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This Week’s June 17 - 24, 2011 Highlights “If it doesn’t have to do with Campbell County, we don’t care!”
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Cheney Challenges Enzi to Return Subsidy Under pressure from Congress last week, the Office of Personnel Management issued a ruling allowing members of the House of Representatives, the Senate and their staffs to get large government subsidies when they buy into the ObamaCare exchanges. Under this ruling, our elected officials and their staffs will not have to abide by the same rules they require other
Americans to follow when buying into the exchanges. Yesterday, Senator Mike Enzi claimed that he opposes this kind of special treatment. Today, US Senate Candidate Liz Cheney called on Enzi to commit to return his taxpayer-funded ObamaCare subsidies to the US Treasury and to convince his Senate colleagues to do so, as well.
“Yesterday, my opponent issued a statement claiming that he opposed this kind of special treatment. Senator Enzi should walk the walk on this one,” Cheney said. “If he is opposed to this special deal, he should agree to return his taxpayer-funded ObamaCare subsidy money to the U.S. Treasury, and he should lead in convincing his senate colleagues to do so, too.”
Enzi Calls for Defunding Obamacare Senator Enzi joined Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, and others in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announcing that they will not support a continuing resolution that funds further implementation or enforcement of Obamacare.
In the letter the senators wrote, “We view the Obama Administration’s recent decision to delay Obamacare’s employer mandate and eligibility verification for the individual exchanges as further proof the law is a failure that will inevitably hurt businesses,
American families, and the economy. “In light of this admission, we believe the only way to avert disaster is to fully repeal Obamacare and start over with a more sensible, practical approach to reforming our healthcare system.”
Deadline for Ag Photo Contest Submissions Quickly Approaching The Wyoming Business Council Agribusiness Division is reminding photographers that the deadline to submit photos for its 6th Annual Photo Contest is Sept. 1. Youth and adults, either amateur or professional, may submit photos to the Agribusiness Division. While there are no subject categories, all submissions must be agriculture related and taken in Wyoming. Photos could include crops; livestock and farm animals; ag recreation and activities; or scenic agriculture. Photos may be in color or black and white.
All contestants are eligible for the Grand Prize of $300. Adult contestants may win $150 and $75 for 1st and 2nd places respectively. Youth contestants may win $75 and $50 for 1st and 2nd places respectively. Winning photos will also be used in the 2014 AgriCulture Calendar issued in fall 2013. Each submitted photograph must be accompanied by a completed and signed application form. The photos must be at least 300 dpi in .jpeg or .tiff format. Each submitted photo needs to include the location of the picture, contestant’s name and a title on the
back of the photograph. Digital photos may be submitted on CD or via email. For convenience, applications and photos may be submitted online at www.wyophotocontest.com. For questions or to receive the application and contest rules, contact Cody Ann Bainter at cody.bainter@wyo.gov or307.777.2864. Applications, contest rules and tips are also available online at www.wyophotocontest.com. All photos become property of the Agribusiness Division and may be used in marketing materials, publications and the AgriCulture Calendar.
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Crane, Goose, Dove Opener Sept. 1 imited quota sandhill crane, mourning dove, and early Canada goose seasons will open Sept. 1 in the Pacific Flyway and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reminding bird hunters to get ready now. The Pacific Flyway means that portion of Wyoming west of the Continental Divide, including the Great Divide Basin. The sandhill crane hunt is only open to valid limited quota permit holders. Sandhill crane hunt areas within the Green River Region include hunt area 1 (Bear River and Ham’s Fork Drainages), hunt area 3 (Bureau of Reclamation Eden Project in Sweetwater County), and hunt area 5 (all of Uinta County). The season opens Sunday, Sept. 1, and ends officially at sunset on Saturday, Sept. 8. The season bag limit is one crane. The early Canada goose season in the Pacific Flyway is a general season. The early Canada goose season also opens Sept. 1 and ends officially at sunset on Sept. 8. The daily bag limit on any Canada goose is two, and the possession limit is four; except in Teton County where the daily limit is three and possession
limit is six. Hunting seasons for mourning doves, rails, and snipe also opens Sept. 1. The daily bag limit for doves is 15 and 30 in possession. Hunters are urged to read the 2013 Early Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations before going hunting. All migratory bird hunters must have a Wyoming game bird license, conservation stamp, and a Federal Harvest Information Program (HIP) stamp. During the early migratory bird season the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (“Duck Stamp”) is required only if you are 16 years of age or older and plan to hunt geese. Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1966 who hunts wildlife with a firearm must also have a hunter education certificate. All licensed migratory bird hunters must complete a HIP validation and must obtain a Wyoming HIP validation permit before they can legally hunt migratory game birds in Wyoming. HIP applies to anyone who hunts doves, ducks, geese, mergansers, coots, sandhill cranes, snipe, or rails. HIP is a federal program that improves the ability to
estimate harvest for management of migratory game species. HIP validation permits are free of charge and only available from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department website wgfd@ wyo.gov In order to obtain a HIP validation permit you will be asked to identify the species you hunted the previous year and the approximate number you harvested. Some hunters will be randomly surveyed after the hunting season. Only one HIP permit is needed to hunt all species for the entire migratory game bird season.HIP permits are only valid in the state in which they are issued. In an effort to protect migratory birds, federal and state law requires that no person shall hunt cranes, ducks, geese, mergansers and or coots with shot shells loaded with shot other than nontoxic shot. Bird hunters can refer to the 2013 Early Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons on pages 14-16 for detailed information about shotgun loads, distance estimation, and steel shot lethality. For more information, call the Green River Game and Fish Office at (307) 875-3223 or (800) 843-8096 (in-state).
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Wyoming Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 4.6% in July 2013 he Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.6% in July. Wyoming’s unemployment rate remained lower than its July 2012 level (5.5%) and the current U.S. unemployment rate (7.4%). Seasonally adjusted employment of Wyoming residents fell slightly, decreasing by 612 individuals (-0.2%) from June to July. Most county unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and fell from June to July. Typically, employment rises in many sectors in July, including construction,
retail trade, professional & business services, and leisure & hospitality. The largest unemployment rate decreases occurred in Teton (down from 3.8% in June to 3.1% in July), Uinta (down from 4.8% to 4.3%), and Laramie (down from 4.9% to 4.4%) counties. Unemployment increased slightly in Fremont County (up from 5.8% to 5.9%) and was unchanged in Platte County (4.9%). Fremont County posted the highest unemployment rate in July (5.9%). It was followed by Big Horn (5.0%), Goshen (5.0%), Lincoln (4.9%), and Platte (4.9%) counties. The lowest unemployment rates were found in Teton (3.1%), Sublette (3.2%), and
Converse (3.3%) counties. Unemployment rates fell in every county from July 2012 to July 2013, possibly indicating modest improvement in the state’s economy. The largest decreases were seen in Lincoln (down from 7.3% to 4.9%), Laramie (down from 6.0% to 4.4%), and Big Horn (down from 6.5% to 5.0%) counties. Total nonfarm employment (measured by place of work) rose from 296,800 in July 2012 to 301,400 in July 2013, a gain of 4,600 jobs (1.5%). Research & Planning has scheduled the August employment news release for September 24, 2013.
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Governor Matt Mead continues to work for more efficient state government. This year he has asked agencies, boards and commissions to streamline rules. This follows the merger of the Department of Workforce Services and Department of Employment in 2011 and consolidation of technology services in 2012. The goal of the Governor’s rules project is to reduce rules both in number and length by 1/3. This benchmark recognizes some agencies, boards and commissions will not be able to achieve that goal, while others may surpass it.
“We have obsolete, unnecessary and duplicative rules on the books and state agencies, boards and commissions are now looking critically at their existing rules and writing new rules in a more clear and concise manner,” Governor Mead said. “This project will benefit the public by making rules more useful and transparent. It will also clear out the clutter posed by unnecessary and outdated rules. We are also getting ideas for how to make the rulemaking process more efficient and improve accessibility in the future.” State agencies, boards and commissions develop
rules pursuant to enabling legislation. They are intended to clarify requirements for the benefit of individuals, businesses and government. When rules are not clear, concise and relevant they are not helpful – they are cumbersome. The Legislature, Secretary of State’s Office, and the Attorney General’s Office are all actively working on this streamlined rules project with the Governor’s Office. “Some state agencies have already reduced the number of rules they have on the books this year,” Governor Mead said. “Others have proposed reductions or will soon. I believe
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Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Presents Student/Parents Information Night Chamber of Commerce will host a Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) parent and student information night on September 5, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the Wyoming Room of the Campbell County Public Library. This meeting is to inform interested students currently in grades 6-12 and their families about the YEA! Program coming to Campbell County starting in October. Interested parties should RSVP by calling 307-682-3673 Attendees will learn about the structure, curriculum, and application process for the YEA! Program. Business leaders can learn how to get involved with YEA! as a mentor, guest lecturer, field trip host or even as a sponsor. We encourage anyone that is interested to attend the meeting and we look forward to visiting with you. YEA! brochures and applications will be available at the event. The application deadline for YEA! is September 15, 2013. The Young Entrepreneurs Academy, or YEA!™, is a groundbreaking educational program that takes students in grades six through twelve through the process of starting and running real businesses over the course of a full academic year. Students work in close cooperation with local leaders of industry, community members, and educators to develop ideas and
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Doktor Kaboom! Please join the CAM-PLEX Heritage Center staff for the presentation of Doktor Kaboom! on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Doktor Kaboom! is an interactive one-man Science variety show suitable for all audiences. Creatively blending theatre arts with the wonders of scientific exploration, Doktor Kaboom! keeps his crowds riveted with interest and rolling with laughter. Join him for a sidesplitting journey of increasingly spectacular, and often successful, experiments and demonstrations. Using masterful improvisational skills, the artist takes his audience on a sidesplitting tour of the modern scientific method while demonstrating spectacular applications of the physical sciences. Doktor Kaboom! is the creation of Actor / Comedian David Epley. David has been fortunate enough to discover two passions in his life. His first, science, took him to studies at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. His second, performing, became his career. For 20 years David has made his living writing, performing, and directing original interactive comedy across the US and Canada. He now brings his passions together with an explosive style that refuses to allow his audiences time to catch a breath. For more information go to www.doktorkaboom.com. Due to generous grant funding and local sponsorships, tickets are only $6 for Adults, $4 for Youth/Senior/Military. For more information, contact the CAM-PLEX Ticket Office at 307-682-8802 or visit our website at www.camplex.com.
