Town of LaGrange April 2013 Newsletter

Minutes of the regular meeting of the Town of LaGrange, Wyoming, meeting at the Town Hall on March 14th, 2013

at 7:00pm.

Present were Mayor Mark Marshall, Councilman Mike Huseby, John Beightol, Cameron McCoy and Joel Tremain.

Town Clerk Cathy Stoddard and Public Works Director Tracy Pragnell and Attorney Ed Buchanan were also present.

Visitors attending were: Susan Hunter and Tom Harves.

Mayor Marshall called the meeting to order at 7:03pm. Joel moved to approve the minutes of the February 7th meet-

ing as read. John seconded, motion carried.

Mayor called an executive session at 7:08pm for the purpose of real estate leases. Mayor Marshall called meeting back

to open session at 8:05pm. Mike moved to approve the lease agreement between Banner Health Clinic and the Town of

LaGrange. Joel seconded, motion carried. John moved to approve the lease agreement between The Fulfilling Co. and

the Town of LaGrange. Joel seconded, motion carried. Cathy stated there are a few corrections that need to be made to

LHS forms and that the committee is putting together procedures for termination contracts. These forms will be availa-

ble for approval at the April council meeting. Tracy stated that he had been contacted about the next steps for the land-

fill project. The town council decided to ask DEQ to attend the next scheduled council meeting for further landfill dis-

cussion. Mayor Marshall moved the sewer line discussion to the end of the agenda.

Mayor Marshall asked for new business. Cameron moved to approve resolution #2-13 amending the FY12-13 budg-

et. Joel seconded, motion carried. Joel moved to approve the number change from #52 to #54 of the titled ordinance

“An ordinance restricting the sale of alcoholic liquor and malt beverages within a certain distance of schools, child care

facilities and churches within the town of LaGrange.” No additional changes were made. Cameron seconded, motion

carried. Cameron moved to approve the job descriptions for Clerk/Treasurer, Public Works Director, Clerical Assistant,

Town Hall Custodian and Heritage Square Custodian with corrections. Mike seconded, motion carried. After a lengthy

discussion on the sewer line problems and budget, it was decided to have a workshop on April 4th at 7:00am for further

discussion. Cameron moved to purchase master meters for both water wells not to exceed $7500 total. Joel seconded,

motion carried. Cameron moved to pay the bills. John seconded, motion carried. Joel moved to adjourn the meeting at

9:48pm.

Remember to check out the Town of LaGrange website for current and upcoming events!!

ELECTION JUDGES NEEDED If you are interested in being a judge for the upcoming

Town of LaGrange Municipal election, please contact

Town Hall before April 8, 2013. Judges must be a

registered voter of the Town of LaGrange.

This is an hourly paid position with meals provided.

The 2012 Annual Water Quality Report is available at the

Town Hall to all water users and interested citizens.

Included in the report are the results of lab testing

done for your safety and confidence in the Town’s

water system.

Please contact Cathy or Tracy Wilson at 834-2466 by April 20th if you have any information you would like to be included in the May newsletter.

Open Computer Lab

There is a $30.00 per semester fee (Jan.-April 2013)

for the use of the EWC Computer Center at the

LaGrange Heritage Square. The computer Center is

currently open 7:00am-3:00pm and upon request. Use up-to-date

technology & software as well as high-speed internet access in

the EWC Community Education Computer Center . The center

is available for use by any community member. You do not

need to be enrolled in a college class. Anyone under the age of

10 must be accompanied by an adult.

Upcoming Trips and Events

Deadwood’s Adams Museum & House-Saturday, April 27

6:00am-7:00pm $35, meet at EWC Parking Lot. Registration

Deadline-April 12

Candlelight Dinner Theatre-Guys and Dolls, A Musical Fable

of Broadway, Saturday, May 11 8:00am-7:00pm $60, meet at

EWC Parking Lot. Registration Deadline-April 26

Ongoing Classes This Month

Co-Ed Volleyball, Cent$ible Nutrition

Softball and Volleyball Classes

Beads, Beads, Beads!

Stamping Fun

Goat Tying

Basics

Beginning Japanese

Language & Culture

Frontier Tumbling

will continue this

summer.

