Sitting Park County commissioners Tim French and Bill Brewer found themselves on the defensive at a Republican commission candidate forum in Cody last week.
Eight GOP challengers — Ted Davey, Vicki Gibson, Karla Gitlitz, Loren Grosskopf, Fred Reynolds, Joe Tilden, Hank Whitelock and Bill Yetter — took aim at a number of county decisions over the past few years, from its purchase and management of the Park County Complex to its budgeting process.
\Auston Carter is all smiles as he returns to the dugout following a go-ahead home run in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Billings Blue Jays on Friday night. Carter’s blast proved to be the game-winner as Powell notched a 4-2 victory on the way to an undefeated performance in pool play.Tribune photos by Randal Horobik
After spotless pool play, bats silenced
The Powell Pioneers American Legion baseball team settled for runner-up honors at the 2010 Heavy Metal Classic baseball tournament on Sunday. After a perfect 4-0 performance in pool play, the Pioneers came up on the short side of a 2-0 loss to Billings Select in Sunday’s title game.
“We didn’t make the adjustments we needed to at the plate,” said Pioneers coach Mike Jameson, who saw his team strike out 12 times in the championship game. “We didn’t get their pitcher out of his rhythm.”
Cowley youth qualifies in three events for nationals
Cowley’s J.R. Vezain captured the 2010 Wyoming High School rodeo boys’ all-around title and earned the right to compete in three events at the High School National Finals Rodeo later this summer. Vezain is the defending high school national champion in bareback riding.
Not surprisingly, it was Vezain’s skill in that event that helped fuel his all-around title during the 2010 season. Vezain was the 2010 state bareback champion, amassing more than 3,000 points during the high school rodeo season in that particular event.
Powell sports legend Keith Bloom stands among the rubble of the old Panther Gym Wednesday morning. Bloom played in the gym’s opening basketball game in December 1949. Like many alumni attending this weekend’s reunion festivities, Bloom has many fond memories of the old gymnasium. For a special feature on the old gym, see the print edition of the Powell Tribune pages 10 and 11. Tribune photo by Carla Wensky
Tough economic times call for leaner budgets, and like many municipalities in Wyoming, the city of Powell reduced its operating budget for the next fiscal year.
On Monday, the Powell City Council unanimously approved a $15.7 million budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year, beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2011.
Three of the front-runners for the Republican nomination for governor agreed on many issues — small government, limited regulations and pushing against the federal government — at a forum in Cody on Monday.
Matt Mead, a rancher and former U.S. Attorney from Cheyenne; Ron Micheli, a rancher and former state legislator and state agricultural department director from Fort Bridger; and Colin Simpson of Cody, an attorney and the current Speaker of the House, squared off in a two-hour event hosted by the Park County Republican Party.
