December 12, 2013 I The Lovell Chronicle J 5
DAVID PECK
This car got the worst of it when it slid into a light pole on West Main in Lovell
last Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4. Annie Hatch, 31, of Lovell was the driver
and was briefly trapped by the airbag, which had deployed. Here, emergency
personnel work to free Hatch from her car.
BIRTHS
We are interested in printing the births of
North Big Horn County babies. Please call
and personally report these births by con-
tacting the Chronicle at 548-2217.
Born to Angle and Kendal Wambeke at
the Powell Valley Hospital on Dec. 4, 2013 at
5:21 p.m a baby girl, Penelope Wambeke,
weighing 7 Ibs. 9 oz. Grandparents are Rob-
ert and Renee Wilkerson and Paul and Troy
Wambeke.
MARRIAGES
Marriage licenses issued from the Big Horn
County Clerk's office recently were:
William Herbert Grisham and Georga Lee
Hill, both of Basin.
Guy Helms and Kathryn Mayes, both of
Worland.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Persons fined in the Lovell Municipal Court
in Lovell before Judge Sylvia Gains recent-
ly were:
Cynthia Stewart, 58, expired registration,
fined $70
Ronald Lopez, 22, Ft. Washakie, no seat
belt, fined $25
Mariah Hartford, 17, expired registration,
fined $70
Elaine Emmett, 56, failure to yield, fined $70
IN BIG HORN COUNTY
For speeding in a 20 mph zone:
Victor W. Jackson, 25, Powell, 25 mph,
fined $65
Lester Scammon, 67, Billings, 25 mph,
fined $65
Jiri Ondracek, 70, Danbury, CT, 25 mph,
fined $65
Lacy Jae Haughian, 27, Terry, MT, 25 mph,
fined $65
Joseph Kopriva, 35, Powell, 29 mph, fined
$80
Juan M. Garay-Jasquez, 63, Greybull, 28
mph, fined $170
For speeding in a 30 mph zone:
Rhonda L. Wipf, 59, 35 mph, fined $65
CIRCUIT COURT
Persons fined in the Fifth Judicial Circuit
Court in Lovell before Judge Thomas Har-
rington recently were:
Mary Helen Haapala, born in 1971, driving
while license suspended, fined $400
Toby L. McCreath, born in 1978, no valid
driver's license, fined $165; speeding 74 mph
in a 65 mph zone, fined $367
Casey M. Leonhardt, born in 1988, use con-
trolled substance, fined $440 ($150 suspend-
ed), 6 months probation, 120 days in jail (110
suspended)
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Police report
BY PATTI CARPENTER
About a dozen firefighters from Lovell's
volunteer fire department responded to
a hay and equipment fire on Saturday at
around noon at the Ellis farm west of Cow-
ley. According to Captain Bob Mangus, the
fire started in a makeshift shelter that the
Ellis family had constructed out of square
bales of straw while repairing a front-end
loader.
Mangus said a spark from the equip-
ment that Larry Ellis was trying to start
may have ignited loose hay and straw and
the bales. He said it took firefighters con-
siderable time to move highly flammable
hay and other materials away from the
source of the fire.
"It takes a long time any time you're
dealing with a hay fre," said Mangus.
"That's just the way it is."
Mangus said the bales that made up
the structure actually contained the fire
for a short period of time, which allowed
his team some time to move other flamma-
ble materials away from the flames. Man-
gus said the fire was located near a silage
pit an