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lease join the CAM-PLEX Heritage Center staff for the presentation of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis has been America’s favorite holiday celebration for over 25 years. Grammy Award winner, Chip Davis has created a show that features the beloved Christmas music of Mannheim Steamroller along with dazzling multimedia effects performed in an intimate setting. Twenty five years since releasing the Christmas album that changed the music industry, Chip Davis, founder of the multi platinum selling group Mannheim Steamroller, reflects on the beginnings of what has become nothing less than an amazing musical journey. “I remember when I created Mannheim Steamroller Christmas,” Davis says of his landmark 1984 album. “I took it around to all the major buyers and distributors. Back in those days, there were about 20 or 30 independent distributors and hundreds of retail stores and chains. There were a lot places to go and sell. I remember taking it out and showing it off and playing it for people, and the first thing out of their mouths was: ‘This is a Christmas record; that’ll never work!’ That across-the-board skepticism only fueled Davis’ determination. “For me, it was like, ‘OK, tell me something else I can’t do…’ And today, with 9 million copies sold of that one record, we can look back and say: ‘Well, we were right – you can successfully market Christmas music.’” Don’t miss this ultimate holiday tradition form the #1 Christmas music artist in history! Reserved seating tickets are $35-$55. For more information, contact the CAM-PLEX Ticket Office at 307- 682-8802 or visit our website at www.cam-plex.com.
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Eileen Nistler CAM-PLEX is pleased to invite you to meet artist, EILEEN NISTLER on Monday, October 7, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eileen will speak about her art at 6:15 p.m. This artist reception is free and open to the public. The exhibit will be installed in the Heritage Center Gallery from Tuesday, September 3, 2013, through Tuesday, October 8, 2013. “I was born in 1958 in the beautiful Inyan Kara area of the Black Hills in Wyoming. I left for seventeen years to pursue an education and short career as an architect. Then the magic of Wyoming called me back. I now live in the house that I drew my first paintings in as a child. My family consists of my cowboy husband Tom, daughter Maura, and son Jamison. We also have a married daughter Brenna and a grand-daughter Noella. We live on and operate the family ranch that lies between Upton and Sundance, Wyoming. Much of my inspiration comes from living and loving on a working ranch in Wyoming.” “I am also blessed with a mother who raises beautiful gardens. I spend the whole month of June photographing peonies, iris, and roses. My other passion is collecting china, porcelain, and
vintage pottery. Combining the four passions of flowers, my collections, photography, and colored pencil paintings and that makes me a happy gal. Then add an audio book while I draw and life is good.” ~ Eileen Nistler Eileen has been a finalist for Artist’s magazine twice and a finalist for International artist magazine tree times. One of these was second place. She has received six juror’s choice awards from Paint America and has had twenty eight paintings, to date, juried into Paint America competitions. She received second place in the Colored Pencil Society of America 2010 Explore This Competition and fourth place in the 2012 Explore This. She has also received several awards from the Colored Pencil Society of America’s annual exhibitions. Eileen was one of the first two to achieve Signature Member Master Status from Paint America (PAA-M). She is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA), the Colored Pencil Society of America Explore This (CPX) and American Plains Artists (APA). She is also a member of Women Artists of the West and American Women Artists.
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UW Researcher’s Work Shows Greenland Ice Melt Affected by Sub-Glacial Drainage System niversity of Wyoming Geologist Neil Humphrey and colleagues have taken a significant step to better understand glacial movement in Greenland, which is fundamental to projecting future sea-level rise worldwide. The key may lie in the effect of the basal or subglacial drainage system on the Greenland ice sheet. Sub-glacial drainage systems are formed from the hydraulic pathways that contain and transfer water located close to the contact between an ice mass and its substrate. But rather than the melting ice draining out from under the ice sheet within a matter of days -- as a decades-old theory of a glacial river or conduit system purports -- the melting ice moves much more slowly, as ice melts from everywhere on the ice sheet and meltwater moves underneath in what Humphrey terms a “distribution system.” “It’s socially relevant science. It’s directly related to sea-level rise,” says Humphrey, a UW professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics. “From a human perspective, 20 percent of the world’s population lives within 50 feet of sea level. If Greenland is to melt, it’s beyond catastrophic.” Humphrey is co-author of a paper, titled “Basal Drainage System Response to Increasing Surface Melt on
the Greenland Ice Sheet,” that will be published in this month’s issue of Science. This marks the fifth time he has contributed a paper that has been published in Science, Humphrey says. Toby Meierbachtol, a doctoral student at the University of Montana, is the paper’s lead writer. Joel Harper, an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Montana, was the other contributing writer. Humphrey and Harper have worked as colleagues in the field for 20 years. Drilling Down During the summers of 2010-12, the research group used hot water methods to drill 23 vertically straight bore holes into the ice sheet bed -- in ice up to 1 kilometer thick -- at sites along an east-west transect in western Greenland. Humphrey designed and constructed a hot water drill at UW. The drill pumps cold surface water through a series of heaters and high-pressure pumps to melt a hole -- at 120 meters per hour -- through the ice sheet. Drilling allowed for the installation of sensors for monitoring water flow and ice motion. Measurements beneath the Greenland ice sheet indicate limited growth of the basal hydrologic network due to basal water pressures unfavorable to water-draining conduit development extending inland beneath deep ice. Slow
deforms or slides off. “The sliding of the ice is all related to the basal drainage,” Humphrey says. “It’s a very complicated system we don’t understand. It’s like the ice is floating.”
melt-back of ice walls limits conduit growth, inhibiting their capacity to transport increased discharge. “We’re the first people to actually go out and observe, and drill to the bed,” Humphrey says. The logistical difficulty of accessing the bed of the Greenland ice sheet has limited researchers’ ability to fully understand this drainage system’s response to surface ice melt, Humphrey says. As a result, geologists have been forced to interpret Greenland’s velocity changes based on theory developed from 40 years of observations on smaller, more accessible mountain glaciers. Mountain glacier geometry generally promotes rapid development of water-draining basal conduits through melt-back of the overlying ice roof. In contrast, conditions beneath much of Greenland do not support such fast growth of the basal drainage system through ice melting, Humphrey says. “Our research suggests that, because of geometric differences between the Greenland ice sheet and mountain glaciers, key aspects of the (previous) theory are not directly transferrable,” Humphrey says. “It requires a total rethinking of how the mechanism works.” Still, questions persist. Ice comes off of Greenland in two ways, Humphrey says. The ice either
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and Denmark), provided $1.3 million and $1.6 million, respectively, to fund the research. The NSF is providing another $1.2 million to continue the research, Humphrey says.
Neil Humphrey (right), a UW professor of geology and geophysics, and Joel Harper, an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Montana, monitor drilling progress into the Greenland ice sheet. The two contributed to a research paper that is published in the journal Science this month.
Coal Miner Killed in Accident at Black Thunder A coal miner was killed early Friday morning and another miner was injured at the Black Thunder mine in southern Campbell County. Killed was Jacob Dowdy, age 24, who had worked at the mine for nearly three years. Injured was 38-yearold Mike Lewis of Wright, according to reports. Lewis’ injuries were not life-threatening, according tothe Mine Safety and Health Administration. MSHA spokeswoman Amy Louviere told WyoFile the accident involved moving equipment. “… a power shovel was traveling up a ramp and rolled back, striking a pickup truck. One miner in the truck was killed, with another trapped in the truck. The second miner was taken to the hospital, but apparently not seriously injured. MSHA has responded and is launching an investigation.” Keith Williams, president of Thunder Basin Coal Co., issued this statement: “On behalf of Thunder Basin’s Black Thunder mine, we are saddened to confirm that Jacob Dowdy suffered
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UW Eclipses Previous Record with $56 Million in Private Support he University of Wyoming achieved a record year in private giving as the fiscal year closed on June 30. More than $56 million in private gifts eclipsed UW’s previous high year mark in 2011 of $43.1 million. This is the first time in UW’s history that private philanthropy has surpassed the $50 million mark. The FY 2013 total is nearly 30 percent higher than the previous record and reflects the contributions of 25,245 donors. This brings UW’s five-year fundraising average to $40.7 million a year. “This is an exciting time to arrive at UW,” says UW President Bob Sternberg. “I envision the new role of private giving to UW becoming more impactful in the years to come. It is gratifying to work with the UW Foundation and UW’s generous contributors to position UW as the premier land-grant university in the nation.” “Wyoming’s university is blessed by a remarkable family of supporters,” says UW Foundation President Ben Blalock. “Alumni, friends, corporations and foundations are committed to UW’s success. The UW Foundation Board of Directors is actively engaged in elevating the role that philanthropy plays in the advancement of our state’s school. It is very rewarding to work with donors and volunteers who are willing to give so generously and work so hard to enrich the lives of students.” Two transformational private gifts were received during the year to create a front door for the university that will be home to the UW Alumni Association, the UW Foundation and portions of the staff from UW Admissions and Career Services. Marian Rochelle gave $10 million, and Mick and Susie McMurry gave $6 million through the McMurry Foundation. These two gifts support the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center—a dramatic state-of-the-art welcoming center to be completed in 2014—and its McMurry Foundation UW Legacy Hall and McMurry Foundation Grand Atrium. The Rochelle Gateway Center is funded entirely through private support, making it the single largest facility—including athletic facilities—to be built with private donations. So far, $22.5 million has been raised to support this oneof-a-kind 67,000-squarefoot university facility that will be located on the corner of 22nd Street and Grand Avenue near War Memorial Stadium. “It has been an exciting year,” says Clayton Hartman, UW Foundation Board chair. “The UW Foundation continues its successful strategic partnership with the University of Wyoming, matching donors’ priorities with UW’s programs. The foundation board is looking
forward with great anticipation to the new and exciting partnership with President Sternberg and to reaching historic new levels of donor engagement and involvement.” Corporate support played a major role in achieving a new private giving record this year. Hess Corporation committed $4.4 million to support UW’s Center for Advanced Oil and Gas Technologies Hess Digital Rock Physics Laboratory, and ExxonMobil donated $2.5 million to support research into technologies that improve the production of oil and gas, as well as $100,000 to promote K-12 energy education in Wyoming. The gifts of $4.4 million and $2.5 million were matched dollar for dollar by the state of Wyoming. These two gifts contribute toward Wyoming’s goal to advance its university to Tier 1 engineering status, which is also the objective of a governor’s task force. The construction of a stateof-the-art UW Energy Engineering Research Facility and the renovation of the existing College of Engineering Building are included in this initiative. Notable gifts from the past year include: • Marian Rochelle gave $10 million for the Rochelle Gateway Center. • Mick and Susie McMurry, through the McMurry Foundation, gave $6 million for the McMurry Foundation UW Legacy Hall and McMurry Foundation Grand Atrium. • Hess Corporation gave $4.4 million for School of Energy Resources facilities. • The E.G. Meyer family gave an art collection valued at $3.8 million for the UW Art Museum. • ExxonMobil gave $2.5 million for School of Energy Resources facilities and $100,000 for K-12 energy
education. • The Knobloch Family Foundation gave $2.15 million for environment and natural resources. • Carol and Ramon Tome gave $1 million for the Rochelle Gateway Center. • Ralph and Fay Whitney gave $1 million for the Rochelle Gateway Center. • The Osher Foundation gave $1 million for nontraditional student scholarships. • Thea Stidum gave $500,000 for literacy. • Roy and Caryl Cline gave $500,000 for the Rochelle Gateway Center. • An anonymous donor gave $500,000 for the Arena-Auditorium. • The Joe and Arlene Watt Foundation gave $200,000 for literacy. Included in the $56 million is annual giving, which surpassed $5 million for the third straight year and achieved a new record of $5.4 million. Annual giving encompasses all unrestricted gifts that support UW’s colleges and departments and incorporates the fundraising success of Wyoming Public Media and the Cowboy Joe Club. UW Foundation annual giving reaches all UW alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends on a yearly basis. Additionally, planned giving plays a vital role in university support, and alumni and friends are remembering UW in their estate plans in ever-increasing numbers. In FY 2013, $2.4 million in planned gifts were realized in the form of gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, matured bequests, IRA rollover gifts and other planned giving vehicles. An additional $5.9 million of new bequest commitments were pledged to the university during the same period. Philanthropy provides Wyoming’s only four-year university an important ex-
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tra margin of support that builds upon the university’s public funding. The university’s endowment as of March of this year totals $356.4 million. Assets managed by the foundation have grown significantly over the years and have allowed donors to support an expanding number of students, faculty and academic programs. The University of Wyoming and the UW Foundation continue to build on their strong strategic partnerships, matching donors’ passions with university priorities. Founded in 1962, the UW Foundation is an independent, nonprofit corporation dedicated to securing, managing and stewarding private gifts in support of the University of Wyoming’s missions in teaching, research and public service.
