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Upcoming events

  • NMSMC Optimizing Outcomes Following Hip and Knee Replacement with Dr. Joshua T. Anderson and Jeff Samyn

    • Mon, June 23, 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Online
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    Please notice the new June date listed for this presentation

    Learn how to find the right surgeon, how to know when it's time for surgery, and how to optimize your recovery


    Dr. Joshua T. Anderson, MD, from Great Lakes Orthopaedic Center -

    Dr. Anderson is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with fellowship-training in hip and knee replacement surgery who is passionate about optimizing patient outcomes and rapid recovery.


    Jeff Samyn, PT, OCS, CSCS

    Jeff earned his B.S. in Psychology and Master's in Physical Therapy from Central Michigan University. He has earned his board certification as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Jeff heads up our Worksite Medicine program, which focuses on ergonomic assessments, job analysis, and Functional Capacity Evaluations. His expertise is in the management and treatment of back and neck pain, peripheral joint rehabilitation, and treating general pain conditions. He has a special interest in working with runners of all ages and ability levels. Jeff and his wife have a daughter, a son, and a black lab named Goose. In addition to spending time with his family, Jeff enjoys mountain biking, fitness training, fishing, snow-shoeing, hiking, and coaching baseball and softball.
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  • Conversational Japanese

    • Tue, June 24, 2025
    • Tue, July 29, 2025
    • 6 sessions
    • NCMC Borra Learning Center Bldg Rm# 124
    • 6
    • 9 registrants
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    Conversational Japanese

    This is a beginning/entry level Japanese course for students who have very little or no experience with Japanese language and culture. We will be learning both Hiragana and Katakana writing and reading as well as a very brief introduction to some Kanji. The class will be conversationally focused and introduce students to Japanese customs and culture. By the end of the course students will be able to introduce oneself, talk about weather, likes, work, food, shopping and so on.

    Textbook and Materials:

    • Required: GENKI textbook: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I [Third Edition] The Japan Times, Feb 2020, ISBN 4789017303
    • Recommended: GENKI Workbook: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook I [Third Edition] The Japan Times, Feb. 2020, ISBN: 4789017311


    Refunds are unavailable for cancellations made within 48 hours of the class


    Gabriel Mattice attended Michigan Technological University where he earned a chemical engineering degree. Following university, he moved to Japan where he worked for 3 years at GEOS Language Schools as an English language teacher. His Japanese language abilities helped Gabriel become an area leader of 5 schools in Kansai Japan, while he also taught karate classes in Japanese to the students in his karate school in Japan. After leaving Japan Gabriel attended law school at the William S. Richardson School of Law in Hawaii and earned his Juris Doctorate degree. Gabriel returned to Japan in 2016 and moved back to the United States in 2018. Gabriel is currently living in Harbor Springs and works as an Assistant Prosecutor for Emmet County. 

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  • Cross Village History Walking Tour with Eric Hemenway

    • Wed, June 25, 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    • Cross Village Community Center/Old School House
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    The Place of the Prayer Tree: The Historic Importance of Cross Village


    Cross Village is one of the nine bands that constitute the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa. This village has always had important historical and family ties to the Odawa community. This tour will focus on Cross Village in the 20th century and how events from this era have impacted the tribe to this very day. We will meet at the Cross Village Community Center/Old School House on Shomin/Stone Church Rd.  The walk will be approximately 1.5 miles. 



    Eric Hemenway

    Eric is an Anishnaabe/Odawa from Cross Village, Michigan. He is the Director of Repatriation, Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indian, a federally recognized tribe in northern Michigan. Eric works to collect and preserve historical information for LTBB Odawa. That information is used to support the LTBB government and create educational materials on Odawa history, such as: exhibits, signage, publications, presentations, curriculums and media. Eric has worked on numerous repatriations of native, human remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). He is a former member of the NAGPRA Review Committee and currently sits on boards for the Michigan Historical Commission and Little Traverse Conservancy.

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  • Luncheon Lecture - Ice Storm Emergency Management

    • Thu, June 26, 2025
    • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
    • NCMC Library Conference Center
    • 6
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    The April ice storm wreaked havoc in northern Michigan. The response by our community leaders was swift and impressive. Matt Blythe, Emmet County’s emergency management coordinator, was responsible for overseeing the massive response that involved help from across the nation and Canada. Matt has extensive experience in emergency management working for American Red Cross Disaster Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division of the Michigan Department of State Police. He will be joined by three key local leaders whose agencies played vital roles in dealing with the devastation. Harbor Springs Police Chief Kyle Knight, Petoskey Public Safety Director Adrian Karr, and Emmet County Building Department Director Marty VanBerlo will each tell stories of the outstanding work their agencies did to serve the people of our county.

    Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of this event.


    Matthew J. Blythe, Director of Emergency Management - Emmet County

    Matt has extensive experience in emergency management working for American Red Cross Disaster Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division of the Michigan Department of State Police.


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  • Moss & Lichens Hike - Oden Island Nature Preserve

    • Sat, June 28, 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Leeward Drive, off Oden Island Road, Petoskey
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    Due to a forecasted lightening and rainstorm,  this walk has been rescheduled to Saturday, June 28th.  You can register at at this link.Brad will discuss the moss and lichens during a hike of this beautiful property. A successful fundraising effort in 2000 resulted in the Conservancy’s purchase of this large, undeveloped waterfront property. The acquisition closed the door on a controversial 34-unit subdivision proposed for the site. Now the preserve helps maintain the water quality of Crooked Lake, which lies near the upper portion of the Inland Waterway, a 40-mile navigable waterway that boaters can take into Lake Huron at Cheboygan.

    Suggestion:  Due to limited parking, consider car pooling if attending this event with family or friends.