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A group of students from Bob Geiser's sixth, seventh and eighth grade history classes spent part of
an afternoon last week clearing debris and weeds from the old gravesites and adjacent areas at the
historic Mexican Cemetery located on U.S. Highway 310 west of Lovell. The large group of students
who worked on the clean up project included, (kneeling in front l-r) Heather Bartling, Cortni Jolley,
Samantha Chambers, Amber Mayes, Nyckalas Harvey, Kaitlyn Grant, Warren Allen, Kaitlin Stevens,
Logan Nunn; (front and center) Robbie Nowak; (group standing on the left l-r) teacher Bob Geiser,
Mike McArthur, Emily Snell, Keylmynie Kojakanian, Ashleigh Chambers, Shadelle Allred, Charri
McArthur; (group standing on the right l-r) Curtis Purcell, Sierra Montanez, Will Lilland, Chase Lewis,
Lane Hoover, Antonio Garza, Jeremy Schneider, Chance Wilson, Scott McCollam and Colby Sessions.
Students clean
up historic
cemetery and
install signage
STORY AND PHOTOS BY PATTI CARPENTER
A group of students from Bob Geiser's sixth, sev-
enth and eighth grade history classes visited the his-
toric Mexican Cemetery located on U.S. Highway 310
west of Lovell last week and made improvements while
they were there.
The students made and installed a sign marking
the historical site and spent part of an afternoon clear-
ing debris and weeds from the old gravesites and ad-
jacent areas. The sign is decorated with the colors and
national symbol of Mexico.
The idea to take on the project came from eighth-
grade student Sierra Montanez, who heard about the
old cemetery from her father Angel Montanez. A few
gravestones at the site bear the name of her family and
the site is the burial place of some of her family's ances-
tors.
The old cemetery is believed to be a resting place
for agricultural workers from a bygone era when many
Mexican nationals came to the area looking for agricul-
tural work. The need for agricultural workers has di-
minished over time due to modern agricultural meth-
ods that require less labor. As a result, some of the
people buried in the cemetery no longer have relatives
in the area.
The new signage is bold and designed to help the
public to find the site, which, without signage, has been
hidden in plain view for many years. Montanez hopes
that marking the site will encourage others to remem-
ber and respect those buried there. She and her fam-
ily have also placed barrels painted with the colors of
Eighth grade student Sierra Montanez called
upon her classmates at Lovell Middle School to
help clean up the historic Mexican Cemetery
located on U.S. Highway 310 west of Lovell last
week.
Mexico and a cross marking the spot, which can easily
be seen from the highway now because of the improve-
ments.
Extension update
4-H growing; other
programs successful, too
BY KARLA POMEROY
There are more than
200 youth participating in
4-H in Big Horn County,
according to 4-H Educator
Gretchen Gasvoda-Kelso.
Gasvoda-Kelso and
her fellow University of
Wyoming Cooperative Ex-
tension educators Dallen
Smith and Kristy Michaels
presented a report on their
activities to the 'Big Horn
County commissioners May
15. There are 237 mem-
bers in 4-H and 64 leaders.
Gasvoda-Kelso said there
are 12 active leaders that
are part of the 4-H Leaders
Council.
"They are eager to help
the program grow," she
said.
Of the 237 4-H mem-
bers, 22 of them are part of
the Junior Leaders Council.
"They: are active, ea-
ger and ready to take on
the world," Gasvoda-Kelso
said. The group has been
involved in educational op-
portunities, fundraising
and community service.
They are seeing growth
in the traditional 4-H pro-
gramming. Gasvoda-Kelso
said there is a new shoot-
ing sports club in the north
and the participation in
the cake decorating clinic
has doubled from last year.
Ten beginners participat-
ed in the recent dog clinic
and a new family signed up
for 4-H at the April Ham
Shoot.
Upcoming events in-
clude a horse clinic, mock
dog show, fitting and show-
ing clinic, public speaking
clinic and a jackpot show
sponsored by the awards
committee to take pressure
off area businesses to help
pay for awards during the
county fair.
CENT$1BLE NUTRITION
Michaels reported that
since coming on board she
has completed three adult
classes for Cet$ible Nu-
trition with 17 people par-
ticipating and graduating.
She has provided lessons in
schools, preschools and af-
ter-school programs around
the county.
She said she is attend-
ing the commodities distri-
bution to recruit members
for the nutrition classes and
to promote the programs of-
fered by Cent$ible Nutri-
tion. She said she tries to
find out ahead of time what
type of food is being distrib-
uted to provide recipes and
proper handling of the food
being distributed.
More adult classes are
being planned this fall, and
she will be participating the
Rural Connections Summer
Camp in Basin next month.
"My overall goal for Big
Horn County remains the
same -- to reach out and ed-
ucate as many families as I
can on how to eat better for
less," Michaels said.
AGRICULTURE
Smith said after the suc-
cessful farm safety work-
shop in Basin he was asked
to provide a similar work-
shop in Park County for the
Catholic Boys Ranch. "Both
were well attended and we
received a lot of positive
feedback," Smith said.
He said he is getting
ready to start the range
health assessment program
on public lands and is work-
ing with the Forest Service
on the proper monitoring,
noting concern from some
grazing permittees about
using the Rebel Pole meth-
od.
During a meeting in
2010, an official of the For-
est Service said the Rebel
Pole method would be used
to monitor grasses and veg-
etation, but if there is a spe-
cific site with unique char-
acteristics, the pole might
be recalibrated for that site.
He also said they pur-
chased a whiz bang chicken
plucker that will be demon-
strated this Saturday.
The chicken-killing
demonstration will be at 9
a.m. Saturday at the Larry
Werner residence, 945 Hwy
20 South, just a mile south
of Basin.
Smith said they will
teach the low stress ethical
harvesting of chickens us-
ing cones and demonstrate
the whiz bang plucker that
can be rented from the ex-
tension office.
"We will demonstrate
how to clean them and put
them in shrink-wrap bags
and they closely resemble
chicken that you purchase
in the store," he said.
The plucker can pluck
a chicken clean in 15 sec-
onds, he told the commis-
sioners.
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lected as the March Student
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staff. He was nominated by
LHS Physical Education
teacher, Joe Koritnik for
his outstanding leadership
and great example to other
students in EE., as well as
his performance in athletics•
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on the PAWS last spring. His
future plans are to attend the
University of Wyoming.
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