2 I The Lovell Chronicle I January 29, 2015
Farmer urges Kay "KK" Francis King Linda Graves
drwers to slow for Jan. 26,1937-Jan. 21,2015 May17, 1951-Jan. 20,2015
Kay "KK" Francis King, Linda Jean Graves,
emergency lights
BY DAVID PECK
A Lovell area farmer is asking the driving public to
pay attention and heed warning lights when driving on lo-
cal highways following a scare last Friday night.
Brad Tippetts said he was working to return a loose
cow to pasture Friday when a number of vehicles drove
by at a high rate of speed, putting him and themselves in
danger. He is urging the public in a letter to the editor this
week to slow down when drivers see warning flashers on
or along the highway.
Tippetts farms east of Lovell in the Sand Draw area
and said he checks his highway frontage for loose cows ev-
ery evening. Friday, he had already checked during the
late afternoon but while heading to town for dinner with
wife Colleen just after dark around 6:30 p.m., he spotted
one loose black angus cow just east of Sand Draw adjacent
to Rick and mother Ruth Tippetts' place, where Brad Tip-
petts pastures some of his cows.
He said the cows can gain access to the Rick Tippetts
yard and grounds but there is a highway fence between
the home and U.S. 14A adjacent to the property. He said
one cow managed to get out and was eating grass on the
north side of the highway next to the fence.
Driving with his wife in her car, Tippetts stopped just
off the westbound lane in an attempt to apprehend the
loose cow, turning off his headlights butturning on his
emergency flashers.
"I know from experience that if you have a car with
its headlights on it's hard to see flashing lights, and it can
also blind the cow," he said. "I got the cow turned around
to head back to Rick's yard, but the cow crossed the road
on me."
Tippetts flipped around to chase the cow to the east
and parked directly in the eastbound lane with his flash-
ers on to protect the cow and, he hoped, slow traffic, since
vehicles had already whizzed by when he was partially off
the highway in the westbound lane.
Being fully in the eastbound lane was no better, he
said, as more vehicles zoomed by at around 70 miles per
hour, he estimated, a couple of them nearly clipping him
while he was out trying to apprehend the cow, which even-
tually exited the highway at a county road to the east.
"I had to bring her back and finally got her across
the highway," he said. "I had to be out there like a cross-
ing guard and had to holler to Colleen to see if traffic was
coming."
Tippetts said he was so upset by the zooming vehicles
that he threw his coat at one car and the driver slowed and
apologized. He figured about five vehicles went by.
The point is, Tippetts said, that drivers should slow
down if they see emergency flashers.
"It's the law that if a highway patrolman has someone
pulled over people must slow down. Can't I get the same
courtesy with flashing lights on?" he asked. "People are in
such a darn hurry. They can't (stop to) help you anymore.
I apologize for having cows on the road occasionally, but
things happen."
Tippetts said drivers need to be attentive this time of
year when cows are down off mountain pasture, noting
that there are cows: pastured on botlt ,sides of 14A from
Miller's Fabrication east for seven miles or so.
From our files
Hinckley introduces bill in
1915 legislature regarding
wagon tires
100 YEARS AGO, JAN. 30,1915
The Cowley Weekly Progress
Representative J. H. Hinckley is introducing some
mighty good in the legislature. He has introduced a bill
making it unlawful to sell wagons in this state having
tires less than three inches wide after July 15, 1915. This
is a splendid measure, and we hope he will succeed in en-
acting it into law.
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77, of Lincoln, Neb., died of
heart-related issues on Jan.
21, 2015. He was born on
Jan. 26, 1937 to Gussie Pat-
ton in Lovell. During his
high school years, Kay was
active in several sports and
was the student body presi-
dent during his senior year.
He went on to play football
on a scholarship at Snow
College for one year.
Kay married Carol Croft
in 1959. They had two chil-
dren and were later divorced.
Kay received his bachelor of
science degree in 1962 and
master of science degree in
1963 in child development
from Brigham Young Uni-
versity and his Ph.D. in fam-
ily relations and child devel-
opment in 1967 from Florida
State University. He taught
in the Department of Family
and Child Studies at Texas
Tech University from 1963
to 1969. Dr. King then served
as associate professor and di-
rector of the Division of Child
Development, Center for De-
velopmental and Learning
Disorders at the University
of Alabama at Birmingham
from 1969 to 1976. While
there he was involved in re-
search that focused on spe-
cial needs and handicapped
children and improving pre-
school education.
Kay married Cecile Buck
in 1975.
