July 12, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 11
BY PATTI CARPENTER
In an effort to make
summer school somewhat
enticing to their students,
Rocky Mountain Mid-
dle School teachers Ryan
Boettcher and Freda Miller
are incorporating the cur-
riculum from a program
called "Project Archeology"
into their summer school
program to enhance their
studies.
The curriculum provid-
ed by Project Archeology
uses archeological inquiry
to foster understanding of
past and present cultures,
improve social studies, pro-
mote science education and
enhance citizenship edu-
cation while at the same
teaching students to pre-
serve the legacy provided
by archeology.
As part of their sum-
mer program, the middle
school students took a se-
ries of field trips recently
with a group of adult stu-
dents from the Big Horn
Canyon NRA Archeologi-
cal Field School and helped
map the site of ancient tipi
rings located in the Big
Horn Canyon National Rec-
reation Area.
Boettcher said the trip
complemented this sum-
mer's classroom theme
perfectly, which focuses
on learning about people
based on their shelters.
"We get funding from
the Bridges program for our
summer school program
and we use those funds to
come up with enrichment-
type programs like this for
our students," explained
Boettcher. "These are pro-
grams that allow us to
think outside the box, and
we are fortunate where we
live to have all of these re-
sources that add to our pro-
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Lizzy Crawford, a sixth grade student from Rocky Mountain Middle School,
learns how to use special instruments to measure tipi rings from Janice
Baldwin-Rowe, a high school sophomore from Burlington, Ind., who is studying
with the Big Horn Canyon NRA Archeological Field School this summer.
gram."
Boettcher and Miller
have been working togeth-
er for about five years to
develop a summer school
program that would be in-
teresting for their students.
"We try to come up with
a theme every summer and
to wrap our subject areas
around a curriculum or
theme," explained Boettch-
er. "Essentially, we're able
to incorporate every subject
area into the theme we fo-
cus on during the summer."
To that end, the stu-
dents are using their math
skills this summer to mea-
sure the tipi rings and to
learn how to use GPS devic-
es. Students are also learn-
ing how to use the data they
gather in the field to learn
about their environment.
"The program Proj-
ect Archeology provides
is flexible in that it allows
us to get out and actually
see things, and so we try
to schedule a lot of field
trips and I think we have
a few more kids in our pro-
gram right now because of
that," said Boettcher. "Be-
ing out in the field opens
a lot of doors for conversa-
tions back in the classroom.
It makes the program so
much more interesting for
the students and for the
teachers, too."
Students had the op-
portunity to rub elbows
with archeology students
from Northwest College
and Native Americans from
both the Crow and North-
ern Cheyenne tribes this
summer who are studying
and mapping the tipi ring
site.
"We hope an experience
like this teaches our stu-
dents how important it is to
preserve an archeological
site like this, and teaches
them how to use the equip-
ment that is associated
with preserving it," said
Boettcher. "We're excited to
be able to do something like
this."
"We learned early on
that it is no good to run a
summer school where kids
won't show up because they
think they are going to be
bored. The idea here is to
create something interest-
ing that makes them look
forward to coming to sum-
mer school, while teach-
ing them something at the
same time."
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Northern Cheyenne tribe member Arlee Harris of
Lame Deer shows Rocky Mountain Middle School
seventh-grader Jonathan Allred how to officially
record the location of a tipi ring on a field trip
held on Thursday in the Big Horn Canyon National
Recreation Area.
"I've been wanting to
coordinate with the local
schools to get more kids
out here, and combining
our programs like this is a
great way to do that," said
Big Horn Canyon NRA ar-
cheologist Chris Finley,
who helped create the ar-
cheological field school with
his son Chris Finley.
"Our program teaches
kids how to use their lan-
guage skills, and math, and
this .kind of field trip allows
them to apply those skills
to something concrete,"
said Miller. "Finding peo-
ple like this who are willing
to share their knowledge
with our students enrich-
es our program and makes
learning much more fun for
them."
