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Red Devils Find Gold at U.P. Finals
May 31, 2008 Kingsford Michigan
The U.P. Track and Field Finals took place at Kingsford High
School and the Ironwood Red Devils took home the gold in
Division 2 Boys competition. Ironwood finished first with 101
points. Ishpeming was second with 75 points followed by
Westwood scoring 66 points.
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Ironwood Red Devils Take Home the
Gold
at Bessemer "Marcy Bracket" Invitational
The Ironwood Red Devils came away from the Marcy Bracket
Track & Field event wining the Gol d in both the boys and girls division.
In the Girl's events
Ironwood was in first place with 170 points followed
closely by Bessemer with 160 points. Hurley came in
third with 110 points.
In the boys division Ironwood was
first scoring 190.5 points. Washburn was second with 100
points and Bessemer was third with 69 points.
05/06/08
MARCY BRACKET
Women's Track & Field Meet Results
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Washington School Students
Take Their Plants Outdoors
Earlier this year the fourth grade students
of the Washington School in Bessemer planted flower seeds in their
classroom. Since then, the students have cared for the plants until
they were planted today, May 29, 2008 .
Today the students of Mr. Gene Goss' class
along with Teaching Assistant Paula Barbacovi joined forces with the
Range Master Gardeners to finalize the gardening project started
earlier in March of this year. Read
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Master Gardener,Maggie Callaham making sure right plants
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Norrie Park
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Photo above left Master Gardener Diane Fontechio teaching planting techniques to Norrie 4th
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Ironwood - June 2, 2008
Sixty-three fourth grade students from Norrie School along
with their teachers
Mrs. Quigley, Miss Kusz, and Mrs. Kangas spent a day at
Norrie Park learning new skills.
Gordon Frase headed up the Range Master Gardeners who helped
the fourth graders plant marigolds in the classroom in March
and then the Master Gardeners helped the students transplant
the marigolds, water and mulch the flowers at the park
gardens.
After planting, small groups of students spent time with
Principal Kerkove who took the students on a tour and Mrs.
Kerkove taught a water color class with the students.
Also, Dave Anderson of the Gogebic County Forestry and Park
Commission explained to the children how to measure a tree
to determine its age and walked the students around the park
to show them all the native evergreens.
While Vickie Nelson, MSU-4H Program Associate taught the
enthusiastic children casting skills, other students walked
through the park with Sue Trull, forest botanist at the US
Forest Service in Ironwood pointed out the various invasive
plants and animals that are at Norrie Park .
Jim Mildren, the chairman of the Norrie Park Committee of
the Kiwanis Club of Ironwood, stopped by to see how the day
was progressing. The local Kiwanis Club has been involved
and has funded the beautification program with the Norrie
Students at Norrie Park for 14 years.
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Ontonagon Saturday May 30, 2008
Today in Ontonagon, Pamida opened it's fifth new store this
year. While the store has been open since last Friday, today
was the Grand Opening Celebration. More events will also take
place tomorrow. Although the weather was not as good as it
could be residents still came out for the ribbon cutting,
speeches and music.
The opening of the Pamida store in Ontonagon follows the
opening of the Wal-Mart store in Ironwood Township, leaving
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10th Annual Fundraiser
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Ima Lerner Reporting
The Covington Multi-purpose Building in Covington was rocking
with the music of Wil Kilpela and Friends
as a Spring Fundraiser Dance was held for the 10th Annual
Finnish Music Festival to be held in
Covington on June 29 and 29. The fundraiser dance was hosted by
the Upper Peninsula Ethnic Music
Alliance. The 10th Annual Finnish Music Festival will include
Finnish Music, Dancing, Workshops,
and Food throughout both days. On Saturday June 28th activities
will start at 11:00AM until
11:00PM and Sunday June 29th a dance from 1:00PM to 6:00PM
featuring Brent Buswell and Bert
Stromholm (Finlandia Foundation's Performer of the Year) and Wil
Kilpela & Friends Band.
Admission on Saturday is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 Youth 8 to 16
and children under 8 are free.
Admission to the dance on Sunday is $5.00.
Joining the Wil Kilpela band for the fundraiser on May 25th were
muscians like the Thimbleberry Band (Matt DeRoscher, Kelly
Suvanto, Oren Tikkanen and Dale Bezotte), Tanya Stanaway, and
Les Ross, Sr.
stepped up to the stage to take their turn. Everyone hit the
dance floor before, during and after
enjoying delicious huge pasties, sweet rolls, justoa (cheese)
and coffee, pop or water. There was
also a 50/50 drawing....the winner gave his share back to aid
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Library Contract a Done Deal
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May 27, 2008 Ironwood Township
The impasse between the Ironwood Library Board and the Ironwood
Township Board of Supervisors is over. Thanks to level headed
and sensible members of each side, the contract was approved 4-2
at last week's Library Board Meeting and was ratified tonight by
a 6-1 vote at Township Hall.
