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BY DAVID PECK
A project to honor vet-
erans and at the same time .......................................
make cemetery mainte-
nance easier was under-
taken last week by a young
man from Cowley as his Ea-
gle Project.
Boy Scout Seth Full-
er, 17, a member of Troop
3038 out of the Cowley LDS
Second Ward and a senior
at Rocky Mountain High
School, organized and per-
formed the project last
Wednesday, Aug. 19, at the
Cowley Cemetery with the
help of fellow Scouts and
members of his family.
Previous veteran grave
markers, a medallion on a
rod, were displayed by being
pushed into the grass, but
over time, Fuller said, many
of them became so firmly
stuck that they were diffi-
cult to remove for mainte-
nance and/or grass care.
Fuller's project involved
pulling the rods out of the
grass, difficult in some cas-
SETH FULLER
es when the barb at the end
had worked its way under a
gravestone, cutting off the
barb, drilling a hole in the
concrete at a gravesite and
placing the rod into the hole.
"It sits in there pretty
snug," Fuller said, "and it
looks better and is easier on
the groundkeeper because
they don't have to mow
PHOTOS BY DUSTIN FVLLER
Working on Seth Fuller's Eagle Project at the
Cowley Cemetery Aug. 19 were (back row, l-r) Dave
Banks, Kelton Hennrich, Travis Banks, Seth Fuller,
Josh McCracken, Ross Fuller, (front row) Justin
Moss, Scott Banks, Alecx Christeusen and Jared
Fuller.
around them. They can also
be removed for cleaning."
Those helping Seth in-
cluded his parents, Ross
and Wendy Fuller, grand-
father Dustin Fuller, town
employee Dave Banks and
fellow .Scouts Josh Mc-
Cracken, Kelton Hennrich,
Travis Banks, Scott Banks,
Alecx Christensen and Jar-
ed Fuller.
Max and Patricia
Crumrine have announced
the forthcoming marriage
of their daughter Sara
Crumrine to James "Jim-
my" Sickler.
Sara is a 1998 graduate
of Lovell High School. She
received her associate's de-
gree at Northwest College
and her bachelor's degree
in graphic design at Collins
College of Technology and
Design in Phoenix.
Jimmy spent his child-
hood between Talkeetna,
Alaska, and Michigan. He
received his bachelor's de-
gree at Concordia College
in Fargo, ND, and began
his first teaching job in Cal-
ifornia. Jimmy returned to
Talkeetna, and he and Sara
met the summer of 2007
while she was employed at
Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge.
Sara is presently the ac-
counting and payroll man-
ager at the lodge, and Jim-
my teaches technology at
JAMES SICKLER AND
SARA CRUMRINE
Su Valley High School. He
is also the athletic director,
high school girls basketball
coach and soccer coach.
The couple will be mar-
ried on Sept. 19 at the lodge
in Alaska. They are pres-
ently building a home and
will continue to reside in
Talkeetna with Sara's dog,
Stanley.
Midway Auto
At the recent 2016
Model Year Marquis/Lar-
son Group's annual dealer
meeting in Ft. Myers, Fla.,
Ken Grant and Bruce Jol-
ley from Midway Auto and
Marine in Lovell were hon-
ored as the No. 1 Larson FX
Series fishing boat dealer in
the world for the 2015 mod-
el year -- July 2014 - June
2015.
This was a remarkable
achievement given the fact
this was their first year as
a Larson FX dealer, a com-
pany release stated. Grant
and Jolley were first ex-
posed to the Larson FX se-
ries of freshwater multi-
species boats last year s
dealer meeting in San
Diego.
According to Jolley, "we
did not have intentions of
selling fishing boats, let
alone fiberglass fishing
boats, based off our lack of
success selling aluminum
fishing boats," adding, "Af-
ter test driving an FX 2020
out in the ocean and feeling
the smooth ride over rough
water and noticing how sol-
id it felt while pounding
Cowley News
BY DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
307-548-6901
Saturday afternoon an
unexpected visitor came
to my home while Bobi Jo
Leonhardt was also vis-
iting. It was Debra Full-
er and she looks so beauti-
ful and happy. She sold her
home last year and trans-
ferred to Washington, Utah,
to be a postal worker. Debra
worked for the post office for
many years in Lovell, Cody
and Cowley.
She bought a home in
St. George, which is just
across the freeway from
Washington," and has ad-
justed to the warm weather
in that area very well.
Debra is the daughter
of the late John Fuller and
Rena Mortensen Fuller. Her
family lived in Lovell when
she was young and she later
moved to Cowley. She raised
her three children, Jory,
Hilary and Sam, in Cow-
ley. We felt the loss when
she moved after her last son
Sam graduated from Rocky
Mountain High School, but
she is content and peace-
ful and in her beautiful new
home.