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UW Balloon Research Program to Mark 50th Anniversary unique atmospheric research project housed at the University of Wyoming since 1971 will mark its 50th anniversary next week with a special balloon launch and other activities. About six times per year, UW’s Department of Atmospheric Science launches mid-sized balloons carrying aerosol-measuring instruments from a site near Laramie Regional Airport. The project, which provides data about the Earth’s climate and ozone levels, gives UW the distinction of being the nation’s research institution with the longest-running program for measuring stratospheric aerosol. The work began in August 1963 at the University of Minnesota, where physicist Jim Rosen launched an aerosol-measuring instrument developed as part of his Ph.D. project. That instrument, in essence, became UW’s aerosol counter when he moved to Wyoming in the early 1970s, and a version of that instrument is still flown today, says Terry Deshler, UW professor of atmospheric science who became involved with the aerosol measurement research in 1988 and has been the project’s principal investigator since 1991. Rosen will return to UW next week to observe the August scientific balloon flight from Laramie, which also will commemorate the initial flight of his instrument 50 years ago. Rosen will join Deshler for a lecture about the project at 3:10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, in Room 133 of the Classroom Building. The public is invited to the lecture, which will be preceded by a 2-3 p.m. public reception and exhibit of instruments used over the years, also in Room 133. The timing of the commemorative flight will depend upon weather conditions; the first possible day will be Tuesday, Aug. 27. In addition, people are invited to visit and tour the balloon “launch shack” west of Laramie from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Aug. 30.
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“This is an alert about your drinking water and a cosmetic dental problem that might affect children under nine years of age. At low levels, fluoride can help prevent cavities, but children drinking water containing more than 2.0 milligrams per liter (mg/l) of fluoride may develop cosmetic discoloration of their permanent teeth (dental fluorosis). The drinking water provided by the 1. American Road W & S District PWS# WY5600968, has a fluoride concentration of 2.1 milligrams per liter (mg/l). 2. Cedar Hills Water Company PWS# WY5600780, has a fluoride concentration of 2.7 milligrams per liter (mg/l. 3. Fox Park I & S District PWS# WY5600745, has a fluoride concentration of 2.6 milligrams per liter (mg/l). 4. Freedom Hills I & S District PWS# WY5600789, has a fluoride concentration of 2.8 milligrams per liter (mg/l). 5. Rodeo Flats PWS# WY5601626, has a fluoride concentration of 2.8 milligrams per liter (mg/l). 6. Rozet Ranchettes PWS# WY5601620, has a fluoride concentration of 3.9 milligrams per liter (mg/l). 7. Sleepy Hollow Subdivision PWS# 5600764, has a fluoride concentration of 3.0 milligrams per liter (mg/l) 8. Town of Pine Haven PWS# WY5600191, has a fluoride concentration of 2.0 milligrams per liter (mg/l). 9. Town of Moorcroft PWS# WY5600037, has a fluoride concentration of 2..3 milligrams per liter (mg/l). Dental fluorosis, in its moderate or severe forms, may result in a brown staining and/or pitting of the permanent teeth. This problem occurs only in developing teeth, before they erupt from the gums. Children under nine years of age should be provided with alternative sources of drinking water or water that has been treated to remove the fluoride to avoid the possibility of staining and pitting of their permanent teeth. You may also want to contact your dentist about proper use by young children of fluoride containing products. Other children and adults may safely drink the water. Drinking water containing more than 4.0 mg/l of fluoride (the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water standard) can increase your risk of developing bone disease. Your drinking water does not contain more than 4.0 mg/l of fluoride, but we are required to notify you when we discover that the fluoride levels in your water exceed 2.0 mg/l because of this cosmetic dental problem. For more information, please call Duaine Faucett at (307) 299-9911. Some home water treatment units are also available to remove fluoride from drinking water. To learn more about available home water treatment units you may call NSF International at 1-877-8-NSF-HELP.” Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail. August 12, 2013
Campbell Co. Fire Dept. August 14, 2013 - At 6:16 AM to Jack Smith Road for a medical assist. - At 2:20 PM to Park Ln for an EMS assist; - At 5:20 PM to Cheryl Ave for an EMS assist; - At 8:13 PM to Knollwood Dr for a propane leak. A valve was found opened on a large tank in the bed of a pickup truck. Firefighters closed the valve and monitored the area with explosive level meters until the leaked gas had dissipated. - At 10:14 PM to I-90 West near the 105 MM for a reported grass fire. No fire was found.
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started by lighting. - At 12:48 pm to Mercantile for an EMS assist. - At 1:19 pm to 301 W. 1st St. for an fire alarm activation, it was activated due to dust. The alarm was reset and units cleared. - At 5:15 pm to 608 Sako, for an automatic fire alarm activation, units were cancelled en route by the alarm company. - At 5:36 pm for timber fire, less than one acre started by lightning in the Rochelle Hills near the Lawver Rd. - At 9:05 pm to N. Highway 59 for an EMS assist. August 19th, 2013 - At 1:08 PM to the 900 block of W. 8th St. for an EMS assist. - At 1:11 PM to the 3800 block of Round-Up Drive for a smoke odor problem. Firefighters arrived on scene and did not find the source of the odor. - At 8:38 PM to the 100 block of W. Redwood St for a clothes dryer fire. The fire caused by lint build-up was out on arrival. Firefighters removed the dryer and ventilated the home.
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Shell 3-D Visualization Lab Offers Detailed Views on Energy-Related Research he person who coined the phrase, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” probably wasn’t seeing the view in multiple dimensions. For academics, students, engineers, oil and gas drillers, geologists and other scientists, the new Shell 3-D Visualization Lab in the University of Wyoming’sEnergy Innovation Center (EIC) has the ability to image detailed 3-D models of land surfaces, the subsurface, molecules and more -- a view that allows these entities to share the same frame of reference. “They (3-D visualization labs) have been found to be quite useful in the energy industry on many different scales,” says Mathematics Professor Bryan Shader, a special assistant to UW’s vice president for research and economic development. Just a few institutions in the United States -- including Idaho National Laboratory, Iowa State University, the University of Illinois’ Beckman Institute, the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden, Colo., and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif. -- house 3-D visualization labs or “CAVES™ (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment),” as they are called, according to Shader. “The increasing demand for energy throughout the world calls for innovative technology, training and problem solving to responsibly develop these important resources for the future. The Shell 3-D Visualization Lab at the University of Wyoming is an exciting opportunity that provides a unique problem-solving venue for industry, researchers and higher education in a collaborative environment,” says Paul Goodfellow, Shell VP US Unconventionals. “We are proud to support the university’s vision of bringing technology to the region and potentially other parts of the world, and look forward to continuing our successful, long-term partnership with UW.” Shell contributed $2 million for construction of the EIC. That amount was matched by the state of Wyoming. In a real-life example of the usefulness of 3-D visualization, Shader says an energy company decided to build a platform for an offshore oil rig. The company wants to “string” as many pipes as possible into the water and ocean crust below, but faces a dilemma. The company needs to direct a pipe from the platform to the surface below through a “whole lot of spaghetti” or piping that is already in place, Shader says. And, using the most economic path, the new pipe has to avoid contacting and rupturing the existing pipe. “This was an instance when the company couldn’t decide where to string the pipe,” Shader says. “When interested parties from a variety of backgrounds went into the CAVE, they were done within a matter of hours. They made a decision. The CAVE gives you a common reality. “Every discipline has its own language. If one person
can point to a certain spot, it gives everyone a common point,” Shader says. “The visualization center lets many people communicate even though they speak different jargon.” Ye Zhang, a UW professor of hydrogeology in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, says she plans to use the 3-D CAVE to help tackle some of her realworld research, including acid gas disposal studies in western Wyoming; carbon dioxide sequestration modeling at the Teapot Dome oil field in central Wyoming; and coal-bed modeling of the Powder River Basin to investigate aquifer dewatering effects. Acid gas disposal is a process that injects acid gas deep into the subsurface. The process reduces carbon dioxide and sulfur emissions into the atmosphere and reduces flaring, which is the burning of waste gas that cannot be processed or sold. When acid gas is injected to maintain reservoir pressure, it may increase oil or gas recovery, Zhang says. “I will use the CAVE to visualize three-dimensional, time-dependent (i.e., many snapshots of fluid migration over time) results from our ongoing research projects,” Zhang says.
