A Visit to the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum in Marquette, MI 2015
On the eve of leaving this city, I found myself capturing images of one of the many organizations that creates a high quality of life in Marquette, MI. Join me on a visit to the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum.
Upper Peninsula Children's Museum Documentary
A short documentary about the Marquette's Upper Peninsula Children's Museum. This was my first project in my second level Digital Cinema class. I would like to have had some candid human interaction throughout. Also I would have used some images of the building when they first moved in or right before had I been aware of access to such materials.
**Featuring Jim Edwards**
**Thanks to Jim Edwards and for the museum for being so cooperative**
**Filmed in the town of Marquette, Michigan**
**All other rights to the video are my own, thank you for your cooperation! :D**
Top 12. Tourist Attractions in Marquette, Michigan
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Top 12. Tourist Attractions in Marquette, Michigan: Presque Isle Park, Sugarloaf Mountain, Lakenenland Sculpture Park, Lower Harbor Park, Downtown Marquette, Superior Dome, Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette Maritime Museum, Marquette Regional History Center, Marquette Mountain, Upper Peninsula Children's Museum, Iron Ore Heritage Trail
Arriving in Marquette, MI
Very nice RV park almost downtown Marquette. If you come into the Upper Peninsula- you MOST try the pasties
Marquette: a great adventure town
Marquette was named one of the 6 great adventure towns you've never heard of by Red Bull. The Queen City carries all of the great qualities you'll see out west among the larger name adventure towns.
Marquette and Ishpeming celebrate America's birthday
Communities around the Upper Peninsula held Independence Day Parades Friday.
Michigan Iron Industry Museum - Iron Ore Heritage Trail - Marquette, MI
Part of the gps synced video map: this section starts at the Michigan Iron Industry Museum and takes the rider back to the main Iron Ore Heritage Trail.
Earth Day 2009 #1: Upper Peninsula EarthKeepers plant first of 12,000 trees across northern Michigan
Marquette, MI - Despite a major snowstorm a day earlier, bishops and leaders from northern Michigan's largest faith communities planted the first of 12,000 trees during an Earth Day ceremony on the shores of Lake Superior.
Standing on a hillside surrounded by huge pine trees two bishops and several other faith leaders blessed a three-foot native species white spruce tree and took turns putting shovels full of dirt into the hole.
With a cold wind blowing and the icy waves of Lake Superior crashing in the background, the Earth Day 2009 blessing of the trees ceremony on Presque Isle, thats surrounded on three sides by the largest freshwater lake on the planet.
The storm dumped up to 20 inches of snow in parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, however several weeks of mild weather ensured the ground was not frozen.
Anticipating the cold April weather, organizers earlier decided to plant the rest of the trees on Sunday, May 3 when the weather is more appropriate for planting the 12,000 12-to-16-inch seedlings at numerous locations across northern Michigan including 100 churches and temples.
The EarthKeeper team includes ten faith traditions (Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Methodist Church, Unitarian Universalist, Baha'i, Jewish, Zen Buddist, Quakers) with over 150 participating churches/temples, nonprofit Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP), nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute (CTI), and the Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper (NMU EK) Student Team.
The concept of EarthKeeping goes beyond the Upper Peninsula because throughout the Great Lakes states we're having a ripple effect as people and groups are replicating the work that the EarthKeepers have done here, said Carl Lindquist, SWP executive director. Theyre patterning their events after some of the successful programs we have had here.
Michigan faith leaders favor protecting the environment.
This is very much a marvelous moment in the life of our work together as faith communities, said Rev. Jon Magnuson, CTI executive director and EarthKeeper Initiative co-founder. This is another step in our interfaith work. We have found an expression of our faith in very, very hands-on work like this the EarthKeeping Tree Project.
All humans are called to be steward's of God's creation - and no matter what faith tradition we come from that responsibility lies with us human creatures, said Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette Bishop Alexander Sample.
Those of us endowed with intelligence and with the ability to choose good and avoid evil, said Bishop Sample, who oversees 94 U.P. parishes and missions with 61,000 members.
Bishop Sample said the book of Revelations speaks of the life-giving power of water and how the tree draws its life from the water.
Bishop Sample said he grew up in the desert southwest and didn't see a lot of water or the beauty of the forests and trees. Sample said I truly thought I had entered paradise when he moved with his family to the Upper Peninsula at the age of 17.
