CHRONICLE
October 6, 2011 I The Lovell Chronicle I 13
Cowley news
DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
548-6901
Mike Whalen, formerly of Cow-
ley, the son of Ruth Jensen Deardeuff
and the late Carroll Whalen, now liv-
ing in Queen Creek, Ariz., with his
wife Phyllis, called a few weeks ago
to tell me about his son-in-law, Dan-
iel Henderson of Boston, who is in a
jazz band called The New Hot 5. Dan-
iel is married to their daughter Mi-
chele. Michele sent an e-mail concern-
ing the band's summer in France.
Daniel studied music in Boston
at the New England Conservatory
and achieved a master's degree in
music and is now teaching music at
Harvard. The jazz band called The
New Hot 5 is comprised of the follow-
ing young men: Steve Call, who plays
the tuba; Daniel Henderson on the
trumpet; Joshua Payne, banjo; Clark
Burnside, clarinet; and Will Kimball,
trombone.
This past summer Daniel and
his band were invited to perform in
a jazz festival in the French Alps,
called Jazz en Vercors. The bandlead-
er is a BYU music professor and the
rest of the band are former BYU stu-
dents. The group traveled around to
neighboring villages to perform con-
certs. The group stayed a few nights
in a town called Villard de Lans and
before the concert they traveled to a
village called Autranz, France, which
was located in a beautiful countryside
with a field of cows next door to the
venue.
The bandleader, Steve Call, de-
cided to pull out his tuba and start
playing a tune for the cows. Daniel
followed suit and pulled out his trum-
pet and joined in playing ' When The
Saints Go Marching On." It was a de-
light to see. The cows perked up im-
mediately and began to gather around
to listen to the music.
As the group had been travel-
ing around they noticed how beauti-
ful the cows were in the Vercors re-
gion of France. The cows wore their
rapt attention. People began to arrive
for the concert and gathered around
smiling and laughing. It was a de-
lightful experience.
The video was filmed and posted
on YouTube and entitled "Jazz For
Cows" and then picked up by a few
popular websites and began to get ex-
posure. The first show to pick it up
was "Good Morning America." Soon
afLer that Conan O'Brian showed a
clip of the video as well as "The Today
Show" and "The Tonight Show" with
Jay Leno. It has also been shown on
local channels all over the nation. The
video now has more than 100,000
views on YouTube and more than
250,000 views on Yahoo.
You can find out about the band
at www.newhoth.com where one can
learn what the band is doing now and
in the future. You can also see a video
of their serenade to the cows on their
website. The band also has a Face-
charming cowbells and wagged their book page and one can get updates
tails happily to the music. They tru- about them. The band hopes that this
ly seemed like happy cows. Well, the exposure will lead to future gigs and
whole band joined in and played a few invitations so they can take part in
songs for the cows as they stood in jazz festivals all over the world.
Rodman-Ward selected for
Vegas reality show
Tara Rodman-Ward
was recently chosen to be
in the Travel Channel's
"Only in Vegas" reality
show, which will air in No-
vember. Rodman-Ward is
a host in Las Vegas and
owns a hosting company
called TaraVegas VIP. She
was the only female inde-
pendent host picked from
a pool of national talent.
Rodman-Ward attend-
ed Lovell High School.
Her grandmother Maria
Carrizales and numer-
ous aunts and uncles live
in the Lovell "area. Her
parents Thomas Rodman
and Rafaela Wilson live in
Cody.
Rodman-Ward cur-
Tara Rodman.Ward
rently resides in Las Ve-
gas. She has three chil-
dren Xavier, Jaydon and
Skyler. She is engaged to
Danish basketball play-
er Casper Hesseldal.
Senior Center news
Flu clinic Friday, Oct. 14
BY
PHYLLIS BRONKEMA
The big news at the
Lovell Senior Center is
its upcoming flu clinic, to
be held on Friday, Oct.
12. The hours you "may
be shot" are from 9 a.m.
-noon, and then from 1-4
p.m. Make-up clinics will
be scheduled later.
There is no cost if you
bring your Medicare Part
B card; otherwise, it will
be $20.
During the clinic, the
senior center staff will be
working to update the an-
nual paperwork that is now
required to receive funding
for the center to operate.
It is an assessment form
that members need to com-
plete. They wish to thank
you ahead of time for your
cooperation.
Also, a reminder that
the center will be closed on
Monday, Oct. 10, to com-
memorate Columbus Day.
Happy fall!
Byron news
E. DENNEY NEVILLE
548- 7829
nevilleart@tctwest.net
Pressed with nostalgia I
write of some things that are
missing, things gone from
the current school proper-
ty in Byron, erased through
the years by sod, concrete,
fire, demolition and recon-
struction-pavement, trees
and shrubbery. The founda-
tions of three previous school
buildings and a large stone
church previously occupied
the same area.
Focus on the second
school in Byron, the one that
burned down in December of
1924. In the bell tower was
a large bell, impressive for a
small town at that time. On
that March morning when
the building caught fire,
someone was able to ring
the school bell long enough
to hopefully summon help.
All was in vain, however.
The school was totally con-
sumed.
The bell survived. AfLer
the fire the bell was moved
to a place northwest of the
football field and placed on
the ground where it stayed,
abandoned for a number of
years. I last saw it there in
the late 50s, 1958-59.
The bell was large in size,
dark from fire, rust and time.
When we were young and
limber, not old and rusted as
we are now, we would stand
on top of the bell and jump
off to see who could land the
furthest away from it. I have
often wondered what became
of that old school bell.
