6] The Lovell Chronicle I August 19, 2010 www.LovellChronicle.com
DAVID PECK PHOTOS
Lovell candidate for mayor Stephen Fowler presented a slide show during the
North Big Horn County Meet the Candidates forum last Thursday night at the
Lovell Community Center. It must have helped, because Fowler advanced to
the General Election in November with a solid second-place finish in Tuesday's
Primary.
Lovell Mayor Bruce
Morrison addresses
the audience at
the North Big
Horn County
Candidates Forum
Thursday night
at the Community
Center. Morrison
topped the ticket in
Tuesday's Primary
to advance to the
General Election.
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NBHH seeks commission support
Voters re-elect Noyes, Anderson
BY KARLA POMEROY
Big Horn County Clerk
Dori Noyes was re-elected to
her third term, edging chal-
lenger Cynde La Counte
1,933 to 1,613 in Tuesday's
primary election, according
to unofficial results from the
Big Horn County Clerk's of-
rice.
Most precincts were
tight but Noyes carried
Lovell 572-362. She also
won Cowley 211-104, Deav-
er 49-26, Frannie 33-18,
Burlington 102-90, Hyat-
tville 47-21, Manderson
58-49 and Shell 133-57. La
Counte carried Greybull
383-365, Basin 331-243,
Otto 46-29, Emblem 20-16
and Byron 106-75.
Noyes said, "I'm thank-
ful that the people of Big
Horn County believe enough
in me to give me another
four years."
As clerk, Noyes said,
she was pleased with how
the election went and the
unofficial results. The can-
vassing board will meet at
Dori Noyes
1 p.m. Thursday to certify
election results.
Big Horn County Asses-
sor Gina Anderson won re-
election to a second term by
defeating challenger Teri
Hill by 800 votes.
Unofficial results show
Anderson with 2,162 votes
to Hill's 1,305 votes.
Anderson said, "I ap-
preciate the support of the
community and putting
their faith in me for anoth-
er four years. I love this job
Gina Anderson
and I will continue to learn.
That's what I like is a chal-
lenge."
Anderson won all 13
precincts in the county, her
largest margins coming in
Basin, 372-203, Shell 149-
40, Lovell 531-365, Cowley
199-96 and Greybull 412-
335.
With no Democratic
candidate (barring an eligi-
ble write-in), Noyes and An-
derson will be unopposed in
the General Election.
for expansion project
Municipal election
Morrison, George, Peterson, Yates and Cordner
top the ticket in local mayoral races
BY DAVID PECK
Eight candidates were
eliminated and 25 will sol-
dier on in the General Elec-
tion with the possibility of
additional write-in nomina-
tions as voters made deci-
sions in their respective mu-
nicipal elections Tuesday in
north Big Horn County.
In Lovell, incumbent
mayor Bruce Morrison top-
ped the ticket with 327 vo-
tes unofficially (48.5 per-
cent) to advance to the
General Election in Novem-
ber, and he will be joined on
the ballot by challenger Ste-
phen Fowler, who received
171 votes (25.4 percent).
Jim Szlemko ran a strong
third place with 100 votes
but will not advance to the
General, nor Garrett Pike,
who received 68-votes, rThe-
ved 48 votes (23.3 percent).
Carl Watts garnered 31 vo-
tes, Gary Gruell 23. Both
were eliminated. There was
one write-in vote cast.
Dennis Cozzens top-
ped the ticket in the Byron
town council race, recei-
ving 96 votes to advance to
the General Election. Alan
Bair was second with 71 vo-
tes and will join Cozzens
on the ballot in November
along with Karma Sanders
(65 votes) and Linda Ne-
Ville (55 votes). Finishing
just out of the running was
Andy Petrich, who received
51 votes. Jeff Langston re-
ceived 21 votes. There were
also 25 write-in votes cast,
not enough for someone to
break into the top four.
In Frannie's four-
way race for mayor, Jack
BY KARLA POMEROY
North Big Horn Hospital CEO Rick
Schroeder and Foundation Coordinator Ja-
net Koritnik came to the Big Horn County
commissioners Tuesday seeking a letter of
support for the hospital's master plan.
Schroeder said the master plan has
four phases with total cost "in today's
dollars at $33 million." The first phase is
estimated at $4.63 million and they are se-
eking $400,000 from the State Loan and In-
vestment Board and wanting support from
the commission and from the Lovell Town
Council. Schroeder said he will be going to
the council in September, just prior to the
application deadline of Sept. 16. The SLiB
will be meeting in January and likely will
have a few new members after the Novem-
ber General Election.
Schroeder said the first phase will be
to construct a new providers clinic. Cur-
rently, the hospital has nine visiting spe-
cialists and six providers but only eight pa-
tient rooms and one small procedure room.