This whole movement has focused on how the faith communities can work together to preserve this great gift that we have here in the Upper Peninsula, this great watershed and it's wonderful combination of lakes and streams, and forests everywhere, said Northern Great Lakes Synod Lutheran Bishop Thomas Skrenes.
Trees cover the earth and trees are part of healing the earth, said Skrenes, the head of 94 U.P. Lutheran congregations with 40,000 members
The Earth Keeper's ten faith communities have various ways of doing things and looking at life but come together for this important task, said United Methodist Church (UMC) Marquette District Superintendent Grant R. Lobb.
We are glad to be part of EarthKeepers, said Lobb, whose district has 8,372 parishioners and 60 northern Michigan congregations.
Full story:
Destination Michigan | Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Explore the beauty of the Upper Peninsula's Shipwreck Coast. With stops at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and Tahquamenon Falls State Park.
DESTINATION MICHIGAN
Explore Michigan’s splendor – from the golden beaches and rolling farm land to urban areas rich in recreational opportunities and attractions. Stitching the state together are the people with their remarkable and noteworthy stories. Let WCMU’s Destination Michigan be your tour guide as we discover the Great Lake States’ hidden treasures from the comfort of your living room Thursday nights at 9.
WCMU PUBLIC MEDIA
As one of Central Michigan University’s principal public service commitments, WCMU Public Media has provided television and radio programming and other outreach activities for over 50 years to residents of 52 counties in central and northern Michigan and portions of Ontario. With five television and eight radio stations reaching almost 6 million people, WCMU Public Media is the largest university-owned public broadcasting network in the nation and is a vital community resource.
Learn more:
WCMU Public Media: wcmu.org
Follow “Destination Michigan on WCMU” on Facebook: @WCMUDestinationMichigan
RV Trip ~ Hiking Segment of North Country Trail in Marquette MI
my Documentary on Upper Michigan
I will be showing you what it is like in the UP. There are some very cool thing s to see so if you are ever looking for somewhere to go on vacation this would be the place. comment rate and subscribe please :)
Michigan's Clean Sweep Program, Helping Protect Our State's Natural Resources
The Michigan Clean Sweep Program helps protect the state's natural resources and prevent agriculture pollution by ensuring the safe and proper disposal of outdated, unused or unwanted pesticides in Michigan.
Clean Sweep is made possible by a strong and unique state, federal, local, and industry partnership. There have been a number of Clean Sweep sites established around the state to accept your unused or expired pesticide products. The schedule of collections will vary from county to county. It is best to contact the Clean Sweep site nearest to you for details of their operations.
Participating Clean Sweep sites will accept pesticide product and mercury free of charge from any Michigan resident. They are not, however, required to handle other types of household hazardous waste from residents outside of their respective counties.
For the next two years, the program has received funding to enhance its free collection efforts through a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant. Over the past fourteen years, nearly 1.7 million pounds (850 tons) of pesticides have been removed from circulation and properly disposed of via permanent collection sites.
Agribusiness, Greenhouses, Nurseries
If you have a lot of expired pesticide product in need of disposal, now is the time to take care of it! Pesticide dealers and individuals who sell and/or apply pesticides for hire may also dispose of unused or unwanted pesticides at no charge during 2011 and 2012. Arrangements, however, must be made with a Clean Sweep site prior to collection and it is up to the Clean Sweep manager's discretion as to their procedure for accepting your products. At a minimum, the agribusiness is responsible for cataloguing the products for disposal - including name of the product, EPA Registration Number and weight (tare weight should be separated). Collections are for pesticides only. No fertilizers will be accepted as part of Clean Sweep unless they are part of a pesticide formulation.
Pharmaceutical Collections
Pharmaceutical collections are a new addition to the list of items that Clean Sweep sites can collect. Livestock producers, animal rescue organizations and zoos are encouraged to bring in expired or unused medications for animals as well as for humans. Due to varying county policies not all Clean Sweep will be able to take in pharmaceuticals, or these collections may be held as separate special events. It is also up to the county if and/or how they will handle controlled substances.
If you have questions about the Clean Sweep Program, please feel free to call 517-241-3933 or email eatona@michigan.gov.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Day at the U.P. State Fair, Escanaba, MI
One of the most effective ways to improve health and wellness is through education. The Blue Cross “Corporate Day” at the U.P. State Fair was dedicated to just that: equipping adults and children with the resources and information needed to live a healthier life.
