Mostly cloudy High: 78 | Low: 55 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Monday, August 21, 2017 75 cents ROW! Iron County team competes in dragon boat race By RICHARD JENKINS zler said the top 12 community [email protected] teams went to the finals, where MINOCQUA, Wis. — As was they were seeded based on their the case last year, Iron County results. was represented on the waters of “I think most people had a Minocqua Lake Saturday during really good time, it brought out a the second annual Minocqua lot of spectators. We were just so Dragon Boat Festival. Iron Drag- fortunate because the weather ons were among the 26 teams was so nice. It was 180 degrees competing in the festival’s races. different from last year’s deluge. “It was just a great day. It was It was just horrible last year,” a lot of fun … the weather was Wetzler said. perfect, and the fact our area can While the Iron Dragons fin- collect so many people together ished 16th of the community to be in alignment for a charita- teams and failed to advance to ble cause is really notable,” Iron the finals, Ondresky was pleased Dragons team organizer Gail with the performance, saying the Ondresky said. team was comprised almost Dragon boats feature 20 pad- entirely of retirees and was like- dlers in a boat — along with a ly one of the oldest teams com- drummer to keep tempo and a peting. person steering the boat — rac- “I think it’s spectacular a ing in groups of three on the group of people that age can get lake’s 300-meter course. The out there, exert that amount of name comes from the dragon energy and laugh about doing it,” motif that often is used to deco- Ondresky said. Submitted photo rate boats. For Ondresky, the races MERCER RESIDENT Hedda Patzke beats tempo on a drum while the rest of the Iron Dragon crew paddles Saturday on Lake Minocqua during the Of the 26 teams competing weren’t as much about competi- second annual Minocqua Dragon Boat Festival. The photo was taken by event volunteer George Anast. Saturday; 18 were community tion as some of the more serious teams made of, “Either business- teams racing. team having some form of pad- “(Becoming involved was) just entire day, it never stopped — thinks it is becoming more popu- es, or friends and families or “I mean it does bring out the dling experience, the dragon through hearing about it and and I don’t mean it was just a lar as people become aware of it. something like that from the competitive nature in you, boats are a unique challenge that knowing, as a community, we drizzle, it was a monsoon pour,” While Saturday was a compe- area — or in some cases, the there’s no doubt about it, certain- use different muscles and move- wanted to get a boat together,” she said, adding she talked to tition, it was also for a good cause state,” according to Beth Wetzler, ly you want to give it your best,” ments from canoes or kayaks. Ondresky said. several people who said they did- — namely raising funds for the one of the festival’s organizers. she said. “But nothing near the “We don’t have a dragon boat While Iron County actually n’t want to return to compete this Howard Young Foundation. The remaining six teams were amount of competitiveness there to utilize here year-round, or field two boats last year, year. The festival was created when club teams that regularly travel is among those club teams.” even the three or four months we Ondresky thinks last year’s Even with last year’s storm several of the members of the to compete in dragon boat races Ondresky, who already said could be on the water,” she said. weather may have dampened the dampening enthusiasm; 14 of the foundation’s board were looking around the country. she is definitely competing in She got into the event last enthusiasm and limited partici- 21 team members this year were for an event to raise awareness On Saturday every team was next year’s festival, said there year, when Wetzler — who lives pation to just one team this year. veterans of last year’s inaugural and raise funds. guaranteed two races, with the are several reasons she enjoys in Mercer — wanted to field an “Last year, the experience was event, according to Ondresky. times combined to determine the races — including the fact Iron County team in the inaugu- just awesome, but the weather While the sport remains who advanced to the finals. Wet- that, despite everyone on the ral event. was (not enjoyable). It poured the unique, Ondresky said she DRAGONS — page 5 HANDS & HEARTS Rains wash silt to Black Volunteers, River Harbor boat launch IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — is working to remove the debris. While boaters appeared to be The boat launch was closed in business’ come able to continue using Black late May and early June for at River Harbor’s boat launch as of least two weeks after enough dirt Sunday, last week’s rain has sent and sediment were washed into together to bring silt into the water around the the harbor to completely block launch. the launch, requiring the Forest backpacks back According to a post on the U.S. Service hire a contractor to Forest Service-Ottawa National remove the sediment and clear By IAN MINIELLY Forest’s Facebook page Friday, the launch. [email protected] there has been a “significant The amount of silt deposited BESSEMER — Saturday amounts of silt deposited in the last week didn’t appear to be as morning at Amy Ackley Ander- boat ramp area due to the recent large as the amount that forced son’s TroutLily Art and Design heavy rainfalls.” the launch’s closure earlier this studio and shop on Sophie The post said the Forest Ser- summer. Street, the third annual back- vice is aware of the situation and —Richard Jenkins pack give away for students at the Washington Elementary school was held. Thrivent, Wal- mart and the Gogebic Associa- tion of Retired School Personnel Bessemer council meeting held today as well as over 30 other contrib- utors came together to provide By IAN MINIELLY recommending to the council the packs and supplies, as well [email protected] they accept medical marijuana as the refreshments and snacks, BESSEMER — Crystal Suzik facilities inside the industrial according to Al Gaiss. is giving the city council a pre- zone on the western end of town. All told, 55 backpacks were sentation for Suicide Awareness Most council meetings this available for the kids, but Month after three public hear- year involve a discussion of the according to Gaiss, with sports, ings on the new odor ordinance, smell of marijuana as residents camping, vacations, and other nuisance code, and downtown in the residential areas are reasons, usually about a third development authority plan. Fol- unhappy smelling the product or more of the packs will be lowing the public hearing the either being smoked or grown in waiting for their special kid second reading for those ordi- the neighborhoods of Bessemer. when school starts. Not being nances and codes will be read There appears to be a disconnect able to pick it in person did not into the record. between the caregiver/patient disqualify a kid from getting The police power ordinance aspects of medical marijuana Ian Minielly/Daily Globe their backpack and school sup- and zoning amendments regard- and the Medical Marihuana THE FIRST two Washington School students at the Adopt-A-Backpack giveaway in Bessemer on Saturday, plies. ing medical marijuana are also Facilities Act of 2016, which the scoping out the different bags. The young hard charger in blue is Eli Pangrazzi and the young lady help- The kindergarten, second, scheduled for coverage under old council is in the process of dis- ing him is Janea Sampson. and a handful from sixth grade business. The zoning amend- cussing and settling. studnets received backpacks garten teacher said she is cur- in the 20’s when all is said and in TroutLily, one of our PopUp ments and ordinances regarding The MMFA, on the surface, filled to the brim with assorted rently at 18 students, but more done. Shops for the third year of doing medical marijuana have been a school supplies. Emily Stafford, seem to be signing up daily and Gaiss informed the crowd, this. God willing we will be back hot topic in Bessemer all year, the Washington School kinder- she expects to have somewhere “We are very excited to be here next year for a fourth.” with the planning commission BESSEMER — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY SOLAR ECLIPSE Classifieds . .12-13 Daily Globe Inc. Sunday Today’s records High 81 High 89 (1947) 2017 Comics . .11 Vol. 98, No. 230 118 E. McLeod Ave. Mostly cloudy P.O. Box 548 Low 62 Low 34 (1907) Community . .3 —Details, page 2 Eclipse begins at 11:49 Ironwood, MI 49938 Obituaries . .6 Year ago today Precipitation a.m. in Ironwood with 80% Opinion . .4 High 59 To 7 a.m. magnification. yourdailyglobe.com Low 52 Sunday 0.03 in. 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