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Pluck & Clucks Marlene O’Connor [Letters, June 8 issue] has indicated that our recent spring flooding was due to the warm weather associated with climate change. Didn’t we have a cool wet spring this year? And even if warm weather did cause more moisture to be held in the atmosphere, this takes the form of clouds. Clouds reflect the rays of the sun, which results in cooling. Our marvelous little planet has a way of selfcorrecting in this way.

Ms. O’Connor seems to be suffering from the well-know malady “brain damage via public radio.” I hope someone helps her before she starts clucking that “the sky is falling.”

RD Johnson, Gilmore Township Language Evolving or Devolving?

The linguists at Merriam–Webster have recently announced their intentions to change their dictionary’s definition of racism. Apparently one woman wrote them an email explaining how the current definition wasn’t quite broad enough to articulate the deeply imbedded systemic frameworks of oppression that remain from our darker periods in history.

I’m sure I open myself up to further alienation by pointing this out, but so be it.

For what it’s worth, I notionally support the idea of social progress as much as anyone flying signs out there on the street. Racial bigotry is moronic and disgusting, but I really can’t see any intellectual or dialectical value in what Merriam–Webster is doing.

The issue I have is the redefining of words that have traditionally always had specific meanings in the English language. When you hear anyone talk about how people on either side of the political spectrum are undermining the very institution of truth, this is a perfect example of what they’re talking about.

It quickly becomes a slippery slope to “war is peace” and “freedom is slavery” when we set the precedent that the definitions for words — especially emotionally charged words — can be modified to imperialize a way of thinking.

So the question I ask here is this: Has it not been more than adequate in the past to refer to systemic racial biases and inequities

as “institutional racism”? I think that it has.

And I think that by consolidating all of this extra information into one word, we are, on the one hand, catering to morons by promoting dialectical laziness; and, on the other hand, setting a very Orwellian precedent.

Derek Meyer, Traverse City Isn’t It Ironic?

A reminder to my fellow Americans: Our country was founded of the principle of the separation of church and state. I plead with you to reflect on the irony recently witnessed by my president’s actions. He clears a path through a peaceful protest by force, saunters up to the steps of the nearest church, and holds up a Bible — as proof of what?

Does he even know the main character in that book was made famous by his peaceful civil disobedience? The answer would be no. I would venture to guess that, until he ran for president, Trump had very little use for any religion. My father — a lifelong Republican, a marine, and a veteran of both World War II and Korea — warned me of such pandering and self-service. I’m grateful he isn’t around to witness what has become of his party.

Why wasn’t my president holding up a copy of the Constitution, the document he swore an oath to uphold and protect?

Reason: It didn’t support his narrative or photo-op stunt. Please consider all the facts as you head to the polls this November.

P.S. You all know Fox News is not a news organization; by their own admission, they don’t have to fact-check their sources and can report anything that fits their agenda. This is not the case for mainstream news organizations.

Jim McIntyre, Petoskey Another Perspective I really enjoyed reading Steven Tuttle’s “The Privilege of Assumption” [Spectator, June 15 issue].

As a white immigrant from Brazil, I have a slightly different approach to this topic. I believe we all belong to the human race, regardless of how much melanin we have under our epidermis. Anglo-Saxon descendants treated other people, not as pale as themselves, as inferior, while the Portuguese and Spanish wanted to save their souls from hell, but they recognized the fact that they had souls. Anglo-Saxons did not.

Just another angle to this complex issue.

Rodolfo Rasche, Ann Arbor

By Mail or in Person, Vote Michigan voters have the constitutional right to vote absentee without a reason.

Make sure your vote counts. Vote absentee by carefully following instructions. An election worker from each party is present when each absentee ballot is processed.

In some locations, voter rolls have been purged, and polling locations have been reduced. Check your voter registration at www.michigan.gov/VOTE to find out if you are registered, confirm your polling location, or get the name and contact info of your township clerk and a sample ballot.

Registered voters can request an application and absentee ballot, which will be mailed.

Your marked ballot must be received by your polling place before voting closes at 8 pm for the August 4 primary election, and November 3, 2020 for the general election.

In the months before the election, expect nasty ads, conspiracy accusations, polling monitors, and long lines where polling places have been drastically reduced, especially in urban areas. If you vote absentee you can avoid conflicts, lines, and Covid-19. You can study the issues and candidates’ positions (available at www.vote411.org ), vote safely, and be sure your vote counts. People died for this right, so vote!

Beverly Christensen, Cedar Calling the Kettle Black?

Reading the letter from Herb Fris [June 22 issue], I wondered whether he’d bothered to read Stephen Tuttle’s thoughtful June 15 column, “The Privilege of Assumption.”

Seems doubtful.

Mr Tuttle explains many realities of white privilege and their impacts on people of color, and how “. . . we’re ignorant of the day-to-day indignities of racism . . . .” To that I’d add that we also seem to forget that white rage came first and has continued for some five centuries.

Besides those pillars of racism Mr. Tuttle explicitly identifies, he implies a third — stereotyping — with many examples.

Mr. Fris provides us with many stereotypes, from “anarchists . . . orchestrated by . . .

‘Deep State’ puppet masters” to (quoting another) “Democrats and fake news media . . . [and] their socialist/communist political agenda.” I also challenge his assumption that (Dr.) “King denounced anarchists.” He denounced hate and violence as both cause and effect.

Unfortunately, we all stereotype others — myself included. We make assumptions about others based on appearance, perceived lifestyle, opinions, beliefs, and so on. I’ve been called on it by people of color, women, and others. Far more often than not, I’ve learned from it. Should he read this letter, Mr. Fris might dismiss me as a Democrat/communist/etc. I’m neither, nor an anarchist. It’s difficult not to dismiss him as a tunnel-vision (or blind-sided) Trump supporter.

Emphatically I believe every white person in our culture should read a book such as Debby Irving’s “Waking Up White” and one such as Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me.” At the very least, please read Mr. Tuttle’s June 15 column with the open-minded care it deserves — and also, incidentally, Cathye Williams’ “No Justice, No Earth” column in the June 22 issue.

Tom Beukema, Petoskey Corrections: In our story about Pastor Jeremy Wicks, “Pastor. Police Reservist.

Body Piercer,” we failed to mention that Rev. Wicks works primarily with Northern Michigan People’s Pride, which is led by Natalie Ferrer, Charlie Comber, and Scott Kenny. Superintendent reverend Jodie Flessner was the supervisor he first spoke with about becoming a certified piercer.

And Mosaic Church’s current building is located just north of Three Mile and Garfield, not south.

CONTENTS features Crime and Rescue Map.....................................7

The National Cherry Festival That Wasn’t..........10 Mackinac Island, After the Shutdown................13 A One-of-a-Kind Fourth...................................14 Big Boom Time for Home Fireworks..................17 Required Fourth of July Reading.......................19 Mundos Eat House in Suttons Bay....................22

columns & stuff Top Ten...........................................................5 Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Opinion..............................................................8 Weird.................................................................9 Dates..............................................................24 Crossword...................................................27 Advice........................................................29 Classifieds..................................................30

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top ten little traverse bay ferry The time has finally come: As of June 25, the community nonprofit Little Traverse Bay Ferry, which plies humans of all abilities (and their bikes and leashed pups!) to and from ports in Petoskey, Harbor Springs, and Bay Harbor, is now running daily. Roundtrip tickets are $10, all-day ride passes are $20; and trips are 25 minutes or less, albeit weatherdependent. For reservations and more details, call (231) 838-8357 or see www.littletraversebayferryco.com.

HIGH WATER CAUSES WEIR WOES ON THE BOARDMAN Water levels of the lower Boardman River have gotten too high for canoes or kayaks to safely go under a passage at the Boardman River Weir, according to Department of Natural Resources officials.

The DNR issued a warning about the safety hazard because the river as it flows through Traverse City has become an increasingly popular attraction for paddlers.

“Since Lake Michigan water levels influence the level of the lower Boardman River — and the water level there currently is quite high — the available clearance to pass under the weir is greatly reduced,” officials said. “Additionally, the portage platforms are slightly underwater, so new signage has been installed to help guide paddlers to the correct locations.”

Even though the platforms are slightly submerged, they provide the safest route to get past the weir, they said.

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tastemakers Wren’s Summertime Scallops

The elegant and intimate Wren, located in the old Firehouse building in downtown Suttons Bay, missed nary a step through the spring shutdown.

Instead, owner and chef Adam McMarlin used the opportunity to make some minor renovations and additions to the restaurant, including a new backyard garden. Already its fresh herbs have made their fresh and fragrant way into the ofthe-moment meals for which McMarlin is known. Our favorite of late: These decidedly not-shrimpy scallops, which he serves in a toasted-almond-topped arugula puree (arugula courtesy of Loma Farms) whose color and taste — from green apples, tarragon, cilantro, chive blossoms, and beurre blanc — made us wish licking dishes in public were a more welcome after-dinner activity. Get in soon to try it; much like McMarlin’s garden and the area farms that inspire him, Wren’s menu changes weekly, sometimes daily, depending on what’s available under the summer sun. Wren is open 5pm–9pm Tuesdays through Saturdays. Find it at 303 N. Saint Joseph St., Suttons Bay. www.wrensuttonsbay. com, (231) 271-1175

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The Vanishing Half

In the early 1940s, the all-Black town of Mallard, Louisiana, is small by any standard; far too small for identical twins, Desiree and Stella Vignes. So, when the girls turn 16, they flee to New Orleans, where one night, quiet, studious Stella simply vanishes. Ten years later, the twins are living opposite lives. While Stella passes for white in Beverly Hills, Desiree returns to the home the twins left behind — where a chance discovery of the sisters’ long-sunk secret calls their collective identity into question. From New York Times bestselling author Brit Bennett comes “The Vanishing Half.”

A multi-plot testament to both blood and bond, Bennett’s newest novel raises the bar on racial ideals while confronting the past from a present perspective.

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LINE 5 DAMAGE & DRAMA

Michigan’s governor and attorney general are pushing Enbridge for answers and an injunction after the company disclosed that it had briefly shut down the Line 5 oil pipeline at the Straits of Mackinac following significant damage to an anchor support.

Attorney General Dana Nessel filed motions over the controversial pipeline; she requested a restraining order and preliminary injunction to have the pipeline shut off until regulators got answers about what occurred to cause the damage.

Enbridge reported the damage June 18. Gov. Whitmer asked Enbridge for answers, but, according to Nessel’s office, “Enbridge not only failed to provide the requested information, but on June 20, 2020, the company unilaterally reactivated the west leg of the pipeline without even providing the state with an opportunity to first discuss it.”

Enbridge later responded with information about the damage, but Nessel’s office said it was insufficient and asked a state court to force Enbridge to turn over information and to suspend operations.

On June 25, a judge concurred with AG Nessel’s request for a temporary restraining order to stop pipeline operations and set a hearing on a preliminary injunction. The hearing is scheduled for June 30, 2020.

