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Glen Arbor Sun Here to Enlighten You June 3, 2021 Volume XXVI, Issue V Covering Leelanau County Events, Characters, Businesses and the Arts www.GlenArbor.com FREE! Livelys expand farm, launch Backyard Burdickville campground By Norm Wheeler there are 50 shares spoken for! CSA, or Com- Sun editor munity Supported Agriculture, is a common model on small farms that connects the farmer The scent of cinnamon suffuses the and customer in a unique way. Customers buy air. Is this a spice shop? A tea emporium? “shares” of a farm’s harvest in advance and then Nope, it’s Jane Lively’s hoop house shed receive a portion of the crops as they’re har- for sprouting seedlings at the Lively vested. This model provides farmers important Farm off Bow Road above Burdickville. early-season capital and a guaranteed market Dozens of plastic pots line the shelves, for their produce. all sprinkled with the red spice that kills But Jane’s ambition doesn’t stop there. Her any bacteria in the soil, thus enhancing flowers and produce are also sold at the Em- germination. It’s just one more sign of pire Farmer’s Market on Saturdays in summer, the phenomenal growth occurring within and at the Grow Benzie Market on Mondays. the Lively family’s many new business Plus, Jane has an initiative to help feed “10 ventures that include the Lively Farm, or more” local migrant families. “We are still the Backyard Burdickville Campground, raising funds for these community supported and the next LivelyLands weekend music shares,” Jane explains. “These shares are going festival coming in August. to migrant folks involved in local farm work Jane started the Lively Farm by creat- and families in need of assistance in the Glen ing a CSA and selling shares four years Lake school system. These shares will be free ago. There were eight takers. The next to families designated by the Migrant Resource year there were 15, the next, 25, and now Jane Lively is raising funds for community supported agriculture shares See LIVELY on page 11 to help feed 10 or more local migrant families. Photo by Robert Chacon Leelanau Coffee Roasting Arens brothers grow into Leland By Jacob Wheeler Matt Anderson as their chef. Ander- Sun editor son previously worked for Guillaume Hazaël-Massieux at La Bécasse and The Early Bird breakfast and lunch Bistro Foufou. His menu will include destination in downtown Leland has breakfast staples such as huevos ran- a new tenant—one whose brand is al- cheros, eggs benedict, briskets, break- ready ubiquitous in northern Michigan. fast sandwiches, sourdough pancakes, In mid-June, John and Steve Arens, cinnamon rolls, oatmeal and pastries. who own the Leelanau Coffee Roast- Brunch features blue crab bisque, ing Company in Glen Arbor, will open tomato and tarragon soup and various a breakfast bistro that combines high- salads. quality food with fresh-roasted coffee “We wanted to combine that kind on the main drag in Leland. They are of breakfast with coffee that 48 hours leasing the space from Skip Telgard, ago was green,” said John. “And we who owns the Blue Bird restaurant wanted to find a place that mimics next door. The Early Bird sat empty the amount of pedestrian traffic Glen through much of 2020 as Telgard Arbor gets in the summertime.” struggled to find enough employees Once COVID restrictions lift, the to staff the popular eatery. Leelanau Coffee Roasting Company “We’ve been looking for years to Breakfast Bistro will seat 52 inside open a place that serves great food and 20 outside. The Arens brothers with fresh roasted coffee,” said John. are adding a gazebo, and plan to have “Steve saw that Skip was leasing the coffee bars both inside and outside. Early Bird and they began chatting Hours will be 7 a.m. until 2 p.m., 7 in early February. The Telgards have days a week. been anxious to get someone back in there.” Steve and John Arens. Photo by Jackson Arens The Arens brothers have hired See COFFEE ROASTING on page 10 A stargazing good samaritan sounds the alarm on Le Bear fire By Jacob Wheeler to visit Mackinaw first and stay Sat- Sun editor urday night in Glen Arbor, where they booked a room at the M22 Inn. Kari Beitler, a Detroit area native Kari and her father Gary planned who lives in Cleveland and studies to rise at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning, plant science at Cuyahoga Community May 15, to walk the beach of Sleeping College, traveled north on a road trip Bear Bay and capture the stars through with her parents on Thursday, May 13, the lens of her new Nikon camera. But to witness and photograph the Aurora they missed their initial alarm and Borealis. Photography is a passion didn’t leave their room until 3. They for Kari, who describes herself on her parked at the north end of Manitou Instagram account “kari_d_away” as Boulevard where it meets Lake Michi- a “rust belt explorer, a mitten native, gan, and Kari experimented with the and a Mother Nature protector and settings on her camera to snap pan- advocate.” oramic views of the star-lit sky. She They planned to stay one night in had never taken night shots before. Glen Arbor then travel northeast to At about 3:40 a.m., Gary glanced Mackinaw City—where Kari thought east in the direction of Le Bear Re- the northern lights would be stron- Angela Doster DeWitt captured the aftermath of the Le Bear fire on May 15. gest—but decided at the last minute See LE BEAR FIRE on page 8 Page 2 • June 3, 2021 Glen Arbor Sun From our website, GlenArbor.com Own an Italian restaurant on Big Glen Lake: Funistrada for sale From staff reports a destination restaurant. Here, summer regulars and locals often celebrate spe- Trattoria Funistrada is for sale. Tom cial occasions with family and friends. and Holly Reay are selling their popu- “The Reay family, who has built lar Italian restaurant in Burdickville, this business with love, great food located a stone’s skip from the south- and good business sense since 2000, east shore of Big Glen Lake. are ready for their next chapter. New Serbin Real Estate listed the restau- owners will also find the darling up- rant on May 27 for $1.495 million. The stairs apartment (2 BR, 1 bath, kitchen, Sun broke the news that day. Offers living & dining area) could be used as may arrive soon, as the local real estate owner, employee quarters or rental in- market is, in a word, hot. come. Currently used for dinner only, Here’s how Serbin’s listing de- great opportunity to expand