Insight & Inspiration Speaker Series- Alisha Glass (TONIGHT, March 3)
The Leland Educational Foundation presentsn Alisha Glass, tonight, Thursday, March 3, as she presents "Setting in Pursuit of a Dream" the journey of fulfilling her aspirations beginning as a Leelanau youth to her current position on the US Women's National Volleyball team.
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Coming Events:
Lucky Leprechaun Ball (March 14), Movie Series at Northport Community Arts Center (March 14, April 11) (more info)
Check the Leelanau Calendar.
The Leland Educational Foundation presents Alisha Glass, tonight, Thursday, March 3, as she presents "Setting in Pursuit of a Dream" the journey of fulfilling her aspirations beginning as a Leelanau youth to her current position on the US Women's National Volleyball team. Enjoy as she shares how her leadership skills, commitment and innate attributes have led to the vigorous evolution of a youth athlete with nontraditional experience to obtaining a highly awarded collegiate career.
Tickets are $10 at the door or in advance from LPS Office, Pedaling Beans Coffeeshop or The Front Porch.
Student Admission- $5 or $4 in advance, Family Admission- $25
Sit back and enjoy this short tourism documentary on Northern Michigan c. 1949. The film was part of James A. Fitzpatrick's "TravelTalks" series. Includes footage of Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, Mackinac Island, Traverse City, and other places.
An indoor soccer tournament will be held Saturday, February 27 and Sunday February 28 in Traverse City to benefit victims of the Haiti earthquake. "Futsal 4 Haiti" is sponsored by the Grand Traverse Soccer League and American Red Cross. The event will be held at the former Norris Elementary School on Cherry Bend Road. The cost of the tournament is $20 per player and all proceeds will go to the Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. Youth games will be played on Saturday and adult games on Sunday. Each team can be from six to eight players and will be guaranteed three games. For more information, or to register, go to www.gtsoccerleague.org . This event is not associated with Traverse City Area Public Schools.
The Northport-Omena Chamber of Commerce hosts the 6th Annual Winter Carnival. Come join the fun at Braman Hill Park on Saturday, February 27 when Northport throws off winter's cabin fever and celebrates the season at Braman Hill Park. It all begins at 11 a.m.
11-11:30 a.m. - Register for the Snowmobile Poker Run - $10.00 entry fee
11:30 a.m. - Nagonaba Foot Path dedication Remarks by committee member Andy Thomas followed by a Native American Blessing, ribbon cutting and unveiling of a trail sign.
11:45 - noon - Enter the Chili Contest with 6 quarts for tasting
Categories: traditional, combustible, wild game, vegetarian and white chili. $10.00 entry fee, $50 prize for the winner in each category.
12 – 2 p.m. - Chili Tasting - vote for your favorite
11:30 a.m. - Milk Jug Curling competition begins
12 noon - Broomball competition begins
12 – 4 p.m. - Free hot dogs and hot chocolate
12:30 p.m. - Race The Face Snowshoe Race
$5.00 entry fee. All racers will receive a T-Shirt and all profits from the race will be donated to the Northport Promise.
1 – 4 pm. - Brotherz Groove perform
2:00 p.m. - Cardboard Sled Race competition Northport Public School classes compete against each other.
3:00 p.m. - Northport Promise Winter Warm-Up Raffle Drawing
3:15 p.m. - Outhouse Race - $15.00 entry fee
Registration required for Poker Run, Chili Contest, Curling, Broomball, Race The Face and the Outhouse Race. Registration forms available at Scott’s Filling Station, Northport Fitness and Huntington Bank.
The Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) Trails recently took possession of a new piece of grooming equipment to groom the Leelanau Trail for skiing between Traverse City and Suttons Bay. This new grooming attachment, called a Ginzu groomer, is designed to groom for both classic and skate ski techniques. TART Trails, Inc. is a nonprofit trail and pedestrian advocacy organization that manages cross-country ski grooming programs on both the Vasa Pathway and Leelanau Trail. The Leelanau Trail is generally groomed once a week, usually on Fridays or as snowfall dictates.
TART has made an agreement to groom Leelanau County’s Veronica Valley Park on Co Rd 641 on a trial basis. The initial groom was on Tuesday (2/16/10). Approximately 4 kilometers of trail were groomed for both classic and skate skiing. The Leelanau County Parks and Recreation Commission is hopeful that both visitors and county residents will take advantage of the newly groomed trails. If the groomed trails are popular with skiers; an arrangement will be made with TART trails to groom them for the remainder of the season. Veronica Valley is located in Bingham Township between County Road 641 (Lake Leelanau Drive) and Maple Valley Road. The 93-acre park was formerly a golf course owned by Bill and Diane Grant. The county purchased the property from the Grants in 2008 for $800,000, of which $580,811 was provided to the county through the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) and $25,000 from Rotary Charities.
