Not printed, so we'll post: 2.2.10 photos

For each edition of the Tribune, we sort through dozens of photos, selecting the ones that will be published in the paper. Actually, sometimes we go through thousands, just for a single edition. Over the weekend, Tribune photographer Kara Bacon snapped more than 2,000 shots at Sleeping Giant Ski Area's Rails and Bails Festival.

Often times, those dozens — or thousands, as the case may be — of photographs are stored away in our archives, some never to resurface again. Rather than let the pictures disappear in digital archives, we decided we'd share a few here on the blog.

For the Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 Tribune, here are pictures that didn't make the paper — ones that we thought are still worth taking a gander at:

Damin Hass of Worland slides off the end of a picnic table feature at Sleeping Giant's first annual Rails & Bails Festival Saturday during the open class snowboard division. Tribune photo by Kara Bacon

Cody resident Zach Christiansen skis off a rail in the Sleeping Giant terrain park. He took home first place for 13 and under skiing. Tribune photo by Kara Bacon

Much to the delight of Powell residents, Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley served drinks downtown at Table 7 over the weekend. The football player is visiting family in Powell. Tribune photo by Toby Bonner



Getting an eyeful: This beautiful bighorn sheep ewe was being prepped for travel when the Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured 12 bighorn sheep in Devil’s Canyon area of the Big Horn Mountains for transfer to the Seminoe Mountains, north of Sinclair, just last week. Tribune photos by Gib Mathers

The butt stops here: Game Warden Craig Sax was butted in the schnoz when he was attempting to load a ram in a trailer for transport to the Seminoes. No mammals whether clad in boots or hooves were seriously injured. Sax was the only casualty, suffering a bloody nose. Still, Sax was sort of the butt of his own good-natured jokes when he offered a few wisecracks to his colleagues.

This bighorn sheep ram was swinging like a pendulum and threatening to clock Bighorn Sheep Coordinator Kevin Hurley last week. Fortunately, Hurley was able to arrest the ram’s skylarking and get the young ram ready for ground transport.

A frost-laden fence was one of the many winter sights Powell residents awoke to last Thursday morning.
Tribune photo by Ilene Olson

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane...

Another wild and wooly trip for your crazed, yet intrepid reporter Gib.

Intrepid?

Anyway, today (Friday), the Wyoming Game and Fish guys captured 12 bighorn sheep in the Devil’s Canyon area in the Big Horns for transfer to the Seminoe Mountains down around Sinclair.It might have made this ewe downright jumpy flying through the air like a horned Underdog, but all the sheep seemed to fare pretty well with only one minor human injury. But more on that next week when I type an actual story of my awesome day while donning my journalistic thinking cap.

Unfortunately, you, my fav reader, will have to wait, as my brain has left the building and is concentrating instead on the weekend.

Call me a slacker. Call me what you will, but I promise I’ll make every effort to write an enlightening piece. Honest.

Bye for now.

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Tomorrow's Tribune: 1-26

A peek at tomorrow's paper using quotes that didn't make the cut...

“I would have to be dead a long time — and famous — for a gallery to be interested in showing these,” artist Blake Neubert, referring to his collection of daily drawings. For the past few months, Neubert has been posting daily drawings on his blog. Read about the project on page 14.

“We solved it. ... Late last week, the guys broke the case,” Powell Police Chief Tim Feathers, talking about officers cracking a prominent 2009 criminal case. A few slim details on page one.

“The only thing it'd be good for is wild animals,” Sunny Smith Larsen, talking about the future of the Wapiti Valley's Smith Mansion — unless action is taken to protect it from vandalism and the elements. Smith Larsen's late father, Francis Lee Smith, constructed the towering western pagoda and she's starting an effort to restore it. A photo essay and a story about the fledgling project are on the Family page (13).

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Tomorrow's Tribune: 1-12

A peek at tomorrow's paper using quotes that didn't make the cut...

“Let’s face it ... you’re not going to get high on Penicillin,” Tim Feathers, Powell Police Chief, noting that the risk of having your antibiotics stolen is far less than the risk of having your prescription pain pills taken. Powell police are beginning a new program that will allow local residents to get rid of their unused prescription drugs in a safe way, removing the risk of having them stolen. Details can be found in a front-page story.

“Luckily it wasn’t too cold out. If it had been any colder, I probably would have froze,” Cheyenne Coggins of Meeteetse, recalling the rollover she survived earlier this month. Following the wreck, Coggins waited on the side of the highway for an hour before help arrived. For the full story, see page 7.

“After just a year, we decided we'd get married,” Earl Jones, recalling a decision he made in 1940. On Saturday, Earl and his wife, Opal, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary. Read about it on page 6.

