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Glen Lake seventh grader Mark Malocha fared best among seven Leelanau County students who competed Saturday in the regional spelling bee in Traverse City.
Malocha, the son of Mark and Vikki Malocha of Maple City, was among the final eight competitors before he was eliminated. He was nearly ousted earlier in the bee when he spelled [...]
Some communities are identified with a prominent founder.
But Glen Arbor is often said to have been established by the "Three Johns" - John LaRue, John Dorsey and John Fisher.
LaRue, a trader from Chicago, came north from Chicago "for his health" in 1847. Although he returned to Chicago that year, he returned the following year and [...]
A consultant to assist in planning was hired Monday night by the Glen Lake Board of Education.
The board, with trustees David Harris and Virginia Trago absent, voted unanimously to approve a consulting services contract with David Washburn, former superintendent of Grand Rapids Forest Hills Schools. Washburn served as a facilitator for a board workshop last [...]
A former Glen Lake administrator is appealing the district’s decision to lay him off last summer and not make a teaching position available.
Bryan P. Burns, who taught for 12 years at Glen Lake prior to his appointment as middle school principal in 2004, was dismissed from employment with the district at the conclusion of the [...]
Hikes help detail winter transition
The frozen tundra-like landscape that is northern Michigan is at last beginning to thaw. Spring is in the air - and it's right on schedule.
Perhaps the best example of signs of spring are at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, where a series of hikes on Saturdays are taking place to [...]
Mary Jane Clark Dlouhy
June 30, 1932 - March 7, 2007
Mary Jane grew up in the Chicago area, and was a long-term summer visitor of Leelanau County with her husband and family. In recent years she and her husband, John, became permanent residents, moving to the house that has been in the Dlouhy family now for [...]
Mary Feldman
1928-2007
Services were held Saturday in Richmond, Mich., for Leelanau County native Mary “Marie” Feldman of Detroit who died March 7 at St. Johns River District Hospital. She was 78.
She was born April 2, 1928, in Leelanau County, to Michael and Regina (Brzezinski) Galla. On April 29, 1950, at Holy Rosary Church in Isadore, she [...]
David Charles Keeder
1946-2007
Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Lake Leelanau in the spring for former Suttons Bay resident David Charles Keeder who died March 8 at Grand Traverse Pavilions. He was 60.
He was born on July 29, 1946, in Traverse City, the son of the late Charles Keeder and Doris (Send) Keeder who [...]
Orlean L. Nelson
1916-2007
Funeral services were held last week in Toledo for Leelanau County native Orlean L. Nelson who died March 1 in Ohio. He was 90.
He was born in May 22, 1916, to Peter and Nellie Nelson. His wife of 66 years, Margaret, survives.
He attended grade school at the Starr School on Overby and [...]
John E. Schlosser Jr.
1947-2007
A memorial service was held Wednesday afternoon in Traverse City for John Edgar Schlosser Jr. of Maple City who died March 10. He was 59.
He was born in Napoleon, Ohio, on Nov. 18, 1947, to John Sr. and Beverly Schlosser, who survive.
He graduated from Frankfort High School in 1965 and Central Michigan [...]
