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Marquette Monthly
August, 2002
 


This month's cover art
by Cheri Ann Fulsher.

Table of Contents

Feature Kate Remlinger
Talking the talk of the Copper Country

City Notes MM staff
Highlights of what's happening in and around town

Food & Other Important Things Don Curto
Is my wife really trying to kill me?

Back Then Oakie Brumm
Poor Man's Paul Bunyan makes one frosty dive

Locals Larry Chabot
Wes Freeman and the busy summer of '52

Lookout Point
A Superior voyage: U.S. Brig Niagara stops in Marquette - Claudia Drosen
A Superior return: Wilfred Sykes steams to Marquette - Greg Peterson

In the Outdoors Greg Peterson
Following their dreams

Health Matters Leslie Bek
Conversation spurs change

8-18 Media
What's behind the make-up?; Lighten Up

Home Cinema Leonard Heldreth
Royal Tenenbaums, Vanilla Sky, Bridget Jones's Diary, Kate and Leopold

Arts & Humanities
The door to Broadway - James Panowski
A photographer and two poets - Jonathan Johnson

 


The Marquette Monthly Staff

Editor-in-chief & Publisher Pat Ryan O'Day
Managing Editor Kristy Basolo
Calendar Editors Travis Margoni, Erin Elliott
Ad Design & Production Kathy Jeske
Chief Photographer Tom Buchkoe
Webmaster Brian O'Day
Proofreaders Michael G. Murray,Chris Mosier
Circulation Dick Armstrong
Contributing Artists Cheri Ann Fulsher, Steven White
Contributing Writers Leslie Bek, Oakie Brumm, Larry Chabot, Don Curto, Claudia Drosen, Leonard Heldreth,
Jonathan Johnson, James Panowski, Greg Peterson,
Kate Remlinger, Russell Thorburn

We thank the Marquette County Historical Society for their continuing assistance.

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