Enbridge said in its own statement that the injunction sought by Nessel is “legally unsupportable, unnecessary, and will be vigorously opposed by Enbridge” and that the company has worked with federal overseers to ensure the pipeline is operated safely. The company’s documents related to the recent pipeline/anchor support damage are available for public viewing at https://www.michigan.gov/egle.

Stuff we love Sweet Reads About Cherry Queens Two forces behind the longtime and legendary Cherry Queen float in Leland’s traditional Fourth of July parade, artists Sally Meese and Mollie Moody, decided that the kids who followed the costumed duo back to their cars each year were on to something. “Little kids would swarm us; they were mesmerized,” said Meese. “They’d ask where Cherry Queens live, what do Cherry Queens do. I had to answer!” Together, Meese and Moody wrote and illustrated “The Legend of the Cherry Queens: A Very Cherry Fairy Tale,” a fanciful and humorous read-aloud story for kids and adults that is also intended as an ode to American farmers. The story is not only full of cherry facts, vetted by a NoMi cherry industry leader, but also told from the point of view of cherries facing the trials and tribulations of growing from blossoms to fruit — pre-teen drama, troubling teen years, and full ripeness (thanks to the wisdom of their elders, the Cherry Queens) included. Published by Mission Point Press, the book (hardcover $18.95; softcover $12.95) is available at local bookstores and online. www.missionpointpress.com

South Lake Leelanau Boat Parade is On! If it simply doesn’t feel like the Fourth of July without a parade, get yourself on the water — or to the shores of south Lake Leelanau by 11am July 4. The lake’s annual boat parade is a go, and resident Bill Martin, grand marshal this year, said boaters and viewers are both welcome.

Says Martin, “Our next-door neighbors Chuck and Donna Johnston were the original leaders, and we’ve doing it for nearly 20 years. Most of the people are from Shugart Shores — we have a close and friendly neighborhood — but we’d love to see growth.”

Martin says residents and vacationers come to the shore to wave and cheer as the festooned boats and jet skis putter by. “Last year we were so honored to have a veteran in a boat approach us and thank us for having the parade.”

The parade, weather permitting, begins at the Bingham Boat Launch and ends at Margie’s Resort, both on south Lake Leelanau. Those participating are encouraged to decorate their vessels in red, white, and blue.

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bottoms up Burke’s Waterfront Sunset For a taste of classic Up North — the kind Gen Xers have known and loved since childhood — Burke’s Waterfront Restaurant in Cadillac is everything totally excellent. Inside: low lights, a warm, all-wood interior, giant fish tanks and nautical decor, multi-page fold-out menus, and waitresses that call you “Hon.” Outside: an expansive, well-appointed deck that, though in sight of M-55 and a dressed-up Dollar General, sits right on the shore of a lily-paddotted section of Lake Cadillac aflutter with dragonflies and songbirds. We found it to be a lovely place to sip on Burke’s equally lovely specialty cocktail, the Waterfront Sunset — a tall pour of orange juice made extra sweet, summery, and pretty with raspberry and peach Pucker. The afternoon sipper was super on its own, but we paired ours with two lunches: a worthwhile customer favorite, the Bison Burger, and our personal favorite, Burke’s Monte Cristo. Its combo of melty cheeses and sugared-ham and turkey, embraced by perfectly grilled egg-dipped Challah bread (thick, soft, and on-target sweet), put our ’80s childhoodmeal of choice — remember Bennigan’s Monte Cristo, kids? — to shame. Absolutely worth the stop or a long drive. Burke’s Waterfront Restaurant is open 7am–9pm Monday–Thursday and Sundays; 7am–10pm Friday and Saturdays. Find it at 2403 Sunnyside Dr., in Cadillac.

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The Biden fans and the anti-Trumpers — they aren’t necessarily the same — are all atwitter lately over President Trump’s stumbling presidency. They see November hope everywhere, even believing the president’s halting walk down a ramp after his speech at West Point was surely a sign of something.

To be sure, these are not the best of times for Trump.

His late response to the COVID-19 pandemic now looks almost bizarre. It turns out the disease was not “totally under control” nor did it “go away like a miracle.”

With 120,000 deaths and counting, and several of the states that reopened too early now seeing record spikes, hospitalizations, and deaths, it’s clear the bug will be with us until a vaccine or cure is found.

others have it as high as 13 points. Biden leads in all the swing states, including Michigan, and is closing in some red states, too.

The better news for the Bidenites is that their candidate has made it to or over the benchmark of 50 percent support. And at least 51 percent of likely voters believe Congress, too, would be better off controlled by Democrats.

Then there is the now-infamous Tulsa rally.

We were told a million people had signed up to attend, and the Trump campaign expected 100,000 to show up. The fire marshals on scene reported 6,200 people actually went through the metal detectors, not counting staff and facility employees. It likely wasn’t the media, or protesters, or lack of support for the president that kept people away but common sense. It’s just not smart to be in an enclosed space, shoulder to shoulder, with screaming, unmasked people.

On June 15, 2016, in a head-to-head polling matchup, Hillary Clinton led Trump nationally by 12 points, was up by 14 in Michigan, and led in every so-called swing state. But the trend lines would be changing soon enough.

According to the latest ABC/Ipsos polling data, fully 58 percent of the country disapproves of Trump’s handling of the pandemic.

It’s worse among likely voters and much worse among women likely to vote.

His response to the Black Lives Matter protests has been equally troubling. Always bellicose and rarely if ever conciliatory or empathetic, his appeals to his beloved base have served to further divide us. Polling indicates a majority disapprove of his response to BLM, as well.

Then there’s the summary firing of four inspectors general and a U.S. attorney for insufficient loyalty — despite their positions, by law, being independent of political influence. Investigating this president or his pals will get you fired regardless of the rules, something many Americans don’t much like.

Israeli Jewelry Designer Ayala Bar blends natural elements and glass with assorted metals and fabrics to create rich mosaics of limited edition pieces. She draws inspiration from everything and anything.

“A random composition of food on a plate, stuff scattered around the room, and so on. The list can be endless… But of course, above all, matter and material from which creativity becomes possible.”

It’s probably not helpful that turnover in his administration, through firing and resignations, is record-breaking. It grows tiresome to hear every new hire is the best person in history, straight from central casting, perfect for the job … only to be told a year later, as another person departs, they were worthless, incompetent bums.

General approval ratings for the president appear stagnant at around 42–43 percent.

He successfully maintains the support of his base but is having increasing difficulty generating support beyond that. His incendiary tweets, red meat to that base, are less appealing elsewhere.

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Things seem bleak in head-to-head polling against Democratic nominee Joe Biden, too.

According to RealClearPolitics, which averages many polls, Biden’s lead is a solid 10 points;

None of the above is good news for the president. So why aren’t his numbers even worse?

And haven’t we seen this before?

On June 15, 2016, in a head-to-head polling matchup, Hillary Clinton led Trump nationally by 12 points, was up by 14 in Michigan, and led in every so-called swing state. But the trend lines would be changing soon enough.

(A word about the national polls everyone still claims were wrong in 2016. Most final polling had Clinton winning the popular vote by 2-4 percent, and she won by 2.1.

Michigan polls the day before the election had the contest a dead heat.)

In today’s political environment, it is a very long time until Nov. 3. The polling being done now is a snapshot of the day the poll is conducted and nothing more. The polls don’t predict the future, they don’t tell us if progressives will be willing to actually vote for Biden, they don’t account for turnout, and nobody knows if the millions of mail-in ballots will alter anything, though you could bet your house they won’t create widespread fraud.

There will be large Trump rallies in the future, and it’s more likely than not Biden will commit multiple verbal gaffes. The gap that now exists will narrow naturally as disgruntled Republicans hold their nose and support their party, and unaffiliated conservatives find themselves unable to vote for Biden. And we already know Trump doesn’t need to win the popular vote to be reelected.

The Biden fans and Trump haters need to tend to their eggs carefully; the chickens they’re now counting have not yet hatched.

Crime & Rescue COAST GUARD RESCUES TEN The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 10 people from a sinking boat on West Grand Traverse Bay. Rescuers received a distress call at 2:30pm June 19; the Coast Guard launched a 45-foot response boat and a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Traverse City and arrived within 20 minutes.

Because the 30-foot vessel was taking on water and quickly submerging, a rescue swimmer went into the water to assist the 10 people into boarding another pleasure craft that had arrived on scene to help. They were taken to shore.

The distressed boat, meanwhile, couldn’t be saved; it sank in around 250 feet of water. Though the vessel has a maximum potential of 75 gallons of gasoline onboard, Coast Guard officials said there was no sign of pollution following its sinking.

“As the boating season begins, it is important to ensure your vessel is ready to safely get underway,” Deputy Sector Commander Amy Florentino said in the press release about the incident. “Conduct a check of your boat, make sure you have the proper safety gear, including life jackets, and ensure you have an operable VHF radio.”

TRUSTEE WALKS AWAY FROM JAIL A Crawford County Jail inmate trustee fled while working outside of the jail.

Crawford County Sheriff’s deputies learned of the escape at 8:30pm June 23 and started searching the area along with Grayling Police.

A citizen called central dispatch to report that they’d witnessed a man, wearing green pants and no shirt, run out of the woods near M-72 West and the Au Sable River.

Police went to the nearby home of a relative of the escaped inmate and found the man hiding under a vehicle. The man was arrested without trouble and taken back to jail.

Deputies said they requested that the 58-yearold face felony escape charges.

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Rogers is charged as four-time habitual offender with assault with a dangerous weapon.

FLEEING DRIVER ARRESTED A woman who sped away from Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies at speeds of over 100mph was captured and arrested.

The chase, which occurred at 9:45pm June 19, started after a deputy spotted a car without headlights that was tailgating another vehicle.

When the deputy attempted a traffic stop of the tailgating car on M-22 near East Lakeview Hills Road, the driver sped away to the north.

As the fleeing car entered Suttons Bay Township, the drive almost lost control on a curve but slammed on the brakes, stopping her car.

Deputies arrested the driver, a 25-year-old woman, on charges of fleeing and eluding and drunk driving.

TEEN SENTENCED FOR MURDER A 19-year-old who murdered a man in cold blood will spend more than 20 years in prison.

On June 19, 13th Circuit Court Judge Kevin Elsenheimer sentenced Joshua Todd Vandehoef, of California and Traverse City, to 22½ to 45 years in prison. A year ago, Vandehoef, who pled guilty in March to second-degree murder, stabbed 62-year-old James Clair Chisholm while he camped on the shore of the Boardman Lake in Traverse City. Traverse City Police detectives learned that Vandehoef had later told a friend on Snapchat that he had “killed a homeless guy” by slitting his throat.

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DRIVER INJURED IN CRASH A man driving a pickup truck and a trailer loaded with landscaping supplies ignored a stop sign and pulled into the path of another pickup.

Cadillac Police responded to the crash at the intersection of Division and Leeson streets at 10:30 am June 18. They found the landscaping truck had flipped, and its driver, a 25-year-old Reed City man, suffering injuries. He was taken to Munson Cadillac and cited for failing to stop.

