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Leland Wine, Food Festival canceled
Leland Wine, Food Festival canceled
The Leland Wine and Food Festival has been canceled for this year. The Leland Chamber of Commerce announced today that the popular event will not take place in June for “There are too many unknowns that have to be resolved in a short period of time for us to risk the investment in deposit to go forward,” chamber President Mark Morton said. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Two siblings wearing yeti hats that their grandparents got them while enjoying the activities at the Suttons Bay-Bingham Township library. Enterprise photo by Amy Hubbell
YETIFEST
Boone’s Prime Time Pub took home judge’s choice winner, and Hansen Foods was the people’s choice winner during Yetifest in Suttons Bay on Saturday. Other businesses to cook up a delicious chili included Vineyard Inn, Fiddleheads, VI Grill, Hive Coffee, Murdick’s, Lylah’s, Idyll Farms, Bahle Farms, Martha’s Leelanau Table, Gilchrist Farms, North Country Grille.. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
GL wins at at 25th annual chili cook-off
GL wins at at 25th annual chili cook-off
There was plenty of buzz going around Boonedocks about all the delicious chili’s, but the one cooked up by Glen Lake food service professionals stole the show. With so many foodies in attendance, who would’ve thought an institution would win? “It’s all about the community. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Winterfest happiness; Happy B-Day GW
Winterfest happiness; Happy B-Day GW
The annual Winterfest Chili Cook-off in Glen Arbor was its normal success, it was cold and sunny, everyone, as usual had a great time. We had 18 entries this year and the winners were Glen Lake School, first; Boonedocks, second; The Mill in Glen Arbor, third; Hansen Foods of Suttons Bay and Bear Paw Market tied for fourth, and Shipwreck Café Empire and Good Harbor Grill tied in fifth. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
St. Mary School students from grades 8 through 12 pause for a blessing of blankets and dresses by Bishop Jeffrey Walsh, from the Diocese of Gaylord.
School/church make 130 ‘blankets of hope’
St. Mary secondary students participated in the annual Christian service project, Blankets of Hope, a tradition that was launched 30 years ago by Jozell Rexroat and Shirley Garthe. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
The Greilickville sawmill operated from the mid-1800s until it burned down in 1907. Photo courtesy of Traverse Area District Library
Pioneers pave the way for future generations
The following is an excerpt from “Meet Me At The Dock in Greilickville, Grand Traverse Bay” by author Kathleen Firestone. Copies of her books are available at local book stores or directly from her. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
LEELANAU HISTORY
LEELANAU HISTORY
Elected officials in Leelanau County are concerned that officials in neighboring Grand Traverse County may not be taking Leelanau’s interests into account in a new “east-west corridor transportation study.” Leelanau County Road Commission Chairman Bob Joyce said Tuesday he planned to get in touch with his counterparts in Grand Traverse County to discuss how and whether Leelanau County should play a role in a new study focusing on improving vehicular traffic flow around Traverse City. *** Lake Leelanau St. Mary Catholic School students and others who marched in an anti-abortion parade in Washington, D.C. last month won’t get a Certificate of Recognition from the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners after all. The county board Tuesday night reversed a recommendation it made during an executive session last week to congratulate the students “on behalf of the citizens of Leelanau County.” 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Snowball tournament this weekend
Snowball tournament this weekend
The Brian Nachazel Memorial Snowball Tournament is the premier winter softball tournament of northern Michigan that will take place on Saturday, February 24 at 9 a.m. Nachazel, a Leland graduate of 2000, was 31 when he passed away unexpectedly after a car accident. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
From left to right: Jason Homa (92’), Darick Peplinski (96’), Brad Fosmore (88’). John Zientek (87’), Todd Ciolek (95), Greg Rosinski (99’), Coach Don Miller, Ben LaCross (97’), Coach Paul Christiansen, Todd Hazelton hidden (88’), Keith Shimek (74’), Tom Christiansen, and Bob Sutherland (8...
Christansen and Miller honored
Legendary Glen Lake coaches Paul Christiansen and Don Miller were honored at halftime of last week during a boys basketball game against Kingsley to celebrate 50 years of Laker athletics. Glen Lake girls basketball coach and alumnus Brad Fosmore surprised Christiansen and Miller with a half-time announcement of a new scholarship in the former Laker coach’s name. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
EAA Chapter 234 announces scholarships
EAA Chapter 234 announces scholarships
The EAA Chapter 234 Grand Traverse Region, which includes Leelanau County, announced two Ray Scholarships up to $11,000 and other benefits as well for local area young people to obtain their private pilot’s license. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
The Wolf Den Cub Scouts display colorful cars they created and the trophies they received at the Pack 131 Pinewood Derby. From left to right: Phillip Bradford, Declan Draper, Logan Hutcheon, Zac Richter and Nokami Kwe Winchester. Photos courtesy of Lynn Bakker
Cub Scouts race in Pinewood Derby
Cub Scout Pack 131 of Suttons Bay held its annual Pinewood Derby on Saturday. Scouts raced wooden cars designed by the boys and girls down an inclined track. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Galla humbled and honored by award
Galla humbled and honored by award
Former Leelanau County Planning and Community Development Director Trudy Galla recently was awarded one of the highest honors attainable in her industry: election to the American Institute of Certified Planners College of Fellows (FAICP). 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
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