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50 percent chance of rain, snow High: 43 | Low: 36 | Details, page 2 Passion for excellence. Compassion for people. aspirusgrandview.org GV-013a DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Thursday, May 1, 2014 75 cents Harvest Camp to CROWNING TOUCH vacate public forest By CORTNEY OFSTAD campground for more than 14 [email protected] nights in succession, or overnight UPSON, Wis. — After a 10- camping in a county forest for more month standoff with Iron County than two weeks. officials, the Lac Courtes Oreilles DeMain said the move to private Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe is property will benefit the camp, moving its Harvest Camp to nearby which was “envisioned as a hosting private land from public forest. site for tribal members to utilize The camp, also known as the resources” on public and private Harvest Education Learning Pro- lands, when opened. ject, has been on 5 acres of county- DeMain said camp officials will owned property for a little more now have ability to remove people than a year. The property is near if neccessary. where Gogebic Taconite is propos- “It is private land, which has it’s ing to build an iron ore mine. advantages including a much bet- Essentially, the camp has moved ter control factor,” DeMain said. across Moore Park Road. “We can exclude intoxicated people According to Paul DeMain, with foul mouths if neccessary.” spokesman for the camp, they have According to DeMain, when the permission to be on the private tribe first approached the Iron property. County Forestry Department to “There is no current lease, but stay on the county’s property for there is an agreement between the one year, things went well. private land owner and the LCO “They voted unanimously to tribe to allow entry and use of grant us one year,” DeMain said. resources,” DeMain said. “Then James Lambert (former The move comes more than a supervisor from Mercer, Wis.), month after the Iron County Board asked, ‘What is your position on the of Supervisors voted unanimously mine?’ I said, ‘My position is there to “eject” the camp from county’s never will be a mine,’ and from property. The board considered the there the relationship changed. camp to be in violation of Iron Despite that, I feel the initial vote County’s camping ordinance, which prohibits people and “camping units” from remaining at a county HARVEST — page 5 Kolesar rated ‘effective’ as superintendent IRONWOOD — The Ironwood some proposals Submitted photo Area Schools Board of Education and will pass THE DOWNTOWN Ironwood Development Authority will hang flower baskets again this year in the downtown area, similar to the one performed it’s annual evaluation them along to shown above from last year in a photo submitted by the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce. on superintendent Tim Kolesar, board members during a special meeting Wednes- as soon as possi- day. ble. According to board president Thomas also Steve Thomas, the format used by requested on the board calculates a total per- behalf of the Ironwood looks forward to centage from different aspects of board that an the evaluation. Tim official policy be The evalutation took place Kolesar written on com- under closed session, and during m u n i c a t i o n open session it was revealed Kole- within the dis- ‘fresh downtown appeal’ sar was rated “effective” at 70.91 trict. According to Thomas, he was percent. not informed of an incident involv- By RYAN JARVI positive comments. Park,” he said. Members of the board also had ing a student causing a disruption [email protected] “Last year we had tremendous coopera- The DIDA pays for the entire cost of the requests for Kolesar, including in a classroom last week, but read IRONWOOD — Spring really is on its tion from businesses in the downtown area project, including contracting a person who surveys for staff and parents on about it in the Daily Globe. way, and nothing shows it better than the and along the highway, but also from citi- waters and cares for the baskets. The group administration, teachers and indi- “We just want reports on what’s blooming of flowers. If the winter weather zens who just felt it was a worthwhile pro- is seeking donations to offset that cost. vidual groups, such as coaches. going on,” board member Marilyn ever subsides, the Downtown Ironwood ject,” he said. Williams said with last year’s dona- The board would like to use a web- Nezworski said. “They don’t have Development Authority plans to hang Though it’s been done on and off over tions, both from businesses and individual site called Survey Monkey to tabu- to be super detailed, just some- flower baskets again this year in the the years, this will be the fourth consecu- residents, the DIDA was able to fund near- late the surveys. The site allows thing to keep us informed.” downtown area near Memorial Day. tive year the DIDA has been hanging flow- ly the entire project. for survey takers to remain anony- Other requests for the board With the installation of new lights and er baskets. “A lot of people said ‘Hey, they look mous. included updates on the school planting of trees last year, as well as The baskets are purchased locally, and really nice so I’m going to send you a According to Thomas, questions and district improvement plans improved parking, the flower baskets were last year’s trailing petunia flowers were check,” he said. for the surveys will be presented and identification badges to wear like the “crowning touch” for a fresh down- “really eye catching” pinks and purples, The DIDA will be mailing letters at the next regular board meeting. when visiting the schools. town appeal, DIDA chairman Tom Williams said, and he expects something requesting donations to numerous busi- The board also requested fig- Williams said. similar this year. nesses along the highway and individuals ures on athletic insurance for stu- According to Williams, there was an “Each basket costs $35 and we have a in the area. DIDA members will also per- dent-athletes. Kolesar said he has enormous response last year when the total of 69 baskets that go along downtown sonally deliver letters to downtown busi- KOLESAR — page 5 baskets were put out and he heard a lot of main routes and downtown in the Depot nesses within the next few days. Ironwood resident sentenced for Iron County probation violation Consolidation funding a possibility, not guarantee By RYAN JARVI By RALPH ANSAMI tion. He was also ordered to partic- [email protected] BRUCE MAYLE, superintendent of [email protected] ipate in a domestic abuser’s pro- Proposed budgets by Gov. Rick the Gogebic-Onton- HURLEY — An Ironwood resi- gram and have no contact with a Snyder may allow for consolidated agon Intermediate dent was sentenced to nine months particular victim in the case, sever- schools to receive money if applica- School District, in jail Monday after his probation al other people, Sidekicks tavern- tion deadlines are met, grant propos- addresses communi- was revoked on a being a party to restaurant and the Iron County als are accepted and there is still ty members during the crime of burglary conviction. Food Pantry. money available. an information meet- Daniel Ferguson, 23, was sen- Ferguson was originally placed Bruce Mayle, superintendent of ing on consolidation tenced by Iron County Judge on probation for three years for a the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate Tuesday at Gogebic Patrick Madden, who ordered court burglary count and seven other School District, held a meeting Tues- Community College costs of $899 and restitution of burglary and theft charges were day to inform the public on consolida- $1,450. dismissed, but read into the record. in Ironwood. tion. The meeting was attended by Ryan Jarvi/ According to court records, Fer- Daily Globe guson had been sentenced last year to five months in jail and proba- IRONWOOD — page 5 FUNDING — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY WHATS IN A NAME? Business . .14 Daily Globe Inc. Wednesday Precipitation Vol. 95, Ed. 103 118 E. 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