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Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI Isle Royale Wolves Officials hope to relocate 20 to 30 wolves Redsautosales.com to Isle Royale in the next three years OUTDOORS • 8 DAILY GLOBE Saturday, September 22, 2018 Partly cloudy yourdailyglobe.com | High: 60 | Low: 44 | Details, page 2 WUPTA shares SEPTEMBER GALE passion for western UP trails By P.J. GLISSON and membership dues kept [email protected] the club moving forward” Editor’s Note: The follow- until a partnership with ing story is the second of a the Michigan Department three-part series. Part 1, of Natural Resources published on Friday, provid- resulted in WUPTA becom- ed an overview of the status ing an official ORV grant of an unnamed, multi-use sponsor for the DNR. trail connecting Wakefield to She said the grant status Marenisco. resulted in more members, WAKEFIELD – The as well as “more coopera- Western Upper Peninusla tion from government enti- Trail Association operated ties and private landown- for only five years, between ers.” 2012 and 2017, but its Ron Yesney, Upper members are proud of Peninsula Trails Coordina- what they accomplished tor of the DNR’s Parks and during that time. Recreation Division, told According to Ross and the Daily Globe the DNR’s Kim Kolesar, of Wakefield, original intention was for Jason Juno/Daily Globe who served, respectively, WUPTA and the Gogebic IT LOOKS like November on Friday afternoon, the last full day of summer, on Lake Superior near the mouth as WUPTA’s president and Range Trail Authority to of the Montreal River. A gale warning was in effect for waves of up to 17 feet, with the worst of it expected secretary, “informal” work co-manage what is known during the mid-afternoon hours. already had been occur- simply as Trail 2 for snow- ring for about 10 years mobilers, or as the Iron- prior to the organization of wood-Marenisco route to the group. off-road vehicles. The plan WUPTA described its was for WUPTA to be the Rainfall sets Sept. 21 record mission as “to develop and ORV grant sponsor of the maintain safe and legal off- entire route, while GRTA By RALPH ANSAMI Drive. cold north winds off Lake Superior, road vehicle motorized would be the snowmobile [email protected] That set a 117-year record for before late clearing. trails in the western end of grant sponsor of the same IRONWOOD – Sometimes Ironwood for Sept. 21. Even with Friday’s turn to the Gogebic County that route. The I-M route con- weather forecasters hit the nail right The monthly rainfall total stands colder temperatures, the average would not only boost the nects Marenisco to Hurley. on the head. at 3.23 inches, compared to the reading for the month of 62.6 local economy, but give When differences of The National Weather Service long-average of 2.7 inches through degrees is well above the long-term additional recreational opinion between WUPTA predicted 1.7 inches of rain for Iron- Sept. 21. The highest total recorded average of 57.6 degrees. opportunities to residents.” and GRTA fractured that wood for Thursday and Friday for the month through Sept. 21 was For the record, the greatest snow- Kim Kolesar claimed in plan, Yesney said the DNR, morning and 1.73 inches fell for the 9.85 inches in 1926. fall total in Ironwood on Sept. 21 an Aug. 12 summary last 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Friday at The forecast called for sunshine was 2 inches measured in 1913. month that “countless vol- the wastewater treatment plant on today, after Friday afternoon The record low temperature was the Montreal River, off Cloverland brought more wind, showers and 35 in 1984, according to the NWS. unteer hours, donations TRAIL — page 2 Midget debate begins in advance of committee By RALPH ANSAMI Kimball, said the district [email protected] had been threatened in the HURLEY – The Hurley past because of the name, School Board’s decision there is no current lawsuit Monday to evaluate the or formal action begin school district’s Midget taken, Patritto said. mascot has created a social “To be clear, no decision media firestorm. has been made by the The initial reaction board at this point. The seems to be mostly school board has simply opposed to changing the decided to engage in a pro- name. cess to form a committee,” The school board voted Patritto said. to form a committee and He said the role of the “engage in a transparent committee will not be to process to evaluate the come up with a new name, mascot,” a statement but to focus on whether the released Thursday by dis- Midget mascot “should Larry Holcombe/Daily Globe trict administrator Chris remain as it is.” HURLEY HIGH School cheerleaders march in Friday afternoon’s homecoming parade on Silver Street with a Patritto noted. group of elementary cheerleaders. They performed to a large crowd at halftime of Hurley’s football game Although school board against visiting White Lake-Elcho that evening. The Midgets won 54-0. president Joe Simonich, of MIDGETS — page 5 Area school kids delight in ‘Enchanted Bookshop’ By STEVE NEWMAN among those who watched Hansen said that the [email protected] Friday’s morning or after- cast seemed to have a