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Mechdyne Corporation, a Marshalltown, Iowa-based company, designed, engineered, integrated and installed the CAVE, which is composed of three 10-foot square, vertical walls and a 10-foot square floor that act as projection screens for the images. The CAVE can accommodate four to five people simultaneously to provide the feeling of full immersion in the simulation as opposed to just viewing a 3-D effect on a single wall, says School of EnergyResources (SER) Director Mark Northam. In essence, it’s the difference between taking a thrill ride at Universal Studios and sitting in a movie theater with 3-D glasses. The 3-D CAVE allows researchers to do anything from projecting LIDAR (the acronym for Light Detection and Ranging) data of a certain geographic region in three dimensions for a visiting class to providing technicians simulation opportunities to perform basic maintenance on a nuclear reactor. LIDAR is an optic remote sensing technology that can measure the distance to, or other properties of, targets by illuminating the target with laser light. The technology has applications in seismology, geology and other geographic sciences. “It’s a modern-day microscope that allows you to use more of your senses in understanding things,” Shader says of the multidimensional view that is created from millions of bytes of computer data that have been modeled. “We’re pretty good at training ourselves by visualizing 3-D from twodimension representations. These CAVES allow you full immersion in 3-D. If you’re trying to teach geology to students, you can have them experience a wide range of phenomena without leaving the classroom.”
chance for innovation -- for both faculty and students. Just as the iPhone now allows consumers to watch movies on their phone screens, Shader is optimistic this 3-D technology in a large-scale CAVE eventually can be reduced for use on a desktop computer for the masses. “We want to enable research, but we also want to enable innovation. We want this technology around students and researchers who can improve this,” Shader says. “How can we transfer this to a larger audience and make it easier to use?” Shader points to the recent example of then-UW graduate student Ashish Dhital who, last year, worked with Amy Banic, an assistant professor in the UW Computer Science Department, on a research project with the Idaho National Laboratory. Dhital and other UW computer science graduate students helped researchers there develop a menu control panel in Android tablet form, which is easier to handle than a Wii remote control during 3-D computer imaging. “These 3-D labs enable energy research; enable innovation by transferring technology to more people; and play a large educational role,” Shader says. “You can use them as a tool for students to better understand the environment and science, and to explore.” Zhang says she expects to use the 3-D CAVE as a future teaching aid. With this resource, students in her graduate-level course, Groundwater Flow & Transport Modeling, will be able to visualize fluid flow and contaminant transport simulation results.
The visualization center also includes an IQ-Station, which is essentially a portable, immersive environment that contains a desk with a computer and three moveable display panels. Researchers can sit at the station and don 3-D glasses to review models on a smaller scale. The visualization center also contains a sixpanel, two-dimensional video wall that can be used to view any images at high resolution, including 3-D images generated in the CAVE. Both can be used for many interdisciplinary projects, Shader says. “With the ability to see pores (in reservoir rock), the 3-D Visualization Center becomes extremely important,” says Mohammad Piri, a UW SER associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering. Piri has used an array of 3-D X-ray scanners to view flow through porous media at varying resolutions to determine the best methods to extract oil and gas from unconventional and conventional reservoirs. The 3-D CAVE can help determine properties of the rock that affect the ability to recover oil from a particular reservoir, Piri says.
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The 3-D Visualization Lab is connected, via separate 10-gigabyte lines, to UW’s Advanced Research Computing Center (ARCC) and the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) in Cheyenne. This allows academics and their students, as well as industry researchers, to enter their raw data and model simulations of reservoirs. For the energy industry, such models can provide information ranging from geophysical data of the subsurface to determining the most efficient drill path in porous media. “The idea is to make it easy for faculty -- either using Mount Moran or Yellowstone -- to conduct their computational research on these resources, send their findings to the Energy Innovation Center, and be able to visualize their results at the 3-D Visualization Center,” Shader says. The computing cluster, nicknamed “Mount Moran” after a mountain peak in western Wyoming’s Tetons, and a large-scale storage system make up the ARCC. Yellowstone is the nickname for the Cheyenne-based supercomputer. “We’re inundated with so much data that we’re finding it difficult to understand,” Shader says. “Pictures help … I think almost every researcher is confronted with, ‘How do I explain my research? How do I make this meaningful to others?’ Having this 3-D visualization center on campus gives us a new tool.” Northam agrees. “This is becoming an important tool as our computing power increases,” he says. “The output information is so complex that, without visualizing it, it is difficult to understand.”
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Construction Updates
The City of Gillette’s Engineering Division announces several road closures for road construction and private contractor projects.
Clarion Drive
Clarion Drive from 1101 and 1102 Clarion Drive to the intersection of Clarion Drive and Overdale Drive will be closed from Monday, August 19th through Friday, August 23rd. This closure is to allow crews to reconstruct Clarion Drive, including subgrade preparation, installation of subbase, and asphalt paving. This work is part of the Pavement Management Schedule A Project and is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.
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Angus Drive from the Angus Drive/Cascade Drive intersection to 200’ south will be closed from Monday, August 19th through Friday, August 30th. This closure is to remove 200 square yards of asphalt, 18” of subgrade preparation and replacement of 6” of asphaltic concrete pavement.
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arlota was an artist who specialized in mostly still life paintings, and was eager to talk art. Her friends seemed to be as interested in art as she was. On this particular day she bustled about, seemingly uninterested in art at all. First of all, this was the first time she had been at the ranch for several years, and it was partially at Miss Elizabeth Spaeth’s urging that she came at all. She hurried about the kitchen where my mother was trying to prepare breakfast for the hands. She kept getting in the way and my mother was very, very short tempered with all of her bustling, and hustling. My mother was very close to completely urging Miss Carlota to get out of her kitchen until breakfast was over. Miss Carlota seemed not too concerned; after all, she was “the artist” and pursued her art with a passion. She continued to bustle about for several minutes before she planned to use several items that day in pursuit of her art. Near the door of the kitchen, she had already sighted several items. One of them was my father, his black Stetson, his black neckerchief, and hopefully she could find some rope somewhere to complete her still life painting. She finally left. Mom hadn’t seen her take anything. The only thing that Mom realized was that she was gone and good riddance, for her interference had caused a great deal of annoyance for my mother, who had been trying to put breakfast on the table. Finally, it was on the table at last and the men hurried and ate quickly so they could go about their duties without too much interference. When the men had finished eating, and mom had sat down to her breakfast, she was caught by dad’s enquiring, “Irene, where is my Stetson?” “Darned if I know,” she answered, “I was making breakfast and if she doesn’t stay out of my kitchen, I will throw her out myself!” “Irene, where is my neckerchief? You know it’s my favorite, and I don’t know if I can get through the day without my hat and my neckerchief!” “Well I guess you will have to get by the best way you can because I don’t have time to help you. I have problems of my own, and one of them is Carlota.” Dad went into the other room and dug up an old Stetson that he had for several years. It really looked terrible. He couldn’t find his neckerchief however, so putting the awful looking white Stetson on his head; he took off without his neckerchief. About 4 o’clock that same afternoon, Miss Carlota showed
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up in the kitchen where she deposited dad’s black hat, his neckerchief, and an old beat up coffee pot that she had arranged in a still life setting and spent the day painting. She didn’t bother to put the hat, neckerchief where she had found them. She just dumped them on the kitchen table and left without a word. A few days later she told my mother she did not understand why she had gotten so upset when she tried to get materials for her paintings. After all, she was “the artist”, she had the talent, and she did not appreciate her interference at all. My mother did not say anything. She just hung dad’s hat and neckerchief on a nail by the door. She told Miss Carlota in no uncertain terms that she was the cook, and she was responsible for the meals before the men left for work and Miss Carlota was not welcome in the kitchen before meals. It had been quite an ordeal for my mother to say anything to Miss Carlota. She was generally a very calm person, but when someone like Miss Carlota walked into her kitchen and got in the way at meal preparation time, she informed her that her presence in the kitchen was not needed, not wanted, and she was to keep out of the kitchen during meal preparation. Thank goodness that there was very little time left for Miss Carlota to be at the ranch. She and Miss Elizabeth Spaeth would be leaving for Philadelphia in a few days, The still life paintings, the paints, and the easel were conspicuous by their presence. One cold November day, my mother got a very strange looking envelope. In it, was a notice that Miss Carlota was having a group of still life paintings at a small gallery in Philadelphia and would appreciate her attendance at the showing. My mother said no, she wouldn’t disgrace the hall where the paintings were being shown by her presence when she was so mad at Miss Carlota. Why would she invite my mother? Miss Carlota had forgotten that other people were used for the paintings and she didn’t realize what a bother she had caused. A short note at the end of the invitation said, “Irene, your husband’ s black Stetson , black neckerchief, and the old battered coffee pot was the scene stealer for the show, and I sold the picture for 200 dollars. The man who purchased it wants to see some more, so I will be coming back to the ranch in May so that I can do some more paintings, and I hope that the man who bought the picture will come with me. So, see you in the spring.” signed, Miss Carlota.
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The honeymoon is over. You reached your goals. You lost weight, improved your fitness and are eating healthy. NOW WHAT? When you began your new adventure of diet and exercise the new positive feelings of well being are like those of being in love. You smile all the time and want more. Then you may start feeling a little bored. The weight loss slows or stops. You may be a bit bored with your new eating habits and exercise doesn’t seem as purposeful. In response you may grasp at a new goal but maybe don’t feel the same conviction as you did with your original goal. Whats going on? We call this the maintenance phase. Here many people slide back in to old eating habits and poor lifestyle routines. According to Colorado State University Extension office 50 million people go on a diet each year and only 5% manage to keep the weight off! WHY? I think it is because the good habits of exercise and eating right have not been en-
grained into daily routine. Poor lifestyle and eating choices over time make us fat and unhealthy. Good lifestyle and eating choices over time help maintain a healthy body. The common denominator here is time. People think that reaching THE goal is the end point. We are trained to think that once we are at our goal we are done. However what if that is where we begin, again? Similarly to a video game where you can only move forward once you have successfully completed a lower level. The game, like life, is seemingly endless! The key is to keep playing the game and conquering the next level. In order to do that you must like playing the game! Same goes with diet and exercise. You need to like what you are doing or find new things to do. When two people wed they generally believe they will be happily married for the rest of their lives. When we go on a health kick we often think in terms of days and months instead of for life!
