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Call (906) 932-4449 Ohio State scandal Ironwood, MI Buckeyes open their first football Redsautosales.com practice Friday without Meyer SPORTS • 9 DAILY GLOBE Friday, August 3, 2018 Mostly sunny yourdailyglobe.com | High: 79 | Low: 65 | Details, page 2 Work continues at Saxon Harbor; marina opening may be delayed By RICHARD JENKINS have the out-of-the-water marina with Roen Salvage — which [email protected] stuff ready to bid today,” Peterson includes dredging and rebuilding HURLEY — While work is con- said. various parts of the harbor. tinuing to rebuild Saxon Harbor, Even if the marina project isn’t Peterson said the marina’s the planned reopening may be completed by the spring 2019 tar- north basin is entirely dredged, slightly delayed. get, Peterson said Thursday he as is the channel the U.S. Army Iron County Forestry and didn’t expect the opening to be Corps of Engineers is responsible Parks Administrator Eric Peter- delayed too long. for, with work under way dredg- son told the Iron County Board of “We’re still pushing to try and ing the south basin. Supervisors Tuesday everyone is get all the sidewalks … that the He anticipated the dredging still shooting for the spring 2019 docks attach to, we’re still push- be completed in early September. reopening for the marina. But he ing to get all those done before The rainstorms this mid-June said additional project require- winter,” Peterson said, adding resulted in some additional dam- ments and various delays in any delay would only push the age to the harbor, according to rebuilding the harbor after it was opening back to late spring or Peterson, with 5,500 cubic yards destroyed in the July 2016 storm early summer. of material washed into the mari- could push that timeline back. “We’d just be doing finishing na and some pavement was lost. “We’re pushing awful hard for work next spring.” He said the county is working it, but we’re getting down to Peterson said the campground through the insurance process, where I don’t think we’re going to opening continues to be project- but is also preparing paperwork make it,” Peterson said. “We’re ed for mid to late next summer. for a second disaster to submit to pushing as hard as we can.” Peterson told the board the FEMA, if needed. He said one roadblock came rest of the work on the marina is The county will likely have to when the Federal Emergency going fairly well. amend the dredging contract to Management Agency’s flood The county’s contract with account for the additional sedi- insurance branch required an Ashland-based M. Jolma Inc. to ment washed into the marina. additional 170 feet of sheet pil- remove debris and sediment “Roen has a contract for ings be installed in Oronto Creek from Oronto Creek between the 23,500 yards of material, and near the marina spillway to marina’s boat lift and Parker there’s 5,500 new yards on top of strengthen the creek banks. The Ralph Ansami/Daily Globe Creek, as well as Parker Creek that. I can’t get rid of one without requirement came in response to DREDGING CONTINUES this week at Saxon Harbor, where basins from the confluence with Oronto the other,” Peterson said. the Wisconsin Department of filled with dirt and debris in 2016 summer flooding. to Lake Superior, is complete. He told the board the damage Transportation filing paperwork While the original bid for the from the latest storms was to regarding changes to the flood work — FEMA reimburses 75 per- 12.5 percent of eligible costs — project was $220,542, Peterson areas of the site that hadn’t been plain because of the construc- cent of eligible costs for the Peterson said it took time to said the final price came in completed yet, and the finished tion. Saxon Harbor rebuilding project, design, plan and build. around $218,000. While the county will receive with Wisconsin Emergency Man- “That cost us better than two Work continues on the larger, agement paying an additional weeks, otherwise the plan was to assistance paying for the extra $2.77 million dredging contract HARBOR — page 5 Radovich hired IT’S TEA TIME as Ewen-TC superintendent By JEAN NORDINE Wisconsin-Superi- jnordine@yourdaily- or. globe.com He is in his EWEN — After 40th year of edu- Ewen-Trout Creek cation, having School District spent the majority Principal-Superin- of that time in tendent Alan Tulp- Hermantown, po accepted the Minn., teaching position of general and holding an education director administrative with the Gogebic- Dave position. The past Radovich Ontonagon Inter- five years he was mediate School with the Bessemer District, E-TC decided to School District. split the vacant position The challenge