MARQUETTE -- The DeVos Art Museum in Marquette will host the exhibit "North of the 45th Parallel" -- featuring 52 artists from Michigan,Wisconsin and Minnesota -- from June 15 through August 5. The North of the 45th is an annual juried exhibition of artists living North of the 45th Parallel in these three states.
An opening reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 15, at the museum, which is located at at the corner of Tracy and 7th Street on the campus of
Northern Michigan University. The reception will feature live music by Kerry Yost and The Chanteymen and a special one-night art performance by Emily Lanctot.
Each year a different juror from outside of the area, but within the Midwest, is asked to select pieces for the exhibition from an open call for entries. The jury process is anonymous and based on image, title, media and dimensions. This year's exhibition is juried by Wally Mason, director of the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Click here to learn more about the exhibit and the artists who will be featured this year, including several from the Copper Country and Marquette areas.
Hours at the DeVos Art Museum are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Wednesday and Friday, noon - 8 p.m. Thursday, and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Calumet Art Center to host Finnish-Style Rug Workshop Oct. 5-7
CALUMET -- The Calumet Art Center will host a Finnish-Style Cotton Rug Workshop with Wynne Mattila from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on October 5, 6 and 7, 2012. The class is limited to eight persons.
At present six open places remain. Pre-registration and payment are required. This is on a first come, first served basis.
Class Fee is $285; material fee is $30.
The Calumet Art Center is at 57055 Fifth Street. For more info call 906-281-3494 or 906-281-3494.
At present six open places remain. Pre-registration and payment are required. This is on a first come, first served basis.
Class Fee is $285; material fee is $30.
The Calumet Art Center is at 57055 Fifth Street. For more info call 906-281-3494 or 906-281-3494.
UPDATED: Public comment requested on two Public Health Assessments for Torch Lake Superfund site; public meeting to be June 20
LANSING -- The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has released two Public Health Assessments for the Torch Lake Superfund site and surrounding areas located in the Upper Peninsula, specifically Houghton and Keweenaw counties, for public comment.
The Public Health Assessment for "Physical hazards in the Torch Lake Superfund site and surrounding area" describes the physical hazards present from former copper mining activities. The report concluded that many physical hazards are present at places where former copper mining activities occurred. MDCH recommends that in order to make public safety a top priority, access to these places should be restricted or the hazards should be removed.
The Public Health Assessment for "Evaluation of Municipal and Residential Drinking Water around Torch Lake" looked at potential chemical exposure from municipal and private drinking water. This report found that municipal water is safe and meets applicable standards and regulations. There is not enough information on possible chemical levels in private wells installed or screened in stamp sand.
MDCH will host a multi-agency open house Wednesday, June 20, with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, followed by a public meeting to discuss the reports. The meeting will take place at Lake Linden-Hubbell High School located at 601 Calumet St., Lake Linden. The open house will be from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., and the public meeting will start at 7 p.m.
MDCH also invites the public to provide comments on the Public Health Assessments. The documents are online at www.michigan.gov/mdch-toxics under "Health Assessments and Related Documents." Scroll down on that page and click on Torch Lake Superfund Site and Surrounding Areas. (Or Click here to go directly to the list of Torch Lake documents.) Copies are also available at the Lake Linden-Hubbell Public School Library located at 601 Calumet Street, Lake Linden, and the Portage Lake District Library at 58 Huron St., Houghton.
Information and comments may be sent to either Christina Bush or Dr. Jennifer Gray at Division of Environmental Health, Michigan Department of Community Health, 201 Townsend St., Lansing, MI 48913. Comments must be received by Aug. 10. Responses to all comments will be provided in the final version of the assessments.
The department's Division of Environmental Health conducted the Public Health Assessments under a cooperative agreement with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Information concerning the human health effects of exposure to environmental contaminants can be found on the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) web page at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html.
The Public Health Assessment for "Physical hazards in the Torch Lake Superfund site and surrounding area" describes the physical hazards present from former copper mining activities. The report concluded that many physical hazards are present at places where former copper mining activities occurred. MDCH recommends that in order to make public safety a top priority, access to these places should be restricted or the hazards should be removed.
The Public Health Assessment for "Evaluation of Municipal and Residential Drinking Water around Torch Lake" looked at potential chemical exposure from municipal and private drinking water. This report found that municipal water is safe and meets applicable standards and regulations. There is not enough information on possible chemical levels in private wells installed or screened in stamp sand.
MDCH will host a multi-agency open house Wednesday, June 20, with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, followed by a public meeting to discuss the reports. The meeting will take place at Lake Linden-Hubbell High School located at 601 Calumet St., Lake Linden. The open house will be from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., and the public meeting will start at 7 p.m.
MDCH also invites the public to provide comments on the Public Health Assessments. The documents are online at www.michigan.gov/mdch-toxics under "Health Assessments and Related Documents." Scroll down on that page and click on Torch Lake Superfund Site and Surrounding Areas. (Or Click here to go directly to the list of Torch Lake documents.) Copies are also available at the Lake Linden-Hubbell Public School Library located at 601 Calumet Street, Lake Linden, and the Portage Lake District Library at 58 Huron St., Houghton.
Information and comments may be sent to either Christina Bush or Dr. Jennifer Gray at Division of Environmental Health, Michigan Department of Community Health, 201 Townsend St., Lansing, MI 48913. Comments must be received by Aug. 10. Responses to all comments will be provided in the final version of the assessments.
The department's Division of Environmental Health conducted the Public Health Assessments under a cooperative agreement with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Information concerning the human health effects of exposure to environmental contaminants can be found on the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) web page at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Pine Mountain Music Festival to present Mozart opera
HANCOCK -- Pine Mountain Music Festival presents Mozart’s great opera Così fan tutte at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, at the historic Calumet Theatre. The opera is a masterpiece of comic invention and dramatic detail. The alternative title, The School for Lovers (La scuola degli amanti), is perhaps a more precise description of the opera -- four naïve young lovers trying to understand and figure out the nature of love and relationships.
