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RUNOFF FORECAST: The Bureau of Reclamation issued a press release stating that the agency is predicting a below-average April through July snowmelt runoff for both the Shoshone River and Wind River portions of the Big Horn River Basin. Above, the Big Horn River slowly cuts its way through the ice near Worland.


Cities, county entities must
now vote on tax resolution

By Jeanette Johnson
Staff Writer

WORLAND – It’s now up to the cities and county to get the approval of their councils and commissioners to proceed with a resolution to continue the one-cent General Purpose Tax to Oct. 30, 2012.

Worland, Ten Sleep and Washakie County leaders met in the commissioners’ room to participate in a conference call with Dan Noble at the Department of Revenue on Friday morning.

“We got everything straight on the way it’s going to have to be worded and what the right dates should be,” Commission Chairman Ron Harvey said following the meeting.

Harvey plans to contact Commissioners Terry Wolf and Aaron Anderson and advise them of the results of the meeting. He didn’t know if they will vote on the resolution during the next commissioner meeting on Feb. 16 or will wait until they see what Worland and Ten Sleep decide to do.

Harvey said he is comfortable with the resolution and that it will be worded correctly.

“That was my concern,” he said.

After recently discovering a clerical error was made when it wasn’t advanced to the General Election in 2007, an effort has been underway to determine how to correct the issue.

“Basically all we decided (during the meeting) is it can be done by resolution,” Washakie County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch said. “If we do it by resolution, the date will stay the same – Oct. 30, 2012. The plan is to put it on the General Election ballot in November 2012.”

If the tax is passed by the voters at that time, it continues for another four years, she explained. If it’s defeated, it won’t stop until June 30, 2013 by state statute to allow vendors and businesses time to make the change.

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Harvey looking toward tough decisions with positive attitude

By Jeanette Johnson
Staff Writer

LOVELL – Legislators are heading to Cheyenne this weekend for the opening day on Monday, Feb. 8. Rep. Elaine Harvey, R-Lovell, is among that contingent and is optimistic about this budget session.

“Actually I’m looking forward to going down,” she said. “We’re going to face tough budget decisions. I’m not afraid of tough. We’re going to be okay.”

With Governor Dave Freudenthal cutting everything by 10 percent, Harvey thinks this gives the Legislature an advantage for this session.

“Now we’re able to take a look and see what worked and what didn’t work so we can fine tune the budget and allow us to set our priorities about how we want things to be funded,” she said.

She sees the necessity to maintain that level of reduced funding, she said.

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VITALS

BIRTHS
Boy to Kelly and Dan Ritz of Billings, Mont. Feb. 3.

DEATHS
None reported.

MARRIAGE LICENSE
David Dewayne Thompson to Katherine Genevieve Marrietta Bies, license issued Feb. 5.

DIVORCE ACTIONS
None reported.

AMBULANCE CALLS
Feb. 4 3:08 p.m. 1901 Howell Ave. #5.

FIRE CALLS
None reported.

WEATHER

Worland temperatures: High 30, Low 7, precipitation Trace.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Light and variable wind.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 24. Wind chill values as low as zero. North northwest wind around 8 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 4. North northwest wind between 8 and 10 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 17. North northwest wind between 8 and 10 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -10. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming southwest.

Sunset tonight: 5:23 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 7:20 a.m.


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