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A new face joins our
veteran crew at
the Chronicle
There a new face on our Chronicle staff this week. Sit-
ting at the news desk now is Patti Carpenter, who made the
short move from Red Lodge to cover the news in north Big
Horn County.
Brad Devereaux has moved home to Michigan after four
years with us, and we will miss him. As nice a young man
as ever walked the Earth, Brad did a bang-up job for us as a
reporter/photographer and later news editor. But he missed
his family in the Detroit area and life in the "big city," so he
moved back to the Midwest.
We were lucky to find Patti right up the road in Red
Lodge, where she honed her skills as a community jour-
nalist for the Carbon County News. North Big Horn Coun-
ty has already made a very positive impression on Patti as
many people have stepped forward to give her a hearty
welcome to Wyoming.
Our readers will enjoy Patti excellent photography, as
well as her down home style with the written word. She
loves small communities and small-town life, so we believe
she will be right at home here at the Chronicle.
We are proud of our staff at the Chroficle. Our crew has
been very stable over the years, and we are grateful for the
Iongtime efforts of people like Pat Parmer, our talented and
dedicated production manager who pieces together the
Chronicle with a clean, crisp look and designs award-win-
ning ads each week - and has done so for more than 20
years; our Iongtime office manager Gladys McNeil, who has
anchored the front office and helped operate the business
end of our operation for 33 years; our upbeat, talented and
fairly new advertising manager, Stormy Jameson; Marwyn
Layne, our friendly afternoon face at the Chronicle front
desk; Photoshop whiz Jason Zeller; our excellent proofread-
ers Dorothy Nelson and Teressa Ennis; our intrepid van driv-
er, Mike Kitchen; and Peggy Fowler, who cracks the whip
Wednesday night on our teenage mailing crew.
We hope you will stop by to say hello to Patti and further
welcome her to the community, and we appreciate the on-
going efforts of all of our crew members who bring you the
news of north Big Horn County every week.
-David Peck
BLM, 'Just leave it alone'
Dear Editor,
To whom it may concern and
project manager BLM,
I'm a 73-year-old man that
has seen a lot. I'm very upset at
this projected land deal the BLM
wants to push down our throats.
No matter what plan happens,
the people lose. Just leave it
alone.
All you have to do is look at
the record of past things enact-
ed. Example, the Endangered
Special Act is a disaster and the
Wolf Management Program is a
total disgrace to the wildlife and
ranchers. It's because of bureau-
crats like you that our country is
in the shape it is in.
Gary P. Young
The burden of debt
The Founding Fa-
thers belonged to an
age when debt was rec-
ognized for the ugly
spectre that it really
is. Benjamin Franklin
warned, "Think what
you do when you run
in debt; you give to an-
other power over your
liberty."
Concerning nation-
al debt Thomas Jeffer-
son said, "I place econ-
omy among the first
and most important
of republican virtues,
and public debt as the greatest
of the dangers to be feared."
It was popular in some coun-
tries to justify the practice of
Joyce Collins
Principles of
Liberty
passing on debts to the
next generation. But
this was not the view
of American Found-
ers. They considered
passing debts to the
next generation as
"taxation without rep-
resentation." In addi-
tion, they felt that the
burden of debt was as
destructive to freedom
as subjugation by con-
quest.
Thomas Jeffer-
son said, "The max-
im of buying nothing
without the money in our pock-
ets to pay for it would make our
country one of the happiest on
earth."
Letters to the editor
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Letters to the editor
The Byron tax strikes again
Dear Editor,
We were going to visit, our an-
cestral home where my 80-plus-
year-old room was raised by
founders of the city. We had a
tough drive with a tow truck to-
taling two cars and sending us to
the hospital, but we were miles
from our location when we had
to drive through Byron. And, we
paid the Byron city tax. The speed
limit goes from 65 to 30 with al-
most no time to slow down time.
Officer Frankie Rohrer was
waiting at the 30 mph sign, know-
ing that unsuspecting travelers
who were slowing down would be
caught in his speed trap and pay
the "Byron tax." He did not lis-
ten, care or express empathy ...
felt like he was an IRS collector
finding a way to pay his way.
We were going 38.5 as we
passed the 30 mph sign and 35
when we passed his car. We are
guilty of routing ourselves through
this tax zone.
We goofed. We will avoid By-
ron forever more and may now
appreciate why our ancestors
moved. This is far from a "friend-
ly" state. It is disappointing to
know that this type of speed trap
is a way for local citizens to col-
lect money from unsuspecting vis-
itors.
So, we send this warning to
all those who might have a choice
when they go to northern Wyo-
ming. You will not find Byron
the "friendly" place advertised on
their web site. And, when you go,
you will likely get to pay the By-
ron tax for the privilege.
