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letters Housekeeping Martin Luther King day is the most prime example of the real difference between American conservative and liberal ideologies. The Democratic party parades social equality and justice only superficially.

They make Juneteenth into a holiday, celebrate Dr. King, say Black Lives Matter, then embrace a justice system that throws black men into prison for profit.

If your only exposure to Dr. King’s legacy has been through the public school system and mainstream news media, you have completely missed the point of his work. King was an enemy of the state in his time. King was, by his own admission, staunchly anticapitalist. When he held rallies and events, white America decried them as rioters and looters the same as they do today.

Next MLK day, and every day, let us remember his real message: “We must now see that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together... you can’t really get rid of one without getting rid of the others... the whole structure of American life must be changed.

America is a hypocritical nation and we must put our own house in order.”

on Jan. 6. Stop saying it. Trump told his supporters to peacefully protest the vote count. The attendant violence had all of the hallmarks of an Antifa/BLM action — not a Trump rally — and the only person killed was an unarmed female veteran shot for no reason by a Capitol police officer who has since been promoted. Some of you people need to get your heads screwed on straight.

And, Mr. Lampinen, Republicans are not trying to suppress any vote but rather to make it more difficult to commit vote fraud. Democrats are opposed to election integrity laws because they make it more difficult to commit that fraud, fraud which Democrats practically invented. So if you really care about free and fair elections, you will support voter ID, no early voting, no mail-in balloting, and only verified absentee voting by request of the individual voter.

Michigan State Police following his sisterin-law’s claims that he began assaulting her for several years, from the time she he was 15 or 16 years old. No charges have been filed. Chatfield has disputed the claims, characterizing their relationship as consensual and beginning after his sister-inlaw had turned 18. —Ed.] Nevertheless, he still had the energy left over to take a strong stance against members of the LGBTQ+ community based on his own heart-felt belief in the Bible. Wow! Now, I’m no biblical scholar, but I thought the Ten Commandments were in all versions of the Bible. Perhaps there is a locally published one called “The Levering King Rusty” version that leaves out commandments No. 7 and No. 10.

Charles Knapp, Maple City

Homeowner Beware After being scammed for a small amount of money by a local licensed electrician, we took him to small claims court, where we prevailed. However, the burden of collecting the debt still falls to the plaintiff, as the court does not pursue collection (surprise!). The plaintiff can count on more delays, more court hearings.

Because of the contractor’s lengthy record as a defendant in 86th District Court, the county prosecutor charged him with two felony counts of consumer fraud and two misdemeanor counts of fraud, with us as stated victims. After many months and too many court hearings to count, he pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor counts in exchange for dropping the felony counts.

Victim restitution was part of the judgment.

Although we were scammed in September 2020, we have yet to receive restitution despite judgment in both courts.

Systemic failures: 1. A defendant can claim to have no income, no savings, and no assets, reject an offer for a court-appointed attorney, and yet somehow manage to hire a private attorney without anyone questioning that logical disconnect.

2. A defendant can be issued a bench warrant for his arrest in Grand Traverse county and still appear at a Zoom hearing from his home during an Antrim county hearing without anyone calling for his arrest (despite both courts being in 86th District).

3. The Better Business Bureau refused to publish my review of the business and continues to list this business as having no complaints against it, no reviews, and an A+ rating.

4. To add insult to injury, the state licensing agency has renewed this contractor’s Master Electrician and General Contractor licenses, despite our objections.

5. A complaint to the State Attorney General did not even elicit a response.

Lessons learned: 1. Never pay a deposit to a contractor.

Legitimate contractors do not ask for one.

None of the other contractors finishing out our basement asked for money until their job was complete.

2. The BBB has no credibility as a consumer protection website.

3. A state license means the contractor has passed a competency test but is no indication of integrity. Research the person on your local district court website.

4. Rely on personal references from people you know who have personal experience with the contractor.

Essential Smiles One thing I like about Traverse City is that corporate entities like CVS and 7-11 have wonderful frontline workers — also known as essential in our pandemic universe — who truly are Mom and Pop in their daily customer service.

Concerning the former, I have seen CVS staff do double duty as both cashier and stocking shelves. They, as labor, are better than that, but the real kicker is that CVS increased their COVID testing kits prices in one pricing-gouging swoop last week from $24.99 to $38.99; with their employees getting the feedback flack — not CVS brass at the chain’s headquarters in Connecticut.

But wait, there is more! CVS is attempting to acquire insurance giant Aetna. So maybe us peons here in Traverse City should voice our concern to the feds regarding a huge anti-trust issue, as clearly validated by CVS upping the price of their tests and lining their poohbah pockets in a pandemic.

Still, give your cashier at CVS — and in every service industry — a smile at checkout.

Still Hoping No matter where we live or our background, Americans want fair elections, where we all have the freedom to vote and make our voices heard on important issues such as providing affordable healthcare, creating good jobs, and ensuring quality education.

For months, the American people have been calling for national standards to protect our freedom to vote, ensure fair representation, and get big money out of politics. The Freedom To Vote Act is proof that our voices have power in the halls of the U.S. Senate.

The Freedom to Vote Act is essential for fair redistricting: It bans partisan gerrymandering for congressional maps and helps ensure that all communities get the representation they deserve for the next 10 years and beyond.

We must demand that our Senators pass this bill that sets national standards for us to safely and freely cast our ballots, ensure every vote is counted, and elect people who will deliver for us. The U.S. Senate must do whatever it can to pass this important bill and that includes reforming the rules of the Senate if obstructionists won’t let the bill move forward. There is no substitute or compromise for this full bill.

Join me in supporting The Freedom to Vote Act and in urging our state’s Senators to do the same.

George Golubovskis, Traverse City

Kathryn Dawkins, Leland

Fake News Regarding the letters in the Jan. 10 issue, none of them accurately address much of anything. Tom Kilpatrick is downright misleading; Trump did the best he could with the information available to him at the time. When Trump cut off flights from China, he was promptly assailed as xenophobic, racist etc. — the usual namecalling from the left.

No matter what he did, it was wrong, but when de Blasio and Pelosi told people to go to Chinatown and enjoy New Year’s Eve, nothing was said. In any event the virus was swiftly politicized with subsequent tremendous damage to our health, liberty, and property.

And the biggest lie is that 800,000 people have died from the virus; they may have died with it, but nowhere near that many have died solely from it. Refer to Dr. Birx in early 2020 about how deaths were going to be (dishonestly) recorded.

Now, there was no attempted coup

On Jan. 19, one day after Northern Express received the letter above, the U.S. Senate voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (combined as a singular bill, “Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act,” and passed by the House Jan. 13). Following the failure, several supporters went on record to say the effort to protect voting rights isn’t over, indicating some form of the proposed bill will be brought forth again in the future.—Ed.

Jacob Pszczolkowski, Traverse City

Alternative Bible?

You know, you just have to hand it to that young man Lee Chatfield, paragon of the Michigan Republican Party. This [former member of the Michigan House of Representatives] had the time and energy to campaign, fundraise, travel back and forth to Lansing weekly, eat paid-for lunches with lobbyists, personally inspect strip clubs, conduct extra-marital affairs, ruin his brother’s family and his own.

[Chatfield is being investigated by

Carolyn Matzinger, Petoskey

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feature Book Now For Summer....................................9

The Struggle Is Real......................................10 How to Cook - For Your Dog..........................13 Todd Reed.....................................................14

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Spectator/Stephen Tuttle...............................6 Opinion.........................................................7 Weird............................................................8 Film..........................................................16 Dates........................................................17 Nitelife..........................................................19 Advice......................................................20 Crossword.................................................21 Astrology...................................................21 Classifieds................................................22

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top ten Slip-slidin’ Away in Fife Lake Helmets and ingenuity required; cardboard, Duct tape, glue, and string helpful: The 8th Annual Carly’s Hill Cardboard Classic Snow Fun Day runs 11am to 3pm Saturday, Jan. 29, at Springfield Park & Recreation Area in Fife Lake. Make and bring your own cardboard sled for a chance to win prizes and go sledding, plus join in safety games, get your kids’ helmet fit correctly, and take your littlest ones on a special toddler sledding hill. Warm up with hot drinks by the bonfire or scoot into the warming building — all free. Lunch is available for purchase. Registration of sleds happens 11am-noon. The distance run contest starts at 1pm. (231) 384-0406.

Gwen Frostic’s Benzonia Haven for Sale The 12-acre property in Benzonia where renowned northern Michigan artist and writer Gwen Frostic once lived and worked is on the market. The asking price? $1.9 million.

The property, which includes the late artist’s former residence and sod-roofed roundhouse studio, printing shop, retail store, library, and warehouse, is being sold turnkey, says broker Diane Ives of United Country Great Lakes Realty. All printed inventory, equipment (including 2,200 linoleum blocks and 15 Heidelberg presses), and copyrights to Frost’s iconic nature art are included in the sale.

Frostic, an artist, author, poet, and businesswoman, founded her studio at 5140 River Road in the 1960s. Though she passed away in 2001, her catalog of hand-carved blocks is still used to print paper goods depicting darling raccoons, serene herons, delicate wildflowers, and other Michigan flora and fauna.

Following Frostic’s death (just one day shy of her 95th birthday), $13 million of her estate went to Western Michigan University, which named its art school in her honor.

Frostic’s Hobbit-like property was added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 2021 and continues to be cared for by its current owners — a former employee and her husband — until its next steward enters the picture.

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tastemaker Terrain’s Smoked Whitefish Pate

Mama knows best when it comes to homecooking — especially when that mother is Michigan. At Terrain restaurant in Bellaire, “mama food” is the main ingredient.

“Our philosophy is all about local terroir, and celebration the [region’s] flavors,” says chef and co-owner, Randy Minish. And it doesn’t get much more local — or lavish — than their Great Lakes Smoked Whitefish Pate. With roots dating back more than 200 years, this classic en croute preparation begins with a mousseline paté base — that’s an emulsion of egg white, cream, and Whitefish, which Minish and his team source weekly — surrounding a housesmoked Whitefish core. Once assembled, this sumptuous starter is packed inside a pastry crust and baked to a delicate golden brown. Topped with local apple butter, the dish is presented alongside a smear of Dijon mustard and a salad of pickled fennel tossed with Daybreak Dreamfarm’s pea shoots. But be sure to schedule your spread in advance; this little beaut only runs on the weekend. $12. Find Terrain at 213 N. Bridge St., Bellaire. (231) 350 -7301, terrain-restaurant.com

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Hey, read it The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Does the business of being alive bear weight — and what if the answer is yes? Buckle up, readers: Milan Kundera waits for no one. First published in 1984, his bestseller, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” follows an unlikely foursome through the Prague Spring of the late 1960s as they struggle to separate fact from formality. Tomas, our protagonist, is convinced that “lightness” is the key. A perma-player nearing mid-life, he avidly avoids affairs that might result in real emotion. That is, until he meets Tereza, for whom weight means purpose and ambition. Of course, all of that changes when the tanks rumble in. As subversive as it is absurd, this contemporary classic is just the read to make you question everything you thought you knew.

