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BY RYAN FITZMAURICE
Nicole Hendershot is re-
turning to the classroom af—
ter 11 years away.
Hendershot previous—
ly spent two years teaching
fifth and sixth grade in Burl-
ington and then taught fifth
rade at Lovell Elementary
or a year before she made
the decision to stay home to
raise her children.
Education has always
been a part of her, Hender—
shot said , -
“I remember distinc—
tivel deciding in eighth
gra e, I had an awesome US
US. history teacher and for
part of our unit we got the
opportunity to teach a de-
cade of history to our class-
mates and everybody else
was dreading, and I was so
excited. I knew from that
point on, there was no ques-
tion that I was destined to
be a teacher,” she said
That’s not to say there
hasn’t been a learning curve
in coming back to the class—
room. Even the grading has
changed, Hendershot said
“It’s like riding a bike
on fire,” Hendershot joked.
“Some things are like
riding a bike, and other
things I have a lot to learn
as things change and grow
every time. I’ve had to learn
the new lingo and the new
requirements and things
like that.”
One thing hasn’t
changed, Hendershot said,
forming a relationship with
her students.
“It’s easy to build rela-
tionships with kids, and get
to know them and help them
get better,” Hendershot said.
‘I missed that regular in-
teraction with the kids. I
missed being able to see
them take hold on that new
idea and have those light-
bulb moments where they
really finally get a concept.
Just getting to see them
light up.”
Nicole Hendershot
eturns to eucation at Lovel
to be back
in the fifth rade, too, Hen-
dershot sai . It’s an exciting
age at which to get to know
a child.
“I like that they
She’s happy
have
a lot of independence.
They’re still relying on you
as a teacher to guide their
learning but they re at an in-
dependent level where they
can grasp new concepts
and think deeply about
what they’re learning,” she
said. “They’re fun. It’s a fun
group. They’re starting to
igure themselves out and
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figure out who they are.”
Hendershot teaches
just about everything there
is to teach in her classroom
as one can’t help but do in
an elementary classroom,
but reading and math is
where her heart lies.
“Those are my favorite
things to teach,” Hender-
shot said. “l’ve always been
a reader, and my goal is to
help my kids find a book
that they love and won’t be
able to put down. If I can
share that with them and
help them get there, I’ll feel
like I succeeded.”
Hendershot said anoth- .
er focus of hers is to teach
her students a healthy bal—
ance between fun and hard
work.
“One thing I alwa 3
want my students to ta e
away is that we can have a
lot of fun but we’re not here
to just have fun, we can
work hard, and play when
it’s time to play, and work
hard when it’s time to work
hard,” Hendershot said‘
“We’re not just produc-
ing robots, we’re producing
humans.”
Hendershot went to
Westminster 'College in Salt
Lake City, where she grad—
uated with a degree in el-
ementary education and a
minor in special education.
She has been a resident
of Lovell for 15 years.
‘The Peyote Way’ program Thursday at Bighorn Canyon NRA
On Thursday, Oct. 3,
the Bighorn Canyon Na-
tional Recreation Area will
host Johnny Tim Yellowtail,
great-great grandson of
Robert S. Yellowtail and a
descendent of Chief Gray-
Bull,fat*~the Cal S: Taggart
’YisitorfCenter in Lovell. ,
Yellowtail will present
a multimedia program and
demonstration entitled
“The Peyote Way, Native
American Church” with
the assistance of Adrian
Bird, Jr., grandson of the
late SonnyBlackeagle. ,
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at7p.m.
Yellowtail and Bird
are employed through
the Crow Nation, Trib—
al Historic Preservation
Department.
“We both share the
passion of preserving our
rich history, tradition and
culture. The Peyote Way is
the way we choose to pray,”
Yellowtail said.
This event is free and
everyone is welcome, a
Park Service release stated.
For questions about the
program, contact the visi—
tor ceiter at 307—548—5406.
ctober 3, 2019 l The Lovell Chronicle 3
Alicia Wilkes and Russell Roberts
Roberts and Wilkes to wed
Shane and Miriam
Roberts of Frannie have
announced the forth-
coming marriage of their
son Russell to ‘Alicia Dan—
ielle Wilkes, daughter of
Bradley and Jill Wilkes of
Superior, Colo. They will
be married in the Hous-
ton Temple of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Lat—
ter—day Saints on Nov. 9,
2019.
