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Last weekend, the Gillette Edge Soccer Club traveled to Billings to participate in the Magic City Classic Soccer tournament. It was a great tournament as always and the weather was a factor in all play with the rain and wind for the teams to battle against. This weekend the Edge U10 boys coached by Janie Miller attended the Stockman Bank Magic City Classic in Billings Mt. where they outscored their opponents 15-0 and took 1st place in their bracket. In game 1 against Magic City Micro boys team 3, Cade Ayers had a hat trick with 3 goals and Nathan King scored 2 goals. Willy Knigge also scored a goal. In game 2 against the Razor City Renegades Nate DelGrande had a goal scored from a corner kick. In game 3 against Yellowstone Fire, Mason Miller had 2 goals, Luke Hladky, Cole Diemling, Nate DelGrande, and Cade Ayers each had 1 goal. In game 4 against Magic City Micro Boys team 4 Cade Ayers and Luke Hladky each scored a goal. The Gillette Edge U11 Boys coached by Randy Milliron headed to Billings to take part in the Magic City soccer tournament. In their first match against MC Posse U12B-2 , they were a little rusty but still pulled out the 1-0 win. Isaac scored the only goal & Logan had many stops in goal to preserve the win. In their second game against the MC Posse U12B, the weather turned for the worse when the rain and wind came. However, the boys took never let up and went onto win 4-1. Goals from Alex (2), Ryan (1), and Zach (1) proved too much for the Posse. In their third game, against the Magic City Micro boys-5 traveling team, they faced their toughest match of the tournament. Playing with the wind in the first half, the Micro boys took advantage of breakdowns on defense and scored two goals. However, in the second half, the Edge U11 boys scored two goals of their own from Cameron & Zach to tie the game. They kept the pressure on and the ball hardly ever made it to our defensive side of the field. In fact, they almost won the game in the closing minutes. In their final game of the tournament, they took on the Magic City Micro-6 traveling team. We mixed up the lineups and many of the boys played different positions than they normally do. We ended up winning 2-0 with goals from Isaac & Zach. The final goal of the tournament was pretty exciting with Nathan taking a corner kick and bending it into Zach who was waiting right in front of the goal. He jumped and made a spectacular move to put the ball past the goalie. ”I am very excited about the progress all of our boys made this weekend” Coach Randy Milliron said. “They were able to play tough and even if they fell behind in a match, they never gave up.” Everyone excelled at the positions they were asked to play this weekend. Our boys needed this confidence builder to get ready for the Snickers Cup which is next weekend in Sheridan, Wyoming. The Gillette Edge U11 Boys are Nathan Brown, Caden Carlson, Alex Choy, Dillon Cole, Cameron Durgin, Isaac Howell,

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Submitted by Kim Betton The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners celebrate this year the 40th anniversary of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), one of the nation’s most important conservation laws. The groundbreaking legislation, enacted on October 21, 1972, helps to conserve our nation’s marine mammals – including polar bears, sea otters, walruses, and manatees – as well as the ocean ecosystems that support them. Under the MMPA’s protections, populations of formerly declining species such as the West Indian Manatee, California sea lion, Paciﬁc harbor seal and elephant seal have steadily increased. The MMPA has also played a key role in helping to reduce conﬂicts

between polar bears and humans in Alaska. All marine mammals are protected under the MMPA, and some are also protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The Service has joint jurisdiction for marine mammals under the MMPA with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries). The protection of marine mammals and their ecosystems is especially important in the face of climate uncertainty and multiple threats to the marine environment. Additionally, conservation of these iconic species and their habitats helps support livelihoods, such as subsis-

with certain exceptions, the “take” of marine mammals in U.S. waters and by U.S. citizens on the high seas, and the importation of marine mammals and marine mammal products into the U.S. It also prohibits possession, transport, export, or offer to purchase, sell, or export marine mammals or products created from them. In addition, the MMPA established the Marine Mammal Commission, an independent governmental entity charged with providing oversight of marine mammal conservation policies and programs being carried out by federal regulatory agencies. The Service will celebrate the anniversary of the MMPA with educational awareness activities and events throughout this year. For more information visit http://www.fws.gov/ FHC . Additional information including video links and fact sheets about the MMPA can be found at: http://www.fws.gov/mmpamediatoolkit.html

tence use, ecotourism, and ﬁsheries, in many coastal communities. The Service’s National Wildlife Refuge System plays an important role in protecting marine mammals. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge protects vital polar bear denning areas; Hawaiian Islands and Midway Atoll refuges conserve breeding habitat for the critically-endangered Hawaiian monk seal; Crystal River refuge in Florida was established in 1983 speciﬁcally for the protection of the endangered West Indian manatee; and Monomoy refuge south of Cape Cod is the largest haul-out site of gray seals on the Atlantic seaboard with approximately 5,000 seals. The MMPA prohibits,

Department changes prevention funding distribution Submitted by Kim Deti - Wyoming Department of Health

The Wyoming Department of Health is changing the way substance abuse and suicide prevention funding is managed and distributed across the state in an effort to save money and encourage effective prevention strategies. Department representatives notified community prevention organizations in March of plans to move to a single fiscal agent model on July 1. The change involves one prevention management organization charged with hiring local staff and distributing funding across the state. The Community Resource Center of Johnson County will fill this role. Tom Forslund, Wyoming Department of Health director, said the department is fully committed to this approach, as well as to working with community coalition partners. Forslund said discussions began on integrating prevention efforts some years ago. “However, the actual implementation has seemed to surprise a num-

ber of our valued community coalition partners,” he said. “It has become clear we should have done a better job with our communication efforts about this process. For that, we apologize.” “WDH staff will actively seek local stakeholder input about essential issues as we move forward. It is important for the lines of communication to remain open,” Forslund said. According to Dr. Wendy Braund, state health officer and Public Health Division senior administrator, the single fiscal agent concept will help make the most of prevention dollars in the face of decreased funding. “We expect to see increased efficiency and accountability, as well as a sharper focus on evidencebased prevention strategies,” she said. Braund noted the current practice involves 52 separate contracts, each bearing administrative costs of about 8 to 11 percent. “By combining these numerous contracts for separate

‘ﬁscal agents’ into one contract with one entity, we will be able to save signiﬁcant money on our administrative costs,” she explained. “With increasingly tight budgets expected, we believe it is in Wyoming’s best interest to spend as much available funding on actual prevention activities in our communities as possible rather than on administrative costs.” Braund said funding distribution has not been based on actual population numbers or local severity of problems. “Our future funding model will consider population and which areas have the highest incidences or rates of substance misuse and which areas contribute most to the costs and harmful consequences of substance misuse,” she said. “Of course we also recognize that every county has a certain level of need for prevention activities.” Each county will have at least one prevention staff member and will receive a base amount of funding.

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Submitted by April Getchius Aging Division Senior Administrator - Wyoming Department of Health The expected aging of America’s population has been known for some time, but the numbers can help remind us why it is an important situation we can’t afford to ignore, especially here in Wyoming. The 2010 census revealed that more than 12 percent of Wyoming’s population was 65 years or older. By 2030, it is estimated 32.2 percent of Wyoming’s population will be over 60. At that point, we will be the fourth oldest state in the union. No doubt, Wyoming is an aging state. Our changing population demographics should serve as a call for Wyoming to consider the best ways to meet the challenges an aging population will create for our state. Will we have enough healthcare providers? Do we need more housing and home care options? We need serious conversations about these questions for ourselves, for our families, for our communities and for Wyoming as a whole. The Wyoming Department of Health’s Aging Division offers services, support and resources to Wyoming’s older residents. In particular, we encourage

options such as in-home care, housekeeping and meals. When these services are available they allow older Wyoming residents to remain in their homes longer, which is far less expensive than living in a nursing home. Lower costs help these folks and their families, as well as the growing budgets for public, taxpayer-ﬁnanced programs such as Medicaid that already pay for a large percentage of Wyoming’s nursing home bills. We have many providers across the state such as senior centers and home health agencies that serve our residents with outstanding programs and opportunities. They deserve our appreciation. However, it’s not just a one-way street. Wyoming’s seniors serve and enrich our communities as well. May happens to be “Older Americans Month.” The national theme this year, “Never Too Old to Play,” can serve to spotlight the important role older adults play in sharing their experience, wisdom and understanding, and passing on that knowledge to other generations in a variety of signiﬁcant ways.

Lifelong participation in social, creative, and physical activities has proven health beneﬁts, including retaining mobility, muscle mass and cognitive abilities. Studies show that robust interactions with family, friends and neighbors across generations are good for everyone involved. For example, young people who have signiﬁcant relationships with a grandparent or elder report these relationships help shape their values, goals and life choices and give them a sense of identity and roots. In addition, current trends show that people over age 60 account for an evergrowing percentage of participants in community service positions, faith-based organizations, online social networking as well as arts and recreational groups. We all win when older adults continue to contribute to our communities through spirited participation. Older Americans Month offers a great opportunity to celebrate our most beloved citizens, as well as to consider the best ways to ensure they have the care and options for living they deserve.

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In May 1776 Adams persuaded congress to approve his resolution calling on the colonies to adopt new (presumably independent) governments. He then assembled a preamble to this resolution which elaborated on it, and which congress approved on May 15. These two resolutions were, as Adams put it, “independence itself” and set the stage for the formal passage of the Declaration of Independence. Once the initial resolution and preamble passed in May, independence became inevitable, though had to be declared formally. On June 7, 1776, Adams seconded the resolution of independence introduced by Richard Henry Lee which stated, “These colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states,” and championed the resolution until it was adopted by Congress on July 2, 1776.

Whooping Cough epidemic signals importance of vaccination With a current pertussis (whooping cough) epidemic being declared in one western state and cases rising in at least one neighboring state, Wyoming’s state health ofﬁcer is encouraging vaccination to help ensure vulnerable residents are protected from the disease. Washington recently declared a pertussis epidemic, with more than 1,100 cases reported so far this year. Montana is experiencing local outbreaks and higher number of pertussis cases than usual with more than 90 reported so far this year. Ten pertussis cases have been reported to the Wyoming Department of Health so far this year, compared to 13 total in 2011 and 14 in 2010. Actual case numbers may be higher as some cases are likely not identi-

ﬁed and reported. “While we are not seeing especially dramatic levels of pertussis activity in Wyoming at this time, what other states have experienced should remind us all about the importance of vaccines,” said Dr. Wendy Braund, state health ofﬁcer and Public Health Division senior administrator with the Wyoming Department of Health. Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease; about half of Wyoming’s cases this year involved children who had not been vaccinated. “The most severe danger we see from pertussis is for babies who are too young to be fully vaccinated,” Braund said. “Babies can catch the illness from a family member or other caregiver who may not even realize they have the disease.”

Four arrested after traveling meth lab found By Paul Wallem - Basin Radio News While serving an arrest warrant to a male passenger inside a pickup parked at the Holiday Plaza in Gillette, law enforcement ended up arresting four adults after discovering a portable methamphetamine lab. Corporal John Lawrence with the Gillette Police Department says the sheriff’s office asked police to assist deputies in serving an arrest warrant shortly after noon on Wednesday. “During the warrant service a canine unit conducted a free air sniff around a 2003 black GMC pickup,” Lawrence explains. “The canine indicated to the odor of a controlled substance.” According to Campbell County Undersheriff Scott Matheny, law enforcement discovered a marijuana roach inside the pickup’s center console, a loaded model 1911 pistol next to the driver’s seat, and a portable methamphetamine shake lab on the floor behind the back seat. The male passenger and the male driver were both arrested on misdemeanor charges. Meanwhile, two females were arrested shortly thereafter after they allegedly fled the area when law enforcement arrived on scene. “Two females, one 33 and one 38, were contacted after being observed near the vehicle and trying to leave the area quickly,” Lawrence describes. “They went inside the Prudential Real Estate and into the bathroom area.” After leaving the building, Lawrence says police searched the bathroom with a canine and found a bag of suspected marijuana and a glass pipe commonly used

to smoke meth stashed inside the garbage. “The 33-year old female was arrested for possession of a controlled substance—marijuana and methamphetamine—after she ﬂed the scene and was located behind a dumpster,” Lawrence says. “The 38year old female was also arrested for possession of suspected marijuana and possession of suspected methamphetamine after ofﬁcers located methamphetamine in her purse and minor traces of marijuana as well.” According to Lawrence, law enforcement contacted DCI in regards to the portable methamphetamine shake lab. Matheny adds that DCI is continuing the investigation and that additional criminal charges are possible.

