12 I The Lovell Chronicle I November 18, 2010 www.LovellChronicle.com
Lovell Elementary
School peer
mediators were
recently selected for
the 2010-11 school
year. Pictured are
(back row, l-r) Logan
Nunn, Trevan Lewis,
Delanee Miller, Sable
Angell, Aspen Davis,
Kincaid Johnson and
Gavin Wilske (front
row, l-r) Logan Hitz,
Emily Roth, Bailey
Mitchell, Kelsie
Mollett and Madison
Bryson. Not pictured:
Hannah Cruz.
going to
Another 20 Bighorn
Sheep from Oregon will call
Wyoming's Seminoe Moun-
tains home if upcoming
trapping/transplant opera-
tions proceed as planned.
According to WGFD
Bighorn Sheep coordina-
tor Kevin Hurley, the new
transplant will supplement
20 Oregon sheep released
Dec. 2, 2009, in the Semi-
noes along with 12 Bighorns
from the Devil's Canyon
area above LoveI1 released
Jan. 3, 2010. Hurley said
the sheep released last year
are doing well and at least
a dozen lambs were docu-
mented this spring from
last winter's transplant.
The status of the sheep
has also been verified by lo-
cal WGFD biologist Greg
Hiatt.
'%Ve have been flying
the Seminoes every month
to monitor the movements
and locations of the sheep,"
Hiatt said. "So far we have
had no mortality on any of
the radio-collared sheep."
To help the sheep get
a jump start on their new
home, coyote control will be
done before the release with
the assistance of USDA
APHIS Wildlife Servic-
es and the Carbon County
Predator Management Dis-
trict, with funding provided
by Wyoming's Animal Dam-
age Management Board and
the Wyoming Wild Sheep
Foundation.
"This will help the
sheep avoid predation until
they become familiar with
their new surroundings,"
Hurley said.
BY DAVID PECK
Now that he's a few
months into his job, Town
of Lovell Administrative As-
sistant Scott Campbell said
he's becoming more aware
of the challenges and op-
portunities facing the com-
munity of Lovell, he told
the Lovell Area Chamber of
Commerce Monday.
Campbell briefed the
Chamber during the orga-
nization's monthly general
membership meeting Mon-
day at Lange'sKitchen.
After a long career in
facilities management,
Campbell said his role with
the Town of Lovell is some-
what similar - managing
time, labor and available
resources - but he also sees
himself working in the ar-
eas of economic develop-
ment, housing and what he
called "encouragement" and
"attitude."
Campbell told the
Chamber that the citizens
of Lovell need to decide
whether they want the com-
munity to grow or stay the
way it is. He said he would
like a goal to shoot for and
noted that a town needs a
population of 4,400 people
Scott Campbell
to be classified as a "first
class city" under the rules
and regulations governing
municipalities.
That's a good goal to
shoot for, he said, but it
would also mean more traf-
fic, a busier community and
the like.
"What do you want?"
he asked. "I need a goal to
work toward."
Campbell said that with
the federal government
"bankrupting our country,"
purchasing power is re-
duced and the cost of doing
business is growing, so it is
important for the town to
discover how to get the best
deals and get the best "bang
for the buck."
It will take a community
working together, he said,
but he said it is ultimately
a matter of attitude. Lovell
Inc. held a "Your Town"
planning meeting Thursday
night and only two citizens
attended.
'Tou hold a meeting and
no one shows up. Why?" he
asked. "Why is nobody com-
ing? Are we that comfort-
able? Is there no reason for
change? How do we over-
come that?"
He asked if people want
to participate in their com-
munity or if there is "de
facto ambivalence" where
the community says, "What
happens happens." The
problem is, he said, that
when that attitude is tak-
en, a community loses con-
trol of what does happen be-
Cause change is inevitable.
Change becomes chaotic,
rather than planned.
TOWN PROJECTS
Campbell also updat-
ed the Chamber on various
projects the town is work-
ing on. He said the town
is continuing to work with
the Wyoming DEQ to main-
tain open burning in town,
seeking a permanent place
for limbs and leaves to be
deposited if a neighbor has
difficulty with smoke. He
said recycling is an issue
the town is examining but
the town has to make sure
it can pay for it because re-
cycling is not profitable.
He said the Southwest/
Transmission Line phase of
the water and sewer project
is finished except for tying
up some loose ends, and he
said the South project will
go to bid this winter.
Campbell called the wa-
ter and sewer project a 100-
year project, and he said
that Lovell is ahead of the
curve. While other commu-
nities see their rates climb
around the state to do the
same kind of work Lovell
has already undertaken,
Lovell will already have
taken the necessary steps to
upgrade its infrastructure.
The last remaining link
of the project is the Main
Street phase, and he said
the timing of that phase
is controlled by 'the Wyo-
ming Dept. of Transporta-
tion around a planned Main
Street maintenance project.
He said the town would like
to use the money WyDOT
spends on its project to
match grants for the final
Main Street phase.
Campbell said it is dis-
concerting that the town is
continuing to suffer from
a lot of unaccountable wa-
ter loss, even though three
phases of the water and
sewer project have been
completed, leading the town
to believe that much of the
loss is taking place on Main
Street, where the water
mains feed the water sys-
tem.
The town is continuing
to plan and work on other
maintenance projects like
crack sealing, street repairs
and sidewalk repairs. He
said there are some side-
walks on Main Street that
need to be replaced, but
such a project may need
the cooperation of proper-
ty owners and "times are
tough."
Campbell said work
on the Northeast Park has
been completed, and now
the town is examining up-
grades to Constitution Park
like enhancements to the
skate park, adjacent land-
scaping, a walking path and
playground development.
He said he would like to
add vendor hookups at the
park like power and water
hookups so vendors can set
up shop when an event is
held at the park. He called
the hookups an "economic
development tool."
He said he would also
like to see a band shell con-
structed in one of the parks
for cultural events.
Finally, he said, eco-
nomic development is the
key to a community becom-
ing sustainable and he said
one of the keys in Lovell's
case is housing, which he
said the town and Lovell
Inc. have established as
their primary goal going
forward. He said Lovell has
a strong payroll coming out
of its plants, but payroll
money doesn't just leak out
of the community, it "runs
out," he said.
He said the senior hous-
ing project at the old hospi-
tal is a good project in that
as seniors move into the
new senior homes, their
homes in town are freed up
for younger families.
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