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May 6, 2010 I The Lovell Chronicle 11
SUSAN PECK
Students from the Rocky Mountain Elementary School Preschool visited
North Big Horn County Airport Tuesday where they got to sit in a real
airplane after completing a unit on air travel in class. Pictured are Kooper
Pierce (left) and Brady Fossen.
On May 1, the U.S. unable to reach a household, will be going door-to-door
Census Bureau started itsthe census worker will leave or calling households. The
largest part of the 2010 a Notice of Visit. This note U.S. Census Bureau will
Census operation, the Non- will include a phone num-not ask for any information
Response Follow-Up. ber for the household to call over the Internet or via e-
This task involves cen- the Census worker, mail.
SUB workers visiting housingCensus workers will If a person feels that
units that did not return the be identifiable with a cen- they were missed or not
2010 Census questionnaire, sus bag, large black note- counted, they can call a
according to a Census press book and a census identifi- toll-free number, 1-866-
release. The operation will cation badge. They will ask 872-6868, and speak with
run over the next couple of the same information thata census operator. The cen-
months, concluding in July. was included on the 2010 sus operator can take the
Wyoming's two local cen- questionnaire -- housing household's information
sus offices in Cheyelme and address, name, birth date, and.. complete-the Census
w-Ill be rdih ti g ge, ex; race, Hispanic or- 2010questiannaire ( ver.the
ihe Non-Resp6n e Follow- igin and homeownership, phone. ..... :
Up effort. Census workers will not ask For more informa-
Census workers will try for social security numbers, tion, visit http://2010.
multiple times to visit non- banking, or credit card in- census.gov/2010census/
responding households. Ifformation. Census workershow/census-taker.php.
BY BRAD DEVEREAUX
Rekindling a family practice that goes
back more than 100 years in the Lovell area,
Alvin and Elaine Emmett purchased Karen
for Plants, a retail plant nursery housed in
several greenhouses on Lovell's north side.
The new business will be named Greenhouse
Gardens, and it connects its current owners
to a family heritage of selling plants that be-
gan when Alvin's great-great-grandfather
Robert Henry Despain sold flowers in the
present-day Lovell area beginning around
1905.
Alvin Emmett said he and his wife took
over ownership of the business officially on
April 1. Karen Grandhauser, who ran the
business for the past 11 years, will stay on
as a worker and consultant at least through
this season, Emmett said.
Emmett said he has little experience in
running a greenhouse, but he has always
had a passion for plants and has a vision to
make the business really bloom.
"My experience in greenhouses - I'm
kind of green," he said. "But my brother,
Gary, has a degree in horticulture and a lot
of experience that I'm leaning on."
Readers might recognize brother Gary
Emmett from his semi-regular Lovell Chron-
icle column, "Get Growing with Gary."
Alvin has degrees in biology and busi-
ness and said he was excited when the op-
portunity came up to buy the greenhouse and
use both of his degrees. He said he and his
brother's interest in gardening began with
4-H projects and stayed with him through
life. He remembers fashioning window boxes
outside his window while stationed in Ger-
many for the military and also learning to
plant tomatoes in Laramie while living on
campus as a student.
"I have a lot to learn but I'm not a total
novice," he said.
The new owners began re-arranging a
few things and plan to add new products to
the offerings at the greenhouse, including
Alvin Emmett
more fertilizers and chemicals. They are cur-
rently selling new additions of seed potatoes,
onion sets and seed corn, Emmett said. The
business now accepts credit cards.
"We're trying to make the gardening ex-
perience more complete for customers, with-
out having to go somewhere else," he said.
Emmett invites everyone to come down
to check out the bright spring colors inside
the greenhouses and the new offerings at
Greenhouse Gardens.
"The business has been here for 11 years
and we plan to continue the tradition and im-
prove on what (Karen) has done," he said.
Greenhouse Gardens is open 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday.
Choice Aviation to host open house May 15
Choice Aviation of Cody
will be hosting an open house
in conjunction with a Cirrus
Aircraft event next Satur-
day, May 15, at Yellowstone
Regional Airport in Cody.
The open house is sched-
uled to run from 6:30 a.m. to
7 p.m..
:: ",The events: are an .ef-
fort to promote the aware-
ness of general aviation, the
many opportunities associ-
ated with the industry and
to build relationships with
other pilots, aircraft own- to 8 a.m., a barbecue lunch
ers and hopeful pilots and/ from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
or aircraft owners," General and an evening reception
Manager Todd Simmons of with guest speakers from
Cowley said. "The event is 5:30 to 7 p.m.
family oriented." "We hope the day will be
The day will include filled with fun and interest-
Cirrus Aircraft demonstra- ing features that will gener-
tion flights, Choice Aviation :ate awareness, interest and
discovery flights, :. :::understanding of general
display of aircraft availal : aviation in our communi-
for charter and rent, pilots ties," Simmons said.
and flight instructors on site Discover flights can be
to answer questions, a pan- scheduled by calling Choice
cake breakfast from 6:30 Aviation at307-587-9262.
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BY BRAD DEVEREAUX turning onto the highwaying vehicle from the west to would need to pass a slower
WyDOT engineers have from County Road 9. After slow or stop if necessary." moving truck on the right
decided not to include an reviewing public comments The letter states thatin this case. This confusion
eastbound inside accelera- and reviewing the roads WyDOT also looked at crash could lead to crashes," Steed
tion lane on the Shoshone in question, WyDOT engi-histories for eastbound traf- wrote.
