CHRONICLE
February 22, 2018 1 The Lovell Chronicle I 17
BY DAVID PECK
Rocky Mountain High
School senior Alecx Chris-
tensen captured first place
Saturday, Feb. 10, at the an-
nual American Legion High
School Oratorical Schol-
arship contest on Con-
stitutional Speech held at
Hughes-Pittinger Post 26
in lowell.
Students from Post 26
and Robert Boyd Stewart
Post 11 in Lovell competed
as the two posts held both
the post and district com-
petition the same night,
Post 11 Commander Rich
Fink said.
Christensen will ad-
vance to the department
(state) level competition
to be held in Douglas on
March 4, where winners
from six Wyoming districts
will compete. One winner
from the department level
will advance to the nation-
al level, with all expenses
paid, for a competition at
the American Legion head-
quarters in Indianapolis. At
Nationals, the state winners
will compete for $18,000 in
scholarship funds, Post 26 COURTES PHOTO
Commander Jerry Clark Robert Boyd Stewart American Legion Post No. 11 Commander Rich Fink presents Alecx
said. Christensen with his first place award following the Legion High School Oratorical
The annual post and Scholarship contest on Constitutional Speech Feb. 10 in Powell.
district competition is open
to all high school students, 818,000, and students who until the day of the event. BOYS STATE
Clark said. advance through the corn- Treven Keeler of lowellFink also announced
As a freshman, stu- petition receive an addi- placed second in the dis- this week that Post 11 is tak-
dents can compete every tional 51,500 for each level trict competition Feb. 10. ing applications for Wyo-
year while in high school they advance to. PUBLIC PRESENTATION ming Boys State, which will
and only get better at their Clark said there are a Members of the public be held June 2-8 in Doug-
presentations, giving them total of two speeches at are invited to hear Chris- las at the Wyoming State
a greater chance of win-the local contest, with em- tensen - a member of Fairgrounds. Informa-
ning:' he said. "The mon- phasis on the "duties and the Lovell/Rocky Moun- tion on the program, open
ey they earn at the differ- obligations of a citizen to tain Speech Team - giveto all high school junior
ent levels is good for eight our government." The first his winning oratory to-boys, is available at lo-
years. If the student joins speech is not less than five night (Thursday) at 7 p.m. cal high schools, from Fink
the military, the money will and not more than eight at Tri-Mountain View Ma- or other lost 11 members
still be waiting for them minutes. The second talk is sonic Lodge No. 35 in Lovell and online at www.wyo-
when they get out." not less than three and not during an open house boysstate.org.
Post winners from third more than five minutes, sponsored by Post 11. According to informa-
to first win $50, 8100 and The first or prepared Legion member Jim tion from the American Le-
5200, Clark said, and dis- talk can be on any article Woody emphasized that to- gion, Boys State is "the na-
trict winners receive 5200, of the Constitution and/or night's event is open to ev- tion's premier program to
5400 and 5500. The de- the Bill of Rights. The sec- eryone, with students, par- develop tomorrow's lead-
lartment winner receives ond talk is on one of four ents, faculty and members ers Applicants must be of
,500 for advancing to randomly selected amend- of the general public wel- good character and have an
the national level, wherements or articles. The stu- come and invited to hear interest in government."
the top three winners re-dent knows what they are,Christensen present his March 2 is the deadline
ceive $14,000, 516,000 and but not the one they talk on, winning speech, for Boys State applications.
Cowley News
The town crew makes life so much easier for citizens
BY ANN BRIDGES
307-548-9661
eabridges39@gmail.com
The Town of Cowley
provides services that of-
ten are not recognized and
and is available for various
activities. Having our streets
and walking paths cleared of
snow in a timely manner is
an added bonus.
The Beautification Com-
mittee does an outstand-
lO-year-old twins Evynn
and Ellie and 17-month-old
Ettasyn. Derik enjoys his
work because it's different
every day, it entails working
outside and he gets to know
the people in town and help
are taken for granted in our ing job each year with the to take care of their needs.
day-to-day living. We do pay beautiful hanging baskets Dave Banks, also a life-
a nominal fee for our water, and planters on Main Street. time resident of Cowley, is
sewer and garbage removal, Their generosity of volun- in his fifth year and is the
but the convenience is well teering their time and tal- third man on the crew. He
ing to make all of our lives
more pleasant and comfort-
able. Thank you, John, Derik
and Dave!
REMEMBER WHEN
Charlotte Lewis shared
the following Cowley
memory.
