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200 Fifth Street, Suite 105 Merchant & Miners Bldg
Calumet, MI 49913
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A Village of Snow - Winter of 2013-2014 - Snowfall - 340.5"

Heritage Celebration 2014

August 11 -16 2014

The Event this year is held to commemorate the Keweenaw Maritime History.

For a Vendor Form Click Here

2014 PastyFest Pasties

The Judges

The Winners Are

Daniel and Marsha Klein won for Traditional (Individual)

Tim Bies (of Michigan House) won for Non-Traditional

Connie's Pasties won for Traditionl (Commercial)

Connie from Connie's Kitchen

2014 Community Service Awards

The Community Service Awards was held Friday evening, June 27 at the Calumet Colosseum. Our three award recipients this year are Sue Dana (receiving the Rita Finch Community Service Award), Dick Dana (receiving the Russell R. Erkkila Community Service Award), and Ed Gray (receiving the John Perona Copper Country Traditions Award).

Here is a brief description of each of the awards and the people they were created in memory of:

About the John Perona award:

The John Perona Copper Country Traditions Award

Giovanni Batista Perona, a.k.a. Johnnie Perona, was born in 1920 near Calumet on the farm owned by his Italian immigrant parents. Johnnie was born into a musical family, and Calumet in those days was an ethnic and musical melting pot. John learned to play French-Canadian reels, Slovenian polkas, Croatian waltzes, and Finnish schottisches. He became a proficient player of the fiddle, the Polish concertina, and the rhythm bones.

It was his bones playing that was largely responsible for his being designated a Master Folk Musician by the Michigan Traditional Arts Program. As a Master Folk Artist, John taught bones-playing to two apprentices and dozens of workshop participants and was honored with awards at the American Rhythm Bones Festival.

John passed away in February of 2009, and it was with much sadness that our Copper Country community said goodbye to a great man and legendary talent. For an individual who so celebrated life and music, we honor John’s memory with this award.

About the Russel R. Erkkila Award:

The Russell R. Erkkila Community Service Award

Russell was instrumental in shaping the Village of Calumet for more than twenty years, serving on the Village Council and as President Pro-tem from 1983-1986, as Village President from 1986-1996, as a member of the Village Downtown Development Authority from 1986-1999, on the Village Planning Commission from 1988-1999, and on the North Houghton County Water and Sewage Authority from 1986-2002. He was a strong supporter of the Keweenaw National Historic Park and even testified before a U.S. Senate Sub-Committee Hearing on the formation of the Park. He was also a member of the Village Fire Department for eighteen years. Sadly, Russell passed away in 2002. We honor his memory with this named award.

About the Rita Finch award:

The Rita Finch Community Service Award

Rita Barbara Jean Dower was born the youngest daughter of Polish immigrants on September 28, 1931, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She married Chet Finch in 1945 and had two sons. Rita graduated from the Petoskey Beauty Academy in 1965, and the Finch’s moved to Calumet in 1968. Rita opened Rita’s Barberette in 1969, running it until 1981. She became the first female Calumet Village president in 1976, serving two consecutive terms. She was very community-oriented and was involved with the Altar Society at St. Paul the Apostle Church, the Ingot Club, The V.F.W. Auxiliary, the CLK Sportsman’s Club, the Calumet Downtown Development Authority, and the Calumet Theatre, from which she received the Helen Baratono Award. She was known to all as the “hat lady” because she was rarely seen without one of her hats. Sadly, Rita passed away in March 2005. It is with great honor that we name this award after her.

2014 PastyFest T-Shirt Winner

Logo design winner Jake Steinhoff holds his certificate while his father proudly holds this year's t-shirt emblazoned with Jake's art work.

Schedule of Events

Friday June 27^th

7:00 pm Main Street Calumet Community Service Awards – Calumet Colosseum Ballroom – coffee & cake

Saturday June 28^th

11:00 am – PastyFest Parade – 5^th Street
11:00 am - registration opens for Horseshoe Partners Tournament – Agassiz Park
11:30 am – 5:00 pm - PastyFest in Agassiz Park
- Music – The Backroom Boys Jazz & Polka Band
- Food
- Vendors – Main Street Calumet Market
- Free Horse-drawn tours
- Old-fashioned Kids Games
- Pasties!!
1:00 pm Pasty Bake-off Judging begins (winners will be announced once judging is complete)

