Opponents of genetically modified sugar beets have filed a request for a preliminary injunction last week in U.S. District Court for the Northern Division of California. If approved, the injunction could force farmers to return to planting traditional seeds in the future. The vast majority of U.S. farmers – about 95 percent – planted the seeds in question during 2009.

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After announcing her bid for governor at rallies in Riverton, Casper and Cheyenne last Tuesday, Jan. 19, Wyoming State Auditor Rita Meyer made a whirlwind tour through Wyoming during the rest of the week, stopping in Lovell on a snowy Friday morning, Jan. 22.

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On Jan. 14, the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission approved a capture operation to remove up to 12 bighorn sheep from the Devil’s Canyon area east of Lovell. The sheep will be used to supplement the December 2009 release of 20 bighorn sheep from Oregon into the Seminoe Mountains of Wyoming.

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Fans attending tonight’s Rocky Mountain-Lovell basketball games in Byron will have an opportunity to help raise money to fight breast cancer via the school’s Hoops 4 Hope Breast Cancer Awareness program.

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United Blood Services will hold two blood drives next week in north Big Horn County:

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The Rocky Mountain Lady Grizzlies have beaten all the 2A Northwest conference foes in their path thus far, defeating Shoshoni in early January and following up with wins against Greybull on the road and Riverside in Byron last week.

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They’re off and running. Last week’s announcement by State Auditor Rita Meyer that she is seeking the Republican nomination for Governor launched what is sure to be an intriguing election year in Wyoming.

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The Lovell Bulldogs started their busiest stretch of the ’09-10 season with a less-than-spectacular outing against the Cody Broncs Thursday night, then improved to defeat the Riverside Rebels in Basin Friday in a conference game and on Saturday played perhaps their best all-around game of the season to clobber the Tongue River Eagles.

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June 5, 1924 – Jan. 24, 2010

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April 23, 1922 – January 16, 2010

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A little less than a year ago, around March, Deaver mayor Rod Wambeke read a weekend article in the Billings Gazette about how federal stimulus money – the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – was making a difference in Montana communities.

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Lovell High School students and staff are working to “pack the gym in pink” for the Wind River-Lovell basketball games on Friday, Feb. 5, to raise awareness of and funds for the fight against breast cancer.

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The Lovell Chronicle staff won several individual Pacemaker awards at the Wyoming Press Association annual winter meeting Jan. 15-16 in Casper.

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Lovell Elementary, Middle and High schools are collecting donations for the people of Haiti to be sent to the American Red Cross.

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The attempt by Nigerian al-Qaida tool Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to explode an airliner as it approached Detroit on Christmas Day was like a splash of water to the face of Americans who had grown sleepy with contentment and denial in the years since the 9/11 attacks of 2001.

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Sept. 28, 1928 – Jan. 11, 2010

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Nov. 8, 1922 – Dec. 24, 2009

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Dec. 15, 1954 – Jan. 2, 2010

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After competing in several duals tournaments, the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies and coach Josh Collins competed in the 21-team Don Runner Memorial over the weekend, hosted by Wind River High School in Pavillion.

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It was a contrast in opponents for the Lovell Bulldogs over the weekend. On Friday, the Bulldogs played host to the 0-11 Shoshoni Wranglers, who have only seven players on their entire roster. The result? An easy 80-16 victory.

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