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Page 1: DG Progress Wakefield

YOUR COMMUNITY ~ SECOND TO NONEYOUR COMMUNITY ~ SECOND TO NONEOUR ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY

DAILY GLOBE“Where to go, when you need to know!”

PROGRESS 2011

fàçÄxService With

Wakefield

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By JON [email protected]

WAKEFIELD — Slowly butsurely, millions of dollars ininfrastructure improvementsare coming to the city of Wake-field.

Foremost among theseimprovements is the city’s $5million sewer project, whichincludes installing new sani-tary sewer lines for Castile,Plymouth, and Wico locationsand is being managed by theMarquette office of the engi-neering firm AECOM.

The project is fundedthrough a roughly $2.7 millionloan and a $2.3 million grantfrom the the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture-Rural Develop-ment. It will also refinance $4.3million in previous sewer work.

In his Feb. 14 report to theWakefield city council, Wake-field City Manager John Siirareported that the city is seekingbids in the project until Feb. 25.

Following a bid tabulation andrecommendation fromAECOM’s manager for the proj-ect, Mike Pond, Siira told thecouncil he hopes the projectconstruction contract could beawarded next month, with con-struction to possibly begin inMay.

Advancing the project thisfar has been a bumpy andlengthy road for Siira and thecity council.

In July, the project faced ashake-up when the project’sthen manager, Jeff Bal, leftAECOM for another company.This introduced the council toPond, who pledged that montha smooth transition betweenmanagers and that he wouldpush the project’s review fromthe Michigan Department ofNatural Resources and theEnvironment as well as fromRural Development.

In an August city councilmeeting, Pond told the council

he was working on securingeasements from local propertyowners for the project, and wastrying to get the project readyfor bidding in September.

The day of that meeting,Siira estimated Pond getting upto speed had cost the city amonth. Wakefield Mayor JoeDelFavero praised him overallfor his work, despite this delay.

The project’s delay in bid-ding and financing also showedthat time is money, quite liter-ally.

The project’s loan compo-nents, prior to Oct. 1, wouldhave had a 2.375 percent inter-est rate — the previous workbeing refinanced has a 4.5 per-cent rate — but the months-long state review pushed theproject past that date. Thoughits final interest rate won’t bemuch higher than 2.375 per-cent, thanks in part to the slowrecovery of the national econo-my, this small difference will

reduce the city’s savings oninterest by hundreds of thou-sands of dollars over the life-time of the 40-year loan.

Aside from bureaucraticdelays, AECOM also facedmonths of work on securingeasements. In his Feb. 14report, Siira requested the citycouncil amend the AECOMagreement to compensate the

company for $30,000 in unex-pected costs, including soil bor-ings and right-of-way work.

Siira said this project is thelatest of five the city has under-taken since the MDNREimposed an administrative con-sent order on the city in 1989,which called for major sewer

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City continues infrastructure improvements

(See CITY — Page 5)

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By RALPH [email protected]

WAKEFIELD — On Mondaymorning, the women at theWakefield Pharmacy arrived atwork to find a gigantic Valen-tine’s card awaiting them.

That’s indicative of the rap-port the employees of the phar-macy have with their cus-tomers.

Sisters Kathy Rocco andCindy Rand have operated the

pharmacy on the city’s mainstreet for the past five years.Their father, Robert Smith,purchased the store in 1978and he still stops by and lends ahand.

It’s a small store, but a busyone. Mornings are especiallyactive, according to the phar-macist sisters.

The two said what distin-guishes the Wakefield Pharma-cy, affiliated with Health Mart,from the pharmacies in thechain stores is the service thecustomers receive.

“We know just about every-body by name,” Rocco said. Thatpersonal touch keeps customerscoming back.

It’s apparent that the teamat the pharmacy has a goodtime during the work day andRocco said the people they meetare what makes the job soenjoyable.

In addition to the Wakefieldarea, customers come from asfar away as White Pine, sincethe pharmacy there was closed.Many of the customers are fromthe Bessemer area.

The pharmacy serves areanursing homes and deals withhospitals from Duluth to Mar-quette in filling out patients’medication orders.

Rand said the store doesquite a bit of business in sellinga wide assortment of gifts andcards that are located in the

front part of the store.Store hours are from 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fri-

days and from 9 a.m. to noon onSaturdays. Call 906-229-5966for more information. There’s

on-street parking along SundayLake Street and a small park-ing lot located across the street.

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Ralph Ansami/Daily Globe

Staff members at the Wakefield Pharmacy include, front row, from left, Sue Landis, Cindy Rand andKathy Rocco; back row — Suzie Geyer, Bonnie Hanson, Paula Petranek and Cindy Moreno. LindaGreen, Dave Geyer and Robert Smith also work at the pharmacy.

