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Sublette singers join Cathedral Voices Chamber Choir for Spring Music Festival (posted 5/6/2024)

Funeral Service for Randall Tollison May 10 in Pinedale (posted 5/6/2024)

Pinedale Half Marathon changes name to ‘Race to Raise’ (posted 5/6/2023)

Sublette County Museum Board meeting May 9 (posted 5/6/2024)

Pinedale Anticline Project Office Board of Directors meeting May 14, 2024 (posted 5/6/2024)

Museum of the Mountain Man opens for the summer season (posted 5/3/2024)

Notice of North Piney Cottonwood road closure (posted 5/3/2024)

Sublette Commissioners meeting May 7 (posted 5/3/2024)

ASK FLORA April 2024 (posted 4/21/2024)

Sublette County Democrats pot luck dinner May 10 (posted 4/18/2024)

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May 8: Start, Grow, or Pivot Your Business with Wyoming Library to Business - Wednesday, from 12:00-1:00 pm in the Pinedale Library Board Room. Free event. Learn how Wyoming Library to Business can provide you with the tools to start, pivot, or grow your small business or nonprofit. This week, we’ll explore online business resources. Register with the Library.
May 9: Sublette County Museum Board meeting - Thursday, May 9 at 4:00 pm in the County Commissioners room of the Sublette County Courthouse in Pinedale. They will hear a presentation from local History Day students asking for financial assistance for their Washington DC trip. The Board will make a decision at the meeting. Public welcome to attend.
May 10: Boots & Bling: It's a Line Dance Thing - Friday, from 7:00-9:00 pm in the Pinedale Library Lovatt Room. Free event. Grab your boots and join us for an exciting County Swing and Line Dance experience. Presented in partnership with the Jae Foundation.
May 10: Sublette County Democrats and Friends Potluck Dinner - Friday from 5:30-8:30PM at the Daniel Schoolhouse. Bring something to share. BYOB. Come and talk politics.
May 11: Mother’s Day Tea in Daniel - At the Historic Daniel Schoolhouse. 2PM.
May 11: Terry Zumbrennen Estate Auction - 9:30AM, 180 Snowmobile Lane, Cora, WY. See davestephensauctionservice.com for auction flyer and photos. Dave Stephens, Auctioneer, 307-749-5975.
May 11: Pinedale Chapter Banquet of the Mule Deer Foundation - Saturday, 5:00 PM at the Sublette County Ice Arena in Pinedale, 1219 W Washington Street. Dinner, raffle, games, live and silent auctions. All proceeds directly benefit mule deer conservation and habitat improvement. For tickets and Information, contact: Pete Holman at 307-231-4426 or Shawn Blajszczak at 307-247-0246.
May 12: Mothers Day -
May 14: Pinedale Anticline Project Office Board of Directors meeting - This will be an in-person meeting with a Zoom option. The Board will review and make decisions concerning overall budget and projects 2024. 1:00 p.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. at Sublette County Library, 155 South Tyler Street, Pinedale, Wyoming. The meeting is open to the public. For those not able to attend in-person, they can join via Zoom. The meeting agenda for the PAPO Board can be found at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/77515/510. For more information, please contact Amber Robbins at 307-367-5321 or arobbins@blm.gov.
May 18: Midnight in Paris - Enjoy a night of entertainment celebrating the 1920s a la Paris with the Jazz Foundation of Jackson Hole. Saturday from 7-10PM in the Lovatt Room of the Pinedale Library. Dress like the 1920s! Music for entertainment and dancing. 30-piece band, costumes, specialty cocktails on tap. Free event. Please RSVP, 307-367-4114.

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Sublette singers join Cathedral Voices Chamber Choir for Spring Music Festival (posted 5/6/2024)
Singers from Pinedale were excited to join the Cathedral Voices Chamber Choir in Jackson, Wyoming, for their Spring Music Festival at the Center Theater on Saturday, May 4th. The Festival Concert was called "East Meets West." Music featured was Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and the Korean folk song Arirang under the direction of visiting conductor Dr. Reed Criddle with piano soloist Dr. Stephen Thomas. Vocal soloists for the Beethoven came from the University of Wyoming.

