We are weight e lifters, Page 5 Great Lakes water levels, Newberry News Page 12 Vol. 135, No. 13 U.S.P.S. No. 383980 mynewberrynews.com August 19, 2020 $1.25 Today’s Weather 70/61 Tomorrow 78/63 Newberry, Michigan Briefs Fall football 116 prisoners test season gets positive at NCF sacked All prisoners at the New- berry Correctional Facility have been tested again for By Dan Hardenbrook COVID-19 after a staff member was diagnosed on Even though many knew August 1. As of Tuesday, it was possible, and some August 18, 116 prisoners expected it, the announce- and four staff have been in- ment sacking the fall 2020 fected in this outbreak. football season sent shock- Most positive Newberry waves through the state. On prisoners are asymptomatic, August 14, the Michigan and all are quarantined, said High School Athletic Asso- Communications Represen- ciation announced that they tative Holly Kramer. None HELP WANTED HELP WANTED are moving high school’s of them have died. most popular sport to the The prison is beginning a Photos by Carol Stiffler spring. third round of coronavirus Many teams around the testing, Kramer said, and Small businesses in the area, and across Michigan, are searching for employees. The federal CARES act supplied state were actually on the staff are encouraged to ac- an additional $600 per week to unemployed workers through July 25, making working less profitable than stay- practice field when the news cept free testing but are not ing home in many cases. broke Friday afternoon. forced to get tested. Staff In their official statement, members were tested on Au- the MHSAA said “The foot- gust 6 and August 14. ball season switch was The facility continues to made based on consultation separate infected prisoners with state health department from the rest of the popula- Sending out an SOS officials and after surveying tion, requires all inmates MHSAA member high and staff to wear face masks schools on their progress at all times, and cleans reg- and preferences after the ularly throughout the day first four days of practice. with bleach. Small businesses search for employees Football is considered a high-risk sport for potential COVID by county spread of the COVID-19 Luce County had a con- By Carol Stiffler new unemployment benefits of an extra $400 per week. virus because of its level of fusing week in terms of The benefits are expected to be retroactive to August 1 player-to-player contact.” coronavirus cases. Those Shirley Clark will turn 80 in September. She just lost and last through December. Executive Director Mark watching the state’s daily re- her husband, Carl, and is now planning his memorial. At The Berry Patch, Clark expects that will mean Uyl said the MHSAA did porting would have noticed And she is running The Berry Patch restaurant in Para- she’ll be left high and dry for the rest of the year. everything it could, but the count sometimes shot up dise, a place she has owned for 19 years and has made With just the two of them, Clark divides the work by there were too many un- by more than a dozen new famous for its cinnamon rolls and blueberry pie. taking orders at the order window while another woman knowns to play football this cases, only to be returned Before coronavirus hit, Clark had a staff of 13 people does the cooking. It’s summer time, and the tourists are fall. back to 4 the next day. The in The Berry Patch. Now she has two. That includes her- thick. On Sunday, August 16, Clark had 216 customers In a radio interview Mon- LMAS Health Department self. It isn’t that she pays come through during day, Uyl said tentative plans said the new cases needed to poorly, she said. “I pay her 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. are for the spring football be attributed to the Michi- waitresses $11 an hour,” hours of operation. season to start “sometime gan Department of Correc- she said. “And they make Who’s hiring? Thankfully, a couple around March 1st” and that tions, as they were related to good tips.” people she loves from games could hopefully the outbreak at the prison. Where did they go? The Berry Patch Moran came up to help, begin later in March or early The U.P. now has 828 “On unemployment,” she and together they man- April. Uyl knows there need confirmed cases and 117 said. “That was their deci- D&D Home Center aged the work. to be different plans for the probable cases. Recent cases sion. The state of Michi- As the months have U.P. schools