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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 • 130th Year, Number 29 • Iron River Publications, Inc. P.O. Box 311, Iron River, Michigan 49935 --Section 1 -- Price $1.25 IRON COUNTY REPORTER .COM SERVING ALL OF MICHIGAN’S IRON COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREAS Continued on page 5 T10000p@IIIHh Get the E-Edition for $25 year OR Add it to your paper subscription for $10 year IRON COUNTY REPORTER .COM CALL TODAY! 906.265.9927 See Our Shopper’s Guide for the following inserts: ANGELI FOODS FAMILY DOLLAR JUBILEE FOODS MENARDS (2) SAIGH FAMILY DENTAL SHOPKO WATTON COUNTRY STORE www.ironcountyreporter.com Pickleball takes root in Iron County By Jerry DeRoche IRON RIVER—In the course of life, most people have an opportunity to play pingpong somewhere along the way. Now, imagine playing while standing on the court. In effect, that’s what pickleball is. The sport, which combines aspects of pingpong, badminton and tennis, has begun to take root in Iron County after first being introduced last spring. The game is played during the winter on the basketball court at the Windsor Center and at Nelson Field during the warmer months (weather permitting). The Windsor Center courts are available during the summer upon request. Dennis Margoni, president of the Recreation Association of Iron County, has been a driving force in getting the game established locally. “A friend of mine, Bob Williams, lives in Arizona in the wintertime and plays a lot out there,” Margoni said. “He asked me about getting it started here, so last April, I said, ‘OK, let’s give it a shot.’ So the Recreation Association OK’d it, and I bought the nets, the paddles and the balls.” According to the USA Pickleball Association website, the game is played on a court that is about the same size as a doubles badminton court, about 20-by-44 feet. The net is 36 inches at the sidelines and 34 inches in the middle. The court is striped similar to a tennis court with right and left service boxes. There is also a 7-foot zone in front of the net called the “kitchen,” where special rules are enforced to prevent players from standing at the net and slamming shots back to the other side. The paddles are smaller than a tennis racquet but larger than a ping-pong paddle and are primarily made of lightweight composite materials like graphite and aluminum. The balls are made of hard plastic with holes, much like a Wiffle ball. Games can be played by two or four people and are normally scored up to 11, win by two. Players can only score on their serves. Each point is initiated by an underhanded serve into the opposite side box. The player returning serve must let the ball bounce and the returner also must let the ball bounce on the return. After that, players can hit the ball in the air, without a bounce (a volley). Volleying is prohibited within the kitchen. A ball that bounces in that zone can be played back, however. According to the USAPA, the game was invented in 1965 in Bainbridge Island, Wash., near Seattle. Local players say it’s an easy game to pick up after the initial learning stage. “It takes a little while, because the ball bounces a little differently because it’s a Wiffle ball, not a tennis ball,” said Charles Jackson of Gaastra, who has been playing for about a year. “So when you first start, the big thing is you miss the ball a lot. But the ball bounces pretty true.” “Everybody was starting when I was, so we kind of learned together,” said Judy Boegler of Iron River, who also began when the sport was introduced locally last spring. To help grow the game, the Windsor Center Authority and RAIC held a free clinic on March 7 at the Windsor Center. Margoni reported that 24 players attended, either to learn the game or to improve their skills. Margoni led the group through skill-building drills designed to teach the game. One newcomer, Gale Cerney of Iron River, arrived prior to the first of the three sessions to try her hand at the sport. “I’ve heard from other people that it’s a lot of fun and it’s good exercise, so I decided to try it out,” Cerney said. The games are played on Tuesdays and Thursdays and on Saturdays by advance notice. All ages and levels are invited and anyone who doesn’t know how to play will be taught. Those who’ve become regulars tout the game and its benefits. “It’s fast, the games are quick and you’re always moving, so it’s a fun way to get your exercise,” Boegler said. “The main thing we try to emphasize is fun,” Margoni said. “You get to meet new people, and for seniors, that’s kind of important.” The game is not meant only for seniors, however. All ages are invited to attend the scheduled sessions and learn to play what has become a sport growing in popularity Local food co-op plans continue By Nikki Mitchell IRON RIVER—Planning for the opening of the Northern Lights Grocery Co-op is still underway, as its board mem- bers continue to seek the sug- gestions of the community. Glen Waarvik, the Bearded Apple Co-op executive direc- tor, said they are seeking the thoughts of members in Iron County as far as what they would like to see the co-op be- come. “We also need people to become owners,” he said. Waarvik recently attended a co-op conference in Indi- ana, where he participated in sessions designed specifically for starting a co-op, he said. Those sessions included infor- mation on legal aspects, com- munity ownership and other topics related to a new co-op. “It gave us a really good foundation to start on,” Waar- vik said. The Northern Lights Co- op also won a travel expense and registration paid trip to Idaho in June for the national co-op conference in June. As far as funding for the co-op, Waarvik said that Northern Initiatives is help- ing with the funding. Northern Initiatives is a community de- velopment financial institution out of Marquette that delivers loans and business services to small business owners and entrepreneurs who create jobs in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula. Community members were invited to a kick-off event at the Windsor Center on Feb. 20, where they met board members, local vendors and learned about the plans for the co-op. The general manager and outreach director of the Mar- quette Food co-op both attend- ed the event and presented the Northern Lights Co-op with a $500 check for Waarvik to at- tend the conference in Indiana. The event consisted of a speech, the showing of “Food for Change” and a question- and-answer session, he said. In addition to the kick-off event, monthly meetings open to the public will be held be- ginning mid-March. “It’s for anyone who is in- terested in the co-op,” Waar- vik said. “It’s a chance for people to ask very pertinent questions.” Anyone with suggestions, questions or interest in be- coming a vendor can email Waarvik at info@northern- lightscoop.com or stop in at the Bearded Apple. Currently, there are no requirements for vendors. Once the board gains more information from the February: coldest month in 100+ years By Peter Nocerini IRON RIVER—If you spent the month of February in Iron County and survived, congrat- ulations! We have just endured— and survived!—the coldest month Iron County has had in over 100 years. Let’s give ourselves a pat on the back! We deserve it! The long-awaited big melt may be underway this week, as temperatures finally rise above freezing, but memories of the frozen month of Febru- ary 2015 will be hard to forget. It was a month when weather forecasters wore out the words “bitter” and “bru- tal.” Let’s just say it was really rough and forced Yoopers to dig deeply into their reserves of fortitude and determination. Yes—and stubbornness. But the conditions were stubborn, too. February may be the shortest month of the year, but it often seems the longest, as unremitting winter conditions put us in the deep freeze and prompted let-run orders for city water users. When all the numbers were added up, divided and com- pared, the National Weather Service office in Marquette found that February 2015 was the coldest February ever at the official weather station, which is located at the wastewater treatment plant south of Cas- pian. “Stambaugh 2 SSE” re- corded an average temperature of minus 2.4 degrees for the entire month—15.5 degrees below normal for the entire month. It was just the third time that a monthly average tem- perature below zero was cal- culated since the first station was set up around 1900. The last time it happened was January 1994, which averaged minus 1.4. For the month, the average high was 12.5 and the average low was minus 17.3. In the long-term averages, the nor- mal February high is 26.1, and the normal low is 0.1—just barely above zero—and the monthly average is 13.1. But February this year was nothing like normal. The warmest temperature all month came on Feb. 25—a toasty 24 (still two degrees below the long-term average high). Three days had subzero “highs”—the coldest high was Feb. 19, when the temperature never rose above minus 6. Then after the sun set, the deep freeze set in. The mild- est low all month was Feb. 11, with a low of +15. That was the last low above zero all month—the last 17 days of February all had below zero lows. Way below. Fourteen straight nights were minus 20 or colder (total for the month: 23). Seven nights during Feb- ruary had lows in the minus 30s. The coldest night of the month was the same day as the coldest high: Feb. 19, when it Continued on page 5 Continued on page 5 This graphic from the National Weather Service office shows local temperatures during February 2015. The brown zone indicates the normal temperature range. Record highs and lows for each day are indicated with the red (high) and blue (low) lines. Ducking the deep freeze Is the worst of winter over? This mallard duck must think so—it was spotted on a pond near the Iron River RV Park late last week. After a record cold February, temperatures are forecast to rise into the 40s and maybe even the 50s this week. (Kevin Zini photo) A free pickleball clinic was held March 7 at the Windsor Center. Dennis Margoni (left, front) and Laurie Jackson help demonstrate the finer points of the game to the players who attended. The sport was introduced locally last April and has picked up a dedicated following.
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Pickleball takes root in Iron CountyBy Jerry DeRoche
IRON RIVER—In the course of life, most people have an opportunity to play pingpong somewhere along the way. Now, imagine playing while standing on the court. In effect, that’s what pickleball is. The sport, which combines aspects of pingpong, badminton and tennis, has begun to take root in Iron County after fi rst being introduced last spring. The game is played during the winter on the basketball court at the Windsor Center and at Nelson Field during the warmer months (weather permitting). The Windsor Center courts are available during the summer upon request. Dennis Margoni, president of the Recreation Association of Iron County, has been a driving force in getting the game established locally. “A friend of mine, Bob Williams, lives in Arizona in the wintertime and plays a lot out there,” Margoni said. “He asked me about getting it started here, so last April, I said, ‘OK, let’s give it a shot.’ So the Recreation Association OK’d it, and I bought the nets, the paddles and the balls.” According to the USA Pickleball Association website, the game is played on a court that is about the same size as a doubles badminton court, about 20-by-44 feet. The net is 36 inches at the sidelines and 34 inches in the middle. The court is striped similar to a
tennis court with right and left service boxes. There is also a 7-foot zone in front of the net called the “kitchen,” where special rules are enforced to prevent players from standing at the net and slamming shots back to the other side. The paddles are smaller than a tennis racquet but larger than a ping-pong paddle and are primarily made of lightweight composite materials like graphite and aluminum. The balls are made of hard plastic with holes, much like a Wiffl e ball. Games can be played by two or four people and are normally scored up to 11, win by two. Players can only score on their serves. Each point is initiated by an underhanded serve into the opposite side box. The player returning serve must let the ball bounce and the returner also must let the ball bounce on the return. After that, players can hit the ball in the air, without a bounce (a volley). Volleying is prohibited within the kitchen. A ball that bounces in that zone can be played back, however. According to the USAPA, the game was invented in 1965 in Bainbridge Island, Wash., near Seattle. Local players say it’s an easy game to pick up after the initial learning stage. “It takes a little while, because the ball bounces a little differently because it’s a Wiffl e ball, not a tennis ball,” said Charles Jackson of Gaastra, who has been playing
for about a year. “So when you fi rst start, the big thing is you miss the ball a lot. But the ball bounces pretty true.” “Everybody was starting when I was, so we kind of learned together,” said Judy Boegler of Iron River, who also began when the sport was introduced locally last spring. To help grow the game, the Windsor Center Authority and RAIC held a free clinic on March 7 at the Windsor Center. Margoni reported that 24 players attended, either to learn the game or to improve their skills. Margoni led the group through skill-building
drills designed to teach the game. One newcomer, Gale Cerney of Iron River, arrived prior to the fi rst of the three sessions to try her hand at the sport. “I’ve heard from other people that it’s a lot of fun and it’s good exercise, so I decided to try it out,” Cerney said. The games are played on Tuesdays and Thursdays and on Saturdays by advance notice. All ages and levels are invited and anyone who doesn’t know how to play will be taught. Those who’ve become
regulars tout the game and its benefi ts. “It’s fast, the games are quick and you’re always moving, so it’s a fun way to get your exercise,” Boegler said. “The main thing we try to emphasize is fun,” Margoni said. “You get to meet new people, and for seniors, that’s kind of important.” The game is not meant only for seniors, however. All ages are invited to attend the scheduled sessions and learn to play what has become a sport growing in popularity
Local food co-op plans continue
By Nikki MitchellIRON RIVER—Planning for the opening of the Northern Lights Grocery Co-op is still underway, as its board mem-bers continue to seek the sug-gestions of the community. Glen Waarvik, the Bearded Apple Co-op executive direc-tor, said they are seeking the thoughts of members in Iron County as far as what they would like to see the co-op be-come. “We also need people to become owners,” he said. Waarvik recently attended a co-op conference in Indi-ana, where he participated in sessions designed specifi cally for starting a co-op, he said. Those sessions included infor-mation on legal aspects, com-munity ownership and other topics related to a new co-op. “It gave us a really good foundation to start on,” Waar-vik said.
The Northern Lights Co-op also won a travel expense and registration paid trip to Idaho in June for the national co-op conference in June. As far as funding for the co-op, Waarvik said that Northern Initiatives is help-ing with the funding. Northern Initiatives is a community de-velopment fi nancial institution out of Marquette that delivers loans and business services to small business owners and entrepreneurs who create jobs in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula. Community members were invited to a kick-off event at the Windsor Center on Feb. 20, where they met board members, local vendors and learned about the plans for the co-op. The general manager and outreach director of the Mar-quette Food co-op both attend-ed the event and presented the Northern Lights Co-op with a $500 check for Waarvik to at-tend the conference in Indiana. The event consisted of a speech, the showing of “Food for Change” and a question-and-answer session, he said. In addition to the kick-off event, monthly meetings open to the public will be held be-ginning mid-March. “It’s for anyone who is in-terested in the co-op,” Waar-vik said. “It’s a chance for people to ask very pertinent questions.” Anyone with suggestions, questions or interest in be-coming a vendor can email Waarvik at [email protected] or stop in at the Bearded Apple. Currently, there are no requirements for vendors. Once the board gains more information from the
February: coldest month in 100+ yearsBy Peter Nocerini
IRON RIVER—If you spent the month of February in Iron County and survived, congrat-ulations! We have just endured—and survived!—the coldest month Iron County has had in over 100 years. Let’s give ourselves a pat on the back! We deserve it! The long-awaited big melt may be underway this week, as temperatures fi nally rise above freezing, but memories of the frozen month of Febru-ary 2015 will be hard to forget. It was a month when weather forecasters wore out the words “bitter” and “bru-tal.” Let’s just say it was really rough and forced Yoopers to dig deeply into their reserves of fortitude and determination. Yes—and stubbornness. But the conditions were stubborn, too. February may be the shortest month of the year, but it often seems the longest, as unremitting winter conditions put us in the deep freeze and prompted let-run orders for city water users. When all the numbers were added up, divided and com-pared, the National Weather Service offi ce in Marquette found that February 2015 was the coldest February ever at the offi cial weather station, which is located at the wastewater treatment plant south of Cas-pian. “Stambaugh 2 SSE” re-corded an average temperature of minus 2.4 degrees for the entire month—15.5 degrees below normal for the entire month.
