it proud department, Rosemary Friend celebrated her 80th birthday a couple of weeks ago and I guess finally decided to admit it. Happy belated birthday Rosemary.

Jamie Haley is in town and doing pretty well after breaking her leg on Valentines Day. There’s a day to remember.

There’s a lot of Bill in the Strobel house, they are entertaining son Bill and grand children Liam and Lauren.

Speaking of the Strobels, Bill Strobel won the $100 drawing in this week's Empire Lions Club Lucky Thirteen. I hope Delores knew about it before reading this or Bill is in trouble.

The Glen Arbor Sidewalk sale on today through Saturday, Aug. 20. Deals, deals, deals.

Unfortunately I didn’t welcome a new business in Glen Arbor. The business is called Smock, Paper, Scissors which is located at 6391 Western Ave. I like the business because it is for kids

which means it is also for parents.

They call it a “drop-in arts and crafts studio for young children” The kids can have a good time, but must be accompanied by a parent. Bonnie Kay is an experienced early childhood educator.

The Port Onieda Fair was well attended as always. After 10 years, the fair is getting bigger and bigger. I know my kids really enjoyed it and learned a lot with the hands on projects.

I for one am really excited about the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail which will be started next spring. I am certain that the trail will be used a lot by bicyclists, joggers and just walkers.

The Bridge walk is coming and this years collectable bridge walk T-shirts will be for sale in the next week.

A reminder, the commemorative bricks are still available for the park in Glen Arbor. For more information, contact Terry Gretzema at the township hall.

The circus is coming to town on the 23rd. The Kelly Miller Circus will come to town on Tuesday, Aug. 23 and will arrive at about 7:30 am at the Empire Eagles property on M-72.

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which was really slabs of sedimentary rock terraced above the water. They spent five nights in Split and enjoyed daily trip to the farmers market and fish market. A ferry service runs continuously from Split to the many islands off shore, and she came home thinking we should have something like that here.

They then spent four days on the island of Hvar, which has been labeled in the travel press — for good reason — the “New Riviera.” Then they stayed on the island of Brac with a Grand Rapids friend whose mother lives there. Ann Marie said that anyone who loves Leelanau will love Croatia. Anyone planning a trip should read Matt’s blog www.awolverineintheworld.blogspot.com.

Don and Doni Lystra have enjoyed visits from their children this summer.

Their son Bradford, who lives in Washington, D.C., was here earlier in the summer, and hopes to get back again to escape the political frenzy of DC. Bradford is with the American Wind Energy Association where he spends his time on wind energy education at the state level. The Lystra’s daughter, Margot Lystra and her husband Joseph Marraffino were here recently from Ithaca, N.Y. for a week. Margot is working on her Ph.D. in Architecture at Cornell University and Joe is a consultant for cooperative business enterprises. They all had a great week.

The revolving door has continued at the Mack Cottage as Millard and Helene have enjoyed visits from their children. Their daughter Dori Mack and her husband Brad Hoicowitz were here from Cincinnati with their daughter Isabelle for the first week of

August. Then they enjoyed a week with their son John and his wife Beth and their two children, Brandon and Jason, from Winston-Salem. Their daughter Ceci and her husband Lynwood Davis and their daughter Caroline are here visiting now, also from Winston-Salem. Caroline is the Mack’s youngest grandchild, and was just born in February.

Helen Putnam Bradley’s daughter, Lisa Fisher, and Lisa’s husband, Scott Guerrero and their daughter, Ashley, came up from San Antonio, Texas, to cool off for a week. They enjoyed seeing rain for the first time in months. Helen’s brother, Bill Putnam, arrived on Saturday night from Denver, Colo., where is as also been very hot and dry. On Sunday, some of the Putnam cousins and friends, Jeff, Sheila, and Emily Lingaur, Mike and Laurie Adelson, Les and Debby Disch, and Janice and Allan Peterson, gathered at Frieda’s beach cabin for TexMex meal of tacos and tamales.

Kris Mampe enjoyed a visit from two of her sisters, Kirby Johnson from Charlottesville, Va., and Ann Havill from Traverse City.

Charlotte Read’s granddaughter Nora arrived from Virginia, along with her parents, Nathan and Sarah.

The Chef’s Tour event at the Leelanau Farmers Market last Saturday was a great event. Martha Ryan of Martha’s Leelanau Table prepared a wonderful meal that showcased the freshness and variety of local food.

Congratulations toAnnette Kleinschmit who spearheaded the effort. Several Omena residents were among the volunteers that made it possible. Thanks to Gus O’Brien at Hansen Foods for loaning their huge — and heavy —

grill, and special thanks to Jim Browning and Les Disch of Omena, Mark McKitrick of Suttons Bay, and Jason Kleinschmit of Cedar for moving it. Thanks to Chad Jordan for all of the fencing. Thanks to Melissa Walton of Suttons Bay, and to Omena-ites Susie Goldman, Debby Disch, Doni Lystra, and Helen Putnam Bradley for helping to serve and pour the hard cider donated by Tandem Ciders.

The Northport Promise Garage Sale on July 30-31 was a huge success this year. Congratulations to committee members Patty and Doug Sherman, Patty and Neil Barnett and Andy and Gloria Thomas. They would like to thank everyone who donated such great items, and all of the volunteers who sweltered in the humid heat, Thomas and Milliken for the use of their big trucks to store overflow items, and the hot-dog crew. Thea Kellogg and Nancy Peterson both get kudos for having helped bake this week for the weekly Northport Promise Bake Sale at the Northport Farmers Market on Fridays.

They really need volunteers to bake for the Aug. 26 market and deliver their goods to the Farmer’s Market by 9 a.m., since the main bakers, Scott and Ruth Walker will be out of town that week. Call Ruth at 386-5674 to volunteer.

Did anyone see who celebrated National Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day?” Recently, everyone in downtown Omena found a giant zucchini on their front porch.

Happy Birthday to Ralph Towne, Rink Smith, Jenni Singer, Frieda Putnam, Jonnie Hodgson, Rat Renz, and Bill Emmert. Happy Anniversary to Scott and Ruth Walker.

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There were many lights of passages for Sleeping Bear

THE SOUTH MANITOU Island Lighthouse, as it stood, in 1982.

South Manitou Island Lighthouse, abandoned by the Coast Guard in 1958, is part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. It is maintained by the National Park Service and open to the public for tours.

Point Betsie Lighthouse, fully automated in 1983 was transferred in 2004 from the U.S. government to Benzie County to be maintained by friends of Point Betsie Lighthouse.

The United States Lighthouse Service was enacted by the first Congress, and officially created with President George Washington’s signature 7 August 1789. Long before this, though, the first lighthouse in the colonies was built in the Boston Harbor in 1716. The first Great Lakes lighthouse was built in 1818 at Fort Niagara, N.Y.

Photo courtesy of the Michigan Travel Bureau.

Shipping on the Great Lakes increased along with the region’s population and commerce, especially after completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 and the opening of the locks in Sault Ste. Marie in 1855. Keeping pace with the growth in shipping, lighthouses marked the more prominent points and shoals along the shipping lanes.

The centerpiece of any lighthouse is the lens which magnifies the light for passing ships. Early lighthouses used a reflecting system known as the Winslow Lewis patent system. The parabolic reflectors were easily bent, though, and their silver coating was rubbed off with repeated polishing. A superior method of refracting light was developed in 1822 by French physicist Augustin Jean Fresnel. The Fresnel lens uses many panels of polished glass sur-

rounding a light source to refract the light and focus it toward the horizon.

United States lighthouses did not start using Fresnel lenses until 1852.

The source of the light which was reflected and refracted changed over the years, too. Early lights were produced by burning wood or coal, but the resulting soot soiled the lenses. Whale oil burned cleaner, but it became expensive. Various vegetable oils were tried, and by the 1860s, lard oil became the standard. Kerosene was widely used by the 1880s. Acetylene lamps, which did not require wicks, gained popularity by the 1920s. This allowed the first step toward lighthouse automation, with the development of a “sun valve” which shut off the flow of fuel during daylight hours. Today’s electric lamps use line current, diesel genera-

light dimmer switch with a casing of 100 percent post-consumer plastic; ceiling tile and furnace filters.

35 YEARS AGO August 19, 1976 A fire last Oct. 30 in the Empire Township Hall might have been responsible for the apparent malfunction of a voting machine in the August 3 primary. A spokesman for the firm which services the machines said a plastic part might have been damaged in the blaze, which severely damaged the interior of the hall. *** Purchases of private property for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore could “number in the hundreds” within the next year, a spokesman for the National Park Service at Frankfort said. The pace of buying should increase greatly when the NPS receives more than $12 million expected in fiscal 1977, starting in October. *** Efforts by Northport to acquire some 4.9 acres of waterfront property for park and recreation use have been clouded by sharp cuts in federal and state grants for the project.

60 YEARS AGO August 16, 1951 Pierce Stocking, owner of the Day Forest estate, who has kept Leelanau Lookout open to the public, estimates that nearly 1,500 person each week are driving to the Lookout for the view of Lake Michigan and the Manitous. *** Northport Emergency Hospital with Dr. Joseph W. Christie, formerly of

Pontiac, in charge, will open Sunday, licensed by the State Department of Social Welfare. The hospital has six beds and two bassinets. *** John Ingwersen of Traverse City, cutting timber on South Fox Island under the name Manitou Logging Company, has bought land at Good Harbor and plans to build a large mill there, probably next spring.

115 YEARS AGO August 13, 1896 Northport. The Wakazoo is well filled up with resorters. O.C. Ransom is resorting for a few days the guest of Mr. Frank Leslie. The steamer Hal brought over a cargo of 30 Aboriginees last Sunday. Pecks new cider mill is now running in full blast, and the farmers are bringing in apples quite rapidly. *** Mrs G.B. … was taken to the Asylum at Traverse City on Tuesday last. *** Several of our boys attended camp meetings at Northport last Sunday and all report a good time. *** ADV. “Wanted. A party to bale 40 or 50 tons of hays on North Manitou Island. Address S.R. Boardman, North Manitou Island, Mich.

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10 YEARS AGO August 16, 2001 A request for the limited “full faith and credit” of Leelanau County is being sought in connection with a proposed $52 million renovation of Cherry Capital Airport. Steve Cassens, director of the Cherry Capital Airport, appeared before the county board’s executive committee Tuesday morning on behalf of the Northwest Regional Airport Commission to seek backing from Leelanau to obtain $13.3 million in revenue bonds for the project, which includes relocation of the terminal to S. Airport Rd. *** The supply of fresh whitefish for Leelanau County restaurants and grocery stores may soon dry up because of harvest limitation being imposed on the Manitou Fish Company — the county’s only surviving “non-Native” commercial fishing business. Leland fisherman Bill Carlson said he learned officially of the new limitations last month from the state Department of Natural Resources. *** People visiting the county recycling sites this week saw first-hand how the throw-aways collected by Waste Management are made into valuable materials. Recycling manager Tom Jacobson had items on display that included a composite made from plastic and wood that is used for decking; a recycle steel pail; a trickle hose made with 65 percent recycled tire rubber; a

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5 YEARS AGO August 17, 2006 Suttons Bay and Northport schools can’t act fast enough to cope with “structural” issues that could mean the end of a system that has guided Leelanau County schools for the past 50 years. Leland and Glen Lake schools, on the other hand, appear to be taking a more hesitant approach. Such was the gist of a nearly 4-hour meeting of the county school “collaboration” steering committee meeting Tuesday. The gathering was called to learn the findings of consultant Jann Jenka, hired this spring by the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District to assist in developing a strategy for districts facing dwindling enrollment numbers. *** Members of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians say they’re concerned that the Tribal Police Department based in Peshawbestown is too big and that the department’s budget is “bloated.” Some 108 tribal members, mostly from Leelanau County, recently signed a letter they sent to the GTB Tribal Council, recommending that the department’s budget be cut and the number of Tribal Police officers reduced. *** Local residents this week are mourning the deaths of two major figures who helped shape the growth and character of Leelanau County. Lowell Jackson, 75, a Northport-area community leader in government and the arts, died Saturday. Marion Warnes, 94, who provided decades of commu-

tors or solar-charged batteries.

The Coast Guard’s Lighthouse Automation Program (LAMP) began in 1968 and was completed in 1990, ending more than 200 years of manned lighthouse operation in this country.

The last manned Great Lakes lighthouse, at Sherwood Point, Wisconsin, was finally automated in 1983.

Though there was no radio communication with passing ships in the early days, ships’ pilots and lighthouse keepers used signals to exchange greetings.

Ships would blow a salute with their whistles; lighthouse keepers would flash back a hello.

Each lighthouse looked and sounded unique. With different colored roofs and towers, they could be distinguished during the day. At night, pilots would know each lighthouse by the pattern and color of its light signals. Even the foghorns were unique, varying the pitch and duration of their blasts.

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Although the navigational utility of yesterday’s lighthouses has been diminished by the automated beacons of today, four lighthouses of the Manitou Passage remain, and with a future as bright as the guiding lights their beacons once emitted. After decades of steering vessels from treacherous shoals, the majestic guardians are themselves protected by government agencies and citizens who believe their heritage is worth preserving.

Hundreds of lighthouses throughout the United States have been lost. Only 750 remain of an estimated 1400.

Several were sold as surplus in the 1930’s; some keepers’ quarters were actually razed by the U.S. Coast Guard.

The North Manitou lighthouse, built in 1896, was closed in 1935 and succumbed to shoreline erosion in October of 1942. Only four Manitou Passage lighthouses remain: Grand Traverse Lighthouse, closed in 1972, is a museum operated by the Grand Traverse Lighthouse Foundation.

Though not within the Manitou Passage, this lighthouse has long been associated with the other lights of the passage because it guides ships in and out of the narrow shipping lane between the Manitou Islands and the Leelanau County mainland. The entrance to Grand Traverse Bay is now marked by an automated light atop a steel tower on the shore near the lighthouse.

North Manitou Shoal Light, also known as the “Crib,” is fully automated and maintained by the Coast Guard.

It marks a shoal in the Manitou Passage between the Manitou Islands and Leland.

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and a member of the Gotta Lluva Cool Critter 4-H Club. Fellow club member Brittany Hobbins, daugther of Renee and Joe Hobbins of Maple City, won the title of Grand Champion Showman for her llama. She will be a ninth grade student at St. Mary School next month.

Amanda Lodge took Reserve Champion Showman with her pack goat. Amanda is the daughter of Sheila and Tim Lodge of Solon Township. Amanda is a member of the Clever Clovers 4-H Club, led by her mother, and will be a 10th grader at Glen Lake School.

Bryanne Palmer earned the title of Reserve Champion Showman with her horse, “Zip to Heaven”. She is the daughter of Denise and Mike Palmer of Lake Ann.; a member of the Fifth H 4-H Club led by her mother and will be a freshman at Glen Lake School.

Once all the shows were finished and winners announced, the top showman in each species competed against each other for the overall Grand Champion Round Robin Showman. In order to capture the prestigious honor, the participant must show a guinea pig, rabbit, chicken, dog, goat, lamb, pig, horse, llama, dairy feeder, Jr. beef

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Several county 4-H members earned top honors in competition last week at the Northwestern Michigan Fair.

Kary Pleva of Cedar captured the Grand Champion Showmanship title for dairy feeders. A member of the Wolly Wonders and Company 4-H Club, Kary is the daughter of Dale and Trina Pleva and will be a freshman at Glen Lake next month. Kary’s younger brother, Matthew, earned Grand Champion Market for his meat goat. He will be a sixth grader this fall.

