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The last time I wrote, we were in New York

That seems like a long time ago. It took us about two hours to pass Manhattan on the Hudson. We saw one giant motorboat painted with a huge pointed toothed mouth. We also saw the Clearwater, a sloop that is owned by Pete Seeger (the guy who wrote a bunch of folksongs including, “This Land Is My Land, This Land Is Your Land”) during the time he sailed up and down the Hudson singing his songs. Look him up, that’s your homework for the summer.
The first part of the Hudson was extremely dirty; there were tires and potato chip bags just floating on the surface. I didn’t want to think about what was on the bottom.
As we got farther inland the water cleared up so much that we could actually see two feet down, and what’s more we started to see more small fishing boats. We later found out they were fishing for stripers. That was fun because everyone looked and waved. I love water travel so much more than road travel because people actually take the time to wave.
When we passed through the Catskill Mountains, I thought I was back in the U.P. Imagine a nice big forest .Now imagine huge cliffs shooting 900ft+ straight up from the water. We went by West Point and we passed the conventional food chef's palace or something like that. That was really pretty neat.
We passed Beacon about two weeks through the Hudson and got stuck in the mud for the first time. We also met Pete Seeger there, and for a guy that’s eighty-eight years old he was extremely agile. I mean he was in a little dingy that was at least four foot below our decks and he just hoisted himself up without any help at all. Maybe he was strong for his age or he was resilient to pain. Either way he was pretty cool. We then got to Castleton, which was kind of run down, but was the only place that had a crane to unsteppe the masts (the bridges from then on were under twenty feet clearance).
We met some guys on another boat who said we were going to hate the locks, and they were negative about everything else. But they drew 7' 10'' where we drew 6'5'' and i guess they went through the locks when they were busier because when we went through they were barren. My dad liked the locks because they were kind of pretty. I mean, we went through when the pollen was floating and drifting and the water was so still. If you look at a painting of a river with trees hanging down over the water with pollen and a couple of sticks on the surface that’s what i saw when Coaster sliced through the water.
There were thirty-eight locks and by the time we were at #17, I was extremely bored. It’s the same old thing. i was terrified when we went through the first lock. You pull up to two huge massive steel doors that look as though they could easily crush a building. Then those two doors would squeak open and we would go inside and find a place to ride up the wall. The doors would then close. I’m not claustrophobic, but being in gloomy concrete box with cracks in the walls where the water is spraying isn't my idea of a Sunday treat. Looking at those doors reminded me of the trash compactor in Star Wars. The thing was, the doors would close around you and squish you. That’s how it felt. I even saw dead fish floating and that didn't make me feel any more welcome. But I’m pleased to say I did not die.
We came out at Buffalo, not Otsego, because my dad felt it was too far out of our way to go through Lake Ontario. When we were in Lake Erie we did a couple of night sails. It was great, because every night we saw the sunset. The sun looks really big when you’re out in the water with no trees to block the view.
On the third day, we reached Cleveland. When we were getting our diesel tanks filled, the helper guy said he just filled up another guy's boat that used 1300 and something gallons of gas going the same route from Buffalo to there, where we used only twenty. We decided to skip Suttons Bay because we were told that there were lots of parties there and my dad didn't want to deal with all that.
We saw at least 100 “I Love You” balloons all over the Erie.
We got to Detroit on June 14, and we were part of the classic boat show at the Detroit Yacht Club and everyone was very nice. We were the only schooner.
We left on the 17th and are now in Port Huron. We got a personal tour of the Highlander Sea and got to meet the owner. We also met the guys from the Nina, the boat we were chasing since the Hudson (they travel 24-7) and they said that they should be in Marquette by July 4 and are staying for four days, so we expect to see them sometime around there. By the time you are reading this, we should probably be somewhere around Sault Ste. Marie.
—Thanos Economides, 14

June 21
I just thought I would add my own thoughts, as we can pretty much see we need some female thinking around here. We just joined up with the crew, actually about a week ago in Detroit. We met Coaster II on the docks of the Detroit Yacht Club, there were flowerpots and big fancy motorboats everywhere; we didn't really fit in. We (my other brother Cyrus and I) had dressed for sailing and sitting on the boat, so we were pretty scruffy. Actually we weren't allowed to go into some parts of the club because some of our clothes weren’t part of the dress code, but they were very welcoming.
The restaurant/hotel looked like something you would see in Mexico; it seemed as if there was a wedding reception every night (not that that was what made it seem like Mexico, the building just looked like it). People seemed to be interested in Coaster II, as they would walk up to it, smile, then mutter to themselves “Experience of a lifetime....” People seemed to like to say that a lot. Then they would talk to my father about the trip.
My first day out on the boat was hot. We motored all day and I actually drove the boat through the whole Lake St. Clair. At one point, a freighter was coming up behind us and that was pretty scary.
Smoke was coming out of his nose, and he had this big bone in his teeth. (That’s when there are whitecaps in the water that the boat is pushing.) He was coming right for me. I had to steer way to the right side of the channel so he wouldn't crush our boat’s little timbers. After the lake, I wanted a break from driving so I sat on the boat’s cockpit and watched the land slowly go by. Sailing and motoring is a lot of sitting and watching (and getting seasick). After sitting in the hot sun I was at a prime spot and was about done cooking. I put on my bathing suit and we all had a water fight with plastic cups to cool off.
Sailing is great so far; it helps me slow down and appreciate things I take for granted. It’s nice to see things from a different perspective.
--Anthea Economides, 12