It was just the third time that a monthly average tem-perature below zero was cal-culated since the fi rst station was set up around 1900. The last time it happened was January 1994, which averaged minus 1.4. For the month, the average high was 12.5 and the average low was minus 17.3. In the long-term averages, the nor-mal February high is 26.1, and the normal low is 0.1—just barely above zero—and the monthly average is 13.1. But February this year was nothing like normal. The warmest temperature all month came on Feb. 25—a toasty 24 (still two degrees below the long-term average
high). Three days had subzero “highs”—the coldest high was Feb. 19, when the temperature never rose above minus 6. Then after the sun set, the deep freeze set in. The mild-est low all month was Feb. 11, with a low of +15. That was the last low above zero all month—the last 17 days of February all had below zero lows. Way below. Fourteen straight nights were minus 20 or colder (total for the month: 23). Seven nights during Feb-ruary had lows in the minus 30s. The coldest night of the month was the same day as the coldest high: Feb. 19, when it
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This graphic from the National Weather Service offi ce shows local temperatures during February 2015. The brown zone indicates the normal temperature range. Record highs and lows for each day are indicated with the red (high) and blue (low) lines.
Ducking the deep freezeIs the worst of winter over? This mallard duck must think so—it was spotted on a pond near the Iron River RV Park late last week.
After a record cold February, temperatures are forecast to rise into the 40s and maybe even the 50s this week. (Kevin Zini photo)
A free pickleball clinic was held March 7 at the Windsor Center. Dennis Margoni (left, front) and Laurie Jackson help demonstrate the fi ner points of the game to the players who attended. The sport was introduced locally last April and has picked up a dedicated following.
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Kids on the Block visits schools
Forest Park fourth-graders fi lled the multipurpose room eager to ask questions about the puppets during the Kids on the Block presentation on Feb. 24.
The Kids on the Block performed for the West Iron County fourth-graders on Feb. 9. During the skit, “Campers” Ryan Peterson (left) explained how vision-impaired individuals like the puppet Renaldo can still play sports using a special softball that beeps while being pitched to the player. Mark, the puppet in the wheel chair, was played by Josiah Holroyd and Renaldo was played by Steven Nelson. The students were also able to learn about braille, walking sticks and special plates used to assist the vision impaired.
During the Kids on the Block skit “Do it Again, Jimmy,” Ellen Jane, played by Phylisha Sheldon, learned about emotionally impaired Jimmy Randolph’s (Tristan Nelson) positive behavior sign. Jimmy explained that because he always had bad behavior, whenever someone catches him doing something nice, it gets put on his sign to remind him to do good things.
Emotionally impaired Jimmy (Tristan Nelson) and Melody (Sydney Wojdula) swapped lunches during the skit, “Pig Slop” at Forest Park on Feb. 24.
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The Iron River/Ironwood Polar Hawks captured the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association Bantam B State Tournament championship in dominating fashion March 6-8 at the Lakeview Arena in Marquette. The co-op team won all fi ve games easily en route to the title, outscoring its competition 42-2. The Polar Hawks skated past Jackson 8-0 in the fi nal March 8. Team members include: (in front) Evan Hedtke (goalie); (kneeling) Jamie Jett, Hank Bailey, Noah Thomson, Greg Ghiotto and Nathan Thomson: (standing) Mike Hedtke (coach), Dave Lundin (coach), Trey Bociek, Tyler Morrison, CJ Sorenson, Tommy Lundin, Ethan Roehm, Dakota Hawkes, Brandon Henschel and Brian Roehm (coach). (submitted photo)
Polar Hawks skate to Bantam B state title
Land La es Pu lic Li rar to host local
hotogra herLAND O’LAKES, Wis.—The Land O’Lakes Public Library will present “Diving through the camera lens,” a story by local resident Marty Rosenthal at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, in the library’s Community Room. Rosenthal has photo-graphed above and below wa-ter near the Caribbean island, Bonaire. Her colorful slides and narrative reveal some-thing about island living and the magnifi cent varieties of underwater life. She will dis-play several diving artifacts, a log book, wetsuit and warm-water buoyancy control. The library is located at 4242 County Road B in Land O’ Lakes. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 715-547-6006.
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sh osh OSHKOSH, Wis.—Alicia Tollefson, of Crystal Falls was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Students with a GPA of 3.75 or higher qualify for the dean’s list.
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Relay for Life is coming to Iron CountyCRYSTAL FALLS—For the fi rst time, the American Can-cer Society Relay for Life is coming to Iron County. The event will be at Nelson Field on Saturday, June 27. The Relay For Life is the signature fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The relay is also a time for survi-vors and caregivers to come together and share their sto-ries of inspiration. The money raised supports lodging for cancer patients and caregiv-ers, transportation to treatment appointments, make-up kits, wigs, and research. There will be an infor-mational community day Wednesday from 3-7 p.m. at Fob’s Restaurant in Crystal Falls. The community is invit-ed to attend to learn about the Relay For Life and the many ways to fi ght the battle against cancer together. Those interested can like Iron County Relay for Life on Facebook, visit the web-site www.relayforlife.org/IronCountyMI or contact team leaders Ginger Davis at 284-9425, Chris Shamion at 367-9305 or ACS staff partner Stephanie Swartzendruber at 989-895-1731.
Clubs form beneficial partnership at WIC
Wykon Booster Club President Dan Schive (back, far right) presents a $500 check to the West Iron County Business Club. Business Club members pictured, from left, front row, are Kelsie Herren, Sierra Rasmussen, Molly Sheehan and Sydney Wojdula; in back are Brad Premo, Neil Dennis, Lexy Gasperini, Monica Eagloski and Ben Wiegand (Business Club treasurer). Not pictured are Alexis Golfi s and Lauren Westphal. (submitted photo)
IRON RIVER— The Wykon Sports Booster Club recently donated $500 to the West Iron County Business Club for the work the students did on the fall and winter sports pro-grams. The business club stu-dents assembled and stapled the programs together during the fall and winter sports sea-
sons to prepare them for dis-tribution at West Iron athletic events. This is a benefi cial part-nership for both the busi-ness club to raise money for state competition and for the booster club to keep the cost of program production to a minimum in order to be able to
contribute more funds to WIC athletic needs. The booster club was recently able to con-tribute funds to install a new sound system in the Charles Greenlund Gymnasium and was able to help the WIC Schools Strength and Con-ditioning Center to purchase some additional equipment.
CRYSTAL FALLS— Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp will host a Lenten Retreat for adults March 20-22. The weekend re-treat during the season of Lent offers opportunities for Bible study and discussion, personal refl ection, and unique worship experiences. Retreat leaders are the Rev. Terry Cathcart, of Ishpeming and Dr. Rob Engelhart, head of the Music Department at Northern Michigan University.
A graduate of the Universi-ty of Chicago and North Park Seminary, Cathcart served as a parish pastor for over 30 years and has been leading retreats for 40 years. He teaches cours-es in Christian spirituality for the Lutheran Lay School of Theology and volunteers at the Marquette Branch State Prison as part of the Kyrex ministry with inmates. Engelhart has taught at NMU since 1986 and has
served in the music ministry at Water’s Edge Church in Marquette for many years. As worship leader for the retreat, he will draw from a variety of sources, including music of the ecumenical monastic order in Taize, France. For registration details, call the camp offi ce at 875-3697 or visit www.fortunelake.org. Comfortable lodging is available on site; commuters are also welcome.
IRON RIVER—A parenting course titled “1-2-3 Magic - Effective Discipline for Chil-dren 2-12” will be sponsored by the Dickinson-Iron Health Department and Iron-Dickin-son CAN Council and hosted by the West Iron District Li-brary on Wednesday begin-ning March 18. The course will run through April 15 and each class will last from 4-5:30 p.m. The course will use video and group discussion to navi-gate through this very simple parenting technique. Vicki West, LBSW, will present the course, which is described as a “humorous look at parenting, a serious look at discipline.” In the presentation, those attending will learn how “1-
2-3 Magic” breaks down the task of parenting into three straightforward jobs: - controlling obnoxious behavior by learning an amaz-ingly simple technique to get kids to stop doing what you don’t want them to do (whin-ing, arguing, tantrums, and sibling rivalry, etc.). - encouraging good behav-ior by learn several effective methods to get kids to start do-ing what you do want them to do (picking up, eating, going to bed—and staying there, and chores, etc.). - strengthening your rela-tionships by learning powerful techniques that reinforce the bond between you and your children. To register, call 265-4185. There is no cost to attend. No child care will be available.
MANSFIELD—The Mans-fi eld Memories Committee will sponsor a St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Saturday, March 14 at the Mansfi eld Township Hall on Hwy. M-69. Dinner will be served from 3-6 p.m. A traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner will be served along with an alter-native menu. The dinner will also include hot turkey sand-wiches, Polish sausage, salads, rolls and dessert. The cost of the meal will be $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. The evening will feature bluegrass music by Second String. There will also be a
raffl e featuring several food baskets as prizes. This St. Patrick’s Day cel-ebration is a fundraiser for the Mansfi eld Memories Commit-tee, which sponsors several events throughout the year. For more information, call 875-3553 or 875-3706.
Megan Jacobs, (left) occupational therapist at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, explains the intricacies of the state-of-the-art Skyway Rehab Services Occupational Therapy Department while working with short-term rehab patient Ellen Curnow. West Iron County multimedia student Jessie Prudhomme (right) joined classmates Rachel Malmquist and Trey Manitta in recording footage for the facility’s new promotional video. (submitted photo)
ICMCF teams with WIC multimedia studentsCRYSTAL FALLS—The Iron County Medical Care Facility and students from the West Iron County High School’s advanced multimedia class have teamed up to create a promotional video for the
county facility. The students have been visiting the facility to record footage of various depart-ments, staff, and residents, which they will later edit and
fi nalize into a new marketing video. While the facility is gain-ing new promotional material, the students are gaining real world, hands on, experience.
IRON RIVER—The Iron Riv-er Senior Center will host a
dance from 6-9 p.m. on March 14. Cost for the dance is $6.
CF Lions Club seeking candidates for ‘Citizen of the Year’CRYSTAL FALLS—The Crystal Falls Lions Club is seeking candidates to be hon-ored as the “Citizen of the Year.” Send a referral with a re-sumé regarding the nominee,
to the Crystal Falls Lions Club at P.O. Box 177, Crystal Falls, MI, 49920. The information should be sent to the Lions Club by April 15. The dinner honoring the selection will be held in May.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Iron River will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the Iron River City Hall, 106 West Genesee Street, Iron River, MI 49935, for the purpose of obtaining public input for the 2015 Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) Development Grant Application. The application is requesting funding for improvements to Ice Lake Park. Written comments are also encouraged and can be sent to [email protected] or City of Iron River, 106 West Genesee Street, Iron River, MI 49935.
Rachel Andreski, Clerk
PUBLIC NOTICE
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The Iron County Housing Commission is currently seeking sealed bids for our Property & Liabil-ity Package including Automobile and Workers Compensation Coverage. The period shall cover April 1, 2015-April 1, 2017. For more informa-tion please contact Steve Gagne, PHM, Executive Director, Iron County Housing Commission, 210 North Third Street, Crystal Falls, Michigan 49920, phone number (906) 875-6060, or by email at [email protected].
Bids are due by 12:00 NOON, March 19, 2015. Please mark the outside wrapper, “insurance bid.”
Note: The Iron County Housing Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Steve Gagne PHMExecutive Director
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The Joint Public Building Restoration Administra-tive Board and The Windsor Recreation Authority are seeking bids for auditing services for fi scal year ending December 31, 2014. Separate propos-als for each entity are to be in sealed envelopes and plainly marked “PROPOSAL FOR AUDITING SERVICES”. Bids must be received by 5 pm on March 27, 2015 at The Windsor Center, Attn. Dawn Pisoni, 612 W. Adams Street, Iron River, MI. 49935.
The Joint Public Building Restoration Administra-tive Board and The Windsor Recreation Authority reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids.
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75 years ago (1940):Krom’s offered these bargains: women’s spring hats $1; silk hose 2 pr. $1; children’s cor-duroy overalls $1; men’s silk ties 2-$1; women’s percale dresses 2-$1; men’s horsehide choppers 2 pr. $1. Ad: Montgomery Wards 1940 Refrigerator and Appli-ance Show: 6.2 cu. ft. refrig-erator, $88.95; electric pump washing machine, $66.95 – gas engine washing machine, $81.95. Two girls have the highest scholastic averages among 116 members of the Iron River High School senior class. Miss Joyce Munaretto, of Iron River is valedictorian with an aver-age of 95.2 and Miss Emily Esbrook, of Gibbs City is the salutatorian with an average of 94.8. Clark Gable and Joan Crawford starred in “Strange Cargo” at the Delft Theatre in Iron River. 50 years ago (1965): Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Goriesky, of Sunset Lake are the parents of a daughter, Jacqueline Marie, born March 15 at Crystal Falls Municipal Hospital. Patricia Melstrom, of the Beechwood Dairy Club, was selected queen of the 1965 4-H Winter Sports Day. Alfred Ma-daski, also of the Beechwood Dairy Club, was named king. St. Cecilia Church in Cas-pian was the setting on Feb. 6 for the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Hardy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hardy, and Bill Larsen, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Larsen of Lombard, Ill. Rev. Fr. Herman Fadale offi ciated at the 5 p.m. double ring ceremony.