sales and scribes Funistrada, which the Reays business.” opened in 2000: Selling Funistrada “has been some- “Located on the east side of Big Glen thing that we’ve looked into since lake, this award-winning, Leelanau before COVID,” Tom Reay told the County/Glen Lake restaurant, Trattoria Sun. “We’re not in a hurry. And it will Funistrada, well loved by locals and continue as Funi with or without us. summer visitors alike, is being offered Our decision to sell was somewhat for sale. As a ‘turn-key business’ it accelerated by circumstances, seeing includes all licenses, fixtures, supplies, changes in the market.” There was garlic in it too, and the Inn, run by Jack Russell. I asked Tom furniture and management help with “We owe our children several vaca- promise of Chianti served in a wicker Reay why he and Holly took it over. the transfer of ownership. tions,” added Holly. “We’ve had three bottle by a woman like the one in “Il “It’s the old American dream of being “This is a year around business that trips canceled. Our daughter has one Postino.” So I quick-peddled down the self-employed,” Tom replied. “You enjoys much support during the off more year of college, and we want to green tunnel of Echo Valley Road to have to be crazy to own a restaurant, season by locals and winter visitors. spend time with her.” find a new Italian country restaurant so I’m qualified.” Known for their wonderful menu, wine just opening near Miller’s Resort. Tom Tom and Holly have plenty of expe- list and dedicated staff, Funistrada is Funistrada means excellent and Holly Reay have hatched their rience in local food service establish- dream, their own eatery at the former ments. Tom worked at Art’s Tavern Italian food “off the beaten Glen Lake Inn in Burdickville. in Glen Arbor for 13 years. Holly path” Holly Reay, holding darling daugh- managed the Village Inn in Empire Read this excerpt from Norm Wheel- ter Carson while the harried crew for 2 years, and Tom joined her there er’s feature story the Sun published in prepared for their first “big night”, for another year. They supervised the 2000, the year Funistrada opened. explained the origin of the name renovation of the kitchen and the menu “Funistrada.” “In 1974 the Army while there. Says Tom, “We played I lounged in a hammock dozing and did a food preference survey,” Holly with somebody else’s money and made thumbing the pages of Diane Acker- said, “and they threw in the word it work, so we thought OK, we can man’s book A Natural History of the “Funistrada” to see if the guys fill- take the risk.” Senses as a northeast breeze nudged ing out the survey were really paying Funistrada is a “trattoria,” an Ital- the maple leaves over my head. A red- attention. Well, “Funistrada” was ian bistro serving informal, peasant/ shouldered hawk gave a single cry as it checked off as better than eggplant, country style cooking. Why did they just missed the indigo bunting it hunted instant coffee, pickled beets, and choose Italian? “No one else in this in a sudden plummet. Some enchant- grilled bologna!” Tom and Holly area does it,” says Tom, “and it’s my ing scent was riding the air current were married on a Kentucky Derby favorite kind of food.” The restaurant up to Echo Valley from Burdickville. day, May 3, 1997, when one of the seats sixty including a bar that seats It wasn’t the burnt smell of roasting horses running the race was named, four. They specialize in fresh seafood coffee I sometimes nose when the you guessed it, “Funistrada.” And and only use fresh ingredients. Tom de- north wind is strong over Glen Arbor. then their Italian friend Sal told them clares “You can’t make good stuff out No, this was making me hungry. It that it means, loosely translated, “off of bad stuff!” Core menu items include was oregano! Someone had a pot full the beaten path.” Tom Reay chimes in Veal Scallopini, Marlin, Red Snapper, of bubbling tomato sauce simmering “These were all great connections, so and pasta. “We aim to see what people downwind, and I was determined to that’s what we named our restaurant.” want and to tailor the menu over time,” find the source of that heavenly smell. The old Glen Lake Inn is no strang- says Holly Reay. Adds Tom, “We have er to many of us, having been a fa- NO whitefish.” vorite supper club run by the Frank The portions are huge. Everyone “It’s the best!” Hockstein’s from 1970 to 1993. Tom leaving is grasping a doggiebag con- recalled “It specialized in German fare tainer like a quarterback holds the foot- “Living and working in the most beautiful and was known for its great martinis. ball on a rollout. We do the same, and place in America is hard to beat! With a fun and The same people came at the same then I get to finish everyone’s the next supportive team, opportunities to grow in all time on the same weekday for years. It day for lunch. I head for the hammock areas of hospitality, and days off spent around was almost like a private supper club for a nap, tasting the calamari, the beach bonfires or hiking the Sleeping Bear Dunes for locals.” Brian Hockstein tried to lemon penne, the clams in white wine. National Lakeshore, choosing The Homestead is run it for a year, and for the past three Stay tuned for more news about years it has been Jack’s Glen Lake iconic local businesses for sale in a no-brainer. Nearly five years working here, future editions of the Sun. and I wouldn’t trade it for anything!” —Paul Baumbusch, Guest Services Associate

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Manitou Island Transit’s passen- ger ferry “Mishe-Mokwa” resumed service to the Manitou Islands on Me- morial Day weekend after record-high Lake Michigan water levels, flooded docks and the COVID-19 pandemic forced the family-owned business to take a year-long hiatus in 2020. “It’s a relief. We weren’t going to make it another year,” co-owner Me- gan Grosvenor Muñoz told the Sun. “But when you drop something for a year, getting everything up and run-