Sublette County participating were: Mark Kerback, Don Cain, Greg Allen (PHS/PMS Choir Teacher), Reuben Allen (student), Kyle Donaldson (student), Leslie Hagenstein, Travis Donaldson (student), Valerie Lee.

Funeral Service for Randall Tollison May 10 in Pinedale (posted 5/6/2024)
Funeral Services for Randall Tollison will be held on Friday, May 10, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pinedale, Wyoming. Viewing will be at 12:00pm, service at 1:00pm, (MST) with graveside service and reception immediately following. A live stream of the service can be viewed at www.ebcpinedale.org/live.

Obituary - Randall Henry Tollison
July 3, 1950 – May 4, 2024
Randall Henry Tollison passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family and friends on May 4, 2024 at the age of 73, in Daniel, Wyoming. He battled progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) for many years, but he never let it change his spirit and sense of humor. He was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, and friend.

Randy was born in Visalia, California on July 3, 1950. He was the youngest child of R.H. and Lucille Tollison. In his early years, he lived in Hayward, California and St. Maries, Idaho, and the family eventually moved back to Visalia in 1961. He graduated from Redwood High School in 1968. He then attended College of the Sequoias and earned an Associate of Arts in Agriculture. He went to work for Jostens Printing and Publishing and retired in 2005 as Plant Maintenance Supervisor. In 1973, he met Debi Brewster and they began dating and spent hours courting over their CB radios. They married on November 20, 1976 in Visalia. In 1978, they bought a house and acreage in Cutler, California where they raised their four children. In 2001, Randy and Debi purchased land in Daniel, Wyoming. Over the next few years, Randy built the house with his own two hands, with the help of his son Ryan, best friends Nancy and Steve, and other family and friends.

Randy was an avid hunter and fisherman. As a child and teenager, he spent every year hunting with his dad, uncles, and relatives. As an adult, he shared his love of hunting and fishing with his children and grandchildren. Randy was also interested in gold panning and prospecting, and building log furniture. Randy loved spending time with his family. He taught his children and grandchildren how to shoot a rifle, and how to bait a hook and cast a rod (he was always the first to catch a fish though!).

He was so loved and will be missed by so many.

Randy was preceded in death by his parents, R.H. and Lucille Tollison, and his sister, Liz Jones. He is survived by his wife, Debra Tollison; his sister, Sandra Chilton (Bob) of Albany, Oregon; his brother, Stan Tollison (Gail) of Mesa, Arizona; and his brother-in-law, Lance Brewster of Merced, California; his children, Melissa Kevorkian (Aram) of Hanford, California; Sarah Tollison (Dylan Stanton) of Pinedale, Wyoming; Rebecca Williams (Ryan) of Evanston, Wyoming; and Ryan Tollison (Hillary) of Daniel, Wyoming. He was Papa to his nine precious grandchildren - Katherine Kevorkian of Fresno, California; Kody Kevorkian of Hanford, California; Dylan Covert, David Covert, Kaycee Covert, and Daxton Stanton of Pinedale, Wyoming; Jackson Williams of Evanston, Wyoming; and Ryder Tollison and Ellie Tollison of Daniel, Wyoming. He is also survived by many cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Services will be held on Friday, May 10, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pinedale, Wyoming. Viewing at 12:00pm, service at 1:00pm, (MST) with graveside service and reception immediately following. A live stream of the service can be viewed at www.ebcpinedale.org/live.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Cure PSP www.curepsp.org.

Pinedale Half Marathon changes name to ‘Race to Raise’ (posted 5/6/2023)
Foundation23 added a new 5K to the suite of race events
Registration is now open for the 2024 Race to Raise (formerly the Pinedale Half Marathon). Join Foundation23.org on September 21st for a day of fun, fitness, food and philanthropy. This is the culminating event for the Foundation 23 Race to Raise Community Fundraiser that helps raise money for nonprofit organizations in Sublette County.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the race, event organizers have added a 5K to the list of available race options. Sign up today to participate in the half marathon, 10K, 5K, or 1-mile fun run.

