July 2022 Marquette Monthly by marquettemonthly

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contents

City Notes Highlights of important happenings in the area 16 Then & Now

Negaunee City Hall

July 2022 No. 399

Publishers

Jane Hutchens James Larsen II

17 On Campus

News from U.P. universities & colleges

New York Times Crossword Puzzle

Feature

Didn’t We Just Have This? (answers on page 77) Erin Elliott Bryan Retired CCI safety instructor weighs in on historic mine disaster

Managing Editor

29 The Arts

Calendar Editor

34 The Arts

Graphic Design

39 Locals

Kristy Basolo-Malmsten Carrie Usher Jennifer Bell Knute Olson

Proofreader Laura Kagy

Superior View

Brad Gischia Hiawatha’s triumphant return Taylor Johnson U.P. musician recovers Lost Songs Erin Elliott Bryan

More than a marching band

Back Then

Larry Chabot

Connie in Charge

Circulation

46 At the Table

Katherine Larson

Chief Photographer

50 Sporting Life

Larry Chabot

Dick Armstrong Tom Buchkoe

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About the Cover Artist This month’s cover artist is Dan Cook,

former owner of Cook Sign Service in Marquette. He began painting signs as a 17-year-old working at his father’s business. He took over the family business and built up his skills over the years. In retirement, Dan began painting scenes of places along the waterfront he enjoyed in his youth. He realized that not many artists focused on the local harbor areas, so he decided he would help others appreciate these scenes through his painting.

Ice cream cake: the commingling of fire and ice Play Ball! Yoopers hit the big time

Back Then

Fiction

Sonny Longtine The rise and fall of Bishop Baraga High School Brad Gischia The Pick, Part III

59 Sporting Life

James Larsen II

Local man overcomes injury to play pro ball

62 Locals

Amanda Lutey

All-school reunion focuses on the arts

66 Poetry

My Paper Map

Esther Margaret Ayers

Back Then

Dr. Russell Magnaghi Non-mining Italians helped shape U.P.

70 Superior Reads

Victor Volkman Boat lover guide available for 63rd year

71 In the Outdoors

Scot Stewart

The Curious lives of frogs

76 Home Cinema

Leonard Heldreth Nominations bring unknown director, work, to forefront

Coloring Page

The Gathered Earth

79 Out & About

Carrie Usher July events and music, art and museum guides

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city notes

Grand Funk’s Mark Farner to perform two nights in Curtis

rand Funk Railroad’s Mark Farner will play at the Pine Performance Center in Curtis on July 1 and 2. As one of the founding members, lead singer, lead guitarist and writer of more than 90 percent of the Grand Funk music catalog, Farner has always been known as the energetic driving force on stage, the engine that pulled the original Grand Funk Railroad to the top of the charts. Mark Farner’s American Band will offer an acoustic performance at 7 p.m. both nights; tickets are $60 plus fees, and a VIP Sound Check Party Ticket Package is available. All ticket holders can party before the show at the “Some Kind of Wonderful” Happy Hour Event starting at 5 p.m. Enjoy a cash bar on The Pine Patio overlooking beautiful South Manistique Lake and live entertainment with Dennis Peacock.

Crystal Theatre offers full slate of music in July

hree diverse musical events are coming to Crystal Theatre during July. On Friday, July 1, Them Coulee Boys present a brand of Americana that blends folk, punk, bluegrass and rock & roll. They sing their conversational songs in four-part harmony, often with a banjo stomp and rhythm section punch. Their trusty van has propelled them thousands of miles across the country and into the hearts of strangers, who tend to leave each show as family. The focus shifts to piano music Sunday, July 10 with the Vieness Piano Duo from Los Angeles, with Eva Schaumkell and Vijay Venkatesh. The duo has enthralled audiences with their electric and captivating performances of a wide range of repertoire. Their intuition for conversation coupled with a commanding stage presence has made them regularly in demand throughout the world. Returning to Crystal Theatre for the third time, The Blooze Brothers take to the stage Friday, July 22. Amidst the crazy antics of the infamous original Blues Brothers, this high-powered, choreographed 11-piece show band covers music from the ’40s to today: Motown, Soul, R & B, Classic Rock and Swing. With two high-energy frontmen, a dynamic female lead singer, some of Chicago’s top musicians and a 1974 Dodge Monaco Bloozemobile replica, the Bloo-

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ze Brothers provide an unforgettable musical experience. Advanced tickets for each event may be purchased for $20 at www. thecrystaltheatre.org; admission at the door is $25 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets for the Crystal Gayle concert on Saturday, August 20 may also be ordered online or by calling (906)875-3208.

Ishpeming Cemetery Tours set for Tuesdays in July

he Ishpeming Area Historical Society will again host its popular evening cemetery tours in July. Join one of the 2022 tours featuring a new group of interesting Ishpeming citizens and hosted by Ishpeming historian Karen Kasper. This year’s cemetery tour will kick off at 3 p.m. on Friday, July 1 during Ishpeming’s Hematite History Week. This is followed by tours starting at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday on July 5, 12, 19 and 26. The tours will last about an hour and will meet in the front of the cemetery at the sexton’s office. The suggested donation is $10. Children aged 12 and younger are free. All proceeds from the tour benefit the Ishpeming Area Historical Society. This is a walking tour and, in case of inclement weather, the tour will be canceled. Call David at (906)2500985 for details.

Historical society celebrates Pioneer Week with events

he Negaunee Historical Society will host a few events during the week of Pioneer Days, which starts on July 3. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., with three floors of Negaunee’s iron mining and community history. The museum will hold an ice cream social on Tuesday, July 5 along with a car show featuring Model A Fords, and this year is open to any car pre-1950 vintage. New this year is a week-long demonstration of rag rug making on an antique loom; local Girl Scouts earning a badge will help with the weaving. For details, call (906)4754614.

Irontown announces Pioneer Days events from July 3-9

he Negaunee Irontown Association has set Pioneer Days again this year, hosting their own events, as well as announcing others put on by community organizations. Alumni softball games happen

daily during that week at LaCombe Field. The Pioneer Princess Pageant takes place on Thursday, July 7 at the Negaunee High School and the Pioneer Days parade starts at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 9. Reunions will be held daily at the Negaunee Senior Center, and other sites. Other events include a wine tasting benefit, salad luncheon, community picnic, car cruise, book sale, Night on the Town and fireworks. For a detailed schedule, visit www. negauneeirontown.org

Festival of Treasures

NCTA offers guided hike to Hogback area on July 3

he Marquette Area Chapter of the North Country Trail Association invites you on a group hike in the Forestville/Hogback area at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 3. This will be an out-and-back hike to the top of Hogback Mountain for some fantastic views and a discussion of the geology responsible for this beautiful landmark. The round trip total mileage for the hike will be about five miles; the hike involves steep climbs and some rock scrambling. A pit toilet is located at the trailhead. Meet in the large parking lot at Noquemanon Forestville Trailhead, County Road HT. Bring bug spray, plenty of water, snacks and consider a head net and trekking poles if you use them. The hike is limited to 20 people. Advance registration is required by Thursday, June 30 or until the hiker limit has been met. For details, visit mac@northcountrytrail.org

CHIA Presents Performances in The Park 2022 Line-up

he Copper Harbor Improvement Association recently announced the 2022 line-up for Performances in The Park. This year, it includes fan favorites and two new acts; events take place at the Donny Kilpela Memorial Park in Copper Harbor. On Thursday, July 7 Kevin Blackstone will perform. He has been playing music for more than two decades and is a fan of many genres of music. From old-time and bluegrass to rock and punk, he’ll play it all on guitar and banjo. You can look forward to locally inspired originals and covers, songs you’ll recognize, and some new favorites. One thing never changes, he always has fun. The Stapletons, a husband/wife duo from Pittsburgh, will bring their Big Blue Bus and five children to Copper Harbor on Thursday, July 14. They are continuing their “Inner Seas” tour and

The annual Festival of Treasures street fair will be held in Downtown Ishpeming from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 1 featuring live music, vendors, food, sidewalk sales and more. Visit “Ishpeming Community Events” on Facebook for more information.

will be making a stop in Marquette for three shows on Wednesday, July 13. Casey and Kate Stapleton— a harp and guitar duo—are excited to return to Copper Harbor in their 40-foot school bus as they trace the coastline of Michigan on a 2,800 mile “Inner Seas” concert tour! This year, they’ll be accompanied by filmmaker Martin Jernberg, who will be shooting footage to create a documentary of their travels. Their performance features harp, 12-string, and acoustic guitar. It will include sea shanties, songs of the Great Lakes, the timber industry, and original material. The Wild Honey Collective, formed in the summer of 2020 to perform original songs and traditional American folk music, will perform on Thursday, July 21. Tommy McCord, Danielle Gyger, Timmy Rodriguez, and Dan O’Brien launched the project in rural Downstate Michigan as a back porch acoustic gathering, purely for the love of music, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Uncle Floyd is a band composed of local musicians and college professors, and will perform on July 28. Two were professional musicians in their youth, and one of them made an album with a local band, Saint. They play music from the ’70s to the present and love to have a fun time. Come out and enjoy some good music and friendship. Zoe’s Trinkets & Treats will sell snacks, soft drinks and Performances

in The Park Sweatshirts and Tees. After last year’s successful market gig for the Lake Effect Farm at the Trails End Campground outside of Copper Harbor, the event planners are hoping to bring in other vendors. If you are interested in setting up a booth in the park on Thursday evenings, please call (906)289-4020.

Skandia Community Day scheduled for July 16

he Skandia Lions Club cordially invites you to attend Skandia Community Day on Saturday, July 16 in beautiful downtown Skandia. At 10 a.m., parade participants can check in at Maple Lane Sports on Kreiger Drive. At 11 a.m., the parade proceeds down Kreiger Drive to the Skandia Community Center. Parade judging takes place for several categories, with plaques for first through third places. At noon, food, beverages, music, kids games, adult games, raffle, tearoff tickets and community camaraderie take place at the township hall. All parade entries are encouraged with any kind of motorized or non-motorized vehicle or float. For details, call club president Ron Stenfors at (906)942-7662.

Republic hosts annual fishing derby on July 16 & 17

he 32nd annual Republic Fishing Derby will take place on July 16 and 17 on the Michigamme River in

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Republic. Pre-registration takes place at Munson Park; fishing takes place from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. A parade will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 15 with a “Welcome to the Jungle” theme. Swampberry Moonshine will play from 7 to 11 p.m. that evening. On Saturday, Diversion will play from 8 p.m. to midnight, followed by fireworks. A duck race will be held on Sunday after the derby, sponsored by the Republic Fire Department. Derby entry fee is $20 per person for ages 17 and older, and $5 for kids. For details, call (906)869-2744.

U.P. Trappers welcome Red O’Hearn to 60th annual expo

ed O’Hearn will be joining other famous trapping experts at the 60th Annual Trappers Convention and Outdoor Expo, which will be held at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba, Michigan on July 15 and 16. O’Hearn is from Iowa, where he started trapping as a youngster and continues to this day. He has trapped in many different states and consistently puts up unreal capture numbers. Seasons with catches of more than 1,000 raccoons, 350 beaver and 150 mink are common for him. He serves as Director for District 1 of the Iowa Trappers association. O’Hearn will be giving a demonstration focusing on mink and raccoon trapping when he takes the stage at this event. He will be in the lineup of famous trapping experts, including: Jeff Dunlap, Sarah Gomez, Ed Schneider, Jeff Hagerty, Bob Steinmetz, Ryan Koivu, Mark June, Al Dubord and others. A complete listing of presenters and their biographies and pictures can be found at www.uptrappers.com Convention hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Along with the educational sessions, this family friendly event offers many things to do and see. Some favorite vendors and tailgaters will be selling and trading wares. This includes not only trapping supplies, but the latest outdoor sports gear, crafters, quilters, unique jewelry, fishing supplies, etc. Food will also be available for purchase. There are also activities for kids, including free fishing, pellet guns, archery, raffles, and games. (All kids. events are adult supervised.) Other raffles, games, and contests (with prizes) will be going on for all as well. The popular Friday Night Fish Fry again will be held. Reservations

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are needed. Contact Roy Dahlgren at (906)399-1960 or trapperroy@outlook.com for reservations. Admission is $10 for both days; youth 12 and younger are free. Camping is available on the grounds.

Vinyl Record Show begins July 21 at Ore Dock Brewing

four-day Vinyl Record Show will take place from noon on Thursday, July 21 through 11 p.m. on Sunday, July 24 in the second floor community room of Ore Dock Brewing Company at 114 W. Spring Street in Marquette. Thousands of new & used vinyl records, CDs, posters, cassettes, books and t-shirts will be available. Talk with Jon and Geoff about trading old records and tapes for new favorites, or finding an unused media collection a new home. For details, call (906)373-6183. All are welcome at this free, all-ages event, presented by the NMU Vinyl Record Club.

Music on Third continues through September

n eclectic mix of local musicians will play along the sidewalks of Third Street in Downtown Marquette this summer. Taking place on the third Thursday of the summer months, the remaining

Music on Third events will take place on July 21, August 18 and September 15, all from 6 to 8 p.m. Music on Third brings the community out onto the summer sidewalks of Downtown Marquette to enjoy fresh, local music and to visit the more than 100 unique shops and restaurants that line Third Street. Reminder, it is against State of Michigan law to openly consume alcohol in the public right of way, which includes the sidewalks of North Third Street. Visitors can responsibly consume any alcoholic beverages at home or within one of the great establishments in Downtown Marquette, as permitted by law. For details, call (906)228-9475 or email Tara@downtownmarquette.org

LSAA kicks off Art on the Rocks with painting event

oin Lake Superior Art Association’s Belated 70th Anniversary and the 62nd Art on the Rocks Celebration at Father Marquette Park on Friday, July 29. The reception starts at 5 p.m. Open to community members of all ages, plein air painting will take place at the original site of Art on the Rocks from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Bring your own art materials—paper, paints, pencil, charcoal, markers or ink. Fresh Coast Plein Air artists will be there to help and encourage you with your creation.

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Your artwork will be shown on “the original black rocks” at 5 p.m. with remarks and refreshments. Everyone is welcome. For details, visit www. lakesuperiorartassociation.org Art on the Rocks will take place on July 30 and 31 in Ellwood Mattson Lower Harbor Park.

Annual Marquette garden tour scheduled for July 28

he Marquette Beautification and Restauration Committee will hold their Garden Tour from 1 to 7 p.m. on July 28. This tour features local area gardens. Tickets are $10 and are available at Fosbergs, Luteys, FlowerWorks, Nagelkirks and the individual gardens. Refreshments will be available at Nagelkirks.

MDARD asks public to help prevent spread of pests

ith people headed to their local greenhouse or nursery, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is asking the public to help be on the lookout for invasive plants, pests and diseases. When selecting plants and flowers, homeowners and gardeners should keep in mind the impact those plants

U.P. Notable Book Club presents virtual Q&A with author of award-winning art book

he Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the U.P. Notable Book List. The 19th event is with Joanna Walitalo whose coffee-table art book Woodburnings: The First Five Years shows the beauty and majesty of natural subjects including landscapes, wild birds, fish and other wildlife of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 14 on Zoom.

may have on other plants cultivated around their landscape or garden. Invasive, non-native plants have few or no natural predators in their non-native environments and can quickly spread—disrupting ecosystems by pushing out native species and reducing biological diversity. Invasive plants are not the only problem. Many plants and flowers, including those native to Michigan, can be hosts to invasive plant pests and diseases. These invasives can hitch a ride on plants and be transported to homeowners’ yards and then quickly

Contact Evelyn Gathu in advance at egathu@crystalfallslibrary.org or (906)875-3344 for details. The event is free to all U.P. residents. Walitala grew up in Oil City, Michigan, where she took art classes at Bullock Creek Schools taught by Mr. Matherne and Mr. Myers—both very talented artists and teachers with endless patience. She earned a BS degree in Biology and Environmental Studies from Central Michigan University, and took art classes at the Midland Center for the Arts, where she had the

spread to the surrounding area. Warmer weather can magnify their impact, increasing the level of plant pest infestations and disease infections, allowing pests to produce more generations each year, and extending the suitable habitat for plant pests. To help combat the spread of invasives pests and diseases, MDARD has implemented several plant pest quarantines. Michiganders buying plant material online should also be aware that many websites and social media groups lack adequate information about state and federal quarantines

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opportunity to study under Armin Mersmann. She moved to the Upper Peninsula and earned a Masters of Forestry degree from Michigan Techn. A strong love of the outdoors and wild places has led her to incorporate her passion for art with her professional education in order to bring the beauty of wildlife and wild places closer to the general public through scientifically accurate artwork. Joanna lives in the Upper Peninsula with her husband and son, working as an artist and illustrator. and concerns about pest movement. Buying locally from an MDARD-licensed nursery is a great way to minimize risk. Report signs of invasive plant pests and diseases to MDARD through the Michigan Invasive Species website or at (800)292-3939. For details, visit www.michigan.gov/mdard/plant-pest

Local DAR chapter members attend dedication in Lansing

embers of the U.P. Daughters of the American Revolution chapter attended the dedication of a histor-

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ical marker in Lansing. Melissa Wilson, Regent of the Upper Peninsula’s Onagomingkway Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, along with First Vice Regent Sarah Smart visited the Michigan Veteran’s Memorial park in Lansing. The marker, which honors revolutionary war patriots, is part of the semiquincentennial or 250th anniversary of the United States, and is the first to be placed in the state kicking off the 250th anniversary celebration by DAR of Michigan. The marker is located along the Frank J. Kelley Walkway on the west side of the park near the Hall of Justice in downtown Lansing. The Ongaominkway Chapter, founded in 2005, is based in Marquette. For details, visit www.michdar.org or call (906)226-7836.

Ishpeming Beautification Committee seeks volunteers

he Ishpeming Beautification Committee is seeking volunteers to help care for various gardens in the City of Ishpeming. Volunteers would pick a garden to adopt and keep it looking nice by weeding and adding plants if needed. Interested parties may email linda.

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andriacchi@gmail.com for details on what locations are available.

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Voluneers needed to tend planters, parks in Negaunee

he Negaeunee Beautification Committee is seeking volunteers to help care for parks in the City of Ishpeming. Volunteers can take care of one 1844 planter in the city, or take on a larger project. For details, call Anna at (906)362-8160.

Parking pay stations active in Downtown Marquette

he new pay stations in Downtown Marquette have been installed and payment for parking is now required. Parking payments are enforced Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at a rate of $1 per hour. Payment can be made at the nearest pay station to your vehicle with coin, credit card, or Passport Parking app. Visitors will want to make sure they have their license plate number available, as it will be used to identify their vehicle upon payment. An option for 15 minutes of free parking has been added, for those who need to run a brief errand downtown. Options for long-term parking passes and overnight parking pass-

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The Bay Mills Indian Community began managing the Point Iroquois Lighthouse at the St. Mary’s River, under an agreement with the Hiawatha National Forest. The 152-year-old lighthouse will also highlight the Anishinaabe cultural and historical significance of the area.

es are still available and can be purchased at downtownmarquette.org/ parking

For details, call at (906) 228-9475, ext. 101 or email Jodi@downtownmarquette.org

Boney Falls boat launch closed for construction

pper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) announced the company’s boat launch facility at Dam No. 4 on the Boney Falls reservoir will be temporarily closed to the public. The closure is required to support planned maintenance and facility improvements that are being completed by UPPCO this summer. Access to the campground that is located near Dam No. 4 will remain open but will be delayed at times. Construction activities are scheduled to occur through August 19, Monday through Friday, and additional intermittent delays may be experienced in the vicinity of the Boney Falls boat launch. UPPCO is also reminding the public to be safe whenever recreating near the company’s hydroelectric facilities and to obey all posted warning signs. For details, visit www.uppco.com

City of Marquette chosen for MiNextCities pilot program

earborn, Flint and Marquette have been chosen for the first phase of a three-year MiNextCities pilot project to address climate change, promote resiliency, improve infrastructure, and accelerate the use of clean energy, smart city technology, and efficient mobility solutions. A $3.5 million grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) will help facilitate the MiNextCities effort by NextEnergy, a Detroit-based leader in deploying smart city technologies, and Public Sector Consultants, a Lansing-based public policy consulting firm. The three pilot cities were chosen for their diversity in size, geography, capacity, utility services, and population demographics, and in line with the goals of the Office of Climate and Energy’s Catalyst Communities initiative, the MI Healthy Climate Plan, and the Office of Environmental Justice Public Advocate’s environmental justice focus.

Reminders for self-care during extreme temperatures

he Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is urging Michigan residents to take steps to protect themselves from risks related to hot weather. MDHHS routinely reviews emergency department (ED) data for heat-related illness. As daily temperatures rise above 80 degrees, ED visits for heat-related illness tend to increase. This is often more likely early in the summer season as people

are not yet used to high temperatures and are not taking the necessary precautions. Young children, older adults and those who have medical conditions are at increased risk for heat-related illness, so be sure to check frequently on them and others in your community who may need additional assistance. Limit time in heat, stay hydrated, avoid direct sunlight and find somewhere with air conditioning or take cool showers. Text or call 211 or contact your local health department to locate a cooling center in your area. When it is very hot, there is an increased risk of heat-related illness because the body’s temperature rises and cannot be cooled by sweating or the other ways the body cools itself. The most severe heat-related illnesses are heat exhaustion and heat stroke. If not treated, heat exhaustion can worsen and cause heat stroke or death. To prevent complications from the heat, residents are encouraged to: • Drink more fluids and avoid liquids with large amounts of sugar or alcohol. • Limit outdoor activities to when it is coolest in the morning and evening. • Spend time indoors in air conditioning. • Wear lightweight, light-colored and loose-fitting clothing. • Wear sunscreen, as sunburn affects a body’s ability to cool down. • Check on elderly neighbors and relatives to determine if they need assistance. For those without access to air conditioning, text or call Michigan 211 or contact your local health department to find out if there is a cooling center nearby. You can also spend some time at an air-conditioned store, shopping mall or other public building—even a few hours spent in air conditioning can help. In addition to staying hydrated and out of the sun, residents are reminded to never leave children or pets alone in a car even with windows cracked. Temperatures inside a car can easily be double the temperature outside. Because a child’s body heats up three to five times faster than an adult they are more susceptible to heatstroke.

GetSetUp programs expand to Library of Michigan

etSetUp, an interactive learning community where older adults better their lives through the pursuit of learning, has renewed its partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).

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The partnership with MDHHS’s Behavioral and Physical Health and Aging Services Administration has been so effective that the state is expanding free access to the program through 2023 and increasing access through an agreement with the Library of Michigan and its 400 branches around the state. Library patrons can access GetSetUp from public computers, or they can log on through their library’s website and direct questions to library staff. GetSetUp’s initial partnership with MDHHS reduced isolation and loneliness by making its services available to the 2.4 million older adults in Michigan. That included reaching 108,000 older adult learners in the first year who enjoyed classes and discussions on a variety of topics such as healthy aging, fitness, photography, technology and mental well-being. GetSetUp offers real-time, engaging learning experiences that range from teaching everyday technical skills to enrichment-focused courses taught by expert instructors. Since starting the partnership with Michigan in 2020, GetSetUp has expanded to more than 4,500 classes. It offers classes 24 hours per day in languages such as English, Spanish, Hin-

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di and Mandarin, with instructors and participants from all over the world. Its custom-designed video platform was made specifically for older adults to easily learn new skills and connect with a trusted community. Visit www.getsetup.io/michigan for details.

Harbor Clean-Up Scheduled

MACC accepting mini-grant applications for 2023

he Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) is currently accepting mini-grant applications for the 2023 fiscal year. Michigan nonprofit organizations, schools and municipalities are eligible to apply for arts and culture projects taking place between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023. Applications for Arts Projects Mini grants and Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Mini grants are due by August 3, 2022. Individual artists and arts and/or culture administrators are also eligible to apply for POD Mini grants, in addition to non-profit organizations. Additionally, mini grant awards of up to $1,500 are available to pay for arts equipment (including repairs of arts equipment) or supplies being used within a classroom or school setting. Also, bus mini grants (formerly

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Scuba divers and surface support volunteers are wanted to help with Marquette’s fourth annual Lower Harbor underwater clean-up, which will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, August 6. Visit “Diver Don Scuba” on Facebook or call (906)361-3088 for details.

Arts and Culture Trek Grants) awards of up to $500 are available for the transportation costs of an arts or cul-

ture-related field trip. Applications for these school-based grants are due by 5 p.m. on August 3, 2022.

Car shows galore!

is the regional regranting agency for Region 1b containing Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee and Schoolcraft counties. For details, contact Sue Roll at (906)280-2746 or sue@upacalliance. com

2022 Community Foundation grant recipients announced

T Car shows abound in the U.P.; here are just a few in July: The Northern Outlaw’s Car Club will have their second annual car show beginning at 10 a.m. on July 2 in Ludington Park in Escanaba. The same day, the Rust Nuts Car Club will offer their 24th annual show on July 2 on River Street in Hermansville; registration is from 8 a.m. to noon. Pasquali’s in Negaunee will host their annual Pioneer Days car show from 4 to 8 p.m. on July 6, with a cruise at 8 p.m. End o’ the Road Keweenaw Tour & Car Show will start at 11 a.m. on July 16 in Calumet. The Cars & Coffee Marquette Club will host a meet at 9 a.m. on July 23 at 1000 Commerce Drive in Marquette Township. The first Car Show & Swap Meet Expo will begin at 9 a.m. on July 23 at Sands Speedway.

Guidelines can be accessed online at www.michiganbusiness.org/industries/macc/macc-grants

All grants must be submitted using the online grant system. The U.P. Arts and Culture Alliance

he Community Foundation of Marquette County, including five affiliate funds—Negaunee, Big Bay, Greater Ishpeming, Marquette and Gwinn Area—granted more than $85,000 to 51 Marquette County nonprofit organizations this year in its annual competitive grant cycle. More than $16,000 was granted to youth and education related programs, including: U.P. Children’s Therapy for their summer speech program, 8-18 Media for podcast equipment, and Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency for their Summer CDA Scholarships. Health, wellness and recreational programs such as a hydroponic garden at Negaunee Public Schools, scholarships for Superiorland Soccer Association, and the youth rodeo for Great Lakes Rodeo received grants totaling $27,500. More than $12,000 funded human

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service programs, including: holiday meals for Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly, the family support program with Ronald McDonald House Charities West Michigan and U.P. Pink Power’s Paying it Forward program. Arts, culture or music programs received $12,750, including the Music for All Kids at Great Lakes Recovery Center, Powell Township Schools Music program and the Marquette Choral Societies’ fall performance.

MDHHS seeks proposals for young crime victims

he Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Division of Victim Services is seeking proposals from organizations that can assist with visitation between parents and children. Proposals are for providing supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange for children with parents in situations involving domestic or dating violence, child abuse, sexual assault or stalking. Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribes and 501(c)(3) nonprofits, including faith-based organizations. This request for proposals is open only to Supervised Visitation and Safe

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Exchange programs to expand and enhance existing services. Examples of how this can be accomplished include offering a second location, employing bilingual monitors and increasing services hours by providing additional evening and weekend hours. The award period is October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. MDHHS anticipates issuing up to five awards with a maximum of $250,000 possible for a single award. Grant applications must be submitted electronically through the EGrAMS program by 3 p.m., Wednesday, July 20. For details or to apply, visit the EGrAMS website and select the “About EGrAMS” link in the left panel to access the “Competitive Application Instructions” training manual.

MDARD announces 2022 county fair grant recipients

he Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Gary McDowell announced the recipients of the 2022 competitive grants to county fairs to make building and other capital improvements on their fairground facilities. Additionally, MDARD also awarded grants to associations or other organized events hosting fairs/expositions showing livestock and commodities. The submitted grants are awarded through a competitive process and reviewed by a joint evaluation committee. There was $1,455,000 in funding allocated for the 2022 grant cycle with 28 recipients receiving funding. U.P. fairs receiving funding include Dickinson County Fair (bathroom remodel, $25,913), Marquette County Fair (youth building upgrade, $18,500) and the U.P. State Fair (dairy and speed barn roof repair, $82,286).

MDARD seeks proposals for food safety grant funds

he Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD) is seeking proposals for food safety education and training as part of the annual Food Safety Education Fund grant program. The grant cycle for 2022-2023 will be a twelve-month cycle, from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023. The Food Safety Education Fund was established under the Michigan Food Law of 2000, as amended, Sec. 4117, and is funded through assessments of $3 to $5 from each Michigan food establishment license. Up to $365,000 is available during the 2022-2023 grant cycle for projects

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focused on food safety training and education. Of the $365,000, $230,000 will be available for consumer food safety education and $135,000 for education to food service establishment employees and agents of the director of MDARD. An electronic copy of the Request for Proposals (RFP), including grant criteria, is available online at www. michigan.gov/mdard Grants from the Food Safety Education Fund are competitive and designed to provide food safety training and education to consumers, food service establishment employees and agents of the director who enforce the Michigan Food Law of 2000. Entities eligible to receive grants include Michigan governmental and non-profit organizations and entities. Electronic submission of grant proposals should be sent no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday July 20, 2022. Hard copies must be postmarked no later than Monday, July 18, 2022.

Age-Friendly Action Plan approved by Whitmer

ov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) have approved and submitted Michigan’s Age-Friendly Action Plan to AARP. This plan was the culmination of more than a year of collaboration with AARP and MDHHS’s Behavioral and Physical Health and Aging Services Administration to craft a comprehensive strategy to help Michigan’s older residents live well and safely in their communities. Michigan’s plan can be found on the AARP website. The plan follows Michigan’s designation in October 2019 as an AARP Age-Friendly State, the first step in a multi-year process to make Michigan more livable for people of every age. Michigan was the first state in the Midwest to join the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities. Michigan’s residents 60 and older make up roughly a quarter of the state’s population. Under the plan, Michigan’s Age-Friendly work will focus on six areas: • Community and Information— Expand the reach of information and awareness of aging network services, ensuring all older adults and caregivers can access culturally and linguistically appropriate quality services where and when they need them. • Respect and Social Inclusion— Prioritize resources to promote social interaction and connectedness, including expanding access to technology and transportation.

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• Social Participation—Increase the number of aging network services that can be offered virtually, like Personal Action Toward Health and support groups. • Transportation—Ensure older adults and caregivers have transportation options that meet their needs in their communities. • Community and Health Services—Increase the number of welltrained, qualified and supportive multicultural direct care workers through collaboration by elevating the workforce, improving retention, promoting its collective value and supporting opportunities to increase wages. • Elder Abuse & Exploitation— Leverage services and resources to ensure older adults have access to programs and services they need to make their own decisions to enable them to age in place. According to AARP, Michigan’s Age-Friendly Action Plan is the blueprint needed to help adults 50 and older remain in their homes and communities for the long-term. Michigan will now turn to implementing the recommendations and working with local partners alongside AARP to encourage age-friendly initiatives in all parts of the state.

News from the desk of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

• To further efforts to support mental health and wellbeing for more Michiganders, Governor Gretchen Whitmer tasked the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) with establishing a dedicated workgroup to focus on mental health, trauma and resiliency in the workplace. The workgroup has released their findings and key strategies for employers to help build supportive workplaces by integrating employee mental health strategies that establish healthier workplaces, enhance employee wellbeing and promote resilient companies. • Whitmer joined U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, members of the Michigan Congressional delegation and local leaders to sign an executive directive streamlining

the State of Michigan’s infrastructure permitting process. The directive ensures projects can get moving faster and be completed on time and on budget by boosting inter-departmental coordination and transparency. • Whitmer celebrated the State of Michigan’s ranking as a top ten employer for new graduates in Forbes’ “America’s Best Employers for New Graduates” list. The State of Michigan was ranked eighth out of the 300 total recognized organizations. The list is based on an independent survey of more than 20,000 young professionals in the United States from companies with at least 1,000 employees. • Whitmer will sign House Bill 6012, a bipartisan bill that makes an historic investment in school safety by fully funding risk assessments and critical incidence mapping to help protect students and create safety plans in the event of an emergency. The legislation also fully funds resources to hire and retain mental health professionals, enhance security measures, and provide additional learning opportunities for Oxford Community Schools. • Whitmer proclaimed June 12 of this year Women Veterans Recognition Day, honoring Michigan’s more than 43,000 living women veterans and the many who served before them. Women have played a critical role in defending the country since the Revolutionary War and currently represent the fastest growing segment of the veteran population. • Whitmer signed House Bill 5190, a bipartisan bill updating Michigan’s high school curriculum to include a financial literacy course for the first time in state history. The bill will prepare young Michiganders for the future and empower them to take control of their finances. • Whitmer sent a letter to President Biden urging him to work with Congress to temporarily pause the federal gas tax. She has also called for a temporary suspension of the state sales tax on gas, which would save drivers nearly 50 cents a gallon when combined with a temporary pause of the

Did You Know...