Hunter’s

Safety

Flower Pot Painting, Bird House Painting,

Accessing Community Resources

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

1 Burger w/ braised

onion, baby bakers,

tossed salad, aspara-

gus, bread, plums

2 Pork Chop, pasta salad,

brussell sprouts, corn

bread, relish tray, pears

3 Beef Salad on a

croissant, broccoli &

cheese soup, coleslaw,

fruit cup

4 Chicken, mashed pota-

toes, gravy, asian blend

veggies, bread, Russian

garden salad, apricots

5 Meatloaf, parslied

potatoes, carrots,

bread, jello w/fruit

8 Braised Beef w/

mushroom gravy,

mashed potatoes,

carrots, coleslaw,

pineapple

9 Hot Turkey Sandwich,

mashed potatoes, gravy,

California blend veggies,

tossed salad, cran-apple

salad, oatmeal cookie

10 Pork Wings, baked

squash, coleslaw,

bread, fruit pizza

11 Chicken fried steak

Mashed potatoes,

gravy, Italian veggies,

lettuce tomato salad,

bread, apricots

12 Potato crusted cod

Wild rice, glazed car-

rots, honey mustard

coleslaw, white cake

w/strawberries

15 Ham, sugar snap

peas, scalloped sweet

potatoes & apples,

bread, baked pineapple

Peanut butter cookie

16 Meatloaf, cauliflower

mac & cheese, bahama

blend veggies, apricots,

pineapple upside down

cake

17 Chicken strips,

sweet potatoes, mixed

veggies, bread, tossed

salad, orange sauced

peaches w/topping

18 Swiss steak, baked

potato, broccoli,

tossed salad, bread,

banana split dessert

19 Sloppy Joe on bun,

potato salad, green

beans, jean’s salad,

peaches

22 Beef stew, cheese

& onion roll, cottage

cheese & peaches,

raspberry bar, grape

juice

23 Turkey, wild rice, spring

blend veggies, carrot-raisin

-pineapple salad, boston

brown bread, cran-apple

crisp

24 Taco salad w/

meat, beans, cheese,

lettuce, tomato, salsa,

sour cream, cauliflow-

er & broccoli salad

Carrot cake, fruit cup

25 Creamed chicken

on a biscuit,

asparagus, pickled

beet & onion salad,

ambrosia

26 Roast pork,

mashed potatoes,

gravy, Scandinavian

veggies, coleslaw,

applesauce, chocolate

chip cookie

29 Meatloaf, baby

bakers, baked lima

beans, bread, tossed

salad, fruit cup

30 Chicken, creamed

potatoes, peas & carrots,

tossed salad, pineapple

Located in the LHS

April 2012 Senior Friendship Center Lunch Menu

La Grange Community Ed Classes Offered by Eastern Wyoming College

You can register and pay for any of the classes by calling Karissa Kelly at 307-286-8807 or Susie in Torrington at 307-532-8213.

Please register at least one week in advance. This really helps in the organizing of the class.

Menu subject to

change without

notice.

Please call us by

9:30am if you

would like a home

delivered meal

575-6637

New Library Hours (updated 4/1/13) Monday2:00-4:00pm

Tuesday and Friday 10:00-12:00pm

Wednesday Help Needed

Thursday 2:00-5:00pm

The library’s phone number is 307-834-9309.

All times are thanks to the selfless dedication of our

volunteer staff.

Hosts Needed

More volunteers are needed. Please leave your contact

information at the Library, or call Cheryl at 834-2459.

Donations

Financial support for the Library and History Center is

always appreciated. At this time we cannot accept

donations of most used adult books unless they are

current or nearly new “best sellers”, and we always

welcome children’s books.

Next Meeting Date

April 15th @ 7pm

in the new library at the LaGrange Heritage Square

Interested community members are welcome!

Unity meetings will be held the 3rd Monday of each

month. Please save that date.

Reminder to Readers of all ages: Please look for

overdue library materials. Many items have been

OUT for many months. They are growing homesick,

and want to come back to the library. Do a "Spring

Round-Up” to return all materials before summer

vacation. You may leave them in the return basket in

the hallway. Thank you for your help!

Community Work Night at the Library Monday, April 15th, 6:30pm

We need energetic workers to help us discard excess books,

straighten shelved items, and move boxes and files. We appreciate

all volunteers. Bring your friends to make quick work of this

project!

COMING SOON-BOOKS ON TAPE! Books on tape will soon be available for adults.

WANTED: TAPE PLAYERS

The Library would be delighted if anyone wishes to donate their

good, working cassette players. When people check out the Books

on Tape, they might also like to borrow a tape player.

Call 834-2459 if you have questions or if you wish to donate your

tape player. Come sample these great Books on Tape!

KIDS: Watch for news coming soon about Summer Reading-It will

be a BLAST!

The American Legion Auxiliary thanks all

students who participated in the Poppy Poster

program through the EWC Community Education

Art Class, and in the Carolyn Laycock Memorial

Scholarship Essay Contest. It was a pleasure to

work with such talented and hard working students in both

contests. Winners will be announced soon!

Thank you to all who helped provide the Easter Egg

Hunt and Story Time at the Library-

To all the parents and children who took part in this

annual Unity event, and to all volunteers who stuffed

and scattered the eggs, brought food, donated candy

and prizes, provided the story, coordinated the event,

groomed the lawns, and added to the fun.

Bunny Hugs to all!

The American Legion Auxiliary is sponsoring a drawing for a lovely American Flag afghan handmade by Shirley Willoughby.

The afghan will be raffled on Memorial Day, May 27, 2013. You can get your tickets from any Auxiliary member and at the Easter

Egg Hunt at LHS on March 30th. The cost is $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00.

AWANA Fun Fair

Saturday April 6th 2:00 pm-4:00 pm

LaGrange Community Building

Games, prizes and snacks!

Kids come and spend your AWANA points.

