Panthers 26, Tigers 6: Peterson {sic}, Davis reconnect for Cokeville

Article in Wyo Varsity (trib.com) by Patrick Schmiedt titled "Panthers 26, Tigers 6: Peterson {sic} Davis reconnect for Cokeville. Subtitle, "Davis Scores Twice as Panthers Hammer Lusk".

Also lists game stats, key plays. Includes notes from interviews with Dustin Davis and Beau Petersen.

Dimond, Petersen honored

Two outstanding Cokeville citizen's were honored during the October Cokeville Town Council Meeting. Lyn Dimond received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" for 2008 and Stewart Petersen received the "Citizen of the Year 2008". Congratulations to these two men. The honors were well deserved.

Click here to read Cokeville blogspot's announcement of this event

October 13 - Citizen Awards

Cokeville Mayor Stan Thompson gave the green light for the Cokeville Citizen Award Selection Committee (a committee of the Cokeville Chamber of Commerce) to present it's annual Citizen Awards at the October 13 Town Council Meeting
Time: 7pm, Tuesday, October 13
Place: Cokeville Town Hall
Who: Everyone
Why: To honor the following individuals

Citizen of the Year (2008) Stewart Petersen
Lifetime Achievement Lynn Dimond

Please join us to thank these outstanding citizens. Refreshments served following presentation

The awards will be presented during council's "new business" and we thank the Town Council for participating in honoring outstanding citizens.

http://cokeville.blogspot.com/2009/11/dimond-petersen-honored.html Link to photos of the event

Film "Where the Red Fern Grows" celebrated in small town

The film, "Where the Red Fern Grows", was celebrated and remembered in the small town of Tahlequah recently. A Cokeville local, Stewart Petersen, who starred in the film was asked to return to the small town and here is an article in a Tahlequah newspaper on that event:

Raymond Petersen in Salt Lake Tribune article

Raymond (Pete) Petersen was quoted in a recent article title, "We're driving less - even with cheaper gas" by Brandon Loomis of the Salt Lake Tribune. You can read the article by clicking here.

Lincoln County Fair

The Lincoln County Fair in Afton takes place this week.
Yes, registration for putting items in the community fair booth is frustrating.
Yes, registration must be done in advance.
Yes, the preferred method of registration is on-line.
Yes, if you don't print out your fair tags before the computer system shuts down, there is no getting the fair tags printed.
Yes, this year Youth arts and crafts were listed with Adult arts and crafts and it was very confusing
Yes, the dates on the front of the fair book were listed incorrectly
Yes, there were mistakes on the on-line programs

NO, there is no late registration for items for community booths
NO, there is no correcting mislabeled items for community booths


RUMOR is there are no carnival rides at the fair this year...I'll keep you posted

EVEN WITH ALL OF THIS, we all need to thank Gwen Petersen from the depths of our hearts for being the community booth chairwoman. She and all her helpers, the booth decorators, the item runners, and those that made it through all the hoops safely and got items registered for the fair, deserve a standing ovation. Thank you, thank you. It isn't easy. It is thankless.
There is another option. Let the community fair booth die. It's happened in other communities. However, I am SO GLAD Cokeville doesn't feel that is an option. To let the community fair booth die would be devastating. Eventually someone would resurrect it and say, "Why wasn't this being done? Why don't we have a community booth?" Then, they would have to relearn everything, reinvent the wheel so to speak. SO, thank you for plugging along, keeping the fair booth open and going. Even though there might not be a huge variety in people contributing or items placed in the fair booth, those that take advantage of it thank those of you that make it all possible.

Chamber of Commerce Meeting

The Chamber of Commerce met briefly after the presentation of the Citizen of the Year and Lifetime Achievement presentation on Wednesday, June 4th. They discussed the Welcome to Cokeville sign to be place south of town. The rock place is still trying to get the size rock needed, weather has slowed down their ability to get our rock. Also, we need well casing, 2 - 18 ft. long pieces, 2 - 16 foot long pieces, 2 - 14 foot long pieces, if anyone has access to this we would appreciate it!

The Chamber and some visitors got a chuckle out of the town minutes from May where a church and state conflict was very evident. Others didn't get such a chuckle.

There is always room for more and the Cokeville Chamber welcomes new members, business owners and citizens interested in helping with the "welcome and tourism" part of the Chamber.


Chamber officers are: Carol Reed, Secretary, Stewart Petersen, President; Paul Phillips, Vice President; Clara Dayton, Treasurer.

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.

Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 the Cokeville Chamber of Commerce met at 7:30 pm in the Cokeville Town Hall at the Cokeville Senior Center. Stewart Petersen, President, opened the meeting. Clara Dayton, Treasurer, read the account balances. Bills have been paid including Traci Pinter being reimbursed for the Easter Egg Hunt expenses.

A big thank you to Traci Pinter and sister Katie Martinez for the very fun Easter Egg Hunt. The girls organized the event on a small budget allocated from the Chamber and the town and it was a lot of fun! Thanks ladies.

Report - Stewart met with Lee Chaloner (?) at the Kemmerer Rock Quarry, Cumberland Hearth and Stone. There wasn't quite the size we were looking for of a rock for the town sign. We are looking for about 12 ft. wide and 7-8 ft. tall. It will sit on a base of about 24 feet. The sign will be really visible. Stewart also has the WYDOT paperwork for the permit and he needs to get with John Reed for the exact location. The sign has to have a 30 foot crash barrier distance. The sign will be placed angular.

Clara Dayton will do the 4th of July program. She says she has a new idea she's going to try. Stewart thanked Clara for keeping this program going.


Karla Toomer will again be the director of the Cokeville Rendezvous Arts and Business Fair. She will do the planning, advertising, and setting up the event but will be gone the 2nd half of July and all of August. Clara Dayton will take over director duties on the days of the event and is looking for someone else to help with those duties. The Chamber will be hiring overnight security guards for Friday night. Other volunteers are needed to help run the event on July 25-26. More information forthcoming.

Again, the Chamber will work hard to have the event compliment the time schedule of the Pioneer Days celebration on Saturday in the town held by the LDS Church. Friday the Chamber will plan most of the local talent shows including the 2nd annual "Miss Cokeville Contest". On Saturday, vendors may sit at their booths as early as they want but the actual event will be advertised as being open from approximately 1-6, after the Pioneer Days parade and program have ended. Other groups, including volunteers of a 5K run last year and the Rodeo Club have also successfully hosted events for visitors and locals to enjoy during this time of increased town population.

Stewart reported on the "Town Sign" Project and progress and reported that a match grant of $5000 has been awarded to the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has $3000 in reserve from a few years back. They are still around $2000 shy on materials and will ask the Town Council on Tuesday's council meeting to contribute to the "Cokeville Sign". Volunteers will be needed for some of the labor. This will be a big, beautiful sign.

Stewart will get with Carol Reed, who was absent due to illness, for help on finishing next year's budget proposal to give to the town of Cokeville. The Chamber is given a minimum of the lodging tax monies collected to use on tourism related projects. The use of this tax money is State regulated. The town usually gives additional funding to the Chamber from their monies received from the State of Wyoming each fiscal year.