Parade of Love Aspirus Long Term Care Facility in Ontonagon hosts parade COMMUNITY •3 Since 191 9 DAILY GLOBE Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Sunny yourdailyglobe.com | High: 78 | Low: 57 | Details, page 2 Gogebic County Fair canceled, virtual event possible By TOM LAVENTURE tional fair scheduled for Aug. 6-9, with the Crystal Suzik was not present. the fair is a potential liability for the coun- [email protected] option to pursue a virtual fair in conjunc- Prior to the vote to cancel, another pro- ty. It would be too difficult with an event of IRONWOOD — Citing uncertainties of tion with Michigan State University Exten- posal to postpone the vote until July was this type to implement and enforce COVID-19 restrictions and health agency sion. defeated 4-2 with Fiala and Hampston sup- COVID-19 prevention measures, he said. concerns of a summer surge, the Gogebic “That was a good discussion and a porting. Fiala said he was wavering but felt According to a conference call with the County Fair Board on Monday canceled its tough decision for everyone,” said Jim July would offer a more clear picture of Western Upper Peninsula Health Depart- centennial event this August but may pur- Lorenson, fair board chair who voted to August and that fair preparations could ment, the medical staff indicated that sue a virtual option. cancel along with board members Jim still keep moving forward. COVID-19 cases here may increase as stay After lengthy discussion during a virtu- Byrns, Holly Ramme and Shelley Suckow. “I don’t want anyone to be hurt and I safer at home restrictions are lifted with a al meeting the board considered two other “I think the virtual fair could turn out to be kind of want to play it safe,” Fiala said. possible peak in early or mid July, he said. options — to go ahead with the fair or a good thing, we’ll see.” “But at the same time I don’t want to jeop- delay the decision until the July meeting. Members Tom Fiala and Tom Hamp- ardize our 100 year anniversary.” The board acted 4-2 to cancel the tradi- ston voted against canceling the event and Lorenson said that going ahead with FAIR — page 5 Ironwood Parks and Rec Committee hears project updates By TOM LAVENTURE ing out the application,” [email protected] Bergman said. “Sisu will be IRONWOOD — The requesting a letter from us Ironwood Parks and Recre- in support of the applica- ation Committee on Mon- tion.” day approved a letter in Parks and Recreation support of a mountain bike Chair Sam Davey’s had ini- trail development applica- tial communication about tion by Sisu Dirt Crew. the possibility with the The committee 6-0 DNR a year ago. Sisu Dirt approved a letter to sup- Crew has since taken inter- port Sisu Dirt Crews’ effort est in the project. to build a mountain bike “I think it’s going to be trail between snowmobile really nice, especially as we Trail No. 2 and the Iron keep going farther and far- Belle Trail. Committee ther with it,” Davey said. member Linda Jindrich “But it’s a good start now.” Tom LaVenture / Daily Globe was not present. There was also an THE FORMER swimming beach area in Ironwood’s Norrie Park is where the city wants to install a canoe and The approval followed a update on another moun- kayak landing with a handicap accessible dock. project update from Tom tain trail project proposed Bergman, director of com- for Mt. Zion. grant from the Internation- this year due to COVID-19 working with Gogebic “This would be a great munity development for The Sisu Dirt Crew al Mountain Bicycling as matching funds along Community College in kick-off project to create the city of Ironwood. He approached the Parks and Association to expand the with another $3,000 from exploring the opportunity the momentum to start said the Sisu Dirt Crew has Recreation Committee trail system. Sisu. to establish a mountain doing some more trail taken the lead in submit- around five years ago about Gogebic Range Health “The grant would be bike trail development cur- development in the area,” ting a DNR application. building a small mountain Foundation, the fiscal just for the planning of the riculum, as either a com- Bergman said. “The con- “It ended up that Sisu bike trail at Mt. Zion. It was agent, is designating the trail system,” Bergman munity program or as part cept is that our region is was interested in undertak- constructed and the orga- $8,000 it normally grants said. of an adventure-based edu- ing and constructing the nization is now seeking a SISU for its annual Copper The Gogebic Range cation program for stu- trail and they are now fill- Peak race that is in doubt Health Foundation is also dents. $30,000 trail accelerator PARKS — page 5 Bessemer City Council discusses US 