4 I The Lovell Chronicle I September 22, 2011
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Few people like to be bothered by door-to-door sales-
men, but most of us probably don't mind - and even relish
- a visit by a member of the Girl Scouts or the local high
school football team who drop by to sell cookies or a Bull-
dog Card or Grizzly Card.
And yet regulations designed to limit the former would
also affect the latter.
That the issue the Lovell Town Council and Chief of Po-
lice Nick Lewis are dealing with as they attempt to enact an
ordinance regulating door-to-door salesmen. What affects
outside sellers also affects the local kids that citizens happily
support.
The issue gathered steam recently when security system
salesmen blanketed the community, pressuring homeown-
ers into purchasing expensive systems for their homes and
misleading the public by claiming that the systems were en-
dorsed by the Lovell PD and even Lewis himself.
The chief started looking into the possibility of enacting a
new ordinance, with the understanding that the old Green
River Ordinance blocking door-to-door salesmen had been
challenged in court and was no longer enforceable.
Regulating salesmen is far more complex than most peo-
ple realize, Town Attorney Sandra Kitchen told the council
last week. She been looking into the issue for other mu-
nicipalities, as welll There are different categories of sellers
including transient merchants, solicitors and peddlers.
Solicitors promote a product that is not physically on
their person and/or comes from out of state. The security
system folks are one example. A peddler brings the sales
item to the door, or it is available in town. The football play-
er selling a Bulldogs Card or the dancer selling flags fall into
this category.
A municipality cannot require a solicitor to pay a fee or
restrict sales, nor can it require a background check, be-
cause a local government cannot regulate interstate com-
merce, athough the town can require a company to regis-
ter. Peddlers can be regulated more easily, though Kitchen
stressed that all peddlers must be treated the same. What
good for the out-of-state fruit salesman is good for the band
member selling the proverbial fruitcake.
Lewis likes the idea of registration because it gives the
police a tool to at least make contact with someone in here
from out of state. He is very concerned about people be-
ing taken advantage of and also young people, and others,
coming in contact with undesirable characters.
And so as this process proceeds, the chief wants to meet
with local organizations, schools and others who typically
sell door to door so that he can work wit'hthem to craft the
best ordinance, one that won't be too burdensome and yet
is fair to everyone.
Look for meetings to be held in the coming months.
-David Peck
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When it comes to kitties,
"enough'
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We had four cats when we moved to
Lovell two years ago. Now we have six. At
that rate, by 2020 (and that is not refer-
ring to good vision) we'll have 15 kitties.
Not a pretty picture. Talk about the
difficulty of herding cats. Try taking
care of them so that they're well fed and
healthy. Think about shredded furniture.
And legs. Our legs.
We even have one feline, the all-black
guy with yellow eyes who came with us
from S.W. Oregon, who will claw your pos-
terior if you bend and he wants to get your
attention. Kind of like being the butt of a
joke.
Bob
Rodriguez
And our newest addition (ta-da!) enjoys using
her baby claws not only on our legs, but our arms,
hands, tummies or any other handy body part. She
enjoys being "mole cat," which means that she bur-
rows under the sheet and blanket to sleep with us.
If we make an unnecessary move, she unleashes her
kitten claws. Despite her youth, she is skilled at in-
flicting noticeable derma damage. Oh well, there's
always first aid cream.
We acquired this newest beauty Several weeks
ago after she yowled for a good part of the predawn
hours from a tree in our neighbor's yard. She ran
into their storage shed when I went to see what was
going on, thinking that maybe it was one of ours.
After all, Tasha Tiny-Dancer, who was found in the
middle of Main Street about a year ago, could have
been the one complaining.
But no, it was a tiny beige-colored
thing out on her own. So we took her in,
and sometimes call her Blondie because of
her coloration. In fact, she could be aptly
named InvisiCat because of her tendency
to disappear on top of bedspreads, blan-
kets and the like. Blends right in. Some-
times I call her CamoCat.
Her real name, though, is Miss Kitty.
We came up with that because her initial
baby meows and yows sounded like Miss
Kitty from the Gunsmoke series. You
know, like someone who drank too much
rough whiskey and had been around too
much cigarette smoke. As she has grown, her saloon
voice has diminished, but we're sticking with our
original name for her.
Tasha finally has stopped stalking Miss Kitty
with the intent of disemboweling her. They're even
becoming friends who can play without evil intent.
Most of the time. The adult cats, who are Bubba, Jel-
libunny, Scrappy and Flint, tolerate her, especially
Scrappy, who makes a fine foster dad, as he raised
Tasha. Perhaps "tolerate" is n t' eiltt ely correct
cause periodically there are bouts of hissing and
head-bopping. But those times are becoming more
infrequent.