BY DAVID PECK
Summertime proj -
ects are moving full steam
ahead, it was reported at
Tuesday's Lovell Town
Council meeting.
Engineer Frank Page
of DOWIJHKM Engineer-
ing said the South Phase of
the water and sewer project
has picked up the pace and
is "going fairly fast."
Page said once the
Mountain Construction
paving crew is freed up, the
company will pave both Wy-
oming and 10 Street on the
hill, and maybe even Sev-
enth and Eighth below the
hill west of Nevada, start-
ing the week of July 23.
North Big Horn Hospi-
tal has been tied into the
new water and sewer lines,
and Wilson Brothers Con-
struction is working on the
alley north of the hospital
and New Horizons Care
Center, with Page working
with a family on an ease-
ment that could allow an al-
ley turn to be made easier.
Work through the Na-
tional Guard Armory prop-
erty was "interesting," Page
said, with the Wilson crew
finding some unexpected
lines and challenges under-
ground, but the new sewer
line has now been extend-
ed to Seventh Street and
is ready to be hooked up
when the project reaches
that point. New water line
has been finished on Eighth
from Nevada to Shoshone,
Montana from Seventh to
Ninth and Ninth from Mon-
tana to Shoshone.
The council discussed
and passed two change or-
ders for the project and an
amendment to the engi-
neering services contract.
The first change order was
for a sewer line relay on
Montana Avenue to the
tune of $7,166, and the sec-
ond was to allow 90 addi-
tional days for the projeCtm
to be completed, necessi-
tated by early spring utility
delays.
Page said the project,
under the current 'contract,
is supposed to reach sub-
stantial completion by July
31, but due to the late start
in the spring, an additional
90 days would be a reason-
able request. The change
would require a change to
the engineering contract
for time and services, which
could cost up to $141,060,
but he said DOWI2HKM
and Wilson Brothers hope
to complete the project ear-
lier than the 90-day exten-
sion.
The council voted
unanimously to accept the
change orders and contract
change.
LOVELL INC.
The monthly Lovell Inc.
report included a reminder
that Lovell Inc. is hosting a
commercial property open
house on Friday, July 20,
from 1 to 4 p.m. and that
any commercial property in
Lovell and the surrounding
area is eligible to partici-
pate. The open house is be-
ing advertised throughout
Wyoming and in Billings
and Red Lodge.
The report written by
Director Sue Taylor also
stated that the asbestos
abatement at the old hospi-
tal is progressing well with
very few problems.
The council then accept-
ed a proposal from Northern
Industrial Hygiene for con-
sulting and testing services
at various stages of the as-
bestos abatement project,
which would then allow the
building to be cleared for
demolition if it is deemed to
be clean. The proposal costs
$3,550.
Under new business,
the council considered at
length an idea discussed
between Mayor Bruce Mor-
rison and Montana-Dako-
ta Utilities representatives
regarding the relocation
of a high-pressure line in
the north part of town. Al-
though the line is being
located by boring, there
would be a bore pit where
a 90-degree turn is made
at Third and Hampshire,
causing the intersection to
be torn up.
The mayor and MDU
discussed the town grant-
ing an easement that would
allow the line to instead
run along the north side of
Great Western Park along
the tree line (actually under
the trees, the mayor said),
but Morrison said MDU
is not willing to pay for an
easement.
"Personally, I don't
want that intersection dis-
turbed," Morrison said.
"This seems like the logical
thing to do."
Councilman Scott
Allred said he had no prob-
lem with receiving no com-
pensation for the easement,
since the proposal would
benefit the town.
Morrison said Town
Attorney Sandra Kitchen
reviewed a proposed ease-
ment agreement prepared
by MDU and suggested a
few minor changes, includ-
ing making sure that the
easement would not be an
exclusive easement in case
other utility work needs to
be done at the same loca-
tion. The MDU proposal
stipulates that no building
be constructed atop the line
for safety reasons.
The council voted to ap-
prove the easement subject
to the utility agreeing to
the changes suggested by
Kitchen.
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