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23 Wyoming waters have liberalized ice fishing regulations Ice fishing is becoming increasingly popular in Wyoming, and while most waters in the state are open under general regulations to ice anglers, there are 23 waters that have liberalized regulations covered under the Special Winter Ice Fishing Provision. On waters covered under the special provision, anglers can use up to six lines when fishing through the ice. The regulation requires that when anglers use more than two lines on these waters, the angler’s name shall be attached to each pole, line, or tip-up. In addition, the angler must be no more than 300 yards from all lines. On waters not covered under the provision, anglers can use up to two lines. Waters covered under the Special Winter Ice Fishing Provision are as follows: • Alcova Reservoir in Natrona County • Big Horn Lake in Bighorn County • Big Sandy Reservoir in Sweetwater County • Boysen Reservoir in Fremont County • Deaver Reservoir in Park County • Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Sweetwater County • Fontenelle Reservoir in Lincoln County • Glendo Reservoir in Platte County • Goldeneye Reservoir in Natrona County • Gray Reef Reservoir in Natrona County • Grayrocks Reservoir in Platte County • Guernsey Reservoir in Platte County • Harrington Reservoir in Bighorn County • Keyhole Reservoir in Crook County • Kortes Reservoir in Carbon County • Lake DeSmet in Johnson County • Ocean Lake in Fremont County • Pathfinder Reservoir in Carbon and Natrona Counties • Pilot Butte Reservoir in Fremont County • Seminoe Reservoir in Carbon County • Sulphur Creek Reservoir in Uinta County • Wardell Reservoir in Bighorn County • Woodruff Reservoir in Uinta County Complete regulations for waters under the Special Winter Ice Fishing Provision can be found under Fishing Regulations on the Game and Fish website http://gf.state.wy.us and on page 7 of the new 2012-2013 Wyoming Fishing Regulations.

A child was treated for hypothermia Sunday afternoon after falling through the ice on Donkey Creek near Gillette College. According to the Campbell County Fire Department, the child was able to get out of the water by himself, although he was soaking wet when emergency responders arrived on scene. Officials warn people that recent warmer temperature can create thin, weak ice on local bodies of water. Last month, a 50-year-old Green River man died when he fell through on Flaming Gorge while ice-fishing near the edge of open water. Sweetwater County emergency management coordinator David Johnson tells the Casper Star-Tribune afterwards that people venturing out on the ice should check the ice every 150 yards, wear life jackets, carry ice picks and not drive on the ice. Most importantly, don’t go ice fishing alone, Johnson says. “Have a friend along in case you run into some problems. It can make all the difference having somebody there to throw a rope and be sure to tell someone where you are going and when you plan to return,” explains Paul Mavrakis, Sheridan Fisheries Supervisor. Mavrakis advises anglers to use caution, especially during

early ice. “There are lots of factors affecting ice development including underwater springs, strong currents, inlets, or high winds,” says Mavrakis. “Conditions can vary on a daily basis due to temperature changes. If there is any question as to ice safety, it is best to avoid a situation that could result in an accident. Common sense and caution are still the best defenses when ice fishing.” Driving on ice is not recommended on any lake. Despite the risks, however, Wyoming records about a dozen motor vehicles falling through ice each year. Experts say this year could be worse than usual. In early winter, ice can be fragile and conditions can quickly change. So far this winter has seen fluctuating temperatures and high winds in many areas that could make traversing on ice more dangerous. The Game and Fish Department recommends at least four inches of clear ice for fishing. Clear ice is stronger than cloudy or white ice, which has frozen, thawed, and refrozen and is not always stable. White ice can also be from air bubbles or frozen snow and is much weaker than clear blue ice. For white ice, double the recommended thickness.

Gillette Man involved in Rapid City Shoot-out A Gillette man is in critical condition after being shot by police in Rapid City. Forty-one year old James Leslie Baker Jr. was involved in a police chase ended by road spikes on Interstate 90. He opened ﬁre on the police ofﬁcers and a highway patrol-

man with a handgun and they returned fire. He was hit in the torso and the hand and the officers were unharmed. He fled due to a warrant for probation violation for a larceny conviction.

Wright woman killed in rollover A 26-year old Wright woman was killed in a single vehicle rollover Monday morning three miles north of Wright. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says, Tanya Husmann was driving her 1997 Chrysler van south on Highway 59 just before 8:00 a.m. when, for unknown reasons, her vehicle went off the right side of the road where it struck a guard-

rail. Ofﬁcials say her van then came back onto the highway, entered a broadside slide, and struck the guardrail again before rolling once. The van came to rest in the west side barrow ditch. Troopers say Husmann was not wearing a seatbelt and was totally ejected from the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Community Gillette-Campbell County Airport reports record year-end passenger traffic Gillette-Campbell County Airport ended 2011 on a record high note, reporting all-time passenger traffic for a second straight year. Serving nearly 62,000 passengers in 2011, the airport topped the 2010 record by almost 10 percent. Specifically, in 2011, the airport served 61,998 passengers, a 9.8 percent increase over 2010 and a 20.7 percent increase versus 2009. In the month of December 2011, the airport served 5,186 arriving

Passenger totals

December 2011 5,186

and departing passengers, a slight decrease of just 0.6 percent over December 2010, when 5,217 passengers traveled through GCC. About Gillette-Campbell County Airport: The Gillette-Campbell County Airport is located in Northeastern Wyoming in a major energy producing part of the country known as the Powder River Basin. Gillette is at the hub of this basin, and the Airport serves the commercial service and general aviation needs for

a large portion of this corner of the state. The Airport sees approximately 56,000 passengers come through yearly and is currently served by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and Great Lakes Aviation to Denver, Salt Lake City, Rock Springs, Wyoming and Williston, North Dakota. The Gillette-Campbell County Airport and tenants currently employ approximately 260 people in the surrounding area.

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2011 Y-T-D 61,998

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Chamber hosts Eggs & Issues Legislative Breakfast The Campbell County Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Eggs & Issues legislative breakfast on February 1 from 6:308 a.m. at the Clarion Inn and Convention Center Old Chicago Room, 2009 S. Douglas Highway. The breakfast buffet opens at 6:30 a.m. and the program begins at 7 a.m. The Eggs & Issues legislative breakfast provides attendees with an opportunity to learn the issues on the plate for the upcoming State of Wyoming budget session. Legislators attending include: • Rep. Gregg Blikre • Sen. John Hines • Rep. Thomas E. Lubnau II • Rep. Norine Kasperik • Sen. Michael Von Flatern

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The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors voted via teleconference this morning to adopt revised rules for the Community Development Block Grant Program. The Community Development Block Grant Program rules were amended and corrected to add or update rules and regulations that are required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the funding source for CDBG.

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odology. Public hearings and public comment periods were provided in accordance with the CDBG Citizen Participation Plan. To obtain a copy of the revised rules, contact Julie Kozlowski at julie.kozlowski@wyo.gov or (307) 7772812. The rules may also be downloaded from the Wyoming Business Council website at www.wyomingbusiness.org.

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Community Council rejects resolution establishing limits on PIF waivers By Paul Wallem - Basin Radio News The Gillette City Council decided against limiting their ability to grant PIF (plant investment fees) waivers to only low-income housing projects during Monday night’s city council workshop. Over the last several years, the Gillette City Council waived plant investment fees for a myriad of projects, including lowincome housing, government projects, and nonprofit projects. A resolution introduced and subsequently tabled in November would have prohibited the city council from granting PIF waivers for government and nonprofit projects. During the workshop, representatives from the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce urged city council members to maintain their flexibility in granting PIF waivers by not handcuffing themselves with the proposed resolution. Likewise, Councilman Everett Boss says the status quo has served the council well in this regard. “Why even have a resolution? We’ve been working without one for all these years and it’s been working just fine,” Boss stated. According to city administrator Carter Napier, over the last five years the waivers have added up to $1.17 million. Napier disagreed with Boss that the current process has worked fine over the last several years. “By council’s own admission, the council was not aware that they had spent $1.2 million in five years on a program that had largely no management to it,” Napier says. Nevertheless, Boss believes each and every one of those projects that received waivers over the last five years were great for the community. Boss also contends that any resolution could just be modified again at a later point, which brings him back to his original question of why a resolution is needed in the first place. “We can go in and take this resolution as it’s written and six months down the line say, ‘We don’t want to do nonprofits anymore so we’ll take that out and write a new resolution.’” Boss continued, “Why do this? We’ve been taking each one under consideration every year and we have the choice, and that’s why the voters elected us to do this job. I don’t think we need to be turning this over to staff.” Napier says the city’s staff

felt a resolution could bring some type of management to an overall process that adds up to a considerable fee on taxpayers. “So staff was interested in trying to introduce something that would provide council the opportunity to exercise some management over a fairly signiﬁcant expense – an expense by the way that is aimed at removing the expense from projects that are not cityrelated,” Napier explains. “So in other words, for a developer to come forward and identify a plant investment fee as a cost of doing the project, council is effectively volunteering to pay that cost on behalf of the project.” As city administrator, Napier says he would not be doing his job effectively if he didn’t point out what he sees as problems left unchecked. “I’m not really used to the concept of not having some management over an expense that could mean as much as $535,000 in one year, and so that was our concern,” he says. City Councilwoman Louise Carter-King understood Napier’s concern. “I can kind of see when I look at some of these projects, like the hospital parking garage, all we were doing was taking money from our coffers that we collect and giving it to the hospital,” Carter-King says. “So some of these cases he makes a lot of sense because they’re still going to build the parking garage, all we did is help them out when really I don’t think we ever went to the hospital to say, ‘How about helping us with one of our projects.’” She concluded by saying whether or not the council ended up passing the resolution, they need to take a closer look at what they’re waiving. In the end, the council decided against renewing consideration of this resolution that would have established eligibility limits for projects to receive the waivers. The following is a list of the projects the city council waived fees for over the last ﬁve years, divided into three separate categories:

Low-Income Housing ($484,158.93 in total fees waived over 5-year period)

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Non-resident elk applications due Jan. 31

With the coming of the New Year also comes the ﬁrst application periods for the upcoming hunting seasons. The Game and Fish is now accepting applications for nonresident elk licenses for the 2012 hunting seasons. The application deadline is Jan. 31. Applications must be received in the Cheyenne ofﬁce by 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time

on that date to be included in the drawing. Deadline times are for both online and paper applications. Hunters may apply online through the Game and Fish website athttp://gf.state. wy.us or through the mail. Hunters wanting application booklets or additional information on applying can call (307) 777-4600. Applications are available on the Game and Fish website.

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City Councilman Everett Boss disagreed with the idea of a resolution that established eligibility limits for projects to receive PIF waivers, saying the current process has worked well over the years. Government ($540,907.38 in total fees waived over 5-year period)

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Who is considered America’s ﬁrst traitor? Benedict Arnold V (January 14, 1741 [O.S. January 3, 1740] – June 14, 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces. After the plot was exposed in September 1780, he was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general. Arnold received a commission as a brigadier general in the British Army, an annual pension of £360, and a lump sum of over £6,000.[4] He led British forces on raids in Virginia, and against New London and Groton, Connecticut, before the war effectively ended with the American victory at Yorktown. In the winter of 1782, Arnold moved to London with his second wife, Margaret “Peggy” Shippen Arnold. He was well received by King George III and the Tories but frowned upon by the Whigs. In 1787, he entered into mercantile business with his sons Richard and Henry in Saint John, New Brunswick, but returned to London to settle permanently in 1791, where he died ten years later. Because of the way he changed sides, his name quickly became a byword in the United States for treason or betrayal. His conﬂicting legacy is recalled in the ambiguous nature of some of the memorials that have been placed in his honor.

