[dailynews] May 17, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: May 17, 2011
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High school students team with NOAA scientists, historians to study 
shipwreck in Thunder Bay
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Five high school students are teaming up with scientists and historians this 
month to study a shipwreck in Lake Huron's Thunder Bay National Marine 
Sanctuary. Source: The Republic (5/17)


COMMENTARY: Emanuel's Chicago is no longer 'Beirut by the lake'
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Great man theories of city dynamics are hard to test but Chicago appears to 
have enjoyed a long period of good karma. Source: The Christian Science 
Monitor (5/17)


The wonderful wilderness of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Immortalized by Longfellow, the Midwest's preferred vacation spot offers 
unspoiled forests, waterfalls and coastal villages. Source: Smithsonian 
Magazine (5/17)


23rd annual Great Lakes Kite Festival this weekend in Grand Haven
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For three days, the skies above Grand Haven State Park will be dancing with 
color as more than 25 flyers from throughout the U.S. and Canada, and an 
estimated crowd of up to 40,000 spectators, take part in the largest event 
of its kind in the Midwest. Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (5/17)


COMMENTARY: Lake Superior: majestic and inspiring
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By following the powerful shores of Lake Superior through Ontario, Michigan 
and Wisconsin, you'll enjoy one fabulous circle tour combining beautiful 
scenery with native heritage and Bavarian delights. Source: Toronto Sun 
(5/17)


Gone fishin': Saugatuck students on Lake Michigan
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More than 60 sixth- and seventh-graders from Saugatuck Public Schools headed 
out onto Lake Michigan this morning as part of the district's Salmon in the 
Classroom program. Source: The Holland Sentinel (5/17)


Negotiation team to be discussed at water utility meeting
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The Waukesha Water Commission will be asked Thursday to discuss and make a 
recommendation on who will be on the water negotiation team as the city 
pursues a potential supplier of Lake Michigan water. Source: Waukesha Patch 
(5/16)


At Lutsen, a battle of skis against trout
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The Minnesota Legislature is expected to pass a law that would give Lutsen, 
Minn., special dispensation to draw millions of gallons of water from the 
Poplar River -- a designated trout stream -- to ensure that Lutsen has 
enough snow from November to March. Source:  (5/12)


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