6 I The Lovell Chronicle I March 10, 2011 www.LovellChronicle.com
The Lovell-Kane Museum Board is asking for help indentifying the people in this photo. The middle man
might be Jack Rupe. If you know anything about this photo, call Karen Spragg at 548-7212. The museum
committee needs old photos for the photo quilt that will be raffled to raise money for the museum.
BY BRAD DEVEREAUX Mitchell, Dan Wolvington,
A local team of chal- Devon Parks, Greg Rael,
lengers is set to take on the Brian May, Craig Lund-
Harlem Ambassadors dur berg, Chris Edwards, Josh
ing a fundraiser game Sat- Tippetts, Stormy Jameson,
urday, March 19, at 7 p.m. Isaac Mayes, Jeff Angell,
at the Lovell High School. Bob McGuire, Mykel An-
Proceeds from the event derson and Jen McArthur.
will fund Big Brothers Big There are enough play-
Sisters of Northwest Wyo- ers to fill the roster, and
ming and the local D.A.R.E. now organizers are hoping
chapter, to pack the stands to make
According to organizerthe event a worthwhile
Randy Davis, the show will fundraiser for the local pro-
be filled with high-flying grams.
slam dunks, hilarious com- Tickets are available
edy and fun for the whole now for the game at Big
family as the local team Horn Federal and First Na-
tries to deal with the out- tional Bank and Trust in
rageous antics of the Am- Lovell and Big Horn Feder-
bassadors. Local players al and Bank of Greybull in
signed up to play include Greybull and Security State
Kisha McArthur, Oilver Bank in Basin.
work with BLM
for lands with wilderness
BY KARLA POMEROY all of the BLM wilderness characteris-
Commissioners in the Big Horn Ba- tics.
sin met with Bureau of Land Manage- Big Horn County Commission
ment (BLM) officials recently to discuss Chairman Jerry Ewen said, ' ] hey didn't
56 sites that have been marked with offer us any rationale."
wilderness characteristics. He added, '%Ve're not dead set op-
The survey of lands and the sites posed to wildlands (or lands with wil-
is part of the ongoing process as the derness characteristics) if the area fol-
BLM works to revise its resource man- lows the criteria honestly."
agement plan. Washakie County Com- Wolff said, "What we want and are
missioner Terry Wolff told members of insisting on is the use of accurate data."
the Big Horn Mountain Coalition last Regarding the Secretarial Order,
Wednesday in Worland that cooperators the BLM last week issued guidance to
of the plan, which includes area coun- its field managers describing how the
ties and conservation districts, have agency will use its land use planning
been meeting every Friday since last process to enable local communities,
September reviewing the BLM's data of states, tribes, the public and stakehold-
the sites and having a firm conduct on- ers to help determine how to manage
site surveys of the sites to provide accu- public lands with wilderness character-
rate data. istics.
Wolff said the cooperators and the The guidance will ensure public
BLM met Friday, Feb. 18, to discuss the lands with wilderness characteristics
differences in the data. Since the draft are inventoried, described, and man-
plan has not been issued for public re- aged in accordance with Secretarial Or-
view, Wolff said specifics of the data der 3310, issued by Interior Secretary
could not be discussed at this time. Ken Salazar in December.
But, he said, the cooperators' data Since 2003, when its wilderness in-
added manmade features in the sites ventory handbook was revoked as a re-
that are not included in the BLM data suit of a controversial out-of-court set-
such as oil wells, roads and fence lines, tlement among then-Secretary of the
"We compiled the datathe ff hould Interior Gale Norton, the State of Utah,
have been," Wolff said. "weown and other parties, BLM has lacked com:
data and said here's everything that's prehensive, long-term guidance on how
been missed and needs to be included in to identify and manage lands with wil-
the draft provided to the public." derness characteristics, according to a
The cooperators asked and received BLM press release.
permission from the BLM to be able to "The Wild Lands policy describes
show their data at public meetings dur- the open process for taking a good look
ing the BLM's 90-day comment period at these lands and hearing from the
once the draft plan has been released, public, states, local officials and tribes
When that plan will be released is on how they should be used to meet our
up in the air, however, Wolff said, due to multiple-use mission responsibilities,"
the recent Secretarial Order 3310 from said BLM Director Bob Abbey. "This
Department of Interior Secretary Ken is a common sense approach that also
Salazar. makes sound economic sense. Last year,
Big Horn County Commissioner hunting, fishing and other recreational
Keith Grant said the BLM doesn't seem uses of BLM lands generated $7.4 bil-
concerned about the difference in data lion for local economies throughout the
telling the cooperators that the BLM West."
data provides "a range for alternatives." According to the BLM press release,
He added that the BLM said they select- Secretarial Order 3310 directs the BLM
ed the 56 sites if they met one, some or to consider, as part of its existing land-
use planning process -- which includes
substantial public input -- whether to
designate appropriate areas with wil-
derness characteristics under its juris-
diction as "Wild Lands" and to manage
them to protect their wilderness values.
