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Joan and Dale Blount are pictured with their granddaughter, Erica Brown, after her performance with Michigan State’s Spartan Showstoppers dance team. Photo courtesy of Joan Blount

Spring has sprung; fruit in ‘green tip’

Spring has sprung and so have the daffodils and many of the spring wild flowers. Many of the fruit trees in the area are in “green tip”, which is when the fruit buds have just broken at the tip. It is also when the buds become susceptible to the cold, so cherry and apple farmers hope that there is not another cold snap. When the buds start to open this early, it is always a risk. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

Friends of Sleeping Bear volunteer thousands of hours each year. Courtesy photo

Friends to hold training May 18

The Annual Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes (Friends) training is scheduled for May 18, at the Empire Town Hall. The training begins with a general orientation at 1 p.m., which is applicable for all volunteers, both experienced and new. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

Park pruning workshop May 3

Park pruning workshop May 3

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will host a pruning workshop on, Friday, May 3, in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. The workshop will be held at the Lawr farm, five miles north of Glen Arbor on M-22. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

NPS seeks input on dock project

NPS seeks input on dock project

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is inviting the public to comment on a project to improve safe and reliable boat access to the Manitou Islands. The approximately $32 million project, funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund, will address the impact of natural processes, such as littoral drift (shifting sands) and high-water levels, on the islands’ docks. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

Northport resident Laura Kalchik is pictured writing her final “From the Heart” editorial for the 25th anniversary/farewell edition of her publication “Families First Monthly.” Courtesy photo

Laura Kalchik publishes final ‘Families First Monthly’ edition

After 25 years of serving as publisher and editor of “Families First Monthly,” Northport resident Laura Kalchik is bidding farewell with her recently announced special final edition. The local publication was a venture that Kalchik always wanted to pursue since she began working in sales at Northern Express in Traverse City. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

LEELANAU HISTORY

LEELANAU HISTORY

Deb and Ray Kuhn couldn’t believe their eyes Monday. The Cedar couple, who earlier this month celebrated their 40th anniversary with a trip to France, were shocked and saddened to learn that Notre Dame Cathedral, where they had visited just 10 days earlier, was burning. “It was horrific… heartbreaking to see it in flames,” Deb Kuhn said. Indeed, Paris and the entire world watched as the more than 850-year-old cathedral burned. *** A public hearing will be held Tuesday at the Leland Township Library to determine the need for drain along Schomberg Road. Three “disinterested” property owners will be at the meeting, set for 6:30 p.m. in the Munnecke Room, to determine whether a drainage district should be created to address problems along M-22 in Leland Township. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

The children of East Leland summer resorters dressed up as pirates as one of their activities at Camp Oshibwa. Photo courtesy of Leelanau Historical Museum

Resorters travel by boat to N. Lake Leelanau

This is part two of a brief history of East Leland and Porter’s Landing by Mark Smith, Omena Historical Society. Mostly they arrived at their final destination by boat, at Porter’s Landing, the public access that still exists at the end of Horn Road. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

‘Quick draw’ exhibit at NAA

‘Quick draw’ exhibit at NAA

Northport Arts Association Figure Drawing Studio announces their biennial Quick Draw Exhibit, a unique show featuring hundreds of sketches from two years of work by the Figure Drawing Studio artists. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

Blight grant to fund parking lot work

Blight grant to fund parking lot work

The Elmwood Township Board held a special meeting just two weeks before their regularly scheduled April meeting last week, so this session was understandably short, with the board just approving construction work and setting dates for additional meetings. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

The St. Mary School Physics Class

The St. Mary School Physics Class

The St. Mary School Physics Class, under the direction of faculty member Kate Paulson, recently spent an afternoon at the Traverse City Curling Club. Students observed how the fiction created by sweeping and using a heavy granite stone, melted the ice and produced a thin layer of water. This in turn allowed the stone to slide more easily since the friction between the stone and the water is less than the friction between the stone and the ice. Above, St. Mary Junior, Leah Plamondon, test her skills at the recent field trip. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

Addison and Eric LaPugh (left) stand with Michigan congressman Jack Bergman on behalf of the National Parks Conservation Association. Courtesy photo

True North’s Youth Retreat; lobbying for veterans in D.C.

Thinking about summer? So are we, and maybe your children are too. Eric LaPugh of Empire leads ‘True North Counseling,’ where he combines therapeutic expertise with wilderness guidance to address societal problems. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

EACC concert April 28 in G-A

EACC concert April 28 in G-A

Jim Crockett and The Beach Bards will perform Sunday, April 28 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Art’s Tavern in Glen Arbor. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

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