McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc used to say he had ketchup in his veins. The restaurant industry is definitely in Nancy Wright’s blood. Wright owned and operated Le Bear Restaurant on the shores of Lake Michigan in Glen Arbor, Mich., with Janet Niewold for 12 years. When she sold the restaurant in 2003 to a group developing a major resort on the property, customers were sad to see it go. Wright, like many people in the business, quickly got the itch

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