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Vol. 135 — No. 23

Lake Leelanau, Michigan 49653

Three Sections

Thursday, March 8, 2012

40 Pages

STORM CENTER NUMBERS

help explain the effect of what some are calling the worst storm in memory to hit Leelanau County

LOTS OF SNOW

25.1

DOLLARS LOST

ALL

Inches of wet, heavy snow was recorded at the Maple City station of the National Weather Service, while some credible reports put the total at more than 30 inches in the Empire area. The temperature dipped to eight degrees Sunday morning in Maple City.

Businesses were affected. Most businesses including The Homestead and restaurants were hurt by the storm. But The Merc in Leland and the Village Inn in Empire used generators to keep their doors open.

MOST

NO HEAT

Mature tart cherry orchards were damaged, some so badly that all trees will be pulled.

18,200 8 200 Number of households without power for at least 24 hours.

UNKNOWN Amount of damage to homes in Leelanau County, but countless limbs and many entire trees were down.

MUCH HELP

369 Number of emergency electrical crews from across the Midwest helping to restore power in northwestern Michigan.

By Wednesday, the majority of those crews had been reassigned to Leelanau County as outages elsewhere had been handled.

13,000 Number of households without power for at least 48 hours.

HEATHER SUTTER and her son Bailey Snider, 12, of Suttons Bay, found help at a Red Cross shelter set up at the Suttons BayBingham fire station.

6,389 Number of households still out of power as of Tuesday evening.

IMMEASURABLE

180 Number of emergency service personnel on duty in the teeth of the storm.

40

Number of neighbors helping neighbors.

Number of Red Cross volunteers helping out.

Leelanau in bull's-eye of mammoth storm The great snowstorm of 2012 may not be remembered as a blizzard or maybe even a record breaker.

But the storm, which heaped more than 25 inches of snow over many areas of Leelanau County, touched every resident — and is still touching many today. Power has not returned to some residents who live on the county’s back roads, and that even goes for those who are suppose to have clout.

“I’m hoping today,” said County Board chair Tom Van Pelt, who picked up his cell phone Wednesday while guarding a downed power line. He’s Also see also a volunteer firefighter five pages — and a board member of Cherryland Rural Electric of storm Cooperative. Van Pelt resides on Overlook Road coverage, in the far reaches of editorial Leelanau Township, and “hoping” to have the luxury of taking a warm shower in his own home some time soon.

“They didn’t treat me any more special than anyone else. They got the main line on, but then the line from my house, the fuse is popped on the transformer. But that’s not a high priority until they can get the main line working.

Van Pelt’s plight summarizes the major effect of the snowstorm, which with no regard to its victims knocked out power to 90 percent or more of the households in Leelanau County. Then, because of the enormity of the damage, lights stayed out for days on end as utility crews borrowed from across the Midwest restrung miles of power lines.

“It might have even been higher than (90 percent),” said County Emergency Services Director Tom Skowronski. “I’ve only talked to two people who did not lose power. One lived north of Cedar; the other was in Elmwood Township.”

County 9-1-1 dispatchers handled more than 265 calls of road hazzards in the aftermath of the storm as heavy snow clung to trees, at first bending and then breaking them. Remarkably, no one was seriously injured.

The storm started quietly enough as a chilly rain Friday afternoon just as the first batches of cod were coming out of frying vats at the St. Mary fish dinner.

That was about 4 p.m. By the time the last dinners were served 3 1/2 hours later, snow was piling up at the rate of two or so inches per hour.

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County seeks disaster designation

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Tart cherry orchards take brunt of storm Fred Hawley’s been tending cherry trees in Leelanau County for 70 of his 85 years. He’s never seen one storm take so many out.

“We have extensive damage,” said Hawley, whose yard off Smith Road in Suttons Bay Township was a sea of green, taking on the color of downed limbs from mature pines.

The pines, however, will live. Many of the cherry trees in his 400 acres of orchards will not.

Such snow damage was repeated across the Leelanau Peninsula, and the reason the county is seeking to have damaged orchards declared an agricultural disaster. County Board chair Tom Van Pelt signed such a request yesterday, which will be forwarded to Gov. Richard Snyder.

“It’s not only the farmer losing the trees, but it snowballs from there to the employees, the trucking companies, the processors,” said county Emergency Management Director Tom Skowronski. “Some of these people will be really affected.”

Including Hawley.

“They could have taken a normal snow easily,” said Hawley, who has orchards on Stony Point and near Omena. “But this wet stuff is so full of water; it’s terrible.”

Indeed, most trees in the tart cherry orchard nearest his home had suffered some damage; many were split down the middle. Hawley’s orchards were a microcosm of the damage inflicted across the Leelanau Peninsula by a heavy snow that fell Friday night and Saturday morning.

But just as all storms are not made the same, neither are cherry trees. Sweet cherry trees are generally stronger and more able to absorb the weight of an oversized crop or a heavy snowfall.

Tart cherry trees, however, are more brittle — especially trees nearing 25 years of age.

“I said I should have taken them out,” reflected Hawley, who must now decide whether to remove (Concluded on Page 6)

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obituaries

Charles A. Coryell Jr. 1930-2012

Betty B. Garthe 1922-2012 A memorial service will be held this summer for Betty B. (Prause) Garthe of Glen Arbor who died Wed., Feb. 29 at Yorkshire Adult Foster Care in Traverse City.

She was 90.

The daughter of John and Ruby (Riggs) Schmidt, Betty was born on Jan. 10, 1922 in Leelanau County at the family homestead near Port Oneida where she spent most of her life.

On Feb. 25, 1939, she married Wilmer Prause and they lived in Muskegon for 15 years before returning to the Port Oneida area in 1956. Wilmer died in January 1966.

In November of the same year she married Harry Garthe of Leland. Together they held a Sunday morning tradition of baking fresh cinnamon rolls.

Betty liked to garden and crochet. She also enjoyed the Mary Martha ladies group at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Glen Arbor.

Surviving are her husband, four sons: Eugene (Alma) of Grand Haven, Bill (Kathy) of Hart, Jerry (Sandy) of Maple City and Charlie of Swartz Creek; five stepchildren: Sue (Jeff) Butwell of Alpena, Kathy Ludwig of Alpena; Christine “Kiki” (Scott) Anderson of Leland, Peggy Garthe of Traverse City and Peter (Donna) Garthe of Fraser: brother Ed (Marsha) Schmidt of Mount Pleasant; 20 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Lyle Schmidt and two sisters June Ransom and Alice Noonan.

Memorial contributions may be sent to Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 6012 Lake St., Glen Arbor, MI 49636.

Thomas Reginald Sigmann 1927-2012 Funeral services were held Saturday in Traverse City for Thomas (Tom) Reginald Sigmann of Lake Leelanau who died Wednesday, Feb. 29.

He was 84.

Tom was born Sept. 1, 1927 to the late Rex and Beatrice (Clark) Sigmann in Detroit. He honorably served in the United States Navy during World War II. After his service Tom worked in the automobile industry as a designer and checker for 44 years.

He will be remembered for his outstanding work ethic and mechanical innovations.

Surviving are his children, Carl (Nancy) Sigmann, Clifford (Debra) Sigmann, Edward (fiancee Joy Davenport) Sigmann, Michael Sigmann and Thea Sigmann; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife Eleanor Rita (Santoro) Sigmann.

Burial will be at Grand Traverse Memorial Gardens.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Heart Association or the American Colitis Association.

Anderson memorial set A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Suttons Bay Congregational Church for Michael J. Anderson of Suttons Bay who died Feb. 10 in Traverse City.

His original service, scheduled Saturday, March 3, was postponed due to the weather.

Funeral services were held Tuesday in Bay City for Charles A. Coryell Jr. who died Thursday, March 1.

He was 81.

Charles was born June 5, 1930 in Bay City to Charles A. and Helen (Cornwell) Coryell.

He served as the director of the Boys and Girls Club of Bay County and as director of the United Way and also served as a trustee and former president of the Bay Medical Foundation. Prior to his retirement, he was a partner in Salling-Hanson, chairman of the board of Peoples National Bank & Trustee Co., president and chief-executive-officer of Monitor Sugar and Robert Gage Coal Co. and director of Newcor.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where he served as an elder, trustee and deacon.

Charles was also a member of the Saginaw Bay Yacht Club and Bay City Lodge No. 88 of the Elks Club.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Coryell; three children Andy (Carrie) Coryell of Plymouth, Jeff (Niki) Coryell of Encino, Calif. and Helen (fiance Al Martinez) Coryell of Essexville; five stepchildren Dennis (fiancee Tammie Cornell) Julian of Kingsley, Greg (Molly) Julian of Maple City, Susan (Steven) Finkbeiner of Bay City, Jim (Leslie) Julian of Traverse City and Bill (Katie) Julian of Traverse City; 13 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and two sisters: Barbara Devor and Elizabeth Feldmann. He was preceded in death by his first wife Grace Coryell and two children: Charles Coryell and Mary Coryell.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the First Presbyterian Church or the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bay County.

It’s time to spring ahead The Suttons Bay Congregational Church has an unspoken rule the morning Daylight Savings Time goes into effect.

“If you come in at 5 of 11 for 10 a.m. service, everyone just looks the other way,” the Rev. Robin Long joked, referring to someone who forgot to switch their clocks to the time change. “We usually have a least one person — the same person shows up at 9 o’clock after we change time in the fall.”

Long thinks there could be more people showing up late on Sunday because service was called off last weekend due to the spring storm.

“I didn’t get a chance to remind them,” she said.

Just as county residents are getting clocks reset after last weekend’s power outage, they will have to do it again this weekend.

Sunday at 2 a.m. marks the return of Daylight Savings Time (DST), when we turn our clocks forward an hour, giving way to longer days.

Historically, Americans in most states have “sprung forward” the first Sunday in April and “fallen back” the last Sunday in October.

However, beginning in 2007, DST was extended one month to the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday of November.

Last fall, we fell back an hour on Nov. 6. We’ll gain another hour this fall on Nov. 4.

As a general rule, fire officials suggest that the time change in the spring and fall is a good opportunity to check and replace batteries in smoke detectors.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Review boards ready for taxing issues

By Eric Carlson Of The Enterprise staff

As they finish digging their way out of the snow and recovering from power outages this week, Leelanau County resident next week will also have an opportunity to dig their way out of property tax bills — or at least challenge their tax bills to the proper authorities.

Boards of Review will meet in all 11 townships in Leelanau County — and in nearly all townships throughout the state — Monday through Thursday.

A legal notice posted on Page 4, Section 2 in this newspaper tells exactly where and when the boards will meet. Under state law, the boards are empowered to correct tax assessments on properties. When owners demonstrate exactly how and why the correction should be made.

Possibly the longest serving Board of Review member in Leelanau County, dairy farmer Ron Schaub of Centerville Township, has seen property owners present a wide variety of arguments for why their property tax assessment should be lowered.

“There isn’t any one particular argument that stands out,” said Schaub, who has served on the Board of Review for 36 years. “But what we find more often than not is that people just don’t understand the system, so we spend some time explaining it to them, and they end up going away satisfied — even if they’re not completely happy.”

Getting educated about the taxation process before showing up at a

Board of Review meeting to challenge your tax bill is one of the best pieces of advice a property owner can get, according to Chris Krellwitz, who serves as the tax assessor for Elmwood and Empire townships.

“There are people who give seminars all over the place on how to appeal your tax bill, and attorneys who specialize in that area,” Krellwitz said. “I just urge anyone who plans to show up at a Board of Review meeting to come prepared — have actual figures they can show the board that will convince them that some mistake has been made in the assessment of their property.”

Assessor Julie Krombeen, who works for several townships in Leelanau County, agreed with Krellwitz.

“People need to remember that the Board of Review has no authority over the taxable value of your property, and they have no authority to change the multiplier the state uses to calculate inflation — and neither do I,” Krombeen said.

The board does have the authority to correct the assessed value of a property, however, if the owner can demonstrate that the assessment is not uniform with those of other properties in the township. If the assessed value falls below the taxable value of a property, its taxes will decrease.

“They should be prepared to defend why their assessment is out of synch with that of their neighbors,” Krombeen said.

Comparisons of square footage, the actual number of bathrooms, records of comparable sales, and other hard figures, are among the bits of

documentary evidence that property owners should bring to a Board of Review meeting if they expect to convince the board their assessment should be lowered. Assessors say that property owners should have a specific figure in mind to recommend to the board.

“Some people hear the national news about housing trends and think it applies to Leelanau County and their own little neighborhood — but that’s not necessarily the case,” Krombeen said. “You need to come to the board with facts and figures from your own area.”

Kasson Township assessor David Noonan said the biggest problem he sees is the continuing confusion about the fact that assessed values can go down while taxable values climb. Even if a property’s assessed value is less this year than it was last year, its taxable value may increase based on the previous year’s rate of inflation.

“In recent years, that’s what almost all of the people showing up at meetings have been confused about,” Noonan said. “We explain it to them, and they go away understanding the issue — and that’s the best we can do.”

The county treasurer’s office has produced a brochure that some township treasurers insert in tax bills titled “Understanding Proposal A in a declining real estate market.” It's also available on the county’s web site.

MATTHEW J. LEHNER Died March 1, 2012

DAVID DOUGLAS MCCORMICK TRAVERSE CITY - David Douglas, “Doug” or “Mac” McCormick, 97, passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Tendercare in Traverse City. He is survived by his sons David McCormick of Washington Island, WI and Brian (Colleen) McCormick of Traverse City, MI, his three granddaughters, Caitlin McCormick of Canton, MI, Erin McCormick of Traverse City, MI and Kristin McCormick of Canton, MI, his sister, Grace Wisniski of Manistee, MI, and loving companion, Ann Martin of Traverse City, MI. Doug was born March 29, 1914, to James and Mary (Wachter) McCormick on Poverty Island, MI where his father was a lighthouse keeper. The family also lived at the South Fox Island Lighthouse for six years until transferring to the Grand Traverse Lighthouse in Northport, MI where they lived until his father’s retirement from the U.S. Lighthouse Service in 1938. Doug was one of 12 children that included, Willie John (died in infancy), Violet, James, Justine, Joseph, Margaret, John, Doug (himself), Leon, Elizabeth, Janet and Grace.

Doug graduated from Northport High School where he served as Senior Class President. He joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1935 as a Surfman at Whitefish Point, MI and he married Marie Stover of Washington Island, WI in 1937.

Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Doug was assigned to the attack transport USS Hunter Liggett that was stationed in the North Atlantic. With the outbreak of hostilities, his ship loaded troops in New York and sailed to Wellington, New Zealand where they conducted amphibious landing training with US Marines. Proceeding to the Solomon Islands, Doug landed on Guadalcanal on August 7, 1942 where he was one of 27 Coast Guard personnel that remained on Guadalcanal with the 1st Marine Division in the 1942-1943 campaign. He also served in the African Campaign and the European Theater participating in four major battles.

Later in the war, Doug commanded a “sub-chaser” based in New Orleans.

After WWII, Doug was assigned to Coast Guard Stations in the Great Lakes region including a return to Washington Island where he served until his transfer to the Philippines in 1952. While in the Philippines, his wife Marie passed away on Washington Island. He returned home immediately and was reassigned to the Coast Guard Station in Sturgeon Bay, WI. While in Sturgeon Bay, he met and married Pearl Boudwin (Steinmetz). In 1955, Doug was made Group Commander in Sturgeon

Bay and was responsible for 18 Light Stations in both Michigan and Wisconsin. He went on to assignments at the Coast Guard Officer Candidate School in Yorktown, VA and the Coast Guard station in Sault Ste. Marie, MI where he retired in 1965. He and Pearl then moved to Burlington, VT where Doug worked as a ferry boat captain on Lake Champlain for the next 10 years. Returning to Sturgeon Bay, he captained charter fishing boats on Lake Michigan.

Doug moved to Traverse City, MI after Pearl passed away in 1984. Never one to sit idle, he was one of a handful of people who, in 1981, turned their attention to the poor state of the Grand Traverse Lighthouse. He became actively involved in the restoration of the Lighthouse donating much of his time and energy. He was a member of the 1st Board of Directors that met in February, 1986. It was during this work that he met Ann Martin, who was also a volunteer in the restoration efforts.

Doug was able to come full circle by once again living at Grand Traverse Lighthouse where he was the caretaker through 2002.

Doug continued to be a supportive patron of the Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum throughout his lifetime. Now a fully restored museum, the “McCormick Room”, his mother’s beloved Mason Hamlin pump organ and his father’s portrait reside in the museum as testimate to him and his family’s legacy.

Doug was a member of the VFW, Disabled American Veterans, the Knights of Columbus and a tribal elder of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

Visitation will be held at Martinson Funeral Home, 115 N. Saint Joseph St., Suttons Bay, MI on Wednesday March 7th from 2 – 8 p.m. Rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Services will be held at Martinson’s on Thursday, March 8th at 11 a.m. with visitation from 9:30 a.m. 11 a.m. Interment will be in Washington Island, WI at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to GTLM - Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum, PO Box 43, Northport, MI 49670. Contributions will be used to establish a scholarship fund in Doug’s name. This scholarship will be presented annually to a Northport High School graduate.

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

SUTTONS BAY – Matthew John Lehner, 37, of Suttons Bay, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012 at his home.

Matthew was born April 25, 1974 in Traverse City the son of Dennis and Barbara (Wransky) Lehner.

Matt was a true lover of all animals, especially dogs. Often he found a stray, neglected or abused dog; Matt would take it in, nurse it back to health and give it a good home.

He loved all things of nature; he loved to walk in the woods, on the beach, just observing nature and gardening.

Matt was a “jack of all trades.”

There wasn’t anything that he couldn’t fix. Matt graduated from TBA having studied small engine repair. He loved to work on anything mechanical.

He worked at various places doing repairs and finally went on to be self-employed. Matt owned the chickens that caused such a fuss in Suttons Bay! Matt is survived by his parents, his grandmother, Helen (Duester) Wransky; Uncle Jerry and Aunt Debra Lehner; cousins Eric Lehner, Holly Lehner Obendorf; Uncle Bill Lind; cousins Janine (Kim) Pavkovich, Adam and Kara Pavkovich, Vickie (Dave) Booeskool and Ryan Booeskool; and companion Tina Frankenberger.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Robert Wransky; grandparents John Othmar and Virginia (Toncar) Lehner and his Aunt Edna (Duester) Lind.

Private family burial will be held at a later date in St. Michael’s Cemetery of Suttons Bay. Memorials may be directed to Cherryland Humane Society, 1750 Ahlberg Rd, Traverse City, MI, 49686 and/or Salvation Army, PO Box 5228, Traverse City, MI, 49696-5228.

Please share thoughts with Matt’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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Real estate transfers recorded in county February 24 Brayton B. Alley to Brayton B. Alley, trustee, a partial interest, Lot 13, Block 4, Northport Point Resort, Leelanau Township.

James Behrmann and Marisa R. Topp-Behrmann to James Behrmann and Marisa R. Topp-Behrmann, Unit No. 16, York Condominium, Bingham Township.

Varley/Kelly Properties, L.L.C., to Roderick A. and Elizabeth J. Rice-Munro Trust, Section 3, Bingham Township ($30,000).

MetLife Home Loans to Richard W. Reyhl, Section 31, Bingham Township ($38,000).

Richard W. and Karen Reyhl to Richard W. and Karen Reyhl, Section 31, Bingham Township.

Kenneth W. Jr. and Betsy L. Eike to Kenneth W. Jr. and Betsy L. Eike, Section 2, BIngham Township.

Thomas R. Sigmann to Thea M. Sigmann, Lot 19, Sunset Shores, Leland Township.

Leonard and Phyllis M. Denoyer to Phyllis M. Denoyer, Section 24, Leland Township.

Phyllis M. Denoyer to Kenneth L. Denoyer, et al, Section 24, Leland Township.

Members Credit Union to Mary F. Patterson, Section 31, Solon Township (valuation affidavit filed).

Joseph G. Williams to Paul and Mary Ann Nietz, Section 8, Solon Township (valuation affidavit filed).

February 27 Hudson City Savings Bank to Benjamin and Jenna Belyea, Section 16, Elmwood Township ($322,500).

Martha Maloney to Martha G. Maloney, trustee, Section 35, Centerville Township.

Joseph Maloney to Martha G. Maloney, trustee, Section 35, Centerville Township.

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The Bayberry Group to SAML, L.L.C., Section 14, Glen Arbor Township.

Manitou Passage, L.L.P., to Brian H. Fogel, et al, trustees, a partial interest each, Lot 65 , Sugar Loaf Townhouses No. 4, Cleveland Township.

Federal National Mortgage Association to Bau Wow, L.L.C., Lots 26-27, Block 3, Kehl and Ransom’s addition to Village of Northport ($50,000).

February 28 Bruce Dunlop to Janet Pardee, Unit 29, The Meadows, Elmwood Township.

February 29 Amy L. Acton to Amy L. Acton, Section 17, Leelanau Township.

John M. and Margaret M. Sawyer to John M. and Margaret M. Sawyer, Lot 18, Bayview Estates, Elmwood Township.

Margaret S. and Raymond M. Pleva, trustees, to Jennifer L. Watkins, Section 5, Solon Township.

Scott C. and Rachel E. Fouch, trustees, to Scott C. and Rachel E. Fouch, Section 4, Centerville Township.

Scott C. and Rachel E. Fouch to Scott C. and Rachel E. Fouch, trustees, Section 4, Centerville Township.

March 1 Lee L. Anderson Jr. to Lee L. Anderson, Jr., and Jacqueline J. Anderson, Unit 62, Cedar Creek Commons, Elmwood Township.

JPMorgan Chase Bank to Federal National Mortgage Association, Section 23, Solon Township.

Jerome Korson, trustee, to Patrick T. Korson, Section 1, Leland Township ($10,000).

Ruth A. Oleson to Ruth A. Oleson, et al, part of Lot 11, Forest Haven Subdivision, Glen Arbor Township.

Peter T. Phinny to Laura K. and James R. Brown, Section 4, Kasson Township (valuation affidavit filed).

William and Julie VanKlooster to Thomas W. II and Mary Ann Knowles, Unit 45, Bay Hill, Leland Township (valuation affidavit filed).

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Marriage license applications filed Jeffrey K. Bauer and Ashley K. Peterson

Deaths recorded in county Margaret A. Acosta, 100, of City of Traverse City, Grand Traverse County — Feb. 25, in Elmwood Township.

New assumed names filed in county Alpers Tree Sales; of 1950 S. Cherry Blossom Ln., Suttons Bay — By Jean M. Alpers, 1950 S. Cherry Blossom Ln., Suttons Bay. Brain Storm!; of 223 St. Joseph St., Suttons Bay — By Michele I. Dansereau, P.O. Box 735, Suttons Bay. Edible Acres; of 9878 E. Engles Rd., Northport — By Rachel Fisher, 9878 E. Engles Rd., Northport.

Sonido Guerrero; of 7082 E. Lincoln Rd., Cedar — By Jose L. GarciaDominguez, 7082 E. Lincoln Rd., Cedar.

Zingy Tech; of 7082 E. Lincoln Rd., Cedar — By Jose L. GarciaDominguez, 7082 E. Lincoln Rd., Cedar.

Thomas R. Sigmann, 84, was last seen last Wednesday, Feb. 29, driving his truck near his Leland Township home.

Deputies issued a “be-on-the-lookout bulletin” for Sigmann and checked out places he would usually run errands without success.

The following day a woman noticed some tire tracks going into an orchard off Co. Rd. 641 leading to an area behind a brush pile. Deputies investigated, finding Sigmann’s vehicle had become stuck in the mud. Sigmann was found deceased on the ground.

“It is not considered suspicious,” Wooters said. “Mr. Sigmann used canes and had apparently fallen and was unable to get up.”

Wooters speculated that Sigmann died of exposure.

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TODAY 9:30-10:30 a.m. — Peace Meditation Group meeting ( call 271-6036 for more info.): Suttons Bay Congregational Church, W. Madison Street, Suttons Bay. 10-11 a.m.

— Overeater’s Anonymous meeting, each Thursday (call 271-1060 for more info.): Leland Township Library, E. Cedar Street, Leland.

11 a.m. — Stories and More for preschoolers (call 326-5361 for more info.): Glen Lake Community Library, Front Street, Empire.

— Wigglers Story Time of preschool children: Leelanau Township Library, Nagonaba Street, Northport.

Noon — Suttons Bay-Leelanau County Rotary meeting and luncheon: The Village Inn, Suttons Bay. TONIGHT 5:30 p.m. — Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours: Harrington’s By the Bay, M-22, Traverse City.