River Bridge as part of the neers decided the three-lane fic between Road 9 and the WyDOT will widen the
Lovell-Sage Creek Highway bridge was not warranted. Shoshone River Bridge andexisting bridge to a 40-foot
Improvement Project, slat- "While it does take aperformed an on-site inspec- clear width with eight-foot
ed to begin in 2015. Resi- while for loaded trucks to tion of the area. It also states shoulders and 12-foot lanes
dent Engineer Ben Steed reach highway speeds, they that more crashes could be to help address safety con-
announced WyDOTs deci- have a three percent down- caused by the change, cerns related to stalled vehi-
sion in a letter dated April grade to help this effort. "The addition of an in- cles on the bridge and large
14, 2010. Most trucks should be able side acceleration lane could farm equipment moving
Many of the comments to reach 40 mph or better create some confusion as across the bridge. Current-
received at a May 7, 2009, by the time they cross the to which side to pass on as ly, the shoulders are about
meeting asked for the inside bridge," Steed wrote. "In Wyoming drivers are typi-four feet or less, Steed said.
acceleration lane to accom- addition, there is adequate cally accustomed to passing The future project will
modate bentonite trucks sight distance for an oncom- on the left side, but drivers include two bridge replace-
ments, Sage Creek and Bur- struction is planned in 2015
lington Northern-Santa Fefor bridge improvements
Railway, and improvementsand 2017 for roadwork.
at the intersection of U.S. There will be more pub-
310 and U.S. 14A west of lic meetings sometime this
Lovell between mileposts summer after preliminary
238 and 242. Tentative con- plans are ready, Steed said.
Monday, May 10
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Big Horn Company pot luck
salad luncheon, 1 p.m., Big Horn County Annex, Lovell.
Thursday, May 20
Veterans Assistance, Senior Citizens Center from 11:00 a.m.
- 4:00 p.m. Gerald Swan, 307-250-3890.
BHC School District No. 1 Board, 2nd Thursday.
BHC School District No. 2 Board (Lovell), 2nd Monday, board room,
7 p.m.
BHC Treasurer at County Annex, 1st and 3rd Thursday each month,
9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Big Horn Basin chapter of Gold Prospectors Association of America,
Skyline Care in Powell, 2nd Tuesday, 7 p.m., 754-5921.
Big Horn County 4-H Leader's Council, 1st Monday, Extension Office
on Hwy 310, 7 p.m.
Big Horn County Weed and Pest monthly board meeting, 2rid Tuesday,
1 p.m., W&P offica at 4782 Hwy. 310, Greybull.
Byron Lions Club, lstand3rd Tuesday, Byron Town Hall, 7 p.m.
Cancer Support Group, 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m., NHCC multi-purpose
room.
Compassionate Friends Support Group, last Wednesday, Long Term
Care Center Conference Room, West Park Hospital, 7 p.m. Contact
Melodye Trusty, 578-2416.
Cowley Riding Club, 3rd Monday, 7 p.m.
Lovell Area Chamber of Commerce general membership meeting, 3rd
Monday, noon, Lange's Kitchen
Lovell Bulldog Booster Club, 3rd Wednesday, Big Horn Federal Hos-
pitality Room, 7 pm.
Lovell Guitar Club, Thursday, 8 pro. Call Steve, 548-7227.
Lovell Library Story Time, every Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.
Lovell Lions Club, 2ndFriday, noon; 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., 548-
2431.
LoveU Riders, Inc. meeting, 2nd Thursday, Big Horn Federal, 7 p.m.
Lovell Town Council, 2nd Tuesday, Town Hall, 7 p.m.
Lovell Woman's Club, 2nd Wednesday, Big Horn Federal Hospitality
Room, 1 p.m. Contact Deanna Wagner, 548-7793.
NAMI Big Horn County, 1st Thursday, 548-2431, 548-6885.
North Big Horn County Health Coalition, 3rd Tuesday, noon, rotating
locations, 548-6410.
Ostomy Support Group meeting, 2nd Tuesday, 7 p.m., North Fork
room, West Park Hospital in Cody.
Plndroppere Quilt Club, 4th Thursday, 7 p.m., Big Horn Federal hos-
pitality room.
Spokes-n-Folks, call 548-2431; 548-2883.
TOPS @ WY169, every Thursday, St. John's Episcopal Church base-
ment in Powell, 6 p.m. 754-2652, 664-2394
Tri-Mountain View Masonic Lodge, 2rid Thursday, dinner 6:30 p.m.,
lodge meeting 7:30 p.m.
VFW Meeting, 4th Thursday, 7 p.m., Big Horn County Annex bldg,
Lovell.
Veterans Representative, 1st Wednesday, Powell Workforce Center,
9 am - noon; 2nd Thursday
Frannie Town Hall, 9 am - noon Sponsored by
& Lovell Police Dept. 1 - 4 pm;
3rd Friday, Greybull Town
Hall, 9:30 - 1:30 am & Worland =,=,.
Workforca Center 12:30 - 2:30 Len0eR
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pm.
WyDOT Driver Licensing Facil- Big Horn
ity open In Lovell every Tuee-
day, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ,~|
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