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Community Mountain Lion euthanized in Gillette

Wyoming Game and Fish Department ofﬁcials authorized the killing of a mountain lion Tuesday in a residential area in north Gillette near Warlow Drive. Area residents reported seeing the lion pass through their neighborhood on Monday. The 2-year old, 100-pound female lion appeared to be in good physical condition, but was reluctant to leave the area. Game wardens and biologists decide what course of action to take based on available information. In this situation the lion was euthanized for public safety reasons based on the animal’s location and behavior. It was believed that any attempt to immobilize and relocate the animal would have resulted in increased danger to the public. “It is not an easy decision for a wildlife professional to destroy a wild animal, but public safety is paramount,” explains Gillette Game Warden Irah Leonetti. “The G&F thanks the public for reporting the lion.” Human/mountain lion interactions, although infrequent in Wyoming, can be a serious situation. If a mountain lion is sighted in a developed area, the G&F recom-

mends reporting it immediately to the G&F or law enforcement authorities. While the chance of a mountain lion attacking a human is low, if a lion is encountered, following the simple rules below decreases the likelihood of an attack: • If you see a mountain lion, do not approach it. • Stay calm and do not run. Mountain lions, like all cats, instinctively chase animals that run. If you have small children, pick them up so they don’t run, and back away slowly. • Make yourself look bigger by opening your jacket or raising your arms. Throw rocks or sticks if you can without turning your back. You want to convince the lion you are not prey and may even be a danger to the animal. • In the rare event the lion attacks, ﬁght back with rocks, sticks, and kick or punch. “As in the past, if a mountain lion is sighted in a municipal area, our number one concern is human safety,” says Leonetti. “Mountain lions are large predators that primarily prey on deer. This is an important reason not to attract deer into residential areas by feeding them.”

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By Paul Wallem - Basin Radio News Former Campbell County School District Planetarium director Nello Williams will address the Gillette City Council Monday night to advocate for land to construct a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) facility. Williams hopes the city council will be receptive to opening up some space for the STEM facility at the 320-acre Field of Dreams site. “I’m not going to ask for any funding,” says Williams. “What we’re going to ask for is to create some space out there for the future of this educational facility.” The City of Gillette purchased the land for the Field of Dreams from the State of Wyoming for $2.5 million on January 18, 2011. Early plans for the land, which is located east of the Country Club Golf Course near Garner Lake Road and Boxelder Road, call for athletic facilities. “We are high on activities [in Gillette], but this allows us to create a brain thing,” explains Williams. “We depend upon our school, and they close at 3:30 for the education. But what do you do as a child on Saturday afternoon or Saturday morning? What are we going to do Sunday afternoon? Well

let’s build something so kids and moms and dads and whoever can go learn, feel, touch, and smell.” Williams says the recent $2.8 million upgrade to the Planetarium will draw students from all over the region. Rather than offering just one attraction, Williams believes the addition of a STEM facility will keep those students in Gillette all day. According to Williams, a STEM facility would beneﬁt not only students but adults as well, increasing Gillette’s appeal to tourists. Gillette is after all, says Williams, located in an area of the world that is rich in scientiﬁc history, surrounded by faultblock mountains to the west and dome mountains to the east. “We’re between the Bighorns and the Black Hills; this is a science-mecca of America because of what we are and how we have geologically developed down through time,” he describes. “Something like this would enhance education for so many here in this great community that we live in.” As it stands now, Williams says no place exists for locals and tourists to learn about Campbell County’s unique geographical history

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Former Campbell County School District Planetarium Director Nello Williams says a math and science facility would open up educational and tourist opportunities in Gillette. and the story behind its vast coal reserves. “You create something like this, and then people will say, ‘Hey. Let’s go ﬁnd what Campbell County’s all about. How do they mine the coal? Where’s coal come from? What period of time? How old is it? How’s it made?’ Then people would have a good understanding of what we’re all about.”

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Daniel Brian Walker had been convicted on a felony stalking charge in 2010. According to the court, he was accused of stalking his ex-wife by approaching her and making remarks while she was shopping and she attained a protective order. However, the Wyoming Supreme Court has reversed his conviction. He will be receiving a new trial in Campbell County. It was reported by Justice Voigt that District Judge Deegan gave the jury misleading instructions on the elements of the crime causing a possible false conviction.

Wyoming State Bar offers Lawyers’ Services The Wyoming State Bar is offering a “Speaker’s Bureau” where lawyers will offer their services speaking for schools, businesses, community groups, etc. Some examples would be

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Submitted by Glen Simmers Einstein dies and goes to heaven only to be informed that his room is not yet ready. “I hope you will not mind waiting in a dormitory. We are very sorry, but it’s the best we can do and you will have to share the room with others” he is told by the doorman. Einstein says that this is no problem at all and that there is no need to make such a great fuss. So the doorman leads him to the dorm. They enter and Albert is introduced to all of the present inhabitants. “See, here is your ﬁrst roommate. He has an IQ of 180!” “That’s wonderful!” says Albert. “We can discuss mathematics!” “And here is your second roommate. His IQ is 150!” “That’s wonderful!” says Albert. “We can discuss physics!” “And here is your third roommate. His IQ is 100!” “That’s wonderful! We can discuss the latest plays at the theater!” Just then another man moves out to capture Albert’s hand and shake it. “I’m your last roommate and I’m sorry, but my IQ is only 80.” Albert smiles back at him and says, “So, where do you think interest rates are headed?”

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Submitted by Kim Deti - Wyoming Department of Health found in the soil. The gas enters buildings from the soil through cracks and other openings in foundations. According to a number of national cancer interest groups and federal government agencies, exposure to radon can independently increase a person’s risk of developing lung cancer. The Wyoming Radon Program is offering a “buy one, get one free” promotion on short-term radon test kits. Buy one test kit on-line for $7.95 and receive a second short-term test kit for free. To order, visitwyomingradon.org online. The promotion is for online orders via credit card for Wyoming addresses only with a limit of two test

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Wyoming homes should be tested for potentially unsafe levels of radon, according to a representative of the Wyoming Department of Health. “Radon is present in every home,” said Steve Melia, radon program manager with the Wyoming Department of Health. “Only a radon test can tell Wyoming residents how much radon is in their home and whether it may be cause for concern.” Radon is a naturally occurring, invisible, odorless, tasteless gas that is dispersed in outdoor air, but can reach harmful levels when trapped indoors. Radon comes from the natural decay of uranium, which is

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it at home. Propane marketers and property managers may want to add the second version of the brochure to company websites and send it to customers by email. This winter, “Essential Propane Safety Information for High Snowfall Areas” is helping homeowners stay safe, stay warm, and stay on top of high snowfall. The Propane Education & Research Council was authorized by the U.S. Congress with the passage of Public Law 104-284, the Propane Education & Research Act (PERA), signed into law on October 11, 1996. The mission of the Propane Education & Research Council is to promote the safe, efﬁcient use of odorized propane gas as a preferred energy source.

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Submitted by Gregg Walker - Propane Education & Research Council may be unoccupied during snowstorms to designate a responsible party, such as a property manager or a snow removal service, to monitor the propane system regularly while they are away. “These are valuable guides for homeowners and property managers in regions with heavy snowfall, and for the propane marketers who serve them,” said Roy Willis, PERC president and CEO. “Get this important safety information now to help ensure that propane systems continue operating safely and efficiently, no matter the weather.” The brochure comes in two online versions. The first is aprint-ready file that a professional printer would use. The second version is a websiteready file designed for homeowners who want to read it online or print

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Brochure offers how-to tips for homeowners, propane marketers, property managers as they prepare for season’s big snowstorms A beautiful snowfall this time of year may be fun, but accumulated snow and ice can damage propane tanks, pipes, and other equipment and affect the supply of fuel to homes. A new brochure from the Propane Education & Research Council, “Essential Propane Safety Information for High Snowfall Areas,” shows homeowners how they can help keep their propane system running smoothly and keep their house warm when snow piles up. The brochure provides concise directions on what to do before, during, and after a major snowstorm — steps like marking tanks and regulators, keeping enough propane in the tank, and brushing snow and ice away from propane equipment. It also advises owners of homes that

create a capabilities statement now, when you have a conversation with a federal agency representative at next month’s GRO-Biz Conference and Idea Expo, you will be ready to provide it to them. This will help them remember your business the next time they are looking for the supplies, services or construction that you offer.

started in government contracting, but a more experienced contractor will prepare a speciﬁc capabilities statement for each agency or opportunity. The most important thing is to keep it brief (one page), and easy to scan visually. A capabilities statement should reinforce the company’s branding -- make sure to include company logo and use the same fonts and colors as your website and other marketing materials. It’s also a good idea to clearly indicate that the document is a capabilities statement by putting the words “Capabilities Statement for Business XYZ” at the top. Just as a resume or business card might be formatted slightly differently from business to business, you can determine how best to organize the information in a capabilities statement, but will typically include the following information: -- Core competencies and differentiators are the things your company does best. Differentiators (also called your “unique selling proposition” or “competitive advantage”) indicate what is special about your ﬁrm

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Northeastern Wyoming Furniture Restorers Invites you to their 2012 Workshop Where: Cam-Plex Central Pavilion When: January 24th thru February 5th Time 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM Daily

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Registration: Starting at 8:00 AM January 24, 2012 at Cam-Plex Central Pavilion

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Community Sage Grouse Working Group meeting in Gillette Jan. 18 The Northeast Wyoming Sage Grouse Working Group will hold a meeting Wednesday, January 18th, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Gillette Powder River Energy Corporation ofﬁce located at 200 S. Garner Lake Road. The group comprises fourteen local citizens, representing groups interested in sage grouse conservation. The role of the group is to develop and set in motion a local conservation plan to beneﬁt sage

grouse and, whenever feasible, other species that use sagebrush habitats. The public is invited to attend the meeting. A public participation period is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. The G&F supports the Americans with Disabilities Act. Anyone needing auxiliary aids to attend this meeting should call (800) 672-7418. Every effort will be made for reasonable accommodations.

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Campbell Co. Fire Dept. January 4th, 2012

- At 6:39 a.m. to Mountain Meadow Lane for an EMS assist. - At 10:01 AM to Echeta Rd. for a EMS assist. - At 11:38 AM to Cascade Ct. for an EMS assist. - At 1:56 PM to Alberta Dr. for a residential ﬁre alarm, cancelled prior to arrival. - At 5:11 PM to Casey Tibb for an EMS assist. - At 11:30 PM to Axels Ave. for a report of a shed on ﬁre behind Thunder Basin Vet Clinic, it was determined to be an incinerator starting up.

January 5th, 2012

- At 9:17 am to West 8th Street for an EMS assist. - At 12:51 pm to HWY 50 for an EMS assist. - At 1:27 pm to the intersection of HWY 59 and South Garner Lake Road for a 2 vehicle intersection. Two people were injured in the crash and transported to CCMHER and CCFD disabled the involved vehicles electrical systems. - At 1:38 pm to 1400 South Garner Lake Road for an automatic ﬁre alarm (AFA) activation. CCFD cancelled en route when the building occupants advised it was a false alarm. - At 3:50 pm to Hwy 59 for an EMS assist.