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Manitou Island Transit’s online res- Creatively sourcing local food to provide ervation system is currently down—as healthy meal options to our community. of press time—so Muñoz and other Tim & Melanie Griffith melandfell.com employees are taking reservations by [email protected] phone and email. (Visit the company’s Delivering to Empire, Glen Arbor, Honor, and Frankfort website at ManitouTransit.com, call Mishe-Mokwa photo taken in 2019 by Raquel Jackson. 231-256-9061, or email ManitouTran- Reservations at campgrounds “A lot of people we’ve talked to, [email protected].) throughout Michigan are filling up this this is the first time visiting the area. And they’re busy! Customer de- summer, as tourists choose camping as It feel like July right now. On top of mand to visit the islands for day trips a safe recreation during the pandemic. reservations, our gift shop is doing and overnight camping is sky high. Reservations are not required to camp days like we do in July. … I’m not sure “It seems like what everyone wants on the islands. But group campsites on what July will look like.” to do right now is camp. So we’re busy South Manitou require a reservation. Like many businesses in Leelanau right now,” said Muñoz, who has con- The Mishe-Mokwa will run at 75 County, Manitou Island Transit is strug- tinued to enter reservations from home percent capacity for the foreseeable gling to find enough employees for the after she leaves the office in Leland’s future, due to COVID-19 restrictions. season. Muñoz would like to hire two Fishtown at 5 p.m. Masks are required onboard. more full-time workers for the store, “Looking ahead, there will be lots “Our crew is double-vaccinated, and two more to work on the boat. She of booked days. People absolutely but we’re still masking because we’re just increased wages to $20/hour, and need to make reservations far in ad- seeing people come here from all over an employee sometimes makes $100 in vance.” the map,” said Muñoz. tips each day on the boat.

What a difference one year makes. The dock at South Manitou Island was submerged under record-high Lake Michigan water levels in 2020 (left). This year the dock is ready to accept ferry passengers (right). Photos courtesy of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Leland Library holds summer children’s program From staff reports music and rhyme and tall tales. Join For more information, call 231-256- Luunappi for a morning filled with 9152 or visit LelandLibrary.org. On Friday, June 18, at 10:30 a.m., songs, stories, and poems for families Leland Township Library will kick off on the turtleback in front of the library. its summer children’s program with There is no cost to attend the pro- Leelanau locals Patrick Niemisto and gram, which will be held in-person and Norm Wheeler of Luunappi as part outdoors (weather-permitting). Please of its 2021 Children’s Summer Read- bring chairs and/or blankets. In the ing Program. The word “luunappi” is event of inclement weather, we will Finnish for a finger snap to the ear. To move into the Munnecke room. Niemisto and Wheeler, it also means Glen Arbor Sun Here to enlighten you Honoring the Fallen

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220 N Saint Joseph Street, Suttons Bay Glen Arbor Sun June 3, 2021 • Page 5 Youth movement highlights Glen Arbor businesses By Norm Wheeler Sun editor

“For the times, they are a-chan- gin’” Bob Dylan The business dynamic in Glen Ar- bor is in flux. A recent walk from one end of town to the other to ask “What’s the buzz?” took four hours because so much is happening. Both facts and rumors abound. And it’s the youthful HONOR MICHIGAN energy of several newer business owners that is leading the transition. TREE HONOR SERVICE MICHIGAN Laurenn Rudd and Lizzie Morgan- Gray are the new owners of Cottonseed TREE989-600-7452 SERVICE Apparel. They closed the deal with 989-600-7452 the Oberschultes on May 12. Laurenn started working there in 2005, moved to New York City for two years, and then returned to be the manager. Lizzie has been working there for eight years. “I’ve always loved it,” says Lau- renn, “When Lizzie started she ex- pected it to be only a summer job. She Lizzie Morgan-Gray (left) and Laurenn Rudd (right) acquired Cottonseed had a degree in Anthropology and Bi- Apparel from Marc and Diana Oberschulte on May 12. ology, but she fell in love with fashion. We became close by being managers after Doug and Tonya Thomas bought as breaking news about the Sylvan Inn together, and then started wondering if it from Oberschulte’s in 2010, they and the Lakeshore Motel. Stay tuned maybe we could buy it. Oberschultes made Ken the manager in 2013. Ken for details as they emerge. And Randy talked to us last fall about the idea, so says they’re gonna keep on keepin’ on. and Mari Chamberlain report that we started negotiating.” (Visit online at TheTotemShop.com) Blu, temporarily closed after the fire The two now own Cottonseed at LeBear Resort, is hoping to resume 50/50. “We absolutely love working normal operations in a couple of weeks in Glen Arbor,” Laurenn continues. as the investigation of the fire wraps “We love this business they built, and up and restoration of the utilities can we intend to carry on the legacy and proceed. (Visit GlenArborBlu.com). the brands while also making it our own. We have the best customers and the best staff. For a seasonal place we Arts Center have great retention. This is such a great space to work in.” For now there are no plans for major changes, but hosts “Feed Me! “we’ll see at the end of the year when things slow down and we have time to Cady Hall and Cos Burrows, who A Word Feast” draft some goals.” Laurenn and Lizzie took over the Good Harbor Grill in From staff reports plan to stay open through the holidays, 2018, continue to expand with new and will have the end-of-season sale in starters and sides. They busted out The Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) October as usual. “We’d like to be part their new menu Saturday with the of the pajama party at Thanksgiving, hosts Feed Me!, an evening of poetry addition of wheat berry salad and and prose about feeding the mind, body too!” (Visit their website at Cotton- avocado corn salsa, and new appetizers seedApparel.com) and spirit, on Friday, June 11, at 7 pm. including bruschetta, shrimp cocktail, Feed Me! is part of the Glen Arbor Arts and crab cakes. See the story at glenar- Center’s exhibition Food Is Art/Art Is borsun.com/Handing the Good Harbor Food, which runs until August 19 in Grill over to the next generation. (Visit the GAAC gallery. The event is free online at GoodHarborGrill.com) and open to the public. Matt and Katy Wiesen continue to Poets and writers will perform or BEAUTIFULLY INTEGRATED keep things busy on the east side of read their work outdoors before a live NORTHERN LANDSCAPES town at the Crystal River Outfitter’s audience at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake Recreational District. They will host St. Glen Arbor. Each writer may read yoga on Wednesdays this summer, as up to five minutes. No pre-registration is well as kid’s art classes on Thursdays required. Poets will be added to the eve- from 10-12. The Wine Bar has music ning’s readers list on a first-come basis. on Saturdays until mid-June, and then Feed Me! is open to all writers and expands to Tuesdays and Thursdays poets, both children and adults, of any as well. You can enjoy a glass of wine experience or skill level. Poems may Bella and Zach Pryor, with the help while listening to The Duges, Andre of their parents Deanna and Scott, now be the work of one author or a team of Villoch, Dennis Palmer, or Blake El- writers working in any genre: poetry have two shops in Glen Arbor. They liott. (Visit CrystalRiverOutfitters.com) HARDSCAPES LANDSCAPES GARDEN DESIGN continue to operate their Northern or prose, free verse, traditional verse, Riverfront Pizza & Specialties is haiku, rap, beat or other experimental Roots location on the corner of the deck for sale and negotiations are afoot, 231-735-5300 at Boonedocks, and they are also mov- forms. Both previously published and crewoodard.com but business will proceed as usual unpublished work is welcome. Feed ing into the new place, called Copper, in through the fall. The Sun will report Georgia Gietzen’s former Northwoods Me! is a family-friendly event. Par- on developments as they unfold. (Visit ticipants are asked to share work that Home & Gifts location next to the RiverfrontPizza.com) Leelanau Coffee Roasters and across is consistent with the temperament of There are new developments re- this event. Cre Woodard Sun Times Ad 2021.indd 1 2/12/21 1:23 PM from Bear Paw Pizza & Market. garding the former Wildflowers prop- “We will feature more of Scott’s erty that was purchased by Pete Faber designs there,” says Deanna, “and next to Northwoods Hardware, as well we’ll try to figure out how quickly the kids can run back and forth between the two shops!” Click on our website to read our Aug. 2, 2020, story about Bella and Zach, “Five Years After the Storm: Making Positive Out of Nega- tive.” (Visit on the web at Northern- RootsMichigan.com) Ken Schwaiger, another of the young faces in Glen Arbor, continues to manage The Totem Shop. He started working there when he was 14, and Page 6 • June 3, 2021 Glen Arbor Sun Interior designer Gretchen Knoblock turns New Leaf in Glen Arbor By Jacob Wheeler Chicago’s north shore, says the two Sun editor years she spent at Leelanau School as a junior and senior in the early 1980s Gretchen Knoblock, who just changed her life. She also fell in love opened New Leaf Interiors in the heart with northern Michigan, and longed to of Glen Arbor, giggles when she recalls return here one day. standing in front of the Dechow Barn Eleven years ago she returned, with in the Port Oneida Rural Historic Dis- her cat, her clothes, her toothbrush, trict 40 years ago, complaining to her and little else. She rented a coach Leelanau School history and govern- house near Suttons Bay and worked ment teacher Mike Munhall, “What for another interior designer, but times are we doing in the middle of a field were tough. The economic recession looking at a dirty old barn? Why is this lingered, and launching her own ven- important in my life?” ture seemed like a risky move. The purpose of the field trip in “People thought I was nuts, but I the Sleeping Bear Dunes National was here where my heart lived. When Lakeshore was to learn about Dutch your heart is home, anything is pos- gambrel and gable roofs and vernacular sible,” Knoblock said. “If I had to live architecture. Little did she know then, under a bush and eat berries, thanks to but what she learned from Munhall and my fine Leelanau School education, I from art teacher Joanne Evans that year would know exactly what bush to live would plant the seeds that inspired her under and what berries to eat.” to become an interior designer. In Traverse City she launched New Knoblock, a Wilmette native on Leaf Interiors, which is located on the Ann McCoy (left) and Gretchen Knoblock (right) at New Leaf Interiors’ new location in Glen Arbor. south end of Elmwood Avenue in the “People were focusing on homes, Grand Traverse Commons. She made and focusing on northern Michigan,” some missteps, learned from them, she said. and thrived. She seized opportunities “COVID really changed our human

VISIT VISIT that presented themselves, and she nature. Everyone was spending less of YOUR LEELANAU LIBRARY listened to customer feedback. She their disposal income on gasoline and print, digital, programs, wifi & more! brought cabinetry and kitchen design clothes. They were sitting at home, elements into a showroom across the working in their pajamas, wonder- hall so customers wouldn’t have to ing ‘Now we’re at home. How do we drive all over greater Traverse City do this?’ How do we keep a working GLEN LAKE COMMUNITY LEELANAU TOWNSHIP to view them. She teamed up with husband and wife separate enough to LIBRARY LIBRARY other talented designers including do the work they need to do?” GLEN231-326-5361 LAKE 231-386-5131LEELANAU Andrea Dolson, Ann McCoy, and Amy Knoblock had long contemplated www.glenlakelibrary.net www.leelanautownshiplibrary.org Schichtel, who Knoblock describes as having a satellite location in Leelanau a “master cabinet engineer and CAD County, to be closer to high-end cli- COMMUNITYOn M-22 in Empire LIBRARY DowntownTOWNSHIP Northport LIBRARY (computer-aided design) technical ents. But each year a different project 231-326-5361 231-386-5131 drawing whiz. … She’s very technical. would delay her expansion. LELAND TOWNSHIP SUTTONS BAY BINGHAM I’m looking more at the whole picture, “It’s always been a dream of mine www.glenlakelibrary.netLIBRARY DISTRICTwww.leelanautownshiplibrary.org LIBRARY the overall aesthetic.” to have a presence in Glen Arbor. I’m On Front231-256-9152 Street in Empire 231-271-3512Downtown Northport The interior design industry has a Leelanau School kid,” she said. “I www.lelandlibrary.org www.sbbdl.org surged in northern Michigan over the felt underrepresented in Glen Arbor.” On the river in Leland On the beach in Suttons Bay past year, buoyed in part by the CO- She wasn’t planning to expand this VID-19 pandemic and increased focus year either, until she read this spring on home upgrades, and also by the that the National Lakeshore was at- Grand Traverse