JEROME'S JOURNEY Bettis ends his quest for a Super Bowl trophy in his hometown Pg 9 MONDAY FEBRUARY 6 2006 DAILY GOOD DAY Michelle Lundgren Happy birthday to one of my oldest friends Love Lisa Kallas Selin THE WEEK February 56789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 February certainly has started off with a bang With the final roar of the Super Bowl less than a day in the past we look forward to the beginning of the Winter Olympics next weekend There will be no shortage of activity in these parts We learned today see related story Page 1 that a regional snowmobile race will be held in wood Saturday and Sunday The race has moved north from Menomonie Wis because they don't have snow and we do ty begins at each morning at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds in Ironwood The first step in another enterprise representative government takes place day when the 4 p.m deadline for filing nominating papers for local boards of education arrives Expect a full rundown on the field of candidates for April tions in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in Wednesday's Globe The Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education has a special meeting this afternoon at 4 at the board room On the agenda is a discussion of the method to be used to evaluate superintendent James Rayner The board also will discuss a possible bond issue The Bessemer City Council meets at 5 today at city hall to con- sider a resolution of support for a proposal to build a water park resort and casino on the west end of the county The plan is being posed by the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians The Ontonagon County Eco- nomic Development Corporation meets today at 4 p.m touring the new speculation building in the Ontonagon Renaissance Zone The board will then move to the courthouse where it will consider a playground project request and review financial reports Gogebic County Board of Commission members gather at 5 p.m Wednesday at the courthouse to consider what now appears to be a light agenda With Valentine's Day a week off love clearly is in the air The Cornerstone Christian Church of Ramsay will hold a Valentine's Celebration Saturday at 6 the Ironwood Memorial See WEEK Page 2 WEATHER INDEX Last 24 hours Last year this date Records 1991 1996 Precipitation Last 48 hours 0.49 Snowfall Last 48 hours 12.5 On the 22 Snowfall to 132.6 Last 104.2 details Page 2 INDEX Classifieds Comics 16 Obituaries 7 Opinion 4 IRONWOOD MICHIGAN VOLUME 87 EDITION 30 50 CENTS action to soar into Ironwood By ANDY HILL Globe Associate Editor IRONWOOD The thrilling sport of snowmobiling is arriving in wood this week fully a year ahead of ule They're coming here because of the said enthusiast Steve Pallin wood Pallin has created a practice track at the Gogebic County fairgrounds and was ing toward hosting a race here next season but Mother Nature intervened The World Power Sports Association event originally set for Menomonie Wis will be held at the grounds Saturday and Sunday canceled its Menomonie stop because of a lack of snow Due to the lack of snow in other locations and knowing that I had a practice track they asked if they could have it up Pallin said The association terms today's most popular form of snowmobile racing with its aerial displays and short tracks featuring the best show on snow We expect between 100 and 140 Pallin said this morning tracks feature tight turns banked corners and a variety of bumps allowing races to catch big air in full view of spectators Races are sanctioned by North America's largest organizer of mobile racing on regional and national levels The weekend was spent testing the wood track This weekend here we had Brian mon who runs pro machines said Pallin He runs against Blair Morgan Robby Malinoski and Sean Crapo and all the rest We had a pro vet by the name of Scott Beck and a pro woman by the name of da Wolf plus my two kids Josh and Kyle See Page 2 Joshua Globe Top pro rider Brian Harmon takes flight off one of the jumps on the Gogebic County fairgrounds course in Ironwood Right Josh Pallin Steve Pallin and Pro Class rider Brian mon pose for a group shot on the course after taking a few test rides Granholm to present spending plan for next budget year LANSING AP Gov Jennifer Granholm this week will lay out her latest spending plan for everything from K-12 schools and state universities to prisons and health care for the poor Budget director Mary Lannoye is scheduled Thursday to present lawmakers with the Democratic governor's roughly billion budget proposal for the fiscal year that starts Oct 1 The state's main account the general fund is expected to have 2 percent more enue than in the current year and the school aid fund will be 3.2 percent higher