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Events and Opportunities

June 23

• The regular monthly meeting of the Western U.P. Board of Health will be held at 6 p.m. at the Western U.P. Health Department, 540 Depot Street, Hancock. The meeting will also be available to attend via Google Meet. Information on connecting to this meeting can be found on the health department’s website, www.wuphd.org.

June 24

• Houghton Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m. Houghton downtown Houghton pier, featuring locally grown produce, baked goods and crafts.

June 25

• Copper Country Community Mental Health Services’ Board meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in the Boardroom at Copper Country Mental Health’s Rice Memorial Center in Houghton.

June 28

• Alberta Fest, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ford Center and Forest, L’Anse. Alberta Fest features crafters and vendors, a car show, music and activity booths in the historic hamlet of Alberta.

June 29

• Old Victoria’s Log Cabin Day Heritage Celebration, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.The free event celebrates Michigan’s Log Cabin Day with an open house of the restored miner’s cabins that were originally built in 1899. Visitors can hear stories of the lives of the miners and their families while touring restored hand hewn log cabins and rebuilt sauna. The day features fresh, made-from-scratch cinnamon rolls that are baked on site by volunteers in the old-fashioned wood stove. At 1:30, old-fashioned kids games invite all ages to join in the fun of various races and sports.

July 4

• Wanted vendors for the South Range 4th of July Flea/Famers Market. Frp, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Veterans Memorial Park. No Fee Required.

July 5

Houghton High School class of 1980 will celebrate its 45th reunion July 5-6. For more information visit hpts.us/alumni-reunion.php or contact Sue Nara Lutz, suelutz0235@gmail.com | (906) 370-4546.

July 6

• Range Lions Blueberry & Buttermilk Pancake Breakfast with Vollwerth Sausage. 8 a.m. to noon at the Range Lounge in South Range. $8 donation, preschool children are free. There will be a bake sale by the Jeffers High School Travel Club.

• July 9

‘How Sundials Helped Settle the American Frontier,’ by Mark Montgomery, 7 p.m. Eagle Harbor Community Center. Learn how William Burt came to invent the sun compass, used to further westward expansion in the U.S., as well as how this surveying instrument relates directly to U. P. history. Suggested donation: $5/person, part of Keweenaw County Historical Society’s “Adventures in History.”

July 17

Houghton High School class of 1965 celebrate its 60th reunion July 17-18. All members of the class and their guests are welcome to attend. For more information and specific details on how to register, visit the districts website at: hpts.us/alumni-reunion.php

Starting at $3.50/week.

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