The driver of the other pickup truck, a 66-yearold Cadillac man, was treated at the scene, officers said.

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FUGITIVE ARRESTED FOR HATCHET ATTACK Michigan State Police released more information about a Manton man who was arrested on assault charges by the fugitive team.

Fifty-six-year-old Charles Lynn Rogers was arrested June 13 at a home in Evart. The arrest followed an incident that occurred in Liberty Township in May, in which Rogers became angry with another man who had confronted him about some property in his possession.

The men argued over the phone, leading Rogers to travel to the other man’s house and attempted to assault him with a hatchet, investigators said. The attempted assault was unsuccessful, and Rogers fled.

Soon after, Rogers crashed his vehicle and continued on foot. Police were unable to track him down then, but they found a hatchet in his vehicle that appeared to be the one the other man had described.

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I’m afraid that in reacting to one crisis after another, our understanding of American independence seems to be working against us as a nation. Could it be that pride in our individual rights and personal independence — what essentially makes us American — is that which is exhausting us?

Each of us is free to have our own opinions, to serve our own interests, and amass our own treasure. We owe very little to anyone, other than paying our taxes and obeying the law.

Have we lost our dedication to the nation’s common good?

number as high as 60 percent in some parts of the country.

Somebody, please ask this guy to leave our party.

Federal Stimulus Checks: The CARES ACT provided funds to protect the national economy during COVID-19 by directly assisting with immediate expenses but also gave unrestricted cash to the unaffected, encouraging them to spend in their communities to stimulate the shaken economy — the theory being that your spending is someone else’s income. A win-win.

I know of way too many well-funded retirement accounts that just got a bonus. To that I say, “Go find your own cake and balloons.”

Racial Injustice Protests: We are quick to donate to the symptoms of racism. However, when these same financially advantaged Americans are asked to consider meaningful

The protesters might not offer a yet-digestible solution, but they should not be ignored. The value they bring is in recognizing and representing the storm that is coming.

Our Founding Fathers embraced the ideals of individualism, unshackled us from the British crown, paved a future in which we are each free to pursue our own dreams. We paid for our rights and freedoms within the Declaration of Independence with the blood, limbs, and lives of our revolutionary soldiers, so that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

OK, maybe not all men (nor women) were created equal, but I’ll get to that in a moment.

In the United States, we honor independence and individualism above nearly all else. The American Dream sets forth the aspiration that tells us that anyone, regardless of their class or status, can achieve anything. The opportunity exists for those willing to pull up their bootstraps and work hard.

But if you want to cheat people out of their opportunity: “Hey!, as long as it is legal, go ahead,” right? Pollute the planet for financial gain? “Fine, we won’t be alive when the earth is dead!” Spread a deadly virus? “Yes, that is my right!”

Uh, this party kinda sucks.

Let’s take a look at ourselves.

Wearing a face mask: We have the option to wear a mask — or not. It is a choice of personal freedom. In some spaces, you might be required to follow rules which displease you. Your choice: Follow the rules, leave, or make a scene. Exercise your rights v. protect the health of others.

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Yet it’s estimated that 20 to 30 percent of Americans rarely if ever wear a face mask outside of their home. Some polls show that

social changes that would actually address acknowledged inequities, our citizens declare that racism, injustice, and poverty are unsolvable problems — just too big.

The protesters might not offer a yet-digestible solution, but they should not be ignored.

The value they bring is in recognizing and representing the storm that is coming.

The broader call from protestors is that we all get an equal chance and equal treatment under the law. They are not organizing as socialists, anarchists, or domestic terrorists.

They are demanding bold change for the common good. If we know anything about Americans, we know that we are probably the best damn problem-solvers on the planet.

That is our culture.

As long as we all looked the other way, protected what was ours, and wrapped ourselves in the American myth of “everyone has the same opportunity to make something of themselves if they just work hard enough,” we felt safe in our numbers.

The protesters have crashed our party of complacency, and I welcome them.

I don’t see the American who won’t even wear a damn face mask or spend the stimulus check at the local hardware store as being a change agent in our social contract.

We need more American citizens who genuinely care about the United States of America as a whole community. And we need them now.

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Animal Antics In Oakland, California’s Grand Lake neighborhood, Gerald the turkey has been an institution for some time, regularly queueing up with carpool riders near Morcom Rose Garden. But lately, Gerald has grown grumpy and started attacking park visitors, reports KGO, prompting complaints to Oakland Animal Services. “I swear I was getting flashbacks to the velociraptor scenes in ‘Jurassic Park’ as he was ‘cooing’ at me, sizing me up,” one said. Others said Gerald charged them, clawing and pecking as they tried to run. In response, the city closed the rose garden at the end of May and asked people not to feed Gerald or any other wildlife, as it “may have contributed to the male turkey becoming more aggressive,” the parks department said. Animal control officers are also trying to “train him to revert to natural behaviors,” but have had limited success keeping him socially distanced from humans.

Kalua, an infamous alcoholic monkey in Kanpur, India, has been sentenced to live out his days in isolation, Gulf News reported.

The animal once belonged to a local occultist who would give him alcohol. After the owner died, Kalua couldn’t get his fix and became aggressive, sinking his teeth into more than 250 people, one of who died of his wound. The Kanpur zoo took Kalua in, trying to acclimate him to captivity and other monkeys, but zoo workers are throwing in the towel. “It has been three years since he was brought here,” said zoo doctor Mohd Nasir. “He will remain in captivity all his life.”

Desperate Times In April, following the cancellation of basketball madness, a Twitter account called March Madness of Flags was launched “for the love of vexillology,” pitting banners from all over the world against one another in a fearsome bracket to determine which was the “coolest flag.” During the final four, held over the weekend of June 13-14, the St. Louis (Missouri) flag beat out Stuttgart’s entry, then went on to clinch the championship in a commanding 625-49 victory over the standard from Yaroslavl Oblast, a Russian federal district north of Moscow. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the city’s flag, a relative newcomer, was designed by Yale University art history professor Theodore Sizer and adopted in 1964 for the city’s bicentennial.

For those missing travel abroad, Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, is offering 90 people the opportunity to tour the airport and “pretend to go abroad.” On July 2, 4 and 7, participants can spend a half-day going through immigration, boarding an airplane, and then getting off the plane and re-entering

the country through immigration. “People who didn’t have the opportunity to take international flights at Songshan (can) use this chance to experience and learn more about the boarding process and relevant service facilities,” Chih-ching Wang, deputy director of the airport, told CNN Travel.

Tour customers will also get to take home “exclusive mysterious gifts.”

Awwwwww Seniors from Glens Falls High School near Tulsa, Oklahoma, pulled a classic prank on what would have been the last day of their high school career: On June 12, they hung a large sign from the school saying, “For Sale!

Vacant Since March,” along with some of the school’s attributes, such as “2 full size gyms” and “swimming pool.” But Principal Tammy Silvernell could hardly be mad: Attached to the back of the sign was a letter from students she characterized as “the most polite pranksters ever,” according to The Daily Gazette. “This was all in good fun,” the letter read. “We hope to have made you laugh and miss us a little more ... thank you all for an amazing four years at GFHS!” The students also offered to remove the sign and included a phone number to call.

The Foreign Press The Associated Press reported that an unnamed man in Vienna, Austria, was hit with a 500 euro ($565) fine for “offending public decency” when he broke wind following an encounter with police on June 5. Authorities said that “of course no one is reported for accidentally ‘letting one go,’” but after behaving “provocatively and uncooperatively,” the man rose from a bench and “let go a massive intestinal wind apparently with full intent. And our colleagues don’t like to be farted at so much.”

Bad Apples The Gatlinburg SkyBridge in Tennessee was closed on June 15 after a guest at SkyLift Park attempted to execute a baseball-style slide across the glass panels in the middle of the bridge and a piece of metal on the guest’s clothing chipped and cracked the top layer of glass. According to WBIR, multiple signs warn against “running, jumping or bouncing” on the SkyBridge, the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in North America. Park spokesman Marcus Watson said the top layer of glass serves only as protection for the other two layers and the cracks didn’t affect the span’s structural integrity. Workers replaced the layer of glass with cedar planks and the bridge has been reopened.

The U.S. Forest Service is investigating a photo posted by David Lesh, 35, on Instagram showing him walking on a log across Hanging Lake in Garfield County, Colorado, in defiance of clearly posted rules prohibiting people from entering the water there. The post blew up with criticisms, but Lesh fired back, challenging others to walk on the log and even defecate in the lake. KDVR reported Lesh has a history of run-ins with authorities, including being cited for harassing a moose with his car in 2014 and setting 25 grocery carts on fire in Boulder, Colorado. Earlier this year he was caught snowmobiling in the Keystone ski area when the slopes were shut down because of COVID-19. On June 16 he was ordered to pay $500 and do 50 hours of community service for another snowmobiling incident from 2019.

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The National Cherry Festival That Wasn’t Most (but not all!) events are off this year, but Traverse City’s biggest summer party is already planning its comeback. Here’s what to expect this year — and next.

By Craig Manning In any other year, Traverse City would be gearing up for its biggest week of its busiest season. The city’s world-famous National Cherry Festival regularly draws a halfmillion visitors to the area for festivities ranging from concerts to parades to road races to pie-eating contests. Slated to kick off July 4, 2020, this year’s fest would have been the event’s 94th, but like thousands of other events around the county, it was officially called off in mid-April due to COVID-19 concerns.

Now that the shock and fallout has somewhat abated, Northern Express rang up Cherry Festival Executive Director Kat Paye to find out what the cancellation has meant for the festival organization and the community at large, what remnants of the festival remain for 2020, and what the future might hold for Traverse City’s biggest summer party.

Northern Express: How is the organization doing as it stares down a summer without a festival?

Kat Paye: We are hurting. We lost 75 percent or our annual income for the year.

The National Cherry Festival is a program of the Festival Foundation, which oversees four events each year: the Cherry Festival, the Cherry T Ball Drop, the Leaping Leprechaun 5K, and the Iceman Cometh bike race. The

largest revenue generator, of course, is the National Cherry Festival. It’s also the largest expense. Over 90 percent of its events are free to the public. And that’s very important to note: We lost a lot of revenue, but we also lost a lot of expense with it — but not all the expense.

So we’re hurting, but so is everyone.

We’ve retained all of our staff, and we are all working to pivot. We’re not closing our [organization’s] doors and we’re not gone forever. Instead, we’re taking what’s most important in our traditions and making them virtual.

Express: What are some of the ways the festival is pivoting this year?

Paye: We’re redefining the festival and trying to celebrate cherries in a different way. We’re doing a virtual pie make and bake with the Grand Traverse Pie Company, where you can pick up your pie kit and join a zoom call where Mike and Denise Busley from the Pie Company will teach you how to make your pie.

We’re doing Cherry Festival in a Bag, where you can purchase a Cherry Festival bag on our website, and it comes complete with everything for a cherry pancake breakfast, cherry barbeque sauce from our Great American Picnic, a National Cherry Festival golf ball for the Hole-in-One golf tournament — you name it, it’s in there.

