The Lovell Chronicle, February 21, 2008, page 8
It's tournament time in Wyoming. Here, the Rocky Mountain boys basketball
regional play-in victory over Shoshoni wcith fellow students at the RMHS
night.
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for use as storage and the state," Winland staid. "Our Community Leaders of
gym would likely be uti- enrollment has been suchAmerica and others.
lized for sports practices, that we could do tlhat." Winland didn't know if
The bus barn and shop Now the scho ol boardthe program would be cut
would remain operational, is faced with tNe tough for just a year or longer,
Away with FFA? task of possibly cuttingbut "if it is cut, the option
Another angle the programs that are no lon- of it coming back is not
board has discussed and ger affordable. He said the ruled out," he said. 'Tee
is seeking input on at the board and adminfistrators just don't have that cush-
hearing is to cut the FFA looked at vo-ed p)rograms ion anymore to continue to
program to save money, and discussed whflch would fund programs that we're
Winland said that schools have the least armount of not receiving money from
have been under funded in impact on studemts if cut the state for."
vocational areas for a long and FFA was thei]r consen- Hocker said because
time and with the finan- SUB. school funding is deter-
cial challenges the district Winland said the dis-mined by a three-year
is facing, something's got trict would still offer weld- rolling enrollment aver-
to give. ing and offer other lead- age, declining enrollment
"This district in theership opportunilties that has made the board take
past has made the com- would be lost afte;r cutting a look at some options to
mitment to continue to FFA in other aftCer-school do what's best for students
fund vocational areas even programs, like Skills USA, while staying true to their
though we weren't ade- Future Business Leaders fiscal responsibility. He
quately funded from the of America, Familly Career said the overall goal of the
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squad celebrates its
Gym in Byron Monday
Democrats that want to participate in the March 8
county caucuses must be registered to vote by tomorrow
(Friday) Feb. 22, according to party officials.
The Big Horn County caucus (6 delegates) will be held
at March 8 at 2 p.m. at the Basin Chamber of Commerce,
located at 407 W. C St
in Basin. Anyone who Deadline to register
would like to register is Friday, Feb, 22
can do so with a town
or county clerk.
"Based on the extremely close the race for the nomina-
tion, and the fact that we have seen record turnout among
Democrats in so many states across the country, we are
anticipating an unprecedented level of turnout for our
caucuses on March 8," said Wyoming Democratic Party
Communications Director Bill Luckett.
Luckett said Wyoming's Democratic caucuses should
play a larger-than-normal role in determining who will be
the party's presidential nominee due to the competitive-
ness of the race.
"The Clinton campaign is sending staffers to multiple
locations across the state, and the Obama campaign has
already sent staff members to several Wyoming towns,"
Luckett said. "When is the last time we had multiple pres-
idential campaigns send staffers to Wyoming? This year
will provide an historic opportunity for Wyoming Demo-
crats to decide who will win the party's presidential nomi-
nation."
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Agriculture Committee.
HB 89 deals with ownership of subsurface pore space
and specifies the person who owns the land above the sub-
surface also owns the pore space.
HB 90 concerns carbon collection and sequestering
and specifies the DEQ as the agency that oversees the in-
jection of carbon dioxide into the subsurface. The bill also
specifies that one needs a permit to inject C02 and carry
board is to do what's best the necessary insurance.
for students. "In today's energy market, many of our customers
He said next week's of Wyoming coal are using less and less of a carbon foot-
public hearing will ad- print," Harvey said, by burning natural gas or using other
dress everyone's concerns methods. "Capturing carbon from coal beds in Wyoming
and let the board take note makes our energy more marketable. It's another way to
of other issues that they keep our coal market alive longer."
might have overlooked. He Another bill introduced, HB 3, involves campaign fi-
encourages questions and nance reporting. This bill would allow state politicians
comments from all differ- and other officials to file campaign financial reports on-
ent sides of the topic, line. Harvey said the original version required online ill-
The public hearing is ing; an amendment brought to the bill makes it an option.
scheduled for Tuesday, Harvey said this would not likely be an issue in 15 years,
Feb. 26, at 7 p.m at Rocky but many people who would like to serve their community
Mountain Middle School in are not necessarily computer-literate.
Deaver. Some House bills that failed on introduction were HB
Hocker said they are 4 - federal grazing permits, sponsored by the agriculture
scheduled to break ground committee, HB 19- Sales and Use Tax on food - Exemp-
on the construction of the tion, Revenue Committee; HB 26 - school finance - Main-
new 6-12 facility in June or tenance - Operations, Education Committee; HB 32 - Ve-
July and have occupancy hicle Sale and Use Tax, revenue committee; HB 47 - Long
of the building 18 months Term Care Access, Labor Committee;,HB 63 - Driver Set-
later to begin the 2009-10 vices Fees, Transportation Committe and HB 65 - Eco-
school year. nomic Development Account, Minerals Committee.
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