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TOURISM -- Your correspondents will interview officials of Travel Michigan, the state's tourism promotion and development agency, on Monday. With war under way in Iraq, expectations are that more people will opt to vacation close to home, which may be good news for Michigan's hospitality and tourism businesses.

Articles for week of Friday, March 21, 2003

• NORTHERNPARKS -- State park fees may be increased in 2004 to help offset budget cutbacks, but officials at northern Michigan parks don't anticipate a decline in the number of visitors and campers. By Kristin Dykema. FOR PETOSKEY.

• RESERVES -- Law enforcement and corrections departments in Michigan are having to fill vacancies as many of their employees who serve in military reserve and National Guard units are called to active duty. By Jeremy Steele. FOR CADILLAC, LANSING & ALL POINTS.

• RENAISSANCEZONES -- Senators propose doubling the number of agricultural renaissance zones in the state, with tax breaks to encourage farming ventures. By Sarah McEvilly. FOR TRAVERSE CITY, LEELANAU, LUDINGTON, STURGIS, HILLSDALE, THREE RIVERS, MANISTEE, PETOSKEY, UPPER PENINSULA, SOUTH BEND, HOLLAND, GRAND RAPIDS, GREENVILLE & ALL POINTS.

• LAKELEVELS -- Several years of receding levels and another relatively dry winter mean even lower water levels for the Great Lakes this year. Shipping, recreation, commercial fishing and the environment will all be affected. By Corbin Sullivan. FOR HOLLAND, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE, MONROE, UPPER PENINSULA, TRAVERSE CITY & ALL POINTS.

• FUTURELEVELS -- There's plenty of uncertainty over what will happen to the levels of the Great Lakes in coming years. By Corbin Sullivan. FOR HOLLAND, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE, MONROE, UPPER PENINSULA, TRAVERSE CITY & ALL POINTS.

• NATIONALGUARD -- The war and state budget cutbacks have forced the Michigan National Guard to look for new sources of funding. By Luke Pickelman. FOR MANISTEE, GRAYLING, MACOMB & ALL POINTS.

• AIRPORT -- It's still tough for people with hearing problems to get information at Detroit's new Northwest terminal. By Maureen Walton. FOR C&G, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CITIZEN, MIDLAND, MACOMB & ALL POINTS.

• SYNDROME -- Michigan health officials say the return of soldiers to the Middle East may mean re-emergence of mysterious disease known as Gulf War Veterans Illness. By Antonio Planas. FOR GRAND RAPIDS, LANSING, GRAYLING & ALL POINTS.

• CHALLENGE -- Budget cuts put the future of the National Guard's Youth Challenge Academy for dropouts at risk. By Frank Kaminski. FOR STURGIS, THREE RIVERS, SOUTH BEND, HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN CITIZEN, LANSING & ALL POINTS.

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