The negotiations were at an impasse largely because of the
negative attitude of Bruce Noren and his unfriendly Friend$ of
the Library. From the outset Noren tried to sabotage the
negotiations he was supported by Board chairman, Margaret Rayner,
wife of Ironwood School Superintendent, James Rayner.
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Memorial Day 2008 started off
as a gray day and proceeded to get colder and
more foggy. 9:00AM services took place in
Ontonagon at the VFW Post 5600 War Memorial
Monument on main street of Ontonagon and then
the Veterans and High School Band proceeded to
the Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside Cemetery, the
Catholic Cemetery along with a service at the
Ontonagon River. Taps were played by High School
band members Abby Sewell and Emily Shiner.
Another Memorial Day event took place in
Rockland with the American Legion Post 92
Veterans gathering at the Irish Hollow Cemetery,
the Veteran's Wall in Rockland, a parade down
main street of Rockland with all the Vets and
the Ontonagon High School Band, and finally a
ceremony at the Woodlawn Cemetery. MC was Donnie
Bussiere, Guest Speaker was Pastor John West,
naming of the deceased by Andy Bussiere, and
closing prayer by Barb Urbis. A luncheon was
served to all High School Band members,
Veterans, families and friends at the Rockland
Community Center.
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Ontonagon VFW
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War Memorial Completed
The Ontonagon VFW Post 5600 took on the task of
repairing the War Memorial with hopes of
completing the work by Memorial Day. They
accomplished this task on May 23rd with time to
spare. According to Jim Holmes, Post Commander,
the cement was cracking away from the stone so all
the loose stone were refit and mortered. The
granite was waterblasted and acid cleaned and then
a protective coat was applied. Hawley Lumber
Company donated the paint for the project. Also
the under-ground piping and valves have been
replaced. There is now a drain and cut-off valves.
All the electrical has been updated and a new box
installed. Scott Weisinger and Joe DeHut from the
Power Company were on hand for this. Gary Komula
and John Hamm from the Village helped with the
clean-up after the work was completed. Dave
Gregory, head of the committee to repair the war
memorial, stated that an estimate of $500.00 in
supplies will be paid by the Ladies Auxilary.
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Picture: (L-R)
Committee Members: Kneeling, George Pestka, Dave
Gregory, Standing: Kenny Roehm, John Cherro,
Dick Erickson, Jackie Erickson, Jim Holmes, Post
Commander Missing: Peggy Emblad, Brian Amos
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Large Turnout
For U.S. 2 Proposal A second
spokesperson for MDOT, Ben Feldhausen was on hand
to discuss the visual impact portion of the US 2
proposal. You can review it on the Bessemer
website. Interestingly the grants referred to with
this presentation do not emanate from MDOT, but
rather from the U.S. Government, through a program
that may or may not be around in the future. Over
and over residents kept confusing the visual
enhancement presentation with the lane change
proposal. Over and over the MDOT representatives
had to explain that the two items are independent
and one has nothing to do do with the other.
Photo right: Rocky Racovities, owner of Bessemer
Auto spoke to the commission on the lane change
proposal and how it will hurt his business. Rocky
has plans to close the new Ford Sales lot and
bring the used cars back to his original location.
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Monday _ Bessemer Michigan
Monday evening the Bessemer City
Commission meeting was moved into the auditorium
in order to accommodate the more that 200
residents and business owners who showed up
largely to protest the proposed lane changes to
U.S Hwy 2. At least 6 out of 10 speakers were
against the plan and 2 petitions were presented to
the council that were also against the measure.
The proposal is not a new one one. It originated
over 5 years ago and was presented to both
Ironwood and Bessemer at that time. Ironwood
rejected the proposal immediately and the concept
seemed to die with the Ironwood rejection. At the
special hearing many people asked how did this
idea reincarnate itself? No one on the city
council would take credit for the proposal, and
the MDOT representatives would not provide an
answer to the question. Jokingly, the audiance
proposed that it arrived as a lightning bolt from
God.
Mike Premco, MDOT representative explained
that similar lane changes elsewhere have resulted
in an accident rate reduction of approximately
20%. They would however, do as most politicians do
hedge by saying they could not predict the same
results for Bessemer. Although U.S. 2 in Bessemer
carries a daily rate of 10,000 vehicles
(36,500,000 vehicle annually) it only has 10-12
accidents per year. The severity of these in terms
of property damage or bodily injury was not
disclosed. This information was greeted by
residents who then said "if it isn't broken, don't
fix it."
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Ironwood Holds
Citywide
Trash Collection DayIronwood - the city wide trash
day took place Saturday in downtown Ironwood.
The lines of cars and trucks were smaller than in
previous years and moved along quickly.City workers once again volunteered to help with
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Pamida Grand Opening May 30th
Ima Lerner reporting:
The Pamida store in Ontonagon is almost ready for
opening as the shelves are being
stocked. According to Betty Lewis, Manager, the
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and
Grand Opening will be held on Friday, May 30,
2008, and there will be more specials,
sales, give-aways, promotions, and children's
activities on Saturday, May 31, 2008.
If they are able to open for business before May
30th, an announcement will be
made on the radio during the Jan Tucker show.
