12 I The Lovell Chronicle I July 22, 2010
www. LovellChronicle.com
Livestock sale
in arena on
Friday, parade
Saturday
BY BRENDA TENBOER
The 2010 Big Horn
County Fair may be oper-
ating on a shorter budget,
but there is no shortage of
enthusiasm looking at the
weeks ahead.
Fair week, with the
theme of "Legacy of Yes-
terday, Promises of Tomor-
row" officially runs Aug. 2
through Aug. 8.
The Junior Livestock
Sale will be held in the are-
na on Friday, Aug. 6, begin-
ning at 6:30 p.m. to allow for
shade and use of the of the
new sound system donated
by Big Horn Rural Electric.
The beer garden adjacent
to the grandstand will be
up and running so buyers
may enjoy a cold brew while
waiting for the animal of
their desire to come up for
bid. A dance will immedi-
ately follow the sale, accord-
ing to fair manager Howard
Gernant, with the Saugers
providing the live music.
A pick-up category is
now included in the Sunday
afternoon demolition derby
lineup. It will be held be-
tween the loser's heat and
the winner's heat when
there is typically a long
break. All drivers are asked
to read the new rules, which
are included in the fair book
and posted online at Www.
bighorncountyfair.com.
The fair parade sched-
ule was juggled a little bit
during fair board meetings
this year, but the end result
is 10 a.m. on Saturday. Pa-
rade entries are due by noon
Friday, July 30, at the Basin
Town Hall, call 568-3331 for
further information.
By July 23, 4-H mem-
bers need to submit P.A.C.T
entries to the fair office and
scripts are also due, but
need to be turned in at the
UW Extension Office.
All open class hay and
samples are also due July
23.
The following week all
Junior, 4-H and FFA en-
tries are due on Wednes-
day, July 28. All open class
horse entries must also be
registered by July 28. All
other open class entries are
due the following Monday,
Aug. 2.
Sheep lead entries are
due later in the week on
Wednesday.
Pig wrestling is sched-
uled in its historical Thurs-
day nighttime slot and team
entries are required in the
fair office the previous busi-
ness day.
Gernant said entertain-
ment is lined up on the free
stage from about noon on
Friday and Saturday on the
midway.
It is unclear yet how
many vendors will choose to
set up for fair week as reg-
istrations are still being ac-
cepted, Gernant said.
The Big Horn County
Health Coalition is respon-
sible for the giant air toys
for children, such as the
bounce house that was on
the grounds last year.
Fewer grounds crew
workers are available due
to budget constraints, with
seven full-time helpers al-
lowed during the week. In-
terviews take place Thurs-
day, according to Gernant.
The number of cleri-
cal staff in the office is also
expected to be down this
year.
Overall, fair week prom-
ises to offer talented local
entertainers, an improved
rodeo and an exciting new
category in the demo derby,
Gernant said.
La De Da to host
Business After Hours
All local businessmen
and women are invited to
attend the July session of
Business After Hours today
(Thursday) from 5 to 7 p.m.
at the boutique La De Da
at 186 East Main Street in
Lovell.
There will also be a spe-
cial presentation at 5:30
and again at 6:15 about
Compass Personal Develop-
ment for Women.
"Business After Hours
is designed to be primarily
a social function, so please
feel free to stop by after
work for a few minutes or
plan to stay a while," Lovell
Inc. Director Sue Taylor
said. "These informal, ear-
ly-evening events are ideal
for meeting fellow business
people and strengthening
long-lasting business rela-
tionships."
Two doctors with
Lovell ties
When Paul Larson was
in the Rochester Methodist
Hospital for his four-day
chemo treatment in prep-
aration for a stem trans-
plant recently, a young
doctor, Daniel Spoon, was
assigned to care for him
during his hospital stay.
Ann was curious as to
where Dr. Spoon was from
and surprised when he said
Montana. Ann then proud-
ly proclaimed that they
were from Wyoming, but
he probably hadn't heard
of Lovell.
Ann was surprised to
hear that he did know of
Lovell. The doctor's great-
grandfather, Henry Keil,
had a store in Lovell. Ann
remembers Keil's Grocery
Store on the corner where
the 4 Corners Bar is now lo-
cated. The Bischoffs bought
their groceries at Keil's.
Ann remembers her moth-
er sending her to Keil's as
a little girl with a dollar to
get a pound of hamburg-
er, a pound of butter and
a loaf of bread and bring
some change back home.
Dr. Spoon's mother is
Ann Keil, who now lives
in Laurel. She relates
many stories of Lovell to
him. Jane Keil of Lovell is
his great aunt. Dick Keil
graduated from Lovell
High School in the class of
1953.
He met another Mayo
Clinic doctor, Kenneth
MacDonald, whose wife is
the granddaughter of Bon-
nie Porter. Bonnie's moth-
er ran the Elite Shop on
Main Street in Lovell. Bon-
hie was an aunt to Loret-
ta Bischoff, Fern Wardell,
Rose Marie Brinkerhoff,
Jay May and Priscilla Ca-
turia.
Mayo Clinic in Roches-
ter has 1,887 full-time doc-
tors, and the Larsons met
two very nice doctors with
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