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It's fun to pick out a pumpkin, as (l-r) Cardon (age 7), Sage (10) and Katheryn
(5) Mickelson show during a recent visit to Carola Hyde's pumpkin patch east
of Lovell on Road 17.
Pumpkin lady nurtures a large 'patch'
kin Lady.
The pumpkin patch
started as a money-making
enterprise about five years
ago to help John and Car-
ola Hyde send son Mark on
his mission.
The patch started on
the south side of the prop-
BY DAVID PECK
It started as a money-
making project to help send
her son on his LDS mis-
sion. Years later, Carola
Hyde's pumpkin patch east
of Lovell remains large, col-
orful and popular.
Just call her the Pump-
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Carola Hyde (left) and Sydney Beal examine a
pumpkin at "the Pumpkin Lady's" patch east of
Lovell recently.
erty the Hydes own east of
Lovell and later expanded
to the west side along the
lane to the Hydes' home.
The "patch" is now about
50 yards long with three
rows of pumpkin plants.
It's a veritable river of or-
ange when all of the pump-
kins ripen.
Hyde had already sold
more than 100 pumpkins
by early last week out of
a total of some 400 to500
grown. Many families buy
the colorful gourds, and
kindergarten classes were
scheduled to visit last
Thmsday. She also takes
pumpkins into town and
sells them out of atck. •
She clio iold hrel ,
la pump,S with;eir rich
coloration.
"The word is spread-
ing," Hyde said, noting that
Doc Haberland of Powell
always buys pumpkins for
his daughter's classroom in
Douglas, wher e she teaches
school. This year he chose
Hyde's pumpkins and
bought 30.
Most students now compliant
with vaccination requirement
BY BRAD DEVEREAUX -to sift through the paper- cause there was not enough
A new law that requires
students to receive vaccina-
tions for chicken pox before
attending school has caused
some tough situations for
school districts around Wy-
oming, as they attempted
to notify parents and stu-
dents of the*change. But
districts have had to make
tough choices about how to
enforce the law because of
a depleted supply of vac-
cines available throughout
the state.
Big Horn County School
District No. 2 Nurse Meri-
deth Despain said the law
was passed in 2010 that
requires every student to
have either received a two-
shot chicken pox vaccina-
tion or to actually have con-
tracted the virus at some
point in their life. The law
allows students 30 days
from the start of school to
comply.
School districts did
their best to alert parents
of the new law, but the
lack of vaccines paired with
some parents not knowing
about the new law caused
a portion of local students
to be out of compliance and
scrambling to make vacci-
nation appointments.
Despain said Tuesday,
Oct. 12, was the deadline
and she had to put in extra
hours Monday and Tuesday
work that had been turned
in.
Despain said 140 stu-
dents in the district were
not compliant as of Wednes-
day and phone calls were
made to parents to alert
them if their children had
to be sent home. Out of 701
total district students, the
group account s for about 20
percent. Despain said the
majority of students had
the necessary paperwork
to return to school later on
Wednesday. As of Tuesday,
Oct. 19, Despain said near-
ly all students were compli-
ant and back at school.
Some people felt they
weren't notified well of the
law, Despain said, despite
the school's attempts to get
the message out in a vari-
ety of avenues including a
letter sent to parents from
the state and a second let-
ter clarifying the new law.
District One nurse Jodi
Winland said the district
used the vagueness of the
new law to allow students
some extra time. She said
the law was vague as to
whether the deadline was
30 calendar days or 30
school days from the first
day of school.
She said the adminis-
tration team discussed the
issue and decided students
shouldn't be sent home be-
vaccine to go around at the
time.
"We tried to be le.
nient," she said.
The district sent the
initial letter to parents
and sent a second clarify-
ing letter to remind stu-
dents and parents of the
law last week.
Despain said the vac-
cine was released in 1995
and was recommended for
Wyoming students until it
was made a requirement in
2010. Despain said school
nurses from around Wyo-
ming complained about
the law and tried without
success to get the state to
waive the 30-day deadline
or phase in the new re-
quirement.