With The opening of Pamida, there
remains but one major retailer left to announce
their grand opening and that's Walgreens Drug
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Ewen-Trout Creek
to Hold 41st Commencement Ceremony
The Ewen-Trout Creek School District will hold
it’s 41st annual commencement ceremony on Friday, May
23, 2008 at 7:00 PM in the Ewen-Trout Creek Gymnasium.
Twenty seven seniors are scheduled to graduate with
the Ewen-Trout Creek Class Of 2008.
The E-TC High School Band, directed by Bradley Besonen,
will perform the processional after which
Superintendent Cathy Shamion will give the welcome.
The Salutatorian Address for the E-TC Class of 2008
will be given by Garrett Byrne. Garrett is the son of
Brad & Nancy Byrne of Ewen.
Steven Jousma, son of Charlie & JoAnn Jousma of Bruce
Crossing will give the class President’s address.
Chase Leskela, Student Council President and son of
Jerry & Andrea Leskela of Bruce Crossing, will then
give the Student Council Address.
The Valedictorian of the Ewen-Trout Creek Class of
2008 is Allison Gustafson, daughter of Steve and Char
Gustafson. Allie will give the Valedictorian’s
address.
Principal Lee Lindberg will present the Ewen-Trout
Creek Class of 2008 to Superintendent Cathy Shamion
for graduation. Kirk Schott, President Of The Ewen-Trout
Creek Board Of Education, will then present the senior
class with their diplomas.
A class video will be shown at the conclusion of the
Commencement Exercises as the farewell to the E-TC
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Industrial Arts Students have a Sale Ontonagon School District -
Friday and Saturday the Industrial Arts students had a
sale at which they sold the many wonderful items that they
made this past year. The wrought iron works were of great
quality and we sold at prices well below market value.
Student of the LOI, Troy Bailey, with the item he
built himself, a log holder, and had up for sale Friday
and Saturday, May 9 and 10.
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Lake Superior
Classic a Success
Friday may 16th the second annual BBQ Cook Off
took place at the Ontonagon Recreational Center.
Eight area professional BBQ team squared off in
the BBQ competition. The menu for the affair
included; BBQ Baby Back Ribs, BBQ Chicken, BBQ
Beef and Chili. The $15. meal also included baked
potato, baked beans, corn on the cob, dessert and
coffee. Additional beverages were were on sale by
the Ontonagon Hockey Association. All the proceeds
from this event went to the Ontonagon Cancer
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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP -- Great
Lakes Airlines will begin serving the Gogebic-Iron
County Airport with daily flights on June 1,
the company announced Friday. Daily
flights will be offered to Milwaukee's General
Mitchell International Airport.On April 10, Great Lakes was awarded the Essential
Air Service contract for Ironwood and Manistee.
Skyway Airlines, operating as Midwest Connect,
pulled its Essential Air Services at both the
Gogebic-Iron and Rhinelander-Oneida airports on
April 5.
Chuck Howell, CEO of Great Lakes Airlines, based
in Cheyenne, Wyo., said on April 30 his company
was able to secure the additional aircraft needed
to restore service. "We are looking forward to
restoring service to Ironwood. Great Lakes has a
rich history with the area and we are excited to
be returning," Howell said. Flight 7198 will
depart Ironwood at 10:21 a.m. and arrive in
Milwaukee at 11:57 a.m. Flight 7183 will depart at
4:36 p.m. and arrive in Milwaukee at 6:12 p.m.
The Milwaukee to Ironwood flights will include:
--Flight 7197: Leaving Milwaukee at 8:30 a.m. and
arriving in Ironwood at 10:11 a.m.
--Flight 7182: Departing from Milwaukee at 2:45
p.m. and arriving here at 4:26 p.m.
All flights will operate daily.
Great Lakes provides passenger service to 44
airports in 12 states.
"We're extremely encouraged and excited about this
new service, and the opportunity that it once
again opens up for our traveling public,"
Gogebic-Iron County Airport Manager Duane DuRay
said. For more information, visit the company's
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Saturday at the Lake Woodcarver David Furgason spends Saturdays on US 2
at Sunday Lake. When you find him there he'll be
surrounded by his "Crockett's Chainsaw Critters" Dave
is a resident of Wakefield and sells his carvings each
Saturday. If you're in need of a dandy carving give him
a call at 224-1107. Dave has a large selection of carvings to choose
from and if your just interested stop by for a
demonstration. Below photo: David Furgason gives demo to
onlookers. Seen to his right is Dave's wife and son. photo Dave packs up a carving for another
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Gas Prices Doesn't Slowdown Garage Sales Saturday Garage Sales enthusiast hit the road seeking
out hidden treasures During Bessemer's annual citywide garage sale day. With all the sales available and all the cars riding around, one would not think that gas has just about hit the government's goal of $4 per gallon! |
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Ontonagon Veteran's Memorial
Restoration Has Begun
Linda Graham, Ontonagonan Bureau
The Ontonagon VFW Post 5600 met and picked a committee
of six to work on the restoration of the Veteran's
Memorial located near the Holiday Gas Station downtown
Ontonagon. Work was to have started a few weeks ago but
the last snow of the season caused a delay. On Friday,
May 2, 2008 work began as Dave Gregory, head of the
restoration committee, and volunteer John Cherro began
removing the sand and rocks from the trough that
surrounds the monument.