There is an old TV series, "Eight Is Enough." I'm
here to tell you to decrease that number by two. See
you again in 2020.
Letters to the editor
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Letter to the editor
Dear editor,
The recent issue of the Lovell Chronicle (9/11 commemorative edi-
tion) was a witness of our collective love of God and love of country.
Thank you for these testimonies of hope and allegiance to this re-
markable and great country.
We live in such a protected spot, yet vulnerable, also. To those who
protect and defend us I give special thanks and praise.
Our freedoms are preserved and defended by each person who
stands to defend these precious freedoms.
Mary L. Jensen
Byron
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Dear editor, an issue with using tax dollars the old town police car should
Last January the Mayor of By- to provide this bus due to what I be sold for $9,500 and that mon-
ron, without consulting the town will call the District 1 vs. District ey should also go to the sewer la-
council, decided to stop running 2 feud. So the solution is to pun- goons. Yet the Town cannot put
the local town bus providing trans- ish the children whose parents feel out a few thousand dollars for the
portation for the children of Byron they will have a better education safety and welfare of the children
who attend School District 2. After in District 2 by not looking out for and run the bus around town to
trying all summer to get a meet- their safety and well being, deliver the District 2 students to
ing with Mayor George I was final- I appeared before the Sep-the bus location.
ly able to get a meeting last month tember town council meeting in Mayor George used the phrase
and when I asked for an explana- Byron and spoke about this is- "for the good of the town" sever-
tion on why the bus was stopped I sue and was given a thank youal times when explaining some
was told that it was because Dan with no further discussion orof these expenses. It is appar-
Coe had told him we needed to comments. As I browsed through ent that protecting our children
stop the town bus and he did not last month's minutes I see that is "not for the good of the town"
want bus transfers. Upon speak- the council found it fit to donate and that sewer lagoons, remov-
ing with Dan Coe about this he ex- $300 to the Rocky Mountain foot- al of old trailer houses, spraying
plained that it is not his business ball team. Further discussion re- weeds and replacing sewer lines
how Byron gets the children to the vealed that my tax dollars were for private citizens is something
bus stop and he denied making used to remove a trailer house much more important to spend
that statement to Mayor George. the homeowner could not afford our tax dollars on. As a taxpayer
In plain and simple terms Ito remove, which is actually in and resident of Byron I must dis-
believe this bus is needed for the violation of town ordinances and agree with this. Children are the
safety of our children. We have is not the first time this has been most precious gift we can receive
children who have to cross the done. They also spray weeds in .and should be protected and tak-
highway to get to the bus and the right of ways, which is not the en care of to the best of our abil-
home again and younger children town's responsibility, and even re- ity. I would much rather have
are having to walk to the bus and placed a sewer line for a resident my tax dollars spent on protect-
home several blocks due to parents who could not afford to do so. ing our children than getting an
who are working. Winter is coming As the meeting continued early payoff on a lagoon, replacing
and it will be getting cold enough it appeared as though there is someone else's sewer lines or haul-
that even the older children should $25,000 that has been sitting in a ing off old trailer houses. Call me
not have to walk numerous blocks raw water account and the may- crazy but children are more im-
and cross an icy highway to go to or believes that since the money portant than all those things put
school, has just been sitting it should be together.
The Town of Byron and some used to pay on the sewer lagoons Cheri Abraham
residents of Byron appear to have and additionally it was decided Byron
Dear editor, To those that provided mate- over $5,000 in prizes at this year's
The Lovell Police Dept. would rials or services, Larsen's Bikes rodeo including 11 bikes, one elec-
like to take a moment to thank of Powell, Wal-Mart, Safe Routes tric scooter, more than 150 hel-
everyone who helped make this to School grant, Lovell Build-mets, T-shirts and several other
year's "Ride Safely" Bike Rodeo a ing Center, Big Horn Engraving, items.
huge success, the Town of Lovell, Big Horn Co. It is wonderful to live and
First of all, the volunteers were Sheriffs Dept., Lovell Fire Dept., work in such a community. Again,
wonderful and we definitely could WyDOT, Big Horn Co. Emergency thank you and we look forward to
not make it happen without all of Management, B.H.C.S.D. #1 and an even bigger "Ride Safely" Bike
you. Thank you for taking time out #2 and the Big Horn Health Coali- Rodeo next year.
of your weekend and help us teach tion, we say thank you. With your Randy Davis
bike safety to 175 of our kids. help we were able to give away The Lovell Police Dept.
