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DAILY GLOBE
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
RIVERSIDE TRAIL PROJECT
Oja named
‘Counselor
of the Year’
Group means
to acquire
Interstate Falls
HURLEY — Hurley School
District guidance counselor
Melissa Oja will be honored with
a “Counselor of the Year” award
for 2014-'15 in Madison, the
school board was informed on
Monday.
She
will
receive
the
award on Feb.
18.
She
is
employed as a
junior-senior
high
school
counselor.
The
2015
Melissa
Wisconsin
Oja
School Counselors Association has scheduled its annual
conference for Feb. 17-19 at the
Monona Terrace Convention
Center in Madison.
The WSCA serves more than
1,400 school counselors in Wisconsin.
It supports school counselors'
efforts to promote academic, personal/social and career development in all students and serves
as advocates with legislators,
parents, school boards and other
educational professionals.
By CORTNEY OFSTAD
[email protected]
KIMBALL, Wis. — An effort
is taking place to acquire property at Interstate Falls in Kimball, Wis., as part of the Riverside Trail project.
The goal of the project is to
connect two waterfalls in Kimball — Interstate and Peterson
Falls — to Norrie Park in Ironwood, further connecting to a
regional non-motorized trail,
connecting Montreal and Hurley
in Wisconsin to Ironwood,
Bessemer and Wakefield in
Michigan.
A private land owner currently owns Interstate Falls and
allows for public access through
a hiking trail. Northwoods Land
Trust, Inc., and the town of Kimball are currently in the process
of trying to purchase the property to allow full public access and
connect it to the Riverside Trail
project.
Northwoods Land Trust, Inc.,
currently is working on submitting an application for the
Knowles-Nelson Stewardship
grant through the Wisconsin
Department
of
Natural
Resources. If the grant is
received, it would pay for around
50 percent of the expenses to
purchase the property.
The deadline for the grant is
Feb. 2.
According to Will Andresen,
member of the Riverside Trail
Project Committee, there is
NORTHWOODS LAND Trust, Inc. and the town of Kimball are currently in the process of trying to obtain Interstate Falls in Kimball, Wis., pictured above. The two groups are applying for a grant through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to connect the waterfalls to the
Riverside Trail project, stretching from Kimball to Hurley.
"nothing new" to report on the
grant, but they are going
through the grant writing process, getting letters of support
and getting a final figure on how
much the acquisition would cost.
If the property is acquired, it
would be "gifted" to the town of
Kimball, and the town would
maintain the property.
The project committee would
like to implement improvements
or structures on the property if
obtained. Current, there is a 0.3-
By RALPH ANSAMI
[email protected]
Submitted photo
HURLEY HIGH School won the 1949 WIAA state championship. From
left: front row, John Tocci, Clayton Corrigan, Bill Anich, Bob Rainaldo
and Gene Martino; back row, Pete Savant, Wayland Baron, coach Carl
Vergamini, Len Bartolutti, Carl Hermanson and Noel Mattel.
mile walking trail. Proposed
improvements include development of a new parking area and
installing steps, platforms, safety railings and other barriers.
Picnic tables and signage
would also be placed at the site.
"Northwoods Land Trust and
the town of Kimball are the
main drivers for this, but it is
part of the full trail process,"
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HURLEY — Carter Kuehn's
not sure why he loves Hurley so
much.
“I just feel connected to the
area,” he told Hurley School
Board members on Monday.
Kuehn, who lives in Brainerd, Minn., is working on a
movie or documentary on the
1949 Hurley Midget boys who
won a state basketball championship at a time when there
were no divisions of teams in
Wisconsin.
He said he has never made a
film or documentary before.
Kuehn appeared before the
board to request cooperation of
school officials and students.
“I'm seeking your blessing to
move forward,” Kuehn said,
before heading back to Brainerd. “I want to get kids involved
in the whole process,” he said.
Board members agreed to
participate in the project.
“The kids can help,” said K12 administrator Chris Patritto.
Kuehn has already been talking with staff members, including Steve Eder, Aaron Bender
and Roy Haeger.
Kuehn, 58, is a songwriter
and is involved in developing
entertainment projects.
“When people think of Hurley, they think of the lower
block. I want them to think of
that state championship in
1949,” Kuehn said.