and said the at the Newberry prison are gan was paying them Eric’s Septic Service worn on, Help Wanted Executive Council would not included. Here are the $600 a week. Why would Mac’s Market signs have gone up in discuss more options later numbers by county: you want to work?” businesses around the this week along with a vote The funds were actually McDonald’s region. Seder’s Pizza is on moving forward with County Cases Deaths made available from the hiring. The Pleasant other fall sports such as vol- Alger 15 0 federal Coronavirus Aid, Pleasant Moose Lodge Moose Lodge is look- leyball and cross country. Baraga 6 0 Relief and Economic Se- ing. D&D Home Center Uyl also said that the de- Chippewa 33 0 curity Act. Across the Rahilly’s IGA needs a driver. The cision was based on feed- Delta 91 3 state, workers quickly Evening Star Motel just back from a majority of the Dickinson 59 2 learned they could make Seder’s Pizza managed to fill two po- state’s member schools, Gogebic 128 1 more money on unem- Tahquamenon Area Schools sitions after a long some which reported out- Iron 23 1 ployment with the $600 search. The school dis- breaks from their first week Houghton 48 0 per week bonus. Unem- ...and more tricts are looking. Even of practice. Keweenaw 2 0 ployment, usually only McDonald’s is hiring. Reactions were red hot Luce 4 0 available after involuntary The Pizza Stop in Curtis over the weekend, sparking Mackinac 22 0 job loss, was the employee’s choice during the pan- flat-out closed. outrage from coaches, play- Marquette 185 11 demic. Dave Goudreau, president of Northern Wings in New- ers, and parents. Menominee 171 0 The extra $600 per week benefit ran out on July 25. berry, called it a “value-based decision.” When it comes Newberry Athletic Direc- Ontonagon 28 0 But on August 9, President Donald Trump authorized See SOS, page 2 tor Kenn Depew said that Schoolcraft 13 0 See FOOTBALL, page 9 You voted Up here, there is much It’s now ‘before this’ or ‘after this’ that unites us. Nature, small towns, clear skies, a lack of traffic lights. And there are plenty of great Family visits five Great Lakes in one day divides in public opinion. Lions or Packers? Football By Carol Stiffler D u n d e e , gust 8, they Lombardo, 2. or hockey? And almost as Michigan, committed to They rented a van, and to critical: what topping do Like every family, the by Lake the trip. They practice safe social distanc- you put on your pasty? family of Kathi Gray had Erie. “We left Monday, ing, they packed all the We asked on Face- enough reasons to remem- waited, with August 10, food they’d need for the book: What do you eat ber the year 2020. But they border re- driving to- trip and stopped only for with a pasty - Ketchup, or wanted more. Something strictions. ward Fort gas and picnics at rest gravy? With 300 votes, bright. Then we de- N i a g a r a . areas. The family brought you said: Gray and her daughter, cided we Along with dozens of rocks Gray had Lindsey Lombardo, had can do this, Gray and painted with “5 Great been mulling over a whirl- being so- Lombardo, Lakes in One Day!” and Lindsey Lombardo wind trip that took them to cially dis- they brought planned to leave them at all five Great Lakes - Erie, tanced, the Kathi Gray and her daughter, Lindsey Lombardo, Lombardo’s every single place they Gravy Huron, Michigan, Ontario, U.S. way.” packed up Lindsey’s kids on August 10 and took a five children: stopped. Ketchup 43% and Superior - in one day. Gray, who whirlwind trip to all five Great Lakes the next day. C h r i s t i a n It had all the makings of 57% “As we were looking lives just K o s z k a - an epic trip, and they did it. things up to plan it, every- north of Newberry, said preparing to return to the Lombardo, 15; Daniel See LAKES, page 8 thing was going through they realized with a jolt classroom, it was either Lombardo, 6; Luke Lom- the Canadian side,” said that, since Lombardo is a now or next year. bardo, 5; Makenna Lom- Lombardo, who lives in teacher and must start Over the weekend of Au- bardo, 4; and Evelyn News 2 August 19, 2020 SOS, continued A main attraction to providing for a family, he said, who wouldn’t take the option for making more money? Especially when that meant more parents could be home to help their kids com- plete their schooling from home. Goudreau shared his con- cerns with Michigan state Senator Wayne Schmidt and representative Sara Cambensy at last week’s Coffee with a Senator event.