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Sublette County Public Land Use Policy update (posted 5/8/08)
Pinedale Town Elections (posted 5/6/08)
JIO presents $50,000 to Museum of the Mountain Man (posted 5/6/08)
Cinderella (posted 5/6/08)
Sublette County artists win awards (posted 5/6/08)
Big Piney Girls State Delegates (posted 5/5/08)
Sunday Sit-In on the Anticline (posted 5/5/08)
2nd Annual Frozen Mallard Ducks Unlimited Banquet May 17 (posted 5/5/08)
8th Grade Math Program for Parents and Students May 8 (posted 5/5/08)
Dig It!: Rock Gardening (posted 5/4/08)

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May 8: Question and answer session about the Pinedale High School mathematics offerings - Pinedale Middle School Cafeteria, 7:00 PM. Dave Petersen, High School Mathematics Facilitator, and Melissa Bernard, District Math Committee Chair, will be present to answer questions about the two different math track offerings at the high school.
May 9-10: Home & Garden Show - In Pinedale at the Sublette County Ice Arena. Hours are 4-9pm Friday and 9am -4pm Saturday – free admission. Sponsored by the Pinedale Lions.
May 10: ‘Remember When’ Senior Senior Prom - At Rendezvous Pointe Senior Center in Pinedale. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Dancing begins at 7:00 PM. Piano Player and DJ will be Darrell Schoppa. There will be dancing, refreshments, Prom King and Queen, and door prizes. This event is for anyone 50 years old and up. (Your date may be younger.) Dates are not required. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Admission price is based on the year you graduated from High School. For example, if you graduated in the 40’s your ticket price is $4.00, if your date graduated in the 50’s their ticket price is $5.00. If you have questions or memorabilia from your high school days to help the display, please call Beth Allen at 307-367-2881.
May 10: Soda Lake opens for fishing -
May 13: Living History Days at the Museum of the Mountain Man -
May 16-17: 'Fight Against MS' Quilt Show - Big Piney High School Annex. Friday from 1:00 to 6:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Money collected will be donated to the Wyoming Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society with 60% going to research and 40% for home-health-care needs. Quilts will be on display and some will be for sale. Free-will donations will be accepted at the door. There will also be an English Paper Piercing class ($25) on Friday afternoon, and a Book Sale with proceeds to establish a scholarship for someone from Wyoming who is afflicted with MS to attend the week-long "Can DO" program in Colorado. For more information, entry form and rules for the show, contact Lynda Leeper at 307-276-5318.

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Commissioners Workshop
County Commissioners John Linn and Bill Cramer (L to R), and Joel Bousman (far right), review and revise the policy document with Cat Urbigkit during a workshop on Wednesday, May 7.
Sublette County Public Land Use Policy update (posted 5/8/08)
Creating a guiding policy document for management of public lands in Sublette County
Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!
The Sublette County Commissioners spent 4-1/2 hours in a workshop session with Cat Urbigkit on Wednesday, May 7, to hammer out more revisions to the wording of the Sublette County Public Land Use Policy.

The policy is intended to be a guiding document to lay out Sublette County’s official policies on the management of public land within the county. Eighty percent of the county’s nearly 5,000 square miles is public land. Urbigkit was hired by the commissioners under a contract to help them write the policy document. The policy will apply only to public land, not private property.

Next step: The commissioner’s changes and more comments from other consultants will be incorporated into the document over the next couple of weeks. Then there will be another review period and work session with the commissioners. After those revisions, it is expected the document will go out for public review and comment, which is expected to be in July sometime.

Urbigkit gladly accepts public comment and input as she works on the document. Residents are encouraged to provide input, either by mail, e-mail or phone. All commenters are asked to provide their name and contact information. Cat can be reached at PO Box 1173, Big Piney, WY 83113, cat@pinedaleonline.com, 307-276-5393 (between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. – no earlier or later, please).

