Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

GRTA banquet draws large crowd

By P.J. GLISSON

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IRONWOOD - The winter season has been light on snow, but Saturday night's annual banquet for the Gogebic Range Trail Authority drew hundreds of people and thousands of dollars.

Held at Ironwood's Aurora Club, the event for the 51-year-old organization resulted with attendees sprawled between two large gathering rooms.

The evening began with a cocktail hour, followed by a dinner, awards, raffles and music rounding out the evening.

GRTA President Jerry Nezworski was choked up as he presented the Volunteer of the Year Award, which honors the memory of Calvi...