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David Nowell Smith

David Nowell Smith

David (Dave) Nowell Smith, 70, passed away at home surrounded by his loved ones on January 27, 2024. Dave was born on December 1, 1953 in Traverse City, MI to parents Robert (Bob) Thomas Smith and Vivienne Fennell Jennings. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Transparency needed

Transparency needed

To the editor: While we were pleased the Enterprise called for releasing the raw data from the recent Cultural Survey, we are disappointed that our paper of record doesn’t seem interested in investigating why commission Kama Ross exchanged 1,250 emails with county employees about the survey. What could such a volume of communication be for? Thank you — Melinda Lautner — for your courage in demanding answers through a Freedom of Information Act request. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Invest in ‘affordable’ housing

Invest in ‘affordable’ housing

To the editor: Do we want the most beautiful natural sites and farmland in Leelanau County to be scooped up by international and out-ofstate buyers, who see our natural resources as their cash cow? We want people living here year-round, investing in the county, its residents and businesses. Putting down roots. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Tree removal ‘reprehensible’

Tree removal ‘reprehensible’

To the editor: In a letter published in last week’s Enterprise, an author wrote in favor of the current proposed routing of Segment 9 of the SBHT. His arguments are reprehensible, short-sighted, and out-of-date. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

A column by Brian Freiberger

Carnivore diet improved attention

In the month of January, I tried something new to me — a structured diet — that consisted of eating only carnivore products for World Carnivore month. The carnivore diet is a dietary approach that consumes only animal products and excludes all plant-based foods. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Cherries … a lifestyle worth saving

Cherries … a lifestyle worth saving

Thank goodness for dried cherries, both for their taste and their importance in sustaining the livelihoods of growers in Leelanau County and across the state. Cherries easily outperform raisins and cranberries in the dried fruit taste department. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

The 2024 Glen Lake chili Cook-Off is bound to be spicy at Winterfest hosted by Boonedocks in Glen Arbor on Saturday, February 17 from noon to 3 p.m. This will be the 25th anniversary of the chili festival. Boonedocks owners Bob and Stephanie Ewing seen on a chilly February day in 2022. Pho...

Winterfest celebrates 25 years

President’s weekend will bring plenty of flavor to both Glen Arbor and Suttons Bay as both chili festivals are set to make mouths water with excitement. The annual Winterfest Chili Cook-Off and Perch Fishing Contest is on the deck of Boonedocks in Glen Arbor on Saturday, Feb. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

COFFEE TALK

– COFFEE TALK –

Coffee talks have been a longstanding tradition in Leelanau County with several coffee club meetings every Thursday across the peninsula. The coffee chats are reminiscent of the International Coffee Club of America, Leland Coffee Club, that was featured in a 1973 CBS news segment called “On the Road” with Charles Kuralt. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Judge upholds Zoning Board ruling

Judge upholds Zoning Board ruling

The 13th Circuit Court has upheld a Centerville Township’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) decision regarding a controversial development. Judge Kevin Elsenheimer has ruled that appeals’ board members were correct when they upheld the planners’ rejection of request from Northgate-Leelanau Pines to expand the former Leelanau Pines Campground. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM

Glen Lake investigates, teacher resigns

Glen Lake investigates, teacher resigns

A Glen Lake teacher has resigned in the midst of an investigation pertaining to student privacy issues. Glen Lake Community Schools Superintendent Jason Misner sent an email to parents Monday announcing the resignation of Glen Lake 6-12 band director Eli George. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM

Dick Grout, center, was awarded France’s highest distinction Tuesday — the French Legion of Honor. The 103-year-old Grout fought on the shores of Normandy on D-Day. The medal is shown left. Enterprise photos by Amy Hubbell

Grout receives French citation

Dick Grout is hero among us. Grout, a longtime county resident now living in Traverse City, was awarded France’s highest distinction Tuesday — the French Legion of Honor. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM

‘Patriot’ group gets on agenda

‘Patriot’ group gets on agenda

Although it’s been three years since Joe Biden took the presidential oath of office, over 14 months since the 2022 Michigan elections, and voting equipment purchases and training for the 2024 elections has already occurred, a handful of residents from across Leelanau County still flock to the government center in Suttons Bay before almost every public meeting of elected officials. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM

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