region’s meteoric rise tracting record numbers of visitors— as a cherished place to own a first or during the cold months of January second home. And this after the early and February—and was on pace to set LELAND SUTTONS BAY BINGHAM spring of 2020, when the coronavirus another annual record. first arrived and the economy ground “Now was the time,” she told her- TOWNSHIP LIBRARY DISTRICT LIBRARY to a halt. self. “We all know how busy last sum- “Nobody thought anyone would do mer was [in Leelanau County] during 231-256-9152 231-271-3512 any business of any kind last year,” COVID.” said Knoblock. “We were physically Knoblock jumped at an opportunity www.lelandlibrary.org www.sbbdl.org shut down. We were like ‘Don’t panic, to lease the building from Bill and On the river in Leland On the beach in Suttons Bay just put food on the table … We’re not Dotti Thompson, just south of The getting rich this year, but hopefully we Sportsman Shop on M-22, which had can stay afloat’.” previously housed the arts and crafts New Leaf Interiors’ gross revenues store Smock Paper Scissors, and before last year increased 20 percent over that TnT Video. (Bill served his popu- 2019. lar Chicago-style “Dune Dogs” from a hotdog stand next door until Labor Day of 2019.)

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Keith Burnham, with his great love of the charming village of Leland, and its accompanying historic Fishtown, lives by the words, “Every day’s a joy, and some days are more joyous than others…” And that right in his own special place. He has been taking photos of this area for well over five decades. Keith’s constant companion was his dog Biscuit. His daily photos turned into the blog The Leland Report, and the Report and Biscuit came to have followers in every state in the nation as well as from all over the world. Keith and his wife Joan moved to Leland from Illinois in 1999. Though they have lived most of their life in Illinois, their hearts and mind, for Biscuit and Keith Burnham offer warm smiles. most of their lives, has always been in their beloved Leland, and especially in step with the evolution of digital he was fortunate to find a good home Fishtown. photography itself,” said Jim. Keith with my Mom and Dad.” Joan Gits’s family had been va- and Jim were forerunners in the then Biscuit was well known both on the cationing in Leland for well over 70 new digital photography and the soon- Leland Report site as Keith’s constant years starting back in the 1940s before to-boom Internet. Since 2001, the companion, and especially was this World War II. She introduced Keith to Leland Report has been a photo-a-day, well-loved hound popular in Fishtown. the area in the summer of 1959 before every day, with very few days missed. So much so that Jim added him to the they were married. “I knew I was going This they accomplished even before Leland Report logo. “Biscuit always to live here the minute I came,” said Facebook became popular after 2004. loved to meet his fans and take a pic- Keith. As a couple, newly in love, they “So, while all the photography ture in Fishtown, his favorite place. started coming to Leland whenever the outings with my Dad when I was a At times Keith would say that more time availed. kid were more to go for a ride on the people knew Biscuit than knew him, Besides their love for the area, Honda, I think subconsciously he set but he was ok with that. Biscuit was a there is an even greater love for their into motion this feeling I discovered good dog and we will all miss him.” children. Their first born is Julie, the back in the decade after college, but “When I find the first Biscuit Re- eldest of the Burnham family clan. always knew I had. In high school, I port, I’ll post it. If you would like to Next in line is Mary, then John, and had a camera,” Jim reminisced. “In honor Biscuit’s life, please consider a the youngest, James “Jim.” Even college, I had a camera. During all the See LELAND REPORT on page 9 though they live in various places scat- summers in Leland, I had a camera. I tered across the country, they remain have a milk crate filled to the top with a close-knit family and always make slides and negatives dating back to the that their priority. As for their Dad, early 1980s.” despite living far from them, he shared As for Keith’s journey into pho- his daily walks and the wonders of tography, Jim explained, “My Dad’s Leland—through his eyes—with them. journey was different. He was intro- He began emailing them his photos duced to photography indirectly by nearly every day when he and Joan his stepfather, Charlie Kluk. Charlie moved full-time to Leland. left Dad a pile of 3×5 negatives that Fast forward to March 2001, when Dad wanted to print, so he set up an word—and his wonderful photos— ad-hoc dark room on the back porch got out beyond his communicating of his grandparents’ house in North just with his own children. More and Riverside, Illinois.” more people requested that they get One family member that more must the email too. “At first he emailed us be included about in this story is Bis- photos every day. We forwarded them cuit, their beloved dog who died on on to people we knew. It was such a Jan. 12. “Biscuit came into our lives big email, I thought it became easier to by fate, after his predecessor ran away just create a website,” Jim explained. (or ran back to their previous owner, Jim not only provided a link to the we aren’t sure),” explained Jim. “My site, but allowed viewers to see the parents adopted Biscuit in 2009 from photos and have the ability to leave an elderly gentleman who lived in comments. Thus the official Leland Empire. The man was no longer able Report began. “Its evolution was right to care for the dog and we all know that Page 8 • June 3, 2021 Glen Arbor Sun

