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BYRON POLICE OFFICER
on trying to slow traffic
through the town," said
Garcia on Sunday, June 7,
"but that will not be a 100
percent focus. Intoxicat-
ed motorists, domestic vio-
lence and other situations
will all be part of the job.
I'll work at various times"
so that his schedule will
not become a known pat-
tern. He was born in Powell
and is a 1982 graduate of
Lovell High School. Garcia
said he "always wanted to
work in law enforcement"
and after 17 years in qual-
ity control left the Ameri-
can Colloid Co. in Lovell to
join the Lovell Police Dept.
as its part-time animal con-
trol officer.
"It was not easy to
leave the company," Garcia
recalled. "It was a great job,
but I wanted to do some-
thing else."
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BOB RODRIGUEZ
Byron mayor Heidi Brightly congratulates new
Byron police officer Noe Garcia as Jennifer Massey
looks on after Garcia was hired during last Thursday
night's Byron Town Council special meeting at the
Byron Town Hall.
He had been hired for
animal control by former
Chief Nick Lewis, who had
been in the job for three
years. Garcia explained
that he went to Lewis in
2004 after working as the
animal control officer for
approximately a year and
asked about becoming a
NO NEW SCHOOL continued from page one
option. As outlined in pre-
vious recommendations of
MOA Architects, the option
would cost $12,743,486 com-
pared to the $20,425,700
cost of an entirely new
building.
The plan would include
the addition of kindergarten
classrooms at the southwest
corner of the existing build-
ing and an addition of an
entirely new cafeteria and
kitchen at the southeast
corner of the building. Once
the cafeteria/kitchen ad-
dition is built, the old food
service area would be de-
molished and the art class-
room would be relocated to
the northwest portion of the
food service area, as well as
the addition of a new special
education area at the north-
west corner of the building.
The current school
building has 57,937 gross
square feet with a capacity
of 355 students, and the ca-
pacity study projects an en-
rollment of 401 students in
the school year 2023-24. Op-
tion No. 3 would increase
the gross square footage of
the facility to 74,694 GSF,
with a new capacity of 458
students. It does not include
any renovation or updates
to the existing structure.
Decker said the proposal
he is presenting would sepa-
rate the food service renova-
tion as a separate funding
request from the rest of the
plan to ensure that, at the
minimum, safety issues are
addressed in that area, even
if the legislature's appropri-
ations committee rejects the
rest of the plan.
Board members were
clearly disappointed. Some
expressed concern that the
school has already been
added on to so many times
over the years that it is al-
ready dysfunctional. Many
questioned the condition of
especially the older parts of
the school that are already
around 60 years old. Some
expressed that they felt they
were being "punished" for
taking good care of the ex-
isting building. Board chair-
man Bruce Jolley, who was
a volunteer firefighter for
many years, said the maze
of hallways is a nightmare
for firefighters and other
emergency personnel.
Decker said the propos-
al has a long way to go be-
fore receiving a green light
from the legislature. He said
the next step is to present
it to SFD Director Panos,
who will make the decision
Diana Myers Rodgers,
68, of Powell, died June 4,
2015, in the arms of her
husband Jimmy at St. Vin-
cent Hospital in Billings.
She fought leukemia and
large B-cell cancer for 20
years.
Diana was born Sept. 2,
1946, to Richard C. Myers
and Vernice M. Walker with
one red curl on top of her
head. She was born in Ann
Arbor, Mich and remained
an only child.
She graduated from
Ann Arbor High School in
June 1964 and said good-
bye to many friends as they
would leave to serve in Viet-
nam, leave to go to college
and leave to start families.
Diana would attend East-
ern Michigan University in
Ypsilanti, Mich. She grad-
uated in 1968 with a Bach-
elor's Degree in Education.
She achieved her Master's
Degree in Education in
1974. She taught nine years
at Chelsea Elementary in
Michigan in multi-grade
classrooms. She taught ev-
erything including physical
education, art and music.
Diana married for a
short time and her last
Diana Meyers
Sept. 2, 1946 - June 4, 2015
name became Richardson.
