5 YEARS AGO April 18, 2019
Deb and Ray Kuhn couldn’t believe their eyes Monday. The Cedar couple, who earlier this month celebrated their 40th anniversary with a trip to France, were shocked and saddened to learn that Notre Dame Cathedral, where they had visited just 10 days earlier, was burning. “It was horrific… heartbreaking to see it in flames,” Deb Kuhn said. Indeed, Paris and the entire world watched as the more than 850-year-old cathedral burned.
*** A public hearing will be held Tuesday at the Leland Township Library to determine the need for drain along Schomberg Road. Three “disinterested” property owners will be at the meeting, set for 6:30 p.m. in the Munnecke Room, to determine whether a drainage district should be created to address problems along M-22 in Leland Township.
10 YEARS AGO April 17, 2014
Leelanau County entered the present fiscal year with about $7.6 million available in its general fund, an amount that grew by more than 9 percent in the past year. The general fund balance does not include another $4.5 million held in separate funds, or an $8.8 million “Delinquent Tax Fund” (see adjacent story) that’s used to reimburse other local governments for unpaid property taxes.
*** If Remo Polselli was in trouble with the feds before, he may be in even more trouble now. The presumed owner of Sugar Loaf Resort here in Leelanau County, Polselli is currently facing a civil lawsuit that was filed this month by a U.S. Department of Justice attorney in Washington, D.C., alleging that Polselli owes more than $5.1 million in unpaid federal taxes, penalties and interest.
25 YEARS AGO April 22, 1999
The “bicentennial barn” on M-22 may get a “Y2K” facelift. County administrative secretary Georgia Newton has a crew lined up and is hoping to get paint donated for the barn’s repainting.
*** Some 3,000 feet of gill nets cut loose in Lake Michigan off Gill’s Pier may become a federal case. George A. “Skip” Duhamel of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians found his nets missing after placing them Saturday morning.
*** Dog owners who let their animals “do their business” on the beach or in parks in the Village of Suttons Bay are likely to get a $75 fine. The Village Council stopped short of adopting a special ordinance addressing the issue, but directed its one-man police force. Vic Trierweiler, to more aggressively enforce an existing county ordinance.
50 YEARS AGO April 18, 1974
Good Harbor Bay State Forest Campground, located on Lake Michigan in Leelanau County at the northern tip of County Road 669, will be closed to camping beginning this year, Ted Reuschel area forester said. “Overuse of this area in recent years has made this action necessary. This is a sandy and very fragile ecological site with delicate vegetational cover. Of particular concern are the dune grasses and junipers, which cannot withstand very much trampling or mistreatment.
*** Twenty-seven Leelanau County students, 13 from Glen Lake and 14 from Suttons Bay High Schools were among 87 band members from eight schools in the Northwest Conference to be selected for membership in the 1974 Northwest All-Conference All-Star Band.
75 YEARS AGO April 15, 1948
Two large Great Lakes vessels which had been aground for several days in northern Lake Michigan were freed Monday night and are undergoing inspection to determine what damage had been done.
*** The old, old question of how high the water level of Glen Lake should be arose again this week to plague the County Board of Supervisors who promptly passed the hot potato on to the state Department of Conservation.
100 YEARS AGO April 17, 1924
Virtually all of the trunk line gravel roads maintained by the state will be treated with bituminous substance or calcium chloride, according to the report of A. J. Burridge, engineer of the northern division, composed of 25 counties in the northern part of the lower peninsula.
*** The grand old game is here again! Following close upon the high school meeting held Tuesday afternoon, the Independents assembled last night in Stormer & Voice’s store for reorganization. There were ten present, which is about the limit at this time of the season.
