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Mining To Return by 2013? |
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| Ironwood Township - March 6, 2009 Nearly
70 people attended an informational meeting
tonight at the GCC Linquist Center. The audience
put aside their plans for Friday night in order
hear first hand the status and plans for the
proposed "Copperwood" mine project slated to
open in Ironwood Township. The old mine sits
near the border of Ironwood and Wakefield
Townships.
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Out With the Old |
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| White Pine - March 6, 2009
As reported previously by IronwoodInfo, the
expected closing of the The Mobil Oil service
center at White Pine is no longer supposition
but reality. White Pine is now without a service
station, however owners of recreational vehicles
will have a source for their Petrol needs beginning
next week. The Konteka is installing gas tanks to
fill a portion of the void left by the Mobil
closing.
White Pine has now lost a Clinic, a Pharmacy, a
Real Estate Office, a Gas Station, a School District
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In With the New |
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| New gasoline pump being
installed at Knoteka Motel and Restaurant will
provide gasoline for the area's many snowmobile and
ATV enthusiasts. The installation is expected to be
completed next week. |
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County Hastens R.A.C.
Formation |
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Bessemer - February 28, 2009
Wednesday afternoon
representatives of the Ottawa
National Forest Service in
Bessemer came before the Gogebic
County Commision to discuss the
formation of a R.A.C. required
under the Secure Rural Schools
Recovery Act.
The County recently received
$635,049 from the federal
government which was distributed
to the school districts and the
townships based on their
percentage of NFS acres. The
schools received $476,286. The
remainder will go to the
townships for care and
improvement of federal
government acreage under Title
2.
Speaking to the Commissioners
was Susan Spear, Forest
Supervisor. Also addressing the
board was Melanie B. Fullman.
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| The following statistical
information was thoughtfully
provided to us by Sue Pertile,
Gogebic County Treasurer.
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2008 ACTUAL |
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JE#12585 |
NFS |
% of County |
2008 |
School Amt. |
Twp. Amt. |
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$ 635,049.00
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Acres |
NFS Land |
Receipt Amt |
75% |
25% |
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Bessemer |
14,780
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4.71% |
$ 29,910.81
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$ 22,433.11
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$ 7,477.70
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Ironwood |
12,702
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4.05% |
$ 25,719.48
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$ 19,289.61
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$ 6,429.87
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Marenisco |
124,704
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39.75% |
$252,431.98
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$189,323.98
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$ 63,108.00
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Wakefield Twp. |
28,828
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9.19% |
$ 58,361.00
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$ 43,770.75
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$ 14,590.25
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Watersmeet |
132,698
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42.30% |
$268,625.73
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$201,469.30
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$ 67,156.43
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313,712
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100.00% |
$635,049.00
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$476,286.75
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$158,762.25
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TOTAL
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$635,049.00
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Promoting Our Strengths Group Meets With
Area Chambers |
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| Ironwood Township - February 25, 2009
Last evening the "Promoting our strengths "
work group met at the Gogebic Community
College. The purpose of the meeting
was to bring together the original group and
the area Chambers of Commerce. Members of
Bessemer, Hurley, Ironwood and Mercer
Chambers were represented. There was a
very good turn out which resulted in the
exchange of very good thoughts and
suggestions.
The group discussed ideas relating to
methods of promoting the strengths of our
area. It was interesting to share why people
chose to immigrate to the Gogebic and Iron
County area.
There was a lot of enthusiasm in
the project and it was decided to move
forward in the development of an area wide
website. The site is to not only serve to
promote our area but also provide a place
for interested immigrants to make needed
contacts in Gogebic and Iron Counties.
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The Promotion group is but part of a
four group "Next Generation" effort to to
reverse the decline of our area's
population.
The other three groups are charged with;
Retaining students by connecting them with
the communityAttracting young workers by
strengthening our niche.
Retaining young workers by building
social capital.
The Promotion group will meet again next
month in an effort to come up with a theme
or brand for our area and discuss
possible target groups for the promotion.