Two young men disguise themselves to test their lovers’ fidelity, but what starts out as fun and games turns into something no one quite bargained for. The mischief makers, Don Alfonso and Despina, two characters with a little more experience, lead the young lovers through the opera, imparting their worldly advice and cynical points of view.
Tickets are $30 for adults or $10 for students and are available at Michigan Tech Ticketing Services (located at the Michigan Tech Student Development Complex), or by calling 877-746-3999. Tickets are also available at the Calumet Theatre Box Office and at the door. There will be a free pre-opera talk one hour before the performance.
The opera will be sung in Italian, with English surtitles above the stage. Così fan tutte will also be performed at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 17, at the Vulcan Performing Arts Center in Norway and at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Kaufman Auditorium in Marquette.
The singers for Così fan tutte will be the festival's six Resident Opera Artists. A chorus composed of local singers from the Keweenaw area will round out the cast for this dramatic and popular opera. The opera will be conducted by the remarkable Joseph Mechavich (Il matrimonio segreto 2010) and directed by Artistic Director, Joshua Major. Mr. Mechavich will present a pre-opera talk one hour before performance.
Mezzo-soprano Claire Shackleton performs the role of Dorabella while the role of Fiordiligi is sung by soprano Jacqueline Shoda-Iwasaki. Singing the parts of the two fiancés are tenor Martin Bakari as Ferrando and baritone Alex DeSocio as Guglielmo. Completing the cast is Julie Tabash as Despina, the maid, and Jonathan Christopher as Don Alfonso. All six Resident Opera Artists will also perform in A Little Night Music in July.
This production is supported by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Pine Mountain Music Festival presents a season of opera, classical and popular music each June-July in the Dickinson County area, the Marquette area, the Keweenaw Peninsula, and in other towns in the Upper Peninsula. Headquartered in Hancock, Michigan, it is supported by donations, ticket sales and grants. Visit the web at www.pmmf.org or call 888-309-7861 for more information.
Martin Bakari and Jacqueline Shoda-Iwasaki in Così fan tutte. (Photo © Joe Kirkish and courtesy Pine Mountain Music Festival)
Two young men disguise themselves to test their lovers’ fidelity, but what starts out as fun and games turns into something no one quite bargained for. The mischief makers, Don Alfonso and Despina, two characters with a little more experience, lead the young lovers through the opera, imparting their worldly advice and cynical points of view.
Tickets are $30 for adults or $10 for students and are available at Michigan Tech Ticketing Services (located at the Michigan Tech Student Development Complex), or by calling 877-746-3999. Tickets are also available at the Calumet Theatre Box Office and at the door. There will be a free pre-opera talk one hour before the performance.
The opera will be sung in Italian, with English surtitles above the stage. Così fan tutte will also be performed at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 17, at the Vulcan Performing Arts Center in Norway and at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Kaufman Auditorium in Marquette.
The singers for Così fan tutte will be the festival's six Resident Opera Artists. A chorus composed of local singers from the Keweenaw area will round out the cast for this dramatic and popular opera. The opera will be conducted by the remarkable Joseph Mechavich (Il matrimonio segreto 2010) and directed by Artistic Director, Joshua Major. Mr. Mechavich will present a pre-opera talk one hour before performance.
Claire Shackleton and Alex DeSocio in Così fan tutte. (Photo © Joe Kirkish and courtesy Pine Mountain Music Festival)
Mezzo-soprano Claire Shackleton performs the role of Dorabella while the role of Fiordiligi is sung by soprano Jacqueline Shoda-Iwasaki. Singing the parts of the two fiancés are tenor Martin Bakari as Ferrando and baritone Alex DeSocio as Guglielmo. Completing the cast is Julie Tabash as Despina, the maid, and Jonathan Christopher as Don Alfonso. All six Resident Opera Artists will also perform in A Little Night Music in July.
This production is supported by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Pine Mountain Music Festival presents a season of opera, classical and popular music each June-July in the Dickinson County area, the Marquette area, the Keweenaw Peninsula, and in other towns in the Upper Peninsula. Headquartered in Hancock, Michigan, it is supported by donations, ticket sales and grants. Visit the web at www.pmmf.org or call 888-309-7861 for more information.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Big Bay citizens' kayak trip to raise funds for third-party air monitoring program at Eagle Mine
BIG BAY -- Some members of Concerned Citizens of Big Bay are having a kayaking fundraiser to help create public awareness for an independent, third-party air monitoring program for the Eagle Mine.
This is a view of the bay of Big Bay, where kayakers will set out on one part of their fundraising journey, which will be divided into two trips for safety concerns. (Photo © and courtesy Gene Champagne of Concerned Citizens of Big Bay)
The group -- Carla and Gene Champagne, Ben Kent. Emily Whittaker, Cynthia Pryor, and Bill Kinjorski -- will soon kayak from the mouth of the Iron/Yellow Dog River to the mouth of the Salmon Trout River. This fundraiser will fulfill part of a Fresh Water Future grant of $2,500 the group received last year. The kayakers are also the proposed Eagle Mine Air Quality Monitoring Team.
"The fumes (from the Eagle Mine) are making folks nauseous. Kennecott is venting right into the pristine air up there," says Gene Champagne, author of a recent opinion article on this issue, published in the Marquette Mining Journal on June 3, 2012.
In that article, Champagne writes, "The time has come to seek the best available, and least disputable, science with regards to air quality monitoring for the Eagle Mine in northern Marquette County and any other hard rock (sulfide) mines that follow. To this end. the Powell Township Board, at its May 22 meeting, passed a resolution that calls for an independent, third party air monitoring program for any current and future mines that may affect Powell Township."*
Two other members of this group, Carla Champagne and Cynthia Pryor, recently requested this independent, third-party air monitoring program for the Eagle Mine at Rio Tinto's Annual General Meeting with shareholders in London, England.**
Concerned Citizens of Big Bay will be collecting donations through July on their Web site and plan to post photos of the two-day kayaking trip on the site as well. The kayakers hope to start the journey, which is weather and wave dependent, this month (or possibly as early as this week). They have a maximum of six kayakers in order to leave little to no footprints and impact upon the private lands they will be launching from.
