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ISA WWW.FREEP.COM SUNDAY, AUG. 15, 2010 Wn.WANKi ycu lived on MICHIGAN BY THE NUMCURS Monthly foreclosures One in every 397 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing in July. Nationwide, Michigan ranks sixth in foreclosures. One foreclosure filing per VState number of housing units 1 Nevada 82 31 Harbor Springs a NOTICE CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER IN PETOSKEY: 231-347-4337, Petoskey or' www.crookedtree.org events.Dhtml Boyne City mls Ol II 2 Arizona 167 3 Florida 171 4 California 200 5Jdah? J40 6 Michigan 241" 7 Utah 242 8 Illinois 269 9 Georgia 32Q 10 Maryland 335 By ZUTI MEYER FREL PRESS STAFF WRITER Lake Michigan CMAr.LC A.TR::,1 Mancelona i WASN'T THAT COVERED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO? No, that was U.S.-31.

The two meet up in Petoskey, with U.S.-31 continuing up almost to Mackinaw City. I i Note: Foreclosure filing includes default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions. Source: RealtyTrac Research by KRISTI TANNER-WHITE; Graphic by MOSES HARRIS, Detroit Free Press KALKASKA Kalkaska Traverse City Joyce Koskenmaki, "Boat and Stars," from North of the Bridge exhibit AVALANCHE PRESERVE, near Boyne City: 231-532-6597, gov.boynecity.com uploads1235423650 Avalanchebrochure2.pdf ifian news briefs IViiCI AND U.S.-131? Its 268.13 miles will take you from the Michigan-Indiana border in St. Joseph County all the way up to Petoskey. Another approximately 0.7 mile of this roadway is in the Hoosier State.

DOES IT HAVE ANY OTHER NAMES? Some people call it the Mackinaw Trail, which was an old American Indian path that went from Saginaw Bay to the Mackinac Straits to Sault Ste. Marie, according to Michigan Department of Transportation historian Lloyd Baldwin. The name shifted westward in 1915, when a crowded U.S.-31 inspired the overlooking the Jordan River Valley just north of Mancelona HIKE OR BIKE ALONG THE WHITE PINE OR PERE MARQUETTE LUDINGTON Beach visitors warned about syringes The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment is warning visitors to Lake Michigan beaches to beware of syringes washing ashore. CadillacV RUGG POND NATURAL AREA kalkaskacounty.net homepage2666748.asp THE SHAY LOCOMOTIVE, on display in Cadillac's City Park: www.michmarkers.com PagesL0528.htm vl RAIL-TRAILS, which both pass through Reed City. OsfFOiA i JIM CROW MUSEUM, in Rin Banirlc t.

i Shoreline residents in Mason and Manistee counties have found the debris. The department said the litter may have come from Milwaukee sewer overflows July 25. The syringes could carry harmful bacteria and viruses capable of spreading diseases that include hepatitis or AIDS, the department said. Garbage showed up two years ago in scattered locations along 231-591-5873, www.ferris.eduhtmls I Reed i -wl-. newsjimcrow Cjty MECOSTA 4,7 r15ig Rapids JEFF KIESSEL'Associated Press A Pere Marquette Township resident holds waste that washed ashore in Ludington.

creation of another route to the tip of the Lower Peninsula, though it took 43 years for official recognition. Earlier this decade, the Michigan Legislature designated the portion of U.S. -131 between M-66 in Kalkaska County and U.S.-31 in Petoskey as part of the Green Arrow Route-Mackinac Trail. 200 miles of Michigan beaches. The department said the U.S.

Coast Guard is investigating the latest litter. JIM PRiCHARDAssociaterJ Press David Pilgrim, Ferris State professor and museum curator ED DUNNEBACK GIRLS FARM U-PICK, KFKT in Alpine Township: 616-784-2820, (37) www.dunnebackfarm.com I GERALD R. FORD r.rA DPFMnFNTIfll FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS SCULPTURE PARK, in Grand Rapids: 888-957-1580, www.meijergardens.org ST. IGNACE Mackinac Bridge gains national status as landmark The Mackinac Bridge was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the Michigan chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers on Thursday. The nomination for the 5-mile span was prepared by Tess Ahlborn, an associate professor of civil engineering at Michigan Technological University.