The prince and princess program is alive and well with our first-graders. You’ll see the

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yard signs out throughout the area that say ‘A prince or princess lives here.’ So we’re trying to find ways that people can still celebrate the joy of our community and the things that the Cherry Festival does in a different way.

Express: And you’ve got virtual races planned this year, too.

Paye: We are doing what we call the Michigan Harvest Virtual Run Series, and this does not replace the Festival of Races.

The Festival of Races is very iconic to our festival, and those races — the 5K, 10K, 15K, and Half-Marathon — those are currently, tentatively, scheduled for Sept. 13. So we’re still trying to have that event in as an inperson race, and that is still contingent upon approval from Peninsula Township in the City of Traverse City. We’ve been working on that since April.

The Harvest Virtual Run Series, though, is a really cool opportunity to build your race length throughout the process.

The Cherry Run is a 5K. The Apple Dash is a 5K or 10K. The Hop Trot is a 5K or a 15K. And in the Grape Stomp, you can to a 5K or a half-marathon. There’s one each month, from July through October, and over those four months, you can build up your endurance and aim toward the longer races. The outdoors are not closed, and we want to encourage health and wellness. That’s just part of our mission at the foundation.

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Express: What are some of the community impacts of canceling the Cherry Festival?

Paye: The economic impact of the National Cherry Festival to the Traverse City community is about $26 million. Since we’re a nonprofit, we gave $140,000 back to the community in donations in 2019.

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Not having a festival means we can’t even come close to that in 2020. There’s a lot of organizations that rely on us as their big fundraiser through our Community Share program. They volunteer for us during the festival; we pay their organization.

That equates to a lot of money that those organizations won’t have this year. Some of those groups include Norte, UN-Cats Feline Rescue, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, you name it. There are 40-some groups that that volunteer for us. Having to tell those people that we would not be able to move forward with the festival this year was heartbreaking.

Among our vendors, we were definitely hit with a few naysayers that felt like we had just killed their businesses. Those are hard words to hear, but we know some of our vendors have been heavily devastated by this situation. Arnold’s Amusements is a big one; they are from Traverse City, and they’ve been our carnival vendor for 30 or 40 years. They lost almost all their business for the summer, because that’s what they do: rides at festivals.

The food trucks that you typically see at the Open Space — the Gibby’s group, Steve’s Smokin’ BBQ — we know that this is hurting them. We called all of our vendors the night before we made the cancelation because we wanted to make sure they were aware of our decision and didn’t read it in the news.

Express: What kind of reception have you gotten from the public, both in response to the Cherry Festival cancelation and to the revamped events?

Paye: We’ve been hearing a lot of positivity since day one. And I was in big fear of making the announcement. While in our hearts and minds we knew it was the right thing to do, it was also so personally devastating. Every staff member we have here, they grew up in Traverse City. Everyone here is a graduate of Traverse City Central High School, Traverse City West, or St. Francis. So this is a very homegrown office, and the festival is extremely personal to all of us. We all have these great memories of the festival. For me personally, this would have been my 30th year.

But cherries are still here. They aren’t going anywhere. And I think the community has gotten on board with that mindset. We’ve had a great response. We’re doing a virtual Very Cherry Porch Parade, and we had over 40 porches sign up within the first 48 hours of putting it out there. The prince and princess program has been amazing. The kids have a Prince and Princess Power Hour every week, where they do an activity with our queen or our director. We’ve definitely tried to keep the kids engaged because they don’t understand entirely why their lives have changed.

Express: So there will still be a Cherry Queen this year?

Paye: Our current queen, Sierra Moore, will reign until a new one is crowned in 2021. She’ll be the first queen in history to do two years, but it made sense. We can’t have a coronation. We can’t have a selection weekend where we put 25 young women together. So she’s going to reign another year and she was OK with that, in part because she didn’t have a ton of the usual Cherry Queen experiences this year because things were canceled.

Express: In retrospect, how do you feel about the decision to cancel Cherry Festival, given that it seems like a lot of people are coming north anyway?

Paye: Traverse City is a beautiful place, so of course people are going to come here.

In April, we were 90 days out, and we were trying to make the best decision at the time with the information we had. We had to let emotion take a backseat and go to the data. And ultimately, it was the safety piece [that drove our decision]. We have over 500,000 visitors [in Traverse City] over the eight days of Cherry Festival. How do we [during a pandemic in April] encourage that kind of visitorship to Traverse City when we don’t know what things will look like in July?

So no, we do not regret our decision.

We’re just trying to look at the opportunity and make the best of it and figure out how to move forward. Because we’ve been around for 94 years. This organization has lived through so much. There wasn’t a festival from 1942 to 1947 due to the Great Depression and World War II, but it still moved forward. The festival found a way back from that, so we’re good. We just have to figure out how to get through the next whatever timeframe until we can safely get back to normal.

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Paye: Oh, we’re planning for a festival.

We have the United States Air Force Thunderbirds scheduled already, because we work on air show two years in advance.

And the good news is we already have a lot of next year planned because we did it this year. We’re just moving a lot of our plans from the 2020 festival forward. So we open on July 3, 2021, and our intention is to have our traditional events next year.

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By Ross Boissoneau Mackinac Island — the four-square-mile spot Condé Nast readers named one of the best islands in the U.S. and Trip Advisor ranked the No. 1 summer destination in America (both in 2018) — officially reopened to visitors June 19.

The grand reopening began with a majority of the island’s businesses and all the attractions that are part of Mackinac State Historic Parks, including Fort Mackinac and Mission Church. The Grand Hotel began welcoming guests on June 21, and Mission Point Resort followed on June 25.

But with a later-than-usual start and the novel coronavirus still impacting travel, can a place that depends almost exclusively on tourism survive? Tim Hygh is optimistic.

He’s the executive director of Mackinac Island Tourism, and he has an up-close look at the action. “Right now, it’s looking good,” he said of the island’s outlook for summer business.

Given the fact 90 percent of the island’s businesses close for the winter before reopening in late spring, he said, the March shutdown didn’t much impact island business. In fact, the timing allowed the hotels, shops, and restaurants to prepare for what lay ahead, rather than try to figure everything out on the fly, as happened most everywhere else.

“It takes time to get the island going every year,” said Hygh. “We had the advantage of getting back slowly. It’s not a switch that got turned on.”

WHAT’S OPEN, WHAT’S NOT That said, there are a handful of businesses that won’t be open this year: Millie’s On

Main, the Seabiscuit Cafe, Cloghaun Bed & Breakfast, Dreamcatcher Cottage, and LakeBluff Condos at Stonecliffe. The annual Mackinac Policy Conference on the island, hosted by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce has been canceled.

For the rest, however, all systems are go.

Hygh said virtually everything else on the island will have opened by June 25, though he admitted things don’t necessarily look the same. Just like mainland Michigan, people on the island are wearing masks.

Open restaurants are at reduced capacity.

Public hand-sanitizing stations are available wherever possible. And plexiglass dividers have been installed between the seats of the island’s horse-drawn carriages to lessen the transmissibility of the novel coronavirus.

Hygh said that, as elsewhere, he anticipates less business on the island this summer. “I know we’ve lost some significant segments,” he said, pointing to the aforementioned Mackinac Island Policy Conference and the island’s marquee event, the Lilac Festival, which typically takes place in mid-June. While the Lilac Festival Grand Parade and Mackinac Island Dog and Pony Show were canceled, other things associated with the Lilac Festival are still on, such as the Lilac Festival Poster contest, which sees the winning poster available for sale in stores throughout the island. The event’s planning committee is working on virtual events for fans, enabling them to still take part in an online version of the 72nd Annual Lilac Festival, which does broaden its reach to a global audience.

While he bemoans the loss of such events, as well as the Great Lakes cruising season and the influx of bus-tour vistors, Hygh remains philosophical. “If we had to

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lose a month, May is the one you’d want to lose,” he said.

The two ferry lines serving the island — Shepler’s and Star Line — are, of course, open and making multiple trips back and forth daily, from both Mackinaw City and St. Ignace. Not only are the massive Grand Hotel and Mission Point Resort open, but most of the island’s three dozen hotels, bed and breakfasts, condos, and cottages are, too.

Likewise with most shops, restaurants, and attractions — including the island’s many bike and walking trails, open-air gardens, and other fresh-air activities.

SURVEY SAYS So is this the worst time to visit Mackinac Island? Or is it the best? The reality is likely somewhere between. Hygh believes there will be fewer visitors this year, especially right now as things return to (the new) normal. “There won’t be as many carriages” lined up back to back, he said.

He’s hopeful that the new normal will entice visitors to explore the island, maybe with a different mindset. “The good news is we’re open. I can’t predict the look, [but] I think it will feel the same. We’ll continue to innovate,” he said.

Its historic charm, with the many Victorian-style buildings, the presence of horses, and the fact there are no cars, make a trip to Mackinac Island something completely different. Indeed, Hygh said such a unique experience can’t be duplicated. Add the fact it will likely be less crowded, and you have what may be the perfect recipe for an unhurried vacation — or even just a day trip.

“Everyone needs a respite. People can come to Mackinac Island and unplug.”

ISLAND INTEL: TWO BITS In 1875, Mackinac Island was the second designated National Park, after Yellowstone. When the federal government left the island in 1895, it transferred all of the federal land, including Fort Mackinac, to the state of Michigan; it was quickly designated as Michigan’s first state park.

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the island has a year-round population of 492 people. That’s down from a peak of 524 in 2000; the population in 2018 was measured at 471. Of course, that number swells a bit in the summer, when the island — in a typical year — welcomes hundreds of short-term employees, summer residents, and as many as 15,000 visitors each day.

Due to travel restrictions and national mood, numbers this year will likely be significantly lower.

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A One-of-a-Kind Fourth It might not be the Independence Day we’re used to, but our Up North towns are still celebrating.

Here’s what you can see and do this holiday.

By Ross Boissoneau As the COVID-19 pandemic forestalls festivals and large-scale gatherings, traditional Independence Day festivities have been largely abandoned across the country. Even the famous Boston Pops Fireworks Festival in Boston has been canceled — though it’s being replaced by A Boston Pops Salute to Our Heroes (on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg Radio).

Such a virtual approach is being embraced in Boyne City, where the Boyne City Fourth of July Committee has decided to cancel 2020’s in-person festival events and is instead working on the first-ever Boyne City Fourth of July virtual parade. (It will air at 10am Saturday, July 4, 2020, on 9&10 News.) The special will feature footage from parades of the past, along with historical facts, photos, and stories.

LIVE EVENTS The Boyne Chamber’s annual Duck Race will still take place, at Avalanche Bay Waterpark at Boyne Mountain Resort.

Duck tickets are $10, and the lucky owners of the first two ducks to cross the finish will win each win $500. The second prize is $250, third prize $100, and fourth through 10th prizes are $50 each. The race will be shown live on social media. There will also be 100 VIP tickets available for entry into the outdoor VIP area with a cash bar where you can watch the race.