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Braund said the Tdap adolescent/adult pertussis booster vaccine is important. “We recommend this vaccine, especially for those who spend time with new infants,” Braund said. “If you are pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant, you should talk to your doctor about the Tdap vaccine. It’s also good to make sure all people around your baby are vaccinated, including siblings, grandparents, other family members and childcare staff.” More than half of infants less than 1 year of age who become ill with pertussis must be hospitalized; in some cases it can be deadly. In 2010, California experienced an epidemic with 10 infant deaths and more than 9,000 reported cases. Pertussis typically begins with cold-like symptoms

and perhaps a mild cough. Pertussis is often not suspected or diagnosed until a persistent cough with spasms sets in after one to two weeks. Infants and children can cough violently and rapidly with a loud “whooping” sound. Braund also recommended that it is important to keep infants away from individuals who have an illness characterized by coughing.

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Community Douglas Gerard announces his candidacy for Wyoming House District 3

Douglas Gerard, a conservative Republican, is dedicated to improving his community. Because of this dedication Mr. Gerard is announcing his candidacy for Wyoming House District 3. Mr. Gerard understands that House District 3 will be an exciting challenge because of its size and diverse make up. Spanning rural Campbell and Converse Counties and including parts of Gillette, Wright and Douglas, the district will require an elected representative that is willing to spend the time to travel the district to hear the issues and concerns of the entire district. This is a challenge Mr. Gerard is ready to accept. “First and foremost Wyoming must cut spending with the uncertainty of the next few years. As a state we must ﬁnd a way to balance spending and

taxes while still providing all the vital services Wyoming needs.” Mr. Gerard believes, “The last budget and the Governors recent eight percent cuts are good, but we must be aggressive in keeping costs down.” Mr. Gerard was called “the proud father of a proposed constitutional amendment” by one of Gillette’s legislators when the Wyoming Health Care Freedom Amendment was passed in the last general session. Back in 2008 before the election of President Obama and the passage of Obama-care Mr. Gerard worked with Campbell County’s legislators to amend the Wyoming constitution to ensure each citizen had the right to make their own health care decisions without government interference. The Wyoming Health Care Freedom

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Campbell County Memorial Hospital Behavioral Health Services awarded three year CARF accreditation CARF International announced that Behavioral Health Services at Campbell County Memorial Hospital has been accredited for a period of three years for its outpatient treatment services for adults, adolescents and children. This is the ﬁrst accreditation that the international accrediting body, CARF, has awarded to Behavioral Health Services. This accreditation represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization, and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a three-year ac-

creditation has submitted to a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable and accountable. Behavioral Health Services offers a wide variety of services to help improve the quality of life for its clients, including assessment, medication clinics, individual and group therapy, substance abuse treatment, parenting classes and suicide prevention programs. Some clients may qualify under the program’s sliding fee scale. For more information, contact BHS at 688.5000.

“We are very proud to receive this three-year accreditation”, said Peter Edis, Director of Behavioral Health Services. “It reinforces our commitment to put the needs of our clients at the center of everything we do.” CARF is an independent, nonproﬁt accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation facilities, and now known as CARF, the accrediting

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Submitted by Empire Guesthouse & RV Park in Pine Haven Fishing at Keyhole this past week has been decent for crappie, smallmouth bass & northern. The walleye are still eluding most fishermen, but they’re here in good numbers according to Game & Fish Dept samplings. They are not hanging out in areas where they were usually found, probably due to the lake being full and early warm water temperatures for this time of year. The fisherman that gets out and tries something different in different areas will most likely be more successful. The Wyoming Walleye Circuit will be holding their Keyhole tournament this weekend. We’ll see how the pros do this weekend. If you have an interest in maybe fishing walleye tournaments someday, you can come to their rules meeting at 5:00pm on Friday May 18th and their awards presentation Sunday around 4:00pm. All their events will be held at the Empire Guesthouse in Pine Haven. For some, the crappie fishing has been great and others not so great. Presentation and location is the key. Some successful fishermen I talked to last week were using minnows and slip bobbers, fishing 4’-5’ deep, fishing the edges of brush. Not all brush is holding fishing so you need to be willing to move around until you find them. Try Coulter Bay, Rocky Point, or the dam. These areas can also be good for bank fishermen.

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The smallmouth has also been showing up in good numbers with some in the 2-3 pound range being caught. The smallmouths at Keyhole are an overlooked fish, as most are taken by walleye and crappie fishermen. Pound for pound, smallmouths are the fightingest fish in the lake. Try small cranks and jigs around rocky areas. Game & Fish biologists will be doing spring sampling this week and we will report on their findings next week. Also, Game & Fish stocked gizzard shad last week which is a prime forage fish for walleye and northern. Probably the last thing Keyhole needed was more feed, but the shad will take some of the pressure off of the smaller walleye and crappie and is a very high quality food source. Glendo Reservoir has a large population of them and is a great walleye fishery, so we’ll see how it works here. We’ve been told by park officials that they are going to try and have the Wind Creek area open by Memorial Day. Wind Creek is a popular area for bank fishermen and campers. On a final note, don’t forget to bring your catch by the Empire Guesthouse to get photographed and give us a fishing report to get entered in our monthly drawing. We have 2 categories: adult and kids under 12. Good luck!

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By Paul Wallem - Basin Radio News The Campbell County Board of Commissions accepted Campbell County Memorial Hospital’s counteroffer to purchase the old Rec Center site along South Douglas Highway for the amount of $2 million during Tuesday morning’s commissioners meeting. According to Campbell County administrator Robert Palmer, the hospital plans to use the nearly 9 acre site for the new Pioneer Manor. Palmer estimated the value of the land at $2.5 million and said the commissioners believed the sale was a good ﬁt following more than two years of various offers. “They felt it’s a good use of the land, the price being close to what the last market value was, and because it’s another governmental entity they felt like they certainly wanted to work with the hospital on the direction they wanted to go,” Palmer says.

Prior to closing on September 30, the hospital may conduct whatever inspections of the property they deem necessary. If the hospital discovers any environmental contamination or other condition that would cost more than $100,000 to clean up, the hospital board has the option to void the purchase transaction. Under the purchase agreement, the hospital agreed to take reasonable steps to preserve the existing trees on the site in its development plan. If the hospital must move any trees, they agreed to take reasonable efforts to salvage and transplant the trees to locations in Lasting Legacy Park designated by the county. Palmer adds that prior to Tuesday’s agreement the county already received a demolition bid to tear down the waterslide at the old Rec Center location.

Joke of the week Submitted by Connie

Like being a Frog, I guess Being Green

Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days.” The young clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations.” She was right -- our generation didn’t have the green thing in its day. Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day. Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we reused for numerous things, most memorable besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags. But too bad we didn’t do the green thing back then. We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby’s diapers because we didn’t have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right; we didn’t have the green thing back in our day. Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn’t have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she’s right; we didn’t have the green thing back then. We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn’t have the green thing back then. Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint. But isn’t it sad, the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn’t have the green thing back then?

VA officials extend comment period to June 30 Honoring requests by the South Dakota congressional delegation, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Disabled American Veterans, VA has agreed to extend the comment period for the public to give input on the re-configuration plan proposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Integrated Service Network (VISN) 23 and VA Black Hills Health Care System to June 30, 2012. On June 30, the period for comment on the proposed re-configuration plan and submission of any alternate proposals ends. Since December 12, 2011, VISN 23 and VA Black Hills Health Care System officials have been hosting town hall meetings in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming to share information about the

strategic planning proposals which focus on ensuring health care quality and safety, and strategies that bring health care services closer to where Veterans live. The community has been fully engaged in these discussions and the feedback has been thoughtful and productive. “We want to hear from our Veterans and the community. This extended feedback period will give those who have not had sufﬁcient time to submit their comments or concerns some additional time to have their voices heard” said Steve DiStasio, Director VA Black Hills Health Care System. “We welcome their input.” Veterans, family members, community and business leaders, and the

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CCMH celebrates grand opening of the expansion on May 18

Campbell County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) celebrates the Grand Opening of the Expansion on Friday, May 18, 2012. After almost three years of construction, the CCMH Expansion is about to open for employees, patients and visitors. The $68 million project began almost three years ago with the construction of a 284-space parking garage, which was completed in October 2010. The new helipad on the roof of the ambulance bay was finished in March 2011 and includes access directly into the second floor of the hospital. Visitor lobbies on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th floors of the hospital have also been remodeled. The Grand Opening on May

18 will showcase Phase 2 of the project; featuring a new Main Entrance and Lobby with a covered, climate-controlled walkway from the parking garage, a Coffee Shoppe, grand staircase to the Dining Room and private patient registration ofﬁces. The highlight of this phase is our four new surgery suites, two endoscopy suites and spacious outpatient surgery department with separate rooms for patients to prepare for, and recover from surgery in privacy. The ground ﬂoor of the project houses a new Administrative suite, Human Resources, Information Systems and expansions to the kitchen and Plant Operations.

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6:30-9 am Self-guided tours for CCMH employees 10:30 am-12 pm Self-guided tours for the CCMH Medical Staff 12 pm-5 pm Self-guided tours for the public 12:30 pm Dedication Ceremony, covered parking area in the Expansion Introduction and Welcome: -Bob Morasko, CEO Invocation: CCMH Chaplain Bob Rudichar Remarks -Tom Murphy, Mayor of Gillette Micky Shober, Campbell County Commissioner -Norine Kasperik, Wyoming Representative -Rodney Biggs, MD, Chair, Department of Surgery -George Dunlap, CCMH Trustee 1:30 pm Lunch, served in the Dining Room

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Mother’s Day writing contest winner Michelle Vogel, owner of Home Management Services, wrote in to the Campbell County Observer for our Mother’s Day contest. Her mom, Lorely Fisher, passed on at the age of 38 when Michelle was only 10 years old. Below is her article. My mother is the best person I have ever known. When I was young, she taught me that hard work and dedication pay off, and that often it is more important to be kind than to be right. She taught me that being my own woman is not only valuable, amazing and strong, it is enough. She taught me that men are a wonderful addition to our lives, but that women are powerful in their own right and that while a woman can be enhanced by a man’s love, she is never to be deﬁned by it, or by the lack of it. She taught me that nature, babies, the elderly and those who are unable to take care of themselves are not our responsibility. They

are a gift from the Universe to be respected, nurtured and loved at all costs. She showed me that letting people know what I think and how I feel is the highest form of self-respect. She taught me that light is the result of dark, joy the result of sorrow and life the result of death. She taught me that knowledge is powerful and can never be taken from me. She taught be to embrace change with an open mind. She taught me table manners, how to cuss and how to enjoy a drive with the top down and Johnny Cash blaring on a turned up radio while I sing off key with everything I’ve got. She taught me how to love, how to live and how to stand up for what I believe in. She taught me how to be me. Michelle won a gift basket from Mary Kay (Katie Payne) Rep, Free Massage (Active Living Chiropractic) and Hickey Unlimited (free gift or service).