Physicians have to share office space and
there is no room for a nurse manager.
The two-story 15,000 square-foot buil-
ding will house the North Big Horn Hospi-
tal Clinic on the main floor, which will ne-
arly double the space of the current clinic.
ces and more patient rooms. - .......
The second floor will house physical,
occupation and respiratory therapy, Schro-
eder said.
The building will be located southeast
of the main entrance and the helicopter
pad will be relocated.
The new facility will allow the physi-
cians to see more patients since the lack of
space results in fewer patients being seen
by all providers. With the additional spa-
ce, Schroeder said, they hope to increase
the number of specialty providers coming
to the clinic, as well, including a pediatri-
cian.
With the vacation of the clinic to the
new building, the phase includes relocating
the emergency room to that side of the buil-
ding, which will provide more space than is
currently available and allow the hospital
to meet HIPAA compliant regulations with
the ER, something they are unable to do
with the current configuration of the ER,
Schroeder said.
Realizing the $400,000 is just a small
portion of the $4.63 million, Schroeder said
they have been working with Richard Ha-
wley of U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi's office to find
additional funding sources and he is op-
timistic that they will be able to fund the
re were also-eightwrite-in
votes recorded.
In the Lovell council
race, incumbent Bruce Wol-
sey topped the ticket with
462 votes unofficially to ad-
vance to the General, along
with Rick Banks, who recei-
ved 433 votes. There were
also 83 write-in votes cast,
leaving the possibility that
there could be two more
candidates for council on
the General Election ballot.
In Byron, Bret George
received the most votes in
the four-way race for mayor
with 103 (50 percent) to ad-
vance to General Election.
He'll be joined on the ballot
by Gary Petrich, who recei-
Cordner topped the ticket
with 27 votes - 26 in Big
Horn County and one in the
Park County, unofficially.
Nadine Kreutzer was se-
cond with 5 votes but may
not advance to the Gene-
ral since there were also 18
write-in votes, two in Park
County, leaving open the
possibility of a write-in no-
mination. Harold Curry re-
ceived 2 votes, Jason Dixon
1 to be eliminated.
In the race for council,
incumbent James Beard re-
ceived 24 votes (two in Park
County), incumbent Mar-
ty Roedel 23 (two in Park
County), Richard Kelly 18
(one in Park County) and
Gayla Hazen 14, but there
were also 20 write-in votes
(one in Park County), lea-
ving election judges to de-
termine the final General
Election ballot.
All candidates advance
to the General Election in
Cowley and Deaver.
In Cowley, both Joel
Peterson and current
councilwoman Carolyn Bar-
nes will be on the ballot in
November in the race for
mayor, but Peterson recei-
ved a decided edge on Tue-
sday, garnering 187 votes
(77 percent) to 50 for Bar-
nes. There were six write-in
votes.
Incumbent David Ban-
ks topped the ticket for the
Cowley Town Council, recei-
ving 20.3 Yots, while Diane
Badge was'a strong second
with 146"tes. Frani Bri-
mhall received 67 votes. All
three will advance to the
General Election, and there
were also six write-in votes
cast.
In a battle of current
councilmen, Fred Yates re-
ceived the most votes for
mayor of Deaver, garnering
32 votes to 22 for Don Wen-
strom Jr. Both will advan-
ce to the General Election.
Two write-in votes were
cast.
Incumbent Mark Coz-
zens received 47 votes for
the Deaver Town Council,
Gary Fulbright 37. There
were also nine write-in vo-
tes cast.
It will provide room for small, modest offi- first phase.
Filing for district boards continues
BY DAVID PECK
Names have continued to trickle in to
the Big Horn County Clerk's office for those
filing for special district boards - school
boards, hospital boards and others - to be
elected at the General Election on Nov. 2.
Filing for the special district boards
began on Aug. 4 and continues through
next Monday, Aug. 23. Applications can be
picked up at district offices for school board
candidates, from administrative secretary
Cindy Werner at the hospital or from the
clerk's office in Basin.
According to the clerk's office, the fol-
lowing persons had filed by Monday:
North Big Horn Hospital District- Pat-
rick Ballinger Sr. of Deaver (Deaver-Fran-
hie seat, incumbent), Linda L. NeVille of
Byron (at large, incumbent), Bruce Wack-
er of Lovell (at large, incumbent) and Dee
Cozzens of Lovell (at large).
North Big Horn Senior Citizen Ser-
vice District - Dueane Calvin and Agnes
Haskins of Cowley and Ron McClure, Lo-
retta Tippetts and Barbara C. Walker of
Lovell - all incumbents.
