THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2017 107TH YEAR/ISSUE 62 ‘ROAD RAGE’ ALTERCATION ENDS IN SHOTS FIRED TWO MEN CHARGED WITH FELONIES Attorney Leda Pojman described the said. incident as “an extremely egregious and Pojman asked for Maddox’s bond to be BY CJ BAKER of the shots reportedly hit Haywood’s dangerous case of road rage.” set at $70,000 cash, citing concern about Tribune Editor vehicle. The two men gave differing accounts the safety of Park County citizens. Firing Haywood, meanwhile, faces his own of the altercation to law enforcement and seven rounds at a moving vehicle, about weekend altercation between two count of aggravated assault for allegedly in circuit court on Monday. 25 yards from a house, “I can’t think of APowell men culminated in one ramming Maddox’s truck and causing “I understand what happened was anything more egregious and dangerous opening fire on the other’s truck in him to crash near the intersection of dangerous,” Maddox said in court, but than that,” the prosecutor argued. Mad- the Willwood area, authorities say. Lane 13 and Road 10 on Saturday after- he said he acted in self defense after be- dox said that was very high, arguing it Austin Maddox, 23, has been charged noon. ing threatened and run off the road by was a case of self defense and saying he with seven counts of aggravated assault It was shortly after the crash that Mad- Haywood. had not been in trouble before. AUSTIN EVAN for allegedly firing seven shots at a truck dox reportedly began shooting. “I felt my life was in danger and I MADDOX HAYWOOD belonging to Evan Haywood, 26. Two Deputy Park County Prosecuting didn’t know what else to do,” Maddox See Shots, Page 2 County may privatize library cafe BY CJ BAKER Tribune Editor fter years of subsidizing the Cody li- Abrary’s cafe with thousands of taxpayer dollars, Park County leaders say it may be time to turn the Biblio Bistro over to a pri- vate business. “The fact is, we can no longer support it and still be able to support other library needs,” Park County Library Board Chair Greg Bevenger told county commissioners on Tuesday. Over the coming year, the Bistro is pro- jected to lose more than $49,500 — about the same amount it’s lost in the last several years. The consensus reached among the commis- sioners and library leaders on Tuesday was that the county and library system can no lon- ger afford to subsidize the cafe to that degree. “[On] that, I think we can all agree,” said Commission Chairman Lee Livingston. County officials decided to start drafting a request for proposals (RFP), in which pri- vate businesses Lars Schultze, an adventurer from Germany, pulls his trailer while rollerblading south on Wyo. Highway 295 near Powell. Schultze is in the 14th week of a six- would be invited month, 5,000-mile trip across America by rollerblades. Tribune photo by Mark Davis ‘Do we close it? to submit pro- Do we scale back? posals on how they might use Where do we go the Biblio Bis- from there?’ tro’s space in the Cody library and how much they’d ADVENTURE GETS ROUGH Joe Tilden County commissioner be willing to pay in rent. While the specific parameters of the RFP have yet to be hashed out, library officials indicated ON ROAD THROUGH NORTHWEST WYOMING they would like to see a business that main- BY MARK DAVIS “I saw the snow and was sweat- his adventure, he thought. them and yelling. They saw him com- tains the cafe’s welcoming coffee-shop feel. Tribune Staff Writer ing, so I knew I had to hike up there,” While making his way to the way up ing and only had enough time to grab “Depending on what kind of response we Schultze said. — a long climb by foot with 80 pounds his rollerblades and walking sticks get to the RFP, the decision can be made: ars Schultze, a turkey farmer So he took off his rollerblades and of gear — he was looking forward to before speeding off. Schultze’s skates Do we close it? Do we scale back? Where do Lfrom the small village of Dam- started walking. the trip back down. But, while enjoy- were irreplaceable, and he still had we go from there?” said Commissioner Joe beck, Germany, was having a bad Schultze had already rollerbladed ing the views at the top, he noticed a more than 2,200 miles left in a 5,000- Tilden. He predicted there would be little pri- week until a Powell family came to his and hiked to Wyoming from New York car stopped next to his small trailer, mile trip. vate interest in the space, but “it’s certainly rescue. City. The custom-made rollerblades he which he pulls behind him during his A local forest ranger helped him by worth a shot.” The trouble started when Schultze designed for the trip fit over his hiking journey. giving him a ride down the mountain, Closure appeared to be everyone’s least got uncomfortably hot on his unusual boots for quick transitions, and have At first, he wasn’t concerned. Many saving him a two-day walk. A passerby favorite option; any change would presum- cross-country journey. larger wheels for rolling over tough curious people have stopped and called the police, and eventually Schul- ably affect the five library employees who When he saw the snow-capped peaks terrain. But they’re worthless up steep looked at him; some stare. Then he saw tze was reunited with his rollerblades of the Big Horn Mountain Range, he grades. The trip to the top of the Big the occupants of the vehicle grabbing See Bistro, Page 3 decided he’d cool down at the top. Horns on foot was just another stop in his stuff. He started running toward See Adventure, Page 3 RIBBON-WORTHY RABBIT NWC takes to the skies to install new equipment CREWS USE HELICOPTER TO INSTALL NEW AC UNITS IN TRAPPER GYM BY DON COGGER a pair of new air conditioning/heating units “We encountered a bit of a delay with Tribune Staff Writer in the Trapper Gym. the FAA processing what they call the ‘re- David Plute, NWC facilities director, said stricted area,’” Plute said. “You have to get ystanders on the Northwest College the installation was the first part of a two- a congested area Bcampus and residents of surrounding phase renovation project for the Johnson plan to chopper neighborhoods were treated to an un- Fitness Center complex. in to basically a ‘We would have familiar sight Tuesday morning: a Bell UH-1 The helicopter portion of the work had residential-type had to bring in helicopter, commonly known as a “Huey,” been originally scheduled for Monday after- setting like that.” landing in the parking lot of the Johnson Fit- noon. But as you might expect, getting the At first gla- a big crane with ness Center. green-light from the Federal Aviation Ad- ce, an industrial a lot of stick to The aircraft from Sky Aviation in Worland ministration to land a Huey in a residential crane may have was on hand to assist with the installation of area turned out to be a bit of a process. seemed the logi- be able to get to cal choice for in- that high roof ...’ stalling the units. However, ac- David Plute cording to Plute, NWC facilities director the helicopter proved to be more cost-effective. “We would have had to bring in a big crane with a lot of stick to be able to get to that high roof and to get the reach from that parking lot,” he explained. “Bringing in a crane from Billings, with the travel time and setup, it was actually cheaper to the project to use the helicopter for the lift. The cost of the crane and the helicopter were pretty close to the same, but where the contractor saved a lot of money is that his guys would have been tied up pretty much all day [if they had used the crane].” As it was, the helicopter was on site for less than an hour, accomplishing in that time what could have been an all-day process. “That thing went even quicker than we Riley Simone of Cody carries her rabbit into the show ring at the thought it would,” Plute said. “The contrac- Junior Livestock Sale on Saturday at the Park County Fair. Simone tor is in charge of means and methods as was named the reserve overall grand champion. A total of 236 youth part of our contract. We just assisted with with 4-H and FFA sold their animals at the annual event, with sales A Bell HU-1 ‘Huey’ helicopter, owned by Sky Aviation of Worland, lands in the parking lot of coordinating with the FAA, making sure we totaling $345,012. More results from Saturday’s sale will be printed the Johnson Fitness Center on the NWC campus Tuesday. The helicopter was chartered to in next week’s Tribune. Tribune photo by Tessa Baker assist with the installation of a pair of AC/heating units for Trapper Gym. Tribune photo by Don Cogger See Helicopter, Page 3 INSIDE ♦ BACK-TO-SCHOOL EDITION - WITH TODAY’S POWELL TRIBUNE PAGE 2 • POWELL TRIBUNE THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2017 OBITUARIES ative, unique and one of a kind, member of the Rebekas orga- Hale; 13 grandchildren and 25 Bethany, Nathan, Dylan, Aid- Shirley ‘Peggy’ just like she was.