Call (906) 932-4449 Relocation suspended Ironwood, MI 8 endangered black rhinos die in Redsautosales.com Kenya after relocation WORLD • 7 DAILY GLOBE Saturday, July 14, 2018 Sunny yourdailyglobe.com | High: 84 | Low: 62 | Details, page 2 Fallen soldier welcomed home By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Ironwood area residents gathered Friday evening to pay tribute to a war hero they never knew. The Patriot Guard caravan escorted the remains of Pearl Harbor victim Navy Fireman Sec- ond Class Lowell Valley to Ontonagon, where he will be buried today. Around 50 people, many of them veterans, had gathered at the Michigan Tourism Informa- tion Center on U.S. 2 in Iron- wood by 9 p.m., as darkness was setting in. Former Iron County Veterans Service Officer Bob Morzenti, of Montreal, Wis., and Tom DeCar- Jason Juno/Daily Globe lo, a veteran from Ironwood, were A LARGE group of people gather at the Michigan Welcome Center along U.S. 2 in Ironwood to pay tribute as the remains of Pearl Har- searching for a rope so they could bor victim Navy Fireman Second Class Lowell Valley are transported to Ontonagon Friday night. Motorcycles and fire trucks were hang a flag at the overpass. among those escorting the hearse across the border. Others carried flags that they planned to leave Superior, Wis., he died at Pearl Harbor. who would have been 96, begin was moored at Ford Island, Pearl were prepared to wave at the at 7 p.m. with the remains of Val- Through the relentless efforts at 11 a.m. (EDT) in Ontonagon, Harbor, when it was attacked by passing Patriot Guard, which ley, but was about an hour of his brother, Bob, Earl Valley's where a huge turn-out is expect- Japanese aircraft. The attack on transferred from Wisconsin to behind schedule. remains were recovered, identi- ed. Burial will follow there. Michigan members at Ashland. Ashland, too, was planning to fied by DNA. Valley was assigned to the bat- The escort crew had originally honor Valley, who was 19 when Funeral services for Valley, tleship USS Oklahoma, which VALLEY — page 5 Blood donation helps raise money for scholarship fund Ironwood church plans By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] for food distribution HURLEY — The Hurley School IRONWOOD — Last year, 250 Ironwood area families held a blood drive Friday in the benefitted from a food distribution day at the Lighthouse library of the school. Faith Center on Ayer Street. The school participates in a This year, Pastor Tom Rouse believes the need will be scholarship program with the Red just as great. Cross. The scholarship goes to a The food distribution will be on Wednesday from 5 to graduating senior and the scholar- 7 p.m. ship amount depends on how many “It’s open to anybody,” Rouse said. “We have quite a pints of blood are collected during variety of food,” he added. the year. Rice, spaghetti, noodles, baby food and energy bars are The school hosts blood drives among the 10,000 pounds of food that will be distributed three or four times a year, with the at the church lot, near the Red Devils’ baseball field. next one in September. Friday’s was Rouse said there will also be a food drive at a compan- the first blood drive to count in the Jean Nordine/Daily Globe ion church in Calumet. total for the scholarship. RED CROSS worker Kevin Kozelek attends to Hurley resident Linda “We really appreciate Forslund Building Supply for Donors were greeted by volun- Zarzycki as she donates blood at the Red Cross Blood Drive Friday at providing the forklift to empty the trailer and River Valley teers Bonnie Sawicki and Shyanne the Hurley K-12 School. Bank for its contributions,” Rouse said. Gulan. Sawicki has volunteered in As in the past, many volunteers have also assisted the school’s blood drives for three necessary forms, read an informa- and vital signs are taken. An area of church members in preparing for Wednesday’s distribu- years, while Gulan has helped out tional pamphlet and wait for the the arm is cleansed and a needle is tion. for five years. next available table. —Ralph Ansami The entire process takes less than Once a table is open, they are a half an hour. Donors fill out the screened by the attending worker DRIVE — page 5 Caledonia Road abandonment denied By JAN TUCKER issue, noting he feels he is liable for of Ontonagon County trails is a [email protected] any injuries incurred on the road good thing. She added with the ONTONAGON — More than 50 near the mine. He added ATV riders flood damage further north, the people attended a public hearing have endangered visitors to his only safe trails for many are those in Wednesday of the Ontonagon Coun- mine. He promised