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To: CNS Editors

From: Eric Freedman & Vic Rauch

BONUS WEEK: As in the past, we are refilng a selection of still-timely stories that you may have lacked space for earlier in the semester but that your readers may appreciate. We look forward to serving you again in the fall.

• COASTGUARDSTATION -- Converting the abandoned Coast Guard station in Ludington to a maritime museum, bed-and-breakfast or other attraction would fit well with state efforts to promote cultural tourism, but there are concerns about the costs of acquisition and making the 1934 building more accessible to visitors. The Department of History, Arts and Libraries says cultural tourism may boost Michigan’s ailing economy. A Coast Guard veteran is pushing for the project. By Jennifer Linn. FOR ALL POINTS.

• CONQUERSUICIDE -- Depression and suicide are serious problems for a significant proportion of adolescents, a University of Michigan psychologist says, but many teens are reluctant to seek help, and services are limited. A Lawrence Tech student from Clinton Towns talks about his own depression and suicide attempt. Meanwhile, the state Community Health Department is trying to train teachers, pediatricians and other “gatekeepers” to recognize the symptoms of teen depression. By Jacquelyn Halas. FOR ALL POINTS.

• OLDDAMS -- Many of the state’s 2,500-plus dams need to be repaired or removed – including ones in the UP, Traverse City and Manistee and Mecosta counties, the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy says, but there’s not enough money for most such projects. Meanwhile, obsolete dams are impairing fish passage and water quality and some, like one on the Dead River, are failing and others, like the Chesaning and Frankenmuth dams need modifications. By Erica Richards. FOR ALL POINTS.

• HOUSECAMPAIGN -- First-term Rep. Tim Moore of Farwell is either a Republican lackey of the pharmaceutical industry or a champion of the average guy, depending on who you ask in his northern Lower Peninsula district. Either way, if history repeats itself, the fall campaign between Moore and Democrat David Schwab Sr. of Omer could get nasty -- two years ago, Moore ousted an incumbent in a nasty race. Inside Michigan Politics ranks the district as a toss-up, and Democrats see victory there as a key move in their effort to regain control of the House. By Derek Wallbank. FOR ALL POINTS.

• SOLIDWASTEPOLICY -- A new solid waste policy that would give Michigan counties more guidance in their waste management and planning is being developed in light of changing environmental conditions. The update is badly needed, say officials, including those representing the northwestern Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula. By Sandra Kao. FOR ALL POINTS.

• BUDWORMS -- The budworm is attacking jack pines in the western Upper Peninsula, where the DNR is cutting more than 100 acres of  infected trees, and other infestations have been reported across the UP and northern and western Michigan, including Wexford, Crawford, Mason, Lake, Manistee, Kalkaska, Oceana, Alcona and Oscoda counties. We hear from DNR and U.S. Forest Service experts about the threat to these commercially and ecologically valuable trees. By Erica Richards. FOR ALL POINTS.
  • With BUDWORMPHOTO -- Jack pine devastated by budworm infestation. Credit: U.S. Forest Service.

• GREATLAKESCRUISING -- One hundred years ago, cruising the Great Lakes was a popular vacation.  A century later, more people are returning to cruise ships stopping at such ports as Manistee, Mackinaw City and Sault Ste. Marie, with four to five now on the Great Lakes. Marquette is working to prepare special itineraries for passengers who step ashore, including arranging meetings between German tourists and local students learning the German language. By Jennifer Linn. FOR ALL POINTS.
  • With CRUISESHIP -- Photo of cruise ship on Lake Michigan. Credit: American Canadian Caribbean Lines.

• CRANBERRIES -- Tiny Whitefish Point on the Lake Superior shore wants the Legislature to anoint it as Michigan’s cranberry capital, propelling it into the ranks of other capitals such as Belding (apples), South Haven (blueberries) and Mesick (mushrooms) and luring agri-tourists. The UP’s only cranberry farm harvests a mere 14 acres, but after 130 years in the same family it’s the state’s oldest. Owners of much larger operations in Cheboygan County and South Haven say Whitefish Point deserves the honor, and so do dozens of lawmakers who back a UP representative’s resolution to do just that. By Eric Freedman. FOR ALL POINTS.
  • With CRANBERRYPHOTO -- Credit U.S. Department of Agriculture.