Date: Wednesday, April 2
Time: 10 a.m.–Noon
Location: Community Room, Peter White Public Library
Cost: Free
Presenter: Brian Roell, Wolf Coordinator, DNR, Marquette Branch
What do we know about those beautiful creatures whose yellow eyes stare out at us as we drive along the Seney Stretch? Separate myth from fact with Brian Roell, Wolf Coordinator for the DNR. He will talk to us about the wolf itself, fill us in on its history in the UP, and answer your questions about a truly fascinating animal.
Class liaison: Helen Carlin, 228-0254
Class size limit: 40
Registration deadline: Monday, March 31
Dates: 4th Tuesdays, September - May
Time: 10 a.m. – Noon
Location: First Presbyterian Church, 120 N Front Street, Marquette
Cost: Free
Presenter: David Mair
“When Life is Hard” is a support group open to anyone facing some of life’s challenges: bereavement, health, family relationships, or any other concerns. The leader is Rev. David Mair, a retired Presbyterian minister and member of NCLL. You can register through the NCLL office or by contacting David Mair at 228-9470 or by simply coming to a meeting.
Class Liaison: David Mair, 228-9470
Class Size Limit: None
Registration Deadline: None, attend any session.
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Time: 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Location: One of the Great Lakes Rooms in the University Center of NMU—Check http://www.weather.gov/mqt/
Cost: Free
Presenter: NWS staff
Each year, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Marquette presents Severe Weather Storm Spotter Safety Courses across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The presentations are free and open to the public. The program provides details on why storm spotters are so vitally important to the weather warning process, how to become a weather spotter, and how to submit reports to the National Weather Service. The program is also open to general weather enthusiasts who want to learn more about the weather.
This year’s National Weather Service talk covers many important aspects of weather reporting and safety such as thunderstorm ingredients, lightning and hail development, lightning safety, how tornadoes and waterspouts form, tornado safety, National Weather Service severe weather criteria, what to report to the National Weather Service, how to make a good wind estimate, cloud formations, and how to receive weather information.
Watch for more information in local media and at http://www.weather.gov/mqt/
Date: Thursday, April 24
Time: 3–5 p.m.
Location: Cohodas Admin. Center, NMU, Room 414
Cost: $4 for members/$7 for nonmembers
Presenter: Don Rutter, W.W.II veteran of Japanese Prison Camps
Don Rutter writes of his experiences during and after World War II on his Web Site. Search online for Long March into Oblivion or just Don Rutter Michigan to find his Web site and read his horrendous story.
Don is now an 89-year-old war veteran living at Lost Creek in Marquette, restoring his Model A Ford and writing more of his story. He has a great sense of humor and says that questions from other people help him to recall things he has long repressed. This event is planned as a conversation, not a “speech.”
Class Liaison: Nancy Lutey, 226-2838
Class Size Limit: 35
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 18
Date: Tuesday, April 29
Time: 7–9 p.m.
Location: Room 101-B, Superior Dome, NMU
Cost: $4 for members/$7 for nonmembers
Presenter: Jack Deo, Superior View Photography
In the 1870s B. F. Childs came to the Marquette area and set up shop as a photographer. At a time when many photographers specialized in studio portraits, Childs instead spent a lot of time traveling with his camera. He photographed mines, towns, the natives and scenery including the Pictured Rocks and the shore of Lake Superior from a small boat. These photos were published as "Gems of Lake Superior". Jack Deo, the winner of the 2008 Peter White award, has gathered a collection of B. F. Childs work and will share it with us along with some information about the award winning Mr. Childs.
Class Liaison: Don Balmer, 249-1273
Class Size Limit: None
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 25
Date: Wednesday, April 30
Time: 7–8:30 p.m.
Location: Room 101-B, Superior Dome, NMU
Cost: Free, with donations for the Etta Project welcomed.
Presenters: Negaunee H.S. Global Awareness Project students , advisors Kathy Houghton and Victoria Leathers-Paupore, and Etta project micro-credit coordinator, Sarah Houghton
The Negaunee High School Global Awareness Project addresses issues ranging from hunger and poverty to the environment. The students coordinated a unique Hunger Awareness Dinner raising money for a Bolivian project that feeds in excess of 250 children and helps mothers learn marketable skills. The students were connected to the project by NHS graduate Sarah Houghton who as a 2002 Rotary exchange student, served as a translator helping build the Comedor de Niños Etta Turner in Bolivia. Currently Sarah is the project’s micro-credit coordinator.
