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Lovell Fire Chief Jim Minchow (left) and Captain Bob Mangus (right) honored
Ron Schmidt for his years of service with the Lovell Volunteer Fire Dept. last
week.
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BY DAVID PECK
Lovell Fire Chief Jim
Minchow presented a
plaque to retiring fireman
Ron Schmidt, honoring him
for his 25 years of service to
the Lovell Volunteer Fire
Dept.
"Ron was always de-
pendable," Minchow said.
"He was a good fireman for
years for us. We could al-
ways count on him."
Minchow said the
LVFD is three or four mem-
bers short of their full com-
plement of 30, and officers
are in the process of inter-
viewing some prospective
firemen. He said the de-
partment has yet to replace
Rich Fink, who retired last
year after some 31 years
with the department, and
another fireman moved.
Minchow said Dean
Wolvington is currently the
longest-serving fireman,
noting, "He's probably been
with the department for 35
or 36 years."
All current officers were
re-elected during a fire de-
partment meeting in De-
cember. The current lineup
includes Chief Minchow,
Assistant Chief Mike Jame-
son (re-elected last year),
Captain Bob Mangus, ap-
pointed training officers
Kevin Jones and Lynn Hitz
and appointed secretary-
treasure Wolvington.
Minchow noted that the
department is still collect-
ing food for Christmas food
baskets, which will be deliv-
ered next week.
BY DAVID PECK
In her monthly report
to the Lovell Town Coun-
cil Monday, Lovell Inc. Di-
rector Sue Taylor discussed
the recent decision by the
Wyoming Business Council
to grant the town $491,000
to demolish the old hospi-
tal building on East 10th
Street.
Noting questions about
a required "environmental
review" in the award letter
from the business council,
Taylor said various feder-
al and state agencies have
to sign off on the project
but said that it shouldn't
be a problem, noting that a
major hurdle was already
cleared when the State His-
toric Preservation Office
earlier gave its go-ahead
on the project. She said she
should have 80 percent of
the clearance by the end of
next week.
Taylor said town attor-
ney Sandra Kitchen is re-
viewing a draft contract for
a limited hazardous mate-
rials inspection with an es-
timated cost of $1,580 that
will focus on ceiling tiles,
wall plaster and roofing ma-
terial. She said the hope is
that two of the three catego-
ries will come out negative
for asbestos, which would
allow the demolition project
to be done within the bud-
get of the grant.
INCUBATOR BUILDING
Taylor said she distrib-
uted a request for qualifi-
cations to 12 architectural
firms for the architectur-
al design and construction
documents for the remodel-
ing of the incubator building
at 142 E. Third. Three pro-
posals came back, and the
council voted Monday to ap-
prove a professional servic-
es contract with Plan One
Architects of Cody, a con-
tract not to exceed $23,570.
Finally, Taylor thanked
the council for the confi-
dence they have shown in
Lovell Inc. by first form-
ing and then continuing to
support the economic devel-
opment organization. She
noted that while Lovell Inc.
was formed with an initial
appropriation of $300,000,
the organization has been
able to secure grants total-
ing $837,500 for the com-
munity.
"I hope you feel you're
getting a good return on
your money," Taylor said.
Mayor Bruce Morrison
presented a plaque to Coun-
cilwoman Jodi Lindsay, who
was attending her final reg-
ular meeting. The plaque
notes "grateful appreciation
for service and leadership
on the town council," and
Morrison added, "We do ap-
preciate what you've done."
Later, councilmen
Bruce Wolsey, Scott All-
red and Brian Dickson also
thanked Lindsay.
'Tou've been an asset to
the council and an asset to
the citizens of Lovell," Dick-
son said. "I hope you'll con-
tinue to volunteer in other
areas."
Allred said he will
miss Lindsay's attention to
numbers the council works
with.
WATER AND SEWER
UPDATE
Frank Page of DOWL/
HKM Engineering said
the Southwest/Transmis-
sion Line water and sew-
er project is just about fin-
ished, with inspections by
the funding agencies hav-
ing been completed and
advertising performed for
the final payment, with all
claims due by December 27.
Page cautioned anyone with
new concrete on or adjacent
to their property to be very
careful with salt or other
deicers during the first year
of the concrete's setting. He
said the project came in 2
percent under budget.
