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N o t e b o o k - cont'd. 2. if we did not express to you how very m u c h we appre c i a t e the assis t a n c e of those who re g u l a r l y c o r r e s p o n d with us to bring us items of histo r i c a l interes t as well as to report current marine news. We hope that we will be able to rely on your contri b u t i o n s a gain throughout this coming year. In is sue s to come, we intend to a c k n o wledge in a m e a n i n g f u l way the c o n t r i b u tions made to "Scanner" by certain of our longtime memb e r s and c o r r e s p o n dents. In the N e w Me m b e r D e p a r t m e n t , a hearty welc o m e goes out to David Swain, of Grand Haven, Michigan, to T i m o t h y Zalesak, of Racine, Wisconsin, and to Rod Burdick, of Kingsford, Michigan. * * * * * * * THE N O V E M B E R M E E T I N G The change of venue for our November M e e t i n g comes via the c o u rtesy of m e m ber Jim Semon, who once a gain has made a v ailable to us the excell ent video f a ci li ti es of the C o nference Room at the offices of C a r l t o n Cards. Me mbers who have a t t e n d e d me etings at this l o c a t i o n in past years will recall how good the v i e w i n g is in this s p e c i a l l y - e q u i p p e d room. We extend to Jim Semon and his firm our sincere thanks for m a k i n g the f a cilities available to us a ga in this year. We will have at least two video p r e s e n t a t i o n s for you at this meeting. One will feature the famous steamer CLIFFS VICTORY, while the other is a tape made up of a nu mber of C a n a d i a n Pacific pr o m o t i o n a l films from years past, whe n the co mp a n y operated numer o u s p a ssenger vessels on both fresh and salt water. To reach the me et i n g site, follow the Q u e e n Eli z a b e t h Way, take the Ki pling Av en ue exit and proceed n o r t h to the first set of traffic lights. Turn left there onto The Q u eensway and continue west two short blocks to Vansco Road. C a r l t o n Cards is located at 1460 The Queensway, on the north - e a s t corner at Va n s c o Road. * * * * * M A R I N E NEWS Du ri ng August, the Ontario M i n i s t r y of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n n o u n c e d that p a s s e n gers will soon lose their free ride aboard the ferry from K i n g s t o n to Wolfe Island. The Wolfe Island Council was advi s e d that the Province, seeking to adjust fares on all of its various ferry operations, w o u l d institute a charg e of $ 6 . 50 return for cars and $ 1 . 00 return for passengers, effective J a n u a r y 1st, 1994. Needless to say, the s u ggestion that rides aboard the 19 75- bui lt ferry WOLFE IS LANDER III would no longer be free brought howls of pr ote st fr om islanders, but the Province has r e m ained firm in its int e n t i o n to collect fares to offset the major ex pense of ru nning the ferry. The 1993 season, the second for the cross - l a k e o p erations of the fledgling Lake M i c h i g a n Ca rferry Service Inc., was a good one, with BADGER ca rrying large crowds of passengers on her route betw e e n L u d i n g t o n and Manitowoc. A l though only BADGER has o p e r a t e d reg u l a r l y for the new owner of the c a r f e r r y line, the co mp an y still w ould like to restore CITY OF M I D L A N D 41 to service and, eve ntually, even the long-idle SPARTAN, a l t hough the latter p r o ba bl y wo ul d requir e repowering. Unfortunately, BADGER's 1993 season was mar r e d whe n she struck bottom in Ludington harb o u r on June 20th. It was evident that she had sustained damage, and so the c a r f e r r y was hust l e d off to the s hip yar d at St urgeon Bay, Wisconsin, w here she was drydocked. It was found that the da mag e was such that an 8 8 - f o o t - l o n g section of shell plat i n g on the port side w ould have to be replaced, at a cost of almost $ 3 5 0 , 000. A l though we are not certain when BADGER actually re turned to service, her owner was hoping to have her ru nning again no later than July 5th.