Concerned Citizens of Big Bay fund many of their activities out of their own pockets, with the help of supporters.
"If you can give a little to our own fundraiser we can hopefully have some added impact to the proper and scientific monitoring at Eagle Mine," Gene Champagne notes.
Click here to donate to the fundraiser on the group's Web site.
Editor's Notes:
* Click here to read Gene Champagne's guest op-ed article, "Science, public relations are two different things."
** In case you missed it, see Keweenaw Now's updated May 23, 2012, article, "Big Bay residents report on Rio Tinto AGM in London."
The group -- Carla and Gene Champagne, Ben Kent. Emily Whittaker, Cynthia Pryor, and Bill Kinjorski -- will soon kayak from the mouth of the Iron/Yellow Dog River to the mouth of the Salmon Trout River. This fundraiser will fulfill part of a Fresh Water Future grant of $2,500 the group received last year. The kayakers are also the proposed Eagle Mine Air Quality Monitoring Team.
"The fumes (from the Eagle Mine) are making folks nauseous. Kennecott is venting right into the pristine air up there," says Gene Champagne, author of a recent opinion article on this issue, published in the Marquette Mining Journal on June 3, 2012.
In that article, Champagne writes, "The time has come to seek the best available, and least disputable, science with regards to air quality monitoring for the Eagle Mine in northern Marquette County and any other hard rock (sulfide) mines that follow. To this end. the Powell Township Board, at its May 22 meeting, passed a resolution that calls for an independent, third party air monitoring program for any current and future mines that may affect Powell Township."*
The second part of the kayaking trip will require crossing Big Bay (3.5 miles across), resting perhaps at the black rocks on the west side of the bay, and then continuing around Salmon Trout Point (center of this photo) and into Salmon Trout Bay and the mouth of the Salmon Trout River. Lake Superior can be seen to the right beyond the point. (Photo © and courtesy Gene Champagne of Concerned Citizens of Big Bay)
Two other members of this group, Carla Champagne and Cynthia Pryor, recently requested this independent, third-party air monitoring program for the Eagle Mine at Rio Tinto's Annual General Meeting with shareholders in London, England.**
Concerned Citizens of Big Bay will be collecting donations through July on their Web site and plan to post photos of the two-day kayaking trip on the site as well. The kayakers hope to start the journey, which is weather and wave dependent, this month (or possibly as early as this week). They have a maximum of six kayakers in order to leave little to no footprints and impact upon the private lands they will be launching from.
Concerned Citizens of Big Bay fund many of their activities out of their own pockets, with the help of supporters.
"If you can give a little to our own fundraiser we can hopefully have some added impact to the proper and scientific monitoring at Eagle Mine," Gene Champagne notes.
Click here to donate to the fundraiser on the group's Web site.
Editor's Notes:
* Click here to read Gene Champagne's guest op-ed article, "Science, public relations are two different things."
** In case you missed it, see Keweenaw Now's updated May 23, 2012, article, "Big Bay residents report on Rio Tinto AGM in London."
Bike prizes offered for kids who participate in Chain Drive races
HANCOCK -- Portage Health, sponsor of the Chain Drive Bike races scheduled for Saturday, June 16, is offering bike prizes for kids who participate.
"Portage Health wants kids on bikes," says Lori Hauswirth, race organizer. "Keweenaw Chain Drive Festival is one way we are going to get them riding. If you have/know someone under 18, this is the year for them to ride Chain Drive. Two bikes will be given randomly as door prizes to kids that ride the 16-Mile event. A Kona Kahuna Deluxe will go to a rider ages 14-18 and a Kona Fire Mountain will be given to a rider 13 or under. A TREK Mountain Bike will be given as a door prize for the Junior Chain Drive. Let's encourage the kids to get out there and ride!"
Junior Chain Drive
Registration for the Junior Chain Drive is from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, June 16, in Portage Health Conference Room 5. Races start at 3:30 p.m.
Those who would like to fill out the paper work for the kids' race ahead of time can send Marc Norton, Junior Chain Drive director, an email request at gpc49913@charter.net and he'll send you a pdf that you can print and fill out ahead of time if you wish.
Price is $5 per racer.
Volunteers still needed:
Plenty of spots are still open to help with the Junior Chain drive.
Registration -- still need 2-3 more
Traffic Control -- 7 more needed
Lap Counters -- 2 needed
Rabbit -- 1 needed for 1-lap race
Sweeps -- 5 needed (or two who can ride 8 miles)
1st Responders -- 1 more desired
Emcee (race starter, awards announcer) -- 1 needed
Click here for the schedule of the Chain Drive Race events.
Click here for information on the Junior Chain Drive.
Junior Chain Drive race participants head for the novice trail at Portage Health in Hancock. This year a TREK Mountain Bike will be given as a door prize for a participant, age 13 or under, in the Junior Chain Drive. Two bikes will be given to young participants in the Chain Drive 16-Mile race. (Keweenaw Now file photo)
"Portage Health wants kids on bikes," says Lori Hauswirth, race organizer. "Keweenaw Chain Drive Festival is one way we are going to get them riding. If you have/know someone under 18, this is the year for them to ride Chain Drive. Two bikes will be given randomly as door prizes to kids that ride the 16-Mile event. A Kona Kahuna Deluxe will go to a rider ages 14-18 and a Kona Fire Mountain will be given to a rider 13 or under. A TREK Mountain Bike will be given as a door prize for the Junior Chain Drive. Let's encourage the kids to get out there and ride!"
Junior Chain Drive
Registration for the Junior Chain Drive is from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, June 16, in Portage Health Conference Room 5. Races start at 3:30 p.m.
Those who would like to fill out the paper work for the kids' race ahead of time can send Marc Norton, Junior Chain Drive director, an email request at gpc49913@charter.net and he'll send you a pdf that you can print and fill out ahead of time if you wish.
