Month the Baraga County Medical Control Authority presented 10 Lifesaver Awards at its meeting Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, at the hospital conference room. Plaques were presented to: Vicki Usitalo, Karin Adams, David Finegan, Matthew Morgan, Joseph Linder, Curtis Sutherland, Chad Soli, Robert Harry, Mark Skidmore and Nathan Lahti. “All of these individuals aided patients in cardiac arrest with CPR that resulted in “Return of Spontaneous Circulation” and saving the life of the individuals they aided,” said Gary Wadaga of Bay Ambulance who made the presentations along with Dr. Mark Cecilio. “Brain cells die in 4-6 minutes without oxygen and circulation. A successful resuscitation requires that CPR be started within that time frame,” Wadaga said. Three individual cases were involved with multiple people responding in the emergencies. Skidmore was in a store in December, 2016, when a person was found unresponsive, not breathing and with no pulse. He initiated CPR and was soon joined by responding Sheriff ’s Deputies Chad Soli and Robert Harry. “I was never so glad in my life to see those deputies arrive!” Skidmore told the group. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by Melissa Newland
The 15th annual L’Anse Variety of Music Show pulled in some great performers to help raise money for the L’Anse Area School (LAS) band. Musicians from the community and LAS joined together to perform a variety of styles in music to include Jazz, Country, Big Band, Old Rock and Roll and Folk on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at LAS cafetorium starting at 7 p.m. From LAS high school solo and ensemble/band students to community musicians, the talent on stage was enjoyed by all attending. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by Melissa Newland
The L’Anse Area School (LAS) cafetorium held quite a crowd of concerned citizens during the public comment period and public hearing held by Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), Air Quality Division (AQD), personnel who were in L’Anse to gather public comment on a proposed Permit to Install (PTI) for L’Anse Warden Electric Company (LWEC). LWEC is requesting the PTI in order to be able to add a new fuel source, up to 50,000 tons of engineered pellets/ year, to its list of currently permitted fuels, natural gas, wood chips, wood fines and bark, chipped tires and creosote-treated railroad ties. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by Melissa Newland

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) has identified a number of ‘brownfield’ sites on the KBIC Reservation between L’Anse and Baraga in need of clean-up due to environmental concerns. According to KBIC Environmental Specialist Dione Price, the Power Dam Road, located just outside the Village of L’Anse off U.S. 41, is just one of 14 sites considered a brownfield site. It will be the first area focused on for clean-up to provide a safe and uncontaminated area for residential, recreational and business use. A public meeting to discuss the cleanup proposal was held at the Ojibwa Senior Center in Baraga Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 from 5:30-6 p.m. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by Barry Drue
A public comment period and public hearing are set by the Department of Environmental Quality’s Air Quality Division (AQD) in regard to the L’Anse Warden Electric Co. Convergen, owner of the L’Anse biomass electric generator, wants to add its engineered fuel pellets into the fuel stream at Warden. The plant is permitted to burn natural gas, wood chips, wood fines and bark, chipped tires and creosote-treated railroad ties. Convergen makes its pellets from 60-70 percent fiber/paper material, and 30-40 percent plastic material. Convergen has been permitted to test use of its pellets at Warden, and is now applying for a Permit To Install (PTI) to burn them on a permanent basis. Convergen is seeking to burn up to 50,000 tons of pellets per year. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by Barry Drue
Genevieve Lynn Meyers, 37, of L’Anse , was arraigned in 97th District Court Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, by acting district judge Timothy Brennan on a count of 1st Degree Felony Murder. Brennan was at the courthouse in L’Anse and Meyers was on Polycam from Baraga County Jail where she is held on $1 million bond. Meyers is charged with causing the death of two-year old Walker Meyers a year ago. Meyers had earlier applied for guardianship of the child, who is her brother’s son, and had been awarded guardianship in Baraga County Probate Court. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by Nancy Besonen
Happy New Year! Before we go there the Sentinel would like to lead its readers back to a time—Jan. 1, 2018 to be exact—when we’d all just received our annual budget of 365 days. The world was our oyster! For some, it was your common clam. This yearly recap features top stories from the first half of 2018, with the balance playing out next week. From good to bad to in between, we are all of us newsmakers. Here’s to the ones who made it into print. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.