Chase and his mother, Sylvia, have created a beautiful space in front of his business with a variety of flowers, herbs, and vegetables.

Although Friday evening, Aug. 25, started out grey and wet at the Pinedale Rodeo Grounds, everyone had a smile watching kids ride bronc-y wild ponies, steers and draft horses, throw some breakaway loops and chase a little goat in the damp arena.

Clint Atkinson, the large carnivore biologist for Wyoming Game and Fish in Sublette County, said, ‘The biggest threat to human safety is dirty camps. Bears go after anything with an aroma, even toothpaste. They also have a great memory and will go back to the exact spot they found food previously.’

“We had over 1,000 entries,” James said. “Along with the horse show, we also had a world champion cutting-horse trainer, Mike Wood from Arizona, offer a clinic where 20 participants were able to learn from him.”

Karla Knopic, a renowned gardener in Pinedale’s public spaces, and Kathy Lee, owner of Heart and Soul, have created a dazzling display of beauty using window boxes and multiple Sage and Snow flower barrels.

This conservation easement represents a crucial step in preserving the region's natural and cultural heritage. S

More than a dozen local painters, photographers and sketchers displayed samples of their works for bidders to win a unique opportunity for a pet portrait to be completed for Christmas delivery. People also bid on a lovely table of donated human, canine and feline gift baskets with many flavors and smells. The Pet Portrait Art Show will hang on the Pinedale Library’s Galley Wall through August.

When they are not busy showcasing their dancing and artistic powers, these superheroes return to their alter-egos as local elementary-aged participants in PFAC’s Dancers’ Workshop Visual/Arts Camp.

Hammond Helicopters, an outfit out of neighboring Utah, began spraying for the noxious weed in Sublette County on Aug. 15, with treatments planned for 3,900 acres.

he award is named in honor of Staff Sgt. Ralph Wenz, who was killed in a plane crash while testing cold-weather equipment in Alaska on Dec. 21, 1943, during World War II. The Wenz family reunion took place on the same weekend as the Rocky Mountain STOL Competition and the family organized the award, along with a $500 prize supplied by an anonymous donor, for a deserving pilot. The concept for the award was so popular that the National STOL Series decided to adopt the People’s Choice Award for each of its competitions, said Angela Douglas, part owner of Emblem Aviation.

The Pinedale Community Food Basket is among 54 worthy organizations to receive grant funding through the First Lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative this year. The Food Basket submitted an application in April and the request was reviewed by staff from the Wyoming Hunger Initiative, overseen by the board of directors of the Wyoming Governor’s Residence Foundation.

The event raised approximately $17,000 from corporate sponsors and Sublette County residents, said Louann Heydt, a member of the SCHF board who helped organize the fundraiser.

Big Piney-Marbleton Community Development teamed up with Pinedale Fine Arts Council to bring two Soundcheck Concerts to Big Piney and Marbleton this summer.

The Sublette County American Red Cross Disaster Action Team (DAT) welcomed four new members on Friday, Aug. 11.

“I think parts of our code need to be updated, Mason said. “Some (ordinances and changes) are not in my book. Things where the ‘practice’ doesn’t match the code.”

The Wyoming Game and Fish department has about 100 cans of bear spray to give away in Pinedale today, Aug. 23. The cans are free and distributed beginning at 10 a.m. on a first come, first serve basis to individuals holding a valid WY hunting or fishing license.

Phil Carr’s colorful wildflower gardens on Jackson Street in Pinedale caught the eyes of Sage and Snow Garden Club members, and they recognized him with their latest Garden of Beauty Award. Phil is living proof that one is never too old to plant and enjoy beautiful flowers.

Read and comment on the draft Wyoming Elk Feedground Management Plan at https://wgfd.wyo.gov/get-involved.

Council members agreed to sell the plot of land where the old town hall once stood at 210 W. Pine St. through a descending auction. The council directed town attorney Ed Wood to draft a resolution outlining the sale process to present to the council at an upcoming meeting. The resolution will set the official date for the auction. With a descending auction, the auctioneer establishes a high price and then drops the price down in increments until a buyer makes a bid. For example, in a Dutch auction, the seller agrees to set the initial offering at $1 million. The auctioneer then drops the price to $990,000, then $980,000 until a buyer makes a bid, or agrees to the price, at $970,000. In a Dutch auction, once the initial bid is made, the auction is over.

The family still puts up fresh-dried grass hay into “loose” haystacks that are actually anything but, the hay being carefully pitched, overlapped in layers and stacked until it’s shaped into the tall, wide loaves visible from Highway 191.