Since Sam is living in
Cowley and Hilary and her
husband are in Powell, she
came to visit them. She re-
cently visited with Jory and
his new wife in Provo, Utah,
and what a pleasure to see
her with her dynamic per-
sonality and wit. We all en-
joyed ourselves very much.
The Cowley Corn Cook-
out was a success even
though it was cold and
and Marine honored
Larson.boat sales
COURTESY PHOTO
Bruce Jolley (left) and Ken Grant (center right)
receive their Larson Boat Group sales award
during a meeting in Ft. Myers, Fla., on Aug. 8. With
the local duo are Larson President Rob Parmentier
and Vice President of Sales Pat Blake.
through the waves, we real-
ly started getting excited."
"We spent a lot of time
riding in the FX and asking
Larson's pro fishing staff a
lot of questions," said Grant,
Midway owner and presi-
dent. "Some of the things
we learned about the FX se-
ries was that they are the
only fishing boat built with
the patented VEC technolo-
gy that makes them lighter
and stronger than any corn-
petitor, it has a reverse keel
and large chines that make
the ride so smooth, stable
and dry.
"We made some phone
calls to compare pricing
and found that we would be
able to sell these boats for
less than many competing
brands, and after a couple
days of research, we decid-
ed to order eight FX boats
for our initial order."
"We were so excited,
we decided to order eight
more before the first eight
showed up," Jolley said. "At
that point we were commit-
ted hook, line and sinker.
Through the year we kept
selling and ordering more."
"To be our No. 1 Larson
FX dealer in one year, a
goal they set from the onset,
in a very small but competi-
tive boating market is excit-
ing to be a part of," said Rob
Parmentier President and
CEO of Marquis/Larson
Group, manufacturer of the
FX series. "Grant, Jolley
and the team went to great
lengths and were very cre-
ative in their efforts to sell
and build awareness of the
Larson FX series, including
a mall store at the Rimrock
Mall in Billings, Montana,
during the holidays. Along
with the mall store, Midway
was an active community
partner being a main spon-
sor at the Montana Gover-
nors Cup Walleye Tourna-
ment, sponsoring a fishing
pro and creating an unbe-
lievable website that in-
cludes a 360-degree view of
all boats in their inventory."
windy on Saturday. By af-
ternoon it was warmer and
the wind died down for the
celebration. Many people
attended and the little kids
especially enjoyed the blow-
up toys. Some could hear
the music of the Rewind-
ers from their homes and
it was so lovely as it wafted
through the town. Everyone
who came had a delicious
meal and a great visit.
The unexpected death
of Scott Brinkerhoff was a
blow to all who knew him
and saddened us all. He was
only 57. The night of his
heart attack he spoke at the
Boy Scout Court as Josh Mc-
Cracken earned his Eagle
Scout. He gave a talk at the
end of the meeting, which
was well-spoken and from
his heart and it was beauti-
ful. While we were singing
the closing song, he walked
off the stage to his daughter
and they went to the emer-
gency room in Lovell. The
doctors immediately sent
him to Billings and the doc-
tors there sent him to Salt
Lake City, but it was to no
avail, and he died there of a
heart attack.
Scott was involved in
the Scouts and the young
men loved and admired
him. We in the community
knew of his personality and
good humor, and he was
a stalwart man who loved
his children and grandchil-
dren and was involved with
them. We're sorry for his
family's loss and for our loss
and we will miss him in our
lives.
Mike Schwope battled
tularemia for 39 days before
he passed away. He gradu-
ated from the University of
Wyoming with a degree in
animal husbandry and be-
gan his career as a Univer-
sity Extension agent.
He enjoyed his job in
Big Horn County, but he es-
pecially loved the 4-H kids.
He loved hunting and fish-
ing and had many friends
in other states. His person-
ality was such that he never
knew a stranger and he was
a big man whose laugh and
love rang out to all he knew.
His loss is huge for his fam-
ily, his children, grandchil-
dren, great-grandchildren
and especially for his wife,
Linda. His many friends
will feel his loss always.
Dennis Cook was my
classmate. He was born on
Christmas Day in 1939. As
a young boy, he was big and
strong and loomed over us
all in grade school (except
for Chris Hinckley, who was
also big and strong). His
personality was big like he
was and he was cheerful,
warm-hearted and loved
his family dearly. Howev-
er, when he became angry,
he was indeed intimidating.
Everything about him was
huge.
His parents were the
late Joe Cook and Cleo Jen-
sen. I remember how young
we were when his dad was
killed in a tragic accident; it
was so sad and he left Cleo
with four kids to raise. Lat-
er in life Cleo married Clint
Beddes of Lovell.
The last time I saw Den-
nis was at his family reunion
in Lovell. Sally Wilson and
I went down to see all the
Cooks and what an exciting,
happy and loving experience
to be in the midst of the fam-
ily. Dennis was a patrolman
for many years in Colorado
and Wyoming. He told us
that once he picked up a guy
on the interstate and he had
a great visit with him and
it was Mike Welch, former-
ly of Cowley. He never said
if he'd given him a ticket or
not.
