CHRONICLE
March 22, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 17
DAR meeting set for March 31
Big Horn Daughters of the
American Revolution will hold
their April meeting on Saturday,
March 31, at 10 a.m., in the Gov-
ernor's Room at the Irma Hotel in
Cody.
Hostess will be Carol Roberts.
The program will be given by Dr.
Lenox D. Baker, retired surgeon.
The subject is Heart Surgery and
Women.
All are welcome. For a ride
or information call Sally at 568-
2022 or Tracy at 527-0031.
DAR members love veterans.
If you know a veteran who needs
some attention, let any Daughter
know.
Cowley News
COURTESY PHOTO
Glen Hopkinson traveled to Cody to attend an unveiling ceremony to show the large 3 by 6 foot
painting that Marathon Oil Company commissioned him to do for the celebration of 100 years
of Marathon Oil in Wyoming. The painting, along with several others by the artist, will be on
display at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody this coming summer.
Byron News
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PAMELA COZZENS
HOPKINSON
548-2471
pamhopkinson@gmail.com
In fourth grade, we were
blessed with a teacher named
Leola Allen. She was one of those
teachers who made each day an
adventure. I remember our Wyo-
ming booklets that we put togeth-
er with much enthusiasm and at-
tention to the tiniest detail as we
learned about our state. One of my
favorite memories is seeing Mrs.
Allen stand at attention at the
front of the class and belting (yes
belting) out the song ' ¢¢yoming."
She loved to sing and we
loved singing with her. We would
mumble through the words of the
song and then loudly join her for
the chorus, ' ¢yoming, Wyoming-
-mumble mumble mumble--be-
loved state of mine.'Every once in
a while I remember that song and
the feeling of pride in our state
that it brought to our little 10-
year-old hearts.
A few days ago, I had the op-
portunity to hear Governor Mead
share some of his State of the
State Address and again felt those
feelings of pride in Wyoming. Did
you know that the tax structure in
Wyoming is number one in the na-
tion for business?
Our little town is excited
about the sale of our Town Center
Building (formerly the school) to
Mr. Alex Campos. He has formed
a new company in Wyoming called
Postern Capital.
Byron Forward is an econom-
ic development organization that
formed early in the summer to help
find some interested businesses to
fill our building. Through some
friends of Byron, we were intro-
duced to Mr. Campos, who trav-
eled to the area and spent a few
days exploring opportunities.
An open house is being
planned and I will write more
about this gentleman at that time.
In the meantime, Jeff Noell is the
man on the ground here who will
be handling the day-to-day opera-
tions involving the building, of-
fice leasing, business interests
and making sure the changes take
place and maintenance happens.
Jeff and his wife, Jenny, have
three young children. He has had
a successful real estate business in
Utah and plans to move his fam-
fly to Byron at the end of May. We
look forward to welcoming them to
our community.
He is in the process of prepar-
ing plans for the sprinkler system
that will be going in soon, as well
as looking at plans for converting
the current boiler system to a more
efficient system. He is also looking
at: installing several outside en-
trance areas with sidewalks to the
building for individual businesses.
This week he will be travel-
ing to Utah and then Colorado
to meet with interested parties.
This building is one of the larg-
est in the state available for new
business opportunities. With fiber
optics available, there has been
some interest in tech opportuni-
ties, and the interest in Vo Tech
possibilities continue to be pur-
sued. Mr. Campos is still looking
to use an area of the building for a
call center that could employ up to
100 people. Our economic develop-
ment organization is very involved
in helping plan these opportuni-
ties.
A generous offer for our com-
munity will allow the town to use
about a third of the building for
our recreation programs, which
are beginning to take off. This
area includes the gym, audito-
rium, swimming pool and former
weight rooms, as well as a large
classroom on the main floor and
access to the cafeteria area. We
are now walking in the gym every
day from 5 to 6 a.m. and from 9 to
10 a.m. The open gym night has a
large following.
The weight room is set up on
the main floor. The recreation de-
partment will happily accept any
exercise equipment that people
would like to donate.
Plans are being made for
Byron Days and volunteers are
needed, so step up and offer some
help if you have the time.
