Favorite Traditions Mark July 4 Holiday
Local Communities Celebrate With Fireworks, Parades, Games

ST. IGNACE: Cuddled together and wrapped in blankets or wearing light jackets to keep warm against the evening chill, residents and visitors at Kiwanis Beach in St. Ignace view fireworks as they explode over Moran Bay Friday, July 4. Story and photographs, page 11. LES CHENEAUX: The Prentiss Bay Kids entry, filled with children from residences on Prentiss Bay east of Cedarville, was one of the brighter entries in the Les Cheneaux July 4 parade, decorated with many American flags, and festooned in red and tinsel, while the children wore red T-shirts. Story and photographs, page 9. MACKINAW CITY: David Painter of Lakeview participates in the disc toss at the marina park grounds in Mackinaw City, where hundreds of tourists and residents congregated Friday, July 4, for games. Central Avenue businesses are visible behind him. More photographs, page 10.