January 6, 2012

- At 1:54 PM to 501 South Burma Avenue (Campbell County Memorial Hospital). Responding ﬁre units were cancelled when it was

learned that it was a false alarm. - At 2: 22 PM to the 900 block of West 8th Street for a medical assist. - At 10:02 PM to 350 Nogales Way for a carbon monoxide check. No elevated levels of carbon monoxide were found in the residence.

January 7, 2012

- At 2:05 a.m. to the 8000 block of Pheasant Drive for a medical assist. - At 10:20 a.m. CCFD was cancelled en route to an EMS assist at the Spirit Hall at Cam-plex. - At 10:55 a.m. to 1000 Camel Drive for an odor investigation inside the C.C.H.S. North Campus. CCFD responded to the scene and upon arrival entered the building and monitored the atmosphere inside for hazardous condition. Nothing was found but a strong burnt smell was present and traced to the welding shop. It was determined that the smell was caused by someone welding and/or cutting metal. - At 6:16 p.m. to 6511Irving Blvd for a vehicle fire. CCFD responded to the scene and upon arrival found a Ford Explorer with fire in the engine compartment and passenger cab. The fire was extinguished by CCFD and the cause was determined to be an electrical short. After the fire was extinguished CCFD learned that several good Samaritans attempted to

extinguish the ﬁre, and they pushed the vehicle away from the house it was parked next to preventing the house from catching on ﬁre.

59 for a fire alarm activation in the building. It was a false alarm due to maintenance technicians working on the system. There was no fire. - At 12:58 PM to the area of 3rd Street and Kendrick Avenue for an EMS assist. - At 1:25 PM to the area of East 2nd Street, in the Industrial Park, for a natural gas line that was accidentally hit when construction crews hit it with an underground boring machine. Source Gas officials and CCFD crews successfully secured the area and clamped off the line. There were no injuries reported during the incident. - At 15:44 PM to the 1400 block of Limecreek Avenue for an EMS Assist. - At 4:07 PM to the Recluse School for a fire alarm activation, a student pulled a pull station, no fire. - At 7:45 PM to Foothills Circle for an EMS Assist. - At 9:11 PM to Boxelder for an EMS assist. - At 9:23 PM to 403 Warren for a smoke smell, the cause was determined to be clogged filters on their furnace fresh air intakes causing the unit to malfunction.

January 8, 2012

- At 5:07 a.m. to East Longmont Street for a medical assist. - At 3:57 PM to the area east of 300 West Sinclair Street (Gillette College) for a child that fell through the ice on Donkey Creek. The dispatch message state the juvenile was able to get out of the water but was soaking wet. A second male juvenile was not as wet. Firefighters assisted EMS in treating the male juvenile for hypothermia and for an ankle injury. The Campbell County Fire Department would like to caution people of the recent warmer temperatures may have created weaker/thinner ice on local bodies of water. - At 6:46 PM to the 1200 block of South Douglas Highway for a medical assist. - At 10:02 PM to 2501 Dogwood Avenue for a fire alarm. There was no fire, a four year old child had activated a fire alarm pull station.

Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving several Destruction of Property crimes that have occurred at D Auto located at 501 South Butler Spaeth. An unknown person(s) are shooting out vehicle windows with a BB gun. Over 16 vehicle windows have been shot out at this location. This crime is believed to be related to several other property crimes around town where windows of business and vehicles have been shot out with a BB gun. Total property damaged is estimated at over $2000.00. If you have information that can solve this or any other crime please call Crime Stoppers at 686-0400 or the High School Crime Stoppers at 682-4185. You can remain anonymous and may earn up to $1,000 in reward.

January 9, 2012

- At 11:31 AM to the address of 1324 West Warlow Drive for a ﬁre alarm activation in one of their buildings. It was a false alarm due to maintenance technicians working on the system. There was no ﬁre. - At 12:29 PM to the address of 2610 South Highway

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Jake’s Tavern

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Saturday, January 21st Doors Open at 8 AM • Bar Opens at 9 AM

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Community The City of Gillette Police Department releases Bench Warrants (aka, the Lump of Coal list) Continued from last week HERIGER, JONATHAN DOB: 01/05/76 HERNANDEZ, JAMES DOB: 10/30/79 HERNANDEZ-LOPEZ, ERICK DOB: 10/29/81 HERNANDEZ-REYES, JOSE DOB: 04/10/68 HERTING, CHARLES DOB: 03/01/45 HETTINGER, ALLEN 2X DOB: 11/10/90 HICKS, JERAMIE DOB: 12/31/85 HILL, BRYAN DOB: 10/22/86 HILL, MARIA A/K/A DOB: 09/11/72 CARRARA, MARIA HILL, PATRICK DOB: 07/03/59 HINCKLEY, MARLITA DOB: 06/26/66 HINES, JUEL DOB: 12/23/87 HITT, NICHOLAS DOB: 12/31/82 HODGES, JOHN DOB: 12/11/60 HOFFMAN, BRIAN DOB: 05/10/66 HOHN, CRYSTAL DOB: 11/03/90 HOLBROOK, TORI (OTSC) DOB: 08/23/96 HOLLIDAY, JACOBB DOB: 08/18/81 HOLTSLANDER, DAVID-X2 DOB: 01/26/65 HONTZ, SCOTTY DOB: 11/27/71 HOOK, KEITH-X2 DOB: 10/05/64 HORSPOOL, DARRYL DOB: 02/16/63 HOUGH, BAILEY DOB: 10/13/97 HOWARD, MIGUEL DOB: 07/02/75 HOWE, JACQUELINE DOB: 08/14/89 HOWLAND, MICHAEL DOB: 07/23/75’ HUBBARD, JASON DOB: 01/27/79 HUBENKA, JACK DOB: 11/24/51 HUYCK, STEVEN (OTSC) DOB: 05/19/98 HULLINGER, STACEY DOB: 08/07/85 HYATT, MARCY DOB: 12/07/75 ICKES, JULIE DOB: 07/21/91 INGLE, ANDREA-BW (OTSC) DOB: 03/10/71 JACKSON, DONALD DOB: 11/12/91 JACKSON, GLORIA DOB: 02/25/89 JAMES, PATRICK DOB: 05/19/80 JAMES, TIMOTHY DOB: 08/16/89 JANIS, CHRISTIN DOB: 05/07/90 JANIS, GABRIEL DOB: 12/27/76 JANUARY, JAMES DOB: 12/31/84 JEWELL, JAMES DOB: 05/25/61 JIMENEZ, MATTHEW DOB: 01/28/87 JIMENEZ, ROBERT DOB: 03/27/88 JOCHEMS, DALE DOB: 10/17/67 JOHNSON, DILLON X2 DOB: 01/12/89 JOHNSON, ERIK DOB: 04/02/66 JOHNSON, KRISTOPHER (OTSC) DOB: 10/23/93 JOHNSON, KYLE DOB: 04/12/85 JOHNSON, LEANNE DOB: 10/23/70 JOHNSON, MATTHEW DOB: 11/20/89 JOHNSON, MICHAEL DOB: 09/07/92 JOHNSON, TAWNY DOB: 09/12/82 JOHNSTON, ROBERT DOB: 04/06/69 JONES, TROY (OTSC) DOB: 08/11/93 JONES, WALTER DOB: 02/25/63 JOYCE, STEPHEN DOB: 02/14/54 JUREN, FREDERICK DOB: 05/09/91 KALKHOFF, JOSHUA DOB: 02/09/91 KAMARA, MARCUS DOB: 04/28/81 KASTNER, JOHN DOB: 07/13/84 KELLY, KELLY DOB: 09/20/65 KELLY, STEVEN DOB: 06/08/89 KENNEDY, SARA DOB: 06/06/84 KENNEY, ANGELA DOB: 03/14/83 KERN, BRITTANY DOB: 04/16/90 KESSEL, AARON DOB: 05/21/83 KEVAN, PATRICIA DOB: 02/28/61 KINDRED, VALARIE DOB: 02/24/86 KING, JEFFERY DOB: 12/06/56 KING, JUSTIN DOB: 03/02/81 KING, SHEILA DOB: 02/15/65 KLEIN, WILLIAM DOB: 06/24/91 KOLSRUD, VICTOR DOB: 09/03/47 KORINEK, JASON DOB: 10/12/79 KRAFT, PADEN (OTSC) DOB: 03/17/93 KRIZEK, DEWAYNE DOB: 11/10/66 KROUTER, JACOB DOB: 08/23/88 KVISTEN, SHANNON DOB: 03/21/76 KUNKEL, RANDY DOB: 05/17/93 LAMAZIERE, ANDREW DOB: 09/02/55 LANDES, MYRON DOB: 08/15/46 LANG, LUCAS DOB: 11/14/85 LANGE, KEVIN DOB: 03/27/92 LAWRENCE, AIRNETIA DOB: 10/16/70 LAWRENCE, OLIN DOB: 11/14/83 LEBEAU, RICHARD DOB: 06/09/59 LECHLER, JAMES DOB: 09/24/72 LEES, BEN X2 DOB: 12/28/90 LEIGHTY, THOMAS DOB: 11/23/44 LEJEUNE, STEVEN DOB: 11/04/80 LIMBER-HAND, MICHAEL DOB: 11/24/91 LINDBERG, KAREN X2 DOB: 03/21/55 LINGO, ARIEL DOB: 06/07/92 LINGO, SHAWN DOB: 04/17/86 LITTLE, NATHAN DOB: 05/05/78 LITTLECROW, CEDRIC DOB: 05/29/65 LOCKARD, JAMES DOB: 08/08/52 LOPEZ, ARLENE DOB: 01/28/70 LOPEZ, DISEL DOB: 05/15/89 LOPEZ, SABRINA DOB: 12/22/89 LOW DOG, DONAVAN DOB: 12/05/68 LOWRY, TONY DOB: 04/06/93 LUNEN, NATHANIEL DOB: 05/15/89 LUNNEBERG, NICHOLAS (OTSC) DOB: 01/12/91 LUPINACCI, TIFFANY A/K/A CALICO, TIFFANY DOB: 12/04/74 LYMAN, LEAH (OTSC) DOB: 08/25/94 LYTLE, TAQUILA DOB: 04/01/89 MACIEL, JUAN ARTURO DOB: 07/29/81 MAHAFFEY, BRETT DOB: 03/02/90 MAIER, COREY DOB: 02/18/85 MARBACH, DANIEL DOB: 07/17/62 MARSHALL, JAMES DOB: 08/21/91 MARTIN, DAVID DOB: 09/18/49 MARTIN, HUNTER DOB: 04/11/93 MARTIN, RAJON DOB: 09/15/86 MARTINEZ, ASHLEY (OTSC) DOB: 10/06/84 MARTINUS, WILLEM DOB: 03/20/71 MASCARENA, RONALD DOB: 10/09/70 MATHEWS, ASHLEY DOB: 12/27/85 MATHISEN, CHARLES DOB: 03/20/84 MATNEY, THOMAS DOB: 04/09/61 MAURER, SAHIN DOB: 03/16/84 MAYNARD, RENA DOB: 05/30/63 MCBURNEY, STEPHEN DOB: 07/12/60 MCCLENDON, LAUREN DOB: 09/03/86 MCCLURE, BLANE DOB: 09/09/82 MCDONALD, CHRISTOPHER DOB: 02/21/89 MCDOUGAL, TERRENCE DOB: 05/27/94 MCFANN, JACOB C. DOB: 07/24/80 MCGINNIS, NEIL DOB: 08/01/64 MCKESSON, TIFFANY DOB: 02/16/94 MCKINNEY, JASON DOB: 06/09/75 MCQUIN, GILBERT DOB: 06/19/88 MEDLEY, MICHAEL DOB: 04/09/87 MEDRANO, RICHARD DOB: 09/18/57 MELENDEZ-GUEVARA, JESUS/JOSE DOB: 12/02/84 MIHAI, BIVOL DOB: 11/11/87