Join us on Saturday, June 28th

to Celebrate

PastyFest 2014

Food - Fun - Games - Pasties - Music-Crafters

Agassiz Park

Calumet, Michigan

Click here for an application form if you wish to be a 2014 PastyFest vendor

The Parade

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The Bake Off

Click here for an application to enter the Pasty Bake Off

CopperDog 150 Feb. 28 - March 2. 2014

And the Winners Are

CopperDog 150

CopperDog 40

Race Map

"The Great Bear Chase"

March 8th 2014

"The Results"

Rank	Bib	Name	City/State	Time
Female 50K Freestyle
1	122	Erica Ohearn	Traverse City, MI	2:37:46.3
2	124	Sarah Daniels	Savage, MN	2:38:33.7
3	13	Kim Hughes	Waunakee, WI	2:45:44.7
4	35	Robin Tedlund	Duluth, MN	2:55:56.0
5	6	Leigh Dierking	Madison, WI	3:00:03.9
6	105	Kathryn Schaus	Chippewa Falls, WI	3:03:02.8
7	39	Karen Kirt	Lake Leelanau, MI	3:15:38.5
8	43	Mary Connor	Marquette, MI	3:17:11.3
9	60	Stacey Marion	Madison, WI	3:21:08.8
10	59	Jennifer Grant	St. Louis Park, MN	3:22:29.5
Male 50K Freestyle
1	89	Jan Myrda	Palos Heights, IL	2:14:28.6
2	33	Chris Pappathopoulos	Sun Prairie, WI	2:14:28.9
3	101	Milan Baic	Williamsburg, MI	2:17:39.6
4	130	Karl Walczak	Berkeley, CA	2:18:43.7
5	42	Jonathon Rulseh	Ironwood, MI	2:20:02.0
6	73	Adrian Swanson	Minneapolis, MN	2:22:55.8
7	95	Anders Nienstaedt	Northfield, MN	2:24:30.8
8	104	Jay Woodbeck	Hancock, MI	2:24:31.3
9	5	Frank Dierking	Madison, WI	2:24:33.9
10	120	Zach Nelson	Maplewood, MN	2:26:54.0
11	77	Douglas Kozeluh	Marquette, MI	2:28:15.7
12	133	Kyle Rambo	Ironwood, MI	2:28:29.7
13	64	Chris Halverson	Madison, WI	2:28:29.9
14	58	Greg Greene	Oshkosh, WI	2:28:31.9
15	8	Ken Wikgren	Mohawk, MI	2:30:03.2
16	113	John Ohearn	Traverse City, MI	2:31:12.0
17	127	Matthew Wong	Houghton, MI	2:31:12.8
18	76	Mike Dziobak	Houghton, MI	2:32:33.7
19	82	James Fieck	Woodruff, WI	2:32:37.9
20	31	Paul Haltvick	Ashland, WI	2:32:49.0

All Results

ALL CONTESTS

Copper Trophy Winners

50K Freestyle

Division Results

Age Group Results

50K Classic

Division Results

Age Group Results

25K Freestyle

Division Results

Age Group Results

25K Classic

Division Results

Age Group Results

10K Freestyle

Division Results

Age Group Results

10K Classic

Division Results

Age Group Results

Miracles on Main Street: Red Jacket Educational Institute

Imagine a village serving as a community campus for youth enrichment, community recreation, and lifelong education: A village rich in cultural heritage with a people determined to preserve their community heritage, improve economic prosperity, and provide a broad range of educational opportunities for citizens of all ages. Welcome to Calumet, Michigan and “Miracles on Main Street.”

Main Street Calumet is spearheading this project and has recruited a one-of-a-kind “Miracle Network”; an unprecedented and unique community partnership of local government, school, federal agency, and nonprofit organizations to create and deliver educational, vocational, historic preservation, and recreation programs to the residents of Calumet and the Keweenaw Peninsula. Current partners in the “Miracle Network” include: the Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium and Keweenaw (CLK); the National Park Service (NPS); Keweenaw National Historical Park; the Charter Township of Calumet; the Village of Calumet; the Calumet Theatre; the Keweenaw Heritage Center at St Anne’s; and other interested entities and individual citizens. Located within the boundaries of Keweenaw National Historical Park, the Red Jacket Educational Institute’s campus consists of the historic buildings owned by these groups....READ MORE

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