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MEMBERSHIP NOTES • Apologies from the Editor for accidently switching the May-June Seaway News with the July-August Seaway News in the last issue of Telescope. You will find the missing May-June Seaway News in this issue. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Feb. 10-18 Detroit Boat Show at Cobo Hall - We'll be there! Stop by andVisit our exhibit. Mar. 3 Movies on the wide screen from 10:00 - 4:00 -- Special showing of the Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony at Mariners Church in Detroit. Free with paid admission to the Dossin Museum Mar. 17 G.L.M.I. Entertainment meeting 12:00 - 3:00 Hydroplane Racing Movies. Free with paid admission to the Dossin Museum. Apr. 6 Opening of the Ship In A Bottle Exhibit - An eclectic collection of Great Lakes and other boats in bottles will be on display in DeRoy Hall. For everyone who marvels at the intricate work inside a glass bottle, this is your chance to inspect more than two dozen pieces of art. Apr. 7 Movies on the wide screen from 10:00 - 4:00 - Special showing of the History of the U.S. Lake Survey. Free with paid admission to the Dossin Museum. Apr. 28 Fit Out Party - Come and learn how to produce a boat in a bottle as members of the International Ship in Bottle Collectors meet and discuss how they produce these pieces of art. Sessions all day in DeRoy Hall. May 5 Opening of the new exhibit - Frontier Metropolis. A look at The City of the Straits - Detroit as it was recorded in pencil sketches, watercolors, and oil paintings prior to the 1830's. Maps, navigation charts, portraits, and sketches of the landscape before the camera was invented. May 5 Belle Isle Clean Up Day - Come out and help to show that you care about our 1,000 acre park in the middle of the Detroit River. May 5 Movies on the wide screen from 11:00 - 4:00 - Special showing of Belle Isle-A Portrait in Time, the history of Detroit's public park. Free with paid admission to the Dossin Museum. CONTENTS • Tug GENERAL Raised After Lying On Bottom For Nine Years.......................143 Putting It First - My PUT-IN-BAY Trip...........................................145 2000-2001 Winter Lay -up List.................................................. 149 Great Lakes & Seaway News.....................................................154 OUR COVER PICTURE . . . The GREAT LAKES TRADER was built at the Halter Marine Shipyard in New Orleans and entered the St. Lawrence Seaway in June, 2000. The barge measures 740 feet by 78 feet and when being pushed by the tug JOYCE L. VAN ENKEVORT, the total length is 844 feet. The self-unloading barge has a capacity of 40,000 tons. This photo was taken by Rod Burdick on June 21,2000 when the barge was at Escanaba, Michigan scheduled to load ore for delivery to Indiana Harbor. Telescope© is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, an agency of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit. Visit our Website at: http://www.glmi.org Published at Detroit, Michigan by the GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE ©All rights reserved. Printed in the United States by Macomb Printing, Inc.