Salsa Contest, Summer Community Programs, Open Choir Practice

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COPPER COUNTRY HOME EDUCATORS

Salsa Contest at Portage Library

If your taste buds begin to dance at the sight of tortilla chips mounded with fresh, homemade salsa, then you're in for a treat at the Portage Lake District Library. 

The Friends of the Library and Carmelita's Restaurant invite everyone to a Cinco de Mayo Salsa Contest on May 5 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. To enter the contest, simply make 8 cups of your favorite salsa and label it mild, medium, or hot. Bring it to the library before 6:00 p.m. on May 5 where it will be placed next to bowls of chips for sampling and voting by the public. The winner will receive a gift certificate to Carmelita's.

Contestants are asked to register in advance by calling the library at 482-4570. This contest is open to all, and everyone is

welcome to sample the salsas and vote for their favorite one.

SUMMER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Registration for the summer session of Community Programs will begin Tuesday, April 27th, at 8:00 am. You may register for programs on-line at http://www.communityprograms.mtu.edu/, or you may register in person at the SDC Ticket Office. If you are taking advantage of any discounts such as TechFit, SDC Membership, or sibling discounts, you MUST register at the SDC Ticket Office. Phone reservations are not accepted. The current brochure can be found online at http://www.sportsrec.mtu.edu/images/stories/Comm_Prog/pdf/cp_summer_2010.pdf.

OPEN CHOIR PRACTICE 

A reminder that today at 12:30pm and 4:30pm in the chapel will be music practices for those interested in singing with University Singers for Baccalaureate and Commencement.

All Finlandia Students, Finlandia Employees and greater community adults are invited and encouraged to participate!

See you at 12:30pm or 4:30pm…OR BOTH! J

Peace,

Schmidt
University Chaplain
Finlandia University
601 Quincy Street
Hancock, MI  49930
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Family Engineering, Library Programs, Music Classes, Book Sale

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FAMILY ENGINEERING

Yet another chance for those of us who missed out on the last Family Engineering, or for those who loved it so much they want to try it again!!!  Check it out at the library this Friday at 3:30....

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Hands-On Engineering Activities for elementary/middle schoolers - Open to All
3:30-5 pm, Friday, April 23
Portage Lake District Library in Houghton

If you enjoyed the April 8 Family Engineering Night at the Portage Lake District Library in Houghton, then come back for more !
If you missed the April 8 program, here's your 2nd chance to find out about engineering in a very fun way!!
Three Michigan Tech students--- Lauren, Kate, and Tom--- will lead kids (and parents if they come!) in doing more fun engineering activities.
Registrations are encouraged. Please forward to other interested kids and parents.
To register your children, please contact Chris (withheld for archive)

Portage Library Hosts Engineering, Storytelling, and Creative Writing Programs  

The Portage Lake District Library offers science and creative expression in upcoming programs.

Elementary and middle school children will discover how things work during the "Family Engineering Afternoon" on Friday, April 23, from 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Students from Michigan Technological University will lead kids and parents in doing exciting and fun hands-on engineering activities. This event is a continuation of engineering programs that offer new activities that develop a curiosity about and ability to solve engineering challenges.

This program is conducted by the Western U.P. Center for Science, Math, and Environmental Education and Michigan Tech with funding from The National Science Foundation.

The Copper Country Reading Council invites everyone who loves a good story to come to a "Storytelling Workshop" on Saturday, April 24, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The event begins with a short Love That Dog Readers Theater performance by members of the 2010 professional development team followed by the workshop presentation by Michigan author and storyteller John Mooy.

Mooy asks, "Why is it that in a world that seems to move at a speed we cannot keep up with, everyone enjoys a well told story? We speak in story, we listen in story, and we make sense of the world through our own collection of stories…so let's get started."

The author of several books, Mooy's stories reach deep into American lives describing scenes from a 1950's rural postal delivery route, telling stories about those whose names appear on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C., and writing for professional baseball and football players. He helped federal prosecutors construct an understandable story in the Oklahoma City bombing trial and has done commentary for National Public Radio.

Rekha Ambardar, Assistant Professor at the International School of Business at Finlandia University, will present a "Creative Writing Workshop" on Thursday, April 29, from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. This workshop is geared towards upper middle school and high school students and adults.

She will discuss the use of believable characters and emotion in fiction. Participants will have an opportunity to develop those skills and discuss their writing. Participants may also bring samples of their writing for individual or a group critique.

Ambardar is the author of two contemporary romance novels and over 80 short stories and articles in print and electronic magazines. Her stories have been published in anthologies and include murder mysteries. Her website is www.rekha.mmebj.com.

Library presentations are free and everyone is welcome. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org. 

MUSIC CLASSES

Due to teacher illness, the new session of Music for Tots will be postponed one week--so sorry!

Music for Tots is an introductory music class for two- to four-year-olds.  Activities will include rhythm instruments, movement, listening, singing, pre-reading, and the occasional craft project.  A parent, caregiver or older sibling must accompany the child.

Cost for the five-week series will be $30 ($6/class), and I barter!  We will meet at the Calumet Art Center on Tuesdays from 2:40 - 3:25, beginning April 27.  Pre-registration is required, and I have room for three more students.  Please contact Kathleen (withheld for archive).

New & Used Book Sale @ Lake Linden Elementary

On May 5th, from 5:30 until 8pm, in the Lake Linden Elementary gym, there is going to be a used book sale-- books discharged from the library collection along with books collected for donation to the library for the purpose of raising funds for the library. 

At the same time and place, there will also be a NEW book sale-- a Scholastic book fair.

Come check out the books!!!  Pass the word!

(and any used books that don't sell on May 5th-- on the morning of May 22nd, during the Village-wide rummage sale, they will be for sale again in the Lake Linden Elementary gym.)

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