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NEGAUNEE--Keski-Talven Juhlat (Mid-Winter Festivities) will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 17. The first Heikki Lunta craft bazaar will run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. inside the Negaunee Senior Center. A concession stand will be available inside the Negaunee Senior Center, and live music will be provided by local musicians. In addition, a snowshoe/ski geocaching event will be held in the Old Towne area. Sledding and snow fort building will also take place in Old Towne Festival Park, across the street from the Senior Center. Blooper ball will take place across the street in Old Towne Festival Park.
Geocaching If you have ever dreamt about hunting for treasure, you might be surprised to learn that there are several treasures hidden in Marquette County including an upcoming “Treasure Hunt” in Negaunee’s Old Towne area. Thousands of people across the country are hunting for and hiding treasures through geocaching (pronounced geocash). Still in its infancy, geocaching is a well organized sport. It was developed in May of 2000, shortly after the U.S. government improved personal GPS reception. The same technology that is used in navigational computers for cars is available for handheld GPS Units. As part of the Heikki Lunta Festival and the Keski-Talven Juhlat (Mid-Winter Festivities) events sponsored by the Negaunee Irontown Association on Sunday, January 17 there will be a Geocache event that will have at least five “treasures” including $50 Savings Bond from the Superior Iron Range Community Federal Credit Union, George Foreman Grill from the Marquette County Health Dept, Jewelry from Teal Lake Designs, I Love Negaunee T-shirts, and BCBSM Winter Headbands. The event begins for novices (called muggles in geo speak) at noon in the Negaunee Senior Center. Chuck Delpier, Environmental Science Instructor at the Negaunee Middle School and several of his students will provide GPS units and instructions. At 1:00 p.m. GPS coordinates will be released to everyone to seek out the “treasure.” The event ends at 2:00 p.m. with prize drawings. According to Jim Thomas, Iron Ore Heritage Trail Recreacton Authority Board Member, Old Towne is a perfect area for this event. The area is filled with many historical attractions related to our original “gold,” Iron Ore, to hide these new modern treasures. The event is also part of the www.FitUP.org program. It’s also part of the Marquette County Active Living Task Force programs funded by a special grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health’s Cardiovascular Disease Section. |
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