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DORIS SHERBURNE Funeral services for Doris Sherburne, of Gillette, formerly of Kadoka, S.D. will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May16, 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church in Gillette with Pastor Joel Wright officiating. Interment will follow at 2:00 p.m. in the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, S.D. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2012 at Walker Funeral Home. Mrs. Sherburne, age 92, passed away at the Pioneer Manor on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Doris Marian Elliott was born May 22, 1919 at Frederick, South Dakota to George and Mary Elliott. She graduated from Barnard Consolidated High School at Barnard in 1937. Doris received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Northern State University at Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1941. She taught in the High School in Howard, South Dakota for two years and then spent a year in California doing office work at a manufacturing plant in Sunnyvale. On July 12, 1944 she married John H. Sherburne at Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas. She then worked in offices or had teaching positions as they moved to various military posts during John’s time in the Army Air Corps during World War 11. In 1946, after John’s honorary discharge, they moved to Belvidere, South Dakota where Doris taught in the Belvidere High School. After a couple years there they then made the decision to move to the family farm where they lived until 1982 when she and John retired to Kadoka. She taught several years at the Wanblee Public School and Wanblee Day Schools. She and John had a very special, loving marriage for 50 years. Doris was a member of the Wanblee Ladies Aid, served on the County Library Board for many years and was a 4-H leader.. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Order of the Eastern Star where she served as a Post Worthy Matron. She also belonged to the Tri County Senior Citizens organization. She organized community fund raising card parties for the American Heart Association for many years. Doris loved to garden and always had the best vegetables and beautiful flowers. She enjoyed playing cards, reading, sewing, quilting, baking and crocheting. Each of her children and grandchildren received one of her beautiful crocheted afghans. Doris always had many wonderful Scottish/ Irish sayings which delighted her grandchildren. She was a marvelous cook and enjoyed collecting and reading cookbooks. There was always room for 1 more around her table and always cookies in the cookie jar. Doris is survived by four sons: Richard John (Bonnita) Sherburne of Omaha, Nebraska, Andrew George (Lana) Sherburne of Ft. Collins, Colorado, Bruce Lee (Sally) Sherburne of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and James Elliott (Marla) Sherburne of Kirksville, Missouri; 2 daughters: San-

dra Kay (Dave) Olsen of Gillette, Wyoming and Susan Mary (Earland) Thompson of Riverton, Wyoming, 13 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, 1 sister Jean Rahja of Aberdeen, South Dakota; 2 sisters inlaw: Mabel Clark of Armour, South Dakota and Isabelle Jacobson of Pierre, South Dakota, and many nieces and nephews, as well as other relatives and friends. Doris was preceded in death by her parents, her loving husband, John, 1 brother and sister in law, William and Betty Elliott, 1 sister, Evelyn Elliott, 1 brother-in-law, Gilbert Rahja, 2 nephews, William Elliott Jr., and Todd VanDerWerff. In lieu of ﬂowers memorials are suggested in Doris’ name. Memorial and condolences can be sent in her name in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 W. 5th St. Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or condolences via the internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.com.

daughter-in-law Judy Record and her 3 children, Kristine (Dale) Nelson, Tom (Tracey), Danielle’ (Tom) and their families, including 10 great-grandchildren as well as wonderful friends and neighbors. Thelma is preceded in death by her husband, Ralph, son Tom and daughter Barb. Memorials in Thelma’s name are suggested to beneﬁt the Campbell County Senior Center. Donations and condolences can be sent in Thelma’s name in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 W. 5th St., Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences can also be sent via our website at www.gillettememorialchapel.com. Photo by Paul Wallem - Basin Radio

Animal Control Ofﬁcer Phyllis Jassek and one of the two animal shelter cats, Chubby, at the City/County Animal Shelter.

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THELMA RECORD Funeral services for Thelma Record will be held 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church in Gillette, with Darryl Lynde officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:007:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Record, age 91, of Gillette Memorial Chapel passed away Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the Transitional Care Unit in Pioneer Manor. Thelma Mary Record was born on March 21, 1921 in Miles City, Montana the daughter of Lester A. and Iva M. (Linn) Zimmerschied. She attended school in many places, including country school, Denver and graduated from Sundance High School. Upon the completion of high school she attended beauty school. She was introduced to Ralph E. Record by her grandmother and they were married Dec. 23, 1939 at the Methodist church in Sundance. The couple made their home in Gillette raising their three children: Tom, Sherry and Barb together. It was a very special occasion when the entire family was baptized together at the Presbyterian church, where they were members. The family spent lots of time in the Bighorns and at Keyhole Lake. Once the children were in high school Thelma worked in several downtown stores, often telling fond stories of her work at The Queen Bee. Active in the community, Thelma was a Past Matron of the Eastern Star and a Past President of P.E.O. She loved to play Bridge, belonging to several clubs and also playing at the Senior Center. She enjoyed bowling, golfing, ceramics, water skiing, dancing, fishing, cooking and reading. She was a big fan of the Broncos and a sports fan in general. Thelma enjoyed watching all of her children’s, grandchildren’s and great-grandchildren’s activities until her health would no longer allow. Thelma is survived by her daughter, Sherry Okray and her husband Mickey and their 2 sons, Darrell (Tammy), Randy (Angie) and families; son-in-law Ben Reeves and his 3 children Jamie (Dusty) Pedersen, Casey (Jamie), Ryan and their families;

Family to receive friends from 1:00-3:00 p.m., Friday, May 11, 2012 at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Nora Louise Robinson, known to her friends and family as Louise or Ma, was born on August 10, 1928 in Angus, Texas. She went into Christ’s Arms to be with her father, J.E. Gill, her mother, Rosie (Mackey) Gill and four brothers and younger sister on May 6, 2012 in Gillette, Wyoming. Ma had many joys in life: going for walks, sightseeing - any and all nature, playing games with her greatgrandson and other local children. Louise also enjoyed getting out in the sun trying to aggravate Gene as he worked in the ﬂower garden. She was always joking and laughing, and took it personal if anyone near her had a frown. Louise always said that a person can always ﬁnd something to smile about no matter how bad a person felt, because if one could smile it would become contagious and a person would start feeling better. Ma, Louise will be sorely missed for her dry wit and humor, her smile and most of all her hugs and love. Louise is survived by her son, Alfred Eugene “Gene” Robinson and his wife Linda; granddaughter, Kristie Mitchell and her husband Craig and great-grandson; sister, Bessie Darr of Red Oak, Texas; brothers: Alvie Gill and wife Sue of Lancaster, Texas and Chester Gill of Arlington, Texas and as well as many nieces and nephews. Memorials and condolences for Louise may be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 W. 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or condolences via the internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.com.

While the summer is great for tan lines and outdoor recreation, the heat can take a toll on our fourlegged friends. Of particular concern is heat stroke, and Phyllis Jassek, animal control ofﬁcer for the City/County Animal Shelter strongly urges pet owners to never leave their pets inside a vehicle. This is true even on moderately warm days. “If it’s 80 degrees outside it gets 120 degrees in your vehicle in less than 10 minutes if your windows are rolled up,” Jassek explains. “It’s best to leave your animals at home, they don’t need to go to the store.” At the same time, Jassek says it’s not a good idea to leave food outside for your pet, as it can attract nuisance animals like skunks. “So leave the food inside,” encourages Jassek. “Do keep water outside for them at all times. Fresh wa-

ter is important to animals just like people. In fact, Jassek says larger dogs may appreciate having a small, plastic swimming pool ﬁlled with water. “Especially the big dogs love to play in it,” she says. “They have a way to cool off with that, especially the bigger dogs that have lots of hair they need something to cool off in.” As for their drinking water, Jassek reminds pet owners to make sure their dogs can’t tip over their drinking bowls. “Tie it up; hook it up to a gate or something so they can’t knock it over,” she says. Jassek urges pet owners to keep their pets current on their rabies shots, since the fatal virus is always prevalent in Northeast Wyoming. She also says your pet needs an ID of some kind.

“If you live in the city they need to be licensed,” she says. “Just make sure they have some ID on them so if they do get lost we can get them back to you.” The warmer temperatures also mean your neighbor’s dogs will be spending more days, and nights, outside. If a neighborhood dog keeps you awake at night and your neighbor refuses to take the dog inside, Jassek says you can call the police. She also encourages anyone who sees a dog running loose to call the police department as well. “We don’t want them to get run over or injured,” she says. “Call the police department and they’ll send us over there.” The non-emergency number for the Gillette Police Department is 6825155.

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Growing in my garden Submitted by K Hall With spring in the air thoughts turn to spending more time outdoors and of course the garden. There is a “growing” trend to eat healthier and know what we are eating and what better way to track your diet than to grow some of your own? From growing a large garden that will supply your family with most of their vegetables for the year, yes even in the winter if you do a bit of preserving, to just a few pots with a sampling of vegetables, gardening is something everyone can do. So let’s get started! You must decide what your capabilities and ambitions are before you begin. If you have never gardened before you want to start small. Nothing dampens the “growing” spirit like biting off more than you can chew! If your available area is small or nonexistent then a few pots with some of your favorites will get you off to a perfect start. Pick large containers, at least 12” across the top and 16”-18” deep minimum to give your plants plenty of room to expand their roots and to counterbalance the large tops that some container vegetables can grow. Larger is even better. You’ll want to purchase a good quality potting mix made speciﬁcally for pots. This is one area you do not want to skimp on as your plants entire life will balance on the potting mix you choose. DO NOT use soil from your yard or purchase topsoil from your local garden center. Soil is not a medium suited for growing in pots. You will need a light, soil-less potting mix that will hold mois-

ture and not pack for your pots. I use Miracle Gro with moisture control. It is relatively inexpensive and works reasonably well. My favorite container vegetable is the tomato. Not the massive beefsteak that will cover your sandwich with one slice but the mouthwatering cherry tomato that will supply you with handfuls of brightly colored bites for snacking or adding to your salads. The larger tomatoes are not suited for pot growing as the plants can become massive and need much more room than a pot can supply but the smaller varieties are perfectly suited for stashing in your large pots on a sunny porch. Selecting a healthy plant from a local grower will give you an opportunity to talk to someone who has experience with our climate and conditions and can advise you on the varieties that will work best for your situation. Now that you have your pot, potting mix and plant it is time to put it all together. If your potting mix is dry and dusty moisten it slightly so it will be easier to work with. When planting most times you will want to set the plant to the level it was growing in its nursery container but tomatoes are an exception to the rule. Tomatoes will grow roots along the stem if it is planted too deeply so we want to take advantage of this trait. Cover the bottom of your pot with a layer of potting mix and ﬁrm gently. Measure your new plant (tomato only) so that only the top several layers of leaves are above pot level. Fill your pot to the point that will keep your plant at this

level. Gently clip off any leaves that would be below soil level then remove the nursery container and set your plant centered in the pot. Fill your pot with potting mix to 1/2”-3/4” below the rim so that water can be added without spilling over. As you add potting mix support your plant and gently ﬁrm the mixture every few inches so that there are no air pockets and so minimal settling will occur. Now that your new plant is nestled in its new home gently water it through several applications until it is thoroughly moistened and water drains from the bottom of your pot. (Yes, there needs to be a drain hole or two in every pot)! Protect your new plant from harsh afternoon sun, wind and cool temperatures watering as required to keep it moist but not soggy. If the top inch of potting mix is dry your plant needs water. As your tomato grows it will need support to keep the fruit from toppling the plant. A tomato cage, trellis or even the porch rail can provide the support required to keep your plant upright and healthy. Nutrients in your potting mix will quickly be depleted by your hungry plant so fertilize occasionally to keep it growing. (Please read the directions on the fertilizer to determine if it is appropriate for your plant and follow the application directions and amounts.) With a little care and patience in a few months you will be enjoying the fruits of your labor. Enjoy the experience of eating local! Happy Gardening!

Landfill tipping fees will go up By Paul Wallem - Basin Radio News The Campbell County Commissioners unanimously approved to raise tipping fees at the landfill from $60 a ton to $75 a ton over three years during Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners meeting. The five commissioners, Campbell County Public Works engineering service manager Phillip Giffin, Ryan Sanitation owner Mike Ryan, and other local sanitation operators debated the merits of higher landfill fees for nearly one hour. Giffin explains the tipping fees will go up to $65 per ton on July 1 this year. One year later the fees will increase again to $70. Finally, the tipping fees will go up to $75 per ton on July 1, 2014. Last week, Ryan spent an entire day calling each commissioner to say that his solid waste disposal business would be negatively impacted if the commissioners raised landfill tipping fees by as much as 25 percent at one once. At the time, Ryan concurred that gradual increases would be better. Following Tuesday’s meeting, Ryan said the commissioner’ decision to phase the increases in over a three year period was consider-

ate, although he disagrees with the commissioners over how high the fee had to be raised. “I don’t really think they need to be at $75 but that’s what they got,” Ryan says. Additionally, the commissioners unanimously approved a $120 handling fee for when additional sorting is required by landfill staff. “We run two operations; we run an MSW [municipal solid waste] pit,” Giffin describes. “In that MSW pit the material is bailed and bagged to prevent litter, and we also run a construction and demo pit, and in the construction and demo pit no MSW can go into that. Also in both pits we have to do screening to make sure no hazardous waste are in either location.” In the meantime, Ryan describes the $120 handling fee as an extreme fine, saying it’s just too much money. “If they don’t particularly like that load or something like this, and they have to go in there and pull something out, you’re going to pay $120 for it,” says Ryan. While discussing the issues of consistency and establishing a protocol for how the handling fee will be levied, Campbell County Commissioners Dan

Coolidge said he wanted to have a series of workshops for Ryan and others in the sanitation industry. These workshops would cover, in part, an appeals process and establishing how the $120 would be charged. The conversations discussing the future workshops, however, were vague according to Ryan. “That’s why I went back to the podium and asked, ‘who determines if it’s a finable situation or not?’ He just said the two managers on duty at the landfill would make that decision, and then they said, ‘Well we need to take pictures and then have the driver sign immediately or have the driver’s supervisor come and look at the load also.’” Ryan concludes, “So we built some—very few but some—safeguards in it.” Ryan says he will definitely attend the workshops to discuss how such protocols will be created. Giffin says it will be good to have clear communications with the commercial waste haulers. “They will have needs also in order to pass that information on to their customers for the betterment of the whole system,” says Giffin.