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money,’ with a figure of a hat subjoined. But thought he would submit it to his friends for their amendments. The first he showed it to thought the word ‘Hatter’ tautologous, because followed by the words ‘makes hats,’ which showed he was a hatter. It was struck out. The next observed that the word ‘makes’ might as well be omitted, because his customers would not care who made the hats. If good and to their mind, they would buy them, by whomsoever made. He struck it out. A third said he thought the words ‘for ready money’ were useless, as it was not the custom of the place to sell on credit. Everyone who purchased expected to pay. They were parted with, and the inscription now stood, ‘John Thompson sells hats.’ ‘Sells hats!’ says the next friend. ‘Why, nobody will expect you to give them away. What then is the use of that word?’ It was stricken out, and ‘hats’ followed it, the rather as there was one painted on the board. So the inscription was reduced ultimately to ‘John Thompson,’ with the figure of a hat subjoined.” After several drafts, Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The actual document was not signed until August, when Benjamin Franklin signed his name along with the fifty-five other representatives of the thirteen colonies.
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enjamin Franklin founded or helped found numerous organizations and institutions—fire-fighting clubs, academies, hospitals, libraries, and insurance companies. Although important, his roles in those institutions take a back seat to his part in helping found the United States of America. Of all the founding fathers, Franklin has the unique distinction of having signed all three of the major documents that freed the colonies from British rule and established the United States as an independent nation: the Declaration of Independence, The Treaty of Paris, and the United States Constitution. Declaration of Independence In 1776, Franklin was appointed by the Continental Congress to a committee charged with drafting a formal document to justify the colonies’ decision of severing political ties with Britain. The other members of the committee included Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman. The committee gave Jefferson the task of writing the first draft. Franklin, although a talented writer, took a back seat in drafting the document, blaming his lack of participation on poor health. Jefferson sent his finished draft to Franklin for review. Franklin put on his editor’s hat, but made only a few slight changes to Jefferson’s prose. When the draft was submitted to Congress, however, sentence after sentence was either deleted or changed, much to the dismay of Jefferson. Later, Jefferson recalled a story that Franklin told him as members of Congress picked away at the draft. “I have made a rule, whenever in my power, to avoid becoming the draughtsman of papers to be reviewed by a public body. I took my lesson from an incident which I will relate to you. When I was a journeyman printer, one of my companions, an apprentice hatter, having served out his time, was about to open shop for himself. His first concern was to have a handsome signboard, with a proper inscription. He composed it in these words, ‘John Thompson, Hatter, makes and sells hats for ready
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The City-Slicker Who Invented the Western By Jeff Morrison
he iconic image of the Cowboy –tough as nails, but sentimental; a softspoken man of few words, but those words carry iron; sometimes finding himself on the wrong side of the law, yet he is the ultimate “Good-Guy” – this picture has been painted into the minds of children and adults around the world in the form of television shows, movies and literature, collectively known as “Westerns”. Thanks to the Western, everyone knows the Code of the Cowboy: A man’s word is his bond. Never shoot a man in the back. Never back down from a fight. Always be polite to ladies. When you ride out of town, point your horse in the direction of the setting sun and break out into a song, if possible. But before Louis L’Amour, Max Brand, Gene Autry and yes, even before John Wayne, there was a Philadelphia-born, Harvard-educated city-slicker named Owen Wister, whose writings not only gave birth to a genre of entertainment that is still popular today, but, in large part, also created the mystic of the Cowboy. Born in 1860 into a wealthy Philadelphia family, Wister did not start out to be a writer or a cowboy. He attended schools in Switzerland, Britain and Harvard University, where he graduated with fellow classmate and good friend, Theodore Roosevelt, in 1882. Wister originally wanted to pursue a career in music, and composed six operas over his
life-time, plus a number of more “popular” songs. But Wister’s father convinced him that he should leave music in favor of more stable employment, and so Owen took a job at a bank. Following the advice of his doctor, Wister headed to the drier climate Wyoming in 1885. Through his family connections, he spent the summer as the guest of Major Frank Wolcott, on the VR ranch, south of present-day Glenrock. Wister was so taken with the region, and the people he met, that he returned almost every summer for the next fifteen years. In between trips to Wyoming, Wister returned to Harvard Law School and briefly practiced with a Philadelphia firm. But by 1892, Owen had begun supp l e me nti ng his income by writing short-stories about the Wyoming west. During his summer outings, he had begun keeping a detailed journal of places, events and people he encountered in his travels, with the idea of writing about life in the west. His first western short story, “Hank’s Woman”, was published by Harper’s Weekly in 1892. A second short story, “How Lin McLean Went East”, featuring an impetuous, and somewhat naïve, cowboy hero, was published by Harper’s that same year. By 1894, Wister became a full-time writer when Harper’s commissioned him to go west, with the instructions to, “write a series of short stories of Western Adventure.” Although Wyoming remained Wister’s favorite
location to visit, he spent the next few years traveling through most of the western states and territories. “Each must be a thrilling story,” Wister’s instructions continued, “having its ground in a real incident, though you are left free scope for imaginative treatment…” True to his orders, most of Wister’s fictional episodes were adaptations of real-life occurrences and people. In his novel “Lin McLean”, the main female character’s suicide, by taking an overdose of laudanum, is based on an actual incident that occurred in Fetterman while Wister was in town. In 1882, Wister accompanied Major Wolcott to Medicine Bow to pick up freight from a train scheduled to arrive later that night. Wister, who was bone-tired from a 19 hour ride, decided to sleep for a couple of hours on the counter of the general store. This incident was later related in his most successful novel, “The Virginian”, in 1902. The book’s most famous line “When you call me that, smile,” was based on an actual incident that occurred during a poker game in a Medicine Bow Saloon. Wister also based most of the locations he used as the settings for his fictional tales were actual places, even though he
fictionalized the names from time to time. The town of Drybone, featured in “Lin McLean”, was actually Fetterman. Medicine Bow still looks pretty much as Wister described it in “The Virginian”. The climatic shootout between the Virginian and his arch-enemy, Trampas, took place in the Occidental Hotel in Buffalo. Wister’s formula of placing fictional heroes in actual real-life locations would later become a device by which Louis L’Amour became famous. As Wister confided to his friends, his aim in writing about the west, and the cowboy way of life, was done in an effort to chronicle and preserve an era and way of life that would soon disappear altogether. In this, he succeeded beyond his wildest expectations. Published in 1902, “The Virginian” (originally called “The Virginian, Horseman of the Plains”) was an immediate literary success, out-selling all other books from 1902-1903 and being reprinted fifteen times in the first eight months after its release. He later adapted the story for the stage and it became a successful play. Since then it has been adapted into a movie several times and also inspired a successful television series of the same name.
Although his earlier work, “Lin McLean”, published in 1897, is heavily criticized and largely viewed as an inferior work of literature by today’s standards, it was actually a fairly accurate portrayal of the cowboys who populated Wyoming in the late 19th century. By the time he published “The Virginian”, Wister had romanticized the Cowboy beyond reality and into the western mystic we grew up with on Saturday television. The huge success of “The Virginian” caused the novel to become the template of all the Western novels that followed, even into the Western novels of today. And because Western novels were so popular, Western movies and television enjoyed the same success when that same formula was applied. In essence, the snapshot of Americana Wister had hoped to preserve in his writings evaporated in its own success. Owen Wister continued to write until his death in 1938. He was not just a writer of Western novels and short stories, however. He also wrote poetry, essays, and several works of nonfiction, including biographies of George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and Theodore Roosevelt.
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Are There Any Independent Thinkers Left? Guest Editorial by Pastor Roy Wilson - Heritage Christian School re Gillette, Wyomingites really independent thinkers? The majority of the residents of Wyoming might like to think that we are independent thinkers. We would not want to think that we are becoming totally dependent on a federal government, but I want to share just how dependent on the government we really are. Much of our nation has risen in arms (not really) against the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obama Care. We object to the people in our nation’s capital thinking they know what is best for those of us in Wyoming. We want to control our own health care. “Stay out of our business,” we quickly mutter. But, will we actually do anything about this latest government takeover of more and more of our lives? I pretty much doubt it. The reason for the doubt is experience. I was a 9th and 10th grader in high school when our federal government decided to remove all knowledge of God from our schools by removing prayer and the Bible. That is now an experiment that began over fifty years ago. It was a really big move by the progressive thinkers of this nation to change the way Americans think. How would America respond to such an “experiment”? You know the answer to that one, don’t you? Here we are, fifty years later, still complaining but doing virtually nothing about it. Every year, we all get in line to enroll our children in a school we know is not the best. We will do the same with Obama Care. Around thirty-five years ago, my wife and I realized that the government education
given to our children was not sufficient. We were surprised to find that, even in the conservative state we lived in then, how liberal the government education was. We were young pastors of a church at the time. I remember distinctly my conservative pastoral overseer telling me to quit worrying about the schools. My job was to care for the church; it was the government’s job to educate our children. I was stunned to hear him speak those words. He was already lost in a nation where most of the independent thinkers were gone. How did it happen that Americans became so dependent on the federal government? This is not how we were when we started this great American society. It happens so gradually we don’t realize it is happening. Even though we want to think we are still independent thinkers, most just go through life thinking exactly as Big Government leaders want them to think. They don’t mind if you complain. The reason President Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and other progressives believe they can keep adding programs that take us from limited government to unlimited government is because we have shown that we will do nothing about it. We will continue to teach our children to be government controlled. We know, down deep, it is wrong but we are not showing them it is wrong by continuing to do it. To make sure that we don’t teach our children to be independent thinkers, we fill our school’s academic policies with things like common core curriculum and other programs. It is not better education.