He'd also like to point out in
his documentary what the business climate of Hurley was like
in the late 1940s.
He said his invovlement with
the community so far has
changed the way he looks at
mining returning to the Hurley
area and he may incorporate
the rich mining history into his
film.
Kuehn has already done
some research for the project.
He theorizes one of the reasons
Hurley was so good in the 1940s
HURLEY
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BESSEMER CITY COUNCIL
Bessemer City Council
approves new memorial site
By ALISSA PIETILA
BESSEMER — The Bessemer City council approved the
Downtown
Development
Authority plan to pursue a new
memorial site at its meeting on
Tuesday.
City
manager
Mike
Uskiewicz gave an initial presentation of the plan.
This would designate a “portion of the pocket park on Sophie
Street be dedicated to the perpetual use as a memorial site,”
the proposal said.
This would include the section from the north end of the
Abelman's building to the cedar
tree line as the site. The rest of
the space could be used by the
recreation committee for beautification efforts.
They hope to come up with a
design that would be of no cost
to the city of Bessemer.
According to John Frello, a
member of the DDA, “When the
Fourth of July committee started their Tree of Honor, recogni-
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THE BESSEMER city council held it's meeting on Tuesday to discuss arrangements for a new memorial site
for veterans and firefighters. From left are Doug Olsen, Linda Nelson, city clerk Jim Trudgeon, mayor
Butch Semmerling, city manager Mike Usciewicz and Marlene Zaleski.
tion. That was a wonderful idea,
a wonderful program. It has
been well received as you can
see by the number of individuals
that participate each year.”
“But, I think that concept is
ready for the next level,” he said.
They DDA wants to follow the
same idea and designate a space
for individuals to be recognized.
“The intent is not to cost the
city any money,” the DDA any
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Hurley School to cooperate in
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“Well pretty much follow the
idea, the concept, that Wakefield
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Plea entered
in drug case
BESSEMER — A 33-year-old
Ironwood man entered a guilty
plea Monday to a drug count in
Gogebic County Circuit Court.
Adam Stone entered the plea
to possession of a controlled substance less than 25 grams and
other charges against him will
likely be dropped when he is sentenced on Feb. 27.
He was arrested along with
two other people in an August
raid at 248 W. Larch St., in Ironwood. Heroin and meth were
seized there.
Stone faces a maximum sentence of six years in prison.
Previously, Carly Ann Pestka,
22, entered a guilty plea to a
heroin possession count in connection with the Gogebic-Iron
Area Narcotics Team raid. Her
sentencing date is scheduled for
March 3.
Gogebic
Conservation
District will hold
tree sale
On Friday, the Gogebic Conservation District announced the
beginning of its 2015 tree and
plant sale.
“We have great stock at good
prices for reforestation, gardening, landscaping and wildlife
habitat improvement projects,”
administrator Jim Finley said.
Orders are open until April 10
and delivery will take place on
May 1- 2.
“As always, if our selection
doesn't meet your needs, talk to
us and we'll try to find the plant
you want,” Finley said.
In Michigan, conservation districts can purchase plants from
wholesale nurseries and sell to
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Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . .4
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Falls
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Andresen said. " ... This is a signature piece of the Riverside
Trail."
As for the rest of the trail,
Andresen said the committee is
"about 50 percent through the
planning stage."
"The route is planned, but
we have made some connections within the city of Hurley,
the Hurley School District and
the Iron County Farmers Mar-
Hurley
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was because the school offered
basketball programs at a young
age under instructors like the
late Mario (Chief) Gianunzio.
He said Hurley was one of the
first schools in the nation to
coach basketball players at the
grade-school level.
There was a lot of interest in
grade school basketball in the
1950s and '60s, when St. Mary's
Catholic School produced some
dominating teams.
The Hurley High School gymnasium would typically be
packed for the annual seventh-
Bessemer
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did in their memorial. They
funded it through corporate
donations, but primarily from
selling the names on the bricks,”
he continued.
Though this is not a set plan,
it's an idea. He also said there is
the possibility of getting community grants to fund the project as
well.
“This isn't a program or something that's going to be done over
night,” Frello said. “I would imagine it might be a couple of years,
putting everything together.”
The memorial would be open
to past and present firefighters
and veterans, he said, but there
will be some minor qualifications.
“But all of that will be hashed
out as we progress,” Frello said.
