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Show trJi i 4 by JACKIE SHECKLER FINCH . a I iSSL Island Ql :2H H .014 OF Yesterday S , J than, and atii ara. of horse The rhythmic echoes dip-clo- p hooves But when cold weather comes, fewer than 500 of the hardiest residents stay the early morning streets as a bicycle deliveryman pedals by, the basket to brave the isolation and frigid winters on the tiny island, which measures over his handlebars heaped with packages. Soon, the ferries will begin arriving three miles king, two miles wide, and is nine miles around at die shore. . I like the quiet here, says police Lt. Peter Komblevitz. "You don't hear with their loads of visitors people looking for a bygone era when time seemed the rumble and thunder of city traffic . . . Hie biggest crime we have on the to move at a slower pace. And thats exactly what they find on Mackinac Island in Lake Huron, where island is. bike theft. After 26 years with the Michigan State Police, Komblevitz retired" duee the clock is turned back mote than a century to when the Gist horseless carnage arrived from the mainland in 1898. The contraption to traumatized local hoots that yean ago, became an officer with the Mackinac Island Police Department, island officials banned the newfangled machines and with the exception ofa few and now lives with his wife on the island. "You do stay in shape, Komblevitz says, chuckling as he wheels his patrol emergency vehicles, the island remains vehicleSummar vWtofi cwvm fco aojf a bygum way of Ufa. -free 5, bike from its parking spot. "You get a lot of exercise today. Its only stare highway; has the distinction of having never been the on die island. site of an automobile accident. Startup remake a fresh batch of fudge at Rybak On Mackinac, hones and tricycles are still Fudge Shop, Peter Misener says Mackinac Island the main modes of transportation. Every bar has been in his blood for four years. I like riding of soap, carton of milk, pottage stamp or my bike to work through die woods, he says. "I think of all those people stuck in their can oo the pair of boots everything neceshuy for life on the island must be delivered by boat or mainland and of how lucky I am. The forty runs a limited schedule until Jan. 2. by plane from the Michigan mainland about five miles away. er After that a small plane makes runs "When you go to die grocery store to shop, for about $24 per person roundtrip if weather its a daylong trek to the mainland, says permits. "You wouldnt believe the snow we get here, Gregory Hoicans, who has lived on the island for four years. You learn to make a list for Horn says. As a youngster; Ham remembers his ferher what you want so you dont forget anything. tying a rope to my sister and me re take us re school Theres always somebody wanting to so we didnt get lost in a snowdrift. Now, about change die law so they can get a car over 90 students, grades kindergarten through 12th, here; says Armand Smi Horn, a lifelong attend die island's only school. island resident. But the law has stood all At the world-famo- us 1887 Grand Hoed where these years, and I dont see it changing. the movie Smniimm Torn was filmed, scarring Jane Horn's hometown is almost like two historian Seymour and Christopher Reeve-Resid- ent different places. From the beginning of May Bob lagStz says the Huron Indians considered Mackuntil the end ofNovembet; the island is a popinac Island to be a sacred place. And it still is, he adds. ular tourist destination. Abour 1 million vis"This is a really rare place in the world today, itors ferry across the Scraics of Mackinac each Tfcgatz says. "It's a living, working museum, and when you are here, you are a pan of history. year; generating most of the island's economic activity It cakes shout 3,300 summer employ-ee- s to keep the island's shops, restaurants, Jackh SbtckUr Finch it frttLna writtr living in hotels, and attractions operating smoothly. Bltmngtea, Ind. . over year-roun- M-18- six-seat- ' - Pag 'American Profile |