July 2009

Table of Contents

No. 261
July 2009

Our Cover by Nheena Weyer Ittner
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Feature
Paying it Forward Suzan Travis-Robyns
Ishpeming native leaves international legacy

Departments

City Notes Edited by Kristy Basolo
Highlights of important happenings in the area

Locals Pam Christensen
Big things in little Ishpeming

Back Then Larry Alexander
Cornishtown reunion draws former residents

More Back Then Larry Chabot
Escape to America

Arts & Humanities Peggy Frazier
Theatre season opens with Guys on Ice

In the Outdoors Deborah K. Frontiera
Nara Nature Park welcomes public

Food & Other Important Things Don Curto
Words of descriptive elegence

Health Matters Leslie Bek
Pause and reflect

More Health Matters George Sedlacek
Summer ’67 was busy for clean water

Lookout Point Loreene Zeno Koskey
Media honored for Good News

More Lookout Point Sam Eggleston
“Mom’s’’ caters to locals, welcomes visitors

More In the Outdoors Leslie Allen
Sculpture park offers more than art

8-18 Media
Children, community come together during forest fire

South County Connection
News and notes about the K.I. Sawyer/Gwinn area

Home Cinema Leonard G. Heldreth
Doubt, The Reader, Frost/Nixon, The Wrestler

More Arts & Humanities Tyler Tichelaar
U.P. poet writes of film, family and life

More In the Outdoors Lon and Lynn Emeric
Notes from the North Country

Out & About This Month Carrie Usher
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This month's Brad Veley cartoon

 



Editor in Chief & Publisher Pat Ryan-O’Day
Managing Editor Kristy Basolo
Calendar Editor Carrie Usher
Graphic Design, Ad Production Kathy Jeske Casteel
Office Manager Kathy Jeske Casteel
Chief Photographer Tom Buchkoe

Proofreader Tyler Tichelaar
Webmaster Brian O’Day
Circulation Dick Armstrong

Contributing Artists
Larry Alexander, Leslie Bek, Pam Christensen, Sam Eggleston,
Lon Emerick, Deborah K. Frontiera and Mike McKinney

Contributing Writers Not Listed Above
Craig Linde and Gerald Waite

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