What makes a family tradition?
Heritage, life experiences, family, friends and ravioli

By Brenda TenBoer

Jim Warner is quite certain of two things in life.
The rodeo clown is still going strong more than 50 years after first matching wits with bulls professionally. Instincts tell him when the best course of action is to make a running jump right over the back of that brute or when it is time to just flat get out.

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Hospital board celebrates progress on CT addition

By Brenda TenBoer

The November meeting of the South Big Horn County Hospital board of trustees began with newly elected Dalin Winters of Burlington, and re-elected members Jack Preston and Diane Elliott, both of Basin, taking the oath of office.

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County considers energy audit

By Karla Pomeroy
The Big Horn County Commissionerslistened to a proposal to conduct an energy audit of the county’s facilities at their regular meeting last week.
 

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Karla’s Kolumn
Top 10 blessings


By Karla Pomeroy
As you gather around the dinner table filling your plate with turkey, dressing, potatoes, gravy, green beans and pumpkin pie, I wonder how many of us will think about how the holiday began and why we get the fourth Thursday of November off from work.

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Lela Carrie McPeek Snyder
March 27, 1915 - Nov. 23, 2008

Funeral services for Lela Carrie McPeek Snyder will be Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Basin. Lela, 93, died Nov. 23 at Bonnie Bluejacket Memorial Nursing Home.

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Norma Henderson Frary
Aug. 1, 1927 - Oct. 29, 2008

Memorial services for Norma Henderson Frary were held Nov. 3 at Mariposa Gardens Cemetery Chapel in Mesa, Ariz. Norma, 81, died Oct. 29 in Gold Canyon, Ariz.

 

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Eight earn post-season honors
Craft Player of the Year

By Karla Pomeroy

The Riverside Rebels football team that finished third in the 2A Five Rivers Conference this season had five players honored as First Team All-Conference selections following a coaches meeting in Casper last Tuesday.

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Pilots re-unite in Greybull after 51 years to fly C-119 home

By Brenda TenBoer

Two proud American veterans, reunited more than five decades after flying missions together from Japan, flew a vintage C-119 out of Greybull on Wednesday morning en route to its home of origin in Hagerstown, Md.
 

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Plans proceed with boiler replacement

Board mulls renovation at CPMS

By Karla Pomeroy

Big Horn County School District No. 4 Board of Trustees approved letting bids for a boiler replacement project at the Riverside High School Gym at their meeting last Tuesday.

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Auto bailout a bad idea

We agree with Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. that the bailout plan for the “Big 3” automakers, General Motors Corporation, Ford and Chrysler, is a bad idea.

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Huskies come up short in bid for title
By Nathan Oster
After reeling off nine straight wins to earn the right to host the State 1A championship game, the Burlington Huskies ran into a roadblock named Southeast in their quest for the third state title in school history.

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Calling all outdoor enthusiasts — BLM needs your input

By Brenda TenBoer

The Bureau of Land Management is facing a big challenge and needs anyone and everyone who enjoys nature, hunting, four-wheeling, spelunking, hiking, bird watching, raising cattle, or virtually any other outdoor activity to speak up now.

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Land planning committee drafts goals
Public invited to view progress

By Brenda TenBoer
 
Big Horn County is midway through a project to update its antiquated land use plan from 1977 and now the public is asked to comment on work to date.

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BHC voter turnout set at 85 percent
Otto, Hyattville top all county precincts

By Nathan Oster
Significant increases in the number of absentee ballots and new voter registrations made last week’s general election a little more challenging than usual for the Big Horn County Clerk’s office.
By week’s end the results of the Nov. 4 voting had been canvassed and Clerk Dori Noyes and her team of election workers were busy calculating voter turnout percentages for each of the county’s 13 precincts.

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Veterans deserve a special day

Happy Veterans Day, albeit two days late, to all our area veterans. Coming from a family of veterans, the day has become special to me.

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Carolyn Brome Harrington
Jan. 29, 1927 - Nov. 5, 2008

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Orval Dean Crosier
Feb. 2, 1926 - Nov. 1, 2008

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Huskies survive, host 1A title game Saturday
By Nathan Oster

Burlington earned the right to host this weekend’s Class 1A state championship game — but nothing about its 13-9 semifinal win over Hulett on Saturday came easily.

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Della Rae McHenry Pickens
Jan. 2, 1955 - Oct. 30, 2008

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Riverside’s run for repeat ends in Lusk

By Karla Pomeroy

The Riverside Rebels run for a second consecutive Class 2A State Championship ended Friday in Niobrara County when the Lusk Tigers sent Riverside home after a 34-14 loss in the first-round of the state football playoffs.

