5 YEARS AGO September 19, 2019
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners next month will reconsider a proposal the board unanimously endorsed last week that could result in the prosecution of those who allegedly violated state law by blocking roadways without proper authority during the Ironman 70.3 bicycle race on Aug. 25. At its regular monthly meeting this week, the board was slated to adopt a draft resolution presented last week by District No. 1 Commissioner Tony Ansorge calling on the Michigan Attorney General to investigate the matter and file charges if warranted. *** Before a storage-unit facility is potentially constructed on agriculturally zoned land on the corner of M-72 and Lautner Road in Solon Township, the community will have a formal opportunity to give their input on the matter. A public forum on “future land use of the M-72 corridor in Solon Township” will take place 7 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Solon Township Hall, located at 9191 Kasson St. in Cedar, according to a public notice that ran in the Sept. 12 edition of the
10 YEARS AGO September 18, 2014
The Little Traverse Lake Property Owners Association plans to sue the National Park Service in an effort to stop the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail from going through their neighborhood. It’s a step that some members of the lake association don’t support. Bill Irwin, past president of the association, said the group plans to file the lawsuit in October. The trail will have a significant impact on critical dunes, on wetlands and on people, Irwin said. The lawsuit will ask that the NPS be made to redo an environmental assessment, as the lake association claims that it wasn’t done right the first time. *** Kathy Kalchik can’t wait for apples on the family farm to ripen. “We were waiting for the birth of our first grandchild and now were awaiting for the apples,” the Gills Pier fruit farmer said. “We need to get them picked so I can get out there to hold him.” Michael Steven Kalchik, Jr. was born Friday near San Jose, Calif. Unlike the apple crop, Michael, the son of Michael and Marissa Kalchik, came two days before his due date of Sept. 14.
25 YEARS AGO September 23, 1999
Stefani Pentiuk, daughter of Perry and Heidi Pentiuk of Leland, was the recipient of a heart transplant Sept. 14 at Mayo Clinic that saved her life. Her heart was dilated to twice its size and was weakened and not functioning properly. *** Some $11 million in pot plants was seized from an 145-acre farm in Bingham Township. Bradley K. Shugart is in federal custody after being charged in what’s being considered one of the largest drug busts ever in northern Michigan. FBI and TNT officers removed 10,800 marijuana plants ranging in size from four to 10 feet. *** Although revenue from gaming has increased in the past year, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians is laying off dozens of tribal government workers due to budget cuts.
50 YEARS AGO September 19, 1974
Coleman Gronseth of Suttons Bay who was recently appointed as Village Manager, in one of his first official actions since his appointment, appeared before the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners Monday night and put in a bid for the County to consider conversion of the Suttons Bav Landfill into a County wide landfill. The Suttons Bay Landfill is the only township or village landfill is still operating after it and others in the county were ordered closed by the MDNR. *** Former (retired) Circuit Judge Charles Brown of Traverse City will be the dedication speaker at 11 a.m. Saturday when the new $3,500 stone granite masonry lighted Memorial honoring all Leelanau County veterans is formally dedicated. Circuit Judge Brown is himself a veteran of World War II in which he served as a Colonel.
75 YEARS AGO September 16, 1948
Unless both federal and local governments take prompt action, Northport may have lost its chance for immediate improvement of its airfield. According to Issac Hagen, port manager, the grant of $7,100 offered by the Federal government for a new runway and other construction on Woolsey Memorial port will not be forthcoming, unless the Civil Aeronautics Administration now grants a time extension and unless during that period Leelanau township appropriates $25000. *** Schools in the county settled down to work this week with their classes fairly stabilized ana enrollments, with minor exceptions, up over last year. Suttons Bay has registered 286 pupils in its twelve grades, compared to 257 a year ago. Empire has 160, an increase of 15. Holy Rosary at Isadore with 170 is about the same, as is St. Mary’s in Lake Leelanau. Sister Agnes Clare of St. Mary’s reports a slight decrease in the elementary grades, countered by an increase in the high school, bringing the total to 281.
100 YEARS AGO September 18, 1924
Royal Tailored Clothing My new Fall and Winter Samples have arrived. A wonderful showing of woolens at reasonable prices. All wool Suits or Overcoats, tailored to your own measure from $25.00 up DAYTON SELBY Leland, Michigan *** The MANISTEE & NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY and the MICHIGAN TRUST COMPANY, hereby give notice that on the 5th day of September, 1924, they filed with the Interstate Commerce Comission at Washington, D. C., their joint application for a certifi cate that the present and future public convenience and necessity permit the abandonment of the rail road...