Nicholas Tarsa, who lives in the Timberlee area, did exceptionally well in the show ring, earning the titles of Grand Champion Showman as well as the Reserve Champion Market lamb. The son of Nathan and Tammy Tarsa, he is a member of the Gotta Lluva Cool Critter 4-H Club.

Daniel Schaub received Grand Champion Market for his turkeys.

Daniel is the son of Lisa and Bill Schaub of Bingham Township; is a member of the Windy Acres 4-H Club and will be a sixth grader at St. Mary School next month.

Elisa Tarsa, daughter of Stephen and Diana Tarsa of Cedar, ran away with the llama and alpaca shows.

Elise won the Reserve Champion Showman award as well as the top honor for Pack class. She is a recent graduate of Lake Leelanau St. Mary

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Leelanau County

Church Directory…

Beulah

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church 8190 Lincoln Rd., Beulah 231-882-4241 www.benziestandrews.com

Saturday Holy Eucharist at 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Holy Eucharist at 10:00 a.m.

Burdickville

Glen Lake Community Reformed 4902 W. MacFarlane Rd. (Co. Rd. 616) 334-4563 Pastor Andy Bossardet Adult Sunday School Class: @ 8:30 a.m.

Worship & Sunday School (K-5):10:00 a.m.

Nursery care provided during worship FW Friends: (K-4) Wednesday @ 3:30 Route 3:16 (5th & 6th) Wednesday @ 3:30

Cedar

Holy Rosary Church Rev. Fr. Donald Libby, Pastor Phone 228-5429 Saturday Mass: 4:00 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

(Extraordinary Form) Go to www.holyrosarycedar.org & click on calendar for all masses/devotions/confessions

JENIFER AND Timothy Zywicki were married June 15 at St. Mary Catholic Church.

Morgan marries Zywicki Jenifer T. Morgan of Leland and Timothy L. Zywicki of Cedar were married June 15 at St. Mary Catholic Church.

Rev. Michael Janowski officiated the ceremony.

Jenifer is the daughter of Stephen and Colleen Morgan. Timothy is the son of Paul and Beth Zywicki.

Daniele Okma was the maid of honor. Bridesmaids included Sarah Zywicki, Sarah Morgan and Gemma Vance.

Chris Alpers was the best man.

Groomsen included Loren Faucher, Jonathon Morgan and Andrew Milliron.

A reception was held at the Lake Leelanau VFW.

Empire Empire United Methodist Church Rev. Brenda E. Gordon 326-5510 Sunday School for all ages: 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

Youth Fellowship (1st & 3rd Sundays) 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday: 5:45 p.m. Kingdom Kids

First Baptist Church Our Father’s House (SBC) Pastor Richard Blaser 7474 M-72 W. 947-9176 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.

St. Philip Neri Catholic Church Rev. Zeljko Guberovic Rev. Mariano Dellagiovanna 326-5255 Saturday Mass at 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass at 8:00 a.m.,10:00 a.m.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church 6012 Lake St. (In the Heart of Glen Arbor) Pastor Daniel L. Krause 334-4180 Worship Service: 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship Hour: 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study: 10:30 a.m.

Good Harbor

Herb Connection offers free health tips for kids The Herb Connection in Suttons Bay will have a free presentation on “Great Remedies for Back to School Kids” this month.

Sandra Nesky will provide nutrition information needed for growing bodies and developing minds.

Helpful tips on how to build a child’s immune system will be discussed.

Two meetings will be offered on Tuesday, Aug. 23 and Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. Further information is available by calling 271-4261.

St. Paul’s Lutheran L.C.M.S. Corner of M-22 & Townline Rev. Robert W. Wurst, Jr. 228-6888

Leland Community United Methodist Church 106 N. Fourth St. Linda Farmer-Lewis, Pastor Phone 256-9161 Website: lelandcumc.org Service: 8:30 a.m.

Summer Church: 9:30 a.m.

Guest Speaker: Rev. Linda Knieriemen Service: 11:00 a.m.

Nursery Provided for 9:30 and 11:00 services Barrier Free

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Leland Library Sunday Services: 9:30 a.m.

Divine Service: 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship: 10:45 a.m.

Bible Class & Sunday School: 11:00 a.m.

Greilickville

Northland Community Church 9105 E. Fouch Road Pastor Caleb Palmer 231-946-9693 Worship Service: 9:30 a.m. with nursery Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. For all ages www.northlandcommunity.org

Lake Leelanau St. Mary Church Father Michael Janowski 231-256-9676

Mass: Sat., 5 p.m.; Sun., 9:15 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confessions: Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

Leelanau Community Church Full Gospel 245 S. Lake Leelanau Drive 256-7838 Rev. Lucy Schaub, Pastor Sunday 9:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

Home of Angel Food Ministries “Jesus is Lord”

Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:00 Choir Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass: 11:00 a.m.

Thursday Mass: 9:00 a.m.

Omena Omena Presbyterian Church Dr. Ross A. Foster, Moderator Phone 386-5547 Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.

Suttons Bay St. Michael’s Church Corner of Elm and Broadway Father James Doherty Parish Office 271-3744 Saturday Mass: 4:30 p.m.

Sunday Mass: 9:00 a.m.

Tues. 5:00 p.m., Wed. - Fri. Mass: 8:30 a.m.

First Evangelical Lutheran E.L.S./W.E.L.S. Fellowship 321 St. Mary’s Ave. 271-3271 Pastor Ron Pederson Worship: 10 a.m.

Sunday School, 11:15 a.m.

Northport St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church Warren at 7th Street 386-5037 Rev. Tom Otis, Rector Holy Eucharist 9:00 a.m.

Coffee Hour 10:00 a.m.

Immanuel Lutheran, E.L.C.A. Pastor Paul Kuhlman 203 Lincoln St. Phone 271-3671 Worship: 8:30 a.m.

Family Service: 10:00 a.m.

Northport Covenant Church 409 Shabwasung (M-22) 386-7362 Pastor Jerry Lange

Keswick United Methodist Church 3 miles S. of Suttons Bay on Co. Rd. 633 Pastor Patricia Haas Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. www.keswickchurch.org

Christian Education Hour 9 a.m.

Worship & Nursery 10:30 a.m.

Trinity United Church of Christ 103 Warren Street Office 386-5801 Rev. Karen Schulte Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m.

Choir Practice: 8:45 a.m.

Nursery Provided

Bethany Lutheran ELCA 220 W. Nagonaba, 386-5037 Tom W. Otis, Pastor

St. Gertrude’s Church Warren at 7th Street Father James Doherty Parish Office: 271-3744

Maple City Community Church 89 Church St. 228-6900

Church Services: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School: 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday evening meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Reading Room: Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri 11-2 Wed. 6:45-7:20 p.m., 2nd & 4th Saturday 10-12 Childcare provided

top tent at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. The circus will have two shows, one at 4:30 p.m. and the other at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at Bunting’s Cedar Market in Cedar, Gabe’s Country Market in Maple City, the Century 21 office in Glen Arbor and Gemma’s in Empire.

Sunday School: 8:30 a.m.

Bible Class: 8:30 a.m.

Worship Service: 10 a.m.

Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.

Barrier Free Nursery available

Maple City

First Church of Christ, Scientist Harbor Hwy., Glen Arbor, Mich.

Phone 334-4961

The Empire Sleeping Bear Eagles will host the Kelly Miller Circus on Tuesday at the club’s property located off of M-72 and Gilbert Road in Kasson Township.

The circus is celebrating its 73rd anniversary this year. The pubic is invited to watch the raising of the big

Immanuel Lutheran Church LCMS Rev. Lawrence K. Matro, Pastor Phone 256-9464

Gill’s Pier Glen Arbor

Empire Eagles hosting circus on Tuesday

Leland

St. Wenceslaus Church Father Andrew Buvala, O.F.M. Mass: Sunday 8 a.m.

GRACE HUBBELL, who spent the 2010-2011 school year in Brazil as a representative of the Suttons Bay-Leelanau County Rotary Club, spoke to the club about her year abroad at the group’s Aug. 11 meeting. Hubbell will return to school as a Glen Lake senior next month. The exchange program is one of the many youth services support by the club which meets Thursday at noon at the Village Inn in Suttons Bay.

A golfer had lost his ball, and he turned to his caddie, shouting angrily, “Why didn’t you watch where it went?”

“Sir,” said the boy, “it don’t usually go anywhere, so it took me by surprise.”

How like a lot of church members!

But the Bible tells us what to do: “Go ye!”

Where? The Bible answers, “Into all the world.”

Why? “To preach the gospel.”

To whom? “To every creature.”

The word “go” appears 252 times in the New Testament. So all conditions are “Go!” Are you going with the gospel, or can it be said of you, as it was of the golfer’s ball, “It don’t usually go anywhere!”

Suttons Bay Congregational Church 218 W. Madison St./2 blocks W. of M-22 Rev. Robin Long, Pastor Phone 271-6036 10 a.m. Worship & Sunday School Everyone Welcome! www.suttonsbaycong.com

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334-3826 East Traverse Catholic Federal Credit Union Traverse City•Lake Leelanau

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256-9827 The Martin Company Glen Arbor

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St. Philip’s Episcopal Church 785 Beulah Hwy. (U.S. 31 N.) 231-882-4506

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KEN SCOTT of Suttons Bay claimed the Earth Science Picture of the Day for this Cloud Band Show June 30 shot in Grelickville.

Sunset shot turns into Earth Science photo of the day Suttons Bay photographer Ken Scott was looking for a sunset in Greilickville, instead he got the Earth Science Picture of the day.

“The sun was setting, there were wonderful clouds about and I was hoping to get something with sunlit clouds as I was too late to make my way to the coast to shoot the sunset,” said the 56-year-old Scott, who captured a Cloud Band Show. “I stopped to shoot the clouds beyond the tallships you see in the image, and then I noticed the odd shadowy apparition above me.

“I was confused about it, so I thought to record it for future study. It was there

for a while, long enough for the photo series and a short video clip on my iPhone to back up the event.”

The EPOD recognition in June was the second this year for Scott, who also claimed the honor with a March shot of the Pancake Ice on Leland River is Michigan. That shot is in the running for photo of the year honors.

“It’s always nice to have one’s work recognized,” said Scott, even though there is no monetary reward for the EPOD. The Earth Science Picture of the Day highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and

our lives. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system.

Scott, who was in the parking lot for the tallships across from the Children’s Museum, was looking at the clouds and shadows over the West Arm of the Grand Traverse Bay when he spotted the bow-shaped shadow, a large shadow from the cloud on the right.

According to David Lynch, lead author of “Color and Light in Nature,” the arcing is a consequence of perspective and the wide angle of the sky cov-

said. “I have a few sites that I go to for these types of assists.

“The Earth Science site is a really good source of explanations to natural phenomena and the illustration they created to explain the shadow was really helpful. I guessed it would be a ‘Picture of the Day’, but you never know.”

Scott, whose photos anchor the back page of the Enterprise each week, does not have a studio. However, he has his works displayed in Leelanau County at the Michigan Artist Gallery in Suttons Bay, 2 Fish Gallery in Leland and The Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor.

ered by the shadow (almost 180 degrees) as well as its position close to the horizon, the Earth Science web site report. The illustration (right) shows the celestial sphere with the shadow of the cloud (like Ken’s picture) colored in.

On the wide angled photo, note both the crepuscular rays to the right of the shadowed arc and the anticrepuscular rays to the left of the arc.

Scott said he submitted the photo hoping to learn more about the image.

“It was unique to me so I thought it might be to others as well, plus I needed an assist in explaining it,” Scott

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A 2002 Glen Lake graduate, Buchan’s research centered on “sugar silanes in carbohydrate synthesis with applications toward site selective glycosylation.”

He was a member of the Professor John Montgomery research group with specialized in organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry and complex molecule synthesis. Buchan is the son of Bruce and Cathy Buchan of Cedar.

Solon Township resident Patrick Stimson is a recent graduate from Western Michigan University.

Stimson, son of Brian and Sandy Stimson of Solon Township, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance from WMU’s Haworth School of Business. The Traverse City West graduate was also on the dean’s list.

Accolades are also due to the following Leelanau County students: • Eleven students were named to the Grand Valley State University dean’s list for the Winter 2011 semester. The list includes those students who have maintained a 3.5 grade point average.

Five of the students hail from Lake Leelanau. They are Ashley M. Erhardt, Rhiannon R. Hildenbrandt, Christopher A. Schneider, Lauren W. Toro and Arden W. Wilson. Maeve C. Burns and Sarah S. Rivers of Leland, Anna C. Brown and Barbara C. Buchan of Maple City, and Hannah C. Matro and Anna E. Pryor were also on the list.

• Fifteen residents were named to the dean’s at Ferris State University for spring semester 2011.

They are: Sean Griffard, Kimberly Kucharski, Isaac Richardson, Sarah Zywicki and Jodi Arbour of Cedar; Amanda Mikowski, Darrell Durkee, Kyle Hester and Cynthia Buchan of Maple City; John Denoyer, Allison Kuhlman, Melissa Kurek and Patricia Kraemer of Suttons Bay; Jackson Denton and Michol Popp of Traverse City.

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Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul C. Norman, a married person and Christine A. Norman, a married person, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Mortgagee, dated July 24, 2006, and recorded on July 26, 2006 in Liber 909 on Page 357, in Leelanau county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Million Fifty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Four and 77/100 Dollars ($1,054,904.77), including interest at 6.125% per annum.

Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Leelanau County, at 11:00 AM, on September 2, 2011.

Said premises are situated in Township of Leland, Leelanau County, Michigan, and are described as: Legal Description as provided: Lot 6 (100 feet wide) and a part of Lot 5 (65 feet wide), of Leland Woods Subdivision, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 4 described more fully as follows: Beginning on the shore of Lake Michigan at the common corner of above said Lots 5 and 6 as platted, thence North 53 degrees 29 minutes 50 seconds East 65 feet; thence South 34 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds East, 163.68 feet to the Westerly line of Cedarwood Road, a private road; thence South 82 degree 14 minutes 30 seconds West along said Westerly line, 54.10 feet; thence South 39 degrees 40 minutes 50 seconds West along said Westerly line, 121.22 feet to the common line between Lots 6 and 7; thence North 34 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds West along said common line, 182.08 feet to the common corner of Lots 6 and 7 on the shoreline; thence North 58 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East along the shoreline, 100.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.

Legal Description as surveyed; A parcel of land in Section 26, Town 31 North, Range 12 West, Leland Township, Leelanau County Michigan more fully described as: Beginning at the shore of Lake Michigan at the corner common to Lots 5 and 6, Leland Woods Subdivison, as platted; thence North 53 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds East, 65.02 feet; thence South 34 degrees 06 minutes 46 seconds East, 164.44 feet; thence South 82 degrees 12 minutes 54 seconds West, 54.16 feet; thence South 39 degrees 40 minutes 50 seconds West, 121.22 feet to the West line of said Lot 6; thence North 34 degrees 02 minutes 22 seconds West, 176.34 feet along said West lot line; thence North 58 degrees 34 minutes 42 seconds East, 99.86 feet to the Point of Beginning.

Together with all lands lining between the sidlines of said parcel and extending to the waters of Lake Michigan.

Together with ingress and egress easement to State Highway M-22 as recorded on the plat of Leland Woods Subdivision.

