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Teras Media
Aug 31, 2016
Stuart Green was our presenter today, a young man who just entered his senior year at Petoskey High School. He is also an athlete, a DECA member, and an entrepreneur who started his own business called TERAS Media, a web development company. He began TERAS Media in the 8th Grade. He has his own impressive website at Link. Stuart has presented in front of the SCORE group and credits SCORE in sending a lot of business his way. He has also expanded his business to RealityPro Websites. He plans to go to Stanford for college and has a wonderful, bright future ahead of him.
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Emmet County Recycling
Sep 07, 2016
Governor Rick Snyder announced a plan designed to increase residential recycling access statewide in 2014. He also announced appointments to a nine-member Michigan Recycling Council to guide the plan's implementation, including Emmet County's own recycling guru, Elisa Seltzer.
They recently rolled out a large rolling cart which helps to provide 100 gallons of recycling capabilities at curbside each week for every household in Emmet County.
There are over 350 Semi trucks going out per year of recycled material that is reused by factories in Michigan. 97% of the recycled goods remain in Michigan to be reused.
The other program that started out in the last year or so is to compost food scraps and other organic material.
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Health Impacts of Climate Change
Sep 21, 2016
Lisa Del Buono was our speaker today and she spoke about the effects of climate change on our health. She presented on the ozone and smog which is the particulate matter caused from burning fossil fuels. Moving away from coal would prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths in the United States alone. The Director of the World Health Organization states that climate change is the number one issue of the 21st Century. It is a medical emergency and the rate of change occurring in the recorded ice pack in the ice caps. Within 800,000 years our parts per million in the ice cap has risen to amounts never seen since man first began walking on earth. |
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2016 Presidential Election Analysis
Oct 05, 2016
Scott LaDeur was the speaker today and he is a political science professor who teaches at North Central Michigan College. He gave an analysis of the current election cycle and what to look for during this election cycle. More women vote and they typically vote for Democrats and minorities are a larger voter population as well as millennials. Both groups ave been decidedly in favor of Clinton than for Trump. Older white males are typically voting in favor of Trump. There are 6 swing states that will determine this election and both candidates are spending a lot of time in these states campaigning. |
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CS Lewis Festival
Oct 19, 2016
Doug Mantha was the guest speaker today and he spoke about the C.S. Lewis Festival which is the only month long festival honoring the works and life of C.S. Lewis in the United States. It was started by David Crouse and Crooked tree Arts Center. The festival begins in October and November each year and draws roughly 1,200-1,500 during a slow year and draws people internationally. National sponsors and organizations have included Walt Disney, Walden Media, Harper Collins and it has been included in numerous national news articles. There are a number of local organizations and groups that make this yearly festival work and be successful. |
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Lyric Theatre
Oct 26, 2016
Scott Langton was our guest speaker today from Lyric Theater in Harbor Springs. There was a previous Lyric Theater that existed in Harbor where the Outfitter is located and it closed over in 1981. This current theater is a non-profit entity and they serve the community. Seating capacity is 195 in the largest, 39 in the next size and 22 in the smallest. The smaller theaters are for movies that have shown in the larger theater or for smaller gatherings that can be arranged in the local community. For the website please see: Link |
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America's Small Business Development Center of Michigan
Nov 02, 2016
Kathleen Bagley was our guest speaker today and spoke about America's Small Business Development Center of Michigan which offers services to entrepreneurs and existing businesses in Emmet, Charlevoix and Antrim counties.They deal with new ventures, existing businesses, growth companies and advanced technology companies. Almost all of the consultants and Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Teams have owned and operated their own private businesses in the past and make wonderful consultants. They provide no cost 1-1 consulting,business education, information based planning through secondary market research and technology commercialization.
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RI Foundation
Nov 09, 2016
Chris Etienne was our speaker today and her presentation was on the Rotary Foundation. The Foundation has six (6) areas of focus which are 1) Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution; 2) Disease Prevention and Treatment; 3) Water and Sanitation; 4) Maternal and Child Health; 5) Basic Education and Literacy; 6) Economic and Community Development. There are District Grants and Global Grants which provide matching funds for worthy areas of service which are approved by a board of directors. |
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Challenge Mountain
Nov 16, 2016
Challenge Mountain began as a dream of Darla Evans, a parent of a child living with a disability. Her daughter was confined to a wheelchair with limited opportunities available for her to experience activities with family and friends. In 1982, Darla took her daughter, Chrissy, to the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park, Colorado so she could learn to ski like her siblings and friends. By the end of the week, five year-old Chrissy was skiing with special equipment adapted to her needs. She discovered a freedom she had never known, self-confidence and self-esteem! The operator of the Winter Park program refused to accept payment for the week of skiing. Instead, he elicited a promise from Darla that she return to Michigan and begin a similar program, and this is where the story of Challenge Mountain begins. In 1984 Everett Kircher, founder of Boyne Resorts, donated Walloon Hills Ski Area to Challenge Mountain and Darla’s dream became a reality. This was just the beginning to what has grown to become year-round adaptive recreation programs and opportunities for individuals living with disabilities in northern Michigan and beyond. |
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Appalachian Trail Adventure
Nov 30, 2016
Mara McMurray was our speaker today and she spoke about hiking the Appalachian Trail. She started the trip on February 29th. She began in Georgia. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,180-mile footpath along ridgecrests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in northern Georgia. The trail traverses Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia. Total length of the trip was 146 days. She currently works for Walloon Lake Conservancy and is considering other major trail systems such as the Pacific Crest Trail or the Continental Divide. Check out the link to the trail system: Link |
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North Star Reach
Dec 21, 2016
Our presentation today was North Star Reach a Non-profit center which provides a camp experience for medically challenged children and which gives them an opportunity to be kids. Unfortunately, each year there are many more children who are unable to attend regular summer camp due to serious medical conditions. A needs assessment conducted in 2008 confirmed that there are more than 75,000 children in the Great Lakes Region (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada) with serious and life-threatening illnesses (cardiology, gastroenterology, blood disorders, cancer, burns, organ transplants, ventilator dependence) that will be eligible to attend North Star Reach. Currently, less than 10% of these children have an opportunity to attend summer camp and for some no programming exists at all. A health center staffed by nurses, physicians and other medical professionals allows children with complex medical needs to come to camp, often for the first time. |
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United Way
Jan 04, 2017
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LTBB of Odawa Indians Federal Lawsuit
Jan 11, 2017
Lou Kasischke was the speaker today and spoke about the upcoming tribal lawsuit going on concerning seeking the honoring of an old treaty securing the boundaries of the reservation in Emmet and Charlevoix County.
