PHS AG FACILITY Plans Move Forward by TESSA BAKER Never Going to Go Away,” Kuhn Tribune Features Editor Said

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2018 108TH YEAR/ISSUE 85 PHS AG FACILITY Plans move forward BY TESSA BAKER never going to go away,” Kuhn Tribune Features Editor said. “That’s what a lot of our kids will be involved with one onstruction of a new agri- way or another, whether it’s cultural facility at Powell the actual hands in the dirt or CHigh School may begin marketing or wherever they as soon as next end up.” spring. About 60 stu- The Powell ‘Agriculture for dents are mem- school board re- bers of the cently voted to Powell is never Powell-Shosho- move forward going away. ne FFA Chap- with the project, That’s what a lot ter and around hiring Point Ar- 100 students are chitects to design of our kids will be involved in the a 100-foot-by-100- involved with ...’ ag and welding foot facility just programs, said north of the high Jim Kuhn Bryce Meyer, school. PHS principal PHS ag teacher In addition to and FFA adviser. learning a variety of hands-on The idea for an ag facility lessons in the new barn, ag stu- has been discussed for several dents also will be able to raise years. livestock there — an opportu- The building will include nity that hasn’t been available livestock pens, an arena and for teens who live in town. meeting room, as well as an As the ag program has ex- animal lab room for veterinary panded in recent years, PHS sciences, feed storage and tack Principal Jim Kuhn said the storage. new facility is “the logical next “It feels like we’re in Powell High School student Corey Linebaugh works on a grill project during a recent welding class. High school welding and industrial art step.” students may soon be working on projects for a new agricultural facility. Tribune photo by Carla Wensky “Agriculture for Powell is See Facility, Page 8 Attorneys support NWC INTERCULTURAL PROGRAM BRINGS INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR PARTY judges Bill Simpson SWITCHING ‘CROSSOVER’ VOTERS MADE UP LESS THAN 5 and Bruce Waters PERCENT OF THE PARK BY CJ BAKER Voters across the Big Horn COUNTY GOP VOTE Tribune Editor Basin — which makes up the Fifth Judicial District — will BY CJ BAKER awyers who’ve practiced decide whether to keep Simp- Tribune Editor before District Court son and Waters as judges in LJudge Bill Simpson and next month’s general election. ast week, the Wyoming Circuit Court Judge Bruce It is extremely unusual for a Secretary of State’s Of- Waters overwhelmingly say judge to fail to get 50 percent of Lfice answered one of the that the two Cody-based judges the vote and to be removed from lingering questions about Au- should remain on the bench. office — especially when they gust’s election: Just how many Some 87 percent of the at- enjoy the support of the attor- voters switched their political torneys who weighed in on neys who practice before them. affiliation to participate in the Simpson’s performance said he The Wyoming State Bar con- Republican primary? should retain his post; Judge ducts a survey of its members According to the data, a total Waters, meanwhile, drew 72 prior to every general election, of 367 people in Park County percent support, though that gathering feedback on judges’ switched over to the Republi- was a nearly 13 percent drop can party for the primary. That from the last survey in 2014. See Judges, Page 3 Northwest College students Tair Masharipov (center) and Bossan Abdyyeva (right) prepare pilaf for included 195 “unaffiliated” NWC’s Intercultural Tuesday Lunch last week at the DeWitt Student Center as Samir Idriss looks on. voters who had not yet joined Abdyyeva and Masharipov are from Turkmenistan, while Idriss is from Morocco. Tribune photo by Mike Buhler a party, 155 Democrats, 11 Libertarians and six Constitu- tionalists who decided to join City council approves the GOP. Assuming that every single POWELL’S MELTING POT one of those people actu- agreements for new hotel ally voted in the Republican BY MIKE BUHLER tional students display several Dining staff first suggested primary, those “switchers” Tribune Community Editor items relating to their culture, the idea of the intercultural made up not quite 4.8 percent and conference center including informative videos, lunches. of the 7,721 Republicans who t is not an understatement to playing music from their “They were the ones who participated in Park County’s BY MIKE BUHLER “The reason I’m asking is say that Northwest College’s homeland and also displaying said, ‘Why don’t we let the election. Tribune Community Editor there’s some electrical and Istudent body has an interna- their nation’s flag. students cook something from Meanwhile, 28 unaffiliated other stuff that we’re looking at tional flavor to it. “It’s a good way to expand their country, offer it to the voters joined the Democratic ith the State Loan and for infrastructure that we need Not only does NWC have 55 your