Page also said the first
phase of the Safe Routes to
School project is complete
and came in at 2 percent
under budget. He said he
is now working on phase II,
which includes the installa-
tion of sidewalks down the
Shoshone hill. The council
passed Resolution 2010-21
authorizing submission of
a SRTS grant to WyDOT
for the second phase of the
project.
Finally, Page report-
ed that work on plans and
specifications for next year's
Lovell South water and sew-
er project is about 85 per-
cent complete, and as soon
as preliminary plans have
been completed, he would
like to submit a request for
a permit to construct to the
Wyoming Dept. of Environ-
mental Quality. He said he
would like to go to bid on
the project in mid-March.
The council voted to au-
thorize the mayor to sign
the DEQ permit to con-
struct application when the
paperwork is ready.
In other business Mon-
day:
• Lovell Administrative
Assistant Scott Campbell
said he is still working on a
possible land swap west of
town as part of the town's
vegetative waste manage-
ment plan with the DEQ
Air Quality Division.
• The council voted
to accept a proposal from
Johnson Home and Land
for marketing the lots in the
Clay Housing Subdivison.
L
KARLA POMEROY
Rocky Mountain Middle School players Kirby Winland (left) and Caleb Horrocks
converge on a Cloud Peak player during Rocky's 32-8 win Friday afternoon in
Burlington.
BY CHERYL JOLLEY
Heading into the con-
ference tournament in
Burlington, the RMMS
"Grizzlies found themselves
matched up against Cloud
Peak Friday afternoon and
defeated the Cougars 32-8.
Bill Despain led the team
Scoring with 16 points, fol-
lowed by Kirby Winland
with 8, Cannon Simmons
4 and Caleb Horrocks and
Tanner Coleman 2 each.
The Grizzlies then
played rival Burlington for
the title Saturday morn-
ing. The Huskies outscored
the young Grizz 19-8 in the
first quarter despite Win-
land scoring 6 and Coleman
2. They fell short_ again the
second quarter, with Burl-
ington scoring 11 to their 8
points. Winland and. Sim-
mons each netted 4 points,
leaving Rocky trailing 30-
16 as the first half ended.
The struggle contin-
ued into the third quarter,
with Burlington leading
the scoring 14-8. Simmons
added 5 points and Win-
land 3. The fourth quar-
ter was close, with the
Grizz outscoring the Hus-
kies 5-4. Coleman scored 3
points, Winland 2. The fi-
nal score was 48-29, which
put Rocky as the second-
place team in the confer-
ence.
Winland finished with
15 points, Simmons 9 and
Coleman 5.
BY KRISTIN
EVANOFF
The Lovell Middle
School boys' basketball
teams wrapped up their
season at their respec-
tive conference tourna-
ments last Saturday,
Dec. 11.
Lovell's eighth-
grade Mustangs hosted
their tournament and
started out strong with
a win over Worland 44-
37. Alex Connour led all
scorers with 17 points.
Mysen McArthur and
Aaron Monterde added
5, Daniel Strom, Dylan
See and CJ Murphey 4
each, Michael Brightly
3 and Jeffrey Jameson
2.
Lovell advanced
in bracket play to face
number-one-ranked
Cody. The Mustangs
fell to . Cody 32-12.
Monterde had 6 points
to lead Lovell scorers.
Jameson, McKay Bax-
endale and Connour
scored 2 apiece.
Coming off the
tough loss to Cody,
Lovell would meet
Greybull for third place.
Lovell dropped the final
game to Greybull 42-20.
Connour led the Mus-
tangs with 7 points. See
added 5, Tristen Snyder
3, Jameson and McAr-
thur 2 each, Murphey
1.
SEVENTH GRADE
The seventh-grade
Mustangs took on Pow-
ell in the first round
Saturday and fell short
in a close game 42-36.
Nic Haskell poured in
18 points to lead Lovell
scorers, and Beau Green
added 14. Konner Davis
and Nyckalas Harvey
scored 2 each.
The Mustangs de-
feated Greybull 35-19
for the consolation title.
Lovell was led by Green
with 15 points, Haskell
10. Shawn Mollett con-
tributed 4, Dillon Sch-
neider, Davis and Mi-
chael Spencer 2 apiece.
DAVID PECK
Lovell eighth-grader Alex
Connour powers to the basket
against a Worland defender.
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