Uskiewicz also said once a
final design and plan is in place,
the proposal would come back to
the council for approval.
After a bit more discussion,
the
council
unanimously
approved the concept of the
memorial site and dedicating the
land for establishment.
In other business, the board:
—Heard two letters of correspondence from Star Kolesar. In
the first letter, she thanked the
council for not selling the property in the Bessemer Bluff area. “I
thank you from the bottom of my
heart for considering the voice of
our residents,” she said.
In a separate letter, Kolesar
Trees
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customers locally.
“We want to provide useful,
native North American trees and
plants at reasonable prices,” Finley said. “Our fruit trees and
plants, including apples, plums,
cherries, raspberries, blueberries
and strawberries, are as USDA
Zone 3 or 4 hardy, so they should
perform well here.”
The Upper Peninsula is fully
in zones 3 and 4, according to the
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“This year, we have a really
nice selection of native plants
that can be very useful in land-
ket," Andresen said. "We are
collaborating with community
partners to benefit trail users,
kids walking to school and people going to the farmers market."
If people are interested in
learning more about the Riverside Trail, or getting involved
with the project, Andresen said
they can contact him.
"The trail is just another
great example of communities
coming together," he said.
For more information, call
Andresen at the Iron County
University of Wisconsin-Extension office at 715-561-2695.
eighth grade spring basketball
tournament.
Kuehn said one of his goals is
to get people to move to Hurley,
or to return to the area.
“It's a nice place to raise a
family,” school board president
Joe Simonich, of Kimball,
agreed.
Kuehn said he has audio and
some video of the game, but he
would appreciate any contributions that local residents can
make.
He'd like the school's Northwoods Manufacturing students
to produce some 1949 state
champ pens that he would purchase.
Kuehn has developed a website on his project at thehurleymidgets.com.
thanked the city crew for their
plowing and care of the city's
streets.
“Their hard work is noticed
and appreciated,” she said.
—Denied a reimbursement
request from Willard Seeke
regarding a freeze bill, totaling
$275. The city had previously
sent $100 to Seeke for the bills,
and a city ordinance states the
city cannot pay more than $100
per resident request each season.
—Approved to extend the
deadline for the Mary Street
Grant project until June 30,
2015.
—Addressed the Jean Peterson tax appeal, the stipulation
for entry of consent judgement
and consent judgement and
authorized the signing of the document.
—Approved the city clerk to
purchase a credit/debit card
machine for residents to be able
to pay bills and taxes that way.
The service charge once the
machine is in use will be paid by
the customer, city clerk Jim
Trudgeon said. To purchase the
card reader “ it will initially cost
the city less than $100.”
—Heard about the capital conference which will be held in
Lansing on March 24 and 25.
According to the city manager's
report, currently, only councilman Doug Olsen and Uskiewicz
are set to attend.
—Heard public comment from
Kathy Whitburn about making
sure the clerk's office will notify
the residents of the new credit
card machine once it is in use.
The next meeting for the city
council is on Monday, Feb. 2.
scaping, such as ninebark or
chokecherry,”
Finley
said.
“Plants like these provide spring
flowers, edible summer or fall
fruits or nuts, and fall colors to
brighten your landscape.”
The trees are also good food
and shelter sources for insects,
birds and small mammals, he
said.
For more information, or to
acquire sale materials, call Finley at 906-663-4515 or email
[email protected].
The catalog and order form
are also available at the Gogebic
County website at gogebiccountymi.gov/soil1 or the Forestry
Assistance Program Forester's
website at gogebicontonagonfap.com.
—Alissa Pietila
Teacher convicted of showing high school
class violent movie
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A
former substitute teacher who
showed a movie featuring graphic sex and violence to a high
school class has been convicted of
disseminating matter harmful to
juveniles.
Sheila Kearns showed the
film, "The ABCs of Death," during five periods of a Spanish
class at East High School in
Columbus in April 2013, prosecutors said. The movie consists of
26 chapters, each depicting some
form of grisly death and representing a letter of the alphabet,
such as "E is for Exterminate,"
''O is for Orgasm" and "T is for
Toilet."
A jury convicted Kearns of
four felony counts on Thursday.
The convictions carry possible
jail sentences, but Kearns, 58, is
expected to get probation when
she's sentenced in March.