May 9, 2012

- At 12:51PM to 702 Sunburst Ct. for a carbon monoxide alarm. Nothing found, believe it may have been due to starting a motorcycle in the garage. - At 2:14 PM to Robin Dr. for a rescue, units were cancelled en route. - At 4:15 PM to assist the Sheriff’s Office with a clandestine methamphetamine drug lab. - At 4:38 PM to Boxelder and Highway 59 for a two vehicle accident with one injury. - At 5:35 PM to 707 Express Dr. for a fire alarm activation, a pull station was activated. Nothing found upon arrival. - At 7:21 PM to Cliff Davis Dr. Holiday Inn to assist with resetting a fire alarm. Upon arrival building maintenance had the

May 10, 2012

- At 8:09 a.m. to 809 Rodeo Street for a carbon monoxide (CO) check. One part per million of CO found in the attached garage and none in the house. - 10:05 a.m. to the 3500 block of Crestline Circle for a medical assist. - At 2:57 p.m. to Highway 51 for a motorcycle crash. No assistance was needed from CCFD upon arrival to the scene. - At 3:20 p.m. to the area of the Campbell County Landﬁll on Westover Road for a 2 vehicle collision. CCFD assisted with caring for 2 injured occupants of an involved vehicle. - At 5:03 p.m. to Four J Court for an EMS assist. - At 6:38 p.m. to Triton Avenue for an EMS assist.

cal assist. - At 3:53 a.m. to the 2000 block of North Highway 1416 for a medical assist. - At 3:28 p.m. to the area of 801 West Four J Road for a grass fire. CCFD responded to the scene and found a fire burning along the roadway; the fire was approximately 50 feet in diameter. The fire was extinguished in 25 minutes and the cause was determined to be sparks from a pole mounted electrical transformer that malfunctioned. - At 4:02 p.m. to the intersection of Richards Avenue and Second Street for a 2 vehicle collision. No one was injured in the crash and CCFD assisted with traffic control. - At 4:14 p.m. to 3204 Fitzpatrick Drive for a break in a natural gas line. CCFD responded to the scene and found a one inch natural gas line that was severed by a shovel. CCFD dug out the line and applied a clamp to it stopping the leak in approximately 15 minutes. The scene was turned over to SourceGas, Inc for repair of the line. - At 6:24 p.m. to 2307 and 2403 Wyoming Avenue for an automatic fire alarm (AFA) activation. CCFD was cancelled en route when it was determined to be a false alarm. - At 8:20 p.m. to 24 Blackbird Road for a fire report. CCFD responded to the scene and determined it was a controlled burn that was not properly reported. The property owner was advised of the reporting requirements and the burn was allowed to continue.

May 13, 2012

- At 1:01 a.m. to the area of Arapahoe Avenue for a fire report. CCFD responded to the scene and found a controlled burn that was not properly reported. The property owner was notified of the reporting requirements and the burn was allowed to continue. - At 4:07 PM to 1000 block of West 2nd Street for a medical assist. - At 5:29 PM to the 700 block of Means Street for a medical assist. - At 6:50 PM to 115 Teak Street for a medical assist. - At 8:12 PM to the area of Ridgeway Road for an unknown type fire. A bon fire

May 14, 2012

- At 12:25 AM to the 1700 block of Ohara Drive for a medical assist. - At 9:00 AM to the 1100 block of Buckskin Drive for a medical assist. - At 12:03 PM to the 900 block of Pioneer Ave for a medical assist. - At 5:40 PM to Limestone Ave. for an EMS assist. - At 8:00 PM to Goldenrod for an EMS assist.

May 15, 2012

- At 11:44 AM to the address of 1201 West Second Street for a fire alarm activation. This was a false alarm due to maintenance technicians conducting a test on the system. There was no fire and all units were cancelled. - At 8:00 AM to 1758 North Highway 14-16; Lot 2 for a structure fire involving a Companion Camp Trailer (eight feet by 30 feet) with an attached addition (eight feet by sixteen feet). The three occupants were able to escape without injury. Firefighters contained the fire to the bedroom where the fire originated. The fire is under investigation. The rest of the home suffered heat and smoke damage. Preliminary fire damage estimate is approximately $15,000. - At 2:19 PM to the Haight Road for a grass fire at Coal Creek Mine. Fire units were cancelled when it was learned that mine personnel had extinguished the fire. - At 2:39 PM to the intersection of Skyline Road and Westover Road for a two vehicle accident with injuries. - At 7:57 PM to Alpine Drive for a medical assist. - At 10:55 PM to 1504 East Lincoln Street (Wyoming Casing) for smoke inside the building. Fire fighters found a burnt plastic waste basket that burnt a small area in the wood flooring in the employee change room. The fire was caused by a lit discarded cigarette butt into a waste basket. Natural ventilation was utilized through open garage doors to clear the warehouse of smoke.

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May 11, 2012

- At 8:06 AM to 700 block of West 6th Street for a medical assist. - At 8:14 AM to the 500 block of East Laramie Street for a medical assist. - At 9:01 AM to Game Trail Ct. for a medical assist. - At 12:56 PM to Bishop Road approximately 4.5 miles in from Highway 59 for a report of a grass fire along the roadway. Firefighters contained the grass fire to less than one acre in size. The cause of the fire was undetermined.

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Public Pulse Bold Republic Weekly I’m finally endorsing someone for President By Glenn Woods I don’t normally endorse anyone for any office. First, I think it is pompous and useless to think that someone might actually change their vote based on how I plan to vote. You can make up your own mind. Second, it helps me, as a talk host, to be equally critical of all candidates, no matter who they are, if I have not said that I’m in the tank for them. That makes for a better and more honest talk show. Finally, I am sick and tired of almost every politician that is in office today, with the exception of the two that I sorta kinda like on a personal level. If you listen to my radio show, then you know all of this and you may be shocked, to say the least, when I came out and actually endorsed someone for president. It was not an easy decision to break this rule. But, for once, I think there is someone that I can stand up for this election year It’s not that this guy is better than the rest. Actually, he is just as corrupt. In fact he is proven corrupt. It’s not so much that he has convictions. It’s more like --- he has been convicted, so you REALLY know where he is coming from. You might find this hard to believe but President Obama has never been wildly popular in West Virginia. Tuesday’s Democratic primary marked the state’s sharpest rejection of the president yet. A Texas prisoner, listed as Inmate No. 11593-051, received 69,766 votes, a surprising 41% of the total, showing that many West Virginians would vote for just about anyone other than Obama, regardless of their status

as a felon. Obama still won the primary, with 59% of the vote. Keith Judd, the prisoner in question, is currently serving a 17½-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana after being sentenced for extortion in an altercation with the University of New Mexico. Ok - see - ﬁrst off notice that 11593-051 has been convicted of extortion. Can you name a current candidate for president that is NOT guilty of extortion? The only difference here is 11593-051 has been convicted of it. Why wish that the president of the United States was in prison when you can have one who is already there Don’t like the idea of the TSA patting you down? 11593-051 feels your pain, many times over, as a victim of many full body cavity searches. How do you feel about same sex marriage? Well, 11593-051 does not bother thinking about the issue. He is doing 17 years in a federal prison. Straight or not, he knows, sooner or later it’s going to happen. Do you need other endorsements besides mine? Then let’s see what people currently doing time with 11593-051 have to say: Inmate 14752-002 says Obama would smoke all his cigarettes, then demand that those who have more cigarettes than they need give up their “fair share.” Inmate 32286-515 says 11593-051 has my back if I drop the soap in the shower. Inmate 89946-222 says Obama plays a hell of a lot of golf. But 11593-015 has only so much free time in the

yard so inmate 75752-456 says Obama is kind of a solitary guy. There are other reasons to vote for him. 11593-051 sure as heck knows the value of a pack of cigarettes to a roll of toilet paper and a bar of soap and that’s a heck of a lot more than Obama knows. Sure, 11593-051 is not the greatest guy in the world, but with him we know where he is and what we will be getting so I’m for him. And for those of you wanting to get rid of Obama at any cost, why not jump on the bandwagon? I

mean, you people have said that a chicken would do better than Obama, you would vote for a squirrel on caffeine over Obama, right? Ok then, here you go. Put your money where your mouth is. Can 11593051 beat Obama? Well, he did get 41% of the Democratic vote in West Virginia without even showing up. So I’m sure he can. I’m so in the tank for 11593-051 I even put up a web-site. No, really, I did. To ﬁnd out more please go towww.InmateForPresident.com Thank you.

To listen to Glenn Woods morning radio show tune in to 1270am KIML Gillette Monday through Friday from 6 - 10 a.m. www.boldrepublic.com

Wyoming ﬁles petition to U.S. Supreme Court appealing roadless rule The State of Wyoming has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge of the Clinton Administration’s Roadless Rule. Wyoming ﬁled a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari today. The petition argues that the U.S. Forest Service exceeded the limit of its authority when it created the

Roadless Rule by usurping a power reserved to Congress. Governor Matt Mead directed the Attorney General to appeal to the Supreme Court after the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the opinion of U.S. District Judge Clarence Brimmer. “I believe that

Judge Brimmer provided a well-reasoned opinion, which stated that the Forest Service circumvented Congress with the Roadless Rule, and I hope that opinion will be reinstated by the Supreme Court,” Governor Mead said. The Roadless Rule affects over 3 million acres

of National Forest lands in Wyoming. “This has real impacts for multiple uses in Wyoming and the rule was developed without meaningful input from any state, county or town. This rule affects our economy and our ability to ﬁght the bark beetle epidemic,” Governor Mead said.

School employees will pay more for health coverage By Paul Wallem - Basin Radio News Employees at the Campbell County School District will soon be paying higher health insurance premiums. The new increase, however, will not be as dramatic as in previous years. In fact, Campbell County School District human resource manager Larry Reznicek says this year’s single digit increases can be seen as good news when compared to recent years. “For the last three years we’ve had double-digit increases, so this is the ﬁrst time I can say that a 5 percent increase is actually good news,” Reznicek explains following Tuesday’s school board meeting. “And 4.2 percent was the actual increase to the health insurance but we had a slight increase to the dental insurance which gave it a 5 percent total.” The school district offers two health insurance plans. Singles currently pay $144 per month for coverage under Plan C and $133 per month for coverage under Plan D. Beginning September 1, those same employees

will pay $150 and $138 per month, respectively. Employees with children will see their monthly premiums rise $12 under Plan C from $262 to $274. Under Plan D, employees with children will pay $10 more each month, up from $242 to $252. Likewise, employees with spouses on Plan C will pay $300 per month beginning in September, an increase of $12 from $288. Under Plan D, employees with spouses will pay $276 starting in September, an increase of $11 from the current $265 monthly cost. Finally, employees will pay $385 per month for family coverage on Plan C, an extra $17 per month, when the new rates kick in. Under Plan D, employees will pay $355 per month for family coverage, an extra $16 each month. Retirees will also see an increase in premiums. Unlike current employees that won’t see any increases until September, however, retirees will

start paying more for health insurance coverage beginning on July 1. “We do July 1 because retirees aren’t employees and that’s when the rate increases come to us by the trust, so we pass that on accordingly to the retirees,” Reznicek explains. According to Reznicek, the school district offers three types of health plans to retirees, which all will see an 8 percent increase to 19 percent above the total cost of the insurance premium. Reznicek says the 19 percent above total cost ﬁgure is actually about half of what their auditors recommend the retirees should be paying “Our auditors actually recommend a 40 percent to 60 percent increase,” Reznicek says. “We don’t feel that we want to do that to our retirees and our potential retirees. We have been trying to raise that up approximately 3 percent for the past four years.”

