2 I The Lovell Chronicle I January 2, 2014
OBITUARIES
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fax:307-548-2218; or bring to our office at 234 E. Main St., Lovell,
Wyoming.
Cynthia Yvonne Langseth
March 31, 1939- Dec. 28, 2013
Cynthia Yvonne
Langseth, 74, died of health
complications on Dec. 28,
2013. She was known best
as "Cindy" by her friends
and family.
Cindy was born Cyn-
thia Yvonne Mitchell on
March 31, 1939, in Bridge-
port, Conn.. During her life,
she resided in the states
of Connecticut, Califor-
nia, Oregon, Wyoming and
Minnesota.
Cindy met her husband
Edward Langseth in Reno
and preceded him in death
after 53 years of marriage.
Cindy was preceded in
death by her eldest son Leif
Eric Langseth, of Kenai,
Ala.; her parents, George
Mitchell and Eve Michaud
Jones; and her siblings
Doreen Born of Georgia,
George Mitchell of Missou-
ri and Jacqueline Bee of
Wisconsin.
Cindy is survived
by her husband Edward
Langseth of Byron; daugh-
ter Laurie Kraft and grand-
children Ken Fisher and
Kade Fisher of Fort Collins,
and son Mitchell Langseth
and grandchildren Alex-
ander Langseth and Dan-
nielle Langseth of Weston,
Wis.
Cindy was a member of
St. John's Lutheran Church
of Lovell. A celebration of
life will take place at St.
John's Lutheran Church
on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at
noon.
John P. Richards, Jr.
June 22, 1922 - Dec. 22, 2013
John P. Richards Jr.,
91, died at his home Dec.
22, 2013. He was born on
June 22, 1922, to John
P. Richards and Vivian
(Verse) Richards. He lived
and worked (and worked
and worked and worked)
on the family homestead
east of Frannie until 1989
when he retired and moved
to Powell.
John Jr. graduated
from Deaver-Frannie High
School in 1940 and took
over the family farm short-
ly thereafter. He improved
the land through hard work
and installing conserva-
tion practices, making it
into one of the most produc-
tive farms in the Frannie
Project.
He loved hunting big
game, small game and
game birds and was very
accomplished and accu-
rate with rifles, pistols and
shotguns. He loved taking
drives up the north and
south forks of the Shoshone
River and into Yellowstone
National Park.
He married Hilde-
garde Larsen-Nichols
known as "Hilde" on March
28, 1948. She brought to
this union a son, Frank A.
Nichols Jr., whose father
had lost his life in World
War II. Later born into
the union were Jane Ma-
rie and John III. Although
sometimes having an awk-
ward way of expressing it,
he loved his family, espe-
cially his grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
He survived two forms of
cancer for 30 years. Being
quite stubborn and deter-
mined not to be a burden,
he live&and subsided pret-
ty much on his own since
his wife's death in 2000.
He was preceded in
death by his parents, a
grandson through mar-
riage, Matthew A. Nichols,
grandson Jeremy J. Rich-
ards and his wife Hilde.
He is survived by a son
through marriage Dr. Frank
A. Nichols Jr. (Caren) of Tu-
pelo, Miss., daughter Jane
M. Hadden (Dan) of Pew-
ell and son John P. Rich-
ards III (Kendy) of Cowley,
five grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
His wish was to be cre-
mated and cremation has
taken place. His ashes
will be interred next to his
wife's at the Denver Ceme-
tery in the spring of 2014.
Memorial services are be-
ing planned but have not
been finalized.
DEATH NOTICE
Lera Mae Margaret
(Wagner) Howe
Lora Mae Margaret (Wagner) Howe, 87, died on Sun-
day, Dec. 29, 2013, at the Eagle Cliff Nursing Home in
Billings.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 2,
at the Denver United Methodist Church. Burial will take
place immediately afterward at the Denver Cemetery.
A full obituary will be printed in next week's paper.
Sheriff's Department makes ends
meet with free surplus equipment
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Big Horn County Sher-
iffs deputies will be sharing
a newly acquired armored
personnel carrier worth
$683,000 with joint tacti-
cal response teams from
sheriffs departments in
Washakie and Hot Springs
counties. The beauty of it
all, is that it isn't costing
the citizens from any of the
three counties a dime to
purchase the equipment,
according to Captain Blaine
Jolley.
Jolley acquired the
piece of surplus military
equipment from the feder-
al government through a
special program called the
"1033 program." The pro-
gram makes used equip-
ment available to autho-
rized law enforcement
agencies. The department
gets free use of the equip-
ment in exchange for main-
taining it and making it
available to the federal gov-
ernment, if needed.
Jolley has been taking
advantage of surplus give-
away programs offered by
both the state and the fed-
eral government for several
years, acquiring everything
from military-style water
canteens to specialized mil-
itary vehicles like the most
recent acquisition. He has
also used the programs to se-
cure other free-for-the-ask-
ing treasures like Humvees
for the Search and Rescue
team, sleeping bags, hand
shovels, generators and duf-
fle bags. He's even acquired
weapons like pistols and
M14s to add to the sheriff de-
partment's arsenal.