Kearns contended she didn't
watch the movie beforehand or
while showing it and was
unaware of its content, The
Columbus Dispatch reported.
Her attorney said she never
would have knowingly showed it.
AREA
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015
I C Y B E AC O N
Associated Press
2015 Special Olympics
held in Marquette
places were awarded to:
—Snowshoeing, 30 meters:
Gold metals: Monica Vizina,
Steven White, Brittany Sordahl,
Marilyn Karling, LaTrisse Webb,
Matt Kostac and Tyler Sperhake;
Alisha Hill.
—Snowshoeing, 50 meters:
Gold metals: Tyler Sperhake and
Marilyn Karling; silver: Matt
Kostac; bronze: Monica Vizina,
Alisha Hill.
—Snowshoeing, 75 meters:
Gold: Steven White; Branden
Nelson, Jeremy Netzel, Paul
Tuominen, Brittany Sordahl; silver: Sam Whiteside, LaTrisse
Webb; bronze: Nicholas Webb.
—Snowshoeing, 100 meters:
Gold metal: Branden Nelson,
Sam Whiteside, Jeremy Netzel,
Paul Tuominen; silver: Nicholas
Webb.
—Snowshoeing, 200 meters:
Gold: Barney Hinch.
—Snowshoeing, 400 Meters:
Gold: Barney Hinch.
—Physical fitness, Sit-ups:
Gold: Stephanie Sokolovic, Jason
O’Leary, Ted Ketola, Fred Broemer and Patrick Bruun; silver:
Patty Bretall, Kelly Boogaard,
Brandon Lampart, Joe Tacconelli, Vicki Wilhelm and Suzie Lammer.
—Push-ups: Gold metal: Ted
Ketola, Fred Broemer, Brandon
Lampart, Patrick Bruun, and
Kelly Boogaard; silver: Patty
Bretall, Stephanie Sokolovic, Joe
Tacconelli and Jason O'Leary.
Tyler Sperhake received the
inspirational athlete award.
Karen Libertoski received
recognition for volunteering with
Area 39 Special Olympics.
Coaches and chaperones were
Siira, Libertoski, Michael and
Patricia Sperhake, Cherrice
Webb and Tommy Davis.
Siira offered special thanks to
Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District transition
classroom, the Association for
Retarded Citizens/Gogebic Chapter, Highline Corporation; Bill
Valenti, driver for Schelleman’s
Bus service and all who offered
assistance to the local Special
Olympics program.
The next event is the State
Winter Games Feb. 2-6 at the
Grand Traverse Resort & Spa in
Traverse City.
Compact reached with Menominee
Tribe over Kenosha casino
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The
state of Wisconsin and the
Menominee Nation have agreed
to a new gambling compact over a
proposed casino in Kenosha the
tribe said would bring $1 billion
in revenue to the state over 25
years.
Gov. Scott Walker said in a
Tuesday letter to Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin
Washburn the compact was
recently negotiated "in an effort to
help define the potential economic and fiscal impact of the proposed Kenosha casino."
Walker also wrote the compact
"in no way indicates whether I
support or oppose Menominee's
proposal for a casino in Kenosha,
Wis."
The compact requires approval
from the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
but Walker has sole authority to
approve or reject the casino and
must make a decision by Feb. 19.
The Menominee tribe hailed
the amended compact, saying it
eliminates the state's risk in
approving the $800 million facility at the former Dairyland Greyhound Park. Tribe chairwoman
Laurie Boivin said in a statement
the compact answers the state's
concerns and Walker now has a
"clear path" to approve the project.
The compact lays out gambling
rules and outlines how much the
Menominee would pay the state if
Walker approves the project.
WISN-TV reported the tribe
would pay the state 7.5 percent of
its net winnings from the
Kenosha facility.
The compact also states the
tribe would make up any budget
shortfall caused by a reduction in
payments from compacts with the
Potawatomi
and
Ho-Chunk
tribes, according to the Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel.
The
Potawatomi tribe, which runs one
of the state's most lucrative casinos in Milwaukee, has led the
opposition to the Menominee proposal, fearing that a new competitor would cut into profits.
The Menominee tribe said the
Kenosha casino would bring in $1
billion in revenue for the state
over the 25-year-life of the compact and generate 10,600 new
jobs.
