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Farmers market cancelled
The Lovell Farmers Market for the summer of 2020
has been cancelled, organizer Sharron Nicholls an-
nounced this week.
Nicholls said she feels that, due to the COVID-19
crisis, it is “much safer for everyone to simply cancel
the market.”
Nicholls said she and her husband, Duane, are
looking forward to the 2021 market. The Lovell Farmers
Market is traditionally held at Constitution Park every
Friday from 4:30 to 6 pm. in August and September.
Hyart board suspends movies after low attendance
BY DAVID PECK
The Hyart Theatre will
take a hiatus for the sec—
ond time this year this
week after low attendance
over the past six weeks
and a lack of new releas—
es led to a loss of reve—
nue, board president Mike
Steenbakkers announced
this week.
“The board met last
week through emails and
phone calls and discussed
the immediate future of
the Hyart, and we decided
to postpone showing mov—
ies,” Steenbakkers said.
The Hyart had closed
on March 13 due to re-
strictions on indoor gath-
erings issued by state and
county public health of-
ficials in the wake of the
COVID—19 outbreak. After
restrictions were eased
two months later, the Hy—
art started showing mov—
ies again the week of May
29-30, startin with “Son—
ic the Hedge 0g,” which
had been scheduled for
March 13-14.
There are two factors
in the decision, Steenbak-
kers said. First, Hollywood
has again pushed back re-
lease dates for new mov—
ies. Movies that were sup-
posed to come out in July
have been pushed back to
August or even Septem-
ber, he said, because of re—
strictions caused by the
coronavirus.
“The catalogue of
movies we had access to
were older movies that had
played previously, some of
them 20 to 30 years ago or
more,” Steenbakkers said.
The second factor was
a loss of revenue, he said.
“Our turnout has been
minimal since we re-
opened,” Steenbakkers
Calling all nature enthusiasts
Registration for Wyo—
ming BioBlitz 2020 is still
open. Wyoming BioBlitz is
entrees .erefiof-arkieci.ran:
:nfial,‘opportunity for fam-
ilies“, students and all na-
ture—lovers to survey and
learn about plants and
wildlife in Wyoming. Any—
one can participate by sub-
mitting observations of
wild organisms from any—
where in Wyoming us-
in iNaturalist.org during
Ju y 17-19.
For the last 11 years,
Wyoming BioBlitz has been
an in—person event, but this
year they will be holding it
statewide virtually due to
the coronavirus.
For some friendly com-
petition, they’ve divided
the state into eight regions.
Any observations in Wy—
oming submitted will au-
tomatically be included in
the appropriate regional
projects.
The participants in the
region with the most ob-
servations will receive a
prize, as will individuals
and families who submit
the most observations.
J OllllllY s Tackle
443 EMain St, Lovell, Wyoming
All the necessities are here
and affordany priced.
Locally-loved, one-room space
This proud shack has a
host of live and fresh bait
for any aquatic palate.
Ice fishing equipment stocked, too!
Open Quilt Day
Tuesday, July'21 9AM — 5PM
Lovell Community Center
All oil/e welcome.
Bring fabric pieces to share or use some from the Guild’s stash.
Why participate in Wy—
oming BioBlitz? Those in‘
Wyoming , already know
how fnnifieeaeaciting. it. is
to noticeanew or uncom—
mon species around you.
WyOming BioBlitz feeds
that sense of curiosity and
discovery by encouraging
people to observe every-
thing around them, from
the moose to the milli-
pedes. By dedicating some
time to looking for new
species, you’re also likely
to learn about wildlife you
didn’t even know about.‘
Wyoming BioBlitz is
also a great opportunity for
families to spend time to-
gether doing something out
of the ordinary. No level of
expertise is needed, which
means family members of
all ages can enjoy a week—
end of exploring nature and
the biodiversity in it.
