5 YEARS AGO May 14, 2020
With each passing day the COVID-19 pandemic is putting its mark on Leelanau communities. The Leland Township Board Monday night followed through on plans to cancel its July 4 parade and the traditional fireworks display over Hancock Field. Neither will there be fireworks over Northport Bay on July 4, canceled when the Northport Village Council met last week. *** The whispers around Lansing are thundering in their implications. While no official projections have been released, state Rep. Jack O’Malley (R-Lake Ann) has been hearing whispers predicting that revenue losses caused by efforts to control coronavirus could reach 30 percent or more.
10 YEARS AGO May 14, 2015
A 55-year tradition in the Cedar community is being discontinued after its sponsoring nonprofit received a citation from the health department. The Cedar Rod & Gun Club’s governing board voted last week to end its spring smelt dinners, which date back to 1960. “I’ve always been part of it. Every year, but no longer,” board member Jim Balesh said. Board action was in response to a letter to club president Tim Stein from Tom Rademacher, supervisor of the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department’s food and sanitation
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*** A bear was shot Friday night by a Leelanau County beekeeper whose presence sent the bruin into a barn after it had destroyed some hives. Julius Kolarik, a beekeeper in Leelanau Township, said he regrets having to dispatch the bear, but felt doing nothing would leave his business in jeopardy and his family in harm’s way. “I like wildlife, too, but I’ve had a lot of damage,” Kolarik said this week. “I’d hate to say the bears put me out of business.”
25 YEARS AGO May 18, 2000
The county’s top two law enforcement figures will face competition in the August primary. Suttons Bay police officer Del R. Moore has filed a petition to run for the office of sheriff. He will face his former boss, Michael F. Oltersdorf. Sara W. Brubaker, a former defense attorney, is seeking the prosecutor’s post. She will face one-term incumbent Clarence K. Gomery in the Aug. 8 election. *** Joy Lang will retire after 30 years working for the U.S. Postal Service, all in Leland.
50 YEARS AGO May 15, 1975
Those wishing to protest proposed abandonment of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company trackage from Manistee to Traverse City and in Leelanau County must do so by June 16, according to the C&O. In a legal notice being published in this edition of the Enterprise, the company specifies the deadline for statements and prescribes how they are to be submitted.
*** Leelanau County Board of Commissioners has approved equalized property valuations totaling $148,060,098 for 1975. Okayed in a special session of the board last Friday evening at the county courthouse in Leland, the 1975 figure is some $8,196,574 higher than the $139,863,524 figure adopted for 1974.
75 YEARS AGO May 18, 1950
Hiring of workers for construction of the Air Force installation in Empire will begin within two weeks, according to Morris Hochberg in charge for the Benjamin Chemers Construction Company. *** The Northport Cherry Factory, Incorporated, Edward Budd, manager, is conducting a survey of equipment to determine practicality of launching a large scale apple juice packing program this fall. The plant made an experimental pack last fall and, according to Mr. Budd, buyers readily accepted the product.
100 YEARS AGO May 14, 1925
The Leland high school defeated Suttons Bay high 7 to 5 in a game of baseball last Friday played at Suttons Bay. *** A new road is being constructed on Union Street. *** Mr. and Mrs. Warren Price who has been spending the past winter in Florida returned yesterday.
