2 I The Lovell Chronicle I August 27, 2015
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BY BOB RODRIGUEZ
Because of some com-
plaints about scheduling
and when loads can be ac-
cepted at the Basin land-
fill, the Big Horn County
Solid Waste Disposal Dis-
trict Board of Directors
has decided to use a more
"business-oriented, pub-
lic relations" approach for
dumpers, especially com-
mercial users.
The five directors
agreed to that approach
during their meeting in the
Lovell Fire Hall on Tues-
day night, Aug. 18. Con-
sensus was readily reached
following comments by Di-
rector Carl Olson, who told
his fellow directors and
the audience of one several
times that concerns by Paul
Mayville, a district employ-
ee, needed to be addressed.
Mayville appeared to be
seeking direction from the
board regarding aspects in-
cluding handling biowaste
material, "special needs"
situations and especially
deadlines for allowing large
commercial loads into the
site.
Agreement was reached
by the board, with Olson
stating that dumping reg-
ulations at the Basin site
"need to be worked out to be
more flexible and lenient"
to accommodate large loads
that arrive close to or only
a short time past the dump-
ing deadline. The board
agreed that dumpers, for
example the Town of Basin,
can be allowed some lee-
way, especially ifa call is re-
ceived that a load is coming,
but that it will be a bit late.
"We need to run more
like a business," said board
Chairman Ron McArthur.
He said, with OKs noted by
the board and District Man-
ager Gary Grant, that mod-
erate overtime periodically
would be acceptable.
The matter was ap-
proached by Olson after a
complaint last month and
after he attended a meet-
ing with the Basin Pub-
lic Works foreman. Olson
said he "got his ass chewed"
about the lack of communi-
cation between the district
and the town regarding the
dump schedule and too-
strict deadlines, but that he
understands the situation
and believes that it can be
remedied.
Somewhat in connection
with the dump schedule,
Olson brought up a situa-
tion involving a dump em-
Bighorn Canyon end-of-season
campfire talks scheduled
Bighorn Canyon NRA
has final summer campfire
talks coming up in late Au-
gust and early September
2015.
The prehistoric peo-
ple who once lived around
Big Horn Canyon had to
be creative in order to sur-
vive their harsh environ-
ment. One of the weapons
they made to hunt with
was known as the atlatl
(spear thrower). Join Rang-
er Shawn Williams on Au-
gust 28 to learn about the
atlatl and how it was used,
You can try it for yourself if
you wish.
Two hundred years ago,
the mountain men used the
Bad Pass Trail that me-
anders around Big Horn
Canyon while they were
trapping in the West. Join
Ranger Williams on Sept.
4 to learn about the moun-
tain men who traversed the
Big Horn Country and the
mountain man era. Ranger
Williamswill also discuss,
and fire, a Hawken Rifle,
which is often associated
with the mountain men.
The campfire talks will
be held at the Horseshoe
Bend Campground Amphi-
theater at 8 p.m., weather
permitting.
FULL MOON PARTY
For the final weekend
of the season, August 28
and 29, Hidden Treasure
Charters is hosting one
more Full Moon Party at
Horseshoe Bend Marina.
There will be a free con-
cert, food served until late
and beer available to pur-
chase both nights.
For more information
about campground pro-
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ployee who lists the number
of hours he's worked each
day, but not the times. The
board agreed with Olson
that the worker must speci-
fy his times of arrival, when
he takes lunch and for how
long and when he's back at
work. Grant was directed by
the board to speak with the
employee to explain and re-
solve the matter.
The board meeting
opened at 7 p.m. and was
led initially by Vice Chair-
man Dean Wolvington un-
til the arrival of McArthur
12 minutes later. He led the
group until two unofficial
adjournments at 8:06 and
8:14 p.m. Among other mat-
ters the board:
*Reviewed and ac-
cepted with a 5-0 vote the
nine-page financial report
from Cynde Braten, dis-
trict bookkeeper. Included
was payment of bills total-
ing some $36,794, the trans-
fer of $50,000 to the Bank of
Lovell for a higher-paying
CD and moving other mon-
ies to the district account
for the equipment reserve
fund. Said Braten, "We did
good," referring to the point
that "payroll is our only li-
ability" and explaining that
the district as of July 31 has
assets of $2.2 million.
• Agreed to begin the
procedure to have a Cater-
pillar track loader repaired
instead of purchasing a
new or used machine. The
cost is estimated at $12,000
to $20,000 depending on
what's needed. Funds are
available and Olson recom-
mended the action.