We’ll see a video and hear from the students about their unusual dinner and other environmental initiatives. They will also provide information
on ways that we can take action to help reduce poverty and hunger and increase our personal “greening” efforts.
Participants will be able to see and purchase beautiful handmade items by the Comedor mothers.
Class Liaison: Marge Forslin, 869-4791
Class Size Limit: None
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 25
Date: Thursday, May 8
Time: 10–Noon
Location: Room 101-B, Superior Dome, NMU
Cost: $4 for members/$7 for nonmembers
Presenter: Roger Corinth, retired Project Engineer Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co.
In the 1800's St. Louis was the final outpost for the push westward, "The Gateway to the West". The arch’s official name the "Jefferson National Expansion Monument" commemorates his part in the Louisiana Purchase. In the early 60s the structural design, fabrication, and erection of the arch was recognized as a significant accomplishment.
Roger will give us brief introduction to the subject; we’ll watch a 30-minute video on the building of the arch; then following the video Roger will answer our questions
Class Liaison: Cliff Stammer, 228-9897
Class Size Limit: None
Registration Deadline: Monday, May 5
Date: Tuesday, May 13. Contingency date: Thursday May 15
Times and Locations: (Look for a large green van)
7 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Berry Events Center, east parking lot
7:25 a.m.–9:15 p.m., Old Negaunee Jubilee parking lot
7:35 a.m.–9 p.m., Ishpeming Jubilee parking lot
Cost: $30 for members/$35 for nonmembers
Presenter: Fred Huffman, Marquette Country Tours
This tour takes you from Marquette to Copper Harbor and back for what should be a great spring waterfall tour. Along the way you will learn the history of the area and see some of the finest waterfalls in the Keweenaw including Hungarian, Copper Manganese, and Silver Falls. Time permitting you will also see the falls at the mouth of the Montreal River, the top of Brockway Mountain, Lac La Belle and the Bete Grise Lighthouse.
Note: This tour is designed for able-bodied persons in relatively good shape and capable of navigating a forest trail that may be wet and slippery. If you are not sure-footed, this tour is not for you.
The tour price includes professional tour guide services and deluxe van transportation.
Lunch: Bring your own box lunch. Ice water, cups and napkins will be provided. No coolers please. Dinner: A stop for fast food will be made along the way.
Class Liaison: Marge Forslin, 869-4791
Class Size Limit: Minimum 8 – Maximum 13
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, May 6
Date: Wednesday, May 14
Time: 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: LRC Room 311, NMU--Learning Resource Center [Olson Library] on campus. Proceed upstairs to the third floor level.
Cost: $4 for members/$7 for non-members
Presenter: Mohey A. Mowafy, Ph.D., Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at NMU
As spring arrives, get off to a good start setting goals for a healthier and more appropriate diet.
In this class you will learn some pros and cons of our food choices, what quantities will benefit us, and the nutrition, health and vitamin values of various foods. Mohey will also touch on the benefits and drawbacks of some frozen meals that many of us enjoy for their convenience. A slide show will accompany the presentation followed by a question and answer period. Handouts for reference will be available.
Class Liaison: Paula McCormick, 228-5489
Class Size Limit: 35
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 9
Date: Friday, May 16
Time: 7 a.m.–Noon
Location: Meet at Berry Event Center, east parking lot
Cost: $4 members, $7 non-members
Presenters: Don and Mary Snitgen
Don and Mary Snitgen, well-known area naturalists will teach us where to go, what and how to look and listen for, what binoculars work best, and other tips for beginning birders, with the added bonus of looking for and identifying wildflowers. We’ll carpool from the Berry Event Center east parking lot to some prime birding areas along the Big Bay Road.
The best time to view birds is early, early morning but we are compromising the time and meeting at the advanced hour of 7 a.m. The black flies and other pesky critters may be out by this time so wear appropriate clothing, sturdy shoes, and bring some bug repellant. We will go regardless of weather, so bring rain gear if it looks like rain!
