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Halloween fun and fright at Twin Ponds
DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
548-6901
Pat and Sidney Whalen
recently spent a week in
Puerto Vallarta, Mexi-
co. They stayed at a resort
hotel on the beach. The
weather was beautiful and
the trip was enjoyable. On
their return to Las Vegas,
they enjoyed seeing the Os-
mond Brothers show. The
next morning they had
breakfast and a visit with
her sister, Marian, and her
husband, Jack Pursel. All in
all, it was a great trip.
Jim and Clara McDer-
mott hosted their annual
Halloween Party Saturday
night at their Twin Ponds
Estate in St. George. Each
year they spend a few days
decorating their 25 acres
to prepare for this par-
ty, which is open to every-
one. They have pumpkins,
witches, goblins, ghost
houses and even a ghost
ship in the middle of one of
their ponds. They have a
scary cemetery, which fea-
tures skeletons rising from
the graves and ghosts and
headstones and banners
featuring skeletons, witch-
es, pumpkins and ghosts
are hung along the walks
and paths. There are nu-
merous fire pits for visitors
to sit around when it gets
chilly.
Pat Whalen and Jim are
in charge of the little train
that carries about 32 young
people for each trip it takes
around the grounds. The
train made trips from the
time the party started at 6
p.m. until 9:30 p.m., when
the party was over. This
train is a much-loved part of
the party. And, to top it all
off, a candy bar is given to
all who enter for the party.
Pat and Sidney
Whalen, Jerry and Ter-
ry Welch Brown, Bill and
Joyce Whalen, Marge and
Jack Wilcock enjoyed the
party and helped distribute
the treats to the more than
2,000 people that came to
see the decorations and en-
joy this occasion.
Joe and Pat Davis are
glad to report that their son
Jordan is doing better af-
ter a pretty rough time fol-
lowing his open-heart sur-
gery on Aug. 26 to replace
his aorta and his aortic
valve. In the six weeks fol-
lowing his initial surgery,
Jordan was under anes-
thesia five additional times
for two more surgeries and
three major procedures re-
quiring sedation. Pat says
his chest looks like a battle-
field with 11 incisions. How-
ever, now that he has gone
almost four weeks without
any further complications,
things are looking bright-
er. In fact, earlier this week
his cardiologist even cleared
him to go back to work for
four hours a day. His major
challenges now involve re-
gaining his strength as well
as the 30 pounds he lost
duing his ordeal.
Jordan, his wife Cary
(daughter of Jack and Syd
Hessenthaler of Byron), and
their three children (Jack-
son, Derek and Chloe) live
in Corvallis, Ore. They are
fortunate to be less than
10 minutes away from the
Good Samaritan Regional
Medical Center where Jor-
dan was hospitalized. They
are also fortunate to have
had an outstanding cardiac
team, although Cary says
they know those people far
too well. Everyone on the
whole cardiac floor seems
to know Jordan and Cary
personally or has heard
about them.
Pat and Cary's morn,
Syd, took turns staying
weeks in Oregon helping
out with the kids and such
because Cary had to spend
so much time at the hos-
pital. Other family mem-
bers and friends have
helped, too, and that has
made a tough time a lot
easier for Jordan and Cary
and their kids. For example,
Cary's sister, Christy, drove
down from Washington to
help out. All the Hessen-
thaler and Davis immediate
and extended families have
pitched in to offer support.
Cards, letters, emails and
phone calls have come from
family and friends all across
the country --- Jordan even
got a package from the pres-
ident of the company he
works for.
The Davis and Hessen-
thaler families said they ap-
preciate all the thoughts,
prayers, and support given
to Jordan and Cary during
these past couple months,
and we are sure happy that
Jordan is doing so much bet-
ter now.
Senior Center Chatter
Veterans Day program at
the center Thursday
The North Big Horn
Senior Citizens Center in
Lovell will be the site of the
annual Veterans Day pro-
gram this Thursday, Nov.
11, at noon.
Retired Wyoming Na-
tional Guardsman Rich
Fink will be the master of
ceremonies for the program,
which is sponsored by local
veterans. CW3 Rich King
of the Wyoming Nation-
al Guard will be the guest
speaker.
"Taps" will be played by
members of the Lovell High
School band.
Veterans in attendance
at the program will be intro-
duced. Fink said everyone
in the community is invited
to attend the luncheon.
VETERANS INVITED
TO RMHS
The Rocky Mountain
High School senior class is
preparing a special Veter-
an's Day program to honor
local veterans in front of the
entire student body. The
class is seeking any and all
veterans to participate in
the program on Thursday,
Nov. 11, at the school.
The assembly will begin
at 9:45 a.m. and any inter-
ested veterans are asked to
be at the gym by 9:35. Vet-
erans are asked to bring a
short message telling about
the war they fought in and
interesting items about
their service.
For questions or more
information contact Dave
Beemer at the school at
548-2723.
