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BESSEMER - While the Fourth of July weekend has become filled with cookouts and fireworks, a small crowd gathered in downtown Bessemer Sunday to recite the Declaration of Independence and mark the historical context of the holiday. After talking briefly about the history of the document; Connie Pricco, Dan Cvengros, Richard Steiger and John Frello took turns reciting the declaration's text. The group read several parts in unison, including the famous "We hold these truths to be self-evident,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] ERWIN TOWNSHIP - The Erwin Township Hall was packed Sunday for the township's annual picnic. Now in its 50th year, the Erwin Area Picnic started following the Erwin School's closure in 1967. Organizers with the Erwin Area Community Club said the idea for the picnic was born when the township's women wanted a way to keep the community together after the school's closure meant the end of traditional methods, like the parent teacher association....
Monday, July 3 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Sports Hall of Fame, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School, room 205. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Tuesday, July 4 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood...
BLACK RIVER HARBOR — Volunteers will gather at Ottawa National Forest July 11 to restore the historic Black River Harbor pavilion. The scope of the project includes restoration of a masonry chimney, removal of non-historic additions and general refurbishment, according to Donald Rae, a communications officer for HistoriCorps. “As with all HistoriCorps projects, the work is carried out under supervision of trained field staff and in accordance with strict professional standards. This is the second time a HistoriCorps crew has worked at the sit...