Traverse City Record-Eagle

Opinion

July 2, 2012

Cheers: 07/02/2012

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  • To Hagerty Insurance for sponsoring the 2012 Great Race, which started in Traverse City last week and included a pre-race car show of antique, vintage and collector cars participating in the race. The competitive controlled-speed endurance race started in downtown Traverse City June 23 and was to end Sunday in Dearborn. Nearly 100 cars made from 1907 to 1969 were to travel 2,283 miles of scenic public highways and roads from Traverse City to Sault Ste Marie, across Ontario, Canada, to New York and back to Michigan through Pennsylvania and Ohio.
  • To Botanic Garden of Northwest Michigan fund raisers who have collected more than $900,000 so far and are now making the final push for the $1.5 million still needed to renovate the Grand Traverse Commons' historic cathedral barn and create a permanent community park and botanic garden on a 56-acre just off Silver Lake Road.
  • To the local Veterans for Peace chapter for raising more than $6,000 in a silent auction at Dennos Museum for its Northwestern Michigan College scholarship fund for a veteran or child of a veteran. "This is the way we support our troops," said Tim Keenan, Chapter 50 president.
  • To Title IX, historic federal legislation passed 40 years ago that shattered a glass ceiling and forced public education institutions to offer girls and women equal access to sports education. Cheers also to the famous Larry and Dee Glass family of Leland, a living example of the importance of the law. Their three daughters and six granddaughters have excelled in high school and collegiate athletics.
  • To Grand Traverse Conservation District staff and volunteers who dug up and potted native plants from the Brown Bridge Quiet Area to be cared for and replanted once the Brown Bridge Dam removal is completed and restoration of exposed bottomlands begins.
  • To SEEDS for its four-day School of Rock Camp held recently for 60 young musicians at Gilbert Lodge in Grand Traverse County's Twin Lakes Park. The camp offered guitar lessons, lyric-writing and vocal workshops, mentoring from professional musicians, opportunities to try out different instruments and other creative activities.
  • To the Benzie County village of Beulah, which was to dedicate a revamped Crystal Lake bayfront beach and park Saturday. Beulah Booster, Inc. and the village spearheaded the five-year effort. A $360,000 Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund grant helped fund the project, which includes a filtration system for runoff and storm water. Other changes include a boardwalk, seating pods, a plaza and a new bike path. A pedestrian bridge crosses Cold Creek Outlet and connects to the boat launch.

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