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Let’s Talk Climate Denial Crock with Peter Sinclair

The Midland man once called “The most important videographer on the planet,” “The sharpest climate-denier debunker on YouTube” and “a national treasure” is zooming in for a sobering update on climate change at 7pm Jan. 27. Presented by NMEAC, Peter Sinclair’s 2022 Climate Update promises to be a no-holds-barred conversation about the latest developments, reports from the field, and — thankfully — what we can do. Who is Sinclair? An internationally recognized videographer and journalist who has spent decades tracking the science behind climate change, knocking down misinformation by the climate-denial industry, and spotlighting new developments in renewable and sustainable development. He produces two YouTube video series specializing in climate change, the Climate Denial Crock of the Week and This is Not Cool, for the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. Register at nmeac.org

The Seberon “Boo” Litzenburger Nature Preserve, just 6 miles north of downtown Harbor Springs, opened in late 2021.

Stuff We Love: LTC’s Best Year Ever

Snowshoe & S’mores at Mill Creek

Maybe 2021 stunk for most of the world, but in one little corner of it, last year was the best ever: “In 2021, more people than in any other single prior year of [the Little Traverse Conservancy’s] existence stepped up to conserve specific land or to financially support our efforts to protect and care for the land and trails,” says the Conservancy’s Executive Director Kieran Fleming.

He doesn’t exaggerate: In 2021, the organization completed 26 land protection projects, which works out to about 3,670 acres — or 12 new nature preserves, additions to five nature preserves, three new working forest reserves, and six privately-owned properties that are now permanently protected by conservation easements.

Impressive? Add to that the planting of 13,462 trees, treatment of 15 areas of invasive species, construction of 6,803 feet of new trail, 32 miles of trails mowed, 8 miles of trails groomed in the winter, 900 plant and animal species documented on a preserve or reserve by 160 people, and according to trail cams, 85,000+ individual visits to LTC properties throughout the year. Add yourself to that number this year; check out a LTC property to explore at www.landtrust.org.

Picture it: The quiet beauty of the northern forests, flocks of winter songbirds, the meandering Mill Creek — and you, eating a s’more. If you have snowshoes, that’s what’s in store Saturday, Jan. 29, when Mackinac State Historic Parks invites you to its Snowshoeing and S’mores event at Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park for a naturalist-guided 2-mile hike along the park’s trails. Along the way, guests will stop at a forest clearing to enjoy s’mores and hot cocoa by a campfire. Free. No snowshoes are available for rent. Meet at the main entrance parking area, 9001 W. US-23 in Mackinaw City, by 2pm. The event is free and lasts two hours.

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bottoms up Mawby’s Green Sparkling Wine Last week, Leelanau County winemaker Mawby presented checks totaling over $19,000 to several nonprofits — LIFT Teen Center in Suttons Bay, The Watershed, and Justice for our Neighbors among them — each of which received a portion of sales from specially produced Mawby bubbly. They’re doing it again in 2022, with $1 for every bottle of Mawby’s Green going toward the likes of Leelanau Christian Neighbors, FLOW, and Women’s Resource Center. What kind of jerks would we be if we didn’t at least taste the stuff to confirm whether it was worth your effort to seek out a bottle in support? Big ones — and thirsty at that. Which is why, in dedicated service of our readers (and, of course, deserving area nonprofits), we graciously sought out a tasting of Mawby’s Green the very next day. Understand that this cuvee is characterized as a summer-y sparkling wine, what with its crisp citrus and tropical fruit flavors that come courtesy of its gently pressed cayuga and Riesling grapes. But in midwinter, really, who doesn’t want a sip of effervescent semi-dry sunshine in a glass? Turns out, we don’t. Because we liked it so much we bought a whole bottle of the stuff. And what we loved even more? That we got to tell ourselves that we were doing it for the nonprofits. $15.99 at mawby.wine

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NEW DISTRICTS, SAME PLAYERS spectator

by Stephen Tuttle

We’re now well into our constitutionally required decennial exercise in reapportioning legislative and congressional districts. As populations changed, our Founding Fathers thought it wise to reevaluate our district’s borders every 10 years. It didn’t take long for politicians to figure out they could reconfigure district lines in a way that guaranteed them a partisan advantage for at least the next decade. The complaining and lawsuits followed soon thereafter.

Now, some 21 states have redistricting commissions, 15 of which do not involve legislators or other elected officials and try to organize without partisan advantage.

For example, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission was created in 2010 by a vote of the people and is now part of the state constitution. It is comprised of 13 citizens chosen at random — four Republicans, four Democrats, and five with no partisan affiliation — from a very big list of applicants.

Arkansas was the first to create a nonlegislative redistricting commission way back in 1956 through a citizens’ initiative.

It was followed almost immediately by the first lawsuit directed at such a commission, claiming the entire enterprise was illegal.

Court involvement in redistricting is now an unfortunate but regular part of the process as one party or group always believes the process has done them irreparable harm. This year is no different.

There are already nearly 40 cases challenging newly created district maps in 13 states, and there will surely be more. The complaints generally claim either some form of racial discrimination in violation of the Voting Rights Act or the maps are so blatantly gerrymandered for partisan gain that they are unconstitutional.

There are rules for these things that are supposed to be followed. The Michigan Constitution requires, in order of priority, districts be as close to equal in population as possible and comply with the Voting Rights Act and all federal laws; be geographically contiguous; reflect the state’s diverse population and communities of interest (includes populations that share historical or cultural characteristics or economic interests but not political considerations like party affiliation or incumbency); does not favor one political party over the other or favor or disfavor incumbent politicians; reflects consideration of city, township, and county boundaries; and be compact wherever possible.

Detroit-area Democrats have filed suit against our redistricting commission, claiming legislative and congressional districts eliminate currently existing minority-majority districts and dilute the power of minority voters in violation of Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act.

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The suit here is similar to those brought in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas — all of which had their new maps drawn either by a Republican-controlled legislature or Republican-controlled commission.

Lawsuits claiming blatant gerrymandering have been filed in Illinois, Maryland, and Nevada, all of which had their maps drawn by a Democrat-controlled legislature.

The congressional maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature have already been thrown out by the Ohio Supreme Court as being nakedly partisan.

It would have strongly favored Republican candidates in 80 percent of the 15 congressional districts despite Republicans generating only about 55 percent of the overall vote in recent elections.

In New Jersey, where the redistricting commission consists of six Republicans, six Democrats, and one tie-breaking independent, the Republican members have sued the rest of the commission because they did not like the vote cast by the independent this year.

Courts will now be forced to make decisions they’d rather not. Maps will be withdrawn.

Locally, the new maps gave us pretty much the same Congressional District 1, which likely means the same Jack Bergman, our apparent punishment for past sins.

New legislative districts are already crowded with familiar names. Republican state representatives Jack O’Malley and Jon Roth found themselves both in the newly configured 103rd district. Roth will move a half-mile south to run in the new 104th district rather than face O’Malley, whom he considers a mentor.

O’Malley will be challenged by Democrat Betsy Coffia, who has decided not to seek re-election to the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners, which is expanding from seven members to nine. An O’Malley v. Coffia race will give voters a genuine choice in a district that is now reasonably even between Democrats and Republicans. The district includes significant pieces of both O’Malley’s old legislative district and Coffia’s old county board district, so both have built-in constituencies.

Speaking of which, Grand Traverse County Board Chair Rob Hentschel has announced he will not seek reelection but has not ruled out running for state senate in the newly configured District 37, where incumbent Wayne Schmidt is term-limited. Schmidt, a professional politician who likes to use many words to say very little, says he’ll now run for the county board.

The political boundaries change but the politicians remain the same.

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by Cathye Williams If you’ve seen the recently released Netflix comedy Don’t Look Up, you might be asking the above question. For those who haven’t seen it, the film is a none-toosubtle satire about a scientist’s discovery of a comet that’s on a direct collision course with Earth. The sadly hilarious reactions of most characters — politicians, military types, corporate types, media, scientists, and everyday folks — run the gamut: shock, despair, denial, greed, and, more rarely, truth and kindness.

The comet, of course, represents climate change, albeit accelerated. And the responses depicted in the movie are only slightly more ludicrous than those that have been playing out on actual Earth for many decades, as we became more aware of the disaster working its way toward us.

For many people, this film might appear to preach to the choir. We certainly recognize the cast of characters: the multi-billionaire doing far less than he can afford but enough to maintain his image and stock value; the corporate titans who hedge their bets funding campaigns; the politicians buffetted by the ever-changing winds of public opinion, trying to hold on to their office.

And of course, there’s the rest of us, living our everyday lives, worried, and trying to figure out the right thing to do.

So what will it take? Ever since global warming has been growing in the public’s awareness, we have struggled against a pushback of denial, aka “skepticism.”

Another struggle has been for relevance: Those poor polar bears were just so far away.

So sad, but what does it have to do with me?

Regrettably, it took a while for some of us to notice that coastal peoples’ homes were being swallowed up along with the bear’s ice float. As the polar bear goes, so go we.

Now fires, floods, droughts, and storms are multiplying in strength and frequency, taking lives and destroying homes, businesses, and infrastructure. The comet of climate change is here and denying that there’s a problem or arguing about its cause is becoming a tough sell.

So, the fossil fuel industry and their lobbyists are trying a different tactic: agreeing there’s a problem and giving it a good dose of lip service, all while continuing to extract and burn, keeping in power the politicians who allow them to do so.

In recent local editorials, northern Michigan ski resort executives, Jim MacInnes of Crystal Mountain, and Stephen Kircher of Boyne Resorts, boasted about measures they took to reduce their resorts’ carbon footprints.

As they should. They’re doing good work.

They see that going green is good for their communities and also for their bottom lines.

Even these conscientious businessmen, however, admit that their actions alone won’t solve the problem. They both support carbon pricing as a fair and effective marketbased solution to climate change, stating:

“As we continue our efforts, Congress must do its part by passing meaningful climate policies matching the scale of the problem.”

Amen, gentlemen.

So why isn’t Congress doing its part? Maybe because no one is making them.

These local business execs are showing us, by example, that we can’t continue patting ourselves on the back for our individual actions without doing more. Doing more means getting loud. Staying focused on the issue and not stopping until effective climate strategies are law. Calling and emailing leaders, getting their attention with letters to the media.

Doing our part is not a one-and-done. The email or tweet you sent six months ago has faded from view. Our legislators are dealing with dozens of issues every day. They need to be constantly reminded which ones are important to their constituents. There are some true champions in Congress who are working hard, introducing and cosponsoring climate legislation. Many others are walking in the correct direction, but as Danny Richter, Citizens Climate Lobby vice president for government affairs says, “We need them to walk faster.”

