CHRONICLE
4 I The Lovell Chronicle I October 16, 2014
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Members of the Lovell High School volley-
ball team were walking in a hallway near the
locker rooms at Powell High School Saturday
beginning to loosen up for their next match
when they spotted something on the floor -
a $50 bill.
Though the hallway is on the back side of
the main gym, it leads to the auxiliary gym, as
well as the locker rooms, and some fans use
• the hallway to get to the gyms, Lovell coach
Stormy Jameson explained.
Warming up were Charri and Chayli McAr-David Peck
Observations
thur, Mykelle Nichols, Madison Harper, Lauren
Hinckley, Emilee Reasch, Angie Hutzenbiler,
Ivy Abraham, Savanna Savage, Sami Stevens and Mandi Jo Baxen-
dale.
Charri McArthur spied the bill and picked it up, and the girls
decided that a person might not miss a dollar or five dollars, but a
fifty should be turned in.
Jameson was helping with a junior varsity match in the main
gym, when Charri approached her, fifty-dollar bill in hand.
"Somebody is going to miss that," the junior told her. "Can you
turn it in."
Jameson looked for and quickly found Powell High School Ath-
letic Director Tim Wormald, telling him the story of how the girls
found the fifty on the floor. The AD was impressed and amazed,
Jameson said.
"Really!" Jameson recalls him saying. '3'our team found that
and turned it in? Wow! Most high school boys and girls wouldn't
have done that. That's pretty impressive."
Wormald put the money away for safekeeping.
Jameson didn't think much more about the money until she
received a text during the bus ride back to Lovell later that day. Ap-
parently Wormald was approached by a woman who told him she
had lost $50 somewhere in the gym. She was visibly upset, saying
she couldn't afford to lose that much money.
The AD told her that the Lovell volleyball team had found her fn
ty, and she was very thankful that the team was honest and turned
the money in. ......
-lam espn s aidshe wasn't surprised__by her team's actions.
"They've always been examples to me,', she said. "Fifty dollars
is a lot of money to a high school girl. I'm supposed to be an ex-
ample to them, but a lot of times they're the example to me.
"I'm pretty proud of them."
In an age when kids are often criticized, this story really makes
you feel good, doesn't it.'? In a way, it's kind of sad that the ges-
ture came as a surprise to some, but knowing our kids over many
years, I think the actions of the Lovell girls are more the norm than
the exception.
Our students have many times been complimented for their
dress and their behavior both on and off the court or field. It stems
from their coaches, teachers and school policy, but more than that
it stems from their upbringing.
We have good kids around here, for the most part. There are
always some bad apples, but by and large we can be proud of
how our kids behave themselves -with a refreshing maturity and
honesty. Saturday's story was just the latest example.
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: Darold Newman for finding Glo-from North Big Horn Hospital
We would like to thank theria when things were starting to were also just great.
special people who helped in look pretty bleak. We'd also like It truly does "take a village"
our rescue a couple of weeks ago to thank the crew at Bighorn Can- and we're so grateful this amaz-
at Big Horn Lake. Sheriff Ken yon National Recreation Area, ing "village" was there for us in
Blackburn and his wonderful as well as the Big Horn Coun- our time of need. Thanks again!
team were amazing! ty Search and Rescue and emer-Larry and Gloria Hedderman
A special thanks to Deputygencyresponse teams. The EMT'sPowell
answer
Dear Editor, be life flighted to Billings. I still self would signify success. What
I attended the "meet the can- don't know. I can't understand is why did he
didates" gathering last Thursday Second up was Mr. Morrison. leave the program hanging? Why
evening at the Byron at ditorium. I had heard he wanted to be re- didn't he stay with it and see it
There were rumors and innuen- elected so that he could continue through to the end?
dos floating around about both of making a good sum of money bySincerely,
the candidates running for may- being mayor. So I asked the ques- Tim Harris
or of Lovell. I wanted to hear di- tion, "Why on earth do you want Editor's note: Mr. Montanez
rectly from the candidates if these to be reelected?" I personally was charged with aggravated as-
things were true or not. think he's a masochist and likes sault and battery and aiding and
First up was Mr. Montanez. I pain, but that wasn't his answer, abetting the commission of a fel-
had heard that when he was on He said he wanted to finish what ony on Dec. 17, 2001, for an in-
the town council charges were he had started. He then went on cident that was alleged to have
filed against him for assaulting to explain there was a lot yet to be taken place on Nov. 22, 2001. All
some guy and beating him so bad done, and he wanted to be a part charges were dismissed on March
he had to be life flighted to Bill- of it. Fair enough. 3, 2003.
