UPEC photo contest opens

MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition’s annual photo contest is now open.

UPEC invites photographers to share their best shots representing the beautiful U.P., including photos from any season of the year. There are four categories: Nature panoramas, wildlife, and landscapes; humans engaged with the natural world; close-ups of hidden or overlooked beauty; and wonderful fluid water.

Photographers can be from anywhere, but the photos must be from the Upper Peninsula, with one submission per category per person.

Winners will be announced in each category in the winter 2019-2020 UPEC newsletter, and winning photos will be published there and in later newsletters. They also may be part of an on-line photo gallery and on display at the next Celebrate the UP!, scheduled for March 2020 in Houghton.

For complete contest rules and instructions on how to submit, write to UPEC at upec@upenvironment.org.

The contest deadline is Nov. 1.

Hope Free dinner planned

ISHPEMING — The monthly community dinner at Hope Free Lutheran Church in west Ishpeming will be at 5 p.m. Sunday.

The menu will feature chicken and rice casserole along with various sides and dessert. A food pantry is also available to those in need. All are welcome to come for a time of fellowship and good food.

For more information call the church office at 906-485-5714.

Rock, mineral club to meet

ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club will be meeting at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Cliff Shaft Mine Museum, 501 W. Euclid St., Ishpeming.

Doors will open at 1 p.m. to allow members and visitors time to bid on silent auction specimens and to view the club’s mineral collection. The program will start at 1:30 p.m.

Upper Peninsula geologist Tom Mroz will present “The Mineralogy of the Champion, Michigan area.”

Champion has been identified as one of the most mineral rich areas in Michigan and Mroz will review the variety of minerals that have been found there.

A door prize drawing, a 50/50 drawing and a business meeting will follow the program.

Everyone is welcome to attend, enjoy, and learn about the wonders of rocks and minerals. There is no admission charged.

Finnish American school to start

CALUMET — The Finnish American Folk School’s fall programming begins Monday with a three-week workshop in log sauna construction at the Calumet High School.

Other workshops later in the month include Finnish-style boot or shoe making, as well as a Finnish folk music workshop at the Finnish American Heritage Center at Finlandia University.

For details, call 906-487-7549 or visit Finlandia.edu/FAHC

College fair at NMU set

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University will host the Marquette/Alger Counties College Fair from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Northern Center Grand Ballroom.

The program is open to all high school juniors, seniors and their parents.

Representatives from about 40 colleges and universities will be present to answer questions about their academic programs, costs, support services and campus life. A number of representatives from the Armed Forces and ROTC Programs will also be in attendance. In addition, NMU’s Financial Aid Office will be available to answer questions about the financial aid process.

High schools participating include Superior Central, Gwinn, Ishpeming, Westwood, Marquette, Munising, Negaunee, Burt Township, and Republic-Michigamme.