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, Politicians passed a law to limit a president to no more than two terms in office. Why are term limits only applicable for the office of the president when Congress limits the president’s power? We need a return to original intent of the originators of the Constitution, which was for elected representatives who have experienced reality in the private sector to serve their country for both the honor and an altruistic reason to serve their country. Then they should return home to face the continued reality of earning a living and contributing instead of absorbing tax money. A multitrillion-dollar federal deficit, along with numerous state government deficits, is a valid indicator to point out that something went drastically haywire with our present method of governing. Moreover, the reality of the deficits is that someday, somehow, we all will have to pay for the excessive borrowing approved by long-term politicians, including their lucrative pensions derived by passing selfserving benefit laws while in office. -- Rudy Martinka From Publisher Nicholas De Laat: I couldn’t agree with you more. Here is a quote by Ben Franklin-“I cannot wait to retire from public office, as there is only two class of citizens in our beloved Union. The first is the lower class of public servants, and I have been wanting to join the upper class again for so very long…” Dear Editor, Imagine the following dinner-time scenario in an American home: A little girl tells her father one night, “Daddy, I let someone else do my homework and I got a great grade.” His response: “Good girl. With that attitude you just might grow up to be president some day and know just how to save a major corporation from failure.” The message: Genuine effort doesn’t count for much in America anymore. If you were to go to a truly successful country, you might be shocked when you find out that their corporations still make quality products. (Can you say Mercedes-Benz?) That’s because they’re still allowed to hire quality people the way U.S. companies used to be able to do before the days of affirmative action. Quality companies don’t need taxpayer bailouts to survive. You don’t think this is a problem? Just ask General Motors or General Electric why they’re setting up shop and beginning to execute the large share of their manufacturing in China. Trust me, you won’t like the answer. Perhaps this is why this country is really on the skids. We are living in a sort of virtual reality, and it is slowly becoming the “new normal.” Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it. After all, what choice do you have? Let’s face it, no one seems to have the guts to do what’s really needed to put the U.S. economic machine right again. Indeed, if someone tells a lie long enough and often enough people will eventually believe it. KEVIN MORIARTY From Publisher Nicholas De Laat: As you know, since you wrote in, I own a newspaper. When you say that genuine effort doesn’t count for much in America anymore, I will have to disagree. My wife and I started this business with nothing. And after countless 28 hour days (yes, you read that number right) our hard work and genuine effort is paying off. Look at our drillers, coal miners, and mechanics. There are two reasons they make so much money. First, they work hard for it, and the money/benefits is the payoff. Second of course is the lack of the Union Presents in Wyoming. Maybe there is not enough people in the whole country with genuine effort, that I could agree with, but don’t classify all of us into that category. As for General Motors and General Electric? Yes, they should have never asked for a bailout and the government should have never given one. A good business relies on the market to decide their fate. They get ahead in the market with cost and quality. As for the rest of your letter, I agree. Dear Editor, Music appreciation I am very concerned at what seems to be a lack of music appreciation being taught in our schools these days, and wonder, how we are supposed to introduce our children to music, if we can’t do it in our own community at our own schools’ concerts? I know the rules and courtesy of concerts; I know you’re not supposed to walk in during a song; I know you don’t clap between sections in a long song; I know you do not yell, scream, or encourage bad behavior, o What I didn’t realize was I couldn’t take my almost 2 year old son to a Junior High School concert, and have him sit in the crowd and enjoy watching his aunt, my sister; sing and do what she loves. I was very rudely asked to take him to the “cry” room at said concert when he wasn’t crying. He was enjoying the concert, and was “singing” along. He was enjoying himself, and no one else around had a problem with it. If they had, the people playing with him would have said something or moved. How do we expect the future generations to learn how to enjoy music, and act accordingly if we can’t teach them? And we can’t teach them when we are asked, very rudely might I add, to pretty much leave. My question is, how are we supposed to let our kids learn to love music, and know the way to act appropriately if we can’t teach them by experience? Tonya Nuzum From Publisher Nicholas De Laat: There is a fine line there. I grew up with music, and still enjoy it immensely. I grew up going to bluegrass festivals, and listening to many different kinds of music including classical, blues, folk, and more. I agree that if too much noise from a child is ruining the concert for everyone, the parent should have the courtesy to leave. But I also believe what you say is true, how do you teach your child about the greatest art without taking him or her to a concert? I have always taught my children to behave at a restaurant by taking them to teach them. I believe, in your case, that if the child was laughing and singing along, than whoever asked you to leave was wrong. If they asked you rudely, that means they knew they were wrong but just wanted to be authoritative. Unfortunately, there are a lot of these kinds of people, and I am sorry you and your child had to receive the end of their unethical behavior. Were it me……..

What’s Going On In Government? Monday, May 21

• Gillette City Council Meeting – 7 pm, Council Chambers

Public Pulse What’s Going On? Ongoing

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Campbell County Commissioner Chris Knapp talks before a crowd of approximately 75 during Wednesday’s Business Forum on local issues hosted by the Chamber of Commerce at Boss Lodge Restaurant in Gillette.

Airport service, selection committees among topics at forum By Paul Wallem - Basin Radio News The Campbell County Commissioners discussed several issues with local residents during a forum hosted by the Chamber of Commerce at Boss Lodge Restaurant and Business Center on Wednesday. Elly Pickett, marketing manager for Cam-plex Multi-Event Center, wanted to know what the commissioners will do to ensure steady flight service for Gillette in light of the fact that Great Lakes Airlines announced they will no longer serve the area beginning May 17. “With Cam-plex we bring in a lot of regional and national events, and the airport and how reliable the flights are is very important for us,” Pickett inquired. In response, Commissioner Steve Hughes first compliments Cam-plex for doing a good job, especially in regards to the performances they bring to the community in the winter months when tourism is down. He then said the commissioners are doing the best they can to benefit the airport and its ability to service the community, saying they have a good working relationship with Gillette-Campbell County Airport director Jay Lundell in acquiring grants for the airport. Hughes acknowledged, however, that the loss of Great Lakes Airlines is

a setback. However, he says he believes other services could open up, including jet service. “I think we may see jet service in the near future,” Hughes says. “But I think it’s an area that we all look at and want to continue to improve and I know that it would be great if maybe we could get a couple of those flights in there that go into Phoenix or Vegas or some of those areas.” Another question posed to the commissioners was in regards to their decision last March to select two local companies for the Children’s Developmental Services expansion project despite a selection committee’s recommendation to go with two out-oftown firms. While several commissioners admitted that some mistakes were made during that process, they add that the choices of the selection committee were recommendations only and that the commissioners are charged with making the final decision. Even still, they reiterated the important role selection committees perform by narrowing the list of potential candidates. “I think maybe the biggest thing there, or perhaps the only mistake that we made there, was maybe a lack of communication,” says Commissioner Dan Coolidge. “I think that

particular committee was under the understanding that they were the final say and we probably didn’t communicate that as well as we should have so we certainly take credit for that.” Coolidge, along with other commissioners, restated several times they will pick a local firm over an outside company when all other factors under consideration are the same. “If local government doesn’t support local businesses who’s going to,” Coolidge questions. “Now obviously we have our primary responsibility is a fiduciary responsibility, and that means we spend the taxpayers’ dollars the best way they can be spent, and if that means on a particular item or a particular service if it is cheaper out of town than we do have that fiduciary responsibility to go out of town. And again, as somebody said, all things being equal we’re going to stay local so that’s really what precipitated that decision.” Coolidge concluded by saying it was unfortunate the process selecting the firms for the Children’s Developmental Center ended as it did, but he adds the commissioners learned from it and the whole process has now been improved as a result.

The Symptom is Lobbying; the Disease is Corporate Welfare A double-edged waste of resources A Commentary by Maureen Bader - Wyoming Liberty Group One of the rights embodied in the First Amendment is the right to talk to legislators. These days, some groups spend a lot of money to talk to legislators and this has sent the liberal left into a frenzy. Liberals’ solution to the perceived problem of spending vast amounts to lobby government is to limit citizens’ ability to speak to their legislators. Here’s a thought: instead of stomping all over a citizen’s First Amendment rights, perhaps a better approach would be to remove the reason to spend so much money to talk to legislators - the massive amount of other peoples’ money the political class can arbitrarily hand out to powerful and well-connected special interest groups. Taking money out of the hands of the political class and putting it back into the pockets of the people who earned it would not just leave money in the productive sector of the free market; it would remove the incentive for special interests to spend vast amounts of money to procure government favors. The ethanol tax credit is a good example of this double-edged waste of re-

sources. When the global warming Armageddon myth was in full swing, ethanol, a gasoline additive made mainly from corn, was widely viewed as a good way to lower carbon dioxide emissions. Never mind it takes more energy to produce ethanol than the energy created by ethanol or the use of food for fuel sent food prices skyrocketing and caused food riots in places like Mexico. The green energy ideologues convinced the political class that handouts to ethanol production would not only be good for the environment, it would “create green jobs.” So in 1995, the Wyoming government created an ethanol tax credit to encourage ethanol production in the state. That year, Renova Energy, an Idaho company, took an unused ethanol plant from Louisiana, rebuilt it in Torrington, Wyoming, and christened it Wyoming Ethanol. As the only ethanol producer in the state, it got the tax credit. Over the past 17 years, Wyoming Ethanol received $33.7 million in credits. Not a bad return on a heretoday, gone-tomorrow ecofad.

Well, tomorrow has arrived. In the last Wyoming budget, the legislature tried to derail the green gravy train and eventually compromised to end the ethanol handout in 2015. To lobby government on their behalf, Wyoming Ethanol retained two lobbyists who are registered on the Wyoming Secretary of State Lobbyist Registry, Tom Jones and Keith A. Kennedy. They are not required to report what they spent on lobbying until June 1, 2012 and are not required to report how much they were paid to lobby on the ethanol issue at all. As Wyoming Ethanol stood to lose $4 million per year to 2022 in handouts from government, it was well worth paying for these lobbying efforts. Incidentally, Renova Energy has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since 2008. Construction on a Renova Energy ethanol plant in Heyburn Idaho was suspended in 2007 and they ﬁled for Chapter 11 in 2009. In 2010, Renova auctioned parts the plant off because it couldn’t get ﬁnancing. No doubt, if its Wyoming plant hadn’t been anointed with millions of dollars in other peoples’ money, it would

be gone too. People are unwilling to waste their own money; unfortunately, government seems more than happy to do it for them. The lesson here is straightforward. Instead of stomping all over citizens’ First Amendment rights, we must take the ability to pick winners away from government. Special interests will have no incentive to spend money to get handouts if government has no handouts to give. If the liberal left really wants to stop lobbying, it should lobby to get rid of the incentive to lobby.

• Girl Scouts: Make the World a Better Place – Can recycling @ Paciﬁc Steel & Recycling, ask for money to be given to the Girl Scouts, Paciﬁc Steel will match all donations - Savanna, GA trip to celebrate 100 years of Girl Scouting (through June 30) • Campbell County Master Gardeners - Free To The Public Hoop House Workshop • May 21-25, 2012 Jeff Edwards is building 3 different types of Hoop Houses. For more info call 307-682-7281 or message. You can come and go or stay all day to help

Friday, May 18

• Campbell County Memorial Hospital Expansion Dedication – Noon, CCMH • Little Tikes - 10 am, AVA • Jenny Braig & Mark Wigner Artist Reception – 6-8 pm, AVA • Choose Dance – 1 pm, Senior Center • Face Lift – Jakes Tavern • Open Mic Night – 7 pm, Brothers Coffee Co. • AA Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • Wright AA – 6:30 pm, 265 Rochelle, Park Community Center

Saturday, May 19

• Style & Shopping Experience (Craft Show & More!) – 10-5, CAM-PLEX Central Pavillion • Puppet Making – 1011:30 am, AVA • Teen Dungeons & Dragons – 10 am, CCPL • Teen Open Play Gaming – 1 pm, CCPL • Kids WiiPlay Saturdays (4th – 6th graders) – 1-4 pm, CCPL • Face Lift – Jakes Tavern • Waggin’ Away Cancer Dog Walk – 10:30 am, CAMPLEX Park Shelter No. 5 • Cowboy Joe Club Gillette Golf Tournament – 8 am, Bell Nob Golf Course, (307) 7666242 • Relay for Life : Bachelor & Novelty Bra Auction – 7 pm, Good Times Liquor Co. • CCSD Planetarium Family Show: Natural Selection – 7 pm, Planetarium in Sage Valley Jr. High • AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Last Call Group, 10 p.m., 2910 S Douglas Hwy. • -A- Discussion, 8:30 a.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • -A- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • -A-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • -A-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • -A-Last Call Group, 10 p.m., 2910 S Douglas Hwy.