The second National Park in the U.S. was in the U.P.?

t was located on Mackinac Island from 1875 to 1895 and the early rangers were troops stationed at Fort Mackinac. When it closed, lacking “monumental status,” it became Michigan’s first state park. If Michigan ever closes the state park, the land would revert to the federal government. Submitted by Russell M. Magnaghi, history professor emeritus of NMU and a U.P. author and historian.

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federal gas tax. • Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II issued a proclamation declaring June 19 as Juneteenth Celebration Day in Michigan. Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when slavery was abolished in the United States.

News & Notes from Senator Debbie Stabenow

• U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) received the prestigious Keystone Policy Center Leadership Award, which honors public officials who improve the lives of Americans through bipartisan work. • Stabenow announced the U.S. Senate passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to protect America’s children, keep our schools safe and reduce the threat of violence across our country. • Stabenow (D-MI) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) announced their bipartisan bill to expand high-quality mental health and addiction services nationwide is included in the Senate bipartisan proposal. Their initiative provides every state with funding for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in their communities—building on a successful effort that has shown results across the country. The clinics will be reimbursed through Medicaid for the full cost of providing services—the same as community health centers are funded for physical care.

Local business news…in brief

• The Fish & Hunt Shop in Curtis was named the 2021-22 Ski-Doo & Lynx Regional and National Dealer of the Year; this family-owned business has been open since 1953. • Sgt. Mark Leadman, a conservation officer with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in Marquette, was presented with a Patriot Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR); the award is presented to supervisors who

Benefit set to help establish Edgell memorial scholarship

amily and friends of Dr. Cate Edgell will host a dinner and silent auction at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday, July 19. Proceeds will be used to establish a memorial endowed scholarship at the Oregon Health and Science University for a medical student with demonstrated financial need. With costs soaring, many medical students face crushing debt. The event features a locally-sourced three-course menu, created by Portland chefs Jon Wiley and Sarah Edgell. The silent auction features artwork from local artists, and entertainment will be provided by acoustic jazz duo Gretchen McKenzie and Luke Arquette. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19 at the Masonic Temple, 128 West Washington Street, with happy hour followed by a plated dinner. Tickets cost $80 per person or $150 per couple, and can be purchased at www.matimqt.org Limited tickets will also be available at the door. Edgell was born and raised in

go above and beyond the call of duty to work with employees who are veterans. • The Conservation Committee of the Onagomingkway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution honored Don Fassbender in recognition of outstanding achievement in Environmental Awareness; he has spearheaded clean up of local waterways, including in the Lower Harbor. • Deacons Christian Flagstadt and Brandon Yanni were ordained to the priesthood of the Diocese of Marquette during a Mass at St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette; Deacon Flagstadt’s home parish is Holy Family in Flat Rock and Deacon Yanni’s home

Marquette. She attended the University of Michigan and Wayne State Medical School prior to her residency in Portland. She was a healer and humanist, dedicated to helping her patients achieve their greatest health and wellness. parish is Holy Name of Mary in Sault Ste. Marie. • The Marquette Area Blues Society recently unveiled the winning logo for the 2022 Marquette Area Blues Fest, which was created by Ethan Grimley, a junior at Fordson High School in Lower Michigan; Grimley is enrolled in the Digital Design program at the Michael Berry Career Center in Dearborn. • Third Coast Pizzeria opened in Downtown Marquette, replacing Aubree’s at 227 West Washington Street, by owner Brian French, who is focused on fresh ingredients and housemade items. • The Fire Station Cannabis Com-

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pany donated $10,000 to Negaunee Township for a new ADA accessible playground, which is slated to be built next year; it will be modeled after an old mine to emphasize the rich mining history in the township that was the site of the first iron forge in the U.P. • Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Gary McDowell visited several local food and agricultural businesses in Marquette, including Seeds & Spores Family Farm, Cafe Bodega and Partridge Creek Farm. McDowell continues to travel across the state to meet with food and agricultural businesses as they advance during Michigan’s economic recovery and revitalization. • InvestUP Board Member and CEO of Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital Bob Crumb was on the most recent episode of Lead to Succeed: Conversations with U.P. Business Leaders; he shared his insights on the opportunities and challenges the region is facing, how Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital has used internal growth and internships to grow its workforce, what attracts employees to the hospital and the continued collaboration between regional healthcare leaders since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. • Veridea Group has opened a professional co-office space in the newly renovated Kaufman Block; CoLab offers private offices along with open work areas that cater to a wide range of office needs. • The Ish Creamery has opened at 407 North Third Street in Ishpeming; they offer 24 flavors of ice cream, including gluten-free, non-dairy and and sugar-free options.

Editor’s Note: The deadline for event and press release submissions is the tenth of the month prior to publication. Please email your press release to editor@marquettemonthly.com

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Construction of Negaunee City Hall, with its 94-foot clock tower, was completed in 1915 at 100 North Silver Street.

Negaunee’s city hall is located between Case and Jackson streets in Downtown Negaunee. Recent road reconfiguring terminated Silver Street from running in front of the building.

Photos provided by Superior View Studios, located in Art of Framing, 149 W. Washington Street Marquette www.viewsofthepast.com

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on campus NMU alumnus creates Growler videos

MU alumnus and U.S. Navy Lt. Zach Fini put his media production degree to use creating videos of actual Navy Growler pilots. Assembling live footage from jet cockpits and the flight deck along with musical backdrops, he produced some of YouTube’s most popular Navy cruise videos. “The moment the guys in my fleet squadron found out I was a media production major in college, I instantly became ‘the movie guy’ and was talked into making all of our cruise videos,” said Fini, whose call sign is “DirJ,” short for Dirty Jersey, a reference to his home state. Fini has five videos to his credit on YouTube. His Growler Ball 2020 piece has proved most popular, generating more than one million views, while his most recent was Growler Ball 2021. When he wasn’t strapped into an EA-18G Growler, Fini sometimes spent up

to three hours a day editing footage from fellow pilots. The video chronicles were designed to capture the sights, sounds and experiences of pilots during deployment on aircraft carriers. During his time at NMU, Fini was a member of the Wildcat football team. He said that prepared him for his career in a number of ways. “Playing football taught me how to take on a leadership role, as well as the humility of being a part of something larger than myself. My teammates and coaches were, and continue to be, some of the most supportive people in my life.” Fini graduated with a media production major and communications minor in 2010. Fini is still flying and is an instructor training new Growler pilots and electronic warfare officers, but he resigned from active duty in September 2021. He is now in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

NMU alumnus Zach Fini, second from left, is shown with fellow pilots. He creates the Navy Growler videos. (Photo courtesy of NMU)

Researchers study Alaskan brown bears

n NMU alumna and her faculty mentor contributed to a published paper on a recent study of Alaskan brown bears that found significant variations in their gut microbiomes, depending on where they live. The finding advances scientific understanding of the relationship between wildlife habitat, diet and gut microbiome diversity and facilitates more informed decisions to support the health of wildlife species. Sarah Trujillo, who earned her master’s degree in biology in December 2021 and started a full-time job with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service soon afterward, is the paper’s lead author. The effort was part of her thesis research and a massive collaboration involving scientists from three federal agencies, along with academic researchers from NMU and North Carolina State University (NCSU). “Bears are particularly interesting in this context because they’re omnivores,” said Diana Lafferty, assistant professor of biology at NMU and co-author of the paper. “Bears function as predators and as scavengers, and they have a relatively simple gut system, which means their microbiome may play a particularly important role in helping them extract nutrients from their diet. “With this project, we wanted to establish a baseline of what ‘healthy’ microbiomes look like for these animals, which are relatively undisturbed.” The researchers benefited from piggybacking on other research efforts that were previously underway. The National Park Service was already engaged in research projects that involved tracking and observing wild brown bears at three national parks and preserves: Katmai, Lake Clark

and Gates of the Arctic. For this study, the researchers analyzed 66 fecal samples from 51 brown bears that were sampled during previous research operations. Because these samples were collected as part of ongoing research initiatives, the researchers also had data on each bear’s age, sex, size and body condition. Microbial DNA was extracted from the fecal samples and assessed to determine what kinds of microbes were in each sample. “We found significant differences in the diversity of the bears’ microbiomes at each of the three parks,” said Trujillo, who worked on the project during her graduate studies at NMU. “Katmai had the most diversity, and also had the most diverse array of food sources available. Gates of the Arctic, which had the most limited array of food resources, also had bears with the least diverse gut microbiomes. In other words, we found what we expected: the more diverse the diet, the more diverse the gut microbiome. “However, while we found clear distinctions in microbiome diversity at each park, those differences could not be fully explained by diet alone. There appears to be something else at play that we don’t fully understand yet. That’s an area for future research.” The paper, “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors [sic] Influence on an Omnivore’s Gut Microbiome,” is published in the journal PLOS ONE. Other study co-authors include Kyle Joly and Buck Mangipane of the National Park Service; Lindsey Mangipane, David Gustine and Joy Erlenbach of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and Matthew Rogers, of the National Marine Fisheries Service.

NMU adds master’s degree in outdoor recreation, nature-based tourism

orthern Michigan University’s College of Graduate Studies & Research has added a new master’s degree program titled Administration of Outdoor Recreation and Nature-Based Tourism, effective this fall. The program will be delivered largely online through NMU’s Global Campus, with two in-person summer seminar courses. It is designed for individuals currently working in the parks and recreation fields who wish to advance to administrative posi-

tions, as well as prospective students interested in entering these occupations. “The outdoor recreation industry is one of the largest aspects of the U.S. economy,” said Professor and Program Director Scott Jordan of NMU’s School of Health and Human Performance. “The AORNBT degree has been designed to produce leaders in this field.” Prospective students in the following fields could use this degree to advance in their careers: National

Park Service; National Forest Service; federal, state or community recreation and land management agencies; nonprofit organizations; and private sector outdoor recreation and tourism managers. “Outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism are among the fastest growing and most popular ways of spending leisure time, and the demand for qualified professionals to administer relevant programs and facilities is growing proportionately,” added Assistant Professor Ryan Hines.

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Required courses address the history and philosophy of leisure; sustainability, current issues and legal and ethical aspects of outdoor recreation; and management and administration. There are also electives and research components in addition to the summer seminar. Professor Jacquie Medina added that the program “not only offers administrative and leadership preparation for career advancement, but also a foundation for pursuing doctoral studies.”

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Tech students embark on national CyberBoat Challenge

ome MTU Huskies took on the first CyberBoat Challenge in the nation, working with industry partners and other universities to understand and conquer maritime cybersecurity risks. About 20 students at Michigan Tech participated in the event, which is designed to help answer the demand for a workforce that knows how to respond to cyber threats by land, air—and sea. And since 90 percent of the products coming into the United States enter through ports, maritime cybersecurity experts are sure to be in high demand. The challenge included three days of intensive hacking into navigational and operational systems—like making the boat run aground using hardware, software and system reverse engineering. Since most boat owners aren’t willing to have their vessels hacked, instructor Jeremy Daily, associate professor of systems engineering at Colorado State University and a Cy-

Tech students took on the challenge, testing boats for cyber risks, via three days of intensive hacking into navigational and operational systems on various crafts. (Photo courtesy of Michigan Tech).

berChallenge co-founder, hauled a boat to Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC). In the research center boathouse, students also hacked GLRC’s autonomous Yamaha WaveRunner and a smart buoy. Along with the funda-

mentals of Controller Area Network communications protocols, they learned the legal, ethical and moral responsibilities of this important work in the transportation sector (there are also CyberAuto and CyberTruck challenges).

New report adds relevancy to boarding schools course

he history of Indian boarding schools was formally investigated and documented for the first time in a sobering report released in May by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Thousands of Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their homes and placed in residential schools—including five in Michigan—with the goal of assimilating them into white culture and, consequently, taking their territories. The children were often abused, some died while attending and many did not return home. NMU, which offers the state’s only bachelor’s degree program in Native American studies, has offered a course on the subject for more than 15 years. “This is a required course in the major because we believe it is important for all students to learn about how it started, who was involved, and how a systemic effort on the part of the federal government and religious institutions made boarding schools U.S. policy for 150 years,” said Professor April Lindala, who now teaches the course developed by retired colleague Grace Chaillier. “We need to address what causes something like this to happen and how we can prevent it from happening again. Lindala described the federal government’s willingness to acknowledge the existence of Indian boarding schools and launch an investigation as “an incredibly significant step.”

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A recently released government report validates NMU’s inclusion of a course on Indian boarding schools within its Native American studies program. (Photo courtesy of Northern Michigan University).

The Department of the Interior report shows for the first time that between 1819 and 1969, the United States operated or supported 408 boarding schools across 37 states (or then-territories). Roughly half were staffed or funded by a religious institution, most commonly the Catholic Church. At least 53 burial sites for children were discovered across the system, with more expected as the research continues. The NMU course provides a broad overview of the subject by exploring the Carlisle Indian Industrial School

in Pennsylvania, which opened in 1879 as the first government-run boarding school for Native American children and operated for nearly four decades. Hundreds of schools that followed were modeled after Carlisle. Lindala will deliver the course online via Zoom this fall from 6 to 9:20 p.m. on Mondays. This will be the first time it is offered as a joint class for undergraduate and graduate credit, as well as professional development for teachers. For more information on the center and its program offerings, visit nmu. edu/cnas

NMU alumni appointed to America250

wo Northern Michigan University alumni have been appointed to the State of Michigan’s advisory board that will help to plan America250, a nationwide commemoration of the 250th anniversary and founding of the United States. Dan Truckey, a 1990 grad, is director of the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at NMU. Steve Brisson, a 1989 alumnus, is director of Mackinac State Historic Parks. “I was nine years old when the bi-centennial took place and have great memories of that commemoration, but America has changed a lot since then, in particular how we view our past,” said Truckey, who earned a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in music. “The fact that they are calling America250 a commemoration rather than celebration says something in that we want it to tell a fuller, more inclusive story of our country’s past. “I wanted to be involved to make sure that the commemoration in Michigan did just that, and fortunately the rest of the advisory committee feels the same way.” The Semiquincentennial Commission has embarked on an ambitious

vision for a 250th anniversary commemoration that will culminate on July 4, 2026. It aims to promote unity, education and civic engagement. Planning is underway for a series of national signature programs, from Fourth of July events on main streets to traveling showcases and virtual reality experiences. The Michigan advisory board will create some of its own initiatives that will involve communities, citizens and—in particular—school children throughout the state. Brisson earned a bachelor’s in history from NMU, with a minor in religious studies. He was appointed director of Mackinac State Historic Parks in the fall of 2020 after ascending through previous roles of curator of collections, chief curator and deputy director. “I’m pleased to join the committee to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the nation,” Brisson said. “We hope to highlight the fact that the American Revolution had an impact on the early residents of this region. I hope the committee can coordinate and champion celebrations across the state.” For details, visit www.america250. org

Alumnus inducted to sports hall of fame

poverty-stricken childhood in Washington, D.C. did not stop NMU alumnus and boxer DaVarryl “Touch of Sleep” Williamson from compiling a long list of impressive achievements and accolades—not only for his powerful punch in the ring, but for his dedication to community service and education. The two-time national Golden Gloves champion, 10-time national amateur champ and former professional heavyweight was recently among six 2022 inductees into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. Williamson overcame a difficult early childhood. He was born to a mother addicted to heroin and a father who was in jail. He shuffled between foster homes until his father resumed contact when Williamson was 11. A football scholarship propelled him out of the nation’s capital. As a junior college transfer, he closed his career playing two seasons at quarterback for Wayne State College in Nebraska. Unsuccessful tryouts with two professional football franchises led him to turn his attention to boxing. A relative late bloomer by the sport’s standards, Williamson did not compete in his first match until age 25. He was invited to train at the former U.S. Olympic Education Center

at NMU, where he could attempt to qualify for the 1996 Summer Games while simultaneously pursuing a graduate degree. He did not qualify, but joined the team as an alternate. Under Coach Al Mitchell, Williamson was a national Golden Gloves Champion in 1996 and 1999. He became the first and only heavyweight to win three consecutive U.S. National Amateur Championships from 1996-98. Williamson compiled an impressive amateur bout record of 120 wins (103 of which were knockouts), 17 losses and 1 draw. In the years leading up to his retirement as a fighter, Williamson quietly built one of the most successful boxing gyms in Colorado. He still operates the gym in Englewood and has devoted his life to teaching athletes of all types and ages the “sweet science of boxing.” Williamson has also become an integral part of the community, forming “Touchstone Youth Boxing,” a non-profit teaching kids boxing and life skills. Englewood Public Schools partnered with TYB, busing in hundreds of kids to participate in Williamson’s program. For more information on Williamson and his boxing gym, visit https:// tosboxing.com/

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The work of composer-improviser, sound and visual artist Sara Pajunen is featured at the new exhibit. (Photo courtesy of Finlandia University)

Art exhibit features textiles, soundscapes

inlandia University Gallery, in collaboration with the Finnish American Folk School is presenting “The Folk School at Midsummer,” a group exhibit with works from folk school instructors and students and featuring the work of composer-improviser, sound and visual artist Sara Pajunen and textile artist Wynne Mattila. The exhibit will be held at the Finlandia University Gallery, located in the Finnish American Heritage Center (FAHC), Hancock from June 14 to September 2, 2022. Trained as a violinist and employing locally-responsive media ranging from field recordings to drone imagery, Sara Pajunen’s work is motivated by interactions between her ancestral roots, American cultural histories and connection to our environments through sound. Pajunen’s interests also lie in blurring human perceptions and cultivating presence through listening, using sound to shift our relationships to our landscapes and accepted histories. In 2018, Pajunen launched “Mine Songs,” a long-term project that explores the altered landscape of the Mesabi Iron Range (her childhood and ancestral home) through sound and image. Expanding the Mine Songs project to the Copper Country, Pajunen was commissioned by the Finnish American Folk School to create a new sound piece for the Juhannus Festival at midsummer. The 2015-16 Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year, Pajunen’s work with Finlandia was supported by a grant from the American Scandinavian Foundation. Textile artist Wynne Mattila wove her first rug in 1985 at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota and before

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it was finished, she knew she was a rug weaver for life. Wynne’s goal is always to use color to its full potential to create a beautiful rug. “I weave in what I call the ‘Finnish-Style’ with new brightly-colored cotton fabric strips cut one-inch wide on 15-ply Finnish cotton warp set at five ends per inch,” Mattila said. “I love this visual process in which each shot of fabric plays a part in the overall design.” Mattila is inspired by a quote from Sami Museum and Northern Lapland Nature Centre, in Inari, Finland, “Materials provided by nature—the source of Sami subsistence—formed the basis of Sami folk art. The unhurried lifestyle and patience that characterize people living in a natural economy guarantee fine workmanship.” “I am the great granddaughter of a Sami reindeer herdsman,” Mattila said. “Many of my ideas come from the natural environment—I see something in nature every day that inspires me. I believe that finding the way to express your creativity feeds your spirit and enriches your life.” Wynne has been teaching rug weaving for more than 20 years, focusing on good rug weaving techniques and the creative use of color. In her upcoming book, “Warm the Room with Color—Weaving Finnish-Style Cotton Rugs,” Wynne will share her passion for rugs and describe her artistic and weaving processes. “The Folk School at Midsummer” will be on display through September 2, 2022 at the Finlandia University Gallery in the Finnish American Heritage Center, 435 Quincy Street in Hancock. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. For details, call (906)4877500 or email gallery@finlandia.edu

DIDN’T WE JUST HAVE THIS? Reprinted from the New York Times

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ACROSS 1 Poses 5 ____ palm (tropical tree) 9 Drive (around) 13 Composer Bernstein who was unrelated to Leonard 18 Doohickey 20 Home to the Dole Plantation 21 Industry show 22 Late singer Judd 23 Contest with lots of ‘‘tied’’ scores 24 In a fight 25 Body part that humans have that other primates don’t 26 Term to drop in a serious relationship, informally 27 Argument extender [ref. 18-Across] 30 Tiny amounts 31 Terse denial 32 What seat selection on an airplane often comes with 33 Eerily familiar feeling 35 Scottish refusal 36 Focused on the bull’s-eye 39 State fiction as fact 41 Supervise 45 Slowly makes its way through 47 Fun functions 48 With 87-Across, ‘‘I’ve been around the block a few times’’ [ref. 23-Across] 53 Yoga pose 55 Covering 56 Rock’s C. J. or Dee Dee 57 Currency of Qatar 59 Package in Santa’s sleigh 61 18+, say 62 Danger 65 Sun block

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67 Molecular messenger 70 Classic Yogi Berra quote [ref. 33-Across] 74 Whole bunch 75 Fiber made from cellulose 76 Chemical ingredient in flubber 77 Did some secretarial work 78 The last thing a Mississippi cheerleader wants? 79 Land divided at the 38th parallel 81 Former name for the N.B.A.’s Thunder, informally 82 Crib-sheet user 85 Team building 87 See 48-Across 91 Consolidated for easier reading, as a Twitter thread 93 Composer Luigi who pioneered noise music 95 Like some arts 96 Be an agent for 97 Broadway composer Jule 99 Crop that might be insect-resistant, in brief 102 Sleep inducer 104 ____ particle 106 Came next 108 Algonquian people 111 Debut album by Britney Spears [ref. 82-Across] 115 Beginning 116 French pronoun 117 Word implied in ‘‘I haven’t the foggiest’’ 118 Crenshaw or casaba 119 ‘‘That makes two of us’’ 120 One with a nose for gnus? 121 A pan might come with just one 122 Elusive giants 123 Tread + riser 124 Becomes less taut 125 Seemingly forever 126 Instrument for Orpheus

DOWN 1 Transport in a Billy Strayhorn standard 2 Showrunner Rhimes 3 ____ pool 4 Sam with 82 P.G.A. Tour wins 5 Lay it on thick 6 Pledge 7 Political unit of ancient Hawaii 8 Highly unconventional 9 Sector for many startups 10 Durable leather 11 Give a take 12 Doughnut similar to an éclair 13 Spice up 14 Canadian observance also called Fête du Travail 15 Not worth arguing about 16 Goldman who crusaded for birth control access 17 Barbecue order 19 ‘‘Never ____ Give You Up’’ (Rick Astley song) 28 Useless 29 Prefix with medicine 34 One whose work goes over your head 37 Web portal with a Bing search bar 38 Ambulance pro 40 Monocle-dropping exclamation 42 Be on the bottom? 43 ‘‘____-Tripping’’ (Nikki Giovanni poem) 44 Sixth of five? 46 Home country of the poet Adonis 47 Mouth-watering? 48 Park way 49 Was given no other option 50 ‘‘There’s no other option’’ 51 Persuaded 52 Starting position, maybe 54 Relish 58 ‘‘Goodness me!’’ 60 Sojourner Truth or Frances Harper

62 It’s illegal for employers to prohibit workers from discussing this 63 Called to mind 64 Talk at length 66 ‘‘On the Basis of ____’’ (2018 legal drama) 67 Swift 68 Goddaughter, often 69 ‘‘It therefore follows that...’’ 71 Sport played on a fronton 72 Lazes around 73 Doc who performs Pap smears 78 Black Lives Matter co-founder 80 Valuable to collectors, say 81 High-minded sort? 82 Depress, with ‘‘out’’ 83 Santa ____ winds 84 Comment with a shiver 86 Marks down, maybe 88 Gave officially 89 Deteriorate 90 Guileful 92 Cholesterol-lowering drug 94 ____ and including 96 Share on Tumblr, say 98 ‘‘You can learn from anyone — even your ____’’: Ovid 99 ‘‘Yep, you got me’’ 100 Story of one’s life 101 Danish city where Hans Christian Andersen was born 103 ____ al Ghul (onand-off lover of Batman) 105 Fennel-like flavoring 107 Material for some drums 108 Online forum V.I.P.s 109 Still having a shot at winning 110 ‘‘The Thin Man’’ dog 112 Itches 114 Rest on one’s ____ 117 Writer Fleming 118 Weapon in “The Terminator” 119 Actress Farrow

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This photo, used as the face of Jim Paquette’s presentation on his Barnes-Hecker Mine findings, shows the widows and orphans of the 1926 mining disaster. He felt those left behind deserved answers about the causes of the tragedy, even years later. (Photo courtesy of Jim Paquette)

Retired CCI safety instructor weighs in on historic mine disaster

By Erin Elliott Bryan n May 17, 2019, Jim Paquette of Negaunee stood for the first time at the site of the Barnes-Hecker Mine disaster in Ishpeming and made a promise to the 51 miners who died there in 1926. “This is truly sacred ground,” he narrates in a video he took that day. “It’s an amazing feeling to be here. You can feel their presence. “I thank them for their sacrifice. It was because of the brave men who died that people like me who worked in these mines for 35 years survived, because it was their sacrifice of their lives and of their families’ misery that we as iron ore miners fought so hard to make sure that we got home every day safe and sound to our own families. I say thank you, Barnes-Hecker miners, may peace be with you and may you rest in peace.” In the Facebook post that accompanied the video, Paquette vowed that he “would do all that I could to bring about long-awaited justice for them and their families, by uncovering the truth about what caused the

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Barnes-Hecker Mine disaster.” Over the next three years, Paquette undertook a Root Cause Analysis investigation, the process that he helped develop while working at Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company (which also owned and operated the Barnes-Hecker Mine), to determine the immediate and basic causes of this tragedy, which still stands as the worst iron mining disaster in the United States. Paquette presented a summary report of his findings to a crowd of more than 150 people—including some relatives of the miners who died—on May 25 at the Marquette Regional History Center. “I really did it for [the relatives], as living descendants of those killed there,” Paquette said. “We need to learn from our history. They were our families. These miners are like my brothers.” On Wednesday, November 3, 1926, a nearby swamp caved in, flooding the underground ore mine with water and sand. Fifty miners and the county mine inspector lost their lives that day, including 41 miners whose

bodies were never recovered. Only one man—Rutherford J. “Wilfred” Wills—managed to escape, climbing 800 feet up the shaft in just 10 minutes. CCI’s S.R. Elliott, general superintendent of the Marquette Range mining properties, quickly assembled a committee of 24 mining industry representatives to study the conditions of the mine and determine what, if anything, could have contributed to the cave-in. On November 6, just three days after the disaster, the committee stated in an article for The Daily Mining Journal that it could find no direct cause: “From this inspection and study, it is our judgment that the mine was operated according to the best mining practice and that all care possible was taken by the mining company to safeguard their employees, and that the accident was due to causes that could not have been foreseen.” On November 7, Leslie P. Barrett, Michigan’s state geologist, publicly cleared CCI of any negligence. Paquette didn’t accept that. “There was no blame attached to the mining company—it had always been the miners’ fault,” Paquette said. “As a safety man and a historian, I said bull----.” During his 35-year career as a CCI miner, Paquette served as the United Steelworkers’ Tilden Mine Safety Committee Chairman and later as the Cliffs Michigan Mining Operations’ Senior Staff Safety Representative. In the 1990s, he worked on the Tilden and Empire mines’ Accident/Incident Investigation Standards, which were developed to “comply with the strict requirements of CCI’s Loss Control

System.” He is also a certified Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) trainer and regularly talked about the disaster. “We used the Barnes-Hecker as a teaching tool,” he said. “It meant something to people.” Paquette is very clear that the CCI of today is not the same company it was in 1926. Since then, standards and processes have improved significantly, and Paquette says CCI now operates the safest mines in the world. “True safety hadn’t taken hold [in 1926],” Paquette said. “But they changed it. There are great safety people in management in Cleveland.” Paquette said CCI management always supported his talking about the Barnes-Hecker. During his investigation, he wasn’t looking to find who

At the Barnes-Hecker Mine site in 2019, shown above, Jim Paquette vowed to use his expertise in mine safety to unravel the causes of the worst iron mining disaster in U.S. history. (Photo courtesy of Jim Paquette)

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Mine subsidence is most affected by the factors shown above, all of which were present at the Barnes-Hecker site. (Photo courtesy of Jim Paquette)

was to blame, rather who was responsible. His likened his May 25 presentation to an attorney presenting his evidence to a jury. “Only by identifying the true immediate and basic causes of any mine accident or incident could we at Cliffs develop the necessary preventative actions to stop it from ever happening again,” Paquette said. For his investigation, Paquette drew on first-hand accounts and primary documents, including the state geologist’s Barnes-Hecker memo in November 1926, the Barnes-Hecker coroner’s inquest in February 1927, papers written by Gardner Wallberg who lost uncles in the disaster, scientific geology journals and internal CCI records that are part of the Central U.P. and Northern Michigan University Archives. Still more information was readily available online. Among the documents he found, Paquette took particular issue with the “fatal” accident reports, which were completed on November 4— just one day after the cave-in—for all 50 Barnes-Hecker miners, including those who were still missing underground. The reports all stated that the accident could not have been prevented, that the fatally “injured” did not blame anyone and that there was no negligence on the part of anyone. The reports each listed the same “cause of accident” in just 22 words: “Cave-in from surface, filling the mine with sand and water, rising in the shaft to a point 185 feet from the surface.” On January 13, 1927, Michigan state representative John Holland, of the Gogebic District, called for an investigation into the Barnes-Hecker disaster. The House of Representatives refused to consider Holland’s motion

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on the floor, and it was sent to committee, where it was never acted upon. Moreover, on February 2, 1927, there was a Marquette County coroner’s inquest into the deaths of the victims whose bodies had been recovered. It was led by County Coroner William Prin of Ishpeming, prosecuting attorney C.E. Lott and CCI attorney Thomas Clancey and lasted just one day. Paquette said Clancey asked the Cliffs Management witnesses some 433 prepared questions, while Lott asked the same witnesses only 16 questions. The full transcript is available at the J.M. Longyear Research Library at the Marquette Regional History Center. No witnesses were called to represent the miners or their families, or to testify on behalf of the miners. Paquette cites the testimony of Elliott, an experienced mine engineer, who laid out the development of the Barnes-Hecker, beginning in 1917. “When we drove drifts in here, we found a great deal of water,” Elliott said. “We had to drain a tremendous area; in other words, there was a tremendous sponge all around these drifts. We expected in time that the surface would break and that the water would come in, some water, but no one ever dreamed for one second that when the surface did break that the whole mine within 15 minutes could be flooded.” Charles J. Stakel, the superintendent of the North Lake District (of which the Barnes-Hecker was a part), with 21 years of engineering experience, testified: “The last time I went in there before it came down (the worked-out sub levels above Level 1 where the cave-in occurred) we had great difficulty in getting in that place because of the pressure and we had to crawl through a small opening

Newspaper headlines were quick to report on the Barnes-Hecker tragedy. (Photo courtesy of Jim Paquette)

to get into the drifts where the men were working.” Lott asked Stakel just one question: “Can you express in your opinion as to the cause of the accident?” “I can’t conceive of how it happened, I can’t imagine how it happened,” Stakel replied. “To me, it is practically a mystery; I can’t explain it, no, because I can’t imagine any plausible explanation for it.” And Paquette highlights a line of testimony from Barrett, the state geologist who absolved CCI of any negligence. Barrett was also the state tax

appraiser of the Barnes-Hecker. “Did you ever personally visit the underground workings of this mine?” Lott asked. “Never in the Barnes-Hecker,” Barrett replied. The County Coroner’s inquest ruled that “the deceased met their death in the Barnes-Hecker mine by a cave-in, the cause of which is unknown.” That line, along with “an account of the Barnes-Hecker accident as it appeared in the Marquette Mining Journal,” was published in the annual

This photo of Mrs. Delia Trudell and the rest of the Louis Trudell family after his death at the Barnes-Hecker Mine highlights the pain of just one of many families who lost a loved one. More than 130 children lost their fathers, and more than 40 women lost their husbands in the disaster. (Photo courtesy of Jim Paquette/the Trudell family).

report of the Marquette County mine inspector. Neither of the two inspectors who were appointed to succeed mine inspector William Hill, who perished at the Barnes-Hecker, ordered any further investigation of the disaster. Additionally, CCI’s Central Safety Committee classified the cave-in as a “trade risk,” which meant that by simply agreeing to work in a mine, the miner assumed any and all inherent risks that the job carried. So now, nearly 96 years after the disaster, Paquette has declared “enough is enough.” “Let’s set the record straight,” he said. First, Paquette identified the type of cave-in at the Barnes-Hecker to be a “rapid collapse sinkhole” cavein. Under those circumstances, mine subsidence is most affected by three factors: 1) the geological strength and competency of the ore and surrounding rock, including inclusions of faults, joints or fractures, combined with the thickness and makeup of the overburden (the rock or soil layer that needs to be removed in order to access the ore being mined); 2) the amount of underground and surface water, and/or its removal for mining purposes; and 3) the method of mining being used. At the conclusion of his investigation, Paquette found evidence of all three factors present at the Barnes-Hecker. Regarding the geological strength and competency of the ore and surrounding rock, combined with the overburden thickness and makeup, Paquette determined that one of the immediate causes was a “substan-