Dave Ulrich
Seatbelts do save lives
Dear Editor, scene we see the flashing lights
How often have we heard the Jf the ambulance and fire truck;
statement "seatbelts save lives?" this can't be good. I ask myself,
................ thelawto wear where is the car they were rid-
a seatbelt While driving or rid- ing in? Where is my son? What
ing in a motor vehicle, many peo-
ple continue to ignore it. A week
doesn't go by where you don't
read in the paper that someone
was ticketed for not wearing a
seatbelt, "click it or ticket." I can
attest from firsthand experience
that seatbelts do save lives!
It was a beautiful Saturday
afternoon in Billings, and the
sun was shining. We had been
shopping, didn't have a worry in
the world until I received a text
message from my son Dylan say-
ing he had been involved in a car
wreck. As you can imagine my
mind was racing; who was hurt
and how bad? As we arrive on the
were they doing out on 56 TM Street
West?
As I walk up to the accident
I see blood on the asphalt, and
the car is in the drainage ditch.
The car is totaled -- broken win-
dows, roof smashed in, glass ev-
erywhere. In the middle of this
nightmare is my son being load-
ed on a stretcher, his clothes cov-
ered in dirt and blood. The EMTs
assured me that his injuries were
not life threatening and said, "He
was very lucky because he was
wearing his seatbelt."
The accident was witnessed
by a couple who were irrigating
their field that afternoon. The
car was traveling at a high rate
of speed; it became airborne as it
crossed ove,a 'small bridge. The
car rolled tWi en& overLend,
landing in a drainage ditch facing
the opposite direction it had been
traveling. The highway patrol-
man on the scene said, "This type
of wreck usually ends up with fa-
talities. These teenagers are very
fortunate to be alive; they were
wearing their seatbelts."
Seatbelts do save lives. Just
ask my son, Dylan. He came away
from the accident with a broken
nose, a few scrapes and some sore
muscles. I hate to think of what
could have happened. So the next
time you get into a car whether
you're a passenger or the driv-
er, buckle-up. It may be your life
that is saved by a seatbelt.
Jeanette Ohman
Outstanding Citizen award proposed
Dear Editor,
Most organizations have an
award for an outstanding person.
In pro sports you have the MVP,
in college football you have the
Heisman, Hollywood has the Os-
cars, school systems have the Best
Teacher, business has the Man of
the Year. I believe it is time for
Lovell to have the Outstanding
Citizen of the Year award.
If by some weird stroke of fate
I would have been elected mayor,
I would have initiated a program
to select Lovelrs Outstanding Cit-
izen of the Year. The names for
this award should not be select-
ed by the mayor or council but by
names submitted by the residents
of the town.
Perhaps the Lovell Chronicle
could publish the names and why
that person should get the award
and once a year prior to the Mus-
tang Days parade, a vote by resi-
dents be held and the person se-
lected be honored as a special
person in the parade.
Lovell has many fine people
that would qualify for this honor.
There are people that volunteer
as coaches for the junior sports
programs, volunteers at the New
Horizons Care Center and hospi-
tal, the volunteer firemen and the
list goes on and on.
To me, the choice would come
down to two individuals or busi-
nesses that would qualify for this
award. Both are mentioned in the
Lovell Chronicle or on the com-
munity channel week after week
throughout the year.
The first choice would be Big
Horn Engraving and Larry Slat-
er and family. Almost every week
someone not only from Lovell, but
Byron and Cowley, are thanking
Big Horn Engraving for the sig-
nage they donate to numerous
groups and organizations.
The second choice would be
Minchow's Service and the Min-
chow family. Every week during
the school year, Minchow's Service
keeps the residents up to speed
on the school athletic games and
tournaments with their advertis-
ing on TCT's community channel.
I would hope the mayor and
council and the Lovell Chronicle
would cooperate in this what I call
a worthwhile event for the Town
of Lovell and would help the com-
munity in the area of pride in our
town and show some outstand-
ing citizen or business that all the
residents appreciate what they do
for the town.
Jim Szlemko
Editor's note: The Lovell Area
Chamber of Commerce has hon-
ored a "citizen of the year" for many,
many years - nominated by mem-
bers of the community and select-
ed by the Chamber of Commerce
board of directors. The outstanding
citizen and two outstanding educa-
tors are honored at the annual com-
munity banquet, along with Lovell
Inc. entrepreneur and trailblazer
awardees. This year's outstanding
citizen was Bob Croft, honored on
March 26.
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Editor ........................................................................... David Peck
Reporter ............................................................... Patti Carpenter
Office Manager ..................................................... Gladys McNeil
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Advertising Manager ........................................ Stormy Jameson
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