The Secretarial Order restores bal-
ance to the management of the nation's
public lands and provides national guid-
ance to the BLM on how to meet its ob-
ligation to identify and consider lands
with wilderness characteristics.
The order requires the BLM to
consider all of the resources on pub-
lic lands -- including wilderness char-
acteristics -- in its land-use planning
process. Lands with wilderness char-
acteristics provide outstanding recre-
ational opportunities, as well as cultur-
al, scientific, historical, and ecological
resources.
"It's important to know that this or-
der doesn't change the management of
a single acre of public land, but simply
broadens the management tools avail-
able through the public land-use plan-
ning process," Abbey said.
According to a BLM fact sheet, Sec-
retarial Order 3310 directs the BLM to
A taco fundraiser --
to help a Lovell woman's
grandson represent Wyo-
ming at the Down Under
Bowl football game in Aus-
tralia this summer -- is
Thursday, March 17, at the
Lovell Fire Hall.
Inez Ontiveroz and her
crew will be selling home-
made tacos and tortillas
from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at the
fire hall. Proceeds will help
her grandson, Austin On-
tiveroz, a Laramie High
School senior, defray ex-
penses for the July 5-15
trip. The Down Under com-
petition is open to any Wy-
oming high school senior
football player. Nine Lara-
mie athletes are currently
raising funds for the com-
petition. Ontiveroz, who led
the LHS Plainsmen team
in tackles this past season
from his outside lineback-
er position, is the son of
Young University and Utah
State assistant football
coach. He played at both
Utah State and Dixie State
College.
Helping Inez Ontiveroz
with taco sales will be
daughter and granddaugh-
ter, Anna and Kiana Fink;
her sister Ruth Montanez,
and Dorothy Nelson, Mar-
ilyn Revelle, Sally Wam-
beke, Judy Schatz, Diane
Simon and daughter Han-
na, Jessica Caz and others.
Tacos are $3 apiece
or $5 for two, and a dozen
homemade tortillas cost
$5. Tacos are available for
pick up, but delivery also
is available -- within the
Lovell town limits -- the day
of the event by calling (307)
272-4481. A drawing for
prizes will be offered during
the taco sale. First place is
two tickets for a home UW
football game (except the
consider, with the public, in its plan: Liz and Milton Ontiveroz of Nebraska contest), winner's
ning processes whether lands with Laramie. : choicei s'e nd pla eo a sga:-_"
wilderness characteristics should be Athletes from the Unit- soned pri elrib dona e'd by'
protected as "Wild Lands." It does not ed States, Australia and Roger's M at Processlhg of
itself create any Wild Lands designa- New Zealand come together Powell; and third place, a
tions, nor require that any particular each June and July to par- UW sweatshirt. Tickets are
lands be so protected, ticipate in friendly compe- $1 apiece or 6 for $5.
A Wild Lands designation, by con- titions against other highxTaco ingredients have
trust to congressionally-designated Wil- school athletes. The Down been purchased locally from
derness Areas, can only be made after Under Sports TournamentsRoger's Meat Processing in
consultation with the public through a have included competition Powell and Minchow's Food
land-use planning process, can be re- in football, cheerleading, Court in Lovell.
visited without legislation, and will not basketball, volleyball, golf, Austin Ontiveroz will
necessarily preclude all forms of motor- cross-country, track andbe at the taco fundraiser to
ized and mechanized travel, or the stak- field, freestyle wrestling talk with any Lovell High
ing of new mining claims, and swimming. The com- School or Rocky Mountain
Abbey, governors from Idaho and petition, called the mini- High School football player
Utah and Joel Boussman, president of Olympics, is sponsored by who may be interested in
the Wyoming County Commissioners International Sports Spe- competing in a future Down
Association, were scheduled to testily cialties Inc. (ISSI), based in Under Bowl football game.
Tuesday before the U.S. House Commit- Logan, Utah. For more information,
tee of Natural Resources.The testimony Chris Pella, ISSI direc- call Inez Ontiveroz at (307)
will be reported next week. tor, is a former Brigham548-2436.
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