Parade of Nations photos

Here's the group getting ready for the Parade of Nations in Hancock on Saturday morning, Sept. 15, 2007. Click on each photo for a larger version.


Crossing the Portage Lift Bridge from Hancock to Houghton. It was a bit windy and cold, even with the sun shining. Fumiya, is this how you caught your cold?

You're about half-way to Houghton and not yet out of energy.

Kumiko sells some tofu donuts, while Fumiya serves hot tea and Nick gives the victory (?) sign during the International food festival after the parade.


Gustavo loves to pose with beautiful women like Kana and Maiko.

More photos: These are from Nick:

Nick and Kumiko pose for a photo with a friend in Dee Stadium after the Parade.


Here's Nick with some more young friends. Thanks, Nick for these great photos!

Students, please post your comments. You may send me your best parade photo, too. Write a caption for it to describe who is in it, etc. Email it to me and I'll post it here.

ESL Reading. Lab assignment 3. Due Monday, Sept. 24.

1. Go to the library and find a magazine or newspaper article on a subject you don’t know anything about. For example, if you don’t know anything about fishing or Lake Superior, you could read an article in the Native American (Ojibwe) newspaper, Mazina’igan or in Field and Stream. If you don’t know anything about American feminism, read Ms. Choose a magazine or newspaper different from the one you read last week. It should be rather recent: 2006 or 2007. The article should be several paragraphs long – at least 5 or 6 paragraphs.

2. Try to determine the main idea of the article. Copy a sentence or a few sentences that seem to express this main idea.

3. Write a summary of the article in your own words – a paragraph telling what the article is about. Then write a sentence or two telling what you learned from the article – something you didn’t know but found interesting.

4. Vocabulary: List 8 new words you learned from the article. Copy the sentence containing the word. Then give the meaning of the word. If you found the meaning by studying the context (words around it) list the words that helped you or gave you hints. If you had to use the dictionary, write (dictionary) next to your definition. Try to figure out the meaning from the context, if possible.

5. Be sure to sign the paper in the librarian’s office to indicate you spent at least an hour on the assignment.