About TART:
Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) Trails, Inc. is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization formed in 1998 and located in Traverse City, Michigan. TART works to enrich the Traverse area by providing a network of trails, bikeways and pedestrian ways; and encouraging their use. TART Trails include a network of trail systems located in Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties: including the Boardman Lake Trail, Leelanau Trail, TART Trail, Three Mile Trail and Vasa Pathway. These trails combine to form over 60 miles of recreation and transportation pathways spanning from Suttons Bay to Acme Township. It is estimated that the trails serve over 200,000 users annually while preserving valuable community green space. TART is working to integrate these trails into the community by advocating for interconnected bike lanes, bike routes and sidewalks, and is also working to extend these trails to connect with a developing regional trails system. For more information about TART Trails, please visit www.traversetrails.org
Shortly after she purchased Sugar Loaf resort in March 2005, Wickstrom declared publicly that Polselli was “definitely out of the picture” – an assertion she has repeated several times since then.
But facts to the contrary emerged during a hearing Monday in a suit filed by waste treatment plant operator Sugar Loaf Service Company over an unpaid $500,000-plus sewer bill the company claimed Wickstrom owed. Named as co-defendant in the case was the holder of Wickstrom’s mortgage on the resort, Transcapital Bank of Florida, represented locally by Traverse City attorney Roy Jay Montney Jr.
Montney informed Judge Thomas G. Power during this week’s hearing that Transcapital no longer holds the mortgage on Sugar Loaf Resort – a fact that Sugar Loaf Service Company attorney Tom Pezetti, on the other side of the aisle, said he’d learned only Friday. Montney said that a corporation apparently controlled by Hanna Karcho Polselli had acquired the mortgage from Transcapital, and had subsequently assigned the mortgage to yet another bank.
Sandra Carden, owner-director of UNION/YOGA will be offering yoga-teacher certification program at the Homestead beginning Jan 31. The Glen Arbor Sun reports:
Nearly anyone interested in becoming certified may participate in the upcoming training at The Homestead; the only prerequisite for the 200-level program is two years of prior yoga experience. The 7 a.m. to 4 or 5 p.m. daily studies (there are no days off during the 28-day program) will include anatomy, physiology, yoga’s medical and scientific benefits, yoga lifestyle and ethics, Sanskrit, teaching and methodology, and practical business skills such as marketing and advertising. Time will be set aside each day for hands-on public teaching experience and yoga practice, the latter to learn yoga poses (asanas) and techniques. Students receive one hour for lunch and those wanting total yoga immersion can partake of vegetarian-style, East Indian-Asian cuisine. Class participants can enjoy a 50-percent discount on services at the resort’s Spa Amira, open 10-6 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays or by appointment during the week.
Here's a guest post from the Beechnut Review, the online literary magazine of Leland School. Beechnut has been online since 1995, and in December 2009 it switched formats to become an ongoing blog, with new stories on a regular basis.
The bees buzz quietly by the stairs, attracted to the scent of lady slippers. Sand is lightly dusted across each worn wooden step, making my running shoes slide as I jog. The leaves of the birch trees rustle in the slight afternoon breeze and a morning dove’s call fills the air. The trail is covered with twigs and fallen leaves, and the path descends sharply downhill. I run at an even pace, taking care not to trip on any hidden roots. The sun rays are filtering through the boughs of the trees, warming my shoulders.
It is the perfect summer day, and I am in the perfect place: Houdek Dunes hiking trail. The path opens up into a heavenly meadow. Knee-high ferns stretch into the distance for an acre, and the path is nearly invisible, almost completely covered by foliage. As I wind through the field, the tips of the ferns lightly graze my legs. After a steep incline, I have reached the sandy part of the trail. The temperature is noticeably higher here because of the lack of tree cover, and if I squint just right, I can pretend that I am in the middle of the Sahara. I sink into the dune, my pace becoming slow and laborious, and my shoes filling with sand. I crave a cool drink, but no such thing is available out here.
The looping trail leads me back to the shade of the forest, and I am grateful for the break from the hot sun. After rounding a sharp corner, I reach a tree that is easily as tall as a two-story building, and over one-hundred years old. Beneath its ancient limbs rests a smooth wooden bench, donated by some charitable soul. But there is no time to rest today: I bypass the welcoming bench, and continue on home.
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The Leland Educational Foundation presents Alisha Glass, tonight, Thursday, March 3, as she presents "Setting in Pursuit of a Dream" the journey of fulfilling her aspirations beginning as a Leelanau youth to her current position on the US Women's National Volleyball team. Enjoy as she shares how her leadership skills, commitment and innate attributes have led to the vigorous evolution of a youth athlete with nontraditional experience to obtaining a highly awarded collegiate career.