Dear editor
I am trying to find pieces of my mom’s China pattern. Mom died tragically in 1962 when I was only nine months old. There are almost no pictures or personal mementos of her. As you can imagine, it is difficult for children to grow up without a mother.
As an adult, I became aware of the China pattern she had been collecting and am slowly trying to build a collection in her memory. I know my folks were not rich, so the China was probably quite affordable. There is not much online about it; I have looked everywhere.
My thought is that since she and Dad grew up and were married in Marquette in the ’50s, maybe someone up there had something similar or at least knew where it came from. At this point, any leads would be helpful.
My dad was Donald Battisfore and he owned a small building company in Marquette that I believe was called Great Lakes Homes. My mom was the former Clara Pydynkowsky. She worked at Michigan Bell for several years before starting a family. Sometime after Mom died, my Dad moved my five siblings and me downstate and we lost touch with most family and friends. Currently, we all live in various parts of lower Michigan.
This is a sentimental journey for me. I would love to be able to pass something of my mother down to my own daughters one day.
The China pattern is Royal Cathay, Woodland Fantasy. It is a white background with violets and leaves. The pieces often have a gold toned trim. I would appreciate any information your readers could give me about this China, or about my parents and what they were like in those years long ago. I can be contacted at (517)566-8244 or dragb88@hotmail.com
Dona Battisfore-Krebs

Dear editor
A very special thank you to the Seed Sowers and everyone who so generously gave to the Backpack Project in May. For those not familiar with this program, free backpacks are given to children who are on the free lunch program.
The packs not only contain the supplies needed for the fall term, but also new clothes, hygiene products and a book. All these items are donated throughout the year by the people of Marquette County and with the help of the principals and their secretaries, the forms are distributed to children on the free lunch program.
This is a county-wide effort that is very successful. We have begun to fill the packs, and will be ready for distribution at the end of August. If you have not received your form and do qualify, contact the principal of your school.
Sister Ludmilla Gramann

Dear editor
It was incomprehensible that our former governor’s name followed the article regarding so-called “sulphide mining,” in reality, is nickel/copper mining. It sounds as if he is catering to those that don’t want anybody in their “playgrounds.”
The article is dishonest, deceptive and erroneous. You would think that at least he would get his facts straight. It is so far off as to be ludicrous.
This proposed mining operation will be an outstanding endeavor from mining, economic and environmental standpoints.
Lastly, it is cowardly for your publication to avoid communication by e-mail. At least I wasn’t able to locate an e-mail address in MM.
Ron Whiton, mining engineer

Editor’s Note: Our e-mail address, marquettemonthly@chartermi.net, is cleverly hidden on Page 3 each month, where the rest of our contact information also is listed.

Dear editor
The hinterlands always have provided the cities with resources, including timber, metals, furs and food. With our fresh water at risk from possible widespread sulfide mining, and powerful bottled water companies targeting fresh water in hinterlands around the country, we need a way to safeguard our U.P., and yet still serve the urban areas.
Yes, I’ve proposed this idea before: to create a million acres of large parks. Thus would the now-recognized benefits of Pictured Rocks expand across the U.P. When I ran for state representative last summer, my “Four Parks” concept was a cornerstone of my campaign.
And the Four Parks idea remains a proposal of merit and worthy of much consideration.
When it comes to parks, size matters. Beautiful as they indeed are, our current parks and recreational areas are simply too small. To compete and attract national attention, our parks must expand. And this expansion is possible. Did you know that nearly half of all U.P. land is public-owned? It’s hard to recognize because these public lands are scattered all over the peninsula. Four Parks would consolidate some of this land via fair trades with timber companies.
Enormous U.P. parks will show others—neighboring states, our nation and the world—that Michigan has a positive, progressive and forward-looking attitude, with much more to offer than raw materials and a fading auto industry.
It is inevitable that while increasing tourism, huge new parks will stabilize our quality of life and protect our fresh water. Here and now we can choose how we wish to serve the cities.
Positivism reflects upward, while sulfide mining reflects literally downward. Large parks take the human mind away from negativity and focus it on good stuff. Sulfide mining is the competing development idea. Will we remain “God’s Country” or become an industrial mining region with tainted waters?
As gasoline rises in price, tourism may decrease. But the attraction of mega-parks so close by will push it back upward.
For a positive future, see www.richardhendricksen.com and link to Four Parks and photo gallery. Let’s start a vigorous, open-minded discussion. Together this can happen.
Richard Hendricksen, Marquette

PWPL traveling exhibition honors women doctors
Women doctors are in the spotlight in a new traveling exhibition open at the Peter White Public Library’s Huron Mountain Club Gallery.
“Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians” tells the extraordinary story of how American women have struggled over the past two centuries to gain access to medical education and to work in the specialty they chose. A public reception will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on June 28.
Several public programs are being offered in conjunction with the exhibition, including:
• Marquette General Hospital’s Health Information Center will have an open house from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on July 10.
• Plastic Surgeon Dr. Constance Arnold will speak at 7:00 p.m. on July 18 in the PWPL Community Room.
• The story of Dr. Goldie Corneliuson will be discussed by Fred Rydholm and John Bullock on at 7:00 p.m. on July 25.
“Changing the Face of Medicine” will remain at PWPL through August 3. Call 228-9510 for details or visit www.pwpl.info

Artists group offers open house for reunion visitors
A special Copper Country Associated Artists (CCAA) open house with visual and edible treats will be held during the week of July 16 through 21 to provide access for Calumet’s all-school reunion visitors. The Gallery, at 112 Fifth Street, is open from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. through the summer.
The new studio and gallery provides workspace for creating art from needle and thread, paint, pencil, wood, fiber, clay, glass and other art mediums and provides the walls to exhibit the results.
As the oldest, nearly fifty years, art organization in the Copper Country, the CCAA has contributed to creating art that reflects the beauty and history of the Keweenaw Peninsula and sponsors the Eagle Harbor Fine Art Fair and Exhibit, held the second weekend in August (this year, the 11 and 12) in Eagle Harbor.
More information about the gallery, the Fine Art Fair and other events can be found at www.ccaartists.org

Historic district walking tour hosted by area museum
Join research librarian Rosemary Michelin and museum educator Tiina Harris on a walking tour examining the social history and personal stories of the pioneers who lived in some of the beautiful homes in the historic Ridge Street District at 2:00 p.m. on July 20.
Participants should meet at the Marquette County History Museum and be prepared for a long walk. The event is free of charge. For details, call 226-3571.