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This memorial plaque honoring the men who lost their lives in the Barnes-Hecker disaster stands in the yard of Cliffs Shaft Mining Museum in Ishpeming. Another stone monument can be found at the Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee. (Photo by Kristy Basolo-Malmsten)

dard condition” caused by the poor supportive geological strength of the vertical iron ore formation and the surrounding underground rock formations. “CCI documented the presence of widespread geological structural weaknesses, including not only fissures, joints, faults, vugs and fractures, but also alarming ‘runs of sand’ directly into mining areas,” Paquette reported. “Such known geological inconsistencies in the overlying and surrounding strata were critical factors that contributed to the likelihood of subsidence and its potential severity.” When the Barnes-Hecker was first being developed in 1917, CCI encountered a problem right away with determining the location of the main shaft. The rock ledge above the ore body lay beneath at least 200 feet of sand and gravel, glacial outwash and till, much of which was described as “waterlogged quicksand.” An internal annual mine report from 1918 described the “shaft sinking” at the Barnes-Hecker site and measures that were taken to “shut off the heavy flow of water coming in through large

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crevices in that rock.” The report further noted that the “ground has proven very unstable.” And in a 1921 report, CCI was aware of vertical dikes and/or fault lines. It is now known that triggering events, such as explosions to blast for ore, can cause sudden instability along these lines. Another immediate cause was a “substandard condition” caused by the excessive amounts of surface and ground water present at the Barnes-Hecker Mine site, plus that water’s removal during the mining process, Paquette said. Water was a big factor for the mine site, as it was located very near North Lake as well as the headwaters of the Carp River. A 1954 report from the U.S. Geological Survey noted that this area was the most important zone in terms of ground water discharge from springs and seeps. Additionally, the mine’s “soft ore” body lay within a high-yield underground aquifer. Multiple internal CCI reports reference the “water problem” at the Barnes-Hecker. To try and mitigate the issue, the company began pump-

The Barnes-Hecker miners, ready for work. (Photo courtesy of Jim Paquette/the Emil Maki/Bartanen family)

ing water out of North Lake in 1921. The nearby pond was also drained and ditches were dug to redirect surface water. From 1921 until the disaster on November 3, 1926, more than 2.5 billion additional gallons of water was pumped out of the mine itself. “Withdrawal of ground water in the mine itself would have caused numerous open underground cavities (i.e. vugs and fractures that were once filled with water) as reported, and thus lead to additional strata weaknesses as the hydro-geological properties of the associated rock and ore strata were changed,” Paquette determined. “Surface water thus migrated more easily into the fractures and fissures in the strata of the mine, thus further contributing to the probability of subsidence due to mining.” The third immediate cause was the method of mining used at the Barnes-Hecker: the caving/top slicing method. Paquette says it was a “substandard practice” despite the “known local hydrologic and geological ground conditions.” “The caving/top slicing method of mining utilized at the Barnes-Hecker Mine was and is known, even under the best of conditions, to be the most likely method of underground mining to naturally cause subsidence,” Paquette reported. “The caving/top slicing method was, in fact, expected by Cleveland-Cliffs senior mine management to result in future surface

subsidence from above and into the there were 138 fatalities from 1898 mined-out areas.” through 1925 on the Marquette iron A 1929 U.S. government report range in mines that used the caving studied the causes of underground system and top-slicing method of mine cave-ins in the Upper Penin- mining. sula. The report was written by the Paquette identified two other imU.S. Bureau of Mines geologist W.R. mediate causes of the disaster. Crane with the assistance of several The first was above-average rainUpper Peninsula copper and Mar- fall in July, August and September of quette Range iron ore mine company 1926 causing “excessive amounts of managers, mine captains and mining additional water to flow into the loengineers. cal Barnes-Hecker Mine Carp River According to the report: “Certain head-water zone” and “leading to a types of ore bodies and inclosing (sic) heavy recharge of the Barnes-Hecker rocks are more subject to disturbance mine area aquifer.” than others, due to conditions of ocThe added weight and compression currence; but, the methods of mining due to the heavy water saturation of are probably more largely responsible the land directly above the first level for extensive failure, as, for instance, where caving is employed and collapse of top rock follows.” Elliott testified under oath at the c o r o n e r ’s inquest that “the caving system is the safest system that has ever been de- The Barnes-Hecker headframe location in North Lake has vised”; how- a monument honoring the men who perished in the disasever, Paquette ter, including the 41 bodies that were never recovered and notes that remain underground. (Photo courtesy of Jim Paquette)

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of the mine also contributed to increased pressures upon the already caving and fractured areas above and surrounding the mined-out sublevels. Finally, Paquette cites an immediate cause of the disaster as an inadequate underground escape system. The only two ways out of the mine were the main shaft’s 1,000-foot ladder and The Barnes-Hecker machine house walls still a raise that connected stand near the site, as well as the remains of the the third level of the miner’s dry. (Photo courtesy of Jim Paquette) Barnes-Hecker to the sixth level of the neighboring Mor- of the Barnes-Hecker Mine. ris-Lloyd mine. Paquette described “The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Comthose two options as “wholly inade- pany, at that time, lacked the necesquate.” sary management controls that would Paquette further determined a list have prevented the disaster,” he said. of several “basic causes,” which are “We blame the management standards underlying reasons for the immedi- of the day that failed to address the ate causes. Among the most common causes.” basic causes were inadequate engiFor years, Paquette has lived with neering/geological assessment of loss the haunting tales of these fallen minexposure; inadequate engineering/ ers and the sacrifices they made for geological work planning; and inad- their families and community. Now equate management assessment of that his own investigation has ended, needs and risks. he said this isn’t the end of the story. “These basic causes explain the “This is not meant to be the final lack of control by Barnes-Hecker word, only the final word as of toMine management to properly address day,” Paquette said. “All of these the potentially deadly conditions, and documents are readily available. I just why they engaged in substandard planted the seed. You can form your mine safety practices that lead to the own opinion.” disaster,” Paquette reported. MM Paquette’s overall conclusion found that the primary basic cause of the di- About the Author: Erin Elliott Brysaster was the 1926 mining, engineer- an grew up in Ishpeming, and was ing, geological and safety practices of the MM calendar editor from 2001 to the owners, managers and operators 2005. She is now a freelance writer.

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The Barnes-Hecker Mine disaster site in Ely Township, as shown in 1927, under about 60 feet of water. (Photo courtesy of Jim Paquette)

the arts Hiawatha’s triumphant return

he 42nd year of the festival is a return to normal. In February and March 2020, people across the world were anxiously watching news broadcasts about the spread of COVID-19, and watching their favorite gatherings, from comic book conventions to family reunions, cancel. “In 2020, we realized that we shouldn’t have the festival,” said Susan Devine, executive director of the Hiawatha Music Festival. “We were watching the local, state and national trends on festivals and outdoor events, and everybody was canceling. At that time we didn’t have a lot of information on COVID-19, and it was scary, so we just went along with the recommendation from the public health departments.” So in July 2020, for the first time in forty-one years, there was no music festival in Marquette. But that didn’t mean that the festival board was not busy. “It threw everyone off-balance for a while,” Devine said. “We spent most of that time looking for new funding streams, because our festival is our

main fundraiser for the year and it sustains most of our operations.” In 2020, they did a very successful GoFundMe, which raised money for the next festival. After that, they offered an online concert series streamed through Facebook. “We were very aware of how the lack of live music was affecting not only the performers, but the people who wanted to see it,” Devine said. With the help of many past performers and many who had been on the lineup for 2020, the Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival was able to put on more than 50 online shows as fundraisers between the spring of

2020 and the spring of 2021. “They were very successful,” Devine said. “We split the proceeds

The annual Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival will take place July 22-24 this year at Tourist Park in Marquette, featuring music and musical opportunities for all ages. (Photos courtesy of Nate Bett)

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with the performers. It was a really fun experience.” The Knockabouts, a traditional Celtic band, performed in one of those live shows. “It was really fun,” said Dan Truckey, guitarist for the band. “It was good for us as performers, to get together again and be able to play for an audi-

ence in a socially distanced setting.” Devine said it was labor intensive getting all of the performers set up for the livestreams. As winter progressed, plans for the 2021 show were in motion, but the board was hesitant. “We were really hopeful that it was going to be different, but the national

trend was still to not hold live events,” Devine said. “To realize that we had to do this two years in a row—that was devastating.” Because they had some funding set aside, Hiawatha was able to do an 11-hour virtual festival on a platform called CrowdCast. “It was very successful,” Devine said.

Musicians inspired by early Americana music

By Brad Gischia

llis Dyson loves old music.

“I’ve always been inspired by old American music—Swing, old Americana, and while sometimes our presentation and melodies can be more modern, I think the spirit and energy of that kind of early folk music is what we’re trying to present,” he said. Ellis Dyson and the Shambles present a sampling of that old-time music as well as their own original tunes written in the same style, and will be playing at the 2022 Hiawatha Music Festival at 8:45 p.m. on Friday, July 22. Their website lists Piedmont Blues and early New Orleans Jazz as their influences. The Piedmont Blues is a style of guitar fingerpicking in which the thumb alternates on the lower notes while the fingers work on the higher strings which then simulates a stride piano-like sound. It’s immediately recognizable when you hear it. Early New Orleans was a stewpot

of some of the greatest musicians to ever play, and you can trace a direct lineage from names like Buddy Bolden and “Kid” Ory to Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and Ella Fitzgerald. To say it was the birthplace of Americana is an understatement. The band is made up of Ellis Dyson (banjo, vocals), Hunter Burgamy (guitar), Louis Willens (upright bass), Danny Abrams (reeds) and Ellis Sieberling (trombone), which is a distinct change from their original format of a banjo-saxophone duo. They have three albums of dance-inducing music, and their live show promises to be exciting. “Our live show is very important,” Dyson said. “The theatrical, performance side of things is something that’s been very popular in this country for a very long time. That aspect is a large part of how music like this first got popularized. You had to do it all—put on a great show, be a good songwriter and a

good musician.” Their early songs have lyrics that range from bawdy to tragic, and evoke a time when people were living hand to mouth, struggling at the beginning of a century that would take humans to the moon and birth the Internet. It’s music that speaks to early 20th century America. Ellis Dyson and the Shambles have made themselves into that whole package as well, including writing songs that evoke that same aesthetic. “There are an infinite number of stories that exist in the world,” Dyson said. “A lot of the songs we write are fictional stories of fictional people in fictional places, because that’s the frame I like to view the world through. In that respect, to write something new lyrically, I like to imagine a different world acting in a different way.” Those songs, featured alongside old favorites on the three albums they’ve recorded, Ellis Dyson and the Shambles (2015), Henhouse

Ellis Dyson draws on New Orleans jazz and blues when creating music. (Photo courtesy of Ellis Dyson)

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Now, after a two-year hiatus, the Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival is on and in person for 2022, and will take place from July 22 through 24. The pandemic shadow looms still, but Devine is optimistic. “We’re watching the trends and recommendations, but we’re taking comfort in the fact that most are vac-

cinated and have a lot more knowledge about how it’s spread,” Devine said. “We can’t say that some form of social distancing or masking might not come into play, but as of now we have no restrictions in effect.” It’s a full schedule for this year, with the return of many favorites from years past, including the traditional

Ellis Dyson and the Shambles perform on both Friday and Saturday during the Hiawatha Music Festival. (Photo courtesy of Ellis Dyson)

(2017) and Greetings From Shamylvania (2019), were born in that mindset, and have names like “Psychopathic Family Farm” and “To the End of the World.” Their songs can be played next to old favorites, and if you didn’t know it you’d think they were of the same era. “Musically, I’ve spent my whole life listening to many different genres, and so much of that time has been listening to old American music,” Dyson said. “It’s so ingrained in my head, that I have to try and ignore some of the tendencies to go in a certain direction. I was an inexperienced musician when I first started. It’s harder now to sit down and write without that bank of knowledge changing the music.” Dyson said each member of the band is integral to the songwriting process. “I’ve been fortunate to have some world-class musicians in the band over the years,” he said. “We’re pretty deliberately a fivepiece band; no one person can take credit for any given song. We let everyone’s strengths shine, allow them to create for themselves within the framework of the song.” Dyson moved from North Car-

olina to New Orleans during the pandemic, a move that he said was necessary for the future of the band. They’re working on recording a five-song EP in July, and are about halfway through writing another album, although there’s no timeline to finish. “Our songwriting process is long-winded,” he said. “We like to let the songs mature. Sometimes there can be a hundred iterations of a song before we feel like it’s done.” To compare this band to any others would be to do a disservice to them. They are original even though their music calls back to that older time. Ellis Dyson and the Shambles will be performing on the main stage at Hiawatha on Friday night, and again on Saturday at 3 p.m. For more information about the band and its touring scheduling, visit www.shamblesmusic.com or check out their social media. MM About the Author: Brad Gischia is a writer and artist native to Upper Michigan. He has published two children’s books and done illustrations for both comic books and novels.

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drum circle to start the show Friday night and the get-acquainted dances to follow. There are workshops all weekend long. “This is a family event,” Devine said, “there are things for all ages to do, and we encourage families to come out and enjoy the show. The children’s parade is a highlight on Sunday.” Hiawatha is very cognizant of having areas for all ages at the festival. There are areas devoted to kids, tweens and teens, with crafts and music dedicated to each group. The Knockabouts will be playing the teen dance on Saturday night. “We’re really excited to be playing in the dance tent this year,” Truckey said. “It’s an honor, and we’re playing a little different type of set to keep people dancing.” The Knockabouts have noticed an increase in the need for live music since things began opening up again. Yooptone, a music store in Marquette, is putting on a “musical petting zoo” on Sunday. “We’re planning on having around 50 or so instruments there,” said Jeff Krebs, co-owner of Yooptone. The “petting zoo” is geared for kids ten and younger to have the opportunity to get to play instruments, but in Krebs’ experience, older kids and parents have just as much fun. “We’re going to have everything from guitars, banjos and mandolins to percussion instruments,” Krebs said.

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“We just want kids to have free range with the instruments and for them to have fun.” Fun and live music go hand-inhand, and demand for events such as Hiawatha is high. “I think people are just ready to be out now and live music is one of the things they missed most,” Truckey said. That is proven in the pre-sales for the show, which are “off the charts,” according to Devine. “I think that this is going to be a really well-attended year,” she said. “People are ready to have their Hiawatha.” There are a few changes to take note of for the 2022 music festival. Because the Jacobetti Center at NMU is under construction this year, the gate tickets and shuttle will be running from the Kaufman Sports Complex, across County Road 550 from Tourist Park. Stay tuned to www.hiawathamusic. org for information and updates about the show, and get your dancing shoes on, because this year hopes to offer a return to normal for the festival, which means a weekend of traditional music unlike anything else in the area. MM About the Author: Brad Gischia is a writer and artist native to Upper Michigan. He has published two children’s books and done illustrations for comic books, magazines and novels.

There are events and stages for all ages at the Hiawatha Music Festival, including kids dance parties. (Photo courtesy of Nate Bett)

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Growing up in Ishpeming, Jonathan Rundman was immersed in the Finnish culture, as seen in his music. (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Rundman)

U.P. musician recovers Lost Songs

By Taylor Johnson onathan Rundman has always appreciated his Finnish heritage. Growing up he was surrounded by Finnish culture. From taking saunas to participating in events held at Finlandia University, “Finnish culture was a part of my family story,” Rundman said. Rundman’s ancestors emigrated from Finland to Ishpeming in 1903. They arrived primarily to work in the mines, and opened up Rundman’s

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Paint Store. They joined Bethel Lutheran Church, which according to Rundman, was one of the founding churches of the Suomi Synod in 1890. “If you emigrated to Ishpeming from Finland and you spoke Finnish, if you wanted to go to church, that’s where you went,” Rundman said. Growing up, he would also attend Bethel. Rundman was born in Hancock in 1971. He was raised in Ishpeming, and

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once he graduated from Westwood High School, packed up his bags and moved. Today he lives in Minneapolis, but he, his wife and children still visit family in the U.P. Rundman released his first ever book, Lost Songs of the Suomi Synod in September 2021. The book features an arrangement of 28 songs originally written and performed by the Suomi Synod. Many of these songs have not been translated to the English language before or heard

in North America for over a century. “It was about ten years ago that I got really into my Finnish heritage and Finnish music specifically,” Rundman said. “I really started playing Finnish music and learning about the tradition, learning about the different instruments that were used in the folk tradition, and then starting to understand some of the melodic characteristics and chord changes and the musical mathematics that make things sound like Finnish music. So, I got re-

ally interested and excited about playing that kind of music.” Initially, the book project started out as an album a decade ago. “I thought, ‘I’ll make a Suomi Synod album where I’ll record my own arrangements of 10 or 12 of these songs, like a typical album,’” Rundman said. This was right around the time when online music streaming services were really taking off, and the public just wasn’t buying CDs anymore, he said. He realized that once he made a CD, he would have to put it on a streaming service for it to reach a wider audience. “Then the more I learned about the Suomi Synod tradition, I realized that there are so many good songs that have been lost, that nobody has heard in 100 years. There are way more than 10, like I could’ve made four albums’ worth of material!” Rundman laughed. He decided to try something new: he would write a book. A book would allow him to include more songs in it than on just one album. The book would also allow for people to learn the songs and play them themselves. Some of the tunes in the book had already been translated to English in

the 1940s and ’50s. According to Rundman, this was because the Suomi Synod officially adopted the English language in 1945. The rest of the songs were still written in Finnish. He used the Internet and other resources to help him translate them to English. “It was really fun for me to try to understand the spirit of the Finnish original, and then try to write it in English while preserving the rhymes and the meter of the syllables,” he said. He found that there are common themes in Finnish songs and poetry— one of the main themes being death. “It’s like a morbid fascination with mortality, the approaching death that everyone faces,” he said. “That is a common theme with a lot of these songs.” While transcribing the songs, he tried to preserve the serious tone in the lyrics. Another common theme is nature, especially darkness and light. This is due to the geological location of Finland, where it is completely dark in the winter, and always light in the summer. Like with anything, writing the book came with unique challenges. Rundman knows how to read music, as he is a musician who has created

Rundman will perform at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 30 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Ishpeming. (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Rundman)

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several albums, but he had never used a computer to notate it before. He had to teach himself how to use the notation software, with tasks such as where to put the eighth notes and treble clef on the staff paper. “Not only did I have to learn how to notate it, but I had to sit there with my guitar and look at this 100-yearold music and figure it out, like, how can I arrange this in a way that modern people who are not professional organists or choir directors could sit down in their living room with their guitar and play it?” he said. He ended up changing some keys to make them more friendly for guitar or piano players. The original music was complex, sometimes having 12 chords with the chords changing every quarter note, so he streamlined it into simpler folk music instead of classical music. Each song in the book features the

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song’s history—the lyric writer, the composer of the melody, the first time it was published and how he discovered the tune/commentary. Each song also includes a discussion prompt pertaining to the song’s subject matter. Then, it goes into how to play the song. The book’s cover design is purposely simplistic. “I wanted it to either look like Lake Superior or the Baltic Sea,” Rundman said. “I wanted the reader to not be sure if this was an image from Finland, or if this was an image from the Keweenaw Peninsula.” When the book came out, he released “Lost Songs of the Suomi Synod EP Volume 1: Assembly.” The EP contains five songs and can be listened to on Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube. He is currently in the studio finishing the second batch of five songs, hoping to release Volume 2 later this summer.

Jonathan Rundman will perform at the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock on July 29. (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Rundman)

The accompanying EP to Jonathan Rundman’s book can be heard on Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube. (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Rundman)

Over the course of the next couple of years, he hopes to release six EPs that will cover all songs in the book. “It’s motivating for me because I know that most of this music has never been recorded in a studio,” he said. “Back when the Suomi Synod Finns in the U.P. were singing this, they were just singing it off of sheet music, or out of a hymnal or out of a newsletter book.” No one was recording them—it was music only experienced in real time. “It’s exciting for me to make audio recordings that will last forever because I get to be the first person in history to record these songs,” he said. “I feel like I’m preserving really valuable material.” This summer will be a busy one for Rundman. He’ll be taking a research tour to Sweden and Finland courtesy of a grant from Finlandia Foundation National, where he will be playing music and holding lectures. He and his family will also visit the homes and properties of the music’s composers. In addition, they’ll be visiting cemeteries to view the graves of lyric

writers and composers. He’s hoping to shoot music videos of him and his children playing the songs at the properties. Rundman and his wife Dawn have visited Finland in the past, but this will be his children’s first time. He plans to document their tour on social media. Rundman also will be performing at the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock on July 29, and at Bethel Lutheran Church in Ishpeming on July 30. Rundman’s book and albums can be purchased at the Finlandia University bookstore in Hancock, and online at www.jonathanrundman.com. He can be followed on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. MM About the author: Taylor Johnson is a Marquette native who graduated from Northern Michigan University in 2017. She thoroughly enjoys writing and has worked as a journalist for a newspaper. She loves the outdoors, pizza and a nice cup of tea.

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The Blue Notes are regrouping as their membership ages and overcomes obstacles such as performing during a pandemic. This doesn’t change their rich history. (Photos courtesy of Ishpeming Blue Notes)

More than a marching band

By Erin Elliott Bryan f you have ever spent time celebrating the Fourth of July in Ishpeming or Marquette, you most likely have seen and heard the Blue Notes, Marquette County’s only drum and bugle corps. For more than 60 years, the group has been entertaining crowds throughout the Upper Peninsula and beyond with their patriotic music, precision marching and iconic red, white and blue uniforms. Founded in Ishpeming in 1957, the Blue Notes are a source of community pride. Over the Fourth of July holiday, the group usually performs a concert downtown—near the Old Ish statue— on the evening of July 3 and is always the much-anticipated final unit of the

parade on July 4. “People come home to Ishpeming just to see us,” said Pat DeWitt, vice president of the Blue Notes. “It makes their summer seeing us come down the street.” But due to ongoing COVID concerns and other health issues among some of the senior members, the Blue Notes are currently considered inactive. While their absence is noted during the summer, it speaks to the high standards the group strives to maintain. “If we can’t be who we are and be at our level, we won’t play,” DeWitt said. The Blue Notes’ momentary absence doesn’t diminish the legacy it has achieved over these many years. The Blue Notes Drum and Bugle Corps, like many similar groups across the country, finds its roots in early American military signaling units that were in existence before the Civil War, which, in turn are descended from ancient drum and fife corps. With the advent of radio, bugle signaling units became obsolete. The surplus equipment was sold to veteran organizations, such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and American Legion, two major organizers for classic drum corps. These

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organizations formed drum and bugle corps of civilians and veterans, which perform in community events, such as parades and festivals, and compete on a variety of levels. It was Halloween night in 1957 when lifelong friends Joe Mayrand and Jim Medlyn, both veterans of the Korean War, had an idea. “Hey, let’s start a drum corps,” they said, according to Joe’s son, Dave Mayrand. Both Joe and Jim have since passed. The friends had been members of the Ishpeming and Negaunee city bands, as well as the Ishpeming High School band. They were musically inclined and liked marching. And it was a popular activity at the time. “That’s what kids did during summer at that time,” Mayrand said, noting that there were some 500 corps across the United States and at least 10 in the U.P. The Blue Notes began recruiting boys into one of two groups: a “feeder corps” for ages eight to 12, and the junior corps for ages 12 to 21. The all-girl color guard was added in 1959 under the direction of Marv Blight, and girls were accepted into the horn line for the first time in 1960. The junior corps performed at events and competed throughout the Midwest in the 1960s and ’70s. The group secured sponsorship from American Legion Post #58 and did extensive fundraising around the community to purchase instruments, flags and uniforms. Members were

also asked to pay $15 in yearly dues. Like other traditional groups around the country, the Blue Notes includes an honor guard, a color guard, the horn line and the drum line. The horn line features bell-front brass horns (soprano, mellophone, baritone and contrabass) while the drum line consists of snare, tenor (quad) and bass drums. At its peak, the Blue Notes fielded a total group of 65 to 75 kids. For Mayrand, he was literally born into the Blue Notes. He joined the feeder corps in 1969 and marched with the junior corps from 1973-1976, playing soprano for two years and mellophone for two years. His sister Lori was a member of the color guard. “My dad would be most proud of the success and how he helped young kids—some kids had nothing and it kept them out of trouble,” he said. “It was all walks of life. Anybody could do it if they put in the effort.”

Ishpeming Blue Notes Drum and Bugle Corps has been marching, performing and competing since 1957. They get the warmest welcome from their hometown crowd. (Photos courtesy of Ishpeming Blue Notes)

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The Ishpeming Blue Notes won the American Legion State Championship in 1965. (Photo courtesy of Ishpeming Blue Notes)

Mayrand said the summer competition season was a “ton of fun.” In the 1960s and early 1970s, the Blue Notes junior corps traveled to competitions every weekend from Memorial Day through Labor Day. They always traveled to competitions throughout Michigan and Wisconsin, but also made appearances in Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. They could often be found competing at large competitions in cities where VFW and American Legion conventions were held, such as Detroit, Cleveland and Minneapolis. The corps relied on parent volunteers to drive buses and equipment trucks, as well as chaperone the large group of kids. DeWitt joined the Blue Notes in the fall of 1966 and began performing in the summer of 1967. He spent two years in the feeder corps, first as a soprano and then as the drum ma-

jor, until he transitioned to the junior corps, where he spent four years as a soprano. His two sisters and his future wife were also members. Another notable member of the Blue Notes at that time was drummer Dorothea Jose Taylor. On a March 2022 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, actor Jamie Lee Curtis mentioned that Taylor was giving her drum lessons. A few days later, Taylor appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as “Nana Dorothea” and competed in a drum-off with Questlove. DeWitt remembers a lot of outside practice beginning in May to prepare for the competition season. “I ruined a couple pairs of shoes, wore the soles right off,” he said. “But I loved it. I loved the people, I loved the music, I loved performing. It was the most consistent thing in my life. It’s very uplifting.” DeWitt also recalled receiving

The Blue Notes have been a mainstay of the Ishpeming Fourth of July celebrations for years, but their history involves loads of competitions— more than just parades and festivals. (Photo by Erin Elliott Bryan)

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some “stern motivation from time to time,” but he said it pushed the group to compete at a high level. In competition, the Blue Notes were judged on a variety of criteria, such as “M&Ms” (marching and maneuvering), “GE” (general effect) and on the performance of the bugles and drums, including playing ability and the level of difficulty of the music. Their hard work paid off. From 1963 to 1976, the Blue Notes earned numerous titles, including nine state championships. “That was a really big deal for the kids in the city,” Mayrand said. “When the buses would come back over the Mackinac Bridge, there would be a caravan of cars waiting to escort us back to Ishpeming.” Despite their incredible success, membership in the Blue Notes began to dwindle in the mid-1970s. The group competed for the last time in 1976, when the junior corps won their last state championship. Times were changing and kids were finding new activities to do, and the Blue Notes officially disbanded in 1977. But seven years later, in 1984, some alumni members put together a group to march in Ishpeming’s Fourth of July parade to commemorate the high school’s 100-year reunion. “These were people who still wanted the Blue Notes to survive,”

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Mayrand said. “They liked marching and liked playing with friends in Ishpeming.” The community was thrilled to see the group’s return. “The local parade-goers were overjoyed with the reappearance of the Blue Notes; their clapping and cheering was continuous throughout the entire parade route,” reads an article posted on the City of Ishpeming’s website written to commemorate the group’s 60th anniversary in 2017. “Having received such a tremendous reception, the alumni group continued their participation in local parades and soon were traveling throughout the Upper Peninsula, delighting audiences with the big, bold sound of drum and bugle corps music.” DeWitt rejoined the group at the end of 1984 and has been a member ever since. Over the years, the

The history of the Blue Notes has been preserved over the years, including these photos from 1973. (Photos courtesy of Ishpeming Blue Notes)

Competition was fierce to get into the feeder corps for the Ishpeming Blue Notes; musicians could graduate to the junior corp with enough perseverance. (Photo courtesy of Ishpeming Blue Notes)

group has made notable appearances throughout the U.P., including a multi-year engagement on Mackinac Island. “That was supposed to be one show, but we did it for 9 or 11 years in a row,” DeWitt recalled. “Audiences want to hear this music.” DeWitt himself loves it so much that he continues to perform even though the Blue Notes are on hiatus, occasionally playing with Mad Plaid Brass, a sit-down performance bugle corps affiliated with the Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps of Racine, Wisconsin. Some members of that group remember competing against the Blue Notes more than 45 years ago, according to DeWitt. He is also working with others on a plan to organize Yooper Corps, a combined group of musicians who played in any of the nine to ten drum and bugle corps throughout the Upper Peninsula in the 1950s and 1960s. There are preliminary plans to stage a concert in Ontonagon over Labor Day weekend. “We’re just average people, but when you put us together, there’s a level of music and performance that is extraordinary,” DeWitt said. For Mayrand, who has lived in California since the mid-1980s, drum and bugle corps are still relevant in his life today. Each August, he meets his sister Lori Johnson of Boston, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to attend the Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championships. “It’s in our blood,” Mayrand said. “Drum corps has changed, but we go and spend three days in the stadium,

all day. We still enjoy it very much.” Though the Blue Notes no longer compete, DeWitt hopes to see the group back again soon, bigger and better than ever. “We have a phenomenal group of musical kids in Ishpeming, Negaunee, Marquette and Westwood,” DeWitt said. “I’m praying that we can keep it going with a younger group, evolve the music, so our older group can sit and watch and enjoy.” For information about the Blue Notes, like the group on Facebook (“Ishpeming Blue Notes Drum and Bugle Corps”) or contact DeWitt at (906)361-7628. MM About the author: Erin Elliott Bryan grew up in Ishpeming, and was the MM calendar editor from 2001 to 2005. She is now a freelance writer.

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Connie in Charge

By Larry Chabot ho’s Munising’s most famous person? Candidates include the internationally known painter George Roy Hill, Catholic Bishop Steven Raica, football star Brock Strom and Connie Binsfield. Take your pick, but a popular choice would be Connie Binsfield, who served as Michigan’s lieutenant governor for eight years, only a heartbeat away from the top job. She was also a wife, mother, grandmother, elected to both houses of the legislature and a long-time force for good in our state. She certainly qualifies as a U.P. memorable woman. It all started in Munising where she was born in 1924 to Elsie Berube, a schoolteacher who had lost her husband in an automobile accident. Elsie was raising two children, with one (Connie) on the way. A blend of relatives, neighbors and friends stepped up to help the family in their time of need. During the Depression, Connie’s widowed mother with three children was fortunate and grateful for her teaching job. Under her mother’s influence, Connie thrived in school, getting high grades and serving as student council president. As she matured, Connie was influenced by a growing appreciation of “community” as a support system on which to build a life, family and career. Her brothers Bob and Bill fought overseas during World War II, but never forgot their little sister: they sent their military pay home so Connie could afford a college education. She chose Siena Heights, a private Catholic College in downstate Adrian, about as far as you could get from Munising and still be in Michigan. It was a long train ride to the Straits of Mackinac and its ferries, and more railroading to the farthest reaches of the Lower Peninsula near the Ohio border, more than 400 miles from Munising. A Soldier on Leave

henever she could, she made the long trip home for holidays. On one such visit, she met a soldier home on leave: John Binsfield, the brother of some school friends. He and Connie fell in love and married after his discharge from the service. They settled in a Detroit suburb and started a

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family, which eventually consisted of five children. Connie did her share of community service, with her church, as a scout leader (both boys and girls), in a parent-teacher group and a teacher of history and social studies in the local school system. After the family moved to Glen Lake on Lake Michigan not far from Traverse City, her political career began to take root, which led to serving three terms on the county commission, being elected to four terms in the Michigan House of Representatives, advancing to two terms in the state senate, before being tapped as a running mate to Republican gubernatorial candidate John Engler in the 1990 election. Engler edged incumbent governor James Blanchard by a razor-thin margin, which made Connie Binsfield lieutenant governor. She became the only woman in Michigan history to hold leadership posts in both the House and Senate and as the state’s No. 2 executive, where she served

eight years with Engler. Connie had come a long way from that first job as a county commissioner. Never one to shy from a challenge, Connie attacked a series of problems which needed solutions. She headed the Binsfield Children’s Commission, which sought to reform the adoption and child welfare system in Michigan. Her group pushed for 197 reforms to improve the system, which resulted in her writing and introducing 20 bills to carry out the reforms. In an earlier crusade, she was involved in planning the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, a 71,000-acre area with dunes reaching as high as 450 feet. Wherever she went in doing good for her state and district, she was known for listening closely to her constituents and helping them to find solutions to their problems. Rita Hale, chairwoman of the Alger County Republican Party, said that the people of the U.P. could be proud of Connie Binsfield and all she has done

on their behalf. “I think sometimes Lansing leaves us out of things,” she said. “She was actually from the Upper Peninsula and made this major contribution, so people were aware that the Upper Peninsula was really here and we’re really people. Sometimes they forget about us. She made sure that they didn’t.” In their later years, the Binsfields owned a second home in Munising, which Connie confessed she loved like nowhere else. Appropriately, they named their place “Home Again.” Connie and her husband stayed active in retirement by hosting events at her home, despite having health problems. She received honorary doctorates from the University of Notre Dame, Northern Michigan University, Grand Valley State University and other institutions. She was also named Michigan’s Mother of the Year in 1977 and was enshrined in the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame in 1998. On January 12, 2014, she passed away in Glen Lake, and the tributes were many. Her running mate, former Governor John Engler, said, “Connie lived an unbelievably full life and was successful at everything she did. She was a thoughtful, kind, generous person who just happened to make a lot

of January 2022, there are 19 women in the United States serving in this capacity. A total of 109 women in 39 states have held a lieutenant governor’s chair. Connie Binsfield was an early and distinguished member of this illustrious group. MM

of history in a rather remarkable career.” A memorial resolution from the Michigan State Senate stated, “Connie Binsfield’s achievements are a reflection of her deep dedication to the state of Michigan and its people and her generous spirit. Her legacy will live on long after we have stopped mourning her passing.” The first woman lieutenant governor in the country was a Michigander, Matilda Dodge Wilson, in 1940. As

Author’s Note: Although the author never met or saw Engler or Binsfield, he remembers seeing Governor Kim Sigler making a political speech from the catcher’s box at an Ontonagon baseball field in his re-election campaign against G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams, who won the election. Williams earned the nickname because his mother’s family founded the Mennen line of personal care products, which included shaving cream. About the Author: Larry Chabot, an Ontonagon native, worked his way through Georgetown University and was then employed at White Pine Copper Company for 32 years, before moving to Marquette with his wife, Betty. He is a freelance writer who has written for several publications, including more than 170 articles for Marquette Monthly. Illustrations by Mike McKinney

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Ice cream cake: the commingling of fire and ice

By Katherine Larson e were sitting around peacefully after dinner, talking about foods that are special to July. Laura—whose birthday is in July—piped right up: “Ice cream cake!” This was a more complicated answer than it seemed. The civilized world, always ready to offer a plethora of choice, has developed a whole range of things that might properly be called “ice cream cake.” First are what many ice cream shops provide: desserts that come in the shape of a cake and are often decorated like a cake, but which are in fact made entirely of ice cream. Several types of ice cream, often layered together in cake-like fashion and then slathered with whipped cream, but still just ice cream. Can this credibly be called an “ice cream cake”? Far be it from me to be persnickety, but I feel dubious. “Cakeshaped ice cream,” certainly, but not “ice cream cake.” To get a dessert that mingles both ice cream and cake—I mean, mingles them in the preparation, not by the simple expedient of plopping a scoop of the one on top of a slice of the other—we need to go beyond the single-track approach of ice cream shops. The most straightforward-appearing version would be to bake layers of cake, let them cool, spread them with some sort of jam or fruit syrup, spread softened ice cream over that, and then stack everything.