for the into a part-time superin- new superintendent is to tendent and full-time prin- continue the work that cipal. Tulppo has set in place. Dave Radovich, former Radovich said, “Alan superintendent at Besse- Tulppo had the district in mer, has accepted the part- fantastic shape. I want to time superintendent job continue to move the dis- and E-TC teacher Patti Witt trict forward.” was hired as full-time prin- He likened the chal- cipal. lenge to a two-edged Radovich grew up in Jean Nordine/Daily Globe sword, saying, “You don’t IRONWOOD CARNEGIE LIBRARY held its annual Fancy Nancy tea party Thursday at the Ironwood Memorial Ontonagon before leaving have to make changes, but the area in 1972. He Building. The girls got dressed up for tea and crumpets, bedazzled tiaras and Lynn Wiercinski read the story picking up where he left of Fancy Nancy. received his bachelor’s off, it makes it easier to degree at Winona State University, then his mas- Ironwood Carnegie Library ter’s at the University of RADOVICH — page 5 holds annual Fancy Nancy party Iron fair offers special deal By JEAN NORDINE pictures taken, then received a place ade) and crumpets (fruit and petit [email protected] SAXON, Wis. — Iron County Fair officials were expect- card to put on the elaborately deco- fours). ing a big crowd tonight with the musical group The IRONWOOD — It’s a soiree — rated tea table. The social event began nine years Dweebs to perform from 8 to 11 p.m. and a special pro- that’s fancy for party and whatever Once all the guests had arrived, ago and was originally held at the motion at the gates. could be more fancy than a tea the little princesses gathered on the library. Wiercinski told the girls it There’s a $5 admission special after 5 p.m. today, party! stairway and were treated to a read- was moved to the Memorial Build- which includes all carnival rides. Excitement abounded as 35 little ing of “Fancy Nancy” by Carnegie ing because, “we don’t like to spill Entries to the various departments will continue girls made their way into the mar- Library Director Lynn Wiercinski. any tea on our books!” throughout today. bled hall “tea room” at the Ironwood Wiercinski said, “No one knows After the girls had their fill of The carnival will continue until 11 p.m. Memorial Building when the fancy like Nancy!” goodies they made their way into Other musical entertainment today includes Shawn Carnegie Library hosted the annual “Fancy Nancy” is a children’s the adjoining room to craft and Kitto performing from 5 to 8 p.m. “Fancy Nancy” tea party on Thurs- book written by Jane O’Connor and bedazzle tiaras. The afternoon tea Fair-goers will also have the opportunity to take in day. illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. concluded with each little darling tonight’s youth horse show at 8. Little ladies wearing their While the ladies were listening to receiving a party favor gift bag. The weatherman was calling for warmer temperatures favorite fancy dresses of lace and the adventures of Fancy Nancy, Wiercinski enthused, “Anybody today, Saturday and Sunday. taffeta, some with feather boas and Friends of the Library volunteers who is anybody is here; it was the —Ralph Ansami tiaras, entered the room, had their readied the table with “tea” (lemon- event of the season!” TODAY INDEX Mostly sunny — Details, page 2 Business . .14 75 cents Classifieds . .12-13 Thursday Today’s records Comics . .11 Vol. 99, No. 216 High 64 High 93 (1930) Community . .3 Low 49 Low 37 (1973) Obituaries . .5 Year ago today Precipitation Opinion . .4 High 68 24 hours to 7 a.m. Low 48 Thursday unavailable Sports . .9-10 l 2 FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2018 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY SATURDAYSATURDAAY SUNDAY MONDAYMONNDAY TUESDAY Isolated Scattered ChanceChannce Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy T-stormss T-storms T-stormsorms 79° 65° 83° 67°677° 78° 62° 76° 59° 74° 58° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 3-93-9 mphmph SSESSE 10-1410-14 mphmph S 1010 mphmph SSWSSW 7 mphmph SSWSSW 6 mmphph WWSWSW Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 71/64 Todayy we will see mostly sunny Bergland skies with a highg temperaturep of 79°, 79/67 humidhumiditydity of 53%. South southeast Wakefield Ironwood wind 3 to 9 mph. The record high Saxon 77/66 79/65 Marenisco tempetemperatureerature for today is 93° set 80/66 in 1931930.30. Bessemer 78/64 Upson Hurley 77/66 Watersmeet 80/65 79/65 77/61 SUNS AND MOON Associated Press Mercer A RESIDENT, in yellow, wishing not to be identified, is comforted after seeing her 80/63 fire-ravaged home for the first time Thursday in Redding, Calif.