Call (906) 932-4449 Little League Softball Ironwood, MI Penokee Range falls to Escanaba Redsautosales.com in sectional tournament SPORTS • 7 DAILY GLOBE Monday, July 9, 2018 Few showers yourdailyglobe.com | High: 79 | Low: 55 | Details, page 2 Little Finland celebrates Viola Turpeinen Day By RICHARD JENKINS Power. [email protected] Little Finland has been KIMBALL, Wis. – Shade holding the annual event from the property’s tall for at least 15 to 20 years, trees and a fairly steady according to Hannula, as a breeze made Sunday’s heat way to honor Turpeinen, more pleasant at Little Fin- who was a famous Finnish- land, where a crowd gath- American accordion musi- ered to dance and have a cian. good time at the organiza- A plaque on Little Fin- tion’s annual Viola land’s wall celebrating Turpeinen Day celebration. Turpeinen’s induction into “We’ve got a pretty nice the Michigan Music Hall of turnout for a warm day,” Fame said Turpeinen was Little Finland president born in Caspian in Novem- Ken Hannula said, adding ber 1909 and, “Became fas- a number of people even cinated with the accordion were dancing in the shade as a small child by watch- of Little Finland’s pavilion Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe to polka tunes from the A CROWD enjoys Finn Power’s lively performance Sunday at Little Finland’s Viola Turpeinen Day in Kimball, Merrill-based band Finn Wis., while several couples take a turn on the dance floor. FINNS — page 5 Ontonagon Circus excites County Fair set for July 26-29 Mercer crowds By JAN TUCKER By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] [email protected] GREENLAND – The MERCER – The Culpepper and Merriweather Cir- Ontonagon County Fair, cus, based in Hugo, Okla., delighted audiences during 2018 edition will be held two Saturday performances at Mercer’s Carow Park. July 26-29 at Adventure The single-ring circus offered 90 minutes of enter- Mountain and features tainment during each show, including a short inter- some new challenges and mission during which children could enjoy addition- events. al outdoor activities. In place of the previous Fun-loving Leo the Clown, whose big-hearted per- 5K Walk-Run, the Aspirus sonality made him a popular presence, was a regular Ontonagon Hospital is player throughout the activities. During his circus sponsoring a “ninja acts, he called several area children onto the circus course” competition. stage and also signed autographs, along with other There will be a quarter- performers, during the intermission and after the mile course walk-run load- show. Haley Tippett, of Minoqua, was among numer- ed with various challeng- ous children who enjoyed the opportunity to interact ing obstacles. The event with him. will be Saturday, July 28, Trey Key opened each show with his three jungle with registration at 1 p.m. cats, Soloman, Delilah and Francis, circling the ring and competition at 2 p.m. and hopping from platform to platform on command. Other challenging Francis the lion even gave Key some kisses during the events this year are the act, during which the audience was well protected by Adventure Mountain Mud sturdy, high, chain-link panels through which the per- Challenge, also on Satur- formance could be viewed. day, as ATVs and UTVs Contortionist Miss Georgia awed the crowd with a attempt timed runs up the flexibility that allowed her to arrange her body in a mountain. Registration is number of artful positions, all while making her act from noon until 3 p.m. and P.J. Glisson/Daily Globe look effortless. the challenge is slated for 4 HAPPY-GO-LUCKY Leo the Clown chats with Haley Tippett, of Minoqua, Wis., after On the trapeze, “Miss Simone” offered similar tal- p.m. There will be prize autographing a booklet for her at Saturday’s Culpepper and Merriweather Circus money for the top racers in at Mercer’s Carow Park. various categories. CIRCUS — page 5 The Cheesecake Con- test returns for another year with prizes for the top three cheesecake entries as Little Girl’s Point, other beaches reopen determined by a panel of By RICHARD JENKINS judges. That event will be [email protected] on the opening day of the fair, Thursday, July 26. It is IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP – also entry day for exhibits. Residents can once again cool off The Fair Glitz and Glam at Little Girl’s Point and several Princess Pageant returns other area beaches and parks, this year again in three age after the Western Upper Peninsu- categories 3-6, 7-9 and 10- la Health Department’s latest 12. The event will be Fri- round of testing showed E.coli lev- day, July 27, at 7 p.m. els had improved enough to Exhibits will be judged reopen them. on Friday, July 27, and ani- A total of 26 locations the mal entries will be accept- health department is monitoring ed. are reopen, according to the The Tri-State Carnival health department Saturday, with will offer rides and other another seven locations under an activities Friday through advisory for users to swim at their Sunday. own risk. There will also be food Locally, Gogebic County Park concessions, antique trac- and Gogebic State Park on Lake tors and exhibits. Gogebic are open. Little Girl’s Other Saturday events Point in Ironwood Township and Associated Press include a lumberjack the Lake Superior beaches in the A GROUP of kayakers and a stand-up paddleboarder are among those enjoying the water at Little breakfast from 7-11 a.m., Porcupine Mountains are also Girl’s Point Sunday afternoon. Residents could escape the heat in the lake at the Point this weekend the exhibit building opens open, as is Sunday Lake in Wake- after the Western U.P. Health Department’s latest tests showed E.coli levels resulting from the mid- at 9 a.m., poultry and rab- field. June flooding had dropped enough to re-open the beach Saturday. bit judging at 10, and live The Bond Falls reservoir in and parks under advisory. Ray Sharp, the health depart- ry is based on state and federal stock show at 10:30. The Paulding, Bergland Township The other beaches now open ment’s director of community guidelines for parts per million of carnival will be open from Park on Lake Gogebic, Ontonagon County Park on Lake Gogebic and or under advisory are elsewhere health and education, said the Ontonagon Township Park on in the department’s five-county determination between closed Lake Superior are local beaches service area. beaches and those with an adviso- FAIR — page 5 BEACHES — page 5 TODAY INDEX Snow — Details, page 2 Classifieds . .10-11 75 cents Comics . .9 Sunday Today’s records Community . .3 Vol. 99, No. 194 High 88 High 98 (1936) Movies . .11 Low 68 Low 41 (1997) Obituaries . .6 Year ago today Precipitation Opinion . .4 High 76 48 hours to 7 a.m. Low 56 Sunday none Sports . .7-8 l 2 MONDAY, JULY 9, 2018 AREA / NATION / WORLD THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM FIVE-DAY FORECASTFOORECAST FOR IRONWOODIRRONWOOD TODAY TUESDAYTUESDAAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAYTHURSSDAY FRIDAY IsolatedIsolaated Few Showers Sunny Partly Cloudy Sunny T-stormsorms 79° 55° 78° 58°588° 80° 67° 79° 64° 77° 66° Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:Winnds: Winds: 6-96-9 mmphph WNWWNW 22-6-6 mphmph W 5-95-9 mphmph SSESSE 1111 mmphph SSWW 9 mmphph WWSWSW Ontonagon LOCALL OUTLOOK 67/51 Todayy we will see partly cloudy Bergland skies with a 55% chance of showers, 78/56 high ttemperature of 79°, humidity of Wakefield Ironwood 53%. West northwest wind 6 to 9 Saxon 77/56 79/55 Marenisco mph. The record high temperature 79/56 for todtodayday is 98° set in 1936. Bessemer 79/55 Associated Press Upson Hurley 78/56 Watersmeet PROTESTERS MARCH on the Dan Ryan Expressway Saturday in Chicago. The 80/55 79/55 80/54 SUNS AND MOON protesters shut down the expressway in an attempt to increase pressure on public Mercer officials to address the gun violence that’s claimed hundreds of lives in some of the 81/55 city’s poorest neighborhoods. 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