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We can help speed them up. Let’s do math: I have around 800 friends on Facebook. Are they all people I know in real life? No. Do they all feel the same way that I do on this issue? Probably not. But, social media being the echo chamber it is, I bet half of them do. If my U.S. Representative and Senators suddenly received 400 more calls for climate policy a week, or even a month, I think they would notice. Imagine if one in 10 people reading this column tried it and got a few other folks to do the same?

Too busy, you say? Friends, I know y’all know how to multi-task; I’ve been watching you on Zoom for two years now.

Raise your hand if you ever talk on the phone while driving, answer emails at your kid’s soccer game, and fold laundry, check homework, and cook dinner while you watch TV. Uh-huh, I thought so. How can we expect our leaders to make solving climate change a priority if we don’t make it our priority?

We’ve been at this for decades. Our economy has suffered billions in property loss and infrastructure degradation. Our military and rescue resources are stretched thin. Anxiety and uncertainty plagues the generation poised to inherit this crisis.

Sadly, the comet has come and gone for those who lost a loved one in a California wildfire or a Tennessee flood. Let’s get loud on behalf of those for whom there is still time.

Buying in bulk makes cents.         –       ﹒

Cathye Williams serves as a volunteer and media liaison for the Grand Traverse area chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby, www. citizensclimatelobby.com. She writes from Benzie County.

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Bogus, Dude!

At the Tabor, South Dakota, Senior Center, a regular card game got a little weird on Jan. 4 after players enjoyed some brownies supplied by the mother of 46-yearold Michael Koranda. KTIV-TV reported that Koranda, an elementary schoolteacher, had recently traveled to Colorado and brought back some THC-infused butter, which he used to make a batch of brownies.

His mother unknowingly shared half the treats with her fellow card players, which resulted in multiple calls to county officials about a possible poisoning. Sheriff ’s deputies spoke to Koranda and took the remaining brownies as evidence, charging him with possession of a controlled substance. He is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 25.

Unclear on the Concept On Jan. 7, the California Court of Appeal ruled that the Los Angeles Police Department was justified in its firing of two officers in 2017 after they ignored a robbery call to play Pokemon Go, the Los Angeles Times reported. On April 15, 2017, Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were assigned to patrol the LAPD’s southwest division. But when a call for backup came over the radio, Lozano and Mitchell were captured on their in-car video responding, “I don’t want to be his help” and “Screw it.” Instead, they continued their hunt for a Snorlax and Togetic Pokemon, eventually meeting up with their sergeant at a 7-Eleven. When he questioned them about the robbery call, they said they hadn’t heard it because they were responding to another call, leading their supervisor to review the dashcam footage. After the officers were fired, they sued, saying that the video captured their “private communications” and that they were improperly questioned.

Five years later, the courts disagreed, and Lozano and Mitchell have plenty of time to hunt for Snorlax and Togetic.

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Family Values Cypress Falls High School teacher Sarah Beam took her 13-year-old son to a Houston-area COVID-19 drive-thru testing site on Jan. 3, KHOU-TV reported. When a worker there approached her car, Beam told her that the boy was in the trunk because she didn’t want to be exposed to the virus. Police were alerted, and Beam was arrested and charged with endangering a child. While he was not hurt, officials said in the event of an accident, he could have been. But the Cypress Falls community has shown support for Beam, posting messages outside her home to say they “have her back.” She was released on bond and put on administrative leave, the school district said.

Awkward “Ms. Wang,” 30, of Zhengzhou, China, agreed to a blind date arranged by her parents (“I’m getting quite old, so my parents arranged more than 10 blind dates for me,” she said) and went to the man’s home for dinner on Jan. 6. But during the meal, they learned that his community had gone into a rapid lockdown because of COVID-19, and she wouldn’t be able to leave for several days, the BBC reported. She posted on WeChat that the situation was “not ideal” -while he did cook for her, “he doesn’t speak much,” she noted. “I feel that apart from him

being reticent like a wooden mannequin, everything else about him is pretty good.”

Wang said she thinks his friends alerted him to the posts, so she removed them. “I think it has affected his life.”

Boundaries The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) in the United Kingdom on Jan. 10 removed the medical license from Simon Bramhall, a transplant surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, The Washington Post reported. The action stemmed from an incident in 2013 in which, after finishing up a transplant, Dr. Bramhall used an electric beam to burn his initials into the patient’s liver before closing her up. The flourish might not have been discovered, but the liver began to fail the following week and another surgeon discovered the signature.

Bramhall said at the time it was something he did to relieve stress during long, difficult operations. In 2017, he was convicted of assault and fined about $13,000. In 2021, he submitted a letter arguing that he was again fit to practice, but the latest ruling has denied him the right to do so, noting that his actions “undermined” people’s trust in the medical profession.

Keeping Up With the Times In Aksaray, Turkey, one family has been raising cattle for three generations, Oddity Central reported. Izzet Kocak believes their success is linked to their willingness to keep up with modern technology. To that end, the farmer is testing virtual reality goggles that make his cows think they’re standing in a green field of grass in the summer.

Kocak says the average yield per day from his cows is 22 liters, but “We had two of our cows wear virtual reality glasses and watch vast green pasture all day, and the daily milk production increased up to 27 liters.” He said the quality of the milk also increased. He has ordered 10 more pairs of VR goggles, and if results are similar, he plans to order them for all of his 180 cows.

Inexplicable Need something to do during a snowstorm in Queens, New York? One person had an idea: Around 3:15 a.m. on Jan. 7, someone rode up on an electric bike to a speed camera in Howard Beach. The camera caught the action, Pix11-TV reported, as the person calmly stopped the bike, aimed a handgun and shot multiple rounds at the camera (which did not appear to be damaged), then put the gun away and rode off into the snowy night.

Police released the video in hopes someone can identify the shooter.

Recurring Theme Zane Wedding, 40, of Auckland, New Zealand, went swimming on Jan. 7 and thought he got water in his ear, United Press International reported. He saw a doctor the next day, who suggested he use a hair dryer to evaporate the moisture in his ear. But on Jan. 10, as the sensation persisted, he saw a specialist. “She said, ‘I think you have an insect in your ear,’” Wedding said. It took the doctor only five minutes to extract a cockroach, and Wedding felt instant relief: “I felt a pop as soon as the doctor pulled it away.” He also noted that a fumigator was scheduled at his home for Jan. 14.

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Book Now for Summer 3 one-of-a-kind Up North getaways going fast

By Al Parker Maybe the white stuff outside your window has you dreaming of a trip to the Caribbean this winter. By all means, we won’t stand in your way. But one thing we find when showcasing some of our best summer travel ideas in our summer issues is this: Most are already booked out a full year by the time you read about them.

This winter, we thought we’d save all of us a little agony by sharing some sweet summertime 2022 possibilities you can book now. Yes, we know it feels eons away, but planning fun in the sun, and in your own backyard, when your world is in the single digits can be a great way to shake off the mid-winter blahs. Or at least embrace denial.

Stay in Your Own Treehouse If having your very own treehouse was a childhood dream, now you can make that dream come true in a stunning Benzie County setting.

Tree House Ridge, with one unit available for rent and more in stages of construction, combines the lush beauty of nature with the comforts of home.

When completed, the project will house 10 treehouses scattered over 40 acres, near Thompsonville. The 500-square-foot dwellings sit atop steel supports that are driven 17 feet into the earth, leaving the structure some 10 to 20 feet above ground level, depending on the rolling terrain on the site.

Each will be fully furnished with airconditioning/heating, indoor plumbing, TV, microwave, furniture, washer/dryer, a cozy fireplace and a private balcony with a pictureworthy view. All are handicapped accessible with ramps to provide easy access to wheelchair users. Rates range from $275 to $325 per night.

The project is a family dream initiated by the father-son duo of Fred and Jess Knoll.

Together with their wives, Patty and Ashlee Knoll, a plan is now becoming reality.

The first completed unit, The Hoffmann Haus, sleeps 4 to 6 on two queen beds and a love seat. It’s open now and available year-round, but summer dates are filling quickly, so it’s best not to delay. “All of our weekends in September are booked,” says Ashlee Knoll. “We’re starting to fill June and July, and August is open.”

For info, visit www.treehouseridgemi.com, the Tree House Ridge Facebook page, or call (231) 714-4705.

Cruise the Great Lakes Offering a luxuriously different viewpoint of the state of Michigan, the Great Lakes Cruise Company is the only travel company in the world that specializes in cruising the Great Lakes.

Even though the company’s roster of cruising options is extensive, now is not too early to make reservations. Unlike ocean cruise ships, these watercraft carry only 170 to 200 passengers, and they fill up quickly “Availability is [already] getting tight,” says manager Jeanne Psychas.

Now in its 24th season, the company offers 13 different cruises, featuring a variety of itineraries. Each distinctive ship offers a relaxing, friendly atmosphere, comfy accommodations, and impeccable service.

“Our most popular cruise is the “Splendor of the Great Lakes,” says Psychas. “It’s aboard our ships, Victory I and Victory II.” One “Splendor” version departs from Chicago and travels through all five Great Lakes, arriving in Toronto. The journey is reversed for the cruise that starts in Toronto and arrives in Chicago 10 nights later. Both trips include a stop at Mackinac Island, a trip through the Soo Locks, a morning visiting Georgian Bay, a visit to Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, and a stop at Niagara Falls.

The cruises depart from Detroit, Montreal, Toronto, Midland, Milwaukee, Chicago, Windsor, Boston, and Thunder Bay. (And no, NoMi residents — there’s no joining a cruise along its way, unfortunately.)

Lecturers and expert tour guides add to the enjoyment as guests explore ports of call. For

details, visit www.greatlakescruising.com or call (888) 891-0203.

Be A Keeper Did you know you could live in a Lake Michigan lighthouse or spend weeks in a rustic lodge in one of Michigan’s most aweinspiring forests?

It’s possible through Keeper Programs.

Mission Point Lighthouse, at the tip of Old Mission Peninsula, relies on interested volunteers to serve as lighthouse keepers. It’s a unique opportunity to stay in the historic lighthouse and talk to visitors from around the world. Keepers play a key role in helping to keep this piece of Michigan history alive.

The keeper’s quarters are well-equipped for a comfortable stay. There’s free WiFi, cable TV, air conditioning, and a locked storage building for bikes or other equipment.

Keepers provide their own bedding, pillows, towels, and food.

Keepers must be 18 or older. Children and pets are not allowed to stay at the lighthouse, but keepers are welcome to have friends or family visit after 5 pm; overnight guests are not allowed.