She said chicken pox
cases have been less com-
mon since the vaccine was
released and that the new
law would probably reduce
cases even more.
North Big Horn Hos-
pital Clinic and Big Horn
County Public Health of-
rices were out of vaccines
as of Tuesday, but both
facilities are placing stu-
dents on a waiting list if
they need a vaccination.
More doses are expected
to be locally available by
the end of October or ear-
ly November, according to
NBHH.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Volume 105, Number 19
Tiiley sexual assault
trial alleges crimes
against 00four victims
Prosecutors call
expert witness
BY BRENDA TENBOER
Jury selection in the
trial for Marvin Tilley, 58,
of Deaver was completed
Monday in the Fifth Ju-
dicial District Courtroom
of Judge Steven Cranfill,
and witness testimony be-
gan Tuesday. The trial is
expected to last more than
five days.
Deputy Big Horn Coun-
ty Prosecuting Attorney
James Hallman provided
an opening statement Mon-
day afternoon saying the
state will show through evi-
dence that Tilley sexual as-
saulted as many as four dif-
ferent women.
Big Horn County Sher-
iffs Deputy Jeff Angell,
the lead investigator in the
case, spent most of Tuesday
morning reviewing steps he
took during the investiga-
tion.
All of the crimes are al-
leged to have taken place in
Big Horn County a number
of years ago, with three of
the victims -- all juveniles
at the time -- allegedly sex-
ually assaulted between
1974 and 1984.
While investigating a
separate criminal matter,
Angell said he first learned
Tilley allegedly forced a
then 17-year-old girl to
have intercourse with him
in his pickup.
The second victim An-
gell said he learned about
through the investigation
was a then 10-year-old girl
who at times would babysit
for Tilley's three children.
Tilley, according to
court documents, forced the
girl to perform oral sex acts
on a number of occasions
and allegedly coerced her
into having intercourse in
his home near Deaver.
The third victim told
Angell she was sexually
assaulted by Tilley when
she was about 7 years old.
She reported waking in the
middle of the night to Tilley
standing over her bed hav-
ing exposed himself.
She also reported fon-
dling incidents.
The fourth alleged vic-
tim in the case was an adult
at the time of the alleged
rape in Greybull. Tilley,
according to Angell's in-
vestigation, forced his way
through a locked screen
door and forced a woman
to have intercourse against
her will while her two chil-
dren were sleeping in the
home.
The woman was the
only one of the victims who
reported the crime to law
enforcement authorities at
the time, according to court
documents.
Angell said the woman
first called her mother and
then was taken to South
Big Horn County Hospital
by a Greybull police officer
and had a biological exam
conducted.
See 'TILLEY,' page 7
Grizzly spirit runs. high
BY BRAD DEVEREAUX
The Rocky Mountain
Grizzlies celebrated "A
Hero's Homecoming" last
week and school spirit was
bursting as the Grizzlies
steamrolled the Burlington
Huskies in football and vol-
leyball Friday.
Student council co-
sponsor Lea Sorens0n said
the newRocky Mountain
Middle/High School made it
possible for new homecom-
ing traditions to be born.
The bonfire was lit
Thursday night at the
new football field in Cow-
ley. Coaches gave speeches
and introduced the play-
ers on their teams, and the
classes competed in fireside
games.
Homecoming royalty
was announced at the bon-
fire Thursday. Royalty are
as follows: King Luke Le-
onhardt, queen Lauren Pe-
terson, senior attendants
Kenya Rivera and Logan
Bisby, junior attendants
at homecoming
See 'GRIZZ,' page 7
BRA, D]v'Jm,]eux
Homecoming King Luke Leonhardt crowns Home-
coming Queen Lauren Peterson during halftime of
the homecoming football game Friday at the new
RMHS field. See more photos from Rocky's home-
coming on page 8.
Paving starts
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Paving on the Southwest/Transmission Line phase of the Lovell Water and
Sewer Project started Tuesday. Here, a Mountain Construction crew lays down
blacktop on Jersey Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
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