7 p.m. — Empire Village Council work session meeting: Township hall, Front Street, Empire.

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

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

7:30 p.m. — Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA)’s Talk About Art Series presents Stephanie Mills (call 334-6112 for more info.): GAAA Studio, Lake Street, Glen Arbor.

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

10 a.m. — Women’s Hiking Group: TART Trail, parking at Stallman Chemical off of Fourth Street, Suttons Bay. 10 a.m.-noon — Toddler Time activities and fun (call 932-4526 for more info.): Great Lakes Children’s Museum, M-22, Greilickville.

11 a.m. — Wigglers Story Time: Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library, Front Street, Suttons Bay. 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. 1 p.m. — Leelanau Duplicate

Organizations wishing to have their public events listed in this calendar can email Chris Olson at chris@leelanaunews.com or call The Enterprise, 256-9827, before 5 p.m. Friday.

Bridge Club weekly event (call 2718778 for more info.): Keswick United Methodist Church, Center Highway (CR 633), three miles south of Suttons Bay. 4-7:30 p.m. — Holy Rosary Fish Dinner: Basement, Holy Rosary Church, corner of Schomberg and Gatzke roads, Isadore.

5-6:45 p.m. — Farm-to-School Celebration dinner fundraiser for the local farm-to-school program, open to the public: Cafeteria, Leland Public School, N. Grand Avenue, Leland.

6 p.m. — Suttons Bay Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) Movie night with free fish and chips dinner followed by showing of the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at 6:30 p.m. Open to the public: Suttons Bay Public School, S. Elm Street, Suttons Bay. SATURDAY 10:30 a.m. — Overeaters Anonymous: Lower level, Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library, Suttons Bay. 1 p.m. — Ranger-guided snowshoe hikes in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (call 326-5134 ext. 328 for more info.): Phillip A. Hart Visitors Center, M-72, Empire.

Noon-3 p.m. — Leelanau Children’s Center Carnival: Leland Public School, N. Grand Avenue, Leland.

4-7 p.m. — Leelanau County Relay for Life Chili Cook-Off Stirring Up Success, set up begins at 3 p.m. (call Jamie Dudan at 231-649-2801 for more info.): Lake Leelanau VFW Hall, M-204, east of Lake Leelanau.

6-10 p.m. — Pig Roast and Luau fundraiser for the Glen Lake Football Program (call 334-3061 ext. 501 for more info.): Glen Arbor Township Hall, M-22, Glen Arbor.

7:30 p.m. — PathFUNDER’12 fundraiser for The Pathfinder School, with the theme A Night in the City (call 995-3839 for more info.): Centre Point, M-22, Greilickville.

SUNDAY 2-5 p.m. — Euchre: Father Baker Hall, St. Michaels Church, corner of Broadway and Elm Street, Suttons Bay. (Concluded on Page 18)

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Because of the circumstances of his death, Wooters said Lehner’s body was sent to Grand Rapids for autopsy.

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‘Night was dark; daylight welcomed’ There’s an adage among aging athletes that puts their closing years in perspective. When asked if they won or lost, they’ll reply, “No injuries.”

Thankfully, that’s a perspective residents, emergency service workers, utility line workers and others affected by the Snowstorm of 2012 can repeat.

And make no mistake about it, everyone was affected. It’s difficult for those outside of the storm’s bull’s-eye to understand what 25-30 inches of wet snow falling over a 12-hour period can do to everything from tree limbs to roof trusses. In fact, all too often the two came together.

The storm was quite manageable through most of northwestern Michigan. As far north as Mt. Pleasant, it rained.

But right here, in the heart of Leelanau County, residents woke up Saturday morning to a landscape that looked scalped by the world’s first winter tornado.

We understand that some county residents did not lose power. We just haven’t met them yet.

Perhaps no statement better explains the extent of the damage than to say not one of the villages in the county had power Saturday or most of Sunday. Night was dark, and daylight was welcomed.

Having that many people waiting in cold homes, most without running water, can be a dangerous thing. Toss in a couple hundred arching wires, the loss of much land line and cellular phone communication, and a need to chainsaw trees before plow trucks could do their job — well, yes, it was a mess out there.

Did we mention there were no serious injuries? Well, there was a reason, as firefighters, deputies and Road Commission crews fought through the obstacle course that had become the county’s road system to check on shut-ins and those with special needs. That was their first priority, and they did it well. They became taxi drivers when needed, pulling people from homes and placing them with relatives or at fire halls across the county that had been converted to emergency shelters.

We can’t say enough about the utility crews. They put in long and steady hours in all types of weather, and were even polite when bugged about the status of their work. The Enterprise was without power Saturday, Sunday and Monday, causing its publishers to ask five or six different crew members about progress. The workers, most from out-of-state, gave the best answers they could. “We’re headed in that direction, but we can’t guarantee anything” was a typical response.

Indeed, the lights awakened at the Enterprise building late in the afternoon on Monday, and we were in business.

The storm lived up to its hype while racing across the Leelanau peninsula. It was the worst snowstorm in at least a generation, leaving behind stories of forced sacrifice and cooperation. If the storm provided a test of how life works under an emergency, all our systems in Leelanau County passed.

With no serious injuries.

Sacrifice pays off for skiers It takes dedication to play a high school sport — especially if the sport is skiing, and you live in Leelanau County.

That’s because skiers drive an hour or often longer, one way, to practice at Crystal Mountain Resort in Benzie County. Still, coach Mark Fisher’s squad had another wonderful year, winning many medals and a trophy.

The cooperative ski team hosted by Glen Lake won the Lake Michigan Ski Conference title after completely dominating season meets. Then senior Christina Rennie capped her high school career by winning a secondstraight state girl’s slalom, becoming the fifth female ski racer in state history to win back-to-back titles.

Teammate Thomas Waning, only a sophomore, came from behind to win the giant slalom.

Stephen Siddall of Empire, skiing for the cooperative Manistee-St. Francis team, brought home a medal of his own as the Division II slalom champion.

We applaud the efforts of these youth who shone at the state level despite having come from a county with no downhill ski run. Rennie and Siddall were not yet five when they began skiing at Sugar Loaf Resort; it closed 12 years ago.

Your sacrifices have paid off. Well done.

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Educated people don’t all agree with ACA To the Editor: This is a response to the letter submitted by Tom Fleming on Feb. 23.

Tom’s premise in his letter to the editor concerning the Catholic Church and its fight with the “Affordable Care Act” (ACA) is misplaced. That Act, as passed by a liberal Democrat legislature, was not approved by the majority of Americans. The majority of Americans opposed the Act, but a liberal congress ignored their objections and because of that it is now before the Supreme Court.

It is not just a Catholic Church problem but a problem for all Americans. There is a difference between the right to worship and religious freedom. By Tom’s standards, the government can restrict our right to worship to our home, much like many communist countries do and still say they have not violated our religious rights. If the government can force people to implement this Act, they can force the people to do anything. This is called tyranny.

Tom accuses the Catholic Church of living in the Dark Ages because of this abortion issue. It seems to me that liberals, like Tom, are living in the Dark Ages about the First Amendment of the Constitution and they need to get a copy and read about it.

Tom implies, that only educated people will agree with the Affordable Care Act. I, like so many other educated people, don’t agree with the ACA. So shall we all be sent to a correction camp to be re-educated, as they do in Communist countries?

The use of contraceptives and abortion are a personal and moral issue and no place for government coercion.

Silvio Tony Ciccone E. Hilltop Rd., Suttons Bay

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Quick end to mystique of being shuttered The big snowstorm, as viewed by one guy who didn’t have four-wheeldrive.

For me, with no cares of children or even pets to clutter my head, the whole affair was difficult, but not impossible.

Amongst my co-workers I easily had the shortest period of time without power, just shy of 24 hours.

During that time I had heat courtesy of a gas-burning stove in the apartment. Living in the same building as my landlords is advantageous. They kept the driveway open and did a lot of cleaning of the walk in front of my place.

The Snowstorm of 2012, as some are calling it, will likely rival the infamous Blizzard of 1978 in its degree of destruction. This one dumped anywhere from 17-30 inches of snow on Leelanau County inside of a 1216 hour period. It was that heavy, early spring snow. The kind that packs in like wet cement and sets just as hard.

What I remember about the ‘78 storm is the wind. It blew for three days straight.

I remember Dad being gone from the house a lot to make sure people were safe. He was a volunteer firefighter with the East Bay Township department. I was 11, but I don’t remember more than what I just wrote.

I look at newspaper stories from that time and I might as well be reading about World War I. It seems strange and ancient to me.

There are still people here in Leelanau County and around northern Michigan without power. Through no fault of the utility company, the wet, thick blanket of snow that fell Friday night into Saturday morning weighed down tree branches and power lines.

Large tree branches broke under the weight and took power and cable lines with them. Hundreds of volunteer fire fighters and emergency services folks spent dozens of hours manning fire stations so those without power or the ability to fend for themselves had a place to warm up, take a shower, and get a hot meal if needed.

A guy who was helping his coworker get his plow truck unstuck

Tuesday at a construction site noted A column the spirit of cooperation that washed by over the county. He Chris said this time of year if you get stuck in a Olson snow bank, people don’t usually stop to help. That wasn’t the case with the latest snowstorm, as during the time we were talking, two good samaritans stopped and offered to pull the truck out. The two men thanked each person for the offer, but declined the help as they just needed to move a little more snow to free the truck.

I’ve heard some people say how much “fun” the first day of being without power was. A line like “It was so romantic, we made a fire in the wood fire-place and snuggled together.” Or, “We played cards and board games and told stories by the fire...” were spoke. That all sounds really nice. It appears many families used the almost inescapable weather and power conditions to enjoy some family time. Later, I heard people say the mystique of living the pioneer way wore off after a day of no showers and the house getting colder and colder.

“I only went without electricity and running water for a day,” a neighbor said. “I don’t know how our ancestors did it.”

I will be honest, I’m glad to be living now. Maybe as a child I thought about how cool it would be to have been a pioneer, but after reading about many of their experiences, I wonder if I would have been one of the guys to stay in Europe rather than take a chance on a new life.

I am also glad we experienced a big snow storm versus having a F-5 level tornado rip our lives apart. I’ll take a few days of no electricity and inconvenience over a flattened house any day.

The most maddening part of this whole weather whirlwind is we will probably lose most of the snow in the next five days. With highs in the low to upper 40s and some rain in the forecast, a lot of this white stuff will be gone.

Then all we’ll have to worry about is all that water looking for some place to seep into. Better make sure your basement is water proof.

Road, electric crews deserve our thanks To The Editor: I would like to thank the Leelanau County Road Commission and all of the utility personnel that responded to the snow storm that hit our community last week. The long hours, hard work and dedication that they put forth in such complex conditions was greatly appreciated.

Tom Deering Deering Tree Service Maple Street, Maple City

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GOP primary proves voters in state are divided

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Northport Band deserves thank you

Road Commission proves again its value over weekend

By Tim Skubick

And it seems Detroit can’t get any love from anybody beyond Eight Mile Road.

Solid proof of this divide is found in the election results. Mr. Santorum whacks Mr. Romney on the west side with a commanding 47 percent to 37 percent win over there. But move to southeast Michigan and Mr. Romney returned the favor with an impressive 48 percent to 30 percent victory there.

Fissures in the state GOP also arose.

Ultra conservatives went for Santorum 50 percent to 38 percent and those with strong religious convictions flocked to Santorum 63 percent to 21 percent.

On the other hand those who thought the economy was a big deal, handed Mr. Romney a 47 percent to 30 percent advantage.

Gov. Rick Snyder was one of those.

He’s not a huge fan of conservative wedge issues and Mr. Santorum rode that horse real hard and turned the Romney win into a squeaker.

The governor is much more comfortable on the jobs front and notes that when it is a choice between that and social issues, jobs for “most of the voters still won out.”

While the election results painfully reveals all our warts, it’s been that way for years and shows no signs of changing. It’s just who we are and nobody wants a homogeneous state anyway.

However, wouldn’t it be grand if we could be more tolerant of those who are not like all us normal folks?

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Elections are always fun. It’s a chance to learn something about ourselves but sometimes the look in that mirror produces an ugly reflection.

Tuesday, Feb. 28th was one of those days.

At the top of the list is the refusal by most of you to vote.

You can’t say you didn’t know about it as the campaign commercials flooded the airwaves.

The news media played its role by covering the whole thing, but when it came time for you to play your’s, where were you?

Perhaps you were AWOL because you had to declare, in public, whether you wanted a GOP or Democratic ballot. Seems rather un-American, but that is the law. To make matters worse the two political parties can purchase those voting lists so for those of you who did vote, look for a Dear Voter letter asking for a contribution. Talk about adding insult to injury.

It did not have to be so. The state Republican Party is culpable here. The party could have staged a closed door caucus much like the Democrats will do in May where the sanctity of your ballot would have been preserved.

Party pooh-bahs rejected that, the theory goes, because Mitt Romney backers were fearful that the Tea Party cabal and Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorun zealots might hi-jack the caucus by stuffing it with their supporters thus denying Mr. Romney a win.

So rather than take the risk, the GOP hierarchy stuck Michigan taxpayers with the $10 million tab to conduct the primary just so Mr. Romney could be shielded from the far right wing of the party.

Another ugly aspect of the election is we learned, as if we needed any more proof, that Michigan is culturally divided. It runs east and west and north and south.

Everybody knows the west side is different. Everyone knows the Upper Peninsula is unique. Heck they even like the Packers.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

As we stand and pledge allegiance to the flag, the band plays.

Northport Community Band members have given up yet another evening to play music and support the basketball teams of Northport High School.

All are community members volunteering many of their evenings to make the games a little more special.

This is small town Americana at its best.

A heartfelt thank you from your community.

Brenda Scott N. Scott Rd., Northport

Yellow Dot program is available in Cedar To the Editor: Spreading through several states and supported by local and state agencies, this voluntary motorist program is a simple, effective and significant way for citizens to help themselves in motor vehicle accidents.

A yellow dot placed on your rear motor vehicle’s window signifies it has emergency medical information in the glove box. Should your vehicle be in an accident where you or the occupant(s) are unable to provide this important information, the Yellow Dot Program speaks for you.

Originally intended for senior citizens, or those with significant medical problems, the Yellow Dot Program can be used by any age driver or occupant.

Rapid access to an injured person’s specific medical information for emergency personnel on scene and emergency room personnel can save your life.

Members of Cedar Fire and Rescue feel strongly enough about the benefits of this program, they want to see it implemented here. Therefore, they are providing a free Yellow Dot, envelope and medical information form to anyone who asks while initial supplies last.

So, have you got your dot? If not, stop by the Cedar Fire Department, have a chat with a friendly fireman or EMT and pick up a free yellow dot, envelope and medical form. At home, add your photo and fill out the form.

Place the yellow dot on the lower left corner of your rear window and the envelope in your glovebox. We hope you’ll never need it.

Martin Strand III EMT, Cedar Fire Department S. Hlavka Hill Dr., Maple City

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Chief among dedicated folks helping in storm

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To the Editor:

Our recent snowstorm again has proved the value of having a local road commission that does an excellent job on our roads under very difficult conditions.

The ability to react on a timely basis should be recognized by all people in our county. The dedication of the road commission employees is greatly appreciated.

I particularly appreciate the work on my residential road and their efforts ahead of time to move snow from the last storm to make way for the next one.

Good planning!

John Konkal Cedarview Ln., Cedar

The storm this past weekend presented our county with some frightening and worrisome concerns. Amidst all of the turmoil for the residents we, the citizens of Suttons Bay Village, were and are blessed with some dedicated and professional employees.

A big thank you to our DPW Department for their early morning clean up and continual work throughout this ordeal. A huge shout out to our fantastic Police Chief, Del Moore, who took it upon himself to check on the elderly making them aware of the Red Cross station at the fire hall. He remained in the Village Sunday until the power was restored to be readily accessible if needed. This is the kind of man Chief Moore is.

He is very well-liked for his integrity and dedication to his job. We need this type of person in our sheriff’s position.

Be sure to vote for him in November to bring this availability and concern to all. Get more with Moore.

Harry and Sharon Brandt P.O. Box 191 Suttons Bay

Sugar Loaf needs to be condemned to end hopelessness To the Editor: Once again I am compelled to write expressing the concerns of the Sugar Loaf Townhouse owners of the status quo of the Sugar Loaf Resort.

Much credit is due Eric Carlson for his continuous unrelenting pursuit of issues relating to Sugar Loaf Resort and reporting them clearly and concisely. His article presents an excellent description of the hopelessness of making any progress in the re-development or re-opening of this facility.

I applaud Eric Zehender and his group for their efforts to attempt a revival of the ski facility. But, let’s get real — nothing will advance any progress in restoring the Resort unless it is taken over by a new entity, which for the sake of expediency, is Leelanau County and Cleveland Township through an immediate condemnation proceeding. The obvious condition of the property provides more than ample and legal support for the County and Township to proceed.

The Sugar Loaf Townhouse owners are pleased to know that Eric Zehender also feels that the probable best solution is a condemnation of the hotel.

The County Commissioners need to step up and do what they know is the right thing to do.

Tony Mattar Co-Manager Sugar Loaf Townhouses, LLC New King Street, Troy

LCE should be commended for wind turbine To the Editor: The Northport Wind Turbine project is a unique community undertaking that will provide multiple local benefits. Initially it will help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and reduce air pollution. The project will help create local construction and maintenance jobs and keep our energy dollars in the local economy. A significant benefit to the Village of Northport will be $20,000 to $25,000 per year electricity income beginning in 12 to 13 years after the turbine facilities costs have been paid.

Leelanau Community Energy should be commended for their dedication in making this project a reality, at no cost to the public or village, and bringing these benefits to the community.

I would like to say that the Northport wind turbine project is a very positive and productive program for our community. I am not an investor or a member of the Leelanau Community Energy group but I feel it will be a very positive program for the Village of Northport.

We should be commending the members of this group for their foresight and dedication to the many positive effects this will have on our community.

George W. Anderson W. 3rd St., Northport

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Leelanau bends under 2 - 2½' of snow

Residents struggle into fifth day without electricity

Work prioritized for utility crews

By Amy Hubbell of the Enterprise staff

By Chris Olson of the Enterprise staff

Adam McCullough of northern Indiana sat in a bucket truck Monday morning, reviewing paperwork and waiting for his day’s work to begin.

McCullough is a lineman with Robert Henry Corporation, a South Bend, Ind., firm that does storm restoration just about anywhere that doesn’t have electricity.

“I’ve been doing this for seven years,” McCullough said. “It’s sort of a family thing. Other members of my family do this for a living as well.”

Robert Henry is just one of many companies that provided workers for the 340 work crews Consumers Energy used over the weekend and through the week to restore power. A snowstorm dropped up to 30 inches of heavy wet snow over Leelanau County.

Robert P. Gluszewski, area manager for Consumers Energy in Traverse City, said work crews were converging from other counties to Leelanau in hopes of having all customers’ power restored by today.

“Leelanau County was one of the worst as far as damage to lines,” he said. “Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, they were our top three as far as damage. In Leelanau, the terrain and amount of snow made for slow going.”

He continued: “Last night (Tuesday) we had 50 workers working on one circuit. As we have crews complete work in Kalkaska and Antrim, we’re bringing them over to Leelanau.”

Dan Wilson is crew foreman for Robert Henry. He said the company was contacted by Consumers on Friday evening, in anticipation of the snow event. “We drove up from South Bend Saturday morning and got into Big Rapids Saturday night,” he said. The crew was directed up to a hotel in Traverse City and started working in the Leland, Lake Leelanau, Suttons Bay area Sunday morning.

“We’re just up the road, in any direction, around here today,” Wilson said.

“This is really a mess. The snow is deep, some areas are easy to get to, but others are way off the road and the snow is up to your thigh. That makes for rough going.”

Wilson said just getting to some areas is only half the battle. “This is going to take some time. Just getting the trees cut and out of the way is tough. Then, you have to run new line.

“There is going to be a lot of clean up work, just looking at all the trees down along the roads around here.”

McCullough agreed. “The snow is making it hard to get around,” he said.

UTILITY WORKERS clear tree branches from power lines Monday along S. Lake Leelanau Drive in Bingham Township.

“You step out of the truck and you sink right up to your knees. Then you have to cut and there’s a foot of frozen snow on top of the limb you’re trying to cut.”

The crews put in many hours.

McCullough said by federal law workers are limited to a 16-hour day, but that is still a long day for physically demanding work.

Nick Edson is the spokesman for Cherryland Electric Cooperative, which had crews working as long as the law allowed to turn power on for customers.

“We had 23 crews out working from Saturday on,” he said. “That was 12 line crews and 11 tree trimming crews.

That is a high number of tree crews; that shows you the extent of the tree damage we’re seeing. We put six more on Monday, so we have 29 total.”

How utility companies set priorities for restoring power depends on different factors. Gluszewski said priorities are set based on greatest need and how a crew can help the most customers first.

“If you have a critical structure like a hospital, police or fire station that is out, those will be our highest priority,” he said.

Then utility work planners look at the total area where outtages have happened, and send employees out in

trucks to look at where the wires are down or have limbs or other debris hanging on them. “They will make sure the power is off to downed lines, then roll up the down line and cordon off the area,” he said. “As always safety is our number one priority, for everyone.”

After identifying critical need areas, crews are sent to areas where they can get the most customers back on line in the least amount of time. “If we can get power to 500 customers in one area, versus say 200 in other, we’ll start with the 500 people first,” he said.

When that area is restored, Gluszewski said work crews move to the next highest priority area. “They start whittling down the list,” he said.

Customers who have medical equipment that require electricity all the time are given higher priority. “If we’re looking at two areas and say both have 100 customers, if one of those areas has people with critical medical equipment in their homes, that area is the higher priority,” he said.

Gluszewski said he encourages customers with medical equipment to let their electricity provider know about it.

“We also encourage those folks if they can to go stay with relatives or friends who have power, especially if it’s going to take a long time to restore power to their area.”

Kim and Donna Hillard live in one of an estimated 2,450 county homes who were still without power five days after Friday’s spring snow storm.

“We’re doing all right. We just don’t feel like socializing with anyone,” Kim said.

Tuesday night the Burdickville couple thought they have been delivered from darkness about 9 p.m. when power was restored. But it turned out to be a cruel joke, cutting out just two hours later. By that time the Hillards had been without power for 96 hours.

Now in “Day 5” without electricity, the backwoods life is getting a little old.

“It wears on you mentally,” Kim said.

The couple has been able to keep warm with a wood stove. But the lack of water and bathroom facilities has been tough for Donna, who works as vice-president of the Honor State Bank.

The Hillards have been getting wash water by melting canning kettles full of snow.

“Donna’s been able to suds up in the morning,” her husband said, joking that she hasn’t been sent home yet.

The Hillards were fortunate in that they only had two people using their bathroom facilities. This reduced the volume of water — again coming from melted snow — needed to flush toilets.

Consumer’s Energy reported about 950 customers remained without power Wednesday morning in Leelanau County as a result of the storm.

Cherryland Electric reported 1,500 members were in the dark.

In total, the storm dumped 19 to 30 inches of snow on the county, resulting in the loss of power to 18,200 homes for at least 24 hours.

Loss of power for 48 hours lingered for 13,000 county homes. This total dropped to 6,369 by Tuesday afternoon.

“Our estimate on restoring power is a majority of our members by Thursday or Friday with some mop work to do this weekend,” Cherryland spokesman Nick Edson said. “Several people who have worked at Cherryland a long time said it’s the most damage they have seen to our system in over three decades.”

Their view was supported by the number of calls made to the county dispatch center over the weekend reporting “road hazards” — downed trees or power lines — 265. Calls continued Monday and into Tuesday and even yesterday.

An estimated 20 trees were reported down on Rosinski Road at 5:07 Wednesday morning, preventing the Road Commission from opening up the road in Centerville Township.

All county schools were closed Monday. Suttons Bay and Lake Leelanau St. Mary were able to open Tuesday; Northport and Leland followed on Wednesday.

However, Glen Lake school remained without power yesterday, further extending students already-long weekend. The county’s largest school had a half-day on Friday because of parentteacher conference earlier in the week.

Wednesday morning a generator powered the school’s bus garage where Michigan State Police inspections of the bus fleet were underway.

“We’ve got partial power … a few lights, but no heat, no toilets … nothing,” Glen Lake maintenance director Joe Hobbins said.

Just how long the school will remain dark is unknown.

“We’ve had some utility crews stop by the garage, but there still a lot of trees and lines down,” Hobbins said.

Once power is restored, just how quickly the school can be up and running depends upon whether the existing infrastructure was damaged as a result of the outage.