The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

Dated: August 4, 2011 For more information, please call: FC D (248) 593-1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #364331F01 4-25

FORECLOSURE NOTICE (ALL COUNTIES) AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 3626100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Brian Spinniken, an unmarried man of Leelanau County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for The Huntington National Bank dated the 23rd day of February, 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Leelanau and State of Michigan, on the 5th day of March, 2004, in Liber 791, Page 981 of Leelanau Records, which said mortgage was assigned to The Huntington National Bank, thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $262,274.43 (two hundred sixty-two thousand two hundred seventy-four and 43/100) plus accrued interest at 2.3750% (two point three seven five zero) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 2nd day of September, 2011, at 11:00:00 AM said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, the Leelanau County Courthouse, 8527 E. Government Center Drive, Suttons Bay, Leelanau County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Suttons Bay, in the County of Leelanau and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: Situated in the Township of Suttons Bay, County of Leelanau and State of Michigan: Part of the East half of the fractional Northwest quarter of Section 18, Town 30 North, Range 11 West, described more fully as follows: Commencing at the West quarter corner of said Section 18; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 01 seconds East, along the EastWest quarter line of said Section 18, 823.48 feet to the West one eighth line of said Section 18 for the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 51 seconds West, along said one eighth line, 346.27 feet to the centerline of Horn Road and a point on a 585.00 foot radius curve to the left (concave Northeasterly); thence Southeasterly, along said centerline and curve to the left an arc distance of 139.40 feet (delta of 13 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds and chord bearing and distance of South 48 degrees 50 minutes 36 seconds East, 139.07 feet) to the point of tangency of said curve; thence South 55 degrees 40 minutes 22 seconds East, along said centerline, 282.45 feet to the point of curvature of a 410.00 foot radius curve to the left (concave Northeasterly); thence Southeasterly, along said centerline and curve to the left, an arc distance of 167.39 feet (delta of 23 degrees 23 minutes 31 seconds and chord bearing and distance of South 67 degrees 22 minutes 02 seconds East, 166.23 feet); thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 33 seconds East, 33.35 feet to said quarter line; thence North 89 degrees 47 minutes 01 seconds West, along said quarter line, 490.64 feet to the point of beginning.

Commonly known as: 8480 E. Horn Road Tax Parcel No.: 45-011-018-00240 (PART OF) The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

Dated: August 4, 2011 By: Michael I. Rich (P-41938) Attorney for Plaintiff Weltman, Weinberg, and Reis 2155 Butterfield Drive Suite 200-S Troy, MI 48084 WWR# 10072585 4-25

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Public Notice THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR IF YOU ARE IN BANKRUPTCY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey P. Johnston and Christie A. Jenemabi Johnston, husband and wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage - MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 2, 2003 and recorded June 9, 2003 in Liber 736, Page 530, Leelanau County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Fifth Third Mortgage Company by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Nine and 94/100 Dollars ($126,339.94) including interest at 5.375% per annum.

Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Leelanau County Circuit Courthouse in Suttons Bay, Michigan at 11:00 a.m. on SEPTEMBER 2, 2011.

Said premises are located in the Township of Solon, Leelanau County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the West half of the Southeast quarter of Section 35, Town 28 North, Range 12 West, more fully described as: Commencing at the South quarter corner of said Section 35; thence along the North and South quarter line, North 01 degrees 15 minutes 35 seconds East, 318.28 feet to the centerline of Allgaier Road and the point of beginning; thence continuing along said quarter line, North 01 degrees 15 minutes 35 seconds East, 751.72 feet; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 05 seconds East, 460.00 feet; thence South 01 degrees 15 minutes 35 seconds West, 388.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 05 seconds West, 1.00 foot; thence South 12 degrees 35 minutes 35 seconds West, 335.57 feet; thence North 89 degrees 27 minutes 13 seconds West, 161.39 feet; thence South 05 degrees 52 minutes 51 seconds West, 176.18 feet to the centerline of Allgaier Road, thence Northwesterly, along said centerline on the arc of a 520.87 foot radius curve to the right, a distance of 227.27 feet (the chord of said arc being North 58 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds West, 225.47 feet) thence along said centerline, North 46 degrees 07 minutes 05 seconds West, 30.41 feet to the point of beginning.

The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.

If you are a tenant in the property, please contact our office as you may have certain rights.

Dated: August 4, 2011 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 File No. 200.8212 4-25

Public Notice SHORT FORECLOSURE NOTICE Leelanau COUNTY SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by MARK E. BURTON and ELIZABETH A. BURTON, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), solely as nominee for lender and lender’s successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 6, 2007, and recorded on June 14, 2007, in Liber 944, on Page 140, and assigned by said mortgagee to Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as assigned, Leelanau County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Four Cents ($343,444.04), including interest at 2.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Leelanau County Courthouse, 8527 E.Government

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Center Drive, Suttons Bay’ at 11:00 AM o’clock, on September 2, 2011 Said premises are located in Leelanau County, Michigan and are described as: PARCEL A THAT PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWN 28 NORTH, RANGE 12 WEST, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH QUARTER LINE, 1553.22 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 6 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST. ALONG SAID QUARTER LINE, 457.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST, 100.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST, 446.77 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY, ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY M-72 ON THE ARC OF A 3879.72 FOOT RADIUS CURVE TO THE LEFT, A DISTANCE OF 100.52 FEET (THE CHORD OF SAID ARC BEING SOUTH 84 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST, 100.52) TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL B THAT PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWN 28 NORTH, RANGE 12 WEST, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH QUARTER LINE, 2010.22 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST, 100 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST, 100.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST, 439.15 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY, ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY M-72 ON THE ARC OF A 3879.72 FOOT RADIUS CURVE TO THE LEFT, A DISTANCE OF 100.29 FEET (THE CHORD OF SAID ARC BEING SOUTH 85 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 24 SECONDS WEST, 100.29 FEET); THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, 446.77 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC Mortgagee/ Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 4-25

Public Notice Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert C. Knapp, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 27, 2003, and recorded on July 7, 2003 in Liber 744 on Page 538, in Leelanau county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-One and 59/100 Dollars ($113,941.59), including interest at 3.125% per annum.

Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Leelanau County, at 11:00 AM, on September 16, 2011.

Said premises are situated in Township of Cleveland, Leelanau County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of Government Lot 4, Section 14, Town 29 North, Range 13 West, more fully described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 14 (also being the Southwest corner of said Government Lot 4); thence North 00 degree 05 minutes 30 seconds East, 412.50 feet along the West line of said Section 14; also being the West line of said lot 4; thence South 86 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds East 708.66 feet (previously recorded as South 88 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds East 709.48 feet) to the Point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 50

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Thursday, August 18, 2011 seconds East, 252.00 feet (previously recorded as North 00 degrees 05 minutes 30 seconds East, 250.86 feet) to centerline of State Highway M-22; thence South 87 degrees 43 minutes 55 seconds West, 125.10 feet (previously recorded as South 87 degrees 47 minutes 00 seconds West 125.00 feet), along the centerline of said M-22; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 50 seconds West 244.61 feet (previously recorded as South 00 degrees 05 minutes 30 seconds West); thence South 88 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds East, 125.00 feet (previously recorded as North 88 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds West) to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

Dated: August 18, 2011 For more information, please call: FC D (248) 593-1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #378540F01 18-8

Public Notice FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below.

MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Cynthia M. Devitt, A Single Woman to Northwestern Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated February 11, 2009 and recorded February 18, 2009 in Liber 1001 Page 173 Leelanau County Records, Michigan on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Seven Cents ($225,135.37) including interest 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Leelanau County at 10:00AM on September 16, 2011 Said premises are situated in Township of Cleveland, Leelanau County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Government Lot 2, Section 15, Town 29 North, Range 13 West, commencing at the North one quarter corner of said Section 15; thence along the North and South one quarter line South 0 degrees 30 minutes 36 seconds East, 1317.46 feet; thence along the North one eighth line, North 89 degrees 41 minutes 57 seconds East, 939.05 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 44 degrees 53 minutes 57 seconds East, 425.70 feet; thence along the centerline of State Highway M-22, South 44 degrees 27 minutes 18 seconds East, 87.91 feet ; thence South 30 degrees 15 minutes 36 seconds West, 275.11 feet; thence along said North one eighth line, South 89 degrees 41 minutes 57 seconds West, 223.42 feet East of the point of beginning. Commonly known as 303 W. Harbor Hwy, Maple City MI 49664 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: 8/18/2011 Northwestern Mortgage Company Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 11-43208 18-8

Public Notice FORECLOSURE NOTICE (ALL COUNTIES) AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made

by Kevin W. Milroy, unmarried, and Suzanne M. DeCastro, unmarried of Leelanau County, Michigan, Mortgagor to The Huntington National Bank dated the 11th day of March, 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Leelanau and State of Michigan, on the 28th day of March, 2005, in Liber 847, Page 702 of

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Leelanau Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $37,483.22 (thirty-seven thousand four hundred eighty-three and 22/100) plus accrued interest at 7.4900% (seven point four nine zero zero) percent per annum.

And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 2nd day of September, 2011, at 11:00:00 AM said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, the Leelanau County Courthouse, 8527 E. Government Center Drive, Suttons Bay, Leelanau County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Cleveland, in the County of Leelanau and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: Situated in the Township of Cleveland, County of Leelanau and State of Michigan: Part of the South half of the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 26, Town 29 North, Range 13 West, more fully described as follows: Commencing at the East quarter corner of said Section 26; thence along the East section line and centerline of East Lime Lake Road South 00 degrees 05 minutes 45 seconds East, 1062.23 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence continuing on same line South 00 degrees 05 minutes 45 seconds East, 111.46 feet; thence North 89 degrees 05 minutes 17 seconds West, 330.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 05 minutes 45 seconds West, 111.41 feet; thence South 89 degrees 05 minutes East, 330.00 feet to the Point of Beginning. Commonly known as: 6750 South Lime Lake Road Tax Parcel No.: 45003-026-00430 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

Dated: August 4, 2011 By: Michael I. Rich (P-41938) Attorney for Plaintiff Weltman, Weinberg, and Reis 2155 Butterfield Drive Suite 200-S Troy, MI 48084 WWR# 10074341 4-25

Public Notice NOTICE PURSUANT TO MCL 600.3205a(4) NOTICE is hereby provided to Mary Ann Foster, the borrowers and/or mortgagors (hereinafter “Borrower”) regarding the property located at: 10650 E Pico Dr, Traverse City, MI 49684-5382.

The Borrower has the right to request a meeting with the mortgage holder or mortgage servicer. The agent designated by the Mortgage Servicer and/or Mortgage Holder to contact and that has authority to make agreements under MCL sections 600.3205b and 600.3205c is: Trott & Trott, P.C., 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200, Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2525 at (248) 593-1309.

The Borrower may contact a housing counselor by visiting the Michigan State Housing Development Authority’s website or by calling the Michigan State Housing Development Authority at http://www.michigan.gov/mshda or at (866) 946-7432.

If the Borrower requests a meeting with the agent designated above by contacting an approved housing counselor within 14 days from August 12, 2011, foreclosure proceedings will not be commenced until 90 days after August 12, 2011.

If the Borrower and the agent designated above reach an agreement to modify the mortgage loan, the mortgage will not be foreclosed if the Borrower abides by the terms of the agreement.

The Borrower has the right to contact an attorney. The telephone number of the State Bar of Michigan’s Lawyer Referral Service is (800) 9680738.

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: August 18, 2011 For more information, please call: FC D (248) 593-1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer and/or Mortgage Holder 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2525 File # 173272F02

Public Notice STATE OF MICHIGAN 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEELANAU COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 10-8308-CK 8527 E. Government Dr., Suite 103 Suttons Bay, MI 49682 (231) 256-9824 Northwestern Bank v Ashley Wahba Mary Jo Cascarelli 2655 Ardilla Rd. Atascadero, CA 93422 or Ashley Wahba Mary Jo Cascarelli P.O. Box 84 Templeton, CA 93465 Joshua M. Reynolds (P58962) Calcutt Rogers & Boynton, PLLC 109 E Front Street, Suite 300 Traverse City, MI 49684 (231) 947-4000 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 1. On May 23, 2011, the 13th Circuit Court of Leelanau County entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff Northwestern Bank and against the defendants Ashley Wahba and Mary Jo Cascarelli.

2. On September 23, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at public auction to be held at Courthouse, 8527 E. Government Center Dr., Suttons Bay, MI 49682 in this county, I shall offer for sale to the highest bidder all of the right, title and interest of defendants in and to the following property: Solon Township, Leelanau County, Michigan A part of the Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 7, Township 28 North, Range 12 West, more fully described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the North half of the Northeast quarter of said Section 7; thence running North 28 rods; thence West 16 rods; thence South 28 rods; thence East 16 rods to the Place of Beginning, EXCEPT the South 300 feet thereof.

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Public Notice Notice of Borrower’s Rights Under Michigan Foreclosure Statute Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage (“Mortgage”) made by CHRISTINE THOMPSON, a single woman, (“Borrower”), against the property located at 8900 S. Maple City Road, Maple City, MI 49664, given to United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development, having its principal offices at 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., Building 105, FC-215, St. Louis, MO 63120, (‘USDA”). Notice is hereby given that Borrower has the right to request a meeting on or before August 26, 2011 with USDA’s designated agent to attempt to work out a loan modification to avoid foreclosure. The name and phone number of USDA’s designated agent is Mark Schwartz, Supervisor, Foreclosure Centralization Section Rural Development, US Department of Agriculture, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., Building 105, FC-215, St. Louis, MO 63120-1703, (800) 349-5097 Ext. 5454.

Borrower may also contact a housing counselor who may accompany Borrower to any meeting with USDA’s designated agent. A list of housing counselors approved by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) can be found at http://www. mshda.info/counseling_search/ or by calling (517) 373-8370. If Borrower requests a meeting, foreclosure proceedings will not begin until 90 days after August 26, 2011. If Borrower and USDA reach an agreement to modify the loan and Borrower abides by the terms of the agreement, the Mortgage will not be foreclosed. Borrower has the right to contact an attorney. The telephone number for the Michigan State Bar Lawyer Referral Service is (800) 968-0738. The telephone number for Legal Services of Northern Michigan is 888-645-9993.

THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Pub Date: August 18, 2011 Michael I. Conlon (P43954) Running, Wise, Ford, P.L.C. 326 E. State Street, P.O. Box 686 Traverse City, MI 49685-0686

SUB SCRIBE 256-9827

Toll Free

(877)

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ART TEACHER Needed full-time at The Leelanau School, a residential school in Glen Arbor. Must be able to teach a diverse student body a variety of art media.

Some evening and weekend supervision required.

TECHNOLOGY AIDE

Deadline: August 26, 2011, 4:00pm.

www.thecoveleland.com

4-28-11

Now accepting applications for the 2011 season. Availability in all positions.

SUBSCRIBE

Contact Bill Laskey for application and interview. wlaskey@farmersagent.com 231-256-2141

256.9827

Leelanau County-$24 • Grand Traverse/Benzie-$38 Outside Leelanau-$42

It’s still summer and the cherries continue to fall at the Republic!

Come join our team to keep boxin em’ up through the fall. If you’re outgoing, enjoy having fun at the work place and meeting new people come join the fun, the following are seasonal positions:

Aug 21 (Sun) – Empire 10860 Fredrickson Rd. Old fashioned estate auction.

(Haney Farm) Aug 26 (Fri. Evening) – Traverse City High end antiques & collectibles, plus fine artwork

by Paul Collins.

Sept 4 (Sun) – Cadillac Sporting Collectibles.

Outstanding collection of duck decoys, fish spearing decoys, Peterson items, lures, taxidermy, prints, firearms & other sporting.