"I remember a wild ride
down Cowley Main Street in
the back of a pickup. A lot
worth the money. If some- ents is greatly appreciated, is the maintenance facili- of us kids were playing in
thing goes wrong in these John Barnes, a life-ties manager being directly the pickup that was parked
areas we can always depend time resident of Cowley, has involved with the parks and in back of our house, which
on the town crew, John, worked for the town for 15 recreation. Dave's wife, Mi- was where the Cowley Merc
Derik or Dave, to be there to years and is directly over the chelle, is a paraprofession- is now. With my sister, Ha-
solve the problem, water systems. John's wife, al at the elementary school, zel, at the controls and the
If you think these ser- Carolyn, is a Big Horn Coun- They have five boys: Dalton pickup in reverse, we start-
vices are of little conse- tyPublic Health Nurse. They is attending college; Tra- ed down Main Street, stop-
quence, try living without have two daughters: Melissa vis works for S&L Industri- ping only when it hit the
them and you will soon rec- and Justin Timpany, who live al, Scott is a senior at RMHS, brick front of a store.
ognize how important they in Cowley with their 3-year- Tyler, 14, and Kason, 12. Dave "Lynette Mann came
are. old son, and Elizabeth, who enjoys dealing with the peo- running out of the Charlle
Of course, there areis a part-time employee of ple in town and having an B. Mann store and picked
many more things that are the town. opportunity to visit with me up. Upon finding me
Derik Alvarez has been them. okay, she quickly dropped
provided for our enjoyment
such as mosquito and weed
control, parks with the cov-
ered pavilions and tables,
play equipment, a tennis
court, the swimming pool, a
splash park, two ballparks, a
museum and the landscap-
ing along Main Street. The
log gym is an icon in town
with the town for the last
five years. His main duties
include acting as backup
operator and caring for the
streets. He and his family
moved here from California.
Derik's wife, Katie, teach-
es at the elementary school.
They have three daughters,
John said all three of
these men work well togeth-
er and go where they are
needed. His goal is to "keep
everyone in town happy, but
sometimes it is not an easy
task"
We are lucky to have
such dedicated men work-
me and picked up my sister.
She carried my sister home,
and I had to trail along be-
hind on my own power. My
sister was a wild driver. An-
other time she almost ran us
off in the wash, when 'Little
Claude' was trying to show
her how to drive:'
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Hatch is a veteran fi- ve pleased to join a team manufacturing, consum-
nancial professional with witr such a phenomenaler products and engineer-
ing verticals. Hatch also
has served on the board
lin, Hatch served as direc-
tor of KPMG's Transaction
dustries. For the past six
years, he has served as fi-
nance director/CFO with
the Marlin Operations
officer.
Hatch is a graduate
of Rocky Mountain High
School and grew up near
Byron.
"Kevin is a great match
for AppRiver with exten-
sive experience in all as-
and Advisory practice pro-
viding financial, transition
pects of financial manage- Group. and operational support to
ment, including business "AppRiver has the po- private equity and corpo-
acquisitions" said Michael tential to become a giant rate clients, lrevious!y, he
Murdoch, AppRiver pres-in the security and pro- worked within KIMGs As-
of directors for several
companies.
Hatch holds a bache-
lor of arts degree in busi-
ness management and ac-
counting from Fort Lewis
College and is a Certified
Public Accountant.
Byron News
That groundhog was right
BY PAMELA COZZENS
HOPKINSON
307-272-8979
pamhopkinson@gmaiLcom
I didn't want to pay at-
tention to that little crit-
ter and whether he did or
didn't see his shadow, but
he did and our most recent
weather proves he was on
the right track this year.
lunxsutawney lhil has
a home cage in the library
in lunxsutawney, la. He
gets a lot of visitors from
all around the country. But
on Feb. 2 of each year, he
gets the attention of those
who like the folklore and
legend of being able to
predict an early spring or
six more weeks of win-
take us into April and glo-
rious spring.
I was perusing the
old town minutes from
1914 through the '20s. It
is interesting to read all
of those old names, the
founders of our town and
the builders of our future.
The minutes are most-
ly sparse. They met to pay
the bills and stretch the
funds to build a town. They
met about building a wa-
ter system for the town in
1914. That same year, Jo-
seph H. NeVille made a
motion that gas lights be
erected on and around the
public square for the July
24 celebration, which was
held under the direction
of the town council. The
ter based on the actions motion passed. Even then
of a rodent. Even though people liked to celebrate.
his predictions have been Funds were scarce, but
wrong far more often than they made it work.
right, he still takes center Several entries over
stage and pronounces the the years dealt with clean-
future weather, ing ditches and water in
Before the ground- the ditches. Then, they
hog took over, this sto- discussed fixing holes in
ry began in Germany and the streets and building
the job was assigned to a sidewalks in 1933. Things
hedgehog. But in America, really haven't changed
groundhogs were easier to much. The concerns they
find and keep, so they took had for our town ring fa-
over the assignment, miliar in our current meet-
We came back from ings. Think of all the years
Arizona on Saturday, and I that have passed in our
had really hoped to be able community with interest-
to take credit for bring- ed citizens taking part in
ing sunshine back home to the business of making our
our basin. But instead Sun- town function.
