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Gillette natives do and made the big move to Denver, CO. After working a few random jobs, Julie landed the perfect job for her, premium services with one of the largest airlines in the world. You won’t see her on any flights. That isn’t what she does. She works with the airlines most valued customers. Celebrities like Bill Cosby and athletes such as the Colorado Rapids soccer team are an everyday occurrence for her. She has run the halls of Denver International Airport with an Olympic torch, just for fun. “Working for an airline definitely has its perks.” Barr said. “The flight benefits have to be my favorite part. I have seen parts of the world that I never thought I would!” Her most recent trip was to Las Vegas, Nevada in mid-November. “My best friend, Bailey’s sister was getting married. My days-off happened to land when everyone was going so I went. It was the most unbelievable trip of my life!” Barr said. “I didn’t win any money. I played the penny slots so the drink lady wouldn’t make me pay for beers. But Bailey and I found a little bit of reality TV fame.” While crossing the bridge from the Flamingo to the Bellagio, they were stopped by a film crew. “Bailey has a tattoo on her chest and one of the camera guys saw it. When she covered it up, a guy with a headset asked us to go with him, so we did.” The focus went from Bailey’s tattoos to Julie’s. “The guy asked Bailey if she has any really bad tattoos. She told him that she didn’t have anything that compared to what I have.” That is when the girls found out what was going on. The guy with the headset and the rest of the camera crew were with Dirk Vermin and Rob Ruckus from the A & E show Bad Ink. “I got a ridiculous tattoo in Sturgis like ten years ago. Something I have sort of regretted for the last few years.” Barr said. Without going into too much detail she said it just the kind of thing she wouldn’t want to show her grandparents, or really anyone for that matter.
on my body for the rest of my life.” Lucky for her, this bad decision is now part of her past. “After meeting Dirk and Ruckus on the bridge I decided it was time to part with that mistake and have it covered while I was in Vegas. Bailey and I sat at the tattoo shop for 9 ½ hours. I missed my flight, but I never have to look at that thing again.” When asked what her “bad ink” looks like now, she had one answer. “Watch the show!” You can see Julie’s appearance on Bad Ink, January 20th at 7 p.m. on A&E.
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Flight attendant and Gillette native, Julie Barr will appear on A&E’s Bad Ink this week.
Public Employee of the Week By Holly Galloway Karlene Abelseth is Gillette’s City Clerk. She started out as the deputy clerk in 2002 and then when the City Clerk retired she was appointed by the City Administrator. She and her husband moved to Gillette n e a r l y twenty seven years ago. The City Clerk’s Office does the accounts receivable billing. This does not include the monthly utility
bills city residents receive. Compost, damages to city property and miscellaneous billing are done in her office. She also takes care of the liquor licenses for the City of Gillette. There are forty eight such licenses at this time. Abelseth said that the licensing for taxis and for pawn shops is also done in the City Clerk’s Office. Street closures and the licensing of
itinerate merchants are taken care of by the City Clerk’s Office. She keeps the minutes for City Council meeting that are held twice monthly. She sets up the agenda, so anyone who wants to speak, needs to call her office. This office keeps the records that are open to the public. “Old documents are scanned and saved into a website,” Abelseth said, so that the record is kept. “A master copy is sent to Cheyenne and a duplicate is kept at the City Hall in a vault,” Abelseth stated. The city has minutes that go back to its beginning in 1892 that are kept in a vault,in a very old book. There are seven city elected officials who include the Mayor and six council people. When someone wants to run for one of these offices, they come to Abelseth’s office at City Hall to receive an application to run. This year’s election will have four open offices: the Mayor and three council positions.