25 years ago (1990): Con-gratulations to Jeffrey and Francis Goriesky, of Pontiac on the birth of Benjamin Edmund on March 11. Paternal grand-parents are Edmund and Judy Goriesky, of Iron River. Private Lyle R. Treado has completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. He is the son of Robert L. Treado of Iron River and is a 1988 graduate of West Iron County High School. Art and Dollie Borske were recently honored with an open house to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Photo: Ray Zimmerman, of Gaastra hit the jackpot while fi shing March 3, pulling in 30 1/2-inch and 31-inch lake trout, which he estimated at seven pounds apiece.
10 years ago (2005): Photo: Dr. Dennis Hulbert and his staff at Today’s Smile Dental in Crystal Falls are all smiles as they celebrate 25 years of dentistry in Iron County. The Iron County Chamber of Commerce Board of Direc-tors welcomed Bill Leonoff as its executive director. Kyle Sabotta’s powerful season has earned the West Iron County junior player of the year honors in the West Pac Confer-ence. Cottages to Castles, Inc., an independent Stratford Homes Builder in Iron River, received top honors for its outstanding sales achievements for the year 2004.
75 years ago (1940): The declaration of peace by the Finns and Russians this week has not altered the plans of the Finnish Relief Fund…. Unless adequate funds are obtained almost immediately, the Crystal Falls schools will be forced to close next month. Ad: Try the new “Top Speed” Rinso on hard-to-clean clothes: rompers, overalls, shirts – anything that is grimy or greasy – large size 2 for 39c, reg. size 2/ 17c Lifebuoy Health Soap – 3 for 19c, Spry – 3 lb. can 53c From the “Society Col-umn” Lenten Tea – The last in the series of Lenten teas and programs given by the women of various churches was held Tuesday afternoon. The pro-gram was given in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and lunch was served in the Methodist church parlors. Mrs. R.S. Ball and Mrs. Thomas Perry poured. The tables were decorated with spring flowers and yellow candles. 50 years ago (1965): The Iron County Intermediate School District Commission will use the next 60 days to give the public as much information as it can on the advantages of a county-wide school district consolidation. Three Iron County 4-H leaders returned from a train-ing conference in East Lansing Sunday evening. Delegates for 1965 were Mrs. Robert Lundberg, Sunset Lake, Mrs. Warren Davis, Crystal Falls and Rudolph Passamoni of the Bates area.
The Alpha Mastodons turned out to be the big surprise in the District D elimination at Powers last week, upsetting two Big Eight Conference favorites to advance to the fi nals where they pushed Her-mansville to the wire before succumbing. The Mastodons shot 45.8 percent from the fi eld in their opener against Powers and 77 percent at the free-throw line.
25 years ago (1990): The Forest Park Junior and Senior High bands participated in the Band and Orchestra Festival held in Baraga on March 2-3. The junior high band came away with a second division rating and the senior high band walked away with a fi rst divi-sion rating! “Fidget and Company”- Fidget the clown poses with some of her youthful counter-parts of the Iron County 4-H Clowning Club following a clowning and mime session Saturday at the Crystal Falls Township Hall. Fighting for a loose ball in last Wednesday’s men’s bas-ketball play between Tom and Deb’s Shur-Fine and the Infi eld Bar were Darren Palo, Harold Payne, and Dwaine Anderson. The Infi eld Bar took an easy win. Harbour House Museum volunteers are available to help people fi nd information on fam-ily members or general infor-mation from articles published in The Diamond Drill (editions from the late 1800s to late 1900s). Contact the museum at [email protected].
Thanks for birthday wishesTo the editor: Greetings and salutations and thanks to those many fam-ily members, former students, former residents, county his-torians, friends and colleagues for the barrage of good wishes and messages on my recent birthday. I have always had a senti-mental feeling for our county and its people and am so glad that I returned to spend my pro-fessional life here knowing that people living in this area were very thoughtful and kindly. Thank you so much again for remembering me on my special day. I wish I could thank each one of you personally for your messages and good wishes. Sincere regards,
-s- Harold Bernhardt
Proposal for open meetingsTo the editor: I have been asked by many property owners throughout the city of Iron River to make a proposal for a series of open public meetings to be held by the Iron River City Council for each District. (District 1 meeting to be held Wednesday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m. District 2 meeting to be held Wednesday,
April 8 at 6:30 p.m. District 3 meeting to be held Wednesday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m. District 4 meeting to be held Wednesday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m.) The city of Iron River advertises the open meetings for approxi-mately six weeks in the Iron County Reporter and the local radio station. The meetings are designed whereby the public is able to address city council members regarding the ongoing prob-lems in each district: Vacant/abandoned properties, roads and alleyways, streetlights, blight and zoning issues. The City Council can inform the public in every district what are the problems that they are aware of and what provisions they have made to deal with them. The public can engage the City Council to correct these problems and the public’s problems in a timely manner and prioritize the problems in a priority-based resolution process. There needs to be con-sistency on the part of the city, to do corrections. The public is looking for leadership, and the Iron River City Council is fail-ing in providing that leadership to solve the problems in Iron River. Yes, the public wants the opportunity to address the is-sues in a manner whereby they can come into an open meeting and state the obvious – Iron River City Council is not meet-ing the needs of the public in resolving the problems within the city of Iron River.
-s- Paul Joseph Van MinselMineral Hills
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NOTICE is hereby given that Hematite Township will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 5:15 p.m. at the Hematite Township Hall, 109 West Pine Street, Amasa, MI 49903, for the purpose of obtaining public input for the 2015 Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) Development Grant Application. The application is requesting funding for improvements to Hemlock Park. Hematite Township is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Written comments are also encouraged and can be sent to: Hematite Town-ship, P.O. Box 67, Amasa, MI 49903
Tanya Hiltonen, Hematite Township Clerk
The Hematite Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed township budget for fi scal year 2015-2016 on Monday, March 23, 2015 to follow the 5:15 pm budget meeting at the Hematite Township Hall. Meeting times:
5:15 pm: budget amendments 2014-15; 5:30 pm: work on budget 2015-2016,
5:45 pm: budget hearing. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. A copy of the budget is available for public inspection at the Township Hall. The Board is to consider adoption of the budget at this time.
Tanya Hiltonen, Hematite Township ClerkThe Hematite Township Board will provide necessary rea-sonable auxiliary aides and services to individuals with dis-abilities at the meeting upon 15 days notice to the Hematite Township Board. Individuals with disabilities requiring aux-iliary aids or services should contact the Hematite Township board by writing or calling the following: Tanya Hiltonen, Clerk Phone: 906-822-7349, PO Box 67 Amasa, MI 49903
Hematite Township is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider
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The City of Iron River Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, March 26, 2015 , at 10 a.m. in the Council Chambers of Iron River City Hall, 106 W Genesee. The purpose of the hearing is to receive comment prior to adop-tion of the proposed Master Plan for the City of Iron River. Adoption of the proposed plan will be considered at a meeting immediately following the public hearing.All interested parties are encouraged to attend.CITY OF IRON RIVER PLANNING COMMISSION
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United Pre ention utreach changes meeting timesIRON RIVER—United Pre-vention Outreach, an organiza-tion led by family members of addicts and current recovering addicts, has changed its meet-ing date and time. The new meetings will be held on the fi rst and third Thursdays of the month at 6
p.m. in the Legion Room of the Iron River City Hall. The group aims at promot-ing community awareness and to help prevent addiction in youth at risk. For more infor-mation, contact Amy Marcell at 906-284-7062 or Shirley Rentschler at 265-5375.
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across the country. “At my age (68), it’s a game that I can still play,” Jackson said. “I know it’s very popular in Arizona and Florida, in resort communities. And it’s slowly growing here. We’ve got a core group.” The pickleball schedule is: --Tuesday: from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 to 6 p.m. --Thursday: from 9 to 10:30 a.m. --Saturday: from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (advanced notice requested. At least four players needed for a session). Call 265-2348 for more information or to request a Saturday session.
community about what it would like to see as far as products at the co-op, require-ments will be placed. The co-op is now accept-ing membership applications. They can be found at north-ernlightscoop.com or at the Bearded Apple.
fell to minus 35. With a high of minus 6, it made for a day that was 34.5 degrees below normal. The misery of living in the deep freeze at least was not compounded by snow-
storms. As places like Boston got dumped on with record snowfall, the total snow for Iron County in February was a mere 4.8 inches, less than half the normal amount. As cold as it was, February 2015 was not this area’s cold-est month on record. Set the Wayback Machine for January 1912 and dress really warm. January 1912 set the re-cords with an average temper-ature of minus 5.8—over 3 de-grees colder than last month. The average high was 7.0. The average low was minus 18.6. That month had nine con-secutive days with subzero “high” temperatures: How about minus 15 on Jan. 5 and
minus 11 on Jan. 11? As for the lows, it was more than “bitter” and “bru-tal.” Five nights dropped into the minus 30s, and that wasn’t the coldest: minus 40 on Jan. 6, minus 42 on Jan. 12. Of the 31 days in January 1912, 29 went below zero. One bottomed out precisely at zero, and Jan. 30 had a low of 10 above. The next day, Jan. 31, the mercury got up to 33, the only time above freezing all that month. Of course, in February 2015 we never got above freezing all month. So this week’s warm-up is long over-due and particularly welcome. Bring it on!
Bench warrant issued for no-show suspectCRYSTAL FALLS—A bench warrant was issued March 4 for an Iron River man who was arrested in November on drug charges. Zachary Edward Eggert, 27, failed to appear in Iron County Trial Court on March 2 for a supplemental pre-trial conference/motion hearing. Bail has been set at $2,500. Eggert pleaded not guilty to felony possession of heroin and maintaining a drug house and has been free on bond. Eggert was also given a habitual offender second offense notice. He was previously convicted of a 2013 possession of schedule 1 and 2 narcotic drugs offense in Waukesha County (Wis.). In other trial court news: --Amber Lee Clements,
26, of Iron River had her arraignment conference moved to Monday at 1 p.m. Clements was arrested for delivery of heroin, possession of heroin, use of heroin and maintaining a drug house on Nov. 28. --The jury trial of Justin Eugene Gollakner, of Iron River has been scheduled for April 28 at 9 a.m. Gollakner, 26, was arrested in December for one felony count of delivery of oxycodone. --The pretrial conference of Brian Robert Holmberg, 36, of Iron River was moved to April 6 at 9 a.m. Holmberg was arrested on Nov. 28 for one felony count of fi rst-degree home invasion and one felony count of attempted armed robbery.
FP honors its librariansBy Peter Nocerini
CRYSTAL FALLS—For-est Park’s volunteer librar-ians were honored during the board’s Feb. 23 regular meet-ing. Four librarians present at the meeting—Lorraine Siler, Susie Simeoni, Janet Wagner and Kaaren Ness—received certifi cates from the school district. Wilma Callies, a vol-unteer who did not attend the meeting, was also honored. Superintendent Becky Wa-ters said the volunteers come
in each week to work at the school library. Forest Park cut its school librarian position in about 2000, she said, “and our library kind of fell apart for a little while.” Siler and Simeoni retired around that time and started working as library volunteers. Wagner, Ness and Callies joined them later. “Janet is a professional li-brarian,” one of the other vol-unteers told the board. “We were sort of bungling through, and then she straightened it
out.” The volunteers, she said, have written many grants, bringing in thousands of dol-lars “to keep our library sup-plied with really good, up-to-date books for the kids.” • In other business, the board: --Heard Waters report that the district is looking hard for substitute bus drivers. “We are in desperate need of sub driv-ers for the bus,” she said. --Heard that the Sports Boosters and Academic Boosters will work together on a sloppy Joe dinner next year. “There’s already a plan in place.” This came after the Academic Boosters’ dinner didn’t have a big turnout. --Accepted with regret the resignation of Ashley Metz, JV volleyball coach, who plans to spend more time with her new baby. --Board Member Bill St. John said Forest Park has been awarded a grant from Mc-Donald’s for a balanced life-style program. The health fair will be held March 25 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Ed-die Chambers Gym. The pub-lic is invited to attend to see displays and booths on physi-cal, nutritional emotional and mental well-being. Any businesses interested in being a vendor at the event are asked to contact Sherry Crowl-Grange or Ashley Bor-tolini at 906-214-4495 or fax 875-4660.
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Forest Park’s volunteer school librarians hold the certifi cates they received during the school board’s regular meeting on Feb. 23. From left are Kaaren Ness, Janet Wagner, Susie Simeoni and Lorraine Siler. Not pictured: Wilma Callies.
Celebrate the UP! March 13-15 in MarquetteMARQUETTE—The sev-enth annual Celebrate the UP! will be held March 13-15 in Marquette. A wide range of presentations about the U.P.’s environment, culture and his-tory will occur on Friday evening and all day Saturday at the Landmark Inn, Peter White Public Library, the Fed-erated Women’s Clubhouse and the First United Methodist Church. Sunday will be devot-ed to snowshoeing and social-izing. The events are free, al-though freewill contributions are appreciated. John Davis, co-founder
and Wildways advocate for Wildlands Network, will kick off the event on Friday eve-ning with his vision for “Con-tinental Wildways: Recon-necting Natural Habitats for Wide-Ranging Species, Hik-ers, and Paddlers.” On Saturday, 16 speakers will give a series of presen-tations on topics such as art, poetry, U.P. dialects, northern lights, loons, wilderness sur-vival and a birch basket weav-ing workshop. For more information, visit upenvironment.org and up-landconservancy.org.