This may be straightforward, but for the amateur it invites trouble. Inevitably you’ll have to squash things together; inevitably there will be spillage. Inevitably you’ll need to wrap the whole thing up tightly and put it into the freezer to solidify. And then you’ll have to take it out of the freezer at the magic moment that will allow the concoction time to soften enough to be sliced without giving it so much time as to collapse. Some tense moments will occur along the way, as you can see. But if you and your nerves survive them, the result can be delicious. And swathing the whole thing in a pretty layer of whipped cream (most icings don’t adhere to ice cream) will disguise a fair number of flaws short of total collapse. So, if this is your preference, go with it—and good luck! How about if that endeavor seems a little fraught? Is there an easier approach? The British are big fans of what they call arctic rolls, a fine alternative. For these, you make a large thin sponge cake, the sort used to create a jelly roll. Instead of custard or jelly, however, your filling will be slightly softened ice cream. As with the stacked ice cream cake described above, it can be a bit tricky to get the ice cream to the desired degree of softness—soft enough to spread over the sponge cake, not so soft as to go gushing out the sides when you roll up the sponge. As with the stacked ice cream cake described above, too, it can be helpful to inter-

The smaller Baked Alaska was less successful than the larger one; the smaller ended up rather goopy inside. (Photo courtesy of Betsy Rutz)

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Eero Rutz packs ice cream into a bowl, getting it ready to re-freeze in a harder pack. (Photo courtesy of Betsy Rutz)

pose a thin layer of jam between ice cream and cake to prevent sogginess. As with the stacked ice cream cake described above, it is essential to wrap things up tightly, once assembled, and put the resulting sausage-shaped object into the freezer to harden. But the whole process is somewhat more forgiving, and the results can be truly spectacular, as you slice through the roll and enjoy pinwheels of deliciousness. This, in fact, is what my husband remembers as the ice cream cake of his childhood. A winning contestant from Season Four of The Great British Baking Show, Frances, accomplished this feat using a thin meringue instead of a sponge cake. She won that cooking contest and I couldn’t if I tried, so I should defer to Frances. Still, I wonder: wouldn’t the meringue crack? And if not, wouldn’t it be underdone and gummy? (In fact, her online recipe calls the meringue “squidgy.”) No, let me eat cake.

Even easier than making one of these rolls, it seems to me, is the Tuscan version, called zuccotto. The Italian word relates to the term for a Catholic cardinal’s skullcap, which in turn is called that because of its resemblance to half a pumpkin. (Indeed, in the autumn you can make and decorate a zuccotto with a pumpkin theme. But not in July.) For a zuccotto, there is no need to squash or roll half-thawed ice cream into contorted shapes. Instead, either make a round sponge cake or buy some good-quality ladyfingers. Take a 2.5-quart bowl, preferably metal and preferably more rounded than flat, and line it with plenty of wrap, enough to fold over the top when the bowl is filled. If using cake, cut it in half horizontally, then push the rounded upper half, top side down, into the bowl. Cut a few thin strips from the lower half and place them around the top of the cake to elevate the sides a bit. If

using ladyfingers, line the bowl with them in similar fashion, being sure to squish them close together to make a relatively smooth surface. Now sprinkle about a tablespoon of some sort of delicious liquid all over the cake. Tuscans would use Alchermes, a liqueur described as “rich in spicy aromas with hints of citrus.” Depending on your choice of ice cream, you might prefer Grand Marnier or Kahlua or chocolate milk. Juice? Cold coffee? Some people smear a thin layer of jam or even Nutella over the cake, too. Then it’s time to pack in slightly softened ice cream, pushing down firmly to avoid air bubbles. Top the whole thing off with a flat layer of more ladyfingers or the rest of the sponge cake, cut to fit. Appearance doesn’t matter here, because this will be the bottom of the zuccotto. Sprinkle another tablespoon of your chosen delicious liquid over that layer, and then fold the wrap tightly over and put the whole shebang into the freezer to set. Overnight is good. The next day, peel the wrap off the top of the concoction; set a flat serving plate centered on the bowl; flip the whole thing, holding it together tightly while it turns; then lift off the bowl and the rest of the wrap. Voilà! Or, since this is Italian, ecco! Your zuccotto is ready to be swathed in whipped cream and decorated—because this is

July, maybe blueberries and raspberries?—and then enjoyed. Yum! But all these approaches beg the ultimate question: can one possibly have a cake, a baked cake, with ice cream incorporated into it? Won’t the ice cream melt? For an answer to this question, I turned to eleven-year-old Eero Rutz, who with the assistance of Scientific American embarked on an adventure into Baked Alaska. Baked Alaska has several centuries of history behind it: it is said that Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved cook, James Hemings, served Jefferson’s guests with what was described, using archaic spelling, as “balls of the frozen material inclosed (sic) in covers of warm pastry, exhibiting a curious contrast, as if the ice had just been taken from the oven.” I suspect, though, that dinner guests had to eat their dessert pretty briskly to keep their ice cream—added after the pastry was still hot from the oven—from melting. For ice cream that actually makes it through a hot oven intact, insulation is needed. That is the physics behind Baked Alaska. Eero summed up the results: “Can you bake ice cream? Yes! Will it always work? No.” He started by making sponge cake, one of the airiest of baked goods, and packing ice cream firmly into a couple of lined bowls (one bigger, one small-

Eero Rutz pipes meringue on his creation. (Photo courtesy of Betsy Rutz)

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er) to be frozen for 24 hours. The next day Eero whipped egg whites and sugar into a fluffy meringue. The assembly required decanting a dome of ice cream over a layer of sponge cake and covering the whole thing with a thick layer of meringue. This was the key step: the fluffy meringue was supposed to insulate the ice cream well enough to keep it from melting in the oven. Scientific American prescribed eight minutes in a 400-degree oven. Eero found that this worked better for his larger Baked Alaska than for the smaller one: “The small one failed because there was less ice cream on that one so less keeping it cold in the frozen mound. The larger cake did better because it was a larger ice cream mass.” His mother Betsy added, “We had a lot of meringue around the ice cream, but possibly still not enough.” And his father Daniel speculated that ice cream with more stabilizers might have stayed frozen better than the all-natural ice cream the Rutzes used. From online research, Eero was taken by the idea of a crisper meringue. After the prescribed period in the oven, therefore, he enlisted his father’s help and “we lit it on fire! And this was good because it made it perfectly crisp.” Using a cooking torch would not have cooked the meringue adequate-

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ly—the oven was necessary for that— but the flambéing process added an extra fillip that made the dessert even more special. Special enough, indeed, to serve as Daniel’s birthday party treat. Those who want to duplicate Eero’s adventure can find instructions at www.scientificamerican.com/article/ can-you-bake-your-ice-cream/ This project was derived from experiments into conduction of heat made by American-born British physicist Benjamin Thompson Rumford in 1804. Rumford clearly enjoyed connecting physics to cooking; his inventions include a double boiler, a coffee percolator and a kitchen range. Beyond the basic physics, moreover, those who want to make an even fancier dessert can let their imaginations soar. Multiple kinds of ice cream packed in layers into that bowl. Nuts or chocolate chips folded in. A layer of jam. Flavorings in the sponge cake. Use a piping bag to add convoluted swirls and peaks to the meringue layer. And so on. But it all comes down to excellent insulation and glorious flavors. I wonder what Laura’s going to get for her birthday. MM About the Author: Katherine Larson is a writer, teacher and former lawyer with a special passion for food justice.

Eero’s dad, Daniel Rutz of Everyday Wines/Zephyr, flambés a Baked Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Betsy Rutz)

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sporting life

By Larry Chabot search for U.P. natives who played baseball at the highest level—the major leagues— surprisingly turned up more than a dozen men and women, including two from the tiny Ontonagon County town of Trout Creek. Eight of the players are enshrined in the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame (UPHOF). Here are the Fabulous 16, in the order of their major league debuts:

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Yoopers hit the big time

William “Dolly” Gray, born in either Ishpeming or Houghton (sources don’t agree), was the earliest Yooper in the big time, debuting in 1909 at age 30 with the Washington Senators. He lasted three years with them and threw the very first pitch in the new Griffith Stadium. With Los Angeles in the high-minor Pacific Coast League, he won an incredible 77 games in three years before moving east after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. He kept winning, 135 victories in five years, but also set records with eight walks in one inning and the most wild pitches. For all these reasons, he is in the Pacific Coast and the UPHOF.

Clarence E. Lehr, born in Escanaba in 1886, played one season for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1911, in both the infield and outfield. Nicknamed “King,” he later served as

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board chairman of the Detroit Racing Association until his death in his office in 1948. Lehr is a member of the UPHOF.

John S. Perrin, also from Escanaba, played outfield for the Boston Red Sox in 1921, then starred in mi-

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nor leagues where his batting average was over .300. Perrin, however, was a double-threat, as a college baseball and football athlete at the University of Michigan. Returning to the school after Army service in World War I, he quarter-

backed the Wolverines to an undefeated 1918 national championship (opponents included Notre Dame’s George Gipp of Laurium). Busy with pro baseball in the summers, he played quarterback, fullback and placekicker for Hartford in the National Football League in the fall.

Lester Sweetland, a St. Ignace lad, pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs from 1927-1931, with a record of 33-58 as a starter and reliever. His earned-run average was the highest in the modern era. Sweetland’s promotion to the majors followed outstanding results in the minors, but he was demoted after five years and never again pitched in the majors.

William Max Burich of Calumet was a back-up shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1942 and 1946, with over three years of World War II Army service in between. He had a healthy .284 batting average with the Phillies, but was sent to the minors, where he eventually managed in the Carolina league.

Rosemary Stevenson of Stalwart in Chippewa County started playing softball at age 11. As a 17-yearold at Pickford High, she learned of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. This talented teen joined the Grand

Rapids Chicks right after high school graduation, playing in 54 games until the league folded. A Michigan Bell employee for more than 50 years, Stevenson played and coached softball, coached boys’ Little League teams and authored her autobiography, “Don’t Die on Third.” Stevenson is a member of the UPHOF.

Joan LeQuia Barker was a Negaunee native who also played for the Grand Rapids Chicks as a pitcher and infielder. She later starred in fast-pitch softball (which she had played since age 14) in Marquette where her team won two state titles and she had a .390 career batting average. A 36-year veteran of AT&T, Barker loved attending team reunions and autograph-signing sessions. She is a member of the UPHOF.

Karen Violetta Kunkel of Negaunee was a superb athlete in many sports: softball, baseball, skiing and lacrosse, and lead her softball

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team to two state titles. She not only played for the Grand Rapids Chicks, but was one of the league’s co-founders. Kunkel was technical adviser for the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own” starring Tom Hanks. Kunkel joined the physical education faculty at Northern Michigan University where she organized and directed the new U.S. Olympic Training Center, supervising thousands of athletes. She also taught a truck-driving class and was an over-the-road driver with her husband Jack. Kunkel is justly enshrined in the college and U.P. sports halls of fame as well as in Who’s Who of American Women.

Elizabeth “Betty” Emry from Manistique played for the 1946 champion Racine Belles in the women’s professional league as an infielder, but switched to pitching because of her strong arm. She posted a 7-4 win-loss record, despite playing with a bad knee. Prior to reaching the majors, Emry was on the Keller Girls softball team in Detroit.

George Brunet, a Houghton native, was one-of-a-kind athlete and personality. He pitched for nine different major league teams from 1956 to 1971 and then toiled in Mexican baseball until he was 54, lasting an incredible 33 consecutive seasons, despite heart problems and

pneumonia. He holds the record for having the most uniform numbers (15) and getting the most minor league strikeouts. George threw two no-hitters 21 years apart. He’s in the Mexican League and U.P. halls of fame. A highlight of his remarkable career came in his second major league game with Kansas City against the Boston Red Sox, when he came in to face the fabulous Ted Williams with the bases loaded. He got Williams to hit into a double play.

Dan Dobbek of Ontonagon was a three-sport athlete in baseball, football and basketball, and was voted his conference’s most valuable player in basketball. After two years on the Western Michigan University baseball and basketball teams, he signed with the Washington Senators who sent him to their Hobbs NM affiliate in 1956. There he sparkled with a .340 average and 23 home runs. An Army draft took him away for two years, but he worked his way up to the parent club. He played for Washington, went to Minnesota when the Senators moved there and had a stint with Cincinnati, followed by stops in places like the Cuban Winter League. An unforgettable feat in his career was hitting a pair of homers against the New York Yankees, one a grand slam.

He is a member of the UPHOF.

Jim Manning of Trout Creek was the youngest starting pitcher ever for the Minnesota Twins, against Cleveland on April 28, 1962 at age 18. He made several more appearances before assignment to the minor leagues, mostly in Charlotte, NC. Manning was one of the U.P.’s greatest basketball players, having scored 2,147 points in four years, and 63 in one game. His father Ben Manning, despite losing a leg in World War II, was a pitcher, batter and referee for years after the war. Jim isn’t in the UPHOF, but his dad is.

Gordon Lund came out of Iron Mountain to play infield for the Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners in 1968-1969, batting a career .261. An excellent fielder, Lund spent nine years in the minors where he led one league in double plays and fielding. From 1974 to 1982, he managed in the Chicago White Sox system, guiding the Appleton Foxes to the Midwest League title. His win-loss record in the minors was 608-615.

Dick Pole of Trout Creek was a hot prospect for the Boston Red Sox after pitching a no-hitter in the minors. He debuted against Baltimore on August 3, 1973 and spent the next four years alternating between start-

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ing and relieving. In 1975, Pole was hit in the face by a line drive, which broke his jaw and damaged his vision. He pitched in the 1975 World Series vs. Cincinnati, but was traded to the Seattle Mariners in 1979. Pole’s major league record was 2537. He continued to play in a Mexican league, then got into coaching with the Chicago Cubs and other teams until retiring in 2009. His nephew Hank Pole played minor league ball in the Gulf Coast League.

Kevin Tapani quarterbacked Escanaba to the 1981 Michigan Class A state football title before enrolling at Central Michigan, where he was a star pitcher from 1983 to 1986, winning two conference titles and hurling a no-hitter. After great minor league numbers, he played major league ball for New York, Minnesota, Los Angeles and both Chicago teams from 1989 to 2001. His win-loss record was 143125, with a 19-9 record as a Chicago Cub during his best season. He finished high in the rookie-of-the year and other post-season list honors. An unforgettable day in 1998 saw him beat the Atlanta Braves with strong pitching and a grand slam home run. Tapani is in the Central Michigan and U.P. halls of fame.

Mike Bordick, a Marquette native, debuted with the Oakland Athletics in 1990, then was traded to Baltimore to play shortstop while Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr., moved to third base.

Bordick set team records for most consecutive error-free games at 110, played in the 2000 All-Star game, and appeared in the 2000 World Series. Bordick then served as a Baltimore broadcaster for ten years. An honorary Yooper appearing in Iron Mountain in 1926 was the Sultan of Swat himself, Babe Ruth, playing a local team in front of more than 3,000 fans. The game often paused so Babe could interact with the crowd. The New York Yankee superstar spent 15 minutes hitting ball after ball over the fences, to the delight of everyone there. MM Editor’s Note: While living in Washington, DC, Larry would walk across town to Griffith Stadium to see the Senators play, paying 50 cents for a bleacher seat and moving to a box seat after the fifth inning, as many “bleacher bums” did. He saw many of the greats, like Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson and Ty Cobb (who was introduced from his seat). He also watched his high school classmate, Dan Dobbek, playing for the home team. About the Author: Larry Chabot, an Ontonagon native, worked his way through Georgetown University and was then employed at White Pine Copper Company for 32 years, before moving to Marquette with his wife, Betty. He is a freelance writer who has written for several publications, including more than 170 articles for Marquette Monthly.

While John Hiller is not a U.P. Native, the former Detroit Tiger lives in Iron Mountain and has been a U.P. resident for 40 years. He pitched for the Tigers for 16 seasons—1965-1980. The Canadian set a major league record in 1968 by starting a game with six consecutive strikeouts. He is shown above after throwing the first pitch at the 50th annual Felch Labor Day Tournament. (Photo courtesy of James Larsen II)

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The rise and fall of Bishop Baraga High School

When they are gone, they are gone forever

By Sonny Longtine harred steel beams, twisted steel girders and blackened sandstone lay smoldering in the wet, soot-covered snow. An unseasonable cold day in May 1974 saw the demise of a grand old sandstone structure—which was in the process of being torn apart by a wrecking ball. The intense fire leveled what had remained of the stately, 64-year-old building that had housed Marquette’s Bishop Baraga High School. Marquette fire chief Jack Meyers said arson was probably the cause of the fire. “The only way a fire of this intensity as this one which gutted the building could occur would be through the use of petroleum,” he said. Nothing ever came of Meyers’ speculation. The last class graduated in June 1969. During its dignified tenure, the religious high school had prepared 2,508 students for the secular world. The Catholic Diocese, facing increasing school costs and a decline in the religious teaching staff, felt they had no option but to close the school. The Marquette County Historical Society had viewed the brawny but elegant sandstone structure as worthy of preservation and expressed their dismay over its razing. The society’s executive secretary, Ester Bystrom, lamented in a letter made public. “Very soon our public buildings will all resemble boxes of glass and stone with absolutely no character of vestige of the past,” she wrote. Because of Bystrom’s effort, some of the sandstone was preserved and used for the facade of the new city hall—built on the same site. John Lautner, a famed Marquette architect, did not have kind words to say about the new city hall. “They should refer to it as a facility, not a building,” Lautner said. In the early 1900s, the Catholic Diocese recognized the need for a Catholic School in Marquette. The St. Peter pastor, Father Joseph Printen, recognized this need and purchased the property across the street from St. Peter Cathedral. Mrs. Olive Harlow, a nearby neighbor who sold the property to the diocese for $5,400, considered it an ideal location. Construction began on Baraga School in 1903 and was completed

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Marquette’s Bishop Baraga High School was built in 1906 and demolished in 1974. (Photo courtesy of Marquette Regional History Center)

in 1906. The resourceful pastor purchased the old Grace Blast Furnace near the harbor (now Mattson Park) for $700. The sandstone from the dismantled furnace provided the exterior of the new school. Next, he purchased the old courthouse (a new one was under construction) for its lumber to be used for interior roughing. Father Printen was frugal and he knew how to get the job done at minimal cost. He predicted in a parish publication: “Its architectural beauty will proclaim to future generations the love, zeal and self-sacrifice of the Catholic of today.” The new Romanesque Revival School was sheathed with rock-faced brownstone that was quarried in South Marquette. It had a broad central entrance on south Fourth Street that had an impressive voussoir—wedgeshaped masonry that forms an arch. A masonry belt course wrapped around the building between the first and second floors and the classic rounded, arched windows on the third floor were in keeping with Romanesque Revival architecture. The central tower cornice and roof eave had dentils (a series of small square toothlike blocks). The tower was crowned with parapet (a low protective wall or barrier at the edge of a roof) that is more common to Gothic Revival structures

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than Romanesque Revival. Parapets are cosmetic, even though they give a defensive military appearance. The school had a cracker-box gym located in the basement. Because of the low ceiling and lack of space for spectators, the basketball team played their home games in Graveraet High School’s gymnasium. The team had various names including the Baraga Royals and the Baraga Blue Jacks. No one knows for sure what a Blue Jack was, but speculators said the expression referred to the age-old maxim, “jack-of-all-trades,” essentially meaning, “adept at many things,” which would be fitting for team that saw themselves as multi-talented. Ron Gingras, a Marquette realtor and 1959 graduate of Baraga High School, had pleasant memories of the school where he was a janitorial aid for four years. “Every morning at 5 a.m. I stoked the coal-fired steam boiler,” Gingras said. “I also cleaned the boiler and removed the cinders.” After he finished, he shoveled the school entryways. Despite the hard work Gingras added, “I didn’t mind doing it.” Gingras also recalled Father Carmody, the school superintendent, gentle admonishments regarding dating. “He cautioned us not to get too serious and that we had plenty of time,” Gingras said.

If he noted that a couple was spending too much time together, he often pulled them aside with “fatherly” counsel. Georgia Carlson (Racine) was a senior and a cheerleader for the basketball team in 1957. “We didn’t like our cheerleading outfits,” Georgia said. “We had ankle-length skirts, which were really dowdy. We saw where the John D. Pierce (a neighboring school) cheerleaders had more up-to-date outfits than ours.” The cheerleader’s mothers heard the girl’s complaints and went to work designing and making new and more stylish outfits. The girls loved the new ensembles. Gone were the ankle-length skirts and in were knee-length skirts. The smartly dressed and proud squad took to cheering with a new vigor at the next game. But there was problem. The nuns were shocked by the new attire. The girls were expelled from school— new outfits and all. The parents of the disgruntled teenagers went to school to plead the girls’ case. It fell on deaf ears; the nuns stuck to their guns and would only allow the girls to cheer when wearing the old outfits. Disheartened, but wanting to get back in school, the girls reluctantly agreed to the nun’s wishes. The final score: Sisters of St. Francis, 1; Cheerleaders, 0. MM Author’s Note: Demolishing Baraga High School, a significant historical landmark that served the students for 65 years, says little about the need to preserve significant architectural gems. The sturdy brownstone school could have had a reuse. Marquette’s old sandstone train depot on Main Street is a prime example. It was saved and now serves the community as a medical facility for South Shore Family Practice and Singletrack Health. Old, well-built buildings can be saved if there is a will. About the Author: Sonny Longtine is a Marquette resident who has published eight books about the Upper Peninsula. For more than three decades he taught American history and government in Michigan schools.

fiction

This is the third of a four-part, original story

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written and illustrated by Brad Gischia

Part III: Autumn t was overcast. The road in was afire with reds and oranges of maples and oaks, the bright yellow of poplar trees as they shed their leaves for the coming winter. They were all the brighter for the darkness of the clouds above. Scooter parked near the Wagoneer, noting the long grass that was hugging the tires. Some kind of ground ivy had grown up into the spokes, curving into the wheels, wrapping little filigrees of green around the lug nuts and reaching ever upward. “Mr. Larson?” His voice called back to him from across the lake, a doppelgänger standing at a mirror cabin. It was calm; the no-color sky reflected in Pickett’s Lake made it look like a grey sheet of steel. The pines that grew on the far side sprouted upside down from its surface, growing from the roots into the reverse world. “Mr. Larson?” Still no answer. He knocked on the door. It sounded empty. He sat on the step and looked out at the field and his truck. The lab work on his samples had been so ordinary that it had gotten buried in the stack of more pressing matters that were constantly cluttering his desk. He’d only searched it out last week when he found that he would be within an hour’s drive from Pickett’s Lake, and decided to drop in. Something about seeing the name on the file jiggled in his memory. Something about that and…the drought. It had been an inordinately dry summer. Farmers in the bread belt worried on CNN and NBC about feeding the populace. Scientists were interviewed; politicians debated climate science. Scooter knew they would be fine; droughts like this occurred all of the time, but it was newsworthy, so it got the headlines. The Earth was getting warmer. The data showed that. At the same time, this was a blip. Weather didn’t change that fast, but the idea nibbled at his brain like a fish at a bit of freeze-dried

shrimp. He found it popping into his head at odd times. An odd reflection reminded him of the way the lake looked that first time he drove up, or the smell of last week’s coffee in the Monday morning pot brought the hot cab of the blazer slip-sliding down the road into the forefront of his brain. Coy Larson seemed to know what he was talking about. Thermocline and chemocline were not terms that your random person-on-the-street knew. Perhaps he, and his crazy father before him, were onto something. Maybe the water level did affect the way the lake behaved. Less water meant less density over whatever chemicals might be leaching into it. It made sense. He should take some new samples with the water lower.

And the water was indeed lower. Scooter stepped over to the lake’s edge. He could see the inlet where Green Creek dumped into Pickett’s Lake. It was dry. The long grass that was beneath the Wagoneer was matched in the creek bed. The cattails and other marshy grasses that should cover the banks of such a small lake were not in evidence. There was a line that showed the normal water level, dried silt and algae. It was far up the shore. The mud and silt along the exposed lake bottom were full of nutrients for the small prickly weeds that covered the new shoreline. The water had drawn back to the point where Scooter could see the rock lip of what had been the top of the mine pit. It was as if Coy

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Larson had installed a giant pool over the summer. Flat rocks lined a large still pool, perhaps 100 yards across. Trees fallen and long drowned in Pickett’s Lake lay long and black and dead, half sunk in mucky sand and revealed by the low water. Along the far shore, the rock wall that Scooter had seen earlier in the summer was now a steep bluff, sheer-faced, that ended in the grey surface of the lake. The water-line there was clear as well, darker stone where it had been covered by water, lighter where the sun had bleached it. Scooter pulled a couple of sample vials from his bag and scooped up some of the lake bottom sand. His hand caught on one of the prickly weeds and they snagged at his skin.

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He pulled his hand back, the sting was intense and immediate. It burned. He stopped himself from sucking on the blood that welled there, beading up around five sharp spines that had detached themselves from the plant and embedded themselves in the back of his hand. Carefully, he pulled them, watching as they tugged at his skin, pulling it out as if he were sewing it. He wiped the back of his hand on his pants, leaving red smears on the khaki. He retrieved the vials and scooped up some of the sand, closing them with stoppers and sealing them with tape, labeled and dated. He stepped out into what had once been a lake, and walked closer to the pool that now lay in the center of a much smaller, more condensed Pickett’s Lake. It was strange to walk up to that pool, knowing that it was a pit, probably 100 feet deep, most likely with tunnels branching off like an underground bypass system, full of darkness and water. When this mine had been closed, standard practice was to let it fill with groundwater. The conversation with Coy about the water being a good medium to hold contaminants was only part of it. It also covered up all of the equipment that was left underground, a company write-off to the insurance company, and the water buoyed up the ground around it, making cave-ins less likely. Scooter stepped to the edge, feeling the firmness of the rock ledge beneath the slick muddy silt. The water lapped up over the edge, like a coffee cup that was too full, some of it always slipping out along the edges. It was as if he could feel the depth, like a physical ache, deep inside his gut. Part of him felt like he would just take a step, one long step, off of the ledge and let himself sink down, deep, deeper—ever so much more deeper than he could imagine, into that blackness. To feel the cold all around him. The weight of the water as he sank. Thunder rumbled, a promise of much-needed rain. He lurched backward as if pushed and stood three feet from the edge of the water, looking at the surface, panting. There was a ripple out there, near the center. Surely there must be something living in the water. This lake had been here for many

years now, and Green Creek, though not a river, doubtless let some small species of fish through. He stepped closer again, his curiosity taking the driver’s seat against his better judgment. Looking over the edge, he saw himself, the grey sky above him. It was hard to see anything else. Another ripple off to his left. This time as if something had surfaced for the briefest of moments, just enough to break the surface tension of the water, and then back down. He thought of all the aquatic and semi-aquatic species that could be here. Frogs, small fish, any thousands of insects. There, on the far shore, were the left-standing pungee sticks of beaver sign, probably muskrats as well. He stooped and took a vial of the water. It was cold to the touch, so much colder than it should have been in September, when the sun had been beating on it for months, and he was immediately reminded again how very deep this pool was. Scooter’s reflection, just beginning to resolve itself after he’d touched the surface, went violently wavy again and he saw, just there, beneath the surface, movement. The first rain drops began to hit the surface of the pool. The mud swirling away, phantom-like in the black water. He peered closely, trying to see through the grey cloud reflection. There. Something long and thin was moving through the water, like a snake. It was unclear, but just below the surface so he could see something. It swam away from him, the ripples clearly marking its path. Scooter began to move around the pool, watching his footing on the slime-slick rocks and trying to keep his eye on where the thing was going. It broke the surface. A second’s worth of glistening grey slid through the air, a moment of otherworldly slickness, a sixtieth of a minute and Scooter knew that it was like nothing he’d ever seen before. Then it was back beneath the surface, its movement pointing it towards the rock face on the far side of the water, and towards a break in the stone face that Scooter had not noticed until now. Along the edge of the water, he continued to skid and slip, keeping away from the edge as much as he could, until he was even with the rock

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on the other side. Coy Larson’s cabin looked very small from here, and very far away. From where he was standing, he couldn’t get to the opening, but he could see in the water where the ripples had gone. He got close to the rock face, and saw, just below the water, that there was indeed a path there, the same flat stone as was on the far side, about two feet out, just below the surface. Craning his neck, he was able to see that the cleft in the rock was only about 25 feet away. Before he could second-guess himself, he stepped onto the ledge. As if in answer to this, the clouds opened up. The pond’s surface splashed up to meet the downpour, an offering of itself to the rain gods. His boots, purchased for their comfort in walking in rough country, did not provide the amount of waterproofness that he thought should be desirable in a good hiking boot, and his sock was immediately doused in

cold water. Placing his left hand on the flat of the rock he took small steps out, being very careful about where he put his feet. The sludge that coated the stones around the pool was wet, and he hoped to save himself from a complete dunking. The opening was about four feet tall and braced with timbers along the sides and top. It was the entrance to a shaft, one that had served The Pick long ago and looked like it would normally be nearly concealed with water. Scooter looked in, but the gloom of the day did little to illuminate more than a couple of feet in. He was considering turning back when a splash sounded from inside, an echoey wet noise. Turning on the flashlight on his phone, he took a step in, then another. Three more and the tunnel took a sharp turn. He took it and he was actively using the phone to light this way. Another turn a few moments later and he was looking at the surface of the water, rising up to meet him as the

tunnel sloped down. “This is stupid.” His voice was close in the tight confines of the tunnel, where he bent ever lower to look into the water. By holding the light close to it he could see nearly a foot down. His walk in had taken the water steadily up his pants leg and he was in it to the knees now. The water was very clear, the silt swirled by his steps settled when he slowed. His feet were losing feeling. Should the water be this cold? There, near his foot, something was materializing out of the silt. He pushed at it with his foot, felt it move, then steeling himself, reached into the water. It was hard and heavy. The water stung his hand where the spines got him and he pulled the object out. It was an iron spike, a railroad tie if his guess was correct, only a little corroded. He held the light close to it when the stinging from the spines got suddenly worse. He turned his hand over and gagged with revulsion. A thin grayish thing was attached to his hand, long and thin, pulsing slightly, it was sucking at him. He wiped it on the back of his pants leg. It stayed. It pulsed more, pulling, sucking at his hand where the spines had touched him. He put his phone in his shirt pocket, the light in the tunnel immediately flannel filtered, and grabbed at it with his other hand. He pulled. It…it bit into the back of his hand. It was then, as the terror sprang upon him like a spider, that he could feel it. A wave of alien emotions slid up inside his brain just as the tentacle slid through the water. It was the feeling of time, the memory of eons here and somewhere frighteningly close and far at the same time. The cramp of cold dark places, expanding and contracting to fit, of hunger, deep and desperate and only just awakened. As if in response to his realization of this memory there was more insistent suckling on his hand, and…oh God, it pulled at him now. Scooter could feel his body moving deeper into the tunnel, could feel the water crawling up his pant legs, soaking them and freezing them at the same time, but could do nothing to stop it. The thunder boomed again outside, a manifestation of the scream that was building inside him which he could not release. It tugged at him harder, pulling him faster towards the

