12 I The Lovell Chronicle I June 28, 2012
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Sixteen girls can call
themselves "safe sitters"
now after attending six
hours of training over a
two-day period at North
Big Horn Hospital.
Safe Sitter is a compre-
hensive babysitting train-
ing program created by Dr.
Patricia A. Keener, a na-
tionally recognized board
certified pediatrician. The
goal of the program is to
make teens "better sitters
today and better parents
tomorrow." Organizers of
the program claim more
than 150 documented cas-
es of lives saved by gradu-
ates of the program.
The program teaches
teen babysitters how to
deal with medical emer-
gencies during the course
of their duties as baby-
sitters. In the workshop,
teens are taught the latest
guidelines of the Ameri-
can Heart Association and
American Academy of Pe-
diatrics in a curriculum
that includes CPR, chok-
ing rescue and first aid
techniques. Though not
certified in these areas,
the idea is to provide the
young babysitters with
enough information and
basic skills to deal with
many different medical
emergencies.
"Safe Sitter is a well-
rounded youth develop-
ment program with a med-
ical basis and it teaches
serious life and business
skills in a fun way," said
Executive Director Sally
Herrholz.
North Big Horn Hospi-
tal recently became certi-
fied to offer the course and
hospital employees Trisha
Mangus and Renae Mill-
er received special train-
ing qualifying them to
teach the program. The
program was offered for
the first time this week
and, according to hospi-
tal spokesman Janet Ko-
ritnik, the class filled up
almost immediately and
PATH CARPENTER
A group of teen babysitters attended a course at North Big Horn Hospital this
week to learn skills that will help them deal with medical emergencies that
could happen while they are babysitting.
there are almost enough "Instructors who preventing injuries in
names on the waiting listteach the program to 11 their communities, but
to fill another class al- - 14-year-olds find it re- they're just as excited to
ready, warding to know they're know that other skills
such as business, medical,
personal safety and par-
enting are being taught,"
said Herrholz.
Students who became
certified this time around
included Heather Bartling,
Alexis Ferguson, Char-
mayne Fleming, Mariah
Mader, Metya, Meyja and
Mylee McArthur, Dela-
nee Miller, Kelsie Mollett,
Lily Myers, Siobhan. My-
ers, Sami Newman, Eliza-
beth Price, Hanna Sawa-
ya, and Masey and Larissa
Tippetts. All 16 girls who
attended received special
certificates upon comple-
tion of the course.
"We would like to offer
this course at least a few
times a year but may offer
it again this summer since
so many have expressed
interest in it," said Korit-
nik.
For more information
about the Safe Sitter pro-
gram visit www.safesitter.
ro g or call Koritnik at 548-
5240.
Ranger programs at Bighorn Canyon
Rangers at Bighorn
Canyon National Recre-
ation Area have a variety
of campground programs,
guided tours and a speak-
er series planned this sum-
mer.
Visitors to either the
North District or South
District will be able to en-
joy campground programs
every Saturday night on a
range of topics as well as
roving ranger programs
throughout the park most
days. Check locally for
times and topics. In addi-
tion, the South District will
be presenting campground
programs on Friday nights.
The Summer Speakers
Series will feature research-
ers and special speakers at
the Cal S. Taggart Bighorn
Canyon Visitor Center in
Lovell almost every Thurs-
day at 7 p,m starting June,
28.through the end of July.
Mac Blewer, a gradu-
ate student, cultural geog-
rapher and field researcher
with the University of Wyo-
ming's Geography Depart-
ment and American Studies
Program, will kick off Big-
horn Canyon's speaker se-
ries with two programs.
At 4 p.m. Thursday,
join Blewer as he discusses
"The Lost Barracks of Heart
Mountain." At the height of
World War II, there were
more than 380 barracks at
the Heart Mountain Intern-
ment Camp. After the con-
flict's resolution, the site's
barracks were sold, many
of them at a dollar apiece
to homesteaders, moved
to new locations and used
as homes and ranch struc-
tures. Many vanished.