Price is $5 per racer.
Volunteers still needed:
Plenty of spots are still open to help with the Junior Chain drive.
Registration -- still need 2-3 more
Traffic Control -- 7 more needed
Lap Counters -- 2 needed
Rabbit -- 1 needed for 1-lap race
Sweeps -- 5 needed (or two who can ride 8 miles)
1st Responders -- 1 more desired
Emcee (race starter, awards announcer) -- 1 needed
Click here for the schedule of the Chain Drive Race events.
Click here for information on the Junior Chain Drive.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
UPDATED: MDEQ taking public comments on Orvana's Copperwood Project; public hearing to be June 28
LANSING -- The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is holding a public comment period until Thursday, June 28, 2012, and a public hearing also on June 28, 2012, on Orvana Resources US Corp’s proposed installation and operation of a copper mining and ore processing facility known as the "Copperwood Project."
The facility is proposed to be located in Ironwood (T49N R46W) and Wakefield (T49N R45W) Townships, Gogebic County, Michigan. The public comment period and hearing are to allow all interested parties the opportunity to comment on the Department’s proposed conditional approval of a Permit to Install (PTI). It has been preliminarily determined that the installation of the Copperwood Project will not violate any of the Department’s rules nor the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The facility’s impact will not exceed 80 percent of the available increments for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter less than ten microns.
According to Steve Casey, MDEQ Water Resources Division district supervisor of the Upper Peninsula District Office, who will be chairing the meeting, the Public Hearing is for the Air Quality, Wetlands and Inland Lakes and Streams permits.
"We will have the staff person who is preparing the NPDES water discharge permit in attendance too," Casey said. "So the public will be able to comment on air, water, wetland/inland lakes and streams issues (which will cover tailings placement)."
Copies of the Department staff’s analysis and proposed permit conditions are available for inspection at the following locations, or you may request a copy be mailed to you by calling 517-335-4607. Please reference Permit to Install Application Number 180-11.
AIR QUALITY DIVISION (AQD) INTERNET HOME PAGE - http://www.michigan.gov/air
UPPER PENINSULA: DEQ, AQD, 420 Fifth Street, Gwinn (Phone: 906-346-8300)
LANSING: DEQ, AQD, Constitution Hall, 3rd Floor, North Tower, 525 West Allegan Street (Phone: 517-335-4607)
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP: N10892 Lake Road, Ironwood (Phone: 906-932-5800)
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP: 414 North County Road 519, Wakefield (Phone: 906-224-8551)
GOGEBIC COUNTY: 200 North Moore Street, Bessemer (Phone: 906-663-4518)
The public is encouraged to present written views on the proposed permit action. Written comments should be sent to Ms. Mary Ann Dolehanty, Permit Section Supervisor, MDEQ, AQD, P.O. Box 30260, Lansing, Michigan, 48909-7760. Comments may also be submitted from the webpage: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/aps/cwerp.shtml (click on "Submit Comment" under the Orvana Resources US Corp, Permit to Install No. 180-11 listing). All statements received by June 28, 2012, will be considered by the decision-maker prior to final permit action.
On June 28, 2012, a public hearing will be held starting at 7 p.m. C.D.T. at Gogebic Community College, Lindquist Student Center -- Courtside Dining Area, 2nd Floor, E-4946 Jackson Road, Ironwood, Michigan. The sole purpose of the public hearing will be to take formal testimony on the record. During testimony, questions will not be answered; however, staff will be available to answer questions outside the hearing room.
Prior to the hearing, an informational session will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. C.D.T. also at Gogebic Community College, Lindquist Student Center -- Courtside Dining Area, 2nd Floor, E-4946 Jackson Road, Ironwood, Michigan. Staff will provide a brief introduction regarding the proposed project and will be available to answer questions.
Individuals needing accommodations for effective participation at the hearing should contact Ms. Cari DeBruler at 517-335-4607 one week in advance to request mobility, visual, hearing, or other assistance.
Part 632 Mining Permit for Orvana approved in April
On April 30, 2012, the MDEQ announced approval of a mining permit to Orvana Resources US Corp. for the proposed Copperwood Mine in Gogebic County, Michigan.
The department's decision followed a detailed review of Orvana's permit application, public comments and supplemental information to determine whether the proposed mining operation meets the strict standards of Michigan's mining law, Part 632 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act.
Based on all information available, the DEQ has determined the application meets or exceeds the requirements for approval.
Additional permits are required for the Copperwood Mine, including permits for air emissions, water discharges, wetlands impacts, and inland lakes and streams modifications. The DEQ is still reviewing those applications.
The mining permit is not effective until all other Michigan environmental permits for the proposed mining operation are issued.
Click here for more MDEQ information about mining in Michigan.
The facility is proposed to be located in Ironwood (T49N R46W) and Wakefield (T49N R45W) Townships, Gogebic County, Michigan. The public comment period and hearing are to allow all interested parties the opportunity to comment on the Department’s proposed conditional approval of a Permit to Install (PTI). It has been preliminarily determined that the installation of the Copperwood Project will not violate any of the Department’s rules nor the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The facility’s impact will not exceed 80 percent of the available increments for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter less than ten microns.
According to Steve Casey, MDEQ Water Resources Division district supervisor of the Upper Peninsula District Office, who will be chairing the meeting, the Public Hearing is for the Air Quality, Wetlands and Inland Lakes and Streams permits.
"We will have the staff person who is preparing the NPDES water discharge permit in attendance too," Casey said. "So the public will be able to comment on air, water, wetland/inland lakes and streams issues (which will cover tailings placement)."
Copies of the Department staff’s analysis and proposed permit conditions are available for inspection at the following locations, or you may request a copy be mailed to you by calling 517-335-4607. Please reference Permit to Install Application Number 180-11.