ings. Mr. Montanez respond- Now there was something Mr. Montanez has stated,
ed that all charges filed against that I realized after the meet- also, that he left the Lovell Youth
him were dropped. Fair enough, ing. Mr. Montanez said he hadCouncil when funding was cut for
That answered a good portion of started a youth program that was theprogram and it was difficult to
the question. What was not an- quite successful, that there were continue.
swered was did the guy have to 40 plus kids in it. That unto it- The letter was edited.
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I quit reading the Dallas Morning
News quite a long time ago. I used to have
it delivered to my front door, but with the
Internet and instant news online, it just
didn't make sense to have it delivered any
longer
Aside from the Internet, though, there
is nothing like holding the community
newspaper in your hands and reading it.
I live in a rather small community outside
of Dallas; there are only about 18,000 peo-
ple. We have two community newspapers: Ralph C. Jensen
One is good for wrapping dead fish, and
the other makes me laugh when I read it
from cover to cover. It only takes about five minutes
to read its entirety.
There are a few other newspapers that I read,
too, albeit on the Internet.
The Lovell Chronicle. This one tops the list,
and I've even signed up for the online version. I sup-
pose I'm getting to that age, but the first thing I look
for are the obituaries. The way I figure, it could be
me someday, and, quite frankly, I like to check and
make sure I'm still alive and well. I also like read-
ing the "On the Record in Big Horn County" court
report. I like to see who got fined for speeding. It
seems to be less expensive to speed in Wyoming
than in the city of Plano, Texas. I got ticketed once,
but only once. That's all it took to convince me that
knowing the speed limit is my responsibility.
The latest issue had a couple of great stories,
the first about Larry and Gloria Hedderman, who
spent the night out on Big Horn Lake. Great story
and was even more gripping when I realized they
both survived. I was relieved and glad they made it
to shore.
I also read with great interest about 5Rs Mexi-
can Food truck, noting that the Morenos have Texas
roots. I'm hoping their food is as good as the Mexican
food I can buy here in Dallas. Opening a food truck
is probably something new for Lovell, but there are
many in the Dallas area. My favorite is Korean bar-
beque. I wish the Morenos success.
In the sports section, I see the Grizz
were blanked by Cokeville. No surprise;
Cokeville has always been tough. It re-
minded me of a time as a freshman at By-
ron High School when we were playing
Cokeville one weekend. The coach was
making a point about tackling their well-
known halfback and asked what his name
is. Heck, I didn't know, but he wore No. 22
and that was all that mattered to me. It's
not like I was going to play, and even if I
did, I wasn't going to shake his hand and
ask his name.
Mostly I like looking at The Chroni-
cle to see what changes are made in the layout and
news presentation. I like what The Chronicle staff
is doing, and I like to see if I can incorporate their
ideas into my own publication.
Uinta County Herald. I lived in Evanston and
worked at the Uinta County Herald for a decade.
I treat this newspaper about the same. I read who
died that week, and for the most part, I don't know
who they are. Once in a while, there is a story about
someone I knew, way back when.
Arizona Journal. This newspaper, based in
Holbrook, used to be called the Holbrook Tribune,
but the publisher, Matt Barger, expanded its reach
from Holbrook and Snowflake to include Winslow
and surrounding towns.
I lived in Holbrook for a couple of years and
worked at this newspaper. I look at the obituaries
and read the headlines, and realize I have little in'
common with the people there now. However, when
Barger's parents owned the newspaper, it was a joy
to go to work every day.
I like the hometown news that's delivered once
a week, and I still like the memories of working in
Evanston and Holbrook. I miss holding the newspa-
per and smelling the ink. In the meantime, I'll rely
on the Internet to let me know what's happening in
the North Big Horn Basin.
Ralph C. Jensen is the editor in chief at Secu-
rity Products magazine.