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deep water, which now, horrifyingly seemed to be visibly rising as the rain continued. It pulled. It sucked. It was aware. It was feeling him just as he was feeling it. And weirdly, Scooter could also sense its appraisal of him. He was food. He was small. He was necessity to survive. He also knew, through this osmotic proboscis, that it was trapped deep, deep in the mine. Somehow it couldn’t get out, but it was close. It had spent its time pushing stones, pulling at beams and the wreckage of old mining equipment. It was close to getting out. Perhaps, it thought, with a little nourishment. Just a little more strength. And the water was so low… A jolt ran through Scooter’s body, a tingle that shocked him out of the trance the thing had him in. His eyes registered the flannel covered light, and saw that he was up to his chest, the phone in fact was nearly in the water now. The rain was pounding the pool outside, thunder accompanying it. The jolt hit again and he felt it release him. “Darn fool. Get back here! Out of the water!” Scooter turned dumbly to see Coy Larson standing shin deep in water. He was wearing a pair of fish-

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ing waders, long rubber coveralls that covered him from toe to chest in thick rubber. On his back was something Scooter could only rationalize as a proton pack from the Ghostbusters movies. There were wires running over Coy’s shoulder, and where the gun portion would be was a steel rod welded to the clamp of a set of jumper cables. Larson held the other clamp in his hand. “This thing is only good for a couple of shocks per charge. Get moving now!” There was no mistaking the panic in his voice, and the realization that he was so scared shocked Scooter into action. His feet slid on the slick stone beneath his feet, he looked back over his shoulder and saw the tentacle rise up out of the water like a cobra and reach for him. Scooter lunged backwards, nearly falling into Coy, who raced forward and jabbed at the thing with the steel rod. Scooter got behind him and Coy planted it in the water. “Gonna cook you…” He touched the end of the rod with the other cable clamp and there was a jet of blue sparks. Scooter was nearly

out of the water, but felt the current run through him again, saw the tentacle stiffen, straighten out and then it shot back into the water. It was gone. “This thing is toast,” Coy said. “Batteries are dead. We gotta go.” They scrambled back out of the tunnel, the water sloshing around their ankles. Outside, at the edge of the pool, Larson had tied a rowboat off to one of the pylons, which were holding the entrance open. They clambered in and began rowing across the lake. Scooter was cold, frozen by the thought of what was lurking below them in the deep cold of the flooded mine. The oars made whirlpools in the water as he rowed, and Scooter watched them, dreading what might be looking back up at him through the surface of the lake. MM About the Author: Brad Gischia is a writer and artist native to Upper Michigan. He has published two children’s books and done illustrations for both comic books and novels. Editor’s Note: The final installment of “The Pick” will be featured in the August 2022 issue of Marquette Monthly.

sporting life

Negaunee native Tyler Jandron has honed his baseball talents to get to the mound for the Ottawa Titans. (Photo courtesy of Tim Austen/Ottawa Titans)

Local man overcomes injury to play pro ball

By James Larsen II s if picking up a book mid-chapter, we find ourselves on a minor league baseball field in Joliet, Illinois. Our protagonist is a young man from Negaunee named Tyler Jandron. He and his new summer family of teammates are paid several hundred dollars a week to play baseball for the newly minted Ottawa Titans in Ontario, Canada. This stop will serve as the first leg of a 12-day road trip to begin their inaugural Frontier League season. As fate would have it, Tyler finds himself on familiar soil pitching against his former Joliet Slammer teammates. It is the sixth inning, and

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Jandron has artfully dissected his old comrades during the majority of their plate appearances. The summer sun is sinking and the stadium lights now shine brightly around him. His delivery is smooth. He commands a vast array of pitches with an ease that betrays the hard work it took to crack the professional ranks, and then the mountain of a journey it took to get back. While this night ends in victory, a few chapters back, the scenario looked much bleaker. The youngest of four athletically gifted brothers, Tyler soaked up knowledge and coaching from his older siblings and father. At Negaunee High School, Tyler

quickly established himself as a key contributor on successful varsity baseball and basketball teams as a freshman. Best known for his prowess on the Lakeview Gymnasium hardwood court, Jandron was at the center of several deep state playoff runs earning Mr. U.P. Basketball and All-State honors in the process. He graduated in 2014. Not wanting to decide between his two loves, Tyler followed in the footsteps of his brother Tony who was a two-sport athlete at St. Norbert’s in De Pere, Wis. Tony’s experience included an All-American baseball campaign as the nation’s top slugger with a .511 batting average. He also left as the school’s all-time leader in

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pitching victories. Tyler chose another Wisconsin school, Wisconsin-Parkside. He attended for two years with mixed results. After sparse playing time on the court, Tyler decided his future was solely on the mound—and back in Michigan. He followed his brother again, this time quite literally to Northwoods University in Midland where Tony coached at the time. Tyler’s baseball career exploded as he became the school’s all-time victory leader in only two seasons. He racked up two Midwest and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) pitcher of the year awards and was second team All-American en route to back-to-

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back GLIAC championships. Tyler is quick to deflect praise, saying his resume is a “family resume.” “Tony was a huge part of it,” he said. “Couldn’t have done it without him. He built quite a career for himself coaching at Northwoods and now Central Michigan University.” Tony fondly recalled being involved each step of Tyler’s career. He cited several reasons for his brother’s success. “He put in the work,” Tony said. “He’s been so receptive—just eager to learn and develop his Tyler Jandron on the mound in Ottawa, Ontario. game. He’s never real- (Photo courtesy of Tim Austen/Ottawa Titans) ly been satisfied.” his father, Robbie, during those dark So meteoric was his rise, Major days. League Baseball teams came calling “Losing my dad, getting released for the Division II phenom. He was and having surgery all in the one signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks year—a lot of ups and downs,” he and assigned to the Missoula Osprey said. “Kind of what life is about. You (now an independent team called the learn from it.” Missoula Paddleheads in Montana). From the depths of sorrow, he went At Missoula, Tyler was asked to back to work rebuilding his career. change his arm slot and delivery. He Tyler used the lost pandemic season subsequently struggled, developed of 2020 to his advantage. He focused arm issues and was released. To add on training, lifting and working on his insult to injury, he would need surgery flexibility. and extensive rehabilitation to repair “The offseason is where you make his injured arm. He would also lose or break it,” he said. Coming back from injury was as much mental as physical. “It’s a work in progress, and I understand that it’s going to take time,” he said. The key was to stay positive and continue to learn every step of the way, he said. The hard work paid off as 2021 saw him climb those 18 inches back up the mound with the Joliet Slammers. His big goal is to get picked up by a major league team. “I know I can pitch at the next level,” Tyler said. “I want to be a Baumgartner or an Izzo (referencing Iron River Olympic Gold Medalist Nick Baumgartner and Iron Mountain native and National Champion basketball coach Tom Izzo).” This past offseason found The Jandron brothers started their base- Tyler back home in the Upper ball careers playing in Negaunee. (Photo Peninsula. When he wasn’t courtesy of Tony Jandron) training himself, he was train-

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ing the next generation of U.P. ball players, ages seven to 17. He believes it is important to start them young. His only requirement was that they “have a hand that can hold a ball.” “Tyler is really passionate about giving back to the community, and the U.P. specifically,” Tony said. “He wants to give back and share everything he has learned.” Tyler’s keys to success that he learned from failure are insightful. “The most important thing is to build a routine,” he said. Another key he explained to kids he coached was simply “owning up to what your bad at.” He sought to educate and serve as a flesh-and-blood inspiration. Transparently, he shares the highs and the lows of the journey. “It’s about me telling my story through the kids,” he said. “I’m going through it.” It appears the hard work is paying off with early season success. A month into the 2022 season, Tyler is leading his team in strikeouts and is among the league leaders in that category as well. “Arm feels great!” he offered as his voice inflects with emphasis and excitement. “Best I’ve felt in my career.” As for his career thus far, Tyler said

he has been enjoying every second of it. “It’s been a fun and frustrating journey,” he said. “You can’t write the journey; the journey writes itself.” MM About the author: James Larsen II is a longtime Marquette County resident. He enjoys playing baseball, and coached Negaunee High School baseball from 2009-2013.

Tyler and Tony Jandron celebrate their 2017 GLIAC Championship while at Northwoods University. (Photos courtesy of Tony Jandron)

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locals

Gary Olds pottery will be just one type of art on display during the allschool reunion in Calumet. (Photo courtesy of All-School Reunion)

All-school reunion focuses on the arts T By Amanda Lutey he Calumet High School-Sacred Heart High School Reunion Association will host an All-School Reunion Festival from July 14 through July 16, centered around the theme: Calumet’s Got Talent!—Past, Present and Future. The event will honor alumni who have made accomplishments in the arts while featuring events to help fund art, music and drama programs at Calumet-Laurium-Keweenaw Schools. Alumni helping plan the festival weekend include Gary Olds, Steve Anderson and David Crowley. Olds, a 1971 graduate of CHS, is serving on the CHS-SHHS Reunion Association committee. He spent a career in the Air Force and retired as a lieutenant colonel in his early 40s, then went back to school for degrees in fine art as a potter, weaver and a little bit of metal work. Olds currently

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lives in Missouri, but returns to the Keweenaw every summer. Crowley, who graduated in 1969, is the president of the All-School Reunion Association and helps administer the group’s Facebook page. He also volunteers for Bridgefest and serves as the director of the Houghton-Hancock High School Drama Club. Crowley retired as the postmaster from the Lake Linden Post Office. Anderson, another 1971 alumnus, lives in the Twin Cities and is serving as the chair of this year’s reunion. “We were doing the all-school reunion every four years,” Crowley said. “2020 was supposed to be the fourth year.” The all-class reunion has been delayed due to infrastructure projects at the school and the pandemic. “We’ve had to push the pause button three times, actually,” Anderson said. Olds said he thinks the group will have good luck this year.

“Everything has opened up enough that we’ll see what happens,” Crowley said. Anderson said there has been a lot of input from reunion association members. He credits setting a theme for the event to helping them focus on art, music and drama. “They have come up with some really fun, more festival-type events for the reunion,” Anderson said. Among those ideas are new events for the all-class reunion: a variety show and an alumni art walk. “A lot of folks have some very significant backgrounds (in the arts) that are graduates of Calumet High School,” Anderson said. The variety show, scheduled for Thursday, July 14 at the Calumet Theatre, will recognize the work of current musicians, and Anderson said a few elementary school kids will participate in the show. “It should be a pretty good show,” Crowley said. “We have quite a few talented musicians who are alumni.” Proceeds from the variety show will benefit the music program at Calumet schools. “It truly speaks to our theme,” Anderson said. The Alumni Art Walk will feature many events in downtown Calumet. “The Art Walk is structured all around Fifth Street,” Olds said. “Ev-

ery block will have vendors, art demonstrations, a variety of arts and crafts and street musicians. I think it will be a lot of fun.” Olds said merchants along Fifth Street are planning special sales. Some will have art by CHS-SHHS alumni and students on display during the entire month of July. There will be a chalk art competition hosted by Main Street Calumet and a children’s art project hosted by the Calumet Arts Center. Olds said another big part of the whole weekend will be an art exhibit at the Calumet Art Center, located in the Big Green Church on Fifth Street. “The exhibit will feature pottery, glass, painting, quilting, drawing, woodworking and jewelry,” Olds said. “A whole array of arts and crafts that people have gotten into since high school.” The work of CHS-SHHS alumni who have passed away will be featured in the exhibit, including Alden Steck and Evelyn Carter. Olds said the exhibit will also include the work of the late Nancy McCabe, who worked as an art educator in the district. “I was lucky enough to have her in sixth grade,” Olds said. “She introduced me to pottery.” There will be a silent auction, with items donated by alumni artists. Olds said proceeds of the auction will ben-

Calumet High School alumnus and musician John Snyder will be among the performers for the reunion. (Photo courtesy of All-School Reunion)

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efit the art program at CLK schools. Another new event will be a Medallion Hunt that begins on July 14, sponsored by Calumet Electronics Corporation. Those who register to participate will receive clues written by a CHS alumni author and buttons designed by CHS students. Anderson said people can hunt individually or as a team to find the hockey puck-sized medallion created by an alumni artist that will be hidden someplace in the community. The grand prize for finding the medallion is $1,000. Proceeds from the medallion hunt will benefit the school’s drama program. Anderson said about 15 published authors from Calumet will be recognized during the festival, too. “Through the Friends of the Library, the library will have their books on display during registration at the school,” he said. The school district will honor distinguished alumni during a special program set for Saturday. Crowley said a committee reviews nominations

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of school alumni to select who will be honored each year. “It’s amazing what alumni have gone on to do,” Crowley said. A list of previously honored awardees can be viewed at http:// www2.clkschools.org/clk/chs/alumweb Crowley hopes the new events help make the all-class reunion a success. “When this originally started back in 1997, we had about 1,800 people,” Crowley said. “But a lot of people who graduated in 1930s and 1940s are now gone.” He said 250 people have registered so far, but anticipates more registrations as the event approaches. “We are trying to get things going for younger people, including stuff for kids,” Crowley said. “Even if they don’t register and come to the reunion, if they come to some of the other events, they may run into some old friends.” He hopes that piques interest in attending future reunions. Anderson said it is important to

Gary Olds, shown here at his pottery wheel, is just one of the artists who will have pieces on display. (Photo courtesy of All-School Reunion)

continue to engage the younger population, both in participation in the reunion, but also the leadership that helps plan it. Individual classes will hold reunion gatherings on Friday, with the all-class event set for Saturday at the Calumet Colosseum. Instead of a traditional buffet, the alumni association is bringing in food trucks. “We were trying to find ways to open it up and give people a little more flexibility,” Crowley said. The all-school reunion will feature live music by Jim and Teri, The World’s Most Dangerous Polka Band, Jeremy Rowe, The Dead Wreckoning and Susie Byykkonen on piano. There are community events scheduled during the same weekend as the all-class reunion, including the Canal Run, a kids fishing derby, a farmers market, a vintage car show, historic walking tours and a horseshoe tournament. “It really is a reunion festival,” Anderson said. “And not just for alumni.” To learn more, or to register for the reunion, visit https:// www.mainstreetcalumet.com/clk-all-school-reunion.html MM About the Author: Amanda Lutey moved home to the U.P. four years ago to answer the siren calls of Lake Superior and the Copper Country. A former journalist and copywriter, she also returned to her career roots to translate engineer (technical writer).

Street musicians Melissa Lewis and Doug Bacon will be among the performers during the Art Walk in Calumet. (Photo courtesy of All-School Reunion)

Thursday, July 14

7 p.m.—Calumet’s Got Talent! at Calumet Theatre

Friday, July 15

Noon to 5 p.m.—Registration at Calumet High School 1 to 4 p.m.—Demonstrations at Calumet High School 1 to 4 p.m.—Alumni Authors at CHS Library 1 to 4 p.m.—Self guided tours of Calumet High School 1 to 5 p.m.—Ice Cream Social 2:30 p.m.—Study Hall/Assembly with Welcome by CLK Superintendent Chris Davidson 3 p.m.—Presentation by Keweenaw National Historical Park archivist and alumnus Jeremiah Mason 4 p.m.—Pep Fest by CHS Band on the green 5 p.m.—Retiring of Colors by JROTC unit on the green 6 to 7:30 p.m.—Live Music at Daniel Park

Saturday, July 16

9 a.m. to Noon—Kids Fishing Derby at Swedetown Ponds 10 a.m. to Noon—Keweenaw Cruisers Classic Car Show & Keweenaw Ride at Campioni’s True Value 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.—Main Street Calumet Farmers Market, at park south of Calumet Theatre on 6th Street 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.—Art Walk on Fifth Street Noon—Keweenaw Cruisers CHS Drive-by Salute Noon to 2:15 p.m.—Distinguished Alumni Luncheon at CLK School (Advance Registration required) 5 p.m.—Alumni Social Hour at the Calumet Colosseum with local food trucks Gary Olds, a 1971 graduate of Calumet High School, is 8:30 p.m. to Midnight—Calumet All-Class Reunion serving on the CHS-SHHS Reunion Association com- at Calumet Colosseum mittee. (Photo courtesy of All-School Reunion)

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poetry

My Paper Map

(for Dan)

Today I ironed my paper map: it’s a map of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, my home. I like living with water on almost every side because I myself am mostly water. They’re not making maps like this much anymore; most people prefer using GPS. I see them in SUVs or on trails staring at those tiny screens or else looking angrily at the sky when there’s no signal. I like my paper map, wrinkled from so many journeys. It reminds me of my lover’s face, of love’s body, love’s worn jeans and flannel shirt. We’ve laid this map out on flat rocks at the bottom of the Sturgeon River Gorge, the beach near the mouth of the Laughing Whitefish and the hot hood of our truck, the engine ticking as it cools. We’ve spread it out on tent floors, motel beds, boat bows, bars and picnic tables. On my map St. Mary’s straits are blurred from raindrops and there are double rings in Lake Superior where we rest our coffee mugs. Even so, today I ironed my paper map because it was getting hard to see the land for all the lines. When I set the iron down my map was warm; it smelled as if it had been left out in the sun. I traced my fingers over familiar spots and thought about all the places we still haven’t been. As I did, I noticed my own hands, which have folded and unfolded this map so many times. I like my hands, even though my skin is lined and grows thin in places— maybe I am turning into paper! That will be interesting, I thought, as I watched a blue river pulse and go underground at my wrist. When I was done ironing my map, I pressed a piece of clear tape over the beginning of a hole near the Ojibwe Marquette casino—I didn’t want to take any chances so close to home. And if you’ve followed me this far it’s probably time to go find your own map— spread it out somewhere, show it a little love; think about where you’ve been and where you’re going.

About the Author: Esther Margaret Ayers lives and works in Marquette, Michigan as a writer, piano teacher and accompanist. She studied at the Yeats International Summer School in Sligo, Ireland, and holds a BME in music and an MA in English, both from Northern Michigan University. The Marquette Poets Circle is very thankful for the support of Marquette Monthly with respect to its five-year anthology Maiden Voyage. The 10-year anthology, Superior Voyage, is intended to be published this year with a tentative book release date of October 18, 2022 at the Peter White Public Library with all profits from any books sold at the event to be donated to the library.

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back then

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Non-mining Italians helped shape U.P.

By Russell M. Magnaghi ith the discovery and development of copper and iron mines in the Upper Peninsula in the mid-1840s, there was a continuous demand for unskilled European laborers. The earliest arrivals were Irish, German and Cornish and nearby French Canadians from Québec. Their numbers did not meet demand, and soon others found their way to the region. One of these groups was the Italian immigrants who quickly joined the underground work force, usually as trammers, shoveling the rock and ore out of the mine. Word of these jobs spread through Italian communities. Between November 1913 and October 1914, Pietro Capoblanco and Gamba Leggia, going through three pairs of shoes, hiked from New York City to Hancock having heard of jobs in the copper mines. The story of the immigrants in urban and mining centers has been told by a number of historians. The Italian immigrants or “floating labor supply” working on railroads, quarries and canals has not been told because of the difficulty in sourcing documentation, which is found in newspaper accounts. This aspect of the Italian story of immigration goes back to the late 19th century, when thousands of unskilled workers entered the United States and found their way to Michigan. They

were unfamiliar with the language and culture of their new homes and sought whatever jobs were available; the railroad companies needed laborers by the hundreds and the newly arrived Italians filled the demand. Beginning in the 1880s, there was active railroad construction in Michigan, and once completed, section men were hired to maintain and improve the right-of-way. The laborers were obtained from a number of sources. Companies operating out of large urban areas like New York City, Chicago and Detroit worked with Italian intermediaries— or padrones—and obtained workers for whoever needed workers. The padrones were considered evil men who preyed on the unknowing workers with special fees. They were more interested in their own finances than the well-being of their countrymen. The Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Railroad (DM&M) went into operation in 1881 and might have used Italian laborers, but this is not known. It went bankrupt in 1886 and was the basis for the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic (DSS&A), a northern transcontinental railroad which ran from Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada on the Atlantic to Seattle on the Pacific. The earliest known and largest use of Italian railroad workers in the Upper Peninsula worked on this railroad. At the opening of construction sea-

son in 1887, more than 100 Italians were hired in Buffalo, New York, and they traveled west on the Michigan Central Railroad. In May, five carloads of Italians arrived at Sault Ste. Marie. Soon after, there were 600 men “making the dirt fly on the Sault branch of the DSS&A.” This branch connected the Soo with the original track of the (DM&M), but went out of business. Now the DSS&A took over and would extend the line westward. By the early summer, there were 600 Italians working the Summit Division 20 miles from L’Anse, and on June 25 they were on strike. The sheriff of Baraga County—with a posse of 50 deputies—went to the site where they found well-armed Italians who threatened violence. They were told to either end the strike or find their own way back to civilization. As can be imagined, the matter was resolved in favor of the railway. By August, the line was moving into the western U.P. and rapidly toward Duluth, with 1,500 Italians grading and laying track. In 1910, more than 50 Italian railroad laborers were scattered across the Upper Peninsula. The two largest groups of laborers were in Marquette County. In Ishpeming there were 36 section workers employed by the Chicago & North Western Railway. Their foreman was 31-year-old Filippo Ludisco, who spoke English, although he had arrived in the United States within

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the year. His crew was composed of both married and single men ranging in age from 13-year-old Nicolo Dallasandro to 49-year-old Vattelo Punarle. As transient workers, they were living out of a “boarding car” on a siding. In the City of Marquette, there were nine Italians working for the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic. Their leader was Giuseppe Saretifa, who worked in the rail yards and boarded five men in his house on Fifth Street, close to the yards. His neighbor Louis Reggie was a section man, who, with his wife Virginia, augmented his salary by boarding two Italians who were also section men. Meals are an important part of Italian social life, and this continued along the rail lines. The companies provided separate cooking facilities for the Italians and allowed them to purchase their own food. The best cook among them was selected as the chef and purchased foodstuffs at the commissary. The Italians in the camps lived mostly on pasta—called macaroni at the time—sausage, sardines, cheese and bread, which with the pasta was the staple in their diet. Also included were coffee and sugar. However these laborers were known to live off the land at times, raiding track-side fruit orchards, vegetable gardens and poultry yards and gathering wild dandelions for salads. Around 1904, Italian section men working on the Chicago & North Western Railroad in the southern U.P. were charged by the local game warden with hunting for animals in-

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cluding a skunk to fill their pots. Song bird also went into their stews. They cooked their food on open fires at track side. They also made their own bread in ovens made of rock. Having reached the U.P. attracted by work on the DSS&A, the Italians had to find other jobs when the work ended. The copper and iron mines were always looking for trammers. In South Marquette, there was a large sandstone quarry that provided stone to construction sites throughout the region. This demand for structure construction provided an on-going need for hardy workers. By 1889, there were a number of Italians working at the quarry, which led to the tragic death of one of the workers in April. The Pioneer Iron Company in Marquette opened a charcoal pig iron plant in 1903 that attracted the first Italian laborers who had previously worked on the railroad and were seeking permanent jobs. They created a small Italian community across from the plant on Presque Isle Avenue and Wright Street. The St. Mary’s River Canal went through the expansion of locks and continuous maintenance starting in the 1890s. Italians were hired in eastern cities and arrived through Canada to the site. Besides working on the canal, Italians were imported to dig the stone needed for canal construction on Drummond Island. In 1893, some 250 Italian men and four wives lived in five immigrant cars in Grand Rapids for four days before being sent north to Cheboygan where they boarded

a boat for the island. These workers were hired for the specific job of cutting stone for the canal. Once it was finished, they either found industrial jobs, canal maintenance work in the Soo or moved out of the area, as there were no Italians on the island in 1900. The Edison Sault Power Canal construction began in September 1898 and was completed in June 1902. The massive canal was dug through the city of Sault Ste. Marie, and hundreds of Italians were on the work force that removed millions of tons of rock and earth. Once the canal was completed, many workers remained and found jobs in the woolen mill, tannery and Union Carbide plant that developed. The St. Mary’s River is 65 miles in length and is a labyrinth of narrow and dangerous passages. In an effort to improve shipping, studies were made to cut a passage—the West Neebish Cut—an area filled with large boulders and limestone ridges. It was a tremendous project that demanded hundreds of men to build a coffer dam and then haul out the stone dug from the channel. A large work force arrived in May 1904 and construction began. A group of 100 Italian laborers came from Detroit to work on the cut as well. After a few months, they went on strike, demanding a 25-cent salary increase. However, work continued and the cut was opened in 1908. MM About the Author: Russell M. Magnaghi, history professor emeritus of NMU, is a U.P. author and historian.

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superior reads

Boat lover guide available for 63rd year

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’ll admit it’s extremely rare for a Lake Superior or Lake Michigan. Lebook like Know Your Ships 2022: Lievre is quick to point out that the Field Guide to Boats and Boat“Saltwater Fleets” chapter is watching on the Great Lakes and St. not a worldwide comprehenLawrence Seaway to cross my desk, sive list of saltwater freightbut I am extremely impressed by the ers—only included are those beauty and detail that it packs into known to ply the Great Lakes such a compact, colorful and combasin. prehensive volume. There’s even a boat news It’s hardly bigger than an average section called “Passages” that trade paperback and will fit easily highlights arrivals, lay ups (unin your glove compartment as you der repairs) and departures (headtravel around the Great Lakes and ed for the scrap yard), so you can observe the freighters that ply quickly see what’s changed since their waters. Know Your Ships the previous edition. is now in its amazing 63rd year The listing of every mariof publication, which means at time-themed museum and boats least three generations of boat that are floating museums is a great lovers have perused this virtual way to up your boat-nerd knowlBaedeker’s of Midwest shipedge. Particularly helpful is the ping. “Stacks and Flags” which allows you Yes, I’ll admit it, I come to identify the fleet owner based on from a legit family of boat logos painted on the smokestack or a nerds. My father was in the flag flying from the mast. Merchant Marine during This might be a boon for narrowing World War II and also did some time down a ship that you can’t quite read on the lake freighters and eventually full-color photos. the nameplate, although with today’s ended up in the Coast Guard AuxiliaAs a gazetteer of ships, the most satellite-based freight tracking softry unit Flotilla 12-12. important section of Know Your Ships ware, you probably don’t need this Although we had what we thought is undoubtedly the Vessel Index and unless you’re out on the lake itself. was the ultimate perch for freighter Fleet Listings. Together, they make Last but not least, there is helpful watching, I will concede that the U.P. this the single most important book vocabulary and basics presented for has many superior places to get close on current Great Lakes shipping data. the budding boat lover, including boat to the big boats—from the Straits of From the Vessel Index, you can im- whistle calls, radio frequencies to Mackinac up through Detour and the mediately jump to a page of detailed tune your scanner, detailed diagrams St. Mary’s River, just to name a few statistics on the ship of your choice, of every lock on the Great Lakes, and hot spots. which in this case will be one of my some really nice feature articles as an Growing up, our home base was personal childhood favorites, the Rog- appendix. There are dozens of pages Three Mile Park in Grosse Pointe, er Blough. packed with photos in the “Historic which is a chokepoint on the Detroit I quickly learned the vessel IMO Gallery” and other parts of the backRiver as it opens out into Lake St. number 7222138 is diesel-powered, matter. Clair. From the docks, the river was was built in 1972 with a cargo capaciMy advice is simple: if you’ve barely half a mile wide, meaning the ty of 43,900 tons, is 858 feet long and ever pulled your car over to stop and freighters were often less than 1,000 105 feet wide with a depth of 41 feet. watch a freighter or lost an afternoon feet away and we could read the ship A helpful note mentions a fire on in contemplation at the Soo Locks, nameplates readily on the downbound February 2021 caused it to be put into then Know Your Ships 2022 is the perships. Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin for repairs. fect book for you or the boat nerd(s) Know Your Ships was originally The guide is limited to commercial in your life. It is most conveniently serialized by the late Thomas Manse boats 30 feet long or more, so you ordered from www.KnowYourShips. (Sault Ste. Marie) beginning in 1959 won’t find private yachts, for example com and you can choose between up until his death in 1995. The current in Know Your Ships. paperback or a lay-flat, spiral-bound editor and owner is Roger LeLievre, Going further, the Roger Blough edition. also from the Soo, which I will con- is presented in context of the 11 other MM cede is the No. 1 freighter-watching ships belonging to the flotilla of Great capital of the Great Lakes. Lakes Fleet, Inc. based in Duluth, About the Author: Victor R. Volkman So what makes this book so spe- Minnesota so you can compare stats is a graduate of Michigan Technologcial? Well, the first thing you’ll no- and so on. ical University (Class of ’86) and is tice is the amazing color photography. The next section highlights Salt- the current president of the U.P. PubFrom cover to cover, it is jam-packed water Fleets, those ocean-going ships lishers and Authors Association (UPwith action shots of freighters and re- that make their way down the St. PAA). He is senior editor at Modern lated ships. In this 200-page book, I Lawrence Seaway into Lake Ontario, History Press and publisher of the would speculate there are at least 100 Lake Erie, Lake Huron and on up to U.P. Reader. Send Upper Peninsula-related book review suggestions to victor@LHPress.com Books submitted for review can be sent to: MM Book Reviews, 5145 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

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in the outdoors

This gray tree frog lives in Powell Township. (Photo by Scot Stewart)

The curious lives of frogs

“Maybe you don’t,” Smiley says. “Maybe you understand frogs and maybe you don’t. Anyways, I will risk forty dollars and bet you that he can jump farther than any frog in Calaveras County.” —Mark Twain

By Scot Stewart frog filled with bullets won’t jump. It is a proven fact, described in Mark Twain’s “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.” Fortunately, most frogs are not filled with bullets, but they do continue to be subjects of a variety of fables, tall tales and songs celebrating their acrobatic skills, singing abilities and place in the natural world. Most experiences with frogs end with the sight of them jumping into the water, along the shore of a pond or lake or from the vegetation in shallows as a canoe or kayak paddles by them. Some may have experienced frog legs at the dinner table, and with frogs being farmed more today, the legs have become more available in grocery stores. But frogs have secret lives few know. They are proving to be valuable species to help with a number of

aspects of human health. Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry take frog tadpoles very seriously. Working with South African clawed frogs, they study how a tumor develops. Even though the tadpoles and frogs look different from humans, the way the tumor works inside them is similar. At the university, frog tadpoles have small tumors transplanted into them. Tumors are actually an amazing microcosm of cancerous cells, host cells and immune system cells drawn to the site in the host. What researchers study is the way the tumors grow in the tadpoles to understand better their development in humans and then how to treat them. Tadpoles have thin, nearly transparent skin, so it is easy to follow the development of tumors, and the tadpole’s genetic make-up is surprisingly similar to humans. Once a tumor develops, the cells in it began to manipulate the immune system cells of the host in a way to actually protect the tumor. The blood vessels of the host tadpole then began to wind their way into the tumor to nourish the tumor, host and immune system cells. The vessels