Ali is a 2011 graduate
of Monarch High School
in Louisville, Colo., and
earned a Master of In—
formation Systems Man—
agement degree from
Brigham Young Univer—
sity’s Marriott School
of Business. She is em-
ployed by ExxonMobil
of Houston as a content
strategist.
Russell, a 2011 Rocky
Mountain High School
graduate, studied busi—
ness at Bri ham Young
University—I aho and
works as a data con-
sultant at Benefits Sci-
ence Technologies in The
Woodlands, Texas.
Following their mar-
riage, Russell and Ali will
make their home in Th
Woodlands. ~ 7-
Byron News‘Our home roofing project leads to talk of great hunting
escapades
BY PAMELA COEENS
‘ HOPKINSON
307-272—8979
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It all started with a
dog. The roof on my house
has been in need-of repair
for some time now. For
the past few years, it has-
been a bucket brigade on
my back porch whenever
we have rain. Now, we are
gettin to the bottom of it.
W en the roofer be-
gan taking off layers, there
were wooden shakes on
the bottom layer. A la—
bel on those shakes was
worn and yellowed certi—
fying that they were Tree
Life Red Cedar shingles
from St. Paul and Tacoma
Lumber Co. Manufacturers
since 1888.
With a little research
I found that the company
was no longer in business
after 1950. But when it was
running I found this infor—
mation: Upon its comple-
tion in December 1900, the
combined capacity of the
company’s two mills was
’ 400,000 feet of lumber and
400,000 shin les in one
ten—hour shit. Between
,500 and 600 men were em-
ployed at St. Paul & Taco-
ma, making it one of the
city’s largest employers.
Although this house’s
beginning doesn’t go that
far back, I’m pretty sure
these were the original
shakes in the early 19305
when the house was built.
With subsequent leaks new
roofing was just put over
the top. Actually, from
by 6 years of age,
tion
S
the outside the shakes
looked like they were in
reat shape. One look up
rom inside the attic and it
looked like little blue stars
shining through where
there were leaky spots in
the roof.
Anyway, back to the
dog. The roofer brings his
dog to work with him. The
dog’s name is Nix and he is
a German Wirehair. I com-
mented on what a good dog
he was,that he never barks
and seems so calm. On top
of that he has the dark-
est eyes and cutely shaped
head. He was instantly my
friend.
Talking about the dog
led to some great stories
about his hunting esca-
pades. Little did I know
that this breed of dog was
bred in Germany to work
with all types of hunting,
feather, fur and waterfowl.
According to the owner,
Nix is in his glory when do—
ing exactly that. The sto-
ries of his adventures in
hunting, pointing and re-
trieving reminded me of
being with my grandpa
when he would share his
experiences as a hunting
guide.
Although he never used
dogs, his adventures were
pretty exciting for a young
kid to hear about, like the
time he followed some
young black bear cubs into
a cave to come face to face
with the momma bear. He
was careful in backing out
of the cave, and lived to
tell the tale. I recently ran
across an old newspaper
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clipping about my grandfa—
ther Charley Beall.
Under the head-
ing SUCCESSFUL HUNT,
it reads: “Buffalo” Char—
ley Beall, Lovell’s big game
hunter and guide, returned
last week from a twenty day
trip with the Baron Raoul
De Kuffner of Rumania.-
Beall’s headquarters camp
is up South Fork. It was the
Baron’s first big game hunt
in America. And he greatly
en'oyed it. He said this was
a unter’s paradise. After
taking numerous pictures
of elk and deer, he bagged a
large moose with a perfect
head and a 50-inch spread.
Beall also had a sheep
hunter from Detroit who
was lucky and got a nice
ram. Hunters from Okla—
homa, guided by him, also
den
got their game ——deer, elk,
antelope and bear. Ow—
ing to good weather and
plenty of feed, the game is
still high up and not com—
ing down as early as usual.
Charley has a party of four
coming the first of Novem—
ber from Texas.”
I have been hearin re-
cently about many av-
ing success bow hunt-
ing. Growin up, I didn’t
hear much a out hunting
with a bow, but it seems to
be common now. It does
seem to even the playing
field a little. (No disre-
spect to hunters who pack
a gun and tramp over hill
and dale hunting game.) I
understand a ‘real’ hunt-
er does both. Good luck to
the hunters and the “hunt-
ees.” Let the games begin.
Ireeann Anderson 8th
