8 I The Lovell Chronicle I June 11, 2015
BY DAVID PECK
Thursday night's Na-
tional Cancer Survivors
Day ice cream social at the
Lovell Downtown Mural
Park was a strong success,
North Big Horn Marketing
Director Janet Koritnik
said this week.
Nationally, the event
is scheduled for the first
Sunday in June, and for
a few years Lovell's, spon-
sored by North Big Horn
Hospital, was held on a
Saturday, but in recent
years a weeknight has
been scheduled, with at-
tendance often rising or
falling depending on the
weather.
"This was a very good
turnout," Koritnik said.
"Probably 25 to 30 people
came out."
The first Cancer Sur-
vivor's Day event in Lovell
was held in June of 2005,
making this year's ice
cream social the 10th an-
niversary of the event to
"celebrate life," Koritnik
noted. In recent years, it
DAVID PECK
North Big Horn Hospital Marketing Director Janet Koritnik puts the
finishing touches on a dish of ice cream for Calvin Thompson as wife
Parthena looks over written material and Karen Koritnik assists during
the National Cancer Survivors Day ice cream social at the Lovell Downtown
Mural Park Thursday night.
has been coordinated with
the annual Relay for Life
event sponsored by the
American Cancer Society
and local coordinators.
Relay For Life Com-
munity Manager Andi
Buckley of Billings joined
Janet and daughter Kar-
en Koritnik for Thursday's
ice cream social, pass-
ing out information about
this year's relay, which is
scheduled for Aug. 14 and
will likely take a different
form than previous years.
A meeting is scheduled
for tonight (Thursday) at
6 p.m. at Minchow's Food
Court to discuss the relay.
Koritnik said NBHH
uses the National Can-
cer Survivors Day event
to publicize the hospi-
PECK
Relay for Life Community Manager An ii:,:Buckley
takes information from Caroline Boltz during the
National Cancer Survivors Day ice cream social.
A Relay for Life meeting will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 6 p.m. at Minchow's Food Court.
tal's cancer support group,
which meets on the third
Thursday of every month,
September through May,
at 7 p.m. in the New Hori-
zon Care Center multi-pur-
pose room.
She noted that every-
one is welcome to attend
the cancer support group
including patients, fam-
ilies, survivors and com-
munity members - anyone
with an interest.
For more inforation,
call Koritnik at 548-5240.
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BY DAVID PECK
The lineup is set for the
sixth annual Hyart Film
Festival, which will take
place next week in Lovell.
Festival director Jason
Zeller said the festival will
be held June 18-20 at the
historic Hyart Theatre and
will feature a science fiction
night and the best of the an-
imated films from the fes-
tival, plus some past favor-
ites, a full-length feature
film and the sequel to last
year's award-winning "Ab-
saroka" filmed in Northwest
Wyoming.
Films have already been
pre-judged, but festival at-
tendees will still vote for
the annual People's Choice
Award.
"People always asked
after the fact who won, and
we never knew, but now we
can tell you," Zeller said.
There is no horror cat-
egory this year, Zeller said,
but a new genre has been
added: historical film, and
he said the three histori-
cal films - one Friday night
and two on Saturday night
- have already received high
marks from judging.
"I have the rankings
back from one of the judg-
es, and one of the historical
films received 4 stars, the
other two five stars," Zeller
said.
Early results show two
films receiving five stars on
both Friday night and Sat-
urday night, with two oth-
ers receiving 4 stars each
night. There is a 4 -star
film on Thursday night, plus
a four-star film.
"We have a pretty good
distribution of quality over
the three nights," Zeller
said.
Each session will run
just about two hours, he
said. Sessions begin at 7
p.m. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, plus the animat-
ed session Saturday at 3
p.m.