Finally, participating
in Wyoming BioBlitz con—
tributes scientific data that
are useful to scientists and
conservationists working
to study and protect Wy-
oming’s wonderful plants
and wildlife.
St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church
1141 Shoshone Ave. - Lovell, WY
Rosary Sunday - 10:30AM
Sacrifice of the Mass
Sunday — 11 AM
Daily Mass & Confessions;
Check monthly calendar on
www.8tJosephLovellcom
Fr. Glen Szczechowski
For weekl schedule
call 2282
+7.
Chamber of commerce
banquet cancelled
BY DAVID PECK
Local events contin—
ue to fall by the wayside
due to COVID-19 restric-
tions and fears of low at-
tendance. The latest vic—
tim is the annual Lovell
Area Chamber of Com-
merce Community Ban-
quet that was originally
scheduled for March 27
and had been postponed
until August 14.
On Monday, the
chamber board of direc—
tors voted to cancel the
banquet for 2020 and try
again next spring.
Chamber office man-
ager Linda Morrison said
most of the awards that
were to have been giv—
said. “We need to average
about 325 (attendees) per
weekend to cover costs.
We can get by with a little
less than that, but our cof-
fers are not deep.
“A PPP loan helped
cover some expenses for a
few weeks, but that mon—
ey is gone. We have failed
to have even a hundred in
attendance for a weekend
since we reopened.”
Weekend totals were
89 for “Sonic” on May 29—
June 1, 95 for “Raiders of
the Lost Ark” June 4—6, 49
for “Field of Dreams” June
11-13, 80 for “The Mask of
Zorro” June 18—20 and 91
for “Zootopia” June 25—27,
Steenbakkers said. He did
not have attendance totals
for “Silverado” last week—
end, July 2-4.
Ticket prices have
been decreased from $5 to
$3 per ticket over the last
BY REBECCA HUNTINGTON
Jackson Hole Daily
Via Wyoming News Exchange
I JACKSONV: People, are
now required to wear face
coverings in many Jackson
businesses.
The Jackson Town
Council raced to approve an
emergency mask ordinance,
voting 5—0 at a special meet-
ing/Friday afternoon ahead
of the holiday weekend.
BusineSs owners had
pleaded with councilors to
pass such an ordinance af—
ter expressing frustration
with customers rebuff-
ing requests for voluntary
compliance.
Councilor Arne Jor-
gensen said that fueled his
support for the ordinance.
His patience “completely
vaporized,” he said, “when
I started hearing the ver-
bal abuse that our business—
es and their staff were tak—
ing when they were making
the decision, in their private
businesses, asking people to
put on masks.”
Jorgensen said the town
needed to send a strong
message. The emergency
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en will simply be pushed
forward to next spring,
and the speaker will be
invited back. The sched-
uled speaker was Peter
Seibert, executive direc-
tor and CEO of the Buf-
falo Bill Center of the
West in Cody.
“We will try to bring
him back,” Morrison said.
She said the cham—
ber will hold a Chang—
ing of the gavel ceremo-
ny at the next general
membership meeting on
Monday, July 20, as the
chamber resumes the
monthly meetings.
No firm date has
been set for a spring
banquet.
six weeks, and under state
rules, customers were re-
quired to wear masks to
enter the lobby and pur-
chase concessions but
could remove the masks
after sitting down.
“With the industry
pushing back titles and
us not being able to have
any new movies to attract
larger crowds, we decid—
ed to close temporarily
with hopes of reopening
in August when the indus—
try releases new titles,”
Steenbakkers said. “I don’t
think the masks (require—
ment) were much of a fac-
tor. We had only one cou-
ple who refused to wear a
mask.
“There will be no more
movies (shown) in July.
We’ll look at it at the end
of the month and may-
be reopen the middle of
August.”
ordinance requires people
to wear face coverings when
they are inside or waitin to
enteryabusiness, inclu ing
health care providers, an
when riding in public buses
or taxis.