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in the tumor are poorly developed, so the tadpole’s vessels must grow into the tumor and provide the materials the tumor cells need. Researchers believe the developmental problem the blood vessels have in a tumor may help it resist the effects of chemotherapy. The research hopes to shed more light on how tumors develop in a host organism, using its own systems to help it thrive, and how to defeat their survival strategies and eliminate them. Dr. Jacques Roberts is the lead researcher on this project, He also studies ranaviruses, diseases affecting frogs and other amphibians. His work has shown that many viruses carried by fish can infect and have a serious impact on amphibians. Another study on frogs, by Kenneth Storey, a professor of biochemistry at Carleton College in Ottawa, Ontario, has provided an amazing amount of insight on freezing living tissue. Wood frogs live in the more northerly regions of the continent where amphibians are found. In the fall, they are among the last amphibians to begin hibernation. Their bodies begin producing large amounts of glucose, a natural antifreeze, up to 60 times the normal concentration in their blood, to survive the deep freeze. When water freezes, it expands. Inside a living organism, those ice crystals can rupture cell membranes, causing the organism to die. Think about a frozen tomato. Even though the seeds are the only living part of a tomato,

when it thaws, it is little more than a bit of pulp, seeds, a skin and puddle of tomato juice. When winter comes and the temperature drops, the first thing that happens to these frogs is their skin freezes. Then, special proteins in the frog’s blood initiate the freezing of the water in its blood. Getting most of the water out of the cells and into the blood is the key. As water freezes in the blood vessels, it is drawn out of the cells. In the meantime, the frogs’ livers produce glucose, that begins to fill the cells to keep the cell membranes extended outward, preventing collapse and helping the cells to retain some water. About two-thirds of all the water in the frogs’ bodies freezes. Frog brains and hearts essentially stop. When temperatures warm, even in winter during “spring thaws,” the frogs can thaw and about half an hour later be ready to go, with their heart pumping blood again. Thaw-freeze cycles can reoccur repeatedly during the winter with no adverse effects to the frogs. Gray treefrogs experience a similar process producing glycerol to spend winters in holes in trees and other places above ground. Their body systems don’t stop, but slow down to a very slow rate of operation. “If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.” —Emily Dickinson hat if it was possible to freeze a heart and warm it back up

again? What doctors and others in the field of cryobiosis, the process of cooling tissue and organisms, want to know is: can the frog’s process of freezing and thawing be applied to living tissue in medical procedures like organ transplants? A breakthrough could help keep them alive for longer periods of time and it could make problems of travel and storage much easier to handle, allowing more time to get organs further from donors and provide greater assurances for the preservation of tissue. For the frogs, this process could cause them problems if global warming continues. Because the frogs essentially go into a state of suspended animation when they freeze, long periods of “awake” time during the winter could deplete their stored energy, and, without food like insects, they might starve to death. Frogs usher in the start of spring in the Upper Peninsula with wood frogs working on their duck imitations and tiny spring peepers showing how they got their name with their amazingly loud singing, all in the name of finding a mate. There is a good reason wood frogs are usually the first frogs to appear in Upper Peninsula ponds each spring. They spend the winter under leaves just below the snow instead of digging deep down into the mud at the bottom of a pond or lake. They can survive because of a little chemistry trick they perform each fall. Frogs and toads, salamanders and

This wood frog is singing in Marquette; many types of frogs sing in chorus with other types, mixing duck-like calls with strumming comb calls for a spring and summer concert. (Photo by Scot Stewart)

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The simplicity and transparency of tadpoles makes them prime candidates for studying the development of tumors. (Photo by Scot Stewart)

newts and another small mostly tropical group of animals called caecilians, are all amphibians. As adults, they are all vertebrates, animals with backbones, have moist skin to help them absorb oxygen because of primitively-developed respiratory systems, and nearly all lay their eggs in water, because the eggs lack shells to prevent dehydration. In some humid tropical regions, some frogs lay their eggs in specially designed skin pockets on the backs of males, and when the eggs hatch, the tadpoles live on the backs of the females. Most people today seem to know the difference between frogs and toads. Frogs tend to be a bit more delicate, most staying close to water or places with high humidity. Toads have thicker, wartier, more waterproof skin, giving them the ability to wander farther afield. Most toads are rather dark in color, helping them blend in more with soil and leaves, where they frequently burrow in during the heat of the day. Toads also have large, brownish parotid glands above and behind their eyes. These glands can produce powerful chemicals most animals find distasteful and can cause reactions to mouths and digestive systems. These chemicals are alkaloids called bufotoxins and are powerful neurotoxins. Most mammals will quickly release toads from their mouths once the chemicals are released. Snakes are not bothered so much. Garter snakes are able to grab toads in gardens and other spots and carry them off in their mouths, if necessary, before swallowing them. Frogs rely more on speed and their jumping ability. It is what Mark Twain admired most about them. They, too, must dodge garter and other snakes. Foxes and wolves also eat them. Wolf

droppings on Isle Royale found in the spring occasionally contain remains of snakes. One of the cleverest frog predators is the broad-winged hawk. They are frequently seen on the power lines over roadside ditches in the Upper Peninsula waiting for frogs to appear, before diving down to grab them. “If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.” —Adrian Forsyth ost frogs lay their eggs in the early days of spring. They are most frequently called to the waters of ephemeral ponds—small bodies of water lasting only a few months in spring. Both male and female frogs are drawn to these as they are usually devoid of fish, a major predator of tadpoles. Spring peepers often gather in large groups in ponds or bogs, and collectively can create a deafening chorus on spring nights. Their choruses can be heard up to half a mile away, even though each frog may only be a half to three-quarters of an inch long. They may mix in with late wood frogs and their duck-like calls or early green frogs and their strumming comb calls. Green frogs can sing throughout most of the summer, often singing briefly during the day. American bullfrogs are more territorial and sing with a deep base. Their croaking can be heard at least a quarter mile away. Eastern toads can also be extremely loud as a long trill, singing both day and night. The ponds at Lambros Beach Park and near the corner of Fair and McClellan in Marquette both have healthy toad choruses in late May and early June. Because of their

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late summer habit of heading to the tree branches to hunt and rest, peepers can be tricked by the length of day in fall to believe it is time to start calling again. Spring peepers sound a lot like birds and can really confuse those who are outdoors. Mating occurs in rather frantic fashions in many of these watery dating sites. Some males may clasp onto the larger females’ backs, a process called amplexus, hoping to be there when the females release their eggs into the water. A pair can travel that way a day or more before the female releases the eggs. When the females near that point, they may be covered with half a dozen or more males. The male fertilizes the eggs as they are released by the female, taking the female up to 20 minutes to release between 20 to 200 eggs, depending on the species. The tadpoles, with small mouth parts, eat mostly soft or very small food items like decomposing plant parts, algae, plankton and insect eggs like those of dragonflies. As tadpoles get older, especially bullfrog tadpoles, they can begin eating small insects like mosquito larvae. With their larger size, bullfrog tadpoles are often easy to identify, but smaller tadpoles usually have to have their external mouthparts identified under the microscope

to be positively identified. Smaller frogs, like spring peepers and gray treefrogs, can spin from tadpoles to adults in just a few weeks—handy if they are dependent on small vernal ponds. Because they are exothermic, their development is dependent on warm temperatures and available food. Low levels of either will mean more time is necessary to develop. Larger frogs take longer to develop from tadpoles to adults. Green frogs may take a year or two to mature into adult frogs, and American bullfrogs, four or more years. With a plethora of predators, life expectancy for many tadpoles is short. In shallow water, they are easy prey for birds like herons and even gulls. Dragonfly nymphs, giant water bugs, water scorpions, fish and even fishing spiders hit most tadpole populations hard. “Don’t be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit the ground.” —Kim Young-Ha etamorphosis into adults is always fun to see. There is nothing like a tadpole with legs trying to decide if it should swim or walk. It is truly amazing to see a pond edge crawling with tiny eastern toads, no

This gray tree frog hangs out at Presque Isle. (Photo by Scot Stewart)

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This albino American bullfrog lives in Wisconsin. (Photo by Scot Stewart)

larger than a dime. Even more fun to peek into the alders off Island Beach Road where the mitigation pond is and find a dozen tiny gray treefrogs perched in the sun waiting for a small fly or ant to wander by for lunch. The case of that gray treefrog, sitting there all green, is another matter altogether. They have three special layers of skin cells with the ability to produce different colors. The deepest layer can produce shades of brown that blend in with mottling in the skin to help them hide in leaves, branches and other brown surfaces. The middle layer has a reflective property that gives the illusion of blue iridescence. The top layer can produce a yellowish color. When the top two layers activate at the same time, they produce the green color that helps them blend in so well with ferns and green leaves. A mixture can even give them the cryptic coloration of tree lichens on trunks and branches. It takes at least 20 to 30 minutes for the complete change to take place, depending on the surrounding temperature. On cooler days, the color is usually darker. Gray tree frogs share some areas with a look-alike, Cope’s treefrog. They are so similar, the only easy way to tell the two apart is by their calls. And the calls are needed. Both treefrogs spend most of the summer on tree limbs, well overhead, calling mostly at night, making them really hard to find. Like most frogs, they inflate sacs in their throat, or in the case of wood frogs, on the sides of their “cheeks” and release the air from these vocal sacs past vocal chords. The bigger the frog, the longer the life. Spring peepers and other small frogs can live two or three years. Me-

dium frogs like green frogs can live five to seven years on average, and bullfrogs up to ten years. “Finer than a frog’s hair split four ways.” —Attributed to C. Davis merican bullfrogs, green, mink, gray treefrogs and seven other species of frogs and one species of toad are found in Michigan. The songs and calls of these amphibians are a special part of the sounds of wetlands in the state during warm weather, but these amphibians play an important role in the natural history of their environments. They eat huge numbers of insects on both land and in the water. As tadpoles, they are some of the most important creatures eating mosquito larvae. They also serve as food for many other animals as detailed above. Perhaps the most critical role of frogs is as monitors of environmental quality. Because of their thin skin and their lives in and near water they serve as crucial checks for water purity, the presence of chemicals in both land and water and the overall health of the environment. Frogs live in many places, serving, drinking, irrigating and landscaping water, and their disappearance from many of these sites is the first indicator of trouble to come. So, take care of your frogs and toads—they may save you some day. MM

About the Author: Scot Stewart has lived in Marquette long enough to be considered a true Yooper even though he was born in Illinois. He is a teacher and loves to be outdoors photographing and enjoying nature.

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home cinema Nominations bring unknown director, body of work, to forefront

Reviews by Leonard Heldreth inding a new or unknown director is exciting, but when it turns out the director has a track record of impressive films that can be viewed, the anticipation rises significantly. This previously unknown director is Japanese auteur Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who was thrust into the limelight when his Drive My Car won the 2022 Oscar for Best International Film, as well as being nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. The success of Drive My Car convinced Prime Video and the Criterion Channel to make available some of Komaguchi’s earlier films, specifically Asako I & II (2018), Happy Hour (2015) and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021). While not all are masterpieces, all of them, to this viewer, were distinctive and worth watching. Seeing them back to back makes certain themes and patterns stand out. We’ll look at two this month and two more in future months. All are in Japanese and other languages with subtitles.

Drive My Car

eceiving four Oscar nominations and one win in 2022, Drive My Car is the best-known of Hamaguchi’s films. At the 79th Golden Globe Awards, the film won Best Foreign Language Film. It became the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture from all three major U.S. critics groups (the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics). Drive My Car is primarily based on Haruki Murakami’s short story of the same name from his 2014 collection, Men Without Women. Yusuke Kafuku is married to Oto. He is an actor and director; she is a screenwriter who gets inspiration for her stories when she and Yusuke make love. Afterward, she tells the story to him and he writes it down. 76

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One evening, after admiring her h u s b a n d ’s performance in Waiting for Godot, Oto introduces Yusuke to her frequent collaborator, the young actor Koji Takatsuki. When Yusuke returns home unexpectedly one day when his flight is cancelled, he finds his wife having sex with a young man, presumably Takatsuki, although we never see his face. Yusuke decides to say nothing and leaves without disturbing the couple. Some time later, Oto tells Yusuke they need to talk when he returns from work that evening, but when he comes home, he finds her sprawled on the floor, dead from a brain hemorrhage. After the funeral, Yusuke breaks down, and withdraws from a production of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, in which he was performing. The story picks up two years later when Yusuke accepts a residency at a theater in Hiroshima, where he will direct a multilingual version of the Uncle Vanya. Each actor will speak in his or her native language, and translations will be projected on a screen, as is frequently done with opera. For example, the actor playing Sonya will be communicating in Korean sign-language. The theater company requires that Yusuke be chauffeured in his own car—a turbocharged red Saab (to explain the requirement, he has a vision problem in the film and a drunk-driving charge in the short story). He first objects, but concedes when the chauffeur, Misaki Watari, proves her competence as a driver. Yusuke has cast Koji as Vanya, despite his being much younger than the character. After rehearsal one evening, the two men talk July 2022

in a bar, and Koji confesses that he loved Oto but that she loved only her husband. On the ride back to the hotel, Yusuke acknowledges that he knew of his wife’s infidelities, but kept silent for fear of losing her. At the hotel, a man takes Koji’s picture, and the actor goes after him to try to get the film. During the drives between the hotel and the theater, Yusuke and the chauffeur, Misaki Watari, share stories. Misaki is twenty-three, the age Yusuke’s daughter would have been if she had lived, and he tells how much he misses the lost daughter. She, in return, tells him about her abusive mother, who taught her to drive and who was killed in a mudslide five years ago that left Misaki with a scar on her cheek. Yusuke and Misaki feel guilty and responsible for the people they have lost. A few days later, the police come to rehearsal and arrest Koji because the man he caught and beat up has died. The directors of the theater tell Yusuke he must take over the role of Vanya or cancel the production. He asks for two days to decide, and he then asks Misaki to drive him to her childhood home in Hokkaido while he thinks. During the drive, each tells why they feel guilty about the deaths they have dealt with. Standing by the snowy wreckage of Misaki’s old home, they comfort each other and repeat the need to continue with their lives. They then return to Hiroshima where Yusuke takes on the part of Uncle Vanya. The film then jumps forward to the present time where Misaki puts groceries into the red Saab, where a dog sits in the back seat. She

takes off her mask, showing that the scar is now much less visible. She drives away, implying an upbeat ending. Much of the appeal of Drive My Car comes from the subtle, complex way it intermingles basic human emotions—love, grief, guilt—in ways that soften the hard edges of the emotions, and being common to all human existence, these emotions must be dealt with by everyone. Other motifs include playing roles, both onstage and offstage; the value of art in emotional growth; the inevitable contradictions in any human life; and the need to forgive these contradictions. Hamaguchi wished to incorporate the Beatles’ song, “Drive My Car,” which the film and story are named after, but couldn’t get permission. He instead included a Beethoven string quartet that is directly referenced in Murakami’s original story. The original story also features a yellow Saab 900 convertible, but it was changed in the film to a red Saab 900 Turbo to visually complement and stand out in the Hiroshima cityscape.

Happy Hour

t 317 minutes (5 hours, 17 minutes), Happy Hour is one of the longest films in Japanese cinema, and it is broken up into three parts on streaming video— about as much as one can take at a time. The film follows the activities of four middle-class, mid-30s Japanese women who live in Kobe as they deal with trials and tribulations, and interact with each other. Jun is unemployed, Sakurako is a housewife, Akari is a divorced nurse and Fumi is a married arts administrator. The plot begins after the women attend a New Age seminar run by Ukai and after Jun confesses she is planning a divorce. After getting over the shock, her three friends attend Jun’s court proceedings, and what they see affects their perceptions of their own lives. When the court proceedings

go against her, Jun disappears, knowing that a long separation will get her the divorce automatically. Akai falls and breaks a leg at work, but during her recovery she finds out, when visiting a club one night, that she is Ukai’s sister. When she returns to work at the hospital, she treats her co-worker better, perhaps because of her experiences. Sakuako has a teenage son, Daiki, whose girlfriend is pregnant. She gives the boy money for an abortion, but forces him to hand-deliver it to the girl’s father and to apologize to him. Daiki plans to run off with his girlfriend, but she stands him up at the ferry. At home, Sakuako tells her husband she is having an affair and intends to continue it, but he refuses to be upset. As he leaves the apartment, he slips on the stairs and falls. She helps him up, and after he leaves, she collapses on the floor. Finding out Fumi’s adventures and interactions with the others will require seeing the film.

Inherent Vice

(Katherine Waterston), to find her new boyfriend, Michael Z. “Mickey” Wolfmann (Eric Roberts), a wealthy real estate developer. Also looking for Wolfmann is Lieutenant Christian F. “Bigfoot” Bjornsen (Josh Brolin) and Deputy District Attorney Penny Kimball (Reese Witherspoon). Helping Sportello is Sauncho Smilax, Esq. (Benicio del Toro). Hiding out while he looks for a way to escape the mob(s) is Coy Harlingen (Owen Wilson). Providing comic relief is dentist Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S. (Martin Short). How these characters interact and eventually congeal into something like a plot is confusing, at best. Just be assured that the development features lots of nudity and a fair number of obscenities. What would you expect from a movie based on a novel by Thomas Pynchon? MM About the Author: Leonard Heldreth became interested in films in high school and worked as a movie projectionist in undergraduate and graduate school. His short “Cinema Comment” aired for some years on WNMU-FM. In 1987, he started writing reviews for Marquette Monthly. He taught English and film studies at NMU for more than 30 years.

nd now for something completely different. Inherent Vice is a film about Larry “Doc” Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix), a hippy private eye in Gordita Beach, Los Angeles County, who can’t see the suspects for the clouds of pot smoke he is generating. Editor’s Note: All films reviewed Sportello is hired by his ex-girl- are available on DVD or streamfriend, Shasta Fay Hepworth ing video. Answers for the New York Times crossword puzzle, located on Page 21.

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This coloring page from Colors of Marquette, Michigan Volume 1 is courtesy of The Gathered Earth, located in downtown Marquette.

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Out & About Out & About is a free listing of Upper Peninsula events. Events included must cost $25 or less (except fundraisers). All events are free and in Eastern time unless noted. We print information sent to us by a wide variety of people and organizations. It pays to double check the date, time, place and cost before heading out. Due to changing event requirements, please call ahead to ask about safety precautions, or bring a mask to events, as many events require masks regardless of vaccination status.

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• Music in the Park. Tarnished will perform. Donations appreciated. 6:30 p.m. Erickson Center Park, N9224 Sawwa-Quato St. ericksoncenter.org

Eagle Harbor

• Adventures in History Series. Learn about two ships lost en route to the Soo Locks. Guy Meadows, director of Marine Engineering Lab, Great Lakes Research Center will present Where are the

Inkermann and the Cerisoles? Keweenaw County Historical Society members, $5; nonmembers, $6. 7 p.m. Eagle Harbor Community Building, downtown. keweenawhistory.org

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• Alumni Co-Ed Softball Tournament. Watch as alumni teams compete for the championship. Times vary. Forsyth Township Baseball Field, Off Johnson Lake Rd. gwinnmi.com

Escanaba

• Farmers Market. 3 to 6 p.m. Escanaba Farmers Market, 1501 Ludington St. (906) 789-8696.

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• Boundless. Youth in kindergarten through Grade 6 are invited for crafts, games and more. Snacks and materials

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provided. Registration appreciated. 9 a.m. to noon. Messiah Lutheran Church, 305 Magnetic St. messiahlutheranmqt.org • Summer Reading Book Fair. Those registered in the Summer Reading program can bring their reading log and choose a free book. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Congregate Meals for Seniors–Dine in or Curbside Pickup. Meals available to those age 60 and older. Call to reserve a meal. $3.50 suggested donation. Noon to 1 p.m. Marquette Senior Center, 300 W. Spring St. (906) 228-0456. • Visual Art Class: Wax Resist with Colleen Maki. This class is for those age 55 and older. Advanced registered required. Marquette city residents, free; nonresidents, $5. 1 to 3 p.m. Marquette Arts and Culture Center, lower level, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 225-8655. • Wednesday Evening Farmers Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St. mqtfarmersmarket.com • Meet the Author. Author Kelsey Ronan will discuss her book Chevy in the Hole. A discussion will be lead by Suma Rosen. 6 p.m. The Crib, 401 N. Third St. • Wandering Through the Land of the Thunder Dragon. John Frick will present his ten-day hiking and cultural immersion trip to the Kingdom of Bhutan. 7 p.m. Shiras Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322.

Magnetic St. messiahlutheranmqt.org • Summer Reading Book Fair. Those registered in the Summer Reading program can bring their reading log and choose a free book. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 360-3056. • 1400 Lakeshore Blvd–Talk and Tour Fundraiser. Learn the history of the property, what it’s like to live on the shores of Lake Superior and tour the inside of the cabin that was built without hardware. $75 per person. 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. Marquette Regional History Center, 145 W. Spring St. (906) 226-3571 or marquettehistory.org • Buffet Bash. This outdoor concert will feature a Jimmy Buffet tribute band. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 6 p.m. Shoreline Theatre, NMU nmu. universitytickets.com

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• Negaunee City Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Miner’s Park, corner of Maas Street and US-41. • Negaunee City Band Concert. Bring your own chair and enjoy a night of music. 7:30 p.m. Outdoor Performing Arts Center, east end of Iron St.

Skandia

• Farmers Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Skandia Farmers Market, 9271 US-41 S.

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Copper Harbor

• Performances in the Park. Bring your own blankets, chairs and picnic baskets, and listen to music by B&B. 7 to 9 p.m. Donny Kilpela Memorial Park.

Gladstone

• Summer Concert Series. Sit Down Francis will perform. Bring a blanket and chairs. 7 p.m. Van Cleve Park. deltami.org

Gwinn

• Alumni Co-Ed Softball Tournament. Watch as alumni teams compete for the championship. Times vary. Forsyth Township Baseball Field, Off Johnson Lake Rd. gwinnmi.com

L’Anse

• Lakefront Concert Series. Enjoy a night of music by Adam Carpenter & Upper Hand. Bring a chair and blanket. Rain location is Meadowbrook Arena. 7 p.m. Lakefront Park, Broad St.

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• Boundless. Youth in kindergarten through Grade 6 are invited for crafts, games and more. Snacks and materials provided. Registration appreciated. 9 a.m. to noon. Messiah Lutheran Church, 305

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• Them Coulee Boys Concert. The Wisconsin band Them Coulee Boys will perform a blend of folk, punk, bluegrass and rock and roll. $5; adults, $25. 7 p.m. CDT. Crystal Theatre, 304 Superior Ave. (906) 875-3208 or thecrystaltheatre.org

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• Summer Story Time. Youth are invited for stories. Rain location is in the library. 10:30 a.m. Peter Nordeen Park, corner of Flint and Pine streets. (906) 346-3433. • Alumni Co-Ed Softball Tournament. Watch as alumni teams compete for the championship. Times vary. Forsyth Township Baseball Field, Off Johnson Lake Rd. gwinnmi.com

Ishpeming

• Festival of Treasures. This street fair will include music, vendors, food, sales and more. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Downtown. • Friends of the Library Used Book Sale. Shop for used books, merchandise and the 2023 historic Ishpeming calendar. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 486-4381. • Ishpeming Cemetery Tour. Join others for a one-hour guided tour. Tour will be canceled for inclement weather. Youth, free; adults, $10 suggested donation. 3 p.m. Ishpeming Cemetery, 1705 N. 2nd St. (906) 250-0985.

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• LEGO Club. Meet other LEGO enthusiasts and build LEGO projects using the library’s LEGO blocks. Youth age 8 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Great Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 458-4844. • Buffet Bash. This outdoor concert

p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 236-1811. • Docu Cinema. The documentary film The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy will be shown. 6:30 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322. • NCLL Kickoff Potluck RSVP Deadline. See Tuesday the 12th.

will feature a Jimmy Buffet tribute band. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 6 p.m. Shoreline Theatre, NMU nmu. universitytickets.com

Michigamme

• Sesquicentennial Celebration. Activities include a bonfire, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Cultural Committee Dance Exhibition, canoe parade and lantern release. 6 p.m. to midnight. Michigamme Township Park, address. michigammetownship.com

Munising

• Concert in the Park. Enjoy a night of music outdoors. 6:30 p.m. Bayshore Park, 355 Elm Ave.

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• Pioneer Days. Activities include loom demonstrations, a Model A car show, ice cream social, wine tasting and more. Times and locations vary. negauneeirontown.org

Bark River

• Sesquicentennial Celebration. Activities include an all class reunion, a golf outing, presentations, tours and more. Cost and times vary. Bark River Community Park. deltami.org

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• Independence Day Celebration. Activities include a car show, petting zoo food, vendors, music and fireworks. Times vary. Ludington Park. deltami.org

• Music in the Park. Backroads 906 will perform. Donations appreciated. 6:30 p.m. Erickson Center Park, N9224 Saw-waQuato St. ericksoncenter.org

Gwinn

• Alumni Co-Ed Softball Tournament. Watch as alumni teams compete for the championship. Times vary. Forsyth Township Baseball Field, Off Johnson Lake Rd. gwinnmi.com

Ishpeming

• Independence Day Parade. 10:30 a.m. Downtown. ishpeming4th.com • Independence Celebration. Activities include a community picnic, a visit from Nick Baumgartner and fireworks. Noon. Al Quaal Recreation Area.ishpeming4th. com

Marquette

• Prospect Street for UPAWS Benefit Sale. Proceeds from this sale benefit UPAWS. 9 a.m. to noon. 305 E. Prospect St. • Saturday Morning Farmers Market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St. mqtfarmersmarket.com • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. Lessons, 10 a.m. Games, 11:30 a.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod.com or (906) 236-3173. • International Food Fest. This festival will feature a mix of food vendors and performances by local musicians. 6 to 10 p.m. Mattson Lower Harbor Park, 200 Lakeshore Blvd.

Michigamme

• Sesquicentennial Celebration. Activities include a historical cemetery walk, dinner and a dance. Cost, times and locations vary. michigammetownship.com

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Bark River

• Sesquicentennial Celebration. Activities include an ecumenical church service, fiddler performance, the Great Lakes Timber Show, 1871 games, a baseball game and music. Cost and times

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Gwinn

• Street Dance. This annual event features music, food and beverages. 8 p.m. Peter Nordeen Park, corner of Flint and Pine streets.

Marquette

• International Food Fest. This festival will feature a mix of food vendors and performances by local musicians. Noon to 10 p.m. Mattson Lower Harbor Park, 200 Lakeshore Blvd.

Michigamme

• Sesquicentennial Celebration. Activities include an all-denomination service, car and motorcycle show, music, a beard and mustache contest, boat parade, dance and fireworks. Cost, times and locations vary. michigammetownship.com

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Independence Day

Bark River

• 4th of July Celebration. Activities include a parade and festivities in the park. 11 a.m. Bark River Community Park. deltami.org

Gwinn

• 4th of July in the Park. Activities include kids’ games, food and more. Time to be announced. Peter Nordeen Park, corner of Flint and Pine streets.

Marquette

• International Food Fest. This festival will feature a mix of food vendors and performances by local musicians. Noon to 10p.m. Mattson Lower Harbor Park, 200

Lakeshore Blvd. • 4th of July Parade. 2 p.m. Washington St. • Marquette City Band Concert. 6 p.m. Mattson Lower Harbor Park, 200 Lakeshore Blvd. marquettecityband.com • Fireworks. Dusk. Mattson Lower Harbor Park, 200 Lakeshore Blvd. •

Michigamme

• 4th of July Celebration. Activities include a parade, historical presentations, a kids’ carnival and races, cribbage tournament and more. Cost, times and locations vary. michigammetownship.com

Munising

• Independence Day Celebration. Activities include a parade, park events and fireworks. Times vary. Bayshore Park, 355 Elm Ave.

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sunrise 6:03 a.m.; sunset 9:45 p.m.

Escanaba

Ishpeming

• Partridge Creek Farm: Gentle Garden Yoga. 4:30 to 6 p.m. Inspiration Orchard, 105 York St. (906) 376-4171. • Ishpeming Cemetery Tour. Join others for a one-hour guided tour. Tour will be canceled for inclement weather. Youth, free; adults, $10 suggested donation. 6:30 p.m. Ishpeming Cemetery, 1705 N. 2nd St. (906) 250-0985.

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• Farmers Market. 3 to 6 p.m. Escanaba Farmers Market, 1501 Ludington St. (906) 789-8696.

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• Congregate Meals for Seniors–Dine in or Curbside Pickup. Meals available to those age 60 and older. Call to reserve a meal. $3.50 suggested donation. Noon to 1 p.m. Marquette Senior Center, 300 W. Spring St. (906) 228-0456. • Oil Painting, Pastels and Drawing Classes with Marlene Wood. Bring your own supplies. $20. 1 to 3 p.m. Marquette Arts and Culture Center, lower level, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 225-8655. • Wednesday Evening Farmers Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St. mqtfarmersmarket.com • Tracks Through Time: A Walking Tour with Jim Koski. Jim Koski will lead a walking tour through downtown discussing how railroads shaped the area today. $5 suggested donation. 6:30 p.m. Marquette Regional History Center, 145 W. Spring St. (906) 226-3571 or marquettehistory.org • Authors Reading Virtually. Authors Jonathan Johnson and Greg Ormson will read selections on the theme of Health and Wellness. 7 p.m. via Zoom. Visit pwpl. info for Zoom link. • Lake Superior Theatre: Something Rotten. Set in the 1590s, this Broadway musical features large song and dance numbers and over-the-top characters. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu

Negaunee

• Pioneer Days. Activities include class reunions, a community picnic, kids bike parade, softball games and more. Times and locations vary. negauneeirontown.org • Meet the Authors. U.P. authors Mikel B. Classen, Ann Dallman, Deborah K. Frontiera, Mack Hassler, Allan Koski, and Gretchen Preston will discuss and sign copies of their books. 1

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• Lake Effect Bar and Grill. - Wednesday, July 6: Adam Carpenter and the Upper Hand. - Wednesday, the 13th: Open mic night. - Wednesday, the 20th: Open mic night. - Wednesday, the 27th: Outlaw’d. Music, 8 p.m. 174 Gratiot St. (906) 289-4010.

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• Hideaway Bar. - Mondays: The Hideaway All-Stars. 7 p.m. 741 M-35. (906) 346-3178. • Up North Lodge. - Sunday, July 10: Adam Carpenter and the Upper Hand. - Sunday, the 17th: Eddie and the Bluesers. - Sunday, the 24th: DayDreamers. - Sunday, the 31st: Guitars and Cataraks. Music, 4 to 8 p.m. 215 S. CR-557. (906) 346-9815.

Marquette

• Blackrocks Brewery. - Mondays: Trivia. 7 to 9 p.m. - Wednesdays: Open mic. 6 to 9 p.m. - Thursday, June 30: Jim & Ray. - Thursday, July 7: After Ours. Music begins at 6 p.m. 424 N. Third St. (906) 273-1333 or blackrocksbrewery.com • Drifa Brewing Company. - Mondays: Musicians’ Open Mic. 6 to 8 p.m. - Thursday, June 30: DayDreamers Acoustic. - Friday, July 8: Chris Valenti. - Saturday, the 16th: Whiskey Ryan. - Thursday, the 21st: DayDreamers Acoustic. - Sunday, the 24th: Kaden Shannon. - Friday, the 29th: DayDreamers Acoustic. - Saturday, the 30th: Bradley and Jason. Music begins at 6 p.m. 501 S. Lake St. 273-1300. • Flanigan’s. - Tuesday through Thursday: Karaoke. 9:30 p.m. - Friday, July 15: DayDreamers Acoustic. 6 p.m. Cover charge on weekends only. 429 W. Washington St. (906) 2288865. • Ore Dock Brewing Company. - Friday, July 1: Outlaw’d. - Saturday, the 2nd: Stonefolk. - Friday, the 8th: Blanco Suave + After Ours. Advanced tickets, $5; at

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the door, $8. - Saturday, the 9th: Jazz Night with After Ours, McKenzie and Arquette. - Thursday, the 14th: Full Cord. Hiawatha members, $5; nonmembers, $7. 6 p.m. - Friday, the 15th: Brothers Quinn. - Saturday, the 16th: Nick Gonnering and Brothers Quinn. 7 p.m. - Thursday, the 21st: Deacon Earl. 8 p.m. - Friday, the 22nd and Saturday, the 23rd: Earth Radio. - Monday, the 25th: Mulebone. Advanced tickets, $5; at the door, $8. 7 p.m. - Thursday, the 28th: Tyler Dettloff and RJ Little. 8 p.m. - Friday, the 29th and Saturday, the 30th: Big Donut. All shows are free and begin at 9 p.m. unless noted. 114 W. Spring St. 228-8888. • Rippling River Resort. - Thursdays through Sundays: Fireside music by various musicians. 6 to 9 p.m. 4321 M-553. (906) 273-2259 or ripplingriverresort.com • Superior Culture. - Thursday, June 30: Ear Lickers. 9 p.m. - Friday, July 1: A Place to Land. 7 p.m. 713 Third Street. 273-0927 or superiorculturemqt.com • The Fold. - Sundays: Acoustic Jam. 3 to 5 p.m. 1015 N. Third Street, #9. (906) 226-8575.

Munising

• Falling Rock Café and Bookstore. - Monday, July 4: A Place to Land. 5 to 8 p.m. - Saturday, the 16th: February Sky. 7 to 9 p.m. - Saturday, the 23rd: Alex Teller. Noon to 2p.m. and Billy Joe Hunt, 5 to 7 p.m. - Saturday, the 30th: Beechgrove and Blacksmith. 6 to 8 p.m. 104 E. Munising Ave. (906) 387-3008

Negaunee

• Smarty’s Saloon. - Thursdays: Live acoustic music. 7 to 10 p.m. 212 Iron St. (906) 401-0438.

