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August 16, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 15
Rah! Rah!
LHS cheerleaders host camp
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Lovell High School cheerleaders hosted a camp last week de-
signed to hone their skills and lift their spirits before they embark
on a new school year.
Around a half dozen cheerleaders from the Kansas State Uni-
versity squad and their coach Dani Ruoff helped cheerleaders from
Wyoming and Montana learn new chants, dances and stunts, as
well as safe techniques to perform them.
"This is our fourth year hosting the camp," said Lovell's cheer
coach Minda Ohman. "We had teams here this year from as far
away as Helena."
Ohman learned about the camp when they attended a similar
one in Red Lodge. The experience in Red Lodge was such a positive
one that Ohman invited the Kansas U cheerleaders to conduct the
same camp in Lovell.
The camp included rigorous conditioning routines requiring
the girls to do 330 sit-ups and an equal number of "burners" (jump
and hold) and other fitness enhancing routines. They also had an
opportunity to work on their "stunting" skills, which are critical to
performing complicated lifts and drops safely. They even got a les-
son in Internet safety.
"It all starts at this level," explained Ruoff. "We teach them to
be safe, to have good attitudes, to be good kids and to represent
their school well."
Right, Chelby Lewis (on top) works on a stunt
with the help of a Kansas State University
Cheerleader and her fellow teammates at a
special camp for cheerleaders held last week at
Lovell High School.
PATTI CARPENTER PHOTO
From our files
Vote for
good men
100 YEARS AGO
The Cowley Weekly Progress
August 17, 1912
Don't Forget--The Progress
wants and MUST insist on get-
ting hay on subscription. Bring
it in now, today, before you for-
get it.
Voters: Get out to the polls
on Tuesday next and cast your
vote for good men. Don't let any-
thing keep you away from the
polls and from doing your duty
as American citizens.
75 YEARS AGO
The LoveU Chronicle
August 19, 1937
Local people were pleased to
learn that Lovell, and Greybull,
had been placed on the recom-
mended list from which the post
office and treasury department
will select sites for federal build-
ings. Lovell and Greybull were
the only Wyoming towns given
on the approved list. Each was
designated for $85,000.
50 YEARS AGO
The LoveU Chronicle
August 16, 1962
Work is rapidly progressing
on the new Federal Aviation ra-
dar site on the crest of Medicine
Mountain east of Lovell. No date
has been set as to when the site
Cowley news
Six new families move to Cowley
BY DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
548-6901
There are six new families
who have moved into Cowley re-
cently and at this time I have
been able to connect with one.
Superintendent Shon Hocker and
his wife Carla have just moved
into their new home in the Ste-
vens Memorial Subdivision with
their children, Brianna, Mikaela,
Maddison and Jayden.
Their oldest son Korey just
returned from his mission and is
working out of town. The Hock-
ers sold their home, which is lo-
cated across the street from Joe
and Pat Davis, to Jarrod and Kar-
en Cain and their children, Nick-
olas, 6, Matkin, 3, and Jillian,
1. Nickolas and Matkin are fam-
ily maiden names of grandpar-
ents. The couple is from the Miles
City area and lived in Greybull
for a year. They have moved a few
times and are glad to put down
some roots. Jarrod works for the
railroad out of Greybull. Karen
says they love their home and are
glad to be in Cowley and we wel-
come them.
Speaking of Joe and Pat Da-
vis, I would like to comment on
their yard. It always looks beau-
tiful in the summer months, but
this year their flowers are espe-
cially colorful. There are large,
beautiful petunias in huge bas-
kets that abound on tree trunks,
on the patio and on the steps.
Their grape vine is alive with
grapes and their trees surround
their home and lawn. They have
brick steps, and stones from our
quarry and the Pryors displayed
strategically above a low fence
covered with perennial flowers in
varieties that are blooming in the
August heat and seem to shine
and sparkle.
Their yard is large and Joe
and Pat work on their garden,
trimming, cutting the lawns and
it is just gorgeous. When you walk
around their yard it reminds one
of the book, "The Secret Garden"
that we read in our youth and
you see waterfalls, a fishpond,
frogs and a variety of walkways
and nooks. It is extremely gor-
geous. One could spend hours
looking at all their wonders.
The Michael and Rachel Sim-
mons family has moved from the
late Bishop Harston's brick home
to Randy Townsend's home he
built on the road to the airport a
few years ago. Randy and Dione
and their children moved to Wor-
land a few years back, and they
sold the house to the Larson fam-
ily. Dr. Larson now works in Cody
and recently moved his large fam-
ily into a home so he doesn't have
to travel back and forth. We miss
them, but Michael and Rachel
love their new neighborhood and
home. They bought the late Bish-
op Harston's home a few years
ago and renovated the home and
their yard became beautiful and
well kept. We miss them on this
side of town. They have four boys,
Cannon, Cole, Travis and Adam.
Though we don't see them about
any longer, we don't forget them
and wish them well.
Have you noticed the full
moon? It is almost blood red.
When you ride your bike or go
walking in the early evening, it
is extremely beautiful. As you are
reminded that its glow comes from
the fires and consider the dam-
age to crops, homes and animals,
you almost feel guilty watching
the fiery looking moon. It is sad
to know that people's lives have
been affected so much from the
drought, the lightning strikes and
Mother Nature showing us that
we aren't completely in control
like we want to be. We can only
hope that the fall weather will
give us rain and the elements will
once again return to what we like
to think is normal.
Some of us remember when
Ida and the late Max Burke lived
in this area across the street from
Tim and Jerrie Townsend. It was
originally the Ben Smith home
and the late Lyle Nicholls bought
the land and home and renovated
the whole original house and made
it a lovely home. Before Uncle Lyle
redid the home, it had owners and
renters until Max and Ida bought
the place and raised their son,
Clay. After Max died, Ida returned
to California to live the winter
months with her family, and the
first year she left, pipes froze and
the water spurted all over and
damaged the home so much that
she had to have it torn down.