AIR QUALITY DIVISION (AQD) INTERNET HOME PAGE - http://www.michigan.gov/air
UPPER PENINSULA: DEQ, AQD, 420 Fifth Street, Gwinn (Phone: 906-346-8300)
LANSING: DEQ, AQD, Constitution Hall, 3rd Floor, North Tower, 525 West Allegan Street (Phone: 517-335-4607)
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP: N10892 Lake Road, Ironwood (Phone: 906-932-5800)
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP: 414 North County Road 519, Wakefield (Phone: 906-224-8551)
GOGEBIC COUNTY: 200 North Moore Street, Bessemer (Phone: 906-663-4518)
The public is encouraged to present written views on the proposed permit action. Written comments should be sent to Ms. Mary Ann Dolehanty, Permit Section Supervisor, MDEQ, AQD, P.O. Box 30260, Lansing, Michigan, 48909-7760. Comments may also be submitted from the webpage: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/aps/cwerp.shtml (click on "Submit Comment" under the Orvana Resources US Corp, Permit to Install No. 180-11 listing). All statements received by June 28, 2012, will be considered by the decision-maker prior to final permit action.
On June 28, 2012, a public hearing will be held starting at 7 p.m. C.D.T. at Gogebic Community College, Lindquist Student Center -- Courtside Dining Area, 2nd Floor, E-4946 Jackson Road, Ironwood, Michigan. The sole purpose of the public hearing will be to take formal testimony on the record. During testimony, questions will not be answered; however, staff will be available to answer questions outside the hearing room.
Prior to the hearing, an informational session will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. C.D.T. also at Gogebic Community College, Lindquist Student Center -- Courtside Dining Area, 2nd Floor, E-4946 Jackson Road, Ironwood, Michigan. Staff will provide a brief introduction regarding the proposed project and will be available to answer questions.
Individuals needing accommodations for effective participation at the hearing should contact Ms. Cari DeBruler at 517-335-4607 one week in advance to request mobility, visual, hearing, or other assistance.
Part 632 Mining Permit for Orvana approved in April
On April 30, 2012, the MDEQ announced approval of a mining permit to Orvana Resources US Corp. for the proposed Copperwood Mine in Gogebic County, Michigan.
The department's decision followed a detailed review of Orvana's permit application, public comments and supplemental information to determine whether the proposed mining operation meets the strict standards of Michigan's mining law, Part 632 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act.
Based on all information available, the DEQ has determined the application meets or exceeds the requirements for approval.
Additional permits are required for the Copperwood Mine, including permits for air emissions, water discharges, wetlands impacts, and inland lakes and streams modifications. The DEQ is still reviewing those applications.
The mining permit is not effective until all other Michigan environmental permits for the proposed mining operation are issued.
Click here for more MDEQ information about mining in Michigan.
DEQ seeks input on air quality monitoring document
LANSING -- The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's draft 2013 Michigan Ambient Air Monitoring Network Review document is available for public comment through Friday, June 15, at 5 p.m.
Annually, the Network Review is the principle tool used by staff of the DEQ's Air Quality Division to plan ambient air quality monitoring activities. The Network Review examines Michigan's ambient air monitoring network in operation during 2011-2012 and recommends changes based on monitor history, population distribution, and modifications to the federal monitoring requirements under the Clean Air Act.
The 2013 Network Review document is available on the DEQ Web page at www.michigan.gov/deqair. Feedback from public comments will be reviewed with respect to ambient air monitoring activities to be carried out in 2013.
Comments may be submitted either electronically to robinsona1@michigan.gov, or by U.S. mail to Amy Robinson, DEQ, Air Quality Division, P.O. Box 30260, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7760.
For more information on Michigan's air quality, go to www.michigan.gov/air. To view real-time air monitoring information, select the MIair icon.
Annually, the Network Review is the principle tool used by staff of the DEQ's Air Quality Division to plan ambient air quality monitoring activities. The Network Review examines Michigan's ambient air monitoring network in operation during 2011-2012 and recommends changes based on monitor history, population distribution, and modifications to the federal monitoring requirements under the Clean Air Act.
The 2013 Network Review document is available on the DEQ Web page at www.michigan.gov/deqair. Feedback from public comments will be reviewed with respect to ambient air monitoring activities to be carried out in 2013.
Comments may be submitted either electronically to robinsona1@michigan.gov, or by U.S. mail to Amy Robinson, DEQ, Air Quality Division, P.O. Box 30260, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7760.
For more information on Michigan's air quality, go to www.michigan.gov/air. To view real-time air monitoring information, select the MIair icon.
Portage Library to host acupressure presentation by massage therapist June 14
HOUGHTON -- The Portage Lake District Library will host its monthly program in the Natural Health and Wellness series from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 14.
Professional Massage Therapist Angel Janssen will present "Acupressure to Relieve Neck and Shoulder Pain." Participants will learn a simple acupressure self treatment that can be used to relieve pain caused by stress and tension that is held in the neck and shoulder areas.
Janssen is a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist in practice for over 20 years in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Michigan. She is a master level LaStone Therapist, a Reflexologist, and a 2nd Degree Reiki Practitioner. The focus of her massage practice is health maintenance, stress reduction, and pain relief with advanced training in aromatherapy, massage for people living with cancer, as well as massage for the medically frail. Janssen is the proprietor of Synergy Massage and Wellness.
The Natural Health and Wellness series is held on the second Thursday of each month. All library programs are free, and everyone is welcome. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org.
Professional Massage Therapist Angel Janssen will present "Acupressure to Relieve Neck and Shoulder Pain." Participants will learn a simple acupressure self treatment that can be used to relieve pain caused by stress and tension that is held in the neck and shoulder areas.
Janssen is a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist in practice for over 20 years in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Michigan. She is a master level LaStone Therapist, a Reflexologist, and a 2nd Degree Reiki Practitioner. The focus of her massage practice is health maintenance, stress reduction, and pain relief with advanced training in aromatherapy, massage for people living with cancer, as well as massage for the medically frail. Janssen is the proprietor of Synergy Massage and Wellness.
The Natural Health and Wellness series is held on the second Thursday of each month. All library programs are free, and everyone is welcome. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org.