DOB: 03/13/89 VELASQUEZ, VERNON DOB: 08/30/67 VILLANI, TOM DOB: 03/12/74 VINES, JESSE DOB: 12/13/51 WACKER, JASON DOB: 12/19/78 WALDNER, NICHOLAS DOB: 01/11/90 WALKER, ANTHONY (OTSC) DOB: 09/06/92 WALTER, BRIAN DOB: 01/19/69 WARSAW, ERIC DOB: 05/16/76 WATKINS, MIRANDA DOB: 05/17/75 WATROUS, RONNA DOB: 04/16/58 WATTS, NORMAN DOB: 02/07/84 WAWRZYNIAK, TODD DOB: 04/19/85 WEBB, ERIKA DOB: 05/10/92 WEBER, ANDREA DOB: 01/30/79 WEIDLICH, CHRISTOPHER DOB: 09/15/88 WELLMAN, JANELL DOB: 01/08/85 WERLINGER, GRANT DOB: 09/19/67 WEST, BYRON DOB: 07/28/69 WESTON, ERIC DOB: 05/28/82 WHATLEY, MICHAEL DOB: 09/27/83 WHITE, AARON DOB: 03/20/87 WHITE, TRACY-X2 DOB: 05/27/76 WIBERG, RICHARD DOB: 10/01/75 WIESE, NICHOLAS DOB: 08/07/86 WILKERSON, JASON DOB: 01/12/72 WILKINS, LEONARD DOB: 04/13/67 WILLARD, BRANDON DOB: 12/05/89 WILLIAMS, CHARLES DOB: 07/15/87 WILLIAMS, JORDAN D. DOB: 08/03/91 WILLIAMS, NORMAN DOB: 08/15/61 WILLIAMS, TAVIS DOB: 08/11/68 WILLIAMS, TOM-X2 DOB: 10/17/57 WILSON, AUDIA DOB: 03/24/88 WILSON, AUTUMN DOB: 10/30/93 WILSON, VICTORIA DOB: 09/15/82 WISNER, WESLEY DOB: 10/16/91 WOMACK, JESSE DOB: 05/25/89 WOOD, DYLAN DOB: 10/31/88 WOOD, TATUM DOB: 03/08/88 WOODRUM, TOMMY DOB: 12/30/75 WOODY, JAMES R DOB: 12/12/76 WORDEN, JASON DOB: 07/31/76 WORTHY, SHONTELLE DOB: 10/19/74 WRIGHT, KATIE (OTSC) DOB: 07/26/91 WRIGHT, MORGAN DOB: 12/15/89 WRIGHT, SHANNON DOB: 06/24/69 WRIGHT, TRACEY DOB: 07/21/57 WYKOFF, SHANNON DOB: 09/11/93 YOHE, JESSICA X2 DOB: 10/06/82 YOUNG, DAVID DOB: 03/22/67 YOUNG, TERRANCE DOB: 07/14/78 YOUNGBERG, RICHARD DOB: 08/13/85 ZAMORA, MARCOS DOB: 05/18/62 ZIKOSKY, RONALD DOB: 01/06/58

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Bold Republic Weekly “The Castle Doctrine” By Glenn Woods

I had an interesting call on my radio show this week, asking me what, speciﬁcally, are the rules when it comes to using deadly force to protect oneself, and one’s home. The name of the rule, I said to the caller, is “The Castle Doctrine.” The caller had asked a great question. Here is a law that anyone and everyone in Wyoming, no matter if you are a gun owner or not, should know and understand. Yet there I was a know-it-all talk show host, afraid to answer the question until I had looked a bit closer into the law itself to see what a homeowner could or could not do to protect their home. Before I get into this I should point out that statistics show, the states that have passed their own version of The Castle Doctrine have lower crime rates than states have restrictive gun laws. This, of course, depends on the State, county, or city that you live in and what version of the Castle Doctrine they have passed. There are strong Castle Doctrine Laws. There are so-called weak Castle Doctrine Laws, and there is the famous MAKE MY DAY LAW! Most states have the stronger laws that do not require homeowners to retreat before using force to protect their home. A few states have very strong stand-your-ground laws allowing citizens to use force or lethal force in their car or at work without ﬁrst trying to retreat. Texas allow citizens protecting their homes, car, or place of business or employment to use force – including lethal force – when an intruder has entered or is even attempting to enter the home, car, or workplace by force; or is attempting

to rape, murder, or rob. Florida’s Castle Doctrine says that the dwelling being protected does not need to have a roof; can be mobile or immobile; and can be as temporary as a tent. So what about Wyoming then? Gov. Dave Freudenthal Wyoming’s Castle Doctrine spelling out the statute that citizens may use deadly force on intruders. Wyoming’s version of the bill provides immunity from civil lawsuits to anyone who uses force in defense of his or her “person, property or abode or to prevent injury to another.” Wyoming’s law on deadly force does not apply in cases where “a peace ofﬁcer is trying to enter a home or when the guardian of a child is trying to lawfully remove the child from a home.” The law provides immunity from criminal prosecution or civil action for any person who killed another person who had entered their home illegally (that is, without permission). The law speciﬁes that a person has no “duty to retreat” if he or she thinks they or someone else is in danger, but instead has the right to kill the person they think is an aggressor, without fear of prosecution. Common law suggests that in a dangerous situation, one should avoid violent confrontation if possible. The Senate further amended the law so it would apply only to self-defense situations within the home. Thus amended, the Senate passed HB 137, 29-1, and the House accepted the Senate version of the bill, 57-2 (1 excused) So while the law was stripped of its “no duty to retreat in a public place” provision, the version that was sent to the Governor’s desk did keep the

“no duty to retreat inside one’s home” language as well as the provision that individuals whose homes are unlawfully entered cannot be held civilly liable if they use deadly force to defend their home, self or family. To say it another way: The stand your ground provision only applies when persons are within their own home. The law does not excuse crime victims from a duty to retreat outside the home. This says to me, that Wyoming has made a smart step in the right direction, but steps are needed to make Wyoming a true STAND YOUR GROUND STATE so that a citizen does not need fear of legal repercussions should they find themselves in the unfortunate position where they must defend themselves outside their home. When we talk about this there is the tendency to think of protecting oneself with a gun. But there are many other ways to protect yourself. The point here is that, if you are in your own home you do not have to retreat. But what about outside the home? I think there is a good point to be made toward adding a stand your ground provision to the current law here in Wyoming. While in most cases a person will not face prosecution if they can prove that they were defending themselves with reasonable, justifiable force, it is a good idea to have a clarification of the law on the books in a law that is written in plain English, so that there is no mistaking the intent of the law, and the rights of the a citizen in Wyoming to defend themselves.

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New law gives city more ﬂexibility to clear snow routes of vehicles

Dear Editor, Good Gillette Citizens, I’m sure you are aware of the Wall of Shame at Go West Games, and our posting shoplifting videos on Face book and You Tube. A few weeks ago I caught a young man stealing, and contacted our police department with video and photos of this Gentleman; they in turn forwarded it to the Campbell County Attorney’s office. I received a letter from the attorney’s office stating this gentleman has a mental illness that makes them unable to pursue charges against this gentleman. After talking with the Campbell County Attorney’s office, I was told he is supposed to be supervised, but if he isn’t, his actions can’t not be held against him. He may steal, cheat, assault, or do whatever he pleases, because he is mentally ill. Asked what would happen if he raped or murdered, the answer I received was, “hopefully they could get him committed to the state hospital. Thankfully that hasn’t happened yet.” This is truly a scary thought and situation, if the Observer chooses; this man’s name is (The Campbell County Observer is not sure if we can legally print this person’s name). Otherwise find him on my face book page. Protect yourselves Gillette, for our County Attorney’s Office cannot. Thanks Jim West - Go West Games

From Editor Keary Speer: Dear Jim, Thank you for writing in! It is absurd to think that anyone’s actions would have no consequences. If that is the case, then that person who SHOULD have been supervising him should have to suffer the consequences of this person’s actions. Maybe then he would keep a closer eye on this person. I am on the fence about whether or not this person with the mental illness should be held responsible because I have no idea to what degree he is socially functional. However, I do know that if he has to have a person watching him, then that person, without a doubt, should have to pay for the items stolen. I am sorry you ﬁnd yourself in this predicament and I hope it turns out for the best. Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Campbell County Snow plow-ers! You all have done a wonderful job plowing and sanding the streets of Sleepy Hollow this year, and I just want you to know how grateful I am for all the hard work in the cold weather. Thank You! Marge Peterson From Editor Keary Speer: Yes, I think we all can agree that the City’s plows are a great asset to our town! I am sure it is a tough job and I am glad there is someone here to do it!

Dear Editor, I noticed in last Sunday’s Newsrecord that they wrote a small and inadequate article on the Bald is Beautiful event. They weren’t even there, nor did they mention the sponsors, including Basin Radio, the Observer, Wal-Mart, and more who did all the work putting on the event for the little girl. I wrote a letter to their newspaper, but it seems that they won’t print it. Thank you for all the work you did, including shaving heads yourself for hours. You are a true community leader, and your newspaper reflects that! Also, I had some questions about my gun rights. Like the caller from the Glenn Woods show, I’m not sure that the recent information published in other news sources is accurate, and I know that you are into (and fight for) gun rights. When CAN I defend myself and what exactly is the Carry Concealed laws? Bob Chrinstensan From Editor Nicholas De Laat: I wouldn’t be so hard on the News Record. I have learned that it is very difficult to be everywhere at once when there is so many great events in our great County. I can only imagine how hard it would be with a daily paper. Sometimes it is better to trade news articles to save time, as you notice we do with Basin Radio. They put some of articles on the radio and we print many of theirs (with all credit deserved of course). It saves time and labor. We were happy to do everything for Isabelle, who is such a sweet girl, and I am happy that all media sources in the area recognized the event for what it was…. for them. As far as the gun rights issue, I will print some articles over the next few weeks that will explain all. If you ever want to get involved, there is a great source in Wyoming Gunowners Association headed up by Anthony Bouchard. He is a wealth of information on 2nd Amendment rights. Dear Editor, I read with disdain a national headline “Nation’s jobs rise by 200,000″ (Jan. 7). We’re all doing the Happy Dance in River City! I did a little research and looked at the decline of the employment participation rate and its impact on the publicized unemployment rate. If the current trends in the participation rate and job growth continue up to November, the unemployment rate for the next election nears; you guessed it, zero percent! Coincidence? Hardly. With the holiday memories fresh in my mind, I can still spot fudge a mile away, and The Enquirer is the chef. Jim Eigel From Editor Nicholas De Laat The National Enquirer is fake. Please don’t take real news sources from it, and PLEASE don’t vote based on any information they provide.

What’s Going On In Government?

By Paul Wallem An amendment to the city’s snow emergency ordinance that makes it easier for law enforcement to clear vehicles from the city’s emergency snow routes during a snow emergency, passed its third and final reading at Monday’s Gillette City Council meeting. According to City of Gillette public information officer, Joe Lunne, the new amendment removes some of the red tape that restricted the police department’s ability to tow vehicles from an emergency snow route when snow depth exceeds four inches. Lunne cautions, however, that the city will attempt to notify those vehicle’s owners through multiple channels before finally deciding to tow any vehicle.