Dennis and his wife
Helen raised 10 children to-
gether. They were all at his
services last Saturday with
their kids and grandkids.
The church was filled to the
brim with his wife, his chil-
dren, his brothers and sis-
ter, grandkids, great-grand-
kids, his extended family
and friends in Wyoming,
Colorado and Cowley. His
family idolized him and his
loss is tremendous.
The funeral was held at
the Cowley LDS Church as
Dennis was very religious.
The Relief Society women
fed more than 200 people
for dinner. Dennis is buried
with his family in the Cow-
ley Cemetery. We will miss
his presence in this world.
Our condolences to his fam-
ily and especially to his
wife, Helen. He will be sore-
ly missed by all of us who
knew him in his childhood
and in his mature life. We'll
never forget the impact he
has had during his lifetime
on all who knew him.
Byron News
a season
BY PAMELA C077ENS
HOPKINSON
307-272-8979
pamhopkinson@gmail.com
We traveled south last
week. The days were hot
when we left, but we re-
turned home to some sur-
prise weather. The night
was cold and there was
crispness in the air. It was
time to close the windows.
I am told we are still
going to have some warm
days. Though I find some
comfort in that, we have
been given a warning sign
of things to come. Right
now I still water my flow-
ers, herb garden and pump-
kin patch, but I am seeing
signs that autumn is creep-
ing up on us.
I visited with Bob Do-
errand Pete Harvey a few
days ago. Both are long-
time gardeners and small-
time farmers, and the two
have many years of experi-
ence. They tell me this has
been an unusual year for
their gardens. The toma-
toes just aren't quite what
they have been in the past,
their, corn is slow to rip-
en and the raspberries are
just knee high. Their mel-
ons seem to be doing great,
though.
I look at my pumpkin
vines and don't know if the
blossoms are really going
to be pumpkins or not. I've
never grown them before,
so I can't tell if they are on
track for Halloween har-
vesting or not.
Bob's cows are spoiled
from eating good garden
waste and now they turn
their noses up at corn-
husks, which they used
to relish. These conversa-
tions about the ending of
gardens all lead to the in-
evitable realization -- sum-
mer is drawing to a close. I
love this time of year, not
quite into fall yet, but na-
ture gives us so many clues
to prepare for change.
The squirrels are busy
and we are working fast
to get those repairs done
that will get us through
a winter with as few sur-
prises as possible. I have
enjoyed the fruits (and
vegetables) of others' la-
bor. I am always thankful
that there is always more
planted in gardens around
here than the gardener can
use, which leads to sharing
with friends and neighbors,
which leads to true hap-
piness. Thank you to my
neighbors for sharing the
beans, zucchini, tomatoes,
radishes, corn, onions and
all the good home grown
stuff that smells so deli-
cious right out of the gar-
den. Somehow it just tastes
better. Thank you for your
hopeful effort in planting,
nurturing and harvest-
ing. I have enough basil to
make some pesto and if it
turns out, I will share that
bounty.
I enjoyed receiving a
phone call from Ray Havig
a few days ago. It is always
nice to hear from friends.
For many years Ray has
been traveling from his
winter home in Mesa, Ariz.,
to his Billings home during
the summer. This past
year the Havigs sold their
northern digs and they are
no longer snowbirds. They
are surviving their summer
in Arizona just fine.
He called to share one
more story about Soke's
swimming hole. Seems as
a youth, he and his siblings
used to spend summer days
swimming in the canal. The
area they chose was not too
deep and the water was
mostly still. He would jump
in and bob to the top of the
water, and they cooled off
every chance they got.
His first trip to soke's
was with a group of friends.
He jumped in and experi-
enced the whirlpool under
the falls and quickly real-
ized that he really did not
know how to swim. Under
he went. His friend Bob
McPhail quickly jumped
into action and grabbed
Ray out of the situation.
"He saved my life," he
said. "I was shocked to re-
alize I didn't know how to
swim after all of those af-
ternoons in the canal."
When I hear stories
like this, I think about the
moms who go about their
day and have no idea how
close their child has come
to an end with some of the
shenanigans that used to
go on in the days when kids
were free to roam and in-
vent their own fun.
Hearing about Bob's
quick action to help his
friend reminded me about
Vernice McPhail (Bob's
mother). She was a teacher
here in Byron for 40 years.
I remember her as a librar-
ian and also the creator of
the famous Santa sugar
cookie. According to Jackie
Hecht, everyone loved her
and the class of '54 insisted
she be their sponsor for all
four years of high school.
The McPhails were anoth-
er one of those memorable
Byron families.
Thanks, Ray, for shar-
ing your harrowing experi-
ence at the old swimming
hole. Hope you will travel
up to your hometown one
summer to play your trum-
pet on the alumni float in
the Byron Days Parade. It
is just not the same with-
out you.
