2 I The Lovell Chronicle I September 10, 2015
Carol G. Yowell
Dec. _1_2, 1936 - Sept. 8, 2015
Carol G. Yowell, age 78,
died Sept. 8, 2015 at her
home in Lovell. She was
born w + ~, t ,~,~,,
uec. x~, ±~oD, to Wai-
ter and Lucille (Fenniman)
Howe.
She married the late
Thomas A. Yowell in June
of 1958.
She had five chil-
dren, Sarah Potter, Wil-
liam (Veronica), Wendy
(Bret) Fowler, Diana Le-
Donne and Wesley (Nancy)
and 22 grandchildren, with
one deceased. She had 13
great-grandchildren and 1 life in Arizona, Utah and
deceased. Connecticut. She spent the
She was preceded in last seven years in Lovell.
death by her husband, She loved her family and
Thomas, one grandchild will be missed.
and one great-grandchild. Funeral services
She grew up in Chicago are on Saturday at
and New York State, then 10 a.m. at Haskell Funeral
spent the majority of her Home.
Robert Shumway Meeker
Jan. 15, 1939- Sept. 6, 2015
Robert Shumway
Meeker died on Sept. 6,
2015, after a long battle
with Alzheimer's disease.
He was surrounded in love
by his children and long-
time partner.
"Bob" was born in
Lovell on Jan. 15, 1939, to
Steven and Clorous Meek-
er. He graduated from
Lovell High School in 1957.
He was a gifted athlete
who played baseball, foot-
ball and basketball. As an
all-star basketball play-
er, he was named "King of
the Bucket," and awarded
a basketball scholarship
to Sheridan Community
College.
Bob married Lynne
Avery in Greybull in 1961
and they had four children.
They were divorced in
1980. Bob served his coun-
try in the National Guard
and grandchildren as well
as many other destinations
with Carole. He was most
at home in the Big Horn
Mountains where he en-
joyed his favorite activi-
ties: camping, fishing, hik-
ing and riding motorcycles
and snow machines with
family and friends.
Bob was preceded in
~Tor; two years, He worked death by his :parents'Ste-
as ~n aviation, mechan- ven and Clorous Meeker,
~- ic for Avery" Aviation and his hi'~her Steve Meek-
then Hawkins and Pow-
ers. In 1974, he went to
work for Burlington North-
ern Railroad for more than
25 years. He was active
on the Greybull Volunteer
Fire Department, where
he served as an EMT, As-
sistant Chief and Chief. He
lived in Greybull with his
family for 20 years and was
a devoted father.
Bob moved with his
children to Sheridan in
1982, where he continued
to work for the railroad and
was active in the union and
Operation STOP. He lat-
er resided in Ranchester,
where he met his long-
time partner Carole Wag-
ner. Bob enjoyed traveling
to Arizona, Colorado and
Mexico to visit his children
er and his son Jode Robert
Meeker. He is survived by
his children Robin Meek-
er (Keith) Gaston, Misty
Meeker (Eric) Oxborrow
and Dustin Dane Meek-
er; his grandchildren
Sage Gaston, Dane Gas-
ton, Tynan Gaston, Ash
Gaston, MacKenzi Oxbor-
row, Tosh Oxborrow, Maya
Oxborrow and Macy Meek-
er; his brothers Earl Meek-
er, Wes Meeker and Lar-
ry Meeker; his sister Betty
Ann Holyoak; many niec-
es and nephews and long-
time partner Carole King
Wagner.
A Celebration of Life
Service will be held on Sat-
urday, Sept. 19, 2015, at 11
a.m. at Elk View Lodge in
the Big Horn Mountains.
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Town Coun-
cil discussed moving ahead
with the community recy-
cling program Tuesday night
after receiving verbal sup-
port for the program during
an Aug. 4 public forum.
Town Administrator Jed
regular September meeting
that he spoke recently with
Public Works Director Doug
Savage about converting
an old garbage truck into a
cardboard compactor and
Savage said the truck isn't
really set up for such a task.
Nebel said the best plan
may be to simply continue
on in the current fashion,
taking material to the Pow-
ell Valley Recycling center,
but he said Savage had also
found a used compactor that
the town could purchase.