According to Gregory, a complete restoration is planned
which includes a working fountain. Members of the
restoration committee include Dave Gregory, leader,
Peggy Emblad, George Pestka, Ken Roehm, Jackie Erickson,
and John Cherro. According to Cherro, they hope to have
the work completed for Memorial Day.
Picture above: (L to r) Volunteers Dave Gregory and John
Cherro
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A Night of Art
A Night of Music
Who Could Ask
for Anything More?
Thursday evening the
Artists and musicians of Ewen_Trout Creek School
District gave proof to notion that a school is not a
school without art and music programs. The art show was
part of the art program of Mrs. Gina Lindberg and the
music was performed as part of Bradley Besonen. The teachers and students of each program
gave confirmation to the recent school boards decision
not to cut these programs. This was the eighth
annual "Evening of the Arts" and we all went away
waiting for many more such evenings.Sharon Helppi a senior in the choir presents Director
Bradley Bessonen with a Carnaton
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Ontonagon Girls
Finish Third,
Boys finish second
in Ontonagon Invite ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon girls finished third
at the Ontonagon Invitational Thursday. The Boys
team finished second behind Calumet.
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Extreme Tool and Engineering
Opens R&D Office in Hancock Smartzone
The Hancock incubator is now full HANCOCK -- The M-Tec Smartzone
business incubator in Hancock is now full, after two
new companies moved to the Portage campus this week. Hawk Technologies Incorporated, an
engineering design firm, is one of them. The company
now employs six people, but hopes to expand to 13 in
the next three years. The second new business is Extreme
Tool and Engineering. It's now headquartered in
Wakefield, and plans to move into their research and
development office at the Smartzone in the next few
days. The Hancock incubator is now home to
eight companies.
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Ironwood Native to receive first historic restoration
award
Milwaukee
Schandein Mansion,
24th St.and Grand Ave. c. 1890.
It is appropriate that the evening will also feature a
special presentation - the
Society's first Historical Preservation Award. Jody
Michael Armata, owner of
NorthShore Funeral Services will be honored for the
renovation and restoration
of the building on the comer of Menio Blvd. and Oakland
Ave.
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Calumet - Houghton
split
Copper Country Invitational
CALUMET — Tuesday’s Copper Country
Invitational came down to a battle of two schools.Houghton and Calumet swapped spots in for first and
second place for most of the meet.
When the dust finally settled, the Gremlin girls and
the Copper King boys came away with the titles.
The final outcome on the girls side wasn’t determined
until the last race of the day. A victory by the
Gremlins in the 1,600-meter relay locked things up for
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Bessemer golfers still swinging The high school team nearly had to shut down. BESSEMER -- The Bessemer High
School golf team came close to shutting down earlier
this spring, but thanks to some hard work and an
anonymous donor, they've been able to stay out on
the links. The school district cut off
funding last summer, and the team was hoping to
continue as a self-funded sport, but by April,
things looked bleak. They didn't have the $1400 they
needed for transportation and operational costs. But an anonymous donor stepped
forward with some cash and the students started
paying a participation fee. "The kids have done a very good to
this point," explained principal Mark Johnson. "We
had to charge them a participation fee upfront to
make sure we could raise those funds. We hope by the
end of the season, we can refund that amount back to
the students and then we have a base going forward
into the next year." The golfers are still trying to
raise money. They've scheduled a car wash fundraiser
at the Ironwood Wal-Mart on Saturday, May 10. And on
May 17, the team will hold a prime rib dinner
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The 2008 Trout Creek Art Show
Trout Creek Saturday May 3, 2008 - The Trinity Lutheran
Church hosted the seventh annual Trout Creek Art Show this
past Saturday. Again, the show was a great success.
The show had more than thirty artist displaying their
talent in the show sponsored by the Trout Creek Library.
In addition to the art itself viewers were treated to
several live demonstrations including a progressive
painting,
where artists and viewers added to a painting throughout
the day. This fall the
Library will present the annual photography show,
tentatively scheduled for the first Saturday of October.
Mark your calendar!
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School Elections
Tomorrow
May 5, 2008 Tomorrow is election day in the G.O.I.S.D. in each
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Levin delivers MTU commencement address HOUGHTON — In a 1962
speech, President John F. Kennedy made a vow: There
would be a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
With months to spare, and after a massive mobilization
of money, effort and intelligence, it happened.
Keeping that gargantuan accomplishment in mind, U.S.
Sen. Carl Levin had a question for Michigan
Technological University’s graduates-to-be in his
commencement address Saturday.
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First
Annual Fusion Fest Finlandia University
International School of Art & Design hosted its first
ever "Fusion Fest at the university's Portage Campus. There
were food and vendor booths offering jewelry, fiber art and
other arts and crafts for sale as well as several
international food cuisines .