Lovell High School is
also holding a veterans rec-
ognition program at 11 a.m.
Thursday, but no details
were available by press
time.
Campbell to talk at Lovell
Chamber meeting Monday
Town of Lovell Admin-
istrative Assistant Scott
Campbell will be the guest
speaker at the Novem-
ber general membership
meeting of the Lovell Area
Chamber of Commerce on
Monday.
The no-host luncheon
will begin at noon at Lange's
Kitchen.
Campbell will discuss a
planned project for Consti-
tution Park, the status of
open burning in town and
various other town issues.
Blackburn to LDS mission
Kenneth J. "KJ" Black-
burn, son of Ken and
Janeen Blackburn of Cow-
ley, has been called to serve
a mission for the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
KJ will serve the next
two years in the Ohio, Co-
lumbus Mission, which en-
compasses parts of Indiana,
Kentucky and Ohio.
KJ will speak in the
Cowley First Ward on Nov.
14 and enter the Mission-
ary Training Center in Pro-
vo on Nov. 17.
KJ Blackburn
Donate blood on Black Friday
United Blood Servic-
es will hold the hospital
blood drive the day after
Thanksgiving on Friday,
Nov. 26, from 11:30 a.m. to
3 p.m., in the New Horizons
Care Center Multi-Pur-
pose Room. Donors must
be at least 16 (with a pa-
rental consent form for 16
and 17 year olds), weigh at
least 110 pounds, be in good
health and bring picture
identification.
Donors are asked to eat
a full meal and drink plen-
ty of water before coming to
the blood drive. Schedule an
appointment at www.blood-
hero.com (sponsor code: nb-
hhospital) or call Nancy
Hart at 548-6780.
Noyes wins election to third term as Clerk
BY KARLA POMEROY
Big Horn County Clerk
Dori Noyes will begin serv-
ing her third term in the of-
rice after defeating Demo-
cratic challenger Catherine
Stuber with 68 percent of the
vote in last Tuesday's gener-
al election, according to unof-
ficial records by the Big Horn
County Clerk's Office.
Noyes received 3,168
votes to Stuber's 1,027 votes.
Noyes won all 13 precincts in
the county.
Tuesday night, Noyes
said, "I definitely want to
thank the people who vot-
ed for me. I'm ready to con-
tinue to serve the people of
the county for another four
years."
The rest of the coun-
ty races were uncontested.
Thomas "Scotty" Hinman re-
ceived 3,248 votes and Keith
Grant 2,446 for the two com-
mission seats. Gina Ander-
son received 3,878 for asses-
sor, Michelle Burns 3,206 for
county attorney, Ken Black-
burn 3,335 for sheriff, Del
Atwood Jr. 3,972 for coro-
ner, Vickie Larchick 3,944
for clerk of court and Becky
Lindsey 3,987 for treasurer.
The state legislators who
represent Big Horn County
also were unopposed. Rep.
Lorraine Quarberg, who
represents part of southern
Big Horn County and Hot
Springs County for House
District 28, received 1,082
votes. Rep. Elaine Harvey for
HD26 received 2,703 votes
in Big Horn County and 89
in Park County for a total
of 2,792. Sen. Ray Peterson,
representing most of Big
Horn County (except Basin,
Burlington, Otto, Manderson
and Hyattville) and part of
Park County, received 2,855
votes in Big Horn County
and 2,822 in Park County for
a total of 5,677.
JUDGES
Voters also voted on
whether to retain five judges
in Big Horn County.
ircuit Court Judge
Thomas W. Harrington re-
ceived 3,088 votes for re-
tention in Big Horn County
and 668 votes against reten-
tion for 78 percent in favor.
In Park, Washakie and Hot
Springs votes, Harrington
received 14,367votes in fa-
vor and 3,628 against.
Harrington, in a recent
survey of attorneys by the
Wyoming State Bar Associa-
tion, received 97 percent vot-
ing in favor of his retention.
Under ratings on various as-
pects of the job, Harrington
was 90 percent for integrity
and ethics and 84 percent
on courteousness and polite-
ness. Percentages in a story
last week were incorrect.
Circuit Court Judge
Bruce Waters was retained
with 2,856 votes in favor in
Big Horn County and 784
against. In the entire Fifth
Judicial District, Waters re-
ceived 13,911 votes in favor
of retention to 4,183 against.
District Court Judge
Robert Skar was retained
with 2,932 votes in favor
in Big Horn County, to 937
against. In the entire dis-
trict, Skar received 13,385
votes in favor of retention to
5,188 votes against.
Two Supreme Court
Justices also appeared to
be retained Tuesday night.
Voters in Big Horn County
supported retention for Jus-
tice Barton Voigt 2,771 to
887. Statewide, voters were
in favor of retention 118,011
to 38,615 against reten-
tion, according to figures on
the Wyoming Secretary of
State's Web site, http://so-
swy.state.wy.us/Elections/
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