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October 25, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 13
, Ashly and Kyle
Kyle Fink,
Houghton
wed
Ashly Houghton and
Kyle Fink were married
August 27 at Sugar Bay
Resort in St. Thomas, Vir-
gin Islands.
Their parents are Car-
ol and Mike Fink of Lovell
and Sharon Houghton of
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Those attending the
wedding were Carol and
Mike, Kati, Kailei and So-
phie Fink; Lori, Dave, Tim,
Jamie and Josh Schef-
tier; Scott and Lisa Fink
and guest of honor, grand-
mother Jackie Minchow.
Ashly is a pharmacy
technician and Kyle is fin-
ishing his Ph.D in neuro-
science at Central Michi-
gan University. They live
in Mount Pleasant, Michi-
gan.
Byron news
Myrna will be missed
BY PAMELA COZZENS
HOPKINSON
548-2472
pamhopkinson@gmail.com
Myrna Jensen has been dealing with
bad health for the past eight years. She
was a patient woman by all accounts, and
her passing was sweet relief for her.
A beautiful funeral was held on Satur-
day morning to pay tribute and say good-
bye to Myrna, who has been a special addi-
tion to the women in our community for 50
years. Her children did a wonderful job of
sharing stories of their mom and her quiet
yet firm nature.
Heber shared a story about coming
home from school as a teenager to find
Mac, a small child, sitting on the floor in
a large pile of flour he had just recently
dumped everywhere in the kitchen. Myr-
na sat on the sofa resolutely insisting that
there would be no help with the vacuum
as Mac's job was to tediously pick up the
flour with a teaspoon and put it in the gar-
bage. It took a long while, but Mac did the
job. Lesson learned.
Jan told of her room setting aside her
dinner preparations to spend time needed
to accompany Sue or Kaye with their mu-
sic until it was practiced to satisfaction.
Myrna loved books and classical music and
learning. It is evident that this love of cul-
ture was passed on to her children as they
shared beautiful words and music that
would have made their mom so very proud.
Sue Jensen Decker, wrote and per-
formed a song that would turn hearts to
the memory of this special woman. It was
so fitting for Myrna and was a very beau-
tiful and sweet reminder to all of us who
treasure the memory of a wonderful morn.
Our sincere condolences to Dick and the
family during their time of mourning.
Thursday afternoon the showdown be-
gan. Gary Petrich from Cowboys and Cooks
Catering, Bob and Barb Acton from Hawg
Heaven and myself from Pam's Kitchen
all gathered in front of the old school to
begin the Chili Challenge. We chopped,
stirred, tasted and tested each other's en-
tries. Some members of the community
came early to check it all out. At 6 p.m.
the judging began. Judges were Cameron
Frates, Danny Marchant and John Na-
tion. There were five different chili sam-
ples in the contest. In the end, guess who
won? You got it.
I am trying not to rub it in too much to
these professionals who did a great job. Our
rules were few and far between and we had
a lot of fun. The prize was 200 grand and
in the end I shared my 100 Grand candy
bars with them because I couldn't bear to
let them go home empty handed.
Those who came to the Meet The Can-
didates Night got to taste a variety of chili
with onions and cheese and for dessert,
cinnamon rolls furnished by Sydney Hes-
senthaler and Jeanie Petrich.
David Peck did a great job of moderat-
ing the panel of candidates for town coun-
cil, Sydney Hessenthaler, Todd Wilder and
myself. The audience asked some great
questions and got some good answers.
Mostly, it was just a great get-togeth-
er and I heard from several that we need
to do this type of thing more often. I hear
Gary has perfected a great carrot cake rec-
ipe, so maybe next time it will be a Deli-
cious Dessert and Delicacy Delight Night.
The Haunt is happening and the
spooks are spooking. The people you see
running from the building on Main are
going back for more. One attendee went
through three times in one night. That's
just frightful! There will be more to come
this Friday and Saturday night and the
big finale on Halloween at 8 p.m. See you
there and beware!
Cowley news
Cowley residents on the road before winter
BY DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
548-6901
Two weeks ago I wrote
about J.R. Vezain and his
accomplishments in rodeo.
Last Wednesday evening,
while watching the news
station, Q2 in Billings, I
saw him being interviewed
by the sports reporter.
The NILE conven-
tion was held last week.
J.R. looks healthy and
quite wonderful, and as I
watched his ride on the bull
during the competition, it
is apparent that this is a
dangerous sport. The news-
caster introduced him as
the "Cowley Cowboy" and
discussed the fact that this
young man is in the fourth
spot as a contender, and
will be in Las Vegas soon.
J.R. talked about his
goal of winning the gold
buckle as the number one
spot and it was quite a
thrill to watch this mature
young red-headed man be-
ing interviewed. We wish
him great success and we'll
follow his achievements as
he meets his goals.