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Obituaries...
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Community...Ingrid HenriksenZION, Ill.—Ingrid Elizabeth Henriksen, 90, died Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Rolling Hills Manor in Zion. Ingrid was born Jan. 18, 1925, in Ironwood. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1944. She married Clarence Henriksen March 2, 1946, in Chicago, Ill. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Iron River, and a member at St. Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waukegan, Ill., where she was proud to have served with the altar guild. Ingrid was a diehard Bears and Cubs fan. She loved her family and especially loved and enjoyed spending time with all of her grandchildren who were very special to her. Ingrid enjoyed playing cards, camping and fi shing with friends and family. Ingrid is survived by her children, Tom (Margie) Henriksen, Russ (Alice) Henriksen, Rick (Joanne) Henriksen, and Arlove (Dave) Needham; grandchildren, Jeff, Corey, Kevin, Lisa, Mark, Michele, Bryan, Mathew, Jacob, and Ann Marie; 11 great-grandchildren, Breanne, Kayla, Teagan, Noah, Azalea, Abby, Adele, Sophia, Olivia, Anders, and Elsa; and two great-great-grandchildren, Bradley and Ryen. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence; parents, Isaac and Katri Varvi; brothers, Walford, Harold, Norman, Thomas, and Oiva; and sisters, Lilla and Olive. A funeral service was held March 5, at Congdon Funeral Home. Interment was private at Highland Memorial Park, Libertyville, Ill. Please visit the online guest book at www.congdonfuneralhome.com.
Sandra MartinTIPLER, Wis.—Sandra Lee Martin, 57, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at her home. She was born April 8, 1957, in Racine, Wis., the daughter of Chester and Stella (Czarnecki) Olszewski. She graduated from Union Grove High School with the Class of 1975. Sandra married James “Jim” M. Martin on June 28, 1975, in Kenosha Wis., and the couple celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary in 2014. She was employed as a waitress for many years, and enjoyed singing karaoke and dancing. Sandra is survived by her husband, Jim; sons, John Martin (Casi Hafeman) of Tipler and James (Kasey) Martin Jr. of Luxemburg, Wis.; daughter, Jennifer Martin of Tipler; brother, James Olszewski of Racine; grandchildren, Brittany, Lily and Autumn; extended family and friends. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Carol. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Interment will be in Martin Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed to the family of Sandra Lee Martin online at www.jacobsfuneralhomeir.com. Funeral arrangements by the Jacobs Funeral Home of Iron River.
In Memory ofKenneth Eckart
who passed away March 10, 2014God saw you getting tired when a cure was not to be,
He closed His arms around you and whispered “Come to Me.” Our hearts were almost broken,
you fought so hard to stay. But when we saw you sleeping so peacefully and free from pain, We knew
we could not wish you back to suffer that again.So treasure him Dear Lord, in Your garden of rest.
for here on earth he was one of the best.
Dearly missed by his wife Alice, son Ron & daughter Susan,
grandchildren & great-grandchildren
(At the WIC treatment plant)High Low Prec. Snow
March 2 27 -3 T TMarch 3 23 -7 .15 2.2March 4 7 -33March 5 15 -23March 6 29 -1March 7 32 -4 T TMarch 8 36 6 Snow depth March 8: 13 inches.Note: The high of 36 on March 8 made it the fi rst day above freezing since Jan. 24.
St. Cecilia to host games, prize nightCASPIAN—The 34th annual smoke-free games and prize night will be held from 6-9:30 p.m. at St. Cecilia Church on March 21. The event will be held in Father Sartorelli Hall. There will be a roulette wheel, dice, blackjack and other games of chance. A $5 donation covers: ad-
mission to the event; $15,000 of play money; numerous door prize raffl es (need not be pres-ent to win); free refreshments (includes soft drinks, popcorn and coffee, food available also); and cash prizes total-ing $500 (eight $30 fi rst-place prizes, 16 $10 second-place prizes and 20 $5 third-place prizes.)
Florence smear tournament date changeFLORENCE, Wis.—The dateof the second smear tourna-ment for the Florence County Fair has been changed to Sat-urday, March 14, at the Flor-ence Community Center. The tournament begins at 6 p.m, with registration be-ginning at 5. The fee to enter is $10 per person. Teams are comprised of two persons. The tournament will be a 4-point smear game, and priz-es will be awarded for fi rst- to fi fth-place fi nishers. There will also be door prizes drawn after the tourna-ment. A small luncheon will be available for purchase, along with beverages (soda and beer). Bake sale items pro-vided by local bakers will be available as well, and popcorn will be provided. No carry-ins will be allowed. All proceeds will go to support the building and ground improvements at the Fair Park, including paying off the loan for the new pavilion/beer stand, which was built in 2013.
Northpointe to offer mental health first aid trainingIRON RIVER—Northpointe Healthcare Systems is joining the national initiative to in-crease mental health literacy by hosting a mental health fi rst aid training program in Iron County. The one-day training course is scheduled for March 23 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Northpointe Healthcare Sys-tems, 703 Second Ave. in Iron River. There is no cost for the training course, but registra-tion is limited. Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour certifi cation training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experienc-ing a mental health crisis.
For more information, con-tact Philip Gardiepy-Hefner at 906-779-0501. To register for the training, contact Cindy Adrian at 906-779-0649. Additional information regarding Mental Health First Aid can be obtained by visit-ing www.mentalhealthfi rstaid.org or www.thenationalcoun-cil.org.
Volunteer opportunities at Golden Living CenterFLORENCE, Wis.—Golden Living Center in Florence is looking for volunteers to share their unique skills and talents. Those interested can volunteer individually or in a group set-ting. If you are interested in do-nating your time and sharing your unique talents with the residents, contact Golden Liv-ing Center, Activities Depart-ment at 715-528-2415 or [email protected] more information.
First Lutheran Church ensemble seeking singers, musiciansIRON RIVER—The ensemble singers and musicians of First Lutheran Church in Iron River are seeking high-schoolers and adults to join their group. The group meets at the church on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. “You don’t have to be a church member,” said a spokesperson. “Be ready to sing or bring a guitar, fl ute, or your favorite instrument.”
The ensemble frequently currently participates in the church’s 10 a.m. Sunday wor-ship service, which is broad-cast locally for shut-ins and the handicapped, among oth-ers. The ensemble group would like to expand to provide a greater community service in the future. For more information, call Karen at 265-9635.
Wide Smiles Project to offer school-based fluoride rinse programs IRON RIVER—In order to optimize children’s access to fl uoride, the U.P. Wide Smiles Project, created by all Upper Peninsula health departments and funded by the Superior Health Foundation, is offering all U.P. elementary schools the opportunity to start school-based fl uoride rinse programs. Rinse programs are an inex-pensive, fast and easy way to give children access to fl uo-ride. Regular rinsing with a fl u-oride mouth rinse is an effec-tive means of preventing tooth decay. Research has shown a 30 percent decrease in tooth decay for students rinsing weekly with fl uoride. Parental approval must be obtained for each child to par-ticipate in the program. Once the consent is signed and re-turned to the school, each stu-dent that has permission will rinse his/her mouth in school with a fl uoride solution for one minute, once a week, under adult supervision, throughout the schoolyear. This program is endorsed by area dentists, the ADA, and the Michigan Department of Community Health. For more information on this program locally, contact Joyce Ziegler at 265-4156 or Kelly Rumpf at 779-7234. Fluoride is a mineral that naturally helps fi ght tooth decay. That is why it is often called, “nature’s cavity fi ght-er.” When we brush our teeth with fl uoride toothpaste, or use other fl uoride dental products, we help to prevent cavities and strengthen tooth enamel. For optimal dental health, children need one source of systemic (ingested) fl uoride - either fl uoridated water or prescription fl uoride tablets if they have non-fl uoridated wa-ter. They also need sources of
topical fl uoride, such as fl uo-ride toothpastes and rinses. There is added benefi t from having both systemic and topi-cal fl uoride working together to help make their teeth stron-ger and resistant to cavities. Children in the U.P. have high rates of dental disease when compared to other areas of the state. In fact, U.P. third-graders living in low-income households have the highest rates of dental decay in the state of Michigan. Some of this is because many U.P. children do not have access to fl uoride in their water at home (either because they drink well water or be-cause their town does not fl uo-ridate its water), or to topical fl uoride products that could strengthen and protect their teeth. Even those children, who have access to fl uoridated wa-ter at home, are often “on the go” and drinking primarily bottled beverages which typi-cally do not contain signifi cant amounts of fl uoride.
ADRC of Florence County to host Medicare seminarFLORENCE, Wis.—The Ag-ing and Disability Resource Center of Florence County will sponsor a “Welcome to Medicare” seminar from 1-3 p.m. on Friday, March 20, at the Florence County Court-house in the second fl oor con-ference room. Janice Jonet, the Florence County Elder Benefi ts Spe-cialist, will give a PowerPoint presentation explaining what to expect when turning 65 re-garding healthcare needs and Medicare benefi ts. The seminar is ideal for people who will be turning
65 in the upcoming months and will be newly eligible for Medicare. But it will also be helpful to any Medicare ben-efi ciary who has questions or concerns regarding compli-cated Medicare options and benefi ts. The upcoming seminar has been scheduled for any-one 60 years of age and older and is free to the public. How-ever, reservations are encour-aged. Attendees can pre-register by calling the ADRC of Flor-ence County at 715-528-4890 or toll free at 855-528-2372.
Ribbon-cutting at ITAXA ribbon-cutting was recently held after Isaacson Tax & Accounting joined the Iron County Chamber of Commerce. Pictured at the ceremony, from left, are Sharon Leonoff (chamber board member), Claudia Magnet (chamber board member), Kevin Isaacson (owner of Isaacson Tax & Accounting), Holly Stapleton (offi ce assistant), Olga Oloier (chamber board president) and Katie Clark (chamber board member). (submitted photo)
WUPPDR prosperity initiative fundedHOUGHTON—The second year of the Western U.P. Re-gional Prosperity Initiative has been funded and is now under-way. The Regional Prosper-ity Initiative (RPI) was begun by the state of Michigan in 2014 as a means to encour-age regional collaboration of organizations in a time of dwindling resources, overlap-ping goals, and competing pri-orities. Competitive funding was made available statewide to regional and metropolitan planning organizations that chose to apply. Last year, the Western Up-per Peninsula Planning and Development Region (WUP-PDR) facilitated RPI as a general stakeholder input and planning process to improve communications, identify priorities, and identify poten-tial projects to promote the regional economy. The lead participants were known as the Western U.P. Regional Prosperity Collaborative, and that group’s involvement will continue this year. In a press release, WUP-PDR said that six projects will be undertaken through RPI in 2015: - Economic Development Service Delivery – Support and plan for sustainability of a system for delivering econom-ic development and business assistance services from sev-eral organizations via a single point of contact in each of fi ve counties. - Regional Housing Study – Gather data and assess hous-ing conditions and needs in Western U.P. communities as a basis for local studies that may assist in obtaining hous-ing grant funds. - “Connect Michigan” Ac-tion Plans – Conduct research and planning to gain informa-tion and address defi ciencies in access to broadband internet service throughout the region. - State Trunkline Road Maintenance Study – Explore
methods, conditions, and bud-gets associated with winter maintenance of state highways by MDOT versus county road commissions and municipali-ties throughout the region, and identify the most effi cient and cost-effective arrangements. - Regional Chamber Alli-ance – Assist with formation, activities, and logistics of an alliance of Western U.P. cham-bers of commerce. - CTE Asset Mapping – Gather information about resources, programs, and fa-cilities for career & technical/
vocational education (CTE) in Western U.P. educational insti-tutions, for incorporation into a U.P.-wide asset map/inven-tory. For transparency infor-mation and updates about Western U.P. RPI, visit www.wuppdr.org/rpi. For general information about the state initiative, visit www.michigan.gov/dtmb. For specifi c information from WUPPDR, contact Kim Stoker, Executive Director, at 906-482-7205, ext. 316 or [email protected].
UP American Legion Posts to host dinner/roastHERMANSVILLE—The Up-per Peninsula Association of American Legion Posts will sponsor a legislative dinner on Saturday, May 2, at the Ameri-can Legion Post 50, 916 River Ave., Iron Mountain. Tickets may be purchased in advance at Post 50 or by calling 906-774-5797 on Monday-Friday from 2-10 p.m (CST). Tickets are limited and will not be available after April 25. As this is an annual Ameri-can Legion event, all veterans are encouraged to attend. The emcee for the dinner is TBA. For more information, call Jerry at 906-282-1474 or email [email protected].
William ZanolaCRYSTAL FALLS—William A. Zanola, 76, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2015, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. He was born March 9, 1938, in Milwaukee, Wis., son of the late Dominic and Mary (Lecci) Zanola. William grew up in Bay View, Wis. and graduated from Bay View High School, Class of 1957. He married Sherry Ronback in Milwaukee in 1958; she preceded him in death in 2001. William worked for the City of St. Francis, Wis., as a police offi cer, retiring in 1991. He enjoyed hunting, fi shing, snowmobiling and spending time with his family and friends. William is survived by his three children, Robert M. (Susan) Zanola, St. Francis, Terri M. (Randy) Mickelson, Muskego, Wis. and Gail A. (Pat) McMurry, Racine, Wis.; four grandchildren, James Lychwick, Katie Zanola and Samantha and Haley Mickelson; two great-grandchildren, Ilannie Zanola and Landyn Lychwick and two nephews, Anthony and Jeff Zanola. In addition to his parents and wife, Sherry, he was preceded in death by his son, David and brother, Robert S. Zanola. In accordance with William’s wishes private services will be held at a later date.