Sunday, May 20

• Powder River Symphony presents Latin American Soul – 3 pm, CAM-PLEX Heritage Center, 682-8802 • Soap Making – 3:30-5:30 pm, AVA

• Senior Center : CLOSED • AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Last Call Group, 10 p.m., 2910 S Douglas Hwy.

Monday, May 21

• Teen Dungeons & Dragons – 4 pm, CCPL • They Served with Honor exhibition – Rockpile Museum, 900 W. 2nd St. • City Council Meeting – 7 pm, City Council Chambers, 686-5200 • CCHS Choir Awards Concert – 7 pm, CCHS North Campus Auditorium • AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Tuesday, May 22

• They Served with Honor exhibition – Rockpile Museum, 900 W. 2nd St. • Sage Vally Jr. High Choir Concert – 7 pm, CAM-PLEX • Preschool Art – 2-3 pm, AVA • Grade School Pottery 4-5 pm, AVA • Teen Card Club – 4 pm, CCPL • Adult Anime & Card Club - 7 pm, CCPL -HealthCHECK Testing, 7-11 a.m., CCMH Lab, 6881222 • AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AVA: Pottery with John Werbelow, 6:30-9 p.m. • AA-Beginners, 6:45 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Wednesday, May 23

• Ribbon Cutting – 11am, Smiling Moose Deli • Mommy and Me - 1-2 pm, AVA • PRSHERM – Don’t Become an EEOC Talking Point – 12-2 pm, City Hall Community Room FREE • Grade School Drawing 4-5 pm, AVA • AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Thursday, May 24

• Westwood High School Graduation – 7 pm, CAMPLEX Wyoming Center • CC Historical Society “Wars’ Voices: Are We Listening – 7 pm, Rockpile Museum • Homeschool Art - 2-3:30 pm. AVA • Little Tikes – 1-2 pm, AVA • Uncorked – 7-9 pm, AVA • Open House & Ribbon Cutting Hands On Pottery – 12-2 pm, 110 W. 4th Street • AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

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Wyoming Liberty Index, 2012 Budget Session, 61st Legislature Submitted by Republic Free Choice (http://republicfreechoice.org/)

The 2012 Wyoming House Index

The Bills

The 2012 Wyoming Liberty Index rates all ﬁnal bills in the House and Senate from the 2012 Budget Session, 61st Legislature, on whether they support or inhibit liberty. Legislators voted on 134 bills in the House and 123 bills in the Senate. Out of this total, the Liberty Index showed that 35 liberty-supporting bills passed and 36 failed. Additionally, 46 liberty-inhibiting bills passed while 62 failed. Nothing stands out as a liberty supporting bills that passed, like the Firearms Freedom Act or Health Care Freedom Amendment in recent years. SF 8, which repealed the ethanol tax credit greendoggle, passed. But an amendment phased out the credit instead of chopping it off cleanly. The most liberty supporting bills that failed include: HB 119, which would have allowed consumers to buy health care insurance across state lines, just like they now buy car insurance across state lines. This one passed the House 56 to 1. Then one Senator sat on it in committee. The most liberty inhibiting bills that passed include: SF 58, which would have set up the Obamacare health care exchange. The most liberty inhibiting bills that failed include: SF 91, which would have extended the life of the failed Healthy Frontiers medicaid program; HB 84, which would have established occupational licensing for massage therapists; and SF 31, the coal liquiﬁcation corporate welfare boondoggle. And there was a certain amount of fun, for example with HJ 13, “Resolution in support of Central Park wilderness”. The resolution called on Congress to make New York City’s Central Park a wilderness area. If Congress were to do this, Wyoming would donate a breeding pair of grey wolves. There is detailed information on each bill. The information includes comments from the raters on why they rated the bills as they did.

The Legislators

In addition, the voting pattern of each legislator was automatically calculated and given a liberty score. The higher the score, the better the legislator’s agreement with the raters. A high score simply reﬂects a high level of aye votes on liberty-supporting bills and nay votes on liberty-inhibiting bills. Scores are only indicators of ordering, and arithmetic manipulations are meaningless. The percentage is simply out of the range from highest score (100%) to lowest (0%). Because the two houses vote on different bills, scores in the two houses are not comparable. The Top Dozen liberty-supporting members in the House were (in order) Representatives Kendell Kroeker, Amy Edmonds, Bob Brechtel, Matt Teeters, Allen Jaggi, Frank Peasley, Kathy Davison, Mark Semlek, David Miller, John Eklund, “Dr. No” (a hypothetical legislator who sponsors nothing and always votes no), and Lorraine Quarberg. Rep. Kroeker wins the title of “Most Liberty-Friendly Member of the House for 2012”, and by a wide margin. The House Needs Improvement Club consists of those members who most consistently voted to limit freedom. They are (in order) Representatives John Patton, Dave Bonner, William “Jeb” Steward, Matthias Greene, Ruth Petroff, Kermit Brown, Bernadine Craft, David Zwonitzer, James Byrd, Cathy Connolly, Joseph Barbuto, Mary Throne. Rep. Throne has earned the title of “Most Liberty-Hostile Member of the House for 2012”. The Top Half-Dozen liberty-supporting members in the Senate were (in order) Senators Cale Case, “Dr. No”, Ogden Driskill, Larry Hicks, Eli Bebout, and John Hines. Once again, and for as long as we have been rating the Senate, Senator Cale Case has come out on top; he earns the title of the “Most Liberty-Friendly Member of the Senate for 2012” by a substantial margin. Kudos yet again to Senator Case! The Senate Needs Improvement Club are those members who most consistently voted to limit freedom. They are (in order) Senators Fred Emerich, Marty Martin, Leland Christensen, Floyd Esquibel, Chris Rothfuss, and John Hastert. Once again, Senator Hastert has earned the title of “Most LibertyHostile Member of the Senate for 2011”. Those who came in ahead of “Dr. No” can take an additional bow. There is detailed information on each legislator.

Why you put your flag at half-staff Why you put your flag at half-staff Pursuant to President Barack Obama’s Presidential proclamation to lower the United States flag in honor of Peace Officer’s Memorial Day, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Governor Matt Mead ordered that both the U.S. Flag and State of Wyoming flag be flown at half-staff statewide from sunrise to sunset on May 15, 2012 in honor of Peace Officer’s Memorial Day.

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This table shows the weighted liberty score and weighted liberty percentage for each representative.

NAME

Kendell Kroeker Amy Edmonds Bob Brechtel Matt Teeters Allen Jaggi Frank Peasley Kathy Davison Mark Semlek David Miller John Eklund “Dr. No” Lorraine Quarberg Hans Hunt Edward Buchanan Robert McKim Thomas Lubnau Bunky Loucks Tom Reeder Gerald Gay Donald Burkhart, Jr Thomas Lockhart Clarence Vranish Norine Kasperik Bob Nicholas Keith Gingery Ken Esquibel Michael Madden W. Patrick Goggles Richard Cannady Jonathan Botten Bryan Pedersen Sue Wallis Mike Greear Glenn Moniz Elaine Harvey Gregg Blikre Del McOmie Tim Stubson Steve Harshman Owen Petersen Peter S. “Pete” Illoway Rita Campbell Dan Zwonitzer Samuel Krone Stan Blake Pat Childers John Freeman Rosie Berger Jim Roscoe John Patton Dave Bonner William “Jeb” Steward Matthias Greene Ruth Petroff Kermit Brown Bernadine Craft David Zwonitzer James Byrd Cathy Connolly Joseph Barbuto Mary Throne

PAR

DIST

R R R R R R R R R R

35 12 38 5 18 3 20 1 55 10

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D R D R D R R R R R R D R D D D D

28 2 4 21 31 59 58 36 15 57 49 32 8 23 41 40 33 6 30 7 52 27 46 26 53 54 56 37 19 42 34 43 24 39 50 60 51 22 29 25 47 45 16 14 17 9 44 13 48 11

DISTRICT LOCATION Natrona Laramie Natrona Goshen/Platte Uinta/Sweetwater Converse/Platte Lincoln/Sublette/Sweetwater Crook/Weston Fremont Laramie

WEIGHTED SCORE 57.67 32.17 24.83 24.33 20.83 20 19 18.17 18 17.17 16 S Big Horn/Hot Springs/SE Park 13.5 Niobrara/Weston/Converse/Goshen 10.83 Goshen 10.5 Lincoln 9.83 Campbell 9.67 Natrona 8.67 Natrona 4 Natrona 3.83 Carbon 2.67 Natrona -1 Uinta -1.17 Campbell -3.83 Laramie -4 Fremont/Teton -4.67 Laramie -6.33 Johnson/Sheridan -6.5 Fremont -7 Converse -7.33 Sheridan -7.5 Laramie -8.17 Campbell -9.33 Washakie -9.5 Albany -10.67 Big Horn/Park -11.33 Campbell -11.5 Fremont -12 Natrona -12.5 Natrona -13.5 Uinta -14.33 Laramie -14.67 Fremont -14.67 Laramie -14.67 Park -15.17 Sweetwater -16.17 Park -17.83 Sweetwater -18 Sheridan -18 Lincoln/Sublette/Teton -19.33 Sheridan -20 Park -20.33 Carbon/Albany -21 Albany -23 Teton -23 Albany -24.83 Sweetwater -25.17 Laramie -25.17 Laramie -25.83 Albany -26 SW Fremont/Sweetwater -27.83 Laramie -33.83

WEIGHTED PERCENT 100% 72% 64% 64% 60% 59% 58% 57% 57% 56% 54% 52% 49% 48% 48% 48% 46% 41% 41% 40% 36% 36% 33% 33% 32% 30% 30% 29% 29% 29% 28% 27% 27% 25% 25% 24% 24% 23% 22% 21% 21% 21% 21% 20% 19% 17% 17% 17% 16% 15% 15% 14% 12% 12% 10% 9% 9% 9% 9% 7% 0%

WEIGHTED RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 47 49 50 51 52 53 53 55 56 56 58 59 60 61

The 2012 Wyoming Senate Index

This table shows the weighted liberty score and weighted liberty percentage for each senator.

NAME

PAR

DIST

Cale Case “Dr. No” Ogden Driskill

Larry Hicks Eli Bebout John Hines Curt Meier Tony Ross Gerald Geis Leslie Nutting Phil Nicholas Michael Von Flatern Kit Jennings Jim Anderson Stan Cooper Dan Dockstader R. Ray Peterson Paul Barnard Charles Scott Bill Landen Drew Perkins Bruce Burns Henry H.R. “Hank” Coe John Schiffer Wayne Johnson Fred Emerich Marty Martin Leland Christensen Floyd Esquibel Chris Rothfuss John Hastert

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D R D D D

DISTRICT LOCATION Fremont

WEIGHTED SCORE 21.17 16.33 4.33

Crook/Weston/E Converse/ Niobrara/NE Goshen 11 Albany/Carbon 3.83 26 Fremont 0.17 23 Campbell -5.33 3 Goshen/Platte -5.67 4 Laramie -5.67 20S Big Horn/Hot Springs/SE Park/Washakie -7.17 7 Laramie -8.17 10 Albany -9.67 24 Campbell -10.5 28 Natrona -10.67 2 Converse/Platte -11.67 14 Lincoln/Sublette/Sweetwater/Uinta -12.33 16 Lincoln/Sublette/Teton -12.67 19 Big Horn/E Park -12.83 15 Uinta -13.17 30 Natrona -13.67 27 Natrona -15.83 29 Natrona -16.33 21 Sheridan -16.33 18 Park -16.33 22 Sheridan/Johnson -17.33 6 Laramie -19.17 5 Laramie -20.83 12 Sweetwater/Fremont -21.33 17 Teton/Fremont -22.33 8 Laramie -28.67 9 Albany -33.33 13 Sweetwater -35.33

WEIGHTED PERCENT 100% 91% 70%

WEIGHTED RANK 1 2 3

69% 63% 53% 53% 53% 50% 48% 45% 44% 44% 42% 41% 40% 40% 39% 38% 35% 34% 34% 34% 32% 29% 26% 25% 23% 12% 4% 0%