“We’ve sent letters out to everyone who lives within 150 feet of the existing [emergency] snow routes, and we’ll do some additional follow up,” explains Lunne. “But once we have a storm event or a predicted storm event, when the city administrator declares a snow emergency we will ask the public via the media to remove those vehicles from the snow routes, and then we will also use the City Watch system to make a call to all the people who live along those routes. As the storm approaches, the PD will be out trying to make notiﬁcations and make sure we get those vehicles cleared.” To help residents identify emergency snow routes, Lunne says the city is putting up new signs this week

designating those roads. “They’re much more visible. The information on them is clear,” he says. “So just pay attention when you’re parking on that if you think a storm’s approaching that might be signiﬁcant or you always park there, just be paying attention to the local media and we’ll get that information out so your vehicle doesn’t get towed.” Lunne says towing any vehicle will be a last resort. “Really the last thing we want to do is have to tow those vehicles, but we have with this new ordinance it allows us to do that a little more efﬁciently than we could before,” says Lunne.

Tuesday, January 17

-City/County/Town of Wright Luncheon, 12 noon, George Amos Memorial Building -City Council Pre-Meeting, 6 p.m., 3rd Floor Conference Room, City Hall -City Council Meeting, 7 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall

Wednesday, January 18

-Public Works & Utilities Advisory Committee, 5:30 p.m., Engineering Conference Room, City Hall -Campbell County Joint Powers Fire Board, 6 p.m., Fire Dept’s Community Room, Station 1

-Planning Commission Meeting, 7 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall

Thursday, January 19

-Campbell County Economic Development Corporation Board, 7 a.m., CCEDC Board Room

Monday, January 23

-City Council Work Session, 6 p.m., 2nd Floor Community Room, City Hall -Wright Town Council Workshop, 7 p.m., Council Room, Town Hall -Wright Town Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Council Room, Town Hall

Public Pulse What’s Going On? Friday, January 13

BRN photo by Nathan Kobielusz

Tom Johnson, who lives near the old Stocktrail Elementary School, says the school district should give that land back to the county so that land can be used by Pioneer Manor to construct a long-term care facility.

Persistent citizen makes ﬁnal stand

Tom Johnson says there will not be any children in his neighborhood to attend a future school constructed at the old Stocktrail Elementary site across from the hospital because that area of town is populated by senior citizens. As a result, he wants the Campbell County School District to give the land back to Campbell County so it can be incorporated into the future plans of Pioneer Manor. It’s an idea he’s been promoting for two years now, and he will make his ﬁnal plea Tuesday night in front of the school board. “We’re inviting you, those concerned citizens, neighbors, family and friends of folks at Pioneer Manor, come to the public comment session at the Campbell County School District Trustees meeting this Tuesday at 7:00 p.m,” Johnson asks. “We’ll present new information and appeal to the school administrator and trustees that they reconsider their position on the old Stocktrail site.” Johnson admits he hasn’t made as much progress and he had hoped up to this point. However, he says he is able to maintain his persistence because he strongly believes in his convictions. “I understand how you need to move on from no, and why the hospital board would be looking elsewhere,” he says. “After their strategic master planners came back and suggested they look elsewhere for a site, they’re looking at three or four other sites.” According to Johnson, a so-called Field of Dreams exists for the Pioneer Manor’s long-term care facility, and that location is right across from the hospital at the old Stocktrail site.

Parasites and Phony Rights A Commentary by Maureen Bader, Columnist Wyoming Liberty Group In 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt deﬁned four freedoms: freedom of speech and worship, and freedom from want and fear. While we do all have the right to freedom of speech and worship, the notion we could somehow be freed from want and fear has resulted in less freedom and an avalanche in the demand for phony rights. Freedom in the political sphere means each one of us has the freedom to control what we make or earn. In a nutshell, it means we can make what we need to survive, free from interference by other people, even when other people band together and call themselves government. Over time however, socialists transformed and perverted the word freedom to mean freedom from scarcity. But in the real world, resources are scarce. To get what we need to survive we can make it, but there is another way. We can take it. When socialists talk about freedom from scarcity they are talking about creating claims to the property of other people - they are talking about taking. When they say a person has a right to something made by someone else, they put taking above making. But claims to other peoples’ goods and services are not rights to those goods and services. Real rights are things each one of us has because we are human beings. The Founders never laid out every single real right because the list is endless. Real rights are the same for everyone, everywhere at the same time. Real rights create the responsibility to respect the rights of others. The only obligations real rights create are negative obligations. My right to life, for example, creates the obligation that someone not take away my life. It does not create the obligation for someone to support my life, however. Understanding and respecting real rights mean we can live in a world of social harmony because real rights don’t conﬂict. This is the key to differentiating real from phony rights.

When socialists and their Nanny State comrades say claims to goods and services are rights to goods and services, they set the stage for the proliferation of phony rights and social conflict. Phony rights interfere with someone else’s real rights. They create a positive obligation that morphs into a claim to someone else’s life and property. Since FDR accepted the ideology of the Nanny State, the demand for phony rights has grown like a fungus. The right to housing, medical care, education, social security, prescription drugs, leisure, a living wage, food, clothing - the list goes on and on. All these things must be made by someone. If a person has the right to take them without compensating whoever made them, the maker’s rights have been violated. This is why phony rights are phony - they are nothing more than taking. If a person wants housing but is not willing to pay for it, then someone else has to work more so that person can have what they are not willing to pay for. If a person wants a living wage, then someone else has to work more so that person can get paid more than what they are willing to work for. The rights of the person forced to work more have been violated to create an entitlement for someone else. By perverting the definitions of freedom and rights, Nanny Statists have set the takers against the makers. But it is in no one’s interest (except perhaps for the bureaucrats who run the Nanny State) for a person to live like a parasite feeding off the hard work of someone else. We are better off in a society that respects real rights because they create a harmony of interests among rational people. Phony rights will continue to proliferate, and the rights of makers will continue to be violated, until we limit the power of the state to take, and return to the true definition of freedom.

-Teen New Volunteer Sign Up, CCPL -Teen Fun Day-”Blame Someone Else” Day, CCPL -Tickets for the Chocolate Basket Rafﬂe on Sale Now Jan. 9-Feb.10, 1 for $1 or 6 for $5, Drawing 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, CCPL -Grease Monkeys @ Jakes Tavern -Windows 7 Basics, 9 a.m.- 12 noon, K2 Technologies, 686-3025 -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Kids Night Out, 6-9 p.m., Rec. Center, 682-8527 -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Last Call Group, 10 p.m., 2910 S Douglas Hwy.

Saturday, January 14

-Grease Monkeys @ Jakes Tavern -Teen New Volunteer Sign Up, CCPL -Tickets for the Chocolate Basket Rafﬂe on Sale Now Jan. 9-Feb.10, 1 for $1 or 6 for $5, Drawing 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, CCPL -AA- Discussion, 8:30 a.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Teen Dungeons & Dragons, 10 a.m., CCPL -Rockpile Museum: Mystery at the Museum, 10 a.m.- 12 noon, 682-5723 -Chic’s & Chocolate, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., Brothers Coffee -Stock Dog Trials, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., Cam-plex Barn 3 -RCM Barrel Racing, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., Cam-plex East Pavilion -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -All About You Weekend, 12 Noon on 1/14 - 2 p.m. on 1/15, 685-6363 for Reservations -Teen Open-Play Video Gaming, 1 p.m., CCPL -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Last Call Group, 10 p.m., 2910 S Douglas Hwy.

Sunday, January 15

-CCPL- CLOSED -Senior Center- CLOSED -AA-Morning Spiritual, 10:15 a.m., 2910 S Douglas Hwy. -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Monday, January 16

-MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY -WYOMING EQUALITY DAY -PROFESSIONAL DAY- NO SCHOOL -CCPL- CLOSED -K2 Seminar: HTML 5 (New Class!), 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., K2 Technologies, 686-3025 -School’s Out Public Skate, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., Camplex Spirit Hall, 687-1555 -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Tuesday, January 17

-Teen New Volunteer Sign Up, CCPL -Tickets for the Chocolate Basket Rafﬂe on Sale Now Jan. 9-Feb.10, 1 for $1 or 6 for $5, Drawing 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, CCPL -HealthCHECK Testing, 7-11 a.m., CCMH Lab, 688-1222 -K2 Focused Seminar: Taming Your Email, 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., K2 Technologies, 686-3025 -Storytime, 3-5 yr. olds, 10:30 a.m., CCPL -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Visually Imparted, 1 p.m., Senior Center, Pat Edwards 2572949 -AVA- Preschool Art, 2 p.m. -K2 Focused Seminar: Edit Photos with PowerPoint, 2-4 p.m., K2 Technologies, 686-3025 -AVA- Grade School Pottery, 4 p.m. -Teen Card Game Club, 4 p.m., CCPL -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Beginners, 6:45 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Wednesday, January 18

-Teen New Volunteer Sign Up, CCPL -Tickets for the Chocolate Basket Rafﬂe on Sale Now Jan. 9-Feb.10, 1 for $1 or 6 for $5, Drawing 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, CCPL -Children’s Immunization Clinic, 8-11:30 a.m., Public Health -Senior Center- First Gold Bus, 9 a.m. -Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Level 1, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., K2 Technology, 686-3025 -Storytime, 3-5 yr. olds, 10:30 a.m., CCPL -Storytime, All Ages, 11 a.m., WBL -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Ribbon Cutting: Liberty Tax Services (New Store), 12:45- 1:15 p.m., 1211 S. Douglas Hwy., Suite L -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Thursday, January 19

-Teen New Volunteer Sign Up, CCPL -Teen Fun Days: Popcorn Day, CCPL -Tickets for the Chocolate Basket Rafﬂe on Sale Now Jan. 9-Feb.10, 1 for $1 or 6 for $5, Drawing 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, CCPL -HealthCHECK Testing, 7-11 a.m., CCMH Lab, 688-1222 -Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007, 9 a.m.- 12 noon, K2 Technologies, 686-3025 -Toddler Time, 18 months- 3 yr., 9:30 a.m., CCPL -Storytime, 3-5 yr. olds, 10:30 a.m., CCPL -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AVA- Homeschool Art, 2 p.m. -Webinar: Preparing an Audit Proof Tax Return, 2 p.m., www1.got meeting.com/register/834427376 -AVA- Grade School Kids Club, 4 p.m. -January Mixer: Century 21 Real Estate Associates, 5-7 p.m., 2100 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Families & Jammies, Birth- 6th Grade, 6:30 p.m., CCPL -Rozet/Rawhide 5/6th Grade Band Program, 6:30 p.m., CCHS Auditorium -Teen Anime Club, 7 p.m., CCPL -The Snow Queen, 7 p.m., Camplex Heritage Center, 689-4341 -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Friday, January 20

-Teen New Volunteer Sign Up, CCPL -Tickets for the Chocolate Basket Rafﬂe on Sale Now Jan. 9-Feb.10, 1 for $1 or 6 for $5, Drawing 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, CCPL -Lazy L Band @ Jakes Tavern -Eastside RV’s Outdoor Fun Show, Cam-plex East Pavilion, 686-1435 -WRCHA Club Clinic, 8:30 a.m.7:30 p.m., Cam-plex East Pavilion, Kathleen Reynolds, 682-3646 -Management of Problem Grasses: Cheatgrass, Bulbous Bluegrass, & Foxtail Barley, 10 a.m.- 2:30 p.m., CCPL -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Grand Re-Opening/Ribbon Cutting: Liberty Tax Service, 12:45-1:15 p.m., 1001 S. Douglas Hwy., Suite 240 -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Open MIC Night, 7 p.m., Brothers Coffee -The Snow Queen, 7 p.m., Camplex Heritage Center, 689-4341 -AVA- Uncorked! 7-9 p.m., 6829133 -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Last Call Group, 10 p.m., 2910 S Douglas Hwy.