The day was filled with demonstrations and musical treats
performed by local bands; Thimbleberry, Fiddlehead, Keeweenaw
Brewgrass, Rhythem 203, Polka Drifters, and The Jimmy
Hats.
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Graham of Ontonagon gets up-close juggling demonstartion by
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Congratulations
Gremlins!
The thirty-second year of High School Bowl came to an
exciting conclusion Saturday evening when the Gremlins of
Houghton met the Miners of Negaunee. After all the
questions were asked and all the answers were given the
clock ran out on the Negaunee Miners. The Gremlins of
Houghton emerged as the 2008 High School Bowl Champions,
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Students Win Awards at Broadcasting Conference WNMU-TV
broadcast students won several awards at the Michigan
Association of Broadcasters Conference on March 11,
2008. The students earned accolades the following
television categories: Daily Newscast/Sportscast, Talk
Show, Public Service Announcement, and Sports
Play-by-Play.
Katie Cox received Honorable Mention for "Public Eye
News" in the Daily Newscast division. Second Place for a
Talk Show went to Dan Vandermeuse, Ian Mcleod, and James
Opiekun for "Standing O," for which NMU Professor Chuck
Ganzert serves as faculty advisor. NMU Professor Louise
Bourgault (not photographed) was instrumental in
bringing African pop diva Nainy Diabate to NMU’s campus
where she performed on the program “Standing O.”
Elizabeth Gasperich (not photographed) took the second
place Public Service Announcements. Another second place
honor was garnered by Cody Smith (not pictured), Dan
Vadermeuse, Tyler Czarnopis, and Luis Gómez for their
sports play-by-play of China vs. USOEC Wrestling,
Boxing, Weightlifting event in NMU's Berry Events Center
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Student Broadcasters with MAB Award Certificates
James Opiekun (back); Luis Gómez (front); Tyler
Czarnopis (back); Katie Cox (front);
Dan Vandermeuse (back); NMU Professor Chuck Ganzert
(front); and Ian Mcleod (back)
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"Prom Night" In
Ontonagon, Ima Lerner Reporting: The Ontonagon Area School District High School Gym and
Cafeteria were decked out to the theme of
"Paris Under The Stars" for the 2008 Junior Prom held
Saturday April 19, 2008. Forty-four couples took part in
the grand march. Crown Bearers were Luke Soumis and Teddi
and Ella Menigoz.
Last year's prom royalty of King Tim Tucker, Queen Anye
Bonzell, Prince Michael Kioski and Princesses Lauren
Silver, Hannah Axley, and Kelsey Kemppainen were on hand
to crown the new royalty. The royal court for 2008 are
Prince Tyler Moore, Princess Hailey Frazer, King Logan
Roberts and Queen Kaisa Blake.
Dana Brookins was the MC for the evening and the 2008 Prom
Committee Officers were President Andrew Pestka, Vice
President Emily Seid, Secretary Jessica Chabot, and
Treasurer Haily Frazer. Other members of the prom
committee were Jonathon Seid, Samantha Anttila, Tyler
Moore, Emily Westman, Logan Roberts, Kaisa Blake, Tory
Hill, Michelle Bigger, Ryan Huff, and Marja Kemppainen.
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Track Season Starts
Under The Dome More than enough teams showed up at the
Superior Dome for the kickoff of the track season.
Some events had so many participants that runners were
started on the lane lines. Ironwood boys came in
third in Division Two Boys with 46.5 points and the
Ironwood girls also came in third in Division Two Girls
with 42 points Ontonagon boys placed 2nd in the 3200 relay
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Kontika Black Bear Lanes - White
Pine
The winter bowling
leagues came to a grand finale this week when the Monday Night
Men's League and the Wednesday Night Women's league had their
League Roll-Off to determine who would walk away with the
green.
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E-T-C Variety Show a Big
Hit
The third annual Ewen-Trout Creek elementary spring variety show was
once again a great success. Mike Urbis was the master of
ceromonies. Music was provided by "Captain Al" Students
played to a packed house, featuring a "variety" of acts,
singing, dancing, instrumentals and dancing. The show went off
well without a single hitch.
Photos Top; Dance routine by the "4-H Little Dancers"
Later in the evening the audience was treated to another dance
routine by the "4-H Big Stars" (Photo Bottom)
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Photos Top; Dance routine by the "4-H Little Dancers"
Later in the evening the audience was treated to another dance
routine by the "4-H Big Stars" (Photo Bottom)
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Master Gardeners Helping To Keep Our World Green!
Students Complete Wisconsin Master
Gardener
Volunteer Training Classes
The participants received 36 hours of
horticultural training with UW-Extension specialists and
faculty.
In order for the trainees to become certified and
maintain their certification, the Master Gardener
Volunteers must volunteer 24 hours in approved community
gardening activities and receive ten hours of additional
training every year.
The purpose of the UW-Extension Master Gardener Program
is to train volunteers to provide horticultural
information specific to local climates, soils and plants
to the gardening public, based on University research.
