Thursday, February 25, 2021  
The Mining Journal 3A  
Region  
Regional briefing  
Great day to be outdoors  
New COVID-19 cases declining  
ESCANABA — As of Tuesday, the U.P. had 16,336  
confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 17 cases  
in 24 hours, 4,014 probable cases, 383 deaths and 93  
probable deaths linked to the disease, according to state  
officials.  
The figure does not include prisoners in the Michigan  
Department of Corrections.  
According to the state of Michigan’s county-by-  
county count issued Tuesday, Delta County had a  
total of 2,642 confirmed COVID-19 cases (an in-  
crease of two cases), 470 probable cases, 65 deaths  
and 19 probable deaths; Menominee County had  
1,614 confirmed cases (unchanged), 262 probable  
cases, 35 deaths and two probable deaths; School-  
craft County had 229 confirmed cases (unchanged),  
28 probable cases, four deaths and one probable  
death.  
Houghton student  
looks to repeat as  
Poetry Out  
Loud finalist  
By GARRETT NEESE  
Houghton Daily  
forming to a crowd of  
people at Michigan State  
University, Frazier recit-  
ed her poem from home.  
Performing alone, it’s  
harder to get the right en-  
ergy, Frazier said. When  
reciting the poems, she  
tries to pretend there’s an  
audience in front of her.  
“It’s a lot like doing a  
play or really any type of  
presentation,” she said.  
“It’s easier if you’re talk-  
ing to someone, it’s sort  
of like a camera. Your  
emotions build up more,  
and you get more ner-  
vous. But overall, it  
makes your performance  
better.”  
Mining Gazette  
HOUGHTON — One  
of last year’s finalists in  
the Michigan Poetry Out  
Loud competition is look-  
ing to repeat the feat this  
year.  
Adeline Frazier, a 10th-  
grader at Houghton High  
School, will compete at  
the state level again after  
winning the school level.  
This year’s contest was  
conducted virtually, as  
the state’s will be.  
To advance to state, she  
performed Edgar Allan  
Poe’s “The Conqueror  
Matt Bastian, 39, of Iron Mountain, sleds down the hill at City Park in Iron Mountain with his 10-year-old daughter, Green-  
lee Neuens, and her friend, 9-year-old Layla Wedin, late Tuesday afternoon. Iron Mountain reached a high of 45 degrees Tues-  
day, the warmest day so far in 2021. (Iron Mountain Daily News photo by Brian Christensen)  
Worm”  
and  
Robert  
Graves’ “The Kiss.”  
The Poe poem is  
With students recording  
their performances from  
home, the state judges  
didn’t award a top prize.  
Instead, Frazier was  
named as one of four fi-  
nalists. Being named a fi-  
nalist again would be a  
big help for getting schol-  
arships, she said.  
In her second year do-  
ing Poetry Out Loud, Fra-  
zier’s become a stronger  
performer, she said. And  
she has a better idea what  
the judges are looking  
for.  
Some is based on how  
the voice resonates, she  
said. But the reader can’t  
just get by with being  
pleasing to the ear. They  
also need physical move-  
ments that are precise and  
match the story they’re  
telling with their poem,  
Frazier said.  
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING  
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 11:00 a.m.  
To Be Held by Video and Telephone  
The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs will  
hold a public hearing to receive public comments on pro-  
posed changes to the Preservation of Records for Electric,  
Gas, and Steam Utilities rule set.  
longer one, and “really  
beautiful,” Frazier said.  
“I think it’s really funny  
because I can do it really  
dramatically, because it’s  
about this giant worm  
who comes down and eats  
a bunch of angels in a  
play,” she said.  
Frazier’s older cousin  
had performed “The  
Kiss” when she was in  
high school. Frazier was  
particularly taken with  
the last two lines: “With-  
Sealed bids will be received by the Marquette County Road  
Commission at their offices at 1610 N. Second Street,  
Ishpeming, Michigan 49849 until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Stan-  
dard Time on Thursday, March 11, 2021, for:  
2021 Primary Road & Township Local  
Road HMA Resurfacing Bid  
This is a proposal to adopt and amend rules governing the  
preservation of records for electric, gas, and steam utilities.  
