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Keweenaw Point Advisory Committee to meet July 6 in Allouez; June meeting minutes available

Posted 06/30/2004 

MARQUETTE -- The Keweenaw Point Advisory Committee (KPAC) will hold its next regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at the Allouez Township Community Center in Allouez. KPAC was assembled to provide recreation and resource management suggestions to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) on the state's recent Keweenaw Tip purchase of 6,275 acres for public access, recreation and conservation. The Committee is expected to submit recommendations to the MDNR this September. Read the minutes of the June 1, 2004, KPAC meeting. (Note: May 4 KPAC meeting minutes, posted on the Keweenaw Liberty Library, will soon be posted on Keweenaw Now.)
Photo: Members of the Keweenaw Point Advisory Committee and DNR officials hiked to the Falls at the Mouth of the Montreal River during their June 12, 2004, tour of Keweenaw Tip sites. Watch for an article on this tour, coming soon. (June 12, 2004, photo by Michele Anderson)

Keweenaw Chain Drive draws nearly 200 mountain bikers plus kids

Updated 06/28/04  Posted 06/25/2004 

HANCOCK, HOUGHTON -- Nearly 200 mountain bikers streamed across the Portage Lift Bridge on Saturday, June 19, on their way to the Maasto Hiihto/Churning Rapids trail system for the Keweenaw Chain Drive Festival 16- and 32-mile races for men and women ages 14 and up. On Sunday, at the Michigan Tech Trails, racers met the challenges of the Technical Time Trials -- including the high jump designed by Nelson Sommerfeldt and Tony Schwenn of Copper Harbor. Father's Day at the races was a family affair as dads, moms and grandparents cheered for the under-14 racers at the Junior Chain Drive. Keweenaw Now presents three pages of photos, including highlights of the events captured by several guest photographers. more
Photo: Lori Hauswirth, best in her age group and overall for the Women's Time Trials, was also Chain Drive Festival co-director with Christine Young. (Photo © 2004 Adam Johnson. Reprinted with permission.)

Turquoise Gallery exhibits "A Story of Keweenaw," art by Rebecca Koivu

Posted 06/17/2004

 HANCOCK -- Whether it is a beach scene in watercolor pencil or a sculpture made with Lake Superior sand, the work of Calumet artist Rebecca Koivu is representative of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Hancock's Turquoise Gallery is hosting a selection of Koivu's work in the exhibit, "A Story of Keweenaw." Sevil Soyer, Gallery co-owner and artist, said she discovered these works during a visit to Koivu's home and was impressed by the quality of the art: "everything in the correct balance -- light and dark, perspective and color -- really, really correct." more
Image: Rebecca Koivu's "After the Storm," 2003, in watercolor pencil, drawn from a photograph taken at Tamarack Waterworks after a Lake Superior storm. (Image © 2004 Rebecca Koivu and courtesy Turquoise Gallery. Reprinted with permission.)

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