Former Ranger Pushes for Porkies to Go National
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Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI Warriors sweep in finals Defending NBA champion Golden Redsautosales.com State looks to three-peat SPORTS • 9 DAILY GLOBE Tuesday, May 21, 2019 Partly cloudy yourdailyglobe.com | High: 62 | Low: 44 | Details, page 2 Hurley school PORCUPINE CROSSING board praises retiring Patritto By BRYAN HELLIOS found a way to fix the prob- [email protected] lems without costing a lot HURLEY – The Hurley of money. K-12 School Board and “I just can’t say enough community members gave about Chris Patritto,” retiring superintendent Simonich said. “Good Chris Patritto a round of luck.” applause at Monday’s Patritto told the Daily board meeting Globe he never intended to “Every challenge our stay at Hurley because he board has given Chris had aspirations to become Patritto he’s performed a Division I basketball admirably,” board presi- coach. dent Joe Simonich said. “Within a couple years I Simonich presented just kinda fell in love with Patritto with a certificate of the Hurley School District commendation from Wis- and the kids here,” he said. consin Gov. Tony Evers Patritto credits the Hur- and a plaque on behalf of ley staff as “second to state Sen. Janet Bewley and none” and said anything state Rep. Beth Meyer, who the school has ever done represent Iron County in could not have been done Madison. without them. Simonich said the dis- He also spoke highly of trict has gone through the community and “hell” in the past with the expressed thanks for its roof collapse, a $6 million support. fire and $1 million non- “When something funded unemployment Bryan Hellios/Daily Globe fund. A PORCUPINE attempts to cross open water close to the Hurley K-12 Learning Adventure Trail west of the He said Patritto always school Monday afternoon. HURLEY — page 5 Lake Road HONORED crash victims Former ranger pushes for identified IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP Porkies to go national – The Gogebic County Sher- By P.J. GLISSON come up with iff’s Department released the [email protected] names of those in the car enough funds to BESSEMER – A former park ranger involved in a single-vehicle cover related made a passionate push Monday crash that killed two teens b r o c h u r e s night to change the Porcupine Moun- near Little Girl’s Point Satur- throughout the tains Wilderness State Park to a day morning. season. national status. Lauren Powless, 18, and “In the U.P., Jim Harter, a former park assistant Madeline Jackson, 15 died you’re fighting superintendent, specifically called for when the car they were in left downstate on the new park name of Porcupine the road and hit a tree. almost every- Wilderness National Lakeshore. thing,” he said. The third person in the Jim The reason is the difference in “We had to guard car, Zachery Hammon, 20, Harter funding, he said. survived the crash and our budget every “The feds have a lot more funding walked to a nearby house to year.” and resources than the state will ever report the accident. Even so, he said, the number of vis- have,” said Harter, who is now retired Gogebic County Sheriff’s itors to the Presque Isle park has but said he’s worked in five national deputies responded to the grown in recent years by tens of thou- parks, including Yellowstone National scene of the accident on Lake sands. “They will probably reach a Park. Road north of Powers Road at million visitors this year,” claimed Harter said there’s a reason why Harter. you see big billboards promoting Pic- Harter said his own hometown of tured Rocks National Lakeshore: Fed- White Pine is now a retirement com- VICTIMS — page 5 eral funds made them possible. munity due to dwindling population, The same is true, he said, for why which he added has included school Apostle Islands National Lakeshore consolidations and an ongoing “brain gets massive attention in Wisconsin. Ontonagon Harter said the state of Michigan regards the Porkies as a gem, but can’t School Board PORKIES — page 5 lauds Bobula By JAN TUCKER Community group to discuss [email protected] ONTONAGON – The future of northern Iron County Ontonagon Area Board of Education Monday gave By RICHARD JENKINS dents, or NICER, which started as a Superintendent Jim Bobula a [email protected] simple group of residents discussing resounding “thumbs-up” on HURLEY – Local residents are changes they’d like to see in the com- his performance as superin- invited to a community workshop munity. tendent-principal. Wednesday focused on ways to devel- “It started as off as a really small The board met in a closed op positive change in Hurley and the grass-roots organization, and as more session April 23 to evaluate rest of northern Iron County. people and more people started talk- Bobula and that report was The event is scheduled to run from ing about it we got to this point,” said announced Monday. Board 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Iron County Ken Saari, of Montreal. “And we’re President Nancy Mattson said Memorial Building and organized