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Partly cloudy High: 61 | Low: 44 | Details, page 2 1 DAY Away! DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Wednesday, August 23, 2017 75 cents Hurley hopes to CONSTRUCTION BEGINS offer college credit from GCC By LARRY HOLCOMBE come here for a night class or [email protected] during the day for labs,” said HURLEY — The Hurley K-12 Patritto. School is hoping to offer college He sees it as a collaboration credits for certain tech ed classes with potential to grow. through an agreement with “Hopefully, as we move down Gogebic Community College. the line they have a CAD class The Hurley School Board dis- over there that a few of our kids cussed entering a credit articula- who are interested might go over tion agreement with the college there,” said Patritto. “We can at its regular meeting Monday work together over the course of evening, according to Hurley years to build something. We’ve School Administrator Chris got the equipment here and sup- Patritto. port from local businesses. Why “It’ll be a pilot program to shouldn’t we share resources? I start,” said Patritto. “We’re look- just think with the resources we ing at our curriculum here and have together, we can grow over deciding what would be good for the course of time.” college credits there. We have to In other action on Monday, make some minor tweaks to the school board: match their curriculum require- —Approved the purchase of ments, but we should have at new LED lighting in the parking least one of them to start with lot. The total cost of $9,500 will soon.” be offset partially by a $2,200 of Patritto hopes the collabora- Focus on Energy grant. Patritto tion grows, including having said the school will save $2,000 a Larry Holcombe/Daily Globe Hurley tech ed teacher Jake year. A CREW from Lois Kay Contracting of Saginaw works with several pieces of machinery to repair deep cracks in the pavement along Douglas Hostettler teach a college course —Hired Holly Hewitt and Boulevard in Ironwood Tuesday afternoon as part of a coming resurfacing of the U.S. 2 Business Route. Work is planned from the Cloverland at the Hurley School. Amanda Dryer as associates and Drive intersection south along Douglas to and including Suffolk Street, turning west on Aurora Street in downtown Ironwood and continuing “Some of their students will STARS employees. to the Wisconsin border on Silver Street. BOOSTER CLUB Iron County to hold Fighting Yoopers coming to town hazardous waste collection By IAN MINIELLY HURLEY — Iron County resi- to — and is free for residents, [email protected] dents will have an opportunity to while the other collections have IRONWOOD — The Iron- dispose of their hazardous and fees associated with them. wood Fighting Yoopers are com- electronic waste, as the county is For the electronics collection; ing to town August 28. The once again hosting a collection there is no charge for laptops, Yoopers are meeting at Gogebic event. calculators, wire and cabling, cell Community College where man- The collection will be held Sat- phones, keyboards and personal agement and coaching will dis- urday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at computers — but there is a fee cuss practice times and the both the Hurley Recycling Cen- for scanners, VCRs, radios, mon- upcoming season. Dry-land ter and the Mercer Town Garage. itors and televisions. training will commence that A variety of items will be col- There is no charge for freon- week as their first series of lected; including tires, electron- free appliances; but there are games are scheduled for the ics, appliances, hazardous waste charges for microwaves, air con- next week in Hudson, Wis. and lead tackle. ditioners and humidifiers, refrig- The Yooper Booster Club met Among the hazardous waste erators and freezers. Tuesday to finalize many ele- being accepted are: oil-based Tires also have a fee for dis- ments necessary for the upcom- paints, solvents, pesticides, haz- posal, depending on sizes. ing season and said the final- ardous cleaners, rechargeable ni- Fluorescent tubes, certain ized schedule is available for cads, metal halide and button types of light bulbs and oil filters download and will be hung batteries, mercury, corrosives, also carry assorted fees. around town in different busi- flammables, gas, antifreeze and Businesses wishing to take nesses, according to the club. Ian Minielly/Daily Globe other chemicals. advantage of the collection event The club set February 3 for THE FIGHTING Yooper’s Booster Club met on Tuesday evening in Bessemer, to finalize many of the plans According to a flyer for the are required to register ahead of their big raffle, tickets will be for the 2017-2018 season. Seated on