Remembering Ernest
Hemmingway's book, "For
Whom the Bell Tolls," often
reminds me of that oldbell,
abandoned there for so long,
silenced from the sound it
was designed to make.
Ed and Jeri NeVille (I
know them well), still liv-
ing, 96 and 93, both heard
the school bell's last ring-
ing sounds and watched the
school burn. Dad remembers
very well the sound of the
bell that March morning as
it rang out for the last time
in our community.
As far as I know, they
are the last, living members
of our community to hear
the old school bell ring. We
can only wonder about its
fate. When I remember it,
I feel like we neglected and
lost something of historical
value. To have the bell now
would be to have something
tangible to connect us with
an important event in our
community's history. If there
are others within the read-
ership of the Chronicle who
witnessed this event, please
let me know (I will keep your
age a secret).
Cindy Cordova has re-
minded me that the Byron
Memorial Park committee is
moving forward with plans
to improve the park area.
Funds for a tree in memo-
ry of Vera Jones Poe have
been donated. The tree will
be purchased and planted
somewhere in the park area
next spring. Anyone wishing
to donate to the park com-
mittee should contact Cindy.
Work on the new By-
ron Bridge is going well and
should be open to the public
for use sometime after the
middle of October. This past
week I spoke with one of the
DOT engineers, as I photo-
graphed the progress being
made. He described how the
new concrete deck and the
approach from the north and
the south would be done. It
should give the bridge many
years of trouble free use.
Maybe we should have a
ceremony and bust a bottle
of root beer on it. The Byron
Troll will be back and might
demand some sort of ceremo-
ny, significantly acknowledg-
ing his return.
Get growing with Gary
GARY EMMET[
getgrowingwithgary@
gmail.com
My last article about
getting ready for spring
sparked a few detailed
questions. Can I divide my
daylilies now, and can I still
plant trees this late?
The weather that we
have been experiencing
lately has been incredible.
Daylilies and other peren-
nials such as Shasta Dai-
sies can be divided at this
time. Trees, of all kinds,
can be planted this time of
year.
The soil temperature
will continue to stay warm
even as the ambient tem-
peratures start to cool.
Looking out at the extended
weather forecast indicates
what a beautiful October it
seems to be turning into.
These conditions make
for ideal planting of trees
and shrubs. Preparing the
soil where you will plant
your trees and shrubs is
very important. The hole
that you dig should be at
least twice the size of the
root ball of the plant. If your
root ball is 18 inches wide,
make sure the hole that you
dig is 36 inches wide. Make
sure to dig the hole deep
enough that the root ball of
the tree sits slightly lower
than the level of the ground
around it. Slightly means
no more than two inches
deeper than the soil. You
do not want a deep settling
pond around the trunk of
the tree, nor do you want
the surrounding soil to be
mounded up against the
trunk of the tree.
Proper hole prepara-
tion and using loose dirt
mixed with compost to back
fill around the root ball al-
lows for quick root devel-
opment and plant estab-
lishment. Water the plant
in thoroughly using a root
stimulator or a mild wa-
ter-soluble fertilizer. This
will also aid in root devel-
opment. I like to add water
to the hole prior to back fill-
ing with soil, and then once
again, as I have the plant
covered. This time of year
as plants are going dor-
mant, roots can become bet-
ter established when given
the proper conditions.
Yes, trees and shrubs
and even perennials can
be planted this late into
the season. I would recom-
mend also to mulch around
the newly planted plants.
Cover the area that you dug
with mulched leaves and
grass clippings two to three
inches deep.
When buying plants
at this time, make sure it
is a plant that is hardy for
this area. Some business-
es might be clearing out
plants that will not sur-
vive the winter. Make sure
that the plants are hardy
for growing zones 2, 3, or 4.
Zone 5 plants are question-
able and more than likely
will not make it through
the winter.
Can I bring in some
plants and winter them
over inside?
Please submit wedding and engagement announcements
to us via
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or bring to our office at 234 E. Main St., Lovell, Wyoming
There are two main
problems about bringing
in plants from outside to
the inside for the winter:
bugs and light. Make sure
that your plants are bug
free before bringing them
in. There are plenty of bugs
that can hide in the soil
and on the underside of the
leaves that you might not
see. Isolate these plants so
that they do not infest your
houseplants. You can spray
and use insecticides to con-
trol the bugs, but be careful
of what you use.
Lighting is critical. A
south facing window is op-
timal for providing win-
ter light for your plants.
You might need to supple-
ment this light, too. If your
plants start getting leggy
or they are stretching for
a light source and their
leaves have lost their deep
color and sheen, you do not
have enough light for those
plants. Move the plants or
add more light.
If you have any garden-
ing questions please email
them to getgrowingwith-
gary@gmail.com and I will
try to answer them here in
the paper. Thanks to Ted-
die, Joyce, Janice, and Sta-
cey for your questions this
week.
Breast Cancer Month
cancer is the most common cause
cancer in women and the second most
common cause of cancer death in women
in the United States. While the majority
of new breast cancers are diagnosed as a
result of an abnormality seen on a mam-
mogram, a lump, or change in consistency
of the breast tissue can also be a warning
sign of the disease• Increased awareness
of breast cancer risk in the past years has
led to an increase in the number of women
undergoing mammography for screening,
leading to detection of cancers in earlier
stages and an improvement in survival
rates. Still, breast cancer is the most Com-
mon cause of death in women between
45-55 years of age.
With advances in "screen-
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ment, the death rate for
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October is National Breast
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