I talked to Honey Deaton on
her 90th birthday last week. She
was thrilled with all of the cards
and e-mail messages from her
many friends here. Chad Petri-
ch, who was a classmate of Hon-
ey's son Chad, flew down and was
there to surprise her: He said they
had a wonderful catered meal and
the party stretched over a few
days. Honey sounded very con-
tent with her living arrangements
and her many friends and activi-
ties. She asked about her home
here and others she remembered.
It was a joy for me to wish her a
happy 90th.
Today, Glen and I traveled to
Cody to attend a special function
at Marathon Offices. The compa-
ny had an unveiling ceremony to
show the large 3-by-6 foot painting
that Marathon Oil Company com-
missioned Glen to do for the cele-
bration of 100 years of Marathon
Oil in Wyoming.
That painting, along with sev-
eral others by the artist, will be
on display at the Buffalo Bill Mu-
seum in Cody this coming sum-
mer. Glen has his studio all set up
now and has been working on this
large painting for several months.
Don't hesitate to stop in and
take a look around. His studio is
located next to the Byron Post Of-
rice.
Get Growing With Gary
It's spring, it snowing, what can I do.
GARY EMMETT
getgrowingwithgary@gmail.com
What better way to kick off
spring than with snow? I know I
have been getting itchy fingers for
spring to arrive. The unseason-
ably warm weather that we have
been experiencing has caused a
lot of plants to jump-start. That
doesn't mean that we need to,
alSO.
I am thankful for the snow
that we did receive. I didn't have
to prime my pump and start drag-
ging my water hoses. I was get-
ting concerned for the trees and
shrubs, especially the evergreens,
since they have been lacking
moisture throughout the winter
months and were starting to show
signs of stress. Other plants need
moisture, too. The snow provided
only a small amount of moisture.
I will have to eventually hook up
my hoses.
Lawns are starting to green
up. Traditionally, a rite of spring
has been of "dethatching" the
lawn. This has been done by at-
taching a special blade to your
lawn mower and ripping up the
turf or hiring it done with a spe-
cial machine. Both methods do
the same thing. They rip up your
lawn, removing dead thatch,
which are the dead roots and
leave a lot of beneficial organic
material that needs to be either
composted or hauled off. And, of
course, this stresses the lawn.
Might I recommend an alter-
native? Core aeration is a method
that allows oxygen to penetrate
into the root zone of the lawn. It
helps prevent the breaking up of
the compaction of your soils. The
lawn will be healthier. If you are
unable to aerate, which will leave
soil plugs on your lawn, you can
add products containing humic
acid or humates. Humates break
down organic material and con-
vert it to a food source for your
plants. It is great for gardens, too.
For the broadleaf weeds that
are starting to grow in your lawns
during the cool spring weather,
like dandelions and other weeds,
you can use weed killers contain-
ing carfentrazone. Carfentrazone
works great in controlling and
killing weeds in your lawn with-
out damaging your lawns.
Have you noticed that daf-
fodils and tulips are starting to
emerge? Start uncovering your
roses and perennials. Be care-
ful when you are removing the
mulches so as not to harm ten-
der plant tissue and starts. Start
pruning your roses. You can
prune the canes down to about 12
inches.
You can start some of your
seeds indoors now, but if you do,
make sure that you are planting
the right ones and that you sup-
plement your lighting. If you do
not offer the extra lighting, your
new plants will suffer and be-
come stressed and will eventually
die. If you have the symptoms of
spring fever, maybe all you need
is to wander through the local
greenhouse to see what is coming.
Sometimes that is all it takes.
Spring is definitely on its
way. It is this time of year that
I can get into trouble. Part of me
wants to start planting and stores
are offering plants for sale. So
that means it's okay to plant,
right? Be careful of what and
when you plant. If it is green and
in full bloom, remember that our
average last frost date is about
May 20.
If you do have a gardening
question, email me at getgrow-
ingwithgar gmail.com and I
will answer your gardening ques-
tions with the possibility of them
becoming part of an article here
in the paper.
DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
548-6901
After a wonderful week of
spring weather, we woke up to
a snowstorm Monday morning.
So much for nice weather. One
never knows in Wyoming, but it
is good to know it's March and in
April or May we can expect there
will be gardening and cleaning
yards. Though yard work is not
my forte, all of us look forward to
spring. We've done well, actually,
as the fields are already plowed.
