The newly-formed Big Horn County Fire Protection District No. 5 aspired to roll trucks by Dec. 15, but that likely will not occur until late next year.
The district still is stuck in a liability standoff with Park County Fire Protection District No. 1 in Powell, despite a recent decision from the Wyoming attorney general.
Powell High School’s Monte Nickles (top) posted a 6-1 record during his bouts at 171 in the Battle of the Big Horns in Worland last week. Tribune photo by Don Amend
Carter earns outstanding wrestler title
Top-ranked, Class 3A Powell High School closed the 2008 portion of the current wrestling season last weekend with a first-place finish in the Battle of the Big Horns in Worland.
The Panthers earned a 6-0 mark during the event, which took place last Friday and Saturday, and improved their record in dual meets to 7-0 for the season. Oddly enough, their title effort almost didn’t happen.
As Centennial Committee members planned Powell’s New Year’s Eve bash, they worried about transportation for tipsy partygoers. After a night of drinking — and in temperatures too frigid to walk — how will people get home safely?
“We were saying, ‘It’s too bad we don’t have a cab service,’” said Mayor Scott Mangold. “We crossed our fingers and hoped something would come up — and it did.”
This design of the west-facing view of Plaza Diane on the corner of Second and Bent shows a few of its featured elements, including a spray pad for children to play in and drought-tolerant gardens. The project is scheduled to go up for bid in late January. Courtesy image
Plans for the Plaza Diane — Community Center for the Arts are moving forward, and the project is slated to go up for bid in late January.
CTA, the Billings-based architecture and engineering firm hired to design the project, is in the process of finalizing both interior and exterior plans.
About 30 people gathered in Cody Wednesday night to hear the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s tweaking of regulations in an attempt to satisfy U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s concerns about state management of wolves.
The department held its last public meeting publicizing Emergency Rule 21 pertaining to Wyoming’s wolf regulations Wednesday. The department’s management alterations are regulatory, such as predation control.
Linton’s Big R cashier Dani Byrd (foreground) helps members of the Powell High School wrestling team with their Christmas purchases last Thursday. Members of the Panthers in this shopping group included (from left to right in the background) Jimmy Seckman (not visible), Cody Kalberer (partially visible), Trevor Donarski, Cole Kary, Zach Thiel, Cory Eden, Colt Nix (partially visible) and Olie Olson. Tribune photo by David Dickey
Team extends helping hand to those less fortunate
It’s not everyday you see a group of rough-and-tough wrestlers buying doll-and-stroller sets, but such was the case late Thursday afternoon in Powell.
But have no fear, the members of the defending state champion Powell High School Panther wrestling team aren’t turning into a bunch of softies, at least not on the mats. They were buying more than dolls and they were doing so for a good cause. They were purchasing gifts for young boys and adults, too, as part of what has become known as Wrestlers’ Christmas — a program to help families in need during the holiday season.
