May 24, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 15
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Melynda Davison played the part of Annie Oakley
at the wax museum held at Rocky Mountain
Elementary School on May 18.
Hannah Brown performed the part of Emily Dickinson
at a wax museum held at RMES on May 18, while Dacy
Thomas, dressed as Susan B. Anthony, observed.
Alexander Hamilton was portrayed by Spencer
Hedges at the wax museum event held at Rocky
Mountain Elementary School on May 18.
Fifth grade class wax museum brings history to life
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Amelia Erhardt, Annie
Oakley, Alexander Hamil-
ton, George Washington,
Dolly Madison, Sacajawea,
Susan B. Anthony and Em-
ily Dickinson were some
of the famous characters
brought to life by Rocky
Mountain Elementary
School students at a sim-
ulated wax museum per-
formance that depicted in-
fluential characters from
American History. The
wax museum was held on
Friday, May 18 at RMES.
In preparation for the
event, students were asked
to pick a person who lived
from 1600s to the present
day, who influenced the
history of the nation. They
also designed the costumes
they wore during the pre-
sentation and researched
the character thoroughly
before writing a speech for
the project.
Each student memo-
rized and recited their
speech about their charac-
ter from history for those
visiting the wax museum.
Students dressed as their
chosen character and pre-
tended to be a wax figure.
Those touring the museum
pressed a special button
taped to the floor, which
brought the character to
life. The student play-
ing the role of the charac-
ter would then speak, as if
they were the character re-
citing a history of their life.
The public and fel-
low students from the el-
ementary school were in-
vited to share the history
lesson with the fifth grade
students. The students
also presented an artistic
sketch of their character.
S&R not eligible for state retirement
BY KARLA POMEROY Also during the May 15
The Big Horn County meeting:
commissioners, during their .The commissioners
meeting May 15, heard a re- conducted a public hearing
port back regarding provid- regarding a transfer of state
ing state retirerat for the. lands for Aaron and Stacy
search and rescte.
Carol Willard reported
that she read state statutes
and checked with the Wyo-
ming Retirement System
and it appears that search
and rescue volunteers are
not eligible for the ben-
efit. The only volunteers
through the county eligible
are firefighters.
The commissioners said
they would notify Sheriff
Ken Blackburn and South
Search and Rescue Captain
Dan Anders that further re-
search is needed on the is-
sue.
Workman. Lisa Reinhart
from the State Land and In-
vestment Office said during
a teleconference call that
the Workmans are current-
ly grazing lessees and have
some permanent structures
on the state trust land. The
Workmans are proposing to
purchase 6.5 acres where
their home sits.
"We are advertising for
comments on this sale," Re-
inhart said.
The property will be
sold by auction and will
start at the appraised val-
ue. The grazing lease will
have to be honored and a
person would only be buy-
ing the land, not the im-
provements the Workmans
have made.
........................ for them
to go te .public auction:"
she said. If the Workmans
were outbid, the new )wn-
er would have to pay Work-
mans for the improvements
at the appraised value or
work out another arrange-
ment with the Workmans.
Comments are being ac-
cepted for two weeks. The
proposal is available at the
county libraries and the
county clerk's office.
The county is working
to secure an easement for
the county road that runs
through state land prior to
the sale being completed.
Cowboy Carnival this weekend
The ninth annual Hy-
attville Cowboy Carnival
will be this Sunday, and
will again benefit the Hy-
attville Community Cen-
ter and be filled with horse
races, live entertainment,
working dog trials, horse-
shoes, live and silent auc-
tions, kids' events, and
a home cooked barbecue
lunch.
This year's carnival
features a new event, the
open showmanship sheep
show starting at 11:30
a.m. on the main grounds.
Contestants, depending
on the number of entries,
will be divided by age.
Contestant entries are in-
cluded in the gate fee ad-
mission, and they must be
registered by 10:30 that
morning.
The day will be-
gin as usual with Cow-
boy Church at 9 a.m. at
the horse race track (air
strip), followed directly by
the sharp shooter competi-
tion and race registration
at 10 a.m.
The horse, mule, bare-
back, and chuck wagon
races will begin between
10:30- 11 a.m. Registra-
tion, available on race
day, is $50. Admission is
free. Calcuttas will pre-
cede each race.
For more information
contact Dave Greer at
307-469-2336.
The main gate at the
Community Center and
registration for the day's
other events will open at
10:30 a.m., with a $10 en-
try for adults, $5 for chil-
dren or $25 for an imme-
diate family. The gate .fee
includes Casey Greer's
barbecue lunch and is
good for the rest of the
day. Lunch will be served
at 12:30 p.m. and will in-
clude beef, lamb, pork, and
homemade pies served at
4 p.m. Contest pies must
be delivered to the kitchen
by noon to qualify for judg-
ing.
Also opening at 10:30
Sunday morning will be
the book sale (with an all
new selection), quilt show
and photo displays. Doz-
ens of handmade quilts
from all over the Big Horn
Basin will be on display in
the main building.
Contact Marylou Doyle
for more quilt information
at 307-469-2253. For more
information about the
photo contest log on to the
website, www.hyattville.
org.
Kids will also en-
joy pony rides and a pet-
ting zoo at noon. A plant]
craft sale, bingo, and si-
lent auction will also start
at noon. Children can reg-
ister for the 2:30 p.m. BB
gun shoot at the main
gate. Guns will be provid-
ed; children are asked not
to bring their own BB gun.
From 1:15 to 3:30 kids can
take part in a scavenger
hunt, fishing booth, BB
gun shoot, milking Holly-
wood the cow and greased
pig wrestling.
The Chaucey McMil-
lan Memorial Sheep Dog
Competition is slated for 1
p.m. on the main grounds
and always draws a big
crowd. Competitors bring
their dogs from across
Wyoming and Montana,
and it features two classes
-- one for ranch dogs who
have never entered a sanc-
tioned dog trial before and
another for dogs who have
previously competed.
Entry fees are $35 per
dog. Contact Jill Tharp at
307-469-2235 for more in-
formation.
Also at 1 p.m. are the
cribbage and horseshoe
tournaments. Cribbage
contestants will need to
bring a board and cards
for one-on-one matches.
Entry fee is $10 per per-
son with a $100 pot and
90 percent payback. Rules
will be discussed prior to
the tournament.
Popular local musician
Roscoe Lee Snider and his
band will provide live en-
tertainment at 1 p.m.,
sponsored by American
National Bank. The after-
noon will end with the live
auction by Gary Nash at
4:30 and a roundpen min-
istry demonstration by
James Scott at 5. The auc-
tion will feature artwork,
jewelry, a lobster dinner,
specialty items and more.
On the web: www.hy-
attville.org
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