Mackinac State Historic Parks Cut From State Budget
New Challenge Faces Tourism in 2006
By Ryan Schlehuber
     Mackinac State Historic Parks, already suffering from two years of budget cuts and a sluggish economy, will lose the $1.5 million it gets from the state under a budget proposal released by Governor Jennifer Granholm last Thursday, February 10. The cut will be reflected in the state
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Jacobus Named State’s Top Music Teacher
Les Cheneaux School Band Teacher Earns Honors
By Amy Polk
     Standing several feet above a group of small children, Alan Jacobus commands attention with a clear, loud voice. Minutes before, the children sat enraptured, eyes fixed on cartoon that featured a wordless musical score. Now they looked at Mr. Jacobus.
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New Casino Will Open in May 2006
By Stephen Underwood
     Construction of the new $30 million Kewadin Casino in St. Ignace is expected to be completed by May 2006. It will provide more than 127,000 square feet for a new casino with 800 slot machines, 26 table games, 20 keno seats, and a buffet restaurant with seating for 225. There will also be an entertai
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Old Meets New at Les Cheneaux
     Old met new last weekend, when old fashioned forms of transportation like a horse team and cart and dogsled shared the ice with snowmobiles and air sleds at Snowsfest in Cedarville Saturday, February 19.
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New Tall Ship on Horizon:
Swope Hopes To Bring Cruises to St. Ignace
By Stephen Underwood
     A second effort to bring a tall ship to St. Ignace for daytime sail cruises is underway, and the St. Ignace Harbor Authority has given motel owner David Swope support for docking a vessel at the marina pier, St. Ignace Dock #2, if he can find a ship to bring here. Through a letter of intent signed a
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Antique Snowmobiles Break Record in Naubinway
Sno-Jets Featured in 13th Annual Snowmobile Show
By Stephen Underwood
     Hundreds of snowmobile enthusiasts examined a record 261 vehicles on display at the 13th Annual Antique and Vintage Snowmobile Show in Naubinway Saturday, February 19. Chances are, however, that not too many of them longed for those
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LaSalle’s Litzner Wins U.P. State Championship
     By David Latva Rand Litzner, a 189-pound senior, became the 10th athlete from LaSalle High School to win All-State individual honors during the Upper Peninsula State Wrestling Finals Friday, February 18, and Saturday, February 19, at Menominee High School.
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Fish Coop Draws Crowds to Curtis Carnival
By Julie Freeman
     At the 11th Annual Curtis Winter Carnival Saturday, February 19, the peaks of sunshine, mixed with a few snow flurries, attracted hundreds of children and adults. More than 1,200 buttons were made and sold.
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