GRAND RAPIDS City commissioners give chickens the boot City Manager Greg Sundstrom said chicken owners have until Oct. 1 to get rid of their birds after city commissioners failed to pass a proposed ordinance Tuesday that would have let residents keep hens in their backyards. The vote was 3-3. Resident Steve DeJong and others had hoped chickens would be allowed. He said he'll have to find new homes for a flock he's kept for more than a year.

COMPILED FROM REPORTS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS '7--'" 3 4 Rapids MUSEUM, in Grand Rapids: 616-254-0400, 11 www.fordlibrary ''iJLm- lm) trVi' museum.gov iU, A 'K P- OLD JAIL MUSEUM, in Allegan: fl'-t -v. ALLEGAN 269-673-8292, www.allegancountyhistorical trti Allegan museum.org trCl i i DRINK A LOCAL- -1 JJJ BREWED BEER AT '( 0 BELL'S BREWERY, in downtown Nina Akamu, "The American Horse" wiluam j.hebert Portage 269a382Z-1402 www.bellsbeer.com Dale Chihuly, PA KS ANDi.RSOMChiMy Studios "Summer Sun" I I.J Vtwwik Hi mswiliail ILiOl Convict suspected in other student deaths Three Rivers 's ST. 0 'n JOSEPH i Constantine0'; MICHIGAN I1" I INDIANA WHAT ARE SOME CF ITS OTHER MOTORWAY MONIKERS? The section of U.S.-131 between the Michigan state line and Kalamazoo is known as the Colgrove Highway, after Phillip Colgrove, the first president of the Michigan Good Roads Association, who also was a Barry County prosecutor in the 1880s, according to Baldwin. And the U.S.-131 Cadillac Bypass bears the name of former state Rep. Sidney Ouwinga.

ANYTHING DOWN THE PIXE? MDOT's next U.S.-131 projects are a Constantine bypass and rehabbing the 17 miles between the Indiana Toll Road and approximately a mile north of Lovers Lane Road in Three Rivers, Baldwin said. AIR ZOO, in Portage: 866-524-7966, www.airzoo.org DOWNTOWN THREE RIVERS COMMERCIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, which is on the National Register of Historic Places: 269-278-8193 Bell's Brewery Bell's beergarten John Norman Collins was convicted on Aug. 19, 1970, of murdering a female Eastern Michigan University freshman. Karen Sue Beineman, 18, of Grand Rapids was the last of seven college coeds murdered in the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor areas during the late 1960s. The slayings began in 1967 and stopped two years later, when Collins was arrested.

However, the then-21-year-old Canadian was never charged with any of the other half-dozen killings. Collins was sentenced to life in prison, but in the mid-1980s, he petitioned to be sent to a John Norman Collins was sentenced to life in prison for murder. ill prison in his home country. When he was turned down, he filed a federal lawsuit, claiming the refusal violated his constitutional rights. He lost, appealed and lost again.

Had he been in a Canadian prison, he would've been eligible for parole the following decade. Despite the sole conviction, Collins who later changed his name to Chapman was one of 110 serial killers and mass killers featured on trading cards marketed by a California company in the early 1990s. -ZLATI MEYER i-i a i ils Next week: M-33 Air Zoo MARTHA THIERRYOetroit Free Press il ii li Iffiftti I i hi mi a HAD IT WITH DENTURES? ARE YOU EXPERIENCING THESE DENTURE PROBLEMS? Noticeable bone shrinkage and disappointing relines Shortened lower facial features and collapsed bite Abnormal weight gain or weight loss Inability to chew fresh fruits, vegetables, and nuts Concern about laughing, coughing, and gagging What are my rights? Free benefit analysis Hire an attorney for FREE Proven results A IMF member attorney Michigan Lawyers Working For Workers Rights SHOP Learn why more Music Schools purchase Yamaha Kawai Pianos. THIS WEEKEND Buy a NeVi Piano at a tJ Slightly Used Piano Price! c- Wayne StatE 111 To receive your complimentary DVD and Brochure Just call this toll free number anytime 247 and leave your name and address after the tone. ADLER STILMANs OPEN SUSOftY UNIVLRSITY 1 pm 5 prn Attorneys ounselors 1-088-521-9477 Winterset Dental Implant Center.

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