Saturday, January 21

-Lazy L Band @ Jakes Tavern -Teen New Volunteer Sign Up, CCPL -Tickets for the Chocolate Basket Rafﬂe on Sale Now Jan. 9-Feb.10, 1 for $1 or 6 for $5, Drawing 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, CCPL -Eastside RV’s Outdoor Fun Show, Cam-plex East Pavilion, 686-1435 -Master Classic 3D Archery Shoot, 8 a.m.- 6:30 p.m., Camplex Barn 3, Andy Turnquist, 2577509

-WRCHA Club Clinic, 8:30 a.m.7:30 p.m., Cam-plex East Pavilion, Kathleen Reynolds, 682-3646 -AA- Discussion, 8:30 a.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Teen Dungeons & Dragons, 10 a.m., CCPL -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Teen Open-Play Video Gaming, 1 p.m., CCPL -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Relay for Life: Dart Tournaments, 6:30 p.m., Registration for Draw & Mixed Partner Doubles Opens @ 5 p.m., American Legion, 682-9857 for info. -Relay for Life: Bunko Fundraiser, 6:30 p.m. Sign- up, American Legion, 682-9857 for info. -The Snow Queen, 7 p.m., Camplex Heritage Center, 689-4341 -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Last Call Group, 10 p.m., 2910 S Douglas Hwy.

Sunday, January 22

-Senior Center- CLOSED -UMF Meeting @ Jakes Tavern -Tickets for the Chocolate Basket Rafﬂe on Sale Now Jan. 9-Feb.10, 1 for $1 or 6 for $5, Drawing 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, CCPL -Eastside RV’s Outdoor Fun Show, Cam-plex East Pavilion, 686-1435 -Master Classic 3D Archery Shoot, 8 a.m.- 6 p.m., Cam-plex Barn 3, Andy Turnquist, 257-7509 -WRCHA Club Clinic, 8:30 a.m.7:30 p.m., Cam-plex East Pavilion, Kathleen Reynolds, 682-3646 -AA-Morning Spiritual, 10:15 a.m., 2910 S Douglas Hwy. -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Monday, January 23

Tickets for the Chocolate Basket Rafﬂe on Sale Now Jan. 9-Feb.10, 1 for $1 or 6 for $5, Drawing 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, CCPL -Introduction to Personal Computers (New Class!), 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., K2 Technologies, 686-3025 -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -PAD Meeting, 4 p.m., CCHS South Music Room -Library Board Meeting, 4 p.m., CCPL -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Wagonwheel Kindergarten Music Program, 7 p.m., CCHS Auditorium -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Tuesday, January 24

-Tickets for the Chocolate Basket Rafﬂe on Sale Now Jan. 9-Feb.10, 1 for $1 or 6 for $5, Drawing 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10, CCPL -Brain Injury Group of Gillette, Carmen 680-5926 for time & location after 5 p.m. -HealthCHECK Testing, 7-11 a.m., CCMH Lab, 688-1222 -NE Wyoming Furniture Restorers, 8 a.m.- 9 p.m., Cam-plex Central Pavilion, Jim Britt 682-8442 -K2 Focused Seminar: Excel Power Functions (New!), 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., K2 Technologies, 686-3025 -AiE “On Ensemble” for 7th Grade, 9:45- 10:45 a.m., Camplex Heritage Center -Storytime, 3-5 yr. olds, 10:30 a.m., CCPL -AA- Mid-day Serenity, 12 noon, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Finance Committee, 12 noon, BR, CCMH -Ribbon Cutting: ANB Bank- Gillette, 12-1 p.m., 800 E. 7th Street -AVA- Preschool Art, 2 p.m. -K2 Focused Seminar: Google Docs, 2-4:30 p.m., K2 Technologies, 686-3025 -AVA- Grade School Pottery, 4 p.m. -Teen Card Game Club, 4 p.m., CCPL -Green Drinks, 5:30-7 p.m., Uncle Freddie’s Junkyard Grille, 686-5228 -AA-Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -AA-Beginners, 6:45 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. -Hillcrest 1/2nd Grade Music Program, 7 p.m., CCHS Auditorium -On Ensemble, 7-10 p.m., Camplex Heritage Center, 682-8802 for tickets -AA-Hopefuls(BB), 8 p.m., 2910 S. Douglas Hwy.

Sports Report Lady Camels score at will to open 2012

What’s Going On In Sports?

By Ted Ripko - Basin Radio Sports The Gillette Lady Camels (8-3) showed just how potent they could be offensively Friday night at the Castle of Chaos against Little Wound High School (5-3) as Gillette coasted to a 91-35 win over the Lady Mustangs from Kyle, SD. The 91 points scored is by far the most by any girls’ basketball team in Wyoming this season and the most for the Lady Camels since they scored 80 against Notre Dame in the opening round of the Energy Classic. All 10 Lady Camels that played scored for Gillette, as Lexi Wilde led the way with a career-high 16 points off the bench, including four 2-point baskets after having just 5 in the previous 10 ballgames. Julia Seamans was second on the team with her career-high 15 points. Sierra Toms scored 9 of her 13 points in the first quarter, Dani Williams tied her career high with 12 points, and Lexi Hill totaled a career high with 10 points off the bench. As a team, Gillette’s bench outscored Little Wound’s bench 46-4. Leading the way for the Lady Mustangs was Patty Cuny with 16. Alana Brown Bull also finished in double figures with 10 points. The game was tied early at 2 and 4, but then it was all Gillette as they jumped out to a 23-11 lead at the end of the first quarter. Then, the Gillette went into half time up 52-21.

Friday, January 13

The Lady Camels outscored the Lady Mustangs 19-6 in the third quarter to take a 71-27 lead into the ﬁnal quarter of action where they closed things out by outscoring Little Wound 20-8. Next up for the Lady Camels are their ﬁnal games of non-conference action when they travel to Casper on Friday, January 13 to take on undefeated No. 1 Natrona County. The Fillies took down the Lady Camels back on December 9 at the Flogistix Camel Basketball Tournament 56-45. Then on Saturday, January 14, the Lady Camels return home to take on Kelly Walsh. Both games will tip off 7:30 pm. Catch the road game on 97.3 KAML-FM and online athttp:// www.network1sports.com/station/kaml#menus. The home game can be heard on Fox Country 100.7 FM and online at http://www.network1sports. com/station/kgwy#menus.

-CCHS WRE (V) Cowboy Invite, Miles City, MT -WJSH HS B/G BB @ Sundance -CCHS Indoor Track Yellow Jacket Open, Spearﬁsh, SD -WJSH HS WRE @ Pavilion, 12 p.m. -CCHS BBB (SO/JV/V) vs. Natrona, 4 p.m., North Campus -CCHS GBB (SO/JV/V) @ Natrona, 4 p.m. -CCHS BSW @ Cheyenne, 4 p.m. -Gillette WILD vs. Helena, 8 p.m., Cam-plex Spirit Hall

Dani Williams – 12 (tied career high) Julia Seamans – 15 (career high) Lexi Hill – 10 (Career high) Dacia Lyman – 2 Lexi Wilde – 16 (career high) Sierra Toms – 13 Michaela Anderson – 7 Haley Shackelford – 6 (Career high) Steph Casteel – 6 Shelby Johnson – 4

-State All-State Music Conference, 7 a.m., Evanston

Saturday, January 14

-CCHS WRE (V) Cowboy Invite, Miles City, MT -CCHS WRE (JV) Cheyenne East JV Invite -WJSH HS B/G BB @ Burns -WJSH HS WRE @ Pavilion, 9 a.m. -CCHS BSW @ Cheyenne, 9 a.m. -CCHS BBB (SO/JV/V) @ Kelly Walsh, 4 p.m. -CCHS GBB (SO/JV/V) vs. Kelly Walsh, 4 p.m. -Gillette College WBB @ Little Big Horn Community College, 6 p.m. -Gillette College MBB @ Little Big Horn Community College, 7:30 p.m. -Gillette WILD vs. Helena, 8 p.m., Cam-plex Spirit Hall

Sunday, January 15

-State All-State Music Conference, 7 a.m., Evanston

Lady Camels Scoring Breakdown

Monday, January 16

Tuesday, January 17

Photo by Nathan Kobielusz - Basin Radio

Lexi Wilde’s career-high 16 points tied her with Patty Cuny of the lady Mustangs for the game high Friday night.

Thursday, January 19

-WJSH HS B/G BB @ Moorcroft, 4 p.m.

Friday, January 20

-CCHS BSW Gillette Dual Meet Invitational, Aquatic Center -CCHS WRE (JV) Buffalo Duals -CCHS WRE (JV2) Lingle Invite -CCHS WRE (V) Chadron Invite -WJSH HS WRE @ Lingle, 11 a.m. -CCHS BBB (SO/JV/V) vs. Laramie, 4 p.m., CCHS North Campus -CCHS GBB (SO/JV/V) @ Laramie, 4 p.m. -WJSH HS B/G BB vs. Big Horn, 4 p.m.

By Ted Ripko - Basin Radio Sports tin Hinkle scored 10 points. In all, 10 of the 12 Camel players who suited up Saturday night put up points. The Camels will now prepare for their ﬁnal weekend of nonconference action when they host Natrona County on Friday, January 13. You can hear that game on Fox Country 100.7 FM and online at http://www. network1sports.com/station/ kgwy#menus. Then on Saturday, January 14, the Camels travel to Casper to take on Kelley Walsh. You can hear that game on 97.3 KAML-FM and online athttp:// www.network1sports.com/station/kaml#menus. Both games tip off at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 21

-CCHS BSW Gillette Dual Meet Invitational, Aquatic Center -CCHS WRE (JV) Buffalo Duals -CCHS WRE (JV2) Lingle Invite -CCHS WRE (V) Chadron Invite -WJSH HS WRE @ Lingle, 9 a.m. -WJSH HS B/G BB JV Invite, 9 a.m., Wright -CCHS BBB (SO/JV/V) vs. Cheyenne South, 10 a.m., CCHS North Campus -CCHS GBB (SO/JV/V) @ Cheyenne South, 10 a.m. -Gillette College WBB vs. Casper College, 5:30 p.m., CCHS South Campus -Gillette College MBB vs. Casper College, 7:30 p.m., CCHS South Campus

Camels Scoring Breakdown

Cody Kelley – 21 points (career high) Tanner Moser – 21 points (career high) Cody Anderson – 11 points Westin Hinkel – 10 points Jade Kampfe – 8 points Logan Wasson – 7 points Thomas Bush – 2 points Michael Cook – 2 points Dylan Haddix – 2 points Tanner Sandvick – 2 points

Monday, January 23

-WJSH Dev B/G BB vs. Newcastle, Wright -WJSH Drama Auditions, 7:30-9 p.m., Town Hall Photo by Nathan Kobielusz-Basin Radio

Tanner Moser helped lead the Camels over the Mustangs Saturday night in Kyle, SD with a career-high 21 points.

