ʻO ka Mardi Gras o ka Midwest
I kēia manawa e hala ana i ke kanahā mau makahiki, hiki i ka hui makahiki pihaʻo Jobbie Nooner i ka Pōʻalima ma mua o ka hopena o ka lāʻo Iulai i Gull Island ma Lake St. Clair. I ka makahiki 2015, e mālamaʻia ia ma ka lā 26 o Iune aʻoi aku aʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka wā. ʻO ka mea i hoʻomakaʻia e like me kahi pōʻalima lā o ke awakea a morphed i loko o ka bacchanalia maʻamau, i kapaʻiaʻo "The Mardi Gras of the Midwest," a me nā mele mele, nā DJ, nā mīkini keʻakeʻa maʻemaʻe, a me nā leka uila mai nā pūʻulu nūhou āpau. , hoʻopihaʻia e ka nui o ka waiʻona.
He ahaʻo Jobbie?
Wahi a "Traveling Michigan's Thumb," ua hoʻomakaʻiaʻo Jobbie Nooner i ka makahiki 1975 ma o Anchor Bay e Lee O'Dell e hoʻokipa i ka lā hānau o Lee Wagner. ʻO Jobbies, he inoa inoa no nā mea hana halehana lima, hoʻomaka pinepine i nā kaʻa o lākou ma ka hola 5 a 6 paha, a haʻalele i ka hana ma ke awakea i ka Pōʻalima ma mua o ka paʻaʻana o Iulai i nā hale kūʻai kaʻa, lawe i ka "nooner" i ka pana ma ko lākou mau moku. I ka halaʻana o nā makahiki 80, ua hoʻololiʻia kaʻahaʻaina i Gull Island, kahi mokupuni i hanaʻia e ka US Army Corps of Engineers e pili ana iʻeono mile ma ke kahawai o Lake St. Clair Metropark. Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i nā kahawai moana, ua hoʻoleiʻia ke one a me ka puʻu i ka pūnaewele, e hana ana i Gull Island.
ʻO Gull Island
ʻO kaʻaoʻao wale nō e hiki ai i ka mokupuni, aia ma ka moku,ʻoiai he mau mea'ē aʻe kekahi e hele mai ana mai Anchor Bay ma nā wahi shallow o Lake St. Clair. Hoʻopau nā Boaters i ka mokupuni a iʻole i ka wai pāpaʻu a puni ia, hoʻonohonoho i kahi hoʻomoana a hauʻoli i ka lā a me ka pō.
ʻAʻohe hale o ka mokupuni, akā,ʻaʻole e kaohi i ka pāʻina. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ulu nui ka pāʻina, e huki ana i kahi 10,000 mau kānaka i ka makahiki 2010, e like me ka Detroit Free Press . Aia kahi pūnaewele i hoʻolakoʻia no kaʻahaʻaina, jobbiecrew.com, e kūʻai ana i nā T-shirts a hoʻolaha i ka hopena a me nā mea hope loa.
ʻAʻole kēia he wahi no nā keiki, no ka mea, aia kahi manaʻo nui o nā mākua, ka nui o nā mea hihiu, a me ka mea inu wai.
Kū'ē
I loko o nā makahiki, ua nui nā mea i hāpaiʻia. I ka makahiki 2005,ʻo ka Foundation Foundation,ʻoiai, he maʻi maʻiʻole ia o ka hui makahiki, hoʻolimalimaʻiaʻo Gull Island no ka manawa kūʻokoʻa mai ka Hui Koa o nā'Enekene a ua hoʻolālā e pāpā i nā mea hoʻolālā mai ka mokupuni a hāpai i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe. ʻOiai naʻe, ua hele ka pāʻina me ka hanaʻole. Ma ka makahiki 2005, e like me ka Macomb Daily , ke Kulanui o Harrison i noʻonoʻo i ka hana o kahi hoʻolimalima lōʻihi o Gull Island, i hoʻouluʻia e ka poʻe noho hānai, akā ua hoʻopauʻia ka hana. I ka makahiki 2007, make ka make i ka wā i komo ai ka meaʻonaʻona i kekahi moku a pepehi i kekahi mea holo ma luna o ka moku. I ka makahiki 2013, uaʻikeʻia kekahi kino ma ka mokupuni ma mua o ka hoʻomakaʻana o nāʻahaʻaina,ʻoiai ua pāpāʻia ka pāʻani.
Kahi Manawaena Wahi
ʻOiaiʻoiai keʻenehanaʻia nei e ka pūʻali koa o ka'Enekene, ua hoʻolahaʻia kaʻahaʻaina e nā hui mālama kānāwai,ʻo ia hoʻi me ka US Coast Guard, ka US Customs and Border Protection, Macomb a me St. Clair County Sherriff Departments, a me nā kākoʻo Marine o ke Keʻena'Ālepa o Clay and New Baltimore.
Ua hoʻokumuʻia kekahi hale kiʻi kahiki kiaʻi i ka makahiki 2009 e ka Border Patrol eʻike ai i nā ala o ke alahakaʻole, me 11 mau kiʻi'ē aʻe ma ke kahawai o St. Clair a me ke kai. I ka makahiki 2012, ua hoʻokahe kokeʻia ka heluna o nā hopu i pili. Wahi a voicenews.com, hoʻohanaʻo Macomb CountyʻO Mark Markelel iā Jobbie Nooner e hoʻohanohano i ka Lake St.Clair i kekahi mau hōʻike a manaʻoʻia he $ 500,000 o ka makahiki no kaʻike kālā o ka nohona. "Ua hele maikaʻi loa ia no nā makahiki i hala iho nei," i'ōlelo aiʻo ia a manaʻoʻo ia he bonus no ia wahi.
Hoʻokuʻiʻia
Eia hou, aia kahi hui hui i kapaʻiaʻo Raft-Off, kahi hōʻiliʻili nui o nā moku mai ka mokuʻo Harsen, kahi i ho'āʻo ai e hoʻonoho i ka moʻolelo honua no ka nui o nā moku i hui pūʻia. ʻO kekahi laina lōʻihi lōʻihi e holo ma waena o ke kai pāpaʻu, me nā haumāna "E hele ana i ka Gauntlet" i waena o nā moku.
Inā kohoʻoe e komo i ka pāʻina, e lawe mai i ka sunscreen, nui eʻai a inu a nui loa ka hoʻomanawanui no ka hoʻonāukiuki. E nānā i nā moku kūponoʻole a loaʻa ka manawa maikaʻi!