Filings finalized for hospital
and school boards
BY DAVID PECK
Filing for special dis-
trict seats to be elected at
the 2014 General Election
on Nov. 4 has wrapped up,
with a handful of new fil-
ings coming in this week
for school and hospital
boards, as well as ceme-
tery, senior citizen fire dis-
trict and conservation dis-
trict boards.
The filing period ran
through Monday, Aug. 25.
Five seats are up for
election on the Big Horn
County School District No.
1 Board of Trustees this
year, with an extra seat to
be filled this year due to
the resignation mid-term
of trustee Jim Thomas.
Filing were incumbent
Tricia Aagard of Burling-
ton, representing Area C
- Burlington, incumbent
David Monk and chal-
lenger David V. Banks of
Cowley for the Area D -
Cowley seat, incumbents
Koleen Sponsel of Cowley
and Paul Rasmussen of
Burlington and challeng-
er Jack Cordner of Fran-
nie for two at large seats
on the board, and for the
Area B - Byron seat on
the board: Ed Riding,
who was appointed to fin-
ish the term after Thom-
as resigned to take a job in
Lander, Alan Bair and Mi-
chelle M. Hoyt.
With Thomas elected
two years ago, the Byron
seat will carry a two-year
term this time so it comes
up for election again in
2016, Mann said.
LOVELL SCHOOL BOARD
Three seats are up on
the School District No. 2
Board of Trustees in Lovell,
seats currently held by
Marianne Grant, Bruce Jol-
ley and Judy Richards.
Both Grant and Jolley
have filed for re-election,
and also filing were Dan-
ny Jolley and Mel McAr-
thur. Richards announced
recently that she would
not seek a fifth term on the
board.
HOSPITAL BOARD
Four seats on the North
Big Horn Hospital Dis-
trict Board are up for elec-
tion. The seats are cur-
rently held by chairman
Brett Crosby, holding the
Byron-Cowley seat on the
board, Bill Camp, hold-
ing the Deaver-Frannie
seat on the board, and at
large board members Bruce
Wacker of Lovell and Lin-
da NeVille of Byron. All
four have filed for re-elec-
tion and are unopposed in
November.
All five seats are com-
ing open on the North Big
Horn Senior Citizens Ser-
vice District, seats held by
Loretta Tippetts, Ron Mc-
Clure, Verna Hawkins,
Dueane Calvin and Bar-
bara Walker. All five have
filed for re-election.
Also up for election are
seats on various cemetery
boards, as well as conserva-
tion district boards and fire
district boards. North Big
Horn County candidates
include:
Cowley Cemetery Board -
Mac Crosby, Lila Steed and
Janis Ellis. Jim Donley had
filed but later withdrew.
Byron Cemetery Board
- Edward Gifford, Mil-
ton Meier and E. Denney
NeVille.
Deaver-Frannie Cemetery
Board - Walter Herlitz and
Fred Wambeke.
Lovell Cemetery Board -
Michael Jameson, Wil-
liam Johnsey and Ralph
Winland.
Fire District No. 1 - Michael
Leonhardt.
Fire District No. 5 - Daniel
Zwemer.
Shoshone Conservation Dis-
trict board - Russell Board-
man of Frannie, Reed Wil-
liams of Lovell and Allan P.
Clark of Byron.
Weather didn't keep the golfers away
from charity tournament
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The first annual "Fairway for our Kids
Charity" golf tournament received a good
turnout in spite of inclement weather on
Saturday. Twelve teams of four golfers bat-
tled the elements on Saturday to take part
in the new event, which was held at Foster
Gulch Golf Course.
Numerous businesses contributed to
the event, which raised more than $3,500
in donations according to organizer Craig
Trumbull. He said organizers were pleased
:with the turnout considering the rain and
wind, which wasn't exactly inviting.
Trumbull said the proceeds from the
event go to scholarships for students from
both Lovell and Rocky Mountain high
schools. A special committee organized by
the Lovell Chamber of Commerce will re-
view scholarship applications and select
students who will receive them.
Trumbull said deadline information
and application forms for the scholarships
will be available at a later date.
On a brighter note, golfers were treat-
ed to a lunch of barbecued ribs and chick-
en supplied by Cowboys and Cooks Cater-
ing, who donated their time to cook for the
event.
