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October 3
• Mont Ripley Chair Lift Rides. Ride the Husky Chair to the top of Mont Ripley and take in spectacular panoramic views of brilliant autumn colors, the Michigan Tech campus, the Portage Waterway, and the surrounding Keweenaw landscape. Saturday and Sunday, October 3 & 4 noon – 5 p.m.
• Copper Country Hamfest, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Ojibway Senior Citizens Center, 208 Main St. Baraga. Sponsored by Copper Country Amatuer Radio Clubs. Admission: $5, Tables $10 - Plenty of tables available, no need to pre-order tables (trunk sales of larger items - OK)
Under 18 (and students) free admission. Snacks, coffee, and soft drinks available. Exams for all three classes at 9:00AM on site. Addition information: contact Jeff W9GY jeffw9gy@pasty.net Bill KD8JAM kd8jam@charter.net
• Calumet Farmer’s Market, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Agassiz Park.
• Keweenaw Color Run, 10 a.m. Houghton Downtown Pier. Grab your friends and family for a colorful, untimed 5K walk/run through downtown Houghton. Color stations along the route will splash you with color dust making for a wildly colorful race!
• Alston Tractor Races, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Hoover Road, Alston. All tractors are welcome, free, all for fun.
• Chelsey LaFernier Memorial Walk, 11 a.m. Registration for the 17th annual Chelsey LaFernier Memorial Walk will open at 11 a.m. at the corner of McGillan and Lyons streets in Baraga, where the walk itself will begin at noon. The walk honors a 23-year-old Baraga mother of two who was killed in an act of domestic violence in January 2009. The route will pass through the Baraga KBIC Housing Development and along M-38 to the Niiwin Akeaa Recreational Facility. At 1 p.m. the gathering will continue with the annual Harvest Feast.
• Spaghetti Dinner, 4-7 p.m. Quincy, Franklin, Hancock Fire Department. All proceeds will go towards funding of neccessary emergency equipment for Fire and EMS calls. Adults: $12 Children: $6
Dinner includes spaghetti, a dinner roll and salad.
Dine in or take out! 20457 Sunshine Road, Hancock.
October 5
• Ride Against Abuse, 6 p.m. Americinn in Calumet. The 13th Annual motorcycle Ride Against Abuse is sponsored by the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home. Show support in mourning victims, celebrate survivors and reaffirm the struggle for a non-violent future. Wear something purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We hope to create an awareness of Domestic Violence by riding through Calumet, Laurium and along M-26 through Lake Linden through downtown Houghton ending at Chutes and Ladders. For more information call 906-337-5632.
• The Keweenaw ATV club monthly meeting is Monday Oct. 5 at the Hubbell VFW. This is also our annual meeting. We need to vote in a new trustee. We will also vote on the rest of the club business. We will follow with our regular monthly Meeting. We will give updates on the Aetna trail. Along with all the other projects we did this year. Please all attend and bring a friend.
• Fashion Show, 6 p.m. Church of the Resurrection, Hancock. Crock and Rocker Fall Fashion Show 900 East Quincy St, Hancock. Proceeds donated to the VETS HONOR FLIGHT. $25/person. Hors d'oeuvres, beverages, and dessert. call 906-395-7537 or 520-360-8310
• MI-TRALE monthly meeting, 7 p.m. Stannard Township Hall, Bruce Crossing. Anyone interested in maintaining ATV and snowmobile trails in the western U.P. is invited. A ZOOM option is now available for virtual attendance of meetings. Contact Donna Wolf at mi-trale.pr@gmail.com for connection instructions.
October 6
• Bring the Story of Your Ancestors to Life, with author Bob Zanotti, 6:30 p.m. Hancock History Hall, 399 Quincy St. Author Bob Zanotti will talk on geological biographical fiction research and writing.
October 8
• Better Together will meet on Thursday, October 8 at 9:30 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church on 400 Ingot Street in Hancock. The speaker will be Duffy Lepisto, who will share touching stories about ministering to people in Mexico over the past year. Special music will be provided by Carol Jones of Calumet. All area women are invited to attend this fun and inspiring event. A brunch will be served and there is a suggested donation of $10. All proceeds over the cost of the event will be donated to local charities. To reserve a spot please call Barb Worrall at 906-523-4445 or email judyusitalo@hotmail.com by Tuesday, Oct. 6.
October 17
• The Buellwood Weavers and Fiber Arts Guild invite interested fiber artists to our monthly meeting at 1 p.m. at the Finnish-American Folk School studio--room 105 on the 1st floor of Skyline Commons in Hancock. Bring your show-and-tell projects. Park and enter at the lower entrance around the back of the building, Email John at jegale@att.net or call Melissa at 906-221-5306 for more information.