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Slotterback offers 6-week session

MARQUETTE — Beginning Oct. 30, retired Northern Michigan University professor Floyd Slotterback will present a six-session “how-to” in becoming a skilled music listener.

Classes run from noon to 1 p.m. in the Peter White Public Library’s Community Room. After 40 years of music teaching, Slotterback will share his enthusiasm and teaching skills to help people know what it is they are hearing, and how to organize an appreciation for it.

Becoming a good listener is possible if one knows how to listen for and recognize structure. All great music (pop to jazz to classical) is built by the composer out of recognizable chunks of meaning. With no music reading skills, people can learn to hear and organize these chunks.

Participants will benefit more from the sessions if they have paper and pencil. Bring a friend and “have your ears cleaned!”

The class meets weekly Mondays — Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 13, Nov. 27 and Dec. 4 — and Wednesday, Dec. 6. It is open to the public at no charge and no registration is required.

Call 226-4318 or visit www.pwpl.info for more information.

New Business Venture Competition

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University students, regardless of major, and Upper Peninsula high school students are invited to participate in the 11th annual New Business Venture Competition sponsored by the NMU College of Business.

Individual students or teams of up to five can compete for a $5,000 cash prize and an additional $5,000 in business support. There is a guaranteed prize of $500 for the best high school idea.

The first step is to submit an electronic “Intent to Compete” form and business proposal by 5 p.m. Friday. A committee of faculty and staff members will screen submissions and choose finalists to proceed to the second stage, which calls for a detailed business plan that abides by the guidelines and is submitted by Friday, March 2. A small stipend is available for participants to help offset the costs of developing the plan.

The competition takes place on Thursday, March 29. Finalists will participate in three activities at NMU: a trade fair where they can display prototypes of their products and provide supporting information; a presentation to the judges at the trade fair; and a five-minute pitch to the judges in a “Shark Tank”-type atmosphere using props or electronic media. The winners will be announced afterward.

For more information about the New Business Venture Competition, contact the NMU College of Business at 227-2947 or visit nmu.edu/business.

Dog trainer set to hold seminar

SKANDIA — Turid Rugaas, internationally known dog trainer and author from Norway will be conducting a two-day seminar in the Marquette area on Friday and Saturday.

Turid has been working with dogs for decades. Through years of careful observation Turid has learned how dogs express themselves with each other. With this knowledge she has been able to able to demonstrate how individuals can better communicate with their dogs. Turid will discuss barking characteristics of different breeds, calming behaviors in dogs, and how to identify situations that are stressful to dogs along with ways to calm dogs in those situations.

Turid is the author of several books to include “On talking Terms With Dogs,” “My Dog Pulls. What do I do?,” “Barking: The sound of a language.”

She also has a DVD out called “Calming Signals: What Your Dog Tells You.”

Turid’s seminar will be conducted at the Canine Consultant’s Training Center in Skandia. For more information call Ann Becker at 906-273-0723 or email anjbecker@charter.net

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