Agencies acquiring sur-
plus equipment through this
resource are only required to
foot the cost of picking it up
and maintaining it. In the
event that the equipment be-
comes too costly to maintain,
the agency can just give it
back, explained Jolley. Use
of the equipment is subject to
audit and, so far, the depart,
ment has passed every audit
with flying colors.
This latest piece of
equipment, called an MRAP
(Mine Resistant Ambush
Protected), is used to protect
personnel as they are shut-
tled into a dangerous site in-
volving massive small arms
fire like a hostage situation
or an ambush.
The three counties will
share the cost of the equip-
ment, which Jolley said
COURTESY PHOTO
Big Horn County Sheriff's deputies acquired a used, armored personnel carrier
for free through a special federal program designed to place equipment not in
use by the Dept. of Defense with law enforcement agencies in small communities.
should be minimal because
the International Truck
and Engine Corporation,
the equipment manufac-
turer, makes parts readily
available.
The MRAP was used
strictly for training purpos-
es at the military base in
Fort Lewis, Wash., and nev-
er saw combat action over-
seas. Several deputies with
military backgrounds have
already been trained to use
the equipment through their
military service.
"Sometimes people ask
why we need such a thing,"
said Jolley. "I use Sandy
Hook and the most recent
incident in Colorado as ex-
amples of why we need this.
And I ask, if it protects our
citizens, officers and depu-
ties and it's free, why not?"
Jolley said he first start-
ing securing the essential-
ly free equipment through a
state program. His contact
through the state program
taught him later how to se-
cure equipment from the fed-
eral government.
Sheriff Ken Blackburn
noted, that a recent radio re-
port ibat stated the equip-
ment was purchased for
more than $600 thousand
dollars is false.
"We have gotten very
good in Big Horn County at
acquiring surplus property
acquisitions and that prop-
erty is free and we use it for
the good of the county," ex-
plained Blackburn. "For ex-
ample, the semi-trucks that
have camouflage on them
that people see throughout
the county were free for us
to go pick up and drive back
and they are currently be-
ing used by road and bridge.
There are also front-end
loaders out at the dump right
now that were picked up for
free and the Solid Waste Dis-
trict is using them. That's
the same way we acquired
this armored personnel car-
rier. It was free for us to pick
up and we took advantage of
that."
Blackburn said he hopes
the tactical team doesn't
have the need for this type
of equipment like they did
approximately 15 years ago
when a shooter barricad-
ed himself in a house in the
county and deputies had
to risk their lives to go into
the dangerous situation. In
that particular instance, the
shooter spent more than six
hours shooting at deputies,
and patrol cars were riddled
with bullets.
"This is a piece of equip-
ment that protects our per-
sonnel, for free," said Black-
burn. "It is-not a toy. It's
something, that is 'available
to us now and I hope we
never have to use the dang
thing. In fact, I pray that we
don't have to use it.
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9:00 am Vlk rev. Kurt Mcnabb /
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"People want to think
that nothing wrong can hap-
pen in Big Horn County but
the fact of the matter is that
we're just one snap away
from a major incident, just
like everywhere else. In the
event that something like
that were to happen, we
want law enforcement to
have the best possible equip-
ment to deal with it."
Blackburn noted that
budgets are so tight in Big
Horn County this year that
he had to cut one deputy po-
sition.
"It's great that Captain
Jolley has taken the time to
acquire these deals for us,"
said Blackburn. "So far, he
has acquired more than $2
million in property just for
Big Horn County. It takes
hours upon hours for him to
search for this stuff and to do
all the paperwork involved to
get it for free. He does much
of that on his own time,
sometimes in the wee hours
of the morning. That helps
us do more with less.
"Captain Jolley has done
an excellent job and a lot' of
it he is not compensated for;
The work he is doing directly
saves the budget in Big Horn
County and we appreciate
his efforts."
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Services: Sunday School 9:46 am
Morn. Womhlp 11 am • Eve. Womhlp 6 pm
Wed. Bible Study 7 pm
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Rev. Christopher Brandt
9:15 am Bible Study & Sunday School
10:30 am Worship Service
Wednesday Service 7:30 pm
The Lutheran Church-Missoun Synod
St. Joseph's
Catholic Church
1141ShoshoneAve.
Sunday-
11:30 am
Thursday-
12 noon
Reverend
Glenn Whewell
Louell
flssembly
of God
Church
310 Idaho floe., Love,
Services
Sunday School -- 9:45 am
Morning Worship -- 10:50 am
Sunday Night -- 6:30 pm
Wad. Bible Study -- 7 pm
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Pastor Paula Morse
Church: 548-7478
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ATTENTION MINERS
WELLNESS TESTING
FOR WYOMING MINERS
The Wellness Testing program done
through the Miners' Hospital Board
has been terminated.
Due to the financial demands of our other programs,
the Wellness testing performed by MOST Healthcare
and Campbell County Memorial Hospital has been
terminated. We will continue to provide financial
assistance to registered miners for qualified cardiac
and respiratory testing through the Miners' Medical
Assistance Program.
Refer to our website for further details.
http://mhb.state.wy.us