day morning was a big sur- The plans move for-
prise. How could this be? ward for the upcoming By-
How can so much snow ron Days celebration, and
fall in so little time? What it's always a good thing to
can we do except embrace step forward and panic-
it and be thankful for the ipate in the planning and
moisture and hope the executing. Watch the read-
mountains got lots of it, er board for the next By-
for the farmers, the crops ron Days meeting and join
and all of us. I m told it will us. The theme I have heard
be better next week, but if thrown around is "Roam-
that groundhog was right, ing in Wyomingy Janet
we aren't out of the win- Haddix says this is the final
ter woods for a few more year for the Byron Eagles
weeks. Then we will cele- alumni, so make an effort
brate, then we will do the to come and mingle with
happy dance and hope for classmates and teachers
that little lamb in March to on July 14.
Lovell Middle School
has released a list of honor
roll students for the first
semester of the 2017-2018
school year.
4.0 Honor Roll
Ireeann Anderson,
Jonathan Hawley, Jada-
lie Marchant, Amos Mon-
son, Samual Dickson, Alex
Englert, Maddie Felkins,
Ashlynn Fink, Sophia Fink,
Bailey Fuhrmann, Ermin-
ia Garcia, Chelsi Green,
JeaNayha Gruell, Michael
Harris, Benjamin Hawley,
Kylie Hecker, Trinity Hein-
rich, Gabriel Helm, Re-
terde, Bethany O'Tremba, bekah Hendershot, Colter
Jordan Woodford and Nat- Hitz, Zachary Hunder, Kori
nael Woodford.
Scholastic Honor Roll
(3.66-3.99)
larker Anderson, Tay-
liah Anderson, Carson
Asay, Jacob Bischoff, Sara
Brinkerhoff, Hallie Cor-
nia, Samuel Cornia, Lily-
an Edwards, Constance
Hall, Cassie Heindl, Ri-
Ingram, Riley Johnson, Ch-
eveUe Jolley, Katie Jones,
Maycee Jones, Mona Jor-
dan, Jastin Joy, Riley Laf-
fin, Michelle Lake, Matalyn
Leithead, Kaleb Leonhardt,
Morgan Love, Carter
Lundberg, Dallen Mangus,
Jared Mangus, Landon
Marchant, Manning May,
Icy Heindl, Adnan Khan, Elle Mayes, Manda Mayes,
Garrett Lillard, Carissa Meyjl McArthur, Ozz
Lindsay, Geoffrey Lind- McArthur, Kathryn Mick-
say, Dallen Mangus, Krysta elson, Curtis Miller, Emma
McIntosh, Krystalyn Palm- Mitchell, Keeton Mollett,
er, Alyssa Rael, Colette Amee Newman, Benjamin
Sanders, Carter Tew, Paige Nichols, Preston Nichols,
Thomas, Keyanna Walker, Tyler Oliver, Kallie Ow-
Trey Wambeke and Madi-ens, Travus lowell, Joeson
son Wolvington.
Merit Honor Roll
(3.0-3.65)
Jordan Allen, Ashlee
Asay, Shaylee Bowers, Ada
Buchholz, Cameron Car-
penter, Quinten Carpen-
ter, Natea Cowan, Weston
Crumrine, Kincaid Dick-
Prosser, Joseph lrosser,
Hailey Rael, Brittany Ri-
vera, TJ Scheeler, Austin
Short, Jadyn Snyder, James
Stoner, Summer Teter,
Bishop Trainor, Alex Walk=
er, Jack Wardell, Dalton
Wolsey, Yordanos Wood-
ford and Danika Zarate.
Sheridan College fall
semester honor rolls
Sheridan College has work with letter grades
announced its 2017 fall se- of A, B, C or S and a min-
mester President and Vice imum grade point average
President honor rolls,of 3.5. Credits counted in
To be listed on the S-graded classes may not
lresident's Honor Rollexceed one credit.
students must complete atLocal President's Hon-
least 12 semester hours of or Roll students include
college-level credit hours
with letter grades of A or S
with a 4.0 grade point av-
erage for all classes. Stu-
dents qualifying for the
Vice President's Honor
Roll must have complet-
ed the same level course
Trace Murphey from
Lovell and Lily Myers from
Frannie.
Local Vice President's
Honor Roll students in-
clude Katlyn Tippetts and
Emily Snell, both from
Lovell.
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