These rules apply to all electric, gas, and steam utilities that  
are subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Com-  
mission.The rules are intended to provide for appropriate  
preservation of the records needed by the Commission to  
carry out its regulatory functions.The amendments to the  
rules reflect the changing technology used to prepare and  
preserve business records, as well as the time frames the  
records are retained. In addition, the Commission proposes  
removing references to obsolete information storage meth-  
ods from the existing rules.  
Bid forms may be obtained from the Marquette County  
Road Commission office.  
All bids shall be marked “2021 HMA Resurfacing Bid”  
including the item bid.  
The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to  
waive any irregularities in any bid, or to accept any bid or  
part of a bid they deem most advantageous to  
out  
life/Poor  
bone.”  
hope,  
without  
flesh, sad  
Marquette County.  
MARQUETTE COUNTY  
ROAD COMMISSION  
State contestants add a  
third poem. Frazier’s will  
be Theodore Roethke’s  
“In a Dark Time.”  
“There’s a lot of emo-  
tions in that one that I can  
perform pretty well,” she  
said.  
Last year’s school com-  
petition was done in the  
auditorium. But by the  
time of the state competi-  
tion in March, COVID-  
19 had closed in-person  
classes. Instead of per-  
The current rules have not been updated for more than 30  
years and do not include provisions for modern virtual and  
computer storage of records.The rule changes are intended  
to modernize rules for retention of records for electric, gas,  
and steam utilities to include modern virtual and computer  
storage of records as opposed to brick and mortar storage.  
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING  
Wednesday, March 24, 2021  
09:00 AM  
Jurisdiction is pursuant to section 5 of 1919 PA 419 and  
section 4 of 1939 PA 3, MCL 460.4.These rules will take  
effect immediately after filing with the Secretary of State.  
The rules are published on the Michigan  
“It’s just something that  
you get better with,” she  
said. “It takes practice  
and time.”  
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs  
Public Service CommissionAdministrative Rules for  
Gas Safety Rule Set 2019-059 LR  
Government web site at  
ter in the April 15, 2021 issue. Copies of the draft rules may  
also be obtained by mail or electronic  
The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs  
will hold a public hearing to receive public  
comments on proposed changes to the Gas Safety  
rule set.  
Garrett Neese can be  
reached at gneese@min-  
inggazette.com.  
transmission at the following address:  
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Public  
Service Commission  
Executive Secretary,  
Michigan Public Service Commission  
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The primary purpose of these amendments to an  
existing rule set is to adopt by reference current  
federal regulations governing gas safety along with  
updating certain other technical standards  
contained in the rules. The Michigan Public Service  
Commission also proposes to add record retention  
periods.The proposed amendments also make  
minor changes to Michigan rules so that the  
language in these rules conforms more closely to  
the federal rules.  
PUBLIC HEARING  
A public hearing regarding the Michigamme Township Grant  
Application for Reconditioning the Tennis and Basketball  
Courts at the Michigamme Township Park will be held on  
Comments on the rules may be made in person at the hear-  
ing or by mail or electronic mail until  
Monday, March 8th at 6:45 p.m.  
Communication in writing in relation to the  
grant application must be received by 5:00 pm  
on March 8th and can be mailed to:  
Michigamme Township  
April 7, 2021, at 05:00 p.m.  
The public hearing will be conducted in compliance with  
the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. Anyone needing  
assistance to take part in the hearings due to disability may  
call 517-284-8090 to make arrangements.  
C/O William Seppanen, Supervisor  
P.O. Box 220  
49 USC 60105(b)(2) provides that the state retains  
jurisdiction over gas pipeline facilities and  
Michigamme, MI 49861  
The meeting can be attended by Zoom #571-416-4947.  
transportation as long as the state certifies that it  
has adopted each applicable federal standard, or is  
taking steps to adopt that standard.  
For more information,  
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MCL 483.152 provides that the Michigan Public  
Service Commission shall promulgate rules and  
prescribe safety standards for gas pipeline facilities  
and transportation These rules will take effect  
immediately after filing with the Secretary of State.  
The rules are published on the Michigan  
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