The Great Hall Past retail experience helpful The Stomp House Wine & Soda Tasting Room. A plus if you’re flexible in availability.

Traverse City Embassy Retail Apply at TC store.

Administrative Assistant Full time, permanent. We are looking for professionalism, positive attitude, organization, motivation, and above all a “team player.” This person must be able to carry out and complete processes, and procedures in a fast paced multi-tasking environment, while assisting Administration Division Leadership in financial oversight and growth management.

Apply at Glen Arbor location.

More info at www.cherryrepublic.com

General Announcements Zumba VerSnyder’s Fruit Peaches & Nectarines. 1530 S. Lake Shore Dr., Lake Leelanau. 256-9258.

Daycare Openings 2 part/fulltime avail. All ages welcome.

Mon-Fri. 6:30 am -5:30 pm. Long Lake Schools. FHA accepted. 946-1461.

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New Homes • Remodels

231.218.3967 Dan & Joe Bardenhagen

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Roofing • Siding • Garages Pole Barns • Decks & More Licensed & Insured

Gallagher’s Centennial Farm Our own Natural Beef & Pork No MSG - Antibiotics or growth hormones. Individually packaged,or 1/4’s & 1/2’s OUR NATURAL SMOKED HAMS & BACONS. BRATS, BOLOGNAS, SUMMER SAUSAGES, CLUB FRANKS & BEEF STICKS

20% off Bulk Ground Beef Now thru August 20th

Cheese • Jams • Jellies Maple Syrup and Gifts Our own meat pies, fruit pies & Sweet Corn!

231-421-5199 or 231-218-0771 Mon. - Fri. 12-6 • Sat. 12-4 5891 N. Long Lake Rd, T.C. www.gallagherfarms.com

Business & Services Sewing Wanted Alterations, sewing, mending, repairs.

Call Maralene Roush at 228-6248.

Tom Mastick, Bldr.

Construction projects of any complexity. New Homes - Remodeling - Finish Carpentry. 386-5544.

Wood Signs Hand Lettered & Sandblasted Wood Signs for Business & Cottage Signs include: Bluebird StoneHouse Bread Happy Hour Tavern and Holy Rosary Church

Call Patrick Ivory 231-941-2133 ptivory@gmail.com

Real Estate

AUCTION

Mon. • Sept. 5 • 11 AM

8-4-11

3182 S Candace Lane • Lake Leelanau Complete

Bailey Estate Settlement

Outdoor Service

Immaculate 10 year old spacious ranch, with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, full walkout basement, attached 2 car garage & detached 24’ x 24’ outbuilding. Approx. 1825 SF main floor area, plus 1600 SF finished basement area. Amenities include natural fireplace, oak kitchen w/island & hardwood floor. Wrap around deck, porch and patio area all overlook a nicely landscaped yard. Peaceful, private location is situated on 2.18 acres, heavily wooded, predominately with hardwoods.

Directions: From Lake Leelanau, go 3.7 miles on S Lake Leelanau Dr/CR 641 onto Otto Rd. Go ¼ mile to Candace Lane on right to house on right by cul de sac.

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Property Maintenance Visit our website www.nlmresortservices.com Owner Operated & Insured

Customer Service Representatives If you’re a people person with a passion for customer satisfaction, embark on a rewarding career as a permanent Part-time Customer Service Representative at our Suttons Bay Financial Center. We’re looking for multitaskers comfortable with selling bank products and handling cash.

Find out more and apply online at www.53.com.

Leland, Suttons Bay, Glen Arbor & Surrounding Areas

231-357-0042 Ken Scott, Photography Photographs of Leelanau County and beyond . . .

GALLERIES

Open House: Noon – 2 PM Sat. Aug. 20 & Sun. Aug. 28, or by appointment

OR 231-271-6070 www.kenscottphotography.com

For Information & Terms visit our website or call

5-12-11

8-11-11

Michigan Artists in S.B. The Cottage Book Shop in G.A. Two Fish Gallery in Leland

Fifth Third Bank is proud to be an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

M/F/D/V

Sept 5 (Mon) – Lake Leelanau Real Estate. 3182 S Candace Lane. Estate settlement.

Newer home in very private location in peaceful sub with only 5 houses.

Sept 11 (Sun) – Interlochen Annual Fall Auction. Vehicles, trucks, RV’s, electrical, restaurant, yard & garden, furnishings, antiques & collectibles and more.

9:30 am. Thur. Leland School www.kbsutton.com 228-6272

Your Future is as Important as Our Customers’.

www.53.com

USDA Rural Development will make no further decisions regarding this proposed action during this 15 day period.

AUCTION CALENDAR

8-11-11

INTERN WRITER The Leelanau Enterprise, an 8,900 paid circulation newspaper in Leelanau County, Michigan, is seeking to hire a paid fall intern for its editorial department.

Position may start as early as late August, and last into November, with length of term dependent upon schedule of successful applicant. Individual must possess strong journalism skills, be reliable, have a demonstrated interest in pursuing journalism as a career and be able to mingle with and reflect the Leelanau Peninsula in his or her writings.

Photography and sports writing skills a plus. Please send resume and samples of work to: Alan Campbell 7200 E. Duck Lake Road Lake Leelanau, MI 49653 Or email to alan@LeelanauNews.com

Contact Rob Himburg 231-334-5832 or rhimburg@leelanau.org

Any written comments regarding this determination should be provided within fifteen (15) days of this publication to USDA Rural Development, 1501 Cass St., Suite A., Traverse City MI 49684.

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Century Asset Management, Inc. 231-228-6667 www.centuryassets.com

8-18-11

Glen Lake Schools Attn: Jeannie Peacock 3375 W. Burdickville Rd. Maple City, MI 49664

BILL LASKEY INSURANCE AGENCY Has an exciting opportunity as an Agency Producer/CSR Enjoy sales, growing customer relationships and working with people Provide High Level of Service and Follow Through Computer literate, proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook Insurance License not required On the job training provided.

7-28-11

Glen Lake Community Schools is looking for a Technology Aide. Self starter under general supervision; to assist in troubleshooting hardware and software installation, imaging of desktop systems, data projectors, smart boards, and network connections, etc.

Minimum requirement is college course work in computer science; networking experience in a Windows Server environment is preferred. Minimum 20 hours per week during the school year - summer hours as needed Submit resume to:

USDA Rural Development has assessed the potential impact of this proposed action, and has determined that it will not significantly impact the quality of the human environment. Therefore, USDA Rural Development will not prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action.

8-18-11

Call Michele 231-256-9848

Apply in person 8699 Good Harbor Tr., Cedar

7-21-11

Still in need of several good workers for housekeeping.

8-11-11

In Glen Arbor is hiring Kitchen Help: Cooks, Prep, Dishwashers Servers, Bussers Host/Hostess.

All Postitions thru fall.

Call 334-3362

Immediate Openings

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development is considering an application by Leelanau Community Energy LLC for a Renewable Energy Grant to assist in the financing of a wind turbine in Northport, Michigan.

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Hiring Host/Bussers Part-time Eve. & Weekends Must be 16

Leland Lodge Resort

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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

Cedar Rustic Inn

Help Wanted

Call 231-256-9834

THE LEELANAU ENTERPRISE

8-11-11

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Inside Storage Cars, RVs & Boats. Call B & L Rentals & Storage. 256-0179 Companion Care Need help shopping, cooking, errands, bathing.10 yrs. exp. 231-360-7491.

Insured. Companion One-On-On

In Home Health Care Experienced w/ references. Nights preferred. 231-256-9360 or 357-0509.

Weekly August Homes for 4 to 10 Lake Michigan & Near Glen Lake

No pets.

Call Pam, 231-334-4058 or 231-334-3348 www.glenlakerentals.com pam@glenlakerentals.com

Self-Storage Units All Sizes Currently Avail.

10 x 10 10 x 20 12.5 x 30

For as low as $3.84 a week Call for details 256-9827

Bingham Buddies Daycare Openings for infant / toddler care.

We specialize in busy parents with busy schedules. Experienced, wonderful references, fun playroom and playground.

For interview call 231-947-4026

231-271-5800

Too Much Stuff?

Please call Pam DePuy, Glen Lake Rentals 231-334-4058 or 334-3348

Quick!

Lime Lake Access Lovely cottage, sleeps 4, sun porch, clean & bright. 231-228-5123. $700/wk $110/nt. Google: holiday house 49621

ANDY’S SEE - THRU SCREEN REPAIR Work performed at Your home or business.

Serving Benzie, Leelanau and Grand Traverse Counties!

Call 231-228-3547

Cedar / Maple City

Real Estate Rentals On Omena Bay, completely furnished studio apartment. No smoking. $400/mo. Available Sept 1. 231-386-7274.

CUTE SUN-FILLED JUNIPER TRAIL COTTAGE.

Large Studio Bay View -22 N/Shady Lane; private, clean. $600 incl. util. 231-632-9719

Club & Hancock Field. Short stroll to public beach & boat launch.

Sleeps 5 comfortably.

• Handyman • Licensed Electrician • Repairman • Remodeler • Painter • Builder • Drywaller • Jack-of-all-Trades • Door Fixer • Garage Door Fixer • Window & Door Installer

Leland Winter Rental

No smoking/pets. $1,200/wk.

August & September dates avail.

231-432-0292 brucitorandall@gmail.com

. . . kind of guy

Harold’s Haven

Get your Honey-DOO list together and CALL:

Come to Leelanau for Color Tour

1-6-11

Commercial For Lease/Rent Commercial Space 600+ sq.ft. in quaint Village of Lake Leelanau. Uses: retail, office, food?

Util. included. $550. 231-360-0026.

Office Spaces 105 & 275 sq. ft in Suttons Bay. Use of conference room. Copier & fax use available. Larry L. Graves. 271-3721.

on North Lake Leelanau

A Great Place to Sell Your Great Place Where do people look for homes?

In the Leelanau Enterprise.

A survey sent to Leelanau County residents asked, “If you were considering buying or selling your home, how often would you look at real estate ads published in the Leelanau Enterprise?

“High Waters” “Little Dipper” 1 Bedroom 1 ba $1000 weekly. www.vrbo.com/172706

The response: Weekly ................................... 71.0 percent At least every other week ...... 12.0 percent At least once per month ........ 7.6 percent Rarely .................................... 7.7 percent Never ..................................... 1.8 percent

231-256-7203

Commercial For Lease 106 N. Mill Street Northport

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Attractive commercial, retail space in Village for lease. 740 sq. ft. fronting on Mill St. Large windows w/ awning. Art Gallery, Wine Tasting, Cafe, Etc. $650.00 per month.

Specializing with cozy to luxurious vacation rentals and watersports rentals exclusively on Lake Leelanau. Some units pet friendly and open year round. Large Groups/Weddings Welcome Pontoon/Fishing boats, Jetskis and Mastercraft Ski boat Rentals Available

Call 231-386-7860

The Leelanau Enterprise:

3 Br 2 ba $2000 weekly. www.vrbo.com/171338 8-11-11

386-7544

Bob Campbell

Wonderful Main St. home, 4 bdrm., 2 bath, attached garage, fully furnished & decorated. TV/Stereo, washer/dryer, dishwasher, weather tight & well insulated.

September 1 thru May 231-256-7747 tampicotc@aol.com

231-218-6888

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Advertise where people are looking. The Leelanau Enterprise

(231) 256-9827 5-5-11

8-18-11

He’s a . . .

Private, quiet. One mile to Glen Lake.

231-334-4678

803 W. Front St. Suite A Traverse City, MI 49684 www.BuyInLeelanau.com

Family of 5 looking to rent 3 BR 2BA home for possible purchase. 271-6334

Cable, W/D, adjacent to Country

Northport, Michigan

One 3200 sf insulated building and a 1900 sf storage building. Private setting. Circular driveway.

Potential Artist’s Studio, Gallery, or Car Storage.

Winter Rental

BOB DOES WHAT?

Log Home, 10 Acres

Land contract possible.

Call Tom @ (231) 649-6797

Rentals Wanted

Beautiful and secluded resort setting on Big Glen Lake.

Short walk to Glen Arbor.

Lakefront condos and cottages available. Also offering boat rentals, slips, moorings, and convenience store on grounds.

Check us out at www.glenlakelodging.com or www.glencraftmarina.com Glen Craft Marina & Resort (231) 334-4556

Leland Rental

944-4021

The Yankee Craftsman

Commercial For Sale

GLEN CRAFT

6-2-11

386-7326

Suttons Bay 100’ direct frontage.

Septic installed. $175,000.

Owner 616-633-9321.

3 Acre Commercial w/ 2 Buildings

Vacation Rentals www.VRBO.com/352137 www.leelanauboatclub.com 888-419-2774

30 years Experience Handyman Services Available Affordable, Reliable

Grand Traverse Bay

asking $595,000

Cottage LL Narrows

Jamison’s Custom Painting

Benzonia Trail. Exc. site close to M-72 & Glen Lake. $44,900. 815-262-7559. courtesyaircraft.com/michiganlot.htm

N Lk Leelanau’s Finest.

Build your Waterfront Villa on this 1.3 ac. estate parcel w/131’ hard-sand frontage.

Standard drainfield app’d.

martincodepuy@centurytel.net www.glenlakerentals.com

Call Quick Storage 231-334-4135 Maple City Rd Just South of M-22

On 2+ acres. 5 minutes from beach & town. Judy Porter, Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors. 995-9290/922-2360.

Glen Lake, Lake Michigan Owners Thinking of renting?

I’d be happy to help you!

5-5-11

Leelanau Enterprise Business & Service Directory

Empire-3 BR. Home

Real Estate Sales 2 Acre Bldg. Lot

Big & Little Glen Lake & Empire

BAHLE PROPERTIES

Please call Rich

Advertise your business in the

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Summer Rentals

Storage

7200 E. Duck Lake Rd., Lake Leelanau, MI 49653

Business & Services

Thursday, August 18, 2011

231.256.9827

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7200 E. Duck Lake Rd., Lake Leelanau, MI 49653 www.LeelanauNews.com

Thursday, August 18, 2011

$98,000 BAY FRONT

Real Estate Appraisal & Consultation

60-ft. Buildable on Bay

Lake Michigan 100’ $250,00O west of Northport, wooded & very private with big beautiful sandy beach.

386-1949

THE LEELANAU ENTERPRISE

Dining out?

Vineyard Land 52 Acre Site 30 Acres Plantable for Vines Presently Planted in Fruit 48x80 Pole Building w/Cold Storage 6” Well, 240 Elec. Service & Great Location for Tasting Room. $400,000 More sites available from 20 to 150 acres.

Michael L. Sheridan, SRA Senior Residential Appraiser.

Appraisal Institute.

State Certified General Appraiser.

Land Contract Terms Available for both parcels.

www.appraisalsbysheridan.com

STORMER ROAD

MILLER HILL

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The County’s most comprehensive dining guide can be found in the Leelanau Pages phone directory or at LeelanauPages.com

Peninsula Properties, Inc. Dan Matthies 231-256-9942 dlmatthies@aol.com

New Neighborhood

Empire

3625 W. Cheney Woods Trl Big views of Big Glen & Sleeping Bear Bay. Quality year-round 3 bdrm., 2.5 bath built by Traverse Bay Log Homes, all cedar exterior, pine interior, 784 sq. ft. deck, oversized garage in lower level. 15 wooded acres offer a park-like setting with spectacular sunsets. Virtual Tour. (1726178) $959,000

For more information on this parcel or other properties, please call:

Custom Crafted • • • • • •

Now $189,900

For information, please call: John Martin 231/590-3770 cell 231/334-7000 office martinco@centurytel.net www.martinrealestate.com

Check out our coupons for meal discounts at Leelanau restaurants!

