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Tom Hay Bauer
tomhaybauer@yahoo.com
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Tom is a consultant and educator who ran as the Democratic candidate for the 105th District of the Michigan House of Representatives in 2006. He is active with Northern Michigan People for Peace, the Cheboygan County Humane Society, and Wabishka-miigwan (White Feather), a group working to establish a cultural treatment center for Native American youth. He was also a member of the Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban, which ended with citizens in every single Michigan County voting in 2006 to protect mourning doves. |
Anabel Dwyer
anabeldwyer@yahoo.com
231-436-5654
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Anabel is an international lawyer dealing with the illegality of nuclear weapons. She is a member of the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy and has defended individuals resisting nuclear weapons. She was an active participant in the World Court Project in the Hague (the World Court concluded that Nuclear Weapons were illegal under international law). She has presented papers on these topics at international conference. Anabel is also a founding member of Urban Options and the Lansing Area Peace Center. She holds degrees from Welsley College (music), Michigan State (Urban Planning) and the Cooley Law School).
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David Dwyer
dwyer@msu.edu
231 436-5654
www.msu.edu/~dwyer 
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David retired from teaching African linguistics and linguistic anthropology at Michigan State University, where he also cofounded the specialization in Peace and Justice Studies. He has also been active in the Lansing Area Peace Center and has served on East Lansing City Council's Transportation Commision. David is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Cameroon) and has a B.A. in Anthropology from Michigan and an M.A. and PhD in Linguistics from Michigan State. |
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Dale Giddings
P.O. Box 336
Wolverine, Michigan
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Dale retired from teaching high school German and physics for 14 years in Oregon as well as overseas in Germany and Belgium. He retired in 2000 and now trying to lead a post oil age life style in Wolverine Michigan. These activities include growing a provisioning garden, bee colonies and heating with wood, which he cuts himself by hand. Dale is a US Army veteran and holds a B.S. in Physics, an M.A. in German and a Diploma for Advanced Graduate Studies at Michigan State University.
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Dennis Martin
plantmam@racc2000.com
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Dennis is a life-long resident of Cheboygan and a he is a member of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1966 to 1970 doing four tours of duty in the Pacific on the destroyer the U.S.S. Rogers and is now a member of Veterans for Peace. Dennis has worked in a variety of jobs including an auto body paint and repairman and damage appraiser. He now drives a shuttle bus for the casino in St Ignace. Since joining the Straits Area Concerned Citizens for Peace and Justice, Dennis has participated in several antiwar vigils in Cheboygan and demonstrations including the Washington DC anti-war rally in Sept. 2005. Dennis has read extensively on corporate involvement in promoting war and their antidemocratic activities. |
 Karen Martin
plantmam@racc2000.com
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Karen was born in N.Y., and grew up in S. California. She moved to Cheboygan in 11/1970. She and Dennis have been married for 37 years.
Karen received her B.S. Degree in Human Services at Lake Superior State University, graduating Magna Cum Laude. She worked for Michigan Dept. of Human Services from 1995-1/2008. Other activities: Den Mother (4 yrs.); Co-coordinator of Cheboygan County's 1980 Cystic Fibrosis Fundraising Drive; she worked on saving the Mourning Doves (2006); Hospice volunteer
& College Intern (5yrs.); she urged the Cheboygan City Council to adopt the Greenpeace STOP GLOBAL WARMING proposal, and the Cheboygan County Recycling plan, and she put forth to the council & urged them to endorse a Federal level Dept. of Peace; she is a frequent contributor to Letters to the Editor on important social issues; Karen attended two major anti-war rallies in Washington D.C. (9/05 & 1/07); and finally Karen is the founder of the SACCFPJ (5/06). |
 Leonard Page
leonard@thepages.net
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"Butch" is currently a Cheboygan County Commissioner, and "of counsel" with an employee-side law firm in the Detroit area. He worked on the legal staff of the United Auto Workers from 1970 througy 1999 and was appointed by President Clinton to serve as General Counsel of the National Labor Relation Board in 1999. He resigned in 2001 after the supreme court election of "W". He has bachelors and masters degree in business administration from Michigan and a law degree from Michigan State College of Law. He came in third place at the county fair lawnmower race in 2007!
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Susan Page
susan@thepages.net 
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Susan Page was born in Manchester, England. She received a degree in Elementary Education from the University of Michigan; and a Master's Degree in Gifted Child Education from Wayne State University. She taught in the Detroit area; and volunteered as a teacher of adult non-readers , and English as a Second Language. She and her husband of 44 years, Leonard Page, have two children and five grandchildren. Susan is the president of the Twin Lakes Association, a member of the Cheboygan County Democratic Club, two garden clubs, the Cheboygan Library Friends, and a youth mentor with the 4-H Thriver Program.
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Bob and Jeanne Prichard
ropjop@nmo.net
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Jeanne Prichard
ropjop@nmo.net
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Bob Pritchard, a graduate of
Wayne
State
University (B. A. in Business), and gradate work in Adult Continuing Education, is a retired independent insurance agent who previously served several
years as a training program developer and supervisor with the home office of
the Allstate Insurance Co, in
Illinois.
He was active in both the Chicago and the Illinois State Jaycees, serving
as director of officer and directors’ training for two years each. He returned
to
Michigan as a partner in an agency in
Ypsilanti for 24 years.
He has been a volunteer in numerous civic
and governmental boards, (Cemetery, Library, County Mental Health, St. Joseph
Mercy Hospital, Planning Board (Ann Arbor ), Hospice of Washtenaw, Industrial Development
Board, Rotary Club, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, etc.) frequently as an
officer.
Presently he is devoted to Ethics in
business, civic boards, and government; and is working to bring honesty,
openness, and justice to government and business and social organizations, and
at all levels and in all political parties. He is a member of the executive committee
of the Cheboygan Democratic party, and is the Editor of the Straits Area
Concerned Citizens for Peace and Justice periodical, BROADSIDE. |
 Jim Ramelis
jpramelis@localnet.com
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Jim has a B.A. in Religious Studies from California State University at Bakersfield. He resides in the western part of Mackinaw County in the Upper Peninsula. Jim is a retired civil servant with union leadership experience. He is involved with the U.P. People for Peace, Justice, and the Environment as well as the Straits Area Concerned Citizens. Jim is a member of Veterans For Peace, the Disabled American Veterans, and is a District level Chaplain with the American Legion in the U. P. Jim is a contact person for the 1st Congressional District's Progressive Democrats of America.
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Paula Ramelis
jpramelis@localnet.com
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Paula holds an Associate of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Education, from Bay de Noc Community College, in Escanaba. She served West Mackinac County as an EMT and Captain of The Ambulance Corps for a total of 20 years before she retired. She currently lives in the western part of Mackinaw County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and works with children in the community. She joined the Straits Area Concerned
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Richard Riker
rrriker@freeway.net
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MSU 56 Chemistry, retired, held many positions with Total Petroleum (26years + 5 years as a consultant) longest position Manager of InformationSystem.
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Joe Weisner |
Joe graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with a BS degree in Electronic Engineering. He was employed by the U of M in several capacities within the Electrical Engineering dept., the Radiological dept., and the Cooley Memorial Laboratory. He owned and operated a small tool & die manufacturing company and he also was a partner in an Electronic design firm. He closed out his active working career with the Ford Motor Company holding supervisory positions in the Dearborn, Michigan research center. Joe has vacationed in the Cheboygan area for many years and became a permanent resident in 1992. Joe hopes his work with this group will ultimately bring lasting peace to the world. |
