January 5, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 7
DAVID PECK
This little pirate, Kennedy Brimhall,
though not yet in school herself,
participated in the Halloween Parade
at Rocky Mountain Elementary Oct.
31.
this week that he has now come nearly
full circle on a proposal by the University
of Wyoming to raise the bar on admission
standards due to a freshman support
program the university has implemented.
November 10
The 2011 sugar beet harvest is "99.5
percent complete," Western Sugar Senior
Agriculturist Mark Bjornestad reported
Tuesday, and he said the crop is excellent.
November 1 7
For only the second time in the long
history of the school, the Lovell Bulldogs are
state champions in football. The Bulldogs
completed a dream season, running the
table to finish 11-0 with a 21-13 win over the
Lyman Eagles Friday afternoon in the Class
2A championship game played on Jonah
Field at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.
Forty-two veterans were honored
at a special Veterans Day luncheon and
celebration held at the North Big Horn
County Senior Citizens Center on Friday.
The center has been hosting the annual
event to honor local veterans for more than
20 years.
November 24
The Hyart Redevelopment Corp, is
continuing to raise money for needed
projects at the theater, including
upgrading restrooms, refurbishing the
marquee, upgrading the sound system and
-- the biggest project -- a needed conversion
to full digital projection, estimated to cost
from $50,000 to $75,000.
December
December 1
The Wyoming Health Insurance
Benefits Exchange Steering Committee
has taken on the daunting task of
dissecting, analyzing and trying to figure
out a way to set up a state run health
insurance benefit exchange or "buying
program" in keeping with the new federal
health insurance requirement.
The School Facilities Commission met
in Casper on Nov. 17 to review projects
they will be sending to the legislature for
funding approval. Lovell High School's
remodel is one of many projects on the
drawing board that the legislature will be
considering for approval early next year.
After 10 years at the helm of the
Lovell Bulldog golf program, Coach Ben
Fowler has moved to Nevada to take a
new position with Haliburton, leaving
behind a program he has built into a state
power.
December 8
In his typical shoot-from-the-hip
style, Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming
didn't mince words in his address to his
colleagues in the U.S. Senate on Nov. 30,
when he stated his opposition to the health
care reform signed into law by President
Obama on March 23, 2010.
It was always worth the effort, though
steep and slippery, but now a project
to improve the trail to the spectacular
Porcupine Falls in the Bighorn National
Forest east of Lovell is making the site
more accessible to visitors.
December 15
After a year of preparation, discussion
and contemplation, the Lovell Town Council
voted Monday night to move forward with
the project to demolish the old Lovell
hospital on East 10 th St. and replace it with
a senior housing project.
December 22
A special meeting has been set by the
Cowley Town Council inviting residents of
the town to help hammer out the details of
a new animal control ordinance expected
to go into effect next year. The ordinance
will set limits on keeping livestock in town
based on the size of lots located within a
special zone.
Gov. Matt Mead told a gathering of
public officials Monday in Greybull that
his budget request for the new biennium
includes nearly $170 million for local
PATTI CARPENTER
In preparation for the upcoming campaign, Gerardo Beltran and Josh Mangus
button up the evaporators at the Western Sugar Cooperative in Lovell in
September.
government, which includes cities, towns
and counties across the state of Wyoming.
December 29
In the wake of a Wyoming Supreme
Court ruling reversing a District Court de-
cision involving a claim by Excel Construc-
tion Inc. that it is entitled to $2,688,173
from the Town of Lovell, Mayor Bruce Mor-
rison vows that there most likely will be
further litigation, as the town "has a lot
to lose." The Supreme Court on Tuesday,
Dec. 20 issued its opinion regarding Basin-
based Fifth Judicial District Court Judge
Steven R. Cranfill in the breach-of-contract
case. The Town of Lovell through its attor-
ney contends that the project was left in-
complete. Cranfill reviewed Excel's posi-
tion, and cgclvded that his court did not
have jurisdlcisn.
For the first time in nearly 40 years,
the federal government plans to impose
new child labor rules for youth working on
farms and ranches.
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