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Arts funding increased for Western U.P.

Posted 01/31/2002

LANSING -- The Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs announces increased funding for regranting in region 13, the six counties of the Western Upper Peninsula. Due to growth in applications requesting funding, allocations have been raised to $58,200 for arts and culture projects in Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga, Ontonagon, Iron and Gogebic counties. Feb. 1 is the deadline for applications for the third funding cycle. more

North Woods Conservancy obtains bridge loan from Mott Foundation

Posted 01/29/2002

CALUMET -- The North Woods Conservancy (NWC) has obtained a bridge loan from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation's new Great Lakes Revolving Loan Fund (GLRLF) to complete the purchase of Seven Mile Point for $361,400. NWC is the first organization to receive funds from the new GLRLF. The nearly $4 million grant, administered by The Conservation Fund, is the largest environmental grant in the Foundation’s history. more

Engler may stop fighting drilling ban

Posted 01/29/2002

LANSING -- According to the Detroit Free Press, Gov. John Engler hinted on Monday, Jan. 28, that he may stop fighting a proposed ban on oil and gas drilling under the Great Lakes. Since the Michigan House of Representatives approved a ban last week on a vote of 98-7, Engler said he expects the Michigan Legislature will pass into law a ban overwhelmingly  supported by Engler's lieutenant governor, Dick Posthumus; the other major-party gubernatorial candidates; and most of Michigan's congressional delegation. more

Finnish snow builder wins Heikinpäivä Hiihto Ski Race

Posted 01/26/2002

CALUMET -- Seppo Makinen of Oulu, Finland, visiting snow house (lumitalo) engineer, served as Grand Marshall of the Heikinpäivä parade on Saturday morning, Jan. 19, and then went out and won the Heikinpäivä Hiihto cross-country ski race that same afternoon at the Swedetown Trails in Calumet. The Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club reports complete results of the race, as well as winners of the Copper Island Classic race held on Jan. 20 in Chassell. more

Red Cross aids family made homeless by fire; injured mom moved to Duluth Burn Center

Posted 01/06/2002

HANCOCK -- A Calumet Township mother and her two children -- who lost all their possessions when a fire swept through their side of a duplex home early Monday morning, Dec. 31, 2001 -- have received aid from the Western Upper Peninsula American Red Cross. The mother, Deborah Stiehl, who was originally taken to the Keweenaw Memorial Medical Center on Monday, has been moved to the Burn Center in Duluth, Minn., where she is receiving treatment. more

Peace Alliance to hold fifth Walking Vigil Jan. 5

Posted 01/04/2002

HOUGHTON -- The Copper Country Peace Alliance will sponsor a fifth Walking Vigil for Peace and Nonviolence on Saturday, Jan. 5. Anyone wishing to join the walk is asked to meet at the Motherlode café in Houghton at 11:30 a.m. Participants have walked from Houghton to Hancock and back every Saturday since Dec. 8, 2001. The Dec. 22 walk attracted 45 walkers. On a snowy Dec. 29, the group watched a documentary video on the School of the Americas during their stop in Hancock. more

IP/LSLC, TNC close on first stage of Keweenaw land sale

Posted 01/04/2002

HOUGHTON -- On Jan. 3, 2002, International Paper/Lake Superior Land Co. (IP/LSLC) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) closed on the first part of the Keweenaw Tip land sale totaling 4,069 acres for $5.72 million. TNC will purchase a total of 6,275 acres at the Tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula and hold it until state funds become available for purchase by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The project will conserve the forested character of the land and protect important recreational and ecological resources. more

Michigan Land Use Institute seeks development director 

Posted 01/03/2002

BENZONIA --  The Michigan Land Use Institute (MLUI), based in Benzonia, Mich., is seeking an experienced and skilled development director. Since its founding in 1995 in a one-room school house in scenic northwest Michigan, the Institute has built an outstanding record of policy achievements that have helped communities curb sprawl, invest in public transportation, safeguard farmland, protect natural resources and improve the quality of life in the Great Lakes region. The MLUI seeks an exceptional and motivated professional to establish a peerless fundraising program that ensures the Institute’s long term security. Read the detailed job description.

Learn more about the Michigan Land Use Institute by visiting their Web site. 

First closing on Keweenaw land sale expected Jan. 3

Posted 01/03/2002

MARQUETTE -- The Nature Conservancy, as broker for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, expects to close Thursday, Jan. 3, on the first part of the Keweenaw land sale -- 4,069 acres at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula to be purchased from International Paper/Lake Superior Land Co. This portion of the total sale of 6,275.2 acres is to be transferred to state ownership in February. more

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