My blogging software says someone found Torch Lake Views by searching “torch lake vs petoskey” on Google. I got to thinking about it – what, exactly, did the searcher have in mind??? So I decided to explain the differences here, just in case anyone else is unclear on these matters.
- Petoskey: a town in northern Michigan with a big empty hole in the ground at its center.
Torch Lake: a township in northern Michigan with a big hole in the ground filled with clean, turquoise water and lots of fish – no muskies though. - Petoskey: a fossil found only in northern Michigan, the excuse for a party at Barnes Park every year.
Torch Lake: a lake name found in many places in the north country, including three times in Michigan that I know about (twice in Antrim County and once in Houghton). I know, you thought we were the only one. Uh-uh. - Petoskey: the county seat of Emmet County, infested with practicing lawyers
Torch Lake: the township where all the lawyers are retired or just visiting - Petoskey: a town where you can buy beautifully designed resort wear, handcrafted sweaters, custom made boats and exclusive lines of cottage furniture – plus whatever it is they sell at big box shopping malls
Torch Lake: a township where you can buy local fruit and vegetables and honey and maple syrup, the Camp board game, and waterfront real estate - Petoskey: home to the hospital that was the site of the longest running nurses’ strike in Michigan history
Torch Lake: home to nurse Char Lundy, who helped start a volunteer ambulance service thirty years ago and is still on the job keeping us healthy, checking our blood pressure, binding up wounds of body and spirit - Petoskey: home of the Petoskey News Review
Torch Lake: home of Torch Lake Views
You pays your taxes and you takes your choice.
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dmarks
June 14, 2008
Is that strike still on?
One of the main issues was that the union wanted to force all nurses to pay dues to it (whether or not the nurses liked the union or it acted in their interests). I don’t think that’s quite right, so I did not side with the union.
Gerry Sell
June 14, 2008
Depends on who you ask, doesn’t it?
dmarks
June 17, 2008
That’s why I think the decision of whether or not to have anything to do with the union should be left to each nurse. It all depends on who you ask, whether or not they support it. So, respect the differences.
Gerry Sell
June 18, 2008
Sigh. The original point, of course, was that Char Lundy is a community treasure and Petoskey should be so lucky. However. The nurses’ strike wasn’t about whether people would be forced to join a union. The nurses’ strike was about whether the hospital could break the union the nurses had voted in. It turns out the hospital could. Whether you think this is a good thing or a bad thing depends on your life’s experiences.
Babs Young
June 18, 2008
I have to come down on the side of the nurses. As a teacher who was part of a “Union” for the 25 years I taught in Ohio, it is a good thing. While there may be some down sides, the good far out weighs the bad. It would be cold day in hell before I would ever set foot in the hospital in Petoskey. I would never trust the care I might get there.
Gerry Sell
June 20, 2008
It just goes to show you. I thought sure I’d hear about the hole-in-the-ground dig, or the astonishing comparison of the PNR with TLV. Nope. Nurses. My take on it – nurses are simply more important to us than mega-developments or newspapers or blogs. Way more important.