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The City of Wakefield

Joe DelFaveroMayor

Rod RitterMayor Pro-Tempore

Richard BolenCouncil Member

Charles PicoldiCouncil Member

John C. SiiraCity Manager

Sheryl J. RavelliCity Treasurer

Jennifer J. JacobsonCity Clerk

John OzzelloCouncil Member

A SMALL TOWN, BUT WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEEDTO LIVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE!!

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THE DAILY GLOBE PROGRESS 2011 � 5

To inquire about situating your business or your family in ourtownship, contact John Cox at (906)224-3721 or

Email: [email protected]

Wakefield TownshipA progressive community

Michigan Townships Association member

Pictured from left to right: Joan Dalman, Treasurer; Delmar Smith, Trustee; John Cox, Supervisor;Particia Pikka, Clerk; James Spencer, Trustee

TOWNSHIP BOARD

continuing to provide a leadership role in communityand economic development in Gogebic County.

Wakefield Township is proud of its long standing tradition ofproviding excellent services for its residents and businesses.

WAKEFIELD — They’llgather for fun and a little bit offishing at the annual winterfishing derby on Sunday Lakein Wakefield on Saturday.

The event will serve as afundraiser for the WakefieldVolunteer Fire Department to

purchase equipment.This year’s contest will coin-

cide with Michigan’s free fish-ing weekend.

The Wakefield VFW buildingwill be the headquarters for theSunday Lake tourney.

The Michigan Department of

Natural Resources and Envi-ronment notes that althougheveryone can fish without alicense, residents or non-resi-dents, during the weekend ofFeb. 19-20 all other fishing reg-ulations will apply. That meanssize limits and bag limits will

be enforced.Michigan has celebrated

Winter Free Fishing Weekendannually since 2000 to promoteawareness of the state’s aquaticresources. The state also spon-sors a free fishing weekend inthe summer.

Sunday Lake winter fishing derby this weekendsystem improvements andelimination of combined seweroverflow.

WATER PROJECT FLOWING ALONGAnother infrastructure proj-

ect is also advancing for thecity: A Michigan EconomicDevelopment CorporationInfrastructure CapacityEnhancement grant project,awarded in August, for a newbooster station and water tankfor Wico and Plymouth loca-tions. The grant is worth up to$745,000, and includes an$85,000 local match, which thecity has already paid to Iron-wood-based Coleman Engi-neering, which designed and issupervising the project.

The booster station was con-structed by Bessemer Town-ship-based Snow Country Con-tracting, while the tank will bebuilt by Louisville, Ky.-basedCaldwell Tank.

According to Siira’s Feb. 14council report, the booster sta-tion, which costs roughly$159,000, was successfullytested on Feb. 3. It is necessaryto fill the water tank, whichwill cost roughly $516,000 andwill hold 100,000 gallons ofwater.

The remaining MEDC fundsare being used in the event ofcost overruns — the ICE proj-ect initially included $75,000for replacing fire hydrants, butthe council chose not to awardthat project, after finding thebooster station was moreexpensive than anticipated.

The project will improvewater service and potentiallylower costs for residents ofWico and Plymouth locations.

PARK IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUEWakefield is also benefitting

from above-ground projects.Work continues on cityimprovements to Wakefield’sEddy Park and Sunday LakeTrail. This work is paid forthrough a Michigan NaturalResources Trust Fund grant of$147,700, with a $63,300 localmatch.

Last year a new playgroundand glider swing were complet-ed. The project also calls for$85,000 for improving andextending the Sunday Lakewalking trail, $41,700 for siteamenities such as picnic tablesand grills, and $15,000 forlighting. Siira said the dead-line for completing this work isJune 30, but the city may needan extension.

(Continued from Page 2)

CITY

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By ANNETTE [email protected]

WAKEFIELD — Jami Tauersaid her most important serv-ice is to make sure no oneleaves Ma’s Place hungry. Shealso wants to make sure theyhad a good meal and leave witha smile.

“We don’t believe in lettinganyone leave hungry,” she said.“I always tell my customers,‘nobody ever left their mom’shouse hungry.’”

Tauer, who is co-owner withKeith DeWinter of Ma’s Placeon U.S. 2 in Wakefield, tookover the restaurant from herfather, Jim Tauer, two yearsago when her mother, DonnaTauer, died.

“It was her pride and joy,”she said. “I didn’t want anyoneelse to come in and change it.”

It was a natural transitionfor Jami to take it over; she hadmore than 20 years experiencein the restaurant businessbetween her years as a wait-ress and in management.While living in Green Bay,Wis., Jami, who grew up inBessemer and graduated fromA.D. Johnston High School,would come home on busyweekends and in the summerto help her mother at therestaurant.

Donna Tauer had only beenin the restaurant business for10 years, Jami said, “She justwanted to cook, she loved tocook.”