“We’ll get things going as quick as we can, but it all depends on how much equipment got fried when power was lost,” Hobbins said.

Residents have expressed gratitude to the efforts of utility crews repairing downed lines, particularly in the heavy, deep snow. But in his fifth day of roughing it, Hillard, who lives just down the road from Glen Lake School, is hoping for a return to normal daily activities such as bathing and cooking.

“I feel we have a contract with the utility company. I don’t feel we’ve done anything wrong,” Hillard said, adding that he and his wife had recently received a notice that Consumer’s would be doing significant tree trimming in their area this spring. “They’re being forced to do it right now.”

Tart cherry orchards take brunt of storm Continued from Page 1 the entire orchard to start over.

Remaining trees have been weakened to the point they won’t support a big crop, and spraying becomes less efficient with big holes in tree rows.

And a dance with a mechanical shaker at harvest time might be enough to finish off some of the survivors.

Nikki Rothwell, coordinator at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center in Bingham Township, agreed with Hawley’s assessment.

“It’s really sad to see those trees. For some trees, it’s just a branch, for other trees there are branches down, and some trees are split right down the middle,” Rothwell said.

She had also received news of other damage to orchards. In particular, some young sweet cherry trees that had not yet been pruned were prone to a build-

up of snow, and broke. Also, some cherry trees near wood lines were damaged when larger trees toppled into orchards.

In general, though, most damage was incurred by sour cherry trees nearing the end of their life cycle.

“We usually think of our trees lasting until 25, and then you see the production going down,” Rothwell continued.

“That decision of whether to pull those trees out would probably be on a grower’s mind anyway. I think (the recent damage) might hasten that decision if a grower had a lot of those trees down in a given block.”

However, finding quick replacements may be difficult, she added.

Most Montmorency nursery stock is grown in Washington state, where young trees sustained damage last fall.

Growers were caught with too many

young trees a few years ago, causing them to lower the number they produce.

“So there isn’t a lot of Motmorency trees for use as a replacement right now. If they feel they can get some use (from injured trees), they may just leave them in,” Rothwell added.

She was reached on her cell phone Tuesday afternoon while returning from the one-day North American Tart Cherry Conference in Grand Rapids, where orchard damage was a frequent discussion item.

Power was restored to the research station in Bingham Township in time to open Monday morning after the station’s parking lot could be cleared, Rothwell reported.

— by Alan Campbell

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Emergency shelters offer protection in aftermath of storm

By Alan Campbell of the Enterprise staff

Where to go when the power’s down, the temperature is headed toward 8 degrees and you can’t flush your toilet?

Nancy Bidoul of Cedar followed the strategy of many Leelanau residents, relying on family and emergency shelters set up around the county to get through what may go down as the worst storm for power outages on record.

With inside temperatures at her house starting to drop dangerously close to those on the outside, she first sought shelter at the Cedar Fire and Rescue hall where a warming area had been set up.

She lives in Cedar. Eventually her granddaughter Caitlin Bidoul of Suttons Bay gathered her up, and the Bidoul family settled into an American Red Cross shelter at the Suttons Bay-Bingham fire hall to spend Saturday night. Included were Caitlin’s mother, grandmother, two sisters and an aunt.

They were welcomed with pizza shipped in from Traverse City, and a warm place to spend the night. While merchants chipped in with food and water in other communities, such help could not be found in Suttons Bay where no stores or restaurants were open “The Suttons Bay fire department, they have been fantastic,” said Nancy Bidoul.

Said Caitlin, “We didn’t have anywhere to go. We tried the hotels (in Traverse City), but they were all full.”

“Normally, my hair is straight,” said Heather Sutter, who also abandoned the chill of home to spend a night at the Suttons Bay fire hall. She and her 12-year-old son Bailey Snider fled their home off Windward Drive after it appeared that the heavens were falling.

“We have a tree sitting on our house, and one on my back porch. It brushed my niece. She said a tree came down and it brushed me,” Sutter said.

The tree that fell on her house was a scene played out across Leelanau County starting Friday night, when a wet, heavy snow fell at a rate of two or more inches per hour. By sunrise Saturday, the snowstorm had mostly moved on, leaving Leelanau dark in its wake.

“The weight of the snow pushed a big pine tree right over,” Sutter recalled.

The scene was played out across the peninsula, where trees fell over onto power lines, leaving residents in the cold.

“I think the positive thing is how community members have rallied and taken care of each other,” Leland fire chief Michael Fandel said. “It’s nice that

we had facilities and food and water, and could help take care of them.”

The Leland fire hall was converted into a breakfast restaurant Sunday morning, serving 30 to 40 residents with pancakes, eggs sausage and even bagels.

That followed Pizza night.

Two Leland businesses were largely responsible, Fandel said. The Merc never did lose power thanks to the assistance of back-up generators, and was generous in donating food and water to the makeshift shelter, he said.

The Bluebird had power in time for owners Daryl “Skip” and Lynn Telgard to decide to open up Sunday night, providing residents a place to warm up and eat. They also donated pizzas for those staying at the fire hall.

“We even had people shuttle stuff out here from Traverse City,” Fandel added.

Two people spent Sunday night in the hall, “and I can’t begin to tell you how many people came for water.”

The fortunate ones with power contributed. Kelly Herman, mother of firefighters Darryl and Chris Herman, brought in home-made soup. Late Monday afternoon, when a few people were still without power, a big pot of spaghetti was warming.

“It’s been a pretty amazing community effort,” Fandel said.

The American Red Cross staffed three shelters — the one in Suttons Bay, and others in the Leelanau Township fire hall and in the Empire Township hall, according to Kevin Bavers, executive director of the Northwest Michigan office. Some 40 volunteers had driven to the area to help from across the state. Bob Strabbing, traveled from Holland to help out at the Suttons Bay fire hall.

“As of right now, we’ve served close to 500 meals in northwestern Michigan,” said Bavers. “It’s a community effort.

No matter how well stocked you are, if you’re feeding 40 people three meals a day, it doesn’t take long before you’re straining your resources.”

He added that the Red Cross will need to replenish its resources in preparation for the next emergency.

“We couldn’t respond to a situation without a tremendous amount of community support, everyone from volunteers ... to the donors who have given in the past so currently we have the funding to be here.”

Donations to the Red Cross are tax deductible. They may be made by visiting the non-profit’s website at www. nwmiredcross.org, or mailing checks to the northwest Michigan office at 735 S. Garfield Ave., Suite B-100, Traverse City MI 49686.

In bull's-eye of storm Continued from Page 1 “It was horrible. At 8 p.m., we started getting our first reports of power outages,” said Skowronski.

The final snowfall tallies vary greatly by location, as is common in Leelanau County. But this snow was different. Usually the variance is attributed to wind direction, causing lakeeffect snow to pile up in one spot while the next community gets a dusting.

Lake effect snow is light, fluffy and mostly harmless.

But snow from the storm of 2012 was soaked with moisture, quick to cling and difficult to move. It was deposited by a low pressure cell that quickly moved northeast from the Chicago area while strengthening.

“The storm intensified, and ‘maxed out,’ if you will, as it tracked up the Saginaw Valley,” explained National Weather Service meterologist Brian Adam. “At the same time, you have this thing deepening right over Michigan, and this tap of water coming right from the Gulf. This is the same storm producing the hazardous weather down south. They were on the warm side of the system.”

A snowfall map on the National Weather Service website explains

much. The storm dropped 12-16 inches across much of the traditional snowbelt of northwest Michigan except for an area found within an ominous white oval that appears to begin at Good Harbor and extend southward to take part of Benzie and Grand Traverse counties. The oval signifies 20 inches of snow; most of the oval is in Leelanau County.

In fact, credible reports of up to 2 1/2 feet of snow have been reported to the Enterprise, ending any hopes of getting out of the winter without a serious snowstorm.

“It’s certainly possible,” opined Adam when told of 30-inch snowfall reports. “It was a pretty good storm. I think (Leelanau County was) in the bull’s-eye.”

The Enterprise staff has compiled many stores about the storm, which has had some positive effects including giving emergency response plans a real-life test and bringing neighbors closer.

“I heard a lot of stories like that,” said Skowronski. “Neighbors bringing firewood, clearing trees out of the driveway. Neighbor helping neighbor; that’s a pretty darn good thing.”

CHRIS STOWE of Bayshore Oil and Propane was a popular man while driving the company truck.

Many residents, including Kevin Pryor, shown filling up a container with diesel fuel for his snowplow truck, waived down Stowe in hopes of a fill-up.

Businesses do the best they can

By Amy Hubbell of the Enterprise staff

The weekend snowstorm was either a boom or bust for county businesses, depending on whether they had power available and what their business entailed.

“I saw a lot of people with tired faces,” said Carl (Bucky) Noonan, whose Grumpy’s gas station and store on M-72 was the first sign of “life” for hundreds of people who headed to Traverse City to escape the burdens created by 24 to 30 inches of wet, heavy snow that fell Friday night and Saturday morning in southern Leelanau County. “We were one of the fortunate ones who didn’t lose power.”

Noonan opened an hour late Saturday morning, and was immediately flooded with customers in search of everything from hot coffee to fuel, water to flashlights.

“We were swamped,” he said.

Grumpy’s sold propane, water and gasoline to residents without power.

Propane and water was used for cooking and drinking. Residents fortunate enough to have generators and others with tractors and snowblowers lined up and pumped fuel into containers. Local fire and rescue crews were also among those queueing up for fuel as their regular sources were not operable without electricity.

Later, utility trucks carrying crews and equipment needed to repair the hundreds of downed power lines, were filling it up at Grumpy’s.

“I’ve never sold so much fuel,” Noonan said.

Lines were also backed up at Speedway and Holiday station store in Elmwood Township, where kerosene was a hot commodity to fuel heaters.

Other businesses were closed or open on a limited basis the remainder of the weekend — regardless of lack of electricity.

Anderson’s IGA in Glen Arbor was closed Saturday, but open “by flashlight” on Sunday until power was restored about 3 p.m.

“It was a lot of fun,” Anderson’s grocery manager Monty Basch said, explaining that staff members accompanied customers with flashlights to help them find what they needed. “People came in for water, batteries, candles and basic staples … just enough to get them through the outage.”

Although some of the store’s perishable food was lost due to the outage, Basch said everything that could be put to use safely was “recycled” through the local food pantry.

“It’s winter, so we didn’t have near as much in stock as we would during the summer,” Basch said.

No cash was no problem at Anderson’s and Bunting’s Cedar Market. Customers couldn’t pay with debit or credit cards without electricity, so staff either took credit card numbers or IOUs. “That’s the nice thing about a small community. We know everyone and told them to come back with the money later,” Basch said.

Although windows of the store were

dark, the doors of Bunting’s were wide open offering locals the things to help get them through the storm and its aftermath.

Although no fuel was available, other items such as candles, propane and water were gobbled up by those brave enough to venture out. Managers Roger Mikowski and Bill Bailey were there to help them out.

“Water seemed to fly out of here the quickest,” Mikowski said. “People were very grateful we had opened up.”

Power was not returned to the Cedar store until late Sunday afternoon.

In Northport, quick action secured a generator, and other over-the-top efforts by locals helped to get Tom’s Food Market open on Sunday.

When an electrician working to get the generator online lacked a specific wrench needed to get the job done, the Leelanau Township Fire Department stepped in to help.

“The guys went searching through their own tool boxes,” manager Gerry Knudsen said. “When they didn’t find it, they went looking for it and finally found one at a farmer’s house way out in the country.”

Hansen Foods in Suttons Bay was not as fortunate. The store was closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Although power returned late Monday afternoon, it remained closed until 2 p.m. Tuesday.

“The phone rang off the wall,” owner Gus O’Brien said.

The compressor supporting the store’s numerous coolers lacked a part that had to be shipped from Grand Rapids over-

night. A need for three-phase electricity also worked to keep the store closed, while food was lost.

“A lot of our frozen product was hard chilled, but we couldn’t sell it. We put everything (on it’s way out) in carts and offered it to our staff to take home,” O’Brien said.

After the weekend, some noted how Leelanau residents worked together to ride the storm out.

“This whole experience really brought out the best in most people. If someone was having trouble, needed help shoveling or plowing, people just stepped in without a lot of prompting,” Knudsen said.

One business that received a jolt from the storm was Easling Home Maintenance based in Leland, where office assistant Carla Hammersley reported the busiest week of the year — by far.

“All winter long we’ve never had a time when we plowed all accounts, but we sure did this weekend,” Hammersley said. The home maintenance company watches over 100 homes owned by summer residents. Easling’s phone was ringing off the hook by Monday as word of the severity of the storm spread.

And for good reason. Hammersley reported that power went out at the homes of all clients. Many others suffered damage from fallen limbs, and driveways were often blocked making access difficult.

“There were three or four phone calls coming in at a time,” Hammersley said.

JOHN MAIER looks over some customer tabs at the Village Inn in Empire Monday afternoon. Maier and the staff at the restaurant stayed busy all weekend, courtesy of a generator.

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Storm stories abound in Leelanau, including at the two ends of the county — Northport and Empire.

Jeremy and Leah Houghton of Empire at first enjoyed a loss of power Friday night, but soon after their thoughts turned to concern over the health of their new baby.

“We have a good wood stove,” Leah Houghton said. “So we said ‘Let’s play Scrabble by the fire light.’ It was all very romantic and cozy.”

By Saturday afternoon, it was clear a change in venue was needed.

“We have relatives in Traverse City who have heat and electricity, so we’ve been staying with them since Saturday,” Houghton said. “We just came out today to see how the house was doing, to see if we had electricity as yet.”

The Houghtons were back in Empire to check out their home and community on Monday, sipping coffee at one of the few businesses that stayed open after the storm. Village Inn owner Frank Lerchen fired up a generator, and restaurant staff stayed busy feeding residents anxious for warm meals.

“We opened at 7 a.m. Sunday,” said John Maier, a cook and server. “We never do that. We were full and busy both Saturday and Sunday, all day.

As was the Empire Township Fire Hall, which served as an official Red Cross shelter. Though Tuesday evening, it has served about 50 people, including some who spent nights there.

The Leelanau Township fire hall in Northport was busy as well.

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“On Sunday night we had seven people, three snakes, three rats, a hamster and a bird all stay the night,” recalled fire chief Hugh Cook Jr. The animals were kept in cages in rescue chief Pat Burguard’s office.

Heidi Babcock was one of the 315 people who sought shelter, food or water at the hall.

“We lost our power at 8:30 p.m. Friday, and we don’t know when it will come back on,” she said Tuesday morning. “We’ve been surviving because of our gas stove. I’ve come down to the hall each day and filled up our water jugs and to get something to eat. I can’t wait for power to come back.”

Said Burguard, “Toms in town here, they have been fantastic They basically gave us an open account and told us to take what we need. Their help, the help of everyone, has been immeasurable.”

Firefighters toiled Saturday morning to clear a path for access to Omena Point.

“There were 58 trees down on that road,” Cook said. “The guys were there for 4½ hours, and cut up every tree across the road to clear the way.”

Soon after, department members rode snowmobiles onto the point, and checked on every occupied residence.

It was one of many “welfare checks” made by firefighters and county deputies across the peninsula.

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homebound, they generally had power — a big advantage over the snowstorm that paralyzed the county starting Friday night. Power was knocked out of 90 percent of more of Leelanau’s households, and stayed out in most places for at least 48 hours, according to reports from utility and emergency management officials.

The Enterprise coverage of 1978 portrays blizzard response as patient.

“Grocery stores in the county generally closed early and/or opened late during the storm, but when they were open they did a ‘land-office’ business as area residents replenished their bread, milk and meat supplies ... While many stores and businesses were closed, few bars and taverns shut down. In fact, several reported booming business.”

The storm set a new low for the barometric pressure, and was extensive to the point of being felt across a huge swath of the Midwest.

But comparing the more recent storm with the blizzard of 1978 isn’t useful, Adam said, mainly because of the differences in intensity and size.

“I grew up in the Ohio Valley, and I was in the sweet spot of that storm. As I recall, snowfall amounts were comparable to what we saw here. But the ‘78 storm was a blizzard, with white-out conditions,” he said.

Oldtimers point to an early-season blizzard that struck Leelanau County on Monday, Nov. 11, 1940 as comparable to the 1978 storm. The Enterprse, which carried few statistics from the blizzard, reported that, “Never since 1898 has there been such a storm, we heard one party say.”

Labeled a “Sou’wester” by the newspaper, the storm was reported to have taken the lives of many groups of duck hunters in Wisconsin before blowing across Lake Michigan. In Leelanau County, “trees were toppled, some roofs torn, old buildings flattened, power and telephone lines broken, windows shattered, ships wrecked, others safe but unreported for many hours after taking shelter some where, if possible.” Wind gusts were followed by a “regular blizzard, with approaching zero temperature, that caught many cars unprepared, froze radiators.”

The fish tug “Irene” captained by Roy Buckler was caught off North Manitou Island by the winds, took refuge on the lee side, then had to scurry for protection when the winds shifted westerly.

“They were able to make port here Wednesday morning, about 8 o’clock, with about 1,300 pounds of trout aboard,” the Enterprise reported. “Roy said they kept warm enough as they had plenty of fuel. Food they didn’t even think of, but Monday night ‘divided their last cigarette into three pieces’.”

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The great storm of 2012 will not be remembered as a blizzard — its winds were not strong enough to make the official definition — but it may well have set a record for most snowfall in a 12hour period.

Trouble is, snowfall is generally recorded over a 24-hour period.

So how does the snowstorm that buried Leelanau County with 25 to estimates of as many as 30 inches of snow in some areas compare with those of the past?

First, some numbers. Officially, some 19 inches was recorded at the Suttons Bay garage of the Leelanau County Road Commission, an accepted barometer for weather readings. The Leelanau Enterprise snowfall contest is based on readings taken at the garage. Some 25.1 inches of snow was recorded at the Maple City station of the National Weather Service. Rain moved into the area Friday at about 4 p.m., which turned to heavy, wet flakes an hour later. By Saturday morning, the storm had moved onward, heading east and north.

National Weather Service meterologist Brian Adam cannot recall a storm in his 15 years of being stationed in Gaylord dropping as much snow so quickly in one place as the one that started Friday evening in Leelanau County.

However, more snow was recorded over a four-day period in what is generally considered the worst blizzard to hit Leelanau County in modern history.

Some 34 inches was recorded by the Road Commission over a period that started late in the day on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1978, and ended on Saturday.

It was called a “record blizzard” in Enterprise archives.

“Snow drifts of 15 feet or more piled up in some sections of Leelanau County, with solid four-foot drifts common on long stretches of main roads. Generally, the heaping up of snow at any given place was greater than longtime residents ever saw before,” the Enterprise reported.

High winds were as much a problem as the snow. Snowplow trucks, decidedly less reliable than those in use today, struggled under the resistance of drifts. Reports of 60 mph gusts were reported in Leelanau County.

While residents may have been

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Considering that at one time or another 9-1-1 calls had to be transferred to Grand Traverse County, the county emergency radio system went down and cell phone use faded, Leelanau County did well in responding to the worst snowstorm in a generation.

Really. “It might not have been the storm of the century, but for many people in their 20’s and 30’s it might be the biggest storm they’ve seen,� county Emergency Management Director Tom Skowronski said. “All and all, I’m extremely happy with the way things went from start to finish. We did a lot of welfare checks just to make sure everything was OK, and the firefighters did a lot of knocks and talks.�

While some glitches in emergency response may be expected, backups fell into place to handle the load.

For instance, the hard line to the county telephone system went down at 9 a.m. Saturday, and service was lost intermittently throughout the day. However, an automatic switching system sent calls to Grand Traverse County dispatch, with information relayed back to Leelanau County.

For a time Sunday, the county radio system went down. But by then, hard lines had been established to fire stations throughout Leelanau County where radio stations were working. “We have a redundant system,� Skowronski said. “That was just a hiccup, so to speak.�

Cell phone use also grew progressively worse, for emergency responders as well as residents who were out of power and had lost land lines to their home telephones. That’s because backup batteries at many of the communication towers can only help temporarily.

Eventually contractors such as Kal Excavating cleared snow from tower sites, allowing electricity to be restored. “Some of the towers are not generator support; a lot of them are on battery back up and lost power,� Skowronski said. “They’re meant to help for hours, not days. Most of them here came back on before the hard lines did. Most people

WITH THE SNOW piled up to his window a county Road Commission plow driver attempted to open up at least one lane on Stowe Road in Suttons Bay Township Saturday afternoon. The driver had to back out onto Solem Road. were telling us they had cell phone coverage Sunday.�

The county 9-1-1 crew was beefed up from 2 to 4 dispatchers starting at 11 p.m. Friday, allowing them to stay on top of the many calls coming in. Fire chiefs around the county, perhaps heeding an early warning put out by Emergency Management Friday afternoon, put full crews on notice. By Saturday, all fire stations were open and welcoming residents in need. “They didn’t have to do that, but they did do that,� Skowronski said. “Some of these departments were feeding 60-70 people; Northport said they did 80.�

The first priority of firefighters was to tend to a list of high-risk and elderly residents. “If we didn’t get an answer by phone, we sent law enforcement (and firefighters) to give a knock on the door.

The cooperation between fire departments was quite remarkable ... they put

in a lot of time.�

And to their credit, most county residents stayed off roads as requested until they could be cleared. Skowronski reported that only a handfull of vehicles got stuck; most did not hamper the work of snowplows.

Skowronski said he is in the midst of compiling the cost incurred by public agencies in response to the snowstorm, but won’t have an amount until next week.

Despite media reports otherwise, a state of emergency was never declared in Leelanau County, Skowronski continued. He said such a declaration comes with a request for emergency help from the state of Michigan. Skowronski and Leelanau County Board chair Tom Van Pelt discussed the move, but felt it unnecessary.

Although strained, county emergency responders were handling the storm.

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Comeback Comets pull off regional thriller

By Mike Spencer Of The Enterprise staff

The Leland girls basketball team did a lot of good things on the hardcourt this winter, but Tuesday night was their best.

The Comets rallied from a big deficit late in the game for a victory and they did it on one of the biggest stages — the Class D regional tournament at Traverse City West High School.

Leland came back from an 11-point, fourthquarter deficit for a 50-43 win over Manistee Catholic and punched its courtside ticket into tonight’s title game against McBain Northern Michigan Christian.

“I can’t even tell you how proud I am of these girls,” Leland coach Megan Munoz said after the Comets improved to 12-11 on the year. “They fight and fight and fight.

“They’ve never met a challenge they couldn’t take on.’

The challenge against Manistee Catholic was two-fold and almost insurmountable.

Senior Liz McKee, who led the Comets offensively all season, scored the game’s first three points but was then literally beaten up by the Sabers.

Not only did the 6-foot senior pick up her second personal foul with 21.4 seconds left in the initial quarter, McKee picked up a bloody nose from an errant elbow with six seconds remaining in the first quarter and had to leave the game for a couple of minutes.

Shortly after her return in the second quarter, McKee picked up her third personal foul and had to sit down.

“Every game is different on how the refs call it,” McKee said. “We realized it was going to be a tougher game and that we’d be hitting the floor a (Concluded on Page 12)

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By Chris Olson Of The Enterprise staff

DEDICATED GLEN Lake fans applaud a Laker basket during the first half of the Class C district semifinal at Manton on Feb. 29. and it showed how much of a team player she really is.”

With Brengman coming back, as well as Hollie Dowd and Jordan Peplinski, Bradford said he should have another fundamentally sound team ready to go. Peplinski missed half the season with a shoulder injury.

“It really hurt us not having Jordan for the second half of the season,” he said. “She was our inside presence and while we adjusted to not having her, we missed her ability on the floor.”

Suttons Bay saw its season end the previous week at Glen Lake 5633.

Coach Todd Hursey said having a team that featured nothing but seniors means the Norsemen will continue its rebuilding through next season. “We’re losing Jordan

St. Mary girls bow out with 9-12 record Comets broke the quarter deadlock at 20s with a huge second-quarter effort. Leland outscored St. Mary 14-5 in the second eight minutes and never looked back.

The Comets followed intermission with a perfect 17-0 third-quarter.

“It’s not the way you’d like it to end,” Korson said.

Senior Taylor Moore led St. Mary with 19 points, eight in the first quarter, and eight boards. Rachael Thon added a dozen points and had eight boards. She had seven points in the first eight minutes. Sarah Popp had six points, on two triples.

“They did a nice job defensively on Rachael,” Korson said. “And Taylor worked extremely hard, but

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Leland was led by Liz McKee with 25 points and 21 boards. Tantzi Snyder added 16 points and 14 boards. Hanna Schaub added eight points, including two big triples in the second quarter.

