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Sunny High: 68 | Low: 41 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Wednesday, October 18, 2017 75 cents Forecast TOUGH SAILING Luther L. Wright favorable for holds Parent leaf-viewing By RALPH ANSAMI Academy today [email protected] IRONWOOD — Now that IRONWOOD — The Ironwood The district held a similar autumn colors have arrived in Area Schools is hosting a Parent parent academy in March, giv- full splendor, it looks like it will Academy today, giving parents a ing parents an opportunity to be a warm weekend to set out for chance to learn about a variety of learn how they can help their a drive across the Gogebic ways they can help their stu- kids. Range. dents succeed academically. “I think we’re starting more The forecast calls for warm The event, from 5 to 7 p.m., with this broad range of topics to October weather, with sunshine will be held at Luther L. Wright get people comfortable in the and highs ranging from the mid- K-12 School and offers parents a school and giving them things 60s to the low 70s through Sat- variety of workshops. that are going to help them with urday and little chance of rain. The workshops cover a num- their kids so (the kids) are suc- Today’s high is predicted at ber of topics — ranging from cessful,” Dean of Students Dan 66. various standardized tests and Niemi said in March. The average high for Oct. 17 other academic subjects, to pre- At the time, district officials is 50 and the low 34, according to sentations on the dangers of had discussed having the event the National Weather Service. substance abuse and online earlier in the year so parents had It looks like a good week for safety. more time to take advantage of area construction companies to Many of the presentations are the information they received. work full bore at the numerous designed to only take up part of “It will ... be a nice launching autumn projects that are being the event’s planned two hours, pad for the rest of the year,” finished up or well under way. meaning parents have the ability Niemi said. It’s bonus Indian summer to attend multiple workshops. —Richard Jenkins weather, contrasted with the 10 inches of snow on the ground on Oct. 17 in 2006. Unfortunately, temperatures in the upper 60s on Tuesday revived the local ladybug popula- North Country Trail tion and they were out in full force. A cool-off will begin on Sun- section damaged by day, when a high of 56 is fore- cast, still higher than typical temperatures for this time of July storm now open year. The overnight readings next week will dip into the low By IAN MINIELLY not allow their pictures to be 30s. [email protected] taken, but they did not mind Day-long rain last Saturday IRONWOOD — The North their work being photographed. has brought the October precipi- Country Trail, Ni-Miikanaake The 10 of them chopped, cut and tation total to 2.81 inches in chapter of the association is cleared the 5-7 miles of trail from Ironwood, compared to the long- Ralph Ansami/Daily Globe responsible for developing main- 519 to the harbor and tore down term average of 2.42 inches. THE DOCK at the Gile Park boat landing on the Gile Flowage in Gile, Wis., is underwater on Tuesday taining, protecting and promot- the two destroyed bridges and The average temperature for afternoon after a summer of ample rainfall. There was only a minimal amount of water flowing over the ing the North Country Trail from rebuilt new ones in their place. the month in Ironwood stands at Xcel Energy dam. the Wisconsin border near Iron- The Amish used hand tools 48.3 degrees, compared to the wood to Bergland. During its and worked hard to open the 116-year average of 46 degrees. meeting on Tuesday Calvin Kan- trail. As a reward, and as a For the year, the average tem- gas announced the section of method to thank the men for perature is 44.4 degrees, a bit trail from Black River Harbor to their hard work to open the trail, above the long-term average of Highway 519 is open. the Ni-Miikanaake chapter took 43.7 degrees. Probation revocation draws prison sentence According to the club, that the men to Copper Peak and paid Precipitation for 2017 stands By RALPH ANSAMI system “boot camp” and substance abuse pro- section of trail was demolished in for them to ride the lift to the top. at 32.32 inches, well above the [email protected] grams. the July 2016 storms that Kangas said their eyes were bug- average of 28.56 inches. HURLEY — A former Saxon, Wis., resident The judge encouraged him to seek the sub- dumped heavy wind and rain on ging out from the ride and view was sentenced to prison on Tuesday afternoon stance abuse treatment. “If you don’t take the area and was too