MARQUETTE — What cheers up a youngster more than a new playground? Hurley Field, located along Adams Street in south Marquette, will be the beneficiary of new play equipment courtesy of the Rotary Club of Marquette. Sally Davis, Rotary Club past president, addressed members at the ...
MARQUETTE — Local icon Phil Niemisto is commemorated each day through a local landmark — the Phil Niemisto Pocket Park along Washington Street in Marquette. In October 2017, Marquette artist and inventor Earl Senchuk added a statue in Niemisto’s likeness to the park. While ...
Have you ever heard of the term “self-fulfilling prophecy”? As defined by Encyclopaedia Britannica, a self-fulfilling prophecy is a “process through which an originally false expectation leads to its own confirmation. In a self-fulfilling prophecy an individual’s expectations about another person or entity eventually result in the other person or entity acting in ways that confirm the expectations.” So, more or less, if you believe it, it will become true. To me, that sounds like a form of mind control or some manifest destiny jabber. What a wild phenomenon. Since I was a ...
MARQUETTE — The multi-colored and cavernous rocks along the Lake Superior shoreline known as Pictured Rocks and the pristine beaches tucked between its unique formations are beloved and frequented by locals and tourists alike. It’s one of the Upper Peninsula’s many great beauties ...
By MARQUETTE — Girls on the Run Upper Peninsula is recruiting new sites and volunteers in all U.P. communities for its spring 2020 season. Girls on the Run, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is “dedicated to creating a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is ...
ISHPEMING — Even though Monday was a snow day, one room at Westwood High School was filled with whirring sounds and the occasional frustrated grunt. It was all for a good purpose, however. Robotics teams from Aspen Ridge School, North Star Montessori Academy and Bothwell Middle School worked on their robots, with some heading for a FIRST Tech Challenge state competition downstate next weekend. Kristen Grondz, head coach for the Robotic Strong ARMS from Aspen Ridge, helped oversee Monday’s session. ARMS stands for Aspen Ridge Middle School. FIRST Tech Challenge is a national ...
