Call (906) 932-4449 Ironwood, MI Volleyball Mercer wins Redsautosales.com regional SPORTS • 7 DAILY GLOBE Monday, October 28, 2019 Mostly cloudy yourdailyglobe.com | High: 37 | Low: 25 | Details, page 2 RIBBON CUTTING Locals, dignitaries celebrate O Kun de Kun Falls project By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BRUCE CROSSING – A crowd gathered at the trailhead parking lot for O Kun de Kun Falls near Bruce Crossing Saturday for a ribbon cutting to mark the com- pletion of a project to improve the hiking route to the waterfall. “I think it’s a testament of just what we can get done when we work together. Now we have a sit- uation where the resource has been taken care of – this trail is now accessible to so many that in the past it wouldn’t have been – and we’ve just improved the recreational experience for pretty much everybody who enjoys the northern forests up here,” said Linda Jackson, the supervisor of the Ottawa National Forest. The project included the con- struction of several bridges and boardwalks, as well as putting crushed aggregate on the roughly 1.3 mile trail between the trail- head and waterfall to make it less muddy and more accessible. “It’s wonderful. Did you notice what that muddy spot looked like? That’s what this whole trail looked like, and then it’s Ontonagon clay which is very slippery. So it was very difficult Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe HIKERS USE a boardwalk to avoid muddy spots on the trail to O Kun de Kun Falls Saturday following a ribbon cutting to mark the com- pletion of a project to improve accessibility on the trail to the waterfall near Bruce Crossing. FALLS — page 5 HIT screens ‘The Phantom Carriage’ By RICHARD JENKINS in Ann Arbor, has performed supposed to,” he said. “Even [email protected] along with silent movies in Iron- when we get to the intermission, IRONWOOD – There aren’t wood since 2012. you won’t have all the pieces of many times the Historic Iron- The film is set on New Year’s the puzzle – they come slowly wood Theatre hosts a perfor- Eve and centers on the legend throughout the entire film.” mance older than the venue that the last person to die each Noted for its special effects itself, but that was the case Sat- year has to drive death’s carriage and narrative structure, Rogers urday as the 91-year-old theater and collect souls of those who told the audience the film screened the 1921 Swedish fan- die over the course of that year. inspired Ingmar Bergman, who tasy film “The Phantom Car- Rogers said the film wasn’t a reportedly first saw it as a riage.” traditionally “spooky” Hal- teenager and watched the film “Tonight, in this 1928 the- loween film, comparing it to over 100 times. He also shared a ater, we bring you a 1921 silent slowly riding up an incline on a 1924 Charlie Chaplin quote call- film, “The Phantom Carriage,” roller coaster ing the director, Victor Sjostrom, theater board president Zona “For most of the movie you’re “The best director in the Wick said. “This theater was going to go up that steep angle world.” built for just this reason, for and in this movie you’re not Despite the praise, Rogers silent films and vaudeville.” going to go down that first hill said it remains obscure enough The film was accompanied by until near the end of the film. that even a retired film history P.J. Glisson/Daily Globe Andrew Rogers on the theater’s When I first started watching, I professor from Eastern Michi- WHILE PLAYING in the toddler area of a Saturday “Fun Frolic” at Barton organ. Rogers, the lead didn’t know what was going on. gan University had never seen the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School, Luka Holmberg, 2, finds organist at the Michigan Theater You won’t either – you’re not the film. that it’s much easier to score a basket by just stuffing the ball into the net. His mom, Nikki Holmberg, supervises. Wakefield-Marenisco ‘Fun Frolic’ draws busy crowd By P.J. GLISSON event was a huge success, main- [email protected] taining a full crowd throughout a WAKEFIELD – A Saturday two-hour period in the late after- “Fun Frolic” in Wakefield was a noon and early evening. chance to celebrate Halloween The room was full of energy as early with no end of candy, cowboys, ballerinas and basket- games, fun and fright. Held in the gym of the Wake- field-Marenisco K-12 School, the FROLIC — page 11 Markkanen proposes plan for affordable energy LANSING – State Rep. Greg and affordable energy. Markkanen, R-Hancock, His “Powering Michigan For- announced Wednesday he is ward” plan focuses on a state law proposing a plan to make it easi- Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe er for utility customers in the ANDREW ROGERS plays the Barton organ Saturday before a screening of the silent movie, “The Upper Peninsula to access clean Phantom Carriage,” at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. ENERGY — page 5 TODAY INDEX Mostly cloudy — Details, page 2 Classifieds . .10-11 75 cents Sunday Today’s records Comics . .9 High 44 High 71 (1983) Community . .3 Vol. 100, No. 287 Low 25 Low 12 (1933) Education . .6 Year ago today Precipitation Obituaries . .2 & 5 High 49 48 hours to 7 a.m. Opinion . .4 Low 40 Sunday none Sports . .7-8 l 2 MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019 AREA / NATION THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD Obituaries TODAY TUESDAYTUESDAAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAYTHURSSDAY FRIDAY James T. Sullivan MERCER, Wis. – James T. Sullivan, as “Soo Line Sully.” 