GWEN HALL

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Call Christine Stapleton 231-326-4000 or 888-313-3990 www.cdstapleton.com

231-883-6366 gwen@gwenhall.com 511 E. Front St/TC

ON THE EDGE

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7-7-11

7-7-11

John Martin 231/590-3770 cell 231/334-7000 office martinco@centurytel.net www.martinrealestate.com

to recreate a bygone era Meticulously finished, artisanal detail Imaginative design, energy efficient 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, full basement 24’ ceiling in front room, loft den 9’ ceilings for big-house ambiance Blocks to amenities, Lk. Mich. beach

Want to be in the wine business?

of Northport Village 2BR Home with 8-car garage 30 x 15 Workshop & outbuildings 15 Acres w/ Approved Splits Beautiful Property

DINING

Here is your opportunity to own and operate your own vineyards and winery! Well established, award-winning vineyards and winery with 90+ acres and fantastic water views, state of the art tasting room and, and all the best winemaking equipment. Truly a turnkey operation, located in the heart of the Leelanau Peninsula!

Also available: Several separate vineyard sites.

$279,900

Arts Tavern

1725371

Glen Arbor

334-3754

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LIVING IS EASY

5705 Lake Street, Glen Arbor

2007 Built Crown Villa All the Pluses you expect.

3BR/2.5BA, 2200 sq ft And the VIEWS!!!!

Hardwood Floors, Granite 2-car attached garage

334-2530

Bluebird Restaurant Leland

256-9081

Dan Matthies Peninsula Properties Inc 13960 Solon Rd., Traverse City, 49684 231-256-9942 • Dlmatthies@aol.com

Cedar Rustic Inn

$299,900

Cedar

228-2282

1723348

Cedar Tavern

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Producing cherry orchard (sweets & sours) southeast of Empire. Approximately 2/3 orchard & 1/3 hardwoods.

Property includes a 2,560 sq. ft. barn w/16’ ceiling, office, 1 bathroom & 896 sq. ft. lean-to, & inside cooling pad. Nice set-up! (1727266) $549,000

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4566 MacFarlane, Burdickville

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Good Harbor Grill

Real Estate, LLC

LAKE MICHIGAN’S Premier beachhouse Miles of sandy beach 6 BR 5½ Bath 2 Family Rooms $2,975,000.

Western Avenue, Glen Arbor

334-3555

LaBécasse S. Dunns Farm Rd, Burdickville

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Leland Lodge 565 Pearl St., Leland

256-9848

VANTAGE POINTE #15 Condo

The Manor

World class sunsets all year.

Easling remodeled, 4 Br 4 Bath Three story end unit, 2 car gar.

Central cooling & heating (For Sale By Owner) (All serious offers considered)

334-0150

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Riverside Inn

Stunningly renovated, gambrel roof craftsman home with stone front porch. Hardwood and ceramic floors, granite counters & stainless steel appliances.

(1716512) $239,000.

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COTTAGE AT BROOK HILL 42 AT THE HOMESTEAD

Great location to walk to all recreational facilities and the beach. Townhouse 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths.

Garage and gas fireplace.

Asking $479,000 STEVEN NETHERTON, Broker 231.334.3055 6391 Western Ave., Glen Arbor, MI 49636 email: steven.nertherton@gmail.com Mobile: 231-642-6220 www.glenarborrealty.com Selling property in Leelanau County for over 24 years

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GREAT FAMILY HOME. Charm & character abound from this custom 3,800 sf home on 5 acres in Leelanau County, close to Glen Arbor. Granite kit, formal din, w/o LL, hdwd flrs. (1716850) 5 BR / 3.5 BA $399,900 Linda Schaub, 231-642-0342

MODEL CLOSEOUT! Edgewater’s phase 1 almost sold out! Just 2 final units w/3 BR / 3 BA. Craftsman-style constr. State beach across road.

Gorgeous interior! Hurry! (1728503) 3 BR / 3 BA $329,900 Sue Kelly, 231-218-9800

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NEAR NTL. LAKESHORE. Nice ranch w/extras.

Natural brick f/p, hdwd flooring & large deck. Full bsmt w/egress window & extra bldg lot. All appliances incl. Nicely wooded. (1728636) 3 BR / 2 BA $198,000 Shelly Brunette, 231-642-6436

VACANT LAND Suttons Bay VIEW parcel. Nicely wooded & shared Super Suttons Bay building site on Donnybrook Rd. West Bay ftg. Pvt Stoney Point Peninsula. $89,500. Sunset & small bay views. Natural gas, u/g electric.

(1709436) Shelly Brunette, 231-642-6436. $42,700. (1725739) Shelly Brunette, 231-642-6436.

Nicely wooded with shared West Bay frntg. Quiet Lake Leelanau views & quiet country setting. Sunrise side Stoney Point Peninsula location in Leelanau. & easy drive to Cedar, TC, Lake Leelanau. Nice area. $59,900. (1687348) Shelly Brunette, 231-642-6436. $38,000. (1717817) Shelly Brunette, 231-642-6436.

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3 BD /3 BA walk out front door to Ski Slope Condo comes fully furnished

5 Acre graceful, rolling & open parcel - easy access to M-72 to T.C. 6.5 miles to Empire & Lake Michigan beaches. Paved road, underground electric & telephone installed. Pretty country side & big sky views. Horses are allowed! #1727171, $41,900

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Little Glen Lake - One of few vacant lot opportunities on the north shore. Quiet W. Day Forest Road w/acres of National Park land across the road. Majestic hardwoods on 100’ x 406’ parcel.

Motivated seller - a great investment in a water front lifestyle. #1725432 Newer price: $595,000

• House/retail store 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath and cottage has 2 bedroom, 1 bath • 145 ft of private frontage on the Narrows

$450,000 ▼ 2642 S Lake Leelanau Drive • 3 bedroom, 3 bath home • 30 ft of shared access on South Lake Leelanau, beautiful sand frontage

Cherry Homes #4 Sub. building site w/access to over 400’ of shared Lake Michigan beach.

Access to private parks, use of the private clubhouse, playground & tennis courts. Close to Leelanau State Park. #1725808 Price reduced to $9,500

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4.99 Acres close to Big Glen Lake water access. Wooded parcel provides several building sites.

Property can be split. Enjoy all of Burdickville’s amenities! #1705658 $137,500

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5670 S Elm Ridge, Suttons Bay

Glen Arbor - Oak Hollow Wooded, quiet ‘in town’ sub north of M-22. Lot #13 is ready for your dream home. Close to restaurants, shops, kayak/bike rentals and Lake Michigan beach access. #1719714 159,900

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Brady’s Point, one of the rarest properties on the Leelanau Peninsula, offers a captivating 300 degree view of North Lake Leelanau. 2 plus acres and 795 feet of shoreline and Wright inspired mid-century modern home capitalizes on the view with floor to ceiling windows. There is plenty of room for an expansion or guest house. This lovely place offers seclusion, yet is an easy walk to Leland’s restaurants, shops, Fishtown and sporting activities. Offered at $5,995,000

$259,900

1221 S Nanagosa Trail, Suttons Bay This private direct waterfront ranch home features: main level living and family rooms, 2666 sq ft of finished living area, 3 bedrooms, 2.75 baths, a walkout lower level with finished rooms, 2nd kitchen and water views, waterside screened porch and a heated 2 car attached garage! A quiet low traffic area with views of Old Mission only minutes from Suttons Bay and Traverse City! $399,000 (1723080)

Family Retreat/Compound with plenty of room for Boats, Campers, Parking. This Historic property is on 10 Village lots in beautiful Northport. The Oldest “Summer Cottage” in the Village…this property is a year round residence & B&B, that overlooks the Mill Pond & is walking distance to beach, shops, restaurants. Beautiful gardens, a huge screened in porch & loaded with character, charm & years of fun & memories. 6BR/5.5BA. $265,000.

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7592 Melissa Dr, Traverse City

1535 S Donnybrook Rd, Suttons Bay

Sandy walkout frontage contributes to the extraordinary setting of this beautiful craftsman-style home offering over 4,800 sq ft of living area, 2 story living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, gourmet kitchen with panoramic views, 3 stone in-laid covered porches, 24 x 24 barn, attached garage, professional landscaping and 150’ of private walkout frontage on Lake Leelanau! $1,595,000 (1704862)

Enjoy water views and shared West Bay frontage with this 2900 sq ft updated ranch home offering a living room with vaulted ceilings and fireplace; remodeled kitchen with maple cabinetry, quartz counter tops and hardwood flooring; 4 main floor bedrooms and 2.5 ceramic tiled baths; a/c, private rear yard, gardens, gazebo, 2 car garage, and u/g sprinkling system! $279,000 (1726382)

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Suttons Bay Yacht Club. 3 BD/ 3 BA, 1850 sf. Access to 1400 ft of Sandy Beach, pool, clubhouse, tennis FORECLOSURE courts. Gorgeous! $339,900 MLS 1727855

175 FT of S. LK Leelanau Waterfront. Sunset side.Unique parcel w/ pump NEW PRICE back Septic system $325,000 MLS 1718247

129 Ft West Bay waterfront. Adorable year-round cottage.

3 BD/ 1 BA, 1266 sf. Up North charm w/½ log exterior $339,000 MLS 1718767

22+ beautiful acres.

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Walk to everyting in Leland. Currently hass 22 rental storage units in two buildings and 2 large warehouse buildings being used for light industry. Many possibilities.

Land Contract Terms available. (1723457) Offered at the reduced price of $550,000 For more information contact: Mark Carlson Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors (231)256-9836

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THE BEACH HOUSE AT MAGIC CARPET Elegant, beautiful & beachy. 6-bdrms.

258 ft Lake Michigan, 3.7 acres. $3,900,000 MLS- 1729488 Ann Marie Mitchell 256-9836

NEAT AS A PIN! 3BD, 1BA RANCH fresh paint, newer roof, 90% eff furnace, hardwood under carpet, excellent buy $79,000 MLS#1729428 Judy Levin 231-218-7653

SUNSETS, SANDY BEACH Room to expand this 2BR/1BA 10 min Leland & Suttons Bay $369,000 MLS-1729481 Mark Carlson 256-9836

4 BD 1.5 BA SUGAR LOAF CHALETS lot w/2 car garage and garden shed Needs updating throughout interior $87,400 MLS#1728851 Elizabeth Schaub 231-360-1100

3BEDROOM, 1.5 BATH HOME many updates in 2009. 2 car attached garage & 2 car detached garage $137,000 MLS#1727303 Schaub Team 883-4644

BEST VALUE IN LEELANAU CO. 2BD/1BA chalet, on 10 acres 7500 Christmas trees harvest 2-3yrs $145,000 MLS#1721656 Pamela Mork 231-920-0520

FABULOUS COMM STRUCTURE in the quaint shore side village of Nthport with lovely bay views & elevator $465,000 MLS#1725786 Judy Levin 218-7653

QUIET COUNTRY LIVING 10 wooded ac 14 mi west TC 3BR 2BA, fireplace, walkout $229,000 MLS-1728953 Mark Fisher 231-633-5041

LITTLE GLEN LAKE – 2BR 327 feet of shared frontage furnished and ready for you $265,000 ML–1727512 John Peppler 231 645-1928

SHETLAND CREEK COTTAGE 123’ ftg, 3 BR 2 BA, 1.5 ac wooded, close to lakes, NPS $289,900 – MLS-1727317 Mike Walker 231-342-8856

PANORAMIC VIEW OF LK MI 3BR/2.5BA home w/quality details Shared sand beach frontage $389,000 MLS# 1718975 Jim & Becky Stacy 231-218-1479

LOVELY HOME BETWEEN TC & SB 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 3 car garage Gorgeous views of the Bay $425,000 ML#1725331 Schaub Team 883-4644

E BAY 55’ PRIVATE FRONTAGE With pure Sand Beach & bayside gazebo 3BR/2BA Chalet, open brick fireplace $599,000 MLS #1702405 Gale Fox 231-633-6782

THE PERFECT LELAND LOCATION! In village w/ pvt. Leland River frontage 4BR/4BA, 2 car garage w/ heated shop $799,000 MLS-1720871 Mark Carlson 256-9836

THE SHORES OF LITTLE TRAVERSE LAKE 4 bed, 3 bath, 3,197sf home on 150ft of frontage, open floor plan, panoramic views of lake, circular drive $749,900 MLS#1726814 Judy Levin 231-218-7653

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LEVEL 1.38A, ZONED D-1, NPT Ideally zoned for a variety of uses $65,000 MLS-1727702

THIS IS A DEAL! 55’ WATERFRONT w/association trails/tennis/clubhouse $99,000 MLS#1693219

STONY PT – 100’ FRONTAGE Panoramic views-conventional septic $239,000 MLS#1716360

175’ FRONTAGE LK LEELANAU Sandy bottom, bldg site/investment $325,000 MLS#1718247

ADJOINS NATIONAL PARK 3.88 acres, mostly open, some woods $96,000 MLS-1719540

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BIG GLEN LAKE LOVELY EAST SHORE LOCATION captures glorious sunsets all year long. Spacious, 4 bdrm., 2 bath home is perfectly sited w/head turning views from the kitchen, dining room, grand living room & private master suite. Detached 2 car garage w/lots of storage- big enough to convert to a bunk/bonus room! Architecturally designed w/topnotch construction. 81’ on the water x 280’ deep. Dock’s included. Virtual tour. $995,000. Please call Pam DePuy. (1727958) E. TRAVERSE HWY. 37 VACANT ACRES only 6 miles from Traverse City! Rolling pines forest w/ some open areas.

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Beautiful 4 BR, 3 bath home in culde-sac on the base of the Old Mission Peninsula. Walk to downtown Traverse City. Walk-in, cedar-lined master closet, new carpet, hardwood floors in living and dining. Covered front porch and lovely landscaping. MLS# 1727718 $284,900

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2 winter homes in the heart of T.C. – yes, Grapes, sunsets, 8 acres, privacy, Gorgeous city view across West Bay – people have winter homes in T.C. – sweet, little waterfront – a winding drive sweeps you up just into Leelanau County with incredible views spots for when winter gets a bit too heavy along the shore or when a bit more action is desired. Here’s two – an elegant little 1800 sq. ft. ranch with wood floors, a wonderful kitchen and beautiful details everywhere you look, 3 BR, 2 baths – on the West Side, two blocks from Leelanau County $348,500.

And a very sweet little 3 BR, 1350 sq. ft. house near the college, overlooking East Bay where bicycle riders and walkers waft by, each hour. A beautifully landscaped place near museums, parks, everything -- $368,500.

to this beautiful Peninsula home overlooking West Bay. 4 BR, 4 baths, 3200 sq. ft. laid out in a storybook cross between traditional and contemporary. Fabulous swimming pool, gazebo for sunsets, storms, parties. Master suite, guest suite and great nooks. All new, all renovated this year.

Plant grapes or, if you must, divide the view lots and reduce your cost. A rare, rare piece of land – oh, plus the 32 feet of private frontage – perfect for your boat! Just Listed $1.5 million.

of T.C.’s the bay and the city. Sunrises, moonrises, fireworks and air shows – or just sit back and watch the eagles fish and the sailboats glide past. You’ll love this setting. 4 BR, 3 bath, 3500 sq. ft. with an amazing floor plan (perfect for grandkids and guests OR a family). 100 feet of direct West Bay frontage, fantastic waterfront patios and gardens.

Plus – Leelanau taxes. Priced to sell at $725,000.

