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War in Iraq ends; mission accomplished

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

Iraq War veteran and Basin Chief of Police Chris Kampbell shared his thoughts on the war in Iraq ending.

President Barack Obama signaled the official end of the war in Iraq with a visit to the troops in Fort Bragg on Dec. 14. He said, “Fort Bragg, we’re here to mark

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Rebels improve to 5-1 with win over Ten Sleep

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

The Riverside Rebels ended the pre-Christmas portion of the basketball season with a 5-1 record after defeating 1A Ten Sleep at home Friday night, 54-46.

The game was close at the beginning with several ties before Riverside opened up a three-point lead at the end of the first quarter, 12-9. The

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Town employees save young deer

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

A young deer’s life was spared last Friday after falling through the ice, thanks to the efforts of town of Basin employees.

Friday morning shortly after 10 a.m. Steve Olson was walking his dog Molly when he saw something flopping under a tree at the boat dock. Thinking it was a

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Three appointed to the fair board

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

The commissioners appointed three new members to the Big Horn County Fair Board, all from the south part of Big Horn County.

Scotty Hinman recommended appointing Casey Sorenson of Greybull and formerly of Deaver for the five-year term, replacing Mitch Shelhamer.

Keith Grant recommended Tim Flitner of Shell to fill Alfred

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Board extends supt. contract

By JENNIFER BUTLER

Staff Reporter

At this past Tuesday’s Big Horn County School District No. 4 board meeting several decisions were reached including the purchase of a new bus and extending the superintendent’s contract.

After executive session the board approved a two-year extension on Mary Fisher’s superintendent contract, beginning in 2012 and ending in 2014.

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Wishing for peace on earth

As 2011 draws to a close for some reason I’m thinking of one of the last lines in “Miss Congeniality” where Sandra Bullock’s character says “I really do want world peace.” Throughout the movie the joke is that every beauty contestant will answer world peace to the question what they want for the world.

In

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Thomas Raymond Alderson

March 25, 1935 – December 13, 2011

Funeral services for Thomas Raymond Alderson of Basin were held Dec. 20 at the Atwood Family Chapel in Greybull. Tom, 76, died Dec. 13 in Billings due to injuries sustained from a car accident on Sept. 11.

He was born March 25, 1935, in Oakland, Calif., the son

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Meals, some public transportation, other services provided in Basin by South Big Horn Senior Citizens Inc.

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

Comments made during this summer’s community assessment and recently with the Basin Master Plan survey have brought forth some residents’ desire for activities for seniors and public transportation — services currently provided by South Big Horn Senior Citizens Inc. through the South Big Horn Senior Center in Greybull.

While the facility

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Positive comments on initial stage of Master Plan

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

While about 30 people attended the Basin Master Plan Committee’s first open house, the committee only has four written comments to date.

Consultant Ken Markert of MMI Planning of Cody said residents have until Jan. 5 to return any written comments to town hall. This will give Markert time to compile

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Council reconsiders mineral lease

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

The Basin Town Council is reconsidering a mineral lease on property next to the Mount View Cemetery.

At Tuesday’s regular meeting Brad Stoelk of Blacktooth Mtn. Land Services LLC came to the council to discuss the proposal by Over The Hill Land Services to lease the town’s mineral rights in a

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