AWANA Awards Ceremony

Sunday, April 21st 6:00pm

at the LaGrange Bible Church

AWANA Grand Prix Race Results Sparks T&T

For Design

1-Kristen Pafford Luke Haas

2-Adi Hardy Sheridan Pragnell

3-Wyatt Kauffman Rylie Mason

Sorry, we don’t have the results of the Speed

Category, or the Overall Winner.

Congratulations to all who participated! Spring Clean Up is scheduled for Friday, April 5, 9:30-10:30am

Please have any trash items out front or by the alley for pickup.

NO BATTERIES, APPLIANCES, ETC.

Annual Fireman’s Fundraiser Pancake Supper & Silent Auction

Saturday, April 20th

5:30-7:30pm

at the LaGrange Community Building.

Free Will Donations

Greatly Accepted

Please contact Cathy or Tracy Wilson at 834-2466 by April 20th if you have any information you would like to be included in the May newsletter.

Remember Attending and donating is

a great way to show our

appreciation for all the

hard work that our

firemen do for our

community!

Temporary Seasonal Position

May-October The Town of LaGrange is looking for an assistant to the Public

Works Director. The position will consist of approximately 35

hours a week. Wage will depend on experience. The job will con-

sist of mowing, weed eating, general labor, painting, lifting, gen-

eral maintenance. If you are interested, please pick up an

application at the Town Hall or call Cathy Stoddard at 834-2466

for more information.

American Legion Auxiliary Bake Sale

Buy your Easter goodies Saturday, March 30

9:30am till gone If needed, remaining items may be available at the

Easter Egg Hunt at LHS. Purchases and Donations ALWAYS appreciated.

Call Mary Green at 307-532-5143 for info or

special requests. Thanks!

Auxiliary appreciates the community support for our projects, which in turn support our Veterans, our Military, and their families.

GREEN ACRES NURSERY Is looking for 1 full time employee to work now to July 1.

Job requires physical labor and a valid driver’s license.

Contact Bill at 575-2298 or stop by at

1252 Co Rd 51 in LaGrange, and talk to Lawrence Randall.

Bountiful Baskets is coming to LaGrange! Bountiful Baskets is a food co-op that operates on your

contributions. Basket contributions are $15 and contain 50% fruits and 50% vegetables. The first pick up is April 13th.

Contributions are made online the Monday before pickup. To set up an account and for more information, go to

bountifulbaskets.org or contact Tara Hardy at 307-715-0191 or Thardybb@yahoo.com

MINI FAIR MEETING

There will be a Mini Fair meeting at 7:00pm

on April 3rd at Carolyn Ward’s home.

U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso and U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis are announcing that their

representatives Debbie McCann, Jamie Gronski and Laura Weatherford are scheduled to hold Office Hours in Go-

shen County on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Eastern Wyoming College, 3200 west C St, Torrington, Tebbet

Classroom Bldg, Room 132 from 5:30-6:30pm. Area residents are encouraged to stop by to report their concerns/

interests regarding Federal Issues. All comments and concerns will be relayed to the Senators and the Congresswom-

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Thanks to... Buff Jones

Patty Maser

Becca Vinton

June Yetter

Jeannie Young

Holly Tremain

Heather Haas

Tiffany Robinson

Stephanie Haas

...for donating the pies and

cakes for the Community

Building Fundraiser!

Thank you so much to the community for coming out to support the Community Building Fundraiser. It was a great success and will help to

maintain the building in the coming year. We appreciate all the donations.

Sincerely, The Community Building Board

President-Stacy Malm Vice-President-Scott Yetter

Secretary-Linda Vinton Treasurer-John Beightol

Thanks to Ron Lovercheck for

doing a great job as Auctioneer!

La Grange Community Building Fundraiser

Thank You to the following businesses and individuals who generously

donated items for the auction and meal

Hugh Dowers County 7 Cuts

Scott Manufacturing LaGrange Garage

Banner Massage Therapy Stemler’s

SS Ranch Co. Century Lumber

The Pine Bluffs Post Z&W Mill

NAPA - Heilbrun’s Scottsbluff Tremain Electric

June Yetter Bear Mountain Land

LaGrange Grain Bomgaars-Scottsbluff

HMS Chimney Torrington Telegram

Brown Co. Marisa’s Styling Salon

Longhorn Grocery and Café Frontier School of the Bible

Beightol Plumbing & Electric Joni Odermann

LaGrange Homemakers Club Bob Seely

Nagle Warren Mansion, Cheyenne Tara Hardy

*A HUGE thank you to LaGrange Grain for their donation of 100 gallons

of propane to the Community Building. That is much needed this time of

year and we greatly appreciate it!

*Thank you to the Bear Creek Guys & Gals members who helped serve at

the Community Fundraiser. We greatly appreciate all your good help with

the clean-up too!

*Thank you to Tara Hardy and her “crew” for the assembling and cooking

of the pizzas for the fundraiser. They were VERY delicious!

*A special thank you to Mike Huseby and Frontier School of the Bible for

their very generous donations towards the meal for the fundraiser. Your

support is greatly appreciated!

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