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Ozone forecast Feb. 3 & 4, 2012 (posted 2/3/12)
Isolated elevated hourly levels are anticipated
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Friday(February 3):
Partly to mostly sunny skies, light winds and dry conditions are forecast for the Basin this afternoon. As a result of forecasted weather conditions elevated 8-hour ozone concentrations are not expected on Friday (February 3), however, isolated elevated hourly levels are anticipated.
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Saturday (February 4):
Surface high pressure will dominate Basin weather conditions resulting in light winds, partly to mostly sunny skies and dry weather on Saturday. Weather parameters are becoming more favorable of ozone development however, at this time extended periods of elevated readings are not anticipated. As a result of forecasted weather conditions elevated 8-hour ozone concentrations are not expected on Saturday (February 4), however, isolated elevated hourly levels are anticipated.
Related Links:
Wyoming Air Quality Monitoring Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
US Ozone Monitoring
Snow pillows. Photography of the CCC Ponds, by Fred Pflughoft.
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Winter at the CCC Ponds (posted 2/2/12)
Photography project and contest by Fred Pflughoft
Pinedale Online!
Photographer Fred Pflughoft has posted December and January photos of the CCC Ponds on his photo gallery. The ponds are just below the outlet of Fremont Lake and create a series of unique wildlife habitats. Walking trails go around the ponds and give an opportunity to walk around the ponds and Pine Creek riparian areas.
Fred has a special photography project and contest going on during 2012 focusing on the CCC Ponds. The CCC Pond Project and contest will run for one year, from January 1st, 2012 – December 31st, 2012. The focus will be entirely on the CCC Pond area and coincide with Fred's work to document 365 Days at the CCC Ponds. The goal is to get people to see the beauty that virtually lies at their feet and to have some fun doing it. The challenge is to take an interesting, unique, or visually stunning image the area.
Photographers are welcome to submit as many as two images per month, and Fred will put some of the best ones submitted up on his photo gallery page each month. At the end of twelve months, the contest will be judged by a panel, and the top three will receive prizes.
Click on this link for more details about the photo contest: Photo Contest to document CCC Ponds
Click on this link to go to Fred’s photo gallery: Fred Pflughoft Photo Gallery - Images of Sublette County
Forty Rod Creek. Photo by Dave Bell.
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End of January sights (posted 2/2/12)
Photos by Dave Bell
Photographer Dave Bell posted more pictures to his photo gallery of the sights around Sublette County for the end of January. Click on this link for his pictures: Gorgeous Last Weekend In January, 2012 Album
Memorial Service for Kenneth Shriver Feb. 4 (posted 2/2/12)
Memorial Funeral Services for Kenneth Shriver will be held Saturday, February 4th at 11:00AM at Pinedale Community (U.C.C) Church.
Foggy Hoback. Photo by Bill Winney.
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Foggy Hoback (posted 2/2/12)
Bill Winney sent in these photos of early morning fog in the Hoback area just prior to the sun peeking over the Rim Thursday morning, February 2nd. Click on this link to see more pictures: Foggy Hoback
Change of meeting notice (posted 2/1/12)
Sublette County Rural Health Care District
NOTICE: The regular meeting of the SCRHCD scheduled Tuesday, February 7, 2012 is cancelled. This has been changed to a Special Meeting on Tuesday, February 7 for a Strategic Planning Workshop in the Marbleton Town Hall Conference Room at 5:00PM.
(Left to Right): Deena Christiansen (BP), Melissa Andersen (CEO/Executive Director of the Pregnancy Resource Center), Robert Lenz (BP). Photo courtesy Pregnancy Resource Center.
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BP America makes a surprise donation to Pregnancy Resource Center (posted 2/1/12)
Supporting the local community
Pregnancy Resource Center
BP America donated $1,000 to the Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) last December to help fund the Client Services Program. The money came from the BP Jonah Contribution Committee Fund, which is used to support local giving in the community.
"Robert Lenz of BP America called our office and said he had a check for us," said Melissa Andersen, PRC Executive Director. "You can imagine my surprise! It was wonderful to receive such a generous donation at the end of the year."
The PRC offers free pregnancy and parenting classes to all its clients. Topics include: prenatal development, infant care, nutrition, positive discipline and more. This year, the PRC will expand their curriculum to include SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) education and prevention.
Clients who participate in the program can earn valuable items such as infant car seats, portable cribs, diapers, and formula.
Any individual or couple experiencing a pregnancy, whether first time or existing parents, are eligible to participate in classes through the Client Services Program. "Thanks in part to BP America, we will continue to offer our services to women throughout the county," said Andersen.