to find an alter- Ontonagon County. ty Road Commission on a request of nate route for the ATV traffic on the Jerry Hoffman, of the Rockland the owner of the Caledonia Mine to road that would bypass his private Fire Department, questioned the abandon a one-mile portion of Cale- land. safety issue as presented by Manos. donia Road. Manos was the only one in the He said the fire department The small hearing room was crowd to speak for the abandon- responds to accidents and emergen- packed and the hearing opened with ment. Pat Racine, representing the cies and they have never received a chair Don Bussiere instructing those Rockland Township Board, gave the call regarding an accident on Cale- present that order would be main- commission a letter from the board donia Road. tained, improper language not toler- in opposition to the abandonment He also explained recent flash ated and everyone would be respect- of Caledonia Road. Bussiere added floods in the region show a need for ful of others or would be asked to he had received a petition with over alternate routes and the road could leave. 100 signatures in opposition to the easily be upgraded to provide an Emmanual Manos, mine owner, abandonment, as well. emergency alternative route, if nec- representing Evergreen Develop- Fern Malilla, Ontonagon, former essary. Hoffman termed the Caledo- Submitted photo ment, in Greenland Township, said Greenland Township resident, said JIM CROSS of Forslund Building Supply unloads a he had two concerns in asking for she feels recreational activities must truckload of food at the Ironwood Lighthouse Faith the abandonment. He cited a safety Church in preparation for Wednesday’s distribution. be supported and the development DENIAL — page 5 Wakefield Township continues to support mining effort By RICHARD JENKINS Michigan Department of Environ- The hearing is scheduled for 5 site, according to Cox, while the water from one big source — we [email protected] mental Quality public hearing p.m. Tuesday in the upper-level third deals with a request to use were a little concerned about WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — regarding several permits for the conference room of the Lindquist Lake Superior water as part of that. This takes that concern The Wakefield Township board company’s Copperwood Project Student and Conference Center the mine’s operations. away,” Cox said. “There’s plenty of trustees on Tuesday expressed in northern Ironwood and Wake- at Gogebic Community College. Cox said he supports the plan, of water in Lake Superior, obvi- its continued support for High- field townships. Cox said the hearing is to deal as he had concerns alternatives ously. It’s way overflowing its land Copper’s effort to develop a “All five of our board members with three permits Copperwood could threaten the township banks and causing erosion and mine in the township. will be there and we’ll be stand- is seeking. Two of those are water supply. loss of properties and everything Wakefield Township Supervi- ing together. I’ll be making a essentially renewing permits “In our townships, we’re on sor John Cox said the support statement,” Cox told the Daily originally issued to Orvana when private wells and if they go dry will extend to the upcoming Globe Thursday. it was trying to develop the mine because you’re sucking too much MINING — page 5 TODAY INDEX Sunny — Details, page 2 Classifieds . .12-14 75 cents Comics . .11 Friday Today’s records Community . .3 Vol. 99, No. 199 High 80 High 95 (1969) Obituaries . .none Low 65 Low 38 (1960) Opinion . .4 Year ago today Precipitation Outdoors . .8 High 51 24 hours to 7 a.m. Low 47 Friday 0.15 in. Sports . .9-10 l 2 SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY SUNDAYY MONDAY TUESDAYTUESSDAY WEDNESDAY Sunny Partly CloudyClouudy Mostly Sunny SunnySunnny Partly Cloudy 84° 62° 82° 61°611° 76° 54° 71° 56° 75° 60° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 1-71-7 mphmph WSWWSW 3-63-6 mphmph SWSW 6-106-10 mphmph W 8 mphmph NWNW 7 mphmph SSWSSW Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 72/56 Todayy we will see sunny skies, high Bergland of 84°,4°, humidityy of 43%. West 85/62 southwsouthwestwest wind 1 to 7 mph. The Wakefield Ironwood recordd high for today is 95° set in Saxon 84/63 1936. Expect clear skies tonight, 84/62 Marenisco Associated Press 83/62 overnovernightnight low of 62°. Bessemer 86/61 DEPUTY ATTORNEY General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at Upson Hurley 84/63 Watersmeet the Department of Justice Friday in Washington. 85/62 84/62 86/61 SUNS AND MOON Mercer 85/61 Manitowish Moscow now accused of US 88/61 SunriseSunri .