Here's a look at this
year's lineup:
Thursday, June 18, is
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Sci-Fi Night, featuring two
short films plus the full-
length feature "RZ-9" - the
first feature length film to be
shown at the festival. "RZ-9"
is the full-length version of
last year's short "2020" that
won the award for the best
science fiction film at the
2014 Hyart Film Festival.
"RZ-9" stars former
Lovell resident and LHS
graduate Ethan McDow-
ell, and Zeller said McDow-
ell plans to attend the festi-
val Thursday night. He will
be available after the film to
visit and answer questions.
According to a synopsis
on the Internet Movie Data
Base, "RZ-9" is about "a com-
puter scientist and a drone
pilot put on a hit list due to
his religious beliefs. He and
his sister are pursued by su-
per soldiers called Erasers,"
who are tasked with captur-
ing the duo dead or alive.
Also being shown
Thursday are the short films
"Phoenix" and "Schnitzel."
"I really liked 'RZ-9,' but
'Schnitzel' is a really funny
sci-fi," Zeller said. "It's about
a space alien who comes to
earth and gets stuck in a
schnitzel."
As for Friday night,
Zeller said he loves the film
"Green Gold," a "comedic
mockumentary" about "the
other reason we went to war
in Iraq in 1992."
The film uses historical
footage from that time pe-
riod to make it seem realis-
tic, he said, adding, "I just
found it hilarious."
The final film of the Fri-
day session is "I am Sami,"
another film about Iraq and
the relationship between
a soldier and a young boy.
The soldier has to arrest the
boy's father and the boy has
a choice to make, retain his
friendship with the Ameri-
cans or turn the other way
and declare the Americans
the enemy.
Zeller said some "big
names" show up on Friday
night in the films including
Christopher Lloyd of "Back
to the Future" fame and
Kathryn Morris from the
"Cold Case" TV series, in
"The Coin."
Saturday afternoon's
session includes the best of
the animated films includ-
ing Zeller's own "Greetings"
about spacemen arriving on
earth and encountering a
snowman and the popular
"Escape of the Gingerbread
Man." Also being shown
that afternoon are the best
action comedy from the 2010
festival, "Liam and Ben,"
about two boys trying to rid
the world of vegetables, the
2011 People's Choice win-
ner "Buon Giorno Sayonara"
about an Italian man and a
Japanese woman who spend
the afternoon together even
though they cannot speak
each other's language and
the 2013 People's Choice
winner "Incident at Public
School 173" about a school
cafeteria food fight.
Saturday night's line-
up includes the world pre-
miere of the historical film
"Iron Dream" about the
French Revolution and "A
Good Story," a film about a
woman who wants to pur-
chase a vase and must tell
the shop owner a story in or-
der to obtain the vase. Also
being shown is "With Best
Regards," a comedy about
a woman trying to meet a
man by leaving a note on his
windshield.
The final film of the fes-
tival is the sequel to last
year's People's Choice win-
ner "Absaroka" entitled "Ab-
saroka Sins," again featur-
ing some Big Horn Basin
actors including writer/di-
rector Patrick Mignano, a
part-time Cody resident, and
Clay Gibbons of Worland.
"Absaroka Sins was
filmed in the Cody area
with one of the most expen-
sive cameras money can
buy, and the shots show it,"
Zeller said. "It is a visually
stunning film."
See the full lineup of
films on an insert in this
week's Lovell Chronicle.
BIG HORN LAKE
serve as a protective barri-
er. Said Keil, "It protects the
harbor area from big drift-
wood and helps break up
waves." He also reminded
boaters that the speed limit
inside the log boom is 5 mph.
Regarding the lake level,
Keil continued that because
of the high inflows leading
to a full lake, what's known
as the "exclusive flood pool"
has come into play. It is con-
trolled by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, he said,
and because the level of wa-
ter has surpassed an eleva-
tion of 3,640 feet, the Corps'
orders on water releases will
have to be followed by BOR.