Beach Volleyball Leagues open to community this summer
HANCOCK -- Two summer Beach Volleyball Leagues are open to the community and are starting soon.
Leagues will play at the Copper Island Beach Club (Hancock) sand volleyball court. Doubles (2 person teams) will play on Monday evenings. Recreational (4-person teams) will play Wednesday evenings.
Cost is $20 per person (for the whole season); leagues run for 10 weeks.
Call 482-2269 to register a team or e-mail beach@up.net.
Additional summer tournaments include Bridgefest and Canal Weekend opportunities, locally.
Leagues will play at the Copper Island Beach Club (Hancock) sand volleyball court. Doubles (2 person teams) will play on Monday evenings. Recreational (4-person teams) will play Wednesday evenings.
Cost is $20 per person (for the whole season); leagues run for 10 weeks.
Call 482-2269 to register a team or e-mail beach@up.net.
Additional summer tournaments include Bridgefest and Canal Weekend opportunities, locally.
Friday, June 08, 2012
Hunter's Point guided hike and Copper Harbor Marina Open House to welcome visitors June 9
COPPER HARBOR -- Copper Harbor residents Dick Powers and Alex Protzel will lead a guided hike of Hunter’s Point from the trail head at the Copper Harbor Marina at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 9. The relatively easy hike should last between one and one and a half hours. Refreshments will be available. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is holding a Statewide Marina Open House at the Marina between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday. Visitors are welcome to tour the Marina and check out the amenities offered.
"Hunter's Point is a prime location to observe natural history, birds, plants and animals, excellent geology structure, and whatever else these beveled edges are inclined to reveal to the visitor." -- Description by the late Jim Rooks, naturalist and eco-tour guide.
For more information Visit www.hunters-point.org or call Fort Wilkins State Park at 906-289-4215.
Summer Reading Program to begin at Portage Library June 9
HOUGHTON -- Opening day activities and registration for the Portage Lake District Library Summer Reading Program begins from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 9. Kids are invited to make crafts and everyone can create their own ice cream sundae in the community room.
The "Dream Big! Read!" Summer Reading Program will continue through Saturday, August 11, and people may register throughout the summer. Participants will receive a reading log, book bag, and sticker when they register and prizes as they progress through their reading lists. The Summer Reading Program is open to all ages, children through adults. Reading logs may include books, magazines, audio books, reading to young children, or being read to.
The Summer Reading Program series of events includes Storytimes with Maria Sliva every Wednesday from 11 a.m. - noon. The Houghton High School Key Club will also present Storytimes and a craft on days to be announced. Look for listings of additional programs and events in the library, the media, and at www.pldl.org.
Everyone is invited to join the fun and see where dreams will take them!
For more information, please call the library at 482-4570.
Friends of Portage Library to hold Book Sale June 8-9
HOUGHTON -- The Friends of the Portage Lake District Library invite everyone to their Book Sale on Friday, June 8, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday, June 9, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. The sale will take place in the Michigan and Local History room. New and gently used books will be sold to raise money for library projects and materials that the Friends provide.
Adult and children’s hardcover books will sell for $2 and paperbacks for $1. A half price sale will begin on Saturday from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Projects that the Friends of the Library have done include buying books and other materials, furniture, and the Children’s Listening Center. Information on how to become involved with the Friends will be available at the book sale.
For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org.
Adult and children’s hardcover books will sell for $2 and paperbacks for $1. A half price sale will begin on Saturday from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Projects that the Friends of the Library have done include buying books and other materials, furniture, and the Children’s Listening Center. Information on how to become involved with the Friends will be available at the book sale.
For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Finlandia Gallery hosts "Dale Wedig: Mentalsmith" June 7-July 20
An opening reception for the artist will take place at the gallery from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. TONIGHT, Thursday, June 7. The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Controlled and complicated, whimsical and expressive, even sophisticated and naïve: these contradictory statements capture the essence of Dale Wedig’s artwork. Ranging in size from jewelry to architectural installations, his work incorporates metal processes from blacksmithing, welding, and casting to sheet-forming, fabrication, and foundry applications.
Whether it’s sculpture, furniture, hollow ware, or jewelry, Wedig’s art celebrates the melding of form and function. The inherent qualities of the metals he uses -- strength, luster, and density -- provide physical and visual testimonies, while his hands provide the object’s character.
Dale Wedig, Aluminum Table, Red Line, 2004, 36" x 42" x 24." Aluminum and Rubber. (Photo courtesy Finlandia University)
Art-making can be described as the physical and mental labor involved in creating an object from an idea, and the end result can be very satisfying.
For Wedig, however, it is the activity and struggle of the art-making process that is most inspiring.
"Life without labor is guilt," Wedig says. "I like to keep busy recording my lifetime by making tangible objects from the ideas that float through my head."
Wedig is a professor of art and design at Northern Michigan University, Marquette, and for 28 years has been head of the metalsmithing and sculpture departments there.
The Finlandia University Gallery is in the Finnish American Heritage Center, 435 Quincy Street, Hancock. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or by appointment.
For additional information, contact gallery director Carrie Flaspohler at 906-487-7500 or carrie.flaspohler@finlandia.edu.
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Empty Bowls soup event kicks off at Café Rosetta June 8
CALUMET -- Join the Calumet Art Center and BHK Great Explorations at the Café Rosetta for the initial Empty Bowls event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, June 8.
For a $10 donation select a bowl made by local potters and enjoy a meal of soup and bread. 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to local organizations fighting hunger in our communities: CLK Food Pantry, St. Vincent DePaul (Hancock and L’Anse) and Community Action Food Pantry.
The Empty Bowls Project, an international effort to fight hunger, is a community based fundraiser designed to create awareness of food insecurity and to generate income for local food pantries.
Since April, groups and individuals -- including children accompanied by an adult -- have been coming to the Calumet Art Center to decorate the bowls. Beginning with this first event at Café Rosetta, restaurants and cafés will be invited to serve soup to customers who donate $10 for one of the decorated bowls. The café/restaurant will serve the soup in one of their own bowls and the customer will take home the decorated bowl.