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Minutes of the
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Next Generation “Promoting Our
Strengths” Work-Group
Meeting Notes of February 25, 2009
Present
Will Andresen, Jessica Bolich, Lou Bonagura,
Corey Forslund, LeeAnn Garske, Lisa
Heberling, Kim Kolesar, Dan Petersen, Denise
Stephens, Mark Stephens, John Sendra, Toni
Sendra, Arvo Toolanen, Gary Theisen, Nancy
Zak
Purpose
The purpose of the meeting was to bring
together the area chambers of commerce to
discuss the idea of an area-wide promotional
campaign to attract people to the area to
live and work. Four area chambers were
represented at the meeting, including Hurley
and Mercer from Iron County and Bessemer and
Ironwood from Gogebic County.
Promotion Idea
The “Promoting Our Strengths” work-group
presented their idea to create a web-site to
attract people to the area and to connect
them to local contacts and resources and to
promote the web-site through a brochure to
be distributed by the chambers in their
regular mailings, local events and trade
shows.
Those in attendance agreed that such an
area-wide approach would be appropriate.
However, the consensus of the group was to
be more targeted in its efforts. In other
words, instead of a “shot gun” approach, a
more focused strategy aimed at specific
market segments would be more effective.
The group agreed that the first step would
be the creation of a web-site and then the
creation of a brochure (or other instrument)
to promote the awareness of the web-site.
Ideas for a web-site included:
Include “Gee-Whiz” Statistics that will
grab people’s attention (such as cost of
living (perhaps cost of living conversion
factors), education levels of current
residents, list of available jobs, natural
features, index of “best communities”,
commuting times and medical care)
Creation of a domain name
Creation of an area “brand name” or theme
that will be unique to our area (e.g. “Northwoods”)
Calendar of events
Linking communities together
Addressing negative mis-perceptions of the
area
Listing of how this community is similar
to others: 1) we have things for kids
(scouting, little league, sports, etc),
health care, affordable, fraternal
organizations
Links to other community web-sites
The group also discussed possible target
markets for this effort, including:
vacationers, past graduates, health care
professionals, engineering and design fields
and retirees.
Next Steps
The group agreed to meet again to begin
designing the web-site. We will focus on
developing a theme/brand for the web-site
and major sections to be included. Each
participant was asked to send up to three
ideas for a “theme” to Will Andresen who
will then compile the ideas and bring them
to the meeting to discuss and consider.
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday,
March 25, 6:00 PM, Room B-22, Jacob Solin
Business Center, Gogebic Community College. |
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Kimball Volunteer Firemen's
Famous Annual TurkeyFest |
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Kimball -
February 26, 2009
Our neighbors in Kimball are
holding their annual awesome
turkey dinner next week.
(By the way Jeanne at Ben's
Place has advance tickets
available for only $8.00.)
"The Kimball Volunteer Fire
Department is having
their famous Annual Turkey
Dinner fundraiser Sunday,
March 1st from 12 noon to
5:00 pm at the Kimball
Community Center.
A complete turkey dinner
with all the trimmings
including desert and
beverage."
Adults are $8.00.
Ages 5-12 $4.00 at the door
Under 5 are free
Take out dinners are
available on request.
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Firefighter One Class
at Wakefield Firehouse |
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| Wakefield - February 21, 2009
Wednesday evening nine young men and women
met for the eighth time to take study for
their fireman one designation. These
candidates are Gogebic's future fire
fighting force. From the questions and
answers which arose during the class it's
good to know that in the furure Gogebic
residents will be in competent hands.
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Township Holds Special Meeting |
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| Ironwood Township - February 20,
2009 The Ironwood Township Board held
a Special Meeting Wednesday for the
purpose of reviewing group insurance
coverage for the Township's employees.
The Board has received a proposal from
Employee Benefits Agency, Inc., of
Marquette, Michigan.
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I.V.F.D. Donates Defibrillator |
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| Ironwood - February 19, 2009
The Ironwood Area School District was
recipient of new Automatic External
Defibrillator. The AED, as it's
commonly called was donated to the school
district by Ironwood Volunteer Fire
Department.
The defibrillator was acquired by Chief Ken
Jacobson from the Pfizer Corporation .
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