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Rocky Mountain
Elementary
School first-grader
Marianece Nuttall
emphatically sings
"It's My Party"
during Tuesday's
"Music Through
the Decades"
concert in Cowley.
Little Gabriel Sanchez makes a fierce lion face while
singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" with his fellow
Rocky Mountain Elementary School kindergarten
students during Tuesday night's "Music Through
the Decades" concert.
BY BRAD DEVEREAUX
People will have a
chance to enjoy Horseshoe
Bend in a new way this
summer in a triathlon race
that will take them across
a winding highway and
rocky trails and on a scenic
swim below the red rocks at
Horseshoe Bend.
Ben Zeller is organiz-
ing the triathlon with as-
sistance from the Friends
of Bighorn Lake. The race
starts at 7:30 a.m., Satur-
day, June 19.
It begins with a half-
mile swim at Horseshoe
Bend, starting from shore
out to a buoy and back.
While not required, wet-
suits are recommended for
the swim, Zeller said.
After coming out of the
water, the race wiI1 contin-
ue on a 12-mile road bike
ride from the marina out
onto Hwy. 37. Bikers will
hug the turns around the
winding and hilly terrain,
turning around at the Mon-
tana border to head back to
the marina.
The bike portion follows
the path of a portion of the
Bad Pass Trail, which was
used for. 10,000 to 12,000
years by Native Americans
traveling to the buffalo
plains, according to the Na-
tional Park Service. Early
trappers and traders like
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Jim Bridger also used the
route to transport furs to
St. Louis as an alternate to
floating the Big Horn Riv-
er.
"It will be hilly on the
way there, but nice on the
way back," Zeller said. The
route travels through the
Pryor Mountain Wild Mus-
tang Range and through
habitat shared by wild
horses, Bighorn sheep,
black bear and an occasion-
al mountain lion.
Racers will then take a
three-mile trail run past the
HSB campsites and onto a
trail that takes them past
the rim of Big Horn Can-
yon.
Signs will be placed to
alert vehicles of runners on
the road, Zeller said. Vol-
unteers are needed to help
out with passing out water,
timing, collecting tags and
organizing the event. The
public is welcome to come
watch and cheer on the ath-
letes.
The triathlon will finish
around the time FOBHL
free boat rides are begin-
ning at 10 a.m., Zeller said.
Zeller first brought up
the idea to do a triathlon at
a series of community meet-
ings last year, one of the
goals of which was to plan
a community event. Zeller's
idea was trumped by broth-
er Jason's fiim festival idea,
but when the Friends of Big
Horn Lake heard of Ben's
idea, he said they contact-
ed him and wanted to help
make it happen. The event
will take place on the same
day as the Big Horn Lake
celebration and Catfish
Tournament, so Search and
Rescue and EMS will al-
ready be on hand, and FOB-
HL has already purchased
insurance, Zeller said.
A triathlon lover him-
self, Zeller has traveled to
collegiate triathlons in Ne-
vada and Alabama as well
as competing locally in run-
cling events in Buffalo, West
Yellowstone and in the Big
Horn Basin.
A cost of $12 solo and
$30 for teams covers pre-
and post-refreshments,
Zeller said, as well as a T-
shirt for every participant.
The top three finishers will
be awarded medals in each
of the three divisions: men,
women and team.
Sign-up sheets are avail-
able at the Lovell Chron-
icle, Better Body Fitness,
Red Apple, Bighorn Canyon
Visitor Center, Queen Bee
Gardens and the Chamber
of Commerce office. Entry
fees must be received before
the race day and no entries
will be accepted at check-
in.
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certs next week: the annual combined
Lovell High School band and choir concert
Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Lovell Community
Center and the Lovell Middle School band
and choir concert Thursday, May 13, at the
LMS Commons at 7 p.m. Directors are Lin-
nea Dickson (choirs) and Dane Mickelson
(bands).
Rocky Mountain High School will hold
its combined choir and band concert, direct-
ed by Clark, on Monday, May 17, at 6:30
at)tlg e RMI; . torium in Byron.
,)J Th~ Lovell Middle School Drama Dept.
Wilt,hold a performance on Thursday, May
20, at 7 p.m. at the Commons, which will
wrap up the 2009-2010 performance sched-
ule other than the high school commence-
ment ceremonies: Monday, May 24, for
LHS and Tuesday, May 25, for RMHS.
The drama performance will be in a
dinner theater format, and tickets are be-
ing sold at Lovell Middle School or by LMS
drama students. Tickets are $6 each. The
play being performed is "Caf~ Murder" -
a murder mystery with audience partici-
pation written by Pioneer Drama Service,
Inc.
noting that it takes time to
"learn the ropes."
