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DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
548-6901
Anna Christina Wilson Atkinson
of Sheridan graduated from Sheri-
dan College School of Nursing May
10 as a registered nurse. She and her
husband Jason and son Isaac live in
Sheridan. She is the daughter of John
and Suzanne Wilson.
Christina received a Top of Class
plaque this year, as well as in 2009.
She is a bril-
liant young
woman,
graduated
from Rocky
Mountain
High School,
spent a year
in Russia
studying and
holds a bach-
elor's degree
in Russian
with a minor
in interna- Anna Wilson
tional poli- Atkinson
tics.
John and Suzanne attended her
graduation with other family members
including her grandmother, Lou Wil-
son, her uncle, Myron and aunt Diane
site as "Another One Bites the Dust."
It was the Lorum and Grace Willis
home on Main Street, across from
Ken and Sharon Blackburn's home.
It was a small home, but the couple
raised seven children there, Artie,
Angus Maxwell (Spec), Martha, Lola,
Dorothy, Mildred and Carma Mae.
The couple added a back lean-to for
a kitchen and for years did not have
inside plumbing.
Gary Little (Lola's son) wrote a
few of his memories for the Cowley
Pioneer book in 2009. He was born in
the home and, except for a couple of
years in California, he lived there.
"As I recall," he wrote, "Grand-
pa built the house for the family not
thinking that it would last very long.
It is basically a log house with walls. I
remember that we had an outside toi-
let when I was very young (this was
especially bad in the winter). I took a
bath once a week in the #3 washtub
in the middle of the kitchen floor. I re-
member getting the inside bathroom
and thought we had gone to heaven.
I also remember hauling 25-pound
blocks of ice from Uncle Darwin's ice-
house in my little red wagon. We had
an old block ice refrigerator outside
the kitchen door."
Durtsche, cousin Stephanie and herHe mentioned many of his mem-
husband Jason Coble and friend Nan- ories and there were also anecdotes
cy Hart and other family and friends.
What an asset this young woman is
as a professional and a unique human
being.
Another historical house has been
razed. Mary Partridge Yorgason apt-
ly described it on the Cowley Web-
from Marion Willis and Karen Willis
with loving memories of grandpar-
ents, flowers, gardens, smells of won-
derful food and laughter and love. It
is very touching.
When I was growing up, John
and Mildred Snelders lived in it and
it had siding on it. After they died,
the house belonged to their son, John
Snelders. Jordan Brost, son of Tufty
and Brenda Brost, bought the little
home when he was a junior in high
school in 2006 and rented it out. Af-
ter Jordan graduated from RMHS he
married Soni Wagner and they set-
tled in the old house. This year they
bought a home from David Banks
and will put it on the lot. Many peo-
ple think Tuffy and Brenda owned
the property, but though they own a
lot next to the old home, Brenda said
it has never been in their name.
She also mentioned that while
the home was being torn down there
were tears and sadness. It is difficult
to watch the homes that were built in
the early 1900s go down and though
it is necessary to move forward, it
is also necessary to remember the
pioneer homes and the people who
brought us life, love and security as
we were growing in this small com-
munity and to never forget our heri-
tage.
Last week the Hinckley family
joined together as their sister Allison
Munkres had major cancer surgery
in Billings. Her husband, Pony, and
the Hinckley family are happy to re-
port that the cancer has not spread to
Allison's lymph nodes and she is now
at home recovering, Saturday I was
able to go to Frank and Karen's home
to visit my childhood friends, Chris
and Alex and younger sister, Mau-
rine, and the whole family. It was
a happy event filled with cheer and
hope, a good moment in time.
Byron lew$
GARY GRUELL
548-2220
When preparing this
column, there are times
that I find it necessary to
condense or eliminate some
stories either due to length
or time restraints. Occa-
sionally, I even forget to
include some significant
events that have an im-
pact within our community.
Such was~the ce~-~st week
With.the resignation of key
individuals within our town
government.
On May 18, Mayor
Meier received a letter from
zoning administrator May-
nard Johnson in which he
resigned his position effec-
tive immediately. The letter
did not give a reason for the
resignation. It did, however,
state that Maynard enjoyed
working with the town em-
ployees and thanked the
mayor and the council for
giving him the opportunity
to serve.
Later that same day,
building inspector Dexter
Woodis gave his resigna-
tion effective May 31. His
resignation did not come as
a surprise. Due to a serious
health problem, it was ex-
pected that he would even-
tually throw in the towel.
Mayor Meier met private-
ly with Dexter and under
a mutual agreement, Dex-
ter said he would stay on
through August.
Last Friday, May 28,
was the deadline for the ap-
plication of nomination for
public office.
For the mayor's position
there will be four names
on the ballot: Bret George,
Gary Gruell, Gary Petrich
and Carl Watts.
For the two positions on
the town council there will
be six names on the ballot:
Alan Bair, Dennis Cozzens,
Jeff Langston, Linda NeV-
ille, Andy Petrich, and Kar-
ma Sanders.
With the results of the.
Aug. 17 primary only the
top two candidates for may-
or and the top four candi-
dates for the council will
move forward to the gener-
al election in November.
Last Thursday there
was a special meeting of the
town council. Due to anoth-
er commitment, I was late
getting to the meeting. With
another scheduled meeting,
the council moved into the
conference room.
I elected not to interrupt
the council meeting and in-
stead attended the meeting
of the Big Horn County Lo-
cal Emergency Planning
Committee. Lovell High
School was having their
banquet at the same time,
therefore several members
of the committee were un-
able to attend. That being
said, it was nice to see oth-
er members throughout the
county conducting their reg-
ular meeting at our Town
Complex.
