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December 2003 Calendar

Updated 12/30/2003

KEWEENAW PENINSULA -- This calendar provides a guide to arts, cultural, government, and organization events and meetings in the Keweenaw Peninsula for the month of December 2003. more

Copper Country Audubon to participate in National Christmas Bird Count Dec. 20

Posted 12/18/2003

HOUGHTON -- The local chapter of the Audubon Society calls upon members and volunteers in our area to join with birders across the western hemisphere for Audubon's 104th annual National Christmas Bird Count (CBC) on Saturday, Dec. 20. Nancy Auer, Houghton County CBC compiler, says the focus this year is on the health of boreal birds which appear to be in decline. These counts have become vital tools in monitoring the status of resident and migratory birds. Keweenaw Now thanks photographer Michael J. Shupe of Ahmeek for contributing some of his lovely bird photos. more

December 2003 Calendar

Updated 12/17/2003

KEWEENAW PENINSULA -- This calendar provides a guide to arts, cultural, government, and organization events and meetings in the Keweenaw Peninsula for the month of December 2003. more
Photo: Bernie Larsen relaxes with his guitar in his studio. Larsen will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, at the exurban in Houghton. (Photo by Adam Johnson)

Eagle Harbor Township Board to meet Dec. 8

Posted 12/07/2003

EAGLE HARBOR -- The Eagle Harbor Township Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, in the Eagle Harbor Township Hall. New business includes information on the SBC Telecommunications Permit, Water Fund Budget Revisions and updates on the Dunes Marshes Project and LLR3 Donations/Donor Commitments. Read the agenda.

December 2003 Calendar

Posted 12/05/2003

KEWEENAW PENINSULA -- This calendar provides a guide to arts, cultural, government, and organization events and meetings in the Keweenaw Peninsula for the month of December 2003. more
Photo: At the recent Home for the Holidays sale in the Rozsa lobby, Nancy Fisher of Yarns & Threads, 332 Calumet St., Lake Linden, shows Merle Kindred of Hancock a hand-woven Peruvian Alpaca scarf hand-painted by Fisher, who is one of the organizers of the Dec. 6 French-Canadian Christmas activities in Lake Linden. (Photo by Michele Anderson)

Artist Eric Aho to speak at Finnish-American art reception Dec. 5, Finnish Independence Day Celebration Dec. 7

Posted 12/04/2003

HANCOCK -- The public is invited to two events at the Finnish-American Heritage Center in Hancock this weekend. First an opening reception for the 13th Annual Contemporary Finnish-American Artist Series Exhibition: The Northern Memory, paintings by internationally recognized artist Eric Aho, will be held from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, at Center's Gallery. Aho will also be the featured speaker at the Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College) 86th Finnish Independence Day Celebration, which will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Center. He will present a talk titled "My Own Cultural Exchange: 12 Years of Travel in Finland." Students from Finland -- as well as university students studying Finnish at Finlandia, area high school and elementary schools -- will also be part of the program. more

Trout Unlimited to hear discussion on potential mining in Yellow Dog watershed Dec. 4

Posted 12/01/2003

HANCOCK -- The Copper Country Chapter of Trout Unlimited will meet at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Ramada Inn Waterfront, Hancock. Featured guest speaker, Dr.Ted Bornhorst, Michigan Tech University Professor of Geology, will present an overview of the environmental aspects of mining including remediation, as well as a discussion of copper/nickel deposits in the Yellow Dog Plains area of Marquette County. Fishing and conservation enthusiasts, both men and women, are invited to attend. For membership information, contact Jim Junttila, 337-1866.

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