Congratulations to Cokeville Blogspots own Shelley Gailey!

Congratulations to Cokeville Blogspots own Shelley Gailey on the birth of her and husband Aaron's son! Best of luck to an awesome family!!

Ski School Update

I have just returned from Pine Creek where Denise Kallstrom and I (Shelly Gailey) spoke with Paul directly. He did state that their policy is to charge ski school students who stay after ski school. However, when I showed him the paper work that was sent home this year that stated the kids would be allowed to stay free of charge, he agreed to honor that.
So, for the remainder of this ski school season, ski school students (from Cokeville only) will be allowed to stay without being charged. But be aware that this will change for next year.
So now is the time to decide if you want to purchase a season pass for next year. They go on sale on March 1st and will be good for this March (weather permitting) as well as next season. Also, if you buy next year's pass by June it is at a discounted rate. Check with Pine Creek to get exact prices. Remember that we need to support our local ski lift, or it will no longer be there for us to enjoy. The PTO also wants to thank all the parents who have volunteered their time to help make ski school and swim school programs a success. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions or concerns about this program.

Cokeville Town Council Results

Results taken from www.lcwy.org for:
Town of Cokeville Councilpersons
Vote for not more than 2
Shelly Gailey...101 21.31%
Wayne Harmon...160 33.76%
Joseph Wilson...156 32.91%
Write-in 0
over votes 0
under votes 0 12.03%
Total...474

These are unofficial results from the County Website. It is obvious that there is at least one mistake as the website lists John Barrasso (REP) with 319 votes in Cokeville and Nick Carter (DEM) 336 votes in Cokeville for a total of 668 Cokeville votes, which is 300 votes higher than the actual number of votes cast.

Meet the Candidate Night Quick ReCap

Wednesday evening was the Chamber of Commerce "Meet the Candidate" night. Carol Reed did a great job being an emcee. Candidates for County Commissioners in attendance were: Stan Thompson, Kent Connelly, and one more...I'll think of his name.

Mike Richins was representing Bill Winney for US Representative (I think?)

Joe Wilson running for Cokeville Town Council. Shelly Gaily was in the hospital for emergency treatment but she sent a statement to be read, also for Cokeville Town Council.

Jonathan Teichert is running for area representative (?) for Republican party. (Sorry, not sure on this either)

There were less than 30 (do I dare type 20?) people in attendance. Many of these candidates have been on the road a lot lately, with elections being this coming TUESDAY the 19th. They are trying to get their message out. The attendance was very poor. When we don't know who we should vote for, don't blame the candidates for not trying to get their message out. (The meeting was on the town board and there were several signs around town...)

One of the candidates made a great comment to the effect of: if this were a high school musical, this auditorium would be packed. We support our youth. We have to find a way to support our adults.

Vote for Shelly Gailey

Shelly Gailey - Definitely in the Race

Recently I had a conversation with Shelly Gailey. She has heard some comments that people think she is not running for Cokeville Town Council. She would like everyone to know that is definitely not the case. SHELLY IS IN AND RUNNING! Shelly has opened a website so people can see that even if they can't put her name and face together yet, she has definitely been involved in the taking care of Cokeville in the time she's been here. Check out her website by clicking here.

Also in the running for town council is JOE WILSON. He is excited to serve the town and has some great suggestions that's he is willing to help implement.

Incumbent is Wayne Harmon, also running to retain his seat from his first term.

Cokeville's own Stan Thompson, the current Mayor, is running for Lincoln County Commissioner. He has been involved in the county level planning and zoning for many years. Stan would add a lot of knowledge to the County Commission. I also think he would be more of a team player than Kent Connelley, who is the incumbent hoping to retain his seat from his first term. When you only have three members of a team, you need all three working together, even when they disagree. I don't hear of that happening right now.

Aaron Gailey Hired as 3rd Police Officer

I spoke briefly with councilman Darren Moody after the town council held it's (advertised-thank you) special meeting to make a decision on hiring a 3rd police officer. Mr. Moody said that Aaron Gailey had been selected to fill the new position on the Town of Cokeville Police Department. He will start July 1st and will need to attend the upcoming Wyoming Police Academy.

Congratulations Aaron!

April Council Meeting

Highlights from the April 2008 Council Meeting. Thanks to Rep. Kathy Davison and Sen. Stan Cooper for coming to our town and for the budget update from the end of this legislative session!

Stewart Petersen, on behalf of the Cokeville Economic Development Steering Committee (CEDSC), presented the idea of renewing the pursuit of a bank to come to town. He said it was ranked high in the town assessment done a few years back, was pursued heavily for a while and was seeming successful in attracting the then "First National Bank" until a 2nd bank pulled, (this is my words not Stewart's) "A dirty rotten one" on the town of Cokeville. That in turn led to a failed courtship of First National Bank. Stewart made a good well-thought out presentation.

Mayor Thompson said, but no motion was made, that a delegation would re-approach the bank idea and Councilman Harmon said he knew one of the bank men we talked of and he would visit with him. As far as the council committing to go after a "Business Ready Grant" (towns plan and build for what they want then attract a business to come) or "Business Committed Grant" (A guarantee a business will come if their building needs are met), no further discussion or commitment was made.

The second issue Stewart presented, was that of the idea of a Town Administrator. He gave compelling reasons why this would be a good position to budget in for. No discussion occurred among the council.


THE FIRST BUDGET READING was held during the middle of the council meeting. There was no public comment time which would have been nice. The figure was mentioned, which I didn't write down. The sewer lagoon was mentioned as the big project - which of course will also be very expensive.

The council's progress on the Town Smoking Ban council was inquired about. Mayor Thompson said he hadn't had time to get into as much fact-finding as he had hoped. He then stated that the council wanted more citizen input maybe in the form of a petition or something, but they were definitely going to look into it a little more.


Being on council is a tough job and I want to thank the mayor and council for the time they do put into their elected positions.