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news
Lauren and Samuel
Moncur and
Olsen plan
January
wedding
Mike and Rebecca
Moncur of Lovell announce
the engagement Of their
daughter, Lauren, to Sam-
uel Olsen, son of Randy
and Violet Olsen of Ther-
mopolis. The marriage will
take place at the LDS Bill-
ings Temple on Jan. 30,
2010.
Lauren graduated
from Lovell High School
in 2007. She will graduate "
from Northwest College in
May as a registered nurse.
She will begin her bach-
elor of science degree in
nursing at the University
of Wyoming this summer.
Samuel graduated
from Thermopolis High
School in 2005 and served
in the Ventura California
Mission. He will graduate
in May from Northwest
College with an Associate
of Science in Welding.
Lauren is the grand-
daughter of Elaine Mon-
cur of PowelLand Kenneth
and Gall Sweet of Oklaho-
ma City.
Byron news
Americans give to Haiti
BY GARY GRUELL
548-2220
The tragedy inflicted
upon the people of Haiti this
past week certainly takes
center stage. Compassion
from around the world has
been abundant and we, as
Americans, accepted the
humanitarian effort with-
out hesitation.
Although aid from many
nations is ongoing, the gen-
erosity of the U.S. exceeds
expectations. During this
time of uncertainty, the un-
employment rate and the
economic recession, we dug
a little deeper into our pock-
ets and in just a week's time
frame have raised over $200
milhon for the Haiti relief.
This is from the private sec-
tor and is in addition to the
$100 million pledged by the
President and that of corpo-
rate donations.
The U.S. not only opened
their wallets, but their
hearts, as well. The U.S. has
committed more manpow-
er, more supplies and more
equipment than any oth-
er government around the
world. This was done out of
compassion and without the
desire for recognition or po-
litical gain.
Yet, there are a few
countries that jump at the
chance to accuse the U.S.
as invading or occupy-
ing Haiti in an attempt to
spread domination around
the globe. This type of ridi-
cule can be expected from
asinine terrorist groups us-
ing such a disaster to spread
propaganda, but to hear
governments accusing the
U.S. of such tactics is ap-
palling. These governments,
more specifically Venezuela,
should be ashamed of them-
selves. If they were to spend
their time spreading good
will instead of making false
accusations, can you imag-
ine the harmony around the
World?
There was no column
last week due to nothing to
report except for the May-
oz;s Luncheon and Chili
Cook Off. There were six en-
tries of private recipes. The
recipients were the judges,
and at the last minute, Car-
men Meier's spicy chili won
the winner-takes-all prize. I
admit, her chili was good. It
had a bit of a bite and snuck
up on you, but it was good.
The next luncheon is sched-
uled for the 12th of Febru-
ary.
Last Thursday while at
the Town Complex paying
my water bill, Glen Harvey
came in wanting to donate
a piece of art to the Byron
Museum. Glen invited me
to his home to look at his
donation, which I accepted.
Upon entering his shop, I
was amazed at the vast col-
lection of wood carved and
hand painted works of art
that he has sculpted over
the past 20 years. Glen's
works of art are mainly wild
birds and animals such as
bears, turkeys and fish. By
looking at them, one would
think they are a casting of
plaster or pot metal.
His very detailed carv-
ings are complemented by
his talented ability of paint-
ing. Glen said that he used
to dedicate most of his time
to painting and upon selling
his home in Cody and mov-
ing to Byron five years ago,
most of his paintings were
paintings he holds dear, and
of course more of his wood
carvings.
Glen told me that he
and a few friends meet ev-
ery Friday at his shop be-
hind his house and dedicate
the afternoon to indulge in
the imaginative art of wood-
carving. His friends come
from Cody, Powell and Mee-
teetse, and include Byron's
own Elden Sanders.
I am in hopes that this
summer, maybe along with
the Byron Days Celebration,
Mr. Harvey's works of art,
along with others from By-
ron that demonstrate simi-
lar skills, can be shared by
others at a public display.
UP IP I
At last week's regu-
lar town council meeting,
things went rather routine-
ly. A new home-based busi-
ness is in the works; more
on that as it moves forward.
A lengthy discussion of the
Byron Improvement Group
status was covered, con-
cluding that the noncompli-
ance of Title 11 will move
on to the next step.
A report of the outcome
of the State Water Com-
mission meeting was given.
Mayor Meier said that the
Town of Byron will have
to pay the $200,000 grant
money back, but if paid in
full within 180 days, the
commission will waive the
interest, leaving $170,000
to be paid. Now comes the
time to figure out how to do
that. The council set anoth-
er date for a work party to
hash out the debt and other
areas of concern. The next
regular meeting will be the
second Tuesday of Febru-
90th birthday
Friends and relatives of Hank Kocherhans gathered
at the New Horizons Care Center to celebrate his
90th birthday Saturday. Here, the guest of honor
poses for a photo with Pam Zeller.