The Eagles will lose three seniors off this year’s squad. In addition to Moore and Popp, guard Rachel Alfamitano will graduate.

“Taylor is going to be a huge loss,” Korson said. “She was the heart of the team and she works hard and was a great role model.

“Sarah stepped up her talk and helped at the point guard and Rachel played great defensively.”

Smith, Miranda Schaub, Elsa Finch, Koraima Guillen,” he said. “When you’re entire starting line is all seniors, and you have only one junior and one sophomore on your team, you are starting at the beginning come next season.”

The good news is his junior Chantal Konopka saw significant playing

time this season and the seven freshman on the junior varsity, including his daughter Jane, had a decent season.

“It will be a big step up for my freshman next year as sophomores,” he said. “We all know there is a big difference between JV and varsity.

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The St. Mary girls basketball team finished its season with a 9-12 record after Friday’s 67-44 loss to Leland in the Class D district tournament at Northport.

The loss was St. Mary’s third this season at the hands of the Comets.

“We had a very tough season,” said St. Mary coach Paula Korson after the Eagles rebounded from an 0-7 start to finishing the regular season one victory shy of the .500 mark. “After Christmas ... it was a good season.

“I was pleased with how we came back. But we just knew beating Leland would be difficult.”

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With the loss Glen Lake ends the season at 16-6 overall and were second in the Northwest at 11-3. Bradford said he will be sorry to see his seniors, Martin, Ewing and Taylor Oberson leave.

Martin was the top scorer in girls basketball among county players this season. She scored 465 points total and averaged 21.1 per game.

Ewing moved from being a shooting guard to being point guard and running the Lakers’ offense. She had 110 assists for the season and averaged five per game.

“Taylor and Sophie have been a big part of our offense this season,” Bradford said. “Taylor with her ability to get open and shoot opened things up for Scotlyn and our other shooters. Sophie, she made a big switch for us by moving to point guard. That was a big change for her

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Glen Lake’s girls basketball season came down to free throws.

Host Manton made its charity tosses and moved on. The Lakers missed too many of theirs and were sidelined, 62-51 in the Class C district semifinals played on Feb. 29.

“Our big problem was free-throw shooting,” Glen Lake coach Jason Bradford said after the Lakers fell to Manton for the second time this season. “In the second half it came down to making our free throws.

They made their shots, we didn’t make ours.”

Manton, which had a big height advantage, led 18-15 after the first quarter.

But the Lakers were able to stay with the Rangers for most of the game. Glen Lake trailed 42-41 to start the fourth quarter, but senior Taylor Martin erased it by going 1-for-2 at the charity stripe.

The scales suddenly tipped in Manton’s favor as junior Scotlyn Brengman and senior Sophie Ewing both fouled out in the final five minutes of the game. It was a similar exit strategy the Lakers had in the first loss.

“That hurt not having Scotlyn and Sophie out on the floor,” Bradford said. “But Manton had two of their big girls foul out as well, so it really came down to the free-throw shooting.”

As a team the Lakers were 10-of17 for the game, while Martin went 4-of-8 and Brengman hit 3-of-6.

Brengman had 25 points, nine rebounds, three steals and two assists to lead Glen Lake. Martin had 15 points, four rebounds and three steals. Ewing had seven assists, three steals and Jessica Lee had nine points and four rebounds.

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ISABELLE SCOTT (20) of Leland goes up high for a rebound with a group of Manistee Catholic defenders Tuesday night.

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three points.

“That was the most ridiculous game,” said Peter Fellows, a Leland senior and one of the most vocal supporters. “I’m so happy right now.

“It’s so worth it. We’re going to go all the way to state’s.”

The regional win continued to add to the turnaround season for the Comets, who were winless a year ago.

“It’s awesome,” said Liz McKee, who also grabbed nine boards and three blocked shots. “The seniors and Isabelle, we really wanted this.

“It’s the first time we’ve all been playing for a full season.”

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McKee followed up her great effort with a three-point basket inside to tie the score at 40s with 1:17 to go.

After a Manistee Catholic turnover, McKee’s sister Caitlin brought Leland’s crowd to its feet when she nailed a three-pointer with 37 seconds left to break the deadlock and give Leland the lead for good.

“I just wanted the ball and wanted to make it so bad,” said Caitlin McKee, who counted all five of her points in the final quarter. “I knew it was going in right away.”

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them and make them anxious. She really bothered them and changed the tempo.”

Liz McKee started the comeback by scoring her team’s first 10 points. Sister Caitlin added a short jumper to pull the Comets within 39-35 with three minutes to go. Doyle, who had a dozen points, countered with another free throw but then Liz McKee scored five unanswered points.

Included in the spurt was a coast-tocoast layup as she stole the ball on the defensive baseline. It appeared that the senior leader dribbled through the entire Manistee Catholic team before laying the ball up and in.

The spectacular move brought the crowd to its feet and forced the Sabres to call a timeout with 2:20 to play.

“I don’t practice that,” McKee said, trying to hold back a smile. “I just knew what time was left and that we were down and we needed to score and that was what I was going to do.”

“That was nothing other than Liz,” Munoz said. “She can do that.

“In fact, she can do a lot of amazing things. She’s a great player inside and out.”

After a missed shot by the Sabers,

one bonus situation and senior Tantzi Snyder, who had carried the load early in McKee’s absence, put in the rebound on Scott’s missed free throw to make it 46-41. Snyder finished with 13 points and 10 boards.

Haley Doyle hit two free throws for the Sabers with 11.4 second to play but then Snyder hit one for Leland and Scott nailed the final two of the game.

“It’s an amazing feeling. It’s so good that I don’t know how to explain it,” said Scott, who will forego her senior year at Leland to study in Bolivia.

Scott, who handled the point, finished with six points and four fouls.

“It’s pretty exciting that we’ve gone this far and that we can go further,” she added.

The final outcome was set up by Liz McKee’s fourth-quarter dominance offensively and some spark defensively from junior reserve Maggio Osorio. The Comets trailed 33-23 after three quarters and by 11 points after Doyle hit a free throw.

“We just said, lets fight and leave it all on the floor,” Munoz said. “We sent Maggie in there defensively to disrupt

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Continued from Page 10 lot. We just had to play through it.”

McKee made up for lost playing time in the first half, by scoring 19 of her game-high 24 points including 13 in the fourth quarter before fouling out with 30 seconds to play.

McKee’s departure came just after her younger sister Caitlin put the Comets up 43-40 with a three-pointer.

The lead was Leland’s first in the second half.

“It was disappointing, especially the foul call,” McKee said. “I think a lot of people would have gone with the opposite call, but you have top play through it and cheer them on from the bench.

“It was disappointing ... it really was fouling out. And for a second, I thought I let the team down.”

The Comets did not fold, however.

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After Manistee Catholic’s Alysha Heck sank one of two free throws from McKee’s blocking foul, junior Isabelle Scott got the inbounds pass and was fouled.

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Munoz agreed.

“I’m excited for them, they’ve worked hard and they’ve earned it,” Munoz said. “There’s been a lot that has gone into it.”

McKee concurred.

“Five coaches in four years and all that kind of stuff going on, it‘s nice to prove to everybody that the program is coming back and getting stronger,” McKee said.

For Northport, the season ended at 5-14.

“It’s a bummer to lose that way,” Wilcox said. “I just don’t think the girls understood that they could really play with Leland.

“We were down 13-4 after the

first quarter, but we had the shots that we wanted. We just missed so many easy shots.”

The district championship game was played at Traverse City Central High School because host Northport did not have power at its school.

The tournament title game was originally scheduled for Friday but was moved back because of inclement weather during first round matchups.

It was scheduled for Saturday, but a snowstorm wiped out the finals.

Munoz was worried how her players might react.

“When they are not in their routine, it’s hard,” Munoz said. “But this is a crew that will bring it if they have to.

“It’s been their thing all year.”

The Comets had little time to celebrate their title. They had to play in regionals the next day.

For the Wildcats, the could only dwell on a season that could have been executed better.

“It (5-14) doesn’t really reflect the skills that the girls have,” Wilcox said. “Even tonight we weren’t aggressive and didn’t attack the girls that needed to be challenged.”

The Wildcats will lose two key seniors — Muller and Chelsie Wack — and coach Wilcox who plans to be teaching in Argentina next year.

“Chelsie did a good job of getting rebounds,” Wilcox said. “She didn’t always produce points, but she was a great defender and she always worked hard.”

Muller was more than just the team’s leading scorer.

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Tantzi Snyder didn’t feel so hot, but her performance in the Class D district championship game showed otherwise.

The Leland senior forward dropped in a career-high 23 points and grabbed a game-high 11 boards Monday to ignite the Comets to a 55-23 victory over Northport.

“I don’t know what I’ve got. It’s my throat or something,” said Snyder, who scored 10 of her points in a 13-0 run to start the game. “I started off the game wanting to win and get it done.”

The girls district basketball trophy completed a remarkable turnaround for the Comets, who didn’t win a thing last season. They went 9-11 during the regular season and then beat St. Mary and Northport to win the district crown for the first time since 2005.

“Tantzi has been playing like that lately, she came out that way against St. Mary,” Munoz said. “She had another great game.”

Snyder, who missed last season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, appears to be making up for lost time. She averaged nine points per game during the regular season, but averaged 20 with the district title hanging in the balance.

“She’s definitely come on strong in the second half of the season,” Munoz said.

Senior Liz McKee, who averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds this season, had 10 points against Northport.

She also had six steals and two blocks shots. McKee was pleased to see Tantzi pick up the scoring slack.

“It was nice to have someone else on the court that I could really depend on to get it and score and take care of the ball,” McKee said.

“I thought Tanzi really stepped up.”

Hanna Schaub had a three-pointer in Leland’s hot start. Ashley Pino ended the 13-0 run with a basket for Northport and teammate Nina Muller added two free throws to make it 13-4 after eight minutes.

“I thought we could do more at the start, but I’m not ashamed of it,” Snyder said.

Leland, which substituted freely in the first half, got the first four points of the second quarter but watched Northport pull within 20-14 before going on a 12-0 run to end the first half. Six Comets figured in the second-quarter effort.

“My plan, if I could, was to play a lot of people so no one would get too tired,” Munoz said.

“When you start in a hole, it’s hard to get out of it,” Northport coach Casey Wilcox said. “We got within six and then it got ugly.”

The Comets pitched a shutout in the third quarter and claimed a 44-14 edge with eight minutes to play. All that was left was to pick up the district trophy.

“It’s amazing,” Snyder said. “It’s the first district I’ve won since playing at Leland.

“It’s just a really great feeling.”

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Last Thursday was the regular season finales for the Northport and St. Mary boys basketball teams.

It was a night both Cherryland Conference teams would like to forget.

Northport lost at Baldwin 83-53, while St. Mary stayed home and watched Elk Rapids leave with a 65-33 victory.

Northport ended the regular season at 3-15 overall, St. Mary at 9-11.

Wildcat coach Todd Huck said a big second half from Baldwin is what did Northport in.

“You know we were only down 33-22 at the half,” he said. “Then Baldwin, to their credit, came out in the

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Forrest Rogers scored 21 points to lead Northport, with Bill Stowe netting 20 and Sheldon Brown scoring eight.

“We have yet to play what I call a complete game,” Huck said. “In the first half we played well, we just didn’t in the second half.”

St. Mary Coach Bob Bruder said while the final score showed Elk Rapids was the dominant team last Thursday, his Eagles did stay with the Elks through the first period.

“They turned up the defensive pressure in the second quarter and just shut us down,” he said.

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Leland and Glen Lake finished regular season and Northwest Conference play with victories.

The Comets’ 46-44 win came at Suttons Bay’s expense. The Lakers wrapped up a 13-7 boys season with a 68-49 victory over Frankfort.

“It was a pretty good game until the end,” Suttons Bay coach Ron Anderson said. “We just couldn’t grab a rebound and they made the plays when they needed to.

“My hat’s off to Leland.”

A.J. Whittaker led Leland with a dozen points. Sawyer Scott added 11.

“Suttons Bay did a great job of controlling the pace,” Leland coach Jon Kiessel said. “It just came down to who had the lead when the clock ran out.”

Leland survived despite shooting only 27 percent from the floor, including 1-for-19 from three-point range.

“Our guys defended well and gutted it out,” Kiessel said. “But we shot miserably.

“It’s a miracle we won shooting like that.”

The Comets finished the season with a 12-8 record, 7-7 in the league.

“You start the season hoping to win more games,” Kiessel said. “Even though we lost more games than we wanted, we competed.

“And the kids feel pretty good about that.”

Greg Banks had 14 points and four steals for the Norse, while Greg Beachnau threw in 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

“They jumped out to an early lead and we couldn’t make a shot,” Anderson said. “We went down big for a while, but made our way back.”

Glen Lake finished 11-3 in the conference, but it was little consolation for the Lakers who had hopes of repeating as league champs.

“It’s tough to come off a league title because expectations are to win it every year,” Glen Lake coach Todd Hazelton said. “So it’s a little disappointing not doing that.

“Now we are measured by league championships and tournament runs.”

Junior Mike O’Brien led Glen Lake like he did all season, coming up with 20 points and grabbing seven boards. Dylan Wendells added 16 points. Carter Lee had a dozen and Tyler Stachnik netted 10.

“We shot 54 percent for the first time all year,” Hazelton said. “And we had four guys in doubles.

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Northport boys beat GTA in district opener the second half. He also grabbed 14 boards and Ian Machir hauled in nine.

The Wildcats had 15 steals on the night, with Rogers getting four swipes.

“It feels good to win the first one.

Now we just have to take it one game at a time,” Hernandez said. “In the first half, we just weren’t playing defense with any intensity so we came out hard in the second half.”

GTA didn’t give up without a fight.

The Mustangs made a valiant final push, cutting a 23-point deficit to 10 in the final minute.

Tyler Floering led GTA with 16 points. He netted two triples in the final eight minutes. Mitchell Drilling had seven of his dozen in the fourth quarter.

GTA, which only played six players, lost Andrew Zeits early in the third quarter when he grabbed Stowe from behind on a breakaway. He received an intentional foul and a flagrant technical and was ejected.

“We had a pretty balanced scoring sheet,” Huck said. “It feels good, but now we’ve got the big challenge of beating St. Mary to get to the finals and they spanked us pretty good twice this season.”

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Todd Huck said his Northport Wildcats were a bit lethargic at the start of Monday’s Class D district boys baskteball game with Grand Traverse Academy.

A little pep talk at halftime by the first-year coach was all the Wildcats needed, turning an 18-15 halftime advantage into a rout with a 20-0 thirdquarter start.

The Wildcats went on to claim a 47-37 win at Traverse City Central and advance to yesterday’s semifinal against St. Mary at Leland.

Leland was supposed to host Monday’s game but a power outage from the weekend snowstorm forced the site change. Leland was scheduled to play Traverse City Christian yesterday in the second game of a doubleheader.

“We started slow and I think the weather and being off four days straight had an effect,” Huck said. “I don’t think the kids slept well in the last four days, I know I haven’t.”

The Wildcats put up nine points in each of the first two quarters before erupting for 22 in the decisive third.

“I wasn’t real happy with the first half, it was kind of sloppy,” Huck said.

“I got after them a little bit.

“I told them we were being lazy on defense I thought we could press better especially on a big floor like this and we got after it.”

Junior Armando Hernandez and senior Forest Rogers each had 13 points to lead Northport, now 4-15 on the year including three wins over GTA. “We do not have a great record,” Huck said. “I don’t think my guys have played to their potential yet. I’m still waiting for that to happen.”

Hernandez had five points in the third quarter. Junior Bill Stowe tossed in seven of his 11 points in the same quarter.

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The Suttons Bay boys basketball team had a tall order last night.

The Norsemen advanced to the semifinals of the Class C district at Kalkaska last night to take on the Gladiators. Suttons Bay defeated Manton on Monday 54-43, to earn the right to advance. The Norse game, which was moved to Traverse City St. Francis due to a power outage at Suttons Bay, preceded a St. Francis rout of Glen Lake, 71-40.

“We’ll take it,” said Suttons Bay Coach Ron Anderson about the win over Manton. “This was a good win for us.

“We were ahead most of the game, then we withstood Manton’s charge in the third quarter and were able to mount our own scoring run to close out the game.”

With Manton behind them, Anderson and most of his team stuck around Monday to watch St. Francis dominate a good Glen Lake team from start to finish.

“They are good from top to bottom,” he said. “Every kid on that (St. Francis) team plays with a mental toughness.

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STEPHEN SIDDALL of Empire won the Division II state title in slalom representing Traverse City St. Francis last week.

Empire skier makes good on final run Empire area resident Stephen Siddall can’t think of a better way to complete his high school skiing career than he did last week.

Siddall, 17, brought home the Division II state title in slalom representing Traverse City St. Francis.

The regional champion took nothing for grantSIDDALL ed going into the state competition at Boyne Highlands.

“I knew I would have to give it my best effort and leave nothing on the hill. It would be the last of my racing career,” he said.

In the giant slalom, Siddall was No. 1 after one run with a time of 28.50. Glen Lake’s Thomas Waning was fifth completing the run in 28.80. Siddall thought his second effort (30.78) was good, but Waning came back to “smoke” his second run in 30.06 to finish first.

Siddall finished fifth overall.

But it was a different story for the Empire skier in slalom.

After one run down the course, Bloomfield Hills Andover’s John Stewart was No. 1 with a time of 36.64. Siddall was fourth (37.77).

“It’s a pretty technical course and I made one big mistake that cost me a lot on the flat,” he said. “I knew I was going to have to give my absolute best effort in order to win.”

The window of opportunity opened for him when Stewart, the leader after one run who skied

immediately before him, straddled a gate and didn’t cross the finish line until more than a minute had lapsed.

“I didn’t have much time to clear my mind. I skied very well on my second run (35.32) and ended up winning,” Siddall said. “It was a great way to complete my high school career.”

Siddall was among the last youth to strap on skis for lessons at Sugar Loaf. The ski hill closed in 2000.

“I can’t remember it that well, but it was with John Taber,” Siddall said.

Not long afterward, he began racing with the Leelanau Ski Club at age 6. Then it was on to USSA

Rennie fifth girl to win back-to-back Christina Rennie of Cedar became the fifth female to win backto-back Michigan High School Athletic Association state ski titles.

Rennie’s historical run came at Boyne Highlands on Feb. 27 when the Glen Lake co-op skier defended her state slalom title with a combined time of 1minute, 12.16 seconds.

Rennie, a senior at Leland Public School, is the daughter of Jim and Karen Rennie.

After the state meet, Rennie left for Boulder, Colo. for an International Ski Federation race at Elnora Mountain and she was scheduled to meet Tuesday with the college ski coach from Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs.

(United States Ski and Snowboard Association) racing at Crystal Mountain near Thompsonville.

“That was much more of a commitment time wise and financially for my parents,” he said.

Other downhill milestones before reaching high school were qualifying and participating in the NASTAR (National Standard Race) competition in Park City, Utah at age 10.

Siddall also qualified for the Junior Olympics when he was in sixth grade.

Like so many local athletes, the students who participate against one another in skiing are well known to one another. Siddall skied with state girls’ division II slalom champion Christina Rennie and Waning, whose father Mike Waning coached them when they skied for Team Crystal with USSA. “Christina, Thomas and I go way back,” Siddall said. “It was so nice to see my teammates from Leelanau County take home victories (from the state tournament).”

In regional competition Siddall and Cole McCardel, his teammate on the Manistee-St. Francis cooperative team finished No. 1 and 2 in the slalom.

The young man, who won’t be 18 until next month, said he’s not 100 percent certain, but believes he’ll attend either the University of Utah or the University of Michigan next fall. The son of Lisa Siddall of Empire and Sam Siddall of Boyne City is also the grandson of Bob and Joan Hawley of Glen Arbor.

Stephen is scheduled to graduate from Traverse City St. Francis this spring.

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Norse win in Class C, Lakers bow out Continued from Page 15 “They were letting things go a little more than normal, so we didn’t need to press all the time.”

He was also concerned about Manton making a second-half comeback.

“All season long Manton has been able to mount charges in the second half,” Anderson said. “I wanted to make sure my guys had legs at the end of the game to overcome Manton’s charge.”

Sophomore Aaron Orban netted 16 points to lead Suttons Bay. Senior Mason Darling scored 13 to top an effort Anderson said was one of his best of the season. Greg Banks and Cameron Tarleton each had nine points.

“Mason showed a lot of leadership offensively tonight, even in the locker room at half time and the time outs,” he said.

The Norsemen were able to loosen up some Monday afternoon by arriving early at St. Francis for a shoot around.

“We had not practiced in two days because of the weather and power outages,” Anderson said. “We were on tonight because we got here early and did some shooting.”

Anderson also credited his seniors for their leadership. “My message to the guys, the seniors was this is your court, your game,” he said. “Where we go from here on in is up to you. This is your last go around, make it count.”

State-ranked St. Francis, the favorite to win the district, improved to 19-2 after beating Glen Lake.

Glen Lake coach Todd Hazleton said his team got a taste of what the Glads can do on Feb. 28 when St. Francis came to their home gym and won 6051. Monday’s game was not nearly as merciful as St. Francis used its size and speed difference to shut down a normally potent Laker offense.

“Our goal as a program is to get to the level that St. Francis is today,” he said.

Glen Lake was able to stay close through the first quarter, but the Glads

burst the game wide open in the second to take a 36-18 lead at the half.

“The old saying is you become a team during the season, but you make yourself a player in the off season,” Hazleton said. “For my younger players, this off season is critical. They got an eyeful of what off season development is all about by seeing what the St. Francis players can do.”

Junior Mike O’Brien scored 12 points and grabbed six boards to lead Glen Lake. Curtis Bunek and Anders Johnson each had five points for the night.

“My guys got a chance to see what it takes to win games like that on Monday by seeing the St. Francis players,” Hazelton said. “Sean Sheldon, their big Division I player, the expression on his face never changed the entire game. You have to play with that level of intensity and focus to win games.”

“My coach Don Miller said all the time that you have to have mental toughness. You need the physicality, but if you don’t have the mental toughness, then your behind.”

While Hazleton was disappointed to see the season end in the first round of districts, he was not disappointed in the team’s overall effort.

He loses seniors Dylan Wendels, Jimmy Murphy and Jordan Hill.

“I’ve known those guys since they were kids. I’m really going to miss those guys as I’ve watched them grow up,” Hazelton said. “They are all going to go on and be successful in life, they are all excellent people.”

As for how the Lakers will do next season with O’Brien and a troop of more experienced sophomores and juniors returning, Hazleton said it will come down to off season work.

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They call this part of the basketball season March Madness for a reason.

And last week’s girls district basketball tournament at Northport was just maddening. It was such Madness that it didn’t even end last week and carried over into a second week.

First the opening night was canceled ... due to weather and no school.

The second night couldn’t be played because ... well the boys had the floor and there were not enough “district” qualified officials to officiate. I can’t remember that happening since the girls and boys played in the same season.

So they decided to play on Friday ...

OK just one game because ... yes the weather again.

It got so bad that another maddening thing happened. Grand Traverse Academy decided not to risk the trip north and ... forfeited the state tournament game.

The Northport girls ‘weathered’ the storm and got a bye into the finals which was moved to Saturday night because of the inclement weather earlier in the week.

But even that game was postponed.

Yes, Mother Nature won that game too with a huge dumping of snow. It left most of the finalists at home in the dark.

It also caused the game to be played on Monday at Traverse City Central noless as Northport’s school and gym was without power.

The inevitable did happen on Monday.

Leland captured its first district crown since 2005, and a much-deserved one at that. The Comets didn’t win a thing last season, but playing with a full deck of seniors who hadn’t been on the floor together, really made a difference.

Getting a district trophy late caused the Comets to have to play regionals without a break. Didn’t matter. The Comets showed their mettle again, rallying behind Liz McKee’s 19 second-half points for a thrilling 50-43 victory over Manistee Catholic at Traverse City West.

Monday’s district title game followed another oddity. The Northport boys took on and beat GTA in its Class D district opener. And that was actually supposed to take place at Leland High. Can you say no power again?

The only thing normal about this week’s boys district was that Glen Lake was scheduled to play at Traverse City St. Francis on Monday.

But the lack of power at Suttons Bay High School turned the Glen Lake battle with St. Francis into the second game of a doubleheader, following Suttons Bay’s victory over Manton.

Last night Leland was back in school and planning to host its semifinal round that it was scheduled to host before the power outage.

It was the first sign of normalcy.

Leelanau County schools weren’t the only ones privy to the Madness.

For the first time in MHSAA history, a basketball tournament game was played on a Sunday.