Responsibilities aren’t too tough, but keepers do need to be able to climb the 37 steps to the tower to spot clean the windows, sweep stairs, and vacuum daily. There’s also light maintenance and housekeeping to keep keepers busy.

The normal schedule is Tuesday to Tuesday. Upon arrival, keepers will be trained and given a tour so everything is understood. Cost is $200 for a week or $370 for a two-week stay. Nearly every

year, at least half of the keepers stay for two weeks. To learn more, visit www. missionpointlighthouse.com.

Just northeast of Grayling, Hartwick Pines State Park is looking for volunteer hosts this summer for the newly reopened Memorial Building. Hosts will be allowed to camp free at the campground, while duties include leading tours and presenting programs. The schedule allows plenty of time to enjoy recreational activities on your own.

The host program runs May 27 to Oct. 31 and volunteers serve for at least one week up to one month. Duties include greeting visitors, helping with program setup and offering tours to visitors Thursday through Monday, 11 am to 4 pm. There’s also a bit of light maintenance, like sweeping and dusting to perform. You might like to lead a program or activity based on your skills, such as photography or sketching.

Hosts should be in good health and be able to climb stairs to a second story. Daylong training, recommended for selected hosts, will take place on April 30. Each host will also receive orientation when they arrive.

Hosts must be 18 or older and provide their own camping gear, food, and personal items. They must be able to work at least five days a week, including weekends and holidays and pass a background check.

To apply, complete the Hartwick Pines Memorial Building Host application form.

For more information, contact Hillary Pine via email or call (989) 348-2537

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THE STRUGGLE IS REAL — AND GETTING HARDER COVID-19, unusable housing vouchers, and a growing need amid growing competition for limited resources. A look at what Up North’s homeless population and the agencies trying to help are facing now.

By Victor Skinner Across the northwest Lower Peninsula, hundreds of Michiganders are struggling to find shelter this winter.

It’s not a new situation, but the problem is steadily getting worse for a variety of reasons, from the global health pandemic sapping already limited resources to unprecedented demand driving up the cost of homes.

From Traverse City to Charlevoix, Cadillac to Leelanau County, folks from all different backgrounds and ethnicities are out on their own. But there’s one thing they all have in common, a shared thread that defines their lives.

Unhoused residents come from “varying levels of life experience, support and world views, and sometimes culture,” says Ryan Hannon, community engagement officer at Goodwill Northern Michigan, “but basically you have a lack of choice.”

“Lack of choice is a big thing,” he says.

“You stay in a shelter if you qualify and they have room,” and community meals are available daily in many places, served on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, Hannon says.

But no one is going in by choice, and it’s the cycle of desperation and the struggle to survive that keeps many coming back.

“People are kind of stuck in flight or fight mode to get their basic needs met,” he tells Northern Express. “It’s a grim outlook to get out of homelessness.

“The longer you’ve experienced homelessness, the harder it is to get out,” Hannon said. “There’s a lot of negative stigmas attached.”

Many homeless struggle with mental health issues or substance abuse, often in addition to domestic problems and unemployment. Most don’t have transportation. But there are no specific circumstances that lead to life on the street, which is why understanding each person’s individual needs is essential to turning

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things around.

Help for the homeless is futile and fleeting “if we don’t meet them where they’re at,” Hannon says. “The big picture bottom line is we have to provide support and work with the community to help people get out of homelessness as quickly as possible.”

A BAD SITUATION GETTING WORSE Ashley Halladay-Schmandt, director of the Northwest Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness, is responsible for coordinating that work. The coalition, which covers 10 counties in the northwest Lower Peninsula, works with local shelters, service providers, health professionals, property developers and others to help the homeless navigate the labyrinth of state and federal aid programs to maximize those resources, both for individuals and the communities struggling to help them.

It’s a daunting task that’s only become more intense amid the coronavirus pandemic, and there’s currently little relief in sight.

“In the past year, we’ve seen about a 10 percent increase in people experiencing homelessness,” she says. “Marginalized groups are seeing the effects of that tenfold.”

“In the 10-county region right now, there are about 350 people experiencing homelessness and about 260 of those are in the Grand Traverse region,” HalladaySchmandt says.

About 30 homeless reside in Wexford and Missaukee counties, and another 30 in Charlevoix and Wexford counties. In Manistee, there’s about 10, she says.

Traverse City boasts the highest number due to its status as a regional population hub, but also because of the city’s competitive housing market and higher cost of living.

“The cost of housing is the primary factor” driving homelessness, HalladaySchmandt says, and the skyrocketing prices for homes and apartments over the last year is dumping fuel on the fire.

“On average, we’re seeing one-bedrooms

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in Grand Traverse County start to average out around $1,100 a month, and that’s very difficult for people making … lower to moderate income,” she says.

“In the past, we’ve been able to house people quicker in markets that are cheaper,” she adds. “Now, though, what we’re seeing is our numbers are rising in all these communities because of the housing shortage, and the market is getting more expensive in all these communities.”

The pinch, however, doesn’t necessarily mean more homeless are relying on area shelters for help.

CHARLEVOIX In Charlevoix, “our homeless shelter numbers have actually declined the last two years, and I think it’s due to COVID more than anything else,” says Kim Baker, director of the Night Light emergency men’s shelter.

The facility is open each year between Nov. 1 and March 31 and typically houses about two dozen men over the course of the season, or about eight to 10 a night.

“This year, we’ve had only four guys sleeping with us night to night,” he says.

Health concerns related to the pandemic required Night Light to reduce capacity by about half to keep guests socially distanced, while volunteers to help cover shifts at the facility have also dwindled, Baker said.

“I really don’t have as many as I need,” Baker said of volunteers, “so we supplement our sleeping at the shelter with motels, actually.”

Baker said Night Light was born in a church eight years ago and transitioned to its current location on Oak Street three years later, as demand increased.

“We went from one to two guys to the point where we’ve transitioned probably 130 individuals there in the five years we’ve been at the house,” he says.

Today, it’s a different dynamic.

“I think more people are couch surfing where they can. Sometimes, they’re sleeping in their cars,” Baker says.

“I personally don’t feel we have less of a homeless problem — I think it’s more that they’re not utilizing the shelter.”

CADILLAC In other places, like Cadillac’s New Hope Center, the pandemic has made less

of an impact.

Chris Crawley, the shelter’s executive director, said that between May 1, 2020, and April 30, 2021, the center hosted about 8,200 bed nights — each representing a night’s sleep for one individual.

“That’s not too far off from the year before, maybe [a difference of] 100,” he says.

“We’re usually anywhere between 8,000 to 9,000 bed nights.”

New Hope operated five older homes in the city until this year, when one burned down and officials sold another to help buy a new facility. With about 11,500 volunteer hours, the new place is nearly set to open.

It offers four family units, plus separate wings for men and women, and an array of in-house services to help guests get back on their feet.

The plan is to utilize a conference center on-site to help guests with housing searches, job training, and classes on things like budgeting, parenting, and cooking.

The building will also greatly increase New Hope’s capacity to a maximum of 60 beds, Crawley says.

“There’s a lot of opportunity at the new facility.”

TRAVERSE CITY Plans are in the works to address the growing homelessness problem in Traverse City, as well.

A special land use permit for the city’s Safe Harbor seasonal shelter near downtown stipulates an adjoining lot must be used to develop affordable housing, HalladaySchmandt says.

While those plans are in their infancy, the affordable housing factor will add to an arsenal of existing services and resources in the community devoted to the homelessness problem. Goodwill Northern Michigan runs programs that collect soon-to-expire food for local food pantries and community meal sites, as well as fresh food from farmers to stock the shelves. The nonprofit’s Housing and Homeless Services aims to “make homelessness rare, brief, and one-time in northern Michigan.”

Goodwill’s Street Outreach team works to connect with homeless residents in the community to help them transition to something better, such as the fulltime Goodwill Inn shelter, Patriot Place

transitional housing for veterans, or other supportive housing programs.

Those programs, however, compete for a limited amount of resources at a time when officials are forced to devote an increasing amount of time to protecting the public from COVID-19. Since the start of the pandemic, Traverse City shelters have implemented mandated masking, added plastic dividers to eating tables, fitted bunks with similar barriers, and dedicated rooms at the Goodwill Inn and area hotels to quarantining homeless visitors who contract the virus. There’s also regular testing for the virus.

The pandemic has meant volunteers are increasingly wary of helping out, as well, Hannon says, though acknowledges that both “Goodwill and Safe Harbor have been able to sustain volume.”

“A lot of time and energy and resources go to that right now,” Halladay-Schmandt says.

And while there are plenty of programs to help those in need, it’s not enough.

DEMAND OVERWHELMS SUPPLY IN TC “The biggest problem we have is trying to find locations we can take someone in need of assistance,” says Traverse City Police Capt. Keith Gillis, who coordinates with Hannon and Goodwill’s Street Outreach team. “There’s not enough resources for the homeless.”

Over the last 15 years working with the local homeless, it’s obvious the problem is continuing to grow with the city, and it’s affecting a different demographic than in the past, Gillis says.

“In the past, if we responded to a camp in the woods, it was four to five people,” he says. “Now we’re responding to homeless camps in the woods that are 20 to 30 people.

“I think our homeless population is also a lot younger now than it was in the past, just based on our contacts,” he says.

Gillis said a majority of calls related to homeless residents are nuisance-type complaints, but a proactive approach, like patrolling the downtown neighborhood around Safe Harbor and nightly stops at the facility have helped to prevent a lot of issues.

“We try to stop in once a night,” he says.

“If we didn’t do that, we’d probably be called there three to four times a night.”

Gillis says “it’s a little easier to deal with the situation when everyone is on the same page,” but Halladay-Schmandt stresses that while the shelters are helping keep many out of the cold, they’re a product of a problem that ultimately does little to fix the problem itself.

“The only thing with shelters is, they’re not the solution,” she says. “Housing is the goal.”

“In Grand Traverse right now, with Safe Harbor open, we have about 170 people sheltered, and unsheltered is about 90. What we’re trying to focus on, especially in Grand Traverse, is the development of housing.”

Zoning issues are a “huge factor” on that front, she says, but short-term rentals are also complicating efforts.

“Last year, we lost between five and 10 landlords because they were selling their properties, some to do short-term rentals,” Halladay-Schmandt says.

State, federal, and local housing voucher programs offer homeless residents subsidies to help cover rental costs, but caps on the price per unit eliminate many of the available properties in Grand Traverse County. The coalition helps to direct about $1.7 million in rental assistance each year, but it doesn’t help if there aren’t units available that qualify, she says.

“Someone is issued a voucher if they qualify, but then they have to find their own unit in the community,” HalladaySchmandt says. “In Grand Traverse, a lot go unused because they can’t find anywhere to use them.”

The coalition found one solution is to partner with affordable housing developers to secure “set aside” units officials can use to place homeless clients, but progress on that is slow-going.

