With the Teton Mountains peeking through smoky trees, Teton Interagency Fire Monitor Ron Steffens surveys a small fire near the Snake River last week. Tribune photo by Gib Mathers
Monitoring blazes as season starts
The Snake Fire in Grand Teton National Park simmers, but natural barriers more than likely will contain the little blaze, if moisture from a June 25 rainstorm doesn’t douse it altogether, a firefighter said.
The quarter-acre, lightning-ignited fire is one mile north of Teton Point, off U.S. 191-89-26. There is no immediate threat to any facilities, so Teton Interagency Fire is allowing the smoldering cottonwood and conifer trees to burn.
When it meets this month, the Wyoming Community College Planning Task Force will begin tackling one of its more difficult topics: A possible statewide mill levy to help support the state’s seven community college districts.
The 2008 Wyoming Legislature, when it created the task force, instructed members, among other things, to explore governance, revenue generation and representation for the statewide community college system.
The Powell Volunteer Fire Department’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show is guaranteed to toast the evening with thunderous noise and bright radiance.
The location is the same as last year, but the pyrotechnics just might cover a bit more ground than 2008.
Seth Gilmore of the Powell Babe Ruth Royals prepares to deliver a pitch home during Tuesday night’s championship game. The Royals captured an 18-2 decision over the Giants to win the 2009 tournament title. The Royals scored a roller coaster 7-6 victory over the Reds to earn their place in Tuesday’s championship game. Tribune photo by Randal Horobik
Local baseball purists have less than a month to enjoy watching the talents of players like Gianluca Giarrizzo and Scotty Jameson. After that, they’ll have to travel a bit to witness the exploits of these two Powell Pioneers.
Dick Wilder (left), Nola Christoffersen and Homesteader Museum Curator Rowene Weems look over the 1959 copy of the Powell Tribune retrieved from the time capsule buried during Powell’s 50th Golden Jubilee celebration opened for the centennial celebration last week. Wilder and Christoffersen also were present when the time capsule was buried in 1959. Tribune photo by Don Amend
This is like Christmas for Rowene (Weems),” Powell Mayor Scott Mangold said Saturday as he reached into a time capsule planted by Powellites 50 years ago.
Indeed, after donning white gloves Saturday morning, Weems, curator/director of the Homesteader Museum, lovingly examined each 50-year-old artifact before carefully placing it in a special display case for all of Powell — and all the world, for that matter — to see.
The aging Rocky Mountain Manor building will undergo renovation this fall, thanks to a $224,000 grant.
The Wyoming Community Development Authority announced last week that the manor is one of seven projects in the state to receive a Community Development Block Grant.
