by Nancy Besonen
The Baraga County Fair played to a smaller but no less enthusiastic crowd this past weekend in Pelkie. “Attendance was down,” reported Fair Manager Melissa Treadeau, noting other area happenings may have affected attendance. “The kids just loved the two magic shows on Saturday. We also had good turnouts for the Demolition Derby and Mud Drag.” To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Chris Ford
An estimated 1,000 visitors joined approximately 650 dancers for the July 24-26, 2015, 37th annual Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s (KBIC) Maawanji’iding Pow Wow at the community’s Ojibwa Campground north of Baraga. The event actually began earlier in the week with traditional storytelling and other activities closed to the public. Things kicked off for both native and non-native peoples with the first of three Grand Entries which took place Friday evening, July 24. Two more similar celebrations were held Saturday and one final Grand Entry took place Sunday. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
The 39th annual Aura Jamboree filled the grounds and Aura Hall with talented musicians and traditional music lovers last Friday night and all day and into the night on Saturday, July 17-18, 2015.
A sea of volunteers hosted the music festival which featured act after act of musicians both on stage in the hall, and outside for the spontaneous jam sessions. As usual, the third weekend in July proved to be “high summer” in Aura. The temperature edged near 90 Saturday afternoon, which may have dampened attendance a bit. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Nancy Besonen
Visual aids came into play Thursday, July 9, 2015, when Varsity Football Coach Jordan Hoover heaped bags of outdated equipment before the Baraga Area Schools Board of Education. School Board President Bill Stark demanded Hoover remove the equipment. Schools Superintendent Jennifer Lynn said he needed to follow procedure, making his request for safer equipment through proper channels. Hoover said previous efforts have failed. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
Lumberjack Days drew the usual street-filling crowds to Baraga on Friday and Saturday, July 3-4, 2015. Great weather just added to the festivities and fun. “I think it was great. It was busy. We’re all so tired it must have been going well!” said committee treasurer JoAnne Danielson. Gayle Isaacson, a longtime Lumberjack committee member was also pleased. “I think it went very, very well. The Children’s Parade was amazing. There were so many children participating.” To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
A tornado in Covington and high winds in Baraga set the stage for a county-wide disaster drill last Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Baraga County Emergency Preparedness Director Daune Smith put the
drill in motion by dialing 911 from the Covington Multi-Purpose Building at 5:30 p.m. By 8 p.m. the scenes were a wrap with a whole lot of action–and learning–in between. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
The Pelkie School Transformation is officially underway. Nearly 40 people gathered at the school building Wednesday, June 17, 2015, to begin formulating a plan for the building’s future use.
Ideas ranging from continuing education to recreation to a lender’s library with a coffee shop were shared by a group eager to preserve a landmark. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
The streets and waterfront park in downtown L’Anse were buzzing Saturday, June 13, 2015 with a ten-year June tradition–the Baraga County Lake Trout Festival. Add to that a record field of 132 boats for the Keweenaw Bay Classic fish tournament, and it was quite an event. “It was a great day–we had a lot of compliments,” said Tracey Barrett, tourism director and trout fest committee member. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
There’s a new officer in town whose bark is not worse than his bite. Meet Edy, the Keweenaw Bay Tribal Police Department’s newest recruit. At 17 months old and 72 pounds, the German shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix has been on duty just under a month, and is already proving an asset to local law enforcement. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers..
Execution, discipline and effort. 2015 L’Anse Area Schools Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and 1989 LHS graduate Kurt Godlevske told the 55 graduates sitting in the audience. “Highly successful people have mastered these three words,” Godlevske told the graduates and those in the audience. “No matter what you choose to do, if you master these three words, you too will reap its rewards,” Godlevske said. “Every day you will have some task to do and hopefully multiple tasks. To accomplish this at high level, you will have to execute some kind of a plan. . .” To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers..