4 5 6 7 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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Throughout American history, there have been times where normal citizens have risen up to make their voices known. Most notably, when we broke free of British rule and declared our independence. However, even before the Revolution, the American spirit was instilled in the residents of this land. A man named Nathaniel Bacon took it upon himself, even with questionable causes, to try to change his country. In Virginia, during the seventeenth century, things were not peaceful between the colonists and Native Americans. Conﬂicts arose frequently, and the government was not willing or able to control the situation. The governor of Virginia, William Berkeley, tried to convince his residents that the correct course of action was to simply build forts and keep the tribes away, but not aggressively pursue them. This might have been a good strategy, if not for one incident. In 1675, a farmer named Thomas Mathews reported that natives from the Doeg Tribe had stolen animals from his property. In response, Mathews arranged an attack that killed several Doeg, which was followed by the tribe killing one of the colonists. The violence did not end there, though. The Virginia militia tried to strike back at the Doeg, but instead killed members of the Susquehannock, who were allies of Virginia. Wanting a full-scale war, Virginians petitioned their governor for arms and approval, but Berkeley refused, again advocating his policy of containment in lieu of aggression. It was then that

Bacon decided to take control. He collected all the men angry with Berkeley, and led them in the revenge they so desperately wanted. They traveled until reaching the Susquehannock, where the colonists joined another tribe in killing most its members, including women and children. This made Governor Berkeley furious. Bacon was quickly becoming the star of Virginia, overshadowing its own governor in not only power, but popularity as well. After failed government reforms in response to the Native American hostilities, Bacon and 500 other men marched to Jamestown, to install the reforms THEY wanted. Berkeley ﬂed, only to return days later with his own troops. After several tense months, Bacon’s “rebel” forces left Jamestown, but not before burning it. During the height of his rebellion, however, Nathaniel Bacon died of dysentery. This effectively ended the protests, as many men did not want to follow anybody else. The rest were overcome with military force in a matter of weeks. In the end, Bacon’s Rebellion did not succeed in its main goal of controlling Virginia. Nevertheless, despite its origins in misunderstanding and mistakes in planning and execution, it showed the spirit and youthful determination that would eventually lead their descendants to rebel against the British and declare their independence.

“Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.” - President George W. Bush

Frank M. Canton the original “Dirty Harry” By Jeff Morrison Often, in the “Old West”, the line between the lawman and outlaw was extremely ﬁne. Many a lawman began his career after retiring from a previous life of crime. A few never actually ended their criminal behavior while wearing the badge. And others, such as Frank M. Canton, found ways to justify just about any action committed while enforcing the law of the land, or at least the law of whoever was paying them. Canton’s real name was Joe Horner. He was born in Virginia in 1849 and his family later moved to Texas when he was still a child. He worked as a cowboy in the late 1860’s, trailing cattle from northern Texas to the railheads in Kansas. Around 1871 he decided to try his luck at robbing banks and rustling livestock. In 1874, Horner got into an argument with two Buffalo Soldiers out of Fort Richardson while drinking in a Texas saloon. The argument escalated into a gunﬁght wherein Horner killed one cavalryman and wounded the other. Although not arrested for this incident, he was arrested in 1877 for robbing the bank at Comanche, Texas. He promptly escaped custody and joined the next cattle drive to Nebraska. Once there he changed his name to Frank M. Canton, and reputedly vowed to “uphold law and order.” He resurfaced in Johnson County Wyoming, running a small ranch and “upholding law and order” for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association as a range detective. At this point in Wyoming history, range detectives were basically a law unto themselves, answerable only to the Association. Supposedly rooting out rustlers, they enforced the law as the W.S.G.A interpreted it, serving as lawman, judge, jury and all too frequently executioner. This was the same institution who would hire Tom Horn, later hanged in Cheyenne for murdering a 14 year old boy “in the line of duty”. Canton was apparently well respected in the area. He left the Association to serve two terms as sheriff of Johnson County in the 1880’s. In 1885 he got married and he and his wife had two daughters, although one daughter later died in childhood. He resigned as sheriff to return to his former job as range detective, and moonlighted as a U.S. marshal.

At this point, all pretenses of “upholding law and order” seems to have been cast aside by Canton, for the Association was bent on eradicating all undesirable elements; namely small ranchers who were taking advantage of the Homestead Act, by filing homesteads on government land the Association viewed as their exclusive open range. These upstarts went so far as to claim unbranded cattle, known as mavericks, and to hold their own community roundup. Up to this point the official roundup was organized and regulated by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, and all mavericks found during this roundup were divvied out amongst Association members. In the view of the W.S.G.A., these ranchers were no better than cattle thieves. And it was the job of the range detective to deal with cattle thieves. Among the small ranchers, the most notorious infringer of Association policy was Nate Champion. Champion had more than one altercation with the big ranches in the area and was not known for being overly compliant with the way the Association liked having things done. Canton, with three fellow detectives, decided to show Champion the error of his ways one November morning in 1891. This involved sneaking into Champion’s cabin with guns drawn and attempting to shoot the cowboy in his sleep. It backfired when they missed and Champion woke up, guns blazing. Canton elected to retreat after two of his companions were wounded and await a better opportunity. Not long after, John Tisdale, a friend of Champion’s and a known adversary of Canton’s was found murdered in a gulch where his wagon had broken down. He’d been returning from Buffalo with a load of groceries. There was circumstantial evidence that suggested Frank Canton was the likely murder, but he was never charged. By April 1892, the Johnson County War blew wide open. The Association sent Canton, and fellow range detective, Tom Smith to Texas for reinforcements. They found about 20 or so other likeminded “upstanding law and order” types in the various saloons and brothels where one is likely to find them, and returned to Wyoming. The invasion was on. On April 5th, Frank Canton found his better opportunity to get even with Champion. With

a force of over 50 men, they surrounded the cabin at the KC ranch where Champion and three others were staying. Two men were allowed to leave, not being on the Association’s hit list, but Nate Champion and Nick Ray fought it out to the end. Ray was killed early on but Champion managed to hold them off until late that day, when the invaders set fire to a wagon and rolled it into the cabin, setting it on fire. Champion came out of the house fighting and was shot down by 50 men. The rest of the Johnson County War went downhill quickly for Canton and the invaders. They were, in turn, surrounded in a barn at the TA ranch by a posse from Buffalo the next day and were only saved by the timely arrival of cavalry out of Fort McKinney. The invaders were arrested, but commuted to Cheyenne and later released, no charges having been filed. Sometime after the Johnson County War, Canton suffered a nervous breakdown. Some versions of history say he was being haunted by the death of Champion and even the lynching of Cattle Kate, an incident he had no direct involvement with. In truth, he could have just as easily been suffering from a guilty conscience for murdering John Tisdale, or having post traumatic stress from several hundred bullets flying through the barn at the TA ranch. We’ll never know for sure. But at this point Canton at least began making an honest attempted and upholding law and order. He moved to Oklahoma where he served as the undersheriff of Pawnee County and, at the same time, U.S. marshal for the “Hanging Judge” Isaac Parker in Fort Smith, Arkansas. At this time Canton was working with other famous lawmen including Bill Tilghman, and started

earning an honest reputation as a lawman. In 1895, while serving with a posse chasing Bill and John Shelley, Canton distinguished himself. The two outlaws barricaded themselves in a cabin and stood the posse off for over 5 hours. Canton found a wagon full of hay and, reminiscent of the gunﬁght with Nate Champion, set it on ﬁre and rolled it into the cabin. This time, however, the two outlaws surrendered and were arrested. Bill Dunn, a friend of the Shelley brothers, came to Pawnee looking for revenge and caught Canton as he was entering the courthouse. In the brief shoot out that followed, Canton shot Dunn in the forehead, killing him instantly. In the late 1890’s, Canton joined the Klondike gold rush in Alaska. He didn’t strike it rich, but he served two years as U.S. marshal and reputedly cleaned up the lawless town of Dawson singlehandedly. He returned to Oklahoma in 1898 and resumed his law enforcement career. In 1907 he became adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard. Late in his life,

Canton returned to Texas and in a meeting with the governor confessed to crimes committed while he was Joe Horner. The governor, taking into consideration the years he spent as a law ofﬁcer of good standing, pardoned him. It was not until after his death in 1927 that the citizens of Johnson County learned of his outlaw youth. Ironically, Frank M. Canton would most likely not be remembered outside northeast Wyoming if not for one of the worst movies ever made. Box ofﬁce bomb, Heaven’s Gate, released in 1980, in which 1890’s Buffalo Wyoming was portrayed as looking like one of the inner-city boroughs of New York, complete with eastern European immigrants, brought the names Nate Champion and Frank Canton back to life. Sadly, the names are the only thing historically accurate in the movie. But like most Hollywood attempts at portraying historical people, the real Frank Canton was far more complex, both sinister and later heroic, than a movie character could ever be.

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1981 Harley Davidson FXBSturgis, 1st dual-belt drive to commemorate Hill-Climb @ Sturgis, Jack-Pine Gypsies rally started in ‘41, 50th anniversary model. 12K on straight-up original paint, new Moetzler’s driven-by beefed Shovel, 102hp at wheel. Perfect in every aspect, serious inquiries only, loan is $15K and value of over 25K. Ben 680.7464, 3-other older bikes and this has to go to the right person!

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2008 Hyundai Sonata LMTD, 40,000 mi. $13,500, Call 307-660-2532. 97’ Chevy Long Box Extended Cab. ¾ Ton, selling for Parts. $1,000 OBO. 307680-7431 1982 Chevy Ventura Van. 350 Engine, 400 Turbo newly rebuilt transmission. Interior in GREAT shape, has a working electric wet bar and built in cooler in back. Carb. needs re-jetted, other than that there are no problems. Must see. Asking $3,500 or best offer. Price:$3,500obo. Contact: 307-670-8980 1986 Toyota Tercel 4x4. $1050.00. Call 307-2995918

Toy Parts & Accessories Stock pipes for Sportster. 500mi. Stock pices for Dyna Wide Glide. 1500mi. Email baxtersmom62@gmail.com for info. Harley Accessories for sale. Call 307-670-8980. Ask for Tammy.

Boat for Sale with trailer. Needs work. Call 670-8980 for info.

Campers & Motor Homes 1997 32ft. Class A Motor Home. Sleeps 6, Only 31,000 Miles. Asking $17,000. Call (307) 660-7520. Large Private RV/Camper Lot for rent. Big yard, trees. All utilities available. $400 per month, $400 deposit. 1 year lease. Call (307) 6601007. 5th wheel camper for sale. Call Skip (307) 680-0073

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Billings wins 3 game set from Gillette By Ted Ripko - Basin Radio Sports The Gillette Roughriders American Legion baseball team split their Saturday doubleheader with the Billings Scarlets as both teams earned blowout victories on a perfect weather day for baseball. In game 1 the Roughriders made the Scarlets look like the much better team in their 16-4 loss, but then in game 2 Gillette proved that was a fluke with a their 13-6 win to improve to 15-5 on the season while the Scarlets dropped to 4-3. In the first game Billings pounded out 8 extra base hits including a 2 run homer by Winston Cox and 2 triples and 5 doubles as the Scarlets took advantage of 4 Riders errors. Tanner Roger got the start on the mound for Gillette, but was saddled with the loss after throwing 3 1/3 innings and giving up 10 hits, 9 runs, 6 of them earned while walking nobody. Picking up the win for Billings was gage Hinsz who tossed 4 innings, striking out 7 and scattering 4 hits while allowing just 3 earned runs. Offensively for the Riders, in game 1 Alex King went 1-2 with an RBI and run scored while Austin Zigray had Gillette’s only other RBI on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the second inning, which scored Austin Tennant. For Billings, they didn’t struggle at all against the Riders pitchers as 7 of their hitters combined for 14 hits, 9 RBI and 15 runs scored. In game 2 it was a completely different story as

the Riders took advantage of everything the Scarlets gave them in a game where Gillette never trailed. Billings walked 13 Riders and committed 4 errors to help the Riders to the split of their doubleheader. Not only did Drake Kelley pick up the win in relief of starter Mason Stillman, but he also went 2-4 with 4 RBI while Matt Fogle was hitting the ball all over the yard. Fogle went 3-5 with a triple, 2 singles and 2 runs scored. Westin Hinkel reached base in all five of his plate appearances as he drew 4 walks and was hit by a pitch in his first at bat of the day. Kadison Wass had trouble even seeing a strike against Billings as he was walked three times on 12 of the first 13 pitches he saw, but then in his fourth at bat he ripped the first pitch he saw into left field. Wass, Fogle and Andrew Youngs, who also walked once and had 3 hits, accounted for 10 of Gillette’s 13 runs scored. Wyatt Estabrook, who came in relief of Kelley on the mound in the fourth inning, not only threw 3 solid innings of relief, but he also picked up his first RBI and hit of the season on a hot shot single in between the shortstop of third baseman in the fifth inning. In the final game of their three game set with the Billings Scarlets, the Gillette American Legion baseball team lost 15-4. The game was close through three innings with the Riders trailing just 4-2 after Andrew Youngs and Tanner Rogen

reached base on back-toback singles in the bottom of the third before Drake Kelly singled to drive in Youngs for his fifth RBI of the weekend. Before the inning was over, Westin Hinkel singled to bring home Rogen. However, the Scarlets went on to score 11 unanswered runs to grab a 15-2 lead going into the bottom of the 9th where Gillette added a couple of late runs as Austin Zigray and Youngs each singled. Then after a walk to Rogen, Dalton McCann’s sacrifice fly plated Zigray. After Kelly reached on a fielder’s choice and Hinkel was hit by a pitch, Alex King drove in Youngs to cap the scoring for the Riders. Billings pitcher Myles Berkram got Matt Fogle to strike out to end the Riders fifth game of the week. All but one of the Scarlets nine starters recorded a hit against the Riders four pitchers—Austin Tennant, Ian Durgin, Kadison Wass and Jake Groombridge. Tennant was saddle with the loss after throwing 3 innings and giving up 6 hits, 4 runs, 3 walks and striking out 1. Picking up the win for Billings was Colter Endy who tossed 6 2/3 innings, scattered 6 hits and allowed just 2 runs, both unearned while striking out and walking 3 each. The first four hitters for Billings—Tory Huppert, Myles Berkram, Justin Black and Nick Funyak, combined to go 7-16 with