Asked about implement-
ing a monthly fee, May-
or Angel Montanez said
the consensus at the pub-
lic forum was to go with a
fee, and Councilman Scott
Allred suggested writing an
ordinance with a fee of $1.50
per month and amending it
on second or third reading if
necessary.
Christy Fleming, who
currently heads the recy-
cling program through the
National Park Service, at-
tended Tuesday's meeting,
and Councilman Brian Dick-
son asked if Jan. 1 is a hard
and fast date after which the
Park Service will no longer
run the program.
"As long as there is
forward momentum we
can probably go one more
month," Fleming replied.
"I like the idea of get-
ting the town crew involved
in how to do it," Allred said,
and asked Fleming if the
St. Joseph's
Catholic Church
1141 Shoshone Ave., Lovell
Sacrifice of the Mass
Sunday -
11:30 am
Thursday -
6pro
Reverend
Glenn Whewell
&Jo&',
5th & Montana, 548-7127
Rev. Christopher Brandt
9:15 am Bible Study and
Sunday School
10:30 am Worship Service
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
current recycling committee
is still active. She said "the
girls" have lives and family
duties and some are work-
ing out of town, and added,
'~ou're still stuck with me."
Nebel said he would set
up a meeting with the town
crew and the recycling com-
m,t~, and Fleming asked
if Mary Jo Decker of Powell
Valley Recycling could be in-
cluded and "kept in the loop,"
adding, "They do depend on
us and Greybull and Basin.
She doesn't think each com-
munity could do its own pro-
gram and make it work. She
wants to work with us."
ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICE '
The council started
looking into an animal con-
trol service agreement with
area communities after An-
imal Control Officer Chris-
tian Mendoza asked how to
handle cats brought to him
from Byron.
Nebel said he under-
stands that Lovell used to
have an animal control ser-
vice agreement with other
towns where they help cover
the costs associated with the
animal shelter.
The Lovell ACO doesn't
patrol Byron, Mendoza
said. Rather, most animals
brought to him are caught in
private traps or transported
by Byron officer Noe Garcia.
Councilman Allred said
an agreement is a good idea
but wants the council to look
over the previous agreement
language, which members
of the council said was con-
fusing. The council asked to
review the agreement lan-
guage and see if an agree-
ment is in place with By-
ron or Cowley, then voted
to move forward with an
agreement for animal con-
trol services with Byron and
Louell
flssembig
of God
Church
310 Idaho floe., Louell
Services
Sunday School -- 9:45 am
Morning Worship - 10:50 am
Sunday Night -- 6:30 pm
Wed. Bible Study -- 7 pm
Rev. Dan Jarvis
548-7105
I Serving Northem~
Big H~CountyI
Methodist I i I
'/' Chu,4 I
"at the coY:2r:, V l
.a..S.oshone,.o.,, I
/'% I
~. ~ Reverend Jim Barth I
Cowley.
LODGING TAX BUDGET
The council reviewed
a suggested budget pre-
sented by the Lovell Lodg-
ing Tax Board. The current
town budget calls for $8,000
to be allocated to the board
for distribution, but the sug-
gested budget requests an
additional $2,.000 for the
current fiscal year.
Assistant treasurer Ed
Allred noted that there is
more money in the lodging
tax account than is allocated
in the budget annually.
Montanez noted that
the town stopped the prac-
tice of allowing town mon-
ey to flow through the Mus-
tang Days Committee to
the Grad Night Out Com-
mittee, citing a prohibi-
tion against a municipali-
ty giving gifts or donations
to a private entity. Attor-
ney Scott Kolpitcke said
the same rules would ap-
ply to a lodging tax commit-
tee, but there are exceptions
in state law such as money
allocated for economic devel-
opment and each case must
be reviewed separately.
Kolpitcke said the town
must "ferret out" in detail
how an organization would
use the lodging tax money.
The council asked that
the lodging tax committee
be asked to meet with the
council on Sept. 21 during
the town's next work and/or
special meeting and voted to
table the agenda item until
the council and the lodging
tax board can discuss the
budget request.