The Blue Cross tent featured various activities for children, including Healthy Kids Crafts led by the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum. The Marquette Food Co-Op presented a healthy cooking demonstration featuring sweet potato pancakes and a kale salad.
BCBSM experts were also onsite performing free health screenings and body mass index (BMI) measurements, while offering valuable healthcare information and guidance.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a nonprofit mutual insurance company, is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. BCBSM provides and administers health benefits to more than 4.4 million members residing in Michigan in addition to employees of Michigan-headquartered companies who reside outside the state. For more company information, visit and
Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens, KBIC tribal youth protect pollinators
Marquette, MI - Northern MI teens in are continuing their mission to protect pollinators during 2009 by helping butterflies & restoring native plants to areas of the Upper Peninsula.
Billions of these bees are dying across the world in a syndrome called Colony Collapse Disorder & its not clear why - although human impact on the environment are among the suspected causes. A world without bees would mean world without food as was dramatically pointed out in the Jerry Seinfield 2007 comedy Bee movie. Bees go on strike causing plants across the world die - that means no food, no flowers, no trees - the death of civilization. After bees, the next best pollinators are butterflies.
Marquette, MI area teens & Native American youth spent the summer of 2008 building butterfly houses - that are longer & slimmer than birdhouses & are lined with bark.
Teens participating in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Summer Youth Program built & painted the houses at the tribes Natural Resource Department along Lake Superior.
KBIC Natural Resource Department Director Todd Warner said the Zaagkii Project is a good way for youth to become aware of their connection to natural resources & nature.
The butterfly houses offer protection to butterflies that can enter thru tiny slits.
Butterfly houses also offer rest to migrating monarchs & can be used for reproduction.
Marquette teens have planted or distributed 26,000 native plant including at the Hiawatha National Forest greenhouse in Marquette.
In the spring of 2009 some of the plants will be planted at several areas across northern MI including at Sand Point - a beach that the KBIC has been repairing from the effects of copper mining. About 100 years ago, the mine dumped copper processing waste into Lake Superior polluting miles of shoreline. KBIC capped the pollution & the native plants will be used to attract wildlife & restore the ecosystem. The Zaagkii Project was founded by the non- profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette that has sponsored numerous environment projects. The Zaagkii Project is sponsored by the CTI, Marquette County Juvenile Court, KBIC & the United States Forest Service.
Future videos will include a look at a bee farm in Marquette County that fascinated Zaagkii Project teens who learned about the importance of pollinators.
Contributors Inlcude: Marquette Community Foundation, Negaunee Community Fund, Negaunee Community Youth Fund, M.E. Davenport Foundation, Kaufman Foundation, Phyllis & Max Reynolds Foundation, Upper Peninsula Children's Museum, Borealis Seed Company in Big Bay, Mich. Im Greg Peterson, Zaagkii TV
KBIC Tribal Chair Warren C. Chris Swartz Jr.
906-353-6623
KBIC Natural Resource Department (NRD)
Todd Warner, NRD Director
Evelyn Ravindran, NRD Natural Resources Specialist
906-524-5757
Kim Klopstein, KBIC Summer Youth Program
906-201-0020
United State Department of Agriculture United States Forest Service Eastern Region Milwaukee, WI.
Jan Schultz, Botany & Non-native Invasive Species Program Leader
414-297-1189
Angie Lucas, contractor Hiawatha National Forest Greenhouse Manager
906-228-8491
Hiawatha National Forest Office
Terry Miller, forest botanist Escanaba, MI
906-789-3319
Deb LeBlanc, West Side Plant Ecologist Munising, MI.
Monarch Workshops
906-387-251
Beekeeper Jim Hayward Negaunee, MI
906-475-7582
Cedar Tree Institute
906-228-5494
Marquette County Juvenile Court:
Marquette/Negaunee community foundations
906-226-7666
Borealis Seed Company Big Bay, Mich.
