TERESA:..
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WE'RE LOOKING LIVE OVER THE
BEACH RIGHT NOW -- MANY OF YOU
MAY HAVE MEMORIAL DAY PLANS AT
GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK LATER
TODAY, BUT THIS HOLIDAY THERE
WILL BE SOMETHING MISSING.
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010431ú FOR YOU DOES IT LOOK
NAKED WITHOUT THE CATWALK ON
TOP OF IT. IT WAS SURREAL THE
FIRST DAY YOU GO DOWN THERE
AND YHOU COME AROUND THAT
CORNER AND IT'S NOT
THERE//010454 SO YEAH IT IS A
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TERESA:..THE GRAND HAVEN PIER
IS CLOSED... THE HISTORIC
STEEL CATWALK ALSO RIPPED OUT.
BUT THIS MORNING 24 HOUR NEWS
8'S MARVIS HERRING HAS AN
UPDATE ON WHEN YOU COULD SEE
IT AGAIN.MARVIS, GOOD MORNING
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MARVIS:..GOOD MORNING,THE PIER
AND CATWALK ARE SYNONYMOUS
WITH THE GRAND HAVEN BEACH FOR
MANY VISITORS BUT IF THE CITY
DOESN'T REACH ITS FUNDRAISING
GOAL OVER THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS... THE PIER WILL REOPEN
WITHOUT THE LONGTIME STEEL
FIXTURE BACK ON TOP OF IT.
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THE SAND'S BEEN GROOMEDYOU'LL
FIND SOME WAVES...NATS OF
WAVES...MAYBE HOP ABOARD A
BOAT......AND THERE'S PLENTY
OF CAMPERS LINED UP TO
CELEBRATE THIS MEMORIAL DAY AT
THIS WEST MICHIGAN BEACH.BUT
SOME MAY BE
ASKING....((WHAT HAPPENED TO
THIS PIER THAT WE LOVE WALKING
OUT ON 0409))THAT'S CITY
MANAGER PAT MCGINNIS WHO
EXPLAINS THE PIER WILL REOPEN
BY SEPTEMBER... THAT'S A
FEDERAL PROJECT.BUT AS MANY
MAY KNOW THAT'S NOT ALL THAT'S
MISSING FROM GRAND HAVEN STATE
PARK.((I WAS DOWN ON THE BEACH
LAST WEEKEND DURING THE KITE
FEST AND I HEARD PEOPLE SAYING
I THINK THIS IS THE SAME TOWN
THAT WE WERE AT BUT THE TOWN
THAT WE WERE AT BEFORE HAD A
STEEL THING ON TOP OF THAT
PIER AND THERE'S NOTHING OUT
THEREa& AND I SAID NO NO THIS
IS THE SAME PLACE ))THE STEEL
CATWALK IS IN STORAGE...
AWAITING RENOVATIONS.THOSE
RENOVATIONS-- ARE WAITING FOR
MORE
FUNDING.((010553 MIDDLE OF
JULY WE'RE HOPING TO HIT THE
MILLION DOLLAR MARK WE'RE
NORTH OF 600000 RIGHT NOWSTILL
SOME WORK TO GO AND MCGINNIS
SAYS THEY HAVE A DEADLINE OF
MIDJULY TO LET THEIR
CONTRACTOR KNOW IF THE PROJECT
IS A GO OR HAS TO BE PUSHED
BACK TO NEXT
SPRING.((MARVIS
HERRING/REPORTING AND AS CITY
LEADERS TRY TO RAISE THAT LAST
$400,000 DOLLARS OR SO THEY'RE
KEEPING THEIR SAVE THE CATWALK
REMINDERS JUST ABOUT
EVERYWHERE. EVERY SCHOOL IS
DOING A FUNDRAISER THERES
TSHIRTS AND THEN THERE'S THIS
A NEAR-LIFE SIZE PIECE THAT
REPRESENTS PART OF THE CATWALK
))NAT FROM CAT WALK
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((0409S IT IS A LITTLE BIT
UNSETTLING TO NOT LET THEM ON
THE PIER WE GOT A GREAT BIG
FENCE UP AND NO TRESPASSING
BUT IT IS DANGEROUS OUT THERE
IT'S ALL TORE UP CHUNKS OF
CONCRETE ALL OVERa&0417))BUT
MCGINNIS SAYS THERE'S STILL
SEVERAL UNTAPPED RESOURCES...
LOYAL
VISITORS.((010747 WHEN THEY
LEFT LAST YEAR THE CATWALK WAS
STILL UP. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE
THEY WENT TO BED. THEY WENT
AWAY AND WENT TO SLEEP ON US
AND NOW THEY'RE WAKING UP THIS
MORNIGN THIS MEMORIAL DAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME HERE TO
GRAND HAVEN AND THEY'RE GOING
TO SEE THAT IT'S GONE AND
HTEY'RE GOING TO WONDER HOWCAN
I HELP 0801))
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YOU CAN HELP GET THE CATWALK
BACK.WE'LL POST A LINK AT
WOOD-TV-DOT-COM WHERE YOU'LL
SEE HOW YOU CAN DONATE.AND
CITY MANAGER PAT MCGINNIS
TELLS ME AFTER THE PIER IS
REOPENED AND THE CATWALK IS
BACK - THEY PLAN TO OPEN THE
LIGHTHOUSES FOR PUBLIC TOURS
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
THAT'LL LIKELY BE SOMETIME
NEXT YEAR.
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