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8 runs scored, 9 RBIs and 7 base on balls. Leading the way offensively for the Riders was Andrew Youngs who was 3-4 with 2 runs scored and he reached on an error. For the weekend Youngs was 7-12 with 7 runs scored, 2 RBIs and 3 walks. Next up for the Riders is a rematch with Rapid City Post 22, who they defeated for the 1st time since 2007 on Friday night 7-2, on Wednesday, May 16, at McKeague Field in Rapid City at 5:30 p.m. For more on the Riders go to www. gilletteriders.com. The next games available on NewsTalk 1270 KIML and online athttp://network1sports.com/station/kiml will be a doubleheader at Roughrider Stadium on Friday, May 18, against the Spearﬁsh Spartans who the Riders defeated 8-1 and 13-0 back on May 4 in Spearﬁsh.

At the 4A East Conference golf tournament in Casper both Kelly Walsh golf teams won the conference championships as the Trojans ended the Sheridan Broncs 35 tournament win streak as they won by just one stroke 634 to 635. The Lady Trojans won a little easier as they finished 9 strokes in front of second place Natrona County. The Campbell County Lady Camels came in third with a team score of 546 and the Camels finished in seventh place with a score of 751. Haley Shackelford was crowned conference champion after carding a two-day total 163. Also being named to the all-conference team was Ashlyn Pearson who came in fifth with a 175. Jordan Dowling was third on the team with a 208 and Katie Wilson was fourth for the Lady Camels with a 234. For the Camels, Danny Davis earned all-conference honors by coming in ninth with a two-day total of 160. He shot four strokes better on day two than he did on day one (82-78). Second on the team was Justin Krein who carded a 195, Carl Edelman was third with a 198 and freshmen Cody Eastman and Trey Wilson came in fourth and fifth respectively for the Camels.

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Sports Report Hunter calls his hometown as “Australian Version” of Gillette By Vic Wright - Basin Radio

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Gillette College’s Men’s Basketball Coach Shawn Neary announces the ﬁrst recruit of the team’s 2012-13 season is a 6’2” guard from Minnesota.

Neary signs Minneapolis standout for ﬁrst recruit By Vic Wright - Basin Radio Gillette College’s men’s basketball coach Shawn Neary announced Tuesday afternoon that Dwight Anderson, a 6’2”, 184 pound, guard from Minneapolis, Minn. will be the ﬁrst recruit of the 2012-13 season. Anderson averaged 14 point, four rebounds and three assists per game during his senior season at Washburn High School in Minneapolis. He helped lead the 28-3 Washburn Millers to the Minnesota 3A State Championship game. There the Millers lost in overtime, but for his efforts, Anderson made the 2012 Minnesota State Tournament AllTournament Team. Anderson is considered a top 10 recruit from Minnesota, according to ESPNU and other state and regional recruiting companies had him in the top 10 as well. Other honors for Anderson include being named to the Associated Press 2012 All-State team for Minnesota, All-Pioneer Press West Metro, and StarTribune All-Metro Third Team. He also played in the Minnesota

Basketball Coaches Association All-Star game in March. In addition to playing for Washburn High School, Anderson was on the Howard Pulley Basketball Program, an AAU squad that is considered one of the best in the Midwest. Here is what Anderson’s coach at Washburn High School, Reggie Perkins had to say: “Dwight is one of the best players I’ve had the pleasure of coaching,” describes Anderson’s coach at Washburn High School, Reggie Perkins. “A great kid whose dedication and hard work helped lead our team to a 28-3 season and a return trip to the state tournament championship game.” “I am very pleased that Dwight has decided to join our program,” says coach Neary. “He is a winner, a competitor, and a quality person. The fans of Gillette College Pronghorn basketball are going to really enjoy watching Dwight play.” Dwight is the son of Damona Anderson of Minneapolis.

Australian native James Hunter will once again be moving north after he signed to play basketball at Washington State University. The 6’10” center played one season for the Gillette College Pronghorns last and will now join Campbell County High School alumni Jordan Kelley. Hunter took a tour of the campus last weekend and signed with the Cougars on Tuesday. He will have three years of eligibility to play for the men’s team, starting this fall. “They obviously have really nice facilities,” Hunter explains. “They’ve got a really good athletics program over there. I mean the guys are really friendly, the coaches are really nice guys and I got along with them all really good. I just thought it was a really great ﬁt for me.” When asked what he learned from his time playing for Shawn Neary at Gillette College, Hunter said he “learned to work hard, nothing is given to you.” “Coach Neary really told me that as soon as you step onto the court it’s kind of like a business time,” describes Hunter. “You got to put your game face on, there is no more messing around.” Hunter added, “The assistant coaches, [Joe] Kittell and [Theo] Donley really helped me. They did a lot of personal work with me. They really developed me.” When asked what he thought of Gillette, James said that he was from a small town in Australia and said that the Energy Capital of the Nation was an “Australian version” of his hometown. “It’s a really nice community and they’re really supportive for basketball and they are good fans,” says Hunter. “I really enjoyed it out here and this was a really great ﬁt for me out here as well—I really enjoyed it here.” Hunter worked on his General Studies degree at Gillette College and said he met with the Business and Health Sciences departments while at WSU, but is still deciding on what his major will be. “We’re really happy for James Hunter,” exclaims Pronghorns men’s basketball Head Coach Shawn Neary. “It’s a great opportunity for him to go to a PAC 12 school. Even some of the ‘best players’ in Region IX did not get an opportunity to get a scholarship at a PAC 12 school.” Coach Neary mentioned that during Hunter’s time at Gillette College that he “really worked on his game and he got bigger, he got stronger.”

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In his ﬁrst and only season for the Pronghorns, Australian native, James Hunter scored 389 points in 30 games. On Tuesday, Hunter signed with Washington State University.

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By Ted Ripko - Basin Radio Sports In his first season playing baseball for Miles Community College, former Gillette Roughrider standout Tucker Young was named to the Mon/Dak All-Conference team along with six of his teammates: Zach Robinson, Dylan Lafrentz, Skyler Smith, Trevor Johnson and Dakota Murdoch. On the season, Young leads the Pioneers with a .358 batting average in 46 games played. He has 28 runs, 8 doubles, 3 homeruns, 26 RBI, 22 base on balls, 16 stolen bases and an OPS of .980, which is third best on the team. In centerfield, Young has 65 putouts and 6 assists and a .934 fielding percentage. This weekend, Young and the rest of the Pioneers open up play at the NJCAA Region IX Tournament in Glendive, MT against Southeast CC Saturday at 11 a.m. Then in the double elimination tournament they play Dawson CC at 6 p.m.

Assistant Coach Ben Johnson of WSU played in Australia and according to Neary, he keeps an eye on players from Down Under that play in the United States. When Hunter sent out feelers to colleges, it made it on Johnson’s radar. Neary mentioned, “I think it says a lot about our program in that players from around the country and really around the world can know that by coming to Gillette College they’ll have a chance to be recruited to division I and maybe a super six conference like the PAC 12.” James Hunter played in 30 games for the Pronghorns last season and averaged 13 points per game.

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Campbell County sports screening dates for 2012 Dates have been scheduled for the2012 Campbell County Sports Screening program. The Sports Screening program is a joint project of Campbell County Memorial Hospital, the Campbell County Healthcare Foundation, Campbell County School District and local physicians, providing lowcost athletic screenings to local youth athletes for over 15 years. Screenings take place at the WORI building on the corner of 6th St. and Stocktrail Ave. from 6-8 pm. Fee is $25 per child, and young athletes from 3rd through 12th grade welcome.

Dates for this year’s program are: Tuesday, June 19 Thursday, June 21 Tuesday, July 24 Thursday, July 26 Tuesday, August 7 Thursday, August 9 Appointments are required. The Sports Screening appointment line opens June 1. Appointments cannot be made prior to June 1, 2012. Call 688.6666 Monday-Friday from 9 am-4 pm to schedule an appointment beginning Friday, June 1, 2012.

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A brunette, a redhead, and a blonde were robbing a supermarket when a police ofﬁcer walked in the store. The three women decide to hide in three potato sacks. The cop kicks the ﬁrst bag, and the brunette says, “meow”, the cop says, “oh, it’s only a cat” He kicks the second bag, and the redhead says, “woof, woof”. The cop says, “it’s only a dog”. He kicks the third bag, and the blonde says, “Potato”

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This Gillette U14Gold Edge team took ﬁrst place in last week’s Billings Montana Magic City Classic soccer tournament. Their scores for the weekend tourney were: Gillette vs. Sheridan (2-1); Gillette vs. Bozeman (9-1); Gillette vs. Magic City (3-1); and ﬁnal Gillette vs. Magic City (3-2). The team includes (left to right) in front, Tayern Mallak; in the middle, Rylie Pilon, Gracie Neiman (Belle Fourche), Jessica Ryan (Belle Fourche), Emma Jurewicz, Courtney Michael, and Natalie Lymburner; and in back, Madeline Cox, Kendra Sosa, Marena Zeller, Ashley Wilcox, Kaitlyn Foster, Kiana Ayers and Molly Kuhbacher. The team is coached by Joe Jurewicz and Lyle Foster.

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Joey Jurewicz, Ryan Knievel, Logan MacKearney, Zach Milliron, Aron Molina, Colton Pilon, and Tanner Smolik and are coached by Randy Milliron, Joff Pilon, & Jake Davis. The U10 Girls Purple team coached by Justin and Krisina Rodsvadowski did well in Billings. The girls tied one and won three this weekend. They had a total of 18 goals and none scored against them. The U12 Girls Purple team ended up 2nd this weekend losing to Magic

City U12 3-1. They won their other matches 4-1 vs. Magic City U11, 8-0 vs. Helena, and 3-0 vs. Sheridan. The girls played well this weekend, according to Coach Alex Ayers, especially during pool play. Several chances were had to score in the final but the ball couldn’t find the back of the net. The U12 Girls White team coached by Mike Jones had a good weekend as well. The first game they lost 6-4 to the Bozeman Blizzard U12 team.

The girls came out fast, but didn’t have the strength to hang on. The girls were playing with only one sub. The second game they saw Casper U12 and tied them 2-2. Sunday was a tough day as the Magic City U12 squad outscored them 6-1 with only one goal scored on them the second half. The U14 girls coached by Joe Jurewicz ended up on top in the gold division. Game one they defeated Sheridan 2-1. In the second game, they defeated the Bozeman Blizzard

team 9-1. They found themselves on top again defeating Billings 3-1 to take them to the championship game were they defeated Billings 3-2. Next weekend, the Club will travel to Sheridan, WY for the annual Mars Cup at the equestrian center in Sheridan, WY. This tournament is always a crowd pleaser.

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