The lawsuit, which was filed in August 2015, will determine whether borders of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians reservation set by a treaty signed in 1855 are still considered valid. The treaty, according to attorneys representing the Tribe, includes the western townships of Emmet County, and northern part of Charlevoix County and was approved by the United States Congress.
The original filing claims that the State of Michigan is inconsistent with meeting the requirements of the treaty and its treatment of the reservation. The State of Michigan has countered that the "inconsistent treatment" of the reservation boundaries is unspecified.
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US Coast Guard Traverse City Station
Jan 25, 2017
Today our speaker was Commander Greg Matayas who is the commander of the Coast Guard Air Station in Traverse City. He shared the rich history of the Coast Guard as the longest serving sea service in the United States as the US Navy was disbanded for a short period of time after the Revolutionary War. There are 11 official missions of the Coast Guard which include: Port and Waterway Security, Drug Interdiction, Aids to Navigation, Search and Rescue, Living Marine Resources, Marine Safety, Defense Readiness, Migrant Interdiction, Marine Environmental Protection, Ice Operations, and Law Enforcement. |
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Learnable Linguistics
Feb 01, 2017
Jane Andrews was our speaker today and she spoke about Learnable Linguistics, a program for persons with dyslexia. The program consists of educational activists passionate about helping Dyslexic learners and students acquire the ability to read, write and spell. “Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. She noted many famous persons who have had and struggled with Dyslexia. Many can overcome issues with Dyslexia with proper assistance and support. |
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Hearth Rhythms and Atrial Fibrillation
Feb 08, 2017
Dr. Dan Buerkel, MD was our speaker today and his presentation was on Electrophysiology & Atrial Fibrillation. "Arrhythmia" means your heartbeat is irregular. It doesn't necessarily mean your heart is beating too fast or too slow. It just means it's out of its normal rhythm. It may feel as if your heart skipped a beat, added a beat, is "fluttering," or is beating too fast (which doctors call tachycardia) or too slow (called bradycardia). Or, you might not notice anything, since some arrhythmias are "silent." Arrhythmias can be an emergency, or they may be harmless. For further information see: Link |
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Bat 21: "a Vietnam Story"
Feb 15, 2017
The rescue of Bat 21 Bravo, the call sign forCut Iceal "Gene" Hambleton, from behind North Vietnamese lines was the "largest, longest, and most complex search-and-rescue" operation during the Vietnam War. On April 2, 1972, the Easter Offensive, the largest combined arms operation of the entire Vietnam War, was in its third day. An early morning flight of two United States Air Force EB-66 aircraft was led by Bat 20, piloted by Lt. Col. Robert Singletary. Hambleton was a navigator aboard Bat 21. The two aircraft were escorting a cell of three B-52s. Bat 21 was configured to gather signals intelligence, including identifying North Vietnamese anti-aircraft radar installations to enable jamming. Bat 21 was destroyed by an SA-2 surface-to-air missile and Hambleton was the only survivor, parachuting behind the front lines into a battlefield filled with thousands of North Vietnamese Army soldiers. The Air Force did not put limits on what it took to rescue a downed airman. Five additional aircraft were shot down during rescue attempts, directly resulting in the deaths of 11 airmen, the capture of two others, and another airman trying to evade capture. John Van Etten (Nail32) received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his part in this rescue. Hambleton received the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (United States) and a Purple Heart for his actions during this mission. For their heroic actions in rescuing Hambleton behind front lines, Lt. Thomas R. Norris was recommended for and received the Medal of Honor, although he initially declined to submit the paperwork. |
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Brave Hearts Estate
Feb 22, 2017
Paula Brown was our speaker today and she spoke about Brave Hearts Estate which is a retreat center for veterans and their families located just north of Pellston. It is 238 acres and is available for members with service connected disabilities of 30% or greater. In order to find further information visit www.injuredsoldiers.org We are thankful for such a fine program available for those who have served their country and have been injured in the process. |