For more information on the process, see this page on Pinedale Online: Sublette County Public Land Use Policy Process


Pinedale Town Elections (posted 5/6/08)
Nylla Kunard & David Smith - New Town Council seat winners
Click here for more details on the election results


Presentation to the Historical Society
Pictured here are (L to R): Rob Schweitzer and Sam Drucker (BLM Archaeologists), Chuck Otto (Manager of the BLM Pinedale Field Office), Ted Rentmeister (JIO), and Laurie Hartwig (Director, Museum of the Mountain Man).
JIO presents $50,000 to Museum of the Mountain Man (posted 5/6/08)
For display on prehistoric artifacts from Jonah Field
Bureau of Land Management
(Pinedale) Ted Rentmeister, Jonah Interagency Office (JIO) project manager, presented the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale, Wyo. with a letter approving their project application worth $50,000 at the museum’s annual opening on May 1, 2008.

The money will be used to educate the public about prehistoric and/or historic artifacts found in the Jonah Field and to display them in a user friendly way. The project will entail building/purchasing one permanent display case and building/purchasing a traveling exhibit.

“I think this project is very important,” said Sam Drucker, BLM archaeologist and paleontologist. “It will be great for the people of Sublette County to have the opportunity to learn about the kinds of artifacts that are coming out of Sublette County. I think the exhibits will provide an excellent way for students, companies, and everyone else to learn about the amazing history we have here.”

The JIO provides overall management of on-site monitoring and off-site mitigation activities, one of which is cultural/historic mitigation. The off-site mitigation goal of the JIO for cultural/historic mitigation is to investigate and gather archaeological or paleontological data from the project area to provide an integrated, holistic, and meaningful view of the archaeology or paleontology of the Upper Green River Basin.

For more information, please contact Ted Rentmeister at (307) 367-5363, or visit the Pinedale Field Office.

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Photo by Tim Ruland, Pinedale Fine Arts Council.
Cinderella was played by Tayln Hutta. Photo by Tim Ruland, Pinedale Fine Arts Council.
Cinderella (posted 5/6/08)
The Missoula Children's Theatre
After a week of auditioning and lengthy rehearsals, students from Pinedale K-12 schools performed "Cinderella" on Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3 in the Wrangler Gym along with The Missoula Children's Theatre. Click on this link for photos from the performance: Cinderella (19 photos)


Sublette County artists win awards (posted 5/6/08)
Wyoming Artists Association annual convention in Casper
Wyoming Artists Association held their annual convention in Casper recently, where Sublette County artists won some prestigious awards.

Ruth Rawhouser’s oil painting, “Boulders of the Big Sandy” was chosen to hang in the Governor’s Office for the coming year. Her painting, “Cool Waters”, and Charmian McLellan’s painting “Edge of the Meadow” were among a dozen chosen to hang in Washington DC at Wyoming Congressional offices for a year. Rawhouser also received 2nd place in Miniatures with “Barely There,” and Honorable Mention in Oils with “Now Comes Winter”.

McLellan also received 2nd in Oil with “July Along South Fork”, and 2nd in Pastel with “Rosco”.

Kay Meeks of Daniel received 1st place in Graphics with “Tyler Matthew Wood”, 1st in Oils with “Rainy Assets”, and honorable mention in the Governor’s show with “Blue Moo”.

Wilson artist, Dee Parker, a member of the local art group, “Mixed Media”, won the People’s Choice as well as 1st place in Pastels with “Misty Morning”. She also took 3rd in Oils with “Swimming Hole in the Hoback.

Debbie Despain served as the WAA secretary this year and will be the treasurer for next year’s convention in Cody. After serving a year as vice president, she will become president and host the WAA convention in the 2011.

The event started off with a lively quick draw on Friday evening. Paintings produced during the hour-long event were auctioned off to the audience. Saturday and half of Sunday were spent in the weekend’s workshops. Great inspiration came from portrait artist Tom Leopp of Casper and watercolor artist Joan Fullerton of Taos, NM. Jim Reed of Casper served as the show Judge. The business meeting took place Saturday during a luncheon. During the evening banquet, Ron Gregory of Riverton was announced as this year’s “Grand Wyoming Artist.”

