Posted Keith Vandervort ELY – Council members here last week unanimously agreed with Interim Mayor Chuck Novak’s proclamation of again calling for Twin Metals Appreciation Days to run concurrently with the community’s largest festival of the year on July 23-25. “I’m going to read this because every year we do this for Blueberry Fest,” Novak said. The annual proclamation by the city’s top elected official does not necessarily speak for all city residents. Nonetheless, local environmental advocates and sulfide mining opponents can do nothing to stop the on-the-record position that represents the entire population of the city of Ely.