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Tomorrow's Tribune: 12-29

A peek at tomorrow's paper using quotes that didn't make the cut...

“I’m sitting right out there, so I’ll put my headphones on,” a Powell volunteer firefighter overheard on emergency radio channels Thursday, as he prepped his ears for a imminent test of the city's fire whistles. The siren on West Eighth Street had been acting up a few minutes earlier, and the firefighter was on scene waiting for a system test. A bit about the minor malfunction on page 1.

“They made an offer for me to play and to pay for my school. That sounded pretty good to me,” University of Wyoming junior golfer Gabe Maier on how he came to play for the Cowboys. Maier, who currently ranks fourth in the Mountain West Conference, and teammate Clinton Boutelle, both of Cody, talk about their season on page 9 of Tuesday's Tribune.

“Overall, recession slows peoples' moves across states. (But) despite (Wyoming's) economic recession, which was mainly caused by the downturn in energy exploration, in-migration was still quite strong,” state senior economist Wenlin Liu, highlighting Wyoming's population increase between 2008 and 2009. Read a little about the state's rapid growth on the front page.

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Tomorrow's Tribune: 12-22

A peek at tomorrow's paper using quotes that didn't make the cut...

“I think it looks like a big ice cream cone,” Chuck Hewitt, city parks superintendent, commenting on the festively-decorated tree near the corner of Absaroka and Second Streets. In recognition of the centennial year, city crews gave Powell extra pizzazz for this year's holiday season. See page 8.

“I’m really excited about how much buzz it’s created here at the clinic,” Dr. Charlie Bennett, talking about Christmas donations he made to Big Brothers Big Sisters. Read about it on page 13 (Family).

“We find plenty of things to work on when we watch film,” Luke Danforth, head coach of the Powell High School girls basketball team, explaining that while the Lady Panthers are off to a stellar start, there's still room for improvement. Read about the PHS girls' latest victories on Sports (page 9).

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Candidate eyes governor run... in four years

Kevin Seney is a Republican candidate for governor of Wyoming.

With elections still months away, it may seem a little early. But you don't know the half of it: Seney's not running for governor in 2010 -- he's running in 2014.

Seney, who has run ads on Facebook advertising his candidacy, concedes that it's “way early,” but he says it’s no gimmick.

“We’re serious about it,” said Seney in a Thursday telephone interview. “I’ll definitely run.”

He's already lined up a former co-worker as a campaign manager, and as of this writing, Seney's page on Facebook had 574 fans from across the U.S. For those keeping score at home, that's 246 more than the 328 supporters belonging to Matt Mead, a Republican candidate actually running in 2010.* And Seney has another four and a half years to build support for the 2014 election year.

Seney, who has a background in the real estate industry, said he's been thinking about running for some time.

“I’m 50 years old and I’m kind of at the part where I’ve been there, done that,” he said. “There’s got to be something else to do out there.”

Seney said he likes to aim high, for things that “literally seem unattainable.” Hence shooting for the state's top office without prior political experience.

“I'm not going to run for mayor, I'm not going to run for councilman, I'm going to run for governor,” Seney recalls telling himself.

Though born and raised in Buffalo, until this past summer, Seney had most recently been “out chasing careers and raising kids and doing all that” in California.

That's why running for governor next year was literally unattainable -- to qualify as gubernatorial material, the Wyoming Constitution says you must have lived in the state for the past five years.

“It’s a valid question that 2014 is a long ways away, but it’s the first election I can run in,” said Seney, who now lives in Jackson with time also spent in Buffalo. He's in the process of selling his San Francisco-based real estate business.

The biggest issue of his burgeoning campaign is promoting a business-friendly attitude in the state.

“My feeling is that small business is struggling right now in Wyoming,” he said.

With Wyoming's people and resources and the connectivity of the Internet, he said there are serious opportunities for the state to support long-distance businesses.

For three months in 1924 and 1925, Seney's great-grandfather, Frank E. Lucas, actually was Wyoming's governor, but Seney said he personally has no political connections in the state. Not being a "career politician," and not having a boatload of money to throw at a campaign, Seney said he wants to run a grassroots effort. He notes the success of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in using online social networking tools to gain and communicate with supporters.

Next spring, while he works on a book, Seney plans to hit the road in an RV and start visiting the sometimes-overlooked smaller towns and cities across Wyoming.

The goal is to “find out what people are really concerned with in this state,” though Seney admits the process “might just scare me right out of (running). Who knows.”

Fortunately, he'll have plenty of time to figure it out.

*Ron Micheli, another Republican candidate for governor in 2010 had 788 fans on his Facebook page (where, incidentally, Seney advertisements have occasionally popped up).

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