Lovell News

Runners and those who watch them run are a supportive group, enthusiastically cheering and clapping for friends, loved ones and even fellow competitors as they cross the finish line at events from a local fun run to the Boston Marathon.

Such was the case at the Ralph Robertson Memorial Mustang Days Fun Run Saturday morning in Lovell.

But perhaps the biggest smiles and the loudest cheers were saved for a very special competitor, a person who earned cheers for walking a mile 20 months after a serious car crash left her wondering if she would ever walk again.

Friends of Bighorn Lake President Bob Croft was the guest speaker at the Lovell Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday, and he talked about lake level, ongoing FOBHL projects and the 2008 Big Horn Lake Celebration, schedule for this Saturday at Horseshoe Bend.

Croft talked to the chamber about Saturday's Big Horn Lake Celebration, and said the public is welcome to come and go as they please from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The upper parking lot (near the beach) will be used for handicapped parking and the lower lot will be open for all other vehicles. Ferrell Mangus is rounding up some side-by-side vehicles for a shuttle service from the lower parking lot Saturday and said he could still use another vehicle and driver.

Chrystal Stevenson Blick holds her daughter, Alexis Young, while playing cards with her parents Donna and Jim Blick at their home in Cody.

The route from Lovell up through the Big Horn Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA) is bordered by rocks, sloping hills and canyons. The area is inhabited by wild horses and bighorn sheep, and a local (and not-so-local) research group is documenting evidence of Native American life on the rugged area near the Montana-Wyoming border.

The program got started in 2003 with just a few Northwest College students. The course was officially started in 2006, when archeologists from NWC and Indiana University teamed up for the research project and began bringing more and more students every year.

The Lovell Volunteer Fire Dept. responded quickly to a fire on Montana Avenue Wednesday that burned a home and filled it with thick smoke.

On Thursday, May 22, 2008, a Lovell doctor was arrested and charged with unlawfully distributing prescription painkillers.

Dr. Joseph Baumstarck was arrested during the execution of a search warrant at his place of business, the Strong Tree Clinic in Lovell, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney's office in Cheyenne.

Baumstarck has been charged by indictment with four counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. The prescription drugs he is suspected of distributing are oxycodone and hydrocodone, both painkillers. The charges state that Baumstarck allegedly distributed the drugs outside the scope of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose.

A doctor from the small town of Lovell, Wyoming was arraigned Wednesday in federal court on six counts of unlawfully distributing pain killers.

A week of rain in the lowlands and snow in the high country has boosted the water level in Bighorn Lake and made the Montana Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation ever more watchful of the Bighorn River ...

Local members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and the Wyoming National Guard will honor veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice with special Memorial Day services this Monday, May 26, at ...

“Get on your assignments and get them done.”

Lovell High School's four valedictorians and lone salutatorian had two primary pieces of advice for younger students hoping to finish at the top of their class: keep on top of your homework and don't be afraid ... via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

“Those two applications will most likely move forward to the state for consideration out of more than $30 million in emergency funds”

The mayors of the nine incorporated towns in Big Horn County met Thursday in Lovell to review 36 project applications for $2.9 million in County-wide Consensus Block Grant money handed down by the state to be divvied up for this fiscal year.

Nine capital improvement projects totalling $2,530,063 were recommended for funding by the mayors, with another six projects submitted by special tax districts recommended for funding to the tune of $334,441.

The Lovell Canal District was recommended to receive $41,790 in grant funds for upgrades; North Big Horn Hospital $121,519 for a call system; County Weed and Pest District $21,000 for Americans with Disabilities Act improvements; Basin Recreation District $81,000 to repair the town swimming pool; Burlington Cemetery $53,200 for upgrades; and Big Horn County Fire District No. 4 $15,932 for generator housing. Read more

“The key to this system is to provide interoperability”

As a kid, if you've ever talked to your next-door neighbor on a pair of tin cans attached to a string, then you know how it feels to be able to communicate in a way you never thought possible. via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

Lovell High School students celebrated "A Touch of Class" during the 2008 Junior-Senior Prom at the LHS Johnny Winterholler Gym Friday night. via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

“Basically, we've got 20,000 to move some dirt.”

Home owners hoping for an extension of the Lovell spring open-burning time period got their wish Monday night when the Lovell Town Council voted to extend the open-burning period for two more weekends -- from ... via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

“I was appalled that we were the worst in Wyoming”

Perhaps the most useful information presented at Thursday night's Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking in Lovell was a survey of students taken just last week. via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

“We really want to provide as much opportunity as we can here in the Basin”

Eleutian Technology opened an online teaching center in Lovell in July, and has recently expanded to a second building on Main Street to keep up with the demand of oversees students who want to learn English.

Eleutian Technology president and CEO Kent Holiday said the expansion increases the number of teaching stations in Lovell from four to 16, and he expects the company will continue to grow with no end in sight. The company currently employs 23 teachers in Lovell, and Holiday said they hope to employ 40 to 50 by the end of the year. Read more

“Highway 32 is a major concern”

A long-awaited walking path for the Lovell community is at last in the planning stages, and the public is invited to discuss the project at a public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 30, at 6 p.m. at the ... via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

“It's an opportunity we saw that would change lives and strengthen the relationship that we have in our community.”

Years of work from the Big Horn County Health Coalition are paying off, as a donation will help fund a program to provide funds for area students for training after high school.

Chad Lindsay, director of the North Big Horn Health Coalition, District One psychologist Matt McNiven and TCT WEST manager Chris Davidson gave a presentation to the Big Horn County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees about the College Dreams scholarship program at their regular monthly meeting Thursday.

The program is already in place in districts No. 1 and 2. Currently, two students from each district receive the scholarship that pays $150 for every semester the student successfully meets program requirements. Through donations from sponsors, the program will be expanded to accommodate more students in school districts 1 and 2 next year. Read more

The Big Horn County Health Coalition is hosting a meeting of the minds next week to spread awareness and seek solutions to the problem of underage drinking in north Big Horn County. via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

Many mixed-pedigree wild horses roaming the west originated from missing 19th-Century U.S. Army cavalry mounts, or from Depression-era horses turned out by their masters. via KFBB