The coalition has secured four units at a development in the works in Leelanau County, and that’s about it. In total, only about 13 ongoing developments across the 10-county region — Emmet, Charlevoix, Antrim, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, and Manistee counties — are focused on affordable housing, according to an interactive map available through Housing North.

“Yes, development is happening, and that’s great,” Halladay-Schmandt says, “but we need it to happen at a much higher rate if we’re going to end homelessness.”

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Housing North has developed concepts for affordable housing for each of the 10 counties it serves. Some are already in progress.

Here is a look at four:

Grand Traverse County Flats at Carriage Commons The Traverse City Housing Commission and the Bay Area Transit Authority are engaged to co‐develop a property that will include a transit‐oriented development (TOD) project that will include all of the operations of BATA and a large multi‐family “workforce” housing project. This collaboration is unique in many ways, but most significantly it is one of the largest TOD projects attempted in rural America. This project will be an ideal support system for several of this region’s economic engines: tourism, agri‐business, and light manufacturing.

This project consists of five multifamily buildings for a total 210 apartments with the majority being one‐bedroom units. There is a possibility that each building would be built with different development finance packages and may be built in phases over two to three years – once funding is secured. Additionally, there is plan to include up to fourteen (14) single‐family residential units. Total parcel size is approximately 30 acres.

The target population is workforce households earning 50–80% of Area Median Income (AMI). This translates to those households at or about $14.00 to $22.00 per hour [$28k to $45k per annum/Grand Traverse AMI is about $58K per annum].

Antrim County Bellaire Marketplace The Bellaire Marketplace vision is a threestory mixed-use housing development. Goals are to add additional downtown storefront space for new and expanding businesses.

Second floor could be housing or professional space for transient workers, office-based businesses, municipal offices and/or housing, daycare, yoga, etc. We’d love to have housing on the third floor. The design of this development would also focus on options to activate the alleyway to the east and inspire additional developments in collaboration with the Village and County as part of their master plan initiatives. It’s a great opportunity to champion the Village of Bellaire as the County seat, spur economic development, and enhance public and commercial spaces.

The Housing Development vision would be a combination of market-rate housing and workforce housing located a mile from downtown Bellaire. In total, the 37-acre site already has infrastructure in place for about 25 homes. The remaining acreage is being considered for workforce housing. This is a great opportunity to add much-needed housing inventory into the community.

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Charlevoix County Lofts on Lake Street Michigan Community Capital has been approved to create a beautiful new addition to Boyne City’s downtown. The three-story project includes 42 apartments, 9,025 square feet of retail space and 72 dedicated parking spaces. The site preparation work has been completed which included remediation of a blighted property located on the southeast corner of State and North Lake streets across from the south end of Veterans Memorial Park. The approved plan calls for the apartments to be located on the second and third floors, including six studio apartments, 28 one-bedroom and eight two-bedroom apartments.

Emmet County Lofts at Lumber Square Located at 900 Emmet Street, commonly known as the Hanky Lumber Property, or the Gruler Property. The project is in the City Limits of the City of Petoskey. This building will include 60 units total, 15 one-bedroom apartments, 30 two-bedroom apartments, and 15 three-bedroom apartments. All units will be reserved for eligible low- and moderate-income households earning between 30% and 80% of the area median income. The estimated cost of the project is $15 million. The developer has a purchase agreement on the property with a deadline of May 2022 to close. * Information and renderings provided by Housing North.

HOW TO COOK – FOR YOUR DOG

Local vet crafts cookbook for dog owners

By Ross Boissoneau The idea of pets as family members isn’t new. But what 95 percent of pet owners around the world feel (and your monthly Bark Box subscription shows) is our love for our fur babies isn’t something that has limits — especially not in terms of the time and money we’re willing to spend.

According to results of a survey The Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) and Zoetis released just this month, that spend — for 86 percent of 16,000 dog and cat owners and 1,200 veterinarians polled across eight countries and four continents, anyway — is roughly “whatever it takes.”

The pet industry calls this pet-as-family trend pet humanization, and it’s showing up in big ways in the pet food industry, which is increasingly reflecting the trends in the human food industry: less processed and more all-natural, organic, and GMO-, grain-, and even gluten-free options.

For those of us caught somewhere between feeding our fur babies “traditional kibble” dry pet food, which came in at an average price of $1.97 per pound, or 100 percent freeze-dried kibble, which averaged $32.55 per pound, according to a 2019 survey published by Statistica, there’s another equally loving but more affordable option: Dr. Amy Cousino’s new cookbook, “300 Dog Food Recipes, Three Ingredient Meals.”

“Throughout my career, I’ve noted that the dogs that looked the healthiest were the ones getting more than dried kibble,” says Cousino, who is on staff at VCA Cherry Bend Animal Hospital in Leelanau County.

She says she’s asked thousands of her clients over the years what they were feeding their dogs, and sure enough, those whose pets were among the healthiest were, at the least, supplementing their diets with fresh food.

Not just table scraps, mind you: One woman told Cousino that she made her dog a vegetable plate every night.

That got the veterinarian thinking and cooking up first book, “How to Cook For Your Pet,” which came out more than a decade ago. “There was a big pet food recall in 2007. So I wrote my first cookbook for dogs and cats,” she says.

She wasn’t entirely satisfied, however.

She knew that no matter how healthful her recipes were, most people would eventually go back to the easy route of buying prepared food. So she decided to create healthful pet foods that were also easy to make. Hence, the three-ingredient recipes of her current book.

She looked for different protein sources, including beef, poultry, fish, and cheese, carbohydrates such as potatoes, rice, and grains, along with various vegetables to help provide additional vitamins and minerals.

Cousino also recommends a vitamin and mineral supplement, as well as probiotics if your dog’s digestive system is a bit cranky, and joint supplements if needed.

“I wanted to stress the basic, simple foods,” she says. “They’re super easy. Kids 10 and up can do it with supervision. “ Keeping the recipes uncomplicated was key. “The recipes are simple on purpose.

There’s nothing better about one [recipe] with 12 ingredients. It’s just three ingredients, cook them, cut them according to the recipe, measure, and mix,” Cousino says.

Once the food is cooked and mixed, Cousino says it should be used within three to four days. She says you can also make larger quantities and then freeze the remainder.

The recipes are fine for any breed, and Cousino includes a feeding guide. “You want to give the dog the right amount of calories,” she says, based on its weight and size. The book also includes snacks.

While it’s true that dogs can survive on a vegetarian diet, Cousino doesn’t recommend it. However, she says there are a number of protein sources that can be used or substituted in the recipes, such as cottage cheese or tofu.

Cousino warns that there is any number of foods that people enjoy that are not healthful for dogs. “People feed them odd things — spicy foods, fatty foods, onions, and garlic. Then the dogs get sick.” There are a any number of things that are toxic for dogs, some in even small quantities, such as grapes, avocados, chocolate, alcohol, chives, and nearly any fruit pit, whether peaches, cherries, or apples.

Not that Rover knows that. “Dogs will eat just about anything,” Cousino says. So it’s up to their humans to make sure they don’t get any of the bad stuff.

Cousino says that the dog food available at stores today is typically better than what was available years ago. She also cheers the availability of commercially prepared refrigerated pet food, such as Freshpet or The Farmer’s Dog. “I think it’s a good trend,” she says, though she sees the expense leaving most people behind. “I wrote this book for the masses. It’s easy, simple and less expensive or comparable” to the dog food available commercially, she says.

As the title of her previous book, “How To Cook For Your Pet,” implies (and its cover art shows), that book was written for both canine and feline companions.

Which begs the question: With this book being exclusively for dogs, is there another one on the way for cats? Spoiler alert: She’s already working on it.

Until then, “300 Dog Food Recipes, Three Ingredient Meals” will have to suffice.

The book is available on Amazon, and Cousino says she hopes local bookstores will stock it as well.

FRESH FROM COUSINO’S COOKBOOK BEEFY RICE AND PEAS

INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup cooked ground beef 1/3 cup cooked brown rice 1/2 cup cooked green peas INSTRUCTION Mix the beef, rice, and peas together.

Serve.

Feeding guide: Yields one meal for a 20-pound dog (two meals needed daily).

TURKEY TIME DINNER

INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 ounces cooked diced turkey 1/2 cup cooked mashed potatoes 1/3 cup cooked diced green beans INSTRUCTIONS Mix turkey, potatoes, and green beans. Serve.

Feeding guide: Yields one meal for a 10-pound dog (two meals needed daily).

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FREEZE FRAME Winter highlights from ‘Todd Reed: 50 Years of Seeing Michigan Through a Lens’

By Lynda Wheatley

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As this issue goes to press, the temperature outside our office window is creeping up toward 11 degrees, a shamelessly low bar made blatantly insulting when you take into account the 9 mph winds and resulting “real feel”: a paltry 3 degrees.

For some Northerners — snowy owls, ice anglers, voles, shrews, and unrepentant ski bums, mostly — these kind of winter days are, if not exhilarating, at least an acceptable part of an annual cycle we’re built to make the best of.

Not so for photographer Todd Reed.

Reed, who long ago aspired to be a writer then found his calling in photography — with a 23-yearcareer at the Ludington Daily News and then as a Ludington-based artist, studio-gallery owner, and 25-year adjunct professor of photography at West Shore Community College — also served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve for 33 years.

This guy knows winter Up North.

Whether he’s been called out into frightening, freezing, and downright dangerous conditions with his crew, or reads the waves and weather patterns so he can set the alarm and head out at ungodly hours to freeze a moment few of us would otherwise see, the personal stories and photos in his latest book, “50 Years of Seeing Michigan Through a Lens,” makes one photographic truth crystal clear: Reed isn’t built to make the best of winter Up North. He’s built for the worst of it.

To be fair, this 383-page coffee - table tome is a breathtaking fourseason showcase of Reed’s life, career, and photographic prowess over the last five decades of his career, but it’s his capture of our region at times and temperatures too few of us are brave enough to see that left us most in awe.

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The “requel,” or reboot sequel, is emblematic of today’s everything-old-is-new-again nostalgia, melding favorite legacy characters with a new class to relaunch a beloved piece of intellectual property (e.g., Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ghostbusters: Afterlife).

The idea of the “requel” coming up in conversation is not just some offhand remark; it’s exactly the kind of hyperself-aware commentary Scream broke new ground exploring in that first film, in which you simply needed to know the rules of horror movies to survive. But after 25 years and four more films, have the rules finally changed?

In some ways, yes. But in most ways, no.

The team behind the first Scream film not directed by horror master Wes Craven, who passed away in 2015, is the same pair behind the deceptively genius 2019 gem about a sinister wedding night, Ready or Not. Here, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett gamely and lovingly take up the mantle. Remember, this isn’t Scream 5 — the title returns to Scream — so the two make some clever updates that infuse the film with fresh blood while also organically incorporating the characters you know and love.