For boater safety, NPS
said this week that "Fish-
ing is really great, although
lots of driftwood is reported
from Horseshoe Bend to Day
Board 15. The debris starts
to dissipate from Day Board
14 to 6 and it's pretty clear
up to the dam from 6." Addi-
tionally, Keil urged boaters
to watch for debris.
NEW FEES AND PROGRAMS
tn another matter in-
volving the Bighorn Canyon
National Recreation Area, as
of June 1 campground fees
at Bighorn Canyon utility
sites were increased and the
National Park Service also
began charging campground
fees at sites without utili-
ties "in order to fund import-
ant maintenance and im-
provement projects within
the park. Four campgrounds
in the canyon will be affect-
ed: Horseshoe Bend Camp-
ground will charge $20 per
night for sites with utilities
and $10 for sites without.
A $10 per night fee will be
charged at Trail Creek, Af-
terbay and Grapevine Creek
campgrounds.
"This modification in
campground fees will allow
us to continu e to protect,
preserve and share the spe-
cial places here at Bighorn
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Canyon with current Visi-
tors and future generations,"
said Bighorn Canyon Super-
intendent John Bundy. "Af-
ter carefully considering the
impact of a campground fee
modification on visitors and
community members, we
came to the conclusion that
this is the right course of ac-
tion to improve campground
facilities and services."
Commenting on the new
camping charges, NPS said,
"Entrance fees collected at
the canyon have supported
a wide range of projects that
improve the park and visitor
experiences, including re-
habilitating trails, historic
restoration at the ranches,
habitat restoration, devel-
oping and installing exhib-
its in visitor centers, im-
proving park water systems
and providing ranger-led
programs. Additional reve-
nue from the campground
fee modification will be used
to improve the campsites in
the park. Bighorn Canyon
hopes to start improvements
at Afterbay Campground in
2017."
Additionally, NPS an-
nounced a number of pro-
grams for the public. This
month they include two free
presentations, all at 8 p.m.
at the Horseshoe Bend am-
phitheater. On Friday, June
12, Ranger Patrick Moen
will speak on "Fire From
Its Earliest Use to the Pres-
ent Times" and on Satur-
day, June 13, Ranger Shawn
Williams will present a pro-
gram on mountain men.
Other presentations will be
announced.
A kayak instruction pro-
gram at the lake is sched-
uled for persons at least 12
years old. The dates will be
at the end of June through
mid-August on every other
Saturday. Reservations are
needed to participate and
soon there will be an an-
nouncement with specific
data.
The Horseshoe Bend Ma-
rina will host several "Full
Moon" parties this summer
with live music and food and
drink specials. These pro-
grams are free to the public.
Events are planned for July
3 and 31, Aug. 29 and Sept.
4. Details will be announced.
NPS reiterated that "All
the boat ramps are open,
and the public docks are in
at Barry's Landing, Horse-
shoe Bend and Ok-A-Beh.
The dock and the floating
comfort station are in at Day
Board 9. The floating com-
fort stations are available
at Box Canyon and Dryhead
Creek. All the campgrounds
are open. Utility sites and
the dump-and-fill station at
Horseshoe Bend is open, as
well as the fish cleaning sta-
tions. All hiking trails are
open. The docks and comfort
station will be reinstalled at
Black Canyon and Medicine
Creek later this summer."
Ok-A-Beh Marina is
open daily from 8 a.m.-7
p.m. with full concessions
and a store and is the sole
place to buy fuel on the lake.
The marina will have pon-
toon boat rentals available
this summer and jet skis
might be available later this
summer. For more informa-
tion phone (406) 679-5339.
The Horseshoe Bend Mari-
na is open Monday through
Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and
Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Boat
tours are offered daily at 10
a.m. and at 2 p.m. with Fri-
day and Saturday evening
tours starting at 6:30. For
more information, phone
Hidden Treasure Charters
at (307) 899-1401.
For current lake con-
ditions or help planning 'an
outing, visit the Cal S. Tag-
gart Bighorn Canyon Visitor
Center in Lovell or phone
(307) 548-5406.
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