Powell Tribune http://powelltribune.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:19:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3134/58/ 03_11_10/poolDerek Street drills pilot holes in drains in the continuous river at the Powell Aquatic Center on Tuesday as crews work to finish the pool by May. Tribune photo by Kara BaconPowell Aquatic Center slated to open in early mayWith the ides of March just around the corner, initial plans called for the Powell Aquatic Center to be open to swimmers by then. So blame it on the ides of March: Word now is the pool likely will not be... News - General News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:49:04 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3133/58/ With tensions at Northwest College nearing what appears to be a crescendo, the question for many faculty, staff, students and administrators now is, “Where do we go from here?”The Northwest College Board of Trustees heard complaints about events at the college, as well as pleas for peace, during its meeting in Cody on Monday. News - General News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:39:06 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3132/58/ Signs concern city officialsSandwich board signs have been sprouting up on downtown sidewalks lately, grabbing the attention of passersby as well as city officials. Some of main street signs, and others around town, are not in compliance with city ordinances.“We’ve seen a series of signs around town that are illegal,” said John Campbell, city Planning and Zoning Commission member. News - General News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:36:49 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3131/34/ 03_11_10/phsbballPowell junior Leslie Thronburg glides through the air for a bucket against the Pinedale Wranglers during 3A West regional action last week. Starting today (Thursday), the Panthers are in Casper in pursuit of a bigger objective — capturing a 3A girls’ state basketball championship. Updates will appear on the Powell Tribune’s blog. Courtesy photo/Greg Wise Lady panthers face wheatland in state openerThe Powell High School girls’ basketball team begins its bid for a Class 3A state championship against Wheatland today... News - Sports Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:34:24 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3130/34/ It was a season of personal improvement for the Powell Panther swimmers this year, and they finished by swimming their best times of the season at the state swim meet.With only nine swimmers, only one of whom was ranked in the top 12 going into the state competition, the team nearly made the top six when the final team scores were calculated. News - Sports Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:26:22 +0100 http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/3129/34/ Hope is to double volunteer numbersThe North Absaroka Ski Patrol is looking for volunteers who may be interested in joining their ranks and serving Sleeping Giant. Individuals are invited to a two-day tryout this Saturday and Sunday. “Ideally, we’d like to have about 30 members,” said Troy Broussard, one of the organizers for the tryout. “Right now, we’re at about half of what we want.” News - Sports Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:24:40 +0100 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