If you would like more information on the Wisconsin
Master Gardener Volunteer Program, call Lynn Adams at
the UW Iron County Extension office at 561-2695 or call
toll free from southern Iron County at 1-888-561-2695
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Joe and Carol Goffnett –Ironwood,
Kris Henker-Manitowish Waters, WI, Susan and Dr.
Rob Gardner - Ironwood, and Maggie Callaham-Hurley.
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MDOT May Rethink
Wal-Mart Survey
At the last regular meeting of the Ironwood Township
Board it was mentioned that the Township had received a copy
of a letter sent to Marvin Marks by MDOT. The MDOT letter
was in reply to correspondence regarding the intersection of
US Hwy 2 and Country Club Road. In that letter Mr. Marks had
expressed his concerns about the lack of a traffic light at
the Wal-Mart intersection. IronwoodInfo has received
a copy of the letter through a Freedom of Information
Request.
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Ironwood Township Board
News April 15, 2008 - Ironwood Bureau The Charter Township Board of Trustees meet
in regular session yesterday. The group quickly dispensed
the many items on their agenda. The communications section
of the Agenda is what brought most of the afternoon's
discussion.The trustees had received a letter from M.D.O.T. regarding
the U.S. 2 and Country Club Road intersection now know as
the Wal-mart Intersection. The details of the letter were
not disclosed. However, it was noted that there has already
been two accidents at the site.Two letters were received
from the Ironwood Public Library. The township has made an
offer to the library group. The library board did not
respond to the offer in a timely fashion, so that it might
be be acted upon at the Township Meeting. There was a great
deal of discussion by the trustees and the audience on this
matter. The center of the subject is the difference in fees
charged to Erwin and Ironwood Townships. While Erwin pays
the library just a few hundred dollars for use of the
library by its constituents, Ironwood Township is charged a
millage, approximately $15,000 plus their penal Fines which
were $20,000 in the last fiscal year. Some trustees felt
that the failure of the library group to respond in a timely
fashion resulted in the expiration of the offer. The
trustees will wait until today's meeting of the library
board.In new business the trustees discussed bids on scrap pickup,
a burn permit requested for Beagle Club Road. Also discussed
was a complaint from Marvin Marks pertaining to a blight
situation near his township property. The trustees asked
Supervisor Rick Estola to reinspect the property in
question. Tom Schneller request a refund of an unused
building permit fee. He has recently purchased a new up
dated permit for the same property. The refund was approved.Mentioned under old business: Personnel Policy change - only
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Public Not Welcomed
At Public Library For several weeks the Ironwood public library advertised
"an appreciation night at the Carnegie Library." The ad
posted on the Daily Globe Calendar clearly stated that the
social event was open to the public and that refreshments
would be served. However, when an IronwoodInfo reporter
and photographer showed up at the affair they were told by
Elaine Erickson, librarian and wife of city manager Scott
Erickson, that the event was a private party sponsored by
those not so friendly "Friends of The Library.
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Carnegie Has Its Own
Fiddler
According to Ironwood Treasurer Julie Fredrickson the
Library Fund is 40% over budget. That certainly is an
understatement. Fredrickson's own accounts show that as of
March 31, 2008 the Ironwood
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Graphic: The Remorse of Nero
by John William Waterhouse. 1878. Oil on Canvas, and the
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Noren: "Library Yes", Civic Center No"
and "No" Again Ironwood
Monday April 28, 2008 A packed house was at hand at
tonight's city commission meeting. On hand was the
community's kids, the Polar Bears and Ice Crystals to
demonstrate support for the renewal of the Civic Center
millage due to expire next summer. Councilmen, Bruce Noren
used every parliamentary trick up his sleeve to kill the
millage.
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Kids show up at City Hall to support the civic center,
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Carnegie Library Board
MeetingT he Carnegie Library Board met Tuesday
afternoon in a cramped room in the basement of the library
building. The regular session included many topics ranging
from building renovations to contracts.
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That Time of Year Again Every year on April 15.....Bottomline
Bookkeeping in Ontonagon adorns their front door with red,
white, and blue balloons. A great reminder that it is the
last day to file your State and IRS taxes.April 15th and just hours to the tax filing deadline.
Taxpayers must get their tax returns or requests for
extensions in the today. It is expected that most returns
will be filed earlier this year so filers can receive the
the tax rebate. A busy day ahead for Bottomline Bookkeeping
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Makes Pitch For Bond Issue
At the beginning of the
Township Board Meeting it was announced that this would be a
regular township meeting and was "not a public hearing on
the bond proposal."
Legally this was of course correct, however, a public
hearing it was indeed. That's what everyone was there for
and that's what everyone got. The regular meeting was
formally and promptly, closed.
When the Dog and Poney Show was over Ontonagon Taxpayers
went home with more questions than answers.
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DeMasi Sworn In As
Newest DIDA Member -
The Downtown Ironwood Development Authority
gained a new member this week as Louise Demasi was sworn in
as its newest member. At the same meeting three other
members submitted their resignations in absentia, Don Hitt,
Rachael Hubbard Librarian Elaine Erickson. Absenteeism has
been a serious problem at DIDA which has not had a quorum
for quite some time.. Globe editor Joe Karius and Bruce
Noren. were also absent.
