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Copper Peak gala attracts support

By P.J. GLISSON

news@yourdailyglobe.com

BESSEMER - A 50th anniversary celebration of Ironwood's Copper Peak ski-flying hill was well-received on Saturday evening, with about 125 people enjoying the event at Powderhorn Mountain Resort's Caribou Lodge in Bessemer.

Dubbed as "Copper Peak Goes Gold," the semiformal event began with a social, a pop-up shop and a silent auction, for which items were artfully displayed in the lobby and illuminated by glittering gold snowflake lights.

Afterward, participants sat for dinner where a ribbon-wrapped copy of the book, "Soaring with the Eagles: The Copper P...