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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)
2nd Annual Frozen Mallard Ducks Unlimited Banquet May 17 (posted 5/5/08)

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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 13-15: Living History Days at the Museum of the Mountain Man - With the American Mountain Men giving live demonstrations, www.museumofthemountainman.com
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.
May 17: 2nd Annual Frozen Mallard Ducks Unlimited Banquet - This event supports wildlife and wetlands conservation. Cocktails, games and dinner with an auction following. 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.

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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

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.

Related Links:
Museum of the Mountain Man
Jonah Interagency Office (JIO)

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)

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.

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