See related story on page 11 for results.
LOVELL SCHOOLS START TUESDAY
nicians are working hard
and already have Internet
access up and running in
most of the classrooms.
"The Internet is a big
part of learning," he said.
"It's also a big part of in-
struction, so getting it done
is being emphasized this
week."
MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
The multi-purpose
room is still running far
ahead of its October dead-
line and is about 95 percent
complete. Though many
of the finishing touches to
the multi-purpose room
are complete, some elec-
trical work remains, along
with work on the auditori-
um's state-of-the-art sound
system and other finishing
touches. A new doorway
was added allowing stu-
dents on the stage an easy
exit point on the west side
of the stage. Other finish-
es like interior glass and
doors are also in the works.
Woodford said he expects
the room to be up and run-
ning within a few weeks of
school starting.
NEW BUS LANE
Construction of the new
bus lane hit a snag this
week when, during a tri-
al run with buses, it was
discovered that the buses
would be required to make
too tight of a turn when en-
tering Great Western Ave.
via Main Street. The prob-
lem was quickly resolved,
Woodford said, the new bus
lane and parent drop-off for
students will be in effect on
day one.
FOOTBALL FIELD
Though the newly ren-
ovated athletic playing
field is completely level and
green, Doug Hazen and the
football team have been
holding their practices at
the middle school to allow
the sod to fully take root.
Woodford said the field
will be absolutely be ready
for the first home football
game on Sept. 5, though
concessions will most likely
be sold at the old stand in
the gym, as the new kitchen
is still several weeks away
from completion. He said
the field only needs to be
marked and striped before
it is ready for the first foot-
ball game.
LUNCHES
Students will be bused
to the elementary school
for lunch, as in previous
years, while the finishing
touches are completed on
the high school kitchen, or
Bulldog Caf, as it is being
called. Woodford said once
the kitchen is open stu-
dents will be able to eat on
campus and socialize on the
deck of the new multi-pur-
pose room. He said he hopes
the sound and video sys-
tems will be up and run-
ning soon so that students
can enjoy entertainment
while dining in that area.
TEMPORARY BUSING
The band, choir and
family and consumer sci-
ence students will also be
bused temporarily to other
campuses, while construc-
tion is completed in their
learning areas, which are
not expected to be complete
until October.
WEIGHT ROOM
Athletes have been
working around the con-
struction of the weight
room adjacent to the gym,
and the school will host the
North Big Horn Invitation-
al volleyball tournament as
planned this weekend. New
routing for the buses drop-
ping off athletes from oth-
er schools is in place, said
Woodford.
"We just need to get the
word out to other schools,
so the drivers know where
to go, "he said.
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS
A last minute switch in
teaching and other assign-
ments took place with the
early departure of biology
teacher and golf coach Levi
Collins, who ended his con-
tract early to accept anoth-
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er position outside of the
education field. Fortunate-
ly, new English teacher Sa-
mantha Christianson's first
area of emphasis is biology,
so she was thrilled to fill the
position vacated by Collins.
Carissa Camp agreed to go
back to her old position in
the English Dept. tempo-
rarily, while a permanent
teacher is found. Camp was
in the process of making a
move to the library to take
on the role of instructional
facilitator and media advi-
sor, vacated by Sheri Monk,
who retired recently. Monk
agreed to come back part
time until the staffing could
be resolved.
Woodford said he ap-
preciated those who shift-
ed their duties, especially
Camp, for the benefit of the
team. He said, in addition
to looking for a new English
teacher, a paraprofession-
al is sought for the library
along with an individual
certified to be head coach of
the golf team.
ADMIN OFFICES
The district adminis-
trative offices will contin-
ue to be temporarily locat-
ed behind the main office
at the high school until re-
model of its wing is com-
plete. Woodford said those
offices, along with the rest
of that wing, will be com-
plete sometime in October.
"Our teachers have
been fantastic through all
of this," said Woodford.
"We haven't heard any
complaining or rumbling
from them. They are roll-
ing with the waves on this
project and we are real-
ly happy about that. Their
attitude has been really
fantastic."
He said with the start
of school next week, con-
struction personnel and
staff are completely fo-
cused on getting the class-
rooms ready for students.
Any additional details
that need to be done in the
classrooms after school
starts will be completed off
school hours.
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