dangerous and one of the young men said he for revocation of probation conditions set on pre- advantage of these programs, you will die,” Mad- with all the broken trees and had never experienced anything vious drug-related convictions. den said. “I hope this will cause you to realize busted bridges for hikers to nav- like that before in his life. Project Matthew Maslanka, 38, of Hurley, was sen- what you’re doing to yourself.” igate. The NCT association In other news, the club agreed tenced by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden. Madden accepted the joint sentencing recom- received help from 10 Amish to make its scheduled 7 Novem- Homeless event The judge sentenced him to four years of prison, mendation of Iron County District Attorney men from lower Michigan that ber meeting its final meeting for with the first three to be spent in confinement Matthew Tingstad and defense attorney Joseph arrived in the area to work on the calendar year. The meeting scheduled and the fourth year under extended supervision. opening the trail. Maslanka was given credit for nearly a year According to Kangas and Mor- BESSEMER — The Gogebic- spent in jail and will be eligible for the prison gan Grasso, the workers would PRISON page 5 NCT page 5 Ontonagon Continuum of Care is — — helping organize a Project Homeless Connect event Friday, Nov. 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at TRAIL EFFORTS the Gogebic-Ontonagon Commu- nity Action Agency site at 100 S. Mill St. in Bessemer. It’s part of a national initia- Hurley trailhead tive sponsored by the U.S. Inter- agency Council on Homeless- ness. The mission is to rally Goge- fundraiser planned bic County service providers and volunteers to support the one- By RICHARD JENKINS Raising funds for the project day event that attempts to cre- [email protected] was one reason the regional trail ate lasting solutions for individ- HURLEY — With Monday’s group decided to merge with uals and families experiencing paving extending Michigan’s ICORE. homelessness, according to CAA non-motorized Iron Belle Trail “ICORE is organized as non- organizer Pat Niksich. into Hurley, the focus now turns profit corporation with 501c3 The homeless are given the toward the construction of a designation from the IRS, mak- opportunity to review the health trailhead on the 500 feet of land ing contributions tax deductible. and human services options that between the Montreal River and ICORE also already includes are available to them. Second Avenue. members from both southern The goal of Project Homeless With that end in mind, the and northern Iron county as well Connect is to provide “easy recently combined Iron County as Gogebic County,” one of the access” to the services and Outdoor Recreational Enthusi- fundraiser organizers, Mike resources that support transi- asts and Iron County Regional Fauerbach, said in an announce- tion of the county’s homeless into Trail group are hosting a ment for the event. “Members housing arrangements, Niksich fundraiser to raise money for the from ICORE and the former Iron said. project. County Regional Trail group are For more information, contact The event will run from 2 to very excited about the union and Submitted photo Niksich at 906-667-0283, exten- 5:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at Sharon’s Cof- DAVE SAIPPA, with Angelo Luppino Inc., uses a steam roller to pave a 500-foot section of trail in Hurley sion 118. fee Company. The event will fea- Monday. The paving extends Michigan’s non-motorized Iron Belle Trail into Wisconsin and will be near —Ralph Ansami ture a meal and bike raffle. Hurley’s trailhead. ICORE — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY ALCS Business . .6 Daily Globe Inc. Tuesday Today’s records High 67 High 81 (1945) Classifieds . .12-13 Vol. 98, No. 279 118 E. McLeod Ave. Sunny Yanks, Astros tie it up 2-2 Low 44 Low 16 (1948) Comics . .11 P.O. Box 548 —Details, page 2 Ironwood, MI 49938 — Sports Community . .3 Year ago today Precipitation page 9 Obituaries . .none High 59 To 7 a.m. yourdailyglobe.com Low 47 Tuesday none Opinion . .4 906-932-2211 Sports . .9-10 2 l WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAYFIVE-DAAY FORECASTT FOR IRONWOODIRONWOAREAOOD / NATION HEALTH CARE TODAY THURSDAYTHHURSDAY FRIDAYFRIDAAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Sunny MostlyMoostly Sunny Mostly SunnySunny Mostly Cloudy Few Showers 68° 41° 62°622° 48° 69° 55°5 67° 50° 59° 43° Winds: 11-1811-18 mphmph SSWSSW Winds:Windds: 7-117-11 mphmph SWSW Winds: 10-1310-13 mphmph S Winds: 10-1410-14 mphmph S Winds: 7-107-10 mphmph WSWWSW Ontonagon LOCAL OUTLOOK 67/50 Today we will see sunny skies, high of 68°, humidity of 48%.