Racers get the green light in a semi-final heat during the Chippewa Sno-Kats open mod race Saturday at the Iron County Airport. Louie Goldbach of Iron River (far lane) took top honors in the class while Jeff Szanto of Crystal Falls took second place.
CRYSTAL FALLS—Jerry Buschell of the Keweenaw Peninsula defeated the 2012 MASTERS Racing Circuit Top Gun champion, Jeff Szanto of Crystal Falls, and fellow Keweenaw Peninsula resident John Mihelich during the Chippewa Sno-Kats Snow Drags, held March 2 at the Iron County Airport.

CRYSTAL FALLS—The Forest Park Board of Education selected Jason M. Gasperich to fill a vacated seat during a meeting Feb. 25.

IRON RIVER—The Windsor Center Spring Craft and Garden Show will be held on March 23 to coincide with the Iron Chamber of Commerce’s Home, Business and Outdoor Expo.
The craft and garden show will be at the Windsor Center, and the annual Expo will be at the West Iron County High School. Both events are open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

CASPIAN— The Iron County Historical and Museum Society received a $1,500 grant for Director Ross Parcels to attend an American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Project Management Workshop in Denver March 7-8.

Students at Forest Park Elementary School get a hands-on look at pig lungs as they concluded their study of the respiratory system during a dissection exercise. Teacher Janice Stacy (left) demonstrates the next incision. Meanwhile Stacey Bruno watches as Ethan Williams (left) and Evan Hedtke use a hand pump to inflate a lung (photo below). The lesson helped students merge textbook studies with hands on work. (F.P. School photos) 

IRON RIVER—Vendor spaces are still available for the Home, Business and Outdoor Rec Expo that will be held Saturday, March 23, at the West Iron County High School gym.

CRYSTAL FALLS—For the second year in a row, the Mid America Snow and Terrain Expert Racers, commonly known as the MASTERS, will bring professionally-sanctioned snowmobile drag racing to the Iron County Airport on Saturday, March 2.

INDIAN LAKE--The Iron County Youth Camp will be mailing out registration forms beginning March 1. Band Camp registration forms will be mailed out and available after Feb. 1.

IRON COUNTY—The Dickinson-Iron Community Services Agency has announced dates for the quarterly food distribution.

Seven brave sledders came to Caspian for the Winterfest Cardboard Classic. Pictured, from left, are Alyssa Murray, Kaitlyn Smith, Autumn Smith, Johnothan Swenski, Julie Swenski, Tanner Nordstrom and Taylor Bett. Winning the race was Johnothan Swenski, Kaitlyn Smith came in second followed by Alyssa Murray. Best decorated sled award was given to Taylor Bett, second place went to Tannner Nordstrom and third place to Johnothan Swenski.