GCC Gears up for New Semester by TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD — the Fall Semester at Gogebic Community College Is Scheduled to Begin Monday, Aug
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Mostly cloudy High: 76 | Low: 59 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Friday, August 12, 2016 75 cents HARBOR RESTORATION County board discusses Little Girl’s Point spring BESSEMER — The Little willing to conduct tests of the Girl’s Point spring water contro- water and take over the site. He versy shifted to the Gogebic said the pipe could be relocated County Board of Commissioners off the Gogebic County Road meeting on Wednesday. Commission right-of-way and Although the possible closing proper signage could be placed of the spring that provides water there. to many Point residents wasn’t Baron said town officials on the regular agenda, the board would like to see the spring discussed the situation under remain open for Point residents. “other matters,” as requested by He said the shorter pipe would commissioner Leroy Kangas, of require some re-ditching, but the Ironwood Township. move would give the township Kangas noted the spring test- control of the spring. ed positive for coliform after one, Commissioners then dis- or possibly two, people became ill cussed testing the water. They from drinking water from the said the bad test occurred at a site. lab in Amasa. The Western Upper Peninsula Bob Orlich, of Wakefield, said Health Department urged the there were problems with a Lake road commission to close the Gogebic water testing site when spring. the samples were sent to Amasa, Since then, the road commis- but when a switch was made to sion voted to place warning signs testing at Ashland, Wis., the bad at the site because of the con- tests stopped. He suggested try- tamination. ing Ashland for the tests. Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe Ironwood Township Supervi- No action was taken by the MEMBERS OF the Iron County Forestry Department and Wisconsin National Guard move boulders from the Oronto Creek bed Thursday at sor Al Baron told county commis- county board. Saxon Harbor. The National Guard soldiers, part of the Superior-based 950th Clearance Company, are in Iron County as part of the cleanup sioners the township would be —Ralph Ansami effort following the July 11-12 storm that destroyed the harbor. Wisconsin National Guard PIE BENEFIT finishes mission at Saxon Harbor By RICHARD JENKINS the process of moving fallen trees and boul- parts of the region to help repair road wash- [email protected] ders around the harbor that was destroyed outs. SAXON, Wis. — A small group of soldiers by the storm and flooding of July 11. While the Guard’s mission at the harbor from the Wisconsin National Guard The dozen soldiers were part of a larger has wrapped up, there is still plenty of work wrapped up its part of the cleanup of Saxon deployment of a total of 104 deployed to the to do. Iron County Forest and Parks Admin- Harbor Thursday. region following the July 11 storm, accord- istrator Eric Peterson told the Iron County Roughly 12 soldiers with the 950th Clear- ing to Sgt. Jeremy Grams. Board of Supervisors’ Finance Committee ance Company, based in Superior, arrived in With the mission at the harbor complete, that it would likely be three to four years Iron County Sunday and Monday and began Grams said the soldiers will be sent to other before the harbor reopens to the public. GCC gears up for new semester By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD — The fall semester at Gogebic Community College is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 29. GCC Marketing Director Kim Zeckovich said enrollment numbers are comparable to a year ago. “We continue to accept students on a daily basis, so the numbers do increase,” she said. “Classes are filling up quickly.” Tom Stankard/Daily Globe On campus, Zeckovich said housing num- GOGEBIC COUNTY Prosecutor Nicholas Jacobs enjoys a piece of pie bers are also similar to last year. “Rooms are during the Wakefield-Bessemer Rotary Pie Social Thursday afternoon still available, but filling up quickly,” she at Wakefield Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9084. said. GCC employs 36 full-time faculty mem- bers. With that, Zeckovich said GCC offers more than 55 associate degree and certifi- cate programs. Finance committee approves “The associate degrees are geared to get students out into the workforce after two years of a solid education or transfer to a UW-Extension office manager description four-year university, which gives them a By RICHARD JENKINS the first person people see when jump-start on their bachelor’s degree pro- [email protected] they come into our office. So gram at an affordable cost, compared to uni- HURLEY — The Iron County that’s what we’re looking for.” versity tuition rates,” she said. Board of Supervisors’ Finance The committee had a brief dis- Zeckovich said certificate programs are Committee Thursday approved cussion on whether to post the typically one to 1.5 years and geared to get the job description for the office job as a grade 6 position on the students into the workforce following gradu- manager of Iron County’s Uni- county pay scale — where Gayan ation from their programs. Tom Stankard/Daily Globe versity of Wisconsin Extension currently is — or the grade 2 Financial aid is also available, she said. THE CAMPUS of Gogebic Community College in Ironwood is quiet on Tuesday afternoon as it office. position the job began as. Zeckovich said GCC offers a host of stu- awaits the beginning of a new fall term on Aug. 29. Current office manager Joyce It was agreed the additional dent activities and athletics that students Gayan is retiring at the end of responsibilities that have been can participate in, intercollegiate athletics, room training, hands-on vehicle activities, the week of Dec. 12. the year. connected to the title since intramural sports, Student Senate, Phi and behind-the-wheel practice in prepara- Zeckovich said the program is unique in According to the description, Gayan started remitted the high- Theta Kappa International Honors Society, tion for commercial driver license tests,” she its design which allows a student to enter the job entails a number of er pay. dances, Game Night and KnockerBall, “to said. the program without a temporary instruc- responsibilities to support the Klemme told committee mem- name a few.” Zeckovich said topics covered will include tional permit. The college will prepare the UW-Extension’s staff. bers it would also ensure they To learn more about the programs and safety, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin- student to test for the temporary instruc- Neil Klemme, the Extension get the caliber of applicants they services, call the admissions office at 906- istration regulations, truck mechanical tional permit and provide the education and office’s department head, said want. 307-1207. parts and components, vehicle inspection vehicle to test for the commercial driver’s the job also requires interacting The deadline for applications This fall, Zeckovich said a Commercial procedures, basic truck maneuvers, driving license. with people. is Aug. 24, with interviews Motor Vehicle Drivers License Class A over techniques and additional content. “This (job) is the face of Exten- the road program will begin. Classes will run four days per week sion,” Klemme told the Daily “This program will offer extensive class- (Mondays-Thursdays) for 16 weeks, ending Globe after the meeting. “This is GCC — page 5 IRON — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY RIO GAMES Home & Garden . .14 Daily Globe Inc. Thursday Today’s records High 73 High 93 (1947) Classifieds . .12-13 Vol. 97, Ed. 190 118 E. McLeod Ave. Mostly cloudy Summer Olympics contin- Low 66 Low 37 (1982) Comics . .11 P.O. Box 548 —Details, page 2 ue in Brazil Ironwood, MI 49938 Community . .3 Year ago today Precipitation — Sports Obituaries . .6 High 71 To 7 a.m. page 9 yourdailyglobe.com Low 51 Thursday .5 in. Opinion . .4 906-932-2211 For August .85 in. Sports . .9-10 T W 2 l FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2016 NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR IRONWOOD TODAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Judge orders man free after 28 years, cites unfair trial WILMINGTON, N.C. 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