Donna worked with Jim inthe construction business priorto opening the first Ma’s Placein Marenisco. Donna closed theMarenisco restaurant.

With Jami and Keith at thehelm, only minor cosmeticchanges have been made to therestaurant, including newpaint in the bathrooms. The“too” on the business’ sign wasalso covered up.

“Still that old-time cafe stylelook,” Jami said.

“Business is up,” she said.“Things are going great. Mylocal customers are wonderful.”

Jami likes to give everyonecountry club service, “regard-less of who they are,” she said.She likes to “make you feel likethe most important person.

Jami sticks with the “kill‘em with kindness” motto.“That’s what my motheralways said.”

Ma’s Place serves breakfastfrom 6 to 11 a.m. The lunchand dinner menus are avail-able until 7 p.m. In the sum-mer the hours are extended.Jami is also determined to let

customers pay by credit card.Jami and Keith have eight

staff — four cooks and fourservers.

The most popular menuitems are the apple fritterFrench toast, Ma’s omelet forbreakfast and the Donna burg-er, topped with the specialhomemade thousand islanddressing, Ma’s Philly and thechicken, bacon, lettuce andtomato salad are popular lunchand dinner items. Ma’s alsooffers a kid’s menu, whichincludes miniature corn dogs,macaroni and cheese, grilledcheese sandwiches or MickeyMouse pancakes with one egg.

PLANS TO EXPANDJami and Keith plan to open

a bait shop in a shed outsidethe restaurant before fishingseason opens in the spring,Jami said.

“Keith will be in charge ofthat,” Jami said. “He’s a hugeoutdoorsman.”

The couple recognized theneed for a bait shop in Wake-field. They will be the only one.She often directs customers tocertain area lakes, dependingon what kind of fish they’rehoping to catch, adding that

Sunday Lake is a great spot forchildren and families to fish. Afishing dock is near the restau-rant.

The small shop will carryminnows, worms and leeches,Jami said, as well as fishingbasics including line, sinkers

and hooks. The shed will havetanks for the minnows and willbe decorated and recognizable,Jami said.

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Erica Tauer wipes a table after the noon rush at Ma’s Place Wednesday. Ma’s Place is located on U.S.2 in Wakefield.

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By CATHERINE R. SHAMIONSpecial to the Globe

The 2010-11 school year hasbrought continued improve-ment to the Wakefield-Marenis-co School District. In their sec-ond year as administrators atW-M, I, as superintendent, andprincipal Matt Spets are start-ing to see results from theadded programs, improvedpractice and intense focus bystaff on student achievement.

Our students are beginningto show a new attitude in theirefforts to improve academicachievement. This is the directresult of our Matrix for StudentSuccess and the dedication andhard work of the W-M staff.

Included in the Matrix forStudent Success is the afterschool tutoring program, theacademic guidance programand the re-take option providedby teachers in the junior andsenior high classes.

These programs provideopportunities for students toimprove their study habits, getdirect assistance from teachers,and organize their schedules tomaximize achievement.

Te a c h i n gstaff havefocused theirprofessionaldevelopmenton differenti-ated instruc-tion, increas-ing the use oftechnology inthe class-rooms, andusing data toguide curricu-lum decisions.

The arts are a big part of W-M curriculum, with a veryactive and successful musicdepartment that added anextended day choir class forjunior and senior high stu-dents. In an effort to provideincreased opportunities for ourelementary students, elemen-tary art was put into the sched-ule, as well as Spanish and key-boarding.

Our elementary studentsare getting the chance to exper-iment with new subject areas tohelp them discover their inter-ests. High school students havetwo foreign languages availableto them, with both Spanish andFrench offered.

Curriculum expansion hasbeen an important theme in thedistrict, adding seven coursesfor grades 7 through 12 thisschool year and considering the

addition of three more coursesfor next year.

The W-M school facility hasundergone changes this year,also.

New bleachers grace theCardinal gymnasium and thedistrict underwent an energyaudit that resulted in severalenergy-saving products, includ-ing improvements in the heat-ing system, windows, light sen-sors, vending machine monitorsand new energy-efficient light-ing. The energy program willsave the district more than$18,000 per year in energycosts.

The goals of the district areto maintain a laser-like focuson the academic advancementof its students, to be a vital andactive part of the communitiesit serves, and to continue toimprove on every aspect of stu-dent achievement.

We are very proud of thework being done by both ourteaching and support staffs.Under the direction of ourboard of dducation, with hardwork of our staff and with thesupport of our communities,Wakefield-Marenisco is movingforward.

Editor’s note: Catherine R.Shamion is superintendent ofthe Wakefield-Marenisco SchoolDistrict; Matthew Spets is prin-cipal of W-M K-12 School.

THE DAILY GLOBE PROGRESS 2011 � 7

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Larry Holcombe/Daily Globe

Wakefield-Marenisco first graders Enola Miskovich, 7, above, andNyah Hewitt, 6, paint paper plates as part of a project in theschool’s art room.

