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May 22, 2014 I The Lovell Chronicle I 3.2
Cowley News
Former Cowley resident forms special knitting group
BY DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
548-6901
There is an article on
Facebook about Becky Knip-
pel and the group of women
who are Mukwonago, Wis.
knitters who knit an item
called "Breast Friends."
Becky grew up in Cowley
and is the daughter of Shir-
ley Lewis and the late Rich-
ard (Dick) Busteed.
The article stated that
a group of about a dozen
women meet every other
week to knit. Becky and the
group knit for a purpose and
Becky brought the idea to
the ladies.
"I happened to visit my
morn in Wyoming and my
cousin, who is an X-ray tech,
had run into a lady who had
breast friends," she said.
"She was really tickled with
them, and she had gotten
them from a project called
Bosom Buddies in Casper.
She gave me the pattern,
and I brought it back and
asked these guys if they
would like to do it."
That is how the proj-
ect got started. The knitters
work hard to knit anatomi-
cally correct breasts for can-
cer survivors who may have
had a mastectomy.
Two ladies from Muk-
wonago got together to knit
and started discussing knit-
ting projects and began
their own group. They called
everyone who knew how to
knit and others joined when
they heard about it. The
women are contributing to
a great cause and an option
that may be more comfort-
able for some women.
Becky said they were
able to give one pair to a
woman who was so thrilled
to wear them because they
are washable and soft. The
woman called Becky to tell
her how thankful she was
to have the chance to wear
them. She said she spent a
lot of money on special bras
and prosthetics in the past
but now they are just put
away in her closet.
The group wants to give
their creations away to those
who can benefit from them.
They welcome the wom-
en who knit to their group
and to be able to be a part
of Breast Friends. If anyone
wants to get more informa-
tion they can email Becky at
beckyrae50@gmail.com.
***
Frank and Cora Wein-
and are a young couple who
bought Ruth Tippetts' home
behind my house. They mar-
ried and had their daughter
Daizy, a beautiful addition
to their lives. She was just
22 months old when it was
discovered that she had a
tumor on her kidney and it
was cancerous. The tumor
weighed two pounds.
The young family went
to the Denver Children's
Hospital where doctors re-
moved her left kidney. For-
tunately, the cancer was
encapsulated and so began
this family's journey with
cancer.
After her surgery Da-
izy endured radiation for
a week then chemothera-
py for the next seven and a
half months, and she braved
the ordeal and illness that
comes with chemo. She and
her parents came to church
every week and they lived
their lives as normally as
they could. Daizy is lucky
she has such a large extend-
ed family and cousins. As
the family and the commu-
nity watched and prayed,
this little girl was sweet
and good and even while ill
she fought and overcame,
and now her hair is growing
back and is lovely.
She has a new brother
to love named Canyon and
he is eight months old and
is loved by all. What a mir-
acle the family and all who,
love her have witnessed. It
almost overcomes one who
contemplates what this
family went through and
endured with grace and a
strong attitude, their faith
and hope. She has her reg-
ular checkups and they have
been clear.
The Make a Wish foun-
dation in Wyoming is in
Casper and Cora, her morn,
applied online and were giv-
en a trip to Disney World in
Orlando, Fla.
When she was inter-
viewed and questioned
about what she wanted to
see at Disney World, she re-
plied, Ninja, so her wish was
granted. The family, includ-
ing Grandmother Julie Ann
Weinand, flew to Orlan-
do and stayed in the Nick-
lelodeon Suite and guess
what it was decorated with?
Yes, the Ninja Turtles.
Right outside her room
was a small swimming pool
and play area and the suite
was large enough to accom-
modate Julie Ann, Frank,
Cora, Canyon and Daizy. It
was beautiful and the food
was great and the family
spent a wonderful week, and
Daizy spent some time with
the Ninjas.
They also saw baby dol-
phins, which swam right up
to them, and killer whales
and sea lions. They went
to a pet show that includ-
ed cats, dogs and a pig. The
small children loved the
roller coasters and the car-
ousels. They also were able
to see Dumbo and I believe
ride on him.
They enjoyed the Ani-
mal Kingdom and went on
an African safari on a truck
and a wildlife preserve. Da-
izy loved the gorillas. Their
week was spent loving ev-
ery minute of their days and
evenings with the magical
land of Disney.
The only disappoint-
ment to Daizy was that she
wanted her cousins there
also. Frank and Cora, the
kids and all the cousins
made her dreams come true
after they got home by going
to The Reef in Billings, and
the whole Weinand fami-
ly and all her cousins were
treated to swimming, a pic-
nic and a great day of being
with family. So Daizy's wish-
es were accomplished and
her magical time continued.
Molly Varney and Daniel Zeller
Zeller, Varney
to wed
Eric and Sandy Var-
ney of Worland have an-
nounced the upcoming
marriage of their daugh-
ter, Molly Christina Var-
ney, to Daniel Reiten
Zeller, son of Gene and
Virginia Zeller of Lovell.
The couple will be
sealed for time and all
eternity in the Billings,
Mont., LDS Temple on
June 7, 2014. A reception
will follow that evening
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at
the Lovell Community
Center.
Molly and Daniel live
in Laramie, where both
are students at the Uni-
versity of Wyoming. Dan-
iel is majoring in mechan-
ical engineering, Molly in
physical education.
Byron News
Local artist gives gift of roses to Byron moms
BY PAMELA COZZENS
HOPKINSON
307-272-8979
pamhopk inson@gmail.com
Artist Glen Harvey was
busy carving during the
winter months and his proj-
ects included hand-carving
60 beautiful roses, which
were given as Mother's Day
gifts at the LDS Church on
Sunday, May 11.
I have shared stories
about his wood carving in
past columns. He usually
portrays animals, but last
winter he came up with the
idea of making the roses.
Every one is a full blossom
rose in shades of pink with
dusty green colored leaves.
Each took at least 12 hours
of carving and is one-of-a-
kind piece of art.
What a treasure for
the moms and a wonderful
act of service to the moth-
ers in Byron. On behalf of
the moms, thank you, Glen
Harvey.
A Byron High School
graduate has moved back to
town. Carl Doerr has a lock-
smith business and has also
built a successful book sell-
ing business on Ebay. He
has rented space in the old
school building on Main
Street just down the hall
from the town recreation
center. When he returns
from Portland with his final
load of books I will include
more details about his work
in my column. Welcome
back, Carl.
As you have noticed,
along with the warmer
weather and the greening
up around town, the weeds
are coming along nicely. On
Wednesdays, from 3 to 5
p.m., anyone needing weed
spray can pick it up at town
hall at a substantially re-
duced price since we are
purchasing it in bulk. The
Town also has weed spray-
ers that can be checked out
or you may bring your own
container.
Friday, May 30, begin-
ning at 8 a.m., Big Horn
County Weed and Pest will
be in Byron to help iden-
tify noxious weeds around
our community. Any resi-
dent who thinks they may
have some can call Town
Hall to get on the list. They
will identify and spray the
weeds and suggest spray for
other problem areas.
Saturday, May 31, is
our community clean-up
day. Participants should
meet at Town Hall for juice
and sweet rolls and get on a
team to help around town.
We will also meet at 1:30
p.m. for hot dogs and ham-
burgers at Jones Park. The
water slide will be up for the
kids until 3 p.m. If you need
help on clean-up day, please
call Town Hall at 548-7490
and add your name and the
nature of work to the list..
The Solid Waste Dept. has
agreed to help haul large
items on that day. It is
said, "all work and no play
makes us dull," so you are
invited to work together
and then party at the park
and feel good about helping
to spruce things up around
town.
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