Construction update
The West Washington Street improvement and enhancement projects will bring improvements to the 500 through the 900 blocks of Washington Street. The fourth phase of this project began on June 25 with the block from Morgan Street to Seymour Avenue.
While detours and disruptions are prevalent, businesses remain open to serve their customers. The City of Marquette engineering department has posted directional signs to help customers find their way to the businesses during construction. Phasing of construction assures that access to each business remains open.
Businesses located on the north side of West Washington Street (Hotchandani Laser Aesthetic Center, Alltel Wireless, City Insurance, Marquette Automotive, Peterson Financial Services, Just Nails, Washington Dental) are accessible through the alley between Bluff and Washington streets. Businesses located on the south side of West Washington Street (JC Power Sports, Heritage Motors, 906 Technologies, Hantz Financial, Total Image Salon, Guaranteed Hair Removal System, Great Lakes Accounting Tax Inc., U.P. Painters and Northwinds Landscape) will have access from the east-bound lanes of West Washington Street until July 7.
After July 7, the businesses on the south side of West Washington Street will have access by the use of the gravel drive that is in the rear of the buildings that front Washington Street. This drive can be accessed at the westerly entrance of Heritage Motors.

SSA festival sets dates
The Superior String Alliance’s eighteenth annual Superior Music Festival will include an all-Copland concert, which features a chorus performing a suite from “The Tender Land.” This chorus will be made of singers from throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and northeast Wisconsin.
All choristers are invited to participate in this concert, which will be held at Reynolds Recital Hall on the Northern Michigan University campus on July 29, and again the following evening at William Oliver Auditorium in Escanaba. Both concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Rehearsals for this concert will begin, shortly, and will take place in two locations. For choristers located in the northern U.P., rehearsals will be held in the Marquette area, and will be directed by Sheila Graziulis of Marquette.
For choristers located in the southern U.P. and northeast Wisconsin, rehearsals will be held in the Escanaba area, and will be directed by Ann Wood. Both choruses will join forces as one chorus for both concerts, with joint rehearsals taking place July 27 and 28 afternoons at Gwinn High School.
Everyone interested in singing in this chorus is encouraged to get involved, and singers from high school choruses, church choirs and community choruses are all eligible. If you plan to sing in this special event, e-mail dawood@charter.net
For details, call Stan Wright at 360-0431.

Community book announced
In the fall of 2007, the bookish community of Marquette and NMU will be reading and discussing the novel Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.
This contemporary, creative novel takes place in NYC right after September 11, 2001. A nine-year-old boy, Oskar, has lost his father in the attack and he goes on a quest searching for messages that his father may have left behind. This is a novel about loss and grief played out in an intelligent child’s desperate need to reconnect with his dad.
Community activities that relate to the book include a panel discussion on loss and grief, a geocache hunt, tie-in projects relating to parents and children at the U.P. Children’s Museum, movies related to the theme of September 11, 2001 and WWII, an art project sponsored by HOTplate and many book discussions.
The books can be purchased locally at Snowbound Books, Book World, B. Dalton and Country Village.

Vendors sought for NMU Fall Fest 2007 on August 27
The Lake Superior Community Partnership and Northern Michigan University have set NMU Fall Fest for 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on August 27 this year, with a rain date of August 28.
The event offers an opportunity to present services to the students and faculty of NMU. More than fifty merchants and student organizations will be showcased.
Vendor booths cost $50 for LSCP members, and $60 for nonmembers. To register, call 226-6591 by August 20. Space is limited.

Endowment donates funds to U.P. Children’s Museum
With a recent donation to the U.P. Children’s Museum’s Playmakers Club, the Louis G. Kaufman Endowment Fund has made it possible for ten families of need to receive a year-long membership to the museum.
The endowment also earmarked $2,000 for programming supplies within the museum and $750 for 8-18 Media, the youth news bureau at the museum.
Since the Playmakers Club was implemented in December, 167 families have received free memberships. Applications are available at the museum and through human services organizations throughout the U.P. A downloadable version is available at www.upcmkids.org
Donors may become members of the Playmakers Club by designating their tax-deductible gifts of $100 increments to the campaign.
For every $100 donated, a family is provided with a one-year membership, which includes unlimited admission during museum hours, members-only exhibit previews and celebrations, discounts on party packages and more. Donors are able to designate the community in which they would like their donations distributed.
Donations may be sent to the U.P. Children’s Museum at 123 West Baraga Ave., Marquette, MI 49855 or made with a credit card by calling the museum at 226-3911.

MGHS launches CarePages
Family members and friends of patients at Marquette General Health System are now able to share private health updates, photographs and supportive messages through a free, Web-based service called CarePages.
CarePages allows users to create a private, personal Web page to communicate with family and friends before, during and after their stay at Marquette General Hospital. The free service can minimize the need for repeated phone calls while allowing family members to control how they communicate about health events.
Users can access the Marquette General Web site at mgh.org and click on the CarePages icon to begin creating their CarePage. Users can update their CarePages to post pictures, invite visitors and post updates. Family and friends can post messages of support and encouragement using their CarePage’s message board. If users have a laptop they can access their CarePage using the wireless access provided throughout MGHS.
The CarePages system includes an automatic e-mail update system through which family and friends can be notified on the latest information. When users activate a CarePage, the site stays active for as long as a family deems necessary.
CarePages also provide hospital contact and visiting hour information, customized links to facility resources and assistance with medical terminology. The service can be customized to fit the needs of the patient with such features as Spanish language.
CarePages also can make it possible for families to express appreciation to hospital staff or make a gift to the hospital. Marquette General Hospital provides computers throughout its facility for family and friends to access CarePages. To access the service, visit the Marquette General Health System Web site at www.mgh.org and click on the CarePages icon. For details, call 225-4730.

