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Prelighting Ceremony
1st Time Lit Since 1907
The WATER
WARRIORS'
SUMMER QUESTS
"PART II"
Poker Runs on Power
Boats have raised over
$200,000 for
Michigan Special
Olympics
If you’ve never done a
poker run, this is great fun for a
group of friends on your boat. You
travel to five restaurants on the wa- partments paraded around.
ter, and at each stop, each person
receives a playing card. At the last
(5th) stop, whoever has the best
poker hand wins the jackpot!
We participated in last
season’s 16th Annual Lake St.
Clair Fun Run which is always
held the last Wednesday of June.
The event started at MacRay’s
at 8:30am for a full eggs & meat
buffet breakfast... and Bloody
Mary’s for us passengers; then on
to Sinbad’s on the Detroit River
for some camaraderie; Brown’s
on Harsen’s Island for a grilled
chicken and burger lunch and a
50/50 raffle with a $750 pot!; then
Algonac Harbour Grille for more
camaraderie where everyone was
now very windblown and showing
a sunburn; and then finally at 5pm
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Light the the Channel Light was lit more. The roads were non
and everyone cheered and existent at the time. There
Night honked their horns. Really were 88 freighters passing
was a feel good moment for these Range Lights a day.
Last summer, in 80 degree us lake lovers. The Save
temps, a starry night after a our South Channel Lights Before the lights, larger
beautiful sunset, hundreds team must have been very ships could not find the en-
of boats with their mooring proud. The most beautiful trance to the South Channel
lights surrounded the South site though, was getting a at night and had to anchor
Channel light at Gull Island distance away and seeing in Lake St. Clair's Anchor
to see it lit for the first time all the mooring lites sur- Bay (hence the name) until
since 1907. rounding the Light. daylight. The freighters and
passenger boats such as the
The Clinton River Cruise The lights were first lit on famous Tashmoo made sev-
boat was sold out with a big November 1, 1859. They eral trips per day.
party that night and brought were officially turned off
many notables. on December 7, 1907, but During Prohibition, Lake
were still used to handle the St. Clair and the Detroit
While waiting for the overload of this busy time River where busy water
Light, music was playing, when water commerce was highways for illegal rum
and the local marine fire de- using the only way to deliver running and all the prob-
goods such as lumber, coal, lems that produced.
steel, salt, crops, and much Continued on Page 53...
After dedication speaches,
everything went dark and
back to MacRay’s for a huge dinner. pating and fun to see. Our 26’ center console
There were 270 people in 55 boats was no match for the 100mph+ Sunsations,
ranging from 24’ to 52’ (which is why it’s on a but someone had to arrive last at each stop!
Wednesday... very hard to accommodate that Contact for 2013 Fun Run for SOMI
many boats on a weekend). It’s not a race,
and safety along the way is a top priority, Wednesday, June 26th - Ann Plegue @
however, there are a lot of fast boats partici- lakestclairfunrun@gmail.com
Shawn had the best
poker hand with
four 5's and an Ace
for the $1000 pot...
with host Ann Plegue