But tough decisions could loom for Granholm and the Legislature because the cost of employee contracts more caid and welfare caseloads and possible al funding cuts could outpace any increases Ari Adler spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema said ing levels for state departments and programs shouldn't automatically be higher than they are now Can we afford to do that? If not we will need to make tough decisions Adler said Few details were available about upcoming proposal though noye said last month that it would be a tough year We're talking hundreds of millions of lars she said We're going to have some difficult decisions to make to make this all add up K-12 schools however could see an increase in funding because the school aid fund is generally considered to be healthy Also this week the Senate is expected to vote on legislation that would shift for putting ballot issues before Michigan voters from the Board of State Canvassers to full-time secretary of state staff Republicans say the measure would remove partisan politics from the ballot posal certification process The board has two cans and two Democrats The current cratic members Doyle O'Connor and Paul Mitchell have been criticized for their dling of a ballot proposal that would ban some affirmative action programs in Michigan Krone Cisewski top county board in 05 per diems By MARGARET LEVRA Globe Staff Writer HURLEY Iron County came in under budget in most departments in 2005 for ments to county board members for attending meetings and for expenses The county paid out a total of to supervisors The amounts billed the county by board members for meetings and expenses are budgeted to various departments within the county based on committee assignments said deputy clerk Pat Stever Each supervisor receives per meeting and the county board meets once a month Supervisors also collect for each committee meeting ed in Iron County out of the county Stever said Per diems payments for ings totaled and for mileage meals registration and lodging was Gus Krone received as county board chairman another for attending meetings and in reimbursements The other board members are not compensated for their tions on the board Following Krone in per diems was Gene Cisewski who is the chairman of the finance tee and county coordinator He collected in per diems in 2005 and in ments When Cisewski took over the duties of county coordinator from corporation counsel Jodie in July the board noted he would not be sated for that position Cisewski also serves on the airport board housing and economic ment committees James Byrnes of Mercer received in per diems last year along with in He serves on the finance highway land con- servation law enforcement and waste committees His 2005 reimbursement is about two times higher than other board members because of mileage the amount of travel affiliated with the committees he serves on said county clerk Mike Saari He's on committees that meet See COUNTY Page 2 Three injured in weekend snowmobile accidents Three snowmobilers were injured in accidents on trails the area over the weekend as fresh powder attracted hordes of riders to the area Mark D McGuinnes 46 of Orland Park 111 was ed to Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff Wis by cer Ambulance after he rolled his snowmobile near the Camp One Bar in the Mercer area The p.m Saturday Iron County Sheriff's Department report said the Mercer bile rescue and sled also ed to the scene McGuinness complained of possible leg injuries the report added A was ed to Ontonagon Memorial pital by Beacon Ambulance lowing an p.m Saturday accident on Trail 11 in Carp Lake Township Jackelyn Flynn of ton Minn was headed north when she lost control of the snowmobile and it went down an embankment She fell or jumped from the machine and was injured when she struck some sort of object according to Ontonagon County Sheriff's Department deputies The snowmobile continued on and struck a tree sustaining extensive damage The mishap occurred about 10 miles south of The extent of the woman's injuries wasn't immediately known The Michigan Department of Natural Resources assisted in the investigation of the accident Edward Campbell 37 of Freeport 111 suffered a leg injury requiring hospital treat- ment in a snowmobile accident north of Wakefield according to a p.m Sunday report Gogebic County Sheriff's Department deputies said bell was turning from South Boundary Road to Trail 102 when a sled operated by a friend Brian Bellows of Dixon 111 col- with his machine A COLD CHARACTER Team USA Professional snow sculpture was a hit for little children as Sam Wallner 5 of Grant Wis left enjoys the snow sculptures homemade slide during the Snow Sculpture Spectacular in Wisconsin Rapids Wis Saturday