Half marathon, 10K, and 5K racers will receive an event shirt, finisher medal, and a free drink ticket. All are welcome to stay for a free community BBQ following the event.

To register or for more information, please visit www.foundation23.org.

Sublette County Museum Board meeting May 9 (posted 5/6/2024)
PUBLIC NOTICE The Sublette County Museum Board will hold a meeting on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 4:00 pm in the County Commissioners room of the Sublette County Courthouse in Pinedale. They will hear a presentation from local History Day students asking for financial assistance for their Washington DC trip. The Board will make a decision at the meeting. Public welcome to attend.

Pinedale Anticline Project Office Board of Directors meeting May 14, 2024 (posted 5/6/2024)
Bureau of Land Management
PINEDALE, WYOMING - The Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) Board of Directors will hold an in-person meeting on May 14, 2024, with a Zoom option. The Board will review and make decisions concerning overall budget and projects 2024. The meeting will take place from 1:00 p.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. at Sublette County Library, 155 South Tyler Street, Pinedale, Wyoming.

The meeting is open to the public. For those not able to attend in-person, they can join via Zoom with the following information:
https://blm.zoomgov.com/j/1601462868?pwd=UDVLOGowaHgzR3B6Z0U3R3V2YmZndz09
Meeting ID: 160 146 2868
Passcode: 589662
Phone: 833 435 1820 US Toll-free

The meeting agenda for the PAPO Board can be found at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/77515/510.

For more information, please contact Amber Robbins at 307-367-5321 or arobbins@blm.gov.

Museum of the Mountain Man opens for the summer season (posted 5/3/2024)
Special mountain man art exhibit on display
Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!
The Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale opened May 1st for the summer season. The Museum preserves and interprets the history of the Rocky Mountain fur trade era, 1820-1840.

New this season, is a special mountain man art exhibit in the downstairs rotunda. The exhibit is entitled: "One With the Land: The Mountain Man’s Journey Into the Unknown."

This exhibit features more than 70 original pieces of artwork from 38 artists all depicting historic mountain men on the landscapes they explored and lived. The display is on loan from the Peterson Family Foundation in Boston.

Artists whose work is in the exhibit include: Barry Eisanach, Charles Fritz, Chris Calle, Clark Kelly Price, David Wright, Don Crowley, Don Meiduch, Ernie Cselko, Frank Hagel, Frank Magsino, Frank McCarthy, Gary Carter, Gary Metz, Gerald Farm, Gordon Snidow, Harry Johnson, James Bama, Jeffrey Watt, Jim Norton, Joe Abbrescia, Joe Beeler, Joe Velazquez, Juan Dell, Judy Allen, Ken Riley, Lee Teter, M. C. Paulson, Maynard Dixon, Michael Coleman, Michael Dudash, Paul Calle, Richard Iams, Robert Lougheed, Russell Houston, Steve Devenyns, Tim Shinabarger, Todd Conner, and William Ahrendt. This impressive art exhibit will be on display through October of 2024.

In mid-May, the American Mountain Men (AMM) will be at the Museum for three days, May 7-9, for Living History Days. Schools from all over western Wyoming will bring classes of children to see demonstrations and hear talks by the mountain men about the daily life in the mountains during the early 1800s. The public is welcome to attend the talks during the day and visit with the mountain men at their camp on the Museum lawn in the evening. The AMM will return July 10-14 for Green River Rendezvous in Pinedale. There will be over 38 living history programs and demonstrations at the Museum, all free to the public. Additional presenters include talks by Native American historian Bad Hand, and children’s programs by Lapita and Dan Frewin. The schedule of events is posted on the Museum website here. Visitors are strongly advised to make their room reservations well in advance of rendezvous in July, as lodging in town fills up for that event. For information about lodging, see www.visitpinedale.com.