But Department of Administration secretary Mike Huebsch
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HIKERS EXPLORE the snow and ice covering the South Haven Lighthouse, Tuesday, in South Haven, Mich.
MARQUETTE — A total of 29
area athletes, coaches and chaperones attended the 28th annual
Special Olympics Michigan Winter Games at Marquette last
weekend.
More than 100 athletes from
across the Upper Peninsula gathered to compete in alpine skiing,
snowboarding,
snowshoeing,
Nordic skiing and physical fitness.
A torchlight parade kicked off
the games at Marquette Mountain, with a dance at the Holiday Inn adding to the excitement.
Northern Michigan University gave the welcome speech. All
sang the National Anthem.
An invocation was given by
Pastor Michael Carriere. Josh
Lamp, an athlete from Area 36,
lit the Olympic Flame.
Carl Bammert gave the Special Olympics oath and Belinda
Laughlin declared the games
open.
Under director Barb Siira,
Gogebic County area athletes
participated in two events.
Metals for first through third
l
said in a Tuesday memo to Walker Wisconsin could lose hundreds
of millions of dollars if the
Potawatomi tribe successfully
challenges the proposed casino.
The amended compact with the
Menominee doesn't fully remove
that risk, according to Huebsch.
"If the Potawatomi are successful in their litigation against the
state, the state may be required to
pay Potawatomi hundreds of millions of dollars that will not be offset by payments to the state by
the Menominee," he wrote.
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Tuesday
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Daily Pick 3: 9-0-5
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POLICE REPORTS
City of Ironwood
Michigan State Police arrested
an Ironwood resident on a warrant
for failure to pay fines and court
costs, according to an Ironwood
Public Safety Depeartment Monday
report.
A warrant for Frank Daviera, 50,
of 801 N. Hemlock St., had been
issued on Oct. 20, according to the
IPSD.
A state trooper served the arrest
warrant.
Gogebic County
Troopers from the MSP stopped
a driver for an equipment violation
on U.S. 45, near Schutte Drive, in
Watersmeet Township at 7:10 p.m.
on Friday.
Gretchen
Vespo,
31,
of
Watersmeet, was arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of
marijuana and an open alcohol container in the vehicle.
According to the report, she was
incarcerated in the county jail.
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Police stopped Jack Maccani,
31, of Ironwood, for improper lane
use on Northstar Road, near Vanderhangen Road in Ironwood Township, at 1:45 a.m. on Sunday.
Maccani was arrested for operating while intoxicated and had a
blood-alcohol content of .14, the
MSP report said.
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Jacob Schutte, 22, of Ashland,
Wis., was stopped for erratic driving
on Cloverland Drive, near Douglas
Boulevard in Ironwood, at 2:30 a.m.
on Sunday.
According to an MSP report,
Schuette was arrested for operating
while intoxicated with a blood-alcohol content of .11.
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The Gogebic County Sheriff's
Department had an 11 a.m. Tuesday
report of stolen items from a snowmobile bag that was lost over the
weekend.
The bag was lost between 11:30
p.m. on Friday and 12:33 a.m. on
Saturday on Trail 2, between Hurley
and Lake Gogebic.
The snowmobiler notified the trail
authority and the bag was recovered, but items totaling $1,000 were
missing.
Snowmobiler
dies five days
after accident
MINOCQUA, Wis. — The
Oneida County Sheriff’s Department said a Minocqua man who
was injured in a snowmobile
accident last week has died.
Jesse Wiesendanger, 45, died
on Monday.
Wiesendanger was injured in
the town of Newbold on Jan. 14
on a trail near Wisconsin 70. He
fell off the snowmobile and it
ended up in trees.
Wiesendanger was transported to Howard Young Medical
Center in Woodruff and was
later transported to St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Marshfield.
Speed limit
hike considered
MADISON, Wis. — A 70 mph
speed limit might be ahead in
Wisconsin.
Wisconsin's Assembly Republicans are seeking the Senate's
support to raise the speed limit.
The bill is expected to be
introduced soon.
Sen. Jerry Petrowski is chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee.
Petrowski said the bill could
come down to safety issues.
Reunions
Hurley 1975
GILE, Wis. — The Hurley
Class of 1975 will hold a reunion
meeting on Thursday at 6:30
p.m. at Stutzy’s in Gile.
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