Class Liaison: Carole Bard, 228-9367
Class Size Limit: 10
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, May 14
Date: Tuesday, May 20
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Mead Auditorium, Seaborg Center, NMU (Curved drive in front for drop-off, parking across street in NMU lot)
Cost: $4 for members/$7 for non-members
Presenter: Dick and Lou Ann Balding (Instructor of Mathematics; Owner/Manager of Forsberg Flowers)
Join Lou Ann, one of the original three organizers of the UP 200’s, and the race’s official and ongoing timekeeper, Dick, to learn how the concept of the UP200 sled dog races began. An overview with slides, photos and other informational pieces will describe a brief history of how the races started, and how interested mushers and their sled dogs are solicited. Class participants will quickly come to appreciate the vast amount of planning, organization, preparation, financing, volunteer help, etc., required for this now well-known, popular major winter Marquette and UP event.
Class Liaison: Paula McCormick, 228-5489
Class Size Limit: None
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 16
Date: Thursday, May 22
Time: 6:30–8 p.m.
Location: Marquette Mountain Ski Lodge
Cost: Free
Presenter: Bob Brebner, one of the original developers of Marquette Mountain
We’ll hold our brief annual meeting between 6:30 and 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served and we will vote on new members for the Board of Directors and vote on a Bylaws change.
Then from 7–8 p.m. ~
Marquette Mountain is a major area attraction and economic asset to our community. Bob Brebner, one of the key developers of the ski hill, will tell us the story of how the ski hill evolved from Cliff’s Ridge to the present day. NCLL members Carolyn McDonald and John Pontti are assisting Bob with the research.
Class Liaison: Carolyn McDonald, 228-9847
Class Size Limit: None
Registration Deadline: Monday, May 19
Date: Thursday, May 29
Time: 2–4 p.m.
Location: Room 101-B, Superior Dome, NMU
Cost: $4 for members/$7 for nonmembers
Presenter: Jim Hendricks
Opera enthusiast Jim Hendricks will guide us through the innuendos of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. This opera stars two pairs of lovers who choose to test the fidelity of women! Jim will help us look for the satire, parody, irony and emotional power of love that make up Cosi Fan Tutte. Two other Mozart operas, The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni are related to Cosi Fan Tutte and may also work into Jim’s program.
Class Liaison: Nancy Lutey, 226-2838
Class Size Limit: 35
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 23
Date: Tuesday, June 3 (Rain date: Wed, June 4)
Time: 8:20–1:30 p.m.
Location: Meet at Berry Events Center, NMU East parking lot
Cost: $4 for members/$7 for nonmembers
Presenter: Glenn Scott and CCI staff
Maintaining air and water quality during mining and mitigating post-mining impacts are important aspects of planning and operations at the Empire and Tilden Mines. This tour will begin at the operating mines with a view of the plant sites, a review of rock stockpile reclamation and a visit to an active tailings impoundment. We will then proceed to the Republic Mine which closed in 1996 to view the reclaimed pit and plant site and the Republic Wetlands Preserve that has been created on the tailings basins.
Although we’re not planning a lunch break, please tuck a snack in your pocket or purse if you think you’ll need the nourishment before our return.
Class Liaison: John Klasner, 249-1348
Class Size Limit: 20
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 30
Date: Thursday, June 5
Times and Locations: Landmark Inn, Front Street, Marquette
8:30–10 a.m. Breakfast, Capers Restaurant in the Landmark
10–11 a.m. Tour, meet in main lobby
Cost: Breakfast: Dutch-treat (order off menu)
Tour: Free
Presenter: Bruce Pesola, Original owner and visionary for the historical renovation and project financing
Join our relaxed, friendly, and conversational group for breakfast. Then, following the breakfast, enjoy a guided tour of the Landmark Inn. Bruce Pesola will describe a bit of the building’s history, an early vision for its modification, and the actual restoration and renovation process. We’ll see the meeting, dining and sleeping rooms, and a view of Marquette’s Lower Harbor from the top floor. Consider bringing your camera.
Class Liaison: Paula McCormick, 228-5489
Class Size Limit: None
Registration Deadline: Monday, June 2
Date: 3 Mondays, June 2, 9, and 16
Time: 1:30–3:30 p.m.
Location: Arts and Culture Center, Workshop #3 downstairs at Peter White Public Library
Cost: $12 for members/$21 for nonmembers
Presenters: Bettie Daly, a founding member of NCLL and Liz Yelland, local artist
An artist who paints en plein air has an adventurous spirit and love of nature.