In the fall, the Museum of the Mountain Man will be the host for the National Fur Trade Symposium, September 12-15, which is held every three years around the country. This year’s symposium will launch the ‘Eve of Rendezvous’, and the 200-year anniversary of important fur trade era dates that will occur over the next twenty years. During the four-day symposium in Pinedale, there will be presentations by leading fur trade historians who will explore the evolution of rendezvous, discovery of South Pass, the events of 1824, Jedediah Smith, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Andrew Henry, John Weber, William Clark, John Colter, elk hide tipis, food & booze of the fur trade, and a debate on the greatest mountain man of all time. Special programs include keynote speaker Jim Hanson, a visit to the Green River rendezvous grounds, living history mountain man camp, a rendezvous meal, auto tours and special art exhibits. Registration is open for this conference. See www.MuseumoftheMountainMan.com/symposium for more about presentations, programs and speakers.

2024 Calendar of Events at the Museum of the Mountain Man:
May 7–9: Living History Days with the American Mountain Men
July 11: Annual Western Art & Wine Auction
July 11–14: Green River Rendezvous (American Mountain Men, Bad Hand, Lapita & Dan Frewin)
Sept 1: Sommers Homestead Living History Museum Open
House & Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame Celebration
Sept 12-15: National Fur Trade Symposium
Oct TBD: Halloween at the Museum
Nov 1: Museum closes for the Season
Dec 6: Wreath & Chocolate Auction

The Museum is located at 700 E Hennick St. They are open daily, including weekends, from 9AM to 5PM through October. Admission is $10 for adults (age 13 and up), $8 for senior citizens, children 12 and under are free. Phone: 307-367-4101, www.museumofthemountainman.com

Click on this link for more pictures: Museum of the Mountain Man opens for the summer season (24 pictures)

Notice of North Piney Cottonwood road closure (posted 5/3/2024)
Sublette County Road and Bridge
PUBLIC NOTICE:
County Road 23-143, North Piney Cottonwood, will be closed
from 1000 hrs to 1500 hrs, Monday through Friday starting May
1st, for the next two weeks.
Access to 1st and 2nd North Roads and the Bill Budd Road
areas can be accessed using the Guio cutoff/Mickelson Lane
County Road 23-141. Please plan accordingly.

Sublette Commissioners meeting May 7 (posted 5/3/2024)
Carrie Long, Sublette County Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING
AGENDA
LOVATT ROOM, PINEDALE LIBRARY
PINEDALE, WYOMING
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2024

9:00 a.m. Call to Order
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Request approval of the agenda
• Request approval of the prior meeting minutes (04-16-2024).
• EMS Week Proclamation

9:05 a.m. Billy Pape, Road & Bridge, Update on Activities
• Road Engineering Services Bids
• Chip Seal Discussion
• Bike Path Maintenance Discussion
• Purchase Property for Recycling
• Supervisory Position for Waste Management

10:00 a.m. Carrie Long, County Clerk – Salary Step Clarification

10:15 a.m. Golf Course Discussion – Billy Pape, Carrie Long

10:45 a.m. KC Lehr, Sheriff – Justice Center Update

11:15 a.m. Andre Irey – Maintenance, Update on Activities

11:20 a.m. Designation of County Election Precincts and Polling Places
• Designation of Precincts, in accordance with W.S. 22-7-101 (Resolution 24-100481W)
• In accordance with W.S. 22-9-125, Adoption of Alternate Procedures for Casting, Collecting, and Counting Absentee Ballots

11:30 a.m. Emily Paravicini, Treasurer – Property Tax Program

Lunch (Catered by Rivera Lodge)

1:00 p.m. Dennis Fornstrom, Planning & Zoning
• Request for Conditional Use Permit for a Gravel Pit with Aggregate Processing andConcrete Batch Plant
• Request for Conditional Use Permit for a Temporary Workers Camp

2:00 p.m. Jeness Saxton, County Administrator – Department Update

Monthly Reports:
• Payroll (in the amount of $1,148,815.27)
• Accounts Payable
• Catering Permits
• Assessor – Laila Illoway (State Assessed Notice of Valuation Changes)
• Treasurer – Emily Paravicini – Monthly Report, Bonds