Warrior Wrestling Results 2011 Summary Submitted by Jeff Wagoner The Warrior Wrestling A Team ended the season with 13-3 duel record, and a 2nd place ﬁnish at the district tournament. A Team district champions include: Mason Bonar, Logan Wagoner, Lane Barbour, Zach Clark and Blake Grifﬁn. Mason Bonar was a 3-time district champion for the Warriors. In B Team action, the Warriors had the following district champions: Rhys Wandler, Dylan Kirkpatrick, Tyler Anthony, Laura Mckinney, Jesse Austin, Tucker Gorton, Dallas Hartman, Pedro Mendez, Tanner Potter, Travis Tatkenhorst, and Devon Belt. Earning 2nd place: Corbin Vasser, Travis Gammon, Colton Sills, Houston Taggart, Colter Adams, Cody Switzer, Jeremy Hullinger, Randy Carillo, Allen Hack, and Jose Ramirez, Earning 3rd place: Mike Essen, Troy

Wednesday, January 18

-Gillette College WBB @ Central Wyoming College, 5:30 p.m. -Gillette College MBB @ Central Wyoming College, 7:30 p.m.

Camels hold on to defeat Little Wound, 86-74 Despite a late comeback effort by the Mustangs, the Gillette Camels held on to defeat Little Wound 86-74 in Kyle, SD Saturday night. The Camels (8-3) jumped out to an early 22-11 point advantage over the Mustangs (4-5) in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Gillette led by as many as 19 points. The Camels went into the locker room up 49-33 at the end of the first half. The Camels would need their 16-point halftime lead to win in the end, as the Mustangs made a valiant comeback effort, outscoring the Camels 41-37 in the second half. Mustangs’ junior Anthony Hopkins was the story of the night, as he scored a game-high 41 points, including six 3-pointers. Hopkins also sank 9 of 10 shots from the charity stripe. In the end, however, Hopkins’ amazing performance was not enough to pull his team ahead. The Camels had four players in double figures, led by careerhigh performances from both Cody Kelley and Tanner Moser who each scored 21-points. Cody Anderson following by chipping in 11 points, and Wes-

-State All-State Music Conference, 7 a.m., Evanston -WJSH Dev B/G BB vs. Twin Spruce, 4 p.m., Wright -WJSH WRE @ Moorcroft, 5 p.m. -CCHS WRE (JV/V) vs. Sturgis, 5:30 p.m., North Campus

Fisk, Tyler Bennett, Taylor Chope, Tommy Pennington, Esragel Gonzalez, Andrew Coleman, Paul Vincent, Zane Fichter, Brandon Meyers, Daniel Olson, Derek Clements, and Hayden Niehoff, The following Warrior Wrestlers earned individual team awards: Most improved 6th graders: Alvin Ross and Zane Fichter Most improved 7th grader: Tyler Anthony Most improved 8th graders: Laura Mckinny and Brandon Meyers Most Inspirational Warrior: Brett “Pinner” Brumley Most Wins/Pins: Logan Wagoner 33/30 Andy Pointer Heart Award (Award honoring the contributions of Warrior Wrestlers to be selﬂess leaders with a goal of making others better): Blake Grifﬁn, Logan Wagoner, and Zach Clark

Tuesday, January 24

-CCHS WRE (JV/V) @ Rapid City Stevens, 6 p.m. -WJSH Drama Auditions, 7:30-9 p.m., Town Hall

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Sports Report 3 Pronghorn men’s players kicked off team, 2 added for next season By Vic Wright - Basin Radio If you were in the stands Saturday night at the South Campus for the Gillette College Men’s basketball game against Miles Community College, you might have seen some players missing and a few new faces on the Pronghorns’ bench. Head Coach Shawn Neary said in a press release Sunday night, that Jelani Carpenter, Delorian Heard and Ezekiel Odonkor are no longer members of the team after they violated team rules. In a phone interview with Neary Monday morning, he did elaborate saying, “Jelani Carpenter was the only academic issue. The other two were behavior issues.”

As for those new faces, there were two young men in gray Gillette College jogging suits on the bench Saturday that were not there in any game before the holiday break. Neary explained that as well. “We brought in two new players after Christmas break. The ﬁrst new player we brought in was Mitchell Clarke. He is going to be a walk-on red-shirt [freshman]. The other player we brought in at Christmas was Hasain Bunnell.” Both Clarke and Bunnell will be freshmen next season for the team. This is a similar situation from last year, when Neary brought in James Hunter after the holiday break. Hunter is playing his ﬁrst season with

the Pronghorns this year and is averaging 12.429 points a game so far. Clarke is a native of Perth, Australia- the same hometown as current Pronghorn Reece Maxwell. Maxwell does know Clarke and has played against him in their native country, but never on the same team. Neary wanted Clarke to come to Wyoming early so he could get acclimated to the area, college and the way the Pronghorns play. Bunnell is from Detroit and played one year at the same high school as current Pronghorn Kalen Foreman. “We look forward to having both of those guys and helping us out and hopefully put themselves in a po-

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Delorian Heard (left), Ezekiel Odonkor (center) and Jelani Carpenter all were kicked off the Gillette College Pronghorns Men’s Basketball Team for violating rules. sition to earn a scholarship for next year and then be part of our program as we go forward,” Neary stated. The Pronghorn Men and Women will take on Western Wyoming Community College Wednesday night at the South Campus. The Western Wyoming Men’s

team is currently ranked eleventh in the NJCAA with a record of 14-1. Coach Neary expressed that he would love to see strong support from the Gillette College faithful in the stands as it will be another huge game early in Region IX play.

The Pronghorn Women are set to play at 5:30pm and the Pronghorn Men at 7:30pm. If you are not able to attend, tune into News/Talk 1270 KIML or online athttp://www.network1sports.com/station/ kiml#menus to hear how they do.

Gillette dominates Natrona on the mat By Ted Ripko The Gillette Camels didn’t struggle with brushing off the cobwebs Thursday night in Casper as the 9-time defending state champions dominated Natrona County in Gillette’s ﬁrst action since December 17 at the Pat Weede. The Camels jumped out to a 12-0 lead early thanks to pins by Jace Jacob and Luke Sather. Gillette would go on to win the dual by the ﬁnal team score of 56-15 at the Natrona County high School Gymnasium. Gillette ended up winning 11 of the 14 matches with their lone losses coming at 120, 170 and 285 lbs. At one point in the dual the Camels won 8 of 9 matches to really pull away and seal the victory. Also picking up wins Thursday night in Casper for Gillette were Tristan McKinsey, Evan Smith, Kris Miller, Alex LaCasse, Hayden Rawlings, Dani Fischer, Jordan Fischer, Tanner Olson and Burke Burgess. Next up for the 9-time defending state champions they’ll be in Montana next weekend for the Cowboy Invite in Miles City on January 13 and 14.

Complete results: 106: Tristan McKinsey, Gil, maj. dec. Denton Skogen, 12-0. 113: Evan Smith, Gil, pinned Quinton Rhoades, 1:39. 120: Michael Emery, NC, pinned Daniel Provost, 0:42. 126: Kris Miller, Gil, pinned Kyle Key, 1:27. 132: Alex Lacasse, Gil, pinned Josh Palomo, 3:44. 138: Hayden Rawlings, Gil, maj. dec. Cameron Rissler, 15-4. 145: Dani Fischer, Gil, maj. dec. Zane Gray, 12-2. 152: Jordan Fischer, Gil, dec. Aaron Parker, 12-5. 160: Tanner Olson, Gil, maj. dec. Brecken Biggs, 11-1. 170: Thomas Myler, NC, dec. Cameron Mock, 10-3. 182: Burke Burgess, Gil, pinned Berrie Archuleta, 1:59. 195: Jace Jacob, Gil, pinned Dylan Parke, 3:47. 220: Luke Sather, Gil, pinned Taven Bryan, 3:20. 285: Colter Bentley, NC, pinned Taylor Barbour, 1:32.

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Jace Jacob helped the Camels jump out to a 12-0 lead over Natrona as Gillette went on to win the dual 56-15 in Casper.

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Despite setbacks, Pronghorns defeat Pioneeers

Tryouts for the 2012 Gillette Girls Fastpitch Association will be held on Saturday January 14th and 21st at the Legion Fieldhouse. Tryouts begin each day at 9am and depending on your age the tryouts could go on until 7:00 pm for those 18 and older. Compelte schedule: 10 and Under - 9am-11am 12 and Under - 11am-4pm 14 and Under - 1-3pm 16 and Under - 3-5pm 18 and Under - 5-7pm For more information please contact Jim West (10&U) 307660-9946, Shawn Pedersen (12&U) 307-670-0726, Jay Williams (12&U) 417-761-4694, Lance Lehto (14&U) 307-6965830, Danny Gojkovich (16&U) 307-685-1293 and Justin Conner (18&U) 605-641-7497.

By Vic Wright The Pronghorns were running out of eligible players with minutes to go in a hard fought contest against Miles Community College Saturday night at the South Campus, but were able to squeak by the Pioneers, 94-90. Both teams finished the game with 29 fouls apiece. Kalen Foreman, Reece Maxwell and James Hunter fouled out for the Pronghorns, with Matt Strickland and Lucas Reller committing four each. “Unfortunately didn’t think our guys played smart… I’m disappointed that we weren’t smarter,” Head Coach Shawn Neary said of how the Pronghorns played. “We’re doing stupid stuff, we’re fouling like crazy.” The Pronghorns started out the second half 45-35, but that type of play almost cost the game for the Pronghorns. The team had six players that were able to play with two minutes left in the game and the Pioneers shrinking Gillette College’s lead shot by shot. Gillette College was able to keep its composure as the time expired and got the win thanks to outplaying the Pioneers from the charity stripe and beyond the arc. The Pronghorns were 61% and 50%, respectively. The Pioneers were 52.8% from the free throw line and 31.8% when it came to treys. George Edwards led the Pronghorns with a doubledouble. He finished the night with 29 points and 17 boards. Hunter and Asante Smiter had 12 points each, with Maxwell sinking eleven. Kash McKinney scored eight points, Matt Strickland seven, Tony Lowry Jr. six, Foreman five and Reller contributed with four points. Tyree Anderson led the Pioneers with 27 points. The Pronghorns will take on Western Wyoming Community College next on Wednesday night at 7:30pm at the South Campus.

