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. in 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 DVD program will start at 1:30 p.m.

A DVD program “Rhodochrosite – Red Treasure of the Rockies” will be presented. Many spectacular Rhodochrosite specimens were found in the Sweet Home Mine (Alma, Colorado) — once a silver mine. See actual mining footage of the discoveries and how geology determined the location of pockets.

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.

Rock Lions host breakfast

ROCK — The Rock Lions quarterly third Sunday all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet will take place on the third Sunday of March, June, September, and December from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rock Lions Club on M-35 in Rock.

The buffet includes scrambled eggs, omelets made to order, bacon, sausage, ham, hash brown potatoes, biscuits and sausage gravy, pancakes, French toast, English muffins, cereal, a variety of fruits, dessert items, and coffee, tea, milk and juice.

The cost is adults $9, ages 6-12 $6, ages 5 and under eat free.

The monthly breakfast is held at the Rock Lions Clubhouse. The facility is available for rent by calling Jerry at 356-6475. The Rock Lions Club is a non-profit service organization that provides funding for charitable organizations and local needs.

Dance at Negaunee Eagles

NEGAUNEE — There will be a dance at the Negaunee Eagles from 2-5 p.m. Sunday.

Music will be by the Hart Beats and admission is $7.

Yooper stereotypes discussed

MARQUETTE — The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at Northern Michigan University will present “Where the men are men and the women are, too: stereotypes of the Yooper.”

The free talk by Finlandia University professor Hilary-Joy Virtanen will begin at 7 p.m. Monday in 1320 Jamrich Hall.

The popular culture of the Upper Peninsula is full of stereotypes about Yoopers, both male and female. Often funny, yet sometimes inaccurate, these stereotypes can be seen on television and in movies, music and literature. Regardless of their truth, do they portray “Yoopers” in a positive or negative light?

Virtanen teaches Finnish and Nordic studies at Finlandia. She is an ethnologist specializing in Nordic and Upper Midwestern cultural practices, including festivals, traditional arts, oral genres, music, folk dance, ethnic and national dress, and heritage language maintenance.

Historical moments that interest her include 19th century national romanticism, particularly in Finland, as well as 1905-1920, a period when American workers’ culture developed certain hallmarks during intense labor unrest and the entrance of the United States into World War I. This historical period is reflected in the present in existent labor music and laborlore (especially songs associated with the Industrial Workers of the World) and through monuments and museums documenting industrial heritage and the lives of workers.

Virtanen’s research in the iron and copper mining regions of the Upper Midwest and the post-industrial city of Tampere, Finland, are related through Finnish American migration and certain similar historical developments in each place.

NCLL talks brains

MARQUETTE — All about Concussions/Brain Injury will be the topic of a upcoming Northern Center for Lifelong Learning presentation.

The presentation will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18 in Room 101 B, Superior Dome, Marquette.

This presentation is free.

Maggy Moore, PhD, NMU, will be the presenter. She’s the first recipient of the Mark and Eileen Lovell Endowed Professorship. The distinction focuses on education, research and patient care related to concussions.

Moore has contributed research to the ImPACT test, and helped to establish concussion awareness and services in Marquette.

She will bring everyone up to date on concussions, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment protocol, safety and her related research.

For more informtion, contact event liaison Sally A. Olsen: 226-8347 or solsen@nmu.edu.

Gardeners gather March 21

MARQUETTE — All are welcome to the presentation titled: “Winter Forcing Spring Bulbs at Home” by Shailah Pelto of Rock River Farm at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Peter White Public Library in Marquette.

The presentation is organized by the Upper Peninsula Master Gardener Association.

With a passion for growing flowers comes a desire to extend the U.P. growing season. This will be the third year Rock River Farm is forcing spring bulbs during the winter months allowing their spring sales to begin in March instead of May.

Whether a home gardener or a commercial grower, it’s truly special to have flowers blooming for March in the U.P.

The attendees of the presentation will learn: what bulbs work best for winter forcing, how to force healthy winter bulbs and problems that may occur with winter forcing.

The guest speaker is Shailah Pelto, co-owner of Rock River Farm with Rowan Bunce, who has been growing specialty cut flowers since 2011. The farm has grown into the largest cut flower farm in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Those who enjoy these gardening presentations and guided garden tours are asked to consider joining the U.P. Master Gardener Association. The $25 membership dues help to ensure that our organization can continue hosting interesting and educational gardening events.

Note: The U.P. Master Gardener Association is affiliated with the Michigan State University Extension Master Gardener Program.

For more information on becoming an extension master gardener contact Rebecca Krans, kransr@msu.edu.

For more information on the March 21 UPMGA presentation contact Ron Rossway: rrossway@upmga.com or 906-226-7354.