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Northport Public School students (from left to right) Charlotte Murphy, Arya Cavendish, and Pierson Humphrey are pictured with Leelanau Township Library Poetry Month Chair Alison Arthur and library assistant Marie Gaspari during open mic night last year. Courtesy photo

Leelanau Twp. Library to celebrate national poetry month

In celebration of national poetry month, Leelanau Township Library will host five events every Tuesday in April centered around all things poetry, giving the public an opportunity to learn about the art of spoken word from various creatives in the area and from around the country. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

The Glen Arbor Arts Center new executive director Scott Bouma. Courtesy photo

GAAC appoints Bouma as director

The Glen Arbor Arts Center has a new executive director as Scott Bouma was named to the role last week. “I do have a lot of institutional knowledge and history with the organization that I can rely on to help me in this position,” Bouma said. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

Thumbs up, down

Thumbs up, down

Periodically, the Enterprise offers a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” to activities taking place on the peninsula. Here’s the latest. A familiar face popped up in the Leelanau County government center recently – Chet Janik, the county administrator from mid-2012 to 2023. Janik is working with the county commissioners again as they search for a new administrator/ chief financial officer who, it is hoped, will complete the transition of county finances to its own independent department. Janik’s calm leadership, professionalism, and (perhaps most importantly) connections could be just what the county needs as it seeks to stop the revolving door of finance department heads that has been spinning since it was activated in January 2022. Although the tension at the county government center seems to have died down somewhat since the results of an organizational culture survey came in Jan. 3, it doesn’t seem like some employees and officials are ready to bury the hatchet yet. The survey exposed some long standing rivalries to the public. Lately the most contested issue has been who will be named finance director under the new administrator. Janik said he feels that the new administrator ought to choose who will be their finance director, but Commissioner Melinda Lautner has been championing Interim Finance Director Cathy Hartesvelt for the role and has argued that she be appointed full-time director immediately. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

A column by Brian Freiberger

Debate needed for free society

I hope everyone knows its not only okay to debate on all topics, but it is a necessity for a free society. This comes into question for me more-andmore everyday because it seems that you can’t criticize a public or private person or entities actions without some aggressive personalized attack or attempt of silencing with no substance regarding an argument itself. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

Thank you, Pence

Thank you, Pence

To the editor: I owe former Vice President Pence a debt of gratitude. On January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence remained at our nation’s capitol to complete the day’s business of certifying the 2020 election results. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

Empire chili cook-off

Empire chili cook-off

The Empire community will be hosting a chili cook-off on Saturday, March 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Empire Town Hall on Front Street. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

The Grand Traverse Band

The Grand Traverse Band

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians’ (GTB) Natural Resources Department (NRD) invited members of the public Thursday and Friday to be part of its annual Sugar Bush event in Peshawbestown. Due to the mild winter, sap production is very limited, and trees are not being tapped, but community members can still stop by to learn about how GTB citizens processed maple sugar using traditional techniques. Thursday is the last day GTB will hold its sugar bushing event from 1 to 4 p.m. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

The Norsemen Robotics team poses after receiving the Quality Award at Traverse City West Senior High School. Front row from left to right: Team members Jacob Gulley and Casey Porter. Middle row left to right: Team members Koen Kruk, Anthony Grant, Jack Shiner, James Miller, Michael Rokita,...

S-B Norsemen Robotics compete in second district event

Norsemen Robotics, made up of students from Suttons Bay, Lake Leelanau St. Mary, and Northport, joined 39 other teams over the weekend at Traverse City West High School to compete in their second district event. The competition consisted of 78 randomized qualification matches, during which each team played as an “alliance” with two others and against three opposing robots. These qualification matches then determined each team’s rank out of the 40 teams present. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

Luke Mullane and Mary Grant are all smiles as they gather for the first St. Mary School Chess Club meeting. Courtesy photo

Children now have chess program

St. Mary School recently launched a chess club for elementary students in second through fifth grade. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

St. Mary High School students compete at the state Business Professionals of America Leadership Conference in Grand Rapids. Courtesy photo

St. Mary BPA qualify for national competition

St. Mary High School students recently competed at the state Business Professionals of America Leadership Conference in Grand Rapids. Teams who ranked in the top three slots, as well as individuals who ranked in the top six spots, qualified for the national competition in Chicago on May 10. Student alternates were also selected based on qualifying results. St. Mary students placed as follows: Team Competition 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

A photograph of the Poor Farm Barn in 1911 shows the original cupola atop the barn’s roof. The builder of the barn, John Schettek, is within the foreground. Photo courtesy of Leelanau County Historic Preservation Society

Poor Farm documentary hits television

The historic Leelanau County Poor Farm is getting its due on WCMU Public Television today and Saturday as “Saving the Barn: The Leelanau County Poor Farm,” a locally produced documentary on the history, preservation and future of the Leelanau Count Poor Farm/ County Infirmary is released. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

LEELANAU HISTORY

LEELANAU HISTORY

Goldilocks will be in good company this year looking for a place to sleep at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. For the first time ever, there won’t be enough beds to fill summer seasonal housing needs with the Lakeshore’s own stock of government- owned quarters. “We don’t have anywhere to put our seasonal employees,” Sleeping Bear’s deputy superintendent Tom Ulrich said. *** A childhood disease which can be prevented by a vaccine has taken hold in Leelanau County. The Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department (BLDHD) announced Monday there have been six confirmed cases of Pertussis (whooping cough) in the county. All patients are children attending either Glen Lake or St. Mary School. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM

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