They also bring the high heat to create a killer opening scene, which doesn’t disappoint as Jenna Ortega’s high school character, Tara, narrowly escapes a “Ghostface” attack back in good old Woodsboro, California.

In the wake of the near tragedy, Tara’s older sister, Sam (Melissa Barrera, The Heights), who left home under mysterious circumstances, returns to town in search of answers with her boyfriend, Richie (a scenestealing Jack Quaid), in tow.

And while Tara’s gaggle of Gen Z friends (played by a talented group of up and

comers) speculate, become suspects, and later, victims, Sam doubles down on her resolve to find the killer’s identity and brings in the big guns to help investigate: retired sheriff Dewey (David Arquette); his ex, Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox), and former Ghostface target, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell).

It is a joy to see these three O.G. Scream characters together again, and Arquette revels in his elder statesman role. But while the film does a good job of balancing old and new, when it comes to bringing the two groups of characters together (though each compelling on their own accord), the film itself remains sorely lacking. Barrera steps nicely into Campbell’s “final girl” role, though it is very clear they are not cut from the same cloth.

It’s nice to see the consistency in the film’s universe. It is exactly the world you know; franchise history is not rewritten.

And despite being a film built upon selfreferentiality, the use of Scream lore and approach — the movie series within the movie series Stab — ensures the film isn’t unapproachable to outsiders.

A Scream film has certainly never met a pop culture reference it didn’t like, and 10 years out from Scream 4, this Scream takes aim at topics like toxic Internet fan culture and winks at the rise in mainstream “elevated horror” films like Get Out, Hereditary, and The Babadook.

There are some brutal blood murders that don’t particularly disappoint, but they are never truly scary since their existence is built upon the underlying comfort of nostalgia.

And while it can be a lot of fun, Scream lacks true surprise — something every Scream sequel has failed to do and, by nature of its being, will probably always fail to do.

But what this “requel” does have going for it is that in addition to its self-aware humor, it is very self-aware in its ambitions. It doesn’t need to be groundbreaking; it knows full well that sequels always suck, and in accepting this reality, it has freed itself to become an enjoyable cut above.

jan 22

saturday

2022 MICHIGAN SNOW RUN: 9am-9pm, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Gaylord. A scavenger hunt that can be done by snowmobile, car, or anything you can drive on the trails or roads. There is a grand prize of $250. pinkribbonriders.com/michigan-snowrun/?v=93b46a3fc67d

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5 MILE FROZEN FOOT RACE: 9am, Huron Hills Neighborhood, TC. Presented by TC Track Club. Featuring a Five Mile Run/ Walk & Kids 1 Mile Fun Run through paved neighborhoods at the base of the Old Mission Peninsula. “Rolling start” - any time between 9-11am. 5 Mile Run: $30. tctrackclub. com/frozen-foot-race

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TRAVERSE CITY GOLF SHOW: 9am-6pm, Park Place Hotel & Conference Center, TC. Featuring various golf courses & resorts in northern MI, plus golf accessories & apparel.

Includes over 50 booths. $7 adults, $2 ages 6-16, free 5 & under. tcgolfshow.com

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29TH ANNUAL WINTER FEST: Held in Mackinaw City, enjoy Outhouse Races at Shepler’s Dock, Kids BIG Freeze obstacle course at the Mackinaw City Municipal Marina, before, during & after party at Dixie Saloon, & more. Free. mackinawcity.com/ events/29th-annual-winter-fest

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SOUP & SKI: 11am-5pm, Shady Lane Cellars, Suttons Bay. The Cross Country Trail is open & groomed regularly. Enjoy a stroll through the vineyard, or link up with the Leelanau Trail for an extended journey. Afterwards, head to the Tasting Room to enjoy locally made soups for $5 a bowl & Shady Lane Cellars wine. facebook.com/ShadyLaneCellars

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COCOA CRAWL DOWNTOWN ELK RAPIDS: 12-3pm. Pick up tickets at Nifty Things or Word Love Goods. Sample some great cocoa & vote for your favorite. $3 ticket per person. facebook.com/downtownelkrapids

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OTSEGO RESORT’S CRAFT BEER TRAIL: 12-3pm, Otsego Resort, Gaylord. Enjoy a scenic winter walk from The Historic River Cabin to Beaver Dam where a bonfire will be waiting for you. Featuring four tasting stations each paired with light apps. Take shuttle from main parking lot. $38. otsegoclub.com/event/ otsego-resorts-craft-beer-trail

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SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: 12-5pm, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. Explore easy to moderate trails, & then warm up with a beverage on the Terrace Patio. Snowshoe rentals will be available. blackstarfarms. com/snowshoes-vines-wines

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FAMILY FUN DAYS: PAPER AIRPLANE CHALLENGE: 1pm, Glen Lake Library, Empire. Young engineers are invited to design, create & test their own fantastic flying machines. glenlakelibrary.net/events

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SNOW JAM & CHILI CHALLENGE: 1pm, The Village at GT Commons, The Piazza, TC. Enjoy an afternoon of local music & chili. Ten northern Michigan businesses will prepare their best chili for a chance at Best Overall Chili & People’s Choice. Tickets: $25 (adult ticket, 21 & over); $15 (child ticket, age 12-20); & $5 (child ticket, age 11 & under). Ticket includes: 10 chili tastes & voting ticket, one adult drink ticket, Mini Tunnel Walk at the Village Bonfires, Frozen yard games & much more. Outdoor event. facebook.com/thevillagetc

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DISNEY’S FROZEN, JR. BY THE YOUNG COMPANY: Old Town Playhouse, TC. When two princesses are faced with danger, they

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discover their hidden potential & the powerful bond of sisterhood. With all the songs from the film plus five more from the Broadway production. Performances are Fridays at 7pm, Saturdays at both 2pm & 7pm, & Sundays at 2pm.

Masks required. Adults: $15, youth under 18: $8 (plus fees). tickets.oldtownplayhouse.com/ TheatreManager/1/login&event=372

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OPENING RECEPTION: ARTIST GUILD SALON SHOW & TRAVERSE AREA CAMERA CLUB: 2-4pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Celebrate the opening of the winter exhibitions in TC. crookedtree.org/events/traverse-city

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SNO-GO HOT COCOA HUSTLE RELAY RACE: 2:30pm, The Highlands at Harbor Springs. Different legs of the race include carrying a tray of mock hot chocolate, riding an all new Sno-Go bike down the hill & more.

Your team will compete for great prizes. Sign up your team; $48 per team of four. highlandsharborsprings.com/hotcocoahustle

jan 23

sunday

TRAVERSE CITY GOLF SHOW: (See Sat., Jan. 22, except today’s times are 10am-4pm.)

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FAT CHANCE FAT TIRE BIKE PRE-RIDE: Meet at Iron Fish Distillery, Thompsonville at 11am & ride to Crystal Mountain to complete a few laps on the Fat Chance race course. Afterwards ride back to Iron Fish Distillery for food & drink specials. No charge for the pre-ride unless you need to rent a Fat Tire bike. crystalmountain.com/event/fat-chance-pre-ride

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SOUP & SKI: (See Sat., Jan. 22 except today’s times are 12-5pm.)

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DISNEY’S FROZEN, JR. BY THE YOUNG COMPANY: (See Sat., Jan. 22)

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JAZZ (LATE) BRUNCH: 3pm, GT Circuit, TC. Featuring Jeff Haas Trio & Laurie Sears

A regular on the Las Vegas Strip, Derek’s act is fast, fresh, and fanatical. Y0u can hear him on the air via the SiriusXM Satellite Radio Network and on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom Show.

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with special guest Anthony Stanco. Also featuring Chateau Chantal wine & food from the Good Bowl. Proof of vaccination & masks required. $20 donation.

Reena Calm is an East Coaster turned Chicago favorite. she became one of the most respected and requested comedians in the Midwest, and is now a nationally touring headliner. Pulling from a lifetime of questionable choices, Reena’s material is autobiographical, silly, and charmingly inappropriate.

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AUDITIONS FOR “MAMMA MIA!”: 3:306:30pm, First Presbyterian Church, Cadillac.

Presented by Cadillac Footliters. sites.google. com/cadillacfootliters.com/mamma-mia-audition-hub/?fbclid=IwAR35mrv7oq11LVuUqMl qg1LXVT0vZbdI3gBj4aV1Rf0pXUoX0WM8 CVXWySk

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GAZE INTO THE FUTURE WITH VISION BOARDS: 6:30-8pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. Create your vision for 2022. Start off with a blank canvas as you delve into a new year.

Free. tadl.org/event/gaze-into-the-futurewith-vision-boards/2022-01-19

jan 24

monday

MEET WITH STATE REP. JOHN ROTH: 12-1pm, Fife Lake Township Offices, Fife Lake. People in Grand Traverse County can meet with State Rep. John Roth. 517-373-1766; JohnRoth@house.mi.gov.

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KID’S CRAFT LAB: MITTEN MOBILE: 1pm & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Decorate a few mittens your way.

Hang them on strings for a winter decoration. Sign up when you reserve your attendance at the Museum. greatlakeskids.org AUDITIONS FOR “MAMMA MIA!”: (See Sun., Jan. 23 except today’s times are 6-8pm.)

jan 25

tuesday

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: 10:30am, Suttons Bay Bingham District Library.

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STORYTIME ADVENTURES: 10:30am, 1pm & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Katy and the Big Snow” by Virginia Lee Burton. Sign up when you reserve your attendance at the Museum. greatlakeskids.org

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CWIB VIRTUAL PROGRAM: Connecting Women in Business - “Putting Ourselves First.” Featuring speaker Kjersti Kontio of My Life Health Coach. Networking, 11:30amnoon. Program, noon. Zoom link will be sent after registering. $10. petoskeychamber.com/ events/details/cwib-virtual-program-january25-2022-26939?calendarMonth=2022-01-01

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RELAY FOR LIFE KICKOFF: 6-8pm, Firefly Kitchen & Bar, TC. Learn about the upcoming Relay For Life in Grand Traverse County. Complimentary appetizers will be served. Free.

jan 26

wednesday

THE BAY CINEMA SOCIETY: The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Held the fourth Weds. of each month, The Bay Cinema Society will meet at 2pm for a screening of a special film, followed by a discussion. There is not a membership requirement to participate. While moviegoers are encouraged to join the discussion, it’s not a requirement. Cost for the movie will be free for The Bay Theatre members & $2 for the general public. January’s film will be “Singin’ in the Rain.” thebaytheatre.com

jan 27

thursday

COFFEE @ TEN: EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. CTAC Visual Arts Director Liz Erlewine will introduce the new exhibits. crookedtree.org/events/petoskey

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KID’S CRAFT LAB: MITTEN MOBILE: 10:30am, 1pm & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Decorate a few mittens your way. Hang them on strings for a winter decoration. Sign up when you reserve your attendance at the Museum. greatlakeskids.org

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CRAFTERNOON CLASS: 4pm, Bellaire Public Library. Hand embroidery with Nikki.