Republic

• Pine Grove Bar. - Friday, July 8: The Derrell Syria Project. 7 to 10 p.m. - Saturday, the 9th: Lost Cause. 8 p.m. to midnight. - Sunday, the 17th: Reverend. 3 to 7 p.m. - Friday, the 22nd: The Black Hats. 7 to 10 p.m. - Saturday, the 23rd: Shotgun Kelly. 8 p.m. to midnight. - Friday, the 29th: S.E.T. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. - Saturday, the 30th: Polar Blues Band. 8 p.m. to midnight. 286 Front St. (906) 376-2234. MM

to 4 p.m. Negaunee Public Library, 319 W. Case St. (906) 475-7700. • Negaunee City Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Miner’s Park, corner of Maas Street and US-41. • Negaunee City Band Concert. Bring your own chair and enjoy a night of music. 7:30 p.m. Outdoor Performing Arts Center, east end of Iron St.

Republic

• Monthly Coffee Social. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Republic Township Hall, 279 Kloman Ave.

Skandia

• Farmers Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Skandia Farmers Market, 9271 US-41 S.

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sunrise 6:04 a.m.; sunset 9:45 p.m.

Copper Harbor

• Performances in the Park. Bring your own blankets, chairs and picnic baskets, and listen to music by Kevin Blackstone. 7 to 9 p.m. Donny Kilpela Memorial Park.

• Movie Night. The movie Moana will be shown. Bring your own snacks. 6:30 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Lake Superior Theatre: Something Rotten. Set in the 1590s, this Broadway musical features large song and dance numbers and over-the-top characters. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu

Negaunee

• Pioneer Days. Activities include breakfast, class reunions, a pie social and night on the town. Times and locations vary. negauneeirontown.org • Friends of the Negaunee Public Library Used Book Sale. Used books will be available for purchase. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Negaunee Senior Center, 410 Jackson St. (906) 475-7700.

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Chassell

• Master of Variety Comedy Magician: Mike Bliss. $25. 7 p.m. Pine Performance Center, N9224 Saw-wa-Quato St. mynorthtickets.com

• Strawberry Festival. This festival will include arts and crafts exhibits and sales, a fish boil dinner, parade, dance and more. Times vary. Chassell Centennial Park, 103 Third St. coppercountrystrawberryfestival. com

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• Live on the Lawn At Lunch Music Series. Justin and the Swingbats will perform. Wildmans food truck will be on site. 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Escanaba Public Library, 400 Ludington St. (906) 789-7323.

Ishpeming

• Tween/Teen Craft: Art for Display. Youth age 10 and older are invited to make art which will be displayed at the library. Supplies provided. Register online. 1 p.m. Community Room, Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 4864381 or ishpeminglibrary.info/calendar

L’Anse

• Lakefront Concert Series. Enjoy a night of Cajun, blues and rock music by UP Gumbo. Bring a chair and blanket. Rain location is Meadowbrook Arena. 7 p.m. Lakefront Park, Broad St.

Marquette

• Summer Story Time. Youth are invited for stories. Rain location is in the library. 10:30 a.m. Peter Nordeen Park, corner of Flint and Pine streets. (906) 346-3433.

Ishpeming

• Gossard Girls. Phyllis Michael Wong will discuss her book We Kept Our Towns Going. Sandy Arsenault will lead a tour of the building. NCLL members, $5; nonmembers, $10. 10 a.m. Gossard Building, 308 Cleveland Ave. (906) 4754252.

Marquette

• Docu Cinema Matinee. The documentary film The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy will be shown. 6:30 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322. • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 458-4844. • Lake Superior Theatre: Something Rotten. Set in the 1590s, this Broadway musical features large song and dance numbers and over-the-top characters. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu

Negaunee

• Pioneer Days. Activities include class reunions, an all class luncheon and more. Times and locations vary. negauneeirontown.org

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Chassell

• Strawberry Festival. This festival will include breakfast, a car wash, exhibits, parade, food, boat rides,

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• Calumet Art Center. - 100 Days of Stitch Meditation, featuring works by Karen Milszeski, will be on display through June 30. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 57055 Fifth St. (906) 934-2228. • Copper Country Associated Artist. Works by members and workshop participants in watercolor and oil, drawings, photography, sculpture, quilting, wood, textile, clay, glass and other media. Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 205 Fifth St. (906) 337-1252 or ccaartists.org • Gallery on 5th. Works by local and regional artists. Days and hours vary. 109 Fifth St. (906) 369-0094.

Copper Harbor

• EarthWorks Gallery. Featuring Lake Superior-inspired photography by Steve Brimm. Daily, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 216 First St. (910) 319-1650.

Escanaba

• East Ludington Art Gallery. Works by local artists. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 1007 Ludington St. (906) 786-0300 or eastludingtongallery.com • William Bonifas Fine Arts Gallery. - NMU Art and Design Student Biennial Show, will be on display through June 30. - Bonifias Membership Show, featuring works by various artists, will be on display July 7 through August 25, with a public reception at 6 p.m. on July 14. - East Ludington Gallery Artists Show, featuring works by artists in the co-op, will be on display through August 4. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3p.m. 700 First Avenue South. (906) 786-3833 or bonifasarts.org

Hancock

• Finlandia University Gallery. - Folk School at Midsummer, an exhibition of work by Folk School instructors and students, will be on display through September 2. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m. 435 Quincy St. (906) 487-7500. Kerredge Gallery. - Fiber art by Phyllis Fredendall will be on display through July 31. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Community Arts Center, 126 Quincy St. (906) 4822333 or coppercountryarts.com • Youth Gallery. - The Hexagon Project, featuring works by Houghton Elementary School students, will be on display through August 31. Tuesday through Friday, 10

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a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Community Arts Center, 126 Quincy St. (906) 482-2333 or coppercountryarts.com

Houghton

• A-Space Gallery. Featuring works by local, regional and national artists. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays, 1 to 8 p.m. Rozsa Center, 1400 Townsend Dr. mtu.edu/rozsa

Marquette

• Art—U.P. Style. Art by Carol Papaleo, works by local artists, gifts, classes and more. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 130 W. Washington St. (906) 225-1993. • DeVos Art Museum. - North of the 45th will be on display through July 29, with a closing reception at 7 p.m. July 29. - The Last Place on Earth, featuring works by Jan Manniko, will be on display through November 15, 2022. Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Corner of Seventh and Tracy streets. NMU. (906) 227-1481 or nmu.edu/devos • Graci Gallery. Works by regional and national artists. Featuring fine craft,

contemporary art, and jewelry. Thursday and Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday, by appointment or chance. 555 E Michigan Street. gracigallery.com • Huron Mountain Club Gallery. - Nature’s Song: Marquette Monthly Cover Art 2008-2022 and New Works by Diana Magnuson, will be on display through July 16. Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Lake Superior Photo and Gallery. The studio features landscape photographic art by Shawn Malone, including naturescapes of the Lake Superior region. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 211 S. Front St. (906) 228-3686 or lakesuperiorphoto.com • Marquette Arts and Culture Center Deo Gallery. - Forever a Wilderness, featuring photography by Christine Lenzen, will be on display through July 31st. Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 228-0472. • Peter White Public Library Reception (continued on page 85)

art galleries Area Gallery. - A Gallery of Moons, featuring fiber art works by Judy Parlato, will be on display through June 30. Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 228-0472. • Presque Isle Station. This working pottery studio features pottery by Michael Horton and Terry Gilfoy, along with works by local artists. Days and times vary. 2901 Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 225-1695. • The Gallery: A Marquette Artist Collective Project. Works by local and regional artists. Monday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. Suite U7, 130 W. Washington St. mqtartistcollective@.org • The Studio Gallery at Presque Isle. Works by local and internationally acclaimed artists. Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. 2905 Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 360-4453. • Wintergreen Hill Gallery and Gifts. - Works by Carol Irving, will be on display through July 1. - Works by Sue Kukuk will be on display July 2 through 15, with a public reception on the 16th. - Works by G. M. Bertram will be on display beginning July 16. Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 810 N. Third St. (906) 273-1374. • Zero Degrees Artist Gallery. - Works by guest artist Kathleen music and more. Times vary. Chassell Centennial Park, 103 Third St. coppercountrystrawberryfestival.com

Escanaba

• LEGO Club. Bring your own LEGOs. 1 p.m. Escanaba Public Library, 400 Ludington St. (906) 789-7323.

Ishpeming

• Cooking for Kids – Virtual. Chef Jyl Barnett will lead a strawberry shortcake cooking class. Register by July 1. 1 p.m. Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 486-4381 or ishpeminglibrary.info/calendar • We Kept Our Towns Going. Phyllis Michael Wong will discuss the work done by the women at the Gossard factories. 1 p.m. Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 486-4381.

Marquette

• Saturday Morning Farmers Market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St. mqtfarmersmarket.com • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. Lessons, 10 a.m. Games, 11:30 a.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod.com or (906) 236-3173. • Lake Superior Theatre: Something

Conover will be on display, with a public reception from 1 to 4 p.m. on July 9. Works in oils, watercolors, mixed media, jewelry, photography, metals, woods, recycled and fiber arts and much more. Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 525 N, Third St. (906) 228-3058 or zerodegreesgallery.org

Munising

• Open Wings Pottery Studio & Gallery. Featuring works by more than 50 local artisans in a variety of media. Open by chance or appointment. E9795 County Road H-58. (906) 387-5070. • U.P.-Scale Art. Featuring works by local and regional artists. Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment. 109 W. Superior Ave. (906) 387-3300 or upscaleart.org

Rapid River

• The adhocWORKshop. Owner Ritch Branstrom creates sculptures with found objects inspired by the land in which the objects were found. By appointment or chance. 10495 South Main Street. (906) 339-1572 or adhocworkshop.com

Sand River

• Aurelia Studio Pottery. Featuring high fire stoneware, along with functional and sculptural pieces inspired by nature, created by potter and owner Paula Neville. Open by appointment or chance. 3050 E. M-28. (906) 343-6592.

Rotten. Set in the 1590s, this Broadway musical features large song and dance numbers and over-the-top characters. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • Marquette Symphony Orchestra Concert: Marquette At the Movies. This free concert will feature selections from Cats, Jurassic Park, Miss Saigon, Star Trek, and other movies. Bring a chair or blanket. 7:30 p.m. NMU Shoreline Theatre, parking lot behind the Superior Dome.

Munising

• Meet the Authors. Local authors will sign copies of their books. 12:30 p.m. Falling Rock Café and Bookstore, 104 E. Munising Ave. (906) 387-3008. • Read to Madison the Therapy Dog. 1 to 3 p.m. Falling Rock Café and Bookstore, 104 E. Munising Ave. (906) 387-3008.

Negaunee

• Pioneer Days. Activities include a parade, firefighters tournament, music, fireworks and more. Times and locations vary. negauneeirontown.org

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sunrise 6:07 a.m.; sunset 9:43 p.m.

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• Viennese Piano Duo. $5; adults, $25. 2 p.m. CDT. Crystal Theatre, 304 Superior Ave. (906) 875-3208 or thecrystaltheatre. org

Curtis

• Horsen’s Music School of Denmark Big Band Concert. Donations appreciated. 7 p.m. Pine Performance Center, N9224 Saw-wa-Quato St. ericksoncenter.org

Republic

• Strawberry Festival. 1 to 3 p.m. Pascoe House, 183 Cedar St.

11 MONDAY

sunrise 6:08 a.m.; sunset 9:43 p.m.

Escanaba

• Music Mondays. The Fish Heads will perform. Bring a blanket and chairs. 7 p.m. Karas Bandshell, Ludington Park. deltami.org

Gladstone

• Farmers Market. 3 to 6 p.m. Gladstone Farmers Market, 911 Delta Ave. gladstonemi.org

Marquette

• Bubble, Bubble, Splash. Families and youth of all ages are invited for a morning of bubbles and various water play. Dress to get wet. Rain date is July 18. 10 a.m. Front lawn, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322. • Senior Theatre Experience Monthly Workshop. Those age 55 and older are invited for the monthly workshops and discussions. Advanced registration required. 4 p.m. Marquette Arts and Culture Center, lower level, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 2258655. • Cindy Hunter Morgan Reading. Michigan Notable Book author Cindy Hunter Morgan will read from her new collection of poems Far Company. 7 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322.

Munising

• Farmers and Artisans Market. 4 to 6 p.m. Bayshore Park, 355 Elm Ave.

12 TUESDAY

sunrise 6:08 a.m.; sunset 9:42 p.m.

Escanaba

• Lunchtime Live. Area musicians will perform and Taco Kitchen food truck will be on site for lunch orders. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Courtyard, Bay College, 2001 N. Lincoln Rd. (906) 217-4040. • Lunch with the Munch Bunch. Youth age 4 to 10 with an adult are invited for stories. Bring a sack lunch to eat. 11:30 a.m. Children’s Room Patio, Escanaba Public Library, 400 Ludington St. (906) 789-7323.

Gwinn

• Dog Safety for Children Presentation. 11 a.m. Forsyth Township Public Library 180 W. Flint St. (906) 346-3433.

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• Partridge Creek Farm: Healthy Cooking Demo. 4:30 to 6 p.m. School Garden, 414 Cleveland Ave. (906) 376-

4171. • Ishpeming Cemetery Tour. Join others for a one-hour guided tour. Tour will be canceled for inclement weather. Youth, free; adults, $10 suggested donation. 6:30 p.m. Ishpeming Cemetery, 1705 N. 2nd St. (906) 250-0985.

Marquette

• Foot Clinic. This clinic is for people age 55 and older. Appointments necessary. $25. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Marquette Senior Center, 300 W. Spring St. (906) 228-0456. • NCLL Kickoff Potluck. Bring a dish to share, tableware, and chair. Tom Lakenen will discuss the sculpture park. Advanced registration requested. 11:30 a.m. Lakenenland, 2800 E. M-28. (906) 361-5370. • Historical Marquette Walking Tour. Tours will feature authentic stories about the abundant history of Marquette and character reenactments. Advanced ticket purchase recommended. $15. 1 p.m. Marquette Regional History Center, 145 W. Spring St. (906) 226-3571 or marquettehistory.org • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 236-1811. • Concert on the Steps. Troy Graham and Nels Lindquist will perform. 7 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322. • Lake Superior Theatre: Something Rotten. Set in the 1590s, this Broadway musical features large song and dance numbers and over-the-top characters. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu

Munising

• Concert in the Park. Enjoy a night of music outdoors. 6:30 p.m. Bayshore Park, 355 Elm Ave.

Negaunee

• Tuesday Afternoons at the Museum. Russell Magnaghi will present Two Food World – Native and Immigrant Meet. 2 p.m. Michigan Iron Industry Museum, 73 Forge Rd. (906) 475-7857.

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sunrise 6:09 a.m.; sunset 9:41 p.m.

Curtis

• Music in the Park. Ramble Tamble will perform. Donations appreciated. 6:30 p.m. Erickson Center Park, N9224 Sawwa-Quato St. ericksoncenter.org

Escanaba

• Farmers Market. 3 to 6 p.m. Escanaba Farmers Market, 1501 Ludington St. (906) 789-8696.

Ishpeming

• Anatomy of a Murder with Jack Deo. Jack Deo will discuss the film adaptation of Anatomy of a Murder. 6 p.m. Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 486-4381.

Marquette

• Inner Seas Concert for Kids. Learn about the Great Lakes through original songs and storytelling from the Stapleton duo. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Community, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front

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St. (906) 226-4323. • Congregate Meals for Seniors–Dine in or Curbside Pickup. Meals available to those age 60 and older. Call to reserve a meal. $3.50 suggested donation. Noon to 1 p.m. Marquette Senior Center, 300 W. Spring St. (906) 228-0456. • Teens Game On. Youth in grades 6 to 12 are invited for video games, board games and more. 1 to 3 p.m. Teen Zone, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4321. • Wednesday Evening Farmers Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St. mqtfarmersmarket.com • Concert on the Steps. Enjoy a night of harp and guitar music by The Stapletons. 7 p.m. Front steps, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322. • Lake Superior Theatre: Something Rotten. Set in the 1590s, this Broadway musical features large song and dance numbers and over-the-top characters. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • Musical: A Chorus Line. This musical is rated PG-13 for strong language and mild adult themes. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com

Negaunee

• Negaunee City Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Miner’s Park, corner of Maas Street and US-41. • Shooting Sports I with Dennis Klebba. This two to three session program will focus on hunter safety. Bring wrap-around safety glasses and a baseball cap. NCLL members, $5; nonmembers, $10. 5:30 p.m. Negaunee Rod and Gun Club, 335 North Rd. (906) 361-5370. • Negaunee City Band Concert. Bring your own chair and enjoy a night of music. 7:30 p.m. Outdoor Performing Arts Center, east end of Iron St.

Skandia

• Farmers Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Skandia Farmers Market, 9271 US-41 S.

14 THURSDAY

sunrise 6:10 a.m.; sunset 9:41 p.m.

Copper Harbor

• Performances in the Park. Bring your own blankets, chairs and picnic baskets, and listen to music by The Stapletons. 7 to 9 p.m. Donny Kilpela Memorial Park. •

Crystal Falls

• Virtual Q&A with U.P. Author Joanna Walitalo. Joanna Walitalo will discuss her coffee-table art book Woodburnings: The First Five Years. 7 p.m. Call or email to register. (906) 875-3344 or egathu@uproc. lib.mi.us

Eagle Harbor

• Adventures in History Series. MTU professor Dr. Sarah Fayen Scarlett will present Architectural Fieldwork in Keweenaw County: Log Cabins, LiDAR and Clues. Learn how fieldwork has revealed information on the unrecorded daily routines and lives of the key port towns. Keweenaw County Historical Society members, $5; nonmembers, $6. 7 p.m. Eagle Harbor Community Building, downtown. keweenawhistory.org

Ishpeming

• Teen Advisory Group. Youth in Grades 8 to 12 are invited to help plan programs, recommend books and improve the teen library space. 1 p.m. Community Room, Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 486-4381.

L’Anse

• Lakefront Concert Series. Enjoy a night of music by Aura Jamboree. Bring a chair and blanket. Rain location is Meadowbrook Arena. 7 p.m. Lakefront Park, Broad St.

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museums Big Bay

• Big Bay Lighthouse. The grounds of the 1896 lighthouse are open yearround. 3 Lighthouse Rd. (906) 3459957.

Calumet

• Coppertown Mining Museum. View exhibits relative to the copper mining industry and community life. Prices vary. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 25815 Red Jacket Road. (906) 337-4354. • International Frisbee Hall of Fame and Museum. Learn about the history of Guts Frisbee. Days and hours vary. Open when events are held. Second floor ballroom, Calumet Coliseum, Red Jacket Rd. (906) 281-7625. • Keweenaw Heritage Center. Exhibits focused on different aspects of life in the Keweenaw are on display, with exhibits varying each year. $3. Monday through Saturday, 1 to 4:30 p.m. corner of Scott and Fifth streets. keweenawheritagecenter.org or (906) 337-2410.

Caspian

• Iron County Historical Museum. This complex is the U.P.’s largest outdoor museum. Twenty-six buildings represent the industries of lumber, mining and transportation and include a homestead, cultural center and art complex. Youth 5 and younger, free; 6 to 18, $10; adults, $15. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Off M-189 or two miles off US-2 at Iron River. ironcountymuseum.org or (906) 265-2617.

Chassell

• Chassell Heritage Center and Museum. Featured displays include a 1890s era carriage, lumber and farming exhibits and a vintage clothing exhibit maintained by the Friends of Fashion. Donations appreciated. Tuesdays and Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Thursdays, 4 to 8:30 p.m. 42373 Hancock St. (906) 5231155.

Copper Harbor

• Fort Wilkins State Park. Built in 1844, this fort is a well-preserved, nineteenth century military post and lighthouse complex. Through museum exhibits, audio-visual programs and costumed interpretation, visitors can explore the daily routine of military service, experience the hardships of frontier isolation and discover another era. Park store, bookstore, concession stand and campsites are on site. 8:30 a.m. to dusk. $17 per car, per day for Michigan residents, $9 for nonresidents. US-41 (one mile east of Copper Harbor). (906) 289-4215.

Covington

• Covington Historical Museum. Located in the historic 1905 Township Hall, a Michigan Historic Site, the Museum houses exhibits,

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photographs and artifacts focusing on the life of early Finnish residents of Covington Township. The Museum contains the Township’s only jail cell. On the grounds is an early fire truck. The Genealogy Room has family history files and early township records. Saturdays, 1 to 3 p.m. Donations appreciated. Center St. (906) 355-2169.

Delaware

• Delaware Copper Mine. This authentic copper mine operated from 1847 to 1887. The tour takes visitors to the first level at 110 feet, where they can see veins of copper exposed in the walls of the mine. A deer pen and museum are also on site. Youth 5 and younger, free; 6 to 12, $7; 13 and older, $12. Daily, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. US-41, 12 miles south of Copper Harbor. (906) 289-4688 or

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Eagle Harbor

• Eagle Harbor General Store Museum. View collection of memorabilia including old toys, tools, housewares, mementos and photographs. Saturday, Sunday and by appointment. 181 W. North. (906) 231-7442 or eagleharborstoremuseum.org • Eagle Harbor Life Saving Museum. View displays of early wooden rescue boats, surfboats, life-cars and more. Donations appreciated. Daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Marina Rd. keweenawhistory.org • Eagle Harbor Lighthouse and Museum. Tour the museum and lighthouse complex. Youth, free; adults, $8. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. M-26. keweenawhistory.org (continued on page 89)

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• Eagle River Museum. The museum focuses on four themes, including the Cliff Mine, the town of Eagle River the town and mine of Phoenix and the Crestview amusement area. Donations appreciated. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. M-26. Keweenawhistory.org

Escanaba

• Delta County Historical Society Museum and Sand Point Lighthouse. Exhibits portray the local history of logging, shipping, railroads, military, Native American culture, surveyings, fishing, sports and more. Youth, free; adults, $2; families, $5. Daily, 1 to 4 p.m. 16 Water Plant Road. (906) 789-6790. deltahistorical.org

Garden

• Fayette Historic Townsite. This site was once one of the Upper Peninsula’s most productive ironsmelting operations. A town of nearly 500 residents grew up around two blast furnaces, a large dock and several charcoal kilns. It now includes a visitor center, museum exhibits, a twenty-six station walking tour and a scale model of the original townsite. $17 per car, per day for Michigan residents, $9 for nonresidents. Daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 14785 II Road. (906) 644-2603.

Grand Marais

• Gitchee Gumee Agate and History Museum. View agates, mineral specimens, mineral art, jewelry and more. $1. Thursday through Saturday, 2 to 5 p.m. E21739 Brazel St. (906) 4942590. • Pickle Barrel House Museum. This 16-foot high barrel has been restored to its condition as a cottage, built for author and illustrator William Donahey who created the Teenie Weenie characters. $1. Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. Downtown. grandmaraissmichigan.com

Greenland

• Adventure Mining Company. The mine opened in 1850 and remains one of the best-preserved sites of its time. Although the mine closed in 1920, many of the shafts are still open for touring. Tours range from surface walking tours to underground rappelling down a mineshaft. Tour prices vary. Youth 6 and younger, free; 7 to 12, $7.50 to $14.50; 13 and older, $14 to $25. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 200 Adventure Ave. (906) 883-3371 or adventuremine.com

Hancock

• Quincy Mine Hoist and Underground Mine. There are two options for touring the site. On both the surface tour and the full tour, visitors will see the museum, inside the No. 2 Shaft House and the Nordberg Steam

Hoist and ride the cog rail tram car to the mine entrance. On the full tour, visitors will take a tractor-pulled wagon into the mine, seven levels underground. Prices, days and hours vary. (906) 482-3101 or quincymine.com

Houghton

• A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum. View the largest collection of minerals from the Great Lakes region and the world’s finest collection of Michigan minerals. Exhibits educate visitors on how minerals are formed, fluorescent minerals and minerals from around the world. Prices vary. Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1404 E. Sharon Ave. museum.mtu.edu or (906) 487-2572. • Carnegie Museum. Features rotating displays of local history, natural science and culture. The Science Center is dedicated to interactive exhibits about science for kids. Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m. 105 Huron St. (906) 482-7140 or carnegiekeweenaw.org • MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections. Features a variety of historical memorabilia, highlighting life in the Copper Country. Open by appointment. Lower level of the J.R. Van Pelt Library, MTU. (906) 4873209.

Iron Mountain

• World War II Glider and Military Museum. During World War II, the Ford Motor Company’s Kingsford plant built the CG-4A Gliders for the U.S. Army. View one of seven fully restored CG-4A G World War II gliders, military uniforms from the Civil War through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, memorabilia, restored military vehicles and more. Prices vary. Days and times vary. 302 Kent St. (906) 774-1086.

Ishpeming

• Cliffs Mine Shaft Museum. View local historical artifacts of miners and mines, past and present, safety equipment, blasting and diamond drilling equipment and more. Guided tours of the tunnels are available. Prices vary. Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 501 W. Euclid St. (906) 4851882 or cliffsshaftminemuseum.com • Ishpeming Area Historical Society Museum. New exhibits include a military exhibit and artifacts from the Elson Estate. Donations appreciated. Days and hours vary. Gossard Building, Suite 303, 308 Cleveland Ave. ishpeminghistory.org • U.S. National Ski Hall & Snowboard Hall of Fame & Museum. The museum features more than 300 Hall of Fame inductees, presented in photographs and biographies, and displays and exhibits of skiing history and equipment, an extensive library, video show, gift shop, special events and more. By appointment only. US-41 and Third St. (906) 485-6323 skihall.com

K.I. Sawyer

• K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum.

The museum promotes and preserves the aviation history the air base brought to the area. Air Force-related materials are on display, including photographs, flags, medals and more. Donations appreciated. Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. 402 Third St. (906) 236-3502 or kishamuseum.org

Lake Linden

• Houghton County Historical Museum. Exhibits include local Copper Country mining, logging and cultural history. Outdoor exhibits include a working Calumet & Hecla Mining Company Train. Prices, days and hours vary. 53102 M-26. (906) 296-4121 or houghtonhistory.org

Marquette

• Beaumier Upper Peninsula Heritage Center. - UP3D, an exhibition of stereograph images from the collection of Jack Deo, will be on display through August 27. Three separate collections focus on cultural artifacts relating to ethnic, religious and social diversity in the U.P. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. NMU, corner of Seventh Street and Tracy Avenue. (906) 227-3212 or nmu.edu/beaumier • Marquette Maritime Museum. The museum collects, preserves and presents maritime history. Many exhibits and guided tours of the lighthouse grounds are offered. Prices vary. Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 300 Lakeshore Blvd. mqtmaritimemuseum.com or (906) 226-2006. • Marquette Regional History Center. - Railroads of Marquette County: Yesterday and Today, featuring select hands-on elements, as well as maps, artifacts and photographs, will be on display through February 2023. The museum includes interactive displays as well as regional history exhibits. Youth 12 and younger, $2; students, $3; seniors, $6; adults, $7. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 145 W. Spring St. (906) 226-3571 or marquettehistory.org • Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum. A variety of interactive exhibits offer learning through investigation and creativity. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prices vary. 123 W. Baraga Ave. (906) 226-3911 or upchildrensmuseum.org

Menominee

• West Shore Fishing Museum. Experience the life of an early 20th century pioneer commercial fishing family at this stop on the Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail. Tour the restored home and surrounding gardens. Walk the shoreline nature trails. View exhibits of boats, equipment, and practices of commercial fishermen and Native Americans who lived on

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the West Shore of Green Bay. Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. 15 miles north of Menominee or 8 miles south of Cedar River on M-35. Turn at Bailey Park entrance. (715) 923-9756

Munising

• Alger County Historical Society Heritage Center. Exhibits include the Grand Island Recreation Area, Munising Woodenware Company, barn building, homemaking, sauna and more. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. 1496 Washington St. (906) 387-4308.

Negaunee

• Michigan Iron Industry Museum. In the forested ravines of the Marquette Iron Range, the museum overlooks the Carp River and the site of the first iron forge in the Lake Superior region. Museum exhibits, audio-visual programs and outdoor interpretive paths depict the large-scale capital and human investment that made Michigan an industrial leader. The museum is one of 10 museums and historic sites administered by the Michigan Historical Center. Daily, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 73 Forge Rd. (906) 475-7857. • Negaunee Historical Society Museum. The museum features three floors of exhibits including a 19th century living room, Negaunee sports, a military display, old dentist equipment, mining equipment and other displays of area interest. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 303 E. Main St. (906) 4754614.

Pelkie

• Hanka Homestead Museum. The homestead recreates farming life from the 1920s. $3. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 13249 Hanka Rd. (906) 334-2601 or hankahomesteadmuseum.org

Phoenix

• Phoenix Church. Originally built in 1958 and located in the town of Cliff, the museum was dismantled and reassembled in its church location in 1899. The last mass was held in 1957. Donations appreciated. Daily, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Junction of US-41 and M-26. keweenawhistory.org

Republic

• Pascoe House Museum. View photographs, documents and artifacts of the Republic area, along with a collection of vintage dresses. Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 3 p.m. 183 Cedar St.

South Range

• Copper Range Historical Museum. Exhibits recreate life from the early 1900s to the mid-1950s of the immigrants who built the towns and villages of the area. Collections include photographs, books and artifacts. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 3 p.m. 44 Trimountain Ave. (906) 482-6125.

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• Superiorland Pet Partners. Practice your reading skills by reading to a trained therapy dog. Rain location is in the Great Room. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Front lawn, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 360-3056. • Household Waste Collection. Drop off your household hazardous waste. Visit recycle906.com for a list of acceptable items. 3 to 7 p.m. Marquette Rubbish/ Compost Site, 1415 Pioneer Rd. (906) 2494125. • Maggie Linn Bogden Art Sale. Original watercolors, limited edition prints and other works will be on display and for sale. Beverages and snacks provided. A portion of the sales will benefit the Marquette Regional History Center. 5 to 8 p.m. Marquette Regional History Center, 145 W. Spring St. (517) 862-0804. • Second Thursday Creativity Series: July Beach Party. Youth are invited for hands-on activities, ukulele music and free Culver’s frozen custard. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. U.P. Children’s Museum, 123 W. Baraga Ave. (906) 226-3911 or upchildrensmuseum.org • Movie Night. The movie Finding Dory will be shown. Bring your own snacks. 6:30 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 2264323. • Women in Science. Dr. Angela Mohrman from NMU’s Department of Biology will discuss background, work and STEM education pedagogy. 7 p.m. via Zoom. Visit pwpl.info for Zoom link. • Lake Superior Theatre: Something Rotten. Set in the 1590s, this Broadway musical features large song and dance numbers and over-the-top characters. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • Marquette City Band Concert. 7:30 p.m. Band Shell, Presque Isle Park. marquettecityband.com • Musical: A Chorus Line. This musical is rated PG-13 for strong language and mild adult themes. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com

15 FRIDAY

sunrise 6:11 a.m.; sunset 9:40 p.m.

Gwinn

• Summer Story Time. Youth are invited for stories. Rain location is in the library. 10:30 a.m. Peter Nordeen Park, corner of Flint and Pine streets. (906) 346-3433.

L’Anse

• Aura Jamboree. This two-day festival includes music by traditional, folk, Bluegrass, ethnic, classical, country, and western musicians from the Midwest. Two-day admission: Youth age 12 and younger, free; ages 13 to 17, $5; ages 18 and older, $15. 5 p.m. to midnight. Aura Community Hall, 13759 Townhall Rd. aurajamboree@gmail.com

Marquette

• LEGO Club. Meet other LEGO enthusiasts and build LEGO projects

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games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod.com or (906) 236-3173. • Sensory Friendly Musical: A Chorus Line. This musical is rated PG-13 for strong language and mild adult themes. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 2 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu. universitytickets.com • Pride Retro Dance Party. Enjoy food, music and dancing. $5. 3 to 11 p.m. Lost Creek Community Center, 200 Lost Creek Dr. • Lake Superior Theatre: Something Rotten. Set in the 1590s, this Broadway musical features large song and dance numbers and over-the-top characters. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • Musical: A Chorus Line. This musical is rated PG-13 for strong language and mild adult themes. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com

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using the library’s LEGO blocks. Youth age 8 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Great Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Ojibwa Casino Craft Show. Noon to 6 p.m. Ojibwa Casino, 105 Acre Trail. (906) 353-6333. • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 458-4844. • Maggie Linn Bogden Art Sale. Original watercolors, limited edition prints and other works will be on display and for sale. Beverages and snacks provided. A portion of the sales will benefit the Marquette Regional History Center. 5 to 8 p.m. Marquette Regional History Center, 145 W. Spring St. (517) 862-0804. • Paranormal Lighthouse Tour. Join members of the Marquette Maritime Museum and Yooper Paranormal for this guided tour. $25. 7 p.m. Marquette Maritime Museum, 300 Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 226-6006. • Lake Superior Theatre: Something Rotten. Set in the 1590s, this Broadway musical features large song and dance numbers and over-the-top characters. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • Musical: A Chorus Line. This musical is rated PG-13 for strong language and mild adult themes. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com

Republic

• Fishing Derby Registration, Parade and Concert. Register for the weekend derby, view the parade and listen to music by Swampberry Moonshine Moonshine. 7 to 11 p.m. Munson Park, Park City Rd. (906) 869-2744.