Petoskey beat Traverse City Central to take the Class A title.

Years ago that would never have happened. But the MHSAA changed its rules three years ago to allow Sunday to be used if necessary to finish a tournament, according to John R. Johnson, the MHSAA’s communications director.

I’ve been told it was changed to aid spring sports districts and regionals, which often got rained out on Fridays or Saturdays.

Turns out the girls district game at Traverse City Central wasn’t the only state tournament event on Sunday. One of the MHSAA bowling finals — Division 4 at Waterford — had to go on Sunday.

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Continued from Page 3 4:30 p.m. — Northport Promise Scholarship Program fundraiser (call Ruth at 386-5674 for tickets): Knot Just A Bar, M-22, Omena.

6:30 p.m. — Presentation by Fred Elmore and his visit to Palestine as part of the Michigan Peace Team, with a potluck meal served at 6 p.m.: Keswick United Methodist Church, S. Center Hwy., Bingham Township.

MONDAY 1-3 p.m. — Leelanau Baby Pantry (call 271-3671 for more info.): Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lincoln Street, Suttons Bay. 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 Tekakwitha Church, M-22, Peshawbestown.

6 p.m. — Elmwood Township Board meeting: Township hall, Lincoln Street west of Cherry Bend Road.

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

— Al Anon meeting: Leland Methodist Church, Leland.

— Northport Board of Education meeting: School library, Northport Public School, Wing Street, Northport.

— Suttons Bay Board of Education meeting: Meeting area, upper level, Suttons Bay Elementary School, S. Elm Street, Suttons Bay. 7-9 p.m. — Leelanau Community Choir rehearsal for spring concert (call Barbara Abbott 271-6091 for more info.): Suttons Bay High School band room, S. Elm Street, Suttons Bay.

may be allowed at such facilities in the proposed Rural Residential district.

Bingham planners voted to forward their draft amendment to the Leelanau County Planning Commission for review as well as to the township attorney for a legal review. A well-attended public information forum on the proposed new zoning district was held in April 2011, and township planners will likely hold another public hearing on the draft before they make a recommendation to the Township Board, probably sometime this spring.

The township Planning Commission also held a public hearing on an amendment to the “private road standards” section of the zoning ordinance that clarifies some technical requirements, Patmore said, but no public comment was offered.

The “private road standards” draft will also be forwarded to county planners for a review, he said.

At its next regular monthly meeting on April 5, Bingham planners are slated to consider a zoning ordinance amendment that might allow for Planned Unit Developments in the township’s agriculture district, Patmore said. He explained that some of the recent issues encountered in working on the Leelanau Cheese site plan has led some planning commissioners to agree that PUD language applied to regulations for the township’s agriculture district might streamline the process of reviewing and approving plans.

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ing held last Thursday, the Bingham Township Planning Commission held a public hearing on a zoning ordinance text and map amendment outlining a new Rural Residential zoning district in the township.

Township resident Tom Fleming expressed concern about dog kennels being allowed in the new district. Patmore explained that “small animal” kennels will be allowed in the district but only if the planning commission grants a special use permit on a case-by-case basis.

Patmore said that in response to concerns voiced during the public hearing, planners added language to the amendment clarifying that no more than 20 small animals such as cats and dogs

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Bingham Township planners last week approved a special use permit that will allow the Leelanau Cheese company to move from Black Star Farms into a former church building just to the north on M-22.

Owners of Leelanau Cheese, John and Ann Hoyt, plan to manufacture their nationally award-winning raclette cheese in the building as well as operate a farm market. The township’s approval includes the creation of a “cheese cave” dug into the side of a hill on the nine-acre property.

Earlier this year, the Hoyts were successful in seeking a variance from

the Bingham Township Zoning Board of Appeals from a provision in the township’s Zoning Ordinance requiring that all agriculturally related businesses must be located on a site at least 10 acres in size.

Bingham Township zoning administrator Steve Patmore said township approval was contingent on several conditions including submission of more detailed plans for the “cheese cave,” a revised plan for parking on the site, and the improvement of “sight distance” for an entrance to the property off M-22 through the grading of part of a hill and removal of some vegetation blocking views of the entrance.

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FARRAH BENNETT of Suttons Bay, shown pushing a cleaning cart, is one of five employees working at Suttons Bay Schools for Porcelain Patrol Services since the beginning of the calendar.

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By Amy Hubbell Of The Enterprise staff

FARRAH BENNETT holds a dust mop used to clean the schools.

Farrah Bennett of Suttons Bay said she loves her job cleaning for Porcelain Patrol Service, the company which took over custodial services for the district.

“I come in at 7 a.m. and check out the rest rooms, gyms, locker rooms, halls and entry ways and go from there,” she said.

Bennett is one of five full-time employees on “patrol” at the school since Jan. 1 when the janitorial service company took over work previously completed “in house” by employees.

“The toughest thing is to get to know the buildings,” said Joe Seybert, owner of the Traverse City-based company. “Getting to know where every trash bin is situated so you don’t miss any.

There are a lot of nooks and crannies.”

The Suttons Bay Board of Education voted to privatize its custodial services, which meant the loss of jobs for six people who shared full-time positions. It also results in an estimated $100,000 in savings per year for Suttons Bay. The initial six-month contract with Porcelain

PRIVATE VENTURE Custodial service contract with Porcelain Patrol Jan. 1-June 30, 2012 — $64,381 July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013 — $128,763 July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014 —$128,763 Privatizing services is expected to save Suttons Bay $100,000 a year.

Patrol, through the end of June, is for $64,381.

Contracts for custodial services with Porcelain Patrol through June 2014 are for $128,763 each school year.

Unlike the former employees of the school district, the private company provides no retirement and no health insurance coverage to its employees.

“We’d like to, but it’s just not affordable at this time,” Seybert said.

Superintendent Mike Murray said he was disappointed that none of the maintenance crew previously employed with the district applied to

work with the new contractor. So was Seybert.

“It’s a very sensitive issue in such a small community,” said Seybert, who retired in the early 1990s after teaching for 25 years. “We try very hard to hire local folks.”

One former school employee, however, is now working as an aide within the school complex.

Three of the five contractual employees live in Leelanau County. In addition to Bennett, Porcelain Patrol also employs father/daughter duo Dan and Elizabeth Priest of Lake Leelanau.

Seybert grew up on a farm near Hillman. The son of a school superintendent, he began working at age 12 stripping the floors of the local schools.

This experience, plus a career in education, may give Seybert a leg up on other contractors hoping to get in on the governor’s directive for local schools and governments to consolidate/privatize services.

Porcelain Patrol’s 80 employees fulfill contracts with Munson Healthcare, numerous financial institutions and most recently Grand Traverse County and Suttons Bay. Other school districts (Concluded on Page 6)

County employers may need more summer staff to handle tourists Bill Skolnik, manager of the Western Avenue Grill, has already started looking for summer staff, and figures he’ll have to hire more people to keep up with business this summer.

He’ll be selecting employees from a tightening workforce in Leelanau County, but should not incur anything like the problems encountered by bosses planning for summers before the economic downturn.

The unemployment rate for Leelanau County in 2011 averaged 8.6 percent — a solid drop from the 10.1 percent average of 2010. However, fewer people were listed in the county workforce in 2011, while the number of people working stayed relatively stable.

Skolnik ran a classified ad last week in the

Enterprise seeking waitstaff, line cooks, hostesses and bus staff for the WAG — a popular acronym for the Glen Arbor restaurant.

“So far I’ve gotten one application for a dishwasher,” Skolnik said Tuesday. Like many other Glen Arbor and Empire area businesses, the restaurant picked up a big increase in business in August when national attention focused on the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. It was named the “Most Beautiful Place in America” by viewers of the Good Morning America television show.

“We’re looking to hire a large crew this year.”

Skolnik said. “We need eight to 10 more line cooks. We’re going to run three full shifts with breakfast, lunch and dinner.” The eatery will also

need 15 more waitstaff, three to five bussers and two more hostesses.

Statistics gathered by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget show that the number of jobs in Leelanau County actually shrank last year — something the unemployment rate doesn’t show. The 9,628 people employed in 2011 was slightly lower than the 9,684 average for 2010. During the period, the work force in the county dwindled from 10,769 to 10,528 as people quit looking for work or moved away.

The numbers pale in comparison to a decade ago. In 2001, the county workforce stood at 11,722, of which 11,364 were employed. The unemployment rate was 3.1 percent. As recently

as 2008, some 10,551 people were employed in Leelanau — some 9.6 percent more than were employed last year.

There appear to be plenty of people still looking for work in the county as 26 people applied for a full-time position with the county Treasurers office. County Treasurer Chelly Roush said the skilled position comes with a starting wage of $12.49 an hour. Perhaps more importantly, county employment comes with a generous benefit program including health insurance and a retirement program.

“I was surprised by the number of applicants we had,” said Roush. Included were five people (Concluded on Page 6)

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Relay chili cook-off set for Saturday Area restaurants will be participating for bragging rights in a chili cookoff Saturday to help kick off the Leelanau County Relay for Life (RFL).

All are invited to attend “Stirring Up Success,” from 4 - 7 p.m., at the VFW Post In Lake Leelanau.

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Participating restaurants in the County Cuisine feature include Art’s Tavern, blu, The Bluebird, Cedar Rustic Inn, Deb’s Dish, Empire Village Inn, Joe’s Friendly Tavern, The Manor on Glen Lake, Martha’s Leelanau Table, Riverside Inn and Western Avenue Grill.

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There will also be plenty of information available about the American Cancer Society signature event which will be held July 27-28 at the Suttons Bay athletic field.

Volunteer organizers hope to raise $50,000 during the summer event and have a goal of 20 teams participating.

A related fund-raising event is slated for Tuesday at the Bayside Salon in Suttons Bay. The crew at Bayside, 417 N. St. Joseph St., will provide services from 3 - 8 p.m. on a walk-in basis with all proceeds benefitting the Leelanau County RFL. Further information is available by calling 231-649-2801.

Pathfinder fundraiser includes diamond dig “A Night in the City” is the theme of Pathfinder School’s annual fundraising event, PathFUNDer Saturday at Centre Pointe in Elmwood Township.

The event will feature drinks and hors d’oeuvres, live and silent auctions and dancing with music by the

Dawn Campbell Trio.

New this year there will be a diamond dig underwritten by James C. Smith Fine Jewelry. Bob Ashmun of Ashmun Portrait Art will take photos of guests in a city setting.

Tickets are $100 per person.

For those interested in further sup-

porting the school, several Traverse City restaurants are donating 10 percent of dinner receipts Saturday to Pathfinder.

Participating are Amical, Phil’s on Front, Red Ginger and Trattoria Stella.

Further information is available at 995-3839.

GA Athletic Club to host weekly health classes The Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan and Michigan State University (MSU) Extension will host a free weekly health workshop at the Glen Arbor Athletic Club starting next Thursday, March 15.

Personal Action Towards Health (PATH) classes are designed to help people manage long term health conditions.

The classes will meet Thursdays from 1-3:30 p.m. through April 19. Club Manager Sharon O’Brien and Jackie Hice, a club instructor, will facilitate the classes.

The PATH workshop will provide

information and skills to people with chronic health conditions like arthritis, heart and kidney disease, and diabetes to name a few.

Registration for the workshop is necessary and enrollment is limited. For more information or to register call Diana Brewer at 1-800-442-1713.

Farm-to-School dinner Friday Leland Public School will host a Farm-to-School dinner Friday before the Class D boys district basketball championship game.

The meal will include a choice of chicken noodle soup with veggies from Sweeter Song Farm, white chicken chili or white bean chili (vegetarian); Stone House Bread’s bun or bread bowl; fruit and yogurt

smoothies with local fruit; cherry lemonade and dessert of apple pie or dried cherry chocolate chip cookies from Rolling Hills Cafe.

The meal will be served from 5 to 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $6.50 for adults; $4.50 for children under 12.

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Andy Nicoletti Name: Andy Nicoletti.

Town or township of residence: Leland Township for 11 years. I was 16 when I moved up here with my grandparents. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been here forever. Their names are Charlie and Patty Steffens. We (Andy and his wife) live just outside of Lake Leelanau.

Age and birth place: 27. Birthplace was Scottsdale, Ariz.

Occupation: Firefighter, paramedic for Leland, Suttons Bay, Blair Township and Kingsley Ambulance.

And Munson ER. Marital status: Married for seven years this year. My wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name is Maggie. No kids, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my kid right there (pointing to a big dog in the Leland fire house). The big furry one, Sampson. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a purebred German shepherd.

You live in Leelanau County because: I met my wife, and she was from up here. Her family is from Gills Pier; sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Kolarik.

Last good movie you saw: The Town. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about a bunch bank robbers out in Boston. It was a great movie.

Last good book you read: No True Glory, by Bing West. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the marines in Fallujah. Back in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;04, the Marines went through the city of Fallujah after a bunch of contractors were killed there. It told about the Marines and what they encountered.

If you could trade places with one person for a day, who would that be? Ted Nugent. Why not? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great American. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extremely intelligent.

Things important to you that you have accomplished so far?

Marrying my high school sweetheart, Maggie. Becoming a Marine. I was in six years. I did a combat tour in Iraq, I did some time in California at

29 Palms and Camp Pendleton. And becoming a firefighter and a paramedic.

What you hope to be doing in 10 years? Still running EMS, enjoying my family.

Things you lose sleep over?

Sleep? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that? On a typical night, I might sleep five hours. But in the past three days, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably slept five hours. (He was interviewed on Monday after the big storm.) Usually I sleep pretty good once I get to sleep.

If you could change one thing in Leelanau County, it would be: I wish that the average citizen could see what we do on a daily basis, and had a better understanding of what we do. I think people think we sit here at the station and watch TV and play cards, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case.

An average day is that we are here working an 8-hour day doing department work, vehicle checks, maintenance on the station, responding to emergencies. We stay here an additional eight hours to respond to calls, and to do any other duties we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get done. I think most of the public doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that. I think they think we just watch TV and lay around.

Favorite dessert: My wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triple chocolate cookies. Those things are insane.

Are you a coffee drinker? Yes, when there is no other caffeine available. Just black. If you like to eat coffee with a spoon, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty good at the station.

Favorite place in Leelanau County: My bow stand, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not telling you where it is.

If you had more time, you would: I would spend more time at home with my wife.

The words that best describe you are: Patriotic. Loyal. Dedicated to anything I get involved with.

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Local building contractors and tradesmen who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear to be too busy as spring grows nearer are hoping the saying comes true.

Just three more building permits were drawn from the county Construction Code Authority in the past two weeks bringing the year-to-date total to 17.

Three new projects â&#x20AC;&#x201D; two commercial renovations and a third for construction of barrier-free toilet facilities on Northport Point â&#x20AC;&#x201D; topped the number of permits issued by the same time last year by one.

However, the estimated value of permitted projects is $1,442,343, more than double that of last year at this time when the tally was just $714,149.

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86th District Court Dispatch Blotter A summation of 9-1-1 calls made in Leelanau County

Chief Judge, Thomas J. Phillips • Judge, Michael J. Haley • Judge, Michael Stepka

13th Circuit Court Chief Judge, Thomas G. Power Judge, Philip E. Rodgers, Jr. Larry Sizemore, 34, 7075 Hilltop Rd., Traverse City — Sentenced for use of a computer to commit a crime; to serve six months in jail with credit for 3½ months served; $1,548 fine and costs; two years probation.

Mark D. Nalewyko, 51, 9025 Strang Rd., Traverse City — Pleaded guilty under a plea bargain arrangement to third offense felony drunk driving; court accepts plea; sentencing will be held on Wednesday, March 21; bond continued.

Lora J. Fauver, 57, C/O Leelanau County Jail, Suttons Bay Township — Sentenced for a probation violation; to serve one year in jail with credit for 4½ months served; $450 additional court costs; probation continued.

Magistrate Court Magistrate, Norene D. Kastys Michael A. Scott, 50, 180 S. Donnybrook Rd., Suttons Bay — 60 in 55 mph zone; $6 fine, $94 costs.

Ervin Blough Trucking, 1930 E. April Rd., Cedar — Commercial motor vehicle defective equipment, brakes; $200 fine, $150 costs.

Jeffrey M. Trombley, 31, 7130 Lake Leelanau Dr., Traverse City — No proof of insurance; $25 fine, $140 costs.

Pamela A. Mapes, 57, 10471 E. Grandview Rd., Traverse City — No proof of insurance; $25 fine and costs.

Rachael A. Kasuske, 24, 808 Glenview Ln., Traverse City — No proof of insurance; $25 fine and costs.

Brian E. Smith, 41, 4443 Independence Dr., Suttons Bay — 45 in 40 mph zone, reduced from 55; $6 fine, $94 costs.

Joseph J. Francis, 42, 4916 S. Boone Aire, Traverse City — 60 in 55 mph zone; $6 fine, $94 costs.

set at $500 personal recognizance.

Jessica L. Hensley, 28, 7764 Little Elk Dr., Mt. Pleasant — Pleaded guilty under a plea bargain arrangement to a probation violation; probation revoked; to serve six months in jail with credit for times served; no Community Corrections; fine and costs owed preserved.

Douglas F. Almeter, 46, 3804 S. Lee Point Rd., Suttons Bay — Appeared for a motion to amend probation and lift no contact order; court denies request to lift no contact order; motion to amend probation will be heard on March 30 at 10 a.m. Also received deferred sentence for domestic violence; $1,028 fine and costs; not to be in possession of any weapons, alcohol nor illegal drugs; not to enter bars or casinos; to attend and complete all treatment programs as directed; to pass alcohol and drug screenings as directed; to have no contact with victims;

one year probation.

Richard J. Majszak, 56, 5344 S. W. Bay Shore Dr., Suttons Bay — Pleaded guilty to drunk driving; sentencing will be held on Friday, March 16 at 10 a.m.; bond continued.

Ramon G. Fernandez, 37, 10844 S. Shore Dr., Suttons Bay — Arraigned for writing a check with no account; a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday, March 16 at 11 a.m.

Robert J. Lata, 24, 13828 S. Windcrest Ct., Traverse City — Sentenced for failure to report accident to fixtures; to serve credit for time served in jail; to perform five days of community service work in lieu of serving 10 days in jail; $742 fine and costs; not to consume nor be in possession of any alcohol or illegal drugs; not to enter bars or casinos; to pass alcohol and drug screenings as directed; one year probation.

Thursday, 9:34 a.m. — Leland Township — Caller’s father has not been seen since 2/29 p.m. His truck is not home.

Thursday, 10:51 a.m. — Suttons Bay Township — Family hasn’t been able to reach man for three weeks.

Friday, 7:10 a.m. — Leland Township — Son refusing to get out of bed.

Friday, 3:30 p.m. — Suttons Bay Township — Caller reports a little silver car that is all over the road northbound on M-22 at Revold.

Saturday, 2:03 a.m. — Leland Town-

ship — Snowmobiler into tree.

Monday, 6:18 a.m. — Elmwood — Pick-up on its side on M-72 west of Carter.

Monday, 10:06 a.m. — Solon Township — Single-car property damage accident on M-72.

Monday, 10:18 a.m. — Elmwood — Vehicles in ditch, M-72 near Bugai. No injuries.

Monday, 12:26 p.m. — Suttons Bay Township — One-vehicle property damage accident. No injuries.

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To All Persons Liable to Assessment For Taxes In the Townships of: BINGHAM LEELANAU

CENTERVILLE CLEVELAND ELMWOOD

EMPIRE GLEN ARBOR KASSON

LELAND SOLON SUTTONS BAY

COUNTY OF LEELANAU, State of Michigan, For the Year 2012

NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF

BOARDS of REVIEW March 12-15

Appeals will be heard as follows: BINGHAM TWP. Mon., Mar. 12, 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.

Tues., Mar. 13, 2-5 p.m. & 6-9 p.m.

CENTERVILLE TWP. Mon., Mar. 12, 1-4 p.m. & 6-9 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 14, 9-noon & 1-4 p.m. *All meetings at Cedar Fire Station CLEVELAND TWP. Mon., Mar. 12, 2-5 p.m. & 6-9 p.m.

Thurs., Mar. 15, 9-noon. & 1-4 p.m.

ELMWOOD TWP. Mon., Mar. 12, 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.

Tues., Mar. 13, 2-5 p.m. & 6-9 p.m.

LEELANAU TWP. Mon., Mar. 12, 1-4 p.m. & EMPIRE TWP. 6-9 p.m.

Mon., Mar. 12, 2-5 p.m. & 6-9 p.m.

Tues., Mar. 13, 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.

Tues., Mar. 13, 9-noon & 1-4 p.m. **LELAND TWP. *All meetings at Twp. Office Mon., Mar. 12, 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.

Tues., Mar. 13, 2-5 p.m. & 6-9 p.m.

GLEN ARBOR TWP. *All meetings at Twp. Office Wed., Mar. 14, 3-9 p.m.

Thurs., Mar. 15, 10-4 p.m.

SOLON TWP. Mon., Mar. 12, 9-noon & 6-9 p.m. **KASSON TWP. Tues., Mar. 13, 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.

Mon., Mar. 12, 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.

SUTTONS BAY TWP. Tues., Mar. 13, 9-noon & 6-9 p.m.

Mon., Mar. 12, 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.

Tues., Mar. 13, 9-noon & 6-9 p.m.

In the Town Hall* of Each Township Tuesday, March 6th,**

Each Township Board of Review will meet on to receive from the supervisor his assessment roll, and to review & examine the roll. **Except Leland & Kasson which meet on Monday, March 5 To All property owners appealing to the local Board of Review: Notice is hereby given to all persons liable to assessment for taxes in these Townships that the Assessment Rolls of said Township as prepared by the Supervisors will be subject to inspection at the Township Hall or other designated location Tuesday, March 6th**, said Boards of Review will be in session on the above listed dates and times, and upon request of any person who is assessed on said rolls, or of his agent and upon sufficient cause being

shown, said Board of Review will correct the assessments on such property in such manner as will in their judgment make the valuation thereof relatively just and equal. After said Board shall complete the review of said roll, a majority of said Board shall endorse thereon, and sign a statement to the effect that the same is the assessment roll of said Township for the year in which it has been prepared and approved by the Board of Review.

It is requested you have with you a copy of a recent tax notice. This will expedite the locating of your property in the assessment rolls. No appointment is necessary as all boards will operate on a first-come, first-served basis. Local taxpayers should appear in person or by an authorized representative. However, non-residents shall be permitted to file their appeals by letter. The property owner will be notified of the board’s decision by first-class mail.

Any taxpayer wishing to carry his appeal to a higher board may appeal to the State Tax Tribunal. The State Tax Tribunal will not accept any appeals unless the assessment was protested to a local Board of Review. All local supervisors will be furnished with the proper procedures which will be necessary to follow in appealing to the State Tax Tribunal.

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Llanira Barajas, 28, 441 E. State St., Traverse City — Pleaded guilty to dog at large; $63 fine and costs.

James D. Graham,18, 2943 Keystone Rd., Traverse City — Sentenced for a probation violation; to serve credit for time served in jail; $1,252 fine and costs; not to have in possession, nor reside where present, firearms or any weapons and not to consume nor be in possession of any alcohol or illegal drugs; not to enter bars or casinos; to follow all recommendations for treatment program; to pass drug and alcohol testing as directed; no contact with victim or victim’s friends or family; two years probation.

Ronnie A. Chalfant, 31, 320 Washington St., Traverse City — Pleaded guilty under a plea bargain arrangement to attempted writing a check with non-sufficient funds more than $100, less than $500; sentencing will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m.; bond continued.

Ruth A. Dudley, 52, 3700 Aus-MeDah-Keh, Apt. D, Suttons Bay — Pleaded guilty to a probation violation; to serve three additional days in jail; probation continued.

Terry R. Veit, 47, 10773 S. Dalzell Rd., Traverse City — Pleaded guilty to a probation violation; to serve credit for time served in jail; probation continued.

George E. Gumieny, 59, 8425 S. Maple St., Maple City — Pleaded guilty under a plea bargain arrangement to second offense drunk driving; sentencing will be held on March 16 at 10 a.m.; bond continued.

Leonard D. Swanson, 76, 846 N. Traverse Lake Rd., Cedar — Sentenced for driving while impaired; to serve credit for time served in jail; to perform three days of community service work in lieu of serving six days in jail; $1,153 fine and costs; not to consume nor be in possession of any alcohol or illegal drugs or enter any bars or casinos; to attend and complete any recommended treatment programs; to pass any alcohol or drug screenings as directed; one year probation.