The meeting covered
topics including a Homeland
Security funding request,
subcommittee reports on
County EOP, Pre-Disaster
Mitigation Plan, the Mar-
athon Table Top Disaster
Exercise and the H1NI vac-
cine. Overall, the meeting
proved to be interesting and
informative.
The council meeting, on
the other hand, was confus-
ing to me. After listening
to the recorded tape, it ap-
peared to me'~chat the coun-
cil took four steps backward
from their.~gular meeting
the Week before. F0rln-"
stance, a decision was made
at the previous meeting to
allow the town to pay in-
surance premiums for em-
ployees; either by spouses'
plans, or another private
health plan.
Curtis Abraham said
that this wasn't considered
"providing a benefit" for the
employees. He then made a
motion to change provisions
for insurance by July 1 and
give employees the oppor-
tunity to find a different
health plan and the town
would pay up to an $800
premium and that the pay-
ment would be paid direct-
ly to the insurance compa-
ny and not to the employee.
If the town employee was
covered through a spouse's
health care plan, reim-
bursement to the employee
for that coverage would be
easier to track, record and
pay.
In at least one case,
where the employee is cov-
ered by a spouse's health
plan, the insurance com-
pany would not allow pay-
ment directly to them as it
is already set up as a pay-
roll deduction which also
minimizes paperwork, cov-
erage and payment.
The whole ordeal of
health insurance is to re-
duce the overwhelming cost
of employee health insur-
ance through the Wyoming
Association of Municipali-
ties Joint Powers Insurance
Coverage and still cover the
employee health care needs,
which is definitely provid-
ing a benefit to the town
employees.
The use of the town
bus for students attend-
ing school in Lovell was
brought up again. The
council expressed strongly
that the bus needs to sup-
port itself financially by
those utilizing this service
or are interested in the ser-
vice. In the past, the town
has accepted private dona-
tions toward providing this
service. Over the course of
a year, donations average
less than $200 per month.
Fuel and driver wages are
at least three times higher
than that. The council will
be putting together a spe-
cial committee to address
this situation.
The monthly Mayor's
Luncheon is scheduled for
June 11 at its regular time.
As of today, there are only
two volunteers to provide a
salad for the event. I hope
others will join in on this
very popular community so-
cial.
As always, have a great
and safe week.
Connie to Brian Full, son
of James and Mary Full of
Henderson, Nev.
The wedding will be sol-
emnized in the Las Vegas
Temple on June 12, 2010.
The couple will reside in
Salt Lake City, where Con-
nie is going to college for
nursing at Ameritech.
Connie is a 1998 gradu-
ate of Lovell High School.
Brian is a 1997 graduate of
a Los Angeles high school
Connie and Brian
and is currently employed
as an investigator for a law
firm.
Scheeler graduates
Julie Scheeler, daughter of
Sandy and Richard Green and
Jerry Warman, graduated Satur-
day May 22, 2010, with a bach-
elor's degree in elementary edu-
cation from Prescott College of
Prescott, Ariz.
Scheeler is a 2003 Lovell High
School Graduate.
Julie Scheeler
Get Growing ,,, with Gary Em ett
The other day I had
the chance to look at some
plants and the main ques-
tion or concern was "Are my
plants supposed to be that
color?" With the introduc-
tion of so many new unique
plants and the different col-
or patterns, it has become a
little more difficult to quick-
ly diagnose if there is a
health problem with a plant
by how it looks or what col-
or it has turned.
However, there are sev-
eral telltale signs or indica-
tions to look for when look-
ing for problems. One of the
most common problems to
look for is that of Iron Chlo-
rosis. Iron Chlorosis is sim-
ply an iron deficiency in
many plants~t~ is oft~
expressed in a plant's leaf
by the yellowing of the leaf
with the veins being a bright
green. There are several
common landscape plants
that are prone to this defi-
ciency: Roses, Aspen trees,
spirea, peonies, raspberries
and more.
Iron Chlorosis is caused
by a plant's inability to get
sufficient amounts of iron.
Because we have soils that
have a high ph to it, the nat-
urally-occurring iron that is
found in the soil is bound
up in the soil and cannot be
absorbed by roots of plants,
which then in turn will show
anemic looking leaves.
There are several addi-
tives or amendments that
you can add to the soil to
help correct this problem.
If you want immedi-
ate results (within several
days) you will want to apply
a liquid application to both
the roots and to the leaves
as a foliar spray. Liquid
Iron can be found under
several brand names. Ap-
plying a granulate product
such as sulfur or iron or,
even better, a combo item
commonly known as iron
sulfate will offer longer re-
sults than liquids but will
also take a couple of weeks
to show results.
You will want to make
sure that when looking for
these products that these
items say chelated. Chelat-
ed (pronounced key-late-ed)
refers to a process that al-
lows for an easier absorp-
tion of an element by a
plant. Chelated Iron will be
more readily available and
easier for the plant to use.
Raspberries often show
symptoms of iron deficien-
cies with the yellowing of
its newer leaves. I will use
both a granule product and
also the liquid sprays and I
will apply them at the same
time. Make sure that you
apply the liquid spray prior
to fruit set. If you spray af-
ter the fruit is on the plant,
your fruit will give you a
metal taste. Use the spray
in early spring or in late
summer after harvest.
Organic matter such
as compost helps but will
not correct the problem im-
mediately and it is hard
to incorporate into the soil
around plants. However,
this yields one of the best
long-term results. You just
have to keep adding it year
after year. Just because you
do it once doesn't mean it is
fixed.
Not everything can be
diagnosed by the color or
appearance of leaves, but
those clues can offer a lot
of insight into what might
be troubling your plants
and can be a starting point.
If something looks wrong,
there might be a chance
that there is something
wrong, but usually those
things can be corrected.
Don't give up hope.
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