LE BEAR FIRE “Let’s take a walk,” she said. Within either, observed Kari, because the wind continues from page 1 a few steps, Kari saw that a large was carrying smoke north over Lake sort—a fractionally-owned luxury building was on fire, and she started Michigan. residential club with 14 private resi- to run toward the blaze, inadvertently She ran back toward her dad and dencies—and blurted “What is that?” dropping her camera and phone on yelled at him to call 911. “There’s a Kari saw the orange and red glow the beach. Gary, nearly 70, continued fire on the third floor,” she frantically down the beach and replied, “It must to walk. told the emergency dispatcher. But no be a bonfire.” They had seen one ear- The fire sent flames 15 feet high alarms had gone off. Dispatch called lier the previous evening along Sleep- on the east side of the resort, but Le back Gary’s phone a couple times to ing Bear Bay. Kari took a closer look Bear Resort is long enough that one confirm this wasn’t a false alarm. and recognized that the fire was high could stand on Lake Street, on the In the meantime, Kari began knock- off the ground. It wasn’t a bonfire. west side of the complex, and not see ing on doors at the resort and yelling the blaze. One couldn’t smell the fire that the building was on fire. By the time the Glen Lake Fire Department arrived within a few minutes of the Gil/Betsy Webb - Rob Serbin - Ron Raymond - TJ Shimek - Nick Vanden Belt initial call, Kari had pounded her fist on nearly every single door and shone her flashlight in windows, and all oc- cupants had left Le Bear. The evacuees included a family with two daughters staying directly underneath the fire. By this time the smoke hung over the entire resort, which had opened Photos by Kari Beitler 6675 W. Western Ave for the season the day before and was resort, was not affected by fire or water Glen Arbor, MI 49636 approximately 80 percent full on the damage, but co-owner and chef Randy 231.334.2758 night of the fire. Chamberlain announced on Facebook www.serbinrealestate.com “My little lungs hurt from coughing later on May 15 that he would be closed indefinitely until utilities are Trattoria Funistrada all night,” she wrote, “but [I] managed Located on the East side of Big Glen lake, this Award winning, to bang and scream until everyone was restored. [He hopes to reopen in early Leelanau County/Glen Lake restaurant, Trattoria Funistrada, well loved June.] by locals and summer visitors alike, is being offered for sale. As a "turn- awake and safe.” key business" it includes all licenses, fixtures, supplies, furniture and With firemen on the scene, Kari “This comes obviously at the worst management help with the transfer of ownership. Known for their possible time,” wrote Chamberlain. wonderful menu, wine list and dedicated staff, Funistrada is a snapped a few photos from the Lake destination restaurant. New owners will also find the darling upstairs Street boat ramp dock, but she left the “[Friday] night we just had our busi- apartment (2 BR, 1 bath, kitchen, living & dining area) could be used as owner, employee quarters or rental income. Currently used for scene when her asthma began to kick est day since reopening in April. The dinner only, great opportunity to expand sales and business. in. She and Gary walked west again optimism of the pandemic waning, our staff was building with some fabulous $1,495,000 MLS 1887901 toward their car, found her camera and phone on the beach, and returned people who have been through so to their hotel. Exhausted, they hadn’t much. … We all feel broken but we’ll taken a single photo of the northern be back.” lights. Chamberlain thanked the emergen- Her mom Janet was awake and cy crews from Glen Lake Fire Depart- waiting for them when they returned. ment and five other departments and “I had a weird feeling something was heralded their efforts to contain and going to happen,” she told them. Reek- save the building. Other restaurants ing of smoke and wired by what they in Glen Arbor stepped up to help, too. had experienced, Kari and Gary each “Thanks to Tim and his staff at Art’s showered and didn’t get to sleep until Tavern for lending us cold storage close to 6 a.m. After checking out of space and all the other restaurants and the hotel on Sunday mid-morning, they friends in our town that have reached stopped to caffeinate their bodies at the out to offer help.” Leelanau Coffee Roasting Company before driving south again. “I love Glen Arbor,” said Kari. “I Your Life. Your Home. Our Help. can’t wait to get back here.” Restaurant Blu still closed ShareCare is a volunteer organization dedicated Nobody was hurt in the fire, but to making independent living easier for all Le Bear suffered substantial damage. Nine different crews from around Leelanau County seniors in need. the region came to help put out the blaze and worked until 10:30 a.m. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP SENIORS They included firefighters from Ce- • Drivers for Medical Appointments • Deliver Groceries dar Area Fire and Rescue, Leland, • Make Check-In Calls • Assist with Small Tasks and Chores Grand Traverse Metro, Traverse City Fire Department, Almira, Long Lake, Leland, the Grand Traverse Band and For more information: Green Lake. p: 231-256-0222 | e: [email protected] | sharecareleelanau.org Blu, the restaurant attached to the Glen Arbor Sun June 3, 2021 • Page 9

Leelanau Peninsula book was pub- Look for stories in our June lished in 2016. “It was a bare-bones effort. I reviewed over 20,000 photos, 17 edition about author Lynne chose the best and laid it out in. When Rae Perkins, 20 years of Misers’ I finally showed it to a publisher they Hoard in Empire, and Linda suggested, since I had most of the work Dewey & Anne-Marie Oomen’s done already, that I self-publish,” he painting/poetry collaboration. explained. “I got some invaluable ad- vice from Steven Klein who is a retired publisher. Thanks goes to Leelanau 70 Acres Press publisher Barbara Siepker South of Empire for that referral. My sister edited it. Meggen Wat Petersen, Sandra Serra Bradshaw and Mark Smith contributed some of the writing. And as a bonus,” he continued, “Susan Ager agreed to write the Foreword. We also included some interesting quotes from our good friend Bill Hahn from ‘near Chelsea, Michigan’.” It is a coffee table keeper Near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park of a book for sure and available locally at Leelanau Books and Suttons Bay Attention, farmers ... Looking for sunny, level LELAND REPORT cutting and mounting the slides for the land? This parcel is primarily cropland, most continues from page 7 show at the evening BBQ. Incidentally, Books, or find it online at LelandRe- recently corn and formerly hay and pasture. the Leland Yacht Club Barbecruise port.com. Approximately 10 acres on the northern side donation to Fishtown Preservation, it are shaded by hardwoods & pines. $350,000 “I’m very grateful to have the book was his favorite place,” said Jim. “At will be held this summer on Saturday, 1885985 a certain point, he was not physically Aug. 7. available,” said Paula Aflin, manager able to get