Columbus replica ship Nina to visit Marquette harbor
On June 29, a replica of Columbus’ favorite ship will open in Marquette. The ship will be docked at Lower Harbor Park, until her departure early on July 5.
Built completely by hand and without the use of any power tools, Archaeology magazine called the ship “the most historically correct Columbus replica ever built.” The craftsmanship of construction and the details in the rigging make it a truly fascinating visit back to the Age of Discovery.
While in port, the general public is invited to visit the ship for a walk aboard self-guided tour every day of the week. The prices are $5 for adults, $4 for senior citizens and $3 for students. Children four and younger are free. The ship will be open every day from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Teachers or groups of fifteen or more wishing to schedule a thirty-minute guided group tour with a crew member can call the ship at (787)421-0402, or e-mail columfnd@surfbvi.com. Visit www.thenina.com for details.

Earth Keepers educate public at recent energy summit
Business owners, clergy and homeowners from all corners of the Upper Peninsula were given numerous tips on reducing their utility bills during the Earth Keeper Energy Summit in Marquette, including the latest an upcoming vote in the Michigan legislature that would send wind-generated electricity to all residents of the state.
About 100 people attended the day-long conference sponsored by the Superior Watershed Partnership in cooperation with the Cedar Tree Institute. The Marquette based nonprofits founded the Earth Keeper Initiative in 2004.
Most of those attending said they plan to join nearly 500 northern Michigan businesses, churches and homes that recently began cutting energy costs and are expected to save millions of dollars in power and water costs over the next three years as part of the new Earth Keeper conservation project, according to Carl Lindquist, executive director of the Superior Watershed Partnership in Marquette.
The Earth Keeper Initiative has numerous ongoing environmental projects including the annual Earth Day clean sweeps across northern Michigan that have collected about 370 tons of household hazardous waste for recycling or proper disposal. The Earth Keepers have 140 participating churches/temples and a volunteer army of more than 400 people.
For details, call the Superior Watershed Partnership at 228-6095.

GLCYD welcomes youth development associate
The Great Lakes Center for Youth Development has hired Linda Remsburg of Marquette as a Youth Development Associate to help support various positive youth development efforts throughout the Upper Peninsula.
Remsburg served as the director of 8-18 Media, the youth news bureau at the U.P. Children’s Museum in Marquette, since 1999. She was responsible for the day-to-day and long-term development of the news bureau.
8-18 Media empowers young people by giving them a significant voice in the world through mainstream media. Remsburg’s tenure as director of 8-18 Media included shepherding the transition of the bureau from a nationally run Children’s Express operation to a local program when the national funding could no longer support it.
Prior to her work with 8-18 Media, Remsburg was chief photographer at The Mining Journal in Marquette where she was responsible for providing news photographs and overseeing the photo department.

American Legion, VFW assist in disposing of worn flags
In the past few years there has been a resurgence of patriotic pride. The U.S. flag can be seen flying everywhere to indicate a symbol of unity, to remember the men and women serving in our military and to remember those who have died for our country.
There will be a private flag retirement at Post 5670 The Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Post 349 The American Legion this summer. Persons from the Gwinn and Little Lake areas are encouraged to bring in their torn and faded U.S. flags for proper disposal. They may be taken to either post at any time where they will be disposed of without ceremony.

Public mine tour dates set for summer by Cleveland Cliffs
For the fifteenth year, tourists and residents can tour the Cleveland Cliffs mining and processing plant, beginning on June 27. Summer tours are offered by the Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP) and Cleveland-Cliffs.
Tours, which run through late August, are offered one per day from Tuesday through Saturdays. Transportation from Marquette leaves at noon; the tour begins at 12:30 p.m. as visitors watch a video presentation and orientation at the Hall of Fame. Each tour lasts about three hours, and the cost is $10 per person. Children must be ten years or old; participants age ten to eighteen must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the LSCP office in Marquette or the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in Ishpeming.

Einerlei pet photo contest entry forms now available
Pick up your entry form for the annual Einerlei pet photo contest benefitting the CC Humane Society now through the month of July. Entries will be accepted throughout the month of July. Public voting with your dollars will run through August. All proceeds will be given to the CC Humane Society.
For details, call 523-4612 or visit www.einerlei.com

Bands sought for annual Pioneer Days competition
The twenty-eighth annual Negaunee Irontown Association Pioneer Days 2007 is once again looking for a few good bands.
From 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. on July 14, the association will host its eighth annual “Battle of the Bands” competition. Sponsored by Fox of Negaunee, Family Video of Negaunee, Peninsula Bank of Ishpeming and Tasson Distributing, the musical event coincides with the annual Pioneer Days Community Picnic that takes place adjacent to Teal Lake. Upper Peninsula bands are encouraged to sign up to perform.
A $500 cash prize will be awarded to the first-place band, based on a panel of three judges. The competition is limited to four bands. Those interested are asked to submit a short demo CD with their application.
As an added musical attraction this summer, the Flat Broke Blues Band is scheduled to perform immediately following the “Battle of the Bands” competition.
To receive a “Battle of the Bands” application, call 486-8084 or visit www.negauneeirontown.com
Entries are due by Monday, July 3.

Organs of Lake Linden and Hubbell to be highlighted
During late July and early August, the organists of Keweenaw will highlight the historic organs of Lake Linden and Hubbell with a series of recitals and public crawls.
Featured will be the pipe organs at St. John’s Missouri Synod Lutheran and St. Cecilia’s Catholic in Hubbell and, in Lake Linden, the United Methodist Church and the Houghton County Museum Heritage Center.
The crawls following each recital will allow the public to inspect the innards of the organs, perhaps play and sample the stops and, at the Heritage Center, to hand pump the organ.
Dates and places include:
• July 23 —St. John’s, Hubbell for a group recital
• August 2—Heritage Center, Lake Linden for a Dave Short solo recital
• August 13—St. Cecilia’s, Hubbell for a group recital
• August 20—United Methodist, Lake Linden for a group recital
All recitals will begin at 7:00 p.m. There is no charge; however there will be an opportunity to contribute to the upkeep and maintenance of these historic instruments.

