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Volume 4 • Issue 17
April 25 - May 2, 2014
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“If it doesn’t have to do with Campbell County, we don’t care!”
This Week’s June 17 - 24, 2011 Highlights
• Jeanie Stone Says Goodbye .......................Page 2 • Hope’s Haven .............Page 4 • The Longest Mule Deer Migration .....................Page 5
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• Comics .......................Page 8
Cleaning & Restoration
• Bold Republic: EPA vs Wyo Rancher ........................Page 9 • Nygaard Announces Intent to Run ........................ Page 12
Photo by Kristina Reynolds
Three Rings to Help Kids
• Cole Sports.............. Page 15 • Are We Alone? ........ Page 20
By Kara Fladstol hat has stripes, a trunk, flies through the air with the greatest of ease, and supports local children? The Powder River Shrine Circus! For the sixth year, the Powder River Shriners have hosted a 3 ring circus. It was held Wednesday, April 16th at the Camplex. The circus featured everything from tigers and elephants to daredevil motorcycle riders and a man shot out of cannon. Kids could ride elephants and ponies, have their face painted, and get their picture taken with a tiger. All kids under the age of 12 got in for free because “It’s a kid organization,” said local Shriner treasurer Mark Collins. There were two showings; one at 4:00 and one at 7:30. The late showing was sold out before the beginning of the early show. The show was definitely a hit with the kids, “The clowns were funny,”
said Brycin, age five. His Spiderman face paint barely stood out in the crowd of kids painted like butterflies, Batman and tigers, but he was definitely having a great time. The tigers were a hit with Kymber, age four. Craig, age six, loved the dare devil motorcylers but promised that he wasn’t afraid they were going to hit. The circus is one of two major fundraisers the Powder River Shriners put on every year to raise money for Wyoming children with bone and joint problems and burns. “It always gets donated to a very good cause. The Shrine have 22 crippled children hospitals…We had 11 patients travel last year to four different hospitals,” said Collins. The Powder River Shriners pay travel expenses for families, help with prosthetics, and even help children with cerebral palsy learn to walk again.
City Considers Extending City Limits By Holly Galloway At Tuesday night’s work meeting, held before the City Council meeting, City Administrator Carter Napier brought forth an annexation request. “The city has had many annexation requests in the past few months by those who want to use some, if not all, of the City’s services,” said Napier. Many of these have come from the area south of Southern Drive. Maps were distributed showing all of the possible affected areas. There are over thirteen subdivisions and industrial parks. Most of these areas have a high level of interest in the annexation.
“The census will be taken in 2020 at which time allocations will be decided for the City for the next ten years,” Napier said. “If the residential component is of any interest to this council, the industrial portion is critical to get us to that point.” Some of these areas have signed pre-annexation agreements with the City. After several councilmen asked questions about this project, including owner’s desires and the cost to the City, Napier said, “We are working on a model that will show what the costs would look like.”
Coffee and Conversation By Elizabeth Palone Finally, it’s time for your childhood dream to come true. Tuesday, April 29th, Governor Matt Mead will be in Gillette. He’ll be here for only a short hour, and that time will be spent at Brother’s Coffee. A small meet and greet will be held for the governor from 2 PM to 3 PM. Come on down, drink some coffee, and meet the governor!
Silencers for Hunters
Some states are considering legislation that would allow hunters to use gun silencers, or suppressors, to reduce the sound made by firing a gun. Those in favor of the legislation say hunters are damaging their hearing by firing weapons that do not have silencers, and they add that the injuries are unnecessary since the use of silencers would prevent them. They say law-abiding gun owners should have the legal right to use whatever ballistic innovations are available and add that criminals will use silencers whether they are legal or not, especially since black market silencers are available. Those against the measure say the result of legalizing the use of gun silencers would be deadly. With the legalization would come an increase in their production and their use. Silencers would mask the position of criminals who open fire in public places, allowing them to kill and then flee. Also, home murders would be likely to go undetected for longer than if neighbors could hear the shots. They add that hunters could easily wear ear plugs if their own gun shots hurt their eardrums.
Get Ready to March for Babies n May 10 in Cheyenne and May 17 in Casper hundreds of families and business leaders will join together in the March of Dimes annual March for Babies—the nation’s oldest walk fundraiser honoring babies born healthy and those who need help to survive and thrive. The Cheyenne walk will be held at Lions Park and the Casper walk will be at Washington Park, a new location. Both 3-mile walks kick off at 10 a.m. Participation in March for Babies will provide a memorable and fun day for the whole family including a bounce house and activities for the entire family. To register for the event, visit www.marchforbabies.org. Sponsors of the Wyoming March for Babies events include Loaf ‘N Jug,
Chesapeake Energy, Hilltop National Bank, the McMurry Foundation and Wyoming Medical Center. When you participate in March for Babies, you help babies like Sterling. Born at 30 weeks, 6 days, Sterling weighed 2 pounds, 14 ounces and was 15 inches long. His lungs were very underdeveloped and he was put on a ventilator and CPAP machine in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Today Sterling is a healthy, happy, cheeky three and a half year old. His parents credit the March of Dimes with helping Sterling survive by funding research and other programs for premature babies/sick babies and ask other families to join them in supporting March for Babies. Premature birth is the most urgent
infant health problem in the U.S. today. It affects more than half a million babies each year, including one out of 10 babies born in Wyoming. The March of Dimes is committed to funding research to find the answers to problems that continue to threaten the lives and the health of babies. Funds raised by March for Babies in Wyoming help support prenatal wellness programs, research grants, NICU family support programs and advocacy efforts for stronger, healthier babies. The 2014 March for Babies is sponsored nationally by the March of Dimes number one corporate supporter Kmart, Macy’s, Famous Footwear, Cigna, Sanofi Pasteur, Mission Pharmacal, and United Airlines.