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COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER
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came out there was affect-
ed severely and personally
by the storm. Many of the
firemen’s glass windows
were broken. But they saw
the larger picture. That
selfless volunteer service
was the epitome of what
makes our community so
great.”
There were up to 25
members in the crew that
sprang up after the storm,
Thursday night, accord-
ing to Fire Chief Jim Min-
chow. Minchow and Coun-
ty Emergency Management
Coordinator LaRae Dobbs
set up a headquarters in
the fire hall, where they or-
ganized responses to 911
calls throughout the town.
“We went through a big
hailstorm. I figured we’d
have a call or two, but then
30 to 40 came in,” Minchow
said.
Emergency personnel
worked far into the morn-
ing hours. They includ-
ed Jim Thomas, who had
every window of his front
porch taken out, accord-
ing to Blackburn, and Scott
Murphey and Kevin Jones,
who also found severe
damage to their properties
and cars.
Blackburn readied him-
self to list more personnel
affected by the storm but
then stopped.
“Really, the list is much
shorter of who wasn’t se-
verely impacted,” Black-
burn said.
And responders were
grateful when Good 2 Go
made a surprise delivery
of food to them around 9
p.m., free of charge.
Friday morning, the
community at large took
that baton of selfless pub-
lic service and ran with it.
Dave Wilkerson, a children.
manager at the American
Colloid Bentonite Plant,
said he told his crew after
a shift at the plant that he
was going to be out with
his dump trailer at 9 a.m.
Friday morning to help
with the clean-up. He in-
vited his crew to join him.
Every crewmember joined
him – nine men in total.
“We had so many guys,
we split up. Some of us
went to (Montana). Some
of us went up to Nevada.
We just went patrolling
for branches. We just
loaded up anything we
found,” Wilkerson said.
“Our real focus was wid-
ows and single mothers
who didn’t have a pickup -
someone who was going to
struggle. We sought those
people out and cleaned
those yards.”  people pulled together.”
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But occasionally they
found a job that would have
taken over a thousand dol-
lars to clean up normally,
and went ahead and took
care of that, too.
Michael Jameson, at
561 Montana, said a crew of
15 to 20 people, which in-
cluded the Colloid crew,
appeared Friday after-
noon and spent six to sev-
en hours helping Michael
and Stormy, who lost three
huge spruce trees be-
hind their home that were
an estimated 80 years old.
Members of the Lovell 4th
Ward, various friends like
Kevin and Rob Winterhol-
ler and Mark Crumrine and
his kids, also stopped by
to help. The Wyoming De-
partment of Transporta-
tion provided trucks to haul
away the debris, and Brent
Moncur brought his trac-
tor with a grappling hook
to remove the stumps.
“It was so overwhelm- Ryan Fitzmaurice
ing,” Michael said. “They Members of the Lovell Parks Department (l-r) Gary Emmett, Allen Boughter and Emily Snell clean up a multitude
put in well over 100 hours of blown down branches from Lovell streets and residences Friday morning. The department had its hands full
of work. People just hopped after the storm, clearing Lovell streets from the debris of over 20 uprooted trees.
out and started cutting.”
Other companies also
pitched in. Keele Sanita- Town crew jumps to assist citizens, clear streets
tion drove down four roll- BY DAVID PECK ‘They asked what they Emmett estimated the 200 blocks of East Main.
off dumpsters on Friday Among those fanning could do to help and fired trees to be 80 years old He noted that, in a stroke
morning free of charge. It out to assist residents up their chainsaws before or more, and he said the of luck, Rocky Mountain
has dumped them several following the hailstorm I could even start mine,” trees were “a good 60 to Power on the morning
times free of charge as well, that lashed the Lovell Emmett said. “All of the 70 feet tall.” of July 26 – storm day –
according to the company. area Thursday night were streets were at least pass- Other large ever- cut down two trees in
Local churches also members of the Town of able Thursday night, and greens came down at the Veterans Park that were
pitched in a helping hand. Lovell crew. we had a full crew out Roger Haney residence growing up into pow-
Minchow said several of Lovell Parks Director Friday morning to start nearby on Sixth Street. er lines, preempting any
them helped him check on Gary Emmett estimated cleanup. Evergreen trees tend damage to the veter-
the well-being of members that about 20 trees were “For older people we to blow over in heavy ans mural the trees could
of the community. uprooted by the 75 mile asked them to pull them windstorms because they have caused.