Upper Peninsula Children's Museum
Bee Movie created in 2007 by Jerry Seinfeld & DreamWorks Animation
Monarch Watch::
Author Lynn M. Rosenblatt
Austin, Texas Honeybee video courtesy: Johnnie Hargrave
Photos by Richard Burkmar; Paul Billiet & Shirley Burchill
Wikipedia photos by (Usernames when real name not available): Tübingen-Hagelloch, Björn Appel, Warden, Debi Vort, Kristof Van der Poorten, John Severns, Waugsberg, Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, Derek Ramsey, John O'Neill
Zaagkii Blog:
Zaagkii news:
Investigating hauntings in Marquette
Investigating hauntings in Marquette
Over 200 motorcycles plus police escort Traveling Vietnam Wall into Marquette, MI for five day event
Over 200 U.P. veterans on motorcycles roared through county to escort the American Veteran Traveling Tribute (AVTT) and Traveling Vietnam Wall to Marquette
By Greg Peterson
News Director, Owner
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
(Marquette, MI) – Sirens blaring, Flags waving and with the ground-shaking rumble of over 200 motorcycles, the American Veteran Traveling Tribute (AVTT) and Traveling Vietnam Wall came to Marquette this evening with a huge roar as riders, Vietnam vets – along with state and local law enforcement – escorted the wall through three cities.
The motorcade started on in Humboldt Township at U.S. 41 and M-95, through the cities of Ishpeming and Negaunee and into Marquette that included passing the Dominic J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans on Fisher Street in Marquette.
The AVTT Traveling Vietnam Wall is in Marquette thanks to the Marquette County Veterans Alliance and the cooperation between multiple veterans organizations from Marquette, Alger, Baraga and Dickinson County.
This five-day event takes place on the NMU campus on the northeast parking area of the Superior Dome, open to the public 24 hours a day beginning on Thursday, June 23, 2016
The Traveling Vietnam Wall is an 80-percent replica of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC and the largest reproduction in the United States, paying tribute to the 58,286 lives lost in Vietnam.
The Traveling Vietnam Wall be at the Marquette Michigan, through June 26, 2016 on the campus of Northern Michigan University, behind the Superior Dome.
The Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall event in Marquette provides a venue that allows Vietnam veterans, families and local residents the ability to attain closure, see the memorial and educate the local community about the Vietnam War, organizers said.
The AVTT Traveling Vietnam Wall will be at the Northeast Parking lot of the Superior Dome from June 22 -26.
The event will provide UP Veterans and families an opportunity to visit the memorial, participate in our daily programs, and provide closure to those effected by the war.
Organizers say the Marquette event will bring veterans and veteran organizations together from across the UP to work together for a common purpose to pay respect to our Vietnam Veterans.
The AVTT Traveling Vietnam Wall and daily event programs in Marquette will help educate local school age children about the Vietnam War, the sacrifice of our Veterans, and honor those who gave their lives for our nation, according to organizers.
Traveling Vietnam Wall Marquette June 2016
@MQTTravelingWallTribute2016
The American Veteran Traveling Tribute & The Traveling Wall (AVTT) arrival in Quinnesec, Michigan on July 29, 2015
Dominic J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans, Marquette
425 Fisher St.
Marquette, MI 4985
(906) 226-3576
2nd Annual D.J. Jacobetti Run
Saturday, August 8, 2015 8 AM
Registration is $20.00 per person and $30.00 per couple.
Ride starts with a stop at the DJ Jacobetti Center in Marquette to serve pizza to the Veterans that live there. After the ride, there will be a BBQ at the American Legion post with raffle prizes. Some free camping available, with more camping available nearby.
Proceeds go to the Jacobetti Home for Veterans.
American Legion
Little Lake, MI
906-387-1448
combatvet.org/events/
ajbower_71@yahoo.com
GoFundMe Page:
GoFundMe.com/MQTTravelingWall
Marquette County Veterans Alliance
415 Bishop Woods Rd
Marquette MI, 49855
Will Weycker
Event Planner
(906) 273-0099
Jim Provost
Marquette County Veterans Alliance Chair
(906) 226-3765
Craig Salo
Public Affairs
(906) 485-1781
Charmer - H E Double Hockey Sticks
Upper Peninsula Children's Museum
Marquette, Michigan
12/27/15
2009 Zaagkii Project Vid #8: Marquette, Michigan Teens Build Mason Bee Houses
Northern Michigan teens built mason bee houses in 2009 with help from carpenter Bruce Ventura of Marquette, MI
The teens painted the houses with help from children's book illustrator Diana Magnuson of Marquette and artist Sherri Bohjanen-Hutter, a Marquette native from Anchorage, AK.
The mason bee houses were created during July 2009 at the Grace United Methodist Church in Marquette.
The video features Zaagkii Project students including interviews with Elliott Burdick, 17, Marquette; and Bobbie Weymouth, 14, Beaver Grove.