The family has chosen the Jacobs-Plowe Funeral Home, Crystal Falls to honor William’s Legacy of Life. You may light a candle in remembrance of William or leave a condolence for his family online at www.JacobsFuneralHomes.com.
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Notice Of Mort-gage Foreclosure SaleTHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.MORTGAGE SALE - De-fault has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John J. Dudenhoef-fer, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to JPMor-gan Chase Bank, National Association, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2008, and recorded on March 17, 2008 in Liber 510 on Page 242, in Iron county records, Michigan, on which mort-gage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Four Hun-dred Fifty-Three and 51/100 Dollars ($149,453.51).Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged prem-ises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Iron County, at 10:00 AM, on March 27, 2015.Said premises are situated in Township of Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan, and are described as: All that part of Government Lot One (1), Section Twelve (12), Town-ship Forty-three (43) North, Range Thirty-three (33) West, in the Township of Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michi-gan, described as follows:Beginning at a point 556 feet South and 600 feet West of the Northeast corner of said Government Lot 1; thence West 200 feet; thence South 246 feet, more or less, to the North shoreline of the Paint River; thence in a South-easterly direction following the course of said river, 226 feet, more or less, to a point which is due South of the point of beginning; thence North 350.6 feet more or less to the point of beginning.Together with ingress and egress over and across Gov-ernment Lot 1, Section 12, Township 43 North, Range 33 West, as set forth in Liber 86 Deeds, Page 387.The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemp-tion period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.If the property is sold at fore-closure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judica-ture Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the bor-rower will be held respon-sible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damag-ing the property during the redemption period.Dated: February 25, 2015For more information, please call:FC S (248) 593-1304Trott Law, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Hwy Ste 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-5422File #436965F04(02-25)(03-18)
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THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CON-TACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgag-ee. In that event, your dam-ages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.MORTGAGE SALE - De-fault has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Eric S. Kyllonen and Rebecca L. Kyllonen husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to River Val-ley Bank, Mortgagee, dated April 16, 2010, and re-corded on April 19, 2010 in Liber 556 on Page 231, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as as-signee as documented by an assignment, in Iron county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Thirty-Seven Thou-sand Seven Hundred Sixty-Five and 27/100 Dollars ($37,765.27).Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged prem-ises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Iron County, at 10:00 AM, on April 10, 2015.Said premises are situated in City of Iron River, Iron County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9, Block 8, Young's Addition to the Village (Now City) of Iron River, according to the re-corded Plat thereof.The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property dur-ing the redemption period.Dated: March 4, 2015For more information, please call:FC S (248) 593-1304Trott Law, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Hwy Ste 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-5422File #449445F01(03-04)(03-25)
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—Wednesday, March 11: Chicken poppers, peas, bread-stick, pears. —Thursday, March 12: Wykon burger, baked beans, mandarin oranges. —Friday, March 13: Cheese pizza or pepperoni pizza, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit. —Monday, March 16: Cheese-a-dia, tomato soup, corn, pineapple. —Tuesday, March 17: French toast, syrup, sausage, hash browns, applesauce.
Iron River Senior Center —Wednesday, March 11: Beef stew, biscuits, 3 bean
salad, mandarin oranges. —Thursday, March 12: Baked ham, sweet potatoes, corn bread, mixed veggies, cake. —Saturday, March 14: Dance Night: 6-9 p.m. $6 cov-er charge —Monday, March 16: Pepper steak, parslied pota-toes, Cali blend veggies, apri-cots. —Tuesday, March 17: Corned beef, potatoes/cab-bage, carrots/rutabaga, juice, peach cobbler.This menu is subject to change.NOW SERVING AN EVE-NING MEAL EVERY THURSDAY, salad bar at 4 p.m., dinner served 4:30.NOTICE: Meals served 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, reserva-tions taken one day ahead. Call 265-6134. If not coming, please call by 9 a.m. on day of meal to cancel. WEEKLY ACTIVITIES: Bridge and cards every Thurs-day, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. with re-freshments. Fun Time Bingo, Tuesday and Wednesday, 1:15 p.m. The Site Council sponsors a dance on the second Satur-day of each month from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is a $5 cover charge. A light lunch is served. Come and join us on Wednesday morning! Coffee & roll - $1. A pancake breakfast is held the third Saturday of
every month from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The cost is $5 for adults and $2.50 for children 12 and under. NEED TRANSPORTA-TION? Local busing available 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Medical, employ-ment, nutrition, social, recre-ational, educational, shopping, personal. Seniors – 60 and older, $4; Non seniors – under 60, $5; Wheelchair transport, $6. All prices are round trip. Trip to Iron Mountain Wednesday, 5-6 people, $10 per person. Dickinson-Iron Communi-ty Service Agency, Iron River Senior Center. Call (906) 265-6134. Are you looking for a place to hold your birthday, gradua-tion, anniversary party, or even to hold your organization meet-ing? Our center is available to rent. Come in, or call for fur-ther details at 265-6134.
Crystal Falls Community Center/Senior Center —Wednesday, March 11: Pork roast, mashed potatoes & gravy, veggies, bread, dessert, salad bar. —Monday, March 16: Cheese raviolis w/red sauce, green beans, garlic bread, des-sert, salad bar. —Tuesday, March 17: Corned beef, cabbage, rye bread, dessert, salad bar. Starting on Jan. 19, the center will be offering meals starting with salad bar at 4 p.m., dinner at 4:30 p.m. There will be no noon meals. Meals are offered on Monday, Tues-day and Wednesday. Those wishing to play cribbage will start at 1 p.m. on Wednesday and be done in time for dinner. Suggested donation for dinner is the same $4 for those over 60, $5 for those under 60. All persons are invited and en-couraged to take part in these delicious meals. Call the cen-ter to reserve your place at 875-6709.
Amasa Senior Center —Wednesday, March 11: Salmon loaf, mashed potatoes, creamed peas, lettuce salad, fruit/desert. —Thursday, March 12: Chop suey, rice oriental veg., lettuce/mand. orange salad. —Tuesday, March 17: Spaghetti, green beans, lettuce salad, garlic bread, fruit/des-sert.
Alpha Senior Center —Thursday, March 12: Chili, corn bread, salad bar, dessert. —Friday, March 13: Tuna casserole, creamed peas, salad bar, dessert. —Monday, March 16: Spaghetti, meat balls, veggies, salad bar, dessert. —Tuesday, March 17: Corn beef & cabbage, pars-ley potatoes, Irish soda bread, salad bar, dessert.
For The ReporterCRYSTAL FALLS—The Iron County Sheriff’s Offi ce is tasked with many responsibili-ties. Included in those respon-sibilities is the role of “Emer-gency Management.” The focus in emergency management incorporates fi ve phases: prevention, prepared-ness, response, recovery and mitigation. In an effort to prepare for emergencies of a man-made or natural variety, exercises are often conducted. The exercise may take several forms. One of the most common forms is that of the “table top exer-cise.” This type of exercise involves the participants talk-ing through a scenario. This is the level of exercise under a “functional exercise” that would involve an actual in-volvement by responders at the scene. The situation must be assessed and a determina-tion made as to resources and
Iron County Sheriff Mark Valesano and Lt. Vernon Jones (local emergency coordinator) accept a $5,000 check from Floyd Dropps of TransCanada/Great Lakes Gas Transmis-sion Company. (submitted photo).
Emergency management exercise held
assets needed. Generally, re-sponse is handled at the local level whenever possible. Ex-tremely devastating and long term events may lead all the way to a presidential declara-tion, as in the case of Hurri-cane Katrina. Recently a table top ex-ercise was conducted in Iron County that involved many agencies and responders. The principle partcipants were: the Iron County Medical Care Facility, TransCanada/Great Lakes Gas Transmission Com-pany and local fi re, police and EMS responders. The scenario tested was: a transmission line owned by TransCanada that runs in close proximity to the Medical Care Facility was breached by a person digging with a back hoe. A release of gas ensued and an ignition source caused
a fi re. This series of events caused two simultaneous table top exercises to occur. The Iron County Medical Care Fa-cility conducted an exercise as to how they would handle the event. TransCanada and the emergency responders con-ducted a parallel exercise that dealt with how the transmis-sion company and responders would handle the event. The exercises were sepa-rate but linked. TransCanada involved many of its staff from as far away as Texas. All participants believe that the exercise was of im-mense value and much was learned. All hope that such an event will never occur, but being prepared is critical to
emergency response. TransCanada, in apprecia-tion of the local involvement and response, made a very generous donation to the Iron County for the continued de-velopment of an “Emergency Operations Center” (E.O.C.) Iron County Sheriff Mark Valesano has established an E.O.C in the basement of his offi ce. In an actual emergency, the E.O.C would become the central command and coordi-nating point for the event. “The E.O.C. is equipped to handle communications and information in a unifi ed man-ner. Much equipment is need-ed and the $5,000 from Trans-Canada will go a long way in establishing this long needed facility,” Valesano said.
WIC High School honor rollIRON RIVER—West Iron County High School released the names of those students who attained the honor roll for the second term.12th A Honor Roll Alexis Golfi s, Kelsie Her-ren, Melissa Koski, Kyle Maki, Maxwell Maloney, Em-ery Marcell, Sydnie Mazurek, Tristan Nelson, Ryan Peter-son, Caitlyn Piwarski, Sierra Rasmussen, Kristin Smith, Ja-cob Tomasoski, Konnor Tou-signant, Alexis Vicenzi, Mad-eline Waara, Lauren Westphal, Sydney Wojdula11th A Honor Roll Erin Angeli, Monica Ea-gloski, Emily Howell, Michael Ivey, Kayley Ponozzo, Alyssa Possanza, Bradley Premo, Megan Quayle, Grace Recla, Jamie Rudolfi , Zane Sarafi ny, Molly Sheehan, Riley Thom-son, Benjamin Wiegand10th A Honor Roll Izaya Bengry, McKenna Carlson, Kailey Garavet, Sar-ah Kerttu, Emmy Kinner, Mat-thew Maki, Madiline McNa-mara, Seth Miatech, Katilee Rhino, Allie Schive, Sydney Schram, Michelle Wiegand9th A Honor Roll Kevin Ballinger, Chris-tian Benson, Breanna Kemp-painen, Victoria Maloney, Ste-ven Nelson, Alex Pangrazzi, Summer Parent, Emily Ru-dolfi , Rachael Tefft, Natalie Tomasoski, Neil Tomasoski, Bradley Wickstrom
12th B Honor Roll Nickolas Abata, Victor Bartel, Jeremy Dobson, Vic-toria Harris-Hoogenboom, Nicholas Helgemo, Carli Johnson, Ryan Maki, Trey Manitta, Ashley Mathews, Keeley Nolingberg, Brandon Olson, Jordan Powell, Bailey Rullcoski, Alec Schmelebeck, Nikolas Thoney, Mykel Zaritz11th B Honor Roll Emika Anderson, Tabytha Andreski, Kendra Carlson, Alexas Gasperini, Ganita Gol-berg, Victoria Heimerl, Mag-gie Ivey, Rachel Malmquist, Elizabeth Pellizzer, Brittany Piwarski, Jake Polich, Jessica Prudhomme, Phylisha Shel-don10th B Honor Roll Kole Atanasoff, Austin Ba-clich, Tierney Cayo, Brandon Child, Nils Gieffers, Matthew Howell, Ashley Pfl anz, Den-nis Powell, Alexis Rullcoski, Dante Thurston, Katylynn Weston, Justin Williams9th B Honor Roll Turner Bociek, Trevor Car-penter, Mazy Deneau, Alaina Gable, Makayla Gill, Robert Ivey, Emily Kurtz, Hadley Passamani, Olivia Pierce, Jen-nifer Piwarski, Erin Possanza, Megan Strom
THANK YOUJohn Pasternak and Family would like to thank all who made it possible for us to get a new furnace in our home.Also Jan Stello who worked so hard at put-ting on the benefit and all the people who helped her, too many to mention by name.
Thank you - God BlessJohn Pasternak
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IRON COUNTY REPORTER, March 11, 2015, Page 8 Stambaugh Crystal Caspian Iron Falls Gaastra River Symbol Station Net Origin 5 3 3 3 WJMN CBS Escanaba - 7 43 5 WBKP CW Calumet 6 6 6 6 WLUC NBC Marquette 10 10 - 10 WBUP ABC Marquette 8 - 11 WLUK Fox Green Bay 13 13 13 13 WNMU PBS Marquette 20 15 43 A&E Arts & Entertainment 12 11 21 CNN CNN 26 19 46 DISC Discovery Channel 7 10 27 ESPN ESPN 8 37 30 FSD Fox Sports Net Detroit 28 47 56 HALL Hallmark Channel 18 34 42 HGTV Home & Garden TV (HGTV) 2 28 45 HIST History Channel 4 - - HBO Home Box Offi ce (HBO) - 24 47 TLC The Learning Channel - 5 - TMC The Movie Channel 38 44 NGEO National Geographic 34 - 24 NICK Nickelodeon 21 4 8 TBS TBS 27 22 33 TNT TNT 22 16 38 TCM Turner Classic Movies 3 31 35 USA USA Network
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Iron River: 2, Fox U.P., Marquette; 7 EWTN; 9, WGN America; 10, WYOW, ABC, Eagle River; 14, NFL Network 15, Comedy Central; 16, Fox News Channel; 17, Spike TV; 18, NBC Sports Network; 19, Animal Planet; 20, Speed Channel; 22, MTV; 23, VH1; 24, Nickelodeon; 25, Cartoon Channel; 26 Disney Channel; 28, ESPN2; 26, Fox Detroit; 31, Golf Channel;, 32, Outdoor Channel; 34 WTBS Atlanta; 36, Syfy; 37, AMC; 39, FX1; 40, Lifetime; 41, Food Network; 48, C-SPAN; 52, TV Land; 53, Country Music Television; 54, CBWT, CBC, Winnipeg; 55, QVC; 57, Zap2It TV listings.