from the left are Amber Hendrickson, Randy Charles, and Dave event; alkaline and vehicle bat- time, according to the flyer. $5.00 each. Annual membership Osier. The new clothing line will be available at yooperhockey.com soon. teries, incandescent light bulbs, Farmers wishing to dispose of costs for adults are $10 and kids Micki Sorensen. Season tickets local families. There is one more lege at GCC and hockey for the asbestos, ammunition and explo- farm chemicals and pesticides $5. to the 16 home games cost $65, potential high school kid that Yooper’s and that he was sure sives, radioactive waste empty are also requested to register The club also settled on but there are also 5 game punch may elect to sign with the Yoop- he would do well. Having the containers and latex paint aren’t before the event, with the dispos- September 15-17 for a 3 on 3 cards for smaller financial com- er’s, necessitating the finding of Yooper’s in Ironwood brings accepted. al of up to 200 pounds being free. hockey tournament for players mitment. a fourth family to house the families and players from all While the hazardous waste Additional information on the aged 8-15. The teams will play The Yoopers roster is not set player, according to Osier. The over the world on a regular basis collection is only for Iron County hazardous waste collection and in their age bracket and the until the meeting at GCC, as post high school players are to Ironwood to watch the teams residents, according to Iron its prices can be found by con- Fighting Yoopers will be on there are still many try out staying in the Snow Country play. County Recycling Coordinator tacting Jen Barton at hand to help work the event and camps going on between now Inn in Hurley. Osier said the Yoopers are a Lori Prenderville, the other col- [email protected] or 715-635- mingle with families and play- and then and Dave Osier said Shane Tetzlaff, a defenseman huge boost to the area and a lections Saturday are open to 2197. Contact the Superior- ers. there is a good chance the team that played for the Yooper’s last great opportunity for kids. Peo- everyone. based Afterlife Electronics The Yoopers new clothing will pick up a few more players year has committed to the St. ple from all over the country This is because the hazardous Graveyard at 218-940-9274 or line should be available for once the try outs are complete. Scholastica Saints of the NCAA are hearing about Ironwood waste collection is put on by the [email protected] for review and purchase through a Osier said they had three con- D-3, according to the Yooper’s and coming to either play hock- Northwest Regional Planning additional information on the link on the team website soon at firmed players that are still in website. Osier said Tetzlaff is ey or visit, because of the Yoop- Commission — a multi-county electronics collection. yooperhockey.com, according to high school that will room with from Superior and balanced col- ers. consortium Iron County belongs — Richard Jenkins Human Services Committee hires aging/ADRC manager By RICHARD JENKINS resource center manager resigned. said in June, regarding how her taking board voted to consolidate the aging references checks being completed with- [email protected] Since then, Human Services Director over the position was going. “I’ve not unit and ARDC together in December out issue. HURLEY — Assuming she accepts Cally Kilger has been trying to handle been able to reach out to the other 2015. In other action: the position, Sarah Soderman will be the position’s responsibilities and day- (meal) sites ... I don’t have that opportu- Proponents of the consolidation say —The board gave the Aging Unit Iron County’s new aging/ADRC manag- to-day duties. nity right now, in order to spread myself joining the two organizations will limit board the authority to meet one more er after the Human Services Board “It is very difficult. I check in with the even thinner than I already am.” the overlap of services and allow the time, to allow it to formally dissolve voted to hire Soderman Monday. (Hurley Senior Center) ... on a daily, or Soderman’s assumption of the job county to provide more services overall itself. The dissolution is a necessary step Soderman would fill the position that every-other-day basis to see what the would once again consolidate the two to its seniors. has been vacant since April, when both issues are and to start plucking away at positions into one, which was part of the The board’s motion to hire Soderman the aging manager and aging disability them. That’s what I’m able to do,” Kilger county’s original plan when the county was contingent on the background and AGING — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY HIGH SCHOOL Business .