We will meet each day at the Arts and Culture Center of the Peter White Library for orientation and/or instruction. Then, weather permitting, we will then move to our site for the day. If necessary, we can stay to paint at the library until 3:30. If we are "on location" we may stay out somewhat longer. Our focus will be on fun, and our goal is your satisfaction.
Those who register will receive a questionnaire and list of materials about 3 weeks before the class begins.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS: Bettie has had lessons with nationally prominent artists, including Tony Coats and Zolton Zabo, but considers herself a perpetual learner. Liz is a graduate of the Kendall School of Design and has studied watercolor with Nita Engle. She is a professional artist with murals in several public buildings and businesses around Marquette, as well as many private homes.
Class Liaison: Marge Forslin, 869-4791
Class Size Limit: 12
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 23
Date: Tuesday, June 10
Time: 2–4 p.m.
Location: Meet at Jack’s Superserv in Harvey
Cost: $4 for members/$7 for non-members
Presenter: Natasha Gill, Owner
Rain or shine! Come enjoy an afternoon at Dancing Crane Farm in Skandia. Your time at the farm will begin with a tour of the operation. Participants will have the opportunity to observe and perhaps help with planting, depending on how far along in the planting process the farm is at that time. The group will then gather for a talk about honeybees, natural pest control, time-saving gardening tips and much more. Questions and active participation will be encouraged.
For more information, please visit the Dancing Crane Farm website at www.dancingcranefarm.com or contact Natasha at 942-7975. Please note—although there is room for us inside if it rains, participants should dress for the weather and wear old clothes and footwear that can get dirty.
Class Liaison: Will Huggard, 228-2316
Class Size Limit: 20
Registration Deadline: Friday, June 6
Date: Saturday, June 14
Time: 10 a.m.–Noon
Location: Meet at Berry Events Center, NMU, east parking lot for car-pooling since visitor parking is limited at the Lakeshore Blvd plant
Cost: $4 for members/$7 for non-members
Presenter: Plant staff
Tour the Presque Isle power plant that is the fourth largest power plant in the We Energies system and has a total net generating capacity of 617 megawatts. The plant has nine generating units, burning two different types of coal and #2 fuel oil for diesel generators and for boiler start-up. Electrostatic precipitators remove most of the fly ash with baghouse fabric filters removing the remainder. 243,000 gallons of water from Lake Superior are used every minute to convert the exhaust steam from the turbines back into water for reuse. This water is returned to the Lake.
Tour participants should be prepared to wear hardhats, safety glasses and earplugs provided by WE Energies. Women should wear slacks and low-heeled shoes. No children under 5th grade and no picture taking allowed.
Class Liaison: Lucille Scotti, 249-3640
Class Size Limit: 20
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 11
Date: Tuesday AND Thursday, June 17 & 19
Time: 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (with lunch break)
Location: Room 127, Jacobetti Skills Center
Cost: $8 members/$14 for nonmembers plus a nominal charge for materials used
Presenter: Bob Holtzmann, NMU instructor
With Bob's skillful guidance, we will explore the workings of some of the plumbing systems in our homes. We'll learn how to identify and make simple repairs: dripping faucets, leaking toilets, etc. how to use different tools, work with various kinds of pipe and tubing, identify and work with fittings, learn the how and why of plumbing traps and venting, and even "when to call the professional."
SAFETY GLASSES are required in LAB. Also, participants should bring light jersey gloves (if you have them). And don’t forget your sack lunch and beverage.
Class Liaison: Cliff Stammer, 228-9897
Class Size Limit: 16
Registration Deadline: Friday, June 13
Date: Wednesday, June 25 (Rain date: Thurs, June 26)
Time: 4–6 p.m.
Location: Northeast end of Mattson Park parking lot (corner closest to the entrance and closest to Lakeshore Blvd)
Cost: $4 for members/$7 for nonmembers
Presenter: Paul Albert, City of Marquette arborist
What sorts of tree species are found in Marquette? Maples, pines, maybe an oak or a spruce? A quick tour through Mattson Lower Harbor Park's "budding" arboretum with Marquette’s skilled arborist Paul Albert will provide a glimpse of the species pallet available for diversifying our urban forest.
Class Liaison: Louise Anderson, 226-3370 or 250-3990
Class Size Limit: 25
Registration Deadline: Monday, June 23