Bruce Morrison, a per hour winds and at (limbs) out to the street don’t have a deep root Emmett said the town
member of the local LDS least 100 damaged. Some and over the course of the system, Emmett said. lost one hanging basket
church, helped organize downed trees blocked week we’d come by and “They don’t have a tap that fell on Main Street,
a group of 50 people on streets, and several fell on pick ‘em up.” root,” he said. and the rose gardens
Monday night to clean the power lines. The biggest and old- Lovell parks fared and hanging basket flow-
streets including a vari- “Our goal Thursday est trees felled by the pretty well, Emmett ers were “beat up.” But he
ety of parents and their night was to make sure storm were three large said, noting that there said the crew will apply
the streets were clear,” spruce trees growing in were lots of cottonwood fertilizer and Main Street
“We just felt like in Emmett said, noting he the backyard of the Mi- branches down in the should see a “flush of
church on Sunday, we just appreciated the help of chael and Stormy James- main parks, but no trees. flowers” in 10 days to two
need to do a little more Randy Putman and Dan- on residence in the 500 Trees were damaged in weeks. The roses should
to help the community iel Strom clearing the 600 block of Montana Avenue, two downtown “pock- recover in three to four
out, we just wanted to go block of Oregon Avenue. Emmett said. et parks” in the 100 and weeks, he said.
through and spruce things
up,” Morrison said. Make it
so it wasn’t such a stress on
the street sweeper.” Storm damages school district buildings in Lovell
Half of the group BY RYAN FITZMAURICE significant weather dam- one in the board room, and damage on the Pool build-
cleaned from Bulldog Blvd. Big Horn County age both to the flooring the other in the art room. ing,” Woodford said.
to Shoshone Avenue while School District No. 2 had and also to a number of On the north side, the On every building in
the other picked up from several facilities damaged books. shop wing had damage to the district, all of the metal
Shoshone Avenue to Penn- in Thursday’s storm, ac- The new cafete- the stucco. All of the plas- vent, exhaust fan, and air
sylvania Street. cording to superintendent ria and kitchen escaped tic skylight covers over intake housings are heavi-
Several in the commu- Rick Woodford. unscathed. the art room were cracked ly pitted. Two of the main-
nity told the Lovell Chron- Lovell Elementary had Lovell Middle School or shattered. The cooling tenance worktrucks, the
icle that tragedies like last significant water damage lost 16 windows on the system condensers were lunch transport van and
week’s storm also allowed to the ceiling tile of the north side of the building. damaged and three of the all three cargo trailers are
them to see what a great majority of its room due to “The lights along the chiller fan shrouds were damaged. The windows
and close-knit community penetrating hail. At least front sidewalk have a large cracked. and siding on the northside
they have. 50 ceiling tiles were dam- plastic cover on top of Damage to the gym and of the tiny house are dam-
“I couldn’t have been aged, Woodford said. each post and they were pool is still being assessed. aged. The track-shed roof
more proud of Lovell,” Val- “Luckily, the areas that all broken,” Woodford said. “We can see that the was also damaged. 
erie Beal said. “(Seeing) how had the most water hit A small leak was also top of one of the HVAC The district is n the
the floor were toward the caused in the gym. units blew off and is lying process of filing a claim
front of the school where “Other than that, the next to the unit. As far as with the Wyoming School
we have removed the car- building held up really we know, there are not any Boards Association Insur-
pet in preparation for new well,” Woodford said. leaks and no water dam- ance Trust. The District is
flooring,” Woodford said. The Lovell High School age inside the gym. There still determining the time
The library also suffered had two windows broken, is some shingle and fascia it will take to make repairs.
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