Coast Guard flies out to fix remote Michigan lighthouse known as ‘the Loneliest Place in the World’
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 01, 2021
Icy conditions greeted U.S. Coast Guard crews during a Jan. 26, 2021 trip out to Stannard Rock Lighthouse.
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LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - After a harsh winter storm blew out a window in the very remote Stannard Rock Lighthouse in Lake Superior, a team from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder recently hitched a ride on a Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City to make the icy repair.
Teams had been worried the missing window could threaten the electronics inside - and even the working light - at the historic lighthouse that sits off the eastern shore of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.
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A Traverse City-based non-profit with a Mt. Pleasant chapter and that was started by a Mt. Pleasant native is looking to a year of growth in 2021, thanks to a Facebook program.
Spark in the Dark, which leverages the power of social media to connect people in need directly to others who can help them, was one of 77 non-profits worldwide â and one of 14 in North America â accepted into a Facebook accelerator program that provided training and ultimately a little money to help them grow, said Abagail McKiernan, Spark in the Dark s president and executive director.
The accelerator provided six months of training to the organization, said McKiernan, who grew up in Mt. Pleasant. They also were one of just a few organizations that qualified for money, $25,000 in Spark s case, she said.
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There are 91 candles on a pineapple upside down cake for Earl Ennis today. The local man gets up and goes to work everyday.
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“Working,” said Earl Ennis, who turns 91 today and is sharp as ever.
On any given weekday, you can find Earl behind his desk at Ennis Trucking, the family business he started in 1980. At the start of the Traverse City-based company, he and his young family had just moved to Northport. from downstate.
“My wife grew up here. Her parents were from Suttons Bay and Empire. Norwegians. I think they came over by boat because there were no roads when they came up! But we used to bring the kids up here and go camping at the state park, and I fell in love with the area like everybody does.”
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In a world where hugging is on hold, many of us are touch starved. A recent trip to the doctor proved this to me when upon feeling her cold hands on my back I didn’t bristle, but instead, basked in the sensation electrifying my spine. Why was a routine checkup giving me first kiss at summer camp feelings? Probably because I haven’t experienced human touch outside of a small number of people in awhile. A pat on the back, grazing past a stranger’s shoulder in a crowded bar, throwing my arms around my friends for a tight embrace, these are things that I haven’t done in almost a year now. I’m not the only one who misses touch, either. Beth Pawlowski, a Traverse City-based massage therapist says that it’s something she’s seen others experience too.
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