Justin F. Stinson, 27, 1928 E. Swanson Tr., Cedar — Appeared for jury selection on failure to purchase a dog license; waives right to a jury trial; bench trial scheduled for March 30 at 10 a.m.; bond

Thursday, March 8, 2012

THE LEELANAU ENTERPRISE

Section 2, Page 5

Northport OKs plans for marina grant The Northport Village Council last week approved plans to proceed with a $300,000 grant application for Phase II of the waterfront renovation.

The grant, through the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, would help pay for proposed marina develop-

Lease to get another look The Northport Village Council will hold a special meeting Thursday, March 22 to discuss concerns over a lease it signed last year with Leelanau Community Energy to build a wind turbine on village property.

The special meeting time and specific topics will be decided next Thursday, March 15 at the council’s regular meeting.

Concerns over the lease have been raised by resident Ron Schobel since the first of the year. He claims the village has no liability protection if something goes wrong and no benefit from the $500 annual lease the village has given Leelanau Community Energy, LLC. Schobel also has asked for the ouster of Planning Commission chairman Bill Collins, who is an LCE investor. The Planning Commission approved a special use permit for the LCE in November, although Collins abstained from voting on the permit.

“Our issue is not with the lawyer for the Northport/Leelanau Township Utilities Authority, nor is it with the LCE or with the investors,” Schobel said. “Our issue is with the council.”

Schobel said he had reviewed the lease with a lawyer and asked him if this lease would benefit the community.

His immediate answer was absolutely not.

“The village is not protected by that lease,” Schobel added. “It must be revisited and it must be renegotiated before you even begin the project.”

Schobel’s concerns were initially scheduled to be addressed at last Thursday’s meeting. However, a public hearing on waterfront renovations and other business would have made the night extremely long.

Village Council president Fred Steffens assured Schobel that he would have a special meeting at a later date to discuss the lease issues.

After Schobel’s five-minute speech Collins defended himself and the LCE. “This whole procedure was handled openly and professionally,” said Collins, who also said a wind turbine ordinance had been in place since November 2006. “In conclusion, I would invite the naysayers to do something positive for the village.

“Instead of being negative, volunteer their time to help make the village better.”

Steffens’ decision to have a special meeting did not sit well with trustees Phil Mikesell and Barb Von Voigtlander, who said the lease had been reviewed by the village attorney before it was approved on June 9.

Mikesell said Steffens was setting a precedent by allowing any citizen who has a great concern and wants to address the council to get a special meeting.

Steffens said because the lease involves the village, a special meeting was the best way to resolve concerns.

“We’re going to bring this thing up front, deal with it and be done with it,” he said The Village Council also approved placing deductibles on its insurance offered by the Michigan Underwriters of Michigan, lowering the premiums by $3,072 annually.

Last month, it agreed to pay $19,220 annually without any deductibles.

However, Groomes had asked Paul Olson, agent for the village’s insurance company, to come up plans for different deductibles.

Groomes said the village had no claims in the last three years on its general liability, wrongful acts, property, marina and auto policies.

There was a separate policy on fireworks that did pay out $15,000 last year for boat damage at the marina.

ments in the north parking lot, Haserot Park and Northport Creek.

The Council voted last Thursday to go ahead with the application following a 50-minute public hearing run by engineer Jim Schiffer of the The Schiffer Group, Inc. of Traverse City.

The local match would be 25 percent.

“We want to continue the good work that is being done on the waterfront which is focused on the south beach and marina,” Schiffer said. “We’ve got that connectivity you have with the waterfront.

“You have various elements but you may not have the best way to get to and from them.”

The proposed developments include a pathway connecting the marina to the Haserot Park and beach, a northwall overlook, 14 additional parking spots and improved utilities and access to the Visitor Center. Currently Phase 1 is underway.

Schiffer and architect Jon Walter presented sketches of the proposed plans which were formed following at Feb. 14 waterfront committee meeting.

After the public hearing, the Village Council discussed things they wanted to see in the plan. Most of the discussion centered on “green space” at Haserot Park and what to do with trailer parking at the marina.

Trustee Donna Groomes pushed to keep what she called “green space,” for families to run around and put up a net and not have walkways over everything.

Groomes and trustee Chris Holton said Haserot Beach was popular with the locals and that there needed to be room for beachgoers to put their towels and bags on grass areas.

“We’re putting pathways all over the place, where is our nice open, green

space?” Groomes said. “Where can our swimmers play?”

The Village Council agreed so instead of a walkway around the park, the walkways will end on the north side of Haserot Park before the beach and on the south side of Haserot to the beach near an outlook wall. The stub ends would include a cul-de-sac.

Trustee Phil Mikesell said there’s a trade-off between the “connectivity” of the areas and making it all American Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible.

Planning Commission members Earnest Barry, Ben Walraven and Bill Collins were among the five people who asked questions at the public hearing. Residents Kathy Walraven and Ron Schobel also had some inquiries.

Barry thought it was a good idea to have a grass boulevard down the middle of the existing marina parking lot and move some of the boat parking spaces.

Ben Walraven was hoping the plan included two areas for big and large events. He also hoped the plan included more parking.

“I think this is going to be OK,” Ben Walraven said. “But we don’t have any parking in the village and I know we have to have parking for those who want to visit the park.”

Kathy Walraven said more trailer parking was needed at or near the marina.

“If we’re doing this improvement then we need more options for trailer parking,” she said. “If we’re going to fill up this parking lot with trailers then we’re defeating part of the reason that we’re going to all this trouble.”

The marina parking lot currently has 14 spaces for trailers.

The plan calls for a bridge over the

JON WALTER, architect for the Schiffer Group, shows a drawing on Phase 2 of the Northport marina revonation at last week’s public hearing. creek. Mikesell wanted to make sure the bridge stayed in the plan and was not used for trailer parking.

“The creek is potentially very valuable space,” Mikesell said. “I would regret having that lost to parking for boats just to get them out of the middle.”

Council members talked about putting a green strip in the marina parking lot for better aesthetics.

“I would really like to see green more than they see trailers,” trustee Barb Von Voigtlander said.

Holton said a green area would lend a lot but it’s a marina.

“I’m coming from the blue-collar guys,” Holton said. “The boat trailer parking is an issue.”

Holton, who favors more trailer parking, said it’s a catch-22. He said boaters drop their boat off and have to go park the trailer, leaving a “bottleneck” at the launch where the family is waiting.

“It’s a big concern, but I’d like to find a balance somewhere,” Holton concluded.

Notice Of ANNUAL

TOWNSHIP MEETINGS AND Public Hearings on Proposed Budgets (As required by the Truth In Budgeting Act the property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be the subject of this hearing.)

Meetings will be held at the Following Times and Places in Listed Townships: CENTERVILLE

GLEN ARBOR

LELAND

10 a.m. MARCH 24th Township Hall

10 a.m. MARCH 24th Township Hall

10 a.m. MARCH 24th

David Wurm, Clerk Leonard Kelenski, Supervisor

Bonnie Quick, Clerk John Soderholm, Supervisor

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Old Art Building, Leland Jane M. Keen, Clerk Harry R. Larkin, Supervisor

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CLEVELAND

KASSON

SOLON

10 a.m. MARCH 31st Township Hall

10 a.m. MARCH 31st Township Hall

10 a.m. MARCH 31st Cedar Fire Dept.

Jan Nemeskal, Clerk Timothy J. Stein, Supervisor

Kathlyn Feys, Clerk Fred K. Lanham, Supervisor

Shirley Mikowski, Clerk James C. Lautner, Supervisor

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228-6383

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EMPIRE

Budgets Available for Inspection at the Clerk’s Office in each Township on Appointment

10 a.m. MARCH 31st Township Hall Christine M. Neiswonger, Clerk William Bolton, Supervisor

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LEELANAU 10 a.m. MARCH 31st Fire Hall Deb Van Pelt, Clerk Jim Neve, Supervisor

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By Mike Spencer Of The Enterprise staff

Page 6, Section 2

THE LEELANAU ENTERPRISE

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Empire Council continues debate on no-smoking policy

County employers Continued from Page 1 who were over-qualified with more education than required. Five were qualified. Another 16 did not meet the minimum requirements of the job.

All but two applicants were already employed; only two were not presently working.

Matt McCulley, director of regional planning for the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments, said the latest labor figures show increases in the number of jobs in the financial industry and other professional occupations in Leelanau County. “Financial indus-

The health department uses fines as punishment for employees who violate its no-smoking policy, with fines ranging from $100 for a first offense up to $500 for repeated offenses.

In other business, the council: • Set its annual meeting schedule for the 2012-13 fiscal year. The council will continue to hold work sessions on the second Thursday of each month and regular meetings on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Empire Township Hall.

The only variation from this schedule is the council will hold only one meeting in November, on Nov. 8, and December, on Dec. 13, which will be combined work session/regular meetings, with the work sessions starting at 6 p.m., with the regular meeting to follow.

• Approved 5-0, with Trustee David

try could mean an individual financial consultant opened his or her own office, or a firm hired more people,” he said. The county incurred a decline in jobs for agricultural supported industry and construction.

With fewer workers and a steady number of jobs, Skolnik hopes to settle the WAG’s staffing needs sooner rather than later.

“It’s still early in the process, but we wanted to get a jump on hiring folks for the season because we’re anticipating another great summer,” he said. “Last year, we had one of our

contracted to monitor heating and air conditioning systems.

“If there’s a problem, a separate HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) contractor is called in,” he said.

Two months into the contract, both superintendent Murray and Seybert say they are pleased with the new arrangement.

“It took a week or two to get into a routine, but it’s going very well,” Murray said.

Now that the employees have gotten acquainted with students and staff, they will remain in their current assignments.

“They’ve gotten to know the building and staff and are respected,” Seybert said. “We’ve had a lot of compliments.”

2011 Average 2010 Average

Total Labor Force

Employed

Unemployed

Unemployment Rate

10,528 10,769

9,628 9,684

900 1,085

8.6% 10.1%

best summers ever. From what I’m hearing bookings for lodging are already way up for his coming summer. We want to be ready.”

The traditional labor pool for county restaurants is filled with college students seeking seasonal jobs. Skolnik is hoping to break from tradition by hiring a more experienced wait staff and kitchen staff.

To accomplish that, he plans to offer higher wages.

“We have a new chef ... and we’re going to be offering more specific food-wine pairings,” he said. “We’ll need a more experienced wait staff to be able to talk about the menu and the different wines.”

The new hires will join a year-round

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“It’s going to be an interesting summer, but we’ll be ready,” Skolnik said.

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Continued from Page 1 served by the company are: Bellaire Public Schools; Forest Area Schools; and the Woodland School, a charter school located south of Traverse City.

In addition to daily cleaning, Porcelain Patrol is also responsible for setting up for events at the school, which Seybert calls a “very busy place.”

“I’ve never seen such a positive use of a facility,” he said. “Between basketball games, the auditorium and other school activities, there are people in the building well into the evening.”

Seybert’s company also has a second unit designated for stripping and waxing floors and cleaning carpets.

In some schools, Porcelain Patrol is

“I told Len there will be no smoking in any village vehicles, no smoking out front of any village buildings, and anyone who smokes has to stand at least 10 feet from the back door of the village garage,” Barr said. “Len told me he has no problem following those rules. I didn’t want Len to feel like we were blind-siding him with these discussions.”

Baja said she is going to request that the village policy includes consequences for not following this policy. She and Friend were able to get responses from the villages of Suttons Bay and Northport, as well as the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department and the county Road Commission.

Baja said the consequences other governmental entities have range from nothing to being fired.

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The Empire Village Council will continue its discussion tonight on its no-smoking policy, making sure it conforms with the state regulations.

The Village Council addressed the issue last week in its regular meeting after trustee Karen Baja had the subject placed on the council’s work session earlier last month.

Baja and deputy clerk Darlene Friend have gathered information about what other villages have for no-smoking policies and what punishments employees receive for violating the policy.

Trustee Linda Payment said she missed the council’s Feb. 9 work session and while she agrees the village should have an up-to-date policy, she

wondered if the village had received any formal complaints from residents about employees smoking in village buildings or vehicles.

“Is this because we’re buying a new vehicle?” she asked.

The village is purchasing a new front-end loader with an enclosed cab.

“I just don’t want us to become the Gestapo looking for violations everywhere,” Payment said.

“There is state and county law that bans smoking in public vehicles and buildings,” Baja said. “We’re not being Gestapo by wanting to make sure we’re complying with the law.”

President Pro-Tem Sam Barr said he has talked with Department of Public Works superintendent Leonard Shalda about the council’s discussions on this matter.

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By Chris Olson Of The Enterprise staff

Thursday, March 8, 2012

THE LEELANAU ENTERPRISE

Section 2, Page 7

STORM SCENES The snowstorm that blew through Leelanau County Friday night and early Saturday morning left behind a mess, knocking down hundreds of power lines and leaving most homes and businesses without power. The storm’s aftermath prevailed well into this week, as a few isolated pockets were not expected to regain power until tomorrow.

Our reporters captured images of a county whose main task had turned to simply getting by until conditions improved.

Utility and tree crews were abuzz clearing rights-of-way and re-wiring, emergency service personnel put in long hours manning shelters, and residents massed in those rare places with heat, food and coffee.

SOME RESIDENTS of Nanagosa Trail on Stony Point waited until Sunday afternoon before their power returned. In the meantime, large trees that blocked the road were cut and moved to provide access.

DON KOPERSKI, from left, of Allegan, John Gagen from Battle Creek, Elaine Johnson of Portage (in the background), and Bob Stafford of Kalamazoo are all volunteers with the American Red Cross and came up from downstate with supplies to man the Empire Township Hall. The team arrived Saturday night and were busy here unloading a Red Cross relief vehicle in Empire Monday afternoon.

AUSTIN WADE-VAN PELT, 4, and his mom Becky Van Pelt of Northport spend some time at the Leelanau Township fire station on Eighth Street in Northport Tuesday. Van Pelt said she has been without eletricity since Friday at 9:30 p.m. and was told her power may not be restored until today or tomorrow.

JEREMY AND LEAH Houghton of Empire enjoy a cup of coffee at the Village Inn in Empire Monday afternoon. The business was open because it had generators to provide electricity. The Houghtons have been without power at their Empire home since Friday around 9:30 p.m. and were still without power at the time this photo was taken. Leah is pregnant and the due date for the baby was Monday, which added to the couple’s stress level.

JOE ROMAN digs out his plow truck at a construction job site on M-22 on Northport’s south end Tuesday morning. Roman spent some of the weekend without power, but considers himself lucky as lights came back on Sunday evening.

TWENTY-THREE crews were dispatched to Leelanau County Tuesday by Cherryland Electric Cooperative — 12 were line crews and 11 were trimming trees.

This crew was working on Co. Rd. 633 in Bingham Township.

AN UNSUSPECTING motorist realized Monday afternoon that S. Lakeview Road in Bingham Township was still closed due to downed power lines and trees.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

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includes (going northward) South Fox, North Fox, Beaver, High, Gull, Trout, Whiskey, Garden and Hog. The island chain represents the crest of a high ridge line formed by a tilted layer of limestone. The glaciers buried the ridge under a blanket of glacial debris. When glacial melt waters filled the Lake Michigan basin, the debris-covered tops of the ridge were exposed as islands.

In between prehistoric use of the island and the current use for Lakeshore visitors, both islands had a lively history.

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pation and activity in Sleeping Bear’s prehistoric period.

Regardless of how many years ago they first gazed upon the islands, the first people of the Manitous considered them embodiments of the dominating Great Spirit. The Indian legend of the mother bear and her two cubs who fled a forest fire in Wisconsin by swimming across Lake Michigan concludes that the cubs never made it across. It said the Great Spirit Manitou created the Manitou Island where the cubs perished. The importance of manitou to the first people of North America can be seen in the number of places that still carry its name.

In Canada, there are the province of Manitoba, the small town of Manitou and Manitoba Lake in southern Manitoba, Manito Lake and Manitou Beach in Saskatchewan, and Manitowang, Manitoulin District and Manitoulin Island in Ontario.

In the United States, there are the small towns of Manitou Springs in Colorado, Manito in Illinois, Manitou in Oklahoma, and Manitou Beach in Michigan’s Lenawee County. Wisconsin has the county and city of Manitowoc the Manitowoc River, and the small towns of Manitowish, Manitowish Waters and Manitowoc Rapids.

The Manitou Island of Leelanau County are not the only ones in the Great Lakes. In Lake Superior, there is a Manitou Island east of the tip of Michigan’s Keweenaw peninsula, and one among the Apostle Islands north of Ashland, Wisconsin.

A more scientific story of creation of the islands comes from geologists.

They tell us the Manitous were left by the Wisconsin stage of the Great Ice Age. The islands are the south end of an archipelago that extends north to the Straits of Mackinac and

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Editor’s note: The following story is reprinted with permission from Glen Arbor author George Weeks. It was taken from his book “Sleeping Bear, Yesterday and Today.”

The offshore jewels of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore were formed by glaciers, named by Indians, and settled by lumbermen and farmers. They were used as way-stations by the first settlers of the region, and by early mariners as beacons, havens and sources of fuel.

The islands of North Manitou and South Manitou are today much as they were in prehistoric days — attractions for seasonal visitors. The first inhabitants of the islands were migrating American Indians.

As recently as the 1970s, otherwise authoritative books on the Manitous suggested that Indians viewed the islands with “awe and foreboding hardly daring to cross the waters to explore them.” But archaeological evidence is that the islands were occupied

by Native Americans in prehistoric days. Based on archaeological survey, Michigan State University’s Charles E. Cleland concluded that North Manitou was probably inhabited by at least 1,000 B.C. and occupied again sometime between A.D. 1000 and the coming of Europeans to the Lake Michigan basin. Subsequent studies and discoveries raised the possibility of human activity on the islands as early as the Paleo-Indian period (11,000-plus B.C. to 8,000 B.C.).

North Manitou is one of the richest sources of archaeological discovery in the Lakeshore, especially along bluffs on the north end. Both islands have significant sites from the Late Woodland Period (600 B.C. to A.D. 1620), the most pronounced period of occu-

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for a 1976-77 season total of 179 inches. The record since the commission started keeping statistics more than 20 years ago is 187.6 inches in 1968-69. *** Townships in Leelanau County will have to show that they are giving full financial support to operational budgets of fire and rescue units serving them before the County Board of Commissioners will consider the allocation of federal revenue sharing monies for upgrading the emergency agencies.

60 YEARS AGO March 13, 1952 The Grand Traverse-Leelanau health department, in cooperation with Dr. E. J. Bolan of Suttons Bay, has scheduled immunization clinics at St. Mary’s school in Lake Leelanau and at Holy Rosary school, Isadore.

Immunizations will be against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, and smallpox, for children aged four months to 10 years. *** The Glen Lake Resort and Business Bureau has directed the secretary to write to Highway Commissioner Charles Ziegler protesting the bad condition of M-22 where it enters Leelanau County from Traverse City.

It is open, but more than a mile is torn up for reconstruction. Members pointed out to Commissioner Ziegler that Leelanau tourist and resort interests might suffer heavily from the poor condition because tourists not definitely headed into the county might be turned back when they saw the route they had to travel. *** Notice to Truckers: Weight Restrictions in Force. The Leelanau County Road Commission hereby places in effect this 12th day of March, 1952 special truck loading restrictions on all county roads in Leelanau County. All loads to be limited to onehalf payload as provided by law, until such time in the spring that roads become stable enough to withstand full payloads without injury to roads.

Your cooperation will save many dollars in road repairs and will save delay in movement of traffic.

115 YEARS AGO March 11, 1897 Northport. The join annual harvest of converts for the Methodists and congregational churches began Monday evening and will continue for several weeks and from present indication the crop gathered will be below the average in quantity although it may excel in quality. *** ADV: “For Sale Cheap! I have just received a new line of shoes which I will sell cheap; also a full line of choice groceries. Will pay the highest prices for farm produce. F. F. Smiseth, Suttons Bay, Mich.”

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5 YEARS AGO March 8, 2007 A Leelanau County Sheriff’s Deputy who had been reinstated to road patrol may lose his job to a deputy who was fired last year. *** A groundwater discharge permit has been issued for the Northport/ Leelanau Township sewer project.

Construction is scheduled to begin this spring. Chip Heckathorn, chief of the state Department of Environmental Quality’s Revolving Loan and Operator Certification Section, confirmed that the permit, required for the $12 million sewer project to continue, was issued March 1 by the state agency. *** The company that last year proposed developing a massive commercial windmill farm in Centerville Township to generate electricity has put its plans on the “back burner” according to a company spokesman.

Noble Environmental Power spokesman Julie Harker-Lee said the company is currently focusing its efforts on upstate New York where it is engaged in several “wind park” projects.

10 YEARS AGO March 14, 2002 County voters may be asked to consider a millage to support Commission on Aging (COA) programs. The millage vote and length of the ballot request has yet to be determined. *** Approval for a 500,000-gallon storage facility for holding tank waste in Centerville Township is being sought.

Jim and Madeline Houdek of Lake Leelanau are seeking a land use permit for one-third of an acre of a 130acre parcel they own off French Rd. for a holding tank storage facility.

“We want to provide an environmentally friendly disposal service,” said Madeline Houdek. *** A proposal to limit buck harvests by hunters to animals with three or more points on at least one antler in Leelanau County will likely be approved, but not in time for this fall’s hunt. The Natural Resources Commission directed the DNR Wildlife Division to begin preparations to convert Leelanau County into a “Quality Deer Management” area following receipt of the results of separate surveys of landowners and hunters.

35 YEARS AGO March 10, 1977 Property valuations in Leelanau County as a whole were in the forefront this week. The Leelanau County Board of Commissioner revealed that the Michigan State Tax Commission plans to conduct a study of valuations in all 11 of the county’s townships this summer. Records in the Michigan Manual show that the valuation of the county as a whole increased from $41.3 million in 1967 to $53 million in 1968. The tax commission is required by law to make periodic studies of valuations in each of Michigan’s 83 counties. *** A modern-day season’s snowfall record for Leelanau County is within a “storm’s reach.” According to the County Road Commission, 8 inches of snow fell at its Suttons Bay garage in the week ended yesterday morning,

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CROWDS GATHERED starting at 4 p.m. Friday in the basement of St. Mary Church in Lake Leelanau shortly after the first chunks of cod were flipped out of frying baskets, spurred by an early start to the St. Mary-Leland girls basketball game and an impending winter storm. By the time the last “to-go” dinner was headed out the door, some 529 people had been served, considered better than average. Shown are Denny Morio, fish dinner organizer, and Rev. Michael Jankoski. The Catholic tradition continues tomorrow night at Holy Rosary Church in Isadore.

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St. Mary senior chosen to sing anthem St. Mary senior Rachel Amalfitano has been selected to sing the national anthem at the state Business Professionals of America (BPA) annual leadership conference this month.

To be eligible to compete for the honor, the applicant must submit a recording of themselves to the state executive

council after first qualifying to attend to conference as a regional event winner or statesman award recipient.

Amalfitano is advancing to states to two categories after placing second with her administrative support team and fifth in advanced word processing skills.

She will be attending the BPA state

conference with 21 other members of the St. Mary School chapter of the BPA. Amalfitano will perform the national anthem at the opening session/parade of presidents on Friday, March 23 at the DeVos Place Conventions Center Ballroom.

Retired counselor to talk Sunday at Keswick Church Retired Suttons Bay High School guidance counselor Fred Elmore will deliver a presentation on his most recent visit to Palestine with the Michigan Peace Team on Sunday at Keswick United Methodist Church in Bingham Township.

Elmore first traveled to Palestine with the Michigan Peace Team in the fall of 2009. He returned on a very similar trip in October and November 2011.

The Michigan Peace Team visits Palestine to document activities and expand public awareness of the ongoing conflict between Israelis and local Palestinians. Elmore said he also helped Palestinian orchardists harvest olive crops during his visits.

“I will be sharing pictures, stories, and some thoughts about the ongoing (Israeli) occupation (of Palestine),” Elmore said.

A potluck meal will be offered at 6

p.m. on Sunday with the program beginning around 6:30 p.m. The church is located three miles south of Suttons Bay High School on Center Highway (County Road 633).

Applications open for Fleis scholarships The Ed and Irene Fleis Education Fund, Inc. is now accepting applications for the 2012 school year from students who are pursuing post high school studies at college, technical school or university.

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This year’s total award will be $19,000.

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An open house for prospective school families is set for the evening of Tuesday, March 20. Dinner will be served from 6-6:30 p.m., followed by a presentation, school tours and an opportunity for questions and answers.

