A PAIR of hawks teamed up to take down a rabbit from a field in Leland Township. While one predator stands watch, a mate strikes an imposing pose for anyone interfering with lunch.
HARE BALL
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Learn how to use your GPS
The Traverse City Coast Guard Auxiliary next month will offer a marine GPS training class.
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) is a three-hour class that will be held from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Coast Guard Station Traverse City.
Topics will include navigation for mariners, chart plotting and using GPS to navigate.
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Tesla book author to speak on behalf of Fishtown Preservation
The Fishtown Preservation Society will present clean energy proponent Richard Munson, author of “Tesla: Inventor of the Modern,” at 5 p.m. Friday at Leelanau Books in Leland.
Munson’s book provides a comprehensive biography of Nikola Tesla, the under-appreciated and farsighted mastermind largely overlooked by history.
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Harvest 1,000 pounds of moose meat
Bob Joyce called it a hunt of a lifetime.
Joyce joined Traverse City surgeon Roche Featherstone on a two-week trip to the island of Newfoundland, where they encountered poor weather but good hunting. The two returned to Leelanau County on Tuesday.
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Feast passes down outdoor tradition to GTB members
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians on Saturday conducted its 16th annual Natural Resources Fall Feast at the Arthur Duhamel Marina in Peshawbestown.
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Youth Hunt brings venison to the freezer
Ideal weather helped to bring success over the weekend to young hunters in Leelanau County.
Ryan Noonan went out with his daughter, Grace, 10, and said he saw maybe 20 deer throughout the weekend. Grace downed a six point buck on Sunday night near Maple City on family property.
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Liberty Hunt yields 10-point for Bingham Township man
Across the state hunters are expected to find a few more deer on Monday for the opener of archery season, but Bingham Township resident Steve Brett says that won’t necessarily be the case.
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Half of candidates attend this forum
The League of Women Voters of Leelanau County had intended to host a debate among Democratic and Republican candidates for State Representative and State Senator in the lower level of the county Government Center last Thursday evening.
But no Republican candidates appeared at the League event.
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Parties, League join to appreciate candidates
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PARTY LEADERS: Stick to the issues
Can’t we just all get along?
That’s a question commonly asked in politics these days.
But it seems that at least in Leelanau, the leaders of county political parties have the same questions, and hope that at least locally discussions center on issues related to public policy rather than personalities.
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Bird migrations well underway
Bird watchers, Leelanau County is your place.
But you might be challenged in autumn to fill out your life list.
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School did observe Constitution Day
You would think things would slow down around here by now. However, with weather holding out the way it has, the past weekend was quite busy. I do have a sneaky suspicion that fall will be here very soon.
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Omena uprooted by overnight wind storm
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Photo
ST. MARY School sent a contingent of students last week to the Shakespeare festival in Stratford, Ont. Shown from left are Thomas Grant, Kylie Redmond, Emma Bardenhagen, Glorianna Smith, Megan Albu, Audrey Couturier, Grace Hearne, Olivia Harnack, Emma Bidoul, Mary MacDonald, Brandon Flores, Olivia Schaub, Nathan Smith and Zavier McKillip.
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Montessori hosts potluck
Members of the Leelanau Montessori school community will host a potluck event on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Village Green in Leland.
Activities will include outdoor games, face painting, a scavenger hunt and apple sundaes. Food will be provided.
All are welcome.
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Library director to host program
Leland Township Library director Mark Morton will host a technology workshop on Facebook basics for small business on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Leland Lodge.
During the 7 p.m. workshop, Morton will cover the basics of creating a Facebook business page or starting a group page.
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League hosts forum about substance abuse
The League of Women Voters Leelanau County (LWVLC) in conjunction with the Leelanau County Substance Abuse Prevention Work Group will host an informational forum next Wednesday, Oct. 3.
“Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse in Leelanau County” is set to begin at noon in the county government center.
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Donaldson celebrates 100th year
Martha Donaldson of Leland celebrated her 100th birthday on Sept. 15 in grand style with family and friends from Florida, Alabama, Kentucky and several places throughout Michigan.
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Looking Back...
5 YEARS AGO September 26, 2013
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More ‘love letters’ included in remake of the ‘Boizard Letters’
Love letters dating back to the 1860s are shared in a remake of “The Boizard Letters” sponsored by the Empire Area Heritage Group.
“Long Distance Love,” edited by Jodie Sewall, features 267 letters written by U.S. soldier Oliver Boizard to his wife, Eleanor in Glen Arbor. The letters were found in 1974 in a home that was scheduled to be razed.
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