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| "Updates!" by Val Juntunen | June 7th, 2011 |
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"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! R.A.D. Self Defense Classes – June 8thPark Day – June 9thHomeschool Park Day The Park is located on Pike Bay, a sheltered cove off the South end of Portage Lake. You'll find it in the center of Chassell by turning East on 3rd Street off US Hwy 41 Park Features Include:
Volley Ball – June 9thTo: The parents of any homeschooled girls age 12-18 If your daughters(s) may be interested in playing on the girls' homeschool volleyball team, we will be meeting Thursday, June 9 at the Cyberia Cafe in Houghton, at 7:00 pm. this is a parents-only meeting. I'll reserve a table so please let me know if you might attend. For more information, questions, and to RSVP please contact Terry at (withheld for archive). Natural Health – June 9thThe Portage Lake District Library will host its monthly program in the Natural Health and Wellness Series on Thursday, June 9, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Local meditation practitioner Dorothy Riutta will present "What Meditation Really Is." She will explain that anyone can use meditation to undo difficult emotional patterns, to access the mind's fundamental nature which is calm and clear, and to develop positive qualities like wisdom and compassion. Riutta says "In the modern world, we are surrounded by material wealth and comfort, yet this bright exterior often masks feelings of dissatisfaction, anxiety, and depression. Through meditation we learn that true happiness is found within." "The feelings of contentment and wholeness that we often seek outside ourselves are actually part of our basic nature," Riutta adds. "Unfortunately, we have become so habituated to looking outwardly for happiness that we often do not know how to discover this inner wealth." Riutta will demonstrate how meditation can "settle the mind" and reveal our inherent natural peace. She will also review the latest scientific research on meditation and health, and will teach participants how to use everyday sensory experiences to calm the mind, body, and heart. Riutta owns Peaceful Niche, a meditation studio located in Hancock. She has taught meditation classes there for 5 years. She has been practicing meditation for many years and has studied with a variety of teachers. For the past 15 years her primary teacher has been Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Her study and practice is within the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. To learn more about Peaceful Niche visit: http://www.finlandia.edu/peaceful-niche.ht Library programs are free and open to all. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org. 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. Spring Art & Music Fest – June 11thLive music and art exhibits, run from noon to 7 p.m. June 11 - located on the upper parking deck off Shelden Avenue behind the Keweenaw Brewing Company and Swift's True Value. Bands begin playing at 12:30 p.m., when Huffing Pink will take the stage. Gratiot Lake comes on at 1:45 p.m., followed by Jellikit at 3 p.m., Uncle Pete's All-Star BBQ Blues Band at 4:15 and the Pasi Cats closing the day at 5:45 p.m. There will also be an art fair with 32 artist booths, with selections spanning pottery, painting, jewelry and clothing. There will also be an art activity area featuring Stephanie Trevino's art bus, which she did as a senior project. Summer Reading Program – June 11thOpening day activities and registration for the Portage Lake District Library Summer Reading Program begins Saturday, June 11, from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Kids are invited to make crafts and everyone can create their own ice cream sundae in the community room. Early registrants will be treated with a balloon hat or animal made especially for them by John Gershenson. The "Reading Takes You Around the World!" Summer Reading Program will continue through Saturday, August 13, and people may register throughout the summer. Participants will receive a reading log, book bag, and bookmark when they register and prizes as they progress through their reading lists. The Summer Reading Program is open to all ages, children through adults, and reading logs may include books, magazines, audio books, reading to young children, or being read to. The Summer Reading Program series of events includes Storytimes with Maria Sliva every Wednesday from 11:00 – noon. The Houghton High School Key Club will also present Storytimes and a craft on days to be announced. Look for listings of programs and events in the library, the media, on Facebook, and at www.pldl.org. Everyone is invited to join the fun and let their imaginations take them around the world! For more information, please call the library at 482-4570. Zumba! – Classes Start June 21stZUMBA! This dance-fitness class utilizes Latin & International music & dance movements to create an exciting, energetic & effective fitness routine. Dancers & non-dancers welcome!
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Tuesdays/Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm June 21 - August 11 (no class on July 21) SDC Dance Room $70 (Non-Student), $35 (Michigan Tech Student), $6 Daily
Register on line at https://www.techshop.mtu.edu/ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=7&SINGLESTORE=true or at the SDC Ticket Office. For more information, please contact Jada Gullstrand at jmgullst@mtu.edu or 487-2227.
Thank you, Jada M Gullstrand Community Programs Coordinator 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.
There are now two options for donating books/curriculum to the library. You can donate the books ("giving" them to CCHE) or just lend them. If you chose to lend the books/curriculum you will be required to sign a liability waiver stating that you realize the books are being loaned out and that CCHE is not responsible for any lost, damage or theft. By lending the books to CCHE's library you retain the rights to the book and can withdraw them for your own purposes at any time (once the book is returned – we will not interrupt a check-out period). This allows people to store the books somewhere other than their home, help other area homeschoolers and still retain some of the investment they've made into curriculum for their children.
Please contact me for more information at ccheupdates@gmail.com. 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! 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! This Saturday there are a lot of fun activities for the kids in Houghton that work out nicely with our Curriculum Sale. I hope to see lots of you there! CCHE's library now has over 100 books and is still looking for more (+shelves). The library opening is tentatively scheduled for July 1st.
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