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ASK FLORA April 2024 (posted 4/21/2024)
Sage & Snow Garden Club
Dear Flora,
I am starting to plan for my garden space this season. I was wondering if you could tell me the advantages of raised bed gardening?
Thanks, Beddy Green
Dear Beddy,
There are many reasons that you might want to garden in raised beds. Beds can be any shape, size, depth. Raised beds can be built at height to reduce bending/kneeling and to accommodate gardener’s physical needs. Beds can be accessed without stepping on the soil (reduces soil compaction). The soil in raised beds warms up quickly in the spring (up to 12 degrees warmer than in-ground beds). Beds can be filled with organically rich soil, amend native soil with compost or needed fertilizers, or use other ingredients to improve soil drainage. Beds can be located almost anywhere-- for best solar exposure/convenience. Raised beds can produce more vegetables than traditional in-ground beds. Beds are easy to adapt for insect, critter, or frost protection. You can add hardware cloth underneath to protect from rodents. You can add netting to prevent insect infestations. Row covers can protect from frost and larger critters that like your tasty crops too!

Dear Flora,
Can you tell me the benefits of using row covers? Could you recommend some types of row covers that help to extend our Sublette growing season?
Shari Rowe
Dear Shari,
Row covers are so valuable in our climate! Row covers help to trap warmth and provide wind protection to create a microclimate that promotes plant growth. The covers benefit our vegies and fruit production by keeping out unwanted insects and larger predators that love to devour everything they can get to. Row covers can be layered to increase the level of thermal protection on our frosty nights. Row covers do require hoops for frames and clamps or some type of weights to keep the covers in place.
Some garden club favorite row covers include—
1.5 ounce Agribon cloth (frost protection down to 24 degrees)
2—4 mil poly row covers (add 3—6 degrees of frost protection)
Dio-Betalon 550 (absorbs dew and frost between layers, provides wind protection while allowing water to permeate through, can add additional cover for frost protection when needed).

Dear Flora,
The voles at my house last year ate everything! Do you have any ideas on how to get rid of them?
Harry Trapper
Dear Harry,
It was a record year for voles last season. Many local gardeners have been struggling with your same problems. Voles will eat roots of bulbs and perennial flowers. They tunnel and burrow into garden beds eating everything in sight. They need to eat their weight in plant food every day because their metabolism is so high. They can breed year round having up to ten litters per year. This creates a big problem for gardeners! Once again, our local Sage & Snow garden club members have a few suggestions:
- Mow grass and trim perennials very short and bag it in the fall to remove food & cover.
- Remove hiding places like boards, pallets, straw, leaves, and mulch.
- Use ½ inch wire mesh hardware cloth under raised beds. Use stock tanks, lick tubs, or other tall planters for planting.
- Use inches of gravel in plant holes to protect plant roots.
- Trapping is effective—use Jawz Mousetraps or the Better Mouse Trap by Intruder. Change kinds of bait, place traps in burrow paths and up against walls (since they like to scurry along edges).
- Voles don’t like the smell of castor oil pellets or predator urine-soaked pellets like "Shake-Away Rodent Pellets". Try these products in your yard.
- Poison them—use Kaput Bait Stations or poison bombs in their tunnels. (Warning--this option can be dangerous for dogs, cats, and wild predators).

Dear Flora,
Where can I learn more about gardening in Sublette County?
Ever Grateful,
Sage Snow
Dear Sage,
The Sage & Snow Garden Club has information about our many club activities and membership, go to our website at https://www.sageandsnowgardenclub.org/. Arlinda McLaughlin, Master Gardener, has a wealth of information that she is willing to share on gardening in Sublette County. Contact her at 307-231-9402 or email ajmclaughlin47@gmail.com.
Happy Gardening!

Sublette County Democrats pot luck dinner May 10 (posted 4/18/2024)
Sublette County Democrats and friends are invited to a pot luck dinner on Friday, May 10, 2024 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Daniel School House, 18 Schoolhouse Lane in Daniel, Wyoming. Bring something to share, BYOB. Come talk politics.

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