The organization provides a boost of artistic energy and networking with other artists and events around the state. New members are being encouraged to join. Please contact Jamie Penuel, 1221 12 Street, Cody, WY 82414 (307) 587-3217.

Click here for more on this story: Sublette County artists win awards (4 photos)


Big Piney Girls State
(L to R) Brandy Kosmann, Mary Colton and Haley Lockwood. Photo courtesy Helena Linn.
Big Piney Girls State Delegates (posted 5/5/08)
Helena Linn
Brandy Kosmann, Mary Colton, and Haley Lockwood have been chosen to attend the 66th session of American Legion Auxiliary Wyoming Girls State to be held on the campus of Northwest College in Powell June 7-14, 2008.

American Legion Auxiliary Girls State was established in 1941 and is an annual program designed as a practical experience in self-government, based on Wyoming State Government. Wyoming Girls State was not held in 1944 and 1945 due to WWII. Girls State is non-partisan and non-political in that no existing party is promoted.

The program emphasizes the importance of government in modern life and educates young women in the duties, privileges, rights, and responsibilities of American Citizenship. It awakens a sincere conviction that a well informed, intelligent, participating citizenry is vital to protect and preserve our American institutions and our democracy. These goals are achieved by actual participation in a simulation of the political and governmental process.

Brandy, Mary, and Haley were selected for their outstanding achievements within their school and community, and they are sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary and the American Legion of Big Piney.

Photo courtesy Helena Linn


Peaceful Protest
Peaceful Protest
Sunday Sit-In on the Anticline (posted 5/5/08)
Peaceful Protest
Sue Sommers
About 60 men, women and children assembled at the Pinedale BLM office building at noon Sunday to take part in a peaceful demonstration expressing dissatisfaction with the environmental impacts brought by gas development in Sublette County. This action was primarily inspired by the numerous ozone alerts this winter and the pervasive feeling of distrust those events engendered, but people seemed equally worried about wildlife, soil and water quality and the future health of the area’s children. Participants brought or made posters in the parking lot. Some displayed their placards alongside the highway to passing traffic, eliciting a few honks.

Then everyone quickly carpooled and formed a caravan for the trip to the Anticline. By about 1:30 everyone had arrived at the Questar site, which had been previously approved by the company and the BLM. The site was an enormous scraped-off area surrounded by high mounds of soil. The location dwarfed the group, which would have filled most of a meeting room in Pinedale. Two large pits occupied the north edge of the site, but there was no major equipment or active work occurring. People pulled out folding chairs and blankets and collected around a small trailer that had been equipped as a speaker’s platform. An acrid smell irritated eyes, noses and throats throughout the two-hour sit-in.

Security was provided by two BLM rangers and a Sublette County Sheriff’s deputy. Questar donated two porta-potties for the gathering.

Event organizer Elaine Crumpley cheerfully greeted the crowd by saying, “Welcome to my pad!” Then, a number of informed locals spoke, including Horton Spitzer, Rollie Sparrowe, Bob McCarty, Mary Lynn Worl, Sally Mackey, Linda Baker and Tracy McCarty.

Several people presented original music inspired by gas development issues. Jared Rogerson performed “Boomtown,” which summed up about all the impacts a resident might be experiencing right now in Pinedale. Vee sang a ballad about a dwindling and ill-fated antelope herd that finds itself amid subdivisions and gas wells at the end of its migration. A troupe of Pinedale High School girls sang “Please Leave Our Range,” a song addressed to the BLM and the gas companies. It asked, in the plaintive and innocent voice of youth, why these entities don’t seem to care about what is happening to the land and community, and why they lie so much. The pointed lyrics moved many to tears. In a refreshing break from the expected, Morgan Holz performed a skilled reading of Dr. Seuss’ famous environmental bedtime story, “The Lorax.” The concluding message of the tale, urging children to take better care of the land than their forebears have, was a sobering one given the number of youngsters, from toddlers to teens, in the audience.