For more information on the Client Services Program of the Pregnancy Resource Center, contact Misty Fish, Client Services Director at 307-367-7077 or visit www.pinedaleprc.com.
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Presented by the Pinedale Fine Arts Council on February 7th.
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Win two free tickets to Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (posted 2/1/12)
Pinedale Fine Arts Council
You can win two free tickets to the Pinedale Fine Arts Council’s production of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble February 10 at 7 p.m. in the Pinedale Auditorium. All you have to do to enter is visit www.pinedalefinearts.com and click the link to the right of the page. Drawing will be held on Tuesday, February 7.
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble is a classic children’s story brought to life by the Enchantment Theatre Company of Philadelphia. The show is intended for all ages.
LOVE Market February 12th (posted 2/1/12)
Sublette Local Food Alliance
The Sublette Local Food Alliance announced that the Annual LOVE Market will be held at the Pinedale Aquatic Center on Sunday, February 12th from 1pm to 4pm. The LOVE Market is an offshoot of the Pinedale Farmers Market and features local craftspeople, artisans and gourmets. Maggie McAllister, Market Manager, said that the Market is always filled with local vendors and very well attended. "We get a wide variety of vendors selling gift items and delicious baked goods and candy treats! Everyone should make it a point to get their LOVE shopping done locally!"
The Pinedale Aquatic Center will have the huge bouncey slide set up in the Gym from 12pm to 2pm to entertain the little ones. In addition, they will host a LOVE Dive-In movie. Great LOVE Day at the PAC!
Tables are still available for vendors and cost $10 of which $5 goes to the PAC's scholarship fun. For further information or to reserve a booth, give Maggie a call at 307-859-8349 or email pinedalefarmersmarket@wyoming.com.
Wyoming 2-1-1 debuts in Southwest Wyoming (posted 2/1/12)
Quick connection to health and human services
United Way of Southwest Wyoming
Beginning Feb. 1, Wyoming 2-1-1 will be available to residents in Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater and Uinta County. This is a free phone service that connects callers to critical health and human services, community resources and government assistance in their community, simply by dialing 2-1-1. Cell phone users may need to call 888-425-7138.
"Every hour of every day, people in our state are searching for essential human services – they are looking for child care, help for an aging parent, food banks, health care, support groups and ways of becoming a part of their community. Calling 2-1-1 allows people to give and get help. I am please that we are able to partner with United Way of Southwest Wyoming to bring this community service to my home town of Rock Springs and the counties of southwest Wyoming," said Jim Magagna Wyoming 2-1-1 board president.
2-1-1 is a national, easy to remember telephone number designated by the Federal Communications Commission that enables people to connect to local services quickly and easily with the guidance of a trained Information Call Specialist. By dialing 2-1-1 callers are connected with a Specialist that will assist them in accessing the services they need. Operating hours are Monday through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm; all calls are kept confidential.
Wyoming 2-1-1 began serving Laramie, Goshen, Platte, Albany, Carbon, Converse and Niobrara Counties February 2011. Wyoming 2-1-1 had plans to reach the western part of the state in 2013, but with the recent partnership and the support of United Way of Southwest Wyoming, they are able to expand ahead of schedule.
"United Way of Southwest Wyoming is pleased to bring Wyoming 2-1-1 to our communities. We have been advocating for and working towards a partnership with 2-1-1 for the last three years," said Suzanne Zutter United Way executive director. "We have been fortunate to be able to offer First Call for Help in the interim, all calls can now be directed to Wyoming 2-1-1."
"2-1-1 is also a useful planning tool," explains Magagna. "It provides a source of important community planning data by supplying real time information about the scope of issues local people are facing. The community will be in a better position to anticipate demand for services and mobilize resources."
Community agencies, programs and services that would like to be added to the Wyoming 2-1-1 database need to fill out the necessary forms and submit them to Wyoming 2-1-1. These forms can be located at wyoming211.org or by calling 2-1-1.
United Way Worldwide commissioned a study to assess the expected costs and anticipated benefits of a nationwide 2-1-1 system. Completed in December 2004, the University of Texas Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources concluded the following:
• When an individual seeks information or referral services for which they have little or no prior knowledge or experience, dialing 2-1-1 is much simpler than other options.
• As a one-stop shop for social services, 2-1-1 would ultimately save Americans millions of dollars in taxpayer money.
• A national service of this type is estimated to provide $1.1 billion in net value to society over the next 10 years.
During 2010, 2-1-1 services in the United States answered more than 16 million calls. Trends indicate the most common types of calls received focus on basic needs, such as utility assistance, housing and access to food. In times of crisis, 2-1-1 has been a critical information system when communities cope with flood, fire or other tragedy.
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