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The last question was apparently too easy, so here's a tougher one:
Who was the first European explorer to record a sighting of the Sleeping Bear, when did they sight it and what did they call it in their native tongue?
Be the first person to post a comment below with the answer below and you'll receive SIX FREE ROUNDS OF GOLF AT THE RIVER!
Past Giveaways
- The first question was the year that John LaRue moved from South Manitou Island to set up a trading post at Sleeping Bear Bay and Mark Haveman had the correct answer of 1848
This Wednesday (May 23) there will be a benefit, four person best ball scramble at the Leland Country Club & Leland Lodge Restaurant. Cost is $100 per person and includes 18 holes with a cart on this private course, lunch, great prizes and a scrumptious dinner at the Leland Lodge Restaurant.
Monies raised will help the Leelanau Children's Center to provide scholarships and programs for young children. For more information or to sign up, call 256-7841.
Also, mark your calendars for their Ice Cream Socials held Tuesday, June 5 at LCC Northport and Wednesday, June 6 at LCC in Leland.
Photo credit: Leland Country Club - Keith Burnham
This week's Enterprise reports on a new wrinkle in the already wrinkled tapestry that is Sugar Loaf. Cleveland Township resident and former planning commission chairman Charles J. Ryant Jr. has announced his intention to circulate a petition for a referendum on a zoning ordinance amendment that the Township Board adopted to streamline the Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval process for Sugar Loaf. Ryant apparently has issues with the lack of concessions required of developers who apply for PUDs.
The article also notes that Kings Challenge golf pro and manager Chuck Olson is now working for John Sills and that he is confident the course will open this spring. Olson did say:
"From the customer’s perspective, nothing’s going to change at the golf courses, but in terms of reuniting the golf course properties with the ski resort - what's happening now appears to be a step backward rather than a step forward."
Read Referendum plan, suit cloud Sugar Loaf’s future in the Leelanau Enterprise.
Yesterday the Traverse City Business News reported that the former owners of the King's Challenge golf course are suing Sugar Loaf Development LLC to foreclose.
The investment group, headed by John D. Sills and his SJS Development Co., said the new owners failed to make a required payment of $12,500 on Dec. 5 and owe about $27,000 in Cleveland Township property taxes due last September. “The land contract has been in default since Sept. 15, 2006 or longer,†Norman Droste, attorney for Sills and his partners, wrote in a letter to the current owner. Droste said he sees no chance that the new owners will retain control of the golf course. “The foreclosure has commenced, and a judgment will be entered three months after we filed the lawsuit,†he said. That means the foreclosure would be final in early April...
The golf course is south of M-22, next to the now-shuttered Sugar Loaf resort. The resort's failure to resume operations has been seen as a drag on the viability of King’s Challenge.
Sugar Loaf Development paid $3 million for the golf course, its buildings and its fixtures, nearly $1 million for 115 adjacent acres, and about $400,000 for several additional parcels.
The deal involved a $1,900,000 upfront payment, and the remainder was scheduled to be paid in monthly installments until May 2010.
Read Ex-owners foreclosing on King’s Challenge golf course in the TC Biz News.