However, it will certainly fill our children’s time and divert any focus from what they really need to be taught. Friends and neighbors, I need your help. We need to make a difference with our lives; our children’s lives. We must teach our children to think; to think for themselves; to think independently. This must be a focus of our school. Are there still some independent thinkers out there? Will you help us? We are dedicated to teaching children that God has a special purpose for their lives and that it is not what the government necessarily wants for them. Is it too late? I pray it is not. This is still a great American society. We can make a difference. I need your help. Our greatest opportunity in life is to teach our children. Nothing should take precedence over that. It is time to make a change. What’s wrong with our government schools? Well, when our government kicked God out, we should have left with Him. Virtually all remained. What happened to those pilgrims of old? How did we become so dependent on government? Most think we can’t do anything on our own. Of course we can. We are Americans. We have the best constitution in the world (which, by the way, says absolutely nothing about removing God from our schools). We need your help. We can do this. Please call Heritage Christian School. I will be glad to visit with you about your children, or your desire to make a difference in our society. Let’s teach our children to be better than we were. They are our greatest asset. God made them with the ability to develop remarkable cour-
age and to accomplish great things. “Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.” -Dwight David EisenhowerI am not calling for an abolishment of our government schools. However, it has become impossible for them to teach the freedom that many of us so desperately want. We need more students being taught in an environment that inspires liberty and free thinking. We are being taken over by those who advocate more and more government. The only way to overcome this is to conduct an exercise that calls for less and less government. Fortunately, it is not yet against the law to teach our own children. That should be a part of this great exercise. You know who said this: “Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it. Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.” How many know, right off the top of their heads, who said that? Let’s not lose the greatness that was handed us by our forefathers. Let’s fight with every ounce of our breath to keep it. It took greatness to give us this great nation and only greatness itself will help us to keep it. We need more parents who are willing to sacrifice for a greater tomorrow. We need more teachers who are willing to sacrifice right now. And we need those who are willing to really do something constructive about change.
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Bold Republic Weekly Band Together - They Say By Glenn Woods
here is panic in the Republican Party. Establishment
panic. They, the Establishment GOP, cannot fathom why anyone would want to run against their tried and true, old-party candidates. Why would anyone wish to replace the Old Establishment after it has worked so hard for the American people for so many decades? Don’t we realize that there is work to be done? The panic is so deep, in the Old Establishment, that they actually sent representatives to the state of Wyoming, in an attempt to “bring us together”. There is, after all, now a serious candidate running against Senator Enzi. She might actually stand a chance against him. They must put an end to this mutiny. But it’s not just the national elections that have the Establishment in a panic. How anyone could work so hard to unseat Old Established mayors and city council members? The Establishment does not understand. Why would we do such a thing? It does not make sense to them. “We must pull together,” they tell us, “if we are going to save this nation. Now is not the time for infighting.” “We’ve spent years working toward getting on the proper committees and establishing the proper connections,” they tell us. “You folks out there just don’t understand how this works. We must pull together. Of
all times in our history, we need to you to support us. This is not time for infighting. DON‘T ABANDON US NOW!” I see. So we just don’t understand. Is that it? First, for the record, we, the conservatives of America, did not abandon you. It was you, the Establishment GOP, who has abandoned us. So you, the Old Republican Establishment, want conservatives to band together and vote for you? Sure, I have no problem with that. Let’s have a look at what you in the Establishment can do to make that happen: 1). The debt limit is NOT a “marker”, as Senator Enzi called it when I last interviewed him on my radio show. The United States Government should have little, if any, debt at all. The debt limit should have never been reached once. How many times have we reached it and Republicans in the Senate voted to raise it? The debt limit is supposed to be - THE LIMIT! It is where government stops spending money and starts looking for where it can cut overspending. That is how a true conservative American thinks. Senator Enzi can have my vote as soon as he vows to NEVER raise the debt limit again, no matter what, and then show that he can stick to that promise. If Senator Enzi cannot make that promise then he no longer holds conserva-
tive fiscal values - and we, the People, need to find someone who does. That also goes for city council members, mayors, state senators and representatives, and governors. 2). The Republican Party used to stand for low taxes. True Conservatives do not look for new ways to tax the people, on top of our already overly complicated and onerous tax codes. This goes for gas taxes, internet sales taxes, city and State fees, and the list goes on. Ronald Regan had it right: “It is not that the people are taxed too little. Government spends too much.” 3). We, the conservative people of America, are looking for those who will greatly reduce the size of government in our lives. If the GOP is still the party of conservatism then why has government continued to grow even when the GOP has held the House, the Senate, and the Presidency? Again, I point to state, city, and county governments as part of this problem. No matter that there is an “R” by the name, in most cases there is outof-control government growth, a monthly flood of new rules and regulations, and spending - no matter which party is in office. 4). Repeating the same old talking points does not work anymore. We can now see what you, the Establishment, are up to when you are in office, thanks to this marvelous invention
called the Internet. Like the IRS and the NSA, we, the conservatives of America, are watching you, the Establishment GOP. I bet you like it about as much as we do. 5). Threatening us with doom and gloom if we do not vote for you no longer works. We, the conservatives of America, fully understand that you, the Establishment GOP, have become part of the problem. You did not listen to us when we called you out on your sins and transgressions. We gave you a chance to repent. But you, the Establishment GOP, turned on us. Are you getting the idea here, you, in the Establishment GOP? For those of you among the conservative Americans, understand that I write this article knowing full-well that the Establishment GOP will read it, and, once again, not understand it. Rather, they will accuse me of being an outof-touch troublemaker. I do agree with them that we conservatives need to band together for a common cause and the common good of the nation if we are to save the nation. We, the conservatives of America, must run out of office those who have never had basic common sense values of limited government and fiscal responsibility, along with those who once had those values but lost them.
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Governor’s Initiative Moves to Formal Comment Period
Governor Matt Mead thanked all of the individuals, companies and groups that provided input on Wyoming’s baseline water testing rule. The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission published the draft rule today and will take public comments until October 7. The rule requires oil and gas operators to test existing water sources before and after drilling an oil or gas well. “This proposal to require baseline water testing strikes the right balance for Wyoming. It supports a robust energy sector and it enhances our protection of groundwater - an important natural resource,” Governor Mead said. “This required people from industry, environmental groups and landowners to work together. I thank them and believe we have come up with a plan that will be a model policy.” Landowners must give consent for operators to sample the permitted or adjudicated water sources. These sources include domestic, stock, industrial, irrigation, municipal or other permitted uses of water. The sampling would occur before a well is drilled and after production begins. Those results would not create a presumption of or against liability or fault. Liability is determined by an investigation and or a court of law. A public meeting on the rule will take place on October 15th in Casper.
Workforce Law Upgrade in the Works
In July, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee passed a new version of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) that, according to Senator Enzi, would help fill hundreds of thousands of open jobs in the country that are vacant because people don’t have the right skills. “This bill is great for people out of work and for local businesses looking for particular skill sets,” Enzi, a senior HELP Committee member, said. “Community colleges will play a big role in getting people back to work because it’s about teaching people the skills needed in the community. Community colleges can turn on a dime to adapt to the changing needs. Many people don’t want to have to move away from home to earn a living. This bill would help with that.” Enzi said a big problem that needs to be changed with the current WIA law is its rigid requirements that funding be used for certain groups or purposes, even when those needs might not exist in a particular area. “We’ve held many hearings over the years with our latest just last month. What every state workforce director told us was they needed more flexibility to use the money where it was needed. This bill provides more of that flexibility,” Enzi said
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Is Governor Mead Blinded by Shiny New Tax Dollars? Submitted by the Wyoming Liberty Group n August 14 Governor Mead declared that the state government’s tax revenue is coming in stronger than expected. It is easy to hear the upbeat tone in the governor’s voice as he speaks of the strong revenue stream. While it is always nice to see the governor in a good mood, it is troubling to see his reaction to a stronger revenue forecast. More tax revenue may pad the coffers of the state government, but growing government is not good for the Wyoming economy. On the contrary, we expect from an abundance of experience that more tax revenue means government will spend more money, which in turn means more people on government payroll and a crowding out of private-sector economic activity. This crowding-out effect is not something that some eclectic libertarians have concocted at a late-night Ron Paul Appreciation Party. It is a real phenomenon that is worrisome for Wyoming. Annual employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics tells us that the private sector in Wyoming has about as many employees today as it had in 2006 and 2007, while the state and local governments together have more people on their payrolls than they have ever had before. The crowding-out of our private sector is possible because our elected officials focus on government finances, not on how the rest of the economy is doing. They are, so to speak, blinded by the new tax dollars. But there is also the risk that, should they take notice of our struggling private sector, they may propose new government programs as a “fix” rather than removing government hindrances to private-sector growth. In his recent statements our governor does not mention the private sector at all. Yet in his comments about where tax revenues are – and are not – coming from the governor reveals a great deal about what is happening in the private sector. Sales revenue is behind forecast while severance tax and investment revenue are ahead. This should raise a warning flag for the governor, because sales tax revenue is a very good gauge on how the overall Wyoming economy is doing. The facts on the ground are that our private sector is barely adding any jobs at all, and the minerals industry that we have become so dependent on is actually shrinking its contribution to the state economy. As a result, our state gross domestic product refuses to grow, putting us on a reverse course compared to most other states. This has direct effects for Wyoming families, something that our elected officials can see in the lagging sales- tax revenue. In a stagnant economy, people are cautious about spending money. This perpetuates stagnation and can over time force the economy into a decline. With this in mind, it is a matter of concern that if Governor Mead’s attitude to state revenue is indicative of his overall fiscal policy, he does not see the serious economic message embedded in the sales-tax numbers. What is even more problematic is that an increase in
severance-tax and investment-based revenue is positively received. Severance-tax revenues do not accurately reflect the real economic value of activities in the minerals industry. As mentioned, the minerals industry is actually in a slight decline as measured in inflation- adjusted GDP figures. This tells us that the activity on the ground – the activity that produces jobs and puts food on the table for Wyoming families – is not nearly as upbeat as the severance- tax revenue stream might indicate. Exacerbating the situation is the fact that our stagnant economy is now affecting our business climate. In the 2013 CNBC study of America’s top states for doing business, Wyoming has plummeted in a couple of key categories. One of them is “overall economy,” which, among other things, measures what market growth new businesses can
expect in a state. In this category, Wyoming has fallen from first in 2012 to 15th in 2013. Since our state GDP is at a virtual standstill, there is effectively no growth in markets where new businesses may come in and establish themselves. As a result, they go elsewhere and create jobs, such as to Colorado (+60,000 private- sector jobs in one year), Utah (+47,500) or Idaho (+14,800). It is high time for Governor Mead and our state legislators to raise their eyes from the state budget to the economic landscape where private businesses and Wyoming families are stuck in an economic quagmire. It is time for our elected officials to turn their attention to the productive part of the economy, and to start putting family and business- friendly policies to work.
