Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI On to the big leagues Backman to compete in Pitch, Hit Redsautosales.com and Run National Finals SPORTS • 9 DAILY GLOBE Thursday, July 12, 2018 Thunderstorms likely yourdailyglobe.com | High: 84 | Low: 65 | Details, page 2 RAISE THE ROOF Brother’s battle brings Navy fireman home By JAN TUCKER members were deceased. [email protected] Relatives of 26 of the 27 ONTONAGON – While men were located and were Ontonagon native Lowell asked to get involved and Valley is coming home to write to JPAC and contact be buried Saturday after 77 their Congress representa- years since he was killed tives. They were asked to on Pearl Harbor Day, it was provide DNA samples to not achieved without a JPAC. fight, often with his own Then came the long government. struggle to get the govern- Valley, a Navy fireman, ment to agree to the test- was killed during the ing. attack on the USS Okla- Valley wrote to Sen. Carl homa on Dec. 7, 1941. The Levin, chair of the Senate fight to identify the Committee on Armed Ser- remains of Valley and oth- vices. Valley was told JPAC ers on the Oklahoma was was inundated with sam- fought by his brother, Bob ples and additional Valley, and the USS Okla- exhumations would be pre- homa Family Inc. mature. Jean Nordine/Daily Globe “We were fighting every- In April 2008, the fami- THIS SCAFFOLDING has held up the Wesley United Methodists Church roof for over one year. It will soon body, the Navy, the Army lies were told the remains come down as the truss replacement is near completion. and Veterans Administra- in that grave were commin- tion,” Bob Valley said. gled it would require exten- Bob Valley and the fam- sive DNA testing. Wesley United Methodist Church roof ilies knew from historical In September 2008, a records that their loved letter to Levin stated 46 ones were in grave P-1002 individuals were represent- project continues, services return Sept 2 in what was called the ed in the casket and Punchbowl. Again in 2002, updates would be provided By JEAN NORDINE are used to put new trusses in place. This was not a fea- there was enough convinc- by 2009. [email protected] sible option since winter was fast approaching and the ing evidence to the Joint By December 2008, the IRONWOOD – After 117 years of U.P. winters the cost was too high. POW/MIA accounting jurisdiction for the Wesley United Methodist Church’s roof was on the verge Northland Consulting Engineers came up with a Command, where records unknown remains, still in of collapsing. novel plan to build the trusses on site, something they showed one of the men on the ground at the Punch- When the church was built in 1910 with old growth had never done before. the Oklahoma was buried bowl was transferred to the timber, the trusses were not adequately reinforced Over this past winter the plans were laid out, funding there. Secretary of the Navy. which eventually led to a crack in the roof. was acquired and the huge undertaking began in After five years passed, On April 1, 2009, a let- Over the years the weight of snow build up made the earnest this April. with no identification ter-writing campaign crack travel the length of the roof. A hole was made in the roof in order to bring the made by JPAC from grave began. Letters to the Navy, Last fall the members of the church knew that some- huge 60 foot beams into the attic. Eight main trusses P-1002, one family mem- Congress members and thing had to be done, but weren’t sure how to begin. were assembled in the attic and installed. The smaller ber in February 2008 con- Navy officials continued An inspector came in and told them that the building trusses were also reinforced so they will not bow. tacted Bob Valley of the and in July 2009 the fami- was unsafe for occupancy and the roof could cave in at The trusses are on schedule to be fully installed with- USS Oklahoma Family ask- lies were told “that individ- any time. in two weeks. After which the congregation expects it ing him if he could begin ually identifying is much In order to save the roof, scaffolding had to be erect- will take at least a month to clean the entire building. the search for the families more complex than origi- ed. It began in the basement, going through the floor and During construction services have been held at the of the 27 men whose nally believed.” then continued through the ceiling into the attic, result- Presbyterian church. Gary Harrington, Wesley’s admin names could be attached to The families were told ing in over 60 feet of scaffolding holding up the roof. council chairman said the congregation will return to their unidentified remains. The next phase of the project