5 YEARS AGO
January 30, 2003

Leelanau County’s four public school districts will face a combined $188,000 in budget cuts this school year unless the state Legislature adopts a counter-proposal to proposed state budget cuts.

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According to Census 2000 figures, Native Americans comprise 3.66 percent of the county’s total population of 21,119. However, that tiny minority is responsible for much of the economic machine that keeps Leelanau County in business.

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The Korson family watched in horror as more than 50 volunteer firefighters from eight departments did their best to save their home in conditions that rivaled the worst even veterans had seen.

10 YEARS AGO
January 29, 1998

Grand Traverse Bay remains open with no hint of a freeze-up, and even its small bays are open with little or no ice build-up along the shore. Barring unusually cold temperatures next month, the bay likely will remain thawed for a second consecutive year.

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The three children of Brian and Chris Kimmerly, who have grown up as Northport’s only known set of native triplets, will celebrate their 18th birthdays today.

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An Arkansas man is being charged with assault with a deadly weapon and is also being held on charges in Grand Traverse County, where he and another man were arrested following a 4-hour standoff with police.

30 YEARS AGO
February 2, 1978

All 11 townships in Leelanau County will have multipliers applied to assessed valuations on property this year to bring values up to 50 percent of “true cash value” as required by the state, according to a tentative table announced yesterday by the Leelanau County Equalization Department.

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Snowfall during a blizzard totalled some 34 inches at the Leelanau County Road Commission garage at Suttons Bay, where a regular snow measuring device is maintained. Leelanau County Road Commission Engineer James Gilbo estimated the cost of the massive clean-up operation at some $150,000 to the road agency.

55 YEARS AGO
January 29, 1953

Winners of the “Soil Conservation Family of the Year” award for 1953 presented by the Leelanau Soil Conservation District are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lindley and son, Roger, of Bingham. The Lindleys operate an 160-acre cherry and dairy farm directly east of Bingham town hall.

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Leelanau County voters approved at special election on a 723-548 count the proposal to build a convalescent hospital as an addition to the county infirmary near Maple City.

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Directors of the Leelanau Transit Company, in a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, signed a new two-year lease with officials of the Manistee and Northeastern Railway Company.

110 YEARS AGO
January 27, 1898

Frank Fisher, his wife and daughter traveled to Traverse City Saturday expecting to return Sunday morning but wind up piled up in the snow in drifts and closed roads. They did not return until Monday night as the storm was much worse in Traverse City.

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R. Schomberg is paying 28 cents per bushel for oats delivered to his store in Good Harbor.