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Thunderstorms likely High: 68 | Low: 51 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Monday, August 11, 2014 75 cents SUPERIOR RANGE SHOOTER’S CLUB Family Fun Shoot aims at safety By RYAN JARVI kids, as far as the shooting sports.” [email protected] Rocky Robinson, of Ironwood, IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Chil- brought his daughter Abbagail, 7, to the dren and parents were invited out to the event. range for an annual Superior Range “It’s something to do as a family,” he Family Fun Shoot event on Sunday said. “Everyone here is very helpful and afternoon. they give good hints and really explain Members of the Superior Range how to do things. It’s fun for the family.” Shooter’s Club hosted the event and Abbagail, who had never shot before, taught families how to safely shoot the got to take aim and squeeze the triggers variety of weapons available. of a .50-caliber Hawken flintlock rifle. John Pera, a Wakefield resident, has She said shooting the rifle was “fun.” been active in the gun club for around Some of the targets had playing cards 10 years and has held positions with its attached, which kids were asked to aim Board of Directors. for and allowed to take home as a sou- He said club members bring their venir, Pera said. own firearms and ammunition to these The family shooting day is typically types of events, which allows family held in the spring, but because of the members to participate free of charge. weather, it was moved to August. “We try to expose people to a safe Pera said he hadn’t been keeping Ryan Jarvi/Daily Globe environment and to introduce them to ABBAGAIL ROBINSON, 7, of Ironwood, fires a .50-caliber Hawken flintlock rifle as John Pera, a member of the Superior Range the shooting sports and competitions,” Shooter’s Club, supervises during a Family Fun Shoot event on Friday. The shooting day was hosted by the club to teach safe he said. “The future really is with the shooting techniques. SAFETY — page 5 USPS to host two more POST Relay for Life wraps Plan community meetings ups with pancakes By RYAN JARVI By MIRANDA ANDERSON Lillar. “It was kind of a carnival [email protected] [email protected] atmosphere. This year’s theme Two more small-town Michi- BESSEMER — Gogebic was ‘Fishing for a Cure.’” gan post offices will be holding County’s Relay for Life wrapped The Gogebic Range Band and meetings and considering public up Saturday morning with a Marty’s Goldenaires performed opinion on what people want fundraising pancake breakfast Friday night. done with the rural branches. at the Bessemer VFW. Proceeds from the events at Trout Creek and Bruce Cross- With a menu of pancakes, Massie Field and Saturday’s ing post offices are likely to see French toast, eggs, baked goods, breakfast will go to the Ameri- reduced window service hours as orange juice and coffee, the can Cancer Society. part of the U.S. Postal Service’s Bessemer and Wakefield VFWs Relay for Life was founded by POST Plan. helped raise some money for the Gordon Klatt in 1985 in order to The POST plan was intro- fight against cancer. raise money for cancer aware- duced in 2012 as part of a The 2014 Relay for Life was ness and research. restructuring effort to help the centered around Massie Field in “Basically, it’s to remember USPS save costs by reducing Bessemer, from noon to mid- our survivors and to honor hours of, or closing, more than night. There were games, those we’ve lost,” Lillard said. 13,000 post office branches music, food and luminaria in “It gives us time to gather throughout the nation, many of honor and memory of those with and celebrate life,” said ACS located in small towns and rural Miranda Anderson/Daily Globe cancer. Gogebic County Chairman communities. VOLUNTEER CAROLE Lillar, left, and Gogebic County Chairman for the American Cancer Society “We’ve been kids holding Stephanie Swartzendruber. Representatives from the Stephanie Swartzendruber attend the Relay for Life fundraiser pancake breakfast held at the Bessemer Relay for Life events for over 20 For more information, visit USPS have been holding public VFW Saturday morning. years,” said volunteer Carole relayforlife.org. meetings to inform customers of the POST plan and to answer questions, as well as listen to suggestions for new operating White Thunder Riders hosts grass drags hours of the local branch. Gogebic County Fair Surveys have also been sent By MIRANDA ANDERSON out to customers in the service [email protected] areas asking for input on how features brew contest SAXON, Wis. — The White the USPS should move forward Thunder Riders Snowmobile with its plan. IRONWOOD — Home beer general public, and made Club held its third annual vin- In many cases, the USPS brewers are invited to enter a using private equipment by tage grass drags at the Iron wants to reduce office’ hours, craft beer contest at the Goge- hobbyist brewers. County Fairgrounds Saturday. unless there is a strong prefer- bic County Fair next Satur- Entries must be in and “We just decided to do a rac- ence — more than 60 percent — day. labeled by 11 a.m. Saturday to ing event and there are a lot of in the community survey results “The beer fridge in the local the Turn Two Saloon (across vintage competitions throughout to conduct a study on closing the deli, liquor store or supermar- from the exposition building) the Midwest,” said member Joe branch. ket will tell you that people for check-ins. Olson. Options in the survey include: are drinking a wider variety Each entry will consist of Besides the snowmobile races Reducinghours; closing the office of beers than ever, thus comes two 12-ounce to one liter on grass, other events included and providing retail and delivery craft beer. It’s a challenge to capped bottles or corked bot- an ATV pull, live music and a services though a rural carrier; be creative with flavors and tles void of all identifying 50/50 raffle. Refreshments were closing the office and finding an processes and then wait to information, including labels served by the Iron County Fire alternate location to be operated taste the result,” said contest and embossing. Printed caps Department and 4-H Club. through a contractor, typically a organizer Artie Soborowicz. are allowed, but must be “Fifty-nine machines compet- There will be pale, dark, blacked out completely. business, which could provide ed in 16 different classes,” Olson Miranda Anderson/Daily Globe more service hours than what amber and other categories. One bottle will be offered said. “We had more racers this BRETT ANDERSON competes in the “Loud Pipes” contest at the third the local office would provide, The competition is open to for auction on Sunday and year than any other year, so annual vintage grass drags held at the Iron County Fairgrounds Satur- and close the office and relocate any amateur home-brewer 21 becomes property of the fair. that’s a move in the right direc- day evening. His snowmobile was registered in the “retro” class. P.O. box service to a nearby post or older. Twelve-ounce glass bottles tion.” office. All entries must be hand- Competing classes included a trophies for first and second breast cancer awareness. All crafted products, containing youth class, 1983 and older place. ingredients available to the “retro” class, and mini 120s A “Pretty in Pink” class was FAIR page 5 — stock class. 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