Leelanau female veterans participate in Honor Flight

Six local Leelanau County women graced the first-of-akind all-women honor flight from Flint to Washington D.C. on June 12.

One hundred-fifty female veterans with a total of 1,605 years of service boarded the one-in-alifetime trip earlier in June to commemorate Women Veterans Recognition Day.

Suttons Bay veterans Justina Hlavka, Page Sikes, Suzanne McSawby, Leanne Snowden, and Linda Woods represented Leelanau County on the flight. Three women represented the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.