Campbell County Commissioners Adopt 2013 Comprehensive Plan By Duke Taber - Campbell County Observer On Thursday August 15, the Campbell County Commissioners adopted the 2013 comprehensive plan for the future physical development of the county for the next 20 years. This plan was developed because there have been a lot of changes in the county over the last 20 years, since the adoption of the last comprehensive plan, in 1994. The goal of the plan was, “to prepare a plan that matches the aspirations and goals of the citizens of Campbell County, including having a more resilient local economy that makes the County a more stable and desirable place for the present and future generations to call Home.” This plan was prepared by Campbell County people — volunteers who served on the Citizen Advisory Committee, general citizens who attended workshop meetings, the hundreds of people who participated in the two public opinion surveys, as well as the Citizen volunteers of the county planning commission and the elected county commissioners – all of whom contributed under the leadership of county Public Works Department staff, with assistance from Wyoming-based planning consultants. The plan sets out goals and is intended to guide the county in land use and budgetary decisions. The plan attempts to show how the County’s goals and decisions relate to one another. It also sets out to coordinate how to coordinate land use policies between the county and the two municipalities of Gillette and Wright. Future land use collaborative projects are; • Gillette Regional Water Supply Project • Western Interstate Interchange
• Solid Waste and Recycling Programs • Urban Systems Transportation Projects and Planning • Western Drive Corridor Study • Wright Recreation Center Its vision statement is as follows: Promote orderly, attractive growth that sustains the community’s economic prosperity, supports energy development and preserves the county’s rural character. The study predicts that Campbell County will grow to over 66,000 people by 2030 thus showing a need for a plan that will take into account this growth. The study also shows that Campbell County has the highest median income per household (total income of all those in a household) in the state at over 76,000, and the third highest cost of living in the state. Campbell County’s future land use map is intended to convey a long term plan that is designed to achieve four future outcomes that will benefit the entire community: 1. A land use plan that accommodates projected growth; 2. Coordinated land use planning with the City of Gillette and Town of Wright; 3. A cost-efficient pattern of development where infrastructure such as water lines, sewer mains and roads are utilized to their fullest potential; and, 4. A land use plan that is consistent with and implements the community’s economic development goals If you would like further information concerning the adopted comprehensive plan you can go to http://www.ccgov. net/departments/publicworks/Comp%20Plan/docments/ FULL%20PLAN%205-8-13.pdf
Classifieds Camping/Fishing
Homes for Sale
Camper spot for rent $300 per month in Silver Hills 307680-8838
Home For Sale By Owner. Great Horse Property for sale, in Buffalo Wyoming. 11.5 acres with three bedroom, 3 bath home with 2 car attached garage, afull length covered redwood deck and walk out basement, irrigated pastures, bite corrals, Cleary Barn, and much more.Call 307-684-5844 after 5p.m. for appointment
1994 Southwind by Fleetwood 34 foot Class A Coach Rear Engine Turbo Diesel Cummins, 230 HP, Motor Home in good condition. 180,000 miles on original Cummins Diesel 33H Engine. Three captain’s chairs including driver. Couch makes into a full bed. Full kitchen, stove with oven, microwave. Dining area. Propane or electric refrigerator/ freezer. Lots of storage. Rear bedroom with queen bed. Bathroom with shower. Dish portable satellite TV setup and small flatscreen TV goes with it. Trailer receiver hitch. Lost my husband in December and don’t have any use for it. Would like to sell fast. Make me an offer. 307 682 4808. sue.wallis52@gmail. com http://wyoming.craigslist.org/rvs/3965643910. html Minnows, crawlers, leeches, fishing tackle, boating and camping supplies. Fully furnished cabin rentals, 50 Amp Full Hookup RV sites 5 minutes from Keyhole Reservoir in Pine Haven. Empire Guesthouse & RV Park 307756-3454. www.empireguesthouse.com
Business Opportunities Looking for investor in local business. Call for Details. 307-257-2306. Exciting career available Now! No weekends, holidays, or nights. Unlimited income potential. 20% commission plus gas allowance selling print advertising. Call Anne Peterson (advertising manager) at (307) 299-4662 or email AnnePeterson@ CampbellCountyObserver. com Health problems? Try doTERRA certified pure essential oils. 307-680-0363. www. myvoffice.com/healingisbelieving
For Rent 2 Bedroom Duplex, with one car garage, washer/dryer, no pets. $700rent/$700deposit. 307-689-0202 Office and Retail space for rent Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100 For Rent Single Bedroom House in Silver Hills 307680-8838. C2-12-4h Room for Rent. Nice Room for Rent for one responsible person. $480.00 per month. 689-9358.
Miscellaneous Have you heard the Buzz lately? Bring your catch by the Empire Guesthouse for photographs which may be published in this newspaper with our fishing reports. Along with that, the Guesthouse staff will be awarding monthly prizes for those that let us photograph them and their catch. It doesn’t have to be a trophy to enter and there will be special prizes for those 12 and under. Carp shooters are also welcome to enter. Check with the Guesthouse for more details. What are you looking at? Others could be looking at your ad for only $0.25 per word per week. Go to www.campbellcountyobserver.net ACE will reduce your appetite and give you energy. The natural way to lose weight. www.facebook.com/AcePill 660-2974
Solutions from this week
Autos, Trucks and Vans ‘76 Electra-Glide would consider trade on Pan or Knuck if ya know of anyone, ‘81 sent it to LA-S&S, 11.5to1 and dual-plugged to run regular-gas, had burn-out time at Hog-Jam! Ben 680.7464. 2008 Dodge Charger AWD Hemi, loaded Black $18,000 books for $22,500 Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100. 2006 Dodge Mega Cab 4x4 Laramie 102,000 miles $16,000 307-689-7290 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora. Black. Leather interior. Good condition. 87,400mi. Power everything. Front wheel drive. New tires. Call Charlene 307-660-7316. 1993 Chrysler LHS for sale or trade. Needs tie-rod and alignment. Runs good. $1,500.00 OBO. Email KevlarGrease@gmail.com 1994 Plymouth Voyager for sale or trade. Runs/ looks great. 188,000 miles. $2,000.00 OBO. Email KevlarGrease@gmail.com 2004 Yukon Denali XL,6.0 Motor, Loaded $14,000 OBO 660-9351 2008 Hyundai Sonata LMTD, 40,000 mi. $13,500, Call 307-660-2532. 2000 Chevy Silverado 4x4 1/2 Ton Pickup. New tires, ext. cab, long bed. 148,000 mi. One owner. 307-6700858 or 303-250-4096 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
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*Immediate Openings!* Are you looking to join a fast paced, growing company? Are you ready to earn the income you know you’re worth? Are you outgoing and enjoy meeting new people? Do you enjoy sales and have sales experience? Do you enjoy leading and helping others to succeed? If so, this is the career for you! We have openings that provide print, website, and radio advertising as well as marketing solutions to businesses. We focus primarily on smaller communities, providing personalized, in-depth information specific to each coverage area. It is our goal to ensure that every customer has a positive experience, from the initial sale to final publication. We are looking for a few highly motivated and passionate individuals that will provide exemplary customer service and sales expertise to keep our clients happy and keep our company growing! If interested, please email cover letter and resume to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com for an interview.
Child Care in Sleepy Hollow. Room for 2 children. $20 per day per child. Call 307-2572306.
Before you buy, make a call to get a quote. We can order any gun you are looking at and just may be able to save you a ton of money. Call for a free quote. $15.00 FFL Transfer Fee on all internet purchases. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 299-2084 and mention this ad.
Rocky Mt Merchandising is looking for dependable, outgoing person to execute four in store demos in Sept showing the features and benefits of the Straight Talk Cell phone. Must commit to all four Saturdays from 10:00-4:00. Email Jackie@ rockymm.com or call 800723-9008 Looking for CDL to work in North Dakota full time. Call 307-670-3629. Hiring Newspaper Journalist. Government/Politics. Work at Home. Must be able to perform advanced research, and write unbias. Must be able to attend government meetings and conduct interviews professionally. Pays per article/Part Time. Please send Cover Letter, Resume, and Writing Sample to CampbellCountyObserver@ gmail.com. Hiring Newspaper Sports Writer. Must be able to attend Campbell County Sports games at all levels and various sports. Can write in a bias/home team manner. Must also be able to take photographs of covered games, get information from coaches, and retrieve stats. Much of the work is performed Home. Pays per article/Part Time position. Please send Cover Letter, Resume, and Writing Sample to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com. Summer Job - Age 14 and up. Newspaper Subscription Sales. Pays $5.00 for every 6-month subscription sold and $10.00 for every year subscription sold. Perfect for summer money. Extra bonuses for 100 subscriptions sold (Pizza Party at Godfathers with friends/family) and more. Email the Campbell County Observer at CampbellCountyObserver@gmail. com PERSONAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED: We are looking for an Office Assistant. Duties include greeting clients, answering phones, and routing mail, data entry and retrieve,scheduling and calender maintenance,Ideal candidates will have proven customer service skills in an administrative setting and experience with Microsoft Office applications email resumes to akeelahanderson001@gmail.com IF INTERESTED Personal Assistant needed to organize and help. Basic computer skills needed, must be good with organization. I am ready to pay $600.00 per week. Interested person should contact: deans995@ gmail.com Bl-32-2V Full Time Flooring Installers wanted. Must have experience. Bring resumes in to Carpet Express Direct on Hwy. 59 next to the Prime Rib Restaurant. State Wide Sales people. Print Advertising Sales for new State-wide newspaper. Call 307-299-4662
Wanted to Buy I Buy Militaria. Swords, uniforms, bayonets, medals, guns/parts, field gear. 6827864 Wanted: Old Batteries. Call 307-670-1675. D4-30-8P WILL PAY CASH FOR CAMPERS. Call Scott (307) 680-0854.
