RYC prepares for first race
Rendezvous Yacht Club is preparing for its first Wednesday Night Race of the season .
The race is planned for May 21.
For hearty sailors, a Spring Cruise will be conducted May 16-19.

World record
ATV parade planned
The All-Terrain Vehicle Association of Minnesota will attempt to break a Guinnes World Record for the world’s longest ATV Parade June 14.
The event will be held near Silver Bay.
A group in Kentucky holds the record with 1,138 ATVs in parade. ATVAM encourages all ATV enthusiasts to join them in celebrating the 25th anniversary of the organization and marking the anniversary with a new world record.
Organizers aim to have more than 2,500 ATVs participate in the parade.
To register, or for more information, visit www.atv parade.org or call 1-800-HI-ATVAM.
Registration and the staging area for the parade will be located one half mile north of Outer Driver and Highway 61 north in the field in front of the AmericInn Motel. There will be signs showing participants where to go.

Lawsuit filed over fish virus
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several environmental groups are suing the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies to force them to do more to protect Lake Superior fish from a deadly invasive virus.
The Save Lake Superior Association, the Izaak Walton League of Duluth and Minnesota and Wisconsin chapters of Trout Unlimited filed their lawsuit in federal court in Minneapolis on Monday.
They’re asking the court to force the federal agencies to enforce regulations to prevent the uptake and discharge of ballast water from infected areas. They say it will prevent the spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, to Lake Superior.
The federal agencies aren’t commenting on the pending litigation, although a Coast Guard official notes the areas of concern must first be defined before the Coast Guard can act.

St. Louis County adds burning restrictions
Spring open burning permit restrictions went into effect at 8 a.m. April 30.
Koochiching County is among many other counties affected by spring burning restrictions.
A map of fire restriction areas is available on the DNR Web site at www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/fire.