14 J The Lovell Chronicle I November 1,2012
DAVID PECK
Work is continuing on the demolition of the old Lovell hospital on East 10th Street this week. Here, a
Wyoming Demolition excavator works among carefully segregated piles of material.
I
Eagle Scout Court of Honor
held for McArthur
An Eagle Scout Court
of Honor was held for My-
sen D.W. McArthur on Sat-
urday, Oct. 13. McArthur
is the son of Mel and Jen
McArthur of Lovell.
For his Eagle Scout
project, McArthur organized
and supervised more than
40 people as they assembled
and waterproofed 40 pic-
nic tables for the National
Park Service. These tables
are being used in the Trail
Creek Campground at Bar-
ry's Landing.
McArthur completed the
project on June 11 with 108
donated service hours, sav-
ing the National Park Ser-
vice an estimated $1,600.
An American flag flew
over the United States Cap-
itol at the request of U. S.
Senator John Barrasso in
honor of McArthur.
McArthur earned 34
merit badges and also
earned his Bronze and Sil-
ver Eagle Palms. He is a
nominee for the Order of
the Arrow. Other special
scouting awards he has
earned include: Arrow of
Light, Cub Scout Square
Knot Patch, LDS Scout-
ing award "On My Honor,"
NOA camping, World Con-
servation Award, the Leave
No Trace Awareness Award
and the NYLT Leadership
Training Award.
Mysen McArthur
"What I learned from
my Eagle Scout project is
what it takes to be a good
leader," McArthur said. "I
felt compassion for moth-
ers, because monitoring a
group of boys takes a lot of
hard work. I also learned
how to serve others before
myself and when you're a
leader you do things that
will benefit others."
"I learned gratitude to-
ward people who are willing
to show support for leader-
ship. Lastly, the thing that
I learned from this great
experience is how good peo-
ple are the ones who create
good leaders."
BY DAVID PECK
For Lovell Mayor
Bruce Morrison, the Town
of Lovell's $2.2 million in
projects to be funded by
the sixth-cent specific use
sales tax may not be essen-
tial, but they are part of the
town's effort to improve fa-
cilities and infrastructure
for the public.
Lovell has proposed
four projects for the specific
use tax: a new building for
the Lovell-Kane Museum,
improvements to the Lovell
Rodeo Grounds, street pav-
ing and a golf cart barn
at the Foster Gulch Golf
Course.
.... The number one proj-
ect is the museum building,
the mayor said. The muse-
um board has been search-
ing for a building for a cou-
ple of years, to no avail.
If the sales tax passes, a
new building would be con-
structed on the town lot di-
rectly south of Mayes Fab-
ric at Fifth and Oregon. The
building is estimated to cost
$1.5 million.
"I have to give it to the
(museum) board," Morrison
said. "They've worked real-
ly hard with their fundrais-
ing and everything they've
done to get a facility to put
material in for preserva-
tion. A lot of things need
to be displayed from the lo-
cal area, and visiting with
them, we felt this would be
a faster way for them to get
a building.
"The bottom line is:
they're going to have a
building. This is just a way
to speed the process up.
They'll design it exactly
how they want it. That's a
big factor."
Probably next in im-
portance : I rison .said, is
£he rodeo grounds project
including restrooms and
a concessions stand to the
tune of $110,000.
"That's a priority, too,
because we have a rodeo
grounds master plan and
we are looking to find ways
to help that plan come to
fruition," the mayor said.
"That would be a great
start to have the restrooms
and the concessions stand.
That was kind of a priori-
ty for the board (the Lovell
Western Arena and Motor
Sports Center Board)."
Also identified as a
need by the town council is
paving five streets in town
that were never paved in
previous projects and re-
main dirt roads: 9th from
Montana to Shoshone, Kan-
sas from 9th to the Globe
Canal, 2nd from Jersey to
Idaho, Big Horn from 2nd
to 1st and 1st from Oregon
to Big Horn.
The $550,000 project
would include paving and
curb and gutter work, but
no sidewalks ......
"We've asked people in
the past to form a special
improvement district, and
they say they just can't do
it," Morrison said.
The fourth project is a
golf cart barn at the Foster
Gulch Golf Course, carrying
a price tag of $40,000.
"There was a big dis-
cussion (on the golf course
board), and some said (the
priority was) the golf cart
barn, and some said golf
course improvements,"
Morrison said. "There's a
need for cart storage for
members. Everything we
do out there is for revenue
producing."
If the cart barn could
be built with the sixth-cent
money, revenue could flow
directly into golf course im-
provements, he said.
"The golf course is one
of the biggest assets we
have in the community, be-
cause it brings in a lot of
outside dollars," Morrison
said.
Whether the specif-
ic use tax passes or not,
the most positive thing is
the piocess, i.tself;. Mo r.i-
son said, with mayors and
other town leaders work-
ing together and uniting
the county - "getting ev-
eryone on the same page,"
he said.
"We really feel the
needs of those small com-
munities, who can't afford
projects," the mayor add-
ed, mentioning specifical-
ly Manderson, which has a
"broken down water tank."
Croft returns from mission
Ryan Croft, son of Rob-
ert and Michelle Croft of
Lovell, recently returned
from serving two years in
the Santiago Chile East
Mission. This is the small-
est proselyting mission in
the world. He spoke in the
Lovell Fifth Ward on Oct.
15.
"One of the greatest les-
sons that I learned was to
understand how great an
effect we can have in the
lives of others. What we do
for others has an eternal
consequence for good or bad
.for generations. We mat-
ter to others. They matter
to us. May we become the
person we need to become
through putting ourselves
aside for a brief moment
to truly find who we really
are," said Ryan.
"An example of this was
seen in my first area where
I served. A 75-year lady
was extremely ill, scream-
ing with all her might that
she did not want to live
Ryan Croft
anymore. After receiving a
priesthood blessing, we saw
her a couple of days later
working in her garden. She
said the following, 'I did not
want to live before, but now
I do. I have lots more years
to live.'"
Everyone is invited
November 8, 2012
1 pm
Family Dining Room
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7 pm
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the 6%
We want to make sure you are all fully aware that if this
additional sales tax were to pass that the three towns
would be paying nearly 80% of the total loan amount
requested for all nine of the town's projects
in Big Horn County!
Over $24.8 million dollars is being requested for special .....
improvements in the nine towns. Please be sure to realize that
Basin, Greybull, and Lovell would be paying back over $20
million dollars to receive the benefit of $8.3 million. That is
paying back nearly $3 for every $1 the three towns were
to receive.
We are not saying Vote YES nor are we saying Vote NO. We just want YOU the VOTER
to be INFORMED and to realize how this would work and how this would get P IID.
Simply put, the money generated in your town would not just stay in your town, it would spread throughout all nine towns
in Big Horn County. This would become one structured loan, payable over the next 13 years, totaling over $24.8 million, plus
interest, for all nine of the town's projects.=
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