Tenth annual Good News Awards given to local media
More than thirty-five media professionals from around the Upper Peninsula were honored on June 12 in Marquette for the positive stories they wrote and programs they produced in 2006 that affirmed the dignity of people and upheld universally-recognized human values, such as justice and community. The winners of this year’s Good News Awards and Certificates of Merit are as follows.
For weekly/monthly newspapers: Straight News Story, Good News Award: “Remember, Rejoice Renew” by Patricia Micklow and Judd Spray, Marquette Monthly; Certificate of Merit: “Paired for Life” by Kristy Basolo, God’s Country U.P. Outdoor Magazine
• Feature Story, Good News Award: “The Wooden Lung” by Becky Korpi, Marquette Monthly; Certificate of Merit: “Civil War Veteran Gets His Headstone” by Allyce Westphal, Iron County Reporter.
• Regular Column, Good News Award: “Color, Flowers Affect Emotional Health” by Leslie Bek, Marquette Monthly; Certificate of Merit: “The Ice Cream Truck Cometh” by Allyce Westphal, Iron County Reporter.
• Photograph, Good News Award: “Tender Moment” by Duane Pape, God’s Country U.P. Outdoor Magazine; Certificate of Merit: “Small Farms Make Healthy Living” by Matthew Williams, Marquette Monthly.
For daily newspapers: Straight News Story, Good News Award: “Resounding Response: Fundraiser a Success for New Beginnings” by Diane Montz, Daily Globe; Good News Award: “Finding a Different Way” by Kurt Hauglie, The Daily Mining Gazette; Certificate of Merit: “Naturalization Ceremony at Pictured Rocks” by John Pepin, The Mining Journal; Certificate of Merit: “A Long Time Coming” by Pete Frecchio, The Daily News.
• Feature Story, Good News Award: “AirLifeline to the Rescue” by David Warnshuis, The Daily News; Good News Award: “Sounds of Silence” by Dorothy McKnight, The Daily Press; Certificate of Merit: “One Big Family” by Sam Eggleston, The Mining Journal; Certificate of Merit: “Amputee Walks for Pair of Causes” by Diane Montz, Daily Globe.
• Editorial, Good News Award: “Chalkings Evidence of Hate” by The Daily Mining Gazette; Certificate of Merit: “What I Learned from Joe” by David Warnshuis, The Daily News; Certificate of Merit: “Sleepy Was a Hero, Blemishes and All” by The Daily Press.
• Regular Column, Good News Award: “Choosing Forgiveness” by Deb Pascoe, The Mining Journal; Certificate of Merit: “A Salute to Good Mothers of All Generations” by Joe Karius, Daily Globe.
• Photograph, Good News Award: “Emma Ballweber’s Birthday” by Sam Eggleston, The Mining Journal; Certificate of Merit: “Emotions Run High” by Kayla Gahagan, The Daily Mining Gazette.
For television stations: Straight News Story, Good News Award: “Umbilical Cord Donations” by Elizabeth Peterson, WLUC-TV.
• Feature Story, Good News Award: “Habitat Volunteers” by Elizabeth Peterson, WLUC-TV • Editorial, Good News Award: “Racism in Upper Michigan” by Kathy Kuretich and Brad Van Sluyters, WLUC-TV.
• Public Service Announcement, Certificate of Merit: “New Skier” by Kim Parker and Mike Ryan, WLUC-TV.
• Program, Good News Award: “Mali to Michigan: A Musical Bridge” by Louise Bourgault, Bob Thomson, Mike Lakenen, Joe Heath and Melinda Stamp, WNMU-TV; Good News Award: “The 2006 TV6 Canathon,” WLUC-TV.
For radio stations: Feature Story, Good News Award: “Reading Buddies” by Lane Whitley and Lauren Belpedio of 8-18 Media, WMQT-FM.
• Editorial, Certificate of Merit: “Indelible Images” by Andrew LaCombe of 8-18 Media, WMQT-FM.
• Public Service Announcement, Certificate of Merit: “Canathon” by Allan Gibbs, WDBC-AM/WYKX-FM.
• Program, Good News Award: “Dog Gone” by Tom Hill and Kevin Richtig, WZNL-FM; Good News Award: “It’s a Wonderful Life” by Bridgette Brady and Players de Noc, Inc., WMXG-FM.

Music festival scheduled for July 20 through 22
This year’s Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival, to be held at Tourist Park in Marquette on the weekend of July 20 to the 22, includes events for everyone in the family.
The entertainment features local, regional and national performers on the main stage; workshops under the big tent; teen events; children’s activities; crafts and food. As usual, the festivities begin on Friday night with a Get-Acquainted Dance where the Buffalo Gals and Friends, Hayseed, and the New Riverside Ramblers will be playing old time, swing and cajun tunes.
The events on Saturday start with workshops at 10:00 a.m. and the main stage performances begin at 11:00 a.m. The featured performers this year include an eclectic mix of styles that includes singer/song writers Ellis Paul, Cheryl Wheeler, and the Milroys. There will be southern fiddle tunes from the Carolina Chocolate Drops, bluegrass from the Kenny and Amanda Smith Band, swing from the Wiyos, Irish tunes from John Williams and Dean Magraw and klezmer music from Yid Vicious.
Other areas of the festival include arts and crafts for children and a teen stage on Saturday evening. There will also be a special Gospel Session in the workshop tent on Sunday morning. For details, call 226-8575 or visit www.hiawathamusic.org

