Two popular Coast Guard Festival events scheduled for tonight - the Grand City Skiers and the downtown Street Dance - have been postponed until Wednesday evening because of the stormy weather forecast, said Coast Guard Festival Executive Director Mike Smith. "The predictions are terrible,' he said this morning. "It's predicted to be 70-percent precipitation the entire evening.'

The Northwest Ottawa Recreation Authority's Recreation Summer School will be manning a lemonade stand from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at Ferry Elementary School, 1050 Pennoyer Ave.

"There's twice as many people here as there were last year,' observed Grand Haven resident Dave Wiersma - as he and his son, Parker, walked the boardwalk Monday to get a view of the four Coast Guard ships just finishing a parade into the Grand Haven harbor.

The four Coast Guard ships in Grand Haven for the Coast Guard Festival are open for tours. Following is the basic schedule. Actual schedules are posted at the individual ships. The schedules are subject to change. Today: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday: 6-8 p.m. Thursday: 10 a.m. to noon, 1-3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday: 10 a.m. to noon, 1-3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. to noon, 1-3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. All ships are docked at Escanaba Park. Different ships may be open at different times. In port for the festival are:

A 50-year-old Holton man, arrested following the armed robbery of a Ferrysburg convenience store on Saturday, demanded preliminary examination when he was arraigned by video late Monday afternoon in Ottawa County's 58th District Court. Bond was set at $250,000 for John Lee DeJong, after he was charged with armed robbery and fleeing a police officer. Joe Legatz will serve as DeJong's court-appointed attorney. A charge of operating under the influence of drugs is still pending the return of a blood test, Spring Lake/Ferrysburg Police Chief Roger DeYoung said.