Gogebic County Added to Emergency Declaration
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Call (906) 932-4449 House of the week Ironwood, MI Home with two-sided fireplace Redsautosales.com HOME & GARDEN • 8 DAILY GLOBE Friday, June 22, 2018 Mostly sunny yourdailyglobe.com | High: 77 | Low: 52 | Details, page 2 Gogebic RAISING AWARENESS County added to emergency declaration By RICHARD JENKINS for the rebuilding efforts. [email protected] Already, 70 soldiers with LANSING – While it the Michigan National may not have sustained as Guard have been activated much damage as some of to assist with road repairs the other counties, Goge- and debris removal in the bic County will also be able affected areas. to use additional resources Pionk said the county when rebuilding after Gov. will likely seek to use state Rick Snyder directed it be resources available added to the state of disas- through the declaration to ter declaration from this replace several culverts. weekend’s storms. County funds have already Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe Snyder directed Michi- been devoted to the PARTICIPANTS WALK from table to table, above, gathering information and collecting freebies, at the Hur- gan State Police to add the replacement of several oth- ley Trailhead Thursday during the inaugural Across the Borders Senior Information and Awareness Walk. county to the original dis- ers – such as several cul- One of the vendors set up at the walk was Iron County's University of Wisconsin-Extension Office, where aster declaration issued verts on Brace Road in Ennis Gregas had the chance to try out office's blender bike to mix up a strawberry smoothie. Monday for Houghton and Ironwood Township. Menominee counties. “We will pursue (using “The residents of these state emergency funds) just Inaugural ‘Across the three counties have experi- because a $70,000 hit on enced significant hardship my budget is still a since last weekend’s heavy $70,000 hit on the road rainfall and severe flood- commission’s budget,” Borders’ walk held ing,” Snyder said in a news Pionk said. “If there’s an By RICHARD JENKINS both vendors and partici- release. “We have commit- opportunity to get reim- [email protected] pants. ted all state resources to bursed for some of the HURLEY – Described A total of 28 vendors assist with the response, repair work … we’re going by some participants as were on-hand to hand out and we’re committed to to go after it.” “trick-or-treating for information, ranging protecting all residents One point of good news seniors,” the Iron County from the Iron County while quickly rebuilding from the weekend’s storms Human Services Depart- University of Wisconsin- damaged infrastructure. I was the repairs made on ment held the inaugural Extension office to local want to thank all the Lake Road at Little Girl’s Across the Borders Senior insurance agents and responding state agencies, Point performed as expect- Informational and Aware- nursing homes. local emergency manage- ed. ness walk Thursday. Participants could also ment services, local offi- When he heard there The event – which was submit raffle tickets at cials and volunteer ser- was flooding on Lake organized by the Iron each vendor table in an vices for the work they Road in the township, County Human Services effort to win a variety of have been doing to help Pionk said he immediately Department and the prizes. the impacted communities went to the Point to see Aging and Disability Along the trail, there recover.” how the repairs made after Resource Center – ran were also posters with a Nearly 8 inches of rain the 2016 storm were hold- from the Hurley Trailhead variety of facts on senior fell in Ironwood during the ing up. off Second Avenue to health and various suc- weekend’s storms, which “(I’m) very happy with Depot Park in Ironwood cesses famous people downed trees and flooded the performance of what on the non-motorized have achieved as seniors. roads in Ironwood Town- we completed out there, no trail. The event was sched- ship and other areas of the issues at all,” he said, Participants were able uled for June 21 as part of county. adding the road commis- to stop at various tables the nationwide The “Our roads held up fair- sion got several emails set up along the trail to Longest Day celebration ly good compared to the from residents at the Point collect freebies and get to raise awareness of amount of rain we reassuring them the work information on a range of Alzheimer’s and as part of received. We did have a lot was holding. business and organiza- the county’s recognition of areas that had water While work repairing tions dealing with the of June as Elder Abuse over the road of course, the remaining sporadic area’s senior population. Awareness Month. and wash-outs – a lot of washouts and problem Organizers were In keeping with the drive culverts that were areas, Pionk said all roads pleased with how the theme of raising aware- washed out. I think it was a in the county had been re- event went, saying there combination of both the opened. was a good turnout for amount of rain we received He urged residents to WALK — page 5 and just several drive cul- report areas that may need verts that are getting to the repair after the storm. point of failure them- “We have a lot of miles selves,” said Darren Pionk, to cover, and another set of Patritto to retire; Genisot to step in engineer-manager for the eyes out there to tell us Gogebic County Road where some problems are HURLEY – The Hurley School Board decided Mon- Commission. “It was kind is greatly appreciated,” day there will be no long search to replace district of a perfect storm in Pionk said. administrator Chris Patritto, who will retire a year regards to some of the Residents can contact from now. ditch-lines not handling the road commission at Coming out of a closed session, the board the amount of rain we 906-667-0233, or by visit- announced it had agreed to hire Kevin Genisot as dis- received.” ing gogebiccountyroad- trict administrator, effective June 30, 2019. Sunday’s rain undid a commission.org/contact.ht Genisot is currently employed as elementary prin- lot of the repairs the coun- ml. cipal at the K-12 school. He started off as an elemen- ty made after Friday’s Meanwhile, funeral tary teacher at Hurley and became principal in 2012. storm. According to Pionk, arrangements have been Genisot, who graduated in 1997 from Hurley High the damage wasn’t as bad made for the 12-year-old School, will continue in the principal’s role for the as it could have been. Houghton boy who died 2018-’19 school year and will also serve as special edu- “At this point we’re still from injuries sustained in cation director, while learning the ropes under Patrit- adding up the numbers, flooding over the weekend. to. but we’re probably close to He was trapped in the The district will now seek to hire an elementary $70,000-$75,000 worth of basement. principal-athletic director. emergency repairs that we Thatcher Alan Athletic director Steve Eder, who also works as did,” Pionk said. Markham is survived by director of student activities and community learning, “It’s a hit on our budget; his parents, Rodney and will lose his job as of June 30 because the after-school it’s a lot of extra time that Joanne and four siblings. federal grant funding the district had received for the my crew and my foreman Funeral services will be past several years has been eliminated. had to contend with over conducted at 1 p.m. Satur- Eder informed the board the funding had been lost the weekend, but we were day, June 23, at the First at its last regular monthly meeting. able to manage it properly,” Apostolic Lutheran Church In another administrative move, finance director Globe file photograph he continued. Snyder’s dec- of Houghton, with David Michele Seibel is retiring Jan. 3 and will need to be KEVIN GENISOT, seen at a 2015 Hurley elementary laration makes a variety of replaced. school concert, will take over as Hurley School District state resources available —Ralph Ansami administrator on July 1, 2019. 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