In other action Tuesday"
• Mayor Montanez ap-
pointed Big Horn County
Emergency Management
Coordinator Jason Beal as
the new Lovell chief of po-
lice and the council vot-
ed unanimously to approve
the appointment (see re-
lated story). The town has
been without a chief for
more than three months af-
ter Mayor Montanez chose
to not reappoint Chief Nick
Lewis.
A-1--J --_L-~ "Ir")__1 --- 1 1
Z'~I~.~U. WIIUll DCU.I CUUL(J.
start, Nebel said he would
have to give notice to Big
Horn County so it would be
at least a couple of weeks.
• The council discussed
the sewer lift station proj-
ect and Dickson said that
contractor Wilson Brothers
Construction has requested
a later start-up date - from
Oct. 5 to Nov. 2 - to allow
groundwater from nearby
field irrigation to subside.
Dickson said the project
would include a winter shut-
down, with project work re-
suming in the spring.
• Councilman Allred
asked if the town could
grade the road to the animal
control shelter and the veg-
etative waste site. Although
the road is not owned by the
town, "we use it," he said,
and Ed Allred noted that the
easement agreement calls
for the town to maintain the
road.
• Montanez commend-
ed police officers Matt Ko-
ritnik and Brandon Jolley,
who were in attendance, for
"hanging in there and doing
a good job" while the depart-
ment has been understaffed.
"I'll echo those sentiments,"
Scott Allred said.
• The council went into
a closed session to discuss
litigation. A special meet-
ing has been scheduled
for Monday, Sept. 21, and
the next regular council
meeting is set for Tuesday,
Oct. 13.
Do you need assistance with late
rent or utilities? .
Do you need assistance with past
due medical bills, dental work or glasses? "1
Contact Julie or Sara at NOWCAP,
307-347-6185 and ask about our
ncy Assistance funds.
If you're struggling with recovery from habit I
abuse, join us at 7 p.m. Saturdays in the old
I
Baptist Church behind Minchow's.
Everyone is welcome.
Sponsored by the Bible Church
get a py of e Bible Ch
the Chronicle at the l~..~,[~ Service Prayer 7 pm|
Byron Town Hall |Sunday Schoo, Rev. Kurt McNabb/
ll0:30am 56E. Main l
or Byron Bar! .... j
L6 pm
Estate Sale- 2nd Release
N'L .li." ~ ¢ N . ,la JL mlJ .,1
AMERICAN LOG HOMES IS ASSISTING LIQUIDATION
OF NEWLY RELEASEDESTATE&ACCOUNT SETTLEMENT ON HOUSES i~fl~ &b'~
3 Log Homes selling for BALANCE OWED, FREE DELIVERY
• Model# 203 Georgia $49,500 -- BALANCE OWED $22,900* D~od(~1)~
• Model # 303 Little Rock $38,525 -- BALANCE OWED $15,900 "k
: M;d¢I?HS002MS~n;aHF;vE $44,;OOETMBALAFANCEuO1WED $17,500 "k '~Or ~/~.e~ ~1~ CO~LI~p~O~,~
• Make any desig• cha•ges you desire!
• Comes with Complete Building Blueprints & Construction Manual BBB Q a{io a? C ,11 -
: NWiod;FM,ED:;rMI~nd(~;ODfi;g;vtEnCRladed A+ Rating ~0~'~4~'~0~ t~ o~' ~0~ "~1-~"
\'it% LII \\\\\\.hlL'}/tlIllC(IFC:Illl COI]I~--
~,l'il{l()l N ()N1~~-3035 dsl,. Icw/\cCotlnlh]# )cpl.
i • , i
Do Shce Pszza for Lunch i Thursday, Septe
i i I Multi-Puxpose Room ~ll~,
[ pelpperonl Pizza i I ~b/,,/NEW HORIZONS CARE CENTER
I Organizational meeting, information about the
i I Pizza On The Run I'Pizi iOn i, 3 Big Horn County Relay for IAfe Event.
L (~hursdays Only in govell -- ...... llam-lpm) l i I r atients, care givers,--"z.axnuymembers,
The Runi vors" Everyone is inwted to join us*
i O"ZO i " " 07- 48-5200.1 1SLane 2,Love,,WY
www.nbhh.com
TH S THURSDAY
