Lovell drops smoking proposal
The Lovell Town Council has dropped its consideration of an ordinance to ban smoking in public buildings.
The Lovell Chronicle reported that the council voted recently to drop the proposal, which would have made it a misdemeanor to light up in any public place, as well as within 10 feet of any door or window that accessed a public business.
The vote followed the presentation of a petition with more than 300 signatures from people opposed to the ordinance.
Lovell is one of several Wyoming communities considering smoking bans. Laramie, Cheyenne and Evanston have approved such ordinances.
Park gets two deputy supers
Yellowstone National Park has two new deputy superintendents, replacing former Deputy Superintendent Frank Walker, according to the park's public affairs office.
Newly appointed are Colin Campbell, currently superintendent of Padre Island National Seashore in Texas, and Christine Lehnertz, currently director of the ecosystems protection program at the Region 8 office of the Environmental Protection Agency in Denver.
Campbell began his Park Service career 27 years ago in Yosemite National Park, and also spent 12 years in Grand Teton National Park as a law enforcement specialist, chief ranger and acting deputy superintendent.
Lehnertz has worked for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as the EPA. In 2005, Lehnertz spent three months on assignment in Yellowstone in conjunction with the Department of Interior's senior executive service candidate development program.
Campbell has a bachelor of science degree in natural resource management from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Lehnertz holds a bachelor of arts degree in environmental biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Campbell and Lehnertz will begin their new posts in February. They each will earn between $93,000 and $129,000 annually.
Treasurer returns to city job
TORRINGTON - City Treasurer Lynette Strecker is once again back at her job after the City Council last week asked new Mayor Leroy Schafer rethink his previous announcement about not reappointing Strecker.
Schafer announced publicly Dec. 15 to the local newspaper that he would not reappoint Strecker as city treasurer, but gave no reason for that decision. She was told her final day at work would be Dec. 29.
Last week, after going into a closed session to discuss personnel issues, Councilman Randy Adams moved that all appointed personnel and department heads continue in their current capacity until the governing body could reach a consensus. No date has been set for making the permanent appointments to the positions.
Strecker has been city treasurer for four and a half years under former Mayor Mike Varney.
Varney lost to Schafer by 70 votes in the general election in November. Schafer had been appointed to the City Council by Varney in December 2004.
Posted in State-and-regional on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 12:00 am
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