Memorial Medical Center Partly cloudy Ashland High: 41 | Low: 34 | Details, page 2 Walk In Clinic Services 10am - 10 pm Everyday 24 hour Emergency Care 24 hours a day, 7 days per week DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Friday, October 25, 2013 75 cents 1,852 area customers affected by Thursday power outage By RALPH ANSAMI a substation building across from tors, as was the Michigan State [email protected] the Xcel Energy offices on Dou- Police Post in Wakefield. IRONWOOD — Much of the glas Boulevard. State police planned to pick up Gogebic Range experienced a The fire may have been relat- some patrol cars that had been in four-hour power outage on ed to the outage. for service at the Lahti Chevrolet Thursday afternoon. IPSD director Andrew garage in downtown Ironwood The lights went out around DiGiorgio said the fire was out from Frank Lahti, but that plan 2:30 p.m. and residents along by the time most firefighters was postponed because the elec- McLeod Avenue didn’t have elec- arrived. He said it was a small tric garage doors were out of tricity until 6:26 p.m., although fire that had the smell of an elec- commission, just one example of services were restored earlier trical nature. He said the power hardships created by the outage. than that in other parts of the outage didn’t affect all area com- Luckily, the temperature had city. Some residences didn’t get munities because there are three warmed up a bit, to around 40 by power until 7:30 p.m., however. service lines of power on the the afternoon, and the north A spokesman from Xcel Ener- Gogebic Range. wind had slacked off. gy’s Eau Claire office said Thurs- While commerce carried on as Watersmeet did not experi- day evening that the power out- usual in downtown Hurley, ence an outage, according to age affected 1,852 customers. downtown Ironwood businesses town officials. There were reports the outage were dark during the four-hour “It could have been worse,” extended to the Bergland area, outage, but electricity was said Gogebic County Sheriff’s but Hurley and Kimball had restored earlier along Cloverland Department dispatcher Deb power, while Ironwood was out. Drive. Elsemored. She said the down- The Ironwood Public Safety The public safety department town Ironwood area was the last Ralph Ansami/Daily Globe Department responded to 3:30 and Grand View Hospital were Gogebic Range location to have IRONWOOD PUBLIC Safety Department officers and volunteer firemen respond to a 3:30 p.m. Thursday p.m. Thursday report of a fire in operating on emergency genera- power restored. report of a fire in an Xcel Energy substation building near Alfred Wright Boulevard. FROZEN FIELD Public comments heat up mining impact meeting By KATIE PERTTUNEN Michelle Haglund, of Mellen, [email protected] asked why the ICMIC is even HURLEY — The Iron Coun- conversing with G-Tac. She ty Mining Impact Committee said G-Tac officials have proven meeting Thursday got heated to be “incompetent and untrust- when residents of Mellen, worthy. It’s pure insanity.” Madeline Island, Washburn, Jeff Silbert, of Chequamegon Montreal, Ashland and Montre- Bay, said he understands the al spoke. economic imperatives that Public comment was closed drive support for the mine, but, after personal attacks began. “G-Tac is not the way to Barbara With, Madeline achieve them. If you put all Island, videotaped the meeting, your eggs in the G-Tac basket, and said, “No one is doubting they will be broken. I hope I am the time you are putting into dead wrong.” this, but you can’t determine Legislation introduced by the impact of the mine with the state Sen. Tom Tiffany, of wrong information.” Hazelhurst, Senate Bill 349, ICMIC chair Leslie Kolesar, was also discussed during pub- of Saxon, said earlier in the lic comment. meeting the last joint Mining Roy Foryan, of Hurley, said Impact Committee on Oct. 16 it is discouraging that Tiffany with Ashland County was is trying to take away local con- “adversarial,” and although the trol and hoped the committee ICMIC has tried to work with would oppose the bill. Ashland’s committee, it seems Kolesar said as a committee, their aim is to reject the possi- the ICMIC made the choice not bility of a mine altogether. to take a stand on the issue, Kolesar said Ashland’s com- although members may have mittee does not invite Gogebic- their own opinions. Taconite to its meetings because members do not trust the company. Pat Krause/Daily Globe MINING — page 5 IRONWOOD AREA Schools custodian Dan Kauppi plows snow from Longyear Field Thursday morning in preparation for tonight’s football game between Gogebic and Ironwood. Chad Bucknell also volunteered to help with snow removal. Athletic director Gordy Erickson said Luther L. Wright students would assist in shoveling snow from the bleachers. Tonight’s kick-off is at 7. Bergland grocery store fire leaves family homeless B U S I N E S S BERGLAND — The fire that interested in donating to the sale destroyed the Bergland grocery can contact Sandra Maki or Maggi store last week left the Rich and Brown at the school at (906) 988- Tina Lorendo family without a 2364. U.P. Economic Development Alliance seeks employment data home, as they were renting an Donations can also be sent to: apartment behind the store. The ETC Lorendo Fund, 14312 Data is being collected through the start area employers,” said Scorse. “The data is mation on the six western U.P. counties. Luckily, the family and its Airport Road, Ewen, MI., 49925. of November for the Upper Peninsula so important to the area, especially for The community profiles have been com- three cats escaped safely, but their The Lorendos’ son Nick, 17, will Community and Economic County Profile those interested in developing new busi- pleted, Ferrarini said. belongings did not fare as well. complete his senior year at E-TC. project for the Upper Peninsula Economic nesses, or developing employee retraining The focus is on major employers, and The family has been staying in a He will stay with a local family Development Alliance, funded by Northern programs, as well as attracting employ- gathering a list of community assets, Fer- hotel in Bergland, and on Thurs- and see his family on weekends, Michigan University, Donna Scorse, eco- ees.” rarini said. day were moving to Ironwood, as Carol Hautamaki said. He is very nomic developer, said. Other uses for data include identifica- She said all data is expected to be col- they were unable to find suitable active in school and sports, and is Scorse is seeking figures of full-time tion of challenges at the community, coun- lected by Nov. 15, and the completed pro- housing locally. slated to join the Air Force in employees of major employers as of Dec. ty and regional levels, Scorse said. ject will be ready for distribution Jan. 21, The family went through a fire June. 31, 2012, in Gogebic and Ontonagon Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, Sam M. Cohodas the 50th anniversary of UPEDA. once before, when its last home Daughter Nicole is attending counties. “There is no minimum or maxi- Professor and Director of NMU’s Center “In the U.P., when people pull together, sustained a gas explosion. Gogebic Community College. mum number of employees a business for Economic Education and anything is possible,” Ferrarini said. On Saturday, the Ewen-Trout The family needs furniture, needs to employ to qualify as a major Entrepreneurship, is also working with For more information, visit upeda.com Creek School is hosting a household and personal items, employer,” Scorse said. the Western Upper Peninsula Planning or call Scorse at (906) 229-3012. soup/sandwich/bake sale to raise “We’d like to seek full cooperation from and Development Region to collect infor- —Katie Perttunen funds for the Lorendos. People BERGLAND — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY ROOM, SWEET ROOM Business . .7 Daily Globe Inc. Thursday Records Vol. 94, Ed. 251 118 E. 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