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Doors of Marquette Poster
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| "Teachers open the door, but you must enter for yourself" Chinese Proverb "What Doors Will I Open For You?" Stephanie Jones |
| Can you believe it; I found a quote that combines doors & school! Yes, I am excited that school starts on Tuesday. Nothing quite says the end of summer like school shopping and the Marquette Area Blues Society Blues Fest in Mattson Lower Harbor Park all weekend. The Blues Fest is a great way to sound out the summer on a blues note! Ringside Fitness has another great way to signal that summer is over and it is time to get back to work with their Labor Day Body Pump & RPM classes. Stop in all day for any of these new classes whether you are a member or not. Call Ringside 226-7600 for class times. And finally, I am so pleased to announce that our poster is in! Carol Brady and I are doing a fundraiser poster for the Marquette County History Museum. With the help of Wendy Hill Manson at Tranquil Images and Bilan Nelson at MediaBox we are offering “Doors of Marquette” posters. One 24x36 Poster is $10.00, 6 posters are $50.00 and 13 posters are $100.00. Shoot me an email doors@StephanieSells.com or give me a call 906-362-3823 to order yours. We can deliver posters locally or they can be picked up at Select Realty. Shipping and Handling is $15.00 for out of the area. In order to better serve the Marquette County community and fulfill its Mission, the Museum has decided to undertake a Capital Campaign to finance the purchase and renovation of a new facility in downtown Marquette. This new museum will allow for the continual growth of the collection and provide a place for community gatherings and state-of-the-art exhibits. Won’t you buy a "Doors Of Marquette" poster and join Carol & me in contributing to this capital campaign!
Posted: 8:59 AM, Aug. 28, 2008 |
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Back to School
Top Ten Back to School Quotes
— Mohandas Gandhi
— Will Durant
— Albert Einstein
— Mark Twain
— Lao Tzu
— Malcolm Forbes
— W. Edwards Deming
— Elbert Hubbard
— Alvin Toffler
— Pete Seeger
Aww nothing quite compares with NMU students descending like locusts back to our fair city. The traffic, the poor… ok, unfamiliar drivers, the lines at Shopko, Target and the like, the beer sales, the students have come back for better or worse. I like to think of it as a kaleidoscope of fresh young faces. Ok I would like to think that but mostly I just grit my teeth as they pull out in front of me on Third Street! I know they are great for our economy…right?
But if the NMU students are back it must mean that it is the weekend for Marquette Rotary West Seafood Fest a classic end of summer tradition enjoyed by locals, students and their families. This year they will be having a car show all Saturday. Clam Chowder anyone?
NMU has a great program for kids 8th grade and below who like sports. I know I am signing Mitchell up for the NMU Young Wildcat Club. Membership is open to children of all ages. The cost to join is $10 per child and once you become a member you will receive:
- Official Young Wildcat Club T-shirt
- Official Young Wildcat Club membership card
- Free admission to the following NMU home, regular season events:
- Football
- Volleyball
- Women's Basketball
- Men's Basketball
- Select hockey games (schedule of free hockey games will be released soon)
- Soccer
- Swimming and Diving
- Track and Field
- Cross County Running
- Nordic Skiing
- Golf
- Monthly e-mail newsletters and updates
- Birthday card from Wildcat Willy
- Invitations to special events:
- Autograph sessions
- Meet the Team events
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Posted: 11:31 AM, Aug. 21, 2008 |
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Why I hate Febreze and Love the New York Times
Why I hate Febreze
And Love the New York Times
Ok I will start with the New York Times; on August 11th they profiled our little old Marquette County Fair in a recent article This Land - Where the Competition Is Stiff but Sweet - NYTimes.com. I will admit to not reading the New York Times but NMU’s awesome Alumni Association published this in their newsletter and now I am sharing it with you. It is such a treat to see your friend’s name (Andi Goriesky) in print in the New York Times!
I hate Febreze! I am sorry to pick on one product, but I must say it is completely overused in homes that are for sale. I understand the umm distinctive smells that some homes might have, but when a home owner thinks they are covering it up with Febreze, it seems to just make it worse. So my first piece of advice is to clean a home completely. You just don’t know what may have died under the couch. The second easy way out is to run a lemon or lime through the disposal. But my latest find is Fresh Wave a product that I saw on the Today Show July 2, 2008. I found it online but didn’t do anything until I saw it locally at the Touch of Finland. I bought both the Fresh Wave small spray and a 16 oz. gel pack. I have access to a vacant home that didn’t smell quite right, so I placed the gel pack in the home and the odor diminished. I do think for a whole home, I would get 2 packs. I used the spray in my own home with great results! What I like about the product is that you get a fresh smell, not a chemical or perfume smell, and it seems to remove odor not just cover it up.
If you try it let me know what you think.
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Posted: 10:56 AM, Aug. 14, 2008 |
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What a Weekend!!!!
That quote seems particularly apt in August when weekends are at a premium. This weekend in particular is jammed packed with interesting things to do and that isn’t even counting, weddings, family and personal commitments! I just want to share a few of the events that look interesting this weekend. 2008 Marquette County Fair started yesterday and if you only go for the Croatian Chicken it is worth the drive to the fairgrounds. Marquette Beautification & Restoration Committee, Inc. is holding the Garden Extravaganza Inaugural Garden Conference Saturday at NMU.
But the big weekend event is downtown in the Lower Harbor, Marquette’s first Pirate Festival. Tour the Tall Ship Madeline which arrives complete with attacking Pirates Friday evening around 6 pm. This is also a great opportunity to tour the Maritime Museum and the Lighthouse or see “Walk the Plank: A Pirate Inspired Art Exhibition” at Marquette Arts and Culture Center and Peter White Public Library. Check out the complete schedule of events online at Pirate Festival.
What is your favorite Summer Olympic Sport?
What ever your weekend entails please just make it safe!
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Posted: 9:37 AM, Aug. 7, 2008 |
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