• OK'd payment of
$176,114 to Diamond Point
Construction Inc. of Buffa-
lo for the most-recent work
at the forthcoming Basin
Transfer Station. The pay-
ment was recommended by
Howard Johnson of IME,
who attended the meet-
ing via a conference call,
as he was unable to appear
in person due to a family
gathering.
• Gave the go-ahead
for Grant to attend the an-
nual WSWRA conference
in Laramie this week with
Johnson. The latter indi-
cated that much useful in-
formation is derived from
the conference and that it
will be especially useful for
the district in connection
with the current project
in Basin and a similar one
that will affect the North
Big Horn County Landfill
near Cowley.
BY PATTI CARPENTER
A book drive begins this
week in memory of Sara
Kate Mason, a baby who
died of a rare heart defect
after only five days of life.
Her parents, Reid and Kris-
ten Mason of Cowley, decid-
ed to host a children's book
drive as a way to honor her
short life.
The book drive will be-
gin on Sept. 6, which is her
date of birth, through Sept.
12, which is the date she
died. The public is invited to
donate new children's books
in her memory during this
time period.
ents. 'Wge'd like to pay-it-
forward by sharing our love
of children's books and sup-
porting our local libraries
with #Stories4Sara.
"She would have been
celebrating her first birth-
day on Sept. 6. We would
like to encourage you to
share a book you love to
share with your children or
one you enjoyed as a young
child."
Sara was diagnosed
with a congenital heart de-
fect at birth (Hypoplastic
Left Heart Syndrome and
Atrioventricular Septal De-
fect), after being born eight
The books can be weeks early. Unfortunately
dropped off at the main of- she was too small at only 4
rice of Rocky Mountain Ele- pounds and her lungs were
mentary School, the Cowley too underdeveloped to have
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Luke Welch has joined
the Lovell Police De-
partment as a new offi-
cer. Welch, 25, grew up in
Lovell. This is his first job
in law enforcement, which
he said is a career change
he has thought about for a
long time.
"I've thought about be-
coming a police officer for
many years," said Welch.
"It's always been some-
thing I've been interested
in, but life didn't let it hap-
pen right away. When this
opportunity opened up, I
decided to apply and things
just worked out."
Previously Welch
worked at one of the local
bentonite plants for about
five years. He studied crim-
inal justice very briefly, but
found it difficult to balance
school, a full time job and
family, so he discontinued
his studies.
Welch began study-
ing at the Wyoming Police
Academy in Douglas on
Monday of this week. He
will study at the academy
for the next 13 weeks and
will need to pass a num-
ber of rigorous tests be-
fore becoming a full-fledged
officer.
"I'm not looking for-
ward to being away from
my family but at the same
time, I am looking forward
to focusing on what I need
to focus on to become a po-
lice officer," he said. "It will
probably be a lot easier to
learn that way. I'll still be
able to come home on the
weekends."
Welch is married with
one small child, KyZynn,
2, and another child on the
way that will be born while
he is attending the acade-
my. He and his wife Kjirs-
tyn have been married for
eight years. She is also from
Lovell. Both still have fam-
ily in Lovell. He is the son
of Dr. Scott Welch and Val-
erie Welch. Kjirstyn is the
daughter of Dan and Meg
Anderson. Dan has been
a police officer for many
years and Luke said he has
always admired that.
"We like it here and
we'd like to stick around,"
said Welch. "This job is an
opportunity to do that. It's
an opportunity to raise our
LUKE WELCH
kids here and to be close to
our families."
He said he see's this is
an opportunity to build a
career and a better life for
his family. He said his wife
has been very supportive of
the career change.
When Welch returns
from the academy, he will
continue field training in
the same vehicle with an-
other officer for another
four to eight weeks.
"There's really no set
amount of time for the field
training," he said. "It's re-
ally a matter of when they
feel it's the right time for
me to go out on my own and
also when I feel comfort-
able being out there alone."
Welch said he likes the
idea of interacting with the
public.
"I like the idea of be-
ing a part of making ev-
erything safe, not only for
the town but for the family
also," he said. "If you have
to enforce something, you
need to enforce it because
that is the law. That's our
job as police officers, but
I also think it's our job to
help people as much as
we can. That includes get-
ting out there and getting
to know people and having
them get to know you.
"I think it's also a part
of our job to explain things
and be helpful. It can be
something as simple as
helping somebody put the
license plate on the front of
their car, if they don't know
how to put it on themselves.
Sometimes you have to just
listen to people. That in-
cludes listening to both
sides of a story sometimes."
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