was to determine how Wesley Methodist Church for services beginning on It was a challenging search, it could be fixed. Usually a roof is removed and cranes since many of the family Sept. 2. BATTLE — page 6 Gogebic County joins HURLEY TRAILHEAD suit for PILT money By RALPH ANSAMI the suit could mean a great Iron County [email protected] deal to the county. BESSEMER – Gogebic The suit seeks to recov- non-motorized County has joined a class er money the county is action lawsuit for the past owed for the past three three fiscal years, seeking years. trail fundraiser additional payments from The county was the federal government for required to join the suit by payments in lieu of taxes. Sept. 14. planned After Wednesday’s Kane County, Utah, By RICHARD JENKINS county board meeting, originally contended the [email protected] county treasurer Lisa government has been HURLEY – Iron County Hewitt noted the county Outdoor Recreation Enthusi- receives about $600,000 asts and other trail advocates annually in PILT money, so PILT — page 5 in Iron County continue to work to develop the non- motorized trail between Hur- ley and Montreal, with a Additional charge added fundraiser planned Saturday at Cary Park in Hurley. in escaped inmate case ICORE will have brats, hot By RICHARD JENKINS charged Daniel Gerald Fer- dogs, salad and cold drinks at [email protected] guson, 27, of Mercer, Wis., Cary Park, according to Iron BESSEMER – The with a third breaking and County’s University of Wis- inmate who escaped from entering a building with consin-Extension community the Gogebic County Jail intent to commit larceny educator Amy Nosal, starting last summer, and who later charge. at noon Saturday. had his sentence over- With the latest charge Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe Along with the food, the turned, is now facing an Ferguson is facing three IRON COUNTY Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts board members Mike Fauer- fundraiser invites people to additional charge related to breaking and entering bach and Bob Traczyk recently installed a new sign, shown here Wednesday, ride from Cary Park to the the June 2017 escape. at the Hurley trailhead between Second Avenue and the Montreal River. Montreal River trailhead in Gogebic County Prose- ICORE is holding a fundraiser Saturday at Cary Park to raise funds for contin- cutor Nick Jacobs recently ued trail and trailhead development. FERGUSON — page 5 TRAIL — page 5 TODAY INDEX T-storms likely — Details, page 2 Celebrations . .7 75 cents Classifieds . .12-14 Wednesday Today’s records Comics . .11 Vol. 99, No. 197 High 82 High 103 (1936) Community . .3 Low 58 Low 38 (1976) Obituaries . .6 Year ago today Precipitation Opinion . .4 High 79 24 hours to 7 a.m. Low 55 Wednesday none Sports . .9-10 l 2 THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY FRIDAYY SATURDAY SUNDAYSUNDAY MONDAY Ontonagon EDC hears concerns regarding biofuel plant SynSel By JAN TUCKER c i t e d past weekend. Tucker T-storms Scatteredered Chance [email protected] Partly CloudyClouudy Partly Cloudy t h e added on Monday and Likely T-stormsorms Showers ONTONAGON — The i mp o r - Tuesday he met with the Ontonagon County Eco- tance of owners of the biofuel tech- 84° 65° 82° 63°633° 80° 67° 82° 60° 76° 58° nomic Development Cor- finding nology and the engineering Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: poration Wednesday heard out the company designated to 9-159-15 mphmph SSWSSW 33-6-6 mphmph W 5 mmphph SSSESE 9 mphmph SSWSSW 9 mphmph W the three pronged e x a c t design the plant in Onton- approach being pursued by name of agon. He continued the Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK SynSel Corporation, the the per- license for the technology 76/59 new biofuel company to be son in is being drafted this week Todayy we will see mostly cloudy located in Ontonagon. t h e and once approved the Bergland skies with an 85% chance of showers Pat 83/65 and thunderstorms,thhunderstorms, high temperature Pat Tucker, a member of c o r p s design engineer will be on Wakefield Tucker Ironwood of 8484°,4°, humidity of 72%. South the EDC and owner of the with the the front end of the project. Saxon 83/65 84/65 Marenisco southwsouthwestwest wind 9 to 15 mph. The former mill site where the ultimate He said from the front 85/65 recordd high temperature for today is 83/65 Bessemer 103° sset in 1936. biofuel facility will be locat- responsibility for making end of technology, engi- Upson Hurley 83/65 Watersmeet ed, said the three pronged sure the money for dredg- neering, site work, and 84/64 84/65 83/65 SUNS AND MOON approach concerns are the ing is there in the spring.