horizons,” Loera said. whole campus and the com- party while 11 Park County Investment Board ap- to start looking at,” Logan said. international students from 26 “One of the ways that we munity?’” Enriquez said. “That Republicans switched over to Wproving a $2.6 million Bekes said everything was different countries — includ- advertise it through just the way, it can become a way for the Demo- grant to help build a new hotel still on schedule. ing Greece, Serbia, Uzbeki- college email is, ‘Explore the the students not just to be able cratic side. and conference cen- “... Really when stan, Brazil, Uruguay, Spain, world right here at NWC.” to cook something from home ‘... in the That covers ter in Powell, the we walked out of the France, Belgium, the Nether- The Intercultural Tuesday and maybe have that taste of primary ... switches Powell City Council SLIB meetings, the lands, Turkmenistan, Saudi Lunch started six years ago. the foods that they’ve been between approved a trio of ‘Things look conversations with Arabia, Morocco and China — “... A lot of people seem to missing, but it’s also a way for it makes early July documents to move great, the Steve [Wahrlich] but the college’s Intercultural think that the biggest cultural them to share their culture to your ballot and late the project forward were [that] now he Program allows many of those adjustment for international the campus and let the campus September. at Monday’s city reserves are could put the pack- students the chance to share students is language — but food know about the international seem blank County data council meeting. building ... age together for some of their homeland cuisine is just as big of an adjustment students we have here, where if you are a indicates The city signed Life is good.’ private investment with others. as language is,” said Amanda they’re from and what they Democrat.’ that the off on a develop- and to talk with Throughout the school year, Enriquez, the intercultural have to offer.” number the private lend- the international students take program manager. “One of the Enriquez herself has inter- of people ment agreement, James Seckman Pat Cole an operations and ers,” Bekes said. turns cooking for the Intercul- biggest reasons for homesick- national roots, having been switching Accountant Elections deputy maintenance agree- “All those things tural Tuesday Lunch, which is ness is missing food from home born in Zurich, Switzerland, from unaf- ment and a revenue are moving forward. served as part of NWC’s lunch and not finding the ingredients before moving to Santiago, filiated to recapture agreement related to The timeline would still be to buffet in the DeWitt Student here. We noticed that students Chile, and eventually coming to Republican rose significantly what will be a publicly owned break ground in the spring ... Center. were struggling with eating America. from past years, while the conference center attached to and open the doors in the spring “It’s nice to have the cultural and eating healthy.” number of converted Demo- a privately owned hotel. The of 2020.” awareness and the diversity,” See Intercultural, Page 2 crats was very similar to 2014 development is a public-private said Cassie Loera, senior of- and down from 2010. partnership between the City of CLEAN AUDIT fice assistant, humanities and “Strangely, it is the same Powell and Billings developer The council received the intercultural programs. “Some people [switching] each year Steve Wahrlich through an en- financial audit of the July 2017 people are always interested in and they just want to have tity known as Clocktower Inn of to June 2018 fiscal year, receiv- trying new foods from different more choices on their ballot,” Powell LLC. ing a clean bill from accountant places and that’s always nice. said Park County Elections The council’s approval of the James Seckman, whose firm Sometimes people are hesitant Deputy Pat Cole. “There are development agreement and performed the audit. because it might not look nor- not a lot of Democrats running the operations and maintenance “We state that these financial mal or might not look like what in the primary and it makes agreement are contingent upon statements are in accordance they are used to — but I think your ballot seem blank if you Wahrlich signing the docu- with accounting principles gen- for the most part they [like it].” are a Democrat.” ments, which he has been un- erally accepted in the United The international students While 10 Republicans ran able to do because of illness. States of America, which means also put a lot of work into pre- for three available seats on the However, Christine Bekes, ex- we’ve issued a clean or unquali- paring the food they share on Park County Commission this ecutive director of the Powell fied opinion on these financial Tuesdays, usually cooking on year, zero Democrats got into Economic Partnership, expects statements,” Seckman said.

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