Events and opportunities
March 13
• Baraga County Cancer Support Group, 1 p.m. Baragaland Senior Center. The Baraga County Cancer Support group meets on the second Friday of the month.
March 14
• UP Wild Gathering presents A Celtic Celebration, led by Pastor Bucky Beach (ret,) 3 p.m. Nara Nature Park. The UP Wild Gatherings are opportunities to connect with God and each other within our natural world. Each Gathering has a leader who will guide the participants through readings and reflection. The Gathering will be indoors with an outdoor component. Snowshoes and cross-country skis are welcome. The Gatherings are appropriate for all ages, including families and children. Everyone is welcome, no religious affiliation is necessary. A potluck meal will follow the service.
March 15
• Let’s Eat Community Meal, The next meal in Chassell will take place from 4 – 5:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. The menu will be baked chicken, baked beans, dinner roll, cole slaw, cookies. The sponsor for this month is DP Construction of Chassell. Rob Bishop will be in charge of the event and likely will get some help from the local Sigma Rho fraternity. Enjoy the meal.
March 19
• The Calumet Keweenaw Sportsmen’s Club will hold its March membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Ahmeek Fire Hall, 13 Vivian Street, Ahmeek. There will be a period of social interaction and a meal. Following the meal and general club business, Julia Peterson from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will be the guest speaker. She will provide an update on TNC’s local activities and the current status of the Keweenaw Heartlands Project. As always, everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
March 26
• MTU Book Sale. The Annual Michigan Tech Library book sale will be held this year in the Memorial Union Building (MUB) on campus. Thousands of gently used donated books for sale in all ranges of fiction and non-fiction categories. This year we have especially strong donation in mathematics and history. The main sale, including library withdrawals, will be Thursday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with the 3-4 p.m. hour devoted to our famous $5 bag sale! Prices are 50¢ or $1 for paperbacks and $2 for hardbacks. Some specially priced local interest and rare(r) books will be for sale as well.
Cash, card, and check accepted (ATM in building). All proceeds go to the library with an all-volunteer crew and no overhead on your card sales. Parking is free on campus after 4 p.m. and there is metered parking right outside the MUB at other times.