Sixth Street Elegance – stunning detail. Neahtawanta – one of northern Michigan’s most Dreamiest building site on LAKE Quartz, granite, exotic woods, beautiful mitres treasured waterfront communities. Old Mission MICHIGAN – The raw energy and rolling in the nooks and crannies, huge ceilings, sweet porch, incredible floor plan. All on Traverse City’s sweetest block of homes. Walk to everything, smile at everyone – this is the street of dreams. This 4800 sq. ft. built to perfection. If this house doesn’t charm you repeatedly as you move room to room. Sub Zero and Wolf appliances – the best of everything.

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Peninsula -- 4600 sq. ft. of elegance and innovative architecture. Circular study overlooking the lake.

Piano room, soaring ceilings, a kitchen beyond compare, beautiful gardens and sitting areas. 3 bd, 3 baths, 148 feet of private beach in a spectacular setting. $2.3 million. If you’re looking for the best of the best, this is a must see.

A foodie’s delight in Old Towne – bookcases, wood floors, high ceilings, a cook’s kitchen, master suite that’s extraordinary (f/p, claw foot tub), outdoor f/p (with oven!), great party patio, beautiful gardens – and IT’S ON THE PARADE ROUTE!! Walk to everything. Priced dropped $40,000 for immediate sale. Cute AND sophisticated! $348,500.

160 acres overlooking Torch Lake – Own one of T.C.’s legendary party perfect for vineyards or a wonderful country estate. stores – Jack’s Market. Wine and food to the These two 80 acre parcels are priced at $472,000 each. One of the 80s has producing mineral rights (about $14,000 per year). Both are appr. 70% open and 30% wooded. Incredible possibilities. Priced to sell, now.

waves of Lake Michigan sing their wonderful songs constantly. 158 feet of gorgeous sand beach. 1.5 acres of beautiful privacy. Sweeping panoramas of the lake, sunsets and Manitou islands! Stroll two blocks into town for great meals or ice cream. The best of all waterfront settings. $1.4 million.

max. Great downtown location with further development possibility. Build 24 condos. Great numbers, established clientele. Illness forces sale -- $795,000.

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LEELANAU ARTISTS Thursday, August 18, 2011

Why is Leelanau County so popular with artists? In this Diversions, we have some answers. From college classes once held in Leland to art classes offered to kids today in the summer in Glen Arbor, from gypsy artists who peddle their wares to a longtime artist who just opened his own gallery, from a verbal artist to one who can put a price on all of it, and from a family of artist to friends of the arts. Welcome to Diversions.

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Summer school for kids gets creative

By Carol Thompson Enterprise intern

NICOLE MARTIN demonstrates how students will layer pieces of paper in a frame to make a three dimensional scene. class on Tuesday morning.

Keegan was making a scene with mountains in the backdrop. He is also eight years old (and as he pointed out, eight days older than Sela), and has done some art in school but doesn’t like it as much as he does at the GAAA. “For the children that really enjoy making art and working with art materials and developing those skills, they can’t get enough of it in school,” McCarty said. “They enjoy our small classes where they get lots of attention so they can focus on those skills.”

Classes at GAAA are usually capped at 10 students for two hours, meaning students get more attention and instruction than they would in a class of 25 or 30 that only lasts 50 minutes.

A lot of planning goes in to teaching a class. Teachers have to have enough activity for the whole class, but not so much that students can’t finish projects.

“I have two hours and I want them to take something home,” Miller said.

Miller looks for project ideas in books and from other teachers, and does an example project before every class. She also has to do the prep work, like cutting pieces of paper and setting up the studio, before classes. For her, the work is worth it when she sees students have a good experience with art.

“I like when they’re surprised and happy with what they’ve made,” Miller said.

At the GAAA, teachers try to be open and teach kids that there’s no right or wrong in art.

McCalmont and Kausler’s children have a display set up in their family cottage in Glen Arbor and have started doing art projects, like painting rocks, on their own. Already they’re asking about classes for next year.

“They had fun with it all,” Kausler said. “It’s been a wonderful experience.”

KEEGAN KOCHANEK, left, colors his layer of mountains green for the scene he’s creating while his brother Liam works on his scene from the Mario video games.

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When Patti McCalmont first made her six-year-old son go to a Young At Art class at the Glen Arbor Art Association, he wasn’t thrilled. By the time she picked him up after class, he had a change of heart.

“He came home the first day and said ‘Mom, you’ve got to sign me up for everything!’” McCalmont said.

McCalmont and her sister Sharon Kausler are in Glen Arbor for the summer and their children have blossomed into young artists through classes at the Glen Arbor Art Association.

“We know there are kids who love to make art and we want to give them that opportunity,” said Peg McCarty, director of the GAAA. The GAAA offers a variety of classes for children and adults that cover media from watercolor painting to pottery. Classes for children are broken up by age group.

“They offer a wide range of classes, there’s something for everyone,” Kausler said. “They do a good job finding things that are fun and appropriate for each age level.”

Although some projects for younger artists may seem “crafty,” McCarty said teachers try to incorporate an art concept, such as using the color wheel, into every lesson.

On Tuesday morning, teacher Nicole Martin did just that. Martin was teaching a class called “Creating a 3-D Theatre” where the five students created a three-dimensional scene with layers of painted paper.

The students started by talking about scenes and stories, and then came up with their own ideas about what scenes they’d like to create. After some talk about possible backgrounds of video games, mountains and ninja battles, Martin rounded up their attention and demonstrated the first step of the project, creating a distant and non-detailed background like the sky.

Students were then instructed to create layers of the scene that gradually increased in detail and decreased in height so each element is visible.

Sela Gur-aire’s scene was of a river where she was tubing with her friends.

Gur-aire is eight years old and a regular at GAAA. She’s learned about a lot of different art media, but clay is her favorite. In classes, she’s learned what to do before putting in a thick piece of clay into the kiln.

“You have to put a hole in it so it doesn’t explode,” Gur-aire said.

Gur-aire brought her friends Keegan and Liam Kochanek to the 3-D theatre

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CHERRIE BRICKER Stege, from left, her dad Ben Bricker and her sister Beth Bricker are professional artists living and working in Glen Arbor. Cherrie and Ben are silversmiths and Beth, a painter.

At nearly 90 years of age, Ben still teaches a jewelry-making class at Glen Lake School.

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encouragement of the arts contributed to their development as the Bricker children always had access to an assortment of quality art materials.

“When we were working on a project, we were encouraged to think, ‘What could I sell this for,’” Beth said.

After his retirement in 1987 as the fine arts chair at Nazareth, Ben joined the Peace Corps and spent his tour at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and returned to Glen Arbor.

He and Ananda were among a group of artists and supporters who met periodically to discuss their craft and what could be done to encourage the arts in the community.

In addition to the Brickers, the group, which gathered as the “Tuesday morning breakfasts artists” included Suzanne Wilson, Midge Obata, Frank and Barbara Siepker, Ruth Conklin, Becky Thatcher and Ken Scott and formed the basis for the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA).

It was the mid-to-late 1980s when Ananda Bricker, Obata and Wilson purchased the Wescott property on Lake Street in Glen Arbor and formed Lake Street Studios. An old car “fix it” shop, the property included three “bays”.

“It was well accepted. People really liked what they were seeing,” Ben said of the Forest Gallery, the southernmost bay which featured work entirely by the Bricker clan.

The building was enlarged at least twice to accommodate all the art work.

Pieces by Obata, who is “still going strong” creating weavings and handmade paper books and boxes, are shown in the northernmost bay. That area had been a painting studio for

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Leelanau County has long been a place that inspired creativity.

For one Glen Arbor family whose name is synonymous with the arts, inspiration has transcended generations.

Ben Bricker and daughters Beth Bricker and Cherrie Bricker Stege are artists whose works are featured at Forest Gallery at Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor. Bricker first visited Glen Arbor in 1938.

“I was chasing my future wife,” the retired college professor and silversmith said. “I hitch-hiked from Chicago to Glen Arbor. I didn’t know where I was going. I got a ride to M-109 and was let out right across from the Bear (dune climb). That’s where they were.”

Noticeably absent from the interview was Ananda (Dillon), who he followed from Chicago at age 16.

Ananda, a driving force in creation of the Glen Arbor Art Association in 1983, died in January 2010. Her father, Frank Dillon, was a pre-eminent commercial artist and illustrator in early 20th century Chicago at a time when most publication art was drawn by hand.

Ananda’s mother, Alice Dillon, was an artist in her own right as a children’s book illustrator. The family summered on the shore of little Glen Lake.

Ben Bricker studied at the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University. Ananda was attending the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture in Groton, Mass. and Ben managed to get a job working for the school at $20 a week.

It was there that they began their life together, marrying in November 1942.

Cherrie, the eldest of the Bricker bunch, came along two years later.

Then brother, Bruce and little sister, Beth. In 1971, the family moved to Muskegon where Ben took a position at Nazareth College teaching — among other things — jewelry and ceramics.

“Our parents always encouraged us to make things,” said Stege, who is an accomplished metalsmith, working primarily in copper incorporating glass and beach stones. “I tend to think (being an artist) is a nature/ nurture thing. Our mother encouraged us to be keen observers and we developed the ability to shape what we observe into art.”

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Wilson, who died in 2004, Stege said.

The Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios, in the middle bay, features a different artist weekly throughout the summer months. And the Forest Gallery, at the southernmost end of the structure, is filled with the work of about 50 different North American artists — including the Brickers and their family members.

Cherrie’s husband, Bill Stege, is a blacksmith and has a forge on the gallery grounds. Beth’s youngest daughter, Abigail Clark, 18, also has work there. One piece, produced during the GAAA “paint out” Aug. 6, sold, making the 2011 Glen Lake grad the fourth generation of the Bricker/Dillon family to work as a professional artist.

“I remember riding my bike down Lake Street as a teenager. If the street wasn’t dirt, it was darn close to it,” Beth Bricker recalled. “I remember thinking that I had discovered something that hadn’t been seen in Glen Arbor.”

Since its inception more than 20 years ago, the GAAA has encouraged the arts through classes for youth and adults; sponsored an artist-in-residence program and in 1999 founded the “Manitou Music Festival” which presented diverse concerts featuring national and regional performers of classical, jazz and folk music with towering dunes, pure inland lakes, lush hardwood and pine forests and Lake Michigan for a backdrop.

The beauty of the area and light on the 45th Parallel (with contrasts and shadows evident to the “keen observer”) are known not only statewide, but throughout the country and to the far corners of the world.

The Brickers have been hosts to a contingent of artists for Tbilisi, Georgia (formerly a part of the Soviet Union) and groups of students from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

“You can go anywhere in the world and find a connection,” Ben Bricker said. “When the Georgians came there was a buzz in the community that Glen Arbor was an arts center.”

Beth Bricker agreed that Leelanau County is now recognized for the arts — something she had hoped for years.

“In 1984, I lived in Providence Town, Mass. and the Rand-McNally map identified it as an ‘artists enclave,’” Beth said, adding that Glen Arbor should be identified on the map as well.

“We are known for our art. A lot of that credit should go to our mother,” Beth said.

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ART STUDENTS in a fishing boat near the Leland Dam in the early 1940s receive instruction in painting from a Michigan State professor. gram at what is now the Old Art Building continued through 1989.

Sally Biggs of Leland was one of the Michigan State students who enrolled in the summer art program after her sophomore year, in 1962.

“I’d spent summers in Leland practically my whole life and didn’t realize until I enrolled as an art student at Michigan State that we had this summer program right where I lived all summer,” Biggs recalled recently.

“In fact, I met my best friend at the summer art program in Leland — Nell Revel Smith,” Biggs said.

Also a Leelanau County resident, Revel-Smith is known nationwide for her impressionistic paintings of Midwestern landscapes. She is just one

of numerous well-known artists who studied at Michigan State’s summer art program in Leland.

Leelanau County residents and artists David Grath and Sadayoshi Omoto are also alumni of Michigan State’s summer art program in Leland.

“I haven’t painted in a few years,” Biggs said. “But we had some really memorable times in that program.”

The summer classes continued for 50 years until the cost of housing Michigan State students in Leland during the summer became prohibitive.

After 1989, the building sat vacant until a group of Leland residents approach Michigan State University about acquiring the building. Because (Concluded on Page 5)

a l H o m e t ow n G r o c e r y S t o r e Yo u r O r i g i n !

Anyone involved in the art scene in Leelanau County is familiar with the Old Art Building in Leland, often referred to as the OAB. But few can tell you exactly when the OAB become “old.” Was it ever the “new” art building?

Located off Main Street (M-22) on Cedar Street in downtown Leland, and adjacent to the Leland Public Library and the Leland Historical Museum, what is now commonly referred to as the Old Art Building was indeed new in 1922 when it was built.

At that time, it was known as the Walter T. Best building, named after the late husband of Allie Kaiser Best who was one of the wealthy Chicagoarea ‘resorters’ who summered in Leland in the early 20th Century.

Allie Kaiser organized the Walter T. Best Women’s Club in Leland with the hope of establishing a social and cultural center for the community after she moved to Leland permanently. Although her hopes were not fully realized, in 1939 an art professor from Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) “discovered” that Leland was a great place to paint pictures in the summer.

The women’s club decided to donate their building to Michigan State and allow the art department to offer summer courses there. In the early years, tuition for Michigan State’s summer art program was $16.50 for a six week session, either for college credit or not.

Students were put up in the homes of Leland residents during their term, sometimes for as little as $2.50 a week if they shared a room with another student, according to an official history.

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Former art teacher leads effort to preserve for Old Art Building Since 1992 when the Leelanau Community Cultural Center was formed, about 50 volunteers have stepped forward to serve on the board of the nonprofit organization.

The organization’s mission is to preserve the Old Art Building in Leland and see to it that the venue is used to advance the arts and culture in Leelanau County.

Dan Lisuk of Leland is currently serving as president of the board. An art teacher who retired four years ago from Traverse City Area Public Schools, Lisuk said he joined the LCCC board because he wanted to become more involved in his community and “give back” in a way in which he felt qualified.

His wife is a retired Leland Public

School teacher, and the couple’s two children grew up in Leland.

“I regret that I never took advantage of Michigan State’s summer art program in Leland when I was an art student,” Lisuk said, “but I’ve always known what a gem Leland has in the Old Art Building.”

Other current members of the LCCC board include: • Amy Chatfield, a longtime Leland resident and a founding member of the board.

• Doug Fierberg, an attorney and Leland resident since 2006.

• Judy Frederick, a seasonal resident of Leland since 1969.

• Laurie Matthies, who helps operate her family’s Leelanau County winery, Chateau Fontaine.

• Tom McConnell, a Leelanau resi-

dent since 1974 with a background in marketing communications.

• Jill McFarlane, a retired French teacher and amateur videographer.

• Susan Oliver, a lifelong Leland summer resident.

• Martha Ryan, a local restaurateur who has been on the board since 1998.

• Kerry Satterwhite, a lifelong seasonal resident who joined the board last year • John Scott, a local attorney.

• Trudy Underhill, a retired psychiatric social worker and therapist.

Employed by the board as the LCCC’s program director is Judy Livingston who became the organization’s first year-round director in 1997.

Currently serving as an office assistant is Linda Broughton, a Leelanau County resident since 1995.

Artistic talent flourished in Old Art Building Continued from Page 4 the university could not “gift” the building to anyone, the university agreed to lease the building to Leland Township for 20 years for $1. That arrangement continues.

