Photo credit: Omena Power I by Andy McFarlane. News from the Week Stories from the week included schedules for Leelanau District tournaments in volleball and basketball, the launching of a web site for the Northport Promise, and a feature about the play Almanac of the North featuring scenes selected from works by Ernest Hemingway, Bruce […]
Girls Volleyball In the Class D District Draw for volleyball, Leland will play Northport in first round action starting @ 11 AM this Saturday (March 3rd). Championship match will be after the first game with the winner playing TC Christian for the District Crown. In Class C at Kalkaska, Suttons Bay faces Kalkaska in the […]
The Leelanau Players present “Almanac of the North”, adapted for the stage and directed by Scott Craig. The play contains scenes selected from the works of such noted Michigan authors as Ernest Hemingway, Bruce Catton, Jim Harrison, Lynne Rae Perkins, Kathleen Stocking and Anne-Marie Oomen, interspersed with musical numbers based on northern Michigan themes coordinated […]
Nearly a foot of snow has closed Leelanau and Traverse area schools this morning. Here’s hoping that all you kids get a chance to play in the snow today … and how cool is it that Michigan kids get these random holidays through the winter? Photo credit: Snow Day by Andy McFarlane
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that the web site for the Northport Promise, a pledge to pay college tuition for students who graduate from Northport Public School and attend any public post-secondary school in Michigan, is now online. Donations to the Northport Promise are being accepted by the Leelanau Township Community Foundation. Read Northport Promise […]
Experts in outreach, communications, and media relations from the Chicago-based Community Media Workshop will be at the Hagerty Center next Thursday & Friday (Mar 1-2) to present two days of training on how to tell your stories to provide better programs and strengthen your nonprofit group. The two days feature chances to meet one-on-one with […]
An Initmate Moment by John Clement Howe News from the Week The news included an update on the Sugar Loaf situation, a vote by Northport’s school board to commit to keeping the high school open and a report (with lots of photos) from the TC Kite Derby. The Week’s Weather This week we broke free […]
The Glen Arbor Art Association invites students in grades 7-12 to register for Saturday art classes. Kaleidoscope is designed for students who enjoy making art and want an opportunity to expand their artistic skills. Cost for a four week block is $20 or $6 per session and all supplies are included. Limited to 10 students […]
There was a great turnout for last weekend’s TC Kite Derby. The TC Record Eagle has a report from the event, which apparently is Michigan’s largest winter kiteboarding event. I was there and talked with a lot of folks. I was pleased to find that there were quite a few from out of the area […]
The Enterprise reports that the Northport Public School Board voted 5-1 to commit to keeping Northport High School open. According to the paper: Northport High School junior Betsy Shiner has one more year of school to complete before she moves on to college and embarks on the rest of her life … “We live in […]
This week’s Enterprise reports on a new wrinkle in the already wrinkled tapestry that is Sugar Loaf. Cleveland Township resident and former planning commission chairman Charles J. Ryant Jr. has announced his intention to circulate a petition for a referendum on a zoning ordinance amendment that the Township Board adopted to streamline the Planned Unit […]
Photo credit: February Sunset I by Andrew McFarlane. News from the Week The week’s news was pretty much all events and included some great photos from the paparazzi on hand for the Empire Polar Bear Dip. While we’re talking about photos, the picture above makes a nice background (and I’m not just saying that because […]