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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Calumet Heritage Celebration underway through Aug. 16

CALUMET -- The 2008 Calumet Heritage Celebration is underway now through Saturday, Aug. 16. Events are scheduled for the whole family -- from a Croatian Cabbage-Roll-Making Class to a two-day Calumet-Keweenaw Sportsman's Show to the Great Deer Chase Mountain Bike Race to the Duquesne University Tamburitzans performing in Agassiz Park Saturday afternoon.

During the 2007 Calumet Heritage Celebration, Helen Stimac, right, of Dodgeville, president of the Croatian Fraternal Union, and Julia Simila of Calumet, active member of the Union, pause for a photo with the Croatian flag. Members of the Croatian Fraternal Union will participate again this year in the Heritage festivities. (Photo © 2007 Gustavo Bourdieu)

Special events for kids on Saturday include old-fashioned children's games in Agassiz Park, the Children's Bike Parade at 10:05 a.m. and the Great Deer Chase Youth Race at 2 p.m. in Downtown Calumet.

Other highlights of the Celebration include the Miss Coppertown Pageant at 7 p.m. in the Calumet Theatre Friday evening, a Traditional Horseshoe Tournament at 8 a.m. Saturday*, the Copper Country Heritage Parade at 10:05 a.m. Saturday and an Open House at the Coppertown Mining Museum from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday including a special Copper Miner's Reunion from 11 a.m. to Noon.

Last year the Heritage horseshoe competition was well attended. Here the photo captures the horseshoe (circled in yellow) in mid-air. You can register for this year's competition on the Main Street Calumet Web site.* (Photo © 2007 Gustavo Bourdieu)

On Saturday, don't miss the free horse-drawn wagon rides, arts and crafts demonstrations and sales and authentic ethnic foods -- from Croatian povitica and cabbage rolls to corn on the cob.

Visit the Main Street Calumet Web site for the complete schedule of events.

*Pre-register for the Horseshoe Tournament on mainstreetcalumet.com or call 906-337-6246.

Editor's Note: More than 100 Mountain Bikers have already pre-registered for the Great Deer Chase Race. Volunteers may still be needed. Contact Marc Norton at gpc49913@charter.net if you can help.

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