Amy Chatfield of Leland was among the people who took the lead in establishing what is now known as the Leelanau Community Cultural Center (LCCC) – a nonprofit organization that operates the Old Art Building as a venue for the arts and other cultural activities year-round.

“The name the ‘Old Art Building’ is something that just grew up around the place,” Chatfield explained. “We had always referred to the building as the

‘Summer Art Building,’ and after it was vacant for a few years, more people started calling it the ‘old art building.’”

In 1992, when the LCCC was formed, the group put the capital letters on “Old Art Building,” and the official name stuck.

“Although I’m not really an artist myself,” Chatfield said, “I knew this place was enough of a treasure that it needed to be preserved, and the LCCC board exists to make sure that happens.

In official literature, the LCCC describes Chatfield as the “matriarch” of the Old Art Building. A founding member of the LCCC, she was the organization’s first president

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The LCCC employs Judy Livingston as its executive director.

Livingston said she believes the OAB has a bright future ahead. Plans are being considered to expand the building for a second time since the LCCC acquired it in 1992. The most recent addition included restrooms and some office space, but preserved the façade and much of the interior of the historic building.

“You can still see some of the paint splattered on the walls from painting classes held in the building long ago, and a few little hand-scrawled notes left by students,” Livingston pointed out. “The history of this place is still very much alive.”

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Friends of the arts fill void in Suttons Bay Schools

By Jan Ostrowski Special to the Enterprise

The Friends of Fine Arts at Suttons Bay Schools (FOFA) was formed in 2000 by a small group of parents and staff who wished to promote the arts in our schools.

The goal was to encourage, recognize and support student achievement in the fine arts through events like “Collage.”

It was also established to support existing visual arts, band, choir and drama programs in any way possible, such as providing local publicity for events, and raising money for uniforms, instruments and art supplies.

FOFA was also set-up to secure, through fundraising or other projects, extra materials and educational opportunities that are not otherwise provided by the school budget and encourage and develop a close relationship between students, educators, parents and the community regarding the fine arts.

We have helped fund a variety of arts related activities and events this past school year.

In these times of reduced school budgets, community/school collaborative groups such as FOFA are ever more important in keeping art and music programs strong in our local public schools. Offering arts opportunities especially to underserved students is paramount. The school fine arts staff and FOFA board members are credited for their tireless dedication providing quality experiences for Suttons Bay students.

FOFA has underwritten the following fine arts opportunities with help from the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation (Suttons Bay & Bingham Fund), the Suttons Bay Art Festival, Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs and private donors.

Violin Exploration, run by Margaret Lott and me, gives many elementary and middle school grades a chance to experiment with the violin for eight weeks and give an auditorium performance.

“Collage” is an evening showcasing many student arts groups like jazz band, drama, small ensembles, photography exhibit, video animation presentation and visual arts displays from K-12 students. This year’s event, the 10th anniversary, was held

on May 13.

Special In-School Performances for students in the auditorium are provided by outstanding musical groups like the TSO Brass Ensemble and Traverse City high school choral groups in past years.

In 2010-11, students enjoyed My Dear Disco, from Ann Arbor, who did an improvisation workshop for jazz and high school band members followed by a “rock concert” for all high school students.

In June, Eugene Clark from the Michigan Humanities Touring Program, staged a fast-paced inschool show entitled “Magical Wonders of Michigan” for all elementary students, including Leelanau Montessori.

Band student mentoring is a program that brings in experienced instrumentalists to work with band students on technique, intonation and repertoire. This program has been popular with all band students at the school, now in its fifth year. Last year’s mentors included: Terry Stellingworth, flute; Leia Meyer, sax; Bob Pavelek, trumpet and French horn; Hal Fisher, low brass; JeanMarie Riccobono, clarinet; Dave Warne, percussion.

FOFA also offers art workshops for middle school students, as no formal art classes were offered for the seventh and eighth graders last year. It also funded eight weeks of workshops by Kathleen Hoagg.

Other events and activities that FOFA was involved with last year: • Scholarships for students to attend the Young Americans workshop in October • Public concert in March with local folk and bluegrass band, Sour Mash • Funding toward the AP Art Trip to San Francisco in May • Printed program booklet of all fine arts events handed out at auditorium events • Musical trip to Interlochen Arts Academy to see Beauty and the Beast • Prize money for AP Art sponsored Talent Show in February The FOFA also provided a clinician for high school band to prepare for the state festival, where they received a No. 1 rating.

It also contributed to scholarships

STUDENTS perform in the “Collage,” sponsored in part by the Friends of Fine Arts at Suttons Bay. The May 13, 2011 performance was the 10th anniversary of the “Collage.” for students in school musical, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and contributed to “Brother Buzz” in May about the University of Michigan Prison Creative Arts Program.

It also presented $100 senior merit scholarships to Forest Jarvis for drama, Jacob Pryor for art, Adam Kitchen for band, and Melanie Wheeler for choir.

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Wheeler is a known storyteller. He has emceed for the Dunegrass music festival, dredged up stories to entertain crowds for breaks between musicians; tells stories and poems during performances with a number of local bands; and is a founding member of the Beach Bards, a storytelling group that meets by the beach at the Leelanau School on Friday nights during the summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no tech, no screens,â&#x20AC;? Wheeler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way people entertained each other for centuries and still do in many countries.â&#x20AC;?

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That professor challenged him to memorize a piece, and was his inspiration to continue the storytelling tradition.

Now, as a teacher at the Leelanau School, Wheeler incorporates storytelling into the classroom.

Wheeler has memorized many pieces over the years. He keeps them in a big room in his brain, a library. When heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reciting, he sifts through the stories and picks out the one he wants to tell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some are dusty, and some are real fresh because I use them all the time,â&#x20AC;?

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Consultant has tips for buying art

By Mike Spencer Of The Enterprise staff

Jody Arens is not a licensed appraiser, she’s a consultant and art dealer.

But ask the 47-year-old Cedar woman about any piece of art and she’ll tell you the value.

“I don’t know if they are a lost group, but there really aren’t appraisers so to speak about art because the market fluctuates so much and a painting is only worth what someone will pay for it,” she said.

Arens practices what she preaches.

She has her own personal collection of art in her home.

“They are like my kids,” she said.

“They each mean something to me.”

Her personal collection include pieces from her children Julian and Jackson, her brother-in-law, Greg, an insurance adjuster who took a picture of the Mackinac Bridge, an abstract painting an artist gave her in lieu of payment and a painting she did of Leland’s Whaleback beach.

Arens buys an original piece for herself every three or four years. In April, she acquired a new favorite — a Michigan lake/beach scene — while having dinner at a restaurant with her husband. She paid $400 for the piece that was on display for $700.

“There was no rhyme or reason other than I found humor in it,” Arens recalled, of a painting of a couple walking along the shoreline. “I love Lake Michigan and I love that she’s proud of her petunia and her big dress.

“The big pattern dress is a no-no, but she doesn’t care. And he’s following behind her.”

Arens had no qualms about asking for less.

“Knowing the art world, I know right now that art is not moving as fast because it’s a luxury,” she said.

Arens, who works out of her office at home and runs a small gallery in her husband’s coffee shop in Glen Arbor, has studied art at the American University in Paris and worked a couple of jobs at prestigious galleries near Chicago. She has also spent nearly two decades in fine marble and stone sales and design and as an affiliated sales consultant with Synchronicity Gallery in Glen Arbor.

She has come along way since her first gig out of college when she was the “new kid” working on certificates of authentication and the Federal Trade Commission raided the art gallery and 11 others the owner had.

“It was just like Men in Black (1997 film), black uniforms and guns,” she said.

Today, she loves being a part of one of the best art communities.

“I think we have above average art to begin with because the place we live in is beautiful and therefore it draws people who are aesthetically oriented,” she said.

Although Arens graduated with a degree from Central Michigan University via the American University, her experience in Paris was priceless.

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ART CONSULTANT Jody Arens sits with her own personnel collection of art in her Cedar home. The collection includes art from her children, Julian and Jackson and her brother-in-law Greg. of art, world-renown art,” she said.

Arens had “classes” on site at the Louvre, in churches, museums and bridges.

“We took our backpacks and got on

the bus,” she said. “It was amazing.”

Arens offers some tips for art buyers: • Don’t buy art to match your couch.

“Art should speak to you and give back to you,” she said. “You will find

JODY ARENS points to one of her favorite pieces called “Factory Siding.” It was pained by her brother-in-law, Greg Arens, an awardwinning artist.

room in your house, just like you do if you were to have another kid.

“I know it sounds a little ridiculous and you don’t have to feed them.”

• Research the artist.

“When you’re trying to appraise a piece, one thing I’d do is use the Internet,” she said. “You can research the artist and who purchased certain pieces and what they purchased it for. If that’s not online, go talk to the gallery owners who represent that artist.”

• Shop around.

“Walk around and don’t talk to anyone,” Arens said. “Look at the pieces on the artists and compare.”

• Don’t be intimidated or afraid to negotiate.

“It’s always negotiable,” Arens said.

“Look at the piece and imagine what it’s worth to you.

“What price would you put on that piece and go from there.”

• Take a photo of the piece.

“When you photograph it, it’s just another view,” she said. “How well does it photograph?”

Arens said art’s value depends on the

execution of a piece and whether the artist’s works are popular today.

“I had a piece from one of Leelanau’s best that sold for $5,000 15 years ago.

Today’s it sold for a fifth of that,” she said. “You have to be current with trends.

“He’s an amazing artist, but no one is buying it.”

Arens said art is so subjective. Some pieces in museums, she often wonders how they got there.

And there are artists like Dutch postimpressionist Vincent Van Gogh, who only sold one piece in his lifetime.

“It really boils down to what you like,” she said. “And yes, there are pieces in museums you think ‘Oh, I could have done that.’”

Arens said appraising is not an art. It’s an acquired taste.

“It’s more of a confidence level,” she said. “You have to be enthusiastic about art.

“You have to be interested, engaged and willing to travel and talk to people about art. Enthusiasm has truly gotten me to where I am in the arts.”

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Lake Leelanau man finally puts art in his gallery

By Alan Campbell Of The Enterprise staff

Fred Petroskey paints in prose, but never had a proper place to discuss his art.

Now he does. Some 558 entries into his personal log of commissioned portraits — but with several pages still blank — Petroskey has opened his first art gallery.

True to form, it’s an understated shack that has been beautifully transformed into a place for conversation and appreciation behind his farmhouse in Lake Leelanau.

What stories that shack, a granary in its first life, now holds.

“It’s called ‘In the Ditch,’ and I was prompted to do it because of the sky on that day,” said Petroskey from the gallery in explaining his motivation to paint a landscape he observed in the 1980s through his home’s front window.

It’s located off Eagle Highway just north of M-204 and the village of Lake Leelanau. You’ll find the gallery behind the Petroskeys’ home, at the end of a just-started path from the driveway.

“I thought (the painting) needed something, so I got online and looked up some old cars,” he continued.

The pastoral scene of a Leelanau hillside is interrupted by an old “woody” station wagon and a black sedan, both stuck in a snowbank. The vehicles were from the 1930s, adding to the story line.

“She was a senior in high school, and she was wearing that outfit,” said Petroskey while re-examining a portrait of a young girl he painted in 1972.

At the time, he was an instructor at DeCordova Museum of Art in Massachusetts and teaching at Bedford High School. He asked, and the girl accepted his request to model.

The girl’s smile contrasts subtly with untamed hair that Petroskey described as “angry” — perhaps trying to escape the confines of a white kerchief. The girl is black. The background is moody, representing her struggle.

Petroskey was once an enigma for Leelanau County, an artist carving out a business niche without a model to follow.

“When we came back here, there weren’t many artists like myself. It was mostly David Grath and myself. I was mostly a single artist trying to break a trail,” he recalled.

The county now supports a vibrant and growing art community, but few would argue that Petroskey is still at the top of his trade.

In 2007, Petroskey was chosen ArtistIn-Residence for the Leelanau Community Cultural Center, which was followed by a book of portraits aptly named “Petroskey” and a months-long show at Dennos Historical Museum.

Last summer his 12- by 18-inch painting named “The Soiree” took best of show

honors at the Art Leelanau. It depicted a lively party.

“I’ve had a lot of action in the last few years,” said Petroskey, now 77.

He’s the antithesis of the withdrawn artist struggling through a disenchanted life. Fred and Molly Petroskey were interviewed on the day of their 54th anniversary while preparing to dine out with friends at The Bluebird. They were smartly dressed, and filled with anticipation.

The couple met when Fred was clerking at NJ’s in the early 1950s. Molly’s family had just moved to Lake Leelanau.

Molly started the story. “My mother came in, and said, ‘Do you have any canned peas?’’

Fred took over. “She was a goodlooking woman, and she looked much younger than she was. She was probably

FRED AND MOLLY Petroskey take some time to visit in their new gallery.

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“I teased her for a long time, 20 years, because she was always a snappy dresser,” said Petroskey. Well over half of his paintings are now commissioned; they fetch thousands.

His work is tame compared to many, but Molly said her husband’s occasional semi-nude paintings caught the ire of the Lake Leelanau community years ago.

“It’s not what anybody said; it’s what they didn’t say,” she said.

His most famous portrait is probably “Mimi” depicting Molly’s mother, who was then in her 50s. Her mischievous smile reveals an actress even at the end of a long day that left her disheveled and spent. The portrait is part of Petroskey’s personal collection.

The new gallery is filled with paintings, most of them portraits with some stills and landscapes mixed in. It’s been visited little, which is fine for the Petroskeys, while providing a proper home for Fred’s work. After weeks of being open, the gallery has claimed 12 visitors without a sale.

“I didn’t expect a line to form here, but you don’t need money. They might buy a portrait. It’s so they can see the work,” he said.

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move to North Carolina. But after visiting Leelanau County that summer, they knew it was time to come “home.” The year was 1985.

“While we were here visiting, we drove around the lake and spotted this house that was for sale, and said, ‘That’s a classic farmhouse. It’s pretty beat up, but a classic’,” said Fred.

Indeed, most rooms lacked electricity.

Contractors soon went to work, creating a comfy place to live while carving out room for Fred to work. Later, he helped renovate an old chicken coop in the back yard, building a recycled patio door into the roof to provide ideal light for painting. Now it looks like a brother of the gallery.

Even while teaching, Petroskey made a fair living on the side selling commissioned portraits. His first work was commissioned in 1968 while living on the East Coast. The painting depicted his dentist’s wife. The commission was $200.

“He said, ‘I know you do portraits, and I want you to do my wife,’” Petroskey recalled.

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Continued from Page 9 39-years-old. I was 18. I said, ‘Yes, the peas are on sale 2 for 29 cents. I’ve never forgotten that, isn’t it strange? She was a little bit of an actress.

“A couple weeks later she came in with two girls following her — one was 16, and one was 13,” he continued.

Fred was asked if the pea price was 39 cents or 29 cents. He thought maybe it was actually 39 cents.

Molly, the oldest of the siblings who followed their mother into NJs on that fateful day, piped in. “The peas were two for 29 cents,” she said.

The couple have walked in tandem through life. In conversation, Fred seems to know he just needs to get things close as Molly, now fully recovered from a stroke suffered a few years back, will straighten out the record.

Molly provides a similar role for her husband’s art.

“Molly helps me a lot. I’ll ask Molly, and she’ll say, ‘The mouth isn’t right,’” said Fred.

That’s the thing about portraits, he continued — a miniscule change can mean the difference between hitting the bull's-eye of a personality, or missing the target. A subject’s mouth and eyes must be perfect.

“As a final thing I might put a glint in the eye, and I might use a magnifying glass because it has to be exactly in the right space,” said Fred.