The new generation of animals
have been born.
Marguerite Strom and her
daughter Lori Foulger flew to
Las Vegas last week. Lori lives in
Worland.
Marguerite said that at
Christmas she opened a box from
Lori, which contained flamingo
lights. She couldn't find a card
and wondered why this particu-
larly strange present was sent.
She later drove to Worland to be
with Lori's family for Christmas
dinner.
Finally, Lori asked her moth-
er if she liked her present and
Marguerite just said, "Yes, it is
nice of you." Lori asked her about
the missing card and explained
that it was her Christmas pres
ent.
Of course, they stayed at the
Flamingo Hotel that evening
and attended Donny and Marie's
show. They dined at the Paris
Las Vegas. Marguerite described
the Paris, and said the d&or was
so fabulous that she thought she
was in Paris. They walked down
the narrow streets of Paris and
reviewed the architecture and
looked at the high ceilings with
the outline of the sky, sparkling
lights and the moon. The city
streets looked like people were
living in the houses. She said it
was a remarkable experience.
They spent their days at the
different casinos with varied
themes. They watched the foun-
tain display at the Bellagio, went
to the New York-New York and
saw the Statue of Liberty, visited
Planet Hollywood and Caesar's
Palace and ate crepes and dined
each day on wonderful food.
The highlight of their trip
seemed to be Madame Tussaud's
Wax Museum. Marguerite had
her picture taken with John
Wayne and saw Marilyn Monroe,
Elizabeth Taylor and many other
stars and famous figures. Mar-
guerite said the wax sculptures
were so life-like and they loved
being there.
Before the end of the trip,
they went to the Fashion Show
Mall and enjoyed that, too. She
noticed the stiletto heels with
feather decorations and span-
gles; everything on the different
styles was high fashion. We both
mourned the fact that we couldn't
wear those beautiful shoes any-
more. Marguerite said she didn't
know what Lori could ever do
to top the Christmas present of
2011.
George Welch, son of the late
Art and Mary Whitney Welch,
grew up in Cowley, became a mu-
sic teacher, taught one year at the
Cowley High School, then went on
to Utah to teach and attend col-
lege. He earned more degrees and
taught college level music, direct-
ed symphonies, became quite a
famous man and ended his career
as a superintendent and a consul-
tant in music. His singing voice is
a dream come true.
George married a young lady
from Lovell; her name was Car-
ol Watson. The couple had four
boys. Sadly, Carol was diagnosed
with cancer when she was 35. Her
youngest son was 4. She was able
to live to raise her boys and be
with George and her family, but
succumbed at age 47 after years
of fighting the dreadful cancer.
George is now remarried to a
beautiful young lady named Bon-
nie. The couple retired a few years
ago and live in Sandy, Utah. They
have a home in Las Vegas to es-
cape the winter months.
George and Carol's oldest
son, Alan has recently produced
a new reality show called Fash-
ion Stars. George told me that his
son moved to Los Angeles when
he was in his 20s and has become
an entrepreneur and is now 44.
Alan owns a production com-
pany called Magical Elves. He
has also produced shows called
"Project Runway All Stars," and
"Around the World Plates" and
produced made-for-television
movies such as "Standing on Fish-
es" with Kelsey Grammar and
"Nothing Lasts Forever," with
Vanessa Williams and Brooke
Shields. There's sure to be more.
I called George's brother
Nick Welch in Las Vegas to get
George's telephone number and
Nick and Joan told me Alan also
has a business that cooks meals
for animals that are in show busi-
ness. His company cooks, deliv-
ers and probably serves many
wealthy people in Los Angeles.
Here we are in Cowley,
Lovell, Deaver, Burlington and
Byron and our roots and heritag-
es belong to the pioneer families
who traveled here to settle this
basin in the early 1900s. From
this small basin, children, grand-
children and great-grandchildren
achieve heights one could never
imagine.
They become assets to the
world and their communities.
Their talents and aspirations
come from the pioneers' diligence,
hard work, endurance and all as-
pects of life that flow in their
veins. They flourish and become
examples to the younger genera-
tions.
As our circles broaden and we
give thanks to be part of the ear-
ly pioneers who forged this circle,
we are blessed.
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