2 I The Lovell Chronicle I January 28, 2010
www. LovellChronicle.com
Hoops 4 Hope
Night at RMHS
Fans attending to-
night's Rocky Mountain-
Lovell basketball games in
Byron will have an oppor-
tunity to help raise money
to fight breast cancer via
the school's Hoops 4 Hope
Breast Cancer Awareness
program.
Rocky Mountain ath-
letes will be wearing pink
apparel, and students and
staff members will be sell-
ing pink pom-poms and
Breast Cancer Awareness
tattoos. There will also be
cupcakes for sale and a raf-
fle for a quilt.
Fans are asked to wear
pink clothes to show their
support for the effort.
All money raised will
be donated to the American
Cancer Society.
Haiti
Earthquake
donations
Individuals interested in
donating for the Haiti disas-
ter can do so by making a fi-
nancial gift to the American
Red Cross International Re-
sponse Fund or to the Hai-
ti Relief and Development
fund. Donations will provide
immediate relief and long-
term support through sup-
plies, technical assistance
and other support to help
those in need.
Donations can be sent
to the American Red Cross,
P.O. Box 37243, Washington
D.C. 20013, made by phone
at 1-800-REDCROSS made
online at www.redcross.org
or dropped off at the local
American Red Cross office.
A $10 donation can also be
made by texting 90999 on
any cell phone and enter-
ing HAITI in the subject
line. The donation will au-
tomatically be billed to the
cell phone account and for-
warded onto the American
Red Cross.
The American Red Cross
honors donor intent so dona-
tions should specify Ameri-
can Red Cross International
Response Fund or Haiti Re-
lief and Development Fund.
Blood drives
in Lovell,
Byron
United Blood Services
will hold two blood drives
next week in north Big Horn
County:.
*Level[ on Wednesday,
Feb. 3, from 1 to 6 p.m., at
the Lovell Fire Hall, 314 Ne-
vada Ave.
*Byron Thursday, Feb.
4, from 3 to 6:30 p.m., at
the Rocky Mountain High
School cafeteria.
Potential donors must
be at least 16 (with pa-
rental consent form for 16
and 17 year olds), weigh at
least 110 pounds, be in good
health and bring picture
identification. To schedule
a donation appointment, log
on to www.bloodhero.com
(sponsor code: lovell or by-
ron). For more information,
call Shauna at 548-6169 in
Lovell or RMHS at 548-2723
in Byron.
Donors are asked to eat
a full meal and drink plen-
ty of water before coming to
the blood drive.
FOR SALE
Taking over
for the
Town
Chandler Lopez was out
shoveling his driveway in
Lovell Saturday, riding a
tricycle to add some fun
to his chore as the snow
continued to come down.
TRACEY HASKELL PHOTO
Moncur fourth in poetry
BY BRAD DEVEREAUX
The Lovell/Rocky Moun-
tain Speech team was low
in numbers Friday and Sat-
urday at the speech com-
petition in Worland, but
that didn't stop them from
achieving both individu-
al and team success. With
four students competing in
two events apiece, each stu-
dent broke into the semi-fi-
nal round in one event and
the team took second place
in the 1A/2A division.
Peter Moncur had a
great meet, according to
coach Deb Fink. Moncur
broke semi-finals in poetry,
reading three different se-
lections. Afterjudgingin the
semi round, Moncur contin-
ued to the finals where he
took fourth place.
Emily and Elizabeth
Birkholz made it through
four rounds of judging to
break into the semi-finals,
Fink said.
Stepfanie Thompson
also made it to the semi-fi-
nals for her delivery in ora-
tory, which centered on the
topic of eating disorders and
the media.
Bus driver John Haft-
man watched the competi-
tion as it unfolded and said
he was very impressed by
the Lovell students and the
other competitors as well.
"I was totally amazed,"
Hoffman said. "Everyone
there was really entertain-
ing."
Hoffman said he was
surprised at Moncur's per-
formance, having watched
the student grow up from a
young age.
"He was kind of a shy
kid. He totally blew me
away with the poetry," Haft-
man said.
The team will compete
next in Casper next week-
end on Feb. 5-6.
NBHH board buys new
beds for Care Center
BY BRAD DEVEREAUX
The North Big Horn
Hospital Board of Trustees
had a brief meeting for their
first regular board meeting
of 2010 last Tuesday, tak-
ing care of some New Year
housekeeping and listening
to reports after a month off
with no meeting in Decem-
ber.
The board elected of-
ricers for 2010 as follows:
Bret Crosby, president;
Bruce Wacker, vice presi-
dent; Linda NeVille, secre-
tary; Don Minchow, trea-
surer.
:; : The board approyed
°medical staff officers Troy
Caldwell, MD, chief of staff;
David Hoffman, MD, vice
chief of staff and Mary Fre-
und, secretary.
Schroeder talked to the
board about getting a pe-
ripheral artery machine.
The purchase did not re-
quire approval from the
board, Schroeder said, and
the new machine should be
ready for patients by mid-
February, he said.
The board looked at
three bids for a new call sys-
tem for nurses at NBHH.
The systems consist of but-
tons in patient rooms so
that patients can call nurs-
es in for care. Schroeder
said one of the systems al-
lows nurses to receive a
page anywhere via a car-
ried communication device.
He said a decision would be
made about which call sys-
tem to purchase in the com-
ing weeks.
Janet Koritnik submit-
ted a written foundation
report. The hospital foun-
dation elected officers for
2010, which are as follows:
JeffPearson, chairman; Da-
vid Peck, vice chair; Denise
Harrison, secretary and
Barbara Shumway, trea-
surer.
The foundation board
approved two requests for
funds at s recent meeting:
$864 from the cardiac re-
hab department for educa-
tional DVDs that patients
watch while excercising,
and $1,000 for a TV, stand
and sound system for the
secure unit at NHCC.
Koritnik wrote that the
foundation board selected
Joey Traywick from Bill-
ings Clinic as the entertain-
ment at the spring Evening
With Friends banquet. A
date will soon be set, Korit-
nik wrote, and funds will be
raised for a new bathtub for
the care center.
Schroeder reported to
the board about the facil-
itfs strategic plan, a docu-
ment they are working on
getting together in the next
couple months. The plan
will be designed to align the
hospital's mission, vision
and values to their budget.
Schroeder introduced
the board to a cost savings
initiative. He said he would
report on the initiative
in more detail at a future
board meeting.
The board approved the
purchase of four new beds
for the New Horizons Care
Center for a total cost of
$4,719.96.
The board adjourned
from their regular meeting
to hold an executive ses-
sion about personnel issues,
Schroeder said.
In other action Tues-
day, the board:
*Approved facsimile
signatures and bank signa-
tures.
*Signed disclosure of
interest and co~ct 0k'm"
terest forms.
,Approved b~ks of de-
positories.
*Approved re-appoint-
ment requests for privileg-
es as submitted and accept-
ed the list of providers not
renewing privileges.
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