'Festivals and Fireworks' Offers Employee Workshops
Training a Key Part of Summer Promotions, Shepler Says
By Mark Tower
      St. Ignace businesses and their employees are being offered short workshops in presenting to visitors consistent information about the city and its events by Chris Shepler and the St. Ignace Festivals and Fireworks Committee. The training sessions will be available June 16, 18, and 23 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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Motorcycles Roar Into St. Ignace Show
     Above: Crowds peruse the line-up of bikes in the second annual Yooper Motorcycle Show at the St. Ignace Public Marina Sunday, May 24. Results of show judging will be published in The St. Ignace News when available.
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DDA Plan Dropped at Clark Twp.
By Jonathan Eppley
      If a Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is ever formed in Clark Township, the process to do so will have to start all over. The Clark Township Board of Trustees unanimously voted Thursday, May 21, to drop all consideration of forming a DDA at this time.
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Card Will Speed Border Crossings
New Rules Begin June 1
      Enhanced Michigan driver's licenses designed for smooth Canadian border crossings will make travel between the U.S. and Canada more convenient after June 1. The cards can be read electronically and will speed up border crossings, customs workers say.
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Forest Service Wants ATV Riders To Stay on Roads
User-created Trails Damaging Land, Habitats
By Jonathan Eppley
      More than 100 members of the Sportsmen's Off Road Vehicle Association in St. Ignace and hundreds more tourists regularly enjoy the 1,000 miles of roads designated for all terrain vehicle (ATV) use in the eastern Hiawatha National Forest, but as the number of ATVenthusiasts increases, so does the number of riders going off-road, damaging forest land and animal habitats,
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Pageant Draws Crowds to Mackinaw City
     Crowds look on as Indian re-enactors portray a massacre of British troops and settlers at Fort Michilimackinac in June 1763, during the 47th annual Memorial Day pageant Saturday, May 23, in Mackinaw City. This year, the fort is also celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of state park land, where the fort now sits. More photographs, page 7.
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New Marketing Plan in Place at Island Resort
Regional Trends - Tourism
By Karen Gould
      A story in The St. Ignace News' ongoing series bringing our readers fresh perspectives on the top issues facing the Straits area and the Eastern Upper Peninsula.
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EUP Communities Mark Memorial Day
     Above: Members of VFW Post 7958 of Hessel and Pickford American Legion Post 323 march flags into Cedar Cemetery on Four-Mile Block Road in Cedarville Monday, May 25. Fallen soldiers were honored with a remembrance wreath, flags, and memorial flowers at the Veterans Memorial in the center of the cemetery. (Photograph by Tom Coyne of UP Photos)
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