School District No. 1 - David Monk of
Cowley (Area D, Cowley, incumbent), Tri-
cia Despain Aagard of Burlington (Area
C, Burlington) and Diana S. Ballinger of
Deaver (at large).
School District No. 2 - Marianne Grant,
Judy Richards and Bruce Jolley, all incum-
bents.
Fire District No. 1 - Michael Leonhardt
of Cowley.
Fire District No. 5 - Dan Zwemer of
Dearer.
Cowley Cemetery District - Lila Steed,
Jan Ellis and James Donley.
Deaver-Frannie Cemetery District -
Gary Patterson, LaMoine Sorenson and
Fred Wambeke.
Treasurer,
clerk of
court mis-
identified
Big Horn County Treasurer Becky Lindsey and her
husband have been married 29 years. The number of years
was incorrectly published in the special county and state
election edition Aug. 12.
Also, Becky Lindsey was misidentified under her pho-
to. She is the county treasurer. Also misidentified in her
photo_was Vickie Larchick. Larchick is the Clerk of Dis-
trict Gourt.
Both candidates were unopposed in Tuesday's primary
election for the Republican nominations for their respec-
tive offices.
Micheli carries Big Horn
County in GOP governor race
Meyer topped the ticket
in Greybull with 221 votes,
but the race was close.
Simpson received 188 votes,
Mead 176 and Micheli 162.
In Basin, Meyer garnered
169 votes, Simpson 151,
Mead 144 and Micheli 99.
Mead topped the ticket in
Frannie and Shell.
Statewide, unofficial
vote totals reported Tues-
day night have Mead edging
Meyer 29 percent to 28 per-
cent - 30,272-29,558 - for
the Republican nomination
with Micheli close behind
with 27,592 (26 percent).
Simpson finished fourth un-
officially with 16,673 votes
(16 percent).
Big Horn County
matched the statewide to-
tals in supporting Leslie
Petersen, a Lovell native,
for the Democratic nomina-
tion for governor. Petersen
received 120 votes in Big
Horn County, Pete Gesar
58, Chris Zachary 25, Al
Hamburg 22 and Rex Wilde
18.
Cindy Hill won big in
Big Horn County as she did
statewide in the race for the
GOP nomination for super-
intendent of public instruc-
tion. Hill received 2,019
votes in Big Horn County,
incumbent Jim McBride
718, Trent Blankenship
440 and Ted Adams 180.
Mike Massie, unopposed
on the Democratic ticket,
received 218 votes in Big
Horn County.
The Cynthia Cloud-
Bruce Brown race for state
auditor followed suit in
Big Horn County as Cloud
edged Brown 1,724-1,530.
Cloud also won the state-
wide race 51-49 percent.
Rep. Cynthia Lummis
won the GOP nomination
for the U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives with 83 per-
cent of the vote statewide,
and she did even better in
Big Horn County, receiving
3,036 votes (87 percent) to
428 (12 percent) for chal-
lenger Evan Slafter. Unop-
posed David Wendt received
230 votes in Big Horn Coun-
ty for the Democratic nomi-
nation.
All other races featured
unopposed candidates: Max
Maxfield for Secretary of
State (GOP), Maxfield chal-
lenger Andrew Simons
(Dem) and Joe Meyer for
State Treasurer (GOP).
Both Sen. Ray Peterson
(R-Cowley) and Rep. Elaine
Harvey (R-Lovell) were un-
opposed to retain their seats
in the Wyoming Legisla-
ture, as was Lorraine Quar-
berg (R-Thermopolis) in far
south Big Horn County.
BY DAVID PECK
Big Horn County pret-
ty much followed the state-
wide trend in votes for Wy-
oming's top five elected
officials, plus the state's
lone seat in the U.S. House
of Representatives, with
one exception.
Voters here favored Ron
Micheli for governor, but
Micheli finished third in
the seven-way race for the
Republican nomination, ac-
cording to unofficial results
that left Matt Mead with a
slight edge over Rita Meyer
for the GOP nomination.
Micheli received 1,341
votes in Big Horn County,
earning 37 percent of the
vote, while Mead received
838 votes (23 percent), Rita
Meyer 721 (20 percent) and
Colin Simpson 667 (18 per-
cent). Alan Kousoulos re-
ceived 21 votes, John Self
and Tom Uben 9 each.
Micheli was strongest
in Lovell, where he received
466 votes to 206 for Mead,
142 for Meyer and 135
for Simpson. He was also
strong in Cowley with 155
votes to 100 for Mead and in
Byron: 116 votes compared
to 24 for Simpson and 23 for
Meyer. Micheli also topped
the ticket in Burlington,
Otto, Hyattville, Mander-
son and Emblem.
