Craft Bazaar & Soup Luncheon

The second Heikki Lunta craft bazaar will run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. inside the Negaunee Senior Center. Refreshments will be available inside the Negaunee Senior Center and a soup luncheon will be offered during the noon hour.

            Blooper ball will take place across the street in Old Towne Festival Park.

Geocaching event set for January 16

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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.

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. 

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.