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8 I The Lovell Chronicle I January 22, 2015
CHRONICLE AWARDS continued from page one
convention in Cheyenne based on items selected and sub-
mitted by the Chronicle staff.
Chronicle Production Manager Pat Parmer received
a second-place Pacemaker award in the category of open
page design for a page entitled "3A Dance Winners" - the
March 20, 2014, front page with a photograph of a fire
truck carrying Lovell High School dance and cheer team
members into town after both squads captured the Class
3A state titl in Casper.
Parmer (design) and Peck (information) collaborat-
ed on the second-place information graphic detailing the
state track meet finishes for the LHS track team from
2005 through 2014. Judges wrote: 'Very creative. Origi-
nal. Provides pertinent information yet catches the eye.
It was the first thing I noticed when I looked at the whole
page - effective! Good use of color. The white track lines
really help the black text stand out."
The Chronicle's Parmer, Peck and Layne won a sec-
ond-place Pacemaker under the Plus Business Advertising
Idea for the paper's Funny Face selfie contest, and Parmer
won second place for the Lovell and Rocky Mountain 2014
graduation edition. Judges wrote: "Smaller schools allows
for unique sections and this was well done. Great front
page photo. Good ads."
Peck also won an honorable mention ribbon for his
sports story entitled "Reloading Bulldogs, a story about
the LHS football team's 28-19 loss to Big Horn in the Class
2A semifinals in November of 2013.
In the photography category, Peck's Christmas con-
cert photo won first place in the feature photo category.
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This photo of then Lovell kindergarten student Declan Mayes searching for his parents during the LES
Christmas concert in December of 2013 won the small weekly newspaper sweepstakes award during the
annual winter convention of the Wyoming Press Association Saturday in Cheyenne. Pictured with Declan
are Jay Mayes, left, and Ciara Twomey.
BY KARLA POMEROY
The Big Horn Coun-
ty commissioners officially
put the federal lands policy
position on the backburner
with a motion at Tuesday's
regular meeting.
The commissioners in
December had adopted a
job description and set a
budget for six months for
the position, with the in-
tent of hiring outgoing
commissioner Keith Grant
to the position, in order to
retain his knowledge and
expertise regarding public
lands.
Public outcry through
emails, letters to the edi-
tor and an online petition
prompted the commission-
ers to table action at the
Jan. 6 meeting.
This week, Chairman
Jerry Ewen said, "We've
had no public discussion
to speak of and there have
been some new develop-
ments," (which is why the
item was on the agenda).
"I think it was obvious
we were attempting to re-
tain Keith's knowledge and
expertise on public lands
issues. That did •not work
out," he added.
The commissioners re-
ceived a letter from Grant
that he would no longer
accept that position if was
offered.
According to the letter,
'Grant wrote, "I would like
to thank the commission
for considering me for the
position of federal lands
policy advisor. Due to cir-
cumstances in my life at
this time, if I were offered
the position, I would have
to regretfully decline the
offer."
He offered his ex-
Museum asking Vietnam veterans to share experiences
The Wyoming Veter-
ans Commission is seeking
Vietnam War veterans will-
ing to share their story in a
'statewide historical docu-
mentation project.
The project will take
recorded histories from
Wyoming's veterans and
archive them at the Wyo-
ming Veterans Memorial
Museum.
"Everbody's story is im-
portant," said John Goss,
museum director. '%Ve are
seeking stories from all
branches of service, men
and women, clerks to infan-
trymen to nurses to pilots
to sailors, inductees, enlist-
ees, officers, and civilians
who served in Vietnam, in
another overseas location
or remained in the United
States. We would like to
gain an understanding of
military service from 1955
to 1975."
The documentation will
coincide with the state's
Vietnam Veterans Reunion,
which will be held June 4-7
in Casper. A similar project
was also completed for Wy-
• oming World War II veter-
ans in 2011.
Many of these stories
will be published in Wyo-
ming newspapers and on
Wyoming PBS TV over the
next two years.
Vietnam veterans in-
terested in sharing their ex-
periences can contact John,
Goss at (307) 472-1857,
or. john.goss@wyo.gov, to
schedule an interview.
pertise and institutional
knowledge as the county
awaits the final version of
the Bureau of Land Man-
agement Resource Man-
agement Plan. "I would be
available on a-strictly as
needed, volunteer basis,"
he wrote.
Grant expressed con-
cerns he has about the fi-
nal revision.
He wrote, "I have been
the lead commissioner for
Big Horn County on the
Big Horn Basin Bureau of
Land Management Plan
Revision, with the BLM,
the State of Wyoming,
Park County, Washakie
County, Hot Springs Coun-
ty and seven conservation
districts. This planning
process has not gone in lo-
cal government's favor, de-
spite the sound science and
quality data the coopera-
tors have provided, mainly
because of the Washington
office over regulation."
He said the final ver-
sion of the RMP will come
out this year and "I am
confident the final version
will be more restrictive
than the draft plan was."
He said the cooperators
will need to consider pro-
testing and possibly litigat-
ing to protect resources in
the county.
The commissioners
were to meet with the co-
operators in a teleconfer-
ence call on Wednesday.
The commissioners
discussed ways to replace
Grant's knowledge with
Commissioner John Hyde
noting that he and Ewen
have been going to the
same meetings, but Grant
has been reading govern-
ment documents for 16
years.
"I suspect we'll be a
little bit behind, but we'll
still know what's going on
and we'll still participate
and we'll still handle it be-
cause that's our job," Hyde
said. "But we've lost a real
proponent and we've lost
him for reasons other than
his knowledge and it's too
bad that that couldn't have
been the underlying fac-
tor. And as a commission
we probably botched it. We
could have went about this
in a different way and prob-
ably retained him without
the public animosity being
expressed the way that it
was toward an individual
rather than to his knowl-
edge and that position."
Hyde then moved to
set aside the position at
this time. During dis-
cussion, Felix Carrizales
asked Planning and Zoning
member Dave Neves his
thoughts on the position.
Neves said, "There are
people out there who see it
as a valuable position. Per-
haps you can keep up by
getting people and groups
to advise you."
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