by looking for more people to join us if the board found Bobula to be Larry Holcombe/Daily Globe several organizations in the region. you have time and interest.” “highly effective.” FLAGS FLY at half staff in front of the Hurley City Hall “This hands-on workshop will Along with NICER, Iron County’s “He demonstrates excel- Monday in honor of Appleton firefighter Mitchell include a brief overview of placemak- University of Wisconsin Extension lent leadership skills, accepts Lundgaard, 36, who was fatally shot while responding ing and multiple opportunities to office and the Hurley Chamber of constructive criticism and to a medical emergency on Wednesday. The husband share your thoughts so together we Commerce are among the groups feedback in a positive man- and father of three was killed in the crossfire of a gun- can put our community ideas into involved with organizing Wednes- ner,” Mattson said. She also fight between police and a Wausau man who also died action,” a flyer for the event reads. day’s workshop. in the exchange of gunfire. A funeral for the 14-year The community workshop is par- veteran of the Appleton Fire Department was held tially being organized by the group Monday. Northern Iron County Engaged Resi- ONTONAGON — page 5 IRON — page 5 TODAY INDEX Partly cloudy — Details, page 2 Business . .11 75 cents Classifieds . .13-15 Monday Today’s records Snowfall Comics . .12 Vol. 100, No. 153 High 55 High 88 (1994) 24 hours to 7 a.m. Community . .3 Low 39 Low 28 (1986) Monday none Snow depth none Obituaries . .2 Year ago today Precipitation Season total 182.8 in. Opinion . .4 High 65 24 hours to 7 a.m. Last year 172.3 in. Low 40 Monday .11 in. Sports . .9-10 l 2 TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2019 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD Obituaries TODAY WEDNESDAYWEDNESDDAY THURSDAY FRIDAYFRIDDAY SATURDAY Jodie Lyn (Rye) Johnson IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — her nieces and Jodie Lyn (Rye) Johnson, 56, of Iron- nephews, Dana, Partly Cloudy Few ShowersShoweers Few Showers Few ShowersShhowers Partly Cloudy wood, passed away unexpectedly on Betsy, Christopher J., May 19, 2019, at her home in Iron- Stephanie, Christo- 62° 44° 60° 47°477° 62° 48° 67° 50° 62° 46° wood. pher R., Allyson, Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: Jodie was born in Ironwood to Rachel and Hanna. 3-113-11 mphmph ESEESE 10-1410-14 mphmph ESEESE 7 mphmph SSWSSW 8-118-11 mphmph SSESSE 10-1310-13 mphmph WSWWSW Albert and Mary Ann (Conhartoski) Jodie was incredi- Rye on Jan. 11, 1963. She graduated bly loved by every- Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 55/45 Ironwood Catholic High School in one who knew her, Todayy we will see partly cloudy 1981. She married Kevin Johnson on and she will be Jodie Lyn (Rye) Bergland skies with a highg temperaturep of 62°, Oct. 21, 1995, at St. Mary’s Catholic remembered as an 65/45 humidhumiditydity of 35%. East southeast Johnson Wakefield 1963 — 2019 Ironwood wind 3 to 11 mph. The record high Church in Hurley, Wis. She graduated active community Saxon 64/43 62/44 Marenisco tempetemperatureerature for today is 88° set from Gogebic Community College member, always sup- 59/45 in 1921921.21. Bessemer 65/42 with a Bachelor of Science in nursing porting the cause at hand, and helping Upson Hurley 64/43 Watersmeet and worked as an RN in the Appleton those in need. 61/44 62/44 65/41 SUNS AND MOON and Oshkosh area before returning to Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 Mercer Ironwood. Most recently she worked at a.m. on Friday, May 24, at Our Lady of 62/43 Manitowish Regional Hospice and the Aspirus Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood 64/45 SunriseSunri . ...............................................................................se .........................................................................5:20 a.m. Ironwood Clinic. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial Minocqua SunsetSunse . ...............................................................................et...........................................................................8:34 p.m. 63/44 MoonriseMoon . ...............................................................................nrise .......................................................................11:32 p.m. Jodie is preceded in death by her at 11 a.m. MoonsetMoon . ...............................................................................nset......................................................................... 7:34 a.m. grandparents, Roman and Theresa In lieu of flowers, memorials may Conhartoski, and Fred and Lucile Rye; be given to Regional Hospice, 216 ALMANAC REGIONALREGIONAL WEATHER NATIONALNAATIONAL WEATHER and her mother, Mary Ann (Conhar- Aurora St., Ironwood, MI 49938. toski) Rye. McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home, Yesterday Today Wed. Today Wed. High ......................... temperature.....55 Ashlandd 65/50 mc 69/59 sh ChicagoChicaago 56/48 sh 78/64 pc Jodie is survived by her husband, Ironwood, is assisting the family.