W-M School sees continued improvement

Catherine

Shamion

Superintendent

■ Matrix for

Student Successprogram key toschool’s mission

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By JON [email protected]

WAKEFIELD — With anempty lot awaiting a new com-munity center for the city ofWakefield, the WakefieldMemorial Building Foundationcontinues work on reports ana-lyzing the costs, and savings, ofa new memorial building.

Wakefield’s old, unusedmemorial building was about86 years old when it was torndown last summer. Its demoli-tion makes way for a multi-mil-lion dollar gift from formerWakefield resident and memo-rial building foundation presi-dent Marvin Suomi.

Suomi purchased the memo-rial building property in July2004, initially intending to ren-ovate the building at hisexpense before turning it backover to the city. He discovered,however, that the building wasbeyond repair and sought itsdemolition, touching off a sev-eral-year battle with the Michi-gan State Historic PreservationOffice, which required Suomiand the city to prove the his-toric building was not salvage-able.

In 2008, he unveiled plansfor a new building, created byIllinois-based Myefski Archi-tects. The building, more than50,000 square feet, would fea-ture an auditorium, incubator

space for businesses and possi-bly a swimming pool, andwould also house city officesand the library.

In an interview last year,Suomi said his goal is to pro-vide a building “as utilitarianas possible,” and is open toadding or removing features ifneeded. He also said the citywill not have to pay for thebuilding’s construction.

While Suomi, and WakefieldCity Manager John Siira havesaid the new building will bemuch more energy-efficientthan the current city hall, andtherefore cheaper to operate,the city would still have to beprepared for transitional costsonce it moves into the newbuilding.

These costs include market-ing and maintaining the cur-rent city hall under SHPO

restrictions for one year, afterwhich they could sell the build-ing without regard to its histor-ical status.

Wakefield Mayor JoeDelFavero, who last year raisedthese and other concerns overthe project, said the memorialbuilding foundation is havingreports prepared to quantifythe city’s energy savings. Hesaid he last met with Suomi inSeptember, and said somedelays in the project have beendue to Suomi dealing with hisdaughter’s serious medicalproblems.

“He’s put family at the fore-front, which I don’t blame himfor ... I would do the same,”DelFavero said.

DelFavero also said that itwas possible construction onthe building could begin in thefall.

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Submitted drawing

The great hall entryway and its interior are shown here in this artist’s rendering of the proposed newWakefield Memorial Building, presented in 2008.

Foundation continues work on

Wakefield Memorial Building project

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Nanette Paquette holds her baby alpaca Liberty last June inthe barn at her home in Wakefield. The alpaca to the right,Katie, is mother of the baby. Paquette is raising the animals forthe fleece, which is spun into yarn for knitting. She has six ani-mals and expects three new babies — called cria — this sum-mer.

Fun with alpacas

By DIANE [email protected]

WAKEFIELD — Last win-ter, Nanette Paquette knitteda sweater and hat from yarnspun from the wool of herown alpaca.

Paquette bought threealpacas in the fall of 2009.

She learned how to knit asa child and had an open fieldfor grazing livestock, so shedecided to raise alpacas forwool.

One of her alpacas gavebirth to a female — theyoung is called a cria — lastsummer. A second cria wastoo big for its first-time moth-er to deliver and the baby didnot survive.

Since then, Paquette haspurchased a black alpacafrom Washington state. It isone of three in her herd thathave been bred. By late sum-mer, if all goes well, her herdwill increase from six tonine.

“It’s just so much fun,”Paquette said Tuesday.

In spring, she hauls thealpaca to a farm in Norway,Mich. A crew shears them,clips their nails, trims theirteeth and gives them shots.

The best wool, soft andthick, comes from the blanketaround the animal’s back.

Her long-term plan, aftershe retires from her job withthe Wakefield-MareniscoSchool District, is to open aknitting shop in downtownWakefield next to theUptown Food & Deli.

■ Animals raised

for wool to spininto yarn

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By MARGARET [email protected]

WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP— Extreme Tool & Engineeringof Wakefield Township contin-ues its move forward.

Sales in 2010 totaled$13,300,000. That’s a 25 per-cent increase over 2009, accord-ing to Extreme Tool PresidentMike Zacharias.

With 65 full-time employees,Extreme Tool experienced “thehighest employment level ever,”Zacharias said. The companypaid out $3.4 million in wagesand benefits in 2010.

Zacharias noted 20 peoplework in the company’s plant 2molding facility on ChippewaDrive, near the main plant.

Extreme Tool invested over$1,000,000 in new equipmentin 2010, with dedicated fiberoptics cable linking plantsinstalled last year.