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Escanaba

• Live on the Lawn At Lunch Music Series. The Stapletons will perform. Bobaloon’s food truck will be on site. 1 p.m. Escanaba Public Library, 400 Ludington St. (906) 789-7323.

Hancock

• Canal Run. This annual event features a half marathon, 2, 5 and 10-mile walks and runs, and a kids’ dash. Prices vary. Race starts times and locations vary. Downtown Hancock. canal.run

Ishpeming

• Tween Book Club. The group will discuss The Leak by Kate Reed Petty. 2 p.m. Community Room, Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 4864381 or ishpeminglibrary.info/calendar

L’Anse

• Aura Jamboree. This two-day festival includes music by traditional, folk, Bluegrass, ethnic, classical, country, and western musicians from the Midwest. Two-day admission: Youth age 12 and younger, free; ages 13 to 17, $5; ages 18 and older, $15. 10 a.m. to midnight. Aura Community Hall, 13759 Townhall Rd. aurajamboree@gmail.com

Marquette

• Ojibwa Casino Craft Show. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Ojibwa Casino, 105 Acre Trail. (906) 353-6333. • Saturday Morning Farmers Market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St. mqtfarmersmarket.com • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. Lessons, 10 a.m. Games, 11:30 a.m. $5 for

• Annual Fishing Derby. Fishing licenses are required. Age 16 and younger, $5; age 17 and older, $20. 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Munson Park, Park City Rd. (906) 869-2744. • Fishing Derby Concert and Fireworks. The band Diversion will perform. Concert, 8 p.m. to midnight. Fireworks, dusk. Munson Park, Park City Rd. (906) 869-2744.

Skandia

• Skandia Days. This community event will feature a parade, music, food, beverages, kids and adult games, and more. Parade, 11 a.m. Kreiger Drive. Festival, noon. Community Center, 224 Kreiger Dr. (906) 942-7662.

17 SUNDAY

sunrise 6:13 a.m.; sunset 9:38 p.m.

K.I. Sawyer

• Dance. Dance to music performed by the Hart Beats. $8. 1 to 4 p.m. K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum, 402 Third St.

Republic

• Annual Fishing Derby. Fishing licenses are required. Age 16 and younger, $5; age 17 and older, $20. 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Munson Park, Park City Rd. (906) 869-2744.

18 MONDAY

sunrise 6:14 a.m.; sunset 9:37 p.m.

Escanaba

• Music Mondays. The Derrell Syria Project will perform. Bring a blanket and chairs. 7 p.m. Karas Bandshell, Ludington Park. deltami.org

Gladstone

• Farmers Market. 3 to 6 p.m. Gladstone Farmers Market, 911 Delta Ave. gladstonemi.org

Marquette

• Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour. Mark O’Neill will discuss the complexity of the plant and how more than three million gallons of wastewater is treated daily. NCLL members, $5; nonmembers,

$10. 12:30 p.m. Marquette Wastewater Treatment Plant, 1930 US-41 S. (906) 3615370. • Global Geeks Book Club. The group will discuss A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. 6 p.m. Dandelion Cottage Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4312. • Felt Magic with Jody Trost. Felt artist Jody Trost will lead a beginner Needle Felted workshop. Bring a small pair of scissors. 6:30 p.m. Shiras Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322.

Munising

• Farmers and Artisans Market. 4 to 6 p.m. Bayshore Park, 355 Elm Ave.

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Escanaba

• Lunch with the Munch Bunch. Youth age 4 to 10 with an adult are invited for stories. Bring a sack lunch to eat. 11:30 a.m. Children’s Room Patio, Escanaba Public Library, 400 Ludington St. (906) 789-7323. • Adventures in Crafting. Youth age 7 and older are invited for Scrimshaw art. 2 p.m. Escanaba Public Library, 400 Ludington St. (906) 789-7323.

Gwinn

• Literature at the Lodge. The group will discuss Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson. 7 p.m. Up North Lodge, 215 S. CR-557. (906) 346-3433.

Ishpeming

• Partridge Creek Farm: Healthy Cooking Demo. 4:30 to 6 p.m. Incubator Garden, 410 E. Euclid St. (906) 376-4171. • Ishpeming Cemetery Tour. Join others for a one-hour guided tour. Tour will be canceled for inclement weather. Youth, free; adults, $10 suggested donation. 6:30 p.m. Ishpeming Cemetery, 1705 N. 2nd St. (906) 250-0985.

Marquette

• NCLL Program Planning Committee. Join others to help plan future events. 10 a.m. Room 404A, Cohodas Building, NMU. (906) 249-3837. • 20,000 Laughs Under the Sea with Will Stuck. Families and youth are invited for music, education, stories and science with Will Stuck. 10:30 a.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Create Your Own Cartoon Character with Will Stuck. Learn how to draw cartoons with Will Stuck. 1 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Historical Marquette Bus Tour. Tours will feature authentic stories about the abundant history of Marquette and character reenactments. Advanced ticket purchase recommended. $25. 1 p.m. Marquette Regional History Center, 145 W. Spring St. (906) 226-3571 or marquettehistory.org • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 236-1811. • Teen Tuesdays: Ocean Painting. Local balloon artist Megan will teach simple twisting techniques to turn balloons into

creations. Supplies provided. 2 and 3 p.m. Great Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4321. • Family and Friends of Dr. Cate Edgell Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction. Family and friends of Marquette native Dr. Cate Edgell will host a three-course fundraising dinner and silent auction. Proceeds will benefit an endowed scholarship for a medical student at Oregon Health and Science University. $80 per person or $150 per couple. 5:30 p.m. Masonic Temple, 128 W. Washington St. matimqt.org • Lake Superior Theatre: Nunsense. This comedic spoof follows the misadventures of the little sisters in Hoboken raising money to bury their dearly departed. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu

Munising

• Concert in the Park. Enjoy a night of music outdoors. 6:30 p.m. Bayshore Park, 355 Elm Ave.

Negaunee

• Tuesday Afternoons at the Museum. Phyllis Michael Wong will present We Kept Our Towns Going. 2 p.m. Michigan Iron Industry Museum, 73 Forge Rd. (906) 475-7857.

Republic

• Republic Area Historical Society Monthly Meeting. 2 to 4 p.m. Republic Township Hall, 279 Kloman Ave.

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sunrise 6:16 a.m.; sunset 9:36 p.m.

Curtis

• Music in the Park. Fyrbird will perform. Donations appreciated. 6:30 p.m. Erickson Center Park, N9224 Saw-waQuato St. ericksoncenter.org

choose a free book. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Congregate Meals for Seniors–Dine in or Curbside Pickup. Meals available to those age 60 and older. Call to reserve a meal. $3.50 suggested donation. Noon to 1 p.m. Marquette Senior Center, 300 W. Spring St. (906) 228-0456. • Historical Marquette Walking Tour. Tours will feature authentic stories about the abundant history of Marquette and character reenactments. Advanced ticket purchase recommended. $15. 1 p.m. Marquette Regional History Center, 145 W. Spring St. (906) 226-3571 or marquettehistory.org • Teens Game On. Youth in grades 6 to 12 are invited for video games, board games and more. 1 to 3 p.m. Teen Zone, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4321. • Oil Painting, Pastels and Drawing Classes with Marlene Wood. Bring your own supplies. $20. 1 to 3 p.m. Marquette Arts and Culture Center, lower level, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 225-8655. • Wednesday Evening Farmers Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St. mqtfarmersmarket.com • Marquette Area Blues Society Board Meeting. 6:30 p.m. Location to be announced. marquetteareabluessociety.org • Concert on the Steps. John Gillette, Gretchen McKenzie, Brennan Brooker and Troy Graham will perform. 7 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322. • Lake Superior Theatre: Nunsense. This comedic spoof follows the misadventures of the little sisters in Hoboken raising money to bury their dearly departed.

Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • Musical: A Chorus Line. This musical is rated PG-13 for strong language and mild adult themes. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com

Negaunee

• Archaeological Exhibit of Fayette. View a special exhibit highlighting the historical town of Fayette. NCLL members, $5; nonmembers, $10. 1 p.m. Michigan Iron Industry Museum, 73 Forge Rd. (734) 646-4443. • Negaunee City Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Miner’s Park, corner of Maas Street and US-41. • Shooting Sports with Dennis Klebba. This two to three session program will focus on hunter safety. Bring wrap-around safety glasses and a baseball cap. NCLL members, $5; nonmembers, $10. 5:30 p.m. Negaunee Rod and Gun Club, 335 North Rd. (906) 361-5370. • Shooting Sports II with Dennis Klebba. Participants will choose between skeet, clays, trap, rifle or pistol dependent upon completion of Shooting Sports I and instructors. NCLL members, $5; nonmembers, $10. 5:30 p.m. Negaunee Rod and Gun Club, 335 North Rd. (906) 3615370. • Negaunee City Band Concert. Bring your own chair and enjoy a night of music. 7:30 p.m. Outdoor Performing Arts Center, east end of Iron St.

Skandia

• Farmers Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Skandia Farmers Market, 9271 US-41 S.

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Gwinn

• Family Yoga and Crafts with Fran. 6 p.m. Forsyth Township Public Library 180 W. Flint St. (906) 346-3433.

Eagle Harbor

• Adventures in History Series: A 3-D Journey Around the U.P. This presentation will visit 19th century iron and copper mines, Native American encampments and towns through antique stereo views. 3-D glasses provided. Keweenaw County Historical Society members, $5; nonmembers, $6. 7 p.m. Eagle Harbor Community Building, downtown. keweenawhistory.org

Escanaba

• Farmers Market. 3 to 6 p.m. Escanaba Farmers Market, 1501 Ludington St. (906) 789-8696.

Ishpeming

• Oceans Alive with Michigan Science Center. Explore the layers that make up the oceans, and adaptations aquatic animals take to call it home. Register online. 1 and 2 p.m. Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 4864381 or ishpeminglibrary.info/calendar

Marquette

• Summer Reading Book Fair. Those registered in the Summer Reading program can bring their reading log and

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sunrise 6:17 a.m.; sunset 9:35 p.m.

Copper Harbor

• Performances in the Park. Bring your own blankets, chairs and picnic baskets, and listen to music by Wild Honey Collective. 7 to 9 p.m. Donny Kilpela Memorial Park.

Escanaba

• Swing for Scholarships Golf Outing. Proceeds from this four person scramble will benefit Bay College students with scholarships. Prices vary. 11 a.m. Escanaba Country Club, 1800 11th Ave. S. (906) 2171700 or baycollege.edu/golf • Live on the Lawn At Lunch Music Series. The Hearty Remedies will perform. Wildmans food truck will be on site. 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Escanaba Public Library, 400 Ludington St. (906) 789-7323.

Ishpeming

• Tween/Teen Craft: Terrariums. Youth age 10 and older are invited to make terrariums. Supplies provided. Register online. 1 p.m. Community Room, Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 486-4381.

L’Anse

• Lakefront Concert Series. Enjoy a night of rock and country music by Chad Borgen and The Collective. Bring a chair and blanket. Rain location is Meadowbrook Arena. 7 p.m. Lakefront Park, Broad St.

Marquette

• Foot Clinic. This clinic is for people age 55 and older. Appointments necessary.

$25. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Marquette Senior Center, 300 W. Spring St. (906) 228-0456. • Summer Reading Book Fair. Those registered in the Summer Reading program can bring their reading log and choose a free book. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Vinyl Record Show. New and used vinyl records, CDs, posters, cassettes, books and t-shirts will be available for purchase. Noon to 11 p.m. Ore Dock Brewing Company, 114 W. Spring St. oredockbrewing.com • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 360-3056. • Music on Third. Musicians will perform outside businesses from Fair Avenue to Ridge Street. 6 to 8 p.m. Third St. downtownmarquette.org • Movie Night. The movie Luca will be shown. Bring your own snacks. 6:30 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Lake Superior Theatre: Nunsense. This comedic spoof follows the misadventures of the little sisters in Hoboken raising money to bury their dearly departed. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • Musical: A Chorus Line. This musical is rated PG-13 for strong language and mild adult themes. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com

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sunrise 6:18 a.m.; sunset 9:34 p.m.

Crystal Falls

• Blooze Brothers. This eleven-piece show band covers music from the ‘40s to day. $5; adults, $25. 7 p.m. CDT. Crystal Theatre, 304 Superior Ave. (906) 875-3208 or thecrystaltheatre.org

Gwinn

• Summer Story Time. Youth are invited for stories. Rain location is in the library. 10:30 a.m. Peter Nordeen Park, corner of Flint and Pine streets. (906) 346-3433.

Marquette

• Free Blood Pressure/Blood Sugar Clinic. This clinic is free to residents age 55 and older. Appointments necessary. 11 a.m. Marquette Senior Center, 300 W. Spring St. (906) 228-0456. • Vinyl Record Show. New and used vinyl records, CDs, posters, cassettes, books and t-shirts will be available for purchase. Noon to 11 p.m. Ore Dock Brewing Company, 114 W. Spring St. oredockbrewing.com • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 458-4844. • Hiawatha Music Festival. The day’s events include a dance and performances by several bands. Prices vary. Noon to midnight. Tourist Park, 2145 Sugar Loaf Ave. hiawathamusic.org • Lake Superior Theatre: Nunsense. This comedic spoof follows the misadventures of the little sisters in Hoboken raising money to bury their dearly departed. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • Musical: A Chorus Line. This musical is rated PG-13 for strong language and mild adult themes. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com

Negaunee

• Iron Ore Heritage Bike Tours. This 15-mile guided tour along the Iron Ore Heritage Trail will travel from the museum to Ishpeming with stops along the way and lunch provided by Midtown Bakery and Café. Advanced registration required. $25. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Michigan Iron Industry Museum, 73 Forge Rd. (906) 475-7857.

23 SATURDAY

sunrise 6:19 a.m.; sunset 9:33 p.m.

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• Red Jacket Jamboree. This oldtime radio variety show will feature a performance by jazz singer Maya Berlardo. $25. 7 p.m. Keweenaw Storytelling Center, 215 Fifth St. (906) 934-2346 or redjacketjamboree.org

Marquette

• Hiawatha Music Festival. The day’s events include workshops, concerts for children, teens and adults. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tourist Park, 2145 Sugar Loaf Ave. hiawathamusic.org • Vinyl Record Show. New and used vinyl records, CDs, posters, cassettes, books and t-shirts will be available for purchase. Noon to 11 p.m. Ore Dock Brewing Company, 114 W. Spring St. oredockbrewing.com

25 MONDAY

sunrise 6:22 a.m.; sunset 9:31 p.m.

Escanaba

• Music Mondays. Grand Design will perform. Bring a blanket and chairs. 7 p.m. Karas Bandshell, Ludington Park. deltami.org

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sunrise 6:21 a.m.; sunset 9:32 p.m.

• Summer Market. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Calumet Art Center, 57055 Fifth St. (906) 934-2228. • Wine and Cheese Tasting and Auction Fundraiser. Proceeds benefit the Erickson Center for the Arts. $35. 4 p.m. Chamberlin’s Ole Forest Inn, N9450 Manistique Lakes Rd. mynorthtickets.com

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Brewing Company, 114 W. Spring St. oredockbrewing.com • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. Lessons, 10 a.m. Games, 11:30 a.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod.com or (906) 236-3173. • Hiawatha Music Festival. The day’s events include workshops, concerts for children, teens and adults. 11 a.m. to midnight. Tourist Park, 2145 Sugar Loaf Ave. hiawathamusic.org • Messy Painting. Painting activities for youth will be provided. Youth age eight and younger must be accompanied by an adult. 4:30 and 5:15 p.m. Parking lot, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Lake Superior Theatre: Nunsense. This comedic spoof follows the misadventures of the little sisters in Hoboken raising money to bury their dearly departed. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • Musical: A Chorus Line. This musical is rated PG-13 for strong language and mild adult themes. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com

• Saturday Morning Farmers Market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St. mqtfarmersmarket.com • Vinyl Record Show. New and used vinyl records, CDs, posters, cassettes, books and t-shirts will be available for purchase. Noon to 11 p.m.. Ore Dock

• Farmers Market. 3 to 6 p.m. Gladstone Farmers Market, 911 Delta Ave. gladstonemi.org

Marquette

• Shark Week Family Storytime. Stop by for shark stories, songs, crafts and snacks. 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Great Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Senior Theatre Experience Monthly Workshop. Those age 55 and older are invited for the monthly workshops and discussions. Advanced registration

required. 4 p.m. Marquette Arts and Culture Center, lower level, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 2258655. • Concert on the Steps. Chris Valenti will perform original songs, and rock and roll hits. 7 p.m. Front steps, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322.

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Ishpeming

• Teen Book Club. The group will discuss Hearstopper: Volume 1 by Alice Oseman. 1 p.m. Communicty Room, Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 486-4381.

Munising

• Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market. 4 to 6 p.m. Bayshore Park, 355 Elm Ave.

L’Anse

• Lakefront Concert Series. Enjoy a night of folk, country and light pop music by Cathy Bolton. Bring a chair and blanket. Rain location is Meadowbrook Arena. 7 p.m. Lakefront Park, Broad St.

26 TUESDAY

sunrise 6:23 a.m.; sunset 9:29 p.m.

Escanaba

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• Strings on the Bay: Brass Around the World. Enjoy a night of chamber music directed by Paul Lundin. Students, $6; nonstudents, $12. 7 p.m. Besse Theater, Bay College, 2001 N. Lincoln Rd. (906) 2174045 or baycollege.tix.com

Ishpeming

• Partridge Creek Farm: Healthy Cooking Demo. 4:30 to 6 p.m. Elk’s Garden, 597 Lakeshore Dr. (906) 376-4171. • Ishpeming Cemetery Tour. Join others for a one-hour guided tour. Tour will be canceled for inclement weather. Youth, free; adults, $10 suggested donation. 6:30 p.m. Ishpeming Cemetery, 1705 N. 2nd St. (906) 250-0985.

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• Shark Week Makers Space Crafts. Selfdirected shark crafts will be available for pickup. 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 2264323. • Top of the World Picnic Hike. Join others for an intermediate hike. Bring water, lunch, hiking boots and insect repellant. NCLL members, $5; nonmembers, $10. Cabins 4 and 5, Harlow Lake, Harlow Lake Rd. (906) 345-9295. • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 236-1811. • Teen Tuesdays: Charcuterie Boards Youth in grades 6 to 12 will learn to make a charcuterie board with cheese, meat, fruits and veggies. 2 to 4 p.m. Great Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4321. • Bluesday Tuesday. Enjoy music by The Union Suits. 7 p.m. Front steps, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322. • Lake Superior Theatre: Nunsense. This comedic spoof follows the misadventures of the little sisters in Hoboken raising money to bury their dearly departed. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu

Munising

• Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market. 4 to 6 p.m. Bayshore Park, 355 Elm Ave.

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• Concert in the Park. Enjoy a night of music outdoors. 6:30 p.m. Bayshore Park, 355 Elm Ave.

Negaunee

• Tuesday Afternoons at the Museum. Gary Willis will present Keweenaw Geology and the Estivant Pines Sanctuary.

• Musical: Oliver! Youth ages 10 and younger, $10; students, $15; adults, $25. 7 p.m. Pine Performance Center, N9224 Saw-wa-Quato St. mynorthtickets.org

2 p.m. Michigan Iron Industry Museum, 73 Forge Rd. (906) 475-7857.

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sunrise 6:24 a.m.; sunset 9:328 p.m.

Curtis

• Music in the Park. Drednot will perform. Donations appreciated. 6:30 p.m. Erickson Center Park, N9224 Saw-waQuato St. ericksoncenter.org

Ishpeming

• Crochet Club. Basic supplies and instructions provided to beginners. 5:30 p.m. Community Room, Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, 317 N. Main St. (906) 486-4381.

Marquette

• Shark Week Slime. Get messy and make sparkly, sharky slime. Youth age seven and younger must be accompanied by an adult. 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Great Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4321. • Congregate Meals for Seniors–Dine in or Curbside Pickup. Meals available to those age 60 and older. Call to reserve a meal. $3.50 suggested donation. Noon to 1 p.m. Marquette Senior Center, 300 W. Spring St. (906) 228-0456. • Teens Game On. Youth in grades 6 to 12 are invited for video games, board games and more. 1 to 3 p.m. Teen Zone, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4321. • Wednesday Evening Farmers Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St. mqtfarmersmarket.com • Historical Marquette Bus Tour. Tours will feature authentic stories about the abundant history of Marquette and character reenactments. Advanced ticket purchase recommended. $25. 6 p.m. Marquette Regional History Center, 145 W. Spring St. (906) 226-3571 or

marquettehistory.org • Sierra Club: Wilderness Survival Kits. Michael Neiger and Todd Theoret will provide practical knowledge on making a wilderness survival kit. 7 p.m. Community Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4322. • Lake Superior Theatre: Nunsense. This comedic spoof follows the misadventures of the little sisters in Hoboken raising money to bury their dearly departed. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • North Coast Dance Festival. Professional dancers from across the country will perform. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com •

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• Negaunee City Market. 4 to 7 p.m. Miner’s Park, corner of Maas Street and US-41. • Shooting Sports with Dennis Klebba. This two to three session program will focus on hunter safety. Bring wrap-around safety glasses and a baseball cap. NCLL members, $5; nonmembers, $10. 5:30 p.m. Negaunee Rod and Gun Club, 335 North Rd. (906) 361-5370. • Negaunee City Band Concert. Bring your own chair and enjoy a night of music. 7:30 p.m. Outdoor Performing Arts Center, east end of Iron St.

28 THURSDAY

sunrise 6:25a.m.; sunset 9:327 p.m.

29 FRIDAY

sunrise 6:26 a.m.; sunset 9:26 p.m.

Caspian

• History Happy Hour. David Trotter will present Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes. 6 to 8 p.m. Donations appreciated. Iron County Historical Museum, 100 Brady Ave. (906) 265-2617.

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• Musical: Oliver! Youth ages 10 and younger, $10; students, $15; adults, $25. 7 p.m. Pine Performance Center, N9224 Saw-wa-Quato St. mynorthtickets.org

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Copper Harbor

• Performances in the Park. Bring your own blankets, chairs and picnic baskets, and listen to music by Uncle Floyd. 7 to 9 p.m. Donny Kilpela Memorial Park.

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• Superiorland Pet Partners. Practice your reading skills by reading to a trained therapy dog. Rain location is in the Great Room. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Front lawn, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Marquette Beautification and Restoration Annual Garden Tour. $10. Tickets available at Nagelkirks, FlowerWorks, Fosbergs and Luteys. 1 to 7 p.m. Locations available upon ticket purchase. mqtbeautification.org • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod. com or (906) 360-3056. • Shark Week Movie Night. The Disney documentary film Oceans will be shown. Shark snack foods provided. 6:30 p.m. Great Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Lake Superior Theatre: Nunsense. This comedic spoof follows the misadventures of the little sisters in Hoboken raising money to bury their dearly departed. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • Marquette City Band Concert. 7:30 p.m. Band Shell, Presque Isle Park. marquettecityband.com • North Coast Dance Festival. Professional dancers from across the country will perform. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com

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• Summer Story Time. Youth are invited for stories. Rain location is in the library. 10:30 a.m. Peter Nordeen Park, corner of Flint and Pine streets. (906) 346-3433.

Hancock

• Lost Songs of the Suomi Synod.

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Jonathan Rundman, with the Rundman Family Band and guests, will perform a collection of songs from the Nordic immigrant community that settled in the U.P. Donations appreciated. 7 p.m. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1000 Quincy St. (906) 485-5533.

Ishpeming

• Chalk the Walk at the Ishpeming Senior Center. Create sidewalk chalk murals followed by an ice cream social. 2 p.m. Ishpeming Senior Center, 121 Greenwood St. (906) 486-4381.

Little Lake

• Little Lake Community Festival. Activities include flea market sales and music by Peter Paul. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Good Old Dayz Antiques and Estate Liquidation, 1738 E. M-35.

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• Shark Week Makers Space Crafts. Selfdirected shark crafts will be available for pickup. 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 2264323. • Blueberry Festival. This annual street festival includes sidewalk sales, food vendors, games, fresh blueberries and more. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Washington and Front streets. downtownmarquette.org • LEGO Club. Meet other LEGO enthusiasts and build LEGO projects using the library’s LEGO blocks. Youth age 8 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Great Room, Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St. (906) 226-4323. • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. 1 p.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod.

com or (906) 458-4844. • Art on the Rocks Celebration Kick Off. Celebrate the belated 70th anniversary of the Lake Superior Art Association and the 62nd Art on the Rocks with community members during this plein air painting. Bring your own supplies. 2 to 4:30 p.m. Father Marquette Park, 102 E. Baraga Ave. lakesupeiorartassociation.com • Paranormal Lighthouse Tour. Join members of the Marquette Maritime Museum and Yooper Paranormal for this guided tour. $25. 7 p.m. Marquette Maritime Museum, 300 Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 226-6006. • Lake Superior Theatre: Nunsense. This comedic spoof follows the misadventures of the little sisters in Hoboken raising money to bury their dearly departed. Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu • North Coast Dance Festival. Professional dancers from across the country will perform. NMU students, $5; other students, $10, seniors and military, $12; others, $17. 8 p.m. Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU nmu.universitytickets.com

a collection of songs from the Nordic immigrant community that settled in the U.P. Donations appreciated. 7 p.m. Bethel Lutheran Church, 333 E. Ridge St. (906) 485-5533.

Little Lake

• Little Lake Community Festival. Activities include flea market sales and music by The Hart Beats. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Good Old Dayz Antiques and Estate Liquidation, 1738 E. M-35. • Annual Bike Show. This annual bike show will include bucket raffles, food and drinks, and music. Proceeds will benefit the Legacy Scholarship Fund. Prices vary. Registration, noon; judging, 4 p.m. American Legion Post 349, 1853 M-35. (906) 346-6000.

Marquette

• Lost Songs of the Suomi Synod. Jonathan Rundman, with the Rundman Family Band and guests, will perform

• Saturday Morning Farmers Market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St. mqtfarmersmarket.com • Art on the Rocks. This annual, juried art show will feature works by local, regional and national artists. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mattson Lower Harbor Park, 200 Lakeshore Blvd. marquetteartontherocks. com • OutBack Art Fair. This annual art fair will feature works by local and regional artists. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Picnic Rocks, 1600 N. Lakeshore Blvd. outbackartfair.com • Superiorland Duplicate Bridge Club. Games open to all interested players. Lessons, 10 a.m. Games, 11:30 a.m. $5 for games. Westwood Mall, 3020 US-41 West. superiorland_bridge.tripod.com or (906) 236-3173. • Lake Superior Theatre: Nunsense. This comedic spoof follows the misadventures of the little sisters in Hoboken raising money to bury their dearly departed.

are separated or divorced. New members are welcome. Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Northiron Church, 910 Palms Ave. (906) 475-6032 or northiron.church • Grief Share—Ishpeming. This nondenominational group is for people dealing with grief and loss. Mondays, 2:30 p.m. Northiron Church, 910 Palms Ave. northiron.church or (906) 4756032. • iCanQuit. Smokers are invited to learn more about quitting with the help of a quitting coach. (800) 480-7848. • Lake Superior Life Care and Hospice Grief Support Group—Gwinn. People dealing with grief and loss are encouraged to attend. Individual grief counseling is available. July 13. 2 p.m. Forsyth Senior Center, 165 Maple St. (906) 225-7760 or lakesuperiorhospice.org • Lake Superior Life Care and Hospice Grief Support Group—Marquette. People dealing with grief and loss are encouraged to attend. Individual grief counseling is available. July 20. 5:30 p.m. Lake Superior Hospice, 914 W. Baraga Ave. (906) 225-7760 or lakesuperiorhospice.org • Lake Superior Life Care and Hospice Grief Support Group—Negaunee. People dealing with grief and loss are encouraged to attend. Individual grief counseling is available. July 21. 3 p.m. Negaunee Senior Center, 410 Jackson St. lakesuperiorhospice.org or (906) 475-

6266. • Michigan Tobacco Quit Line. This free quit smoking coaching hotline provides callers with a personal health coach. (800) 784-8669. • National Alliance on Mental Illness—Support Group. Individuals living with mental illness and friends or families living with an individual with mental illness are welcome for Zoom meetings. July 11 and 21. 7 p.m. For the Zoom invitation, email ckbertucci58@ charter.net or call (906) 360-7107 by 6:45 p.m. the day prior to the meeting. • Nar-Anon Meetings. Family and friends who have addicted loved ones are invited. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Mission Covenant Church, 1001 N. Second St. (906) 361-9524. • Nicotine Anonymous. (415) 750-0328 or www.nicotine-anonymous.org • Parkinson’s Support Group— Marquette. July 20. 2 p.m. Marquette Senior Center, 300 W. Spring St. (906) 228-0456. • Senior Support Group—Marquette. Vicki Ballas will discuss strength, flexibility and balance training. July 12. 2 p.m. Mill Creek Clubhouse, 1728 Windstone Dr. (906) 225-7760 or lakesuperiorhospice.org • Sexual Health and Addiction Therapy Group. Call Great Lakes Recovery Centers for more details. Dates, times

30 SATURDAY

sunrise 6:28 a.m.; sunset 9:25 p.m.

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• Musical: Oliver! Youth ages 10 and younger, $10; students, $15; adults, $25. 7 p.m. Pine Performance Center, N9224 Saw-wa-Quato St. mynorthtickets.org

Ishpeming

Prices vary. 7:30 p.m. Lake Superior Theatre, 270 N. Lakeshore Blvd. (906) 2271032 or tickets.nmu.edu

Negaunee

• Summer Reading Program Finale Party. Summer Reading Program participants are invited. Time to be announced. Negaunee Public Library, 319 W. Case St. (906) 475-7700.

31 SUNDAY

sunrise 6:29 a.m.; sunset 9:23 p.m.

Chassell

• Friends of Fashion: The People of Paradise. The show will feature stories of seven French Canadian families who settled on Paradise Road. $10. 2 p.m. Chassell Heritage Center, 42373 Hancock St. (906) 523-1155.

Little Lake

• Little Lake Community Festival. Activities include flea market sales and family karaoke. 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Good Old Dayz Antiques and Estate Liquidation, 1738 E. M-35.

Marquette

• Art on the Rocks. This annual, juried art show will feature works by local, regional and national artists. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mattson Lower Harbor Park, 200 Lakeshore Blvd. marquetteartontherocks. com • OutBack Art Fair. This annual art fair will feature works by local and regional artists. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Picnic Rocks, 1600 N. Lakeshore Blvd. outbackartfair.com

support groups • Alano Club. Twelve-step recovery meetings daily. Monday through Saturday, noon and 8 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. 1202 S. Front St., Southgate Plaza, Marquette. • Al-Anon Family Groups. A fellowship offering strength and hope for friends and families of problem drinkers. alalon.org or (888) 425-2666. • Alcoholics Anonymous. Meetings throughout Marquette County, open daily, at many locations and times. Twenty-four-hour answering service, aamarquettecounty.org or (800) 605-5043. • ALZConnected. This is a free, online community for everyone affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other memory loss diseases. alzconnected.org • American Legacy Foundation. Smoking quit line for expectant mothers and cessation information for women. (800) 668-8278. • Amputee Social Group. This peer support group is for amputees, friends and families to share resources, life experiences and create relationships. July 12. 6 p.m. Ice Cream Pavilion, Presque Isle Park. (906) 273-2444. • Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar and Cholesterol Checks. Cholesterol checks are $5. Call for Marquette County schedule. (906) 225-4545. • Divorce Care—Ishpeming. This nondenominational group is for people who

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and locations vary. (906) 228-9696. • SMART Recovery—Calumet. A selfhelp group for alcohol and substance abuse and other addictive behaviors. Mondays, 7 p.m. Copper Country Mental Health, 56938 Calumet Avenue. smartrecovery.org • SMART Recovery — Hancock. Thursdays, 7 p.m. Basement Conference Room, Old Main Building, Finlandia University, 601 Quincy St. • SMART Recovery — Marquette. Mondays, Noon. Zoom meeting. Visit smartrecovery.com for Zoom link. • Take Off Pounds Sensibly. This is a non-commercial weight-control support group. Various places and times throughout the U.P. (800) 932-8677 or TOPS.org • Virtual Caregiver Support Group. U.P. family caregivers are welcome to join. A device with an internet connection, webcam, microphone and an email address are required. Advanced registration required. 2 p.m. Second Tuesday of the month. (906) 217-3019 or caregivers@upcap.org • Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Food Program. Clinics include nutritional counseling and coupon pick-up. Appointments required. Call for Marquette County schedule. mqthealth.org or (906) 475-7846.

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