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Residents concerned about lack of notification on substation

By Karla Pomeroy

Eight North Eighth Street residents crowded into the council chambers Monday evening to voice concerns about the north side electrical substation that is planned in that neighborhood.
Kimberly Cowan told the council that the residents were there for a number of reasons including the fact that they were told nothing about the project, they were concerned about property values and wondered why that location was selected and why the south side substation could not be upgraded.

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Rathbun earns seat on council; Hopkin re-elected

By Karla Pomeroy

Challenger Deb Rathbun was elected to the Basin Town Council Tuesday night receiving the same number of votes as Heath Hopkin, 329. Both will serve on the council for four years.

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Lady Rebels play well, fall short at State

By Marlys Good
All you can ask of your athletes is that they play hard and well and then let the chips fall where they may. That is exactly what Coach Lindsay Schaffner  did at the 2A State Volleyball Championship matches in Casper last weekend.

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School board: Two new members elected

By Karla Pomeroy

There will be two new members on the Big Horn County School District No. 4 Board with Martin Mercer defeating incumbent Cecil Mullins for the Area K-Manderson/Hyattville seat and Misty Vanderploeg defeating Mark Boyles for one of two Basin seats on the board.
School board: Two new members elected

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Huskies cruise into semis
By Nathan Oster
After a scary opening minute, the Burlington Huskies righted the ship and cruised to a 48-14 win over Normative Services Friday in the opening round of the Class 1A football playoffs.

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Huskies stumble in bid for 1A State Title

By Marlys Good
“They struggled earlier in the tournament, but I think Cokeville was ready for us,” Jerry Patrick said of his team’s  20-25, 26-24, 12-25, 23-25, loss to Cokeville in the 1A State Championship match in Casper Saturday. It was dejå vu for Burlington, who played second fiddle to the Panthers the previous week in the West Regional title match in Lander.

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Residents participate in government processes

Basin residents have participated in a number of governmental processes this week. On Monday, eight residents from North Eighth Street appeared before the Basin Town Council to speak about the new north side electrical substation the town will be building soon. The nearly hour-long discussion was civil with several sides presented and several concerns expressed.

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Emma Ellen Berkheimer Horton
Feb. 11, 1918 - Oct. 31, 2008

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Anne Mae Vanderpool
July 1, 1924 - Nov. 1, 2008

Memorial services for Anne Mae Vanderpool of Cody will be held Friday, Nov. 7, at Ballard Funeral Home in Cody. Anne, 84, died Nov. 1 in Cody.

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Mead climbs to second in diving
By Nathan Oster
Senior Ariel Mead improved by five places in diving while junior Amber Getzfreid made the finals in each of her individual events to pace the Greybull-Riverside effort at last weekend’s State 3A Swimming and Diving Championships in Gillette.

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Substation site work under way

By Karla Pomeroy

Site work for the new electrical substation to service the north side of Basin is now under way.
Basin electrician Eric Lowe said in an interview Tuesday construction of the station should be completed by the end of December or mid January. It is hoped that the station will be online and supplying power to the north half of the town by the 2009 summer, Lowe said.

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Vernon Alton Ellison Sr.
July 30, 1931 - Oct. 17, 2008

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Fanny Ann Clark
March 7, 1915 - Oct. 26, 2008

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Beatrice “Be” Mowell
Dec. 19,. 1933 - Oct. 24, 2008

Be Mowell, 74, of Shell passed away peacefully in the presence of her four daughters on Oct. 24, 2008, at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, Mont.

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Benjamin “Ben” Amos Gilmore
Sept. 5, 2001 - Oct. 19, 2008

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Susan M. Wright Condra
 Jan. 10, 1975 - Oct. 22, 2008

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Edwin Andrew Shaffer
March 18, 1915 - Oct. 27, 2008

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Rebels finish regular season with strong showing in win over Greybull

By Karla Pomeroy

The Riverside Rebels finished the 2008 regular season with a convincing win over the Greybull Buffs at home Friday night, 35-21.

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Lady Rebels take No. 2 seed into State Tournament;
play Tongue River Thursday (today) at 4:30

By Marlys Good
This season the Riverside Rebel volleyball team went undefeated. They won the conference title. They earned a second-place seed at the State Tournament.
Three goals met, but still the Lady Rebels aren’t satisfied. They’d like nothing better than to take the 2A field by storm and bring home the championship trophy from the State Tournament in Casper Oct. 30-Nov. 1. A hard task? Yes. Are the Lady Rebels up to that task? Definitely. If the team can stay focused, play hard and  up to its ability and not let the ball bounce on the Rebel side of the net.

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