“Molding has grown consid-erably on strength of our med-ical clients, including Hologic,Stryker, Pall, and Nypro,”

Zacharias said.Extreme Tool now has seven

injection molding machines,with two additional electricmachines added in 2010.

“We have six molding per-sonnel trained and certified asRJG Master Molder one orhigher,” Zacharias said.

Decorating and secondaryoperations capability wasadded in Extreme’s moldingfacility, with ultra moderninspection methods used,including Cat Scan, he said.

Medical and packagingremain the largest growthindustries at Extreme Tool,Zacharias said, and Cosmos

Tooling Solutions Limited inChina, a partner with ExtremeTool, continues to grow, prosper,and add capabilities.

Zacharias said Extreme Toolcontinues its global marketingefforts, including the mostrecent — EuroMold ShowTrade Show in Germany.

WHAT’S AHEAD? Zacharias said Extreme Tool

anticipates completing facilityadditions to both plants thisyear, and will likely add five to10 employees.

He said the company expectsa 20 percent sales growth thisyear.

THE DAILY GLOBE PROGRESS 2011 � 9

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Submitted photo

Neil Balduc, left, and Andy Laurin, toolmakers at Extreme Tool &Engineering of Wakefield Township, display plastic injection molds,tools built for Procter and Gamble.

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Celebrating 12 years

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Peter Koruga owns and operates Great Lakes Furniture onU.S. 2 in Wakefield.

By DIANE [email protected]

WAKEFIELD — Competi-tion is good, according to thearea’s newest furniture storeowner.

“If you only have one ofsomething, it doesn’t do thatwell. People need to com-pare,” Peter Koruga III saidMonday.

Competition keeps peopleshopping locally, according toKoruga, who opened GreatLakes Furniture in Wakefieldlast April.

“I had a nice welcome, anice response,” Koruga saidof the store opening.

Koruga is the third gener-ation of Peter Koruga andSon, which built his building.He’s a Wakefield native witha business degree fromNorthern Michigan Universi-ty in Marquette.

He originally sold furni-ture from the constructionheadquarters, and wanted toexpand to a more visible site.

In his first year in busi-

ness at this location, he saidhe has sold a lot of mattress-es and recliners, not brandspecific. He’s also selling a lotof overstuffed pieces uphol-stered in durable microfiber.

“My real plug, my salespitch, is I’m selling for less,”Koruga said. “I’d rather makethe money on multiple salesthan on one item.”

Koruga is prepared to addon to his building, if sales dic-tate a need for more space.He hasn’t yet added staff atthe furniture store — he’ssalesman and manager andhe plows the parking lot —but he has added inventory.

“I’m working at gettingmore of everything on thefloor,” Koruga said, “so I havea bunch of different couchesand kitchen tables and every-thing.”

—Great Lakes Furniture,on U.S. 2 at the intersection ofCemetery Road in Wakefield;open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday; 906-229-5113.

Great Lakes Furniture

has strong first year

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By DAVID [email protected]

WAKEFIELD — Since itsopening in the late 1950s, Sun-day Lake Supermarket hasbuilt a well-deserved reputa-tion for a friendly atmosphere,with quality products.

Jason Pallin has been theowner of Sunday Lake Super-market for nine years and he’sbuilt it up into a popular gro-cery experience for people fromall over the area.

“We’re drawing in fromMarenisco area, Wakefield andthe Bergland areas and outly-ing communities,” said Pallin.“We get people from the Iron-wood area. They don’t usuallycome for their main-line shop-ping, but they do come for ourmeat department.”

The store has become knownfor its meat department.

“We have a real good crewand a variety of stuff,” said

Pallin.The store features many

meat-related items, like home-made sausages, bratwurst andporchetta sausage.

“We go through about 200pounds a week of potatosausage,” Pallin said.

A couple of months ago, thesupermarket began a productcalled the Al Capone roast thathas become wildly popular. Ituses a mix of olives, cheese,Italian sausage, beef, pork,mushrooms, garlic powder, pep-per and a mix of other spices.

“The Al Capone roasts havebeen selling like crazy. We can’t

keep them in,” Pallin said.At the end of 2009, the

supermarket went through arenovation, when new frontwindows were put in, a slidingdoor was installed, a productscanning system was imple-mented and an upgrading ofcases and compressors tookplace.

Because of all of the work in2009, improvements aren’t asfrequent now, but Pallin saidthey are looking at putting on anew roof, expanding a loadingdock and putting in a walk-incooler over the next coupleyears.

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By MARGARET [email protected]

WAKEFIELD — Nestled in the heart ofdowntown Wakefield, Uptown Food andDeli provides great foods to area residentsand visitors six days a week.

The deli is owned and operated by Terryand Suzette Fetters.

Suzette is generally at the deli from 9a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays through Fridays,and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

“Everything is homemade,” Suzettesaid.

Suzette said when she’s outside the deli,people know what the soup of the day is“because I always smell like soup.”