,~ "There's a steep learn-
ing curve," he said. "I was
thrown into the lion's den
my first year. A lot of people
helped me out, and I did a
lot of listening rather than
talking. As the year went
on I learned about commit-
toe work and learned about
the issues around the area.
"The Appropriations
Committee was a whole new
ballgame, and I was even
deeper into the pool learn-
ing the state budgeting pro-
cess. That committee gets
into everything. You learn
about predicting revenue,
saving a bit, taxation issues
and setting the budget,
working with the governor
and state agencies. You're
involved with everything.
There's not an issue Appro-
priations doesn't touch."
Like the legislature in
general when he was first
appointed, Peterson said he
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has had to come up to speed
as a member of the Appro-
priations Committee, and
he noted that the commit-
tee is hard work.
"I tell people that, af-
ter four years on Appropri-
ations, I'm just starting to
learn the ropes," he said.
"There's a lot to learn there
to be effective. It's a lot of
work. You meet for a week
in December and most of
January ahead of the four-
seek Budget Session in Feb-
ruary."
Peterson said he still
maintains his belief that
money spent locally is spent
most wisely, and he said
he will continue to work to
get more money for cities,
towns and counties.
"We need to reassess
distribution and savings for
the state," Peterson said.
"How much is enough? We
need to have a policy on
savings. We need to be more
disciplined and get money
to the towns and counties.
That's where knowledge
(from experience) comes
in."
Peterson said he has al-
ways tried to be responsive
to constituents and help
them solve problems. Some-
times it takes a piece of leg-
islation to take care of an
issue, but sometimes a call
to an agency head will do
the trick, he said, which is
where his experience on Ap-
propriations working with
department heads comes in
handy.
Senate District 19 cov-
ers Greybull, Shell, Em-
blem, Lovell, Byron, Cow-
ley, Deaver, Frannie,
Willwood, Penrose, Clark
and the Powell area.
ite is mined, the bentonite
producers would have been
held to the 5 percent sur-
face disturbance rule that
guides oil and gas drilling,"
Harvey said. "That would
have stopped new permits
from being granted in sen-
sitive areas."
During her first term
of the legislature, Harvey
worked on initiatives to
curb methamphetamine
production and use, as
we]] as protect children
from the effects of adults
using or making the prod-
uct around them. The
laws and policies worked
and meth abuse numbers
are lower today. Now, she
serves on the local Pre-
scription Drug Abuse Com-
mittee and works for state-
wide solutions to dispose
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ber -- Sam Woodis;
Moorish Dancers/Gyp-
sies -- Kenia Rivera, Kallee
Hernandez, Camaron Wam-
beke, Rachael Allred, Brady
Winland, Ashley Bridges
and Lauren Peterson; Hors-
es -- Ricky Rivera and Jes-
sica Allred; Prisoners -- Me-
lissa Bernhisel.
Director Clark said he
would like to thank:
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of unneeded prescriptions
and tracking fraudulent
acquisition of controlled
substances.
Although Big Horn
County has a somewhat
diversified economy with
mining, agriculture and
some manufacturing there
is a marked lack of service
industries in the county,
Harvey said, noting, "Even
when we get a more stable
lake, we don't have the ser-
vices
in Lovell to Sul~port:$
tourism economy. Love]]
needs more restaurants,
motels and sporting/fish-
ing retailers."
Harvey's goals include
working to preserve state's
rights in a national politi-
cal climate that she said is
creating unfunded man-
dates and taking away per-
sonal freedoms, especially
in the health care area.
With eight years of writing
and orchestrating the pas-
sage of several landmark
bills, Harvey said she feels
well equipped to take on
these challenges.
"I would appreciate
your continued support in
the August Primary Elec-
tion," Harvey said.
Harvey is a member of
the House Labor, Health
" nd Social Services Com-
~ttee and the House
Minerals, Business and
Economic Development
Committee. She co-chairs
with Sen. Ray Peterson of
Cowley the Selected Com-
mittee on Developmental
Disabilities and serves on
the Select Committee on
School Facilities.
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Brost and Miriam Roberts,
Costumes -- Evelyn Cart-
er; Choreography-- Shan-
non Baker, Lacie Bassett
and Maggie Asay; Scen-
ery -- Berta Newton, Rich-
ard Mayes, Charles Pol-
lart, Geranne Rasmussen,
Sienna Rausch and others;
Make-up -- Karyn Clark;
Behind-the-stage hands
-- Mary Schwope, Brianna
Hocker, Joe Parker and Bi-
anca Ballinger; Posters and
programs -- Russell Rob-
erts.
"Also, an extra special
thanks to all the moms who
have helped keep us going by
supplying us with delicious
food during our rehearsals,"
Clark said. "Rocky Moun-
tain staff: thanks for all of
your patience and support
through this. Sorry if we
have missed anyone; that
doesn't mean that we aren't
grateful."
