Today's Freep has a Farewell letter to Hockeytown from Darren McCarty. McCarty, with the Red Wings for over 10 years, was cut loose yesterday.

Migrants, Growers Fear Deportation Wave
The Detroit Free Press has a feature on fears of deportation that are sweeping through migrant worker communities in a five-county area of northwest lower Michigan that produces a big chunk of the state's strawberries, cherries, wine grapes and peaches. Farmers are fearing that Homeland Security may be trumping the labor needs of the agriculture industry (who can't find teens willing to do the intense work).

UM Solar Car Wins Rayce
The U of M News Service reports that the University of Michigan solar car Team Momentum finished first in the 2500 mile North American Solar Challenge that ended yesterday at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.
North American Solar Challenge Rayce site
Also see the Photo Gallery for a slew of pics
Tangentally related: University of Michigan study urges fuel economy as strategic priority for Big Three from Auto Industry

Port Oneida Fair
The Fair (held annually the 1st weekend of August, the 5th & 6th) in the Port Oneida District of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is billed as a celebration of rural arts & culture. It lives up to it with exhibits & demonstrations (blacksmithing, barn building, weaving, Civil War Re-enactors, and many more) as well music, dance and storytelling over two days at five farms.

Deep Sea Detectives Explores Great Lakes Shipwrecks
The Muskegon Chronicle reports that filmmakers from the History Channel's "Deep Sea Detectives" show are coming to Muskegon and Grand Haven today to shoot footage on the loss of two Coast Guard cutters in 1944 and the sinking of the car ferry S.S. Milwaukee and its 52 sailors 76 years ago. The program explores shipwrecks and the stories behind the sinking and will run a show on each.
Tri-Cities Museum of Grand Haven (extensive archive on the SS Milwaukee)
Deep Sea Detectives web site

Tahquamenon Falls Suffering from Drought Conditions
The Mining Journal reports that the upper Tahquamenon Falls in Luce county (a major UP tourist attraction) are flowing at a much lower rate than usual at this time of year, 215 cubic feet per second as compared to the normal 315. The drought has left center section of the falls is dry, exposing rock formations and the article has both present and spring pics of the falls (quite a drop-off).

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