The deli specializes in homemade soups,salads and sub sandwiches, chili and fea-tures a full menu of flour wraps. There arethree different types of flour wraps —white, whole wheat and garden vegetable.

The deli makes 12 different kinds ofwraps, but the most popular is the chicken-Caesar wrap, Suzette said.

It also serves a variety of desserts —cookies, cakes, brownies, and both rice andbread puddings.

Assisting Suzette are her mom, CarolynPaquette, who makes all the homemadesoups and desserts; Suzette’s mother-in-law, Marsha Vestich, who Suzette terms“an all-around helper” and Suzette’s friend,Debbie Ringsmuth, who does all of themajor baking and has been with the busi-ness since it opened in November 1999.

The deli offers daily specials. Soup andsandwiches are featured on Mondays.Tacos are served on Taco Tuesdays;Wednesday is Pizza day; Thursday ishomemade chili day; and Friday is wrapday.

Suzette said the deli is going into its

12th year of business.Business is great during the summer

and fall months, but the winter months area little slower, she said.

“We rely on our local customers,”Suzette said with a smile. “We will alwayscater to our local customers. We will feedthem first.”

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Waiting to serve at Uptown Food and Deli in downtown Wakefield are, from left, CarolynPaquette, Marsha Vestich, owner Suzette Fetters and Debbie Ringsmuth. The deli is opensix days a week and specializes in soup of the day, sub sandwiches, salads and flour wraps.The deli also features a wide variety of desserts.

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By RALPH [email protected]

WAKEFIELD — Presidents’Weekend at Indianhead Moun-tain near Wakefield will be spe-cial this year.

Indianhead MountainResort is teaming up with theChildren’s Hospital of Wiscon-sin to help fund patient careprograms and pediatricresearch.

With 140 inches of snow forthe winter and a 30- to 60-inchbase on Monday, Indianheademployees were bracing for abusy week ahead.

“We have a ton of snow andit’s been freezing at night, sothat helps out,” Indianheadvice-president of sales and mar-keting Dave Nyquist said onMonday.

Indianhead is offering a spe-cial “Buy Two Days, Get theThird Day Free” lift ticket dur-ing Presidents Weekend fromFeb. 18-21. Guests will savemore than $40 off the normalthree-day lift ticket.

In addition, a portion fromeach of the tickets sold will bedonated to the Children’s Hos-pital of Wisconsin, Nyquistsaid. He said Indianhead willdonate a minimum of $500 tothe hospital.

Nyquist said he has a friend

whose child visits the hospitaland he contacted the Children’sHospital and the special skipromotion was set up. “I havesmall kids, too,” Nyquist said.

He noted thousands of chil-dren ski and snowboard atIndianhead each season.

“This is our way of sayingthanks,” he said.

Presidents weekend is tradi-tionally the second busiest timeof the year at Indianhead,behind the Christmas holidayseason. This winter, rain ham-pered part of the Christmasholiday period, but there hasbeen substantial snow since.

While Nyquist said therehas been a good turn-out ofskiers at Indianhead, peopleseem to be taking shorter skitrips because of the economy.“They’re still going to come,though,” he said.

The recent heavy snowfallthroughout the Midwest meansthe Ironwood area isn’t the onlyplace with substantial snowthis winter, Nyquist added.

He figures the snow base atIndianhead should hold up wellthrough the Presidents week-end period. “That’s why wemake so much snow early inthe season,” he said.

Lift tickets for the specialpromotion are available online

at indianheadmtn.com.Indianhead is in its 51st sea-

son as a ski resort.The mountain offers 29

downhill slopes, 638 verticalfeet and an average of 17 feet ofsnow per year. Both the TimberWolf and Big Chief terrainparks are open.

The village and resort facili-ties are on top of the mountain,overlooking the Ottawa Nation-al Forest. Indianhead boasts

award-winning dining, lodging,live entertainment and full-service conference and banquetfacilities.

The resort was discovered byIllinois businessman Jack Eng-lish. Together with four otherinvestors, he aimed to start aMidwest ski resort as an alter-native to people who must fly

out West to ski.The farm and mountain on

Indianhead Road in Wakefieldwere purchased from Mary Nel-son in 1959. Two T-bars, a ropetow and day lodge were con-structed later that year.

Indianhead Mountainopened for business on Nov. 20,1959.

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Indianhead Mountain awaits big weekend

Globe file photo

Snowboarders and skiers enjoy the slopes and view at Indianhead Mountain Resort.

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By JOHN COXWakefield Township Supervisor

There are many small busi-nesses in Wakefield Township.The township remains commit-ted to spending our resources topromote and assist businesses.