Save the Wild U.P. video contest winners announced
The results are in from the public voting for the Save the Wild U.P. Video Challenge. The grand-prize winner with 1,907 votes is Josh Leo for his Video titled “Sulfide Mining Will Damage Michigan.”
The first runner-up with 1,406 votes is Peter Schriemer for his video titled “Michigan’s Water and Wildlife.” The second runner-up is Scott Lynch for his video titled “Kennecott Eagle Mine.” For details, visit www.savaethewildup.com
NMU dean joins GLCYD board of directors
The Great Lakes Center for Youth Development (the Center) in Marquette has welcomed Dr. Cynthia Prosen of Marquette to its board of directors. Prosen represents Northern Michigan University on the board. Prosen is the dean of graduate studies and research at Northern Michigan University.
Among other accomplishments, Prosen was instrumental in organizing educational programs for children offered by NMU.
Prosen also was a member of the Whitman School Parent Teacher Organization from 1990-97, and volunteers as a guest teacher for science classes and as a “Helping Parent” in Marquette Public Schools. She is a member of the Lake Superior Community Partnership Foundation Board.

Porcupine Mountain school offers fall writers workshop
An eight-day Writers’ Workshop Retreat is being planned for September 14 through 21 at the Porcupine Mountains Folk School at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, according to Department of Natural Resources’ park and recreation officials.
The retreat will be held at the Kaug Wudjoo Lodge on the shores of Lake Superior with Dr. Carol Lauhon, who is an online faculty member of the University of Iowa writing program. The workshop can accommodate from eight to twelve participants. No manuscript submission is required for enrollment and writers at every stage are welcome.
Participants will enjoy time to write in the great outdoors or at the former Carpenter’s Workshop. There will be workshop-style critiques around the great pine table; special guest speakers on local culture, history and wildlife; park tours; conversations around the fire; catered meals including local ethnic and regional specialties, and more.
Personal writing will be the focus of the 2007 retreat—stories of memories in the Porkies or life memories. To register for this retreat or for information regarding lodging and the workshop coach, call 370-4409 or e-mail fop@charter.net or visit porkies.org

Catholic Diocese sets dates for sesquicentennial events
Preparations are well underway for the continued celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Catholic Diocese of Marquette’s establishment.
Parishioners from across the Upper Peninsula are invited to participate in the main sesquicentennial celebration set to take place on August 5 at the Superior Dome in Marquette.
Dates have been set for an ecumenical service in July, as well as for three regional youth events and a diocesan-wide youth rally in January 2008. Two vicariate (regional) celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the diocese have been scheduled so far, one in Lake Linden on June 10 and the other in Norway on August 19. An ecumenical service has been scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on July 22 at St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette.

Tickets on sale for Leo Kottke concert at Kaufman
Tickets are on sale for legendary twelve-string guitarist and renegade troubadour Leo Kottke in concert, at 7:30 p.m. on August 5 at Kaufman Auditorium. The event is being presented by Quaystone and the Carroll Paul Memorial Trust of the Peter White Public Library. All seats are reserved at $15 and tickets are available only at the Peter White Public Library. For details, call 228-9510.

Jilbert Dairy searching for 2007 role models
Jilbert Dairy is celebrating National Dairy Month by saluting the winners of the 2007 Role Model Teen Search. This April, 105 high school juniors applied online at www.jilbertdairy.com
Each of the six who were chosen on June 1 will receive a $500 scholarship from Jilbert Dairy. They also will be featured in the 2007-08 television advertising campaign reminding everyone how important milk is to a healthy diet, and that for more than sixty years Jilbert Dairy has been producing and delivering the best product possible.
The winners are: Lori Benson of Powers (Carney-Nadeau Schools); Tristina Browning of Naubinway (Engadine Consolidated Schools); Paul A. Dzik of Norway (Norway High School); Joella Lampi of Ishpeming (Westwood High School); Entonio Marietti of Marquette (Marquette Senior High); and Kimberly Tweedale of Munising (Munising High School).
The concept of using U.P. teens as Jilbert’s TV commercial talent and compensating them with scholarship money started in 2003. The campaign director, Scot Fure of Video Concepts, has created a series of three-second TV commercials that showcase these teens as well as effectively deliver the Jilbert Dairy message.

Tidbits from the desk of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
• U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) and Carl Levin (D-Michigan), joined by Senators Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin), Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico), Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri), Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas) and Hillary Clinton (D-New York) introduced the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007; the bill would prevent those with criminal histories from working within long-term care settings by establishing a nationwide system of background checks.
• Stabenow, chairwoman of the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), and other members of the Senate Democratic Caucus, met with top manufacturing executives, labor leaders and other experts from around the nation to discuss the problems facing domestic manufacturers.
• In the next several months, Congress will be voting to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have passed a budget resolution setting aside $50 billion—on top of the current funding level of $25 billion—for SCHIP over the next five years. This is significant because it could increase the state’s ability to expand health coverage to the 118,501 uninsured children in Michigan.
• Stabenow introduced the Short Sea Shipping Act, which would scale back the Harbor Maintenance Tax and make viable a new option for transporting goods in the Great Lakes region. The tax currently is assessed on cargo if it moves by ship, serving as an obstacle to move trucks and their freight by water.
• Stabenow and Levin announced the introduction of the Healthy Schools Act of 2007. The bill seeks to expand low-income children’s access to quality, affordable health care, by providing much needed resources to the nation’s 1,700 school-based health centers (SBHCs) that bring high quality services directly into school buildings around the country.

News from the desk of state Rep. Steve Lindberg
• State Representative Steven Lindberg (D-Marquette) announced that the House passed a package of bills designed to control the troublesome cormorant population. The birds have caused declining fish populations in the Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan, which could severely hamper the tourism industry throughout the area.
• Lindberg is supporting an aggressive plan to establish Michigan as a twenty-first century powerhouse of renewable energy production, which will attract cutting-edge industries and boost our economy. The plan aims to decrease our dependence on foreign oil, fight global warming and help protect our Great Lakes and Michigan’s other natural resources.

