Daily Globe (Newspaper) - October 17, 2001, Ironwood, Michigan RUPPE TOO MUCH FOR GLADIATORS Ironwood junior scores 27 20 rebounds to pace Red Devils to OCTOBER 17, 2001 Charlie and Sharon Happy 25th Alphonse arid Sandy Zanella FORECAST TONIGHT Increasing THURSDAY Rain showers especially in Hi 50 Anthrax sweep to close House BIG UNIT ENDS SKID WITH AUTHORITY Johnson fires shutout to lead backs past Atlanta in NLCS opener Pg. 9 School for Auction set Associated Press Silhouetted workmen unload a large cement one of many installed around the Capitol last The House of and possibly the will be shut down for a thorough sweep after more than two dozen workers from the office of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle tested positive for sure to 9 More than two dozen Daschle office workers test positive for exposure WASHINGTON Con- gressional leaders arranged for an unprecedented shutdown of the House and possibly the ate today than two dozen people in Leader Tom office ed for exposure to a highly potent form of House Dennis Hastert said lawmakers would go home at and the buildings on one side of the tol complex to a Methodical check of There no announcement from as they grappled with the news that numerous aides to Daschle and two Capitol police officers had tested positive for exposure in the ity of an letter opened in the senator's Daschle spokesman Jay son said the tests sure and not infection and there is a very clear House Speaker Dennis Hastert announced plans to send lawmakers and staff home at day's end to permit health to conduct tests through capitol where more than people Five weeks after the terrorist strikes in history more than in New York and the only added to the nation's government all speaking on condition said testing indicated the found in office been refined enough so that could be easily through the One said anthrax was in a purified form that could be used as a At a news conference Capitol Hastert said a total of 29 people had tested for exposure in the including many aides to and two Capitol police He also said authorities had quarantined his fourth floor office in the where mail is processed and several his aides The tests were after a letter sent to office was found to contain a highly refined form of suggesting it was produced At a hearing before a Senate Health and Human Services Secretary Page 2) f y Anybody want to buy a The old school building on Street in the Town of Pence will be one of four parcels to be auctioned Oct. 57 at the Iron County Courthouse in There will be of for the school which formerly housed the Netz Glove Unlike other recent years in which 12 or more parcels were this year's annual land sale will offer slim pickings for area A lot in the City of Hurley will be auctioned for a mum of while parcels in the Town of Knight and Town of Mercer have lower Descriptions of the parcels are posted on the bulletin board nest to the county board room at the Ten percent of the cost of the properly must be paid for at the The auction begins at 9 a m. Most property that is sold by auction was received by the county through tax Taliban fighting forces Pentagon poises special ops troops Ralph Ansami WASHINGTON CAB up U.S. bombing has and the has positioned special operations yet another kind of assault in the war on Onthe third day intense air strikes over Afghanistan by dozens of a defense official said cial forces were deployed to the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft earner in the Indian The which specialize in lightning raids and secret were put in place over the weekend and are ready to join the official said on condition of The Kitty Hawk left its home base in Japan early this month without its of planes allowing it to be used as a floating base for Defense Rumsfeld told that the Afghans not seeking to occupy any It was the second Bush administration interview many days lowing Tuesday's appearance by White House national adviser Asked about the military Rumsfeld feel that they're progressing in an orderly in a measured way we've taken our and we have been very careful in ing The Pentagon acknowledged Tuesday that a U.S. Navy Hornet bombs Cross warehouses in Also Marine Corps Lt Gregory said Page 2) Hurley approves bid for industrial park project WINTRY DEPOSITS Photo courtesy Dan Image Melting snow leaves spectacular lenses on the backs of fallen leaves near Silver City Tuesday f- f By RALPH ANSAMI Globe News HURLEY for a ally funded project that will open up 38 more acres Hurley Industrial Park to development came in over budget The Hurley City Council approved a bid from J L of for the Economic Development Administration funded City engineer Blomdahl said there was only in the budget for the and the city would be responsible for a 5 percent con- that would add another on top of that Blomdahl said possible project could tion of a field office and hiring a local project construction Acting recommendation from its finance the council agreed to approve the bid for the latest phase of the park including a resolution the project will create a Blomdahl will include sanitary system extension to the west that will open up the added The council also an administrative order from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality that sets timetables for water and sewer system improvements in the Michigan is involved because Hurley receives its Page 2) Arrests not suspects deny being involved in chase By RALPH Globe News Editor KUKLEY early Saturday morning speed chase that originated in Ashland County hasn't resulted in any Iron County deputies received a a.m. report from the Ashland County Sheriffs Department that a Chevrolet was eastbound on U.S. 2 at speeds in excess of 100 miles per The vehicle was clocked at 105 mph as it sped past an Ashland County deputy near Birch The Gogebic County Sheriffs Department and Ironwood Public Safety Department were notified to be on the lookout for the vehicle at the Michigan state line in about 20 miles from Birch but it never At about a m. the Iron County Sheriffs Department received a call from of who said he had earlier been involved in a rollover accident near on U.S. 2 in the Saxon He told officers he swerved to miss a Thomas and a Tim received minor injuries in the Another Todd Hill was not The three occupants of the vehicle received a ride to Gile from The car Thomas was which matched the description of the vehicle pursued by Ashland Page 2) These are being discontinued ones HOBBY WHEEL US 2 MI 49938 Bessemer receives letter from attorney about flooding issue By MARGARET LEVRA Globe Staff Writer Bessemer Council received placed on Ishpeming attorney who has been retained by mer residents Ronald and lene Zaleski of 500 W. Lead about -an ongoing flooding lem on The matter was turned over to city attorney Michael have the city council sistent flooding complaints on property flooding due to water flowage from Lead Street into a drainage alongside Grayhill After reviewing correspondence from the of. city council and is that their problem is ongoing and has not been resolved by of the efforts of the City of He noted the Zaleskis ue to seepage into their foundation and in accessibility to garage and storage The runoff continues to vide a significant environmental problem because of petroleum products which are washed off Lead Street and parking lots in the petroleum settle out on the soil as the ing The water also tutes a. health as it is so flowing as to become nant Garbage and debris have been found floating in it. all these something must be done to provide adequate flowage so that does not flood time there is a significant Graybill noted two first is with the culvert under Iron The bottom of those culverts are too high to mit adequate The diameter of the culvert is too The culverts themselves plug up every time there is a creating a damming effect for the water The second specific he with areas further downstream which are creating artificial dams blocking the There is even one made impediment used by a neighbor to create a pool from can draw water to water his etc. public appears to have deposited debris in the stream Page 2) ABELMAN Since mil One Rack Assorted Abelman Clothing Phone 663-4411 Sophie St.