WESTERN U.P. RECYCLINGWestern U.P. Recycling

opened its doors in 2009. Itinvested approximately$480,000 in land clearing,buildings, scales and otherequipment. It temporarilyclosed the building for the win-ter season. However, it remainsavailable to pick-up large stufflike junk cars. Last year itincreased purchase of 1,000

tons of scrap steel to 8,733 tonsof scrap steel. It increased itsnon-ferrous items like copperand aluminum from two semi-loads to five.

Future plans are to expandits sorting yard with more con-crete pads, for easier cleaningand sorting of materials. It islooking into plastic recycling, tobe used as bio-fuel for powerplants. Other plans are to pur-chase a bailer for cardboardrecycling.

In addition to being a greatbusiness for Wakefield Town-ship, it participates with ourspring cleanup.

EXTREME TOOLExtreme Tool continues to be

a very successful and progres-sive employer and business inour township. During 2010, ithas seen sales of $10,300,000, a25 percent increase versus2009. It now has 65 full timeemployees, its highest employ-ment level ever. Thirty of theemployees have a bachelor’sdegree or higher. Twenty ofthese employees are now work-ing in the new molding facilityon Chippewa Drive. The payrolland benefits paid to theseworkers was $3.4 million forthe year.

Investments in new equip-ment totaled over $1 millionlast year, and it now has seveninjection molding machines ofwhich two are new additionalelectrics. To keep the plantslinked, a new dedicated fiberoptics cable was dug andinstalled in 2010. Decoratingand secondary operations capa-bilities were added in the mold-ing facility this year as well.

It used the most moderninspection methods includingCAT scan. Joining the Michi-gan Coast to Coast ToolingCoalition this year helped keepthe company abreast of newmethods and industry stan-

dards.The med-

ical and pack-aging indus-tries remainthe largestgrowth areas,and its med-ical clientsi n c l u d eH o l o g i c ,Stryker, Palland Nypro.

Its Chinapartner, Cosmos, continues togrow, prosper and add capabili-ties. More global marketingefforts continue, including themost recent EuroMold ShowTrade Show in Germany.

With a 20 percent salesgrowth forecast for 2011, itexpects to complete facilityadditions to both plants andwill likely add five to 10employees.

COPPERWOODIn September and October

2008, Orvana’s wholly-ownedsubsidiary, Orvana ResourcesU.S. Corporation, entered intomineral leases covering 1,759acres in Ironwood Township,and in September 2010 enteredinto a mineral lease covering566 acres east of and adjacentto Copperwood in WakefieldTownship.

The following are projectionsthat the mine has made. It isimportant that we treat thisinformation as estimates, notcast-in-stone results. The minepermit application will be sub-mitted to the state by June 1and a pre-feasibility study willbe completed soon thereafter. Itis the latter that will pinpointthe expected number of jobs inthe construction and operationof the mine.

There will be a number ofcontractors for the constructionphase, many from out of town,but local ones as well. Thiscould easily be over 200 people.It is projected that the minewould be in production at theend of 2013 or in the beginning2014. About 125 people could beon the payroll with a number ofcontractors working on the

project as well. If the mine isexpanded, which is a distinctpossibility within four to fiveyears after startup, the payrollcould increase by as much as 40percent.

Wakefield Township and theGogebic County Road Commis-sion know that the currentCounty Road 519 leading to themine must be improved andrebuilt so it can handle theexpected traffic to the mine, theindustrial park, the loggingcontractors and the touristswho visit the Porcupine Moun-tains Park. We have beenactively applying for grants forthe $4 million project.

The Copperwood Mine proj-ect is a “must do” for all of us inthis area. The jobs that it plansto create and the support serv-ice jobs that will result, are toomuch for anyone in our regionto ignore.

INDIANHEAD MOUNTAINIndianhead continues to

monitor current and developingtrends to attract visitors to ourarea. Approximately 98 percentof Indianhead’s sales and mar-keting budget is allocated out-side of our area to markets suchas the Twin Cities, Milwaukee,Green Bay, Madison and Chica-go.

Customers spend money atarea lodging and dining estab-lishments, as well gas stationsand gift shops. Their dollarscome from outside our area tobenefit our residents, schoolsand municipalities.

Indianhead employs hun-dreds of people who spend theirpaychecks locally for goods andservices.

Wakefield Township is fortu-nate to have Indianhead as amajor business that consistent-ly is one of our top-10 taxpay-ers.

LAKE BROTHERS EXCAVATINGLake Brothers Excavating is

owned and operated by Chrisand Nick Lake and their busi-ness is located in WakefieldTownship. In 2010, LBX com-

Township sees many signs of progressTHE DAILY GLOBE PROGRESS 2011 � 13

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(See TOWNSHIP — Page 14)

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pleted many small and largejobs in the area which includedbulldozing, excavating, grading,road building, septic systems,landscaping, foundations, andsnow plowing. LBX has mainlybeen busy this last fall and win-ter building more roads andclearing drill sites for Orvanafor the proposed CopperwoodMine. Lake Brothers Excavat-ing provides also provides grav-el and sand.