Crystal Falls: 9, WGN America; 14, VH-1; 15, Spike TV; 16, Disney Channel; 17, Weather Channel; 23, Eternal Word TV Network; 25, MTV; 29, TV Land; 30, Lifetime; 31, Home Shopping Network; 32, CMT; 33, ESPN2; 35, WZMQ, Marquette, ThisTV.
Caspian-Stambaugh-Gaastra: 9, WGN America; 12, WJFW, NBC, Rhinelander; 14, Cartoon Network; 17, Animal Planet; 18, Great American Country; 20, Eternal Word TV Network; 21, WXYZ, ABC, Detroit; 23, QVC; 26, C-Span; 27, Fox News Channel; 29, WMVS, PBS, Milwaukee; 30, Outdoor Channel; 32, AMC; 33, Lifetime; 35, AmericanLife; 36, ThisTV; 39, Weather Channel; 40. Home Shopping Network; 41, Sportsman Channel; 42, ABC Family; 43, Trinity Broadcasting Network; 44, Food Network; 45, WZMQ, Marquette, ThisTV; 46, Speed Channel; 48, Universal Sports; 49, Golf Channel; 50, WMVT, PBS, Milwaukee.
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WEEKLY CROSSWORD: MARCH 11, 201538. Fiber from the outer husk of a coconut39. Great black-backed gull40. The largest island in the West Indies41. Vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes44. Support trestles45. Single rail system48. Call upon in supplication49. Small compartment50. Lair51. Unpleasant nagging womenCLUES DOWN1. College civil rights organization2. “Full House” actress Loughlin3. Egyptian sun god4. Vessel or duct5. Belonging to a thing6. After B
7. Refers to end of small intestine8. Baby cow9. River of Memmert Germany10. Farmer’s calendar11. Spiral shelled cephalopods12. Source of chocolate14. Diversify17. A baglike structure in a plant or animal18. Freshwater & limestone green algae20. Single Lens Refl ex23. Gum arabics24. Austrian philosopher Martin25. Maltese pound26. An immature newt29. Popular Canadian statement30. Norwegian monetary unit (abbr.)31. A journey around a course32. Confer a nobility title upon35. Idle talk36. British policeman38. A citizen of Havana
SOLUTION FROM: MAR. 4, 2015
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HELP WANTED: John’s Industries, Inc. in Cas-pian, MI is looking for a lathe machinist with CNC mill knowledge. Please see John at John’s In-dustries, 100 Axle Drive, Caspian, MI (906) 265-6178.
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HELP WANTED: Local business seeks experi-enced bookkeeper. Must know QuickBooks, billing and be good dealing with the public. Part time, 16-24 hrs. per week. Reply to Reporter, File #500, P.O. Box 311, Iron River, MI 49935.
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BEWABIC STATE PARK is looking for enthusi-astic employees for the 2015 season. Computer skills, cash handling and/or building and grounds maintenance experience preferred. Must have valid driver’s license and be 18 or older, or a high school graduate. Applica-tions can be found online at michigan.gov keyword search: employment ap-plication, and are due by COB 3/26/15. They can be mailed or hand delivered to 720 Idlewild, Crystal Falls, MI 49920. We are an EOE. Call 906-875-3324 for more details.
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HELP WANTED: Axle Auto Parts, located in Caspian, MI is looking for a person with experience with ATVs and small en-gines. Also, needed is an automotive dismantler. Please see Nick or John at Axle Auto Parts, 100 Axle Drive, Caspian, MI. (906) 265-7777.
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Mid-City hosts ice fishing derbyMid City Bar & Grill held its fi rst annual ice fi shing derby on Feb. 14. The winning northern pike, 26 inches, was caught by Dan Charbarneau. The winning perch, 9 inches, was caught by Andy Carlson. No walleye was entered. Pictured, from left, in front, are participants Scott Stoychoff , Dave Sanders (owner), Charbarneau, Wayne Selden and Aaron Upperstrom; in back are owners Linda (Schmoo) and Fuzz Andersen. “Forty-three people participated and braved the frigid cold,” said the owners, “and the weather did not affect the fi shing. We were happy with the number of fi sh caught.” (submitted photo)
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Tigers and boatsPack 505 Tiger Cub Scouts participated in the Raingutter Regatta sail boat race March 5. Pictured, from left, are Hunter Baumgartner (Wolf Cub Scout, who helped with judging); Gregory Rodaer (second place, winner of trophy for most creative sail boat; and Christian Thueme (fi rst place). (submitted photo)
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Gun and knife show set at Tufts-Rondon CRYSTAL FALLS—The dates for the gun and knife show at Tufts-Rondon were listed incorrectly in the March 3 issue of the Iron County Reporter. The show will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, March 13 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 14 at the VFW Hall Tufts-Rondon Post 2891, 108 Superior Ave. Admission is $5, under 12 get in free. Table rental is $20. Set up is Friday from noon to 4 p.m. For more information, contact Pat at 875-3888.
Michigan DNR appeals federal court’s wolf decisionLANSING—The Michigan DNR fi led an appeal of a De-cember 2014 federal district court ruling that returned wolves in Michigan and Wis-consin to the federal endan-gered species list and wolves in Minnesota to federal threat-ened species status.
The appeal – fi led by the Michigan Attorney General in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia – asks the court to uphold the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s December 2011 decision that removed the Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of wolves from the fed-eral endangered species list.
“Returning wolf manage-ment to wildlife professionals in the state of Michigan is crit-ical to retaining a recovered, healthy, and socially-accepted wolf population in our state,” said DNR Director Keith Cre-agh in a press release. “Michi-gan residents who live with wolves deserve to have a full range of tools available to sus-tainably manage that popula-tion.”
Wolves in Michigan are 15 years past the population re-covery goals set by the federal government. The DNR will argue against the federal dis-trict court’s ruling that wolves must recover across their his-toric range – which includes the lower 48 states and Mex-ico – before Michigan’s wolf population can be removed from the federal endangered species list.
In addition, the state will ar-gue against the district court’s conclusion that the USFWS failed to demonstrate that Michigan’s laws and regula-tions adequately protect the wolf population within Michi-gan.
“Wolves in Michigan and the other western Great Lakes states are fully recovered from endangered species sta-tus, which is a great success story,” said DNR Wildlife Division Chief Russ Mason. “Continuing to use the Endan-gered Species Act to protect a recovered species not only undermines the integrity of the Act, it leaves farmers and others with no immediate re-course when their animals are being attacked and killed by wolves.”
Michigan’s wolf population
numbers approximately 636 in the state’s Upper Peninsula. With the return to federal pro-tection in December 2014, the DNR lost the authority to use a variety of wolf management methods, including lethal con-trol, to minimize wolf confl ict with humans, livestock and dogs.
The change in status also
suspended state authority that allowed livestock and dog owners to protect their animals from wolf depredation when wolves are in the act of attack-ing those animals.
The federal district court’s decision came in response to a lawsuit fi led by the Humane Society of the United States, in which the state of Michigan
participated as a defendant-intervener arguing against re-turning the Great Lakes DPS of wolves to the endangered species list.
Michigan joins the USFWS and a number of hunting and conservation organizations in appealing the ruling.
For more information, visit www.michigan.gov/wolves.
Public comment sought on draft update of 2008 Michigan Wolf Management PlanLANSING—The Michigan DNR has completed a draft update of the 2008 Michigan Wolf Management Plan and is seeking public comment dur-ing a 30-day period that be-gan March 4. The 2008 Wolf Management Plan was created using extensive public input to identify important issues and assess public attitudes toward wolves and their management, as well as a review of the bio-logical and social science on wolves. The four principal goals within the plan are to:
-Maintain a viable wolf pop-ulation.
-Facilitate wolf-related ben-efi ts.
-Minimize wolf-related con-fl icts.
-Conduct science-based and socially acceptable manage-ment of wolves.
The plan and, more specifi -cally, the four principal goals within the plan have guided wolf management in Michigan for the last six and a half years.
Beginning in November 2014, the DNR sought com-ments on the implementation of the 2008 plan. During the comment period, the DNR received more than 3,000 re-sponses to its online and hard-copy survey. Based on those responses and corresponding comments, and an internal re-view of the document, a draft updated plan recently was completed and is available for public review and comment.
The four principal goals in the 2008 plan remain the same in the updated plan. The 2015 draft also includes updated scientifi c literature and new information and facts regard-ing wolves in Michigan. A companion document, which summarizes DNR manage-ment accomplishments in ad-dressing the action items from
the 2008 plan, also is available for public review.
The draft updated plan and the 2008 Summary of Man-agement Accomplishments document are available for download at Michigan.gov/wolves.
Send comments on the draft updated plan to [email protected] or via U.S. mail to DNR Wildlife Divi-sion, P.O. Box 30444, Lansing MI 48909.
Comments must be received no later than April 3.
DNR’s UPCAC to hold annual joint meeting MARQUETTE—The DNR’s Eastern and Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Councils (CACs) will hold their annual joint meeting Monday, March 16 in the Hu-ron and Erie Rooms at North-ern Michigan University, lo-cated at 2101 University Cen-ter, Marquette. Beginning at 6 p.m., DNR staff will present division re-ports on current DNR projects and business and will answer questions from council mem-bers and the public. The joint council meeting will imme-diately follow from 6:30 to 8 p.m. (all times are Eastern). The primary topic of the evening will be an update on
invasive species issues facing the state. There will also be an opportunity for public com-ment. For public comment instructions, please visit www.michigan.gov/upcac. For more information, contact DNR Upper Peninsula Regional Coordinator Stacy Haughey at 906-228-6561.
DNR reminds anglers of ice shanty removal rulesLANSING—The Michigan DNR reminds anglers that the dates for mandatory ice shanty removal are approaching. An-
glers are required to remove shanties as soon as the ice is unsafe to hold them, regard-less of the date.
In the Upper Peninsula, shanties must be removed by midnight March 31. Persons placing a shan-ty on Michigan-Wisconsin boundary waters shall remove the shanty by midnight March 15. After mandatory removal dates, shanties may be placed on the ice on a daily basis, but must be removed daily. Shanty owners who allow the structures to fall through the ice are subject to penalties of up to 30 days in jail, fi nes of not less than $100 or more than $500 or both. If a shanty is removed by a government agency, the court can require the owner to reim-burse the government for an amount of up to three times the cost of removals. For more information on ice fi shing shanty regulations and fi shing in Michigan, refer to the Michigan Fishing Guide online at www.michigan.gov/fi shing.
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West Iron CountyGirls basketball
Season is over
Boys basketballDistrict 95 tournament at Iron Mountain
March 9--6 p.m., Norway vs. WestwoodMarch 11--5 p.m., West Iron vs. Norway/West-
wood winner; 6:45 p.m., Carney-Nadeau vs. Iron Mountain
March 13, 6 p.m.--District championship game
Forest ParkGirls basketball
Class D regional at KingsfordMarch 10--5 p.m., Forest Park vs. Ontonagon;
6:45 p.m., Bark River-Harris vs. MunisingMarch 12, 6 p.m.--Regional championship game
Boys basketballDistrict 127 tournament at Wakefield
March 9--5:30 p.m.--Republic-Michigamme vs. Bessemer; 7 p.m., Wakefield-Marenisco vs. Watersmeet.
March 11--5:30 p.m., Ewen-Trout Creek vs. Republic-Michigamme/Bessemer winner; 7 p.m., Forest Park vs. Wakefield-Marenisco/Watersmeet winner
March 12, 6 p.m.--District championship game GO TEAMS!
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NOTICE: The City of Caspian hereby gives notice that separate sealed Bids will be received for the Industrial Park Sanitary Sewer Extension project on Co. Rd. 424 east of Museum Drive consisting of approximately 100 linear feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer main, new concrete manhole, tap and install inside drop connection in the existing sanitary manhole in Co. Rd. 424, and patch restoration of Co. Rd. 424 to existing condition.
TIME AND PLACE: Bids will be received at the offi ce of City Clerk, City of Caspian, 500 West Railroad Street until 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), April 1, 2015. After the offi cial Bid closing time, the Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. In addition, the City of Caspian will not consider any proposal which has not been received prior to the published time, date, and year of bid opening (FAX transmittals will not be accepted).
BID SECURITY: Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond guarantee for fi ve (5) percent of the Bid Amount.
CONTRACT SECURITY: The Bidder to whom a Contract is awarded shall furnish a Performance Bond in an amount equal to the Contract Price.
BID REJECTION/ACCEPTANCE: The City of Caspian reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or any part thereof at its discretion, and to waive any irregularities in the bidding.
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: The Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations:
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After taking on the Jets, the Trojans had eight days to get primed for district play this week, and Graff was reported-ly working hard in practice.