up into the Jeep anymore, Following in his Dad’s footsteps of Leelanau Books in Leland. “Very so he would stay home the times Keith as an excellent photographer, Jim has few people are self-publishing coffee table books,” she explained. “People Christine Stapleton would go into town.” taken it upon himself to shoot the pho- “We always looked forward to the tos for the Leland Report. Jim, along want it for their cabins or to take Cell/Text 231-499-2698 with the rest of his brothers and sisters, home. They connect personally with visits from Biscuit at the fishery in www.cdstapleton.com the mornings,” said Bill Carlson of says they were fortunate to spend all this book,” she said. “One man came Carlson Fisheries in Fishtown. “He their summers in Leland growing up. in just the other day and pointed to a always brought Keith with him,” Bill “I’m the originator of the Leland Re- picture inside the book. He said that he threw in with his grin. “Biscuit always port, and for over 20 years I’ve given used to stay right across from there as got a treat of fish sausage or jerky as my Dad the palette on which he paints he pointed. People connect with this he waited patiently by the door. Some- with his photographs.” Jim resides in special book.” times they would be on the south side Tremont, Illinois, but, just like his Dad, “My Dad thanks everyone for their of the river taking the perfect shot for he travels back to Leland as often as well wishes. He’s 88 now and feeling, the day, and Biscuit’s treat would be possible. Julia, Keith’s oldest daughter, well, just okay. I am going to be man- delivered by airmail. A great start to claims she lived in Illinois but “grew ning the old Leland Gallery location our day. We’re missing them now.” up in Leland.” A family love affair (the lower level of the building under Keith didn’t actually get a camera for sure. Fishtown) from June 29 thru July until 1955 while living in California. The entire family is also avid rock 7,” said Jim. “I will have our Leland “My Dad didn’t catch the photography collectors. “When we go to the beach, Report book, canvas prints, Keith’s bug until later, when he started coming we all bring back our favorites,” said Leland Pen and Ink prints, and some to Leland regularly in the early 1960s. Jim. “Our collection includes a pretty other items as well.” He took photos of Barbecruise day, good representation of most of the developed them in the bathroom of kind of rocks you’ll find on the shores the Beach House and mounted them of Lake Michigan: Granite, Agates, for display the same night at the Bar- Petoskeys, Leland Blues and Frankfort beque,” he explained. Green, Honeycomb Coral, Charlevoix Anyone who knows what goes Stone (Favosite), Chain Coral, Basalt, into taking, developing and mounting Brachiopod Fossils, Chert, Jasper, slides the same day at home can attest Quartz, Sandstone, Unikite, and Sep- to this herculean task. The afternoon tarian Stones.” was filled with a cadre of volunteers The Leland Report: 15 Years in the Call for entries: Everyday objects What happens when an artist gets her hands on a common, everyday object, and begins to reimagine it? That’s the challenge behind the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s exhibition Everyday Objects. The exhibit runs Aug. 27-Oct. 28. On- line applications for this juried show accepted until July 15. Read more about the exhibition and apply at GlenArborArt.org/ARTISTS.

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the street and told John she was im- COFFEE ROASTING pressed that this A-frame sign on the continues from page 1 street had real hinges; she used shoe- Boomchunkas, dried cherries, coffee strings to hold together her A-frame at The Leelanau Coffee Roasters’ story Lake Street Studios. is a central part of Glen Arbor’s busi- Bob showed up one day and told the ness surge over the past 25 years. The Arens brothers he had visited Smeltzer Arens opened a small café across from Orchard in Benzie County, which had Lake Street Studios—where the Cherry dried cherries they wanted to promote Republic retail empire lives now—on that were packed in plastic deli tubs. Memorial Day weekend of 1993 in a John remembers they put a dish of building they rented from Steve Heller. the dried cherries on the counter for They initially shared the space with customers and Steve wrote a sign that local entrepreneur Bob Sutherland, said, “Dried cherries. Try Some. Yum.” who sold cherry Boomchunka cookies. Cherry Republic took off. So did Steve and Bob knew each other from the Coffee Roasters, which moved in working at the Red Pine, which is now 1998 to their current location on M-22, the Good Harbor Grill. across the street from the Western Steve Arens initially wanted to Avenue Grill. open in Empire—a hotter business The Arens brothers have flirted with destination than Glen Arbor at the retail expansions in the ensuing years. time—and call their business “Empire They opened, briefly, in Petoskey in Coffee Company.” They couldn’t find 1997 and at the now mothballed Sugar any retail locations available so they Loaf resort in 1998, but each store expanded their search to Glen Arbor. closed within a few years. Now the When they opened 28 years ago, Leelanau Coffee Roasters is growing artist Suzanne Wilson walked across again, this time in downtown Leland. NEW LEAF product is even rougher,” she said. continues from page 6 “We could furnish an entire house, but we’re finding that materials are not New Leaf Interiors opened in Glen arriving until next year. The supply Arbor this Memorial Day weekend, as chain is broken.” the market continues to sizzle. By the What styles and motifs are hot right end of April, New Leaf had already now among owners of second homes hit what the business grossed in all of in Leelanau who want to update their 2020. Knoblock is considering more interiors? Knoblock said it depends satellite locations in the years to come on what her clients perceive as the to serve other high-end home markets, “northern Michigan look.” Some want such as Crystal Lake in Benzie County. the lake life, the ‘up north’ life, bears While interior design and home or woods. Many of her clients with decorating are hot markets in lakeshore second homes want a rustic contempo- communities right now, so is home rary feel—a space that resembles a log building. The challenge is to find a cabin inside but with modern updates contactor to do the work. “Getting and 21st century amenities.

