8 J The Lovell Chronicle J January 5, 2012
Numerous fundraisers help
Winterholler family during crisis
BY PATTI CARPENTER
When Lovell High
School student Krystina
Croft heard about a family
in need in her community,
her first instinct was to
help out.
"I heard about the ac-
cident that Katey Winter-
holler was in and I felt bad
for her and her family and
I wanted to do something
to help," explained Croft.
Croft decided the best
way to help would be to
make helping the family
her FCCLA project. She
called upon businesses
throughout the communi-
ty. Nearly every business
she called donated an item
to be sold at a silent auc-
tion including a bronze
sculpture by Vic Payne of
Cody, an original draw-
ing by Sara Anderson and
many other items. With
the help of her mother
Michelle, who is a Zum-
ba dance instructor, Croft
scheduled a dance event
and silent auction that
raised more than $3,600
for the family.
Although the Winter-
hollers attend the same
church, Croft didn't really
know them well. It didn't
matter. She just wanted to
help.
When Lovell Ele-
mentary School's princi-
pal Cheri Hoffman heard
about the accident, her
first instinct was to help.
She set up a large jar in
the lobby of the school to
collect "Coins for Katey."
The jar was full in a mat-
ter of days, raising $1,900.
Students at Lovell High
School followed suit, rais-
ing more than $650, and
numerous other individ-
uals reached into their
hearts and their pocket-
books to help the family
during their crisis.
The Winterholler fam-
ily narrowly missed a hor-
rible tragedy when Katey
Winterholler rolled her
pickup on a slick portion
of the highway south of
Lovell on Nov. 15. Win-
terholler was nine months
pregnant at the time and
was life-flighted to Bill-
ings. Her baby was born
healthy but Winterhol-
ler required emergency
back and neck surgery.
The family does not have
health insurance.
The simple idea of putting a jar in the
lobby at Lovell Elementary School netted
$1,900 in donations to help accident
victim Katey Winterholler and her family
experience a slightly brighter holiday
season.
TOP EMPLOYERS
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vember, said Randall Jobman,
area agricultural manager.
The Western Sugar Coopera-
tive processing plant in Lovell
went into high gear in late
September and it's anticipated
that the annual campaign will
wind up early in March, Job-
man said.
Additionally, he noted that
the crop averaged 28.9 tons
per acre with 17.23 percent
sugar content. "This is above
average," said the ag manager,
"and is being considered as an
excellent year." Therefore, the
overall picture looks great, he
indicated.
The plant employs 50 full-
time workers and some 67
part-timers from the Big Horn
Basin, many of whom are re-
hired year after year, during
each year's processing cam-
paign. "We expect no major
changes in our business opera-
tions next year," Jobman said,
either in harvesting or pro-
cessing. And it does not appear
that there is a need for any
major alterations to the facil-
ity or the equipment used.
The plant runs with three
shifts for a 24/7 operation to
slice approximately 3,000. tons
of beets daily. The crop comes
from at least 18,000 acres of
sugar beets grown by farmers
in areas including Lovell, Cow-
ley, Byron, Powell, Otto, Cody
and Burlington.
BENTONITE
PERFORMANCE
MINERALS LLC (BPM)
"We had a great year in
2011," stated Alan Snyder,
Lovell plant manager. "We had
no recordable or lost time in-
cidents in 2011," he said, ex-
plaining that, "BPM received
the Wyoming governor's safe-
ty award for 2011, Industrial
Minerals Association-North
America (IMA-NA) national
safety award, state mine in-
spector's safety award and
Mine Safety & Health Admin-
istration (MSHA) sentinels of
safety award.
"Production levels were set
very high in 2011," he contin-
ued. "We had the second best
year since the plant reopened
in 1994." Snyder also said that
there currently are 79 em-
ployees, and that during 2011,
"There were no major changes."
Regarding the outlook
for the new year, the manag-
er commented, "Expectations
have been set very high for
2012, which I am very confi-
dent that the plant will ex-
ceed."
(Editor's Note: Wyo-Ben Inc.
and Georgia-Pacific Gypsum
Corp. each were telephoned sev-
eral times to be included in the
preceding review, but did not re-
spond.)
COWLEY ANIMALS Continued from page1
plained that the group felt
that lot size has nothing to
do with the quality of care
animals received by their
owners.
It eliminated any speci-
fied rules regarding insect
control because it was felt
that this was part of the
"cleanliness" rules.
Although it kept the
section that prohibited own-
ers of livestock from allow-
ing their animals to make
loud or incessant noise, it
removed the words "which
may be annoying or discom-
forting to neighbors in close
proximity." Rusch said the
group felt those words left
too much open to interpre-
tation and opinion.
It simplified the per-
mit application process by
requiring far less informa-
tion with regard to the spe-
cific owner of each animal,
the description of animals,
ihe description of the ar-
eas where the animals will
be secured and the require-
ment to list the name and
physical address of all ad-
joining property owners
who may be affected. Most
importantly, it took away
any requirement to get per-
mission from neighbors
owning nearby properties,
in order to keep animals.
It reduced the time pe-
riod for obtaining permits
and called for one permit
for lhe entire property. The
permit would not dictate
the number of animals kept
on the property. This would
allow property owners to
decide how many animals
they can keep and still sat-
isfy all of the requirements
for cleanliness and care of
the animals kept on their
property. The hefty fine of up
to $750 per day for non-com-
pliance was left intact to mo-
tivate compliance.
It also clarified the com-
plaint process to specify a
warning period where ani-
mal owners are given the op-
portunity to comply before a
hearing is scheduled.
The group met twice pri-
or to making their presenta-
tion to the town council and
appointed Rusch to make the
presentation on their behalf.
As a result, the meeting was
orderly and efficient, sav-
ing the council from hearing
what could have been hours
of arguments.
"We felt like we wanted
them to see that this means
something to us," said Rusch.
'Ne didn't want to come into
this meeting half-cocked."
Mayor Joel Peterson ex-
pressed his gratitude to the
group for their well-orga-
nized presentation and for
the civil discussion that en-
sued afterward.
For the most part, the
group's proposal was well-
received by the town coun-
cil. The council will now for-
ward the written proposal
to the town's attorney for
review.
"This is for the better-
ment of everybody in this
town," said resident Cindy
Fannon. "We rearranged
it (the ordinance) through
this group so it will be a lit-
tle more satisfying to every-
body."
A second working meet-
ing has been scheduled for
Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. to dis-
cuss comments made by the
town's attorney. Any refine-
ments to the proposal will
be made at that time.
Once the terms of the
ordinance are finalized, the
town council will read it at
two more separate public
meetings, as required by
law, before voting on it.
The next reading is ex-
pected to take place in Feb-
ruary and will be followed
by a final reading in March.
The ordinance is expected
to take effect in April of this
year.
"I commend the may-
or and the councilmen for
their objectiveness," said
resident David Rael. "They
did a very good job and
they didn't slam this ordi-
nance down our throats.
They were receptive and
they listened and I appre-
ciated that very much. The
last thing we wanted to see
at this meeting was a dog-
fight. We're all neighbors.
We're all Cowleyites."
"It's nice we weren't
throwing chairs at each oth-
er," added Fannon. "We just
wanted to work things out
without a big fight."
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