gen- IRONWOOD – A noon performances. Co- uine excitement about the packed house of elemen- director Mary Hansen said play and performing. The tary school students that there were more than cast members were stu- swarmed Historic Iron- 700 students attending the dents from Hurley, Iron- wood Theatre Friday morning performance. wood, Bessemer and Wake- morning for a special play The play centers around field. presentation entitled “The a bookstore and its special “This was the first time Enchanted Bookshop” by secret. During the day, A Twe had members from all the Awkward Stage Drama Likely Story may look like four represented,” she said. Club. any other used bookstore. In addition, 10 of the cast The drama club, a col- But at night, it’s a place members were first-time laborative effort of the His- where magic happens as actors. “The biggest thing toric Ironwood Theatre the characters inside the is that they are making and Ironwood Carnegie books come alive. Six of friends that they’ve never Library, is comprised of those characters – Dorothy met before, and learning area youth in grades 6-12. Gale, Robin Hood, Pollyan- how to make friends.” Elementary students na, Sherlock Holmes, The group started Steve Newman/Daily Globe from Ironwood, Mercer, Heidi, and Tom Sawyer – rehearsing in mid-August YOUNG THEATER-GOERS meet the cast of the play “The Enchanted Bookshop” in Hurley, Bessemer, Wake- long to help Margie, the the lobby of the Historic Ironwood Theatre after a performance by the Awkward field, Ewen-Trout Creek scatterbrained owner, save Stage Drama Club Friday. The cast will present a matinee on Sunday at 1 p.m. and All Saints schools were her struggling store. Admission is free. PLAY — page 5 TODAY INDEX Partly cloudy — Details, page 2 Classifieds . .12-14 75 cents Comics . .11 Friday Today’s records Community . .3 Vol. 99, No. 258 High 55 High 86 (1937) Obituaries . .7 Low 42 Low 25 (1981) Opinion . .4 Year ago today Precipitation Outdoors . .8 High 78 24 hours to 7 a.m. Low 42 Friday 1.73 in. Sports . .9-10 l 2 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2018 STATE / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY SUNDAYY MONDAY TUESDAYTUESSDAY WEDNESDAY Partly Cloudy Mostly CloudyClouudy Mostly Cloudy Few ShowersShhowers Mostly Cloudy 60° 44° 58° 51°511° 69° 50° 58° 44° 57° 47° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 7-137-13 mphmph SSWSSW 1100 mphmph E 13-1613-16 mphmph SSESSE 10-1410-14 mmphph W 1100 mphmph SSWW Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 61/47 Todayy we will see partly cloudy Bergland skies with a highg temperaturep of 60°, Associated Press 60/44 humidhumiditydity of 53%. South southwest Wakefield A SWIFT rescue boat motors through floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Ironwood wind 7 to 13 mph. The record high Saxon 59/43 Florence in Nichols, S.C., Friday. Virtually the entire town is flooded and inaccessi- 60/44 Marenisco tempetemperatureerature for today is 86° set 61/46 in 1931936.36. ble except by boat, just two years after it was flooded by Hurricane Matthew. Bessemer 60/42 Upson Hurley 59/43 Watersmeet 60/44 60/44 60/41 SUNS AND MOON Mercer Florence’s floodwaters 60/43 Manitowish 60/43 SunriseSunri . ...............................................................................se .........................................................................6:47 a.m. Minocqua SunsetSunse . ...............................................................................et ..........................................................................6:58 p.m. continue to rise in Carolinas 61/44 MoonriseMoon . ...............................................................................nrise .......................................................................6:18 p.m. MoonsetMoon . ...............................................................................nset........................................................................3:58 a.m. GALIVANTS FERRY, S.C. (AP) — With across a wide region. muddy river water still washing over Rescuers wearing night-vision googles ALMANAC REGIONALREGIONAL WEATHER NATIONALNAATIONAL WEATHER entire communities on Friday, eight days used helicopters, boats and big-wheeled after Hurricane Florence slammed into military vehicles overnight to evacuate Yesterday Today Sun. Today Sun. land with nearly 3 feet of rain, new evacu- about 100 people from a southeastern High ......................... temperature.....55 Ashlandd 64/45 s 69/51 s ChicagoChicaago 64/55 pc 70/58 s Duluth 61/46pc 56/48 sh DallasDallas 78/68 t 82/70 t ation orders forced residents to flee to North Carolina county where high water Low ......................... temperature ......42 higher ground amid a sprawling disaster breached a levee, flooding a town. Precipitation ......................... ....... 0.00" Eau ClaireClaaire 64/47 s 71/53 s KansasKansaas City 72/55 s 79/62 s EscanabaEscanabba 61/47s 59/52 mc Los AngelesA 84/65 fg 82/64 fg that’s beginning to feel like it will never In South Carolina, emergency man- MOON PHASES Grand RapidsR 64/47 s 70/53 s New YorkY 73/62 sh 70/61 mc end.

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