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LIVELY continues from page 1 Council (MRC) and professionals at Glen Lake Community Schools—and recipients will be welcomed into the farm community wholeheartedly as full-fledged members. We have plans to get together monthly with the MRC folks to cook and eat a meal together, and we’ll provide recipes and ideas for meals to create with the produce shared each week.” Through her mission of trying to make food accessible to all, Jane reached out to social worker Amy Johnson-Velis at Glen Lake School where she helped form a committee Burdickville she organized a small lo- will be home from his career provid- to offer community-supported shares cal music festival called LivelyLands. ing sound for arena concerts all over to those facing food insecurity. Con- The first one was held in the field next the country to set up sound gear and tributors may contact Jane through the to Dave’s Garage near the Empire turn the knobs, Maria Ulrich from website at TheLivelyFarm.com. Airport along Co Rd 677, and the next Leelanau Sound will help out again as Jane’s mom Kelly Lively adds that year it was held behind the buildings the stage manager, and Emily’s close there will also be flowers and some at the Eagles Meadow before the friend from Austin, Jason Weems, will potatoes and squash available at Livelys purchased the property. This again bring his resonant radio voice to Jane’s older sister Emily’s Backyard year’s LivelyLands will be staged at the emcee duties. A talented singer- Burdickville Campground along M-72 the back of the property on Aug. 20- songwriter in her own right, Emily has (3805 W Empire Hwy) just east of Gil- 22. Featured acts will include Austin created a production company (Lively bert Road. (That’s where members will artist Dana Falconbury (who has an Productions, duh!) that is “dedicated to pick up their shares this year on Thurs- album entitled Leelanau), and a trio assuring that at least 50% of our acts days starting the second Thursday in consisting of Gregory Stovetop, Seth are female-fronted bands.” Tickets and June). Formerly the Eagle’s Meadow, Bernard, and Mark Lavengood, all on info and opportunities to volunteer and the Livelys purchased the campground Friday. Joshua Davis, Emma Cook, to contribute can be found at TheLive- and event space last year and have al- and the Detroit funk/soul band Laura lyLands.com. ready started planting trees and grow- Rain & the Caesars all play on Satur- With the help and guidance of par- ing flowers and vegetables on the site. day; and the Mark Lavengood Blue ents Jim and Kelly, the entire Lively After living in Austin, Tex., and after Grass Jam finishes off the festival on family is busy on many fronts creating working for seven years in the office Sunday. Former local Pete Wiejaczka and sustaining community. at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival, Emily moved back to Burdickville a couple of years ago with her husband Robert and daughter Shirley. Then along came baby Arthur Felo to join the family recently. “Backyard Burdickville is our name for the seasonal camping and event venue at the old Eagles Meadow. We have 15 rustic campsites for $25/night for up to four people, and right now there is plenty of availability,” Emily explains. “And we have a cool round glamping tent for rent for $75/night with two double beds and plenty of space inside. It’s like a little tented hotel room. (See www.HipCamp. com) We are allowed to have three large events per year right now, and we are awaiting Kasson Township’s approval to allow rental of the facility for smaller events like family reunions, weddings, and birthday parties.” Old Art Building hosts exhibit The family is busy re-thinking the From staff reports of a group of visual artists who meet facilities to accommodate more events weekly, year around, to paint at the Old and music. “There is a kitchen space The Leelanau Community Cultural Art Building. Their mediums range already that provides caterers a place Center will host the annual Leelanau from oils to watercolors, pastels, acryl- to provide food for weddings and re- Artists Exhibition, an exhibit and sale ics and more. The group’s purpose is unions. And we hope to enclose a 40’ by of artists’ work from open studio ses- to participate in the imaginative and 30’ area of the garage for small indoor sions that take place year around at The creative process while enjoying the ca- events that will include a small stage Old Art Building in Leland. The show maraderie and insight of fellow artists. so that we can have year-round events. will open on Friday evening, June 4, For artists who are interested in (She even has the old original bar from from 5-7 p.m., and continue through attending an Open Studio, the group Art’s Tavern!) That and a shower/bath- the weekend. Viewing hours on Sat- meets at the Old Art Building on room facility for campers will require urday, June 5, are 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Tuesdays. All skill levels and ages are a septic system, so we’re working on Sunday, 10-4 p.m. welcome, and it is free. 6027 lake street, glen arbor plans and permits for all of that.” The exhibition represents the work For additional information, call the The first summer Emily was back in Old Art Building at 231.256.2131.

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