5 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 3, 2002

A legal fight over whether county wine producers can use the word “Leelanau” in naming their products may be heating up. Currently, only wines produced by Leelanau Wine Cellars may use the word “Leelanau” as a part of their trade name.
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The LeBear Restaurant will be torn down this fall to make way for construction of the new LeBear condominium project in Glen Arbor, with groundbreaking expected in November.
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A three-quarter mile hiking trail at Myles Kimmerly Park was dedicated to Maple City area resident Patrick Hobbins Sunday afternoon.

10 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 2, 1997

A top DEQ official last month said the state won’t allow expansion of the Leland Township sewer district anytime soon because of the high effluent level in the system’s treatment lagoon of Popp Rd.
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By the smallest of a fraction, the Leelanau County property tax rate will drop slightly below 5 mills for the 1998 budget year. The county board is expected to lower the tax levy from 5.0276 mills to 4.9964 mills.
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The County Board of Commissioners will hold its annual budget meeting one week next week at the County Building. A $6.8 million general fund budget for 1998 has been recommended by the board’s Ways and Means Committee.

30 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 6, 1977

Empire and Glen Arbor townships are refusing to cash checks totaling $120,294 as compensation for land and tax losses resulting from the acquisition of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Instead, the townships will join a lawsuit led by the Michigan Townships Association. Also, Gov. William G. Milliken will participate in a formal dedication of the federal park set for Oct. 22.
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A formal hearing will be held Tuesday for input on a proposed $1,509,000 1978 general fund budget for Leelanau County that would be partially funded by a 3.2-mill property tax.

50 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 2, 1952

When the seven daughters of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip Drow met Sunday in Lake Leelanau it was, so far as any of them could remember, the first time in their lives they had all been together. The seven, now ranging in age from 71 to 49, are Mrs. Loyola Brow, Mrs. Louise Gould, Mrs. Josephine Brosse, Mrs. Eleanor Hutchinson, Mrs. Emma Tedball, Mrs. Elizabeth Theile and Mrs. Selene Richards.

110 YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 23,1897

Donny Brook. The baseball match Sunday afternoon in Jack Murray’s field was a kind of failure on account of the rain. Mr. Chas. Smith, of Smith’s dock visits Donny Brook real often the past five week, but we think he will visit Milwaukee hereafter. Johnie Send and James Kaley visited friends in Suttons Bay last week and from what we hear and seen they must have had a jolly time.

Suttons Bay. Rufli and Kehl had a picture taken of their building and the 75 head of cattle, that they drove to Traverse last week. Conat the tent photographer took the picture. One of the young cattle gave out in Elmwood and someone has preempted it. A search was made but without avail.

–Berhard Steimel will open up a meat market at Suttons Bay, in the building formerly occupied by Henry Snohr.
–Julius Prause is building an addition to his residence in this village.
–C. Tellgard and family of Northport called on friends here on Sunday last.