Lingle Guide

By: Rhett Breedlove

Updated: 3 days ago / Posted Aug 25, 2023

LINGLE – The Lingle Town Council reconvened promptly at 6 p.m. Wednesday night at the Lingle Community Center for a brief discussion of current events, as well as community projects soon to be underway.

The first order of business pertained to summer pool hours as fall quickly approaches, as well as how much longer the pool plans to stay open now that school has begun.

Lingle Mayor, Al Unverzagt, spoke on behalf of Pool Manager, Emily Cottrell, who was unable to attend the meeting.

“According to Emily, next week will be the last week,” Unverzagt said. “It will be open on Wednesday the 30th, from 4-6 p.m., and Friday, Sept. 1 from 1-5 p.m., and that will be the last day for open public. Next year, we would like to start [the season] sooner. Thank you for all the support this season. The weather was a challenge, but lifeguards were awesome, swimming was a hit, and we had a lot of out of towners.”

The meeting moved forward with discussion of needed repairs and maintenance for the Lingle Town Pool before next spring.

Lingle Maintenance Staff, Jeremy Ochsner and Logan Dailey, touched based on what will be needed this winter to make the appropriate upkeeps.

“This winter we are going to have a lot of repairs,” Dailey mentioned. “It’s getting fragile right at the bend or exit pipe where it comes out of the heater. We will have to take a good part of the pump where there’s several leaks. Fortunately, we have most of the materials we need, so it shouldn’t be too terrible.”

Dailey made it a point to revisit with the council a recently proposed community garden project. Dailey had reassuring news that it may indeed be installed sooner than originally expected, after recently speaking with John Edwards of the University of Wyoming.

“He called yesterday and said he has ordered materials to do a dome for the community garden. It will be covered with grants from the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, and it should be 100% paid for. He would like to start working on it Sept. 5 through the 8.”

Dailey further noted the project will involve a Lingle-Fort Laramie High School shop class willing to donate their time and effort in helping complete the project before winter.

“We explained permits to the kids and asked if they would be interested in helping build a geodome for the garden,” Dailey continued. “We could get it done within the next couple of weeks. I’d like to put it by the fire field, in an area where we have access to water and is already publicly owned. It would be 22 feet in diameter which is the same as what there is in Fort Laramie. There will be plenty of space for people to use, and if only a few people are interested they will have plenty of space to expand if we can.”

With no other pressing matters on the table for the evening’s meeting, Councilwoman Cathy Willhelm noted the extremely fun atmosphere at last weekend’s street dance featuring Cheyenne band Third Rail, as well as the pool community event Splish Splash that began earlier that same day.

“Splish Splash in conjunction with the fire department dance was a wonderful day,” Willhelm exclaimed. “It started with the walk and ended with the street dance. I tried to be involved as much as I could. I saw so many people laughing and enjoying themselves as well as the vendors. Many of them said they would be back next year. It was a great day, so kudos to everyone.”

The meeting was adjourned at 6:26 p.m.