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DE MASI AND AUDIENCE APPALLED
City councilman Robert Burchell shocked an
otherwise comatose audience at the Ironwood City
Council Meeting when he made rude remarks to a
city taxpayer. The taxpayer, Steve Buda, has
been requesting zoning relief for his property
for many months. The property which is his
residence had been rezoned commercial and as a
result, has been nearly rendered worthless.
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LEGALITY OF LIBRARY
CONTRACT QUESTIONED
The Carnegie Library
Pursues additional Funding from Ironwood Township,
however, legal questions now abound.
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OFFICIAL: Township To Seek
Millage Approval Today, the Ironwood Township Board of Supervisors
held a joint special meeting with the Carnegie Library
Board. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the
continuation of the current fees that the Charter
Township pays to the library for services.
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THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY
CREW ATTEMPTS TO PICK THE POCKET OF TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS
Still angry that Wal-mart moved to the
Township and not the City. Bruce Noren and other library
members have made a ridiculous counter offer to The
Ironwood Charter Township,
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MSU Names New
Gogebic Extension Director Lucia
Patritto of Ironwood Michigan will take over as County
Extension Director May 1st, 2008. The position is currently
being held on an interim basis by Frank Wardynski who is
also the County Extension Director for Ontonagon.
Lucia Patritto has been the Family Development Agent and the
Wisconsin
Nutrition Education Program Coordinator for Iron County
UW-Extension since
1994. She loves teaching about food safety and food
preservation, and
enjoys canning and dehydrating in her "spare" time. She
holds a BA from
Northland College in Ashland, WI, and an MA from the College
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Airports now left with no air service The last Midwest
Connect flights out of three U.P. airports departed
Saturday.The last Midwest Connect
flights out of three Upper Peninsula airports took off
Saturday. Now, those airports have no service at all.
Two of them, Ford Airport in Dickinson County and Delta
County Airport will have air service again starting June 5
when Mesaba/Northwest comes in. Midwest was supposed to
provide air service until the changeover, but a deal to
subcontract the service to another carrier wasn't able to
be signed in time.
Gogebic-Iron County Airport will have no
air carrier at all.
Customers who have booked tickets on Midwest Connect
between now and June will be offered a refund or be
reissued their ticket originating from Green Bay.
Anyone who needs assistance making alternate arrangements
should call Midwest directly at either 414-570-4080 or
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Public Open House Scheduled to Review Plans for the Bergland
Dock Boating Access Site An open house is scheduled for 3:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April
22, to allow the public to review draft design plans for
improvements to the Bergland Dock Boating Access Site on
Lake Gogebic in the village of Bergland in Ontonagon County.
The open house will take place at the Bergland Township Hall
at 101 Pine St. in Bergland.
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Settlers
Credit Union Will be Moving in April
Story by Linda Graham
The Settlers Federal Co-op Credit Union is
gearing up for a move farther east on M-28 in
Bruce Crossing. The new building is nearing
completion and will be opened for business soon.
According to Diane Moilanen, CEO of the Credit
Union, moving will take place Friday, April 11
and Saturday, April 12. They will be closed on
those days. The new office located at 14623
M-28, Bruce Crossing, will open to serve the
public on Monday, April 14. A grand opening will
be held some time in June.
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Finlandia University
Announces Tuition Freeze
Philip Johnson, Finlandia president, stated “We’re living
within our means.
The decision by the board of directors to freeze tuition
is intended to show the university’s commitment to its
students."
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"NOW OPEN" story by Linda
Graham
The sign says it all. After months of
delays caused by Government reduction of employees in
Lansing, the Daydream Donut Shop finally opened
for business today. Daydream Donuts fell victim to
the same bureaucratic slowdown in
Lansing that has caused extensive delays in the opening
of the Ontonagon Pamida Store.Daydreams Donuts is located on U.S. Hwy. # 2 at Curry
Street.
Hours are from 5:30 A.M. until 10:30 A.M
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ONTONAGON AREA SCHOOL
DISTRICT ANNOUNCES HONOREES
Ontonagon Area Junior-Senior High
School has released the names of those students receiving
excellent grades through the second marking period.
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Daily Globe makes third
attempt at website. But the Superior Chronicle
Remains Simply Superior
The Daily Globe has
made yet another attempt at producing an on-line news
source. This "third" attempt is called "Your Daily
Globe.com" . But, unfortunately for the Globe others
websites have already filled Ironwood's need for on-line
news coverage.
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IRONWOOD WOMAN NAMED
MINNESOTA
AIRMAN OF THE YEAR Ironwood woman, Senior Airman Nicole
Rosga a member of the Duluth 148th Fighter Wing has been
named the Minnesota Airman of the Year for the First Air
Force. Read Full
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Use Caution When
Using On-Line Community Calendars!
Last week while perusing the new on-line
calendar of the Daily Globe several if not many errors were
discovered by a staff reporter of IronwoodInfo.
