Powell Tribune http://powelltribune.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:59:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3125/58/ 03_09_10/ystoneYellowstone National Park’s snow and winter sun gleam in this January photograph taken by park visitor Charles Scheffold, who toured the park on a photography-oriented snowmobile trip. The National Park Service is beginning the process of creating a new plan to guide winter use in Yellowstone. To see more of Scheffold’s photos, visit http://www.zooomr.com/photos/sid6581 (http://www.zooomr.com/photos/sid6581). Courtesy photo/Charles Scheffold Try, try, try again With three previous plans voided by federal judges over the past decade, the National Park Service is beginning... News - General News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:08:56 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3124/58/ School makes the cut as Legislature’s budget session concludesPowell will see more school construction in the near future after the Wyoming Legislature authorized funding for construction of two new facilities.A new Westside Elementary facility was included in the state’s biennial budget in a late compromise as the Legislature concluded its budget session last week, joining an addition to Powell Middle School. News - General News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:59:52 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3123/58/ Can you have peace, and justice too?Two groups at Northwest College are seeking to restore both to the college campus, where repeated conflicts have left some members of the faculty and the administration at an impasse, leaving many students divided on both sides as well. News - General News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:57:43 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3122/34/ 03_09_10/phsgirls Powell’s Hannah Pollart surveys the Jackson defense during 3A West championship basketball action on Saturday. The Panthers fell 42-36 but still advance to this week’s state tournament, where they will face Wheatland. Courtesy photo/Colter Bostick No. 2 seed from west pits Powell vs. WheatlandThe Powell High School girls basketball team is heading to the state tournament as Class 3A West’s No. 2 seed.After beating Pinedale 47-35 on Thursday and Cody 66-50 on Friday, the Lady Panthers’ bid for the... News - Sports Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:53:47 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3121/34/ PHS season ends with two losses at regional tourneyA rough season for Powell High School boys’ basketball came to a close on Friday as the Panther boys dropped a pair of contests at the 3A West regional basketball tournament in Lyman. The Panthers will not advance to the state tournament and end the year 3-20 overall. Playing in a Friday morning elimination contest, the Panther boys held their own in the early going against Lander before a stretch of hot... News - Sports Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:42:30 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3110/58/ 03_04_10/plazad India Palato works with Northwest College art instructor Anne Toner to create artwork inspired by Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy. Toner’s advanced studio students taught the natural designs workshop for students in first through fifth grades Wednesday afternoon at Plaza Diane. Their temporary works of art will be on display on the plaza until wind and weather sweep them away, just as is the case with Goldsworthy’s creations in nature. Tribune photo by Don Amend News - General News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:02:37 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3109/58/ Controversy spurs changeFollowing opposition to a recent letter sent to students affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Northwest College President Paul Prestwich announced Tuesday that the college will no longer recruit on the basis of religion.“We are initiating a review of our recruitment strategies, especially those that include partnerships with local faith-based organizations. In the future, religion will not be the focus of NWC’s formal recruitment practices,” Prestwich wrote in an e-mail Tuesday. The message was... News - General News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:53:56 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3108/58/ The next few years of local sugar beet crops could hang in the balance of a California courtroom on Friday.In question is the fate of Roundup Ready sugar beets.Roundup Ready beets, developed by the argricultural biotechnology company Monsanto, are plants genetically engineered to resist the company’s glyphosate-based herbicide, Roundup. When Roundup is applied to a sugar beet field, the weeds die, and the Roundup Ready beets remain healthy. Growers say the technology boosts yields while reducing labor and other costs.... News - General News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:50:28 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3107/58/ Powell Post Office operations unaffectedOn Tuesday in Washington, D.C., Postmaster General John Potter announced that the preferred alternative to relieve the financially-strapped U.S. Postal Service is to scrap Saturday deliveries.If Congress approves the five-day delivery proposition, the earliest it could happen would be January 2011, said a post office spokesman. News - General News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:47:06 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3106/34/ 03_04_10/austoncarterAuston Carter, his shoulder heavily taped due to an injury, faces Michael Hogan of Douglas at 140 pounds during his third title match. A 7-4 decision earned the 2009 championship, his third. Tribune photo by Don AmendFour years ago, Powell freshman Auston Carter, sporting a blonde hairdo, squared off against Matt Cearns, a junior from Torrington who brought a 24-7 record and the 130-pound East Regional championship to the mat. Cearns had pinned his last seven opponents, six of... News - Sports Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:33:49 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3105/34/ Trappers travel to Sheridan; Sterling, Colorado Everyone has heard the basketball adage that it’s difficult to beat the same team three times in the same season. Northwest College men’s basketball coach Andy Ward is hopeful his team is up to that challenge. The Trapper men, 24-6 and back among the teams receiving votes in the latest NJCAA men’s basketball poll, open Region IX tournament play at 3 p.m. on Saturday in Sheridan against Gillette, a team it owns 91-82 and... News - Sports Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:22:20 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3099/58/ 03_02_10/earthquakeA woman carries goods while looting a supermarket in Concepcion, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 28. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday. A former Northwest College student who lives south of Concepcion was affected by the earthquake and had her house broken into early Monday morning. AP photo/ Natacha Pisarenko Since fleeing her bed during an earthquake early Saturday morning in Valparaíso, Chilé, former Northwest College student Sara Yorke has had little sleep. But she has found comfort in the support... News - General News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:45:17 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3098/58/ (http://www.billingsnissan.com/ou/billings-nissan/) Hoping to reduce garbage bills and keep disposal sites close for all county residents, members of the Powell City Council said last week that they are pushing forward on an $18 million 1-cent capital facilities sales tax proposal for the county’s landfills.To meet state and federal water quality standards, Park County plans to ultimately close its landfills in Powell, Clark and Meeteetse to household waste, and dig and line new waste cells in Cody to create a regional... News - General News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:40:13 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3097/58/ Facing opposition to a proposed $31.5 million capital facilities tax to expand and modernize West Park Hospital’s emergency facilities in Cody, hospital trustees last week reduced their request by more than half.The West Park Hospital board now is asking for a $14.2 million facilities tax that would be funded by a temporary 1-cent sales tax throughout the county.To get on the ballot, the measure must be approved by two of the three municipalities (Powell, Cody, and Meeteetse), and the Park... News - General News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:37:37 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3096/58/ It was standing room only at a Northwest College faculty/staff meeting Thursday, where employees voiced their concerns about a religious recruitment letter sent by President Paul Prestwich to about 1,000 Mormon students.Many of the NWC employees present said they were uncomfortable with the college recruiting students on the basis of religious affiliations.“Now that it’s happened, I’d like to hear that it wasn’t a good idea,” said Denise Kelsay, art and gallery specialist. “I’d like to know that there’s critical thinking... News - General News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:35:46 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3095/34/ 03_02_10/phswrestlingColt Nix looks to the referee as he tries to finish a pin before the first-period clock runs out in his championship match. Douglas wrestler Reed Burgener was saved by the bell, but Nix recorded a technical fall in the third period to take the 130-pound championship. Tribune photo by Don Amend Three pins in finals give Douglas a one-point winIn a close battle worthy of the state championships, the Powell Panthers fell short in their quest to hold on... News - Sports Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:33:27 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3094/34/ Nine Powell Panther swimmers collected a seventh-place finish last week in the Class 3A swimming finals in Gillette.Senior Devin Lynn led the Panthers efforts with two sixth-place finishes. On Friday, Lynn cut three seconds from his seed time in the individual medley, and one second from his breaststroke time to earn spots in the championship heats. News - Sports Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:27:06 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3084/58/ 02_25_10/icefishingKelsey Dunn, of Billings, watches a bobber and tries to coax the fish to her grandfather's fishing line. Her grandfather Ned Dunn of Powell (in background) and his fishing team joined 72 other teams for Meeteetse’s 2nd Annual Ice Fishing Derby. Tribune photo by Kara Bacon News - General News Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:11:37 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3083/58/ A letter written by Northwest College President Paul Prestwich and mailed to 1,002 Mormon students earlier this month was intended to generate interest in the college. The letter has indeed accomplished just that — but likely not the kind of interest Prestwich originally had in mind.Within weeks of their postmark date, the recruitment letters have caught the attention of a national publication, local media, the American Civil Liberties Union’s Wyoming office and the Northwest College campus community. News - General News Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:55:37 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3082/58/ (http://www.billingsnissan.com) A bill is in the works to put a moratorium on wind energy developers that use eminent domain to condemn property to build electrical transmission lines.If House Bill 79 passes, however, developers still could build transmission lines if landowners condone the construction. The bill passed its third reading in the House Feb. 23, and now is headed for the Senate. News - General News Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:49:05 +0100