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in the Glen Arbor area for as long as many of us can remember. When I was very young, yes, I was very young, the place to go with your parents or who ever would buy was Rader’s for a toy or two. If you needed medication, go to Rader’s. If you wanted a paper or magazine, go to Rader’s. Want to rent a bike for a day, week, month, go to Rader’s.

Need a nurse, call Mary Rader. If you went to the Women’s Club smorgasbord, you probably got your plate from Mary Rader. Yes, she was a large part of Glen Arbor history.

The next presentation of the Glen Arbor Art Association “Talk about Art” will be Stephanie Mills on Thursday March 8th. Ms. Mills has been speaking, editing, writing and organizing for ecology and social change, whatever that is. She brings her wit humor and intelligence to the Art Association.

Set your clocks ahead on Sunday the 11th, yea.

Be careful on the snow and ice.

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March is supposed to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, but this year it came in like an entire pride of Lions.

As a matter of fact, as I was writing this little ditty on Monday, we lost power again for about 1½ hours.

We had visitors for about two days because we at least have a couple of wood burners. I think the kids, ages 11 and 13, had enough of the pioneer days, but it might have been as pretty good lesson. We certainly take what we have for granted.

I guess we are unable to appreciate the small things like heat, light, telephone and not to mention television until we don’t have them. I also understand why the pioneers did the “early to bed, early to rise” thing.

It is real hard to read by oil or kerosene lamp. I certainly hope everyone is

alright and has power by now.

We met the Glen Arbor Supervisor, John Soderholm and wife, Karen at the Township Hall on Saturday morning.

Mr. Soderholm opened the Township Hall in the event that someone needed the shelter.

The Glen Lake Emergency Services people were also working to try to make sure everyone was safe. They checked on folks that they were notified about.

The Empire Town Hall was open as an Emergency shelter by the Red Cross.

We have to give a major THANK YOU to the Consumers Energy people that have been working long, cold hours to get us back in business.

This might be one of the few years that the Ski Resorts are able to ski after St. Patties Day. Then they can go right to Ski/Golf packages. Unfortunately, the Homestead was unable to open for skiing Saturday or Sunday because a tree went down over the main lift.

Condolences to the family and friends of Mary Rader, Mary has been a fixture

Pastor Thomas John (231) 632-4920 Valerie Maidens (231) 941-2360

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ALUMNI OF Suttons Bay Class of 2011 presented Superintendent Mike Murray with a $300 check for money raised by the class and parents for their senior party and a gift to the school. The former students decided to give the money towards the deficit during halftime of a basketball game with visiting Benzie Central. From left are alumni Taylor Fielding, Marisa Woods, Nic Cross, Elliot Evans, Murray and Jose Garcia.

Four Scouts advance in rank, others earn badges Boy Scout Troop 131 of Suttons Bay held a Court of Honor ceremony last month during which boys were advanced in rank and earned merit badges.

Brandon Vang was recognized for earning his Basic Scout rank and for earning his aviation badge.

Henry Heitman received his Second Class rank, the third step toward Eagle Scout, and also earned an aviation badge.

Sam Cook was awarded his Star Rank, two before Eagle, and was acknowledged for finishing auto mechanics, emergency preparedness and environmental science badges.

Jacob Poirier received his Life rank, the last one before Eagle, as well as his citizenship in the world merit badge.

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: 8:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

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Other boys earning merit badges at the Feb. 14 event included Josiah Bakker, Andrew Brown, Quintin Brown, Matthew Jelinek, Ryan Landers and Ryan Schaub.

The troop helped with a Cub Scout Pinewood Derby race and plans a “Polar Bear” campout in mid-March.

The troop was recently recognized for being chartered or registered for at least 30 continuous years.

Any boy who is either 11 yearsold, has completed the Arrow of Light Award, or who has finished fifth grade, is welcome to join the troop. Troop 131 meets Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Keswick United Methodist Church south of Suttons Bay. Anyone seeking more information may phone 271-6921.

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 (1 st & 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 10:00 a.m.

Weekday Masses at 9:00 a.m.

Gill’s Pier St. Wenceslaus Church Father Andrew Buvala, O.F.M. Mass: Sunday 8 a.m.

S-B elementary students honored Oren, Derek Piglowski, Caleb Smith and Tyler Vezina.

• Sixth grade: Rosana Brito and Brandon Vang.

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 St. Paul’s Lutheran L.C.M.S. Corner of M-22 & Townline Rev. Robert W. Wurst, Jr. 228-6888

Worship Service: 9:30 a.m. with nursery Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. For all ages www.northlandcommunity.org

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There’s no profit in postponement, only peril. You’re missing happiness here, and you may miss heaven hereafter.

Why give up the Savior for another day of sin? Sin today and you may spend the rest of your life paying for it, and then eternity. Is it worth it?

The Bible says, “Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.”

Leland Immanuel Lutheran Church LCMS Rev. Lawrence K. Matro, Pastor Phone 256-9464 Sunday School: 8:30 a.m.

Bible Class: 8:30 a.m.

Worship Service: 10 a.m.

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Leland Community United Methodist Church 106 N. Fourth St. Linda Farmer-Lewis, Pastor Phone 256-9161 Website: lelandcumc.org Services: 9:30a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Nursery Provided • Barrier Free

Maple City Maple City Community Church 89 Church St. 228-6900 Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church Warren at 7th Street 386-5037

Northland Community Church 9105 E. Fouch Road Pastor Caleb Palmer 231-946-9693

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Divine Service: 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship: 10:45 a.m.

Bible Class & Sunday School: 11:00 a.m.

Leelanau Community Church Full Gospel 245 S. Lake Leelanau Drive 256-7838 Rev. Lucy Schaub, Pastor 9-9-10

Nearly 60 Suttons Bay Elementary School students in grades 3-6 were recognized for their work during the second marking period.

Earning all As on their report cards were: third graders Joey Hlavka, Arielle Jean, Adriana Martinez, Jacob Murphy, Hannah Smith and Audrey Vang; fourth graders Paige Kohler, Luke Murphy, Lorelei Nash, and Kendall Weymouth; fifth graders Sydney Deadman, Blake Duddles, Erik Halvorsen, Shannon Strole and Nate Wilson; and sixth graders Idalia Cuellar, Amelia Hall, Thomas Hursey, Garrett Keith, Simon Kempf, Alec Rice and Evan Rohrback.

Earning all As and Bs were: • Third grade: Steven Bolger, Olivia Martinez, Emma Porter, Martin Romo Jr., Wyatt Roubal, Cameron Urban and Robert Wares.

• Fourth grade: William Anderson, Anthony Cano, Cheyanne Chippewa, Emily Halvorsen, Olivia Harnack, Drew Harrall, Laura Hursey, Keaton Jeffrey, Morgan Kohler, James Kwiatkowski, Troy Macdonald, Lucas Mikesell, Bryce Opie, Jailyn Oren, Grace Periard, Anna Rittenhouse, Maya Shaw and Jake Vanderburg.

• Fifth grade: Cadyn Duford, Cali Gaudard, Jeremy Gauden, Abigail Jean, Kirsten Kelley, Jayce Konopka, Ethan

“Did it give you a start?” he asked.

Glen Arbor 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

SUTTONS BAY elementary students Mya Kohler, Andrew Manzano, Olivia Gayton and Shannon Strole were recognized for their hard work and positive attitude during the month of February.

A tourist visiting a castle in Scotland told the owner that he had just seen a ghost in an upstairs corridor.

Sunday 9:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

“Jesus is Lord”

Rev. Tom Otis, Rector Holy Eucharist 9:00 a.m.

Coffee Hour 10:00 a.m.

Northport Covenant Church 409 Shabwasung (M-22) 386-7362 Pastor Jerry Lange 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: 11:00 a.m.

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Northport Indian Mission United Methodist Church 8626 N. Manitou (M-22) Pastor Thomas John Sunday Worship: 12:30 p.m.

Bethany Lutheran ELCA 220 W. Nagonaba, 386-5037 Tom W. Otis, Pastor Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:00 Choir Wed. 7:00 p.m.

St. Gertrude’s Church Warren at 7th Street Father Leonard Paul Parish Office: 271-3744 Sunday Mass: 11:00 a.m.

Thursday Mass: 9:00 a.m.

Suttons Bay St. Michael’s Church Corner of Elm and Broadway Father Leonard Paul Parish Office 271-3744 Saturday Mass: 4:30 p.m.

Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Tues. 6:30 p.m., Wed. - Fri.: 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.

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.

Keswick United Methodist Church 3 miles S. of Suttons Bay on Co. Rd. 633 Pastor Patricia Haas Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. keswickumc.com

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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231.271.6413 Cell 231.218.3967 Dan & Joe Bardenhagen

Ready to burn. Split. Delivered 231-386-7295

Firewood Dry, split Maple Hardwood. Delivered or U-Haul. Aaron Schaub 228-5234.

Nikon D40 Kit With AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55 1:3.5/5.6 G ED II lens and Skylight 1A filter, original packaging and instruction manual, Nikon battery, Nikon battery charger, Nikon USB cable, Nikon video cable, plus Blue Crane training DVD, 1GB Kensington SD memory card and extra ProMaster battery. $350. Northport Call: 317- 370-8705

334-3754

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Help Wanted

256-9081

Cedar Rustic Inn

Self-Storage Units

Hiring

All Sizes Currently Avail.

Tasting Room Sales Associate

Cedar

228-2282

Cedar Tavern Downtown Cedar

228-7445

Empire Village Inn Empire

326-5101

Funistrada 4566 MacFarlane, Burdickville

334-3900

Joe’s Friendly Tavern Empire

326-5506

To apply call Jane @ 231-256-9352

Kerby’s Bar & Grill Maple City

228-8869

Local

231-271-5800

LaBécasse

Janitorial Position

S. Dunns Farm Rd, Burdickville

334-3944

Must be able to pass a livescan background check and have an outgoing, pleasant personality.

Requires a clean driving record with reliable, insured transportation.

Call for more information.

Too Much Stuff?

Quick!

Call Quick Storage 231-334-4135 Maple City Rd Just South of M-22

Glen Arbor

334-2530

115 St. Mary’s St., Lake Leelanau, MI

10 x 10 10 x 20 12.5 x 30

Arts Tavern

Bluebird Restaurant

BOATHOUSE VINEYARDS

BAHLE PROPERTIES

DINING 5705 Lake Street, Glen Arbor

Please call Rich

Miscellaneous For Sale

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For as low as $3.84 a week Call for details 256-9827

The Manor on Glen Lake

334-0150

Martha’s Leelanau Table Downtown Suttons Bay

271-2344

Pegtown Station Downtown, Maple City

231-922-9556

228-6692

Riverside Inn

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Leelanau Enterprise Business & Service Directory

Seeking caring individual for p/t assistant for an unmobile young man.

Light cleaning help and running some errands. Call for more info: 256-9235

Call QUICK 231-334-4135

OR 231-271-6070 www.kenscottphotography.com

Advertise your business in the

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Ken Scott, Photography

Inside Storage Cars, RVs & Boats. Call B & L Rentals & Storage. 256-0179

Leland

256-9971

Trish’s Dishes

Business & Services Tom Mastick, Bldr.

Construction projects of any complexity. New Homes - Remodeling - Finish Carpentry. 386-5544.

Sewing Wanted Alterations, sewing, mending, repairs.

Call Maralene Roush at 228-6248.

112 E. Philip St, Lake Leelaanu

994-2288

Now taking applications for spring and summer season.

Waitress, Hostess, Bussers, Line Cooks, Prep Cooks, Dishwashers Some positions are full time year round. Wine knowledge is a big plus.

Call 334-3362

3-1-12

1 Bedroom rental. $495 + deposit.

Great downtown location. 271-4723

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Western Avenue Grill Downtown Glen Arbor

334-3362

Be a part of this Dining guide Call 256-9827 for details

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Stick-built Ranch 2 BR/2 BA on 2 acres w/front & rear decks, tongue & groove walls, ceramic tile floors, & full finished basement w/family room.

Just 5 miles to downtown TC. NOW ONLY $135,000 MLS# 1731965

TC Condo In-town 2 BR/1.5 BA condo near Boardman Lake & library. Large open layout w/natural light. Newer carpet/hardwood, spacious kitchen, plentiful storage, washer/dryer & large pantry. Low utility costs. $117,000 MLS# 1730612.

1936 – Milt Marion wins Daytona Beach’s first-ever oval stock car race

Crystal River Compound

Crystal River Home

Located 519’ frontage & 3.7 wooded acres. 4000+ sq/ft main house & 1000+ sq/ft in carriage house.

2 heated garages, backup generator, up-scale appliances, & artistically crafted tile baths (w/steam shower, large soaking tub, & heated floors). See riverhousega.com for details. $1,225,000 MLS# 1727029

Fish or kayak right out your door! 2003-built, 4 BR/2.5 BA w/direct river views & frontage.

Offers cherry floors & cabinetry, granite countertops, wood-paneled sunroom, gas f/p, tile accents, beadboard wainscoting & more! $595,000 MLS# 1733408

VACANT LAND

Mere steps to Lake MI Beach from this Glen Arbor village building site. Wooded w/mature hardwoods & pines. $179,000 MLS# 1732472 Shared Sandy Beach & dock 1 min. walk. Slightly elevated corner lot. Established sub w/no outlet.

Perfect for your new home. Lightly wooded 1+ acres, 5 mi. to TC can offer Bay views. Well maintained custom homes. $65,000 MLS# 1733600

Of the Most Beautiful Place in America! Two 1/8 shares (12 weeks) in the luxurious Le Bear Resort on Lk MI in Glen Arbor. Exceptionally nice appointments, 3 B/ 2 ½ bath, fully furnished, indoor & outdoor pool, sauna, & garage. Incredible views from this mid-level unit. Miles of beaches await! $160,000 per share.

Bryan Borchardt bryan@serbinrealestate.com

Wildlife Lovers Paradise!

40 acres w/newer 3 BR/2.5 BA ranch & various outbuildings, including huge pole barn w/workshop. Very near National Park land & Esch Rd. beach. $367,500 MLS# 1724347

www.serbinrealestate.com

Crystal River Chalet Charming 4 BR/2 BA chalet-style cottage home w/132’ private frontage on the Crystal River. Walk to downtown Glen Arbor or Lake Michigan public access only 3 blocks away. $269,900 MLS# 1731479

Waterfront, Acreage, Pole Barn 395’ frontage on peaceful Armstrong Lake. Hard sand lake bottom.

10 acres w/hardwoods & open meadow, including 30x40 storage building/workshop. $189,000 MLS# 1730195 Glen Arbor Site Hear crashing waves of Lake Michigan from this .69 acre park-like wooded lot within walking distance to village. $159,000 MLS# 1732372

Bob Price

Rob Serbin

bprice@serbinrealestate.com

Ron Raymond

Jane Darling

rob@serbinrealestate.com

ron@serbinrealestate.com

jane@darlingproperties.com

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Call: 231-360-9126 Free Estimates. References.

Serving Leelanau & G.T. Co.

Phone (231) 256-9545 Fax (231) 256-7706 112 S. Main Street • Leland 49654

Home, Auto Life, Health, Business, Marine…

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Devette & Ford

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Glen Arbor • 334-3022 6669 W. Western Ave.

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222 W. MAIN, LAKE LEELANAU

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Suttons Bay New Construction or Remodels

228-5158 “Serving Leelanau County Exclusively” Since 1987 WELL DRILLING CO.

(231) 228-5678

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Bill Laskey Insurance Agency 231-256-2141 2 31-- 2 56-- 9 887 118 N. Main St., Leland Bill@BillLaskey.com

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Your family can’t afford to be without AFLAC

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233 E. Kasson Rd. Maple City

Lee Miller Mortgage Loan Officer 231-922-5838 lee.miller@huntington.com Your Leelanau County Full Service Mortgage Lender.

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For fast, personal service, call

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GLEN LAKE ELECTRIC, INC 231.334.7488 glenlk@localnet.com • Since 1971

Home Inspections Raymond L. Bufka General Contractor 10960 S. Shore Dr. Suttons Bay, MI 49682

(231) 271-3492

Wooden Furniture Repair Caning ❂ Veneer Dave DeNoyer

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Generator Sales Emergency/standby power Installations & Upgrades 231-642-1718

Julius Bunek Plumbing Heating Electrical AC, LLC Contracting & Service

Lake Leelanau

256-9144 444444444444

PLAMONDON Oil Co., Inc. Serving All Of Leelanau County with Fuel Oil Gasoline & Diesel Fuel Motor Oil Printed Meter Receipts FUEL STORAGE TANKS

Budget Plan Available Brian Duddles

Competitive Rates Fast Service In Leelanau County

326-4003

Public Notices

231-929-7378 231-313-0877

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SCHNEIDEMAN & 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 LAURIE ANN LACROSS and TIMOTHY EDWARD LACROSS, WIFE AND HUSBAND, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), solely as nominee for lender and lender’s successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 20, 2009, and recorded on April 1, 2009, in Liber 1006, on Page 507, and assigned by said mortgagee to FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB, as assigned, Leelanau County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($177,856.46), including interest at 5.500% 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 Center Drive, Suttons Bay, MI 49682 at 11:00 AM o’clock, on March 16, 2012 Said premises are located in Leelanau County, Michigan and are described as: PARCELS “A”, “F” AND “G” WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE NORTH 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 2, SECTION 17, TOWN 30 NORTH, RANGE 11 WEST, SUTTONS BAY TOWNSHIP, LEELANAU COUNTY, MICHIGAN: PARCEL “A”: PART OF THE NORTH 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 17, TOWN 30 NORTH, RANGE 11 WEST, SUTTONS BAY TOWNSHIP, LEELANAU COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED MORE FULLY AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17, THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, 451.84 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 14 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 06 SECONDS EAST, 344.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, PARALLEL TO SAID NORTH SECTION LINE 286.23 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY, ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 637 AND THE ARC OF A 3063.54 FOOT RADIUS CURVE TO THE RIGHT, 34.99 FEET (HAVING A DELTA OF 00 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 16 SECONDS AND CHORD OF SOUTH 13 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 55 SECONDS EAST, 04.99 FEET); THENCE NORTH 09 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 05 SECONDS WEST, PARALLEL TO SAID NORTH SECTION LINE 319.18 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST, PARALLEL TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, 532.89 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST, PARALLEL TO THE NORTH 1 / 8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, 297.52 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 68 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST, 67.63 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST, PARALLEL TO SAID 1 / 8 LINE, 33.13 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 04 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 52 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 637, 118.29 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST, 937.72 FEET (RECORDED AS NORTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST, 937.67 FEET); THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, 1341.28 FEET (RECORDED AS NORTH 00 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST 1341.35 FEET) TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 19.986 ACRES OF LAND, SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLIC RIGHTS IN COUNTY ROAD NO. 637.

SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE

OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OVER AND ACROSS AND PART OF THE NORTH 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 17, TOWN 30 NORTH, RANGE 11 WEST, SUTTONS BAY TOWNSHIP, LEELANAU COUNTY, MICHIGAN; BEING DESCRIBED MORE FULLY AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17, 451.84 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 14 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, 344.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, 286.21 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY, ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 637 AND THE ARC OF A 3063.54 FOOT RADIUS CURVE TO THE RIGHT, 34.99 FEET (HAVING A DELTA OF 00 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 16 SECONDS AND CHORD OF SOUTH 13 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 55 SECONDS EAST, 34.00 FEET); THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS WEST, 319.18 FEET; THENCE NORTH 14 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 05 SECONDS WEST, 327.41 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS WEST, 430.82 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, 50.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL “F”: PART OF THE NORTH 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 17, TOWN 30 NORTH, RANGE 11 WEST, SUTTONS BAY TOWNSHIP, LEELANAU COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED MORE FULLY AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17: THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, 737.41 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 637; THENCE SOUTH 15 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 51 SECONDS, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, 263.74 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE AND THE ARC OF A 3063.54 FOOT RADIUS CURVE TO THE RIGHT, 405.06 FEET (HAVING A DELTA OF 7 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 32 SECONDS AND CHORD OF SOUTH 11 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 34 SECONDS EAST, 404.76 FEET) FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 82 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST, 192.28 FEET (RECORDED AS NORTH 82 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST, 193.00 FEET); THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 04 SECONDS EAST, PARALLEL TO THE NORTH 1 / 8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, 150.33 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREE 05 MINUTES 53 SECONDS EAST, 328.56 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 86 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 24 SECONDS EAST, 123.29 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 04 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, 378.96 FEET TO SAID 1 / 8 LINE; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST (RECORDED AS NORTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST) ALONG SAID 1 / 8 LINE, 379.28 FEET; THENCE NORTH 04 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 52 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 637, 544.89 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE AND THE ARC OF A 3063.54 FOOT RADIUS CURVE TO THE LEFT, 147.44 FEET (HAVING A DELTA OF 2 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 27 SECONDS AND CHORD OF NORTH 06 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 36 SECONDS WEST 147.42 FEET) TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 6.046 ACRES OF LAND. SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLIC RIGHTS IN COUNTY ROAD NO. 637. PARCEL “G”: PART OF THE NORTH 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 17, TOWN 30 NORTH, RANGE 11 WEST, SUTTONS BAY TOWNSHIP, LEELANAU COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED MORE FULLY AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTH 1 /4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, 1330.00 FEET (RECORDED AS SOUTH 00

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Section 3, Page 3 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST 1336.09 FEET) TO THE NORTH 1 / 8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 17; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST (RECORDED AS 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST), ALONG SAID 1 / 8 LINE, 702.44 FEET; THENCE NORTH 05 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST, 701.27 FEET; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, 263.01 FEET; THENCE NORTH 25 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST, 417.30 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, 947.77 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 23.810 ACRES OF LAND. TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OVER AND ACROSS A 30.00 FOOT WIDE STRIP OF LAND SITUATED IN THE NORTH 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 17, TOWN 30 NORTH, RANGE 11 WEST, SUTTONS BAY TOWNSHIP, LEELANAU COUNTY, MICHIGAN, SAID STRIP BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, 737.41 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 634; THENCE SOUTH 15 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 51 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, 223.01 FEET FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, 431.31 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREE 45 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, 215.00 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 17; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, 431.31 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREE 45 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, 215.00 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 17; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID SECTION LINE 462.93 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 25 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST, 33.21 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 05 SECONDS WEST, 454.06 FEET; THENCE NORTH 15 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE AFORESAID CENTERLINE, 31.14 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. If the above referenced property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB Mortgagee/ Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 FSB.003330 (02-16)(03-08)

Empire Village Planning Commission Notice to the Public Schedule of Regular Meetings Of Village Planning Commission Regular meetings of the Village Planning Commission will be held at 10088 Front St in the Town Hall on the first Tuesday of each month, (except as noted below) at 7:00 p.m. The following schedule is for the Fiscal Year of March 1, 2012 thru February 28, 2013.

March 6, 2012 April 4, 2012 May 1, 2012 June 5, 2012 NO MEETING August 7, 2012 September 4, 2012 October 2, 2012 November 6, 2012 December 4, 2012 January 8, 2013 February 5, 2013 Special meetings will be called as needed and will be posted in accordance with requirements of the Open Meetings Act (P.A. 267, 1976).

