School Administrators Look to Prospects of Mine Committee About Effects on Kids Stay in the Industries
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Sunny skies High: 78 | Low: 57 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Friday, August 23, 2013 75 cents School administrators look to prospects of mine committee about effects on kids stay in the industries. mine starting up would be school according to Torkelson. Students n Training, enrollment, curriculum and area, because “We’re hon- enrollments increasing. Accord- are discussing the possibilities, availability of local funding. “our working ored to prepare ing to Patritto, the Hurley School too. “Chris and I have had multi- graduates are our kids for District had around 800 students “Kids are talking about these jobs key to students ple conversations, and there are leaving to other that,” Patritto in 2001. This year, it is expecting issues at the lunch table, about By CORTNEY OFSTAD many commonalities between the communities said. “We see just over 600. how badly they hope this hap- [email protected] two districts, including the crisis for better jobs, kids graduate “No one leaves paradise, in my pens so they don’t have to leave,” HURLEY — The Iron County that many of our families are and that is year after year, opinion, except for job opportuni- Torkelson said. “They want to Mining Impact Committee heard going through financially,” increasing,” and they say, ‘I ties,” Torkelson said. “In very few stay so their kids can grow up about how a mine in Iron County Torkelson said. “Families split Torkelson said. want to leave,’ areas can you receive this quality here.” would impact school districts because one is forced to leave the According to but within a education. We’re losing our best While increased enrollments Wednesday at the Iron County area to find a good job, to leave Chris Patritto, min- Eric year, they want and our brightest, because they are expected from a mine, fund- Courthouse in Hurley. the kids to stay in a great school. Patritto ing could be an Torkelson to come back. are finding jobs somewhere else.” ing is not guaranteed. Different Erik Torkelson, administrator This is about kids and that is “educational Provide the Declining enrollments and job factors can impact potential state of the Mercer School District, why we are here today.” aspect” for students, including opportunities, and they will opportunities are not something and Chris Patritto, administra- The goal, according to both training kids for future careers stay.” just discussed at meetings of tor of Hurley K-12, spoke to the Patritto and Torkelson, is to have in mining and other technical A potential positive from a bureaucrats and business people, SCHOOLS — page 5 Power pole explodes, GOGEBIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE causing short outage By RALPH ANSAMI and had parts of the power pole [email protected] fall on him, but he was not IRONWOOD — A power pole injured. Most of the debris from that exploded around 10:40 p.m. the pole was of a rubber-like sub- Wednesday was the apparent stance and wasn’t heavy, accord- cause of a short power outage ing to the report. that affected much of the Iron- Xcel Energy was alerted and wood area. corrected the problem. The Ironwood Public Safety The report didn’t indicate Department received a report what caused the pole to explode. from Brian Dayton, 39, that the Officers said there was no pole had exploded and there was active fire when they arrived at a fire in a fenced-in area at the the scene. intersection of Alfred Wright The fire was likely the cause Boulevard and Pine Street, near the Xcel Energy station. A passerby saw the explosion WEATHER — page 5 Period extended for sending comments to WDNR on Upson area mine project MADISON, Wis. — The Wis- The public is invited to submit consin Department of Natural comments on all aspects of the Katie Perttunen/Daily Globe KEITH LAFAVE, of Excel Fire Protection, works on the sprinkler system in the new classrooms above the auto shop in the Carl Kleimola Techni- Resources has extended the pre-application notification, cal Center on Thursday. The $4 million, summer-long project at Gogebic Community College is near completion. Classes begin Monday. deadline to submit comments on including the preliminary project the pre-application process for design, associated impacts and the potential mine in Iron and the scope of environmental base- Ashland counties to Sept. 17. line data collection. While the public comment The bulk sampling activity period for Gogebic Taconite’s and potential mining site are GCC renovation nears completion bulk sampling activity ends located in the town of Anderson Sept. 3, the DNR extended the (Upson), in Iron County, and pre-application comment period town of Morse (Mellen area) in to Sept. 17 to give the public Ashland County. The majority of n Work on Kleimola center additional time to consider a pre- the site is in Iron County. liminary description of the pro- The WDNR conducted a pub- on schedule, classes begin ject. lic hearing in Hurley on Aug. 15 Monday “This doesn’t delay anything for us,” G-Tac spokesman Bob By KATIE PERTTUNEN Seitz said on Thursday evening. [email protected] COMMENTS — page 5 IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The $4 mil- lion project at the Carl Kleimola Technical Center on the campus of Gogebic Community College is set to finish on time, said project Jobless rates improve in foreman Bill Tregembo, of Angelo Luppino, Inc. Some electrical work will be completed most Wisconsin counties through the end of the week, and carpets By RALPH ANSAMI For Vilas County, the July need to be installed, Tregembo said. All [email protected] jobless rate was 7.6 percent, com- inspections have been completed. The job picture improved for pared to 8.4 percent in June and Keith LaFave, of Excel Fire Protection, was most northern Wisconsin coun- 7.4 percent a year ago. installing sprinkler systems on Thursday. ties in July, but Iron County’s Oneida County’s July jobless Josh Pekuri, Lindquist Electric, was get- unemployment numbers were rate stood at 7.1 percent, better ting ready to run telephone and data lines. the same as June. than the 8 percent in June and Classes are scheduled in the new class- The July figures released at the 7.9 percent of a year ago. rooms Monday morning, said dean of business mid-week by the Wisconsin The best numbers among the services Erik Guenard. Department of Workforce Devel- northern counties again came Furniture is expected to be delivered today opment showed Iron County from Price County, with 6.2 per- and Saturday. remained with the second worst cent in July. The June total there The project was done in an environmental- employment numbers in the was 6.4 percent, compared to 6.9 ly friendly way, scoring very high on Leader- state, at 11.2 percent. The July percent a year ago. ship in Energy and Environmental Design 2012 rate was 10.7 percent. The DWD said the jobless measures, said Guenard. The carpeting is Ashland County improved numbers improved in 68 of the recycled, the rooms make use of “daylighting” from 10 percent in June to 9.3 and urinals are waterless, as well as con- Katie Perttunen/Daily Globe percent in July, both worse than struction making use of space in a pre-exist- JOSH PEKURI, of Lindquist Electric, works on the finishing touches at the Kleimola Center the 8.9 percent of a year ago. ing building rather than building a new one. on Thursday. JOBS — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY HOUSE OF THE WEEK Business . .8 Daily Globe Inc. Thursday Today’s records Vol. 94, Ed. 198 118 E. 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