Licensed daycare now open. Spots available full-time and before and after school. Close to Rozet school and the post office. Monday through Friday 6:30am to 6pm. Ages 3 and up. Call 307-299-1915 In a Pinch?? Back up Daycare service call 307-6807948
Apartments for Rent 1-5 bedroom units available for rent. Please contact Real Estate Systems of Gillette Inc at 307-682-0964 for all the updated details. 2 Bedroom apartment $650 per month, $650 security, $650 last months. Above Gillette Cheese House. No pets, no smoking, laundry facilities available 685-6449 Criminal background check and renters insurance Required Immaculate 1-2 bedroom apartments, fresh paint, and new flooring. (no pets). Call for move-in special starting at $595 307-686-6488 Apartment for Rent in WindRidge Appts. Water/Trash/ Washer/Dryer. Air and Heat. 3bs/2bth. Must qualify for low income housing. $740.00/ mo. Call 307-685-8066 Foothills View Apartments Hot Move In Special! Cool, Clean, Quiet Apartments. A/C, 2 Bdrm. $695 1Bdrm. $595. Showing anytime Call 307-686-6488 C3-28-2v Apartments for rent. Foothills View Apartments. Clean and Quiet. One and Two bedroom units starting at $595.00. Call for showing andmove in special 307-6866488 (c3-42-3v) 2 bedroom apartment $675 per month, $675 security, $675 last months rent. Above Gillette Cheese House no pets, no smoking laundry \ facilities available 685-6449 Criminal Background check and renters insurance required. Spacious & new, 1, 2, &3 bdrm affordable apartments available now! Call 6858066. Washer and dryer in every unit. Private sunny patio or balcony. Special move-in rate, 1 bdrm: $694, 2 bdrm: $777, 3 bdrm: $888. Move in now and deduct $ 200 off first month while special lasts. Call Konnie or Celeste at Highland Properties 685-8066.
Merchandise 1939 HA Selmer Trumpet $750 OBO. 687-1087 Large Underground Tank. 307-680-8838
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Large and Small Band Saws call for info. 307-680-8838 18v Dewalt tools - sawzall, hammer drill, one battery and one charger. $150 obo. call (307)299-1382 Exterior door with window, interior light fixtures, and computer supplies. E-mail Corsair115@yahoo.com “As the economy worsens, don’t rely on government... rely on us to sell or trade. $0.25 per word per week. Stop in or go to www. CampbellCountyObserver. net. Refrigerator (white) Great condition $100 307-2995918 Blue Dual Reclining Sofa. Good shape $100 Call 6802982. Can text photo if you like. Spyder Semi-auto paint ball gun. cal..68 Special Edition. Only used twice! New $300 For you $175 plus two canisters. Call 680-1302 If you are interested in purchasing Nutrient Rich Ranch Raised Beef grown locally, call 307-340-1108. Great Jerky http://www.rberlinger.jerkydirect.com/ For sale: whirlpool refrigerator, brand new patio propane heater, still in box Cabela’s shower tent, large dining room dark blue/red rooster rug, 10” wet tile saw, treadmill. Call 682-6353. Kojac series One, two and three dvd $65.00 $98 value 307 - 670 - 1887 Two place aluminum snowmobile trailer. $1,600. 307689-0202
Gunsmithing Special of the week. Electrolysis Barrel Cleaning. Increase the accuracy of your firearm, get ready for hunting season or a summer of shooting fun. Most cleanings complete overnight and your gun is ready the next day. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad. With the current controversy of gun control you can expect changes. One of these changes will be permanently attached low capacity magazines. Make your current guns compliant to this regulation. Call for quotes on all your gunsmithing needs. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today. 1903 Springfield. 30o6 Cal. U.S. Military. $700 obo. Call (307) 682-7864 Chinese Type 53 Carbines 7.62X54R. These guns have been fully restored and are excellent shooters. They are a shorter model of the Mossin Naugant making them easy to carry through the brush and trees. Large caliber with plenty of take down power for the largest and most dangerous game. Ammo is still available and still very reasonably priced. This gun comes with a fold down bayonet permanently attached. Adjustable sights on an elevation ramp rear sight makes this package very versatile. permanently attached floor plate magazine holds 5 rounds with one additional one in the chamber. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today. Wyoming Mountaineers now offers easy payment plans on any in stock firearm. Your debit card is your line of credit. Purchase any firearm that is in stock making 4 payments weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Processing fee and payment plan fee apply. Call Wyoming Mountaineers for more details. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 299-2084 and mention this ad. Get a piece of history. Mosin Nagant Russian M91/30 Surplus Rifle. Very good to Excellent condition 7.62X54 Caliber. These are a very accurate rifle shooting 4” groups at 1000 yards. Open sights are adjustable to yardage with a push of a button. Great gun for hunting deer or elk very cheap ammo available for target practice. Comes with military issue sling, sling pouches, bayonet, and cleaning tools. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad.
Toys (ATV’s Boats, Etc.) 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! International Tractor 300 Utility For Sale. $2000 Artic Cat 4X4 2001For Sale. $2000 Call Bill 307 - 660 – 8563. Chopper - Custom built frame, s&s engine, carb, etc. 80ci. Evolution engine. Wide glide front end. Low. Torn apart down to frame. Have all parts, could be built in two days with under $200.00. Asking $5,500 or best offer. Price:$5,500obo. Contact: 307-670-2733 2013 Custom Harley Hardtail Bobber all new $9,500. Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100 2010 Polaris 550 eps with less than 100 miles, books for $8,000. make and offer. Call Steve Terry at 307-2992992 16ft Sea Nymph Fishing Boat, 50 hp outboard Merc, trolling motor, just serviced at wyoming marine $2,500 O.B. O 307-299-4662 or307-6220825
Garage Sale Garage Sale 816 Sako Dr. Large Furniture Items, Bookshelf, headboard, tools, and more. Saturday Aug.24 and Sunday the 25th starting at 7am - 2pm
Services
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Homeowners and renters insurance for house, trailer, or apartments. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520
Powder River Mechanics. We have the cheapest labor rates, but the best quality repairs in town. We offer full services on Foreign and domestic vehicles, ATV’s, Snowmobiles, motorcycles, jet ski’s, boats, and more. Let us put you on a Preventative maintenance schedule so your vehicles run miles past your warranty. Call for an appointment. 307-6967713.
RV Winterization starting at $99.95 at YOUR house. Call Randy at 307-660-3091 (b340-tfnh) Spring Cleaning Special! Any purchase over $200 prior to 5-31-13 Will have the choice of: Free couch cleaning (up tp 8ft. long) or Free 1 year warranty on oil/water based spots. www.pineridgeclean. com 307-660-7856 find us on Facebook Want To Get in Shape?Like to have Fun? Learn The Graceful moves of American Oriental Belly Dancing! The 3rd Sunday of every month. Call Leanna Tabatt 307-6808457 Looking to buy a new computer? Why waste the money? “Your Computer Store” has refurbished towers and laptops rebuilt right here in our store. Plenty of memory, disc space, and advice. Come by and see our inventory at “Your Computer Store,” where YOU come first! 802 E. Third St next to Ice Cream Land
Avenue Mall - Over 30 vendors, come check us out! 217 Gillette Ave. Mon-Fri. 9AM to 7 PM, Sat. 9AM- 5 PM, Sun. 10 AM - 4 PM Computers have become like cars, and they need repaired. Want the best quality repair work in N.E. Wyoming? Bring your computer to “Your Computer Store.” Quality work at a quality price. “Your Computer Store,” where YOU COME FIRST 802 E. Third street next to Ice Cream Land. Auto insurance preferred and SR-22’s. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520 Motorcycle and ATV insurance. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520
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Weekly Sports Trivia Answer Who was the first African American to become the world heavyweight boxing champion?
Heavy Equipment/ Trailers 6x10 trailer. Great shape, fits your biggest Harley. $1,400 obo. 299-4967. 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring. $2500 OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring done in shop class 2 years ago. No rust only used once since redone. $2500 or OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374
Produce for Sale Fresh local “Free Range” eggs. All natural, no animal by-products. No antibiotics. $3/Doz. 257-9049
A friend of mine called the other day and tells me he has 2 friends that are looking for some AR-15’s do I have any? I told him yes I do, They are M4 style scope ready models and priced at $695.00. Great, he says, They will be right over. They never showed up so a few days later I asked him if his friends were still interested. He told me nope, they bought them online for $1500.00. So, here they come with UPS, I still made my $15.00 for the transfer but while they were there they looked at the rifles I had in stock and discovered they were the same models they ordered with the same features and they could have bought 2 from me for the same price they paid for one they ordered. Don’t let this happen to you, Any gun, Any models, Any features can be ordered or built for a lower cost. Call for a free quote. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today.
Property Management Administrator
Which United States President kept two bear cubs as pets?
Responsible, under the direction of the Property Manager, for all phases of the property operations, and to act as main point of contact in the absence of the Property Manager. Responsible for administrative functions and the preparation of all reporting documentation,Assist in timely collection of rents, banking activities, documentation of all transactions.Send resume to: waynejack@outlook.com
Home For Sale By Owner
Great Horse Property for sale, in Buffalo Wyoming. 11.5 acres with three bedroom, 3 bath home with 2 car attached garage, afull length covered redwood deck and walk out basement, irrigated pastures, bite corrals, Cleary Barn, and much more.Call 307684-5844 after 5p.m. for appointment
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Jack Johnson, “The Galveston Giant”
Boxer Jack Johnson was born in Galveston, Texas, in 1878. In 1908 he became the first African-American to win the world heavyweight crown when he knocked out the reigning champ, Tommy Burns. The fast living Johnson held on to the title until 1915 and continued to box until he was 50. He died in an automobile accident in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1946. While serving a prison sentence in 1921, for violating the Mann Act, Johnson invented a new type of wrench, which he patented in 1922.
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson received a pair of grizzly bears as a gift from Captain Zebulon Pike in 1807. The bears arrived at about the same time as Pike’s letter (October 1807) explaining that he had acquired the male and female cubs in the southern region of the great Continental Divide. An expedition led by Pike had explored along the Arkansas River and then, either knowingly or by error, had crossed into Spanish territory. Pike and his men were arrested by Spanish authorities and taken first to Santa Fe, then Chihuahua. Pike was being escorted back to U.S. territory when he purchased the cubs from a local inhabitant. Pike recognized that the grizzly was a different species of bear from that found in the East and noted in his letter to Jefferson that they were “considered by the natives of that country as the most ferocious animals of the continent. Jefferson didn’t keep the bears for long, however. Citing how dangerous it would be to keep them around, Jefferson gave them to his friend, museum curator and amateur naturalist Charles Wilson Peale. Peale, himself underestimated how difficult it would be to house two grizzly bears, and eventually both animals were deemed too dangerous for captivity and were euthanized.
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