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Bob and Sharon John-
son flew to Othello, Wash.,
to spend six days with
Sharon's mother, Helen
Reichert. Mrs. Reichert is
95 years old, still living in
her home, full of energy and
enjoys her life to the full-
est. Sharon said that her
brother Jim Peppler of Tul-
sa, Okla., flew in for a fam-
ily visit. Her brother Jack
Peppler lives in Othello, so
their reunion was good for
them all.
This month might be
called the traveling time
before winter hits us. Bobi
Jo Leonhardt just returned
from Loa, Utah, where she
visited with friends of the
family. She spent two weeks
down in Loa, which is about
130 miles from Cedar City,
Utah. During her stay she
drove to Manti, Utah and
met with her daughter Nat-
alie and her husband Zane
Jones and granddaughter
Rachael Jones. The Jones
family drove from their
home in Denver. She also
saw her grandson, Seth
Jones, who lives in Pro-
vo. She said she had to get
used to the 8,500-foot alti-
tude, but after two days she
loved the country and its
beauty and had a great trip.
Another couple, Joe and
Pat Davis, returned from
their two-week trip Friday
evening. Joe and Pat flew to
Phoenix to visit with their
daughter Becky and hus-
band Scott Fillerup and
their two sons, Danny and
Jesse. Danny just turned 8
and was baptized, and Joe
and Pat were thrilled to be
there.
The two families in
separate cars drove to the
Redwoods and had a totally
wonderful trip viewing the
majestic trees and country-
side in California. The only
mishap they had was the
car Scott and Becky and
kids were driving in lost its
transmission. Fortunately,
Scott was able to pull off on
a Pasadena, Calif. exit and
was able to get his car off
the freeway.
The group called a tow
truck and were waiting for
it to arrive, and suddenly
Joe remembered someone
that he knew who went to
school and played football
with Joe at Utah State
in Logan, Utah, over 40
years ago. The two couples
haven't seen the Bill and
Jackie Staats family for 20
years.
His friend and fellow
football player owns a huge
construction company and
he told Joe to have the car
towed to his working ga-
rage in Valencia, Calif. Bill
and Jackie offered them
their house for an over-
night stay and so all six
were able to talk and vis-
it and renew their friend-
ship. The car was unable
to be moved, so Joe and Pat
rented a van and the group
was able to go on with their
trip the next morning. Scott
and Becky's car will prob-
ably not be the family car
again. Mr. Staats offered to
fix it, sell it and send them
the difference. It is good to
have friends.
The six piled into the
van the next morning and
drove to Corvallis, Ore. to
be with Joe and Pat's son
Jordan and Carey Hessen-
thaler Davis and their chil-
dren, Jackson, Derek and
Chloe Marie. Jordan's fam-
ily just bought a new home
and have moved into it and
so their trip ended with joy
and pleasure.
Pat said she and Joe
put 3,000 miles on the rent-
ed cars driving to Phoenix,
then on to Corvallis and
back to Phoenix where they
returned the rented van
and flew back to Billings.
They had a fabulous trip.
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m. We will leave there at noon
to the KBar in Powell and finish
t Cod), Custom Cycle with a chili feed.
Please bring a new unwrapped toy.
"Ben, your pole ..." yelled Jason Zeller (left)
when the 38-inch, 19.5 pound lake trout
hit brother Ben Zeller's line at Buffalo Bill
Reservoir on Oct. 18. Ben knew he had a big
fish on the line, but didn't see it until after 15
minutes of wrangling. Jason managed to land
a 19-inch rainbow trout the same day.
From our files
"Mastertype" shown at
teacher's convention
100 YEARS AGO 50 YEARS AGO
The Cowley Weekly Progress The Lovell Chronicle
October 27, 1912 October 25, 1962
The Progress, in corn- Photo: The Town of
mon withmillionsofAmer- Lovell has made it easi-
ican citizens, is glad that er for employees to keep
the would be assassin of crosswalks and parking
former President Roosevelt zones painted. A machine
failed in his dastardly and has replaced the old brush.
fiendish purpose and that Here G.S. Emmett and
Mr. Roosevelt is injured Boyd Basnett try out the
no more serious than he is. new striper on a crosswalk
Attempted assassination across Main Street. Park-
should have no place in free ing stalls were also marked
America, and we hope that out.
the criminal will meet pun-
ishment commensurate to 25 YEARS AGO
his crime. The Lovell Chronicle
October 29, 1987
75 YEARS AGO Don Burbank is the
The Lovell Chronicle new kid on the block in the
October28, 1937 Lovell School District Ad-
The first public show- ministration, so to speak,
ingofthe "Mastertype"will but the new elementary
be at the annual teachers school principal is already
convention. The machine making changes he hopes
is a visual aid for type- will have a positive effect
writing instruction and on the school and students.
was designed and built by Burbank was hired this
Norman V. Craig, commer- summer to replace long-
cial teacher in Lovell High time Lovell elementary
School and is being used principal Francis Hecker,
experimentally in typing who retired last spring.
classes there.
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Treasurer
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It's about clean drinking water, safe roads, protecting
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Improvements include:
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• water projects
• electrical transmission loops
• economic development projects
• park improvements
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