It wasn’t exactly “Rigstock,” and it might not change the world, but it seemed to do these folks a world of good to show up, be counted, and share their efforts and ideas.

Click on this link for more photos: Peaceful Protest Sit-In on the Pinedale Anticline (15 photos)


2nd Annual Frozen Mallard Ducks Unlimited Banquet May 17 (posted 5/5/08)
The 2nd Annual Frozen Mallard Ducks Unlimited Banquet will be held on Saturday, May 17. This event supports wildlife and wetlands conservation. There will be cocktails, games and dinner with an auction following. The banquet will be held at the Sublette County Ice Arena in Pinedale. Doors open at 4:30 PM. Ticket Prices: Single-$45; Couple-$65; Greenwing-Youth-$25. Reserve your seat now. For tickets and more information call Dan and Brittany Williams 307-537-3117 or Bryan and Katie Lane 307-537-5841.


8th Grade Math Program for Parents and Students May 8 (posted 5/5/08)
Pinedale Middle School
On Thursday, May 8th, Pinedale Middle School will be offering a Question & Answer session about the High School mathematics offerings. The session will be held at the Pinedale Middle School Cafeteria at 7:00 PM. Dave Petersen, High School Mathematics Facilitator, and Melissa Bernard, District Math Committee Chair, will be present to answer questions about the two different math track offerings at the high school.

Related Links:
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Dig It!: Rock Gardening (posted 5/4/08)
Sage and Snow Garden Club
CHOOSE A SITE The beauty and charm of a rock garden depends on siting, choice and arrangement of the stones and finding the right balance of plants and stone. If you keep this in mind, you will be less constrained when selecting plants. A natural rocky outcropping is nearly always the best choice for a rock garden. Adding other similar types of rock to create a garden can artfully expand even a small outcropping.

PREPARE THE SITE The scale of your project and the presence of a natural stone outcropping will determine how much preparation your site will need. At the very least you will dig holes to set the stones securely and arrange them at pleasing angles. Remove sod as you would to make a new flowerbed. If the soil is heavy or needs drainage or if the stones may heave from freezing, remove and save the topsoil, then dig down 4-12 inches below where the stones will sit and add gravel for drainage.

CHOOSE THE STONE When choosing the stone for your rock garden keep in mind that stones native to the area convey belonging, but you might want to use stones from another place to create a focal point. The key to a successful project is its aesthetic value and structure. The stones provide the frame, foundation, or skeleton of the garden.

ARRANGE THE STONES Arrange the stones to feature and complement your favorite plants; there is general agreement on some basic design principles:
Let nature be your teacher.

Use one kind of stone, but in large gardens you may introduce a different stone as a special feature.

If you use crushed stone mulch, try to match the color of it to the dominant stone in the garden.

Use sun and prevailing wind exposure to set stones in a way that creates microclimates.
Bury at least one-half of each stone or up to the stone’s widest part so the stone looks settled into the ground, not sitting on top of it.

Arrange the stones so that grain, striations or fracture lines are all pointed in the same directions.

Use stones of various sizes, placing the largest at the top of the garden.

After you have arranged all the stones, study your arrangement for a few days; set key plants where you plan to plant them and take time to make changes in your arrangement. After the stones are set, redistribute the topsoil around the stones.

CHOOSE YOUR PLANTS There is no absolute ratio of stone to plants. One-third stone to two-thirds plants is a common ratio, but your site maintenance demands and personal preferences can change the ratio. Selected grasses, dwarf conifers, shrubs, and perennials make perfect rock garden plants, such as blue fescue, dwarf cypress, small junipers, heather, yarrow, columbine, rockcress, gentian, and Alpine speedwell. For more on these plants, send an email to sageandsnow@yahoo.com.

The Sage and Snow Garden Club meets at noon on the second Tuesday of each month in the Pinedale Library. Contact the Sage and Snow Garden Club at Box 2280, Pinedale, WY, 82941 or sageandsnow@yahoo.com.


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