Western UP Events

Copper Range Historical Society is having its 36th Annual Member Dinner & Meeting on Wednesday, July 9, at Grace Lutheran, Hwy M-26, South Range. Program by Jim Kurtti titled “Sauna:  Everything Old is New Again.”  Meal features Krupps pasties, coleslaw, and dessert.  Tickets $10.00.  Available at the museum during open hours or from Janet Kokko at 906-482-2368. Doors open at 5:30 pm.  Members and public invited.

Wednesday, July 9th Red Jacket Readers book club discussion of The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon 6:30 – 7:30 pm Calumet Public Library – Community Room Open to the Public The Frozen River In Maine, 1789, when the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community.  Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon’s