In Frankfort, familiar events, including the parade, fireworks, and carnival, have been abandoned, but the Lake Michigan beach town isn’t eschewing all the trappings of the holiday. The Frankfort-Elberta Chamber of Commerce is encouraging community members and businesses to decorate for the Independence Day holiday, and share photos of their efforts, whether sand sculptures, decorated bikes, cars, homes, or selves. The photos will be shared on the chamber’s Facebook page.

The same is true in Harbor Springs.

The chamber of commerce is encouraging residents and business owners to go all out in decorating to celebrate the holiday, then post a photo on the chamber’s Facebook page. The chamber will honor the best in several categories, including Most Patriotic Business, Most Patriotic Home, Most Patriotic Family, and Most Patriotic Vehicle.

In Horton Bay, the town’s offbeat July 4 activities are being modified as well.

The usual parade will instead be a socially distanced gathering at and around the Horton Bay General Store. The so-called Noodle Day celebration will include live music by the Horton Creek Bluegrass Band, free ice cream cones, and — the best part — swim noodles for on participants’ heads, for easy social distancing, of course. Also on the agenda: an appearance by the famed “Dancing American Flag.”

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And while it’s not technically an Independence Day parade, we couldn’t help but recognize the community spirit of a parade planned for July 4 in Suttons Bay, in which local business owners and citizens will be turning out to march wagons, dollies, and boxes of inventory from Bay Books’ current shop to its new, larger location at 220 North Saint Joseph Street.

Owner Tina Greene-Bevington — who will join the move parade after her annual reading of the Declaration of Independence at 10am July 4, on the steps of the Suttons Bay post office — said the move itself will be done with “lots of community help, in a book parade down the sidewalk … Martha Ryan from Martha’s Leelanau Table is going to supply sandwiches, and I’ll have plenty of iced tea. Mike from Murdick’s Fudge is supplying volunteer help. That’s how things get done in our small community — we help each other.” (The current Bay Books location closes June 28 and will reopen in its new location July 13.)

COMMUNITY FIREWORKS If you’re determined to take in a live public fireworks show, you do have options.

You can head to just-opened Mackinac Island (see story on p. 17), which just announced that the Mackinac Island Fourth of July fireworks will begin just after 10 p.m. along the expansive boardwalk and Windermere Point. (Viewers are asked

to maintain social distancing procedures throughout the event’s duration.) If you can get to the island earlier in the day, you can take in another tradition, too: The 2020 W.T. Rabe Stone Skipping Competition, which is celebrating its 52nd year, is set to take place at noon July 4 on Windermere Point Beach.

Those who prefer to stay on the mainland for firework fun can skip the ferries and head northwest instead, to Alpena. Kyla Schatz, visitor experience specialist at Alpena Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, told Northern Express the city’s annual fireworks show is still on and will take place, as always, at Mich-e-ke-wis Beach. “We are still waiting to hear if there will be a sandcastle competition at that same beach earlier in the day,” she said.

Bombs will also be bursting in air in Cadillac, as the city plans to go ahead with its annual Freedom Festival July 3–5, but they won’t appear until the close of the festival, on July 5. Until then, vendors, a fun run, motorcycle show, and live music will provide entertainment.

ADD YOUR CELEBRATION Does your town have a Fourth of July event (free and open to the public) that we didn’t list here? Email the details to lynda@northernexpress.com, and we’ll add it to the online version of this story at www.northernexpress.com.

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By Ross Boissoneau With social distancing sidelining most of the region’s large fireworks shows, many enthusiasts are turning to their local stores to light up the night. We asked some of them to give us insight into what’s new, what are the biggest (sellers) and brightest (best in show), and if they’re seeing a significant uptick in sales.

In short: Lots, big bangs and big color, and yes. At Pro Fireworks in Petoskey, one of a dozen Pro Fireworks locations in the state, Jason Gleason said business this summer is, well … booming. “It’s been quite busy,” he said.

And despite most movie theaters remaining dark, he said the shop’s biggest seller descends from the silver screen: a case of exploding artillery shells called Godzilla vs. King Kong.

Nevertheless, Gleason recommends a new entry in the field, Endgame. He said it’s Pro Fireworks’ biggest display. It throws sparks high into the air and lasts more than 30 seconds.

At Gaylord’s Fireworks Depot (which has multiple locations across northwestern lower Michigan), Jack Woods said that even though mid-June is a little early to say sales are better than previous summers — the bulk of Fourth of July sales usually happen right before the holiday — he was already seeing a noticeable uptick in business; customers are looking for home fireworks that are loud and lovely.

For fireworks that provide a big bang as well as shoot colors into the sky, he said Excalibur mortars are the most popular, and he recommended buying those and cakes.

Mortars are an artillery shell firework that is placed into a tube and fired as a single shot.

Cakes are essentially a series of mortars preloaded into tubes, which are then lit by a single fuse. There are different effects with each, said Woods.

TNT Fireworks, which also has a number of locations across the region, as well as across the country (it celebrates its 100th birthday this year) had not yet opened at the time of this writing. But among the company’s new and noted displays available soon is Living the Dream, a multi-color fountain described as

“a maximum charge fountain, powerful and colorful.” It lasts nearly two minutes, and it has a GloFuze, enabling you to find the fuse in the dark.

Among the most popular is Jungle Flower, with green glitter, crackling flowers in gold and silver, and a spectrum of colorful sparks.

The TNT 5-inch Neon Cannister is one of the loudest and highest-flying fireworks. They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway, and now they can be in your yard as well.

For best in show, Make It Boom!, a nineshot rack, is described as a festive five-color finale, with explosive bursts of reds, greens, purple and tons of glitter.

Unlike the others, the Elk Rapids Fireworks Tent is a lone fireworks outpost in Elk Rapids.

Owner Nick Tompkins said this is the 12th year he’s run the stand in his wife’s hometown (they live in Grayling).

In the “What’s new” department, Tompkins immediately talks up Baby Shark. “It’s a fountain,” he explains, emitting showers of sparks from the body of the baby shark. “We have a lot of smaller fountains with many colors.” He agreed that mortar rounds remain popular as well. He said the best item may be a five-inch super shell, or 500-gram repeater cakes.

Though he wasn’t yet open, he said he anticipated a stronger than usual season. “I’ve been getting calls and texts. I assume more people will want to put on their own show.”

In fact, he’s betting on it “I bought more than I did last year.”

Before you jump up and run to your local fireworks store, remember two things: First, and most importantly, be careful. No one wants to get injured while having fun.

And take your wallet. Many of the most impressive fireworks will set you back. For example, at Fireworks Depot, the Excalibur mortar pack runs $180. That popular Godzilla vs. King Kong … ? That’s $399 for the case. If you don’t mind risking a particular firework you want, it might be worth it to wait until closer to the Forth of July. Many shops will run sale deals as the big day gets closer, either on individual pieces or as a buy one, get one special.

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Required Fourth of July Reading: David W. Blight’s “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” “Meet” the author online July 5

By Ross Boissoneau Pulitzer Prize-winner David W. Blight will be the featured guest at the Traverse City National Writers Series’ online event 7pm July 5, where he will discuss his book “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” with guest host Rochelle Riley.

Blight is sterling professor of history at Yale and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. As such, he is involved with numerous outreach programs regarding the history of slavery and its abolition. That includes organizes conferences, working groups, lectures, and the administering of the annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize.

The Michigan native has also written many books, including Douglass’s biography, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize.

Frederick W. Douglass remains one of the towering figures in American history. And at this moment in history, probing the mind and motivations of this one-time slave who became a popular orator, an abolitionist, and one of the major literary figures of his time seems especially timely.

Make no mistake: “Prophet of Freedom” does not cast Douglass simply as a hero. In a 2018 review of the book, in fact, the Boston Globe called it “A Complex Look at Frederick Douglass with a Lesson for Trump Era.” The New York Times said it “Treats Frederick Douglass as Man, Not Myth.”

And as Blight himself wrote in the book’s introduction, “The sheer complexity of his thought and life makes him an icon held

in some degree of commonality. He was brilliant, courageous, and … his literary genius ranks with that of many of America’s greatest writers of his century. But he was also vain, arrogant at times, and hypersensitive to slights. Douglass was thoroughly and beautifully human.”

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Contract with America, and now with this phenomenon of Trumpism.”

His biography of Douglass drew from several sources, including the words of Douglass himself, who wrote three biographies during his lifetime. Blight was also able to access a collection of material about Douglass through Walter O. Evans, whom he met while on a lecture tour regarding his editing Douglass’s first biography. The collection of Douglass family scrapbooks, family letters, and other documents, photographs, speeches, and

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newspaper clippings from the final third of Douglass’ life gave him information and insights other students of Douglass did not have.

The resulting book has drawn praise from all quarters. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, it won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. The book has also been optioned by Higher Ground

Productions and Netflix for a projected feature film.

Blight, who grew up in Flint before attending Michigan State University, earned his Ph. D. from the University of WisconsinMadison. He taught high school in Flint for several years. He also taught at Harvard University and at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.

Hosting the event will be Rochelle Riley.

The longtime columnist for the Detroit Free Press is now director of arts and culture for the city of Detroit. She is author of “The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery” and co-author of the upcoming “That They Lived,” a collection of essays and photographs about famous African Americans that all children should know.

Among Riley’s awards are the Will Rogers Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists for community service, the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the 2020 Daily Tar Heel Distinguished Alumnus award at the University of North Carolina, and the 2017 Ida B. Wells Award from the National Association of Black Journalists for her efforts to make newsrooms and news coverage more accurately reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. Riley is a member of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame.

Attending the online NWS event with David Blight and Rochelle Riley is free, but attendees are asked to register in advance at www.nationalwritersseries.org.

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At the new carryout spot brought to you by the big happy family behind Mundos Roasting & Co., you can have a milkshake for breakfast (and eat it, too).

By Emily Tyra In a whirlwind decision at the end of May, Dan and Melissa Clark, owners of Mundos Roasting & Co., harnessed the power of dreams — and their awesome kids — to turn the suddenly open space in front of their Suttons Bay coffee shop into a breakfast and lunch spot, Mundos Eat House.

The street-facing space had been, until then, occupied by their friends at Gold Baby Biscuits.

But, said Dan Clark, when the eatery’s owners made the decision to close, “ … they reached out to me, and it just happened very quickly.”

In a wildly quick window of “less than a week,” the Clarks took over the lease at 206 North Saint Joseph Street, purchased the ovens and equipment, and renovated the space in the same spare, airy style as their sister coffee shops in Suttons Bay and Traverse City.

And Clark is pumped: “It’s been a dream of mine for 27 years, something my childhood friend and I dreamed up together. His name is Jeremy, but my dad called him Jeremundo — or Mr. Mundo. He has a different career path, as a counselor in TC, but opening Mundos Eat House is definitely a dream realized.”

He added that Mundos operates as a family business, simply because it “makes it easier to do things like this.” The Clarks’ five kids — Sarah, Adam, Jack, Grace, and Ben — all help out or have made a career within the Mundos orbit.

