February 2009

Table of Contents

No. 256
February 2009

Our Cover by Tom Buchkoe
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Feature
Slow Food Larry Alexander
Movement comes to Marquette

Departments

City Notes Edited by Kristy Basolo
Highlights of important happenings in the area

Arts & Humanities Michael Murray
History on the Move

Food & Other Important Things Don Curto
Marquette’s first hospice

In the Outdoors Lon & Lynn Emerick
Notes from the North Country

Lookout Point Pam Torreano Aimone, Tawni Hunt Farrarini
Local entrepreneurs focus on paddle-boating to grow ecotourism

More In the Outdoors Jude Holloway
Moonlight on the bog

More Lookout Point Leslie Allen
Hamming it up in the U.P.

Locals Pam Christensen
Glimpse into the past gives insight into lives of area founding fathers

Health Matters Leslie Bek
Laughter truly the best medicine?

More Health Matters George Sedlacek
Preventing epidemics: the things of movies

8-18 Media
Families with young girls are faced with Gardasil questions
Ishpeming area kids stay safe on New Year’s Eve

More Arts & Humanities Sam Eggleston
Art, snow highlight annual event

Back Then Larry Chabot
House of Heroes

Home Cinema Leonard G. Heldreth
Burn After Reading, Ghost Town, My Winnipeg, Encounters at the End of the World

More Arts & Humanities James A. Panowski
Cast of fifty brings Cinderella to life



This month's Brad Veley cartoon

 



Editor in Chief & Publisher Pat Ryan-O’Day
Managing Editor Kristy Basolo
Calendar Editor Carrie Usher
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Chief Photographer Tom Buchkoe

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Webmaster Brian O’Day
Circulation Dick Armstrong

Contributing Artists
Pam Christensen, Jude Holloway,
Kendra Peterson and Mike McKinney

Contributing Writers Not Listed Above
Gerald Waite

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