Watersmeet Celebrates New Clinic Opening by TOM STANKARD Jim Williams, Sr
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Mostly cloudy High: 74 | Low: 56 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Thursday, September 8, 2016 75 cents LAC VIEUX DESERT HEALTH CENTER Tom Stankard/Daily Globe ABOVE LEFT, Lac Vieux Desert tribal elder Rose Martin, left, and tribal youth Garret Williams cut a ribbon together to open the new health center in Watersmeet Wednesday. On the right, locals explore the lobby. Watersmeet celebrates new clinic opening By TOM STANKARD Jim Williams, Sr. gave an open- raised. tribal community as well as the said the LVD tribal council designed to be “part of the natu- [email protected] ing prayer and said the health Tribal elder Rose Martin and general public. appointed a construction com- ral surroundings.” WATERSMEET — The Lac center is going to help “a lot of tribal youth Garret Williams Sitting on “cherished land” mittee that included the general “The accents throughout the Vieux Desert Band of Lake Supe- people.” together used large scissors cut a along U.S. 45, the new 33,000 contractor, Miron Construction. building reflect what native cul- rior Chippewa Indians ceremoni- “(The health center) will save ceremonial ribbon to open the square-foot facility is designed to He said the committee was ture is about,” he said. ously cut the ribbon Wednesday people a lot of time because most new health center. house an array of health services responsible for deciding, on George Peterson, afternoon to open a $10 million have to travel far to get to the With a tear in his eye, tribal under one roof, including: chiro- behalf of the Watersmeet com- Watersmeet’s representative for “state-of-the-art” health center. hospital. This is going to help a chairman Jim Williams, Jr. practic, dental, optical, medical munity, what values the center the Gogebic County Board of As rain lightly fell, tribal lot,” he said. thanked a number of people for care and others, said Medical should reflect. They agreed the Commissioners, said the health members, health center staff and Several tribal members per- making the “dream” become a Director Gary Pusateri. new facility should be welcoming center will benefit the region. the community came together to formed an honor song as the reality. The tribe broke ground on the and have cultural influences. “The whole community is celebrate the center’s opening. tribe’s flag, the state of Michigan He said the health center is facility in September 2015. Prior Standing in the lobby, To set the tone, tribal member flag and the American flag were meant to provide services to the to that, in July, 2014, Williams Pusateri said the building was WATERSMEET — page 5 Ironwood awarded Ironwood EDC discusses $240,000 grant to knock down 12 more eyesores need for marketing plan By RALPH ANSAMI By RALPH ANSAMI grants. He mentioned research- [email protected] [email protected] ing endowments that could assist IRONWOOD — A grant that IRONWOOD — The city’s the city. will allow the city of Ironwood to need for a long-term marketing “There’s money out there demolish additional eyesore plan and funding to support its that’s not from grant programs,” structures was announced efforts were key items discussed Wyssling said as the corporation Wednesday. Wednesday by the Ironwood Eco- discussed innovative ideas to The Michigan State Housing nomic Development Corporation. spur economic development. Development Authority said the Tim Erickson, acting Iron- Wyssling said improvements city, in partnership with the wood community development to motels being made along the Gogebic County Land Bank, will director, stressed the need for Cloverland Drive corridor are receive $240,000. developing a solid plan and fund- encouraging. He said there is still Ironwood City Manager Scott ing on different fronts. a lot of space that can be leased, Erickson said the city had Committee chair John both along the highway and in the applied for up to $600,000. Wyssling said the corporation Depending on the individual has been studying ways of bids received, Erickson said the obtaining financing other than grant should allow for the demol- IRONWOOD — page 5 ishment of 12 structures. The city demolished 27 hous- es under a previous Hardest Hit grant and Erickson said the new Fish populations appear grant will allow the city to con- Daily Globe file photo THE DEMOLITION of an eyesore structure in May on Silver Street in Ironwood was accomplished under the first part of the city’s Hardest Hit grant program. On Wednesday, the second phase of the program healthy after July flooding was funded by the state. DEMO — page 5 By RICHARD JENKINS at specific locations, the overall [email protected] fish populations remain strong. Despite the heavy rains and “We observed similar catch flooding that caused widespread rates, similar size structure ... Iron County seeks input on Saxon Harbor rebuild damage, it appears the fish pop- and similar species composi- ulations of the rivers in Ashland tions,” Lawson said in a summa- By RICHARD JENKINS copies, is open to anyone who Commission. The surveys are an early part and Iron counties came away ry of the data. “In many of the [email protected] uses Saxon Harbor, and are not The survey is available on the of the planning stage of the pro- from the storms of July 11-12 rel- mid-sized streams (such as HURLEY — Iron County is limited to Iron County, or even commission’s site — cess of rebuilding the harbor atively unscathed. Devil’s Creek, Vaughn Creek and distributing surveys in an effort Wisconsin, residents. nwrpc.com/saxonsurvey — and after it was destroyed in the Zach Lawson, a fisheries biol- Trout Brook), we observed simi- to gather public input on the “We’re trying to get it out to Iron County’s website; as well as July 11 storms and flooding. ogist with the Wisconsin Depart- lar trout densities. Perhaps a few Saxon Harbor rebuilding pro- everybody who’s interested in at the Iron County Clerk’s office, “Reconstruction of harbor ment of Natural Resources’ Mer- of these mid-sized stream reach- cess. the harbor,” said Jason Lau- Forestry and Parks Department cer office, said an overview of the The survey, which is avail- mann, the deputy director of the office, the Hurley library and population counts show while able both online and in paper Northwest Regional Planning the Mercer library. there may be some fluctuations SURVEY — page 5 FISH — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY HIGH SCHOOL Business . .14 Daily Globe Inc. Wednesday Today’s records High 69 High 99 (1906) FOOTBALL Classifieds . .12-13 Vol. 97, Ed. 212 118 E. McLeod Ave. Mostly cloudy P.O. 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