FP team stats: FG, 20-55, 36%; 3FG, 6-20, 30%; FT, 4-9, 44%; 26 re-bounds, 9 assists; 12 turnovers, 5 steals, 15 fouls. North Central team stats: FG, 33-62, 53%; 3FG, 6-14, 43%; FT, 12-15, 80%; 39 rebounds, 11 as-sists, 7 turnovers, 6 steals, 11 fouls. FP individual stats: Daniel Nocer-ini, 16 pts (7-13 FG), 3 assists; Adam Hilberg, 14 pts (3x3), 6 rebs; Connor Kezerle, 10 pts (3x3); Aus n Carlson, 7 rebs, 3 blocks; Kam Krajewski, 4 asts, 3 stls. North Central individual stats: Rob Granquist, 24 pts (9-16 FG, 2x3), 5 rebs; Dawson Bilski, 17 pts (6-10 FG, 4x3), 5 rebs, 3 asts; Morgan Cox, 11 pts, Jason Whitens, 9 pts, 7 rebs, 5 asts; Troy Ekberg, 8 pts; Caleb Mar n, 7 pts, 5 rebs.TROJANS 7 15 11 17 -- 50J ET S 19 20 26 19 -- 84 • The Class D District 127 tournament started March 9
team, we have to fi gure out how to look in the post again.” West Iron stayed within 26-17 at the break, but a poor third quarter ended any hopes of an upset. In that crucial pe-riod, the Wykons committed 14 turnovers and attempted just fi ve shots in falling behind 40-22 after three quarters. West Iron did not score in the third quarter until the 3:13 mark and by then trailed by 15. “We went through our six trips in a row of throwing the ball away,” Schive said. Senior guard Brandon Olson got untracked in the fourth quarter, scoring nine of his team-high 12 points, as West Iron tallied the fi nal eight points of the game to cut into what had been a 20-point defi -cit. In their preparation for tournament play, the Wykons hope to get Nelson more accli-mated to the varsity game. But the addition of a tall, athletic and skilled player can only help a team that has struggled through much of the regular season. “If coaches could teach big, everybody would be 6-5, 6-5, 6-5, 6-10,” Schive said. “In eighth grade, (Nelson) was not as solid defensively as he is now, so kudos to (JV coach) Kevin (Leonoff) for doing a good job with his kids.” The Wykons will play the winner of the Westwood-Nor-way matchup Wednesday in the Class C District 95 at Iron
three fouls in the fi rst quarter and never seemed to settle in afterward. The Wykons connected on 6 of 23 (26 percent) in the opening 16 minutes and only once scored two buckets within a minute of scoreboard time.
never led by more than 13 nor by less than seven—W-M could not make it a two-pos-session game. “I felt we went slower than we are used to,” Giuliani said about the second half. “I wanted to spread the court and drive it in and get some easier shots.” That led to Wakefi eld switching to a man-to-man de-fense, which FP is more com-fortable with. Nylund, FP’s sophomore star, said the team pulled to-gether to hold off the Cardi-nals. “We just kept handling the ball real well, taking con-trol and making sure we’re running our pace of game.” Robarge led the Lady Tro-jans with 18 points—nine in the second quarter—and Nyl-und added 17. Stankewicz scored nine, and Libby Sha-mion had six. “I’m lucky that I have amazing coaches and an amazing group of girls to play with,” Stankewicz said. “Ev-erybody has an understanding of their game. Really, I’m just there to help them.” Along with being without Gussert, Stankewicz, a ju-nior, switched from guard to a forward/rebounding role this year. “At the beginning it was a little rough, trying to fi gure everything out,” she said. “But as the season went on, it progressed well. Now I think our team has found out where we need to be as a team.” The Lady Trojans will be at a familiar place this week: the regional tournament. FP team stats: FG, 20-52, 38%; 3FG, 8-20, 40%; FT, 8-17, 47%; 33 rebounds, 17 assists, 15 steals, 16 turnovers, 14 fouls. W-M team stats: FG, 16-50, 32%; 3FG, 1-3, 33%; FT, 10-15, 67%; 22
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rebounds, 15 assists, 6 steals, 19 turnovers, 14 fouls. FP individual stats: Robarge, 18 pts (FG, 7-15), 10 rebs (5 o .), 3 stls; Nylund, 15 pts (2x3), 5 asts, 5 stls; Stankewicz, 9 pts, 4 asts; Shamion, 6 pts, 8 rebs; Isaacson, 5 pts, Rachel Roose, 5 rebs. W-M individual stats: D. Korpi, 9 pts, 4 asts; L. Grace, 8 pts, 6 rebs; K. Yon, 7 pts, 6 rebs; H. Yon, 7 pts, 4 asts; H. Hemming, 6 pts.CARDINALS 12 14 8 10 -- 43TROJANS 17 18 7 14 -- 56 •The 19-4 Trojans will face District 128 winner Onto-nagon (13-10) at 5 p.m. in the fi rst regional semifi nal game March 10 in Kingsford. The other semifi nal has Munising (21-1) vs. Bark River-Harris (21-2) at 6:45. The regional title game is March 12 at 6 p.m. The Kings-ford regional winner advances to the Class D quarterfi nal game March 17 at Negaunee vs. the Rudyard regional win-ner.
Mountain. West Iron lost to the Patriots 54-27 in the sea-son opener and lost to Norway 50-25 and 63-41 during the year. ISHPEMING – Corp 3-15 3-3 9, Ku-liu 1-1 0-0 3, Hakkarinen 5-9 4-4 14, Comment 4-8 0-0 8, Finegan 5-17 3-5 13, Suardini 0-2 0-2 0, Torres 0-4 0-0 0, Mahoski 0-4 0-0 0, Kipling 0-3 0-0 0, Carello 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-65 10-14 47. WEST IRON – Westphal 2-4 0-0 5, Weisnicht 3-9 1-3 7, S. Nelson 4-8 0-0 8, King 1-4 0-0 2, Olson 5-19 0-3 12, Barker 0-2 1-2 1, Maki 0-2 0-0 0. T. Nelson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-48 2-8 35. 3-point shots – Ishpeming 1-13 (Kuliu 1-1, Corp 0-3, Mahoski 0-3, Hakkarinen 0-1, Comment 0-1, Fin-egan 0-1, Suardini 0-1, Torres 0-1, Kipling 0-1) West Iron 3-14 (Olson 2-8, Westphal 1-3, King 0-2, Maki 0-1) . Fouls – Ishpeming 12, West Iron 16. Rebounds – Ishpeming 38, West Iron 44. Turnovers – Ishpeming 12, West Iron 29.HEMAT IT ES 16 10 14 7 -- 47WYKONS 9 8 5 13 -- 35 In the fi nal JV game of the season, a fourth quarter rally by the Wykons fell short as Ishpeming left with a 39-37 victory. West Iron trailed by 12 entering the fourth quarter but outscored the visitors 16-6 and had a shot at winning the game on the fi nal possession when a 3-pointer by Jayce Brockha-gen rimmed out. Brockhagen led the way with 10 points, while Neil To-masoski chipped in with nine and Dante Thurston added six. West Iron ended up 12-8 and fi nished in a three-way tie for the West Pac Conference championship with Calumet and Houghton. “Excellent effort, enthusi-asm and good old-fashioned hard work all year long to fi n-ish a successful season,” Le-onoff said.
“I thought we were rushing our shots in the fi rst half,” Ser-bentas said. “I think the jitters in the beginning were an issue. Once they got the jitters out, they started to play better.” The Wykons’ best stretch came midway through the third quarter when they em-barked on a 7-0 streak that cut a 17-point defi cit to 10. West Iron closed to within 41-32 after Emmy Kinner knocked down her third 3-pointer of the third quarter, but the Wykons never got any closer. Kinner fi nished with a game-high 22 points, 19 of which came in the second half. Mazurek and Erin Angeli chipped in with seven, while Golfi s ended up with six, half her average. Afterward, the team’s three seniors refl ected on their fi nal season and their careers as Wykon basketball players. “We didn’t have a win-ning season, but we always stayed positive and we always worked our hardest,” Golfi s said. “And I’m proud of that.” “It’s been a wild ride,” Ma-zurek said. “It’s weird going from playing with 30 people in your class (at the start of high school) down to fi ve and then down to three. But it’s been fun, I really liked it.” “It’s really sad because we’ve been playing basketball for 10 years and this was our last time ever,” said Tori Har-ris, who scored two points in her fi nal game. “It was a posi-tive experience, and it taught me a lot about leadership and just to be a determined per-son.” And that was part of the message Serbentas shared with his team before leaving the gymnasium together as a group for the fi nal time. “(The seniors) were great team leaders. A team that only had four wins could have easi-ly given up. Things could have easily gone south. But the se-niors put in a lot of work keep-ing that team together, and they toughed it out through all the years. “This team never gave up. They fought tooth-and-nail all year without a post defender, really. And our post offense was limited, but they perse-vered. I wouldn’t trade any of the girls (on the team) for any-body.” WEST IRON – Mazurek 3-6 1-5 7, Angeli 3-5 0-0 7, Harris 1-5 0-0 2, Kinner 7-19 5-7 22, Golfi s 3-13 0-0 6, Pellizzer 0-1 0-0 0, Andreski 0-0 0-0 0, Ponozzo 0-0 0-0 0, Gallup 0-3 0-0 0, Possanza 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-52 6-12 44. IRON MOUNTAIN – Trusco 4-8 4-4 12, Feira 2-9 0-0 4, Herman 7-16 1-3 16, Brule 2-3 4-6 8, Bogaudo 3-12 0-0 6, An. Cevigney 2-6 3-5 7, Pirkola 0-0 1-2 1, Al. Cevigney 0-0 0-0 0. To-tals 20-54 13-20 54. 3-point fi eld goals – West Iron 4-18 (Kinner 3-9, Angeli 1-1, Golfi s 0-6, Harris 0-2), Iron Mountain 1-7 (Herman 1-3, Feira 0-2, Bogaudo 0-1, An. Cevigney 0-1). Fouls (fouled out) – West Iron 15 (Golfi s), Iron Mountain 11 . Rebounds – West Iron 27, Iron Mountain 49. Turnovers – West Iron 12, Iron Mountain 14.WYKONS 9 5 18 12 -- 44M ’TAINEERS 14 12 15 13 -- 54
Pool match decided on final gameIRON RIVER—It went down to the very last game in the Iron County Men’s Pool League tournament March 4. Tied 7-7 after 14 games, shooters from Knotheads and Stambaugh Legion chalked up for the fi nal duel of the night. It went to Knotheads, giving the Tipler crew an 8-7 victory and at least one more week of life in the double elimination tourney. The Legionnaires, seeded third, join the long list of teams eliminated. This week, Knotheads (fi fth seed) faces Snipe Lake I (second seed) in the only match. Unbeaten Snipe Lake II (fi rst seed) awaits the winner. They are the only three teams still alive in the tourney. M arch 4 score Winners bracket: bye, Snipe Lake II (1). L osers bracket: Knotheads (5) def. Stambaugh Legion (3) 8-7; bye, Snipe Lake I (2). M arch 11 schedule Winners bracket: bye, Snipe Lake II (1). L osers bracket: Knotheads (5) at Snipe Lake I (2). E liminated: VFW (12), Wooden Nickel (13), Infi eld Bar (9), Randy’s II (7), Randy’s I (6), Ravens Nest (11), Village Inn (8), UP North I (10), UP North II (4), Stambaugh Legion (3).
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at Wakefi eld-Marenisco High School. The 16-4 Trojans drew a fi rst-round bye and will play the winner of the Wakefi eld-Marenisco (11-9) vs. Waters-meet (10-9) game at 7 p.m. on March 11. The winner advances to the district title game March 13 at 6 p.m. against either Ewen-Trout Creek (9-11), Re-public-Michigamme (16-4) or Bessemer (14-6). District 127’s winner earns a berth at the Class D region-als at Negaunee on March 16, facing the winner of District 128 (at Ontonagon) at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. The North Central and Rapid River district winners play in the other semifi nal at 7:30 Eastern.
IRON RIVER—It’s not clear presently if former Forest Park star Lexi Gussert’s freshman season is over yet, but if so, she showed her promise in what may have been the fi nal two games of her initial collegiate season at Michigan State. Gussert tied for team scoring honors with 16 points in the Spartans’ 69-49 victory in the second round of the Big Ten Conference Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Ill., on
March 5. Gussert fi nished with seven points in MSU’s 70-60 loss to top-seeded Maryland in the quarterfi nals March 6. The Spartans (16-15) are eligible to play in the National Invitational Tournament, but coach Suzy Merchant said after the quarterfi nal loss that the decision regarding whether to play in the event hasn’t been made yet. Gussert came out of the gates fi ring in the victory over rival Michigan. The 6-foot forward knocked down four 3-pointers in the fi rst half to spark the Spartans to a 46-22 lead at the break. “I guess I just came off with confi dence,” Gussert said in the press conference afterward. “Last time we played them, I shot 1 for 10, and that sat with me for a long time. Pretty mad coming into the game. Took my anger out on them, I guess.” In the loss to the Terrapins, Gussert shot 3 of 6 and hit one 3-pointer in 30 minutes. In 28 games this season, Gussert has averaged 4.8 points and 2.1 rebounds. She has compiled 34 assists, 12 steals and fi ve blocked shots in 18.8 minutes per game. Gussert has hit 20 of 60 3-pointers and has started eight of the last nine games.
After the loss to Maryland, Merchant was asked in the postgame press conference about Gussert’s play this season. “She really came on down the stretch. She showed exactly what she can do. She’s a really good shooter. Can hit that open shot. She makes some great passes. For Lexi, the defensive side of the ball was a struggle and it affected her confi dence in every part of her game. “She has the size and the passing, the IQ. She’s gotten better. This offseason will be big for her from a strength and quickness perspective. She has to get a little bit thicker and stronger in the weight room. But I’m really excited about her future. I thought she was a big reason why we were able to win some games down the stretch. No question about it.”
Women’s poolI ron R iver Women’s Pool L eague
Week 17 standings: Cozee, 117-87; UP North II, 113-91; Snipe Lake Pub, 110-94; Mid City Bar, 102-102; Wooden Nickel, 93-111; UP North I, 77-127.
