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SPAR UPDATE WINTER 2018 PAGE 1

Meet the SAIL Staff

The Temperature may be dropping, but the SPAR

program is hopping.

What is SPAR you ask? SPAR is an inclusive so-

cial and recreational program for people of all abilities

through Superior Alliance for Independent Living the

Disability Network of the U.P.

Along with having our events in Marquette we will

now be traveling across the U.P. to spread the word

about living a healthy lifestyle. Those who are interest-

ed in the SPAR activities or have questions, are strong-

ly encouraged to call us at 906-228-5744. Ask for Mo!

TOPIC PAGE

SPAR Update Introduction

1

Marquette Skilling

and Snowshoing

2

West & East End Skiing & Snowshoe-

ing

3

Indepen-Dance 4

Nutrition & Cooking Information

5

Marquette Ice Skat-

ing & Adaptive Dance

6

West & East End

Adaptive Dance

7

Community High-

lights

8 & 9

Inside this issue:

Marcy Griffen

Carolyn Boyle

Lizz Shaw

Gary Fullerton

Sandi Heikkinen

Maureen Sullivan

Sarah Peurakoski

Kristine Tollefson

Jessica Manier

Leslie Hannah

Rita Keilholtz

Patti Polkinghorne

Superior Alliance For Independent Living

2018 Winter

SPAR UPDATE

January, February &

March Calendar of

Events

10,11,

& 12

Kristin Williams

Kim Frost

Jason Wallner

Sheila Grady

Laura Travis

Brenda Pingel


Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing sessions in

Marquette

Get your snow gear on and get ready to have some winter fun!

Please call Mo at 906-228-5744 to sign up!

Sessions will meet on the following dates:

Thursday January 4th

Friday January 5th

Thursday January 11th

Tuesday January 16th

Wednesday January 17th

Monday January 22nd


Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing

Times and Locations will be announced upon registration. There

will be 1 session per location

Free Event

Registration is Required

Call Mo at 906-228-5744

When and Where:

Munising: Tuesday January 9th

Manistique: Tuesday January 9th

Newberry: Wednesday January 10th

Saint Ignace: Wednesday January 10th

Sault Ste. Marie: Wednesday January 17th

Baraga: Tuesday January 30th

Houghton: Tuesday January 30th

Ontonagon: Wednesday January 31st

Gogebic: Wednesday January 31st


Marquette

January 19th and March 15th

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Masonic Temple (Banquet

Room)

128 West Washington,

Marquette

**MarqTran bus service avail-

able for $1 per-person round-

trip. Call SAIL @ 228-5744

each time to reserve your spot

on the bus!!

Indepen-Dance!

Let’s dust off the dance shoes and get moving!

West End Counties:

February 15th

East End Counties:

February 27th

Times and Locations will be

announced upon

registration.


Nutrition and cooking

Times and Locations will be announced upon registration.

There will be 1 session per location

Free Event


Call Mo at 906-228-5744

When and Where:

Munising: Tuesday February 6th

Manistique: Tuesday February 6th

Newberry: Wednesday February 7th

Saint Ignace: Wednesday February 7th

Baraga: Tuesday February 20th

Houghton: Tuesday February 20th

Ontonagon: Wednesday February 21st

Gogebic: Wednesday February 21st

Sault Ste. Marie: Tuesday February 27th


Ice Skating in Marquette

Get ready to have some winter fun skating with Mo!

Time and Location will be announced upon registration.

When: February 22nd

Free Events


Call Mo at 906-228-5744

Adaptive Dance in Marquette

Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to learn some

new dance moves while having a great time with Mo!

Marquette dance classes will meet on Mondays 4:00 - 5:00

at SAIL on:

March 12th

&

March 26th


Adaptive Dance Classes

Free Event


Call Mo at 906-228-5744

For East End and West End Counties Times and Locations

will be announced upon registration. There will be 1

session per

location.