LAKE’S FLOWER CABINLake’s Flower Cabin is

owned by Mandy Lake and islocated at 162 N. County Road519. Spring 2010 was the firstseason for the Flower Cabinand it ended up being very suc-cessful. LFC started out withjust 480 square feet of green-house space and has expandedthis summer to over 2,300square feet. With the additionof two more greenhouses, LFCwill have a larger selection ofvegetable and flower plants,along with many more hangingbaskets. New items this yearinclude trees, shrubs, and alarger perennial selection.

SPRING CLEANUP AND BLIGHTA community that has

blighted and/or unkempt prop-erties does not lend itself wellto attracting new residents orbusinesses. For the past fouryears, Wakefield Township hasheld a spring cleanup whichgave our residents a chance todispose of junk and garbage ontheir properties. This has beena huge success, in large part onthe willingness of our citizensto participate. The townshipplans to fund this in years tocome.

In addition, our zoningadministrator has committedherself to fair and even-handedenforcement of our blight ordi-nances. Uncooperative viola-

tors find themselves in the Dis-trict Court.

Our Wakefield VolunteerFire Department has useddilapidated buildings as prac-tice burns, which saves theproperty owner money as wellas the township in condemna-tion proceedings. All of ourefforts are finally showingimprovements across the town-ship.

GOGEBIC RANGE WATER AUTHORITYThe Gogebic Range Water

Authority will be constructingimprovements to the water sys-tem serving the customers ofthe Indianhead Mountain SkiResort. GRWA is planning tobid this project in February of2011 with construction to beginin the summer of 2011.

Improvements will includerebuilding the water pumpingand distribution station locatedon Indianhead Road, updatingall of the pumping, storage,electrical components andadding computerized monitor-ing and security fencing.GRWA will also be replacingseveral of the failed water dis-tribution mains during thisphase of construction. Thisproject will satisfy a MichiganDepartment of NaturalResources and Environmentdirective to reduce the waterlost due to leaking mains andincrease the reliability of thewater system.

These improvements will befunded by a USDA RuralDevelopment loan of $522,000and a grant of $545,000.

During the 2009 construc-tion season, the GRWA rehabil-itated the water booster stationlocated on Blackjack Road byreplacing all of the pumps andmotors, pump bases, upgradingthe electrical and replacing theroof and adding floor drains.

The cost of this improvementwas $66,301. This project wasfunded with a USDA RuralDevelopment loan which isbeing re-paid with the currentwater system revenue.

In addition to the work onthis project, Orvana Resourcesis working with the GRWA on aproject that will not only pro-vide water for the proposedmine, but potable water fornearby communities. They havecontributed significantly to thiseffort.

We are fortunate to have agood partner, the GRWA, whichis committed to providing asafe, reliable water supply forpublic health, fire protectionand support for the economy

PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS STATE PARKMany who live in our area

have not visited PorcupineMountains Wilderness StatePark. At 60,000 acres, it is oneof the few remaining largewilderness areas in the Mid-west. Wakefield Township ishome to a large part of the parkwith its towering virgin timber,

secluded lakes, and miles ofwild rivers and streams. Thepark was voted No. 10 of all ofthe parks in the United States,by the Internet website, “BestState Parks in the U.S.”

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTThe township board works

as a team to encourage andsupport business development.With the absence of an econom-ic development director in thecounty, the township hasformed an unpaid economicdevelopment committee withrepresentatives from the busi-ness community, board, andplanning commission. The vol-unteers who serve are MikeZacharius, Barry Bolich, PatPikka, Paula Koruga andmyself. Our task is to developbetter marketing strategiesand define goals and objectivesthat will attract businesses andresidents to Wakefield Town-ship.

Lastly, we welcome new resi-dents. We offer residents nononsense, low-cost services andminimal taxes and fees.

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WAKEFIELD TOWN-SHIP — John Niemela wasnamed Upper PeninsulaTree Farmer of the Year in2010.

Niemela owns a vast sec-tion of forest in WakefieldTownship.

The award was given bythe Ameri-can TreeFarm Sys-tem toN i e m e l aand hiswife, Kris-tine.

A c c o r d -ing to RexxJanowiak ,group man-ager withthe GreenTimber Tree Farm Group,the farm system includes 26million acres owned by60,000 landowners acrossthe nation.

Niemela said he hasowned the property for morethan 25 years, and, with thehelp of family and friends,invested in the land andmaintained it for wildlife,business and recreation.

“It’s like having a big veg-etable garden,” Niemelasaid. “It’s been 25 years ofhard work... I never did it forthe recognition.”

Niemela’s property waseligible for the awardbecause he has maintained itas a certified family forest,which requires he adhere toa strict management planand meet high environmen-tal standards.

John

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