The ordinance does
not include outdoor spac—
es except for when people
are waiting in line outside a
business. ‘
There are medical ex—
ceptions, and children un-
der the age of 6 and indi—
viduals working in their
offices are not required to
wear masks.
The council heard three
public comments, written
and verbal, before voting.
Bob Culver and Glo-
ria Courser both pushed
for sticking with volun-
tary compliance instead of
an ordinance, which could
carry a citation and fine of
up to $750. That’s the typi-
cal fee range for a town or—
dinance. In written com-
ment, Courser said she went
to Town Square to observe
the situation Friday and saw
many people wearing masks
or with masks at the ready.
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Assembly
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Church %
310 Idaho Ave.. Lovell
Services
Morning Worship 10:50 AM
Wed. Bible Study 7 PM
Rev. Dan Jarvis
307-548-7105
The Bible
Church
Sunday
Worship Service 9 AM
Sunday School 10:30 AM
lst & 3rd Weeks 6 PM
Wednesday
Prayer 6:30 PM
Rev. Kurt McNabb
307-548-7390
56 E. Main St., Lovell
www.10vellbiblechurchwy.net
Due to the increased
number of absentee bal—
lots being requested by
citizens, the Big Horn
County Clerk’s Office
has installed two drop
boxes for absentee bal-
lots to be returned with—
out having to come into
the clerk’s office. There
is a secure ballot box lo-
cated at the Annex in
Lovell and one located
at the back door of the
courthouse.
The drop boxes are
available to voters 24/7
through August 17. Both
boxes are monitored
,with cameras and are
locked. Ballots will be
“Simply based upon my
observed numbers today,
66% voluntary compliance
99$ in the ease eirgieryok-
ing pretty darn godd,’ she
wrote. ' "
She also urged coun-
cilors to take into account
metrics beyond the number
of new positive cases.
“When you look at
deaths and hospitaliza—
tions,” she wrote, “the met-
rics do not appear dire.”
But business owners
John Frechette and Chris-
tian Burch, who run three
~shops downtown and em—
ploy 18 summer workers,
echoed comments from
other business owners re-
porting that voluntary com-
pliance wasn’t cutting it.
“We need' your help to
keep [our workers] safe and
healthy as our town is be—
ginning to resemble pho-
tos of beaches and pool
parties in Florida and Mis—
souri,” Frechette and Burch
wrote to the town. “There
are many people visiting
from places where wear-
ing masks isn’ta common
practice.”
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Worship Service
10: 15 AM
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310 Idaho Ave, Lovell
Pastor Gerald Cox
970-629-2085
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removed daily by elec-
tion staff 'and logged
into the system for pro-
cessing on election day.
“In order to facili-
tate social distancing
and voter convenience,
we encourage voters
to utilize these box—
es to return their 2020
Primary ballot,” Coun-
ty Clerk Lori Smallwood
said. “These boxes will
also be available during
the General Election in
September/November.”
Any questions about
the absentee voting pro-
cess can be directed
to the clerk’s office at
307-568—2357.
Jackson council approves facemask requirement
The shop owners re—
ported providing customers
With freermasks- butiwamed
that approach might; not be
sustainable. / ,
“We are giving away
over 100 dispOsable masks
per day,” they wrote, add—
ing that “our days consist of
speaking _of or extinguish-
ing aggressions about mask
wearing.” '
Supporters argue that
an ordinance will lead to
higher rates of mask wear-
ing, which will help control
disease transmission and
reduce the risk of having to
shut down businesses in the
future.
The town ordinance ap-
plies only within town lim-
its and could be replaced by
a countywide order submit-
ted to the state earlier this
week by Teton County Dis-
trict Health Officer Dr. Tra—
vis Riddell.
State attorneys are re—
viewing that order. Town At-
torney Lea Colasuonno said
she was able to speak with
the state attorneys briefly
and updated the town ordi-
nance based on their input.
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