Top shooters: Nora Norman, 71%; Vicky Ferrara, 69%; Tammi Marinello, 67%; Lu Dache , 61%
Notes: Full scores and sta s cs available online at www.sti cktherock.com.
Gussert shows improvement
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West Iron’s Emmy Kinner shoots over an Iron Mountain defender during the teams’ district tournament game March 2.
The Lady Trojans’ Libby Shamion claims a rebound near a pair of Bessemer defenders during a March 2 district tourney game at Watersmeet.
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New-look Lady Trojans off to regionals again
Wykons offer peek at future
Jets show FP who’s No. 1CRYSTAL FALLS—This just in: North Central is a really, really good boys basketball team. The Jets showed their stuff before their home fans in Powers March 3, fl attening a short-handed Forest Park squad 84-50 to com-plete another 20-0 regular season and earn the Skyline Central Conference title. The Trojans fi nish the regular season with a 16-4 overall record, 9-4 in the Skyline Central. “They’re quick,” said FP coach Chris Nocerini, “they play tough defense, and they sure don’t miss many shots. They deserve their No. 1 ranking in the state.” North Central’s only loss last year was to Cedarville in the state quarterfi nals. The Jets reached the Class D state semifi nals in 2013. Once again, it’s going to take a great team to bring down the Jets this spring. Forest Park simply wasn’t that team on March 3—especially since the Trojans had to play without senior Lee Graff, who is getting over an ankle injury. Nocerini said the team missed Graff “defi nitely defensively but also offensively.” While the Jets survived 46-41 at Forest Park on Feb. 6, the rematch was much different: This time, the Jets shot 53 percent from the fl oor—they were only 25 percent in the defense-orient-ed fi rst game. Like in the fi rst game, the Jets took fl ight early, soaring away to a 19-7 lead that grew to 39-22 at halftime. The coach said Daniel Nocerini and Adam Hilberg both played well in the fi rst half, driv-ing and drawing fouls, as Forest Park shot 44
percent from the fl oor. But North Central took full command in the third quarter, blasting FP 26-11 for a 65-33 lead. “We came out fl at after halftime and couldn’t seem to buy a bucket,” the coach re-ported. The impressive fi rst half shooting fell to just 25 percent. Meanwhile, the Jets shot 64 percent in the third frame, making 18 of their 28 shots from the fl oor including fi ve 3-pointers. FP simply just couldn’t keep up to that kind of pace. “Once we were that far behind, the boys just couldn’t get it back,” Nocerini said. Unlike the fi rst game, when Forest Park ral-lied 20-9 in the fourth quarter to give the Jets a late scare, this time the Jets had a 19-17 advan-tage. Connor Kezerle made several 3-pointers in the fourth frame for FP. The Jets were powered by Rob Granquist’s 24 points (9 of 16 shooting) and Dawson Bil-ski’s 17 (6 of 10 from the fl oor, including four 3-pointers). Daniel Nocerini led Forest Park’s scoring with 16 points, and Hilberg added another 14, including a trio of 3-pointers. Kezerle fi nished with 10 points and also nailed three treys. Coach Nocerini noted that the most recent Associated Press Class D statewide poll listed fi ve U.P. schools in the top 10—four of them from this region: the Jets, Munising, Lake Lin-den-Hubbell and the Trojans. “This will be a tough tournament run,” he said, “but anything can happen in tournaments. Time to work hard and push forward.”
By Jerry DeRocheIRON RIVER—The result was much the same as it of-ten has been during this dif-fi cult season for the West Iron County boys basketball team, but the regular season fi nale did provide a new twist. The Wykons dropped a 47-35 decision to Ishpeming on March 3 on Senior Night at Charles Greenlund Gym-nasium to close their regular season at 2-18. But freshman Steven Nelson offered a peek at what he can provide in the years to come in his fi rst var-sity game. The 6-foot-5½ center grabbed 18 rebounds, scored eight points and blocked three shots after starting in the place of Mike Ivey, who missed the game due to illness Nelson was expected to play anyway after being called up to the varsity team after a standout JV campaign. But with Ivey down, Nelson got the starting nod and made an immediate impact on the team, especially defensively. “I think Steven brought a little extra energy from the kids tonight because they had been waiting to play with him,” West Iron coach Dan Schive said. “I thought he did pretty (well) for his fi rst time on the fl oor at the varsity lev-el.” Nelson averaged 15.7 points on the JV team and improved steadily both offen-sively and defensively along the way.
Understandably, he was nervous to take the court as a varsity Wykon for the initial time. “Yes, a lot of stomach aches and everything,” Nelson said. “It was a lot faster pace than what I was used to. (But) it was great experience, won-derful.” West Iron took a quick 5-2 lead on buckets from its two sophomore starters. A.J. Weisnicht recorded a three-point play, and Cole Westphal knocked down a driving bank shot to put the Wykons on top. But the Hematites (12-7) responded with a 14-2 run to build a nine-point cushion. Junior guard Thomas Finegan sparked the run with seven points, while junior forward Luke Kuliu knocked down a 3-pointer. Kuliu injured his right ankle after hitting the shot and didn’t return. Nelson’s fi rst varsity hoop came off an offensive rebound late in the fi rst quarter. With just a couple of practices with the varsity squad under his belt and playing against a physical-ly imposing Ishpeming team, Nelson understandably had a hard time fi nding his comfort on offense. Schive knows that part is going to take some time, both for Nelson and his teammates. “Because we’ve had such a lack of a post presence, we’ve gotten away from looking into the post,” Schive said. “So as a
WIC girls can’t overcome size factorBy Jerry DeRoche
ISHPEMING—The one prev-alent concern for the West Iron County girls basketball team from preseason forward had been its lack of size. In the end, that spelled the Wykons’ doom.
Matched up against an Iron Mountain squad that sported four players among its top sev-en taller than anybody West Iron had in its starting lineup, the Wykons were beaten badly on the backboards in a 54-44 loss in the Class C District
95 opener at Westwood High School on March 2. With the loss, West Iron closed the season with a 4-17 record. Iron Mountain went on to win the district title with a 64-59 triple overtime victory over Norway on March 4. Against the Mountain-eers (12-10), the Wykons were outrebounded 49-27 and gave up 32 points in the lane. As a means to combat Iron Mountain center Katie Brule, who scored 21 points in the Mountaineers’ 55-49 win over West Iron early in the season, Wykon coach Joe Serbentas decided to play a version of a 2-3 zone defense that for all practical purposes was a box-and-one on Brule. The defense worked in one aspect. Largely through the ef-forts of 5-foot-5 senior Sydnie Mazurek, the Wykons held the 5-11 Brule to just eight points. But the scheme also created gaps in multiple places, as Ser-bentas knew it would. “I’ll live with that deci-sion,” the Wykon coach said. “I wasn’t going to give Brule 21 points again. I went and scouted (Iron Mountain) against Gladstone, and that’s what Gladstone did: played a 2-3 and just sandwiched Brule inside. So I fi gured we’d try to do the same thing. But we did not rebound very well, and we did not close out on the shoot-ers that well.” After Wykon senior Alexis Golfi s scored the game’s fi rst points, Iron Mountain senior Alena Herman recorded a three-point play off an offen-sive rebound and the Moun-taineers never trailed again. The key stretch came early in
the second quarter when Iron Mountain went on a 10-0 run that stretched its lead to 24-11 with three minutes remaining before halftime. West Iron trailed 26-14 at the break and had to play up-hill the rest of the way. “They were hot, and none of our (shots) were dropping,” said Golfi s, who picked up
WATERSMEET—The cast is a lot different now and so is the coach, but the result was the same at the Class D Dis-trict 127 tournament here last week: another district trophy for the Forest Park girls. The Lady Trojans won their fi fth consecutive district title March 6, defeating Wake-fi eld-Marenisco 56-43 in the title game. W-M fi nished its season with an 18-4 record. Along with two wins ear-lier in the district tourney, Forest Park enters this week’s regional tournament at Kings-ford with a 19-4 record. They take on Ontonagon (13-10) in the semifi nals March 10. “It feels really good,” said FP coach Jackie Giuliani, who said there was one big question this year after Jeff Syrjanen stepped down as coach and Lexi Gussert went from all-state prep star to Michigan State: What would the Lady Trojans be like? “We knew,” said Giuliani. “Jeff knew when he left that he still had a great team here. The girls have done everything they could do to get to this point, and they want it really bad.” Despite not having Gussert to lead them anymore, the girls responded to the challenge:
“They’ve learned their roles and how to score, and they’re really a great group of kids to be around. I’m so happy to be their coach.” FP’s fi rst two wins were over Bessemer (67-31 on March 2) and Watersmeet (62-35 on March 4). Similar games, similar results. About a minute into the game against Bessemer, Gi-uliani called out “Put it on! Put it on!” The “it” was backcourt pressure: Bessemer struggled mightily against it, and FP led 21-7 after the fi rst quarter. For the game, FP had 18
steals and 18 assists, with passes to fast-breaking Tro-jans building up the lead. FP had a huge lead in shots from the fl oor: 78-34. Maria Stankewicz led FP with 17 points and 11 re-bounds, plus fi ve assists and fi ve steals. Sierra Robarge scored nine, and Libby Sha-mion had seven. Thirteen dif-ferent Lady Trojans added to the point total. FP team stats: FG, 28-78, 35%; 3FG, 6-21, 28%; FT, 5-9, 55%; 34 rebounds, 18 assists, 18 steals, 7 turnovers, 15 fouls. Bessemer team stats: FG, 16-34, 47%; 3FG, 0-5; FT, 9-16, 56%; 25 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 17 turnovers, 12 fouls. FP individual stats: Maria Stankewicz, 17 pts (3x3), 11 rebs, 5 asts, 5 stls; Sierra Robarge, 9 pts, 5 rebs; Libby Shamion, 7 pts; Abby Nylund, 6 pts, 4 asts, 5 stls; Amber Lovato, 6 pts; Annie Tay-lor, 5 rebs. Bessemer individual stats: Whitney Trcka, 11 pts; Ra-chel Mazurek, 9 pts; Rachel Em-ery, 6 rebs.TROJANS 21 10 17 19 -- 67SPEEDGIRLS 7 6 4 14 -- 31 Watersmeet stayed with the Lady Trojans longer in the semifi nal game but couldn’t keep pace with them, especial-ly sophomore Abby Nylund. Nylund singed the twine with 28 points, including four 3-pointers. She scored eight (with a pair of threes) in both the fi rst and second quarters. Meanwhile, Robarge had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, while Stankewicz and Kelsi Hen-drickson kept feeding their teammates: both girls had six assists, and the team fi nished with 17. Watersmeet got its shots but only made 22 percent from the fl oor and turned over the ball 27 times. Nylund (6) and Hendrickson (5) led FP in steals.
Bethany Baldwin led Wa-tersmeet with 21 points. She had 11 in the fi rst quarter, but FP blanked her in the second. FP team stats: FG, 22-69, 31%; 3FG, 8-22, 36%; FT, 10-17, 58%; 34 rebounds, 17 assists, 20 steals, 10 turnovers, 11 fouls. Wa-tersmeet team stats: FG, 12-53, 22%; 3FG, 3-18, 16%; FT, 8-15, 53%; 33 rebounds, 9 assists, 11 steals, 27 turnovers, 16 fouls. FP individual stats: Nylund, 28 pts (4x3), 4 rebs, 6 stls; Ro-barge, 10 pts, 10 rebs; Stanke-wicz, 7 pts, 4 rebs, 6 asts, 3 stls; Kelsi Hendrickson, 6 asts, 5 stls. Watersmeet individual stats: Bethany Baldwin, 21 pts (2x3), 9 rebs, 4 stls; Frannie Zelinski, 7 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls; Jessica Bara-jas, 5 pts; Sierra Griffi n, 8 rebs; Rebecca Caron, 7 rebs.TROJANS 16 16 14 16 -- 62NIMRODS 11 10 9 5 -- 35 Two 3-pointers by Nylund and one by Robarge powered FP to an early 10-0 lead over Wakefi eld-Marenisco in the district title game. But the Cardinals were hardly done and sliced the big lead to two by the end of the fi rst quarter. After a hot start, FP got in a scoring funk in the second quarter, and W-M went on a 9-3 run to get within six, 31-25, with a minute left till half-time. But Robarge stole the ball and scored on a lay-up. Then Adel Isaacson took a rebound in the dying seconds, twisted around, got off an off-balance shot … and made it! Trojans 35-25 at halftime. “I don’t really know what happened there,” Isaacson said later. “Luck was in my favor. Defi nitely exciting. I’ve never had a buzzer shot before!” That’s how the game went: W-M played aggressively, was always on the Lady Trojans’ heels but never caught up. In the second half, Forest Park
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Sydnie Mazurek has her eyes on the basket as she tries to elude an Iron Mountain defender during West Iron’s district tourney game March 2.
WIC freshman Steven Nelson got his fi rst taste of varsity ball March 3 and made the most of it, scoring eight points and grabbing 18 rebounds.
Last-second heroics for Forest Park during the district title game against Wakefi eld-Marenisco as Adel Isaacson and Abby Nylund (11) go for a rebound just before halftime. Isaacson grabbed the ball, twisted around and fi red a basket just before the horn.
Forest Park’s district champions. Front row, from left: Becky Showers, Catherine Bloomburg, Maria Stankewicz, Sierra Robarge, Kelsi Hendrickson, Adel Isaacson and Abby Nylund. Standing: Assistant Coach Kim Bjork, manager Maddie Moln, Hannah Cross, Jenna Grabowski, Susie Toivonen, Annie Taylor, Libby Shamion, Rachel Roose, Amber Lovato, Hanna Logan, manager Claudia Nocerini and Coach Jackie Giuliani.
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