80, of Mercer, Wis., formerly of Hur- Jim and Dolores Mostly Cloudy Isolated SnowSnnow Partly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Isolated Snow ley, Sauk Village and Chicago, passed retired up North to away on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at his Mercer. Jim enjoyed residence. boating and fishing, 37° 25° 38° 22°222° 32° 23° 34° 26° 32° 28° Jim was born on Feb. 15, 1939, in but he really loved to Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: Chicago, a son to Patrick and Rose play Santa every year 6-106-10 mphmph WSWWSW 6-106-10 mphmph W 5-105-10 mphmph W 3-73-7 mphmph WSWWSW 9-159-15 mphmph WSWWSW (Serafinski) Sullivan. He married at the VFW in Hurley Dolores C. Mlynarczyk on Feb. 11, and Mercer Commu- Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 38/30 1961, at St. Florian Catholic Church, nity Center. To see Todayy we will see mostly cloudy in Chicago. James T. the faces of the chil- Bergland skies with a highg temperaturep of 37°, Sullivan 36/28 humidhumiditydity of 47%. West southwest Surviving is his wife, Dolores Sulli- 1939 — 2019 dren light up really Wakefield Ironwood wind 6 to 10 mph. The record high van of Mercer; daughters, Kathy (Ron) brought him joy. Saxon 34/25 37/25 Marenisco tempetemperatureerature for today is 71° set Henchel of Madison, Sheila (Jeff) Gize Even though he 38/26 in 1941948.48. Bessemer 36/26 of Mercer and Jenny Luse (Chip moved up North, he Upson Hurley 34/25 Watersmeet Orlikowski) of Mercer; grandsons, Jef- remained a Chicago 37/24 37/25 36/25 SUNS AND MOON frey (Maggie) Gize and Aaron Luse of Bears fan and would Mercer Mercer, Matthew (Lindsey) Henchel of watch the game as 36/23 Veteran Manitowish Momence, Ill., and Daniel Henchel of much as he could. 36/22 SunriseSunri . ...............................................................................se .........................................................................7:36 a.m. Decatur, Ill.; granddaughters, Melissa Jim was a member of Minocqua SunsetSunse . ...............................................................................et...........................................................................5:51 p.m. 36/22 MoonriseMoon . ...............................................................................nrise .......................................................................7:57 a.m. Schlegelmilch of Philadelphia and St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church in MoonsetMoon . ...............................................................................nset........................................................................6:37 p.m.p Emily Luse of Sun Prairie; great-grand- Mercer, as well as a member of the daughters, Madelyn, Kalyn, Charlotte American Legion Post 424. ALMANAC REGIONALREGIONAL WEATHER NATIONALNAATIONAL WEATHER and Evelyn; great-grandson Lucas; sis- Jim was a devoted husband, father, ters, Patricia “Patsy” Smith of Hurley, Papa, grandfather, great-grandfather, Yesterday Today Tue. Today Tue. High ......................... temperature.....44 Ashlandd 50/41 cl 46/33 ra ChicagoChicaago 52/39 ra 46/37 ra Audrey Guild of Mercer and Joan brother, father-in-law, brother-in-law, Low ......................... temperature ......25 Duluth 36/26pc 37/22 pc DallasDallas 72/47 mc 59/50 sh (Jerry) Farrer of Phoenix; sisters-in- uncle, great-uncle and friend. Jim will Precipitation ......................... ....... 0.00" Eau ClaireClaaire 56/46 mc 50/38 ra KansasKansaas City 43/31 ra 41/34 sn law, Camille Kovar of Carpentersville, be greatly missed by all those who EscanabaEscanabba 44/32mc 42/29 sh Los AngelesA 78/53 s 70/51 s Grand RapidsR 52/44 cl 48/36 ra New YorkY 63/52 s 62/56 sh Ill., and Frannie Stessl of Highland, loved him. MOON PHASES Green BayB 45/31mc 42/28 rs Orlandondo 89/76 t 87/74 t Ind.; and many nieces, great-nieces, Cremation has taken place. Madisonn 43/30 mc 39/29 rs PhoenixPhoennix 73/49 s 71/52 s nephews, great-nephews, cousins and A Mass of Christian burial will be FirstFirst FullFull LastLast NewNew MarquetteMarqueette 41/33sh 39/31 sh SeattleSeattlle 51/36 s 45/35 s friends. held at St. Isaac Jogues, 5214 Lakeview RhinelanderRhinelaander 38/22 mc 40/20 sn WeatherWeathher (Wx): cl/cloudy; fl/flurries; pc/partly St. Paul 39/26mc 41/24 pc cloudcloudy;dy; mc/mostly cloudy; ra/rain; rs/rain & Besides his parents and grandpar- Ave., Mercer at 11 a.m.