See our April 30, 2012, article, "Empty Bowls Project to fight hunger kicks off at Calumet Art Center" and visit www.calumetartcenter.com for details on the project.
Café Rosetta is at 104 Fifth Street in Calumet, across from the Ed Gray Gallery.
These bowls, donated to the Art Center by artists, were painted by children in the BHK Great Explorations program. (Keweenaw Now file photo)
For a $10 donation select a bowl made by local potters and enjoy a meal of soup and bread. 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to local organizations fighting hunger in our communities: CLK Food Pantry, St. Vincent DePaul (Hancock and L’Anse) and Community Action Food Pantry.
The Empty Bowls Project, an international effort to fight hunger, is a community based fundraiser designed to create awareness of food insecurity and to generate income for local food pantries.
Since April, groups and individuals -- including children accompanied by an adult -- have been coming to the Calumet Art Center to decorate the bowls. Beginning with this first event at Café Rosetta, restaurants and cafés will be invited to serve soup to customers who donate $10 for one of the decorated bowls. The café/restaurant will serve the soup in one of their own bowls and the customer will take home the decorated bowl.
See our April 30, 2012, article, "Empty Bowls Project to fight hunger kicks off at Calumet Art Center" and visit www.calumetartcenter.com for details on the project.
Café Rosetta is at 104 Fifth Street in Calumet, across from the Ed Gray Gallery.
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Keweenaw Adventure Company begins downhill mountain bike shuttle service June 5
COPPER HARBOR -- Keweenaw Adventure Company will be commencing its weekly Tuesday evening downhill mountain bike shuttle service from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. TODAY, June 5, and will plan to continue through the last Tuesday in August.
Cost: $18.50 day pass; $165 season pass (also valid for Saturday and Sunday afternoon service through mid-October).
Cost: $18.50 day pass; $165 season pass (also valid for Saturday and Sunday afternoon service through mid-October).
Celebrate at 11th Annual Houghton Spring Art and Music Festival June 9
HOUGHTON -- Celebrate the arrival of spring with the Houghton Spring Art and Music Festival happening from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, on the upper parking deck in downtown Houghton. Hosted by the Copper Country Community Arts Center, the festival, , now in its 11th year, provides an opportunity to hear live local music, spend time downtown, and shop at regional artist booths.
This year’s artist booths will feature stained glass, pottery, jewelry, fiber art, wearable art, photography, soaps, books, and many more quality art items for sale. A new addition to the festival will be demonstrating artists scheduled throughout the day.
There will be a variety of fun and free family art activities along with the Frog Hop scavenger hunt at local businesses. This year features a Frog Hop for adults and a Jr. Frog Hop for youth ages 18 and under. Get your Frog Hop cards during the festival, visit each of the participating downtown businesses for a frog stamp, get your last stamp at the Copper Country Community Arts Center (CCCAC) booth and your card will be put in a prize drawing.
At the Community Arts Center booth during the 2011 festival, artist Kerri Corser holds plants she purchased from volunteer and Arts Center Board Member Christa Walck, left. The box for Frog Hop cards (lower left in photo) will again be at the Arts Center booth this year.
You may win prizes and gift certificates from these businesses supporting the festival and the Community Arts Center: Surplus Outlet, Wicker and Willow, Down Wind Sports, 5th and Elm, Swift's True Value Hardware, The Bike Shop, Good Times Music, Chickadees, Victoria's Kitchen, The Lunch Bag, and The Blue Iris.
The Arts Center will also have an information booth with the ever popular Extreme Bake Sale.
Artist Suzanne Hamilton volunteers at the Extreme Bake Sale, a favorite stop for visitors during the 2011 Art and Music Festival.
The CCCAC will sponsor family art activities tents with demonstrations and activities throughout the day, including Fish Prints from noon to 2:30 p.m., Frog Masks and Paper Flowers from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Watercolor Painting from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Several musical groups will play for listening and dancing throughout the day. Here is the music line-up:
Noon -- Suzuki Students
12:45 p.m. -- Gratiot Lake Road
2 p.m. -- Uncle Pete's Allstar BBQ Blues Band
3:15 p.m. -- The Board
4:30 p.m. -- Thimbleberry Band
5:45 p.m. -- AJ Fischer and Scott Perkins
During the 2011 Art and Music Festival, dancers do a schottische to the music of the Pasi Cats. This year a number of bands will play music for all ages at the festival.
There is plenty of parking and the event is free and open to everyone.
The 2012 Spring Art and Music Festival is sponsored by the Copper Country Community Arts Center in Hancock, the City of Houghton, Brockit Inc., with support from the Keweenaw Brewing Company, Minnesota Public Radio, 5th and Elm, Swift's True Value Hardware, and the Lunch Bag.
Since 1972 the Copper Country Community Arts Council has been dedicated to fostering an environment where the arts and people grow together. Visit the Community Arts Center at 126 Quincy Street, Hancock or, for more information, call the Copper Country Community Arts Center at 482-2333 or visit www.coppercountryarts.com and www.facebook.com/CCCAC.
Monday, June 04, 2012
Author Steve Lehto to speak on his books June 7 at Brownstone Hall
ATLANTIC MINE -- The Adams Township School District (ATSD)
Foundation, Inc., and the Sarah Sargent Paine Historical Research Center
(SSPRHC) will host an evening with author Steve Lehto from 6:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 7, at the Brownstone Hall in Atlantic Mine,
Mich. Admission is $10 (tax-deductible).*
Lehto will give a presentation on two of his books, Shortcut: The Seeberville Murders and Death’s Door: The Truth Behind Michigan’s Largest Mass Murder. A discussion period will follow the lecture. The evening will conclude with wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and coffee. You will also have an opportunity to socialize and browse books by Steve Lehto as well as material from the Sarah Sargent Paine Historical Research Center. Books may be autographed by Mr. Lehto.
