Daily Globe (Newspaper) - January 10, 1998, Ironwood, Michigan v Good Morning Saturday Jan 10 1998 50 Cents Iron wood Mich Back in The Swing Gerard Bryan of Ironwood blows snow Friday afternoon The snow starved Gogebic Range received eight inches of snow and more through Friday night Snow is expected to continue through Tuesday Opening statements offered Case against begins Friday By MARGARET LEVRA Staff Writer BESSEMER While tor Wayne Groat said evidence will show Donald Wiedbrauk 35 of Hurley is guilty of murder of Edward A Williford 35 of Erwin Township defense attorney Mark McDonald began laying grounds for selfdefense Friday v A Gogebic County jury of nine women and five men heard open ing statements in a trial thats expected to last two weeks The 14 jurors were seated Thursday Two are alternates Wiedbrauk is charged with the March 22 shooting death of Willi ford along with use of a firearm in the commission of a The shooting took place at Willi fords residence in Erwin Town ship estranged residing there Gogebic County Circuit Court Judge Roy Gotham told jurors opening statements are not evi dence Proof will establish a murder occurred on March Groat said He said Gogebic County Sher Its time to make changes for 1998 In my pastors sermon last week he suggested we not put away the Christmas trimmings until we decide what we plan to do or change in 1998 Around the House Jan I thought about that all day and although my tree and trim mings are still up I decided this was the year to get rid of the clut ter in my life Through the years I have found it impossible to throw away no longer useful things I am tied to things and so the clutter We all know people with my vi rus They have basements full of broken furniture they intend to fix closets full of clothes that no longer fit and drawers full of rec ipes yet to be used or filed My first act to remove the clut ter from my life was to throw out a broken computer printer I had saved it just in case Just in case my other printer computer broke down or was needed for parts or magi cally fixed itself it would be available Then it was on to the closet where I threw out clothes that were four sizes too small My Jan Tucker children responded with ap plause at my resolution always fearful I would die and the task would be theirs Getting the clutter out of our lives will be difficult many read ers reasoned What would be the most difficult clutter to remove we asked them One said the most difficult things to throw away are the items given to us by friends or relatives who are no longer liv ing I asked my mom why she didnt throw out some chipped salt and pepper the reader noted She said they were given to her by a friend who is now dead and she just couldnt do Page 5 Program reaches out to runaways By MARGARET LEVRA Globe Staff Writer Youths in northern Wisconsin who are experiencing problems or conflict in their lives can seek help through Project Reach Out one of 26 runaway and homeless youth programs in the state Saturday Special Many of todays youth are deal ing with feelings of being hurt anger loneliness frustration no one to talk to kicked out with no HRC Mental Health Center to go family problems and contemplating running away These teens may turn to the streets as a way of dealing with their problems Project Reach Out allows for another route Operating in Iron Ashland Bayfield Burnett Douglas Price Sawyer and for the past 13 years Project Reach Out with its office at HRC Mental Health Center in Superior pro vides services to teens while con on prevention through education Goals of the program include problems of run away and homeless youths by in suring that each community access to 24hour crisis interven tion services youths with their families when appropriate and encourage the resolution of family problems through counsel ing and other services Asian news drives Dow Jones down NEW YORK AP The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 222 points Friday as a third straight day of steep in Asia made it the economic crisis there is far from over The Dow which hag fallen more than 4 percent in the first six ses sions of 1998 after logging an pressive percent gain in 1997 fell as much as 275 points during the heavily traded session before closing witha loss of at It was the worst point drop for the Dow since Oct 27 when it fell a record 554 points in the fourth biggest decline in the history of the barometer of 30 big companies Whats so aggravating is that it doesnt Seem that crisis in Asia has said Hugh Johnson chief investment officer at First Albany Corp Last week for one fleeting mo ment it started to seem as though we the cor ner We had meaningful rallies in just about every country in the Pacific Rim The damage Friday was est among technology shares sector deemed most to the overseas trouble The tech Nasdaq Stock Mar ket suffered its point drop ever It was the fourth busiest day ever on the New York Stock Ex change Tracking the Dow Fridays Dow industrial average at 15minCrte 7850 7800 7750 7650 7600 7500 noon Department deputy Dan Per tile discovered the dead body of Williford face down in the bed room According to Groat Tammy Wiedbrauk will testify She met Edward Williford in the fall of 1996 She and Williford became romantically involved in ary of 1997 and she moved in with Page 2 examined for SACRAMENTO Calif AP A federal judge appointed a prison psychiatrist Friday to de termine whether Theodore Kac zynski is competent to stand tri al then sternly warned the Un Suspect to cooperate Defense attorney Judy Clarke assured District Judge Gar land Burrell Jr that would cooperate The defendant nodded vigorously in agreement Dr Sally Johnson recom mended by the federal Bureau of Prisons has a week to examine KacZynski and file a report Johnson chief of psychiatric services the Butner Federal Correctional Institution in North Carolina also evaluated presi competency assailant John Hinckley Jr and former televangelist Jim Bakker Hinckley who attempted to President Reagan in 1981 and severely wounded Brady waa found innocent by reason of in sanity Bakker was found tent to stand trial and was on fraud and conspiracy charges A phone left Johnsons Friday was immediately returned at not Johnson indicated judge she could have a to the Jan 16 Today Bessemer Ontonagon Post Basketball Wins See Sports Page 7 Weather Snow More weather Page 3 Index Community Obituaries Monday Super Bowl Lineup Determined Big Snow Snowmobiling Report ftIG SNOW COUNTRY vv r M N n r trails are reported to bo in good condi tion with grooming performed daily Lake trails are open and in fair to good condition Snow is possible through the weekend Porcupine Mountains area has received new snow Trails are in fair to good condition Hurley area trails are open and in fair to good condition Again trail grooming proceeds Snow is forecast through Tuesday For tourist information call 906 9324850