Limited seating available. Free; supplies included. Register: 231-533-8814. Ages 16+. bellairelibrary.org

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2022 CLIMATE UPDATE WITH PETER SINCLAIR: 7pm. Held via Zoom, moderated

by Jeremy Reisig. A presentation & discussion about the solutions to climate change. nmeac.org/2022_climate_update_with_peter_sinclair#register

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FULFILLIAMENT #18: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Five local community leaders & entrepreneurs tell their journey of how they found fulfillment through vocation. They include Saku Takano, Rotary Charities CEO; Jason Gollan, Common Good Bakery founder; Jennifer Finnegan, Single Momm founder; Bob Brick, Brick & Corbett; & Josh Stoltz, Grow Benzie ED. Masks required. GA: $15; $18 night of event. cityoperahouse.org/node/426

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GRAND TRAVERSE AUDUBON CLUB MEETING: 7pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Club member Kathy Flegel will talk about her volunteer work at the ARK (Association to Rescue Kritters) in St Helen, Michigan. Free. grandtraverseaudubon.org/ programs

jan 28

friday

COFFEE @ TEN: CONNIE JASON: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Enjoy a conversation with this artist guild member. crookedtree. org/events/traverse-city

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STORYTIME ADVENTURES: 10:30am, 1pm & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Katy and the Big Snow” by Virginia Lee Burton. Sign up when you reserve your attendance at the Museum. greatlakeskids.org

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MCDR ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS THE BRITISH INVASION TRIBUTE SHOW: 7pm, The Ellison Place, Gaylord.

Featuring Matt King as Paul McCartney, Ron Foss as Captain Fantastic Detroit, & Donny Rod as Rod Stewart. Food available. Ticket pick up: 989-448-7575. $15.

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COMEDY WITH DEREK RICHARDS: 7:30pm, TC Comedy Club, TC. A regular on the Las Vegas strip, Richard’s comedy features tales of his blue-collar upbringing, his divorce, the holidays & his child-free existence. A veteran of several USO tours, he was chosen as one of the first performers at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba after the base began guarding jailed AlQaeda terrorists. He has been the opening act for The Temptations & The Four Tops. $20-$25. traversecitycomedyclub.com/derek-richards

jan 29

saturday

BIGFOOT 5K & 10K SNOWSHOE RACE: 9am, Timber Ridge Campground, TC. Cost is $27 before noon on Jan. 27. Snowshoe rental: $20. Register. runsnow.com

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9TH ANNUAL IRON FISH DISTILLERY FAT CHANCE FAT TIRE BIKE RACE: 10am, Crystal Mountain, Otter Trail Loop, Thompsonville. The new 90 Minute Category Trail Loop course is 3 miles of high speed wide trail & a new single track section. The 45 Minute Category Trail Loop will be wide open beginner friendly trails. $50/rider. Online registration closes at noon on Fri., Jan. 28. No day-of registration. crystalmountain. com/event/fat-chance-fat-tire

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4TH ANNUAL ICE WINE FESTIVAL: 11am5pm, Chateau Chantal, TC. Ice wine is made from grapes frozen naturally on the vine & fermented into a viscous & complex dessert wine. Sample various ice wines, dessert wines, & food pairings while enjoying outdoor fire pits with s’mores & winter activities.

There will be an ice wine vineyard tour, ice wine production show & tour, & explore the Founder’s Trail - bring your snowshoes!

Free; a charge for wine samples.

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8TH ANNUAL CARLY’S HILL CARDBOARD CLASSIC SNOW FUN DAY: 11am-3pm, Springfield Park & Recreation Area, Fife Lake.

Free family fun, make & bring cardboard sled contest with prizes, warming building, hot drinks, lunch available, fire, toddler sledding hill, safety games, helmet fittings & more.

11am-noon: Registration of sleds. 1pm: Distance runs. Info: 231-384-0406.

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SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: (See Sat., Jan. 22)

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trail, visit three wine tasting stations that are paired with light food. $38. otsegoclub.com/ event/winter-wine-walk-11

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FAMILY FUN DAYS: MOVIE MATINEE: 1pm, Glen Lake Library, Empire. Featuring “The Jungle Book,” rated PG. Popcorn provided. glenlakelibrary.net/events

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BEARCUB OUTFITTERS TORCHLIGHT SNOWSHOE: 5-9pm, Camp Daggett, Petoskey. Free snowshoe rentals, cookies, hot cocoa, fires, torchlit trails & more. Register. Donations encouraged. campdaggett. org/bearcub-snowshoe-for-daggett

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COMEDY WITH DEREK RICHARDS: (See Fri., Jan. 28, except tonight’s time is 7pm.)

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BLISSFEST PRESENTS BARBARO: 7:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. The Minneapolis-Winona based rising stars have created their eclectic sound through original songwriting craft, with inspiration derived from bluegrass, jazz & chamber music. Their newest album, “Dressed in Roses,” was released in January 2020. $25 member; $30 GA. blissfest.org

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TSO MAESTRO SERIES FEATURING YEVGENY KUTIK ON VIOLIN: 7:30pm, Historic Barns Park, Cathedral Barn, TC. World caliber soloists Yevgeny Kutik on violin & pianist Dr. Ya-Ju Chuang join TSO Maestro Kevin Rhodes at the piano for a fun performance.

Main floor, $45.50. traversesymphony.org/concert/maestro-series-yevgeny-kutik

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WINTER AT THE ZOO: 7:30pm, The Opera House, Cheboygan. A concert to benefit The Opera House, Cheboygan. An evening of classic rock hits from The Animals, The Birds, The Turtles & more. Featuring: Dale Rieger, Nathan Towne, Kyle Frazier, Will Engleman, Evan Archambo, Lori Cleland, Ben Dratnol & Brett Mallory. Masks required. For tickets call 231-627-5841. $15/adults; $10/ students & vets. theoperahouse.org

jan 30

sunday

HEAD OLYMPIC DOWNHILL: The Highlands at Harbor Springs. Juniors will race down Leprechaun to NASTAR starting at 10am.

Adults will race down Olympic starting at noon.

Featuring overall awards from HEAD & Boyne Country Sports, including a cash prize to the top racers in the open class division. $39-$60. highlandsharborsprings.com/head-downhill

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NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES POETRY WORKSHOP: 1pm, Traverse Area District Library, Thirlby Room, TC. Enjoy a 3-hour workshop on the art of poetry. Instructor & poet Ari Mokdad will walk students through different poetry styles, demonstrate techniques to strengthen their writing & add greater depth & meaning to their poetry, & give advice on further development or publication for aspiring writers. Students are encouraged to bring their own poetry to workshop with the group. Open only to fully vaccinated participants. Registration closes when the maximum number of students (15) register, or by Jan. 28. A wait list may be available. Open to students throughout northern MI. Free. nationalwritersseries.org/ writing-workshops/poetry-workshop-2022

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TSO MAESTRO SERIES FEATURING YEVGENY KUTIK ON VIOLIN: (See Sat., Jan. 28, except today’s time is 3pm.)

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FATHER FRED’S ANNUAL FROSTBITE FOOD DRIVE: Runs Jan. 29 - Feb. 6 with the main drop-off location at Team Bob’s on the corner of Park & S. Airport, TC. Other locations include: Tom’s West Bay, Tom’s East Bay, Tom’s 14th St., Tom’s Interlochen, as well as Oleson’s on 3 Mile & Oleson’s on Long Lake.

Iems to donate that are healthy, flexible & hearty: 5 oz. canned tuna, soups, dried beans 1lb. bags, rice, 5 oz. canned chicken, oatmeal, peanut butter, spaghetti or pasta, & canned fruits, packed in juice. fatherfred.org

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BELLAIRE WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 9am-1pm, Downtown Bellaire. Held at two locations: Bee Well & Terrain. Produce, eggs, meats, honey, maple syrup, baked goods, local artists, crafts, & more.

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - PUNK DREAMSCAPE: GARCIA + MARTIN + NEMEC: Jan. 15 - Feb. 19 in Atrium Gallery. Through a combination of symbolic, illustrative & figurative imagery, midwest artists Esteban Garcia, Nick Martin & Aaron Nemec create abstract narratives that verge on the surreal. Mixed media paintings, drawings & sculptures will be on display. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/punkdreamscape-garcia-martin-nemec - OPEN DOORS: A JURIED EXHIBITION: Jan. 15 - March 5 in Gilbert Gallery. This juried exhibition invites artists across the nation to consider themes related to openness & accessibility. crookedtree.org/event/ctacpetoskey/open-doors-juried-exhibition - THIS IS HOME: A REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION: Jan. 15 - March 5 in Bonfield Gallery. This juried exhibition invites artists working throughout the Great Lakes region to consider themes related to the concept of home. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/homejuried-exhibition

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - 2022 GUILD MEMBER SALON SHOW: Jan. 18 - Feb. 26, held in Gallery. A diverse assortment of work in a variety of media will be on display. Opening reception on Sat., Jan. 22 from 2-4pm. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traversecity/2022-guild-member-salon-show - TRAVERSE AREA CAMERA CLUB COMPETITION SHOW: Runs through Feb. 26 in Carnegie Rotunda. This recurring exhibition highlights award-winning photographs produced by members of the Traverse Area Camera Club (TACC). Opening reception on Sat., Jan. 22 from 2-4pm. crookedtree.org/ event/ctac-traverse-city/traverse-area-camera-club-competition-show

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GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: - “PAPERWORK”: Jan. 14 - March 24.

This exhibition focuses on works on paper, & works made of paper. It features the work of 21 artists from throughout Michigan, Massachusetts, Missouri, & the nation of Chile.

