Daily Globe (Newspaper) - January 29, 2003, Ironwood, Michigan PANTHERS POUNCE Creek defeats Ontonagon Pg GOOD DAY Area businesses Thanks to all of you for the many special gifts you gave us to welcome the New Year baby Amy and Sean Gonzales Ironwood INSIDE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29 2003 DAILY G BEYOND Stories ol Fascinating Tidies that Have Faded Away SPINNING YARNS A former resident's last book is published Pg 3 Saddam deceiving not disarming President Bush waves after delivering his State of the Union speech to a joint session of More Iraq weapons details on the way LOYAL OPPOSITION Gov Locke provides the Democratic spin Pg 2 WASHINGTON AP Challenged by skeptics at home and abroad the Bush administration plans to come out with more details about Iraqi weapons programs and why war may be sary Secretary of State Colin Powell is expected to make a presentation at the United Nations next week stressing the extent to which Iraq has been concealing its illicit programs Other Cabinet bers are taking the case to Congress UN inspectors reported this week that Iraq provided evidence it dismantled chemical and biological weapons programs and has failed to fully cooperate in the inspection process The tration says that bolsters its case that Iraq is not living up to its obligations under resolutions See IRAQ Page 2 confirms it was snowmobile mania that arrived in area Jan By RALPH ANSAMI Globe News Editor LAKE GOGEBIC 19 might well have been one of the busiest snowmobile ends on record on Lake Gogebic based on Department of Natural Resources reports On Saturday afternoon Jan 18 it was estimated more than 500 snowmobiles per hour crossed the trail in the Lake Gogebic area the said in its law enforcement report lowing that weekend More than 100 related citations were issued on Lake Gogebic during the end as U.S Forest Service Ontonagon County Department deputies and Michigan State Police assisted in the enforcement effort Citations were issued for lations that ranged from minor offenses such as no trail permits to operating under the influence of alcohol on snowmobiles DNR conservation officers Sgt Jackie Strauch David Citing state cuts GCC agrees to big tuition hike Miller Carl Vanderwall Phil Wolbrink and David Painter in a group patrol with the other law enforcement sions The DNR also noted several citations were for trespassing involving both private property owners and railroad property The Ontonagon County Department and DNR responded to seven personal injury snowmobile accidents ing that busy weekend WASHINGTON AP dent Bush girding the nation for war said Tuesday in his State of the Union address that Saddam Hussein has shown utter con- tempt for the world community and must be held to account Bush also pledged to help the ing economy with lower taxes and a stronger health care tem The dictator of Iraq is not dis- arming To the contrary he is the president said For the first time since the Sept 11 attacks transformed him into a wartime president Bush faced serious questions about his leadership as he addressed the nation Most Americans don't approve of his handling of the economy polls show and only a bare majority support his foreign policies an area where the president enjoyed support of more than 80 percent a year ago This country has many lenges We will not deny we will not ignore we will not pass along our problems to other es other presidents and other Bush said in excerpts released by the White House In the 9 p.m EST address to Congress and a global television audience the White House said Bush was drawing from recently unclassified intelligence to argue that even inspections can't contain the threat posed by Iraq's hidden weapons of mass destruction and its terrorist allies unless Saddam Hussein has a sudden change of heart Bush fears Iraq could give ical or biological weapons to aides said Secretary of State Colin ell next week will disclose rial showing that Iraq not only Bush on health Page 7 was hiding chemical and cal weapons from inspectors but smuggling in technology for long-range missile and nuclear weapons programs a senior U.S official said Bush said in his speech that the gravest danger facing ica and the world concerns out- law regimes that possess weapons of mass destruction and make deals with terrorists an apparent reference to Iraq Bush said Saddam agreed to comply with after the 1991 Persian Gulf War but has systematically violated that agreement Almost three months ago the United Nations Security Council gave Saddam Hussein his final chance to disarm He has shown instead his utter contempt for the United Nations and for the opinion of the Bush said The first half of Bush's address was devoted to domestic policy a reflection of his desire not to let Iraq overshadow a presidential agenda geared toward the 2004 re-election The heart of Bush's domestic agenda is his billion plan to revive the economy His plans also contain changes for care medical liability the and energy policy as well as efforts to help religious groups offer federally funded community services aides said Washington Gov Gary Locke tapped to deliver the Democratic response to Bush said that eco- nomic recovery would not pen until states and cities receive help from Washington something missing from Bush's See BUSH Page 2 WISCONSIN TODAY North Lakeland School has new superintendent Pg 11 Last 24 hours Low Last year this date Record 1924 1951 Snow Last 24 On the Last year at this This Last details Page 2 INDEX Business 7 Classifieds Community Obituaries 8 Opinion 4 Wisconsin 11 Gogebic County residents will carry heaviest burden By LEVRA Globe Staff Writer IRONWOOD tuition at Gogebic Community College will skyrocket by nearly 20 percent effective Feb 1 The college's board of trustees increased tuition by per credit hour across the board Tuesday With budget cuts from the State of Michigan in the past few months and more cuts on the horizon the college has been working diligently to reduce expenses and to prepare for the upcoming budget year while con- to offer high quality experiences for our GCC President Dr Donald Foster said An increase in tuition is necessary and it anticipated the increased tuition and an added contact hour adjustment will generate an additional the board estimates With the increase tuition will go from to in-state tuition from to Wisconsin reciprocity area dents from to and out- to A new component to the tuition structure was also approved For classes with instructional contact hours that exceed hours one- half of the tuition rate per contact hour or will be charged with a maximum con- tact hour charge of two per Related story Page 2 semester or Colleges across the state are shifting from charging students strictly from credit hours to con- tact hours which more ly reflects instructional costs the board noted The gross impact of the tuition increase per credit and the added contact hour adjustment to the average full-time student will be per semester Foster said This is a significant but essary increase for our Foster said With over 70 cent of our students receiving some form of financial aid these awards greatly assist students in adjusting to increased tuition costs GCC continues to offer one of the lowest tuition rates in gan The college receives ing revenue from three GOGEBIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE mary 58 percent from state appropriations 13 percent local property taxes and 24 cent student tuition and fees The additional revenue will aid in the college's budgetary process but only partially covers the loss in revenue from the cuts in state funding Foster said It doesn't begin to close the gap It is only a partial solution to out problems Other cost cutting measures are currently being considered and implemented Foster added In other action the See TUITION 2 LeeAnn Globe Despite a petition drive it appears the Gile Wis Post Office will close Feb 14 Post office will close Gile residents fret over loss of identity By MARGARET LEVRA Globe Staff Writer GILE Gile lose its identity after Feb The Gile post office will close then and many Gile residents are concerned Feb 15 delivery and rural services will be ed by a Montreal rural carrier to curbside according to Mark Rask from the U.S Postal Service in Wausau In the meantime petitions to keep the Gile Post Office open are being circulated Petitions are available for signatures at the post office the Montreal Fire Hall and the Montreal City Hall according to Gile resident David Aimone Post office coordinator Sue Scanlon of Madison will be on hand Thursday at 6 p.m at the Montreal City Hall to address concerns of Gile residents Safety and health issues in the building were cited as mining factors in the closure There are two post offices in one Scanlon said She noted two post offices are not necessary to accommodate population 838 dents according to census fig ures and that figure hasn't changed in 10 years according to city clerk Louis Valle While I can sympathize with See POST 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