Patrons of the Suttons Bay coffee house have likely experienced the kind service and precise coffee stylings of Ben Clark, age 12. Said his brother Adam Clark, 19, who is running the new

Suttons Bay eatery location with his fiancé, Kelly Klingelsmith, “Ben is my dad’s assistant, basically, and he’s kind of a genius with coffee already.”

Ben also gets credit for scheming up one of the most impishly irresistible menu items at the new Mundos Eat House: ice cream floats for breakfast. Scoops of vanilla bean ice cream are doused ceremoniously with one of four choices: matcha and mint syrup, cold brew coffee and vanilla syrup, house-made chai, or freshsqueezed lemonade.

The rest of the short and carefully calibrated menu, presented by categories on clipboards on the whitewashed walls — “Waffles.” “Croissant Bun Sandwiches.” Avocado.” — belies its exceptional offerings. Word on Saint Joseph Street is that many Suttons Bay shopkeepers have already made the avocado bowl (sliced avocado, heirloom tomatoes, marinated cabbage/onions, kale, and two poached eggs over brown rice, quinoa and chickpeas) their midmorning or afternoon pick-me-up.

Food offerings are available all day (Monday through Saturday 8am to 4pm; Sunday 9am to 2pm) for takeout only. Because the waffles are best hot and crisp from the iron, it’s recommended you eat them immediately on the adjacent patio.

“Adam painfully developed the waffle batter and was really determined to get it right,” said Clark.

Go sweet with jammy strawberries plus whipped mascarpone, or savory with sharp cheddar sauce, bacon and lime — and then make a plan to go back: “There is a mac and cheese waffle with smoked brisket and bacon in the works.”

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is married to the eldest Clark sibling, Sarah) took the idea of the humble breakfast sandwich and perfected it. He lovingly proofs laminated dough — dough that’s rolled and folded multiple times with lots of butter between — to create an uber-buttery, flaky bun for all sorts of comforting fillings. The Cajun houses roasted butternut squash, andouille sausage, red peppers, onions, and cajun mustard; the Cheddar Lime Hash brings a deep drench of cheddar sauce, bacon, lime, potatoes, sausage, and two poached eggs to the table. But Clark says you still can’t go wrong with their classic bacon, fried egg, and cheddar, spread with herbed mayo.

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Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Croissant Bun Sandwich. Owner Dan Clark (Photo by Emily Tyra). Refreshment, Mundos style. Cheddar Lime Hash Croissant Buns. All photos courtesy of Mundos unless otherwise noted.

And since we’re all about finding silver linings these days: If you must take your breakfast sandwich to-go, why not go to the beach and let the crumbs shatter and fly as they may.

Find Mundos Eat House at 206 N. Saint Joseph St. in Suttons Bay. (231) 590-1781, www. mundoseathouse.com.

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june 27

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PANDEMIC PEDAL: In lieu of the Up North Bike Fest presented by the Benzie Sunrise Rotary Club. Donations support programs that benefit the lives & futures of local youth/students. Ride any time through June 30 on one of the recommended routes or create one of your own. Free. runsignup.com/Race/MI/Anytown/PandemicPedal

---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: Run/walk any time before July 25. $20 registration fee includes t-shirt & being entered for the chance to win door prizes. Benefits the local high school cross country teams.

Those registering will receive an email with info about sending their time &/or photo(s) to The Alden Run. aldenrun.com

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: The 12th Annual Friends of Fishtown 5K, “Seiche Happens,” can be completed between July 18-31.

Walk, hike or run on your own time wherever you choose. $35. fishtownmi.org/events/fishtown-5k

---------------------TRAVERSE CITY SPRING HORSE SHOW: Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg, June 1728. traversecityhorseshows.com/traverse-cityspring-horse-show

---------------------VIRTUAL PAUL REVERE 5K & 10 MILE RUN: Run any time between July 3-5 & submit your results to runsignup. Benefits the Harbor Springs track & cross-country teams. $25. runsignup.com/Race/MI/HarborSprings/PaulRevere5K10MileRun

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: Keep track of your daily reading minutes. Runs through July 27. Sign up online at tadl.org or via the TADL app. The Finale Party will be held on Mon., July 27 via Zoom or Facebook Live. tadl. org/summer-reading

---------------------“PROTECTING OUR LAKES & SHORELANDS”: 10:30am-noon. A free virtual series developed by the Friends of Spider Lake & Rennie Lake. Dr. Joe Nohner, fisheries biologist at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, & coordinator at the Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership, will discuss the latest findings on how & why MI inland lakes, fisheries & fish habitat are changing & what steps riparian property owners can take to minimize the effects of climate change to fish in their lakes. Registration required. natureiscalling.org/events

---------------------20 YEARS IN 2020!: 5pm. Friske’s Farm Market has moved their location from a little old warehouse building at the Main Farm on Doctor Rd. into a newly-renovated farm market on US Highway 31, Ellsworth. Enjoy a familyfriendly party on the orchard grounds to kick off the celebration. Fire pits, corn hole, live music, BBQ-style food, donut s’mores, a new outdoor playground & more. friske.com/events

---------------------SWINGSHIFT AND THE STARS POPUP CONCERT - TO GATHER & GIVE POP: Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. Popup concert featuring Rebooted - a country & classic rock band. Half of all tickets go to a local nonprofit. A free will donation will also be taken for nonprofit. Doors open at 5pm; concert, 6-8:30pm. $10/person. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters

---------------------CHARLEVOIX COUNTY RELAY FOR LIFE DRIVE BY LUMINARY CEREMONY: 9-11pm, Sportsman’s Park, East Jordan.

june 28

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PANDEMIC PEDAL: (See Sat., June 27)

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ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

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TRAVERSE CITY SPRING HORSE SHOW: (See Sat., June 27)

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---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., June 27)

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MICHIGAN PGA WOMEN’S OPEN TOURNAMENT: June 29 – July 1, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. crystalmountain.com/event/michigan-pgawomens-open-tournament

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---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------VIRTUAL PAUL REVERE 5K & 10 MILE RUN: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., June 27)

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tuesday

BLISSFEST ONLINE PRESENTS MIKE + RUTHY (OF THE MAMMALS): 8pm, facebook.com/BlissfestMusicOrganization

----------------------------------PANDEMIC PEDAL: (See Sat., June 27)

Live music is starting to make a comeback in northern Michigan, especially outdoors, where social distancing can easily happen. Street Musique in downtown Harbor Springs starts this Thurs., July 2 and runs every Thurs. from 6:30-8:30pm through Aug. 20. July 2 will feature Two Track Mind, Peter Jensen, The Third Degree, and Katherine Ryan. In the Gaylord area, Random Acts of Music will feature up to 25 local musicians stationed at various indoor and outdoor locations on Fri., July 3. Locations and musicians will change every hour throughout the day, from 12-7pm. Head to the East Jordan Memorial Park Band Shell to hear classic rock with Full Circle during Music in the Park on Fri., June 3 at 7pm.

ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------BENZIE BEE GUILD WORK BEE: 2-3:30pm, Grow Benzie, Benzonia. This working bee at the hives located at Grow Benzie is held every other Tues. Find on Facebook.

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------MICHIGAN PGA WOMEN’S OPEN TOURNAMENT: (See Mon., June 29)

---------------------VIRTUAL PAUL REVERE 5K & 10 MILE RUN: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., June 27)

july 01

wednesday

GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg, July 1 - Aug. 9. traversecityhorseshows.com/great-lakesequestrian-festival

---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

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FRANKFORT 4TH OF JULY HOMETOWN PRIDE: All community members & businesses are encouraged to decorate for the 4th. Share photos of your handiwork & your other family traditions & email to: fcofc@ frankfort-elberta.com or tag the Frankfort Elberta Chamber of Commerce on Facebook, Instagram &/or Twitter.

---------------------WATER JUSTICE: SECURING SAFE, AFFORDABLE WATER FOR ALL: 6pm. Learn about FLOW for Water’s Great Lakes work to rebuild Michigan’s crumbling water infrastructure & to secure access to safe, affordable water for all. Featuring Executive Director Liz Kirkwood. A virtual program. Contact your Leelanau County Library to receive the Zoom meeting details. Free. lelandlibrary.org

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thursday

STREET MUSIQUE: Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm through Aug. 20. Each Thurs. will have a theme with music & musician types that fit the themes. July 2 will feature Two Track Mind, Peter Jensen, The Third Degree, & Katherine Ryan. Social distancing will be kept in place. Presented by the Harbor Springs Chamber Foundation & the Blissfest Music Organization. Held on the streets of downtown Harbor Springs.

MICHIGAN PGA WOMEN’S OPEN TOURNAMENT: (See Mon., June 29)

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VIRTUAL PAUL REVERE 5K & 10 MILE RUN: (See Sat., June 27)

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------------------------------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., June 27)

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ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Weds., July 1)

VIRTUAL PAUL REVERE 5K & 10 MILE RUN: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------PPP FORGIVENESS ONLINE WORKSHOP: 11:30am. The best part of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is that 100% of the loan can be forgiven—if you meet certain criteria. Join this first local Online Score Workshop, presented by Michael A. Caruso, Sr. VP, commercial loan officer at mBank in TC as he explains the loan forgiveness program. This workshop will reflect the changes outlined in the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act from June 4, 2020. Register. traversecity.score.org/event/ppp-forgiveness

---------------------FRANKFORT 4TH OF JULY HOMETOWN PRIDE: (See Weds., July 1)

---------------------BLESSING OF THE FLEET BOAT PARADE: 6pm. Presented by the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society on the water in Little Traverse Bay. Weather permitting, the parade will extend from Harbor Point to Petoskey State Park, for increased viewing area & to allow for social distancing. All watercraft are invited to join. The theme is ‘Traditions Live On.’ harborspringshistory.org

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CONCERTS ON THE LAWN GOES RADIORETRO FEATURING PETER, PAUL & MARY REMEMBERED: 7pm. Bringing you recorded concerts from the Grand Lawn to your own lawn, couch or kitchen table through the radio airwaves on WCCW 107.5 FM. Pass the virtual bucket for any free-will donations by visiting the website during the concert at www.gtpavilions. org/donate.

july 03

friday

RANDOM ACTS OF MUSIC: 12-7pm, Downtown Gaylord.

Up to 25 local musicians will be stationed at various indoor & outdoor locations, at participating stores & businesses. Locations & musicians will change every hour throughout the day. Schedules of musicians & venues will be available at participating businesses, the Chamber, on sandwich boards throughout downtown & www.gaylordarts.org.

---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------TVEDTEN FINE ART’S SUMMER OPENINGS: 5-7pm, Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs. Featuring art by Rick Ford. tvedtenfineart.com

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Weds., July 1)

---------------------VIRTUAL PAUL REVERE 5K & 10 MILE RUN: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------FRANKFORT 4TH OF JULY HOMETOWN PRIDE: (See Weds., July 1)

---------------------VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR AT BONOBO WINERY, TC: 6-7pm. Carter & Amy join from their house in California, & Cornel & Dawie at the winery, tasting & talking wine. This week they will create summer cocktails with Stuart from Mammoth Distilling. Special guest Constance Zimmer will join. Zoom meeting ID: 728-637-1687. facebook. com/bonobowinery

---------------------MUSIC IN THE PARK: 7pm, East Jordan Memorial Park Band Shell. Enjoy classic rock with Full Circle.