He works in spurts, building creativity while staying away from the canvas for several weeks or even months before pouring his soul into a painting.

Sometimes he’ll finish most of a portrait before stepping back.

“It’s such a fine line between looking like them and not looking like them. You have to look at it while you are in different moods,” he explained.

Petroskey’s career started with doodles of visitors to Chicky’s Snack Bar in Lake Leelanau while he attended St. Mary School. He graduated in 1952; Molly followed in 1954.

After an artist’s visit to France, a short-lived college start at the University of Detroit and a stint in the military, Frederick T. Petroskey attended and graduated in 1962 from Western Michigan University with majors in art and political science. By then married, Molly had supported his education by teaching school with a temporary certificate. She then returned to earn a bachelor’s degree in education while Fred supported her in a reverse role.

The Petroskeys headed East where Fred taught art for 17 years at DeCordova Museum of Art and at Bedford High School, both near Boston, before he retired at the age of 50.

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BURDICKVILLE Art Works, Chas. Mattson – Watercolors, commissioned works. 10169 S. Bow Road, 334-4526.

Underbark Furniture Workshop – New mission furniture by Paul Czamanske. 4057 W. Burdickville Road, 334-3753, www.underbark.com. By appointment.

CEDAR Bel Lago Winery – Eclectic gallery. 6530 S. Lake Shore Drive, 228-4800. duck to Swan – Fine art gallery, decorative painting. 9044 E. Kasson St. Suite B, 231313-4501.

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EMPIRE Leelanau Trading Co. – Leatherwork bags, journals, luggage by Ted Gilmer. 13030 S. Coleman Road (M-72 and County Road 669), 228-6575, www.leelanautradingco.com.

Ripple Effect Studio and Gallery – Features the work of acclaimed landscape photographer Jeff Ripple. 10085 W. Front Street, across from Empire’s town hall. www.jeffripple.com.

Secret Garden Gallery – Gallery of art work and handcrafted items. 10206 Front St., 326-5428, www.secretgarden.empire.com.

The Red Barn Sampler – Features the work of 65 different artists. 3800 W. Empire Highway (M-72), 326-6122 GLEN ARBOR Becky Thatcher Designs – Jewelry with gemstones, Lake Michigan beach stones.

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art work, specializing in portraits on commission, by Fred Petroskey. By appointment, 256-7649 LELAND Al Jacoby Gallery – Original paintings, prints and collectables. 505 W. Grand Ave., 256-7224, www.jacobygallery.com.

Aurora Borealis Designs – Beach glass jewelry and custom designs. 106 N. Lake St., 256-0170 Becky Thatcher Designs – Jewelry with gemstones, Lake Michigan beach stones.

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Benjamin Maier Ceramics – Contemporary pottery and ceramic art. 104 N. Main, 590-1084, www.benjaminmaier.com.

Brenda J. Clark Gallery – Expressionistic paintings of Leelanau landscapes. Harbor Square (next to Lake Street), 256-0026, www.brendajclark.com.

Fishtown Pottery – 203 W. River St., 256-0038.

Dickinson Photo Gallery – Leelanau landscape photos. 7611 W. Glenmere Rd. (3.5 miles south of Glen Arbor on M-22), 334-6800, www.dickinson-gallery.com.

Main St. Gallery – Original art by many artists, including metal sculpture, oil and acrylic painting, pastels, watercolors, woodcarvings and glass. 307 S. Main St., 256-7787, www.mainstreetgalleryleland.com.

Glen Arbor Botanicals – Original antique botanical drawings. 6590 Western Ave., 334-3404, www.glenarborwest.com.

M. Frey Studio – Original paintings and prints, posters. 106 N. Lake St., 256-2015, www.mfreystudio.com.

Glen Lake Artists Gallery – Leelanau artists. Lake Street, Arbor Light Bldg., 334-4230.

Hepburn-Holt Designs Gallery – Beach stone and specialty jewelry by area artists.

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Lake Street Studios – A home for a variety of artists and art forms; includes: Center Gallery – Original paintings and weekly one-person art shows Forest Gallery – Arts and crafts style pottery, metalwork and more North Gallery – Glass, ceramic and fiber arts 6023 S. Lake Street, 334-3179, www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com.

Paul May Furniture and Paradiso Gallery – Fine art and furniture. 5964 S. Ray St., 334-3128, www.kristinhurlin.com.

Synchronicity Gallery – Original work of 110 outstanding Michigan artists in a wide variety of media. 6671 Western Ave., 334-4732, www.synchronicitygallery.com.

L. Saile – Handcrafted jewelry with gemstones and Lake Michigan beach stones, decorative art and engraving. 9044 E. Kasson St. Suite B, 409-0321.

Ruth Conklin Gallery – Offers contemporary art and crafts from many Michigan and Midwestern artists in a variety of mediums, including acrylic and oil paintings, wildlife wood carvings, beach stone and beach glass jewelry, ceramics and glass. 6632 M-109, 334-3880, www.ruthconklingallery.com.

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Reflections Gallery – Local photography, artwork and sailboat replicas. In Fishtown, 256-7820.

Richard Allen Illuminated Art – Chandeliers, lamps, lighted wall pieces and furniture. 256-8855, www.leelanau.com/richardallen.

Quiet Dove Gallery – Features the original art work of owners Cynthia Franseen and John Kristiansen. 14691 E. Woolsey (CR 629), 386-9005.

Rantz Fine Arts – Landscape paintings, jewelry, fiber work. 205 E. Third St., 386-7628.

T.C. Bowker Fine Art – Artist/owners Tom and Carole Bowker create unique original and diverse art inspired by the lush Leelanau environment. 12271 E. Woolsey Lake Rd. (CR 640 and Snyder), 218-9976.

The Painted Horse Gallery – Paintings, gicle´es, dimensional art and handcrafted furniture. 106 Waukazoo, 386-5828.

Wright Gallery – Regional contemporary artists. 210 Mill St., 386-5594, www.wrightartgallery.com.

OMENA Tamarack Gallery – Showcase for 65 regional and national artists; fine arts, crafts and folk art. Downtown on M-22, 386-5529, www.tamarackartgallery.com.

SUTTONS BAY Bayside Gallery – Garden art, glass, jewelry, fine folding knives, unusual home furnishings. 204 N. St. Joseph, 271-4975.

Brightheart Gallery – Oils, landscapes, nudes, still life. 5861 S. Elm Valley Road, 271-3052.

Brisling Pottery – By Karl Sporck. 8925 E. Duck Lake Road (M-204), 271-3892.

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The Painted Bird – Artistic clothing, tiles, jewelry and ornaments. 216 St. Joseph, 271-3050, www.painted-bird.com.

Good Harbor Gallery – Pottery, photography, paintings. 4510 S. Maple City Road (M-22 and County Road 667), 228-6954.

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It’s a work of love, just like art itself.

Len Cowgill can’t imagine being in any other business than running an art gallery.

Cowgill is co-manager of one of the county’s oldest art galleries. Tamarack Gallery has anchored “downtown” Omena for 35 years, and serves as a regional visitor draw for Leelanau County.

But then again, all county artisans contribute to that end. Leelanau has become known as an end retreat for artists, a living and livable place of inspiration.

Cowgill works on his detail art when not co-managing Tamarack Gallery with Marianne Vick, who specializes in painting birds and nature. Cowgill places his drawings in boxes and bottles and surrounds them with writing and found objects. They are among the 70 or so artists listed on the Tamarack website, which accounts for about 20 percent of sales for the gallery.

Tamarack Gallery was started in 1972 by David and Sally Viskochil.

They moved the gallery from SugarLoaf to Omena in 1976. David, known as a philanthropist for many causes in Leelanau, died suddenly in 2005. The gallery is still owned by Sally, who remains active in selecting art and artisans.

While few — perhaps no? — galleries in Leelanau have been open as long as Tamarack, all contribute in their unique ways toward the county’s growing reputation as a home for art.

Following is a list of Leelanau County galleries as published first in the Leelanau County Visitors Guide. To update or add to the list, please call the Leelanau Enterprise at 256-9827.

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Gypsy artists making the best of road shows

By Chris Olson Of The Enterprise staff

Cathy and Jerry Davis of Ann Arbor had been to Marta England’s booth at the Suttons Bay Art Fair once already on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

“We’re looking for a ring to send to our daughter. She is in Ecuador working with the Peace Corps,” Cathy Davis said.

England is a jewelry maker from Whitmore Lake who was more than happy to guide the couple through the purchase of a necklace and earrings.

“I’m a newbie when it comes to traveling to art shows. I’ve only been doing this for seven years,” said England, owner of Marta England Designs.

England said she takes inspiration from the natural beauty that surrounds her at the old farmstead she and her family live on in the Ann Arbor area to create her jewelry.

Spring, summer and fall are nomadic times for artists. Some travel to as many as 25 art shows held throughout the year around the state, region and country.

“When I first started going to art shows, I went to as many as 10 a year, mainly spring through fall,” said England, who admitted having two children limits her appearances. “This year I’ve only gone to two.”

England has always enjoyed working with her hands and art and found she had a knack for jewelry making.

She followed her passion to college where she earned a master's degree in jewelry and sculpture at Eastern Michigan University.

Traveling is part of an artist’s vagabond life. England gets from point A to point B in a used minivan stuffed to the rafters with Rubbermaid tubs filed with carefully packed jewelry items.

When she can, she stays with friends when traveling to far away shows.

“That is the best. You develop friendships with the other artists at these shows and become part of a network of people who are more than willing to help you out,” England said.

If a friend isn’t available, there are hotels, motels and campgrounds.

“I know a couple of guys here who have RVs (recreational vehicle) they travel in. Camping is a lot of fun in the summer, and sometimes it’s nice to go back to a hotel room at the end of the day,” she said.

Mark Wagar of Riga, Mich., is a veteran artist who works in the glass blowing medium.

“I’ve worked in blowing glass for 30 years, full-time for the last 15,” he said.

Behind Wagar are display shelves holding intricately designed forms that he created at his studio located off of Riga Highway. He travels to and from

MARK WAGAR of Riga has been creating art using the blowing glass medium for the last 30 years. He travels to art shows using a 3/4-ton pick-up truck and a trailer. If he has to, Wagar will sleep in the back of the truck to save on traveling expenses. his shows in his 3/4-ton pick up truck pulling a trailer filled with his art.

Between April and October Wagar takes in about 20 shows. At the height of summer he will make it to three shows a month. He has traveled as far south as Miami, Fla., for a show, but general stays within the north east and central part of the country.

Wagar said he is not selling as much product as he used to.

“In this economy, people are having to make choices and it shows,” he said.

“When I travel to shows now, unless I know somebody in the area, I end up sleeping in the back of my truck because I can’t afford to stay in a motel.”

While the artists enjoy showing their work at these fairs, the bottom line is they need to sell some of their pieces to earn a living. Wagar said his truck gets at best 15 miles per gallon.

When he traveled to the Miami, Fla., show held in February, he spent $900 in gas roundtrip.

“When you throw in the costs of the display space, I was right at about $1,800 and I hadn’t sold a thing,” he said.

Wagar got into blown glass art as a teen. He has a bachelor of fine arts from Bowling Green State University in glass blowing.

“I just love working with the raw material,” he said. “When that furnace is blasting out heat and you’ve mixed in the different elements you want for your piece, then you start to blow and watch your work develop, there is nothing like it.”

Artists Stephen Kostyshyn and Julie Kradel share a home on E. Lincoln Road in eastern Solon Township. Kostyshyn creates baskets, bowls, vases and other pieces out of clay, fiber and wood, while Kradel makes sculptures of animals out of clay and other material.

Both were ready to answer questions or serve customers at Kostyshyn’s booth at the Suttons Bay Art Fair. Kostyshyn said they found that staying in state and traveling around to shows in the northwest region makes good sense, financially.

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STEPHEN KOSTYSHYN of Solon Township used to travel to shows all around the country, but found staying close to home was just as lucrative for selling his art.

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Kostyshyn received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Adrian College in 1976. He worked for 15 years as a studio potter, then developed techniques for using fiber and wood to create what he called â&#x20AC;&#x153;mixed-media baskets.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I taught myself pottery. I make the clay pot or structure first, then add the fiber or wood strips, then finish it with the weaving,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Fred Dickenson’s “Studio.”

Dickenson also created pictographic “maps” of both the sand dunes and the Glen Lake area, which were printed in number. Landmarks and special features were identified in the “bird’s eye” maps.

He also took photos of these subjects (as well as Fishtown) which he hand colored with transparent oil paints.

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In more recent years, Grace Dickenson has marketed some of these items, while adding to the selections with work of her own on local subjects.

After only five years, the Dickensons sold the Enterprise, in 1948, to Karl and Clarice Detzer.

But Fred’s unique banner went on for many years after.

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The most obvious was a new banner for page one (often mistakenly called a masthead).

Dickenson was an artist/photographer, and the new banner he created was one of the most unique ever to be found in any newspaper.

A true work of art, it depicted both the county’s commercial fishing and agricultural heritage.

Later, the banner was modified, but elements lingered on until a few years ago, when the last vestiges of it, two ships transiting the Manitou Passage, were finally dropped.

The Dickenson’s elder daughter, Grace, herself an artist/photographer, donated the original zinc plate, from which the banner was reproduced in the newspaper, to the Empire museum several years ago.

“I thought it would be a most appropriate place for it,” she said. The Dickensons had resided at Glen Lake for a number of years and, for a time, the newspaper was printed there at

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MASTHEADS HAVE varied greatly through the years at the Leelanau Enterprise, including an artfilled version used by Fred and Julia Dickinson in the 1940s (top). Moving lower is perhaps the first Enterprise masthead — the newspaper was started in 1877 — followed by a relatively new version.

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Art and artists are synonymous with Leelanau.

And the Leelanau Enterprise.

Today, at least.

But, for the first 60 plus years of the newspaper, there was scant mention of art and artists, and any illustrations at all were rarely found, other than in advertisements.

Only in the late 1930s are local illustrations to be found on something of a continuing basis.

These, appearing at the top of the front page, may be termed “artistic,” showing lakes and other scenic spots around the county. There were no “live news” photos.

The pictures were initially small, less than the size of a postcard, and always simply black and white.

The one subject that did appear with some regularity (photos and drawings alike) was Leland’s “Fishtown,” which was in the process of becoming a tourist destination.

This fishtown, which was particularly “scenic,” survived after others had vanished. The Michigan Historical Commission had a plaque erected there about 35 years ago — one of eight to be found around the county.

By the 1930s, people were driving their own vehicles about ever more widely and were seeking places to

visit, camp, fish and hunt.

And Fishtown, still busy with the activity that created it, was becoming an artists’ Mecca.

In 1939, Michigan State Agricultural College’s Professor Erling Brauner was seeking a location for a summer art school and happened to see a picture of Leland at Frankfort. He apparently had an “eureka” moment and continued north to Fishtown.

He was immediately “sold” on the place.

“Even non-representational (abstract) painters receive stimulation for the light, color and atmosphere of Leland,” he said.

MSU’s art school became a summer fixture at Leland for about five decades.

Finally, in a sense, because it helped Leland become so well known, it selfdestructed.

The fame of Leland and Fishtown had become such that sufficient affordable housing, for both students and faculty, became too hard to find.

No one was renting someone’s extra room for as little as $2.50 a week anymore!

The students may no longer come, but Leland’s “Old Art Building” remains an integral element of the community’s cultural and social life.

In 1943, Fred and Julia Dickenson purchased the Leelanau Enterprise, and some changes would take place.

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