The dates for these counties are:

Munising: Tuesday March 6th

Manistique: Tuesday March 6th

Newberry: Wednesday March 7th

Saint Ignace: Wednesday March 7th

Baraga: Tuesday March 20th

Houghton: Tuesday March 20th

Ontonagon: Wednesday March 21st

Gogebic: Wednesday March 21st

Sault Ste. Mie: Tuesday March 27th


Marquette:

UP 200 2/15-2/19 Downtown Mar-

quette

Marquette Symphony 2/10 7:30-

8:30 at Kaufman auditorium

NMU dance concert 2/23 & 2/24 at

Forest Roberts Theater

Munising:

Ice fest 2/14-2/18

Manistique:

Open skating every weekend at

Little Bear West Arena

Snofest 2/24 at Little Bear West

Arena

Newberry:

Newberry Bogie Buster winter

blowout 1/20 at Zellars Meadows

Saint Ignace:

Battle at the Bridge Youth Hockey

Tournament 1/12-1/14 at Little

Bear Arena

Baraga:

Snowshoeing with sasquatch

2/24 at Baraga County Trails

Houghton:

Heikinpaiva 1/25-2/6 in Hancock

Winter Carnival 2/8-2/10 at MTU

campus

Copperdog 150 Sleddog race

3/2-3/4 in calumet

Ontonagon:

Snowburst winter carnival 2/24

at Porcupine Mountains Winter

Ski Complex

Gogebic:

Big Road at sisu ski fest 1/6 at

Ironwood Theatre

Sault Ste. Marie:

Downtown winter ice festival

1/26-1/27

50th annual 1-500 snowmobile

race 10-10 2/3

Community Highlights

Sled Hockey U.P. for all Yoopers!

Interested in trying something fun and new!

Contact: Allen Beauchamp, General Manager

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (906) 360-3019

Website: https://www.facebook.com/SledHockeyUP/


Chocolate Festival is back!

SAIL will be hosting a Chocolate Festival fundraiser for the One in Five

Campaign to benefit programs hosted by SAIL.

The Chocolate Festival features local restaurants, bakeries and chocolatiers who

donate delicious samples of chocolate desserts! It’s a sweet event and everyone

is welcome! This event will be taking place early February at Northern Michigan

University.

Check out SAIL’s website www.upsail.com for more information!

Tickets will be available by December 1st!

One in Five people live with a

disability!

You can help support individuals living

with a disability by donating to the One in

Five Annual Appeal today!

100% of your hard earned dollar will go

to health and wellness programs such as

SPAR and U.P Healthy Vets.

Consider donating now

at www.upsail.com to change

someone’s life!

Thank you!


January 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 4 Skiing/

Snowshoeing

in Marquette

5 Skiing/

Snowshoeing

in Marquette

6

7 8

9 Skiing/

Snowshoeing

in Munising

and Manistique

10 Skiing/

Snowshoeing

Newberry and

Saint Ignace

11 Skiing/

Snowshoeing

in Marquette

12

13

14 15 16 Skiing/

snowshoeing in

Marquette

17 Skiing/

snowshoeing in

Marquette &

Sault Ste. Ma-

rie

18 Marquette

Indepen-dance

19

20

21 22 Skiing/

Snowshoeing

in Marquette

23

24

25 26 27

28 29 30 Skiing/

Snowshoeing

in Baraga and

Houghton

31 Skiing/

Snowshoeing

in Ontonagon

and Gogebic


February 2018


1 2 3

4 5 6 Nutrition in

Munising and

Manistique

7 Nutrition in

Newberry and

Saint Ignace

8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 West End

Indepen-dance

16 17

18 19 20 Nutrition in

Baraga and

Houghton

21 Nutrition in

Ontonagon

and Gogebic

22 Ice Skating in

Marquette

23 24

25 26 27 Nutrition in

the Soo &

Eest End

Indepen-dance

28


March 2018


1 2 3

4 5 6 Adaptive

Dance in

Munising and

Manistique

7 Adaptive

Dance in

Newberry and

Saint Ignace

8 9 10

11 12 Adaptive

Dance in

Marquette

13 14 15 Marquette

Indepen-dance

16 17

18 19 20 Adaptive

Dance in

Baraga and

Houghton

21 Adaptive

Dance in

Ontonagon

and Gogebic

22 23 24

25 26 Adaptive

Dance in

Marquette

27 Adaptive

Dance in

Sault Ste.

Marie

28 29 30 31

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