Isolated rain DAILY GLOBE High: 50 | Low: 38 | Details, page 2 B I N G O NO BLACKOUT WINNER YET! Please continue playing until you completely fill your Bingo Card. DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Saturday, October 31, 2015 75 cents Local public health officials work to extend heroin response A survivor’s journey beyond law enforcement Community, family support plays big part in recovery for Ollila By RICHARD JENKINS and TOM STANKARD By JAN TUCKER
[email protected] [email protected] While they continue to work ONTONAGON — Cancer to remove the presence of heroin dealt a double whammy for Gail from the Gogebic Range, area Ollila, of Ontonagon. law enforcement agencies are Ollila was a custodian at the just one aspect of the communi- Ontonagon Area Elementary- ty’s response to the issue. Junior High School when she “I don’t think heroin is a met and married teacher and This is the problem you can arrest your Editor’s Note: elementary principal Jim Ollila third story in a series of articles way out of,” Ironwood Public in 1983. When their daughter, on heroin use in the area. Safety Department Sgt. Adam Amanda, was born, Ollila Clemens told the Daily Globe, became a stay-at-home mom. adding later that it takes a vil- are still being developed, Iron In addition to Amanda, she lage to combat the drug. County Health Officer Zona has two step-sons from her hus- “It literally is a total team Wick explained one way her band’s previous marriage. effort over here,” Clemens said, department is contributing is by Jim Ollila was just 56 when who also is a member of the tracking statistics regarding he was diagnosed with Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics communicable diseases such as esophageal cancer.