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| "Updates!" by Val Juntunen | June 1st, 2011 |
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Our first park day event has a shelter and big fireplace. Once in the park, turn left and take the little curvy park road to the end where the beach bathrooms and pavilions are located. McClain is a state park and as such there is a fee; however, if you paid the extra $10 when you registered your car, you have a special sticker on your license plate that lets you into any state park free. (Note: If you forgot whether you did or not look at the sticker on your license plate and see if there's a capital P above the month OR on your registration it will say "recreational passport" at the top.) Creative Writing Workshop – June 2ndThe Portage Lake District Library will host a creative writing workshop with local author Rekha Ambardar on Thursday, June 2, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. In her workshop, "Beginnings, Endings, and the Stuff in Between," Ambardar will discuss strong beginnings and endings in fiction writing with a focus on ways to retain tension in the middle of a story. This workshop is geared towards adults and young adults, and both experienced and beginning writers are welcome. Writing materials and handouts will be provided. Ambardar is the author of two contemporary novels, His Harbor Girl and Maid to Order, and over ninety short stories, articles, and essays in print and electronic magazines. She is an assistant professor of business at Finlandia's International School of Business. Youth Shooting Camp – June 6thYouth Shooting Sports Camp, hosted by Ottawa Sortsmen's Club, will be held June 13-17. Deadline for registration is June 6. The camp is for ages 14-18 and costs $25, though some scholarships might be available. The club is located 6 miles west of Baraga on Hwy M-38 by the Pelkie Road intersection. For more information or to register, contact Mark (withheld for archive). More information is also available at the link below. RAD Classes – Starting June 6thMTU is offering self-defense for women again this summer. Classes start June 6th. See link to view flier and further information. Carnegie Museum Exhibit – June 7th"People, Place and Time: Michigan's Copper Country Through the Lens of J.W. Nara" A traveling exhibit created by Michigan Tech Archives is now on display at the Carnegie Museum, Downtown Houghton. Please join us Tuesday, June 7, 6:30 pm, for an illustrated presentation by Erik Nordberg, University Archivist at Michigan Tech Archives, entitled "Michigan's Copper Country Through the Lens of J.W. Nara" which features dozens of historical photographs of the Keweenaw. Created by Michigan Tech Archives, this traveling exhibit explores the life and times of Calumet photographer J.W. Nara. John William Nara was born in Finland in 1874. He later immigrated to the United States and established a photographic studio in Calumet, Michigan, in the heart of America's most productive copper mining region. In addition to posed studio portraits, J.W. Nara's lens also captured the people, place, and time he experienced in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Copper mining and industry are an important part of the story, but Nara also captured the Keweenaw's rural landscape, including local farms, shorelines, lighthouses, and pastoral back roads. The traveling exhibit, funded in part by descendants Robert and Ruth Nara of Bootjack Michigan, works from historical photographs held at the Michigan Tech Archives. Interpretive panels highlight the people, places, and times that J.W. Nara experienced during his lifetime and include material on urban life, farming, and the 1913 Michigan copper miners' strike. A small exhibit catalog is available at no charge and includes three Nara photograph postcards from the collection. The exhibit is currently on display at the Carnegie Museum through Tuesday, July 5. For more information on the exhibit, contact the Michigan Tech Archives at 906-487-2505 or via e-mail at copper@mtu.edu or the Carnegie Museum at 906-482-7140 / history@cityofhoughton.com Carnegie Museum Current Exhibits: "Golden Anniversary of the Portage Lift Bridge" a brief history of the bridges that have crossed the Portage; "Building Bridges" a hands-on look at engineering bridges; and "A Stroll Down Shelden Aveue: Commercial Development of Downtown Hougton 1852-1910" Located on the corner of Huron & Montezuma in historic downtown Houghton, the Carnegie Museum is open Tuesdays & Thursdays noon - 5 and Saturdays noon - 4. Parking is available behind the building or in the City lot across Montezuma Avenue. Free admission. "Like" us on Facebook for updates on exhibits, events, and activities! Curriculum Sale – June 11thJune 11th is the annual Curriculum & Book Sale – sponsored by CCHE – at the Evangel Baptist Church on College Ave in Houghton. The sale will be from 11:00am to 2:00pm with set-up at 10:00am. Please LOOK FOR SIGNS since there may be another event using a different entrance and there may be parking set aside for our use. Books should be marked with an 3x5 index card in the front cover containing the name of the book, your name, the asking price and the number that corresponds to the list of curriculum. These cards will be used to track payments. In addition, you need to provide a numbered list of the books/curriculum you bring and the cost you want for each with your name, phone number and address on the top of it. This way the cards and lists can be correlated. The books can be dropped off the morning of the sale and any unsold books will need to be picked up at the end of the day. Any books not picked up will be considered a donation and either added to CCHE's loaning library or donated to Goodwill. This year CCHE will be doing something slightly different – charging a 10% fee on all books sold. This means if you sell $40 worth of items, CCHE will keep $4 of it. (You are only charged for what sells.) The money will go to the development of homeschool services including: a loaning library, developing online resources for new-to-homeschooling families, the placement of a homeschooling magazine at Portage Library, a monthly parents-night-out, and other services. Gymnastics – Classes Start June 28thSpring-R-Roo Gymnastics is registering for summer gymnastics classes. See the link below to view flier. Houghton County Fair – Aug 25thEarly info on the Houghton County Fair, including exhibitor information is available here: http://www.houghtoncountyfair.com/beta/index.php?page=home CCHE LibraryCCHE is currently putting together a loan library. We are looking for donations of shelves and books. Please contact me for more information at ccheupdates@gmail.com. Further details will be available in the upcoming weeks as the library is organized.
GraduationsAny homeschooling families that would be interested in having a public graduation ceremony for their homeschooler (even if they are not graduating for a couple years) – please contact me at ccheupdates@gmail.com. Thank you! Host an Exchange StudentIf anyone is interested in hosting an exchange student for 2011-12 school year please email me at ccheupdates@gmail.com and I will forward you the email I received concerning this. Also, the group that sent out the information is also looking for a paid, part-time coordinator. Keweenaw Bike Club – Rides are on Wednesday nights at 6:30 to 8:30. Site of next ride usually announced the week before. You can also call Cross country sports for the info. Riders must have a bike helmet and parents must accompany younger children. Park Days – Park days are held every Thursday at 1pm. Locations are announced at the previous week's event and are posted in the CCHE "Updates!" and SHE mailing lists whenever possible. Make your Amazon.com purchases through CCHE. Just go to our website at: http://www.cchomeeducators.com/store. Then you can browse some of the books we've put together or just click the "powered by Amazon.com" in the upper left and you can shop on Amazon.com just like normal. There's no added cost to you but CCHE receives a small commission from every purchase you make when you click through from our site. Thank you! Sorry for not getting this out until tonight – I was out of town over Labor Day Weekend and the wind has been causing me some problems with electronics in the household. Anyhow, the library is still a work in progress but it is getting done. Hope to see many of you out at McClains tomorrow! | |
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