Today, researchers,
staff and volunteers from
the University of Wyo-
ming and the Heart Moun-
tain Wyoming Foundation
seek to uncover the fate of
these historic structures on
the greater Heart Moun-
tain landscape and the sto-
ries of the Heart Mountain
homesteaders before they
are lost in time. Blewer is
interested in hearing your
stories and learning about
barracks that may have
been moved to Lovell.
At 7 p.m. Blewer will
present "The Bandit In-
vincible-, BuSh, Cassidy,
An American :. Tradition."
The name,"Butch Cassi-
dy" means many things to
many people. To some he
was a Robin Hood figure
and hero, to others a com-
mon thief akin to a nation-
al terrorist. Throughout the
American West, residents
and visitors encounter rep-
resentations and remem-
brances of Butch Cassidy,
the renowned outlaw and
famed leader of the Wild
Bunch.
In towns he robbed, in
areas he ranched and in
places he reputedly stayed
along the Outlaw Trail, he
has become an indelible part
of the local heritage, folklore
and history. As Butch Cas-
sidy's great-grand-neph-
ew, Bill Betenson, asserted,
"Butch Cassidy slept every-
where, robbed every town's
bank and danced with ev-
eryone's grandmother.
Like Daniel Boone or Davy
Crockett, he has become a
part of our national story,
part of America's invented
tradition of who and what
we are as a people.
In addition to the
speakers series, the follow-
ing, programs will be pre-
sented by Bighorn Canyon
staff this weekend:
June 29: Eddy Hulbert:
(Silversmith of Hillsboro),
Horseshoe Bend Camp-
ground loop B Amphithe-
ater, Ranger Danielle Peck,
8 p.m
June 30: The Life and
Legacy of Chief Plenty
Coups, Ranger Jessica Joyce,
Afferbay Campground Am-
phitheater, 9 p.m.
June 30: The Fur Trade,
Horseshoe Bend Camp-
ground, Ranger Shawn Wil-
liams, loop B Amphithe-
ater, 8 p.m.
If you have questions
about upcoming programs
or need directions, please
call Christy Fleming at
307-548-5402 or Adrienne
Moore at 406-666-2351.
From our files
10O YEARS AGO
THE COWLEY
WEEKLY PROGRESS
JUNE 29, 1912
A Box of Monkeys--
This screaming, sidesplit-
ting farce will be present-
ed at the Cowley Hall on
the evening of July 3, by
the Y.L.M.I.A. and is to
be followed by a grand
ball. The proceeds will go
for paint for the meeting-
house interior. Are you
on? Nothing quite so ri-
diculously laughable and
phony as this two-act
comedy farce has ever be-
fore been attempted in
Cowley.
75 YEARS AGO
THE LOVELL
CHRONICLE
JULY 1, 1937
Laramie's latest night-
time sport is shooting rats
at the city dump with the
aid of automobile head-
lights. The dump is over-
run with the rodents and
a number of residents are
going nightly to test their
marksmanship on the rats
as they race across piles
of trash. The Laramie
Chamber of Commerce is
planning an anti-rat cam-
paign in an effort to rid
the area of the rats. It is
feared they will spread.
50 YEARS AGO
THE LOVELL
CHRONICLEJUNE 28, 1962
Photo: Petite and tal-
ented Anne Kelly emerged
from 12 candidates to win
the "Miss Big Horn Coun-
ty" title June 16. Sylvia
Stubbs, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Keith Stubbs of
Cowley, was the first run-
ner-up and Bobi Jo Welch,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis B. Welch, also of
Cowley, was the second
runner-up. This year's
contest was reported by
the Jaycees as the best
ever in the four-year his-
tory of the event.
25 YEARS AGO
THE LOVELL
CHRONICLEJULY 2, 1987
Photo: Agony at home
- First National Bank
Little Leager Fred Fink
looks dismayed after be-
ing tagged out at home
against Haskell Furniture
during the Nats' 16-3 win.
Haskell Furniture's Mike
Garza and Jeremy Dick-
son were in on the play.
