Children Enjoy Bike Decorating

From left, Valerie Scimeca, 8, Carley Dubinski, 12, and Renee Scimeca, 5, all from the Chicago area, decorated bikes on the lawn of Mission Point Resort. This was the first time the girls had been to the Island for the Fourth of July.

Anew event for July 4 was bike decorating at Mission Point Resort, where children of all ages were able to decorate their bicycles with flags and streamers in patriotic colors.

The first 75 children received a free bicycle helmet, donated by the Field Neurosciences Institute of St. Mary's Hospital. The institute operates a program called, "Caught Being Safe," in which the Mackinac Island Police Department participates.

Children "caught" wearing a helmet by a police officer receive a reflective sticker and free ice cream cone at McDonald's.