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VILLAGE OF ALANSON 4TH OF JULY PARADE: 11am. Starts on M-68 at Banwell Rd. & circles through town, ending on River St. Observe social distancing. Line-up at 9:30am.

---------------------VERY CHERRY PORCH PARADE: Virtual event. July 4-11. During what would have been the National Cherry Festival Week, members of the community are asked to celebrate by decorating their porch, yard or window. The theme is Cherries. Register your porch, window or yard

by July 2. cherryfestival.org/p/parades/verycherry-porch-parade/register

---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------VIRTUAL 4TH OF JULY PARADE: 10am. Airing on 9&10 News. It will feature footage from parades past, along with historical facts, photos & stories.

Grand Marshal will be Kate Hartlep of Boyne City who turned 100 years old on April 30. The Boyne City High School graduating class of 2020 will be this year’s Honored Citizens. boyne4thofjuly.com

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Weds., July 1)

---------------------VIRTUAL PAUL REVERE 5K & 10 MILE RUN: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------HOME TOWN 4TH OF JULY DECORATING CONTEST: Residents & businesses can decorate yards/storefronts & submit pictures to the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce. boyne4thofjuly. com/2020-virtual-schedule-of-events.html

PETOSKEY ANTIQUES SHOW: 9am-5pm, Emmet County Community Center, Petoskey. Featuring nearly 170 dealers from around the country. $5 (good for both days). petoskeyantiques.com

---------------------BOYNE CITY VIRTUAL ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW: 10am. boyne4thofjuly.com/virtual-arts-craft-show.html

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------SKILL SWAP: DECOLONIZING OUR THOUGHTLIFE: 11am. With Miskopwaaganikwe Leora Tadgerson, an instructor of Anishinaabe language through Northern Michigan University’s Center for Native American Studies. Live on Facebook. Free. facebook.com/ events/238619894108925

---------------------FRANKFORT 4TH OF JULY HOMETOWN PRIDE: (See Weds., July 1)

---------------------JULY 4TH ANNUAL DUCK RACE: 2-4pm, Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark, Boyne Mountain Resort, Boyne Falls. Only 100 VIP duck tickets will be sold. A video of the race will be available for viewing on social media for regular ticket holders. Find on Facebook.

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ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., June 27)

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---------------------NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: DAVID BLIGHT: 7pm. A Zoom event with the author of “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” the 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner for history. Register.

Free. zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UtrRyLmaSxey8RqedXPTJA

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Weds., July 1)

---------------------VIRTUAL PAUL REVERE 5K & 10 MILE RUN: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------HOME TOWN 4TH OF JULY DECORATING CONTEST: (See Sat., July 4)

---------------------PETOSKEY ANTIQUES SHOW: 10am-4pm, Emmet County Community Center, Petoskey.

Featuring nearly 170 dealers from around the country. $5 (good for both days). petoskeyantiques.com

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., June 27)

---------------------VERY CHERRY PORCH PARADE: (See Sat., July 4)

---------------------GREAT LAKES CINEMA SERIES PRESENTS: NATURALLY 7 - LIVE FROM BERLIN: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor.

Naturally 7 performs a mix of pop, rock, rap & R&B Tunes. greatlakescfa.org/event-detail/ great-lakes-cinema-series-presents-naturally7-live-from-berlin

---------------------EVENINGS UNDER THE STARS: PENUMBRAL LUNAR ECLIPSE: 8:30pm, Headlands International Dark Sky Park, Mackinaw City. $5/person. Find on Facebook.

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6TH ANNUAL HAIKU CONTEST: Send in your original haiki by Aug. 15. You can enter as many as you’d like. Email submissions to: landmarkbookstc@gmail.com or drop off at Landmark Books in The Village, TC.

---------------------YOGA IN THE PARK!: Held on Thursdays at Hull Park, behind Traverse Area District Library, TC at 6pm. A Vinyasa Flow session. Relax & restore your body through movement & breath.

Bring your own mat or towel. Donation based class. Please check Eventbrite and/or Sarah Townsend Yoga FB page for class cancellations or changes. eventbrite.com/e/yoga-inthe-park-thursday-nights-tickets-84777825759

---------------------VIRTUAL FILM SERIES: “RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT”: Marion Stokes secretly recorded television twenty-four hours a day for thirty years. It started in 1979 with the dawn of the twenty-four hour news cycle & ended when Marion passed away in 2012. Streams are free on the PBS app & PBS.org through July 14. dennosmuseum.org/events/films.html

---------------------2020 WATERSHED CHALLENGE: Celebrate the clean, healthy water our region boasts by participating in the 2020 Watershed Challenge: Grand Traverse Bay Your Way. This virtual challenge encourages people to get outside & bike, swim, run, paddle, or hike. Participants are challenged to collectively exceed the goal of 2,020 miles completed. Runs from July 25 - August 22. https://runsignup.com/2020watershedchallenge

---------------------WINE, WATER & WHEELS!: The Inn at Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. This Black Star Farms Outdoor Adventure Package will provide a day of biking & sightseeing through Leelanau County, & one’s choice of paddle activity on Suttons Bay. Visit Black Star Farms online for details. blackstarfarms.com/package-specials

---------------------#SAFEHARBOR 4TH OF JULY ONLINE CELEBRATION: The Harbor Springs Chamber of Commerce is encouraging local residents & businesses to decorate their homes, businesses & vehicles & post the pictures on the chamber’s Facebook page or email them to: angie@harborspringschamber.com. Please include the address of your home or business when you send them a picture. They will compile a list of patriotic homes & businesses, with addresses, so others can drive around town & appreciate your creativity. The contest will honor the best of these categories: Most Patriotic Business; Most Patriotic Home; Most Patriotic Family; & Most Patriotic Vehicle. facebook.com/harborspringschamber

---------------------OUTSIDE ISN’T CANCELED! GRAND TRAVERSE KIDS’ BIKE LIBRARY: To keep elementary-aged students pedaling by making sure they always have a bike that fits, no matter their family’s resources. See what’s available online, schedule an appointment to pick up your bike from the Wheelhouse, & then ride it until it doesn’t fit anymore. Free. elgruponorte.org

---------------------BEE TV: Every Sat. through July 18 at 10am.

A Facebook Live event with Bob Bernard in his bee yard at Earthwork Farm. Tune in to the Crosshatch Facebook page. facebook.com/island.artmeetsearth

---------------------BIKE NIGHT & CAR CRUISE-IN: Tuesdays, 6pm through Sept. 1 at Boyne Mountain Resort, Clock Tower Lodge circle drive, Boyne Falls. Bring your roadster, hog or coupe. Live music, weekly raffle to benefit local charities & more. Find on Facebook.

---------------------CHAIRLIFT RIDES: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Ride the Crystal Clipper chairlift & enjoy panoramic views of three counties & top-ofthe-mountain. Available Wednesday & Saturday evenings through Sept. 5. $9/person; free for 8 & under with paying adult. crystalmountain.com/ event/chairlift-rides

---------------------FREE FOOD BAGS: The Depot, East Jordan.

Pick up on Mondays from 12-1pm.

---------------------GRIEFSHARE AT MICHAEL’S PLACE: Wednesdays, 1pm through July 29. Michael’s Place is partnering with First Congregational Church to offer GriefShare Online Video Support. Contact Michael’s Place at goodgrief@ mymichaelsplace.net with questions. mymichaelsplace.net/griefshare-at-michaels-place

---------------------GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOURS OF TC: A two-mile, two-and-a-half-hour tour held on Sundays at 2pm. Begins & ends at Perry

Hannah Plaza located at 6th & Union streets.

Please wear a face mask & practice current social distancing guidelines. walktchistory.com

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BELLAIRE FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-1pm, front parking lot of ASI, Bellaire.

Currently only allowing a minimum number of individuals through at a time, & there will be a manned entrance & exit. facebook.com/ BellaireFarmersMarket?fref=ts

---------------------BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 8am-noon, Veterans Park, Boyne City.

---------------------DOWNTOWN GAYLORD FARMER’S MARKET: Saturdays, 8am-1pm, under the Pavilion, Downtown Gaylord. facebook.com/DowntownGaylordFarmersMarket

---------------------DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8:30am-1pm, Howard St. - between Mitchell & Michigan streets. petoskeychamber. com/downtown-petoskey-farmers-market

---------------------ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-noon, Rotary Park. Market guidelines: https:// www.elkrapidschamber.org/farmers-market/

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 9am-1pm, Main St., Downtown Harbor Springs. New rules this year include being more spaced out (10-foot space between vendors), from State St., all the way to the end of Zorn Park, & customers are asked to wear masks. There will also be pre-orders available. harborspringsfarmersmarket.org/?reqp=1&reqr=

---------------------KALKASKA FARMERS MARKET: Tuesdays, 2-6pm, held near the trout fountain at Railroad Square in downtown Kalkaska.

---------------------MANCELONA FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 3-7pm, Howard St. & East State St., Mancelona. Currently only allowing a minimum number of individuals through at a time, & there will be a manned entrance & exit. mancelonafarmersmarket.weebly.com

---------------------OUTDOOR FARMERS MARKET AT THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC: Held on Mondays through Oct. from 2-6pm on the Piazza. Please practice social distancing & wear a mask.

---------------------SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Online Market: Wednesday Pickup ONLY, 5-8pm, Lot B, Downtown TC, across from Clinch Park. Physical Market: Saturday ONLY, 7:30amnoon, Lot B, Downtown TC, across from Clinch Park. dda.downtowntc.com/farmers-market

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EXHIBIT: SUMMER SALON: July 4 – Aug. 15, Charlevoix Circle of Arts. A salon-style exhibit showcasing regionally inspired work by local & area artists. CharlevoixCircle.org

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CALL FOR ARTISTS: 33RD RUBBER DUCKY FESTIVAL ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: The arts & crafts fair will be held on Aug. 15. Handmade items only. Register. bellairechamber.org

---------------------SEQUESTERED ART EXHIBIT: Runs July 2 - Aug. 29 at GACA Art Center, Gaylord during normal business hours of 1-4pm on Thursdays & Fridays, 12-2pm on Saturdays or by appointment.

This is a multi-media exhibit of artwork, creative writing & music that was created during Michigan’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” COVID-19 time period or for GACA’s 100-Day Project. gaylordarts.org

---------------------CALLING ARTISTS: Reserve a space to share & sell your art for a cause in the Imprés parking lot during the Imprés Art Walk held on July 12 from 12-5pm. All entry donations benefit Women’s Resource Center, TART Trails, & Black Lives Matter.

Contact: madsvo@alumni.usc.edu.

