Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI Packers victorious Greeen Bay comes away Redsautosales.com 34-24 winners at Dallas SPORTS • 9 DAILY GLOBE Monday, October 7, 2019 Sunny yourdailyglobe.com | High: 56 | Low: 43 | Details, page 2 SOLDIER COMES HOME Kellett buried with honors By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD – Walter Kellett is now at eternal rest in the fami- ly plot at Riverside Cemetery in Ironwood. The 12,500-mile journey came 77 years after military historians say Kellett died at the Cabanatu- an Prisoner of War Camp in the Philippines on July 19, 1942. The last mile of his journey was a drizzly cool morning drive in a funeral coach from the McKevitt- Patrick Funeral Home to the cemetery, where people gathered along the route to pay respects. The hearse entered the ceme- tery gate underneath an Ameri- can flag hoisted between two fire trucks with ladders extended. The procession went to the rear of the cemetery where members of the Michigan National Guard Military Funeral Honors Team waited to provide full military honors. The rain did not prevent Dan and Dawne Peterson, of Besse- mer, from waiting with flags to watch the procession go into the cemetery gates. “This is a little bit of bad weather, but that guy went through a hell of a lot more than that,” Dan Peterson said. Tom LaVenture/Daily Globe The technology finally caught A MEMBER of the Michigan National Guard Military Funeral Honors Team presents a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart to Pat Werner, of up to bring these people home, Melrose Park, Ill., at Ironwood’s Riverside Cemetery on Saturday, where her late brother Walter Kellett, was buried 77 years after dying he said. The Bataan death march, in a prisoner of war camp in the Philippines during World War II. Kellett was posthumously awarded the medals and was buried in the the sacrifices of those soldiers family plot with full military honors. and the commitment of the nation to never give up on these During a memorial service at the idea of identifying someone The church has a funeral service the flag and the sound of the guys is what brought them out, the funeral home the Rev. Paul long dead through DNA profiling to provide comfort with the bugle playing “Taps.” he said. Heykes said pastors know they was not possible. gospel proclamation that the “We rejoice that surviving “It’s about being a citizen of will be called upon to perform The church and the military deceased is commended into the families and loved ones will final- these United States and being ministerial services they had not both recognize the importance of eternal care of the Lord, he said. admirable to all these people who learned about in the seminary. closure and both have powerful The military has the final cere- put forth these efforts,” he said. When he was ordained in 1986 rituals to declare it, Heykes said. mony with the presentation of KELLETT — page 8 County pension grant in limbo By TOM LAVENTURE ment services in Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, [email protected] Baraga, Iron and Ontonagon counties prior to BESSEMER – Michigan legislature funds that 2015, before consolidating with the Eastern would reimburse a county pension debt that Upper Peninsula Jobs Consortium and Job Force resulted from a change in state regulations are in to form the UPWARD Talent Council. doubt as the budget bill it was attached to was The $971,000 Michigan Enhancement Grant in vetoed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week. the state’s general government budget was to State Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, said cover a shortfall that occurred when the state the governor used the administrative board to required the consortium pension funds operate defund the grant awarded to Gogebic County to under different regulations. Gogebic County has cover retirement legacy costs leftover from the been attempting to recover the shortfall from the Western Upper Peninsula Manpower Consor- tium. The consortium was responsible for job Submitted photo training, employment and workforce develop- COUNTY page 5 THE MONTREAL River runs through brightly colored leaves in the — Montreal Gorge Saturday morning. The Ni-Miikanaake chapter of the North Country Trail Association hosted a hike to the gorge Saturday. WAY UP HIGH NCT group hikes to Montreal Gorge By RICHARD JENKINS tance before heading off road and [email protected] along a muddy all-terrain vehicle IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP – trail to the cliffs above the Mon- The hardy few who braved the treal River. cold, wet, windy weather Satur- Saturday’s hike was the final day morning got the chance to group hike of four the chapter preview the future path of the has hosted over the summer, North Country Trail on Little with the earlier hikes exploring Girl’s Points and enjoy one of the other sections of the trail in best views of fall leaves in the Gogebic County. county as the Ni-Miikanaake “(We’re) definitely pleased chapter hosted a hike to the Mon- with the group hikes,” chapter treal Gorge. vice president Cathy Flory said. The small group hiked along Tanya Thomas/Daily Globe Lake Road from the Superior A RAINBOW appears over Ayer Street near downtown Ironwood Sunday. Falls parking lot for a short dis- HIKE — page 5 TODAY INDEX Sunny — Details, page 2 Classifieds . .12-13 75 cents Sunday Today’s records Comics . .11 High 59 High 81 (1909) Community . .3 Vol. 100, No. 270 Low 45 Low 23 (1999) Education . .14 Year ago today Precipitation Obituaries . .2 High 46 24 hours to 7 a.m. Opinion . .4 Low 38 Sunday .01 inch Sports . .9-10 l 2 MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD Witness in Obituaries TODAY TUESDAYTUESDAAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAYTHURSSDAY FRIDAY ex-cop’s trial David Joseph Barbacovi shot to death HURLEY, Wis. – David Joseph Barbacovi, 57, of DALLAS (AP) – A man Hurley, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Sunny Mostly SunnySunnny Partly Cloudy ScatteredScattereed Rain Rain Likely who was fatally shot has Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at his home. been identified as a key David was born on March 14, 1962, at Divine 56° 43° 62° 47°477° 65° 48° 62° 44° 50° 32° witness in the murder trial Infant Hospital in Wakefield, Mich., a son of Ray of a white Dallas police Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: and Jean (Pancheri) Barbacovi. He lived in Besse- officer who killed her 7-107-10 mphmph WSWWSW 11-1711-17 mphmph S 11-1411-14 mphmph SSESSE 8-138-13 mphmph SSESSE 9-149-14 mphmph SWSW mer, Mich., throughout his childhood and later black neighbor, Dallas moved to the Ironwood, Mich., and Hurley area. Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK police said Sunday. David attended Bessemer area 53/45 Joshua Xavier Brown, Todayy we will see sunny skies, high 28, was found Friday night schools and graduated from A.D. Bergland of 56°,6°, humidityy of 52%. West in the parking lot of an Johnston High School with the 55/45 southwsouthwestwest wind 7 to 10 mph. The Wakefield class of 1980. After graduation he Ironwood recordd high for today is 81° set in apartment complex with Saxon 54/45 multiple gunshot wounds, continued his education at Gogebic 56/43 Marenisco 1909. Expect clear skies tonight, 58/43 overnovernightnight low of 43°. 56/42 authorities said. Brown Community College in Ironwood Bessemer was pronounced dead at a Upson Hurley 55/45 Watersmeet and the Transamerican School of 56/42 56/43 56/41 SUNS AND MOON hospital. Broadcasting in Wausau. 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