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One Down, Two to Go!
Wal-Mart Super Center
Opens, while two other major retailers get ready for
late spring openings.
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SETTING THE RECORD
STRAIGHT! A large contingent of Wilson street
residents showed up at last weeks planning and zoning
meeting to protest the proposed zoning change to their
neighborhood. Faced with reality the Zoning board took cover
and in true political fashion looked for a scapegoat for the
fiasco they had authored. What they stated for the
reason of the zoning change was far, far from the truth.
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Final Four Square Off In H.S. Bowl Saturday April 12, 2008
The original 50 high school teams competing in the High
School Bowl were pared down to the two teams that will
compete in next weeks Cerebral Championship.
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Last Year's Championship
Team
2007 High School Bowl Champs Gladstone and 2nd place
Marquette
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Quarter Final Round of Cerebral Sweet 16
Ironwood Red Devils vs.
Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils The first game of
Whiz Kid High School Bowl quarter finals took
place Saturday evening when the Gremlins of Houghton went up
against the Knights of Norway. Following that game, the Blue
Devils of Sault Ste Marie challenged the Red Devils of
Ironwood The event dubbed "The Cerebral 16" by
WNMU began earlier this year with 50
teams was reduced to sixteen school finalist and now eight
teams go into the quarter finals. Houghton had earlier
defeated Westwood and Norway defeated Ishpeming. Ironwood
defeated the Midgets of Hurley and Sault Ste Marie defeated
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Cerebral Shootout Continues
in Third and Fourth Games of
HS Bowl Quarterfinals Four teams competed Saturday
evening in what were the two remaining quarter final games
of the High School Bowl. High School Bowl is viewed on WMNU,
local channel 13 . The two victorious teams will move on to
meet last weeks winners, Houghton and Sault Ste Marie.
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PHOTO: Third Round Photo taken
March 22, 2008
Game 42 Calmet vs. Negaunee |
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Mortgage Crisis Hits
Home Citizens Bank announced
layoffs of 21 employees
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WINTER STORM
WARNING IN EFFECT -
7"-12 " of snow and sleet predicted for
tonight through tomorrow. With warmer weather and rain
predicted for mid-week raises concerns of flooding for our
area. Photo above shows the south branch of
Ontonagon River already over flowing its banks. Picture
was taken on Wednesday afternoon in Ewen, Michigan by
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Ironwood and Hurley Natives
Earn GCC Hoop Honors - Gogebic Community College has announced
its basketball awards from the past season. Two men and
two women were selected to the All Region 13 Team.
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News wins 18
Awards
in Michigan Associated Press Contest
Wednesday, April 16, 2008The Detroit News won 18 awards -- including seven
first-place reporting and photography awards, and the top
sweepstakes for photography -- in the 2007 Michigan AP
Editorial Association news writing, photo, graphics and
online contest, the organization announced Tuesday.The News won first-place reporting awards in the following
categories: investigative reporting, sustained coverage of a
single news event, and features, for a story on a quadruple
amputee's daily struggles by Christina Stolarz.
The newspaper also won the photo sweepstakes award and first
place for picture stories for the quadruple amputee feature
by Todd McInturf. It won three additional first-place photo
awards: news picture by McInturf; feature pictures by David
Guralnick; and sports pictures by Guralnick. "These awards
recognize the excellent news coverage provided by the
newspaper's staff in issues crucial to Michigan -- autos,
real estate, education, among others," said News Editor and
Publisher Jonathan Wolman. "It is important that
we continue to uphold our public service role by offering
aggressive daily reporting on our institutions and society." The awards given out were part of the thousands of
awards given out nationally by the Associated Press each
year. To be eligible for these awards you must be a customer
of the AP and buy your news services from them.
IronwoodInfo was not eligible to receive any of these awards
as we do not buy our news coverage. Who knows maybe next
year we may win a "Webbie" for superior Internet News!
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anything to sell or rent?
Do you want to buy something?
Do you have something to give-a-way?
Are you having a Garage Sale?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then
you should also know that YOU CAN ADVERTISE FOR FREE
ON_LINE, ON THIS WEBSITE.
We only charge businesses for their ads. So why not
place your ad in the IronwoodInfo classifieds where
it's absolutely free and seen by thousands of
viewers each week.
Just
email your ad to:
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Ironwoodinfo.com is wholly owned by Ironwoodinfo, Inc., a
non-profit Michigan media corporation.
This website will now serve as a local
online magazine offering local information about Gogebic, Iron
and Ontonagon Counties.
Ironwoodinfo.com is offering free online
classified ads. to non-commercial entities. We also offer free of
costs:
U.S. and World News through live news feeds on our Home Page
and of course we offer you local news through a direct link to
The Superior Chronicle Ironwoods on-line news leader.
You will be able to enjoy articles of
local interest including political and economic
investigative reports. There is a food and cooking feature
which serves up recipes certainly to be of interest in our
community. A new year-long garden column serves to answer your
garden questions and provide other information of interest to the
garden enthusiast.
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church information for your needs.
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