“If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?” - Vince Lombardi

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Warm, tropical, and peaceful. Those three words are used by many Americans to describe the Hawaiian Islands. However, there is a time in Hawaii’s past when those adjectives would be hard to believe. Not too long ago, this small island chain was a place fought over for control of not only the islands themselves, but the entire Pacific. The story of Hawaii as a homeland goes back thousands of years ago, when Polynesian settlers arrived on the islands from other Pacific settlements, most likely Samoa. More recently, however, Hawaii unified under the rule of Kamehameha I in 1810. Kamehameha acquired his advantage by using modern military weapons to decimate his opponents and conquer the islands. It was his legacy that set the stage for the family’s rule for decades to come. However, the forces and power slowly diminished over the years, and by the end of the nineteenth century, the islands were left under the care of the United States, almost by default. America, with shipping and military interest in the Pacific, had a logistic need for safe

harbors in Hawaii. Queen Lili’uokalani came to power in 1891 and, with the islands in a sugar crisis, she disbanded the constitution. While the old constitution held the Hawaiian leader as a simple figurehead, she felt she had to do more. Lili’uokalani proposed changes that would not only allow the public to vote, but keep outsiders from voting, in effect securing the nationality of the islands. This new constitution, however, did not go as planned. The queen’s security chief, Marshall Charles B. Wilson found out about the plans, issued arrest warrants for the American council and declared martial law. While the situation was diffused a short time later, Wilson still gathered forces for a resistance. In 1893, a group of Americans and Europeans formed a group opposed to the Queen, and when a Hawaiian police officer was shot trying to stop weapons flow to the military wing of the group, the situation was beyond repair. The Americans and Europeans, calling themselves the “Committee of Safety”, took local troops loyal to them and surrounded Lili’uokalani’s palace, demanding that she hand over

control of the country. U.S. Marines joined them shortly after, emphasizing their force. The Queen, opposed to any violence, ordered her guards to surrender, and the Americans declared themselves the Hawaiian provincial government. President Grover Cleveland initiated an investigation into the events in the Paciﬁc, and in fact, some of the men behind the coup were held responsible for their actions in American courts. However, this did not affect the result. The government investigation found that, while some wrongs had been committed against the population, those indigenous people had no rights and America was not required to change any policies that had been enacted since the overthrow. The United States ofﬁcially annexed the Hawaiian Islands in 1897, promoted it to the Territory of Hawaii in 1900, and established its statehood in 1959. While the way Hawaii became a state was not ideal, today it is one the most admired states in the country, and has helped America not only in international wars, but also as a vital part of the American economy.

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Homes for Sale Home for sale by owner in Western Way. Asking $239,000 for the 1,800 sq. ft. 3 bedroom 2 bath home with an unﬁnished basement and a two car garage. Fully fenced, large landscaped yard with a sprinkler system. Home is within walking distance to the new recreation center and the new elementary school that is being built. Please contact me at 307-670-1209 if you are interested. Tri-level house for sale 4 bed 2 bath $209,000 (307) 6701925. Gorgeous land home package set up in Wright. 3 bedroom, 2 full baths, hickory cabinets throughout, front porch, central air, and much more. Financing available. For a personal showing call (307) 687-0333 40+ Acres 2 miles south of Wright 1999 Atlantic Oak Modular. $250,000 OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374

Toys (ATV’s Boats, Etc.) Boat for Sale with trailer. Needs work. Call 670-8980 for info.

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. 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.

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Our Roots University of Wyoming Honor Roll The University of Wyoming lists 31 students from Campbell County on the 2011 fall semester President’s Honor Roll. The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade point average for the semester. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades. For more information about the University of Wyoming, view the Web page at: www.uwyo. edu Students named to the list include: Gillette: Lisa L. Aldrich, Brennan R. Bahnson, Lindsey Erin Carter, Hannah Mary Gorman,

Michelle Elizabeth Gouldin, Jenna Ann Gradisher, Logan Michael Gradisher, Justin Thomas Gross, Matthew A. Gross, Meagen Michelle Hildebrad, Melissa Marie Jones, Levi J. Kissack, Cameron Levi Mock, Rachel A. Nedved, Troy Nellermoe, Morgan Lynn Pearson, Tessa E. Peters, Jessica R. Porras, Carrie Saur, Emily Suzanne Schroeder, Della C. Simmons, Tiffany A. Small, Michael John Smart, Heidi Louise Solomon, Stephen Michael Wadsack, Scott Jacob Walker, Kelsy M. Werries, Katelyn Renae Young, and Taylor Olivia Young Rozet: Christiana Marin Moore Wright: Amanda L. Johnson

Joke of the week Submitted by Kale Tillerson A fellow decides to take off early from damage as best he could under the circumwork and go drinking. He stays until the bar stances, and he went to bed. closes at three in the morning, at which time The next morning, his head was hurting, he is extremely drunk. After leaving the bar, his back was hurting, and he was hunkerhe returns home on foot. ing under the covers trying to think up some When he enters his house, he doesn’t good story, when his wife came into the want to wake anyone, so he takes off his bedroom. shoes and starts tip-toeing up the stairs. “Well, you really tied one on last night,” Half-way up the stairs though, he falls over she said. “Where’d you go?” backwards and lands ﬂat on his back. That “I worked late,” he said, “and I stopped off wouldn’t have been so bad, except that he for a couple of beers.” had couple of empty pint bottles in his back “A couple of beers? That’s a laugh,” she pockets, and they broke; the broken glass replied. “You got plastered last night. Where carved up his back terribly. Yet, he was so did you go?” drunk that he didn’t know he was hurt. “What makes you so sure I got drunk last A few minutes later, as he was undressing, night, anyway?” he noticed blood, so he checked himself out “Well,” she replied, “my ﬁrst big clue was in the mirror, and, sure enough, his behind when I got up this morning and found a was cut up terribly. He then repaired the bunch of band-aids stuck to the mirror.”

Crook’s Forgotton Campain By Jeff Morrison On a bitter cold Saint Patrick’s Day, in 1876, a battle on the banks of Powder River between 320 U.S. Soldiers and about 250 Cheyenne and Sioux warriors ended in a retreat by the army and became a prelude of much worse things to come. The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 stipulated that all of the land from the Big Horns to the Black Hills, North of the North Platte and south of the Yellowstone River belonged to the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho as hunting ranges. While some of the various tribes and camps went to live on the “official” reservations to the east and south of the Black Hills, others preferred to keep to the old ways of living for as long as they could. Both Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse led villages that shared these views and they roamed the wilderness of the Tongue and Powder River valleys, far from the ever-encroaching white men. But by the mid 1870s, two factors were coming to a head and would quickly lead to an inevitable and final confrontation between the Northern Plains Indians and the United States Army. Gold had been discovered in the Black Hills and by 1875 it was becoming impossible to keep prospectors from invading the Indian lands. But so long as there were “wild” Indians roaming free the Hills would never be safe. It was the desire of key military personnel tasked with oversight of the territories of Dakota, Wyoming and Montana to force these roving Indians onto the reservations where they could be controlled more easily and stop being an impediment to Manifest Destiny. Because of corruption and greed by reservation officials, more and more “tame” Indians were leaving their reservations and going “wild”. In January of 1876, an ultimatum was sent to the native camps of the Powder River Country: “Come into the reservation or face military punishment.” Because of winter weather, it was unlikely that many of the Indians in question could have moved their villages onto the reservations before spring, even if they intended to do so. But whether or not they would comply became a moot point on March 1, 1876 when Major General George Crook, acting on orders from the War Department, left Fort Fetterman and commenced his Big Horn Expedition of 1876. The objective of the campaign was to attack and destroy the Indians’ winter villages and remove their ability to hunt and wage war. Winter fights against Indians were a common tactic at this time as the tribes tended to break up into small villages and scatter to prevent overgrazing the forage and over-killing available game. This made it far easier for the army to attack them one village at a time, and drive off or kill the ponies the Indians depended on for survival. The primary targets of the campaign were the villages of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.

The campaign got off to a dismal start. Two days out from Ft. Fetterman a raiding party drove off the 70 head of cattle Crook was relying on for fresh provisions. The weather was bitter cold with the thermometers unable to give an exact temperature because the mercury stayed in the bulb. Frostbite and hypothermia quickly became a big concern as the column moved north to the Tongue River. Smoke signals along their route proved that they were being watched and it would be impossible to surprise any villages. Crook decided to try a bit of subterfuge. On March 7, the general sent his infantry to the abandoned ruins of Fort Reno, attracting the attention of the watching Indians while his cavalry hid. The trick worked and Crook, with his remaining force was able to continue unobserved. On March 16, at Otter Creek, east of modern day Ashland Montana, the head scout, Frank Grouard, spotted two Indians traveling eastward. Crook divided his force, retaining command of the pack train and four companies to continue up Otter Creek, and sending the remaining six companies under the command of Colonel J. J. Reynolds, along with Grouard and most of his scouts to follow the Indians in hopes of ﬁnding their village. They were given rations for one day and were told to meet Crook at the mouth of Lodge Pole Creek (now named Clear Creek) near present day Leiter Wyoming. Crooks advised Reynolds to “capture the Indian village, kill or capture as many Indians as possible, run off their pony herd, and do them as much damage as possible.” Marching all night, through a blinding snow storm, Grouard and the other scouts managed to stay on the trail of the two Indians. While the troopers struggled along in the now 30 below zero wind-chill, Grouard and his scouts moved ahead and located the village on Powder River, just below Thompson Creek. Returning to Reynolds, Grouard reported that they had found Crazy Horse’s camp. The command neared the village just before dawn on the 17th. Reynolds, based on the information given him by Grouard, laid out the plan of battle for his ofﬁcers. He would employ what modern combat tacticians call a “hammer and anvil” attack. Captain Alexander Moore would take his company and occupy the high ground to the west/northwest of the village while Captain Anson Mills would position just to his south. Together they would act as the “anvil”. Captain Egan was to be the “hammer” and charge the village from the south. Captain Noyes would come from the south and drive off the pony herd. Colonel Reynolds would stay with the scouts and coordinate the attack. Unfortunately, the scouts who had trailed two Indians all night in a blizzard managed to get

somewhat lost when leading the troopers to the village and they had traveled down the wrong ravine. As a result, Captains Moore and Mills were still 1000 yards or more to the southwest of the village when Egan began his attack. Egan’s company took the Indians by surprise, but his men were firing wildly with pistols and managed to kill exactly one Indian before the village deserted into the high bluffs and inflicting casualties among cavalry horses and men alike with their covering fire. Eventually, Egan was joined by Mills and Moore. Colonel Reynolds arrived shortly and ordered the men to fire the village, destroying the teepees and a large amount of food. While they were carrying this out, the counter-attack began from the hills. Reynolds soon determined they should retreat to the south, taking the pony herd with them. Four dead troopers were left on the field. One of these, Private Lorenzo Ayers, was severely wounded, but still living when he was left behind. His fellow trooper, Private Jeremiah Murphy, tried to help his wounded comrade to safety but was forced to leave him due to heavy fire from the charging Indians. Murphy drew his revolver and fired all six shots into the approaching Indians before making his way to the safety of the retreating cavalry line. The exhausted command marched the rest of the day to Clear Creek, only to find that General Crook and the supply train weren’t waiting for them. Crook had either gotten lost himself or changed his mind about camp sites and was 10 miles away. The next morning, it was discovered that most of the pony herd was missing. Although it was attributed to the Indians having stolen back their horses, it’s more likely that the herd of 800 horses wandered away during the march and

overnight. General Crook joined them ﬁnally the next day and took stock of the situation. In addition to the dead soldiers and missing Indian ponies, Reynolds had an additional six men wounded during the battle and several cases of frostbite. Crook decided to return to Fort Fetterman and disband the expedition. Three ofﬁcers, Reynolds, Noyes and Moore, were singled out by Crook for court martial and became the scapegoats for the debacle. Private Murphy and two other soldiers were awarded Congressional Medals of Honor for their heroics in an otherwise humiliating defeat. As it turned out, they hadn’t even attacked Crazy Horse’s village,

but a village of Cheyenne and a few Sioux under Two Moons. The Battle of Powder River was the opening round of the Great Sioux War of 1876, which would forever end the nomadic way of life for the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho who made the Powder River country their home. It was the only battle fought during General George Crook’s Big Horn Expedition. The strategic aim of the campaign backﬁred on its planners. Not only did the Indians not return to the reservation, they now saw the need to band together for mutual protection. This greatly contributed to the defeat of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer three months later at the Little Big Horn.

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