BY KARLA POMEROY
Three members of the
public attended two open
houses for county's airports.
Last Wednesday, there
were two members of the
public in attendance for the
final open house as the pub-
lic input portion of the plan-
ning process for the North
Big Horn County Airport
Master Plan draws to a
close.
Airports Manager Carl
Meyer said there has been
little turnout from the
public at the several pub-
lic meetings held regard-
ing the north master plan,
in part, he believes, due to
public apathy, and in part
because the airport is of in-
terest only to -a : particular
section of the public.
"Airports are not of par-
ticular interest to the gen-
eral public, but they are
important and the public
meetings have been an op-
portunity to disseminate in-
formation," Meyer said.
He said the process for
the north master plan is
winding down and the coun-
ty and airports engineering
firm GDA are writing a doc-
ument that has had "very
little public input."
Meyer said people think
their opinion is not going to
matter, but that's not the
case as was seen Wednes-
day. He said GDA had three
alternative designs to ex-
pand the general aviation
area at the north airport
and the two members of the
public suggested another
alternative that likely will
work the best.
"We have no precon-
ceived plan. We truly want
public input. It makes a dif-
ference," Meyer said.
get your copy of
at the courtesy
counter of
Red Apple
or have it delivered
via USPS with a
year-long subscription
by calling 548-2217
The master plan will
provide guidance for the air-
port for the next 8-10 years.
It's a guiding document for
the county and for the Fed-
eral Aviation Administra-
tion so they know what the
county has planned when
funding becomes available.
He said in order to gain
additional input from a core
group of users at the air-
port, he and GDA person-
nel will be meeting with the
gliding group. "The Cowley
airport is a popular place
for gliders because of the
thermal air and the lack of
traffic," Meyer said. While
the plan has taken the glid-
ers into consideration, Mey-
er and GDA felt it was im-
portant for them to review
the plan. He said they will
meet with other groups, as
well, but are hoping to have
a final document ready to
send to the FAA for its for-
mal review process in the
next 60 days.
SOUTH AIRPORT
The meeting last Tues-
day in Greybull was the
first in what will be a near-
ly year-long process for the
South Big Horn County Air-
port Master Plan. He said
the meeting Tuesday was
primarily to discuss the
planning process, funding
of the project and funding
of airports in general. He
said the one member of the
public who attended didn't
ask questions, but listened
to the information dissemi-
nated. This was the first of
four to five public meetings
that will be held through-
out the planning process,
Meyer said.
Meyer said most air-
port projects are funded 90
percent from the FAA and
10 percent locally with the
Wyoming Department of
Transportation Aeronautics
Commission funding 6 per-
cent and the county 4 per-
cent. The master plan cost
for the south airport is bud:
geted for $167,000 with the
county paying $6,600 from
the airport budget.
Another financial item
Meyer wants to emphasize
is that all revenue from the
airport stays at the airport.
He said aviation fuel, air-
port parts and equipment
and even airline ticket reve-
nue are all used to fund the
FAA and aviation projects
across the country.
While at the north end
GDA is finalizing an: al-
ternative,a, submit to the
FAA, GDA will begin devel-
oping different expansion
alternatives for the south
airport.
Meyer said two factors
will be driving their plans:
Significant general
aviation expansion.
Expansion of the ramp
space for additional com-
mercial businesses.
He said initially GDA
will be looking at a new
taxiway off of Runway 28
west of the existing devel-
oped area to expand general
aviation area. He said there
will be four to five more
public meetings over the
next five months for input
on the future of the south
airport.
Those unable to attend
the meetings may request
an airport user survey from
GDA or Meyer. Meyer's of-
fice is located in the Land
Planning/Engineer Build-
ing in Basin (the old jail) or
call 568-2551.
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On behalf of the Mustang Follies Committee,
we would like to publicly thank all the special
people who participated in the Follies. We
are so blessed to live in a community where
people are so willing to share their talents.
The Mustang Follies Committee
Sandy Bush,
Alarm Thackery,
Cathy Spencer
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