Working alongside members of several Ojibwa tribes, at-risk teens with the U.S. Forest Service-sponsored Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project in Michigan's Upper Peninsula will continue protecting pollinators during 2010 by helping to build the first-ever native species plants greenhouse on an American Indian reservation and hope to trace the Mexico Monarch migration.
The Marquette teens planted/distributed over 26,000 native plants seeds, helped transplant hundreds of native plant seedlings, hiked through remote forests with Zaagkii Project Native American college interns to learn importance and uses for native species plants, and have built and painted 36 mason bee houses and 18 butterfly houses with one of each placed by the USFS in The Peoples Garden at U.S. Department of Agriculture Headquarters, Washington, DC.
Zaagkii Project sponsors: Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC), the United States Forest Service (USFS) and Marquette County Juvenile Court.
Zaagkii Project teens visited with three beekeepers, helped plant and harvest native plants at three organic farms along the Lake Superior basin, studied pollinators at the Peter White Public Library and learned about annual Monarch migration from The Butterfly Lady Susan Payant.
Zaagkii Project contributors: Marquette Community Foundation, Marquette County Juvenile Court, M.E. Davenport Foundation, Kaufman Foundation and the Phyllis and Max Reynolds Foundation.
Larry Stritch
National Botanist USDA USFS Washington, DC
202-205-1279
lstritch@fs.fed.us
Jan Schultz, USDA USFS
Botany, Non-native Invasive Species
Special Forest Products Program Leader Milwaukee
414-297-1189
jschultz@fs.fed.us
fs.fed.us/wildflowers
Rev. Jon Magnuson, Zaagkii Project Founder
Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute Marquette, MI
cedartreeinstitute.org
906-228-5494
906-360-5072
magnusonx2@charter.net
Illustrator Diana Magnuson
dianamagnuson@charter.net
dianamagnuson.com
Bruce Ventura
112 E. Hewitt Ave.
Marquette, MI
49855
906-225-0139
bruceventura@sbcglobal.net
For over 20 years, Ventura was a middle school technology education/industrial arts teacher for the Eastern Lancaster County School District in PA
Ventura is self-employed, does remodeling/carpentry work, and home inspections for:
Russ Dees Structural Inspections Inc.
1025 North Front Street
Marquette, MI
49855
Zaagkii Project thanks photographer John Kimbler for breathtaking macro images of mason bees, honeybees and amazing shots like pollen-covered bees
johnkimbler.com
flickr.com/photos/dalantech
Mason bee photos via Wikipedia creative commons
Orchard Mason Bee egg in nest cell photo 2005 by Wikipedia username Red58bill
Orchard Mason Bee cocooned larva 2005 by Wikipedia username Red58bill
Orchard mason bee on apple bloom by Wikipedia username Red58bill
Homemade Mason Bee nest block by Wikipedia username Red58bill
Red Mason Bee couple photo by André Karwath of German Wikipedia
Mason Bee photo by Kim Taylor of Bruce Coleman Inc.
Zaagkii Project graphic by Native Village Publications editor Gina Boltz, a champion for Indigenous youth
NativeVillage.org
KBIC
kbic-nsn.gov
Pres. Warren Chris Swartz Jr.
906-353-6623
Todd Warner, Director Natural Resource Department
906-524-5757
NMU Center for Native American Studies
April Lindala, Director
906-227-1397
alindala@nmu.edu
Marquette County Juvenile Court
co.marquette.mi.us/departments/courts/juvenile_court/index.htm
U.P. Children's Museum
upcmkids.org
Music by Chicago band Dragon Fire Parade (U.P. Roots) Andy Wicklund, Guitar; Tim Obert, Guitar; Peter Nemanich, Bass; Chris Hammond, Drums
pnemanic@gmail.com
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) - Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The Great Lakes provide some 30 million Americans with drinking water and underpin a multi-billion dollar economy. Since February 2009, President Obama has proposed significant funding as part of his Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the largest investment in the Great Lakes in two decades.
The initiative action plan, which covers FY 2010 through 2014, was developed by a task force of 16 federal departments and agencies to implement the president's historic initiative. It was released with the Great Lakes area governors in February 2010 and calls for aggressive efforts to address five urgent priority focus areas:
Cleaning up toxics and toxic hot spot areas of concern;
Combating invasive species;
Promoting nearshore health by protecting watersheds from polluted run-off;
Restoring wetlands and other habitats; and
Working with strategic partners on outreach.
A walk back in time at Fayette Historic State Park
Northern Exposure series takes a walk back in time inside the Fayette Historic State Park.