This is a hands workshop on using a stock lens and digital single-lens reflex or mirrorless cameras to take great night sky images. Astro-photographers, Rod Cortright and Mick Grozko, will discuss essential equipment and camera setting for taking night-sky photos.

Since this is a hands-on workshop, it will require suitable photographing conditions. Therefore, participants will need to have flexible schedules. If conditions are unfavorable on Wednesday evening, the workshop will be rescheduled for Thursday or Friday evening of that week. Watch the Headlands Facebook page for rescheduling information.

At minimum, participants must bring a DSLR or Mirrorless camera and a tripod to this workshop.

For more information, please call the programming and sales coordinator at (231) 348-5479 or email [email protected].

In this presentation, we will discuss how stars form and what changes occur as they grow and mature through their life. As the star’s fuel runs low, what changes take place as they die? We will show examples of stars in these many phases. We will talk about our Sun, where it is now, and what we should look forward to. (This event is hosted by Northern Michigan Astronomy Club and presented by Mick Groszko, who is a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors. In that capacity, they both do outreach activities for NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.) For more information, please call the programming and sales coordinator at (231) 348-5479 or email [email protected].

Ever wondered about what you should bring when going on a backpacking trip? Or even what possible dangers that could be lurking about? Come join Parks and Recreation staff at Camp Petosega’s Pavilion, and learn how to be adequately prepared and equipped when going on those trips. For more information, please call the programming and sales coordinator at (231) 348-5479 or email [email protected].

Rod Cortright, NASA/JPL Ambassador, will discuss how the planets in our solar system were created and how they go in their current positions. It is not what the textbook taught in school. For more information, please call the programming and sales coordinator at (231) 348-5479 or email [email protected].

Emmet County Parks and Recreation is hosting a car show at the Emmet County Fairgrounds on Sunday, July 24, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Gates open at 9 AM the day of the event for vehicle registration. There is no early sign-up period. A variety of makes and models will fill the fairgrounds for automobile enthusiasts to appreciate at this Cruise-in Car Show! Admission to the event is free for the general public. Participants will be required to pay an entry fee per vehicle entered. Trophies will be awarded with door prizes given out throughout the day. Food vendors will also be on site. For more information, please call the programming and sales coordinator at (231) 348-5479 or email [email protected].

The Pellston Regional Airport Committee will hold the regular meetings at 9:30 a.m. in the conference room, on the second floor of the Pellston Regional Airport Main Terminal in Pellston, 1395 N US 31 Hwy. For questions, contact the Pellston Regional Airport Director at (231) 539-8441 or email to [email protected]. Please visit the Pellston Regional Airport Site to view the current agenda (when available) and archived meeting minutes.

PUBLIC NOTICE

 Emmet-Charlevoix County

Fair Advisory Board Meeting

 Notice is hereby given that the Emmet-Charlevoix County Fair Advisory Council meeting previously scheduled for 6:30p.m. on

Tuesday, July 26, 2022 is

CANCELLED

Join us at the Waterfront Event Center at 9pm. We will discuss the various types of telescopes and mounts, and the strengths and weaknesses of each. What do you want to use the telescope for? It makes a big difference in what is the right equipment for you. For more information, please call the programming and sales coordinator at (231) 348-5479 or email [email protected].

The Emmet County Land Bank Authority will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday at 10 a.m. in the commissioners’ board room, across from the treasurer’s office, on the first floor of the County Building in downtown Petoskey, 200 Division Street. The meeting is open to the public. Those attending must enter through the Lake Street doors and be prepared to pass through a metal detector and security check. To view the current agenda (when available) and archived meeting minutes, visit the Land Bank Authority website section.

Interested in learning how to fly fish? Join our Parks and Recreation staff for an evening of learning at Camp Petosega’s Pavilion. For more information, please call the programming and sales coordinator at (231) 348-5479 or email [email protected].

The Parker Solar Probe is starting to answer fundamental questions and paradoxes about our closest star. Rod Cortright, NASA/JPL Ambassador, will summarize the Parker mission’s discoveries so far. For more information, please call the programming and sales coordinator at (231) 348-5479 or email [email protected].

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Emmet County Board of Canvassers will meet on

Thursday August 4, 2022 at

9:00 a.m.

In the Board of Commissioners Room

200 Division St.

Petoskey, MI 49770

For the purpose of canvassing the August 2, 2022 Primary Election.

The meeting is open to the public. Those attending must enter through the Lake Street doors and be prepared to pass through a metal detector and security check.

Emmet County
Community Corrections Advisory Board Meeting
Notice is hereby given that an Emmet County Community Corrections Advisory Board Meeting will take place on:
Thursday, August 4, 2022
at
3:30 p.m.
in the
Emmet County
Board of Commissioners Room
Emmet County Building
200 Division Street
Petoskey, Michigan
07/26/22
348-0678

Rod Cortright, NASA/JPL Ambassador, will discuss the origins of meteor showers and why they occur on a regular basis throughout the year. For more information, please call the programming and sales coordinator at (231) 348-5479 or email [email protected].

FREE AIRPLANE RIDES FOR KIDS THIS SATURDAY

 Free airplane rides for kids will be offered this Saturday, August 13, at the Pellston Regional Airport from 9 a.m. until noon.  The free rides are being offered by the Harbor Springs chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association for children ages 8 to 17.  Local licensed pilots who are members of the chapter are donating their services and their airplanes for this event.

 Parents must accompany their children to the airport to register for the free flights. After their flight, each young person will receive an EAA pilot logbook and a certificate signed by the pilot.

 The airport entrance is located on US-31 just north of the Village of Pellston.  The Young Eagles program will be conducted at the small general aviation terminal located south of the much larger main terminal used for scheduled airline service. 

 If unsafe weather conditions cause the event to be cancelled, it will not be rescheduled.

 The free rides are part of a nationwide program called “Young Eagles” launched 30 years ago to introduce kids to aviation and inspire them to think about the many possibilities associated with flight.   The EAA recently recognized the Harbor Springs chapter for participating in the Young Eagles program continuously since its start in 1992.

Since the program’s inception, more than 2 million young people nationwide have enjoyed a free introductory Young Eagles flight. The flights are made possible through the generosity of EAA member volunteers.

For more information, email [email protected].

Public Meeting Notice
The next meeting of the Emmet County Brownfield Authority is scheduled for

August 16, 2022 at 3:30 PM
To be held at the
Emmet County Building
Commissioners’ Meeting Room
200 Division Street
Petoskey, MI 49770

The Emmet County Zoning Board of Appeals will hold the regular meetings at 6 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Board Room, across from the treasurer’s office, on the first floor of the County Building in downtown Petoskey, 200 Division Street. Those attending in-person must enter through the Lake Street doors and be prepared to pass through a metal detector and security check. For questions, contact the Planning and Zoning office at (231) 439-8998 or email to [email protected]. Please visit the ZBA website section to view the current agenda (when available) and archived meeting minutes.

Join us at the Waterfront Event Center on August 17 at 8:30 pm for a discussion and presentation on the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Recently, there has been a lot of media coverage about UFOs. This presentation will explore several questions. First, what defines intelligent life (would we know it if we saw it)? What is the probability of life in our galaxy, and what are the important factors and current estimates of those values (the Drake Equation)? Finally, if intelligent beings are out there, why aren’t we hearing from some of them (The Fermi Paradox)? For more information, please call the programming and sales coordinator at (231) 348-5479 or email [email protected].