2 reconstruction project By CHARITY SMITH but that might be a “main- [email protected] tenance nightmare as far as BESSEMER — The snow plowing.” Bessemer City Council is “Maybe we say forget looking into having the the medians and give us Michigan Department of four blocks of stamped Tom LaVenture/Daily Globe Transportation place concrete instead,” Zak said. MATHY CONSTRUCTION Company starts work on the Runway 9/27 rehabilitation and runway lighting recon- stamped concrete in the 4- “They offered medians. struction project Monday at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport. The work will require the airport to close foot section between the They didn’t offer anything through July 15, and again from Aug. 13-20. The terminal parking lot will also be resurfaced during the pro- road and the sidewalk, in else, but they made it ject. exchange for letting them appear like they would be make a three-lane road. willing to work on some “I like the not having things.” the grass, cause grass does- The council and the Airport closes for runway work n’t hold up for us with all Downtown Development the snow,” said council Authority have both dis- By TOM LAVENTURE Mike Harm, airport manager. The he said. New conduit and wire will member Terry Kryshak. cussed this issue. Zak said [email protected] single asphalt runway is 6,502 feet also be installed between each light. According to Mayor City Manager Charly Loper IRONWOOD — The Gogebic-Iron by 120 feet. “The final coat of paint and sur- Adam Zak, MDOT had pre- had brought the issue to County Airport closed Monday for “The runway surface will be face cutting will be accomplished viously offered to give the MDOT before and officials more than a month of runway work. milled and shaped and brought to during the shutdown period in city medians as part of there said “no” to the idea. The Runway 9/27 rehabilitation elevation,” Harma said. “A new August,” Harma said. accepting the three-lane However, Zak said he and runway lighting reconstruction blacktop layer will then be applied Mathy Construction Company is plan for U.S. 2 through the thinks the city should project will require the closure of over the entire surface.” city as the result of a road the runway and airport through July All runway edge and end lights reconstruction project set 15, and again from Aug. 13-20, said will be replaced during the project, for the summer of 2021, AIRPORT — page 5 BESSEMER — page 5 Iron County 4-H plans programs to replace canceled summer camp By RICHARD JENKINS summer. ing something to the kids to do.” “There will be a hole in my mer camp. “I was looking for- [email protected] “A couple weeks ago I needed Klemme announced in mid- summer because I don’t get to ward to celebrating the 20th HURLEY — Although the coro- to start shifting from what we May the summer camps were spend the week with the roughly anniversary of our program with navirus pandemic has forced the can’t do, to what we can do,” said canceled as a precaution to 120 youth who participate in the all of you, but this gives us extra cancelation of Iron County’s pop- Neil Klemme, the Iron County 4- ensure the health and safety of camp program,” Klemme wrote time to make it super special.” ular 4-H summer camp, organiz- H youth development educator the campers and volunteers. The in the letter announcing the can- Although it won’t be known ers say they are hoping to have a with the University of Wisconsin camp, for students currently celation, adding it was the first series of day camps to offer at Extension Office. “I don’t want to enrolled in third through fifth year since he was 7 that he least something for local kids this go a whole summer without offer- grade, had been set for July 13-17. wouldn’t be attending a 4-H sum- 4-H — page 5 TODAY INDEX Sunny — Details, page 2 Classifieds . .9-10 75 cents Comics . .8 Tuesday Today’s records Community . .3 Vol. 101, No. 155 High 68 High 90 (1944) Obituaries . .11 Low 58 Low 30 (1985) Opinion . .4 Year ago today Precipitation Sports . .6-7 High 57 24 hours to 7 a.m. Low 37 Tuesday .20 in. Sudoku . .10 l 2 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 NATION / WORLD THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY THURSDAYTHURSDAAY FRIDAY SATURDAYSATURRDAY SUNDAY Scatteredd Scattered Sunny Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny T-stormss T-storms 78° 57° 76° 58°588° 68° 53° 66° 54° 64° 59° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 3-93-9 mmphph WNWWNW 8-138-13 mphmph WSWWSW 7-107-10 mphmph WNWWNW 3-93-9 mphmph NNENNE 10-1310-13 mmphph SESE Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 61/50 Todayy we will see sunny skies, high Bergland of 78°,8°, humidityy of 38%.