Paul Skinner Chairman Persons with questions or individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aid or services to effectively participate in the meeting should contact the Deputy Clerk at 231-326-5466, Box 253 Empire, MI 49630 or at villageofempire@charterinternet.com

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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: Clement C Suttmann and Holly C Suttmann, Husband and Wife to CitiMortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 25, 2004 and recorded June 4, 2004 in Liber 807 Page 379 Leelanau County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Sixty-Three Cents ($198,593.63) including interest 5% 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 11:00AM on March 16, 2012 Said premises are situated in Township of Leland, Leelanau County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel B: Part of Government Lot 4, Section 4, Town 30 North, Range 12 West, Leland Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, more fully described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 12 of Lakeview Highlands, said point being 1290.45 feet South of and 1610.72 feet West of the East quarter corner of said Section 4; thence South 89 degrees 04 minutes East, 48.4 feet (recorded); thence South 8 degrees 51 minutes West, 66.53 feet (recorded); thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds East, 809.61 feet, previously recorded as South 89 degrees 04 minutes East, 811.39 feet along the Southerly right of way of Brooks Street to the Westerly right of way line of Highway M-22; thence South 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds West, 391.55 feet, previously recorded as South 38 degrees 00 minutes West along said right of way line to the point of beginning; thence South 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds West, 135.0 feet along said right of way line; thence North 52 degrees 51 minutes 40 seconds West, 297.0 feet perpendicular to said Highway M-22 right of way line; thence North 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds East, 135.00 feet parallel with said Highway M-22 right of way line; thence South 52 degrees 51 minutes 40 seconds East, 297.0 feet perpendicular to said Highway M-22 right of way line to the Point of Beginning. Together with and subject to a non-exclusive easement over and across the Northwesterly 16 feet of Parcel C and Parcel D (hereinafter described) in common with the owners of Parcels A, C, and D (hereinafter described) as a means of ingress to and egress from said Parcel B (described above) to Brooks Street and for utility services. Parcel A: Part of Government Lot 4, Section 4, Town 30 North, Range 12 West, Leland Township, Leelanau County, Michigan described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 12 of Lakeview Highlands, said point being 1290.45 feet South of and 1610.72 feet West of the East quarter corner of said Section 4; thence South 89 degrees 04 minutes East, 48.4 feet (recorded); thence South 8 degrees 51 minutes West, 66.53 feet (recorded); thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds East, 809.61 feet, previously recorded as South 89 degrees 04 minutes East, 811.39 feet along the Southerly right of way line of Brooks Street to the Westerly right of way line of Highway M-22; thence South 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds West, 526.55 feet, previously recorded as South 38 degrees 00 minutes West along said right of way line to the point of beginning; thence South 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds West, 135.0 feet along said right of way line; thence North 52 degrees 58 minutes 50 seconds West, 170.62 feet, previously recorded as North 52 degrees 13 minutes West, 170.5 feet; thence North 49 degrees 11 minutes 20 seconds West, 126.65 feet, previously recorded as North 48 degrees 01 minutes 20 seconds West, thence North 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds East, 127.24 feet, parallel with said Highway M-22 right of way line; thence South 52 degrees 51 minutes 40 seconds East, 297.0 feet perpendicular to said Highway M-22 right of way line to the point of beginning. Parcel C: Part of Government Lot 4, Section 4, Town 30 North, Range 12 West, Leland Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, described as : Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 12 of Lakeview Highlands, said point being 1290.45 feet South of and 1610.72 feet West of the East quarter corner of said Section 4; thence South 89 degrees 04 minutes East, 48.4 feet (recorded); thence South 8 degrees 51 minutes West, 66.53 feet (recorded);

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thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds East, 809.61 feet, previously recorded as South 89 degrees 04 minutes East, 811.39 feet along the Southerly right of way line of Brooks Street to the Westerly right of way line of Highway M-22; thence South 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds West, 256.55 feet, previously recorded as South 38 degrees 00 minutes West along said right of way line to the point of beginning; thence South 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds West, 135.0 feet along said right of way line; thence North 52 degrees 51 minutes 40 seconds West, 297.0 feet perpendicular to said Highway M-22 right of way line; thence North 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds East, 135.0 feet parallel with said Highway M-22 right of way line; thence South 52 degrees 51 minutes 40 seconds East, 297.0 feet perpendicular to said Highway M-22 right of way line; thence South 52 degrees 51 minutes 40 seconds East, 297.0 feet perpendicular to said Highway M-22 right of way line to the point of beginning. Parcel D: Part of Government Lot 4, Section 4, Town 30 North, Range 12 West, Leland Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 12 of Lakeview Highlands, said point being 1290.45 feet South of and 1610.72 feet West of the East quarter corner of said Section 4; thence South 89 degrees 04 minutes East, 48.4 feet (recorded); thence South 8 degrees 51 minutes West, 66.53 feet (recorded); thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds East, 436.41 feet, previously recorded as South 89 degrees 04 minutes East along the Southerly right of way line of Brooks Street to the point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds East, 373.2 feet along said right of way line to the Westerly right of way line of Highway M-22; thence South 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds West, 256.55 feet, previously recorded as South 38 degrees 00 minutes West along said right of way line; thence North 52 degrees 51 minutes 40 seconds West, 297.0 feet perpendicular to said Highway M-22 right of way line; thence North 37 degrees 08 minutes 20 seconds East, 30.59 feet parallel with said Highway M-22 right of way line to the point of beginning. Subject to building and use restrictions as recorded in Liber 215, Pages 352. Also subject to the restriction that no billboard, signboard, or advertising device, other than those advertising articles produced or sold on the premises shall be permitted, as recited in State Highway Easement recorded in Liber 55, Page 386. Also subject to a right of way in favor of Michigan Bell Telephone Company as recorded in Liber 284, Page 617.

Commonly known as 3119 N Manitou Trl W, Leland MI 49654 The redemption period shall be 12 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; or unless MCL 600.3240(17) applies. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

Dated: 2/16/2012 CitiMortgage, Inc. Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 12-55749 (02-16)(03-08)

Thursday, March 8, 2012 TRUST 2006-45T1, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-45T1 as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Leelanau county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Five Hundred Seventy-Nine Thousand Six Hundred and 18/100 Dollars ($579,600.18), including interest at 6.625% 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 March 30, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Bingham, Leelanau County, Michigan, and are described as: Land situated in a part of Government Lots 1 and 2 of Section 15, Town 29 North, Range 11 West, Bingham Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, more fully described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 15; thence along the West line of said Section South 0 degrees 04 minutes East, 1316.72 feet to the centerline of Fort Road; thence along said centerline North 86 degrees 10 minutes East, 547.80 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes East, 33.07 feet to the Southerly right-of-way line of said road and the point of beginning; thence continuing South 0 degrees 04 minutes East 379.11 feet; thence North 89 degrees 56 minutes East, 376.16 feet; thence North 23 degrees 20 minutes East. 452.95 feet to aforesaid right-ofway line, thence along said line South 86 degrees 10 minutes West, 556.15 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 MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

Dated: March 1, 2012 For more information, please call: FC X (248) 593-1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #383719F01 (03-01)(03-22)

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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 Sandra L. Pownall, A Married Woman and Gary L. Pownall, A Married Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2006, and recorded on November 13, 2006 in Liber 921 on Page 240, and assigned by said Mortgagee to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN

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 Christopher Pfeiffer, a married man and Kathryn Pfeiffer, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 15, 2008, and recorded on March 20, 2008 in Liber 972 on Page 433, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Leelanau county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Eight and 18/100 Dollars ($95,128.18), including interest at 6.5% 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 March 23, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Kasson, Leelanau County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 2, Township 28 North, Range 13 West described as: commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 01 degrees 50 minutes 45 sec-

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onds East, along the centerline of County Road 667 and the West line of said Section 1126.53 feet; thence South 84 degrees 54 minutes 00 seconds East 500.94 feet; thence North 83 degrees 34 minutes 02 seconds East 160.47 feet to the Point of beginning.

Thence South 84 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds East 265.50 feet; thence South 01 degrees 47 minutes 18 seconds West 164.41 feet; thence North 84 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds West 265.37 feet; thence North 01 degrees 43 minutes 49 seconds East 163.80 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 MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

Dated: February 23, 2012 For more information, please call: FC X (248) 593-1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #394874F01 (02-23)(03-15)

Leelanau County Road Commission Notice to the Public Resolution 12-02 At the regular meeting of the Board of County Road Commissioners of Leelanau County held on February 21, 2012, the following Resolution Number 12-02 was offered by Glen Noonan: Whereas, the pavement on Cedar Street between Chandler Street and Grand Avenue in the Village of Leland has been removed, and the road right of way is no longer used by the motoring public, and Whereas, in accordance with Act 283 of 1909, MCL 224.18 Paragraph (3), which states: “The board of county road commissioners of any county that has adopted the county road system, at any time, may either relinquish jurisdiction of or absolutely abandon and discontinue any county road, or any part of a county road, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote…….”

Whereas the abandonment of this portion of Cedar Street would not land lock any parcel of land, all parcels with frontage along this road have adequate access by alternate means, and Whereas it appears to said Board of County Road Commissioners that it is in the public’s best interest that this portion of Cedar Street should be absolutely abandoned and discontinued, Now, therefore be it resolved that the following described portion of Cedar Street lying between Chandler Street and Grand Avenue, more fully described as: Part of the Southwest ¼ of the Northeast ¼ of Section 9, Township 30 North, Range 12 West, Township of Leland, Leelanau County, Michigan, more fully described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest Corner of Lot 1, Block 1, “E.E. Chandler’s Park Addition to the Village of Leland”; thence along the East right-of-way line of Chandler Street N00o 01’18”E 60.00 feet to the South right-of-way line of Cedar Street and the Point of Beginning; thence continuing along said East line N00 o 01’18”E 66.00 feet to the North right-of-way line of Cedar Street; thence along said North line N89 o 45’52”E 253.34 feet to the West right-of-way line of Grand Avenue; thence along said West line S00 o 11’03”E 66.00 feet to the South right-of-way line; thence along said South line S89 o 45’52”W 253.58 feet to the Point of Beginning, be and the same is absolutely abandoned and discontinued , reserving the rights of any utilities that are currently present.

Be it further resolved that a record of this abandonment is to be registered with the Register of Deeds and a legal notice of abandonment is to be published in the Leelanau Enterprise.

Ayes: Lee Bowen and Glen Noonan.

Nays: John Popa.

Resolution is hereby adopted.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a resolution made and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of County Road Commissioners of Leelanau County on the 21st day of February, 2012.

Attested: Joel T. Nedow-Finance Manger and Secretary to the Board

Public Notice STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF LEELANAU NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Trust Administration) Angeline O’Non Trust Administration Date of Birth: November 29, 1918 TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The Grantor, Angeline O’Non, who lived at 150 S. Shore Drive, Suttons Bay, MI 49682, died February 14, 2012.

There is no personal representative of the Grantor’s estate to whom Letters of Administration have been issued.

Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the Angeline O’Non Revocable Trust Agreement dated April 15, 1994, as amended and restated on July 28, 2006, will be forever barred unless presented to Nicholas M. O’Non, James E. O’Non, and Timothy P. O’Non, Successor Trustees, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.

Notice is further given that the Trust will thereafter be assigned and distributed to the persons entitled to it.

Date: February 27, 2012 Law Office of James R. Williams James R. Williams P22351 105 W. Broadway, P.O. Box 458 Suttons Bay, MI 49682 (231) 271-3254 Nicholas M. O’Non P.O. Box 277 Suttons Bay, MI 49682 231-271-3255 James E. O’Non 561 Hawthorne Traverse City, MI 49686 231-620-1731 Timothy P. O’Non 315 Payne Street Ontonagon, MI 49953 906-884-6884

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 Lawrence D. Lassaline, and Mary Ann Lassaline, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 24, 2006, and recorded on May 3, 2006 in Liber 899 on Page 482, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, As Trustee For The Certificate Holders of CWALT, Inc. Alternative Loan Trust 2006-21CB, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-21CB as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Leelanau county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Four and 96/100 Dollars ($136,444.96), including interest at 6.75% 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 March 16, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Elmwood, Leelanau County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Lincoln Hollow Subdivision, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 8 of Plats, Page 86, Leelanau County Records.

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.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

Dated: February 16, 2012 For more information, please call: FC X (248) 593-1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #388916F01 (02-16)(03-08)

Public Notice 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 KAREN M. O’REILLY, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), solely as nominee for lender and lender’s successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 18, 2002, and recorded on February 6, 2002, in Liber 629, on Page 136, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC Mortgage, LLC successor by merger to GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as assigned, Leelanau County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Four Hundred One Dollars and SixtySix Cents ($102,401.66), including interest at 4.500% 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 Center Drive, Suttons Bay, MI 49682 at 11:00 AM o’clock, on March 23, 2012 Said premises are located in Leelanau County, Michigan and are described as: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER, SECTION 30,

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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 Ronald M. Davis and Diane A. Davis, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2006, and recorded on July 3, 2006 in Liber 906 on Page 685, in Leelanau county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five and 86/100 Dollars ($75,925.86), including interest at 2.99% 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 March 30, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Glen Arbor, Leelanau County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 9, Wilderness Condominium, according to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 168, Pages 35 through 81 and First Amendment to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 352, Pages 808 through 839, Leelanau County Records, and designated as Leelanau County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 4, together with rights in General Common Elements and Limited Common Elements as set forth in the above Master Deed and as described in Act 229 of the Public Acts of 1963 as Amended.

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.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

Dated: March 1, 2012 For more information, please call: FC S (248) 593-1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #397778F01 (03-01)(03-22)

Public Notice STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF LEELANAU NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate File No. 12-11661-DE Estate of ANTHONY WINOWIECKI Date of birth: 06/25/1931 TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Anthony Winowiecki, died 01/22/2012.

Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Irene Bowman, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 8527 E. Government Driver, Ste. 203, Suttons Bay and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.

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Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Huntington National Bank, named trustee within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.

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NOTICE OF SALE Default has been made in the condition of a certain mortgage made the 9th day of October, 2009, by Storage Plus, L.L.C. to State Savings Bank, and recorded on October 23, 2009, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Leelanau County, Michigan, in Liber 1030, Page 699, and on which mortgage there is claimed to be due and unpaid at the date of this Notice ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY AND 61/100 DOLLARS ($118,990.61) and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity has been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by said mortgage, and the power of sale contained in said mortgage has become operative by reason of such default.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 30, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock in the forenoon, at the Leelanau County Courthouse, 8527 Government Center Dr., Suttons Bay, Michigan 49682, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon said mortgage, together with legal costs and charges of sale, including an attorney fee of Seventy-Five ($75.00) Dollars provided by law and in said mortgage, the lands and premises in said mortgage mentioned and described as follows, to wit: Township of Cleveland, County of Leelanau, State of Michigan Part of the Northwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 35, Town 29 North, Range 13 West more fully described as follows: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 35; thence South 00° 00' 40" East, 1314.21 feet (recorded as 1314.18 feet) along the East line of Section 35 to the South one-eighth line; thence North 89° 10’ 33" West, 2201.87 feet (recorded as North 89° 14' 00" West) along said South one-eighth line and the centerline of Sullivan Woods Road to the Point of Beginning; thence continuing along said one-eighth line and centerline, North 89° 10' 33" West, 430.50 feet to the North-South onequarter line of said section; thence along said one-quarter line and centerline of Stachnik Road, North 00° 18' 54" East, 444.00 feet (recorded as North 00° 15' 30" East); thence South 89° 10' 33" East, 430.50 feet (recorded as South 89° 14' 00" East); thence South 00° 18' 54" West, 444.00 feet to the South one-eighth line and the Point of Beginning.

The redemption period shall be six (6) months from date of sale; provided, however, that if the subject premises are heretofore or hereafter conclusively presumed to have been abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, the applicable period for redemption shall be thirty (30) days from said date, or otherwise shortened, in accordance with that statute.

Dated: February 13, 2012 STATE SAVINGS BANK Mortgagee CALCUTT ROGERS & BOYNTON, PLLC by: Jack E. Boynton (P23137) 109 E. Front Street, Suite 300 Traverse City, MI 49684 23-15

TOWN 28 NORTH, RANGE 12 WEST, SOLON TOWNSHIP, LEELANAU COUNTY, MICHIGAN, MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 30; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST, 358.35 FEET, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SECTION 30, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST, 301.73 FEET, ALOND SAID WEST SECTION LINE; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 29 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST, 737.89 FEET, PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 30; THENCE SOUTH 24 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST, 526.28 FEET; THENCE NORTH 72 DEGREES 59 MINUTES WEST, 535.87 FEET, ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF RUTHARDT ROAD 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. If the above referenced property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period. GMAC Mortgage, LLC successor by merger to GMAC Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee/ Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 GMAC.006516 (02-23)(03-15)

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Lakeview Orchard Sub. 1 mi. east of downtown fabulous N. LKEmpire, LEELANAU Lake MI public beach, restaurants & gift shops. Picturesque rolling, open & wooded 20.44 acres.

Agricultural zoning & deed restrictions permit home occupations & WATERFRONT LAND use. Deer and horses for personal wildlife abound! $95,000 #1733658

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This beautifully remodeled 1850 sq ft direct waterfront condo enjoys expansive water views from every room, 2 story living area with T&G wood ceilings, 3 large bedrooms and 3 ceramic tiled full baths! Extensive updates include: paint, flooring, countertops, draperies & blinds, fieldstone fireplace, 8’ patio doors, mechanicals and more!

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Northern east-west property line is next to National Park land. Road access is in place. Hardwoods grace the parcel w/seasonal views of School Lake, Bass Lake & Lake MI. Centrally located between Glen Arbor & Leland. Maple City 5 miles away. Glen Lake School district. $275,000 #1733521

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Nicely wooded with shared West Bay frntg. Quiet Affordable Suttons Bay. Countryside views & UG utiliStoney Point Peninsula location in Leelanau. ties. Reasonable restrictions. 3 miles to town. $59,900. (1687348) Shelly Brunette, 231-642-6436. $36,900+. (1700453) Shelly Brunette, 231-642-6436.

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GLEN ARBOR CENTER CORNER OFFICE located between Glen Arbor Township hall & Western Ave. Grill. Immediate possession. $700/month + utilities, & percentage of C.A.M., which includes snow removal; parking lot mtce.; trash & common area janitorial. Extra costs will average about $120 per month. Please call John Martin. (1730963)

GOLDEN VALLEY RANCH BEAUTIFUL LEELANAU HILLS surround this 42 acre historic horse ranch. 24 stalls, 6 tie stalls, 5 pastures, indoor 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 200â&#x20AC;&#x2122; riding arena, 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; pole building, 2 houses, & misc. equipment.

Pastures fenced w/ HTF, near horse trails, National Park, & State Forest. $379,000. Please call David DesAutels. (1729682)

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CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP END OF THE ROAD PRIVACY. Rolling, acreage parcel at the end of Trumbull Road, ½ open, ½ wooded. 11 acre parcel, survey on file, restricted. $119,500. Please call John Martin for more information. (1726916)

BROOK HILL CONDOMINIUMS JUST 3 STEPS DOWN from the parking lot make this 1/4 share residence very unique...all the views without all the stairs! Beautifully furnished one bedroom residence w/jetted tub & separate shower & sink in the bathroom. Cathedral ceilings & plenty of windows provide wonderful light; while the fireplace enhances the warmth of the residence in the cooler seasons!

Spectacular views of Lake MI, from both the living & dining rooms & deck! Efficient galley kitchen with a breakfast bar. $99,950. Please call Jeff Rabidoux.

(1729970) 110 ACRES ON KITLINGER ROAD APPLE ORCHARD WITH HARDWOODS, fencing, some open, tillable land. Located south on M-72, ½ mile east of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lakeshoreâ&#x20AC;?, with abundant acres of state land south & east. This is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;must-seeâ&#x20AC;? for agricultural land shoppers. $795,000. Please call John Martin.

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Sunsets beyond belief! Spacious living on all three levels at this 4 bdrm., 4 bath condo. Home sleeps 13 & thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room for more. Offered â&#x20AC;&#x153;turn-keyâ&#x20AC;? w/delightful blend of fabulous contemporary & antique furnishings throughout. Private courtyard. Lots of storage & 2 car detached garage. Priced to sell! Virtual tour. $799,000. Please call Pam DePuy. (1719945)

BIG GLEN LAKE RARELY OFFERED VILLA GLEN COTTAGE! Quaint home shares 300â&#x20AC;&#x2122; on east shore. Water views from screened porch & picnic table. Unit is well maintained & the perfect spot to begin making memories. 2 bdrms., 1 bath, includes furnishings. 11â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; screened porch. Easy to care for & easy to rent. $299,000. Please call Pam DePuy. (1729461)

STORMER ROAD PRODUCING CHERRY ORCHARD (sweets & sours) and 4 acres of apples southeast of Empire.

Approximately 80 acres of orchard & 60 acres of hardwoods. Property includes numerous buildings, including a 2,560 sq. ft. barn w/16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ceiling, office, 1 bathroom & 896 sq. ft. lean-to, & inside cooling pad.

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65 FT. OF PRIVATE FRONTAGE, 4 BR, 3 BA, 3400 sq. ft., charming & appealing designed home, complete kit. w/prep island, 20 ft ceiling in living rm., f/p, wet-bar, large rooms, finished lower level, bay views thru-out home, extra 2+ car gar., deep lot w/sandy beach area, great location. $689,900. (1725124)

15 AC w/HOME & SPLITS. Hm. & 15 AC w/8-car gar. & huge workshop plus several outbuildings. So much potential it will make you crazy! Horses allowed. Splits available. (1725371) 2 BR / 1 BA $279,900 Gwen Hall, 231-883-6366

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LK MI LANG DESIGNED/EASLING BUILT HOME 200ft sand beach 6+ acres of hardwoods 4,584 sq ft 5BD/6BA crows nest study w/views of GT Lighthouse $1,195,000 MLS#1732209 Judy Levin 231-218-7653

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IDEAL VACA/RETIREMENT HOME ON GT BAY 103ft beachfront, picture-book setting, woods, views 3BD/3BA loft, workshop, near yacht club & Omena Village $650,000 MLS#1733302 Dick Kennedy 231-499-1831

HUD: CENTENNIAL HOME UPDATES include roof, siding, boiler, electric, plumbing, outbuildings sunporches $135,000 MLS#1733345 Elizabeth Schaub 231-360-1100

RESTORED FARMHOUSE ON 10 ACRES btiful country views, 2 pole barns(1heated) historic barn, 3 BD/2BA 3yr old furnace $439,000 MLS#1733335 Elizabeth Schaub 231-360-1100

400’ WATERFRONT VACA HOME home pays for itself +/- $26,000/ yr rent sunsets & only 10 min to TC or SB $239,900 MLS#1728932 John Wintzinger 231-313-4560

SHORT SALE: SOLD AS-IS, VERY UNIQUE two complete homes attached by garage 3BR/2BA & 2BR/1BA perfect for in-laws. $325,803 MLS#1731823 Elizabeth Schaub 231-360-1100

2 BD CONDO UNDER $87K! 2 master BD each with bath Near Lake Mich. and Leland $86,900 MLS-1724215 Allan Reed 231-218-1932

EMPIRE - NEAR BEACH 3br/2ba surprisingly spacious cozy back yard & deck $142,500 MLS - 1733330 John Peppler 231 645-1928

QUIET COUNTRY LIVING 10 wooded ac 14 mi west TC 3BR 2BA, fireplace, walkout $198,000 MLS-1733007 Mark Fisher 231-633-5041

204’ NO BLUFF, LK MI HOME 3BR/3BA-4000sf open living w/island views widows watch tower and privacy $995,000 MLS#1710772 Gale Fox 231-633-6782

CONDO WITH VIEWS OF THE BAY Main fl BD/BA w/Jacuzzi, loft, beach, pool, tennis, furnishings incl. $251,000 MLS#1723092 Chuck Yearn 231-432-0665

5/BD 2.5/BA CENTENNIAL HOME sunroom, pole barn, three stall building 3 wells, barn w/silo, Walnut trees $259,900 MLS#1721678 Pam Mork 920-0520 Elizabeth Schaub 360-1100

PRIVATE ACCESS ON BAY 3BR/2BA French door entry 3 season rm, gr house, workshop $275,000 MLS# 1716532 Jim & Becky Stacy 231-218-1479

SUNSETS, SANDY BEACH Room to expand this 2BR/1BA 10 min Leland & Suttons Bay $349,000 MLS-1729481 Mark Carlson 256-9836

LOVELY 4 BD/3.5 BA CRAFTSMAN home on private 4 acre setting close to the village of Suttons Bay $425,000 MLS#1727019 Schaub Team 231-883-3545

LELAND ON LK MICHIGAN 2.6 acres w/cozy cottage Plans exist for expansion $449,900 MLS-1732176 Mark Carlson 256-9836

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BEAUTIFUL 66.08 ACRE PARCEL w/ expansive views of N&S Lake Leelanau! $349,000 MLS#1733405

GREAT VIEW OF LAKE LEELANAU deep lot, private area of cottages and homes $396,000 MLS#1726050

EMPIRE HILLS- VIEW LOT great price-all offers considered $39,900 MLS-1731436

10 ACRES CLOSE TO SUTTONS BAY close to beach, golf, trails, shopping, perfect! $84,900 MLS#1724729

140 ROLLING ACRES, HARDWOODS Beautiful meadows & country views $525,000 MLS#1702539

INDIGO BLUFFS RV RESORT your own RV site power water sewer $69,500 MLS-1729623

LK MI 142’X 4400’ SHARED access lot views of Manitou/Fox Islands $275,000 MLS#1703731

Suttons Bay

271-6161

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11.26 ACRES CLOSE TO TRAVERSE shared deeded 800 ft on Lk Leelanau, clubhouse $71,900 MLS#1733453

6.24 ACRES IN ELM VALLEY FARMS great views of the Bay! well maintained barn $219,000 MLS#1733449

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VACANT LAND LELAND LOT AT ½ PRICE! 1-mile north, Trillium Dr. $67,500 MLS-1733493