“Who-Dun-It” CheMYSTERY for Boy Scouts and Venturers

Sat., April 10, 2010 – 11 am – 5 pm (registration starting at 10 am)
Heritage Park

Midland Center for the Arts, the American Chemical Society and the Boy Scouts of America present a day of historical scientific discovery. Use your powers of deduction and experimentation to solve a 100-year-old mystery. In doing so, you will complete all the requirements for the Chemistry merit badge!

Registration deadline is April 5. For information or to register contact Jim Tonge. Download the sign-up sheet here.

Admission: $8

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FIRESIDE CHATS

Second Thursday of the month
2 pm - 3 pm
September, October, November,
March, April, May
Whitman Room, Heritage Park
Admission: FREE

Gather round the hearth to feel the warmth of memories shared. On the second Thursday of each month from 2 pm to 3 pm from September - November and March - May, a group of long-time residents join together in the Whitman Room of the Herbert D. Doan Midland County History Center to share their recollections. Audiences are invited to listen, learn and join in with questions or memories of their own. This wonderful series also serves to preserve our past by recording sessions for the oral history collection.

Topics:
(No meetings in January or February)
March 11, 2010 - The Early Days of Midland Hospital
April 8, 2010 - Scouting History in Midland County
May 13, 2010 - TBA 

For further information, contact Floyd Andrick at (989) 837-0870.

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HERITAGE SERIES PROGRAMS

These programs are offered four times a year on such topics as Michigan history, Victorian gardening, antiques, and collectibles such as model trains, marbles, photography and dolls. The Heritage Program Series is held in the Multipurpose Room at the Midland County Historical Museum. Presentations are historical, musical, educational, participative programs.

Midland and The Great Depression: What Have We Learned?
Thurs., March 18, 2010 - 7:30 pm - 9 pm
Whitman Room, Heritage Park
Presented by Gary Skory - Director, Midland County Historical Society.

Gary will explore the trials and triumphs Midland experienced during the Great Depression from the business sense of Willard Dow to the tragedy of an attempted robbery that turned fatal.  What lessons might we draw from that time to help us through our current "Great Recession"?

Admission: $5, MCHS Members Free

Tickets on sale now!

Thurs., Mar. 18 - The Great Depression - 7:30 pm

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Remembering the "Kassel Mission"
Thurs., May 20, 2010 - 7:30 pm - 9 pm
Whitman Room, Heritage Park

This program will explore the disastrous air battle between the 445th BG (Jimmy Stewart’s original bomb group) and the entire Luftwaffe in 1944 which is rarely discussed today. Covered-up at the time, this “bomber massacre” belongs in the history books next to Custer’s Last Stand and Pearl Harbor.

Admission: $5, MCHS Members Free

Thurs., May 20 - Kassel Mission - 7:30 pm

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The Life and Times of Lord Baden-Powell
Thursday, August 19 – 7:30 pm to 9 pm
Whitman Room, Heritage Park

In August 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, British war hero and author, held a camp for 22 boys on Brownsea Island off the south coast of England. Less than an year later, he published Scouting for Boys and Boy Scouting was born. Scouting quickly spread across the world and his book, emphasizing outdoor skills and good citizenship, became one of the top-selling books of the 20th century. Join Kyle Bagnall, Eagle Scout and Manager of Historical Programs at Chippewa Nature Center, for a fascinating look at the life and times of Baden-Powell and even try out some scouting skills for yourself!

Admission: $5, FOC MCHS Members Free

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MIDLAND ANTIQUE SOCIETY MEETINGS
Mondays, 7:30 pm - 9 pm
September thru May
FREE admission

Join the Midland Antique Society at their monthly meetings. The Antique Society meetings are always open to the public and are free of charge.

For more information on the Midland Antique Society, contact Melinda McKernan at 989-686-2646, Renee Klein at 989-687-7142 or Linda Fisher at 989-687-9131.

Admission: FREE

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