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Mammals, Memories and Mud”: Featuring six Michigan clay artists. Runs through July. michiganartistsgallery.com/out-of-the-woods.html

line for online submissions is Sept. 17. Open to all current GAAC members. glenarborart.org/ mmf-poster-competition-guidlines

YOUTH ART SHOW 2020 ONLINE: Runs through Sept. 1. Featuring over 1,250 images from young artists working throughout the Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-online-ctac-petoskeyctac-traverse-city/youth-art-show-2020-online

HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - CALLING MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHERS: Photographers should be based in Michigan.

Subject matter is open to anything. Monochromatic or black & white only. Up to three images may be submitted & considered for inclusion.

Deadline to submit is July 20. Exhibit will run Aug. 14-30. higherartgallery.com - THE WOODLAND: A digital exhibit. You can also view the exhibit in the Higher Art Gallery, downtown TC showcase window. Featuring the artwork of Kristen Egan & Brian Sostrom, through July. higherartgalleryonline.bigcartel.com - CALL FOR ARTISTS: “SENSE OF HOME” ANNUAL COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER EXHIBIT: Presented by Higher Art Gallery, TC to benefit Pete’s Place, which is a branch of Child & Family Services & is TC’s only homeless youth shelter. The open call for this show has a theme of art called: “To Comfort.” Artists are asked to respond with pieces that invoke comfort, a sense of home & what brings you comfort. The deadline to submit images is Aug. 1. higherartgallery.com/calls-for-art - OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: “CITIZEN’S COPING”: Artists of all mediums are invited to examine how the last four years have changed them personally (or not), & express how the actions of this administration has affected them. NEW: Examine the effects of COVID-19 as well. Deadline to apply & enter submission is: 9/5/2020. Show Opens: 10/9/2020. higherartgallery.com

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - 40 CHANCES: FINDING HOPE IN A HUNGRY WORLD: Runs through Aug. 16. Featuring the photography of Howard G. Buffett & 40 photographs that document the world hunger crisis as part of a global awareness campaign. Check web site for days & hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/ now-on-view/temporary-exhibits/40-chances.html - ERGO SUM: A CROW A DAY: Runs through Aug. 16. On Aug. 1, 2014 artist Karen Bondarchuk set out to mark the passing time that her mother – diagnosed with dementia in 2010 – no longer could. For 365 days, she produced a crow a day on a hand-cut, hand-gessoed panel, remembering her mother as she once was & grieving her loss. See web site for days & times. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/ temporary-exhibits/crow-a-day.html - PULPED UNDER PRESSURE: Runs through Aug. 16. With traditional hand papermaking at its core, this exhibition underscores important contemporary issues steeped in history & craft.

See web site for days & hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/temporary-exhibits/ pulped-under-pressure.html

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GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: - NEW VIEWS: BIRDLANDIA: This virtual juried exhibition focuses on birds, both the literal & symbolic ways they help to describe our inner & outer lives, home, relationships, the state of the ecology & more. Runs through July 16. glenarborart.org/exhibits/virtual-exhibits - WORDS FOR WATER POETRY THROWDOWN CALL FOR POETS: “Who owns the water?” That question is the basis for the July 31 Words For Water open-air poetry throwdown at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. This event is part of the GAAC’s 6ft Apart Art program, a series of outdoor pop-up events, & is offered in collaboration with FLOW [For Love Of Water].

Each writer may read up to five minutes. No pre-registration is required. Free. glenarborart. org/events/6ft-apart-art-clothesline-exhibit - 6FT APART ART: CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT CALL-FOR-ENTRIES: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is moving art outdoor as part of its 6ft Apart Art series of creative, pop-up events. The first event is the Clothesline Exhibit, July 24 – Aug. 27. Create an unframed painting, drawing, photograph or collage on a single sheet of paper that creatively interprets northern MI’s landscape & woodlands. Each work will be placed in a sealed plastic envelope & pinned to a clothesline in front of the GAAC building. The deadline for entry is July 15. Mail finished work to: GAAC, P.O. Box 305, Glen Arbor, MI 49636.

Hand delivered works may be deposited in the sealed plastic tub stationed outside the main entrance. Please include the following info on the back of your work: title, your name, contact phone number, email. glenarborart.org - ART IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUS - A POSTCARD RESPONSE: Glen Arbor Arts Center call-for-entry. Exhibit runs Sept. 11 – Nov. 5. This an exhibition of postcards created in response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. Postcards will be installed in the GAAC’s Lobby Gallery, & exhibited in tandem with the Power Tools exhibition in the main gallery. The submission deadline is Aug. 12. glenarborart. org/artists-main/calls-for-entry - POWER TOOLS - A JURIED EXHIBITION: Seeking submissions for this exhibit through Aug. 12. The exhibit runs Sept. 11 – Nov. 5 & is built on the belief that the visual arts provide powerful tools of expression. glenarborart.org/ artists-main/calls-for-entry - MANITOU MUSIC POSTER COMPETITION: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions of original paintings for its 2021 Manitou Music poster competition. The dead-

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NORTHPORT ARTS ASSOCIATION: - CALL FOR ARTISTS - ENCHANTING NIGHT SKY EVENT: A special event highlighting the night sky. Call for artists runs until June 30. All art media representing the night is welcome. Exhibit takes place July 16 - July 22.

Special events throughout the week. northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/4/16/ call-for-artists-dark-skies - NORTHPORT 2020 VIRTUAL PLEIN AIR FROM THERE: Call for Artists open until June 30 for the 8th Annual Northport Plein Air Paint Out event. Plein air artists’ work will be presented virtually. Artists Paint: July 25-26.

Virtual Exhibit & Sale: July 27 - 31. northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/7/25/ northport-2020-plein-air-paint-out

---------------------OLIVER ART CENTER, FRANKFORT: - MAKE A MASK, MAKE A DIFFERENCE CONTEST: Now through July 6 Oliver Art Center is accepting donations of handmade masks from crafters, designers, seamstresses & artists of all ages.

The masks need to be latex free, made of breathable fabric, & washable. Submissions will be judged on overall creativity & originality. There will be both youth & adult brackets with cash prizes.

Adults first place receives $250 & youth first place receives $75. Prizewinners will be announced July 13 & then the masks will be donated to local organizations that need them for employees or volunteers. Mail masks to: Oliver Art Center, P.O. Box 1513, Frankfort, MI 49635. Questions? Email: info@oliverart.org.

- FREE VIRTUAL ONLINE ART CLASSES: Starting June 29, kids can log into Google Classroom & join Meg Louwsma, OAC’s art instructor, for lessons on historic periods of art & artists, face to face teaching & assistance, how-to videos of several art projects & a story time segment with Kaitlin from Benzie Shores District Library. Each class will last 1 week & will conclude with an online exhibition of student work. Classes will run weekly into mid-August. Supply kits will be available at OAC for $10 starting June 25 & will include all the supplies needed for classes all summer. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org - KIDS ART CONTEST: “Michigan at Play”: Submit your 8x10 inch, horizontal artwork depicting the active & fun lifestyle this region of the state offers. Nine entries will be chosen for display in the Frankfort Medical Group, a primary care office located inside Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital. Include your name, age & submission title. Pieces due to Oliver Art Center by July 10. For info, email: info@oliverart.org

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: I think the guy I recently started dating might run in the same circles as my ex.

(He’s said a few things that led me to think that.) This terrifies me because I really do not like my ex and don’t want there to be any overlap in our lives. I keep having nightmare scenarios play out in my head where I show up to the bar after my new guy’s poker game and my ex is there. What can I do if this happens?

— Distressed : It helps to suddenly become British when you run into someone you dread seeing, because a posh British accent is ideal for conveying a polite greeting like: “What a surprise. I was sure someone would’ve poisoned you by now, or at least electrocuted you in the bathtub.”

What doesn’t help is ruminating on how you’ll feel if you do see your ex.

Unfortunately, our mind is not our BFF, and it has a habit of sending us off in directions that cause us needless suffering. For example, we are our own worst emotional fortunetellers, or in psychologists’ terms, we are crap at “affective forecasting.” (“Affect” is a fancy-schmancy researcher word for moods and emotions we experience.)

Social psychologists Sarit Golub and Daniel Gilbert find that we tend to overestimate how bad some future event will make us feel. This overblown prediction of how miserable we’ll be in the future serves to bum us out in the present. Accordingly, the researchers observe that “it may be” as the Stoic philosopher Seneca noted nearly 2 million years ago, “He who suffers before it is necessary suffers more than is necessary.”

When the ex pops up in your head, instead of rerunning your usual social horror movies, recognize that you have what it takes to deal with whatever comes your way. After all, what’s the worst thing that’s likely to happen, an uncomfortable silence preceding an uncomfortable moment greeting each other? (This is rarely fatal.) Keep reminding yourself of this whenever dread arises, and though you might never become a pillar of chill, you should find your overall level of hysteria dialed down considerably.

Eventually, if your paths do cross, you should be able to stand there like it’s no big deal, which suggests you are barely cognizant of his continued existence...in a way running outside and hiding between parked cars like it’s a hostage crisis just can’t.

: I’m a 33-year-old bisexual female manager, and a co-worker seems to have an intense crush on me. She invites me out for drinks and buys me little gifts (a teddy bear, chocolates, flowers, a heartshaped necklace). I make excuses to get out of drinks and show no enthusiasm for the gifts, but the more I don’t show interest, the more obsessed she seems. How do I get her to stop without making it awkward?

— Disturbed : It’s really uncomfortable when any conversation she has with you includes the breathy subtext: “I like your outfit. I’d like it even more if it were in a pile on the conference room floor.”

It’s possible she’s experiencing limerence, a constant, obsessive romantic longing for another person that leads to often-smothering acts intended to get that person to reciprocate.

Though limerence can seem like a form of love, love involves concern for the other’s feelings and well-being. In limerence, the limerent person’s target is a love object they’re pursuing: the romantic obsession version of a dirty tennis ball a dog’s chasing that never rolls to a stop.

However, there is a way out. Psychologists Albert Wakin and Duyen Vo explain that “limerence is sustained and fueled by uncertainty,” which heightens the limerent person’s hope as well as their cravings for emotional reciprocation from the object of their obsessive desire. They add that “the limerence reactions tend to dissipate in conditions where there is complete certainty,” whether it’s “absolute reciprocation or the other extreme of absolute rejection.”

The kindest thing you can do (for yourself and for her) is help her give up hope -- immediately, lest Tacky Gift Mountain start growing a twin peak. Take her aside and say: “I just want to clear up any possible misunderstanding. I’m not interested in ANY relationship beyond being co-workers.” If she tries again or the gift barrage continues, tell her again in unambiguous language (providing the necessary “absolute rejection”). Don’t explain why. You are not interested in her. Period. Revealing this to her will surely be awkward, but it gives her the “complete certainty” she needs to escape the claws of limerence and, best of all, before you run out of excuses to escape her regular “Wanna go for drinks after work?”

You: “I have to feed my cat.”

Her: “I thought your cat died last year.”

You: “I have to feed its ghost.”

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