Local authors corner
• Ron Riekki signed a contract with Ghost Road Press for his novel U.P. to be published in the Fall 2008. Riekki, a Marquette native who grew up in Negaunee, wrote the novel while an MFA student in Creative Writing at the University of Virginia. U.P. is about four teenagers growing up in Ishpeming and Negaunee in the 1989 to 1990 time frame and covers the brutality the teens face with local bullies’ random acts of violence done out of boredom and aggression from growing up with absent, alcoholic and unemployed fathers. For details, call 475-6018 or visit www.ghostroadpress.com
• Written by four Upper Peninsula registered dietitians—Joanne Driver, Rita Short, Deb Sergey and Ann Constance—the Northshore Diet book will help you melt the pounds away by making gradual and easy changes in how you eat. Based on scientific evidence, the Northshore Diet will help you lose excess body weight and also help protect you from developing diabetes, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, the Northshore Diet contains more than fifty easy and healthy recipes that your whole family will love. The Northshore Diet is available in Marquette at Snowbound books, Michigan Fair, Art U.P. Style, the gift shop at Marquette General Hospital, Walstroms restaurant, Da Yooper Tourist Trap, and at the Marquette Synder Drug stores. For more information the authors can be contacted through e-mail at northshoredietitians@yahoo.com

Local business news…in brief
• The Lake Superior Youth and Family Center board received $4,000 from the Marquette County Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention Coalition. The Center provides after school programs, a healthy snack, and homework help teen night on Mondays from 3:30-9:00 pm. The Center is free and open to all youth in Marquette County.
• The Marquette Area Public Schools board of education presented Education Foundation grants to support educational activities in the Marquette Area Public Schools, including $450 to Alternate Education Supervisor/Teacher Tony Parlato for supplementary programs, and $1,005 to Graveraet principal Tamra Bott and Kaufman Auditorium director Sara Cambensy for new orchestra chairs for Kaufman Auditorium.
• The Marquette County Tobacco Prevention Coalition presented an award to the Marquette Housing Commission for passage of a smoke-free policy in the Pine Ridge Apartments; the Marquette Housing Commission is the eleventh housing commission in Michigan and the third in the Upper Peninsula to adopt a multi unit smoke-free policy.
• Dr. Edward Southern has joined the medical staff of Marquette General Health System. He joins Robert Blotter, MD; Matthew Colligan, DO; Kenneth Davenport, MD; Wallace Pearson, MD; and Matthew Songer, MD, at Orthopaedic Surgery Associates of Marquette. Southern has previously practiced in Wisconsin, Minnesota and California, where he specialized in adult and pediatric spinal deformities and disorders, and pediatric orthopaedics, between two periods of active duty in the Army Reserves.
• Intensivist Dr. Ronald Snyder has joined the medical staff of Marquette General Hospital and is an integral part of the hospital-based critical care team; intensivists complete specialty training in the practice of critical care medicine.
• Range Financial Corporation has declared a quarterly dividend of $1 per share, payable on June 15, 2007 to shareholders of record on June 1.
• Cleveland-Cliffs announced that the company has accepted an offer to sell its 26.8-percent interest in Wabush Miens joint venture.
• Cleveland-Cliffs has agreed to acquire PinnOak Resources, LLC, and its subsidiary operating company for $450 million in cash plus about $150 million in debt; PinnOak is a privately owned domestic producer of high-quality, low-volatile metallurgical coal.
• Cleveland-Cliffs has entered into an alliance whereby Kobe Steel agreed to license its patented iron-making process to Cleveland-Cliffs; the alliance, which has a ten-year term, covers use of the process in four countries, and may be expanded to include other regions.
MM

Star Date: July 2007
Moon & Planets—Jupiter is the lone planet that is up most of the night. Around midnight, it will be shining brightly due south. Almost directly below white Jupiter is the orange red giant star Antares, the heart of the Scorpion. Venus and Saturn start the month off moderately high in the west and very close together. As July progresses, this pair separates and both set earlier and earlier each night. By month’s end, they are barely visible as they set soon after sunset. A very young crescent moon will be near Saturn on the 16th. The old crescent moon in the morning sky is a guide to Mars and Mercury. Mars is brightening and well up in the eastern pre-dawn sky. It will be below the waning crescent moon on the 9th. A much thinner crescent will be to the left of Mercury low in the east-northeast just before sunrise on the 13th. Mercury will remain visible only for about the next two weeks.

Constellations—Scorpius the Scorpion and Sagittarius the Archer are prominent in the south around midnight. The Scorpion is one constellation that actually looks like the animal for which it is named. Its stars form a chain that outline the long body and hook around at the rear to exhibit a menacing tail. In fact, the Polynesians call these stars the “fishhook.” Sagittarius, on the other hand, looks like a teapot. When gazing in this direction, you actually are looking toward the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. If you are away from city lights and have an unobstructed view of the low southern horizon, binoculars will reveal a myriad of bright and dark gas clouds (nebula) and star clusters set against the dense starry background of the richest part of the Milky Way.
—Craig Linde

Courtesy of the Marquette Astronomical Society, which meets four times a year. The next meeting is at 6:00 p.m. on June 24 at Green Garden Hill in West Branch Township. Visit www.geocities.com/sstobbelaar/mqtastro.html for details.