Steve Lehto has written articles for magazines such as Michigan History, Huffington Post and the Houghton County Historical Society Lantern. His books also include Michigan’s Columbus: The Life of Douglass Houghton and Drawn to Injustice: The Wrongful Conviction of Timothy Masters, which will be released the week of Steve’s visit.
*The Sarah Sargent Paine Historical Research Center is an affiliate of ATSD Foundation, Inc. and thus, admission to this event qualifies for a 501(c)3 tax deduction. The Foundation Board is now concentrating on accumulating funds for other projects in addition to scholarships. These funds, under the direction of the Foundation Board are used to provide for teacher and student inspired programs as well as to assist in the preservation and enhancement of Adams Township school buildings.
Lehto will give a presentation on two of his books, Shortcut: The Seeberville Murders and Death’s Door: The Truth Behind Michigan’s Largest Mass Murder. A discussion period will follow the lecture. The evening will conclude with wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and coffee. You will also have an opportunity to socialize and browse books by Steve Lehto as well as material from the Sarah Sargent Paine Historical Research Center. Books may be autographed by Mr. Lehto.
Steve Lehto has written articles for magazines such as Michigan History, Huffington Post and the Houghton County Historical Society Lantern. His books also include Michigan’s Columbus: The Life of Douglass Houghton and Drawn to Injustice: The Wrongful Conviction of Timothy Masters, which will be released the week of Steve’s visit.*The Sarah Sargent Paine Historical Research Center is an affiliate of ATSD Foundation, Inc. and thus, admission to this event qualifies for a 501(c)3 tax deduction. The Foundation Board is now concentrating on accumulating funds for other projects in addition to scholarships. These funds, under the direction of the Foundation Board are used to provide for teacher and student inspired programs as well as to assist in the preservation and enhancement of Adams Township school buildings.
New Art by Thomas Cappuccio opens at Michigamme Moonshine Art Gallery June 6
MICHIGAMME -- Professor Emeritus Thomas Cappuccio will have a new show, "TIME and NATURE," at Michigamme Moonshine Art Gallery. The exhibit will run from June 6 through July 7 with a Sunday Afternoon Reception from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 10. Refreshments will be served.
The exhibit will feature new paintings with a focus on Nature, Time, and Form. Cappuccio’s paintings continue his exploration of ideas from other disciplines such as philosophy and science.
He explains, "I am drawn to testing concepts like time and space beyond speculative academic authority and create my own sense of what they might mean artistically."
Expressed in his own dynamic forms, vibrant colors, and nuanced light, Cappuccio’s paintings nevertheless have no recipe for arriving at an outcome. Cappuccio’s work draws on ideas about the temporal nature of things that can only be experienced by an indirect route.
"I don’t find any clarity in the difference between abstraction and realism," says Cappuccio, "For me, a scene in nature is just a starting point for my investigation. It is the building of a process, the discovery of a process to convey an essence that is most exciting to me."
In his new cycle of work, the artist attempts to reconcile seeming opposites into a larger commonality. Cappuccio regards a mote of light, a wisp of shadow, and solid rock to hold equal implications in his artwork.
"Each painting is a little world in itself," he explains. "Some ideas are only discoverable when you are trying to create a form."
Cappuccio’s passion for emotional and psychological expression beyond the lexicons of math and science are not intended to challenge these areas of knowledge but to extend them by finding a deeper way to express their truths.
Call Michigamme Moonshine Art Gallery at 906-323-6546 for more information. Gallery Hours: Monday through Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesdays by appointment.
"Forms of Dimensions," by Thomas Cappuccio. (Photo courtesy Michigamme Moonshine Art Gallery)
The exhibit will feature new paintings with a focus on Nature, Time, and Form. Cappuccio’s paintings continue his exploration of ideas from other disciplines such as philosophy and science.
He explains, "I am drawn to testing concepts like time and space beyond speculative academic authority and create my own sense of what they might mean artistically."
Expressed in his own dynamic forms, vibrant colors, and nuanced light, Cappuccio’s paintings nevertheless have no recipe for arriving at an outcome. Cappuccio’s work draws on ideas about the temporal nature of things that can only be experienced by an indirect route.
"I don’t find any clarity in the difference between abstraction and realism," says Cappuccio, "For me, a scene in nature is just a starting point for my investigation. It is the building of a process, the discovery of a process to convey an essence that is most exciting to me."
In his new cycle of work, the artist attempts to reconcile seeming opposites into a larger commonality. Cappuccio regards a mote of light, a wisp of shadow, and solid rock to hold equal implications in his artwork.
"Each painting is a little world in itself," he explains. "Some ideas are only discoverable when you are trying to create a form."
Cappuccio’s passion for emotional and psychological expression beyond the lexicons of math and science are not intended to challenge these areas of knowledge but to extend them by finding a deeper way to express their truths.
Call Michigamme Moonshine Art Gallery at 906-323-6546 for more information. Gallery Hours: Monday through Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesdays by appointment.
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Updated: Stand for the Land: No U.P. license for Rio Tinto until they obey the laws
Posted on Stand for the Land, June 2, 2012
MARQUETTE -- A series of letters recently published in the Marquette Mining Journal reflects ongoing and insistent objections to Rio Tinto’s activities in the Upper Peninsula, particularly with regard to the not-yet operational Eagle Mine Project.
Click here for excerpts from these letters and links to them on Stand for the Land.
Update: Click here to read the June 3, 2012, Guest Op-Ed by Gene Champagne of Big Bay in the Mining Journal: "Science, public relations are two different things."
MARQUETTE -- A series of letters recently published in the Marquette Mining Journal reflects ongoing and insistent objections to Rio Tinto’s activities in the Upper Peninsula, particularly with regard to the not-yet operational Eagle Mine Project.
Click here for excerpts from these letters and links to them on Stand for the Land.
Update: Click here to read the June 3, 2012, Guest Op-Ed by Gene Champagne of Big Bay in the Mining Journal: "Science, public relations are two different things."
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