6 I The Lovell Chronicle [ May 26, 2011
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Derik Romero
Melissa Ellis
Schuylar Davis
Susie Shumway
Hunter Hinckley
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Eli Moody
Girls and Boys State reps prepare to delegate
BY BRAD DEVEREAUX
Chosen for leadership
qualities by school ad-
ministrators, juniors from
Rocky Mountain High
School and Lovell High
School are preparing for
the upcoming Girls State
and Boys State events. The
annual events are meant
to allow students to experi-
ence state government and
develop leadership skills
while meeting students
from around Wyoming.
Juniors Ethan Strom,
son of Rudy and Dorine
Strom, and Derik Romero,
son of Zillarrael and Melin-
da Romero, were selected
to represent Rocky Moun-
tain High School at Boys
State this year. Eli Moody,
son of Brad and Matty
Moody and Hunter Hinck-
ley, son of Ann and Schuy-
ler Hinckley, will attend
from Lovell High School.
Selected to repre-
sent LHS at Girls State
this year are juniors Su-
sie Shumway, daughter of
Glynn and Joyce Collins,
Melissa Ellis, daughter of
Spencer and Annette El-
lis and Schuylar Davis,
daughter of Randy and Re-
gena Davis.
Both events will be
held June 4-11. Boys State
will be in Douglas and
Girls State will be held in
Powell.
Most of the students
said they aren't thinking of
politics as a career choice,
but that they are look-
ing forward to the experi-
ence and participating in a
mock congress setup.
"It will be interest-
ing to learn about how the
government of Wyoming
works," Shumway said. "I
think it will be fun."
Ellis said her father,
Spencer, is into politics,
which is part of the reason
she wants to participate.
Students will run for
offices and draft and de-
bate legislation at the
weeklong annual event.
Some have yet to decide
on a topic for the bills they
will bring, but others are
drafting legislation that
deals with abusive rela-
tionships, seat belt re-
quirements for school-
owned vehicles and giving
state control to federally
owned lands.
Boys State incorpo-
rates a military style drills
as a part of the experience
in addition to the congres-
sional proceedings. Moody
said he looks forward to
both aspects of Boys State.
1-90 traffic routed through Greybull, Lovell areas
If you've noticed a re-
cent surge in traffic coming
through Lovell, it's prob-
ably due to vehicles being
routed through Big Horn
County to reach their fi-
nal destinations following
flooded roads in Montana.
Due to flooding, a por-
tion of 1-90 and the Decker
Highway has been closed
to motorists. The only de-
tour route around the 1-90
closure from Sheridan is
now U.S. 14 West of Day-
ton over the mountain to
Greybull and then north to
Lovell following Hwy 310
into Montana.
There is some flood-
ing 16 miles into Montana
but the major flooding is 26
miles into Montana and the
road is completely impass-
able in this area, according
to the Wyoming Depart-
ment of Transportation.
There is no estimation
at this time as to when
1-90 from Sheridan to Har-
din or the Decker Highway
.will reopen, according to
WyDOT officials.
WyDOT suggests the
following detour routes
during the closure:
PASSENGER VEHICLE
TRAFFIC
From Sheridan go to
Ranchester and use U.S.
14 west of Dayton over
the Big Horn Mountain
to Greybull. From Grey-
bull take U.S. 310 north to
Lovell and through Deav-
er and Frannie into Mon-
tana. Continue on U.S.
310 to Laurel. At Laurel
take 1-90 East to Billings.
SEMI TRUCK TRAFFIC
From South Dakota
take Highway 34 at White-
wood to Bell Fourche. At
Bell Fourche take High-
way 212 to Broadus and
then go north on Highway
59 to Miles City. At Miles
City go west on 1-94 back
to Billings.
From Gillette take
Hwy 59 north to Broadus
and then go north on Hwy
59 to Miles City. At Miles
City go West on 1-94 back
to Billings.
From Buffalo take U.S.
16 west over the Big Horn
Mountains to Ten Sleep
and then Worland. At
Worland go north on U.S.
20/16 to Greybull. From
Greybull take U.S. 310
north to Lovell through
Deaver and Frannie into
Montana. Continue on
U.S. 310 to Laurel. At
Laurel take 1-90 east to
Billings.
From Casper take U.S.
20/26 to Shoshoni then go
north on U.S. 20 to War-
land. At Worland go north
on U.S. 20/16 to Grey-
bull. From Greybull take
Hwy 310 north to Lovell
through Deaver and Fran-
nie into Montana. Contin-
ue on U.S. 310 to Laurel.
At Laurel take 1-90 East to
Billings.
Congratulations to all
LHS track athletes!
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Girls 2A State Champs!
Boys 2A third place!
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