A young orphan, Yvena, displays the spirit and resilience the Haitian people are known for. According to the Wish for Haiti Web site, “Tiny Yvena is a happy little force among the children ... she’s already up to her mischief...” Courtesy photo
Non-profit group continues mission of helping Haitian orphans
A long drive
Near the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic — an arduous eight-hour drive from Port-au-Prince — Father Bien-aime and the orphans in his care are putting their lives back together after the devastating earthquake last month reduced their orphanage to a pile of rubble.
In their new home just steps from the border, the kids of the House of the Children of the Lack are once again smiling and playing.
A suspended Powell fireman accused of using a Powell Fire Hall computer to access child pornography will face 19 felony counts in District Court, a Circuit Court judge decided Monday.
At a preliminary hearing, Judge Bruce Waters found that there was enough evidence for prosecutors to try Doug Leichner, 43, for possession of child pornography for 19 different images. Waters dismissed three other counts over concern that those images were not child pornography as defined by state statute.
Park County Weed and Pest recommends early planning for grasshoppers
Grasshoppers were a growing concern last year in Wyoming, and Park County Weed and Pest is encouraging farmers to take action early in order to prevent a bigger problem this year.
Scott Schell, assistant extension entomologist at the University of Wyoming, said his best guess is that there will be more grasshoppers this summer than last, because the hoppers laid “lots of eggs” last summer and there has been good moisture to promote their growth.
The old Powell High School gym will be coming down this summer.
The Park County School District No. 1 board accepted a low bid from Cheyenne-based Brisco Demolition of $407,233 for the project, which includes site restoration following the demolition.
Brisco’s was the lowest of four bids submitted for the complete project, and Bauer Group Architects of Billings, which reviewed the bids for the district, recommended it be accepted.
NWC’s Demetrice Jacobs, shown here against Dawson, ranks among the nation’s leaders in steals and 3-point shooting percentage, according to the latest batch of stats released by the NJCAA. Despite the effort, the Trapper men continue to sit just outside the national top-25 poll. Tribune photo by Randal Horobik
NWC men get four votes in latest poll
The loss of a nine-game winning streak cost the Trappers a few votes in the latest NJCAA top-25 men’s basketball poll. Northwest College continues to reside just outside of the top-25 with an 18-4 season record.
The Trappers continue to lead the Region IX North sub-region. Casper College (17-6), North Platte (18-3) and Sheridan (17-4) also garnered votes from among Region IX. Like Northwest College, none of the three received enough support among pollsters to appear in the top 25.
The Powell High School Panthers endured a difficult weekend as the team suffered losses of 91-60 at Worland and 55-28 at home against Lovell. The losses drop the team to 2-12 overall this season.
“This was kind of an odd week,” said Panther head coach Mike Heny, who was out of town at a conference for much of the week leading up to the games. “It was a little strange not being here for the preparation for the games and then being on the bench to coach."
A young bighorn sheep ram, though blindfolded, may have found being captured for relocation to the Seminoe Mountains a bit disconcerting. Still, none of the 12 sheep captured by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, airlifted and then transported in trailers, were injured. Tribune photo by Gib Mathers
Bighorn sheep transferred sans complications
It was almost a carnival atmosphere Friday, when around 50 people took part in, or witnessed, the capture and radio collaring of 12 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the Big Horn Mountain’s Devil’s Canyon area near Lovell.
The sheep were transferred Saturday to the Seminoe Mountains, north of Sinclair.
Participating in or watching the capture were personnel from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Powell High School students, media and helicopter crews.