She divorced and moved to
Wyoming, where she would
establish her roots. She vis-
ited her parents in Cody
in 1977 and instantly fell
in love with the state and
decided this is where she
will spend the rest of her
life. She spent 34 years
teaching in Wyoming at
Frannie and in the Cowley
school district. She loved
the people in the area and
they took very good care of
her.
In 1995 she met the true
love of her life and she was
the true love of his. Jimmy
Rodgers was a carpenter
and general contractor, and
the couple started a 20-year
ride together. The couple
was married in 2001.
Diana had a special
place in her heart for all of
God's creatures and she es-
pecially loves horses and
dogs. She had two horses:
Joker and Urion, and golden
retrievers Mandy, Cakey,
and Meg. She was an en-
durance rider and has many
awards and trophies from
rides all over Wyoming and
Montana. In her spare time,
Diana liked to ride the foot-
hills surrounding Cowley,
Deaver, Powell and Cody.
After teaching a total of
43 years, Diana retired in
2012. She loved spending
more time with her husband
Jimmy, their new gold-
en retriever Rae and their
cats. She also found joy in
camping.
Diana's full biography
will be published in Volume
5 of "Let Your Light Shine,"
a book detailing the history
of pioneer women educators
in Wyoming. She was proud
to be selected for this publi-
cation and considered it one
of the greatest honors of her
life. Among the other honors
full-time law enforcement
officer. The answer was af-
firmative and that began
Garcia's new career.
He has undergone the
required accreditation plus
numerous other training
programs to further his
skills. His family had a
farm in Emblem and had
also lived in Greybull and
Burlington. However, his
father died in an agricul-
ture accident in 1977 when
Garcia was 14, and the
family relocated on Lovell.
His mother, Maria Carriza-
les, still resides in Lovell
and is well known.
The new Byron officer,
who "is looking forward to
the post," replaces Frankie
Rohrer, who had 50 years
of law enforcement experi-
ence and who retired after
13 years as chief in Byron
on June 29, 2012.
of whether or not to pass
on the recommendation to
the legislative committee
responsible for reviewing
school funding. The com-
mittee will decide wheth-
er the request is presented
to the full legislature at the
next session of the Wyoming
Legislature in February of
2016. Ultimately, the gover-
nor will have to approve the
request, as well.
Decker was firm in his
conviction that this is the
bes plan, noting that, com-
pared to other states, Wyo-
ming has some of the best
school buildings in the na-
tion. He said when com-
pared to school buildings in
other states that are often-
times more than 100 years
old, school buildings in Wy-
oming are in much better
shape.
of her life, she was able to
ride in the centennial train
across Wyoming and was
one of the riders in the Pony
Express across Wyoming
to celebrate Shell's 100th
birthday.
She is survived by her
husband and love Jim-
my Rodgers of Powell, her
mother Vernice Myers of
Cody, her golden retriever
Rae and her cousin Dan My-
ers of Boise, Idaho.
She would like to re-
mind everybody that, yes,
she could bait her own hook
with night crawlers and out
fish her husband every time.
She once wrote: "Teach-
ing is not just a job. It's a
24-7 identity. Teachers also
need inspiration and encour-
agement; they have made a
difference in many students'
lives. I really loved teaching
and every one of my stu-
dents. Thank you God for
the opportunity."
Funeral services will be
held at Glad Tidings Church,
777 East 7th Street, Powell,
on Tuesday, June 16, 2015,
at 11 a.m. Please dress ca-
sual. Graveside services will
be at Riverside Cemetery in
Cody following the funeral.
EWC announces
Local students were
among the 254 students
who graduated from East-
ern Wyoming College
'from the Fall 2014, Spring
2015 and Summer 2015
semesters.
Area graduates are
Tara Richlin and Maci Zier,
both of Deaver.
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CRC will destroy the records of children who attended
between the years of 2008 and 2012 on
Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
Parents/guardians: if you would like your child's
records, please call 307-754-2864 before that day to
make arrangements.
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regularly scheduled June board
meeting for the Byron Cemetery
District has been moved to Tuesday,
]une 23, 2015, for this one time only.
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