Check web site for hours. glenarborart.org/ events/paperwork-exhibition - “WOODLAND STUDIES”: A small exhibition of black & white photographs by Grand Rapids photographer Rodney Martin. It runs Jan. 7 – April 13 in the Lobby Gallery. Martin focuses his lens on the landscape. For the images in “Woodland Studies,” he zeros in on rivers, woods & orchards in Benzie, Grand Traverse & Leelanau counties. See web site for hours. glenarborart.org/events/ exhibit-woodland-studies

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FANTASY’S, TC DJ FRESH COAST BEER WORKS MICROBREWERY, TC 1/28 -- Donald Benjamin, 6-9 GT CIRCUIT, TC 1/23 -- Jazz (Late) Brunch with Jeff Haas Trio & Laurie Sears wsg Anthony Stanco, 3 LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC THE BARREL ROOM: 1/24 -- Barrels & Beats w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9 LIL BO, TC Thurs. – Jazz w/ Larz Cabot, 6-9 Fri. – Live music Sun. -- Karaoke - Shooting Star Entertainment, 8

TC COMEDY CLUB, TC 1/28 -- Comedy with Derek Richards, 7:30 1/29 -- Comedy with Derek Richards, 7

THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 1/22 -- DJ Ras Marco, noon; Stonefolk, 7 1/24 -- Big Fun Jam Band, 6-8:30 1/25 -- Open Mic, 7 1/26 -- Jazz Show, 6 1/28 -- Liz Landry Trio, 7 1/29 -- DJ Ras Marco D, noon2pm; Jesse Jefferson, 7

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THE PARLOR, TC 8-11: 1/22 -- Drew Hale 1/25 -- Jesse Jefferson 1/26 -- Wink Solo 1/27 -- Jimmy Olson 1/28 -- Chris Smith 1/29 -- Jim Hawley & Friends

Antrim & Charlevoix CELLAR 152, ELK RAPIDS 1/28 -- Blair Miller, 6:30 HELLO VINO, BELLAIRE 1/22 & 1/29 -- Doc Woodward, 7-9

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1/28 -- Kyle Brown, 8-10:30 1/29 -- Blair Miller, 8-10:30

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BIG BUCK BREWERY, GAYLORD 1/28 – Pete Kehoe, 6-9

TREETOPS RESORT, GAYLORD 1/28 -- Comedy Show w/ Sal Demilio, Billy Reno & Steve Hansen, 8-9:30

The Owen James Trio brings creative interpretations of songs you know. Owen James on guitar, Leif Owen on bass, and Andrew Dunham on drums. They play Beards Brewery in Petoskey on Sat., Jan. 29 from 6-8pm.

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MAMMOTH DISTILLING, BAY HARBOR 1/29 -- Eric Jaqua, 7-10 ODAWA CASINO RESORT, PETOSKEY VICTORIES: 1/22 -- Billy Gunther & The Midwest Riders, 10 BEARDS BREWERY 1/29 — Owen James Trio, 6-8

THE HIGHLANDS AT HARBOR SPRINGS SLOPESIDE LOUNGE: 1/28 -- Nelson Olstrom, 6 THE NOGGIN ROOM PUB, PETOSKEY 7-10: 1/22 -- Ty Parkin 1/28 – Mike Ridley 1/29 – Holly Keller

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Since the iconoclastic planet

Uranus is a chief symbol for the Aquarian tribe, you people are more likely to be dissenters and mavericks and questioners than all the other signs.

That doesn’t mean your departures from orthodoxy are always successful or popular. Sometimes you meet resistance from the status quo. Having offered that caveat, I’m happy to announce that in the coming weeks, your unique offerings are more likely than usual to be effective. For inspiration, read these observations by author Kristine Kathryn Rusch: “Rebels learn the rules better than the rule-makers do. Rebels learn where the holes are, where the rules can best be breached. Become an expert at the rules. Then break them with creativity and style.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It is the nature of

love to work in a thousand different ways,” wrote the mystic Saint Teresa of Avila. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re due to discover new and different ways to wield your love magic—in addition to the many you already know and use. For best results, you’ll have to be willing to depart from old reliable methods for expressing care and tenderness and nurturing. You must be willing to experiment with fresh approaches that may require you to stretch yourself. Sounds like fun to me!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “If you are drilling for water, it’s better to drill one 60-foot well than 10 six-foot wells,” advised author and religious scholar Huston Smith. He was using welldrilling as a metaphor, of course—as a symbol for solving a problem, for example, or developing a spiritual practice, or formulating an approach to psychological healing. The metaphor might not be perfectly applicable for everyone in every situation.

But I believe it is vividly apropos for you and your current situations.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A well-worn proverb tells us, “All good things come to those who wait.” There’s a variation, whose author is unknown (although it’s often misattributed to Abraham Lincoln): “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left behind by those who hustle.” I think that’s far more useful advice for you in the coming weeks. I’d much rather see you hustle than wait. Here’s a third variant, which may be the best counsel of all. It’s by author Holly Woodward: “All good things come to those who bait.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Born under the

sign of Taurus, Ethel Smyth (1858–1944) had considerable skills as a composer of music, an athlete, an author, a passionate lover, and an activist working for women’s rights. She was successful in all of them. I propose we make her one of your role models for the coming months. Why? First, because she did more than one thing really well, and you are now primed to enhance your versatility, flexibility, and adaptability. Second, because she described a formula for high achievement that would suit you well. She said, “Night after night I went to sleep murmuring, ‘Tomorrow I will be easy, strong, quick, supple, accurate, dashing and self-controlled all at once!’” (PS: I suggest you make “supple” your word of power in 2022.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to

author Olivia Dresher, “Feelings want to be free.

Thoughts want to be right.” Well, then, what about intuitions? In a sense, they’re hybrids of feelings and thoughts. They’re a way of knowing that transcends both feelings and thoughts. When intuitions come from the clear-seeing part of your deep psyche rather than the fear-prone part of your conditioning, they are sweet and fun and accurate and humble and brisk and pure.

They don’t “want” to be anything. I’m pleased to inform you, Gemini, that in the coming weeks, your intuitions will be working at peak efficiency. It should be relatively easy for you to distinguish between the clear-seeing and fear-prone modes of intuition.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Author

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote, “To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.” I agree, which is why I authorize you to add “Saint” to the front of your name in the coming weeks. There’s an excellent chance you will fit the description Stowe articulated. You’ll be at the peak of your power to elevate the daily rhythm into a stream of subtle marvels. You’ll be quietly heroic. If you’re not fond of the designation “Saint,” you could use the Muslim equivalent term, “Wali,” the Jewish “Tzadik,” Buddhist “Arhat,” or Hindu “Swami.”

(June 21-July 22): “If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it,” wrote humorist Leo Rosten. I offer his counsel to you right now because I want you to have fun if you wander away from your usual upstanding behavior. But may I make a suggestion? As you depart from normal, boring niceness, please remain honorable and righteous. What I’m envisioning for you are experiments that are disruptive in healthy ways, and dares that stir up interesting problems, and rebellious explorations that inspire beauty and truth. They’ll be “wrong” only in the sense of being mutinies against static, even stagnant, situations that should indeed be prodded and pricked. Remember Bob Dylan’s idea: “To live outside the law, you must be honest.”

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PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Piscean author

Juansen Dizon tells us, “Don’t find yourself in places where people have it all figured out.” That’s always good advice, but it will be especially germane for you in the coming weeks and months. You need the catalytic stimulation that comes from associating with curious, open-minded folks who are committed to the high art of not being know-it-alls. The influences you surround yourself with will be key in your efforts to learn new information and master new skills. And that will be an essential assignment for you throughout 2022.

(July 23-Aug. 22): Leo actor Anna Kendrick bragged, “I’m so humble it’s crazy.

I’m like the Kanye West of humility.” I’d like to see you adopt that extravagant approach to expressing your magnificence in the coming weeks. I hope you’ll add another perspective to your repertoire, too—this one from Leo actor Mae West. She exulted, “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!” Here’s one further attitude I encourage you to incorporate, courtesy of Leo author Rachel Pollack: “To learn to play seriously is one of the great secrets of spiritual exploration.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Sammy Davis

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Author Helen Hunt

Jackson said that one component of happiness is “a little less time than you want.” Why? Because you always “have so many things you want to see, to have, and to do” and “no day is quite long enough for all you would like to get done before you go to bed.” I propose you experiment with this definition in the coming weeks. According to my astrological analysis, you will have even more interesting assignments and challenges than usual—as well as a brimming vitality that will make it possible for you to accomplish many but not all of them. Your happiness should be abundant!

Jr. (1925–1990) was multi-talented: an actor, singer, comedian, and dancer. One critic described him as “the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage.” He didn’t think highly of his own physical appearance, however. “I know I’m dreadfully ugly,” Davis said, “one of the ugliest men you could meet.

But ugliness, like beauty, is something you must learn how to use.” That’s an interesting lesson to meditate on. I think it’s true that each of us has rough, awkward, irregular aspects—if not in our physical appearance, then in our psyches. And yet, as Davis suggested, we can learn to not just tolerate those qualities, but use them to our advantage. Now is a favorable time for you to do that.

“Jonesin” Crosswords "The Birthday Game"--not the right calendar section. by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1 Rootless aquatic plant 5 “Don’t make me laugh!”

8 Steve Irwin exclamation 14 Mario Kart character 15 Modern prefix with tourism 16 Emu or ostrich, e.g.

17 “The $64,000 Question” emcee born one month too late?

19 “The Audacity of Hope” family 20 Have ___ of mystery 21 Hanna-Barbera feline 23 Ready to leave the queue 25 One of many during 2021 for “Jeopardy!”

26 Mike the Tiger’s sch.

29 Like some ciders 30 “Green Acres” costar Eva 32 Godparent, sometimes 33 “Fences” playwright born four months too soon?

36 Tennis variation 39 2018 Hannah Gadsby stand-up special with quite a few serious moments 40 “Mad Men” actress born ... in exactly the right month?

42 Take ___ (lose money) 43 Purchasing agent 44 Onyx or opal 47 College maj. for instrumentalists 48 Tabletop gamer, stereotypically 50 Unlikely to fall over 52 Girl with a flock 54 “___ Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts song) 55 Leo’s home?

58 Queen guitarist/astrophysicist born two months too late?

60 Mission to the moon 61 French dressing ingredient no longer regulated by the FDA 62 Frigid finish 63 Most bleached out 64 T-shirt size that may cost slightly more 65 SFO listings

DOWN 1 Convenient 2 Ride while you wait for repairs 3 Andromeda, for one 4 Fess up 5 “I’m with ___” (2016 campaign slogan) 6 Bank holding, briefly 7 Sounds from mall Santas 8 Holey footwear 9 Morocco’s capital 10 “Let’s just leave ___ that” 11 Family that runs the “Convenience” store in a Canadian sitcom 12 Greek vowel 13 “That’s pretty much it” 18 Rocket, in the U.S. 22 Surname of Roth’s complainer 24 Alerter of the 2000s 26 Deadly sin 27 Little twerp 28 “Reader” whose last print edition was in 2019 31 Industrious sort 32 Taproom orders 33 Push up against 34 Decreases 35 Newtonian topic 36 Late performer who once dated Nicole Richie and Mandy Moore 37 “Hawaii Five-O” setting 38 Les Etats-___ 41 Bar fixture 44 Wallace’s dog 45 Composer Grieg 46 “Aaagh! That’s way too bright!”

48 Count for MLS or NHL games 49 Disney World attraction 51 Arm bones 52 Liver secretion 53 Grand ___ (auto race) 55 Anti-mosquito device sound 56 ___-Locka, Florida 57 U.S. currency 59 Not feeling so good

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