Craft fair includes promotions for HOPE, DOVE

By P.J. GLISSON

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Hurley - A Hurley craft and vendor fair on Saturday drew a steady, cheerful crowd to Silver Street, where about a dozen booths or tables were established.

Feisty felines were among featured fun as HOPE Animal Shelter of Ironwood offered the adoption of several cages of kittens.

HOPE Director Randy Kirchhoff was present with volunteers to help visitors such as Addie Wicklund, 4, and her brother, Cooper Wicklund, 6, of Gile to interact with pending furry friends.

"They can fill out an application and designate the one they want, and the moms are available for adoption as well," said Leann Jahnson, a HOPE volunteer from Montreal, Wisconsin.

Persons pledging to adopt could choose the kitty they wanted, after which HOPE staff would tag it.

Jahnson explained that the kittens, which were about six weeks or so old, then could be picked up at the shelter after they spend a little more time with their mom and siblings.

A raffle table for DOVE Shelter in Ironwood also was present. Stacey Hoglund and Eleanor Bolich were selling chances at a beach basket filled with warm-weather items such as a beach towel, snacks and water toys.

"We were thinking, if we were sitting at the beach, what would we want?" said Hoglund, who said they were happy to be part of Saturday's event.

Among the vendors, Willow Lundberg of Ironwood had numerous pieces of jewelry on display. She creates the jewelry herself and added, "I cut and polish the stone, too."

In addition, her son Tristan, 10, had his own handmade wands on display. "He's trying to sucker me into a kitten," said Lundberg in relation to the HOPE animals.

The Hurley Chamber of Commerce sponsored Saturday's event.