A few weeks ago, I received an
invitation to their son Clayton's
wedding in Denver where he lives
and works. He married a wonder-
ful young woman named Liliana
Garcia in the Denver Temple on
Friday, Aug. 3. Clay grew up in
Cowley, graduated from Rocky
Mountain High School and moved
to Denver after Max died and his
mother moved to California. We
remember him and wish the cou-
ple a good and peaceful life.
Byron news
Reunion of the Sessions clan in Byron
BY PAMELA COZZENS
HOPKINSON
548-2471
pamhopkinson@gmail.com
Driving west into Byron at
the Memorial Park you will no-
tice a statue of the town found-
er, Byron Sessions. Byron and
his wife Ida (Twombly) created
a nice life in Utah as partners in
The Bear River Land and Live-
stock Company.
In April of 1900 they left their
two-story brick home and busi-
ness behind and traveled by cov-
ered wagon to reach the old How-
ell field above what is now our
town of Byron, where they set
up camp. The trip took approxi-
mately a month. They arrived on
May 26 and the first furrow was
plowed to start the canal on May
28. Byron drove the team that
pulled the plow. I'm impressed
that no time was wasted in be-
ginning that huge task. No down
time to "recover" from the gruel-
ing trip up to their new surround-
ings.
Since Ida had not seen the
new area I can't help but wonder
what she must have thought look-
ing out on those sand hills and
sage brush. What an adjustment,
what an adventure. How did they
find the gumption to start settling
in to make a new home?
My own grandmother, Effie
Kent Beall, recounted how step-
ping offthe train in Deaver, ankle
deep in the sand, her first thought
was to go back to Missouri, but
having sold all to make the jour-
ney there was no going back.
That takes grit.
In the early years, a Byron
Sessions reunion was held in the
school gymnasium until the fam-
ily filled and overflowed that ven-
ue. It was then decided that they
would have separate reunions
branching out from each of the
11 children. This past Satur-
day the progenitors of Scott Ay-
tch and Agnes Ada Cox Sessions
gathered at the town park to rem-
inisce and honor Helen White,
who is the oldest living descen-
dent at age 90 plus. Lots of food,
hugs and stories were shared. A
white elephant auction helped
raise funds for next year's gath-
ering. Family came from Den-
ver, Idaho and Montana, as well
as the locals. That name Aytch is
one I had never heard. It is pro-
nounced with an H. It is a family
name handed down.
A side note, if you are into
Scrabble, all of the letters of the
alphabet actually have a word
spelling. Aytch is one of those
word spellings sometimes with an
i instead of y.
Scott Aytch Sessions was
raised in Woodruff, Utah, work-
ing on his father's ranch, which
consisted of more than 12,000
acres of land. They harvested
hay from 9,000 acres. The cattle
herds numbered about 26,000
head. Obviously, he learned how
to work. He became a blacksmith
by trade. He was 23 years old
when he and his wife Agnes and
two children (eventually they had
11 children) came to Byron to help
settle this area. He lost his right
leg just below the knee in a shoot-
ing accident up South Fork.
The family tells the story of
the amputated leg being buried in
the family plot in a wooden can-
dy bucket. Sounds like an old folk
song could be written about the
"the old wooden candy bucket bur-
ied in the back." The loss of the
limb did not slow him down. He
continued to fish and hunt with
his boys. His son, Alvin, has
shared that the best place to pick
chokecherry and plums was in an
area that has lots of snakes (Pry-
or Gap). His dad (Scott) was up
in a tree picking away when he
saw a rattlesnake crawling up
his peg leg. Alvin had to shoot the
snake. That was a trusting dad.
"Let's see, snake bite or gun
shot wound, Alvin, shoot the
snake!"
Alvin may have been a good
shot, but was into mischief,
too. He told of a time when he
and his brothers tied dynamite to
fence posts around town. There
were not too many good windows
left in the entire town. It was the
early fireworks show of Byron.
Savannah Nash still lives
in Byron and is the great-great-
granddaughter of Byron Sessions.
If I were on the Byron Beau-
tification Committee, which I am
not, I would vote to give an award
to the Wassmers, Debbie and
John. They have landscaped a
mound in front of their home that
is just beautiful. It has a great
variety of shrubs and blooms
right now. They live on a street
that is a dead end (West Platte) so
you need to take a little jaunt over
there and enjoy what they have
done. It will make you happy.
will begin operation, but once on
the air, it will never go off again.
The building part will be used as
housing by the men manning the
station during their tour of duty
on the mountain.
25 YEARS AGO
The LoveU Chronicle
August 20, 1987
Two Lovell boys lip synced
their way to fame in Billings re-
cently. Bob Franckowiak and Mi-
chael Jones, who will both be se,
niors this year, participated in a
month long contest sponsored by
KBLG Radio of Billings, taking
third place. Bob and Mike per-
formed 'You've Lost That Lovin'
Feeling" from the movie "Top
Gun," dressed in Navy uniforms
- complete with dark glasses.
Aaron Clark
Clark to serve
two-year mission
Aaron Perry Clark has been
called to serve a two-year mis-
sion for the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. He
will serve in the Arizona Mesa
Mission.
He is the son of Allan and
Cindy Clark of Byron, grandson
of the late Paul and Marvalene
Clark and Marie and the late
Wilson Grant of Lovell. Clark
spoke in the Byron Ward on Sun-
day, July 29.
He entered the Missionary
Training Center in Provo on Aug
1. After training at the MTC he
will enter the mission field on
August 21.
Please submit wedding and
engagement announcements
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or send to our office at
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Wyoming 82431
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