In 1977 he joined the
Department of Human De-
velopment and the Fami-
ly at the University of Ne-
braska-Lincoln, serving as
an associate professor until
he retired in 1997. Among
his favorite courses to teach
at UNL were Assessment of
the Young Child Practicum
in Human Development and
the Family and Advanced
Early Childhood Education.
His creative interests in-
cluded the utilization of com-
puter-assisted assessment
and teaching strategies
in early childhood. His re-
search focus was on develop-
ing a better understanding
of the correlates of temper-
ament in parent/caregiver/
child interaction. Kay and
his wife, Ceil, were a wonder-
ful team, working to serve
families and children with
special needs. Kay is remem-
bered for his kind and gentle
approach to teaching and hu-
man relationships.
Kay and Ceil were
co-owners for 30 years of
the Log Cabin Caf located
in Silver Gate, Mont. They
looked forward to spending
their summers in the moun-
tains. In the early years of
the caf, Kay and Ceil were
actively involved with the
Beartooth Rendezvous that
was held annually in Silver
Gate. Kay was famous for his
BBQ smoker that sat outside
the caf& Word spread quick-
ly when the smoker got fired
up and people came from far
and wide to enjoy his deli-
cious chicken, ribs and bris-
ket. He shared his love of
BBQ with others by becom-
ing a certified BBQ judge.
Kay was active in the
Yellowstone area communi-
ty. He was an advocate for
environmental, civic and
community improvements.
During his retirement
years Kay enjoyed golfing,
traveling and parking his
fifth-wheel trailer in the
mountains.
Kay is survived by his
son, Dr. Bryan C. (Cather-
ine) King, Logan; daugh-
ter, Michele Leafdale, Bill-
ings; stepsons H. Wade
(Genie) Crawford and Wil-
liam H. Crawford, both
from Birmingham, Ala.;
eight grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Kay was preceded in
death by his wife, Cecile B.
King.
A memorial service will
be held on Feb. 4, 2015, at
Roper & Sons Chapel in Lin-
coln, Neb. A visit with the
family will take place from
12:00-12:30 p.m., with the
servicestarting at 12:30 p.m.
A celebration of life memo-
rial service is being planned
for early July in Silver Gate.
More details will be available
at a later time. In lieu of flow-
ers, donations can be sent to
Cooke City Area Council, P.
O. Box 1134, Cooke City, MT
59020.
Condolences may be giv-
en online at Roperandsons.
com.
63, of Lovell, died Tues-
day, Jan. 20, 2015, at the
Advanced Care Hospital
in Billings. She had been
hospitalized for some time
struggling with several ma-
jor illnesses. Her body final-
ly succumbed to these and
she passed away to join her
loved ones who have gone
before.
She was born on May
17, 1951, in Lovell and has
lived here all of her life.
Her family consists of par-
ents James William Graves
and Girtha Beula Geneva
Mayes. Her siblings are Ot-
tis, Jaoma, Merida, Jamie
and Jason.
In spite of damage to
her eyes at birth and great-
ly impaired vision, Linda
took much pleasure in cre-
ating beautiful things and
sharing them with others.
She enjoyed crocheting,
embroidery, cardmaking,
scrapbooking, cooking, can-
ning, crafting, quilting and
family history work.
She was a faithful
member of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints and served willing-
ly all her life. She attended
Lovell schools and graduat-
ed in 1970.
Linda became em-
ployed at North Big Horn
Hospital in June of 1969.
She was a dependable
member of the housekeep-
ing and laundry team,
eventually becoming super-
visor of the laundry depart-
ment. She worked at the
hospital for 31 years until
she had to retire in April of
2000 due to a stroke.
Linda was preceded
in death by her parents,
brothers Ottis and Jason
and sister Jaoma. She is
survived by her two sisters
Merida Miller of Billings
and Jamie (Randy) Archey
of Great Falls and. sister-in-
law Karen Graves of Lovell.
She also leaves behind 12
nieces and nephews and 34
grand-nieces and nephews,
all of whom she has loved
as if they were her own
children.
Funeral services were
held at the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints
on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015,
with interment following at
the Lovell Cemetery.
Richard Owen Ballard
Richard Owen Ballard, 73, died Jan. 26, 2015, in Span-
ish Fork, Utah.
Services will be held on Friday, Jan. 30, with viewing
from 9 - 10:30 a.m. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m.
at the Spanish Fork South Stake Center, 870 E. Canyon
Road, Spanish Fork, Utah.
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