Daily Globe (Newspaper) - November 5, 1991, Ironwood, Michigan Show your GLADIATORS Special sections in Wednesday's Daily Globe will allow every Gogebic Range and agon County resident to show support for Ironwood Bessemer Wakefield and agon as the teams battle Saturday in the Michigan High School Athletic Association football playoffs Root for the home CARDINALS The Iron wood Daily Gl IRONWOOD MICH TUESDAY NOV 45 CENTS 33 CENTS DELIVERED Weather Winter storm watch tonight Snow squalls and able blowing and snow For the 24-hour to 9 in high 16 low 8 Previous 24-hour high 17 low 8 Year ago high 32 low 27 Snow during the 24-hour 1 inch Snow to 11.6 inches More weather Page 2 Today Voting light Voting in Ironwood mer and Wakefield is very light today In Ironwood voters are ing ballots for the city sion race and a county com- missioner in Precinct Three As of 11 we have had 363 votes cast for the mission race with 98 absentee Anita Zak city clerk said Eighty-eight votes have been cast for the county com- mission seat in Precinct 3 with 30 absentee ballots In Bessemer city manager Bruce Carlson said that voter turnout is and he ex- it to remain light As of 93 votes were cast for the city council race there which includes absentee lots The votes cast total about 5 percent of the registered ers in Bessemer In Wakefield city manager John Siira also said that voter turnout is light As of 11 126 votes were cast for the city council race there which is about 8 percent of its registered voters Polls are open until 8 p.m in all three communities Abduction try reported Monday MONTREAL Wis Schools and area law ment agents have been fied of an attempted child ab- duction incident that occurred Monday evening in the City of Montreal The Iron County Sheriffs Department said a haired man with a mustache about 30 years old or younger attempted to pick up a year-old boy and his friend The youngsters were sledding on a hill by the old Roosevelt School When the youngsters refused the man's offer of candy as an enticement to enter the car the man became angry with the according to the report The vehicle is a brown full-sized vehicle sibly a 1982 model A woman accompanied the man Deputies said they notified school officials the Gogebic County Sheriffs Department and the Ironwood Public Safety Department of the dent Index IRONWOOD DEVILS First session held Monday at Wakefield By LISA SELIN Globe Staff Writer Gerard Globe The Ironwood Red Devils move indoors to prepare for their Michigan High School Athletic Association playoff game against Clare at Newberry Saturday afternoon With agon Bessemer and Wakefield the Red Devils represent the largest group in the history of Western Upper Peninsula football Tournament Excitement mounts as 4 teams gear up for grid playoff action By The Dally Globe Staff As teams from Bessemer Wakefield Ontonagon and wood gird for football playoff tion Saturday we contacted area schools for data on tournament preparations CLASS CC Region 1 Clare vs Wright at Newberry High School Saturday p.m Right now we're in the process of planning for student fan says Ironwood director Tim Kolesar I think well have two right now The mood in the Kids are looking forward to it especially the football Kolesar says I think they've ready for gotten the Ontonagon game and focusing on the fact that their goal is to beat Clare and hopefully play in the dome against Negaunee We'd love to be able to caravan it down with all the teams from the western end of the Friday well probably have a pep assembly for the team CLASS C Region 1 Rogers City vs Ontonagon at Munising High School Saturday p.m EST ONTONAGON The game originally Gladstone has been moved to Munising Coach Bob Carlson is a native of Gladstone and was football star there It would be kind of scary but very neat to coach a playoff game in his he says Gladstone's field was wet ing the move but Carlson is con- cerned that Munising is in the snowbelt It could end up in Gladstone again if there's a big star Pep assemblies for girls ball and boys football teams will be held Thursday Student fan buses are being CLASS DD Region 1 Wakefield vs Central Lake at Manistique High School Saturday p.m WAKEFIELD We contacted Manistique yesterday and the athletic director down there is Jim said director Bob Mercure We're the white team the iting team with the lower record We'll be playing at p.m tral time We developed an ary which is being typed up he said The player bus is going to leave at They're bly going to have a brunch at the Big Boy in Escanaba page 9 Ironwood Chamber sets forth mission at banquet WAKEFIELD There is no question in my mind It is as plain as day Consolidation can't said Richard Adams person of the Bessemer dation Committee during day night's meeting of the mer and Wakefield school boards Related stories Page 9 The public meeting was held to inform residents of Wakefield and Bessemer about the dation issue Virginia Lindquist was pointed chairperson pro tern of Monday's meeting Presentations were made by staff and from both school districts ranging from the possible ulum that would be established if consolidation were to take place to the cost to taxpayers if a bond issue were to be voted on for the purpose of building a now school between Bessemer and Wakefield A possible slate of 106 classes could be offered to students if consolidation takes place Walt Rickard Bessemer and Bob cure Wakefield principals at their respective schools worked out a curriculum along with their teaching staffs Some of those classes could be combined For example advanced sition and modern literature could be offered as a semester course each The slate of classes that could be offered English English 9 English 10 English 11 English 12 ad- comp and modern lit journalism and drama speech and applied communications the novel and world lit humanities and creative writing Social studies Civics world history American history gan history geography gy social problems and current events government and ics multi-media Page 9 By MARGARET LEVRA Globe Staff Writer The purpose of the Ironwood Area Chamber of Commerce shall be to advance the cial industrial professional civic and general welfare of the wood Area Related story Page 9 That is the mission of the wood Area Chamber of Com- merce over the next five years chamber president Alger berry told a group of over 200 persons at Monday's 80th annual chamber dinner held at the Towne House Motor Inn in wood It is difficult to do these things Newberry said noting the chamber has become involved in relationships with other The chamber recently When you rely on one else to think for you it is going to end up a pretty thetic said Rep Stephen Dresch as he encouraged the wood Area Chamber of Com- merce to take the lead role in the promotion of the city sch was the guest speaker at Monday's 80th annual dinner held at the Towne House tor Inn preached city officials tourism groups educational groups church groups and social groups offering requesting joint efforts in the promotion of the Ironwood area The he said urges groups to contact chamber if the chamber We can help in the promotion of their groups United forces can do positive things A journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step Some of the faces on the ber's baord of directors will change shortly The seats of seph Zylinski James Grote An- gelo Luppino and Richard son are expiring Page 9 Margaret Globe Brian Lindquist left of Lindquist Electric Ironwood accepts the Business of the Year award from Ironwood Area Chamber of Commerce President Alger Newberry Brian and his parents Kenneth and Mae were honored lor operating the Business of the Year at Monday's Ironwood Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner KEEP IN DAILY GLOBE USE OUR NEW EXPRESS 800 NUMBER
