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Musings on migration

As we prepare to migrate from Isle Royale, where we have spent the past 5 months, these thoughts occur to me: 1) My “family” has been the network of people connected by our National Park Service radio. Each morning there’s a weather report, and throughout the day we hear where park staff are traveling in boats. Mostly, it’s silent, and yet we feel a sense of community and connectedness. Also, in that silence is the opportunity to listen to the wind, the waves, and, with luck, migrating birds, rutting moose, otters, and wolves. It is easy to be happy here. 2) In town, my ...

Don’t trash the Keweenaw

Recycling in the Copper Country is suffering from its success. The Waste Management Recycling Drop Off and the County Transfer Station, as well as the Marquette Sorting Facility are having infrastructure issues. They are overwhelmed by the volume of recycling generated in the area. Waste Management is not able to handle the amount of recycling with the equipment and personnel currently available. There is, at this time, no information about whether or when Waste Management will expand their capacity to handle the growing volume of recycling being diverted from the landfill. As well ...

KATV Thank You

The Keweenaw ATV Club would like to say thank you, to all of those who helped make our Thank You/Membership Drive picnic a huge success. It was our second picnic, and we think everybody really enjoyed it.  We had  about 120 members attend, Thank You all. We would like to Thank the following people and businesses who donated. Ace Hardware ,  AmericInn,   Advanced Auto Parts, Fred F. and Arlene Collins, AutoZone,  Buckos Party Store,  Auto value Calumet,   Copper Country Ford,   Copper World, Dreamland Rest, Dollar   Ginos Rest.,  Harters Carquest,  Harters Party ...

Eternal life comes through learning, understanding

Skeptics have false ideas about the Bible, so they shouldn’t criticize what they don’t understand. God made humans with free will, not as robots incapable of making mistakes. What we learn and choices we make prepare us for eternity as creative and spiritually mature individuals. The Bible doesn’t say that being a member of a church saves us from eternal death or gives us eternal life. Only God can do those things. In his sermon on the mount, Jesus didn’t bless the doctrinally correct or those in the right group. The truth is very important and cults should be avoided, but ...

One blood/one race

What in the world is happening at the Disney Studios? Have they gone completely insane? My understanding is that a remake of Snow White is in progress. It should be at theaters in 2024. The moral of the story will be changed from vanity to one of race. Such utter impudence. Hollywood needs to make its own befitting fairy tale story about critical race theory. Is our value found in the shade of our skin or how we compare to others? Emphatically no! The Bible teaches that each of us is made in God’s image (Genesis 1:27). Mankind is very special to God. We not only have a body created ...

Learning from the Human Knot exercise

I chatted recently with a woman who serves as both the soccer coach and the Girl Scout leader for her 11-year-old daughter. She told me of a group exercise that is popular today called “the Human Knot,” that involves randomly joining hands and then, without letting go of each other, talk with each other to become disentangled. The Scouts had no trouble straightening themselves out, but the soccer team, which included many of the same girls, “took forever” to solve the puzzle. The girls noticed the difference and were impressed. We are such an interesting animal! When we work ...