8-18 Media book reviews for kids by kids
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Published by Harcourt Inc., 337 Pages
“For that tiny instant, I was every sixteen-year-old in history, not knowing what the skies foretold about my future.”
This is what goes through Miranda’s head moments before an asteroid strikes the moon and brings about cataclysmic changes in her life and the lives of everyone else in the world. Tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes ravage the Earth in this extremely believable and enthralling novel.
What drew me to the book was how lifelike it seemed right from the beginning. It’s all about one family’s struggle to stay alive in a world gone mad. Self-discovery, endurance and the unbreakable bonds of family are the focal points of the story.
As the story begins, Miranda is too busy worrying about her final grades and who she is going to prom with to worry about reports of an impending asteroid impact. She believes her teachers are using the reports as an excuse to pile on extra homework. However, after the asteroid hits, her life changes drastically.
Food rationing, gangs bashing in windows, dramatic climate changes and outbreaks of malaria, West Nile virus and cholera are common occurrences. Since the power is rarely on anymore, people no longer go to the hospital for a cure for these deadly diseases. Instead, they go to die. With winter coming and the family’s food running out, almost all they have left is hope and the belief that the situation has to get better.
This book is so believable it’s scary. With all the cosmic activity that happens every day, I can see this scenario happening so easily in real life. It made me realize that all the luxuries we have today such as washing machines, lights, telephones and gasoline aren’t all that necessary after all.
Susan Beth Pfeffer has written an amazing novel with believable characters, an enticing plot and a message that leaves you happy with what you’ve got. I think any readers over the age of twelve will enjoy her book. I eagerly await the arrival of her next one.
—Chelsea Parrish, 15

Books reviewed are from the new book section of the children and teen areas at PWPL.

Local officer honored by Governor
Being a husband, father and Marquette police officer is enough of a responsibility for anyone, but for Doug Heslip it’s just the beginning.
Heslip also has been an avid sports volunteer in the community for the past fifteen years and was acknowledged for his efforts at the Governor’s Service Awards on June 20 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit.
Heslip has coached the Marquette County Youth Football League for the past six years, and was recognized for his ability to “help each young man develop into a community leader and athlete” according to a Michigan Community Service Commission press release.
Heslip was nominated by friend Carole Touchinski and received the Exemplary Volunteer Service Award. Some of the key things he emphasizes to his twenty-five players are citizenship, respect for others, being humble in the face of victory and winning or losing with class and compassion.
A total of forty-one awards were given for nine categories including community service, mentoring and citizenship.
According to the press release, friends, family and colleagues across the state submitted 180 nominations of people they considered deserving of the service awards.
The Governor’s Service Awards are given annually to individuals, businesses and organizations that significantly impact their communities through volunteerism.
—Becky Korpi

A word to the wise
Verbum satis sapientibus: A word to the wise is sufficient
On a trip to Kentucky a while back, visiting my daughter and her lively family, we took several hikes through the hilly limestone woods just south of Louisville.
I was struck by the varied beauty of the terrain, but also by the imagery of the topographical names that Kentuckians favor to describe their environment.
A hill is likely to be called a knob; a ravine or glen is generally a hollow. We came across a site called a lick, around a spring with salt deposits licked by animals, while the path the critters created was a run.
This column has dealt before with the striking richness of our language, with its vocabulary twice that of any other language. Shades of meaning allow us to choose just the right word—to distinguish the rock from the pebble, boulder or stone—but it’s also true that varied cultures and geographies among English-speaking peoples give us colorful redundancies.
Suppose a U.P. poet were born in Montana. Or a Massachusetts poet in Louisiana. Or an English poet in Kentucky, a poet like Gerard Manley Hopkins. As I was casting about for all the different terms for hill and river, woods and valley, I thought of lines from this English poet, who died in 1889 but whose poems were not published until 1918.
Hopkins was fascinated by the natural world as well as by rhythms and by old words, and he sometimes would employ archaic and dialectic topographical words in his verses.
In “Inversnaid,” Hopkins describes a wild Scottish stream, which he calls a “darksome burn,… roaring down in coop and in comb” through “braes” before the fleece of his foam/Flutes and low to the lake falls home.”
Were he writing in Ishpeming, this stream (burn) would traverse a valley (coop), tumble down a crest (comb) and pass through hills (braes). In Kentucky, perhaps a creek (or “crick”) would pass a hollow, a knob and a knoll. A Utah coulee might shoulder a butte, cut through a rise and revive a gulch. The Lord only knows how this might be expressed in Texas, or for that matter Downunder in New South Wales.
Before the spread of the printing press established Chaucer’s dialect as standard King’s English, such diversity in terminology often meant that persons in neighboring towns could barely understand one another.
But besides confusion, diversity brings richness, a flavorful redundancy. Here’s a modest glossary to illustrate:
• A woods might be a copse or a coppice (a thicket of small trees like our streamside alders). Chaucer describes spring’s “tendre croppes” springing up on a holt, a wooded hill. And today in England, our generic woods is the singular wood.
• A stream might be a river if big enough, or a creek if smaller, or even a brook or maybe a rill, smaller still. The Scottish burn is, in northern England, a rugged, stony beck. A small, perhaps seasonal Western stream is a coulee.
• The common hill, if rounded and not too big, is a knoll or a knob, even a hillock (little hill) or hummock (low and usually conical). Extended into a long backbone, the hill might be called a ridge or a hogback or a chine. To a Scot, that hill is a brae, which in northern England is a fell or, farther south, a down. To Roy Rogers, it was always either a butte or merely a rise.
• A valley is a hollow in Kentucky, a combe to the Celts, a dale or vale to the English, or maybe a simple, gentle glen. You might, if it were precipitous enough, call it a cleft or a defile or a ravine. If deep enough, it’s a chasm or gorge, more rarely a clough. In the West, a valley is distinguished from an arroyo, a deep, eroded gulch or a shallow draw.
As Hopkins writes, “the world is charged with the grandeur of God,” not least of all in its topography. We’re meant to enjoy it.

Word for the month
DISPORT, (dis-PORT), a verb meaning to divert, or to amuse. Today, it most often connotes to play wantonly, to frolic or even to gambol, another fine verb. It may be used as a transitive verb (taking an object), but more generally it is intransitive, as in this line from Alexander Pope, describing the airy garments of fairies, “Where light disports in ever-mingling dyes.”
—Gerald Waite

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