5 YEARS AGO March 21, 2019
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.
10 YEARS AGO March 20, 2014
Leelanau’s extreme winter continues its tight grip, with records falling along with thermometers even as spring officially begins at 2 p.m. today. During the last six weeks, record low temperatures have been equaled or set on seven days. The National Weather Service is predicting frigid temperatures to re-establish themselves this weekend after periods of snow showers today and tomorrow.
*** Construction will start in May on a boat dealership and pro shop in Lake Leelanau, barring problems with an application for a special land use for the sevenacre lot the business’ owner is purchasing. Peter Barnes, a real estate developer who splits his time between California and Colorado, is getting set to purchase land owned by Bruce Price to build and open Leelanau Marine, which will sell pontoons, sailboats and inboard boats, as well as two lines of stand-up paddleboards.
25 YEARS AGO March 25, 1999
Hopes that this would be the season the Lady Lakers emerged as sole queens of volleyball came to a sudden halt Saturday. In the end, though, the title went to another program rich in tradition. The St. Louis Sharks prevailed 15-13,15-1 on the last game of the season.
*** The department charged with ensuring county residents have safe drinking water may have to drill another well. Water from the well at its new community health center in Lake Leelanau exceeds maximum federal levels for nitrates. The wells, which have been hooked together, have been shown to have an average of 10.8 milligrams of nitrates per liter often expressed as parts per million (ppm). The maximum allowed for drinking water is 10 ppm.
50 YEARS AGO March 21, 1974
There’s something kind of oldtimey about making maple syrup. It conjures up pictures of huge wood fires, huge kettles boiling the sap, horses hauling logs through the woods to keep the fire going, pictures of farm families using every member of the family to gather the sap and to keep the process going. There’s something about maple syrup that in the opinion of a lot of folks, including the writer, that just can’t be duplicated atop a heaping stack of steaming pancakes on a cold winter morning.
*** Public invited to 1st Lakeshore Planning Conference at Sugar Loaf. April 26 may seem a long way off but for those interested in the future of Leelanau and Benzie counties the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the northwestern corner of Michigan, it is a date to circle on the calendar now.
75 YEARS AGO March 18, 1948
A stubborn fire in the home of Marvin Cook on Leland’s south side early Wednesday morning gave the fire department an hour’s work-out and did $200 damage. The blaze was caused by a defective stovepipe and before it was discovered had eaten into the attic and through the wall. The building is owned by Mrs. Sylvia Donaldson.
*** Roy Buckler, of Leland, Saturday sold his fishtug, “Irene,” and his commercial fishing business to John Maleski, Jr., and Marvin Oook, both of Leland. After nearly 39 years the name of Buckler disappears from Leland’s Fishtown. Capt. William Buckler began to fish out of Leland in 1909 and Roy took over the business and the boat in 1938.
100 YEARS AGO March 20, 1924
Concert at Suttons Bay is making big plans for a concert by the Kalamazoo Normal glee club Tuesday, April 1. The Kalamazoo Normal club is considered one of finest college musical organizations in the state and its coming will be one of the big events of the season for Suttons Bay.
*** U. S. Marshal Martin Brown has returned to Grand Rapids on Monday last.
*** The Annual Meeting of the Township Board of Leland, will be held in Provemont on Tuesday, March 25, 1924 for the purpose of settling the township treasurer and transact such other business as may legally come before said meeting.