KA'r GRAY PHOTO
sold at auction. Insid his
home hangs a portrait of
his late wife and a few other
Senior center chatter
New card player welcomed
BY
PHYLLIS BRONKEMA
The only thing the
Senior Center wishes to
"chatter" about this week
is the card playing that
went on when Newcomer's
Club met here last Thurs-
day, Jan.14. The pinochle
players were delighted to
welcome a new member,
Judy Quarles. Judy has
moved here from Jeffrey
City, Wyo., and pinochle
members are very happy to
have her. Their high scorer
ary ........ £or .the afternoon was-fre-
As always, have a great quent substitute Sandy
and safe week. Armstrong, daughter of
regular member Caroline
Boltz.
On the bridge side
of the room, you guessed
it, Arlene Ross took high
again! You might watch
and see just how long her
winning streak lasts. She
has won four times in a
rOW nOW.
Please take note: The
volunteers who put togeth-
er the center's monthly
newsletter wish to let peo-
ple know that an error was
made in its January issue.
Cards are being played .on
Jan. 14 and the 28, rather
than on Jan. 7 and 21.
Cowley family has a Christmas to remember
BY DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
548-6901
The most exciting news
this last week is that the
Cowtown restaurant opened
its doors to the public and
the Munsingers are opening
at 6 a.m. for the early birds
and closing at 8 p.m. The cafe
will be open Sundays until 3
p.m. The food is wonderful,
the atmosphere is excellent
and the response is obvi-
ous by the many customers.
Main Street is more wel-
coming now that we have a
restaurant once more in our
community.
Another exciting event
occurred in the Welling fam-
fly last week. Steven and
Shayla Welling, new resi-
dents in town since Novem-
ber, had their sixth child
Wednesday, Jan. 13. Delyla
Sol (sun in Spanish) weighed
8 pounds,13 ounces and was
born in the Powell hospi-
tal. The family was driv-
ing to Kalispell, Mont., to
finish some business there
when Shayla went into la-
bor. They turned around
and Shayla said she did re-
ceive an epidural when they
got to the hospital, but there
wasn't time for it to take ef-
fect. Nature took over and
their beautiful daughter
was born immediately.
Paternal grandparents,
Mike and Evie Welling, who
now live in Missoula, Mont.,
were here last weekend to
welcome Delyla, and Grand-
ma Evie is staying a week
to help the parents and chil-
dren adjust to their new sis-
ter.
The couple's other chil-
dren are first-born Jes-
se, who is 9, first daughter
Laynee, 7, another daugh-
ter Gabrielle, 5, second son
Luke, 3, and daughter Kam-
ryn, 1. Congratulations to
this young family, and many
blessings to you all.
Steven is an engineer
and works for Pryor Moun-
tain Engineering, owned by
Willie Bridges, and though
he was raised in Kalispell,
his parents, Mike and Evie
Willis Welling, were born
and raised here. The young
couple is enjoying life in our
small town. Steven loves
his job and the family lives
on Main Street in the home
Fern Snell Moore Kocher-
hans and her late husband,
Uel Moore, built when they
were first married. It is a
lovely white brick home and
we hope the Wellings are
happy with their move.
On Sunday, Jan. 10
Edie Crosby had a dessert
party for her husband, Mac,
to celebrate his birthday.
The party was held in the
"Crosby Homestead." Class-
mates of Mac's Sally Wilson,
Marguerite Simmons Strom,
Sylvia Stubbs Gams and her
husband, John, and broth-
ers Rulon and June Cros-
by of Salt Lake City, Utah,
and Pat and Sylvia Mangus
Crosby of Lovell, and friend
Chris Hinckley from Basin
were among the celebrants.
It was a fun night, full of
laughter and nostalgia for
the "good old day." Happy
birthday, Mac.
Former Cowley resident
Dave Cozzens and wife Don-
na of Laramie drove from
their home with his mother
Frankie Cozzens and little
Shih Tzu Bodie to Minot,
N.D., to spend the Christmas
holidays with Donna's moth-
er, and stopped at Bismarck
to pick up Dave and Donna's
daughter Lindsay at the air-
port. Lindsay flew from To-
ronto, Canada, where she
is rehearsing for the Dis-
ney Cruise Line. Lindsay is
a very talented young lady
and sings and performs for
the shows on the cndse.
Minot is 600 miles from
Laramie and the group
drove in snowstorms and
bad weather all the way,
but David, who is a very
good driver, was very care-
ful while they endured the
most horrible winter storm
all the way. Frankie said
she only caught her breath a
few times and once or twice
she prayed, but they made
the trip safely. It snowed in
Minot Christmas Eve and
all of Christmas Day. The
daily paper said the storm
put down more snow that
the place had ever had. The
family was snowed in for
awhile, but inside the house
it was cozy and very beau-
tiful.
David and a young
neighbor boy at the end of
the block shoveled snow
for hours in the neighbor-
hood and the snowplows
didn't arrive until late as
the streets were so blocked.
Through all this the fam-
ily had a wonderful White
Christmas with Donna's
mother and Frankie's fam-
ily. When they returned to
Laramie six days later, the
roads were clear all the way
and Frankie said, "It was
surely a Christmas to re-
member."
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