5 YEARS AGO February 21, 2019
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.”
10 YEARS AGO February 20, 2014
Leelanau’s newest tourist attractions along the shore of Lake Michigan might be known as cash caves for local businesses. Thousands of people have explored the ice caves off Gill’s Pier in the past week bringing a much needed influx of cash to local businesses which struggle to break-even during the winter months. “It’s not quite summer (volume) ... more like October,” said Paul Fischer of the Fischer’s Happy Hour on M-22 north of Leland. “People were lined up out the door.” *** The runner-up in last year’s Leelanau County Spelling Bee made it to the top this year. Pathfinder School eighth grader Jessie Williams emerged as the 2014 Spelling Bee champ last Thursday night at Leland Public School. Last year, Williams stumbled on the word “frittata” by leaving out one of the “t’s.” Through the luck-of-the-draw that plays a role in spelling bees, Williams’s winning word this year was an easy one, “measure,” while this year’s runner-up stumbled on a harder word, “waywiser.”
25 YEARS AGO February 25, 1999
The flu bug has hit county schools hard. The schools are just now recovering from two weeks of abnormally high absences for students and staff. St. Mary School may have been hit the hardest with 41 separate students missing school during a one-week stretch. *** Suttons Bay Elementary School Principal Roger Arvo announced his resignation. Arvo has served as elementary school principal since the beginning of the 1997-98 school year. He wants to return to the classroom as a teacher.
50 YEARS AGO February 21, 1974
15th Annual Maple Syrup Fete April 7. It’s getting close to that time of the year again. Out in the “Sugar Bush” the growers are already preparing to harvest this year’s maple sap to make this year’s production of maple syrup Buckets on trees, huge kettles steaming above wood fires, bottles and jars being boiled and labels ready. *** Red Cross Fund Goal is $4,700 Getting a jump on the postal increase slated for March 1, the Leelanau County Chapter of the American Red Cross this week began its March mail campaign to raise $4,700. Campaign area captains have mailed letters to local and summer residents outlining the local Red Cross programs and asking for financial support.
75 YEARS AGO February 19, 1948
Commercial potato growers of Leelanau County were reminded this week by Grace G. Greenan, Chairman of the County AAA Committee that acreage goals for the 1948 crop of Irish potatoes will be established for each grower who requests such a goal. Growers must plant within their established goal in order to qualify for participation in the government price support program during the 1948 calendar year. *** Glen and Jerry Dailey of Glen Arbor, proprietors of the Pineland Products company of that village, attended the auto show in Detroit last week, in which the new small car, the Playboy, was demonstrated. They returned on Saturday. The Playboy is similar to the other midget cars that are now being manufactured, but with some improvements. The Dailey brothers have obtained the sales franchise for Leelanau and Benzie Counties for the Playboy automobile.
100 YEARS AGO February 21, 1924
The Michigan